Flint Spokesman [Volume: 1, Issue: 22]

Dy. punches pulled.

their final judgment..

here Sunday.

Nite Lifein New

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CAFE x sockety STAR, WEDS

W YORK~(ANP)~THREE MONTHS: AGO: tts
I chatted away with that charming. chantreuse of Cafe Society,
Moune Rivel, in genial Barney Josephson~s ~Uptown, Club, we
didn~t know that the lovebird, had sung its sweet, song to, her. Now:<the town is surprised that:one Ellis Larkin, | pianiet,
tae ~persuaded her-to~ wear his name forever arid ever: - |,

Moune ~Rivel, the chocolate-brown lass with a. figure that
drives men to recite poetry, the darling of gay Paree who is the

opel

major support of her admiring~ family back home, has~ Beeti tak
en out ~of ~circulation~ and that; to
~very closé to this column,-~is sad, sad news.~.
~ No Europedi has cantered the heart of true freedom: breathing

three swell fellows who are. believe me.

Amer:rans of all colors as has the curvaceous atid pert brownskin doll whose: life story} sketched~ ini: this ~very space last

April. -

The kest of lu.:'to you, Mr. and Mrs. Larkin; and ~may

this union. brin:; forth ancheir posinssed witha sma!l degree of
t: ~ zaients the amy~-mert world | has acchiimed you both ram. DAWN PATROL
in WELLS~,

132nd Street and 7th Avenue, guests at a,

swank bar discusse-1 FRANK SINATRA~s bow to the public as

a radio commentator.
~vhin man~

The comenmt was lavish in praise of the

singing star who pinch-hitted for DREW PEAR
SON, Sunday night (from Hollyweed) Aug: 4 over station

WJZ.

were ~Peankié boy's~. It-is entirely fitting and proper that the nightlifers who
first well wishers and~ admirers should

hail him in his role of ~champion of tne people.~

~We should imagine that the. bulk ~of 140 ~million Ameti
cans should be deeply interested in what Frank Sinatra has to

say.. He has demonstrated to me that he stands shoulder tu

shoulder with a great man (Orson Wells) for' the freedoms

most of: us give lip service to and nothing more~... As was

expected, Sinatra: gave the KLANSMEN hail columbia with no. His speech rivaled that of other stalwart

Americans of westerydar who feared not the mouthings of the
rabble, the race-hating mobsters (look at Coney Island today),
and the leaders in-high places who persecute us in such southern
hotbeds of intolerance as Tennéssee, Georgia and Mississippi."

Thank God for Aineritens like Frank Sinatra and Orson

Wells...

voices.

The vested: money interests can never silence their. They speak as did the consecrated, inspired ~disciples

of Jesus; lowly Nazarene whose name will live on ~long after
the Gene Talmadges and his crowd have passed ignobly on to. The world of nightlife pauses between

drinks, crude jokes, loud juke-box<playing to tune the radio to

Frank Sinatra~s appeal to~<+" sane

Americans:. We, asia

part of that nightlife set up to these many years, ~gallate the
youngsters (and. oldsters) who gtahered in a corner of joe
~ bar-restaurant to listen respectfully to a Great eas 0. FRANK SINATRA,

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We recommend the August issue of EBONY MAGAZINE,

you will enjoy the piece on Dan Burley, jivester. deluxe, and

here you learn that the title, Don DeLeighbur, is -

actually a

pseudonym of his just as | reported it was many months ago.

Race Needs
More Preaching

About Earth

LAKE CITY, S, C, ~ ANP
Negroes have had too much
preaching on ~Golden Slippers
and Shining Wings in~ Heaven~
and too little about living on
earth~ Dr, Jesse E. Beard, presiding elder of the AME church
for
the South,,Carolina AME ministers told a packed- church
~>

Dr, Beard, long an outstaniding figure for~ the tights of.
Neproas ~and; president of~ othe
NAACP~: branch ~at Charleston,:
largest in the state, called. upon Negro citizens here to reg
ist~r and ~yote and fight for;
the tights of. all minority peo-j__

ple.

Bishop 2.

Address Confab.

