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Several hundred survivors olan unidentified ship that
sank last night in the treacherous waters known locally as
Proxy’s Triangle have been reported drifting toward the
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Paint Morse Code signals Were picked up last night! by
radio operators ia the Electrical-f—— ; 1 '''■■■—|—\-f
Engineering building.
There seem; * ’ ~
and everyone
excellent spirits. In Sact, they sig
naled that they intended to hold
a party in the Grove) when they
land Saturday around 8.
This will be a strange y Bjight,
hundreds, of-shipwrecked, wretch-
ed-tobking { persons qulting their
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lifeboats and immediately holding-
party. . !”•
The radio operators Who picked
up the shipwrecked party’s mes-
—-sages said that the party wante<
. Bill Turner’s summer Aggie lane
• —Orchestra on hand at the Grove
When the party begins. The oper-
[j-ator of the lifegoats’ single radio
.j^i gave hts name as Charles Kirkham
and he said that all plans had been
made for the party, “Something
about a gay time for all.
His messages were, weak and
many words were misspelled. Local,
radio operators who heard his mes
sages agree that he said prizes
would be given to the couple dress
ed in the most original shipwreck
costumes. He said also something
about other prizes to be given.
There has been no) word from
families of the shipwrecked sur
vivors whose uncanny thrist for a
party will be satisfied Saturday
evening. On hand at the party will
be photographers from this paper
r to film survivors as they have their
party.
j Anthropologists will be present
to observe and note the behavior of
such unusual shipwrecked persons.
On the campus there is consid
erable speculation on what the sur-
. vivors will be wearing.- The ship
seems to have gone down in the
dead of night and many students
are anxious to see tlje condition
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p«f the haggered but happy sjurvi-
vors.
An extra platoon of campus
police have: been recruited from
v the Bravos bottoms to maintain
. order among the curiosity seekers
and the poor shipwrecked people
landing at the Grove. A College
ambulance will be at the Grove
in case any of the survivors are
injured. . -—
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McHroy Receives
FFA Appointment
W. W. MeUrpy, professor of
Agricultural Education, was ap
pointed chairriian of a committee
to work up an exhibition theiacti-
vities of the Future Farmers of
America for the,-State Fair this
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Opinions Of loyalty
Oath Given by Student
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Comments ion the future requirements of signing & Ibj
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seemed to be t)hat the whole
ty oath before registerin;
school ran from “Ridi
when students and facul
The general concens
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ca
ching in a state stjtp
at time”
rs were
ng in
It’s abqut time” yestei
uestioned.
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A&M’s new water system
:ame one step closer to reality
yesterday when the Texas-
iyne Company began drill
ing in the James Siegbit pro-
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perty north of the Bryan Air
Field for the first of the four
n
j John H. Getz, formerly
ployed, in the office of AJ&M
System architect, has been ac
cused by J. W. Hoyak, Bryan
plumbing contractor, with
forging a $1000 check.
iriie check was written on, the
Bryan First National Bank and
was deposited by a man believed
to : be Getz around noon Wednes-
dav at the City Natiohal Bank. It
was made out to Getz on a type
writer and bore Hoyak’s name.
Wednesday afternoon the A&M
auditor’s office called the City Na
tional Bank to find out if it would
give a cashier’s or certified check
the “survivors” of the “shipwreck” is re-
: artificial respiration and first aid from
hw companions. These three are part of
hip of “survivors” attending the “Ship
wreck Pfu-ty” at the Gi
In the usual order are
sup, and Harry Raney. :
D|ve tomorrow night at 8.
I’Nell Fowler, Keith AU-
Yankees Glad Too ...
wells to be
This first well will be number
3 in a line of/four when the con
tract is completed.
According to T. R. Spence, sup
ervisor of the physical plants, test
wells were drilled a few weeks ago
that proved the presence of water
in/the Sparta sands.
Next in the prog;
struction will be the letting of
contracts on the 18-inch pipeline to
carry the water to the campus..
Smith to Attend
Colo. Square
Dance School
♦was a was
but here am
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for $jl000 on Getz. When, Bank of
ficials began checking with Hbyak
and the First National Bank, they
found that the deposited check had
not been signed by Hoyak.
