Flint Spokesman [Volume: 1, Issue: 46]

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AMUSEMENT DOCUMENTARY

NEW YORK ~ ANP ~ Camilla Williams~ first New ae | << i es

York: recital, given at Town Halli two weeks ago, is still the ey
subject of interesied conversation in Harlera drawing rooms of 7:
~Titres mt ca. One moocadied petonlkile Casilla Wil- Langston Hughes~ Mills Brothers to Open =r Ces
Joins Faculty of | Zanzibar in New Location ~Award for
Atlanta U. ils Brothers and Eddie Hey. His Honesty

_ ~~. lam~ for her singing of Mozart's ~~Allelula~~ and ~Dove sono~
yor with the Chicago Symphony oftchestra, and initial debut to New
York song lovers with the New York City Opera company s
Mills Brothers and Eddie HeyATLANTA as: wood's band will open the Zan - eo

wk teed re a zibar in its new downtown o- DeTROIT, Mich. (APNS)

lughes, internationally known Milton Mannings, 13, who lives

poet, whose writings have been with his mother at 926 Mack

ve x aso

activity without much recent acclaim but who is now moving
again to the top of the list is
Marine. Sullivan, She is now
heading her own air show over

I said last year tat Miss Williams~ voice possessed quality
and volume as well 1a pronounced vocal color in the register;
I failed to state that she must study more techniq::e of emotional shadings and song- -moodyarjations. The f.ct that one occasionally notes hardness of surface in this great singer's tones in

~Madame Butterfly~~ presentation.
cation Feb. 5. The week before,

now in the site

certain presentations, but point to the observations We make i in

the lines preceding this:

~We hike Camilia

plays despite the splendid fluency of her singing and ~the brightness and sparkle in the upper register notes. Possibly this is why
she failed to create the furore that attended her memorable ren~impersonation with the local~ opera

dition of ~~Cio-Cio-San~

company in 1946.

COMMUNITY BUILDUP

No more. dhbsitable giver lives than.the. folk: one sinelers a= ei the highway of drinks:and laughter.
the idea from this remark that the come easy, ~go easy person
comes under the heading of what we are coming to: During
1946 your humble correspondent gathered in thousands of dollars for worthwhile Harlem charities. Virtually all of these do-|
nations were made by check save about $800 given by out of |
town friends visiting themetropalis.4

High among such donors are
Willis and Junius Byrd of'the ea Co such as Mayfield nureople~s

sery and Home for Girls;
others, we are deeply grateful.

We itinderstand that-a group of yourig people detennined
that.a Negro theatre stock company will revive the glories oldtimers associated with the Lafayette theatre, and plan canvassing Hrlem for the $10,000 required to, start the ball. rolling. I
have already expressed my willingness to lajd
movement and I know many oher newsmen and civic-minded

Harlemites will help materially.

to 18 year old boys and girls for the purpose of picking up the|
slack that established social centers fail to enroll thru no fault
of their own, is one that will jolt juvenile delinquency where it

needs it most.

DAWN PATROL NOTEBOOK

Earl Warren, handsome maestro who, formerly did the vocals for Count Basie. is clicking nitely at Joe Louis's swell halfmillion dolilar restaurant-tavern with his own little band. Contrary to popular opinion which links one or two other names in
this spot, Jim Evans, Braodway booking specialist, is the sole
sponsor of ~~Cavalacade of J&zz,~
of yesteryear and today; ~we predict the Caravan will hit the

big money bracket this season.

A whispering campaign of sizeable proportions has been|.
underway ever since that mixed. J musical combo | took over at
swank. Baby Grand, 125th street mtespot!
You~ yourselves | sponsor interracial setups and were that opinion |

to miany of our top musicians, we ask you? No, let~s to be chauvinistic and stupidly thin-skinned in matters like this:
ing handicap for Baby Grand~s music-makers.

Bill Bailey, now a man of God preaching at the fate of a
thousand words a session instead of that number of dance interpolations at every curtain call, was prominent at the late Jim- |
my. Marshall's funeral at St. James church. Frank Holfar, exApollo theatre employe. told me that he enjoyed Frank Schiffman's tearful eulogy more than he did the final words said by
the pastor; howevey, we know the preacher does his best with
what known material he has to work upon, Frankie. '

Hot Lipe Page is terrific from reports that come into us from

~the Cavalcade stops up to date.