~ JACKSONVILLE, Fla. ~ ANP

~Bishop David H, Sims, first
AME district prelate, ~and Dr,
Charles H: Wesley, president of
Wilberforce university, top the
list of speakers who will address
the Annual State Tri-Institute of
the AME church which opens
heré at Edward Waters~ college
August 20,

To meet for three @ays, the
institute is unmier the direction
of Bishop H, Y. Tookes,~ who

presides over the Ith episcopal | -

district. ~The, women~s missionary: society; under ~the diréttion |
of Mrs, Maggie Peatl Tookes,
State supervisor, and Mrs, ~L. M.
Jones, state president, will meet
in n conjunction with the. institute,

this. section and dean | of'

|

62 Yr. Old Man

Race Priests

~rectly

~feature for~ four

Spends $5,800 in

|Eight-day Spree |

DETROIT; ' Mich._APNS~

It took Van Dyke 'Roberts,
62, 30 years to save $5,800,
but he spent the small fortune while on an_ eight-day
~spree. When questioned, Roberts said, ~I had a good time.
It was worth it.~

Roberts and two friends he
met.in a, neighborhood tavern
}started (out to have. a~ good
times. The good time. took,
lithem fram Detroit to. Windsor,
~and several days~ latét ~the ~trio
~wound: up in Kansas City, by
way of Cleveland and Chicago. Money being no. consideration, they flew..,.

~I didn~t get drunk; I just

~hada few beers~ here: and

there,~ said ~Roberts,
foot all the bills.

who

~Chinese Enterprise.

| Phe scientifte ingenuity, patience
and skiH of:the..Chinese were re
~vealed gnew on a recent government mission to the Orient. In a visit to a Chinese city famous the fast
2000 years for brine wells, Chinese
were seen ~drilling deep wells for
brine and natural gas. Toe interes&
ing: aspect. is that. they have penetrated to depths of 3,500 to 4,000 feet
eee any metal equipment except

the cutting edge of a drill. They are
using and have used, for hundreds
of: ears; drilling methods developed
iidependently in Arerica..-.

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Christmas Rose.
Legend ays that a- young shepherd girl was weeping bitterly as

way to take gifts to the Christ child.
An engel appeared, and after ascertaining why the young girl was crying, she waved:her wand, and instautly the ground was _carpeted
~with. glistening white Christmas
| raecoe The eroing girl quickly gath| ered some Blooms. When she pre
sented her gift, the~ Christ ehild
smiled, and as his fingers touched

the white flowers the petals became
tinged with pink.

she watched the wise men on thei: -

| She was said to be 3.

To Attend Meet

Negro Catholic priests will
participate in. the Testimonial

|to Colored.. Missions -be
sponsored by the Catholic Inperecial, Council of Detroit,
Sept. 5, at. Sacred Heart
Church, and St., Benewenture
Monastery.

The Rev. F&ther ate

Cachery, OTS. the first, Negro priest to be ordained to
the Order of the Most Holy
ay will represent Detroit.
The Rev. Father Norman Dukette, formeér >isior of St. Bened: the 'Mo>- Farish, who. is
mss) statione! in Flint, will al4~ ~ppear at tue testinionial.

Charioteers:
Charm Chicago

CHICAGO ~ ANP ag Charioteers visited Chicago last week
for thetr first.theater appeardnce here and scored a tremendous success, Appearing at the
Chicago theater, fiinest movievaudeville house in the down:
town district, and coming difrom Hollywood
Bing- Crosby~s radio shows, the
four young collegians have demonstrated that they~ ar2 one of
the world~s best singing groups,

Meeting at Wilberforce university where they were students, the Charioteers sang. together at first for fun, They eny
tertained an all-Ohio state quartet contest in which they won
first prize. A professional career
followed which took them~ to
Broadway where they became
a fixture in the musical, ~~Hellzapoppin,~ in which they. were
and ~a half

years.

Their real break canig when
Bing Crosby chose, them for his
Kraft ~*radio ~~ program.

Birg Crosby show.