{The.signature on the check was
uneven, indicating that might
have been traced, according to Mj
L 4 Jones, cashier at the First Na
tional. The Getz check wais also
oh a {plain blank: Hoyak; generally
uses a printed check with his name
When Hoyak was contacted by
the bank, he said that Getz had
called him earlier and asked where
he did his banking. Hoyak didn’t
question the matter because he
thought that it was nacesssr#
siniceihe was doing work for’the
College. j [2
Getz has been dismissed by the
College and his records in the Col
lege Architects Department are
being checked, according to Coll
ege officials.
Veed Reservation
For BSD Picnic (
Persons planning to attend the
;3apt st Union picnic scheduled for
tomorrow afternoon must first
make reservations, according to
the, Rev. Prentis Chunn of the
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Reservations may be made by
calling Rev. Chunn at 4-8220 be
fore Jo tomorrow morning.
JVo Aggies Sad About End Distinguished
Of Chanute Summer Camp Student Cards
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The appointment was made dt
the recent State Staff Conference
of Teacher Trainers and Super
visors ofl Vocational Education In
Agriculture held in Dallas, -
Other members of the committee
appointed by R. A. Maniro, state
director qf vocational education in
agriculture, are L. M. Hargraves
1 from Texas Tech in Lubbock, F. B.
Wines from A&I College In Kings
ville, S. M, Robinson from Sam
Houston State Teachers College
in Huntsville and L. I. Samuel is
the supervisor from Arlington
State College in Arlington, j .j
Samuel is the supervisor of area
five.
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Wise Returns From
Northwestern U
Sidney L. Wise, assistant
ager of student publication
just returned to the campjis
spending six weeks at North
ern University.
While at tforthwesterii, Wis^
studied graduate courses ih jour
nalism which will be applied to-
word a doctor’s degree.! j H
Before returning to
spent several days a
conomowack, Wisconsin*
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By BERT HUEBNER
Chanute Field Batt Correspondent
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At long last this dreary ordeal
at Chpnute has drawn to a close.
We read where J. T. Dodson, Doyle
Red” Duke were out
standing Cadets at other camps.
Well, they didn’t exactly choose
an outstanding cadet here, but
the Aggies did all right for them
selves in dbtaiping permanent pos
itions and walking off extra
“gigs.”
The pepmancrit positions award
ed Aggie? are as follows: Walt
Zimmerman, Group Commander;
Randy Barker, Group S-l; J. C.
Fails, Group i S-3; John Kibble,
Squadron Commander, while John
nie .Hughs, Bob Lawler, Walter
Caldwell, Dave Collier, Jack Eng
land, Dqn Flanagan, Fred Hall,
Ray Kinsey, Fred Walters, H. D.
Witaer/ahd Jack Miller each pull
ed down the job of permanent
flight commanders.
Between us “Fightin” Texas
Aggies, and that crew from
Georgia Tech, iqost of the Damn
Yankees were quite happy to see
this summer! camp draw to a
close—now they can catch up on
their sleep.
Then too, .between these two
schools, John Laufenberg, the Ag
gie member | ojf the Camp Student
Board which Is a disciplinary or-
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July Polio Attack
Earl Hord of Winters, Texas, a
senior Agricultural Education stu
dent at A&M, has been released
from the Hendricks Hospital in
Abilene where he had undergone
treatment for polio.
He was stricken with polio on
July £2, while working on his fath
er’s farm, i j ' i
Hord reported that he was able
to- walk out of the hospital under
his own pow)er. \Hc claims to be
one of the luckiest victims because
he suffered no after effects.
At present he is vacationing in
Colorado and) the Middle West.
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ganization, was kept pretty busy.
The only Aggie casualty of the
camp was, Dick Harris, who suf
fered a broken ankle—get him to
tell you his “war story" sometime
when you have nothing, better to
do, and four hours off*’ I /
Of course there were 91 other
Aggjes< who constantly complain
ed of having blistered feet, no
money and complained of other
noted Aggie disabilities.
As to the social activities u;
here, “Youse guys” don’t exactly
have Vqry much to look forward
to. Just be sure to get Tom Moip
gan’s Chicago address book an^
drop by Danville and Calumet City
—the mecca of all Aggies; howev
bear in mind that you are ih Yani
ee territory, and you are a repre
sentative of the South so at all
times uphold the honor of Texal
and of Texas A&M.
