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New Britain herald., 1926-12-24

implication. It is the most precious thing he has.
 Tn my experience as prohibition administrator l found that a man in such a place is .assailed from every angle. The radical drys can not be satisfied; the violators of the law attempt bribery: employees in the service in many cases are not to be trusted, and, summed up, one encounters antagonism from every angle"
 Before leaving his office, the re- tiring dry chief reappointed w. w. Anderson, who has been acting ad- ministrator, to that office. He will continue to serve until Greens suc- cessor is chosen.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-24
TO RATIFY TREATY

Angora, Turkey, Dec. A Pl-The Lausanne treaty between the United States and Turkey, which is meet ing with opposition in the American senate, has been deposited with the
 Turkish chamber of deputies, where Foreign Minister Tewflk Rushdi Pasha expects its prompt ratification.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-24
AUGUSTA CITIZENS HOLD MASS MEETING
(Continued from First Page)

The flame of battle no longer danced in Ty Cobh's eyes as he pre- pared to greet his friends, but there was the glint of steel as he refuted the charges of Leonard.
 Tt .does hurt" Cobb said in a copyrighted interview with the At- lanta Journal, ito know that all the rest of my life I'll have to remem- Der that once I had to defend my sel. in baseball when l was not on the diamond X X X I'm not used to defending myself. you see. I've never had to do it.
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D. A. R. ACTIVITIES

Col, Tench Tighman Chapter met
in the Rockville Club House June is.
A box luncheon was served and a
social hour enjoyed
A motion was carried to Aend $25 to
Valley Forge toward the expenses of
the bell which will be dedicated July
T. An election was held and the pres
ent officers unanimously reelected.
Regent, Mrs. William II. Talbot:
vice regent Mrs. r.. l.. Bullard. re-
cording secretary. Miss Daisy Tough.
Mrs. Milton Darby; MOP
borough: corresponding secretary.
Mrs. Milton Darby; registrar. Mrs.
Randolph Talbot; treasurer. Mrs. J.
r. Nicholson. and historian, Miss g..
+. I-Oughboroueh.
The name of Mrs Richard karn
was voted on for membership.
The Colonel John Washington Chap
ter held it's June meeting June 10 at
the home of Mrs. Charles y. joyce,
POO Wisconsin avenue. The regent
Miss Frances W. Weeks. presided.
The business meeting was followed
by a social hour. at which were pres
ent besides the members of the chap
ter Mr.. and Mrs. Edward T.. Hunt,
Felix Lake and Col. Charles y. Joyce.
There will be no meetings during the
Summer.
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MOTHER Who SLEW
SON STILL IN COMA
Mrs. Howard, in Stupor From
Drug. Closely Guarded in
Hospital.


MANASQGAN. y. j.. June 26.-The
body of Lawrence Howard, S.vear.oId
victim of the attempt of his mother to
put herself and two sons to death. was
removed to Bound Brook. Funeral
services will he held on Mondav-the
day on which he and his brother
George. aged II. were To depart for a
Summer camp.
The mother. Mrs. Martha Howard
today remained in a sturor at Ann
May Hospital. Spring Lake. Jack
Smith, chief Of Monmouth County do.
tectiNtS. announced that she would he
questioned as soon as her condition
permitted
The Towards are residents of Glenn
Brook. Conn. and were spending their
second Summer here. The elder boy
told police that he was ava kened yes
terdaY by strange odor and found
MS mother offering him a drug. When
ne refused. she sent him from the
mouse with instructions not to tell -
several hours later he informed
nelShbors and the woman was found
lFlng on the floor. her face covered
WIN anaesthetiC-sa turated rags. The
younger boy was dead in bed.
Inc tragedy occurred during an ab.
senCe or George Howard the husband
Al the request of hospital physicians
detective Smith tonight placed a guard
AZ the door of the room occupied bv
MIS-. howard. 1t was merely a nre-
cautlonary measure. doctors said 70
prevent her from harming herself
When she fully RECEIVERS from her
coma.
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Of an inch toward the sun in the first
second. The rate would increase
very rapidly. II would require only
two months (65 daysl for the earth to
reach the sun. When it reached the
sun II would have a velocity OF $50
miles a second. OF course, life on the
earth would have persisted before this
time because Of the intense heat. The
force which keeps ii from falling into
the sun is called the centrifugal force.
Mercury.
Mercury Is an evening star the
whole month. II VIII he farth"st east
of the sun on July 10. On that day
II Sets at Sal pm. The planet may
lie seen Very near the western horizon
in the evening twilight for Il few eve
ningS before or after that day. Nep-
tune is near Mercury. but il cannot
be seen with the naked eye. Saturn
is tn. only other evening star. 1t
sets at A. Am. July | and at II: ~
pm. July 81. 1t is due south at S:3i
nm. July l. II is thus in good posi-.
ton for early evening observation. II
is in the const citation Libra in the
position marked on figure |. Although
Jupiter is still a morning star. it rises
At 1904 pm July | and az ;04 pm
July 81 This Very brilliant planet ia
in the const citation Capricornus.
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J. X. MOVER MADE
DEAN OF " SCHOOL
Heads AcCountancy Course.
Graduation Exercises Held
by Prep School.