Editor in Suit
Against

| | Assailant |

SAN BERNARDINO, Cal.
ANP ~ J, ~Robert Smith, ~editor of the Tri-County Bulletin,
| weekly newspaper, brought. civil
suit jin superior court here last
week, aSking $30,000 damages of
W. Burdette Hockaday, whom
he ~accused of assault on June
28,

Hockaday, former director of
the Court Street USO, is charged with physically -. attacking
Smith because- of an_ article
which appeared in the. Bulletin
declaring that, his services with
the USO were being terminated.
He is scheduled to appear in police court this week to answer.
charges of assault and battery,
arising from the alleged.
tack, |

A native of Kansas City, Mo.,
where he is well -known in the}
YMCA and in sports~ - fields; -

A native of Kansas City, Mo.,,
where he is well known. in that |
YMCA ard, in | sports~ fields, |
Fiockaday is! 19 lea
here soon ~for Norfotk, Va.,~

~|aecept a new position The: teh

cal USO office whs -elesed three!
weeks ago, Mrs. Hockatlay stated@ this week that her husbenc is~
convaleseing~ from a goiter 7:

ation,
é

SPRINGFIELD, Itt,
~Thie Kw Klux Kian~ is riding
again tm TMNinois, Rep. ~Charles
M. Sikyles, (Dem. Chicago)
clha-ged last Week on the floor
of the TiHinois Mouse of R~presentatives, Fe warned of Khin
activity m Chicagi, East St.
Louis,
Peoria, *

Aitvhesom St. told
his daughter, Christina
was missing sinc?

ing pre-saited cslery

and

They i
return to the~ air in.October' ~toj. ~
begin their fifth season ~on the] ~

at-|,

~ANP ~_f

Decztur, ee and |

rod Blocker, Detroit detective,
te high praise for Birmingham: Police départment when he
was in the. cy to~ return a: sea

<A: have 1 ged ~peen: ~eeatiod:

opt Capt. J,
a. Ee. Oo. F. Osborne~. whom: dys said ~had been~

~Detective Bloek-|

soutt, and his first contact with
sout ~and his -fiz:t- contact whe
southern Boilies officials,

Detective | Blocker ~said, 4

| never expécted: to find a "police

department so mice~ and added ~I have gone for _ prisoi
in many~ Sect~chs: of tite~

try.~ He said further that the

treatment ~Was: ~Ca the =basis: of

host araiten it us ~He said that

By ~

LIGHT B~ KING COLE
Followers of the King Cole
trie, and they are many, have
a totil of eight sides offered
ina CapiteF ~albuth: For the
most part, this isthe sort of
baad.stuff that catapulted the~
~privy ~to > tathe Titles. are Wha}

ry, m2dium_ tempo, with -veeal;
This Way Out. 2 ritfy bounce;
~I. Don~t. Know Why, slow with
vocal; I Know That You Know,
which changes tempo; To a
Wild Rose, very slow and moody; I~m in the Mood for Love,
medium.tempo. with vocal;
Look: What You~ve Done~to Me,
slow with vocal, and I~m Thru
wit: Love, slow with vocal.

This volume wi!l undoubtedly be a commercial success for
both King Cole and Capitol
but the jazz fan~ will find little

~of interest. ~This Way Out~ js
best of the ~lot from a hot
stancpoint and. several _ sides

have. good spots in which the
Cole piano Cesear Moore~s gui-.tar and..Johnny Miller~s. bass
are definitely worth hearing,
However, if you are a confirm~ed Cole ~fan, nothitg you redd
here will dineopragy you anyway,.~

Ca: I Say after I say Pm Sor-}

~the latter sound advice.

SINGLE. BLESSEDNESS......
_ Marie Bryant, aided by the!
Midtowners vocal group and a
star band led by J, C, Heard,
Cafe Society drummer, airs her
vocal chords on the Keynote of
Ice Cream Brick, a _ novelty,
and Blue Ski?s, the ever green, |
Both are well done but. not
exiraordinay, Marie has learned a lot from - Billie Holiday.
And speaking of Billie, she~s
with us in Decca singing. What
Is This Thing Called Love
which has a fine beat and easy
tempo and tre very slow and
pretty Don~t Explain. Catch her
final phrase. on the Jatter. Backing band is hot in spots and
quite~commersial in others with
~violins, But that Holiday gal
makes up for everything.