Manning Smith, local
square dance authority, will
leave from Galveston Sunday
morning for Colorado Springs,
Colorado, where he will I at-
the program of con-1 tend Dr. Lloyd Shaw’s scljool
‘of square dancing and folk
dancing. . ji
i Dr. Shaw's school is considered
one of the best in the country; and
students may enter by invitation
only. Dr v Shaw accepts 90 pro
fessional callers once each Iroar.
This year’s school will be held from
August 14 through August 20.,
Smith, who calls the dances at
Stewart Beach in Galveston on
Saturday nights, will .fly to and
from Colorado. Mrs. Smith will
drive up with friends and re
Commemorative Dinner Plates
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Ready for Distribution Here
Commemorative dinner plates, made of Wedgwood china
and picturing well known scenes about the A&M campus, are
now available to Aggies.' ‘ ’ f ■
As a matter of history, the original idea of having the
plates made came from P. L. Downs Jr., in 1936. Thereafter
the idea was approved by the As
sociation of Former Students, an|d
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students
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Gloa in* over the prized,
order, are BEU Potts, sports editor;
writer; Otto Kuni*. man
se, assistant manager of
i .end Clayton Selph, co-editor.
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A list of graduating A&M
pre-dental i and pre-medical
students who have been ac
cepted to attend professional
schools this fall has been com
piled, according to Dr. George
E. Potter, professor of zoo
logy and advisor to the pre
dental and pre-medical stu
dents.
Those accepted by the Baylor
University Medical College at
Houston are Charles P. Davis,.J. A.
Knapp, J # H. Mann, C. T. Stephen
son, and Tommy R. Walker.
Students accepted by the Uni
versity of Texas Medical College,
Galveston are P. R. Ellis, Jr., N. E.
Hulbrooks, R. H. Heard, B. W.
Hinks Jr., J. H. Knowles, R. E.
Loenig, C. B. Lambeth, L, A.
Pinkston Jr. J. R. Purgason, J. B;
Rochelle III, E. C. Sacher, R. E.
Short, M. D. Stein, T. S., Taylor,
J^R. Penable, J. E {Wheeler, and
A. G. Wright Jr.
R. G. Cox and J. B. Hillard have
been accepted by the Southwest
ern Medical College at Dallas,
James Morse will enroll at the
Oklahoma University Medical Col
lege this fall. JJ t .
R. C. Robbins, Rodney Sellars,
and J. B. Smith are pre-dental
students who have been accepted
by the Baylor University Dental
College at Dallas, while Don Lind
say and L. C. Wait will enter the
Texas University Dental College
at Houston,
Distinguished students for
the Spring semester of 1949
will be receiving their cards
through the mails within the
next few days, the Registrar’s
office announced today.
Seven hundred and sixty-two
students completed not less than
16 semester hours during the sem
ester with no grade less than C
and with a grade point average of
not less than 2.25.
Of the 762 distinguished students
84 students had grade point aver
ages of 3.00, indicating no grade
less than A.
By schools, the School of Engi
neering led with 340, the School
of Agriculture had 203, the School
of Arts and Sciences had 165, and
the School of Veterinary Medicine
had 54 distinguished students.
Mrs. Penberthy To
Be Seal Chairman
Mrs. W. Lv Penberthy wHl be
chairman of the 1949 Christmas
Seal Sale campaign for the Bra
zos County Tuberculosis Associa
tion, Dr. E. E. Holt, president, an
nounced. Mrs. Penberthy wiU re
place Mrs. R. C. Fussell, who re
cently resigned.
Mrs. Penberthy will begin soon
to organize her committees, and
the campaign will open November
21, i y-T
Dr. E. E. Holt was in charge of
the Monday meeting which was
held in the Masonic building. Mat
erials for the Christmaa Seal Sale
campaign have already aifrived.
a contest was sponsored
Architectural Department for thje
best design depicting the traditions
of the school.
1 Designed by Doyle
The winner, as judged by men!
hers of ah appointed committee,
was J. F. Doyle, who was pre
seated a cash award of $25.
In his -Winning design. Doyle iii-
cluded traditions of the state as
well as those of the school. Ac
cording to Doyle, “When a school
has been a part of the state and
has contributed to the growth of
that state for almost 73 years, it
seems to me that its commemora
tive plate should characterize, not
dfely the school itself, but also the
traditions of the state.”
• Border Design
Thus, the design for the border
of the plates contains the six
shields df the countries having
ruled Texas. Between each shield
is ft design including • “mossy-
horn Texas steer” which certainly
holds a most important place
among Texas traditions, also a
prickley pear and a bluebonnet.
