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Evening star., 1928-11-04
ALEXANDRIA BAR
lNDORSES SMITH
Resolution Points to Clean Record
of Party in South +Undet lr.1
! Democratic Rule. j. 4,
Special Dispatch to The. star.

Special Dispatch to The, Star, >-y.-
ALEXANDRIA. va. November A.
Members of the Alexandria Bar Asso-
ciation. at meeting last night. passed
a resolution indorsing Gov Smith. The
resolution reads: .-. an
Whereas We are convinced that Gov.
Alfred E. Smith is. eminently qualifled
by character, experience and statesman
ship for the Office of President of the
United states, and that tile success Of
the Democratic nominees would best
promote the welfare OF all the people OF
our country; and
Whereas during the past so years
Virginia and other Southern States, unS
der Democratic administrations, haze
been singularly free from political corr
progress in all lines Of human endeavpre
and -. -
Whereas we deem 1t. Of the utmost
Importance that the State policies and
industrial development which have been
initiated under leadership of GOV Harry
Flood Byrd should be fostered, stabilized
and further advanced under Democratic
control, rather than be .ieopardized byca
possible success of the Republican party
in the, State, certain of whose prom
inent leaders are hostile to those polts
cies and avowedly committed. to res
dictionary program; and -.~1,s "a
Whereas we deplore the efforts
which are being made to divide our
people on religious issues: and "a
Whereas there Is threat from Pel
sponsible Republican sources Of an i'm
-tention to reopen the question of sAf0
frage requirements In the South. to put
our elections under Federal control to
reduce Southern representation in CoSfl
gress and to re-enforce upon this poFG
ton of our common country many Of
the evils of the reconstruction period.
therefore be it
Resolved, That We pledge our indi-
vidual and united support to the Demo-.
cratic ticket in the pending presidentlst
campaign. and tender our services 20
the local Democratic organization being
conducted by the, Smith aRebinSosf1
Moore Club of Alexandria; that the secS
retary of this meeting be authorized u
publish a copy of the foregoing pre-
anble and resolution that the citiEeEtS
OF Alexandria may know how we, as 4
body or group of citizens, view the pres
ent crisis"
Evening star., 1928-11-04
PANzRAM'S TRIAL
BEGINS HERE SOON
Confessed Slayer viii Face
Other Charges Later-To
Defend Himself.

With the details of the third murder
| confession of Carl Panzraln, sslf-con
fessed slayer of three boys, checked and
found to be correct iii every detail eX-
cept as to dates, there remains his trial
here On two housebreaking charges be-
fore he will be turned over to one of
the Jurisdictions in which he Is wanted
for murder, it was said last night by
the police.
The full details Of the third and last
confession that he is alleged to have
made, were given Friday to Harry Tut
tie, chief of police of West Haven,
Conn, and Lieut.. Edward u Kelly,
chief of the local Detective Bureau
homicide squad.
He went Iillv into the circumstances
surrounding the murder of an uhiden-
tilted youth near New Haven, Conn,
explaining how he had tied 4 bslt about
the youths neck to Strangle him after
having first purchased him a meal in
the city
Victim Was POliceman's Son.
This murder, ,Panzram is quoted as
having said, gave him more. pleasure
than the two latter because the youth
had told him that his father or uncle,
Panzram does not remember which, was
policeman in Brooklyn, NJ Y. The
alleged slayer has an aversion to police
that amounts to almost mania, due
to the fact as stated in his first confess
sion, that he has been in jail of and
on since he was a mere boy.
The last murder to which Panzram
has confessed occurred IN Philadelphia
in August of this year There he claims
to have killed newsboy under circum-
stances that tally with the finding of
the body of 14-year -old boy there some
weeks later. Following PanAram's con-
fession, the body was disinterred and
Identified, after having been buried
without the formalitys Of an inquest.
The other case was that of the mur-
der OF boy in Salem, Mass. He also
said that he has committed other mur-
derS, the details of which will not be
given until he is brought to trial for
one OF the cases to which he has al
ready confessed.
Trial Here First.
Despite Panzram's confessions. it has
been decided by District Attorney Leo
A. Rover that Panzram must first stand
trial here for the housebreaking
charges, SO that, in case Of his ac-
quittal or vindication in one of the
other States, he may be returned here
to serve his sentence.
PanZram already has been indicted
by Philadelphia grand jury for first
degree murder, and detainerS are filed
here from West Haven and Salem for
his detention in the case Of an ac-
quittal
He pleaded not guilty when arraigned
yesterday before Chief Justice Walter
I. Mccoy on the housebreaking charges.
He is to be tried in the next few days,
and has announced that he will act as
his own counsel
Evening star., 1928-11-04
FEAR OF NIGHT AIR DECRIED
BY Y. w. C. A, HEALTH HEAD
Miss Edith Gates Speaks
Here on Extremes She j..
Found in Europe.
Declares Russians Have HoI.
iday to Seal Up Windows
for Winter.