Washington, Even~s troupe played to capacity audiences; this
Symphony Hall, Boston; Laurel
gardens, Newark; and in our own Town Hall, New York. The
trade wiacs th-+t blow constantly, say the Caribbean club, 140th!
will soon use name bands.~

Marion Bruce, one of the prettiest and most personable singers (Jock'~s Masic room) we've met in years, stole the play at
Arthur:Godfrey's radio hour as we told you and now looks forward to a call from hollywood and other gold-mine~ stat~on3.
Atta girl,~ Marion. Madeline Green, formerly featuréd vocalist
with the great Lionel Hampton orchestra, opened at Hank Arm
was a!so true at Burw? ak, Pa.,

St... 2nd end 7th Ave.,

strong~ s Melody room.

~ Bowman~s Cocktail lonaak 92 St. Nicholas
weeks ago and she is packing them in. Madeline is~ the new
singing star who now work with the one and only Noble Sissle;
land proper talking Doc Wheeler, is the eehial host at

smooth
Melody room, by the way:

Bob Armstead, Long Island resteuranit-tavetri owner who

William's
flock tu her concerts; we long for the. day to come when critics
will no-longer single out the:-unmistakable ~~effort~~ Camilla dis
work-as do.thousands who

~One must not gain |

Herbert: Thylor. Kleeber

Community~ church and

this splendid

The campaign to organize 15}

featuring ranking jazz artists

hy, boys and girls? |

Ke ees

a rous
At the Lincoln Collonade,

f

tildce.~ two

largely concerned with ~depicting Negro life in America, will
be visiting professor of creative
literature at Atlanta Unrriversity
for the second semester of 1946 -47, President Rufus E. Clement
has announced,

Mr.-Hughes, who is completing a Mid-Western tour, is the
}author of eight books and num
which have appeared ir Esquire,
The New. Yerker, The Satur|dty Evening Post, Common
/Ground, Asia, Travel, The Na~tion, The New.Republic, Survey Graphic, Poetry, Theatre
Arts and many anthologies. ~

His works have been translated into French, Sparrish, Rus
~sian, Chinese, Japanese, Ger~man, Dutch and other _languages.

Other than Mulatto, Mr. Hughes has written a. dozen plays.
His published songs irclude
Freedom Road, Songs to the
Dark Virgin, and African Dance
from the motion picture Stormy
Weather. He wrote the lyrics for
~Street Scene ~ a musica] play
which opened a week ago on
Broadway.

Mr. Hughes~ weekly column,
Here to Yonder appears in the
Chicago Defender. His books. include -The Weary
Dream Keeper, Shakespeare in
Harlem, poems; Not. Without
Laughter, a novel; The Ways
of White Folks, short. stories;
and The Big Sea, an autobio.
graphy,, graduate of Lincoln University in 1929, Mr. Hughes was
~honoréd by his alma mater im
(1943. with- the degree of. Litt.
-He* received the, Harmon

Gold Award for Literature ~in

1931, and~: sihce ~that time has
held felldwships from the Guggenheim. Foundation and the.
Rosenwald Fund.

Dr.. Charles A. Beard included Mr. Hughes ir his seletcion
of. America~s twenty-five ~most
interesting personages with a
socially conscious attitude.~

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~Carmen Jones~

Back Home

NEW YORK ~ ANP ~The
Carmen Jones.troupe is back
hime, tired after a protonied |
tour. The whole company was
disbanded, but it is expected
that Billy Rose will reass*mplethé company in the next month
or--so to make another tour.

Carmen Jones is becoming a
pérennial road show and is a
big. hit in all of the-tities where
it--has been. resented. - In the
new year. whieh is: ~said~ ~to have
been already planted, 4 number

bought the lick-and key for Elks Rendezvous, 133rd street and
Lenox avenue, will announce shortly plans for making that popular nitespot equal to any in~ town. Astute aid hardrock bu-inegs.man, Armstéad is making friends on every hand with his
latest venture. Dizzy Gillespie. billed by Public ~Relations mian
Floyd Snelson as that ~crazy like a'fox~ maestro of bebop jive,
heads a,monster celebrity night quest party at Bowman's spot
the nigh after we hit the press deadline, J. ~. Heard, sensational RCA recording artist of Cafe Society Downtown, Song
stylist Etta Jones, Chester Crumpler, (romantic baritone protege of Duke Ellington; Dolores Dickens, Quartet and many
othe: headliners feature this celeb night MUST on everybody~s
Dawn Patrol.