To represent all of the various j
educational phases of the school i
in sq small a space seemed an inji-
possible task, so Doyle depf
the idea which is immediately,
sociated with A&M, that is, one
the country’s outstanding milita
institutions. Therefore, the bord'
J also includes the insignia of the
various branches of R.O.T.C. found
at A&M.
Pl»te\ Center Pieces
In the center of each plate of
the series of 12 is a picture , of a
building on the campus. The build
ings pictured are as follows: Gath-
right Hall, Civil Engineering
Building, Sbisa Mess Hall, Aca-
demic Building, Guion Hall, Agri
cultural Building, Klye Field Sta
dium, Cushing Memorial library,
T. O. Walton Hall, Administration
Building, Veterinary Hospital, and
the Chemistry Building.
When the designs were made
up, the drawings were sent to
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons of Etur-
ift, i England to be reproduced on
China. During the wax, the Wedg
wood plant converted to producing
war materials. The plant is now
back in the production of china.
A Set of Hie plates , is on display
in the window of the Exchange
store, and orders may be placed
through' “Pinky” Downs.
GROVE SCHEDULE
Friday, August 12—Square danc
ing. : l
Saturday, August 13—Dance with
Aggie Combo. ',
Sunday, August 14—Skatiug.
Monday, August 15—Bingo.
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the same way.
I Smith has trained a group {of
Galveston teen-agers to square
dance oh roller skates. Saturday
night ,the group will make a pub
lic appearance for the first time
in an exhibition to be held in Gal
veston. Smith persuaded the
youngsters, who belong to a Gal
veston skating club, to let hitn ex
periment with the idea.
Some of the most.
figures were adapted
ing motion of roller skates, and the
idea has resulted in an extremely
fast set of patterns, Smith said. It
was necessary to make a few
changes in the figurep but not
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Nearly 1500 people attend the
dances every Saturday night, and
it is believed that nearly 5000 will
attend this Saturday nighi. Smith
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A&M On United States Tour
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Dr. Jon Teige, associate professor at the Norwegian Vet
erinary College, Oslo, Norway, arrived oh the campus yester
day and was welcomed by Dr. L^V. Boughton, dean of the
school of veterinary medicine.
Dr. Teige is in the United States under the Economic Co-
our country
f .time ahd money,
here it was evident'
at many [thought that a start'
had been mvde in the right direc- !
tlon in weeding put the undesirable )
elements of our country. ,f j j
Throughout the entire history of 1
the general policy to- 1
ward interral, and for that mat
ter external
{.threats to the na(l
safety has been to turn the other I
cheek, wallj softly and curry a I
big stick or pacify the agressor.
^oday, even though the overall |
policy is srill*the same, the
dividual is becoming less obi it
and is detm nding that more
tic measures be taken.
Peace-At*Any-Priee h;i . J
!jl F. L. HBlvey, business major. <
from HoustJn, says “The attif
of .the American people tows
Communism or any other dam
to the country is a pcacc-ut‘*niyt
mm ' liM
used a country’s downfall, I H _
“I think that this is a slander
• gave two or
rce years | of his life and some
times much more to the country’a
!tp the veteran who gave tWO
‘ffe and
the cou
^ —ve to sign ah
obviously feeblA,/effort at ridding
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times much more to
defense and] then/bave to sil
the colleges antf universities of un
desirable elements just for the
Communistr WiU Sign W
^ E. BF Morrishn, Management
Engineering student from Houstbp
aid, “If a person attending the
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saio, "ll a perspn attending t
school is a communist he will sigh
the oath anyway. I believe that
subversive elements .are > here to
stay and therej is nothing that can
be done about'it. There is no act
ual way of knowing who is and
who is not a Communist so the
whole thing seems to be useless to
me. ,i . ,
1 m -€. L. ’Brown, graduating
education major, attacks the moi
etary;los8 incurred by such a pr
,gram. “The money , spent on this
action could be better spent on
more effective ways to rid the
country of bad elements,” Brown
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presses my views exactlyj” said G;
Guevarra, architecture I student
from Alice.
Drastic Measures Bring i Conflict
By way of contrast there aro
jstill many Who believe that any
drastic, measures, would oiUl pre
cipitate the eveij impending cort-
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Picnic To Be
Held at New
School Aug. 25
The College Station com
munity picnic wM b® hdd
Thursday, August 25, in con-
tion with the informal
opening of the new Consoli
dated school.