Joseph X. Mover. an instructor in
the school of accOuntanCY Of the
y. NJ. G. A. College since 1919. has
been appointed dean of the school.
RAYMOND :. Powell has been appoint
cd principal of the evening prepare
tory school. Mr.. Powell has been con
nected with the Y. NJ. G. A. educa-
,ional department for some time.
Mr.. Meyer obtained his degree of
bachelor of commercial science from
New York University: his VI. {. :.
from the Y. NJ. &. a. school of ac-
countancy in 1921. He is a c. =. A.
and at present is in charge Of the
special accounting and legal tom
binedD cases for the solicitor of the
corporation audit division Of the In
ternal Revenue Bureau He is a law.
Yer and has taken special courses in
pedagogy at Rochester. y. y. and
courses in economics, accounting and
finance AZ Cornell
Graduating exercises of the Wash
inGtOn preparatory school were held
Tuesday evening in the Y. NJ. e. A.
auditorium. r. II. De Groot. ir, di-
rector of the Burea of Signals and
Train Control Devices of the Inter
state Commerce Commission, presided
The Invocation was pronounced by
Page Mex. Etchison. director of re-
liglOus work of the Y. NJ. G. A.. and
the principal address was made By
Mr. Moyer. Degrees were presented
Enrique Collazo tanova. Harvey :
Glenn. Emmett l.. Fletcher. Alfred r.
French. Bertha h. Garrett, Bernard
VI. Sandusky, Florence Smith. Leon
ard l.. Tucker. Russell f. Tucker and
Virginia Woodbine in the four-year
hieh school course. and 10 John Rein
Sruher IN the three-Near course in
architectural drafting; TO C. Wilson
Smith in the three-year mechanical
drafting course, and James CONWAY.
Fred II. Cook. James r. Norton and
Clarence Willett in the grammar
school.
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BUSINESS PRESENTS
EFFICIENCY AWARDS