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y Ancient Alchemist

Studies indicate that alchemy was
Indigenous to China, antedating
western alchemy by probably 300
or 400 years, and there is muck
evidence that alcherny spread from
east to west. Ko Hung, greatest of
the Chinese alchemists, was born in
281 and died in 361 A. D. Ko Hung
- was a Confucianist in his ethics;and outlook on life and a Taoist
Ais metaphysics and his regard of
~nature. He was devoted as keenly

~to magic as any of his contem
-\poraries and was hard-headed for
all his credulity. He was an experi
* mentalist who possessed extensive

~nowledge of the powers and pos

sibilities of nature.
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4 Housing Conditions

Iousing is in the best condition
Sf" the cities of the North and. the
West, and in the worst on the farms
of the Seuth, a Twentieth Century
Fuad report reveals.

at a

TO

~burrow under the plants.

Nail Snaails

In the fall beans and pea stems
Bhould be pulled carefully and
watched for slugs or snails which
They are
found usually on-damp ground under the stems during the day and
can be destroyed with hot water,
stepping on, or dusting with limé
or sulphut. Old boards, rubbish

in| 2d stones should be remcved also
| because these pests congregate un
der such material during cool fall
days. They may livé through the
witser in these places too. Slugs
and snails can be traced to their
hiding places by the trails of slime
~hey leave during the daytime.

Sweet Potatoes Nutritional
Sweet potatoes offer sugar as well
aus a deep golden color that méans
plenty of carotene or vitamin A.
Along with these, the sweets
provide vitamins B and C, as
as a small amount of minerals, ahd
energy from starch.

af cities omitted ~on previous
tours. will be inclded, bus. there
will be no shows in cities. where
jim-crow is practiced on the
audiences.

et

Legislature ds
Not in Hurry to
Act on FEPC

The State Legislature has
made no move in either house
to formally introduce or act upon measures pertaining to the
FEPC, Attorney General Eugene
F. Black asserted that the meas
4re is properly presented before
~he lawmakers.

It stems to be the consertsus
of opinion that there is no particular hurry. The Legislature is
given a 45-day period to appove or reject: initiated proper:
als,

Decorated Bridal Bed
" The ancient custom of decorating
the bridal bed with rosemary still
persists in a few remote areas of
Europe although it is not generally
practiced. Among the warlike tribes
of Northern India, a strange custom
once prevailed. The prince or rajah, who had a daughter of marriageable age, en the
princely suitors at a lavish banquet.
The -; was allowed to enter,
look thé young fhéen over, and throw
a flower garland of marriage around
the neck of the man of her choice

e~rous articles, stories and poems.

Blues, The |

Vanity Fair,.

pied, will open with Gertrude
Niesen, Jan Murray, Hal LeRoy,
Boyd Raeburn~s orchestra and
other white entertainers. An inveresting commentary upon the
aifference own2rs Joe Howard
and Carl Erbe will have to
meet is the two spots, one with
colored entertainers and the
other with white, is in the salary roll which call for $8,000 a
week at Zanzibar and $15,000
weekly at the Vanity Fair.

~ THe Mills. Brothers will get
$2,500 per week for their stint
but one of the heartening things
is the manner. in which the
Mills Broters are being received
these days. For a time they
were a bit out of the spotlight
but every recent engagement ha
seen them clicking to better ad
pvantage than when they first
startied the entertainment world
~with their unique style so widely. copied.

Another performer who has

which Zanzibar formerly occu
break. It was her contribution
at the all night radio charity
stint for Sydenham hospital,
the interracial medical institution here, which won it for her.
She sang from midnight until
5 ~. m., with accompanists from
the station stag rotating while
she went on an don. The. station liked her work as well as
her spirit and the 15 minute
sustaining program goes under
her own name. Too, Sydenham
has created the Maxine Sullivan committee for Sydenham,

The declining era for entertainers and bands so far as sal
aries go never seems to touch
that miraculous c*mbination, the
King Cole Trio. They came in
to town Sunday after a week at
the Earle theatre in Philadel-phia. The take of the little combination with negligible overhead. was better than $17,000,
out of wic tey paid a couple of

quietly kept her place in cafe |

of sustaining acts.