_ Cab Calloway has an amusing and~ botinsing tale of -a
Square on the Columbia of A
Blue Serge: Stiit with a Belt in
the Back. aPired is Afternoon
a slow ballad in which].
Cab at times imagiles* he~s Al
~Hibbler. Sax selection is well
rvoiced, Hot Lips Page, the Kan- |~
~sas City trumpeter, leads his
| crew. ~through Race Horse
Mania, a jumpy blues with short
but quite adequate solos and a
| trombonist who phrases like
g} Higginbotham, On. this.Contin
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ote eit het fe another.

sual, Vee igs aa weal

4 off his: horn like the great Arm:

~strong. Flipover is a frantic
jump, Coriseana. Art Land
~sounds improved on the Benny
~Goodman Columbia of Blue
~Skies and F Don~t Know About
~You, The band has a good
beat but it lacks the er of.
former Goodman aes vas i

Alto sex-in slow aid pretty
fashion - highlights the. Majes-:
tic by Jimmie Lunceford titled
The ~Jimmies.~ Backins is a
rocking jiterbug special called I

-Neec A Lift in which the fam
ous lLunceford
things

rhythm keeps
moving. There is also
vocal jive, Speaking of vocal
jive, the Delta Rhythm Boys
dish it out in strong fashion
on the Decca of-But. Shes~ My
Buddy~s Chick and Walk It O,
Both
are very rhythmic, Danny 0O~Neal takes us to the west on his
Majestic of Ole Buttermilk
Sky. Plattermate is the pop
tunc, Remember Me, He has a

-pleasant voice.

After a couple of s0-8so discs,
Woody Herman bounces back

~hard.on. the. Columbia of Ma
bel Mabel, a frenzied. version
of Humoresque. It~s a swell arrangement and Red Norvo~s
get 9 good workout, Companion piece is Linger in My Arms
A;Little Longer, commercial
but* good, Herman plays alto
on this in a wailing Hodges
style. Louis Jordan has an aMusing, jumping Decca of
That Chick~s Too Young to Fry
paired with Choo~ Choo Ch~-; Boogie, the latter eight to the
bar with a nice beat. Both
have vocals. Kirby Walker as
an odd but earthy voice and
uses it well on the De Luxe
of Just Another Woman, with
unlaundred lyrics and a_ star
band in which Leonad Feath2r
sparks the ivoriss. Flipove: is
Rol! Me Over, pery bouncy and
with a surprise ending after
~Around the Clock~ style lyrics,

-A terrific group of stsrs serve
~as~ background for Jot Bushkin~s pialo and Billy Butterfield~s trumpet on~ the fine De
rla of She~s Funny That Way:

~Other side, called Improvisation
~for the March of Time, Stars |~
~different musicians, aisc led by
~Eddre Conddn, on a ~number
~which begins as a blues and

~then turns into a Chicago stomp, |.: ~a. good beat and fine
ti~s blackstick, Brad Gowan~s|~hor. along with a few bars of '

| Willie Smith ajto.

Shroeder~s piano, Tony Paren
value
drums -

sliphorn, Dave Tough~s
and Bill Davison~s
trumpet all have strong spots,

However, Davison is not as

_ DETROIT, Mich~(APNS)~
|} Shéldon Tappes. widely
~known union feader, and for}merly secretary of ~AW.CIO'
lotal No. 600 was held for!

quéstioning:y police~ Wednes-,
day, along with nine others
following a clash between: rival APL and CIO members at!

the Frigid. Food Prodwets Co.|

Jailed Along With Nine 2
Others After Warren Avenue Fracas

|Divine Says
= sh Cay Will

~**| riage would carry ~democracy,! &
and Christianity | a;
epesearereatsersstesssssesssesegeeseseeresssest:

white flower

| Res. 639 E. Adams Ave. Apt, 602

Democracy, PHILADELPHIA ~ ANP ~
Posing for the first time for pictures with his new 21 year old
white bride, Father Divine deelared Thursday that their mar
Americanism,
to the new birth of freedom predicted by ~Abraham ~ Lincoli.~
The press conierence was held
in the four story downtown
building. here which is the Father~s headquarters.

The smiling blonde girl, who
measures five feet six inches,
sat demure and silent during the
conference, standing only once
to have picture taken with her
~god.~ She was dressed in a cOo]
flowered print dress, with a
in her hair and
pearl éarrings, necklace, silver
bracelet, and four. rings, one of
which was a- nuge solitaire
diamond, Father Divine wore a
gabardine suit that had a button, star and a victory insignia in each lapel.

