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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23,"1948,"

"Integrity Of The Shanghal

President

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WASHING FOX, FEB. 22. MAJOR-GENERAL RAY PORTER YESTERDAY EX- PRESSED "ALARM” THAT "MEN OF SUCH PRO- MINENCE GO AS FAR AS TO COMPEL ATTEN- TION AND BOAST OF THEIR READINESS TO DE NOUNCE THE INTERGRITY OF THE PRESIDEN F OF TIME UNITED STATES.”

Indians On Famine C'tee

Cable Strike

it was announced by Cabla and Wirelena yesterday that telegraph operitors in Shang- hai have declared a strike and. that all telegrams for Shang“. hai are being refused until further notice.

APPLICATION FOR

EVICTION

Readers' Letters

"PALE IMITATIONS""

'glen]..

Sir, One of the Georglang sing criticism was, therefore, lo hurt, He has Intimated hia, My criticism of "Death Water" gentlemanly pain in your columns is quite fair, and pot so obvious

"Nostalgia" brought an

apon as Mr. Hopkins makes it out to lexy. If the verses were intend ed for children Mr. Wright should

Pope, for example, was notor have entd mo. I saw little differ-ious for distortion of the intrinsic ence between then and the Grant value of words, in order to t chester

idylls

petrated. But they did

me

previously

TT- per remind are

ex-

them into, his music. The words, of course, should make the music solely on their accepted merits.

The choles of words in "Death

it Water" gives 1

stilted and unnatural music,

to

be able to send by airmail at a them to China

of Wordsworth's "We fraction of the cost of the oresen!

Porter also deplorati that "the These miniature

Sernt

and the porriger in the 35mm fil

character and ability of the men

cemetery. movies will be distributed inland

who so recently led our mined

Georgian themes and technique projector with special Inobile

forces to victory are assalled

I have dealt with in my realy to units, and

will bring to millions

discrimination without

and

I apologise to Mr. Hopkins for Philosophice. 1 would like to of Chinese, for the Ard time, the

not giving him an example with criminal distortion of

add, however, In view of Mr.lustrate my point. I will make Intest sound pictures in black and

Further evidence was heard Wright's "Brooke-inifred" while #til

fuets." in technicolor.

London, Feb. 22.

good this omission, and suggest The 16mm. movie

Porter made these observa the Tenancy Tribunal yesterdayplanation, that my opinion is in Tes-imond's Into

"LA Marche Dea Representativen of India will

In the application brought by the speech without re-

no way changed, his verses are Machines." It the

Mr. Hopkins is memory at Alan being just before the war, pei-

sit on the "Fight the Famine" tions in a

Harold Shiu Hing Company for

still wale imitations WALNICA

d'imita-neuainted After educational use,

with thin work, `he Waihden, wharly

Peari

films Harbour, miniature Fr. nk

Ums Organisation with headquarters ferring spreitically to

wil of No. 187, Des Voeux Rond Cen- And could Mr. Wright tell me

neree that it is a fins port of Vent in d. min.

rayal of the spirit of the machine- tral, third floor. were found ideal for distribution in Singapore, Foreign Secretary Jekes, Interior Secretary, and riction of Mak Che-kan, tenants." Brd Fal vas, 191 Ever reinem

to war zone for the entertain-Ernest Bevin announced in the is controversy with President Truman. Neither did he men-

Members of the Tribunal were bet by in loving wife, mother.

ment of servi

ervice personnel.

All House of Commons tonight.

Recalling the amendmen of tion the charges recently mate Mr. W. N. Thontas Tam, Ngan the eight maior film Companies in relative and friends

National Com Shing-kwan

Luk Ui-wan, Hollywood made 16m. versions Lord Killearn, Britain's former by John Stelle,

Le-Applicanta were ri:toeseint:d by of their productions for free die Ambassador a Cairo, & le Spe.mander of the American

Omar Mr. M. A. da Silva.