The old-fashioned fear of night air,
which reaches its extreme in Russia
where there Is a school holiday in the
Autumn for pasting up the windows for
the Winter, was denounced by Miss
Edith Gates of New York, new head IF
the health work of the Young Woman's
Christian Association, in an address be-
for the health education secretaries
from Pennsylvania. Maryland and Vir-
ginia, in conference yesterday at the
new Y. w. G. A. Building Seventeenth
and K streets. The conference will be
concluded today.
Miss Gates, who has the health ac-
tivities of nearly 100000 girls in her
care, related experiences in Europe as
health director for Y. w. G. a. girls
in eight countries. She has just re-
turned to this country following the
completion of her work abroad. She
was in Poland and Belgium on similar
duty from 1921 to 1923.
In Europe, she related, she found that
many of our universal rules for fresn
air, exercise and diet are little known
and less accepted. She found generally,
especially in Baltic countries, an antip-
athy to fresh air and fear OF night
air in the houses. In the cold OF the
Northern countries, she found the VIM
dows never were opened at night and
in Russia, on the annual holiday, the
windows we're hermetically sealed for
the Winter. In most of the countries
in Central Europe the people lock their
windows against the night air. she said,
though they revel in the fresh air in
the Summertime
1.-THE idea of drinking eight glasses
of water daily for health struck con-
sternation to their hearts," she said.
The need for drinking water in many
European countries, however, Is modi-
fed. she SAID, by the fact that they
consume tea and soups in great
quantities 49,.
Miss Gates, who formerly lived in
Scranton. Pa, studied at the University
of Wisconsin and at Oberlin. She
Evening star., 1928-11-04
CAPT. FREYEK GIVEN
DECORATION BY PERU
Receives Order Of Sun in Rank Of
Commander for Reorganiza-
tion of Navy.

Capt Frank Barrows F'reyer, u. S. NJ,
assistant Judge advocate general Of the
Navy, received the decoration of the
Order of the Sun of Peru in the rank
of commander yesterday. the medal
being presented through the State De-
partment after recent act of Congress
gave him authorization to receive it.
Capt. Frever's citation YVES in recogni-
tion of his signal service to Peru in
raorganizing the navy and modernig'ng
the code of naval regulations during his
detail as bad of the United States
N"val Mission at Lima from 1890 70
1922.
At the time of his service in the
Latin-Am orican capital, Cent. Frovnr
was aDpointod a roar ed-n'rH' Of the
Peruvipn roVy and w?S c't"| for d~"o-
ration nv thu President of P"r', at th"
conclusion Of his sorv'"n but as is
"''Ston"rv in tho event 1T aWHrde to o''~
officnrs bv forei~n poverrm"'1t. it. could
nnt be ac"e~t9d By him until Congress
authorized his a~centance.
Pef0re roing ta Peru. Cent Fre"nr
r'd fitted himself for '""al work in the
Tnvv bv taSin- Jaw deo~en at Geor"@
Washington 1rnivnrsitv and rfter his
return t. this countrv r"reiv"1 his
"nooirtment as assistant judge advocate
general
Mrs. Frevor who Wos well Known for
her hum" nitcr'or ~,Hrk furirr hor stav
at Iiraa hos tho 1isti~ "ti"n Of hain" thu
onlv foro'nn wor'"n wfo hNs r0on do"o-
~"+e1 With tho C-tlr~ of the Sun Shn
''""oivod t'on d0~c"ation frcm the AM
bassador last year. ta.
Evening star., 1928-11-04
VOTERS ARE WARNED.
Only Tndelible Pencil May Be Used
in Maryland Tuesday.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, November IA warn
ing against voters using any other PEN
Gil than the indelible one which is
placed in every polling booth in mark
ing their ballots was issued this week
by Thomas H. Robinson, attorney gen.
eral of Maryland
Marking with any other pencil or
using pen will result in the ballot be-
ing thrown out and not counted. This
applies not only to Baltimore but to the
entire State the attorney general said
in his statement. which follows:
The election law is State law. 1t
says that an indelible pencil must be
used, and the voter who wishes to be
sure that his ballot will count should
not make the mistake of using his own
pencil"
Evening star., 1928-11-04
HYATTSVILLE CHOSEN
BY KNIGHTS TEMPLAR