So

NEW YORK ~ ANP ~Thirty
four mixed audiences above and
below the Mason-Dixon line
heard Josh White's ~~strong~~
songs on his recent 16,923-mile
coast to coast tour.

Suffering from laryngitis since
he returned here from his - first
tour, White reported no _irtcidents by refusing to change his
and not permitting race segregation of audienges. His ~~strong~~
somgs include ~Strange Fruit.~
~Free and Equal Blues~ and
~Joe Hill.~

~I~ve been doing ~strong~ stuff
all my life," White said. ~*A lot
of people might have changed
their._programs in the south but
I wouldn't, People ask me how
I have the nerve to sing that
stuff down ~there. Actually it
doesn~t take any nerve. I got
some letters from cracks and
my wife was afraid but nothing
happened.~

Audience reaction was -not
favorable im Newcastle, Pa.,
White recalled, Appearing on a
program sponsored by the An
cient Accepted Scottish Rite
| Masons there, he was preceded
~by movies, group singirg and
anti-Rodsevelt. jokes.

~When ~I announced ~~Strarige
Fruit~ a big. guy in the audience

Josh White Gets Strong )
ngs Over to Southern |
halicnins With Little Trouble = =

WNEW. Odd how she got the!

out of which they paid a couple |

and-cream bicycle into the Hunt
station.:

He told the police that he
found the bike in an alley at
Mack and Rivard and wheeled
it two miles to the station.

Milton, a 7-A student at the
Moore school, is employed as a
delivery boy at Swatt~s Market.

been promised him by his employer contingent on Milton's
getting a bicycle.

Milton~s mother is cared for
by the Aid to Dependent Childrer Agency, His father died
when he was an infant. Money
he earns is given to his mother.
Offers of bicycles and money
to buy bicycles are being offered by Detroiters who were
touched by the story of Milton
Mannings.

As a result of his honesty he
is going to have a bicycle and
higher pay, and also a clear
conscience,

that was written by a _ nigger
lover,"~ White said. ~I got hot
under the collar but I started to;
sing. While I was singing, this
guy started down the aisle and
vther people joined him, They
went through a door at ihe
side leading backstage.

~I was, sure there was going
to be trouble. ~~One Meat Ball~
wes supposed he my next
number, but my manager signaled from the wings to sing. ~The
House I Live In.~ There was no
applause for ~Sireng: Fruit~ and
ite for ~House. Ta.n I wen:
off stage and outside. These fellow; were standing together und-: 2 tree lookirg for me. But
I juct walked on by and noth
to

audiences that w:.e scared te
exjcy my songs after they got
there, They~d sta.t to applaud
arid then looked around and be
aficid to cortina:, When thy
wanted to be nasty and sit on
their hands, I just threw the

got up and shouted,. ~Yeah,

~strong~ stuff at them.~

AS 1 SEI

By E. Vincent Suitt *

~The U. S.: Department of -Labor~ anticipates over 2 1-2 million workers. will be needed on
new construction projects at the
peak of 1947 program next September, ~ This will exceed last
year's top on-site employment
figure~ by 3-4 of a million workers,~ and approaches the high
levels of the twenties.

It is estimated that over half
the workers at the job-sites
this coming September will
skilled (iscluding foreman), and
about 40 per cent of the skilled
workers will be carpenters, Last
summer theme were stightly
more than 90,000 skilled workers employed ov new construction, compared with the million
anda quarter expected at the
1947 peak.

About 35 per cent of the man
*% {power required for this year's
~lcorstruction peak will be used

on non-farm housing, 30 per
cert on non-residential building,
par 35 per cent on non-building
land farm construction. Employment on the site of residentia:
building, which aGemands 2 larg-, IT \: x:
| ~ +
|;

ue proportion of skilled

men than any other type of
construction, is expected to ris?
from a low of about 495,009 in
the early months of 1947 to around 925.000 in Séptember,

norr-residential building sile em
1946, according to preliminary
estmates 670,000 new homes
were started and 455,000 completed.