Anglican claimed tribution to the Army, Navy and clal Commissioner in south east gion, against General Air forme. As rent, men on Asia, Mr. Bevin said

that he Bradley as the veterans admini of Gundaeanal, the battlefronts

would like to announce to thatrator, nor the rent criticism New Guine

Guinen, Burna. Chinn, North Africa, and Europe were able to House that they hail rested of General Mark Clark for the see the late pictures within what he thought was "a first-bloody Rapido River crussing

in class powerful organisation" to in Italy. weeks after completion Tow

Portir, cominunded the 75th Infantry Division in Europe. Hollywood, and before actual re-grense with the food problema organisating wukt Op 'flie I in the United States.

stationed in Singapore.

Indian Scene

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pot

It events ach as the mutiny of ratings of the Renal Indian Navy in Bomi and Kod n calculated to reate the ghe at

spher for sober discusa India's put it butigre, the

The phasise the remed

They do Fu are, upon blem. the grave pe il to prace, and good mer within India the might ensils arise bron pres ipitate actin, India has never been closer to th neities emeny nudepigener. It is hers, vatud,

1

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ing. Resevarens and conditares which Britain's pyproes doeng at advisable to negotiate to a prett minary to the

suvereignty

endravour

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tion, but t

esidente nut proccdinate post dina doyum.

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No per

mit Intha to achies hes auge by evolution rather than in Cream

Indian stances

astrides anarch. bonitacanth, gets need to sellega erument, sa passion be one

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pusscasion

OVERLOADED

on the round that opponent was И recoraised tenant and had not paid rent The opponent's eas was that he was a member of the On Lok Company, the original tenant of the premises.

On the unplication of Me. Silva in an address before the re-hearing was adjourned to Monday. new miniature size movie,

"feel that this fanting can presentatives of 39 leading W-Feb, 25, 2.30 1, ults. is almost indistinguish- the standard 35-mm. ühle from

hought," Mr. Bo declared,men's Organisations compris shawn in

Jorge theatre

"It can be fought, if available. ing the advisory council to the Public Rela- Technical

resources are reacht de War Department 10

tributed meth be month nations Rareru urging adeqante teening, districts 1 be served it is, and independent

if the military training. Porter said: generation of dower for projec.territory by torri, xr,

harvest of other production

North our ensualties in Thon, are under consideration,

Twenty-two lorry drivers were entirelyemiries comes by and if wa

have been saved R.KO will have

wellsunimoned before Mr. handle ciary on propaganda which will Africa would nate detaret to

been s our men and erichten the hid 1. with Shanghal thalvanise

trained na were Amerlenn sei-Latimer yesterday charged with! Cent The Best shin people.

carrying an excess of passengers controlling pentin. The

of 20 p.ele xetx

"Britain should make a really diers in Europe in 1944,15."

between Feb, 12 and Pel. 15. The n

corporat e muerted to fret-class organising effort to

Berries were on the Kowloon-New Territories run.

problema

dons organising is

on its way to Cens. Treme-sist the people line is sand

ising is necessary to get over there se cone with effective distribution. Ities."

neroachment

FR →

dalien-

Declaring that to wits 14 by the standard 35-m beentine 16-mm, i to mumblemen intention to xurtray the idly- In south- and not disiace 5mm. pradeependent movements

Alr. 1owi wdled: tion Therefore, these miniature feast Asia.

in "With regard to Indonesin, In- sound files will not be seen

Malaya and Ceylon, and Hong Rowe, Canton another dia,

the my Chin which is alan

merging, they ahuila be helped ato independener

Canton Sailings

river

The clearing of mines on the The Pover is the heralt of

general ersunation of river traile Few educated leads indian this important waterway by

steamers and steam Inun Opinión - dostu Beltain's sinarrita hvers

louis,

Following the departure of the Dadirany of purpose.

"Fatshan" for Cantos on Feb. 21, therefore, would sngest a

the dency in the reverse direction, the stem launch "Man Kwok of Hong Kong and Yaumati Perry Co. will leave for Cantan, at 8 am, to-day with about 60 Passengers and 150 tons of cargo, the bulk of which is U.N.RR.A.

raag i

Kwok" plans The "Man operate

modification of hostility rather Thai Brush than accentuation. is faced with a grim situation of disorder an! violence, ill-teching instead of podwill, justify the theory that the seat!

seems

a recular four-day pas

The next thing, a ta gante them and help them to a croo going concerns and to provide administrations wit expert as- Histance."--fimive,

U.S. ADMIRAL DROWNED

"It is my firm belief that LORRIES

uf

ZBW Quiz Contest

41 L 3->1

W. H.

Inspector Clarke told the Court that he was specially instructed

ક by Major Mitchell intercepi The fare per overloaded lurriça, person was $1.