Questioned by one of the reporters as to what effect their
marriag? would have had in
the south, especially in Georgia, he said, ~What do I. care
about.Georgia? I: was married
in Washington and I~m here,~

According to the bride~s parents; _Mr, and Mrs. Charles
Ritchings in Montreal, ~Sweet
Angel~ as. she is known, belives She is ~living in heaven.~
Ritchings, a florist, said - his
daughter. became interested in
the cult shortly after going to
work as a stenographer in 1945.
One of the girls in the office
whose family were ardent Divin? Supporters started her on
the road to becoming a culltist.
The girl left Montreal last week
for Philadelphia to join the
follow rs,

NATIONAL AMATEUR
BICYCLE CHAMPIONSHIPS
TO BE HELD HERE AUG 16-18
COLUMBUS, Ohio ~ APNS
Outstanding bicycle racers
from all parts of the country
wi}! be in Columbus next week
to participate in the National
Amateur Bicycle | Championships, and a number of state

and ~sectional champions will
ride in the, finals, to. be staged
in Franklin Park. Ralph D.
Henderson, business manager of
The Citizen, is chairman of the

Columbus committee for the
three-days~ event, August 16,
17, and 18, A~ Gateway JubiWee parade will feature the

downtown portion of the program.

forceful as he usually is. Harry
James drags out his. vielin for
the Columbia 6f This Is Al-,ways, rendered in his most

commercial

fashion... Platiermate, I've Never Forgotton has

James

Do You Need
Help?

Consult Prof. Fraaklin E. ~: Potter

LUCKY NUMBERS.,
Office 437 E. Canfield, Phons

Phone CHerry 1308,
-PETROIT 26, MICHIGAN

~the

<that there yas

' | ference

~<\ris Roach whose buss plans are,

NEW YORK ~ This week we
welcome to NYC. as well as to
Hotel Theresa a well known
former Cleveland nite
Jack Elliott whose managerigal
experience places his guidance
in the same bracket here. at the
Hotel Bar and Dining Room.
Ellictt was former manager of
the Cleveland Chamber of
Commerce club and- Maitre,D~
Hotel cne. of Cleveland~s ~most
fasnionable hotel, His first
party here was a Grant. Reynolds perty, So along with our
good friend and hotel. manag2r,
Walter W, Scott you will find
Jack Elliott greeting you as
you take your daily Scotch co:
lemonade at the hotel bar
just as Scott do?s in his smiling
way whenever you stroll into
our hotel lobby, So, now just
feel at home as you always do
when you ~Do DROP IN.~

~Wanna know something? Indeed you do, Then just
mect the neuclues of ~La Cheeros~ Gotham~s newest club with

the best purpose, that of
spreoding cheer and _ sunshine
among the less fortunate, It

was organized Sunday and already is creating interest for
associate and life members as
well as active working members who will get about among
those in hospitals, homes.. centers, etc, Gifts, deeds and service will be the things the club
will send out or take out at
least once a month, Welcomes
women of all races creeds, reigions, and works among. all.
Interested members might drop
a line, Just watch the ~La
Cheerios~ Serve and Give with
a prayer and a smile.

Hearing~ Parker Watkins, tenor~s interpretation of ~Without
a Song~ and ~Old Man River~
just takes in all of that imusicianship one has ta give and
such entertainment after a
celebrity breakfast at the SAS
club last. Sauiday was OK,
Guests were Henrita Lovelace, Leigh Whipper, Lcrenzo
McLane, H, A, B, Jones Quart?y, Hallique, Leonard D. bu},
Reginald Mitchel, and Granville Dill,