Expenditures, for new corStruction will total almost $15
1-2 billion this year the
greatest dollar volume for any
twelve month period in the
country~s history. It will be
more than 50 per cent above
the 1946 figure. The question:
Will Buffalo enjoy any parts
of the expenditures or dwellings
planned for communities, ~

Thermometer for Hay
An electrical resistance thermometer has been designed for record
200 degrees below zero to 600 above.

Indian Summer Haze
The haziness in the atmosphere
in Indian Summer is due to floating
dust particles which usually vanish
in the more rainy and windy seasons, according to the Encyclopaedia
Britannica.

| poems of which-she has written
~many. These poems were pub
~Batts. i

pleted in 1947. Ome-fifth of the

dwellings started will be in:
multi-family structures, which
are usually built~ to rent. In

'POET~S
~CORNER

These poems were written by
Miss; Dorothy Roam?2, who _ is
fourteen years old and a freshmen at McKinley.

Miss Roante is. known for her

lished by the Haven Press in
New York.

Her parents reside at 810 Liberty, S. E.?
THE STORM;
Out of the heaver:
The darkened skies,.
Pours the rain <end
flash,

The storm, the storm has beeun!
The _swaying trees, the windashed trees,

From the ocean comes the spray.

lightning~s

wheeled ar attractive maroon- /

His weekly wages for. the
hours 3:30 to 6 p.m. is three}
dollars.

A raise of $9 weekly has

COLUMBUS, Ohio -~APNS~
GERALDINE _J. BAILEY,
Mrs. to the local set, has reached the top bracket among stenographers and bookkeepers$n
this part of Ohio. At present
she does this type of work for
two of the Eastend~s best operated organizations, ~namely

The Franklin Lodge No. 203;
letks iBPOE of W, and the

Charles Bloce Post No. Ore

Hundred Fifty Seven, Amer:+ |

can Legion. It is without adoubt concerning what per3ons say that she is one of the

most competent stenogzaphic

and auditing assistants, th:t

Columbus enterprises can of-.

fer. She is the wife of Cas-ius

C. Bailey.

VIEWS OF

By ~Art~ Lyons
On being present at most of
the *Club~ discussions amorrg the
fellows that: frequent here, I
have understood why so many
of them are so ~~bitter~~ in their
views toward Jife as they have
found it since their discharge
from the service. Why can~t we
as a well organized and intelligertt community do something
about the employment situation
as it faces our race today? Years
ago, we were told that we could
not hold certain jobs because
we weren't qualified in~ trades
and professions, so th? younger generation began to prepare
for this day and age by taking
in various schools, and by apprenticesh#p~s these same trades
and professions, to what avail?
We went to protect and preserve
our country~s democracy, and so
Going, we. were able to learn

The storm, the storm is raging!
God have mercy on_ wicked

ing happened.~. bial na csi.
White liked his. first tour | Call the storm to heaven.
bétier than night cluk work io gy
where ~you compete with ra~- HEAVEN~S WILL
\tling dishes and drunks. If pco- oe out of the calm blue,; sky
ple don't want <> hear you,: as
they don~t come. ~ ran into some pepe noise uke a giant's

Rumble, mumble.,ru:able,
know that sign.

Why,: it~s summer thunder,
And my fearful heart does cry~
To see the dark clouds rush by.
But cries cannot still Heaven~s
will.

you

Now the storm does begin
With cool raimr and_ shifting
~ ~sawisd, 3
eeee floshes through
darkened sky,
Thunder roars on high,
Lo, my cry is still~

Fer this is Heaven's will,

the

Now the storm is over,
Sun shines on iields of clover.

nleyment probably will range

irom 455,000 to 780,000, al ead arc comes across
The Bureau of Labor Stati?- | But whether it snows, or rains

tics expects about a million or shines~

new permanent dwelling units;] know this is all cf Heaven's

~to be started and 950,000 c~m- will.

Medic Leaves
For Liberia

NEW YORK ~ ANP ~ Lt
Col, Hildris A. Poindexter, senior surgeon of the United States
Public Health service, planed
to Liberia Friday with 12 mice,
12 rats, 12 guinea pigs and
rabbits.