Mr. Latimer und that as it was the first offence, a line of $1 per person carried in excess of the from number permitted on the licence

If It Imposed.

happened And was The gaia, Eng of 52 would be in-

5jUsi

The larry would be con-

To-nichi's "Quiz" Contest from Z.B.W. Hong Kong at 7.20 p.m.

bu between will N.S.P.8. "Fort Sumbusky" N.S.LS. "Fort Rosalie". tains pres

N.S.I.S. "Port Sambusky": Lt. fiscated on the third offence. Fur- Cdr. B. Pearce. Sub-Lt. P. Rither the conditions of the tyres dick, 2nd Officer R. Jones and rd and the lorry lust be reportsÏ so

Oncer P. Green.

the Transport Office

2nd

Some of the lorries carried

a

and

many as 45 Bersons. Fine: rasz- ed from $1 to $39.

N.5.1.S. "Fort Rosalie": Ofeer H, Swinney, Sub-Lt. Mills,

R. Bryce Quarlermaster

hip's Carpenter A. Hens.

Another special. item in to night's programme i the relay from the E.N.S.A. Star Theatre,

China Dollar

Kowloon, of the second net of Drops Again

rout of the trouble lies with sewer and cargo-service between EN THE MOTORCAR HE in to-morrow alcht's provERMIT downward.

India itselt md tha, the temides Hong Kong and Canton. She has 100 arises from holly internal d... accommodation for about

parseners, and the fares charged cord and supicion, morteatuily are $30 for, 1st class, $25 for 2nd canalised to the confusion on the class and $15 for third cluss,

Into thi. At British Raj.

hefe, the British Mission will step

a

|

Bre

Mr. Hopkins' list of Ingredients

something of the Poet's Rackety-- body of whose snug existense have been

Could it for unaware?

a Georgian Pie is most amus- be the saune which disgusted the ing and very true. I must agree great trench poet Loula Oragon with him. with it's pompous and ungra-

But, surely, there are Limes cious reception last yupimer)

when an attempt to give inspres- Again I can

handly

ane how sion by recurrent rhythm is essen- criticism was shallow and tinl, equally, to modern poetry? I Insincere' beenuse It appear in the same newspaper as

have no Auden with me at the moment, but I recall the follow-

dd the versen of Mr. Wrighting satirical verses: The main issue abrinusly is that the verses did amar. Both Mr. Wri

glght and Philosophia are in- iulting In trivialities.

Mr. Wright asks for my eri- cul muslißentions (and for those of Philosophia). He Imolles we should be puste before we criticise poetry. Samuel Johnson once mid you need be no carpenter to jule, on the confort of a chair. The

noatory serves will in context.

I am unaware of Philosophia's

I wil intencions, but Mr. Wright's challenge, wive him the opportunity for aromat, re-}

If our editor permits.

K. S. HOPKINS.

taliation,

*

this

"Are you Ilving in the city Where the traffle won't stop? Huggard and anxious, for life's

a llop!-

Why not stop?

"Are you tired of partire- All that clever talk?

O boy, have you ever aren F43

sparrowhawk?——

Learn to walk.

This is, of course, merely a variation of

ካ form already well-known, Lut Mr.

take up produces

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FOUR LOVE POEMS

DEDICATION Mararel, to whom I turned in

wjuter

And afraid,

Whose hair shadowed The palest skin,

V

Margaret, who whispered noth-

ing

But the uickness of cuol air. Margaret and the night Purgetting the day.

AUDENESQUE

Needs death, death of conven-

tional thin.

Death of the eye.

Death of the old way-- The things that have gone.

Needs more than body,

Needs hope and vision of the

life.

Vision of the happiness,

Death of conventional thing

Forget us, a patient forgets on

a table,

Forget the life that has gone, The life that will not return: Needs death, death of the old

Way.