Field Day Meet at Cumberland
Marked by Awards on Parade
Appearance and Attendance.
Special Dispatch to The star. X
CUMBERLAND, Md, November 3D.
The invitation OF Stelmo Commandery
of Hyattsville to hold its 1929 meeting
there was accepted by the third division,
Maryland knights Templar. which held
it's annual field day meet here yesterday
in memory of the late Oliver Warehime
of Frederick.
St. Barnard Commandery, Hagers-
town. received the award for the best
appearance in parade, and Jacques De
Molay Commandery, Frederick, for the
largest percentage of members in line
Each was given large parade flag
of Maryland State Charles w. Don
nelly, past commander of Antioch Com
mandery. Cumberland, was presented
with a Jewel.
Evening star., 1928-11-04
Thrown Off Cycle
By Auto, Victim Is
Hit Second Time

Knocked from his bicycle by an
automobile operated by a hit-and-
run driver while riding along
Nichols avenue near U street south.
east yesterday afternoon, William
Robinson, colored. 10 years old, of
124 M street southwest, fell directly
in front of another automobile
which also struck him. The second
automobile was operated by John
Owen Kirby, A, 938 Fourteenth
street southeast.
Robinson was treated at Casualty
Hospital for decorations and q pos
sible fracture of the knee The GER
operated by the hit-and-run driver
is said to have borne Maryland tags.
Evening star., 1928-11-04
KING AND QUEEN IN PARIS
Jugoslav Rulers Not Expected to
Return for Weeks,

BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, November 8
(P).-King Alexander and Queen Marie
today left for Paris. No announcement
was made of the purpose of the visit,
but it was pointed out that M. Trum-
bitch, a prominent member of the Croat
participate in legislative activities, now
Is in Paris.
The rulers are not expected to re-
turn to Jugoslavia for several weeks
and important questions will be held in
abeyancA .--..----... .--..
Evening star., 1928-11-04

cents. Millions of bottles of this
Old famous Sage Tea Recipe, i'm
proved by the addition of other in
gradients, are sold annually. says
Well-knoWn druggist, because 1t
darkens the hair so naturally and
evenly that no one can tell 1t has
been applied.
Those whose hair is turning gray
or becoming faded have surprise
awaiting them, because after one
or two applications the gray hair
vanishes and your locks become
luxuriantly dark and beautiful.
This is the age of youth. Gray
haired, unattractlve folks aren't
wanted around, so get busy with
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound tonight and you'll be de-
lighted with your dark. handsome
hair and your youthful appearance
within a few days.
Evening star., 1928-11-04
MAN CLEANING FLOOR
WITH ALCOHOL BURNED
Steel Wool Touches Floor Plug,
Causing Short Circuit, Re-
sulting in Blaze.