Always a pleasure -to chat
with those in the know. So: last
week end the list included
Johnny Bradford and wifie Una
Mae Carlisle whose. new song
hit is ~If It Ain~t Mine, Whese
Is It,~ Louis Garvis, owner Of
St. Nicholas Bar where
m y good friend Tommie
Johnson and I often dine, E
C, Hill of Winston-Salem, N.
C. whose choir~ ~Camp Mestivg Chor~ makes ycu think
Yby their beautiful. renditions
~yeally a Camp
Mecting going on, Claude Hopkins whos? sweet music is a
stationary figure at the Zanzibar; &, B; Rea~ whose predictions~ are ~on th? ball.~ J. C.
Johnsin gwhcse giving of service is anlimited as President
of the Good Hearts. Ward Goff,
St. Louis Cartoonist whose Productions wil! scon hit the
masses thru ar? first rate Negro
Publications, Dr. Alkan (Howard U,) Locke, Clar2nc2 Williams whose guidan~éc~ it wes
that: took those _ Scutnernaairas
10 the ~tep, Branson~ Price, Executive at the Southern Conof Human Welfare.
Canada (On Whitman Avenue)
Lee, Noble Sis;s., that great
genticman whose music is always on the beam, Prof, Nor
new toward his Szheol~s.Graduation on the llth of August,
and the Larry Steele whose club
Baron Show ratés the. raves.
Mary. others too ~ from out
of tewn was well as in, but
space always is a qu?stion.
Happy faces are always welcome So it was just the right

~about:

~knowledge of thos:

PPOOLOL OL PDL LL OL IL IS POOL O PLS ELL M

things to see~ those 126 Afro

News ~Boys and Girls getting
here in the gay c~ly
which cliraaxed ~their tour from
Washington, Virginia, Nc7th
and. South Croalina, and Laltimore, Supervising the~ Youhs
were Mrs, O, ~ulson, of - Ealtimore, Md., Mrs. Caldwell of
Hipeint, N; C. ~and ~ Sinc~air
Swain of Baltimor? also. Such

an Educational Tour will s-:re
Social Science
youths,..

ly add to the

From the mail pouch ~ lJiile
Velma Davis of St; Louis says
the heat isnt~ as bad as it might
be. Viola Wallace likes the Jcttings aS she ~Digs~ them in the
Los Angeles newsiés,* John D,
Wiikerson; outstanding Attorney of Cleveland and wife take
time out to say hello, B~shop
W. P. Young of Atlanta, Ga.,
sends his mesbages by telepone
or tele-wire.

Now we ~might say ~~Tel-awomen (Smile) and it w-ll be
all over, but not here, Bu: you
had to know that the litle
Miss who was doing a Theatrical Column on one o~% the

) Weskly~s here for a Vaccenisi~

Leighla Whipper to be e::ac:~
is the same one whkc jas penn
ed a number of Calypso Tunes ~

for those who like them, Good
work too, A he
~Se now it~s to

time
~Adies~,- Yours as eve:~Lgu ~
Sealia Swarz, Hotel Ti::resa,
NYC, =
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Work Slow?

For Colored ~
In Movies ~:

Except for tall men na>
tive: Or other atmospher: role
calling for ~size, work for colored
players has been slow f.; thé
past three weeks, Hoe-vevc&
Sepia, the new Eddie Greef
Seymour Simon production. will
scor. start the first of its musi;
cal comedies. MGM is~ to makgé
a Lena Horne sequence in ~Thi
Pirate,~ Rumors persist~ about
a r.ajor picture stafring Joe
Louis and rights were.s:cured
for un all-colored product~on at
~Rain~ last week,

ite ~Methodist;;
Blast Walton. -

ATLANTA ~ ANP ~ Write
Methedist ministers of A~ Jantx
mad~ public last week a rosolus
tion deploring the lynching of
four Walton county Neg:c2s
which has ~besmirched the
good name of, Georgia,~ ~volat:

a+
ew

ed_ all Crirtian conscience, ~ane
has lynched the very ~lav; it:
selz,~ a

The white leaders repr2s2rt
a combined membersip of 632.
000 in M2thodist churches ir. thé
city The resolution was signed
by Dr, E. G, Mackay, and thé
Revs, Nat G, Long, Lester
Huinble, B, C. Gamble, Roger
Stone, Rémbert Sisson and
L. Smith, a ~Z

MAN ROBBED OF MONzY.
AND CREDENTIALS
D=FROIT, Mich. ~APNS-=
~On ithe night of Aug. 11,

Harry Nora said that he was

walking north on

near the ~Stroh Brewery wh-n

two unknown men grabb- a

him around the neck from béhind, knocking him down and
~taking his billfold ~
$18 and his papers.

Nora could not identify the

o*

men because they took him ty
surprise and also stunned ~:

with a blow. ee

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