~ His destination was ~Monrowis
and he expects that within six
months his 48 animals will have
increased to 500 or more. Meanwhile, he will have trained a
technical staff for the Liberian
government and established a
diagnostic laboratory for the
study and pzevention of dysentry, y2vs and uther tropical disecres The enimels will be used
in the research work which Col,

qiure his Sirviecs for 3 years.

2

us.

Poindovt-r est'mated would re-'

other trades and professions,
that here-to-fore were denied

Now, we are qualified for
any type of employment, so
what do they 1~]1 us now? Sorry. but we, the white employer,
heve mo place for you in present setup of 2mployment, we
are filled up at present, we wl
notify you if we want vou. Of
course you realize that is the
end of that. You are never called simply because she ~does not
want you on an equal employment basis with his own son
or friend. Now that you are
qualified, what are you going to
do with your qualifi~ations, now
that you havea trade, must you
accept a port JP ~.any. other
common labér: job ~ Now - that
we are mentally efficient, must,
that intelligence ~bea insulted
with a broom and -a* mop? Why
should it be? And- ~why can*t we
as tax payers. demans that we
be given at equal chance to
cope with our white brother
and sister in th. catugory cf decemt wage earnings in decent
employment?

T rtd.
we are blind to what is going
on around us, I don~t think that

is the situation, we are just lax,

and we should be up and doing,~
looking, and demanding t0 bet,
ter things in life, and as 2 p20~"
ole of this United States vw
entitled to them. Lets ge: them
Now. Lets not be satisficd with:
~he small racial quota in the
dlants and factories todey, let's
jemand a larger quota in more
places, not just plants. or factor
2 aLe

ment. What about the nu saber of
large department ~stores ~uptown,.
you spend your money in these
ylaces, but, how many of you.
yre waiting om each other, how
many of your young lov-ly race
girls do you see behini thos?
counters in those offices or mddling those expensive clotnes and
coats that you are. cc 4stantly.
and continually paying your hard.
earncd money fer. if we ar~,
capable o fbuying, we also ait
capable of séliing, to ~ solves
and to others.

How long must we cerry the
voke.of oppression, ise over.

eighty years now we have beef
the las~ race here, ar:n~t w@
ever going to move up in this
race of life? Aren't we evr BOs
ing to realize that no on: is ~ Se
ing to help #3, no. Otee;-V72 mic: 5k
learn to build our own wagons,
lay our own roads, and carry
our owr loads, what better tim~ -
than now ito plant ou foott
prints in the sands of time.
if any part of this that I have
written today has penctrate
through the minds of you tha
are is the ~ or a position to de
something no matter how stall,
act, act in the living present,.
and maybe out of the chad~
and turmoil in the world today;
we will be able to~hrust. ~up our
heads out of the m ck of oppressiow and in a volte clea
and confidertt declare durselv
~negroes~ and not asham-d as
ie ros~ Americans, Ser

Are we so smug-and salf centered im our own s2curity, that

week, and thanks fo: 4
ing.

LAFAYETTS | '4 ake
~if anybody~s sonna sit,
sit," declared iS-year-old Williz Francis who narrowly missed
death last M&y wher a mechanica] defect in the wiring of the
state~s electri: chair failed ic
send the death dealing current
tn~cugh his hey. sg

The U. S. Supreme court fast
week turned down the plea of
Francis~ attorney, Bertrand De
Blanc, that the youth be fre<-t,
Falling back upon the states~
rights doctrine, the court ruled
that another attempt could be
made. to execute Francis who

Willie Francis Will Do His Own |
(Dying; Accepts No Substitute =~

wy!

wes ennvicted of killimg a wi 4
mer ~~ a robbery.
T-* offer of a wisbistitista for
the ~.:--4 trip to the chair came
in 3 * Iceram to DeBlane f-cm

F. Kern-v of Washimrgton. THe
telegr-m stated that Kenny was
~probab'v permanently
totally disabeled.
to obtain any cons?~:Jeration the
Veterans~ adm~n~<trat~on.~~

press office of VA,, however,
their regional records failed to
show a file for Capt John
| Kenrrey.

Rural mail cafriers had to travel
1,435,059 miles every day last year
xo serve their 29,500,000 patrons.

eight feet in
ly aicn They

~es, but better types o f~mploy~ ~. and ung te 3

fs

the w'f- of ex-army Capt. Join ~

According to tiie Washing:or. 2

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