SultlnS IN b1aZe.
Disaster yesterday followed the well
meant efforts of Roland A. Loveless,
45o2 Iowa avenue, to assist his wife with
her Fall housekeeping. The effort
brought firemen to the house to quench
a blaze that ruined one of his hard
wood floors.
Loveless, an electrician, yesterday
took the day off to remove some spots
from and clean the hardwood floors in
his home. The removal of the spots re-
quired the use of alcohol and steel wool.
After having gone over most Of the
floor, leaving the alcohol in his wake,
Loveless allowed the steel wool to come
in contact with floor plug, thereby
causing short circuit that Immediately
ignited the alcohol, setting the entire
floor on fire. A hurry call brought
members of No. "a Engine Company,
who quickly extinguished the blaze.
Loveless suffered a slight burn on the
hand, but refused hospital treatment.
Evening star., 1928-11-04
Woman Is Found Dead,

NEW YORK, November 3 t4).-The
body of Mrs Maud Woodruff, S0-year-
old widow, was found by neighbors to-
day in the bedroom of her l12th street
apartment Police said she had been
strangled to death. A Japanese cook
who boarded with her was detained for
questioning.
Evening star., 1928-11-04

The Welsh National Museum has
brouoht for SITS the bedstenA: 300 yoarrs
old, that was owned by A"chdnacon Ed
mund Prvs, who first translated the
Psalms into Welsh s
Evening star., 1928-11-04

Retaining a keen memory until the
end, John Ford died recently at Fife,
Scotland, at the age of 100.
Evening star., 1928-11-04

Employees in the ceramic industry in
Spain are receiving only S1.30 to $3.50
a day,
Evening star., 1928-11-04
Sage Tea Dandy
to Darken Hair
BY DOROTHY LANG

You can turn
gray, faded hair
beautifully darG
and lustrous a.
most ever nigh
If you'll get q
b o { t ! e o t
"Wyeth's Sage
a n d Sulphur
Compound" at
any drug store.
1t costs OOiv 75
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-03

poslam II so CON FEyTF1ATED
that II stops itching Instantly u
often heals eruptions completely
before other skin remedies lave
even begun to give relief. If YOU
want skin health set POslan. To-
DAY at your druggists Soc.
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RECORD B D n D.
IMPOSED

The largest peace bond on record
in Police Court was imposed yester-
day on Carl Cummings, depart
ment store employe, when he was ar
raigned before Judge Robert E.
Mattingly on charge of making
threats against his estranged wife,
Frances Hodges, a nurse in the Of
flee OF DR.. BENJAMIN K. Leon. local
dentist.
Bond was set at $4,000, in default
of which Cummings will serve a
year in jail.
The case of threats against Cum.
mings is the outgrowth of his re-
cent conviction and sentence to a
year in jail for assault upon DIR.
Samuel B., johnson on April % in
DIR. Icons office.
According to the police, Cummings
is alleged to have called his wife on
the telephone and told her that he
was coming to her place Of employ
ment to see her. Arriving at the
office. the police say, he started an
argument with his wife and the Goc-
tor asked him to leave. Cummings
is said to have turned upon the den
fist, striking him in the eye and
seriously impairing his sight.
Cummings was released from jail
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Enters Hot Protest
10 AssaiIants' Pardon

WILMINGTON. Del. May ST.
Frank e. Haley. special agent for
the Law and Order Society. Ii ar
ranging to make strenuous ob1ae.
ton to the granting of 4 pardon
to Teddy Joyce and Patsy ViIIano,
which will come before the Board
or Pardons. The men are serving
time. convicted Of conspiracy IN
connection with an assault upon
Haley two years ago by Frank
Perrecco. alias F'irpp, which kept
Haley In 4 hospital several weeks.
Haley charges that within the
past year numerous attempts have
been made to have Firpo repudiate
the testimony which resulted In the
conviction Of Joyce and ViIlano. He
declares that the assault was the
outcome Of his activities III hating
beer running from the old Bavar-
ian Brewery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-03
Veteran Pleads Guilty
To Hit-and-Run Charge