SONG

I kiss you in the inne

ALL

I feel the pain:

I know uga'n

The old despair.

The

Late Christopher Bean" by NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. FEB. 22,

VICE-ADMIRAL THEODORE members of the Alexander Reper-1

This will takeį Chinese national currency fell 67. WILKINSON, WARTIME tery Company.

22 points yesterday breaking OF COMMANDER THE 3RD place from approxbente 820 to

9 p.m.

new low since the liberation, and SOUTH

There are several special items at the close the trend was still AMPHIBIOUS FORCE

WAS DROWNED PACIFIC.

The market closed on Thursday DRIVING PLUNGED The most important is the relav

COM NOR-of-the special talk from London-at-IIK$3.12 CN$1,000 for OVERBOARD FROM

by Mr. John Strathey. Under-futures. Yesterday turning it FOLK-PORTSMOUTH FERRY.

Secretary for Alr, on matters of The Admiral's wife, who was peculiar interest in the members opened at $3.05 and Immediately

other passenger, WE

The talk will started on its downward career, the only rescued by the fetry employees of the Services.

sellors at

$2.90. and taken to husital for shock follow the News from London at and by closing time there were

Spot

transactions opened ROBUBRY CHARGE

and exposure. She told the police [9.05 D.m.

$3.42 aa against $3.52 the pre she believed the car brakes. failed

vious afternoon, and fell to $3.27 at the close. with easy feelings, Int| Cheung Chiu-tang, unemployed, to hold.

The Admiral was charged Before Mr. C. Y. nevertheless ath defermination t discover a matilly satisfactory Kwan at the Summary Military Naval Intelligence

Court yesterday with robbery and of Peur!

Press, formpia. The ssion is as im

Dossession of arms.

Accused was alleged to have pressive as Britain coula make it,

in a robbery at No. the Prime taken without including

15 Bonham Strand, East on Feb. Minister himself.

It is belt, when the Inmates of the house. $8,000, created in fulfilment of the Gov

wer robbed of HK. ernment's promise last September U.S.$100, N.C.$2,500,000, and to make a positive step after the wrist watch and other jewellery.

Оп the application Indian elections to implement the assurance that India would he Insp. Collins hearing of the case

was fixed for March 1 The given full self-government. elections are, in the main, com- pleted, and it is with the "repre sentatives thes chosen that the Labour Party's leaders will seek

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mart

n

of Sub.

ATTEMPTED ROBBERY

ов

The

was Director of at the time Harbor.Associats |

R.I.A.F. STRIKE OVER

Calcutta, Feb. 24.

.

A total of 150 Royal Indian Air Force men went on strike yester

20 day at Baidacki Air Seation, miles from Calcutta, it was un- officially reported.

The strike was caused by an

-Reuter

-

Gold has appreciated slightly. and remained practically station nry at $599 per tael throughout the day.

US. dollars were in dranund at $5.95, and English Sterling re

Australian pourds had to $18. buyers at $12.70.

nt

COCKTAIL PARTY

French olliceta The

the of

FIRED ON POLICE cruiser "Tourville", which arrived hore on Tuesday flying the pen- nant

Robert of Rear-Admiral

Alleged to have opened fire on Battet, entertained Hong Kong's stylisfactory" Taply received to a detective when challenged, Lo French colony at a cocktail party the airmen's demands for better. Min-chi, 25, unemployed, appeared

board the ship on Thursday.

arrived in Hong ay ang allowances, better accom-before Mir, Lea d'Amada at the "Tourville" arri Kong with a number of Chinese Rodation and arrangements for General Military Court yesterday Caught by guards at the Kow- students 25 passengers from settlement after demobilisation. charged with shooting to resist

search or arrest. on the night of France. They had been first taken

o was alleged to have shot at The Feb. 16, two mon were summoned to Salgon in a British ship.