The picnic is sponsored by the
College Recreational Council and
the i Chamber , of CommercS. It will
be the third of its kind.
The picnic will begin at 5:30
p.m, when the doors of : Yhe new
school wil be thrown open and all
whoj wish will be welcome to in
spect the building and equipment.
A square dance, with Manning
Smith as master of ceremonies,
will! be held on the Luke Patranella
Memorial Slab. Raymond Rogers,
College.Station city manager, said
that all local callers Will be 1 in
vited and that the square dance
js expected to be one of the larg
est jyet. j
Rogers plans to frail 900 letters
within the next few days inviting
residents of College Station and
the {nearby independent school dwt-
to the picnic. . : ,L
ire will be skating on the
slab for Children under 12 from
5:30 to 6:30 p.m. At the same time
the two leading teama', of the Col
lege Station Softball League will
play the final game of the season
♦operation Administration’s techni
cal assistance program. He is mak
ing a study of American research
on sterility of cattle and horses.
He has been studying at the
Bureau of Animal Industry,: Belts-
ville, Maryland, befpre coming
here. The study project was re
quested by the Norweigan Govern-:
ment as a means of aiding In the
« m the nuwle for ff AM 1 ®
increased production iof livestock lc j k® ^ el 4 Cow Bayou,
in Norway.
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On his tour of the United States,
Dr. Teige visited the University
of Minnesota, St. Paul; the meet
ing of American Dairy {Science
Association, St. Paul; Iowa State
College, Ames; Kansas State Col-:
lege, Manhattan; Colorado;, A&M,
Fort Collins; the University of
California, Davis; and will go to
Lex-
Roger is New Son
Of Robert Pierces
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
August 8 In the
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weighed 8
Robert Pierce on
Saint Joseph Hospital.
The parents named their new
Roger Wilson. He * * '
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ington after leaving A&M.
A'trip to the King Ranch fqr a
few days will be made during his
visit, Dr. Teige said. He plans to be
here until August 19.
Dr. Teige is in charge of the
Ambulatory Clinic at the Norweg
ian Veterinary College and his
study here closely parallels his
work at home, s i.
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above, Dr. Teige has visited the
University of Pennsylvania, Rut
gers University^ Cornell, and the
Unrv
Jnivcrsity of Wiscon
He is scheduled to rfeturn
way on August 31 On tn
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At times , in the jmst thifrfeel* i
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Feast Planned I
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miles east of Port Arthur
a recent meeting of the
Arthur Ex-student’s,
according to Ralph Goi
club member. ' I j, in i,
The stag barbecue is to be held
Saturday, September 10, at 1 p.m.
Signs will! be posted aropnd
site to guide those who may
be familiar with the area.;
The barbecue is sponKOrcd
the Port Arthur Former Studert
Club and will be for the pui
of enlarging the club scholar p
fund.
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AH Aggies of the Hablhe ana,
whether they be exes, present stp- am
dents or future freshmen are urged ' *
to attend as the social Should
Stimulate club relatk>ns[[ Aggie*
are also
friends.
relations!!
asked to. bring-
Quisenberry Heads
Poultry Meeting
Dr. John H. Quisenberry, head
of the Poultry Husbandry Depart
ment, will preside at the twenty
sixth convention of the' Texas
Poultry Improvemaii!.Association,
according to J. W. MoOre, exten
sion poultry husbandman.
t The convention will be held in
the Baker Hotel at Dallaa this
week. Other members of the A&M
poultry husbandry staff on the
are George H. Draper,
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• $1 PpuJtry supervisor, n F. Z. Bean-
son blc '
toaaom, poultry marketing spe
cialist, and William J. Moore, ex
tension poultry; husbandman. ..
Tickots for the Aggie get-togeth
er will be one dollar and may bei
obtained from moat any member of
either the Student's or the Exes’
Club, Gorman concluded.
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IbAjW/TEXAS: Partly cloudy
this afternoon, tonight and Satur
day. “A few widely scattered after-
noon thundershowers, mostly In the
north portifh,
and near upper
coast; not much
change in tem
peratures. Mod
erate southeast
and south winds
, on the coast.
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consider able
cloudiness this
afternoon, and
SHOWERS 'SKwES;
and evening thundershowers; not
much change in temperatures.