PHILADELPHIA. May 3. - Ray
mond Kenny. a shell-shocked vet
eran of the world war. pleaded
guilty before Judge Charles D. Cope
land in Quarter Sessions Court to
being a ''hit.run" driver and was
placed on probation for two years,
after q veterans board certificate
showed he had 35 per cent nerv-
Gus disability for which he is re-
ceiving Government compensation.
Assistant District Attorney Rosen
asked for the probationary term IN
order that the disabled soldier could
make restitution for the injuries
sustained by his two victims, Mrs.
e. r. Miller, 81 East Logan St., and
Mrs. Harriet b. Holloway. IS West
RockIand st., Germantown. Mrs.
Holloway has q broken pelvis. while
Mrs. Miller received light bruises
about the head and shoulders.
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Free-fOr-A All on Bus
Lands Fighters in Jail

THOROFARE. ~. u, May Six
white men and four negroes who
live near here engaged In free-for-
all fight on q Public Service bus
and caused woman and children.
to leave IN hi Try. Deputy Sheriff
Cody. assisted by Sheriff StratIon,
PGulsboro police and State police,
arrested the spGrticipants and took
them to the county jail at Wood
bury.
AT q hearirg before Justice OF the
Peace Curtis witnesses placed the
plaYne on the white men. so they
were fined SO each and costs, and
in default, were committed to jail.
They gave the names Raymond Nc.
Cornell. 80; Etwart e. Deith. 10;
Angelo Gricilli, "a; John Ford. "a;
Leonard SImuns, 20 years old, Phila-
tlelpllia, and Frank Hunter, 26years
old, Baltimore e.
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Wilmington Girl Gets
22d Blood TRANSMISSION

WILMINGTON, DEL. May 81
Irene L. Hamilton. daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph s. Hamilton. who
has been iii since September and
who was brought home from Dublin.
Ireland, recently. was given another
blood TRANSMISSION, making the
twenty.second she has received.
Blood was given by Mrs. Joseph
Mcmahon and Mr.. and Mrs. HamiI.
ton The operation was performed
bv Drs. James G. Spackman,
Lewis B. Finn and John Pierson.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-03

Large or small apartments either
furnished or unfurnished are listed
for rent in t0dav's Times and Herald
classified rental columns.
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Eat Everything
Without Fear
Of Indigestion

Are there lots of foods you can't
eat-for fear of gas, bloating,
pains in the stomach and bowels?
Do you have to pass up favorite
fishes while the rest enjoy them !?
That's q sign you need Tanlac!
For more than 10 years Tanlac has
restored to vigorous health thou
sands who denied themselves their
tavorite foods just as you have to.
Mr.. G. G. Grimsley, of 1408 Po-
ton1ac Ave-, s. E., Washington,
ID. G., says: after 8 months in
the hospital, had stomach trouble
md nervousness. Two bottles of
Tanlac made me j different per-
son"
If you suffer from indigestion,
gas, dizziness, headaches, consti-
patton or torpid liver-give Tanlac
> chance to help you! The first
bottle often brings the needed
relief.
Tanlac is a good, pure medicine,
made of roots, banks, ard herbs
that are recognized by the United
States Pharmacopoeia. Get it from
your druggist today. Your money
back if it doesn't help you.
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after serving two weeks of his sem
tence, on the promise of members
Of his family to take him to Rich.
mond, Va. Last Monday he returned
and is alleged to have threatened
his wife.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-03
FEDERATION WILL MEET

The Federation Of Citizens Ass0-
Citations will meet in the board room
of the District Building, Saturday
night at g. o'clock
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-06-14
ARLINGTON PARK RESULTS