P.C.C. 778, Wan Cheung, loon Godowns

Connaught Road Central, near before bir, W. H. Latimer yester-students had suffered considerable an agreement on the course

during the German

Ramsev Street, on Dec. 10, with an Indian constitution. day, charged with breaking into hardships wards

cun- the stores of the Sea Transport occupation.

intent to commit an offence or to The setting-up of

Office

to commit with Intent

Д The

for Tourville salled

resist search or arrest. stitution-making body will au

Salzon yesterday.. felony. follow such 123 tomatically

Roth accused pleaded guilty and agreement, and it is likely that were sentenced to three month an Indian "Executive Council" hard labour. Inspector will be nominated by the political prosecuted. parties to act as an interim gov ernment working is co-operation with Lord Wavell's present In dian administration until constitutional government itself But the can come into being. whole procedure will take time.

П

Forster

STOLEN JEEP FOUND

Hearing was fixed for Thurs- ! day, Feb. 28 at 10 am

Mr. F. X. d'Almada is appear- Ing for the defence while MF. Alfred 8. K. Lau is for accuse).

"LIDO" POPULAR

I hold your breath

And sense our death:

I buy a wreath

For love's uneasy grave.

And for me other

The watching of the hours: We dio together The grave la ours.

IN THE RED SEA

I saw with sadness One of the corpses, Floating down,

Washed sickly against the dead

coast.

Thinking with an eyeball, Caught by the sun glare," Thinking of a girl, Thinking in the slow.

sweat./

sea,

Time is a death addition, In this slow swell: Love a fixed eye-bali, Asking questions of the sun. But there are no answers here

Mr.

Д

subtic

Auden' burlesque,

agree, to some extent, with Hopkins uredictions. but does he not agree that Soender has attained the virtues the pro- -phat wishes to see?

!

Mr. Hopkins? necond letter proves that he should be ashamed of his original auerficiality. I underline my remarks about his first letter. which I fed was in- effective..

PHILOSOPHIA. ~

RAW OPIUM SEIZED

Arrested at the Cheung Chau Jerry wharf with five tacks of raw opium, a widow, Lo Nut, 42, was charged before Mr. C. Y. Kwan at the Summary Court yesterday with unlawful possession.

Defendant was fined $500 or

hard Inbour. monthy The unium was found in a metal tin concealed

among dry goods when defendant was search- ed at the wharf.

fire

Chief Prevention Officer Ward, prosecuted.

ARMS HAUL

Found guilty of unlawful pos- of ammunition session of two rifles, 139 rounds and three hand remdes on-board-a-funk-in Shaukiwan. a Chinese youth, Li Yan, was sentenced by Mr. C. Y. Kayan at the Summary Milltary Court yesterday to 12 months hard labour.

Sub-Ins, Brookes, prosecuting, said

that defendant was arrested hy the Police on Feb. 21 on in- received. Defendant formation

said that the arms' were not his but belonged to another man. As this man did not turn up the Police

arrested defendant,

Imposing sentence Mr. Kwan remarked that he was satisfied

that accused way not the actual owner and in view od this, ho would pass a lighter sentence.

REPATRIATION.NOTICE No. 64

Passages to the United King- dom in His Majesty's ships are likely to be available in sufficient numbers up to about the 20th March.

After that date these facilities will cease or be greatly recuerd,

Persons who have cuirid |their repatriation on account of private business interests or in order to avoid the winter in Europe should inform the Re- patriation fficer of the earliest date in March when they would be prepared to embark.

PASSAGE DELAYS Mr. Edward Raymond, director of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Lane, Hotels, and of Messrs. Crawford, Ltd., returned to the Colony on Thursday from London, flying over the last lap of the Journey from Singapore.

Mr. Kaymond told the "China A jean. belonging to Col. Hay-Mer yesterday that he was one

Time is yesterday. DAYLIGHT ROBBERY

Time the death day, man, American Liaison Officer to Ma the Chinese First Army, which of about 46 Hong Kong and

Time the slow, sea, swell... Shanghat returning business men Another daring daylight rob was stolen from outside the

Lido Dancing Hall, in bounds

K, S. HOPKINS. to all Allied Services, is one of Singaporu.