business High School presented
awards last week for efficiency in
work connected with the different
school activities to students as fol
lows: General efficiency. Martha
Bean; school hetterment Ross Heffel-
finger. William Keller. Avenel Incle
Doris Thompson. Kenneth Harvey
Eva Fishman, Edith Raphelson. Viii
lard Brown and Ellsworth TAYLOR
Dramatics, Grace Wooden and
Anthony Stewart.
Literary efficiency. Kenneth Har-
vey. Victoria Cocuzzi. Louise Lindsey.
Martha Lacey and Ruth Schaefer
Rubin and Abraham Kraft.
Band. Israel Silverman Michael
Carta, Calvin Brown. William Russ.
Adam Offenbacher, Edna OCle and
Edwin Moves.
Girls Glee club. Elsie Mandley,
Mildred Lehman and Ruth Schaefer.
BOYS Glee club. Simon Mensh.
George Hurst. Patrick bradley. Viii
liam Keller. Paul Dohr"wolski and
Frank Davis.
Basket bah. Lillian Baker, Evelyn
zchlinsky, Lorraine Wolfman. Gym
thia Sheriff.. Catherine Green. lisa.
Elizabeth Reuchert.
Base ball. Lillian Baker. Miriam
IIearn, Daisy Newkirk, Helen Dolan,
Helen CaSale. Dorothy Reid Ella
Thompson. Rose Brill and Rose
Weinstein.
Rase hall. George Yeatman. Ran.
dolph BRADY. William Evans, Harry
Slye. John Glennan. Ray Walter.
William Lynch. Richard Keefer
James Artis. Bernard Jones. Revelle
Jones. Edward Marosy. Randolph
Shreve. Paul Dahrowolski and Villa m
Nolcvitz.
IA sket ball. Charles May. William
Evans, Fran Davis, Bernard Jones
Hugh Rivers. James Arts. Robert
Ferguson. Samuel Lafsky. Edward
Ford and Joseph Kaufman.
Winners of scholarships by the four
wear June class of Business are as
follows: Washington College of Law,
Dorothy Louise Lindsey: Benjamin
Franklin Institute. Rose Plotnick
American University. William Wolo
witz and Elsie RuZicka. with Lillian
Baker as alternate.
The Gait prize of 500 from the in
come of a legacy left by William Gait
IN be divided into a first and second
prize for the purpose of securing eX
hihits of commercial products for the
school and To stimulate pupils to dc
research work along commercial lines
was won by Bliss Miller. subject. Com
mercial Pests. and Louise Gillis, sub.
feet, Milk: with Ruth Cornette, sub
tect, Sugar. and Calvin Brown. sub
feet, The Solar system, as alternates
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EASTERN TEACHERS
LEAVE permanently
Several Go to Other Positions.
Others to Spend Their Vaca-
tions Abroad.

With the official closing of school
"Wednesday several members OF the
faculty left school permanently.
while others are seeking vacations
abroad
Roi T. Darby, teacher of history
and Bookkeeping. has resigned in or
der 10 take charge Of a ranch in the
Far West.
Ernest r. Williamson, teacher Of
commercial law and civics has aC-
cepted position as principal of a
high school in Arkansas.
Ellis Haworth. teacher of physics
and mathematics, has obtained a
years leave of absence in order to
University.
The final issue of the East erner
which serves as the yearbook of tho
school, appeared the latter part "f
last week in a handsome cover of
sepia and gold. Aside from the in
dividual senior pictures and write ups
and the group pictures of clubs and
activities, the book contained the usual
departments. several pages of poetry
and feature articles.
The Fastener elections for fhe en-
suing year. held recently. resulted as
follows: Paul Spalding. editor. and
Peter Manganaro, first assistant edi.
tor: Jack Vivian. bushes manager
and Harold Curran assistant business
manager. Miss Rosemary Arnold will
be faculty adviser for the editorial
staff and Miss Grace B. Holmes viii!
be faculty adviser for the business
staff next year.
Edward Andrus has received ap
pointment as alternate to West
Point Military Academy. Wilton
Gibson of the class of 1925 has re-
ceived an appointment as principal
and has pasesd the required exami
nations.
Three hundred and seventy-two eighth
grade pupils and 125 junior high
school pupils are to enter Eastern in
the Fall The entering pupils met
at Eastern a few days ago to have
the courses explained and to be as
signed to sections. Talks We're given
by Misses Olivia Taylor, Margaret T.
Hardy, Esther Jones and MessrS
Claus j. Schwartz and Charles Guyoh.
The past year has proved to be
the most successful in the history Of
the school bank.
Wednesday morning the school I'M
derwent reorganization for the com
ing year. al tniS Tune PupllS were
assigned to new sections and pro-
grams were arranged.
The Cubs. a club organized last
year and made up exclusively OF
members Of the journalism classes
has adedd the following to it's mem.
oership: Catherine Schroeder. Albert
Latham. Frank Scrivener. Margaret
Holt, Katherine Arends. John Ham
and Pauline Roth. A party and dance
on June % at the Blue Triangle is to
be given by the club in honor of Miss
Myrtle Posey. the oratorical cham
pion, who is a member of the club.
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NEW DIET FAVORED
FOR CHANNEL SWIM
Gertrude EderIe Says Train
ing Has Crippled Dad, But
He Is Still Game.
RY GERTRUDE EDERI.E.