FIRST RACE-Five-eight mile.
Boris tChtaVettD ......S4.os $3.50 sass
Machete (Elston) .... a.5S SOC
shasta Plum (PhilpoD 2SS
Bobby Basil, CoIored John, Empty
Glass. Mildred Wood. Haymaker, Miss
Kernel. Maxxie also ran. Time. ] :0i IS.
SECOND RACE-Three- quarters of a
mile.
short Price CKeIIum) $500 $500 $ts2
Tod sloan (Wolfl...... 1925 81 20
sun Gtar (Hardy) ,.... 992
Dolly Seth. Twenty -one Sixty. La ska
Vowed Vengeance. George Groom Ball
Gee also ran. Time. TIA 80
THIRD RACE Five Fights mile.
Little Gyp tMeysr) .aS.o6 50 &2s3
Round Up (kellyp ..,,. SOS 2se
Semper Felix CMcCrossenp 4.o2
Cap Dale, Lap, Trompe of Dawn
War Hawk, Evelyn L. also ran, Time
1:01.
FOURTH RACE-One mile and 10
yards.
Doctor Fred 'Meyerl. $40 1874 $3,o2
Spanish Princess (Kly) $50 4.52
Rum IHardvl " 26S
Union Jack. Al Garnet, Morocco ana
Vachell also ran, Time, ;+S As.
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Grand Rapids. Mich. w. M. crooks,
Lakewood Country club; y. 0. Hart,
Wheeling. w. Va. Ed. Stokes, Denver
col; Jim Barnes, New Rochelle. \. y;
Larry Nabholtz. sharon. Pa; W. 9. A.
Attridgr Detroit. Mich. Emmett XII
liam. Colorado Springs: j. f. car
berry Lake Bluff. H., Jake Fassezke,
Owosso. Mich; Felix Seraftn, wilkes
Barre Pa; Ted Ray, Great BrttaIa;
clarence W. Gambler, Pontiac, Mich.
Charles McAndrew. I'ac"n'a. ~ ~
irwin Ottmsn Louisville, KY. Toe
Tnrness. White Plains, \. Y, Charlie
isaacs DUnbarton, Va: Frank Nunnal-
Iy, Urban. Cat; willard Hutchinson,
Pasadena, cal; Tommy Harmon. IT.
yonkers. \. Y; Bob Mcdonald, Chicag3
Schwartz. 81. Louis. Mo; II. =. Jordan,
pIqua. Ohio; j. p. Rouse, Mundellen,
H.; Roland Hancock, Wilmington, n.
e.; Elmer A. Weight. Scarsdale, \, v:
George Howard, Canton. Ohio; Harry
Vardon. Great Britain: Tom Burke,
Fort Worth. Tex; Arthur De Name
Great Neck. A. y Waldo w. Crowde",
Cleveland. Ohio: Charles H. Lorms, Co
mmbus. Ohio; Robert MAR. Texarkana,
Ark. Tex; John II. Bird, milwaukee,,
Wis; r. r. Burton. Royal Wimbledon
Golf Club; Clarence L.. Wolff. Sunset
Hin Country Club; Rufus Stewart, hu-
Stralia; Aubrey Boomer, France; George
Auibach. WATERFOWL, Mass: James j..
Lille Rock. Ark, Al W. Heron, Read
ing. Pa; Charles HiIgend"rf, Crosse
Pointe shores, Mich: Ralph Reach
PjkesyiIle. Md: Harvey Penick, AnStin.
rexas: William Trovinser Farming tom,
Mich; William n. LIvis, CleVeis nd
ohio. l.. Goldheck. lsdelphia, Pa !;
Anthony Marern, Emsford. \. ';
Francis a. Marzolf Columbia. Ohio
Fred Prsn6 Sewicklev. Pa. Charlie
Black, Atlanta Athletic Club, John Re
volta, Oshkosh. VITA.
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New Generation Should Be Enlightened

Neither is it Connie Mack 1t is Cornelius McGilcuddy it
pardonable him alias another Besides,
Mr. McGeuddy has been called Mr. Mack long that have
often the
printed with decorum
this column of truth and righteousness permits.
We talking about the Yanks, Oh yes and
of Clark Griffith! WE'LL Griffith started to
gonfalon June Ruth Rupert
Inc New York City u A. In the recent spell of which
mas come upon Mr. entry IN the league which he helped
worm, if expression, Washington
of better baseball May
that the stand it?
That sixth straight victory Cleveland much biatop
the official Griffith household and Uncle Billy Smith, keeper
the has ordered supply COOLERS
the who expected overflow grandnd
the here Tuesday with
the Boston Red Too, Gfs golf has improved
UNNECESSARILY since Bucky Harris back into the game giving
the it's ballast esprit bang
should order reflect Mr.. enthusiasm