Those who fail to avail them- yourred yesterday when Peninsula Hotel on Monday night, who obtained passare as far as three armed mon stolo

·GOOD POETRY neveral found at 11 pan, in Castio Most of them are still in Singa- the most popular rondezvous of the spacious

selves of these facilities KTO thousand dollars from the Kem Peak Road. The wheels of the pore, awaiting transport do their Servicemen and Yuen tailor shop, 408. Nathan Jeep had been removed but the

destinations.

bromises is packed from 6 p.m. to

Sir-Mr. Hopkins is abeolven, wan.d that th re might pos engine was in perfect order and

midnight avery day.

because of hisxouth

sibly ba na repatriation ships Road, at about 3.80, p.ni.

The men bound the shop atten- the tanks still Kule

The band has recently been

The refers to Auden are, 1 alt r the 20th March and that It will be complicated becair dants and two customers (who

A pominul fine of $10 was - augmented and a number of our imagine, hits for me to define delay until after that date might Indic itself is highly complicated were also relieved of their valu- Tho chic item on, the pro-

posed on a junk master, Chong dancing hostesses from Shanghai and because of the recen: developables) and spent half an hour gramme of to-morrow's

out hesitation that to me the bafore at the Catholic Contre, King's Shine-pui, by Mr. W. H. Latimer and elsewhere have joined the by own preferencas, I say, with therefore deprive them of their'' The elections for in- rasucking the promise

yesterday. Accused was arrested Lido recontly:

works of Aldington and Spander last chence of passages under Buliding first floor, is Borilor by A Hall of the Water Polico

epitamise gond poatry.

the Government cehems stance, inve been labelled by

Symphonic Fantastique. The Inain

patrol for the possession of 20 While he was cleaning a side I am surprised that Mr. Hopking on the rest of the

off Spring Garden Lane did not mention. Richard Alding

This notice does NOT ratite some Indians as, "rich men's elec

A Chinese constable on duty attes

tins of kerosene on his junic No. Lano

box containing Th

second letter.

to persons in the essential tions," because of the Franchisee, wore poly, as grammo are the Moonlight Sonata 12361 on Feb. 20. The kerosene Wanchai.

Borodin'

It limitations, based pactly on pro slightly injured when, Ho was no- by Beethoven, and Basin, on would be kept by the police untu, rounds of revolver. ammunition is obvious that a man can services, who will be dealt with and 46 rounds of rifio ammunition only be a revolutionary or a by spicial measure having perty. And it seems that lessaulted by street mblors

there are slep Items by Smetana the defendant obtains a

was found by a Sanitary coolic, reactionary, whilst hela alive. than a million have gone to the about 4pm yesterday Two men and Elgar, This is the tenth of from the 1. & E. Office,

about 3 pm. vostorday. The am way, therefore, cito, Shelley and regard to the necessity for this popular series of Gramo

s? They will always bo con-retaining their services. They polls out of a population of were detained: 370,000,000. 'Moreover, the

bona Concerts. It will be held

sidered like others at 3.30 pm

the

imprisonmiont was imposed on Lo2. Police Station. Sza by air. W. H, Latimer for two unlawful possession of three, Lacia Royal Navy ahfpe in the har-, at night chresmen, tw

opium, Accused was bour yesterday drea of ship and armed with revolvers, entered the of raw

ments.

enakin nood their escape.

at

figures returned revealed a sur And politicians hardly asist to prising Moslem strength which restore a balance of reason when will not serve to modifs their de instead of condemning vidence mand for the project state of and disorder they doplate fall Pakistan. The picture, indeed,ure to take timely steps" to pre.

far from an encouraging one, vent it

Concert

permit

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"A fine, of 4300 or two month munition was handed over to No. Kevolutionaries it is their are, however, urged to arrange prane who are for any d p'ndeafs in the Col

In

hi

Hopkins

ony to avail thema:lves of the

Kam Yuen tailor shop. No. 10, searched at the K.C.R. Station flew the US. Eneken at the main led me to bellers that he had above facilities.

George poetic appreciation and was not a Nathan Road, and stole elething on Feb. 20. and the opfum, found on the occasion of the anniversary reached an embryonic stage in REPATRIATION OFFICES and jewellery to the value of in a basket he was carrying, D.O. of the birthday of

inclined to go further. My clos 22nd February, 1946. 31.200

Phillips arosocuted.

Washington"

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