CAPE Girls NE,Z. France, June
26.-Aly training has crippled i'Ui'.
who Is still game, but who limps like
veteran of many wars. Walking
being my principal exercise. we went
to Wishant. Il pretty village miles
up the coast from Girls Nez. 1t was
low tide, and we walk ed all the way
along the wide, white beach, then
started to return home, but Pop ami
Helmy, the Egyptian swimmer, were
not content to walk. Pop challenged
Helmy TO l00-yard dash. HelmN
gave Pop 25.vard advantage. Pop
won by 10 yards. He was very up
stage until he awoke this morning.
feeling as If he had been riding horse
back for a week.
Margaret returned today from
Paris, where she searched without
success for a new kind Of silk of which
she heard. which sounded ideal for
bathing suit for channel swim
ming. The silk described weighs no
more than feather, yet is not trans
parent. Finally she bought dark
blue jersey silk, of which We will
make brassieres, which. with short
trunks, III wear during my channel
attempt instead of the ordinary BATH :
ing suit.
Instead OF DeInS lea btel YEA every
hour. as WAS done during my chan
nel swim last year. plan to eat
fewer times during the swim this
year and have more solid food.
| asked Burgess, the trainer. II |
could have piece OF chicken after !
have been unt about tive hours and
later some lettuce salad. He agrees 1t
may be Ii good plan. but wants me first
to take a long trial swim, during which
he will feed me chicken and salad.
| am swimming in earnest now. |
expect to swim a little longer each
day. so. with luck, I may he able to
make my attempt across the channel
In the latter part of July. | hope to
he in shape in another week or ten
DAYS to swim from Roulngne to Girls
Neg, a distance Of IL miles.
tCopvrlrht 1921
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HONOR ASSEMBLY HELD
AT SHAW JUNIOR HIGH

The second semester honor as
seInbly of Shaw Junior High School
was held last Wednesday. The fol-
lowing announcements and awards;
were made:
Scholarship honor roll:
Ninth grade-Myra If. Aston.
Francis r. Archer Bette Coates,
Gladys Cole. Loretta G.. Collins,
Selma Dodson. Dorothea |. Fulton,
Irene D. Han. Catherine Hudson.
Rosalie 1ockley. Mathilda Monkey.
Leonora \. Stewart F.rnestine Ven
ture. William Audrick Frederick
Douglass. James Jackson, Bernard
Nelson, Douglass Poulson.
Eighth grade-Matilda Bell, Gladys
Cook Laura Cook. Sara Gilbert. Mae
Hall. Carolyn Holloman, Betty John
son. Theresa Johnson, Mary Mundy.
Rosetta Myers. Mildred Thompson.
Dora Reynolds. William Clark. James
Carter, Perry Davidson, Theodore
Pope.
Seventh grade-James Craig, Llew.
ellyn Thomas. Leroy Leggett
Seventh grade girls-LuCinda Bos-
ton, Evelyn Brown. Josephine Far
rar. Blondina Johnson, Rosalind
Butcher.
Athletic letter awards-Soccer foot
ball: John Beverly, Ralph Stewart,
Clifton Burrell. Edward Gerald, LEV
ellyn Thomas. Linwood Ellis, Julian
Branch; basketball. James Henson
Prince Johnson: track team, MILFORD
Gilmore, Joseph Jackson, Julius
Franklin, Allen Baldwin: base ball
Perry Davidson, Robert Rush. Leon.
ard Helms. Bennie Brown. William
Poteat. Edward Morton, John Fultz
Athletic letter awards. girls Gen
eral excellence: Rernice Quaries, Bet
tie Coates. Leonora Stewart, Florence
Budd, Francis Archer. ArahelIa
Coates. Selinda Dodson, Loretta Col
Inns, Rebecca Walker, Ophelia John.
son.
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WIDEN HUNT FOR YOUTH.
Circulars Describing Carleton
Ola sford Sent to Other Cities.

An illustrated circular describing
GUY Carleton Glassford IL years old,
son of Mai Pelham d. GlassfOrd.
L. S. A.. stationed at Army War
College, reported missing since May
%. was issued yesterday by the local
police, copies of it being sent TO
cities throughout the country.
Guy is dog fanCier, ii is stated,
in the message. and may seek
employment at golf clubs. He is
described as being 5 feet, II inches
tall. and weighing 100 pounds.
When he left home he wore khaki
trousers and a flannel shirt and had
an Eagle scout pin in his possession.
Police have been unable to trace
his movements since he left home.
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FRONT OFFICE PRACTICE.
Lewis Students to Turn School
Into Hotel.

A committee of four students So.
lected from Class % of the Lewis
Hotel Training School are working
out details for practical demonstra.
ton on front Office operation. They
Will turn the school building. at
TWenty-third and PENNSYLVANIA ave.
nue. into hotel tomorrow evening
to carry out their plans
Two students will act as room clerk
and key clerk behind the front office
desk in the lobby. They will perform
the duties of assigning rooms. rack
Ing up names and giving out KEYS
TO other students who will arrive with
baggage and ask for accommodations
Student bell boys will assist with
hand baggage while "porters'' will
handle all trunks. Upstairs the lin.
spectress' will oversee the making of
beds and the ''housekeeper" will
notify the front Office when rooms are
lin order"
NJ,
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Horses Run Amuck,
Hitting Policeman
And Stopping Car

After knocking over traftlc
stand at Key Bridge and collidinG
with Policeman Theodore II. Beck
with of the Traff Bureau, bruiS-
ing him about the legs, yesterday
afternoon. two runaway horses
hooked to wagon of the 3rd
Cavalry. Fort Myer, continued
across Key Bridge and Collided
with "A Capital Traction Co. street
car. the impact killing one of them.
The traffic stand was demolished,
but no one on the street car was
hurt. according To police.
The driver of the wagon, Private
Louis iloff. police said. had stopped
in front of 3407 NJ street to fix
tail gate on the wagon. when the
horses became frightened and
made a wild dash toward the
bridge. making left turn when
they arrived there.
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GIRL, Is, IS SLAIN.
Believed by Police to Have Been
Victim of Vendetta.

LAPORTE, Ind, June &c CR.-Rose
Maglio, 10, daughter of an Italian
shoemaker, was mysteriously shot
here today as the result, police be-
lieve, of a vendetta.
The girl was walking home from
her fathers shop when she was shot
and instantly killed, the bullet pierre
ing her heart. Screams of the young
err child attracted residents, but they
saw no one leave the scene.
Sylvator Maglio. the girls father.
and the sister refused to give the po-
lice any information. Powder burns
on the girls dress indicated the gun
was near her body when fired. but no
weapon was found and police dis
carded any theory of accidental
shooting.
The girls mother u near prostra.
Non
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WIND AND HAIL STORM
PLAY HAVOC IN EAST
New York Roads Blocked by Fallen
Trees-Hailstone Big as Mar
bles in Massachusetts,.

BY the Associated Press.
SENECA FALLS. y, y, june ID
Telephone and telegraph communica'
ton with the outside world was cut
off tonight, highways We're blocked
by fallen trees and thousands OF dol
lars OF damage WAS done To crops
as the result of a wind. hail and rain
storm that swept through western
New York this afternoon.
HaiIstones as large as marbles fell
six inches deep AT Freehridge. Hail
killed 500 baby chicks at Waterloo.
SPRINGFIELD Mass, June 20
(P). One Of the most severe storms or
the season broke upon western Mass
achusetts early this afternoon. Rain.
taking the form of miniature cloud
burst. fell upon this city and vicinity.
In Ware 1t was reported that hail
stones as big as marbles fell causing
slight damage to crops. No damage
to the tobacco crop was reported.
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Mars.
Mars rises at 1902 am. July / and
at 11:4s pm. July 81. II is in the
constellation Pisces. II is not as
bright as Jupiter. but brighter than
any star seen here except Sirius. Mars
is closest To the sun at A distance of
1928 800. 900 miles on July is. The
earth is farthest from the sun on July
), at distance OF "a 500. 900 miles.
Mars Is not at that time closest To the
earth however for the directions OF
Mars and the earth from the sun are
different ON July is Mars Is ~ 900.
900 miles from the earth. II Will he
closest on October %. when II Is only
II little more than half as far away,
namely. ~ COO 900 miles.
Venus.
Venus. the most brilliant planet.
rises considerably north of east at
2:24 a m. July ! and AT 2:+2 am. July
81 1t will be conspicuous just be
fore sunrise. There is an annular
eclipse of the sun ON July 2. II will
he visible principally over the Pacific
Ocean. The western part If the
United States may see the eclipse in
its small partial phases. II will not
be seen at all from the eastern part
OF the country. The eclipse has little
scientific importance,
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HEADS PHI KAPPA PSI.
H. G. Williams Made President of
Fraternity.

KANSAS CITY, June 26. P).-H.
c. Williams Of Cleveland, Ohio, was
elected president of Phi Kappa Psi
at the thirty-fourth grand arch coun-
Gil of the fraternity here today
George w. Moore of Detroit was made
vice president. Thomas \. Cookson of
Bloomington, Ind. secretary and Ed
ward NJ Bassert Of Philadelphia.
trea surer. The next grand arch coun.
Gil will bs bald in Buffalo n aa2Ss
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WILKINS TO SEEK
POLAR LAND ANEW
Detroit Expedition Is Going
to Repeat Explorations
Next Spring.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DETROIT, June 26-While Maj.
Thomas g. Ianphier was prepa ring
his report to the War Department
showing the probable presence Of
ha bitable land near the So-called Pole
of relative inaccessibility. officials Of
the Detroit Arctic expedition an
nounced today that the expedition
would be repeat ed.
The announcement came through
WILTON b. Mayo. who with William
A. Mara and Harold II. EmmOns, re-
celved I.anphier in the absence Of
Edward s. Evans. director Of the eX-
petition. Evans Is making round
the-,vor.d trip and will be away until
the middle of July.
Mayo issued the following state
ment:
cove II to Detroit"
I'VE owe il to the people of Detroit
who contributed $4,000 of their own
will to continue this expedition. Much
was accomplished. much learned as
to how TO reach the goal. Maj. Ian
phier is sure 1t can he reached.
When Capt Wilkins returns We
will begin at once to iav plans. sup
plies will he shipped this Summer and
Fall New equipment will be bought
and fully tested here. Then ii Will be
flown II possible all the way TO Point
Barrows where new engines shipped
ahead will be installed and the polar
area flights started next March. the
month in which flying conditions are
best. Further financing will In all
likelihood be from private sources
Mai. l.anphier IL again in command
nj Selfrdge Field today. lie was
greatly impressed with the proba biiity
that there is hab.tahle land north OF
Point Barrow. He said:
My four months in Alaska with
the Detroit Arctic expedition enabled
ne to obtain large amount or accn'
rate information in regard 70 prepare
lions we must make on that thresholu
against aerial invasion. | met trap,
pei-S and miners who had penetrated
far into Siberia and come in contact
with Japanese air outposts there.
still have some time left from my leave
and will at once prepare and forward
these data to Washington.
I'm that time. too. | Will also do ALI
| can 10 assist in the conference for
the continuation of the Detroit Arctic
expedition in l921.
Base to BE at Barrow.
n, insure success il would he al
Visable to ship all of he heavy mate
rial by boat to Point f;alToW ana make
that place the base. GaAnline SPAR
,uoto,,>s and other equipment. particu
larlV gasoline and oil. could be shipped
bv boat this summer To Barrow. the
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