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The Washington times., 1931-03-17
PLAN LONGER
BOX SHIFTS
FOR VETS
By JOE HOLMAN
Times Staff Correspondent

Times Staff Correspondent
BILOXI, Miss, March IT,
Longer exhibition pitching shifts
for Ad Liska and Lloyd Brown
are being planned by Manager
Walter johnson. In fact, they
may divide a regulation assign
ment between them their next
time out.
How far advanced these
youngsters are was shown Sun
day when, during the last six
periods Of the Baltimore game,
they surrendered but one base
blow. This applies particularly
to Brown who turned in four
strike-outS while pitching hitlesS
ball.
Hook Breaks Wider
Browns greatly improved hook,
and he always had good one,
is creating something of sensa-
ton here.
"Lots of people scott at the
idea but it's the new ball that
Is giving my bender such a
fine break" Lloyd insisted TO-
day. "And it's going to put
HadIey over, too.
"We've both got sharp,
breaking curves with lots of
stuff on them. And the grip
those raised stitches gave us
should make a difference Of
five wins a piece in our pitch
ing records"
While the younger singers are
holding the spotlight at present
the older guard, slowly but
surely, is coming into its own.
Against Spring Hill College Satur-
day, or Louisville, Sunday, John
sons "big three" Fred Marberry'
irving Hadley and Alvin Crowder,
will alternately get the call. They
likely will perform on the Sab
bath.
After a period of preliminary
work these veterans are finally
putting on steam. The break on
Hadley's ball was perceptible
yesterday while Crowder's change
Of pace also attracted attention.
Marberry Wants Speed
Marberry is concentrating
mostly on regaining his speed
ball. And, take big" Fred's word
for it, the swift ball will return
to his delivery when the Amer
Ican League season opens.
In the background, coming
along slowly but surely, is
Foxy Sam Jones, Sam made
his first appearance on the
mound in batting practice
yesterday. And, while not
exerting himself, his smooth
delivery was as much in evil
dence as ever.
While everyone here is enthuSed
over the splendid form shown by
the slabsters, President Clark
Griffith finds occasion to put in
q big boost for two other Wash
ington members. One is Catcher
Cliff Bolton, the pupil. The other,
Coach Ed Charity, the master.
i
"BoItOn has effected three
years improvement in two
weeks, thanks to Ed" Griff de-
cIared today. "I've never seen
such progress in my life. Char
rity deserves lots Of credit for
this kids present form. For
hours at time, Eds batted foul
flies to him. Also he's shown
him how to pivot on the peg
and handle himself behind the
bat"
Cliff, incidentally, is on the
shelf for a day or so. A foul tip
struck him on his right hand yes
terday, painfully injuring a finger.
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SQUAD
REPORTS At
CAMP

This is the SeUenth in a series
of is stories coDering 1881 pro-
spectS of National and American
Leaqne teams.
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FIRST BIG UPSET

Lafayette became the first small
college to defeat a big -Four"
football team when its eleven out
scored Pennsylvania, 6 to 4, on
October "a, 1896,
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PITCHING FEATS

Since the National League was
founded in 1876, 49 no-hit games
have been pitched. The American
League has experienced SO.
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GOOD AT GOLF

Ty Cobb won the first golf
tournament he ever played in
with an average of So and is now
almost consistently in the 70s.
The Washington times., 1931-04-10
GRAF ZEP SAILS
OVER CAIRO

LONDON, April 10 G.NSO.-
The Graf Zeppelin, carrying ,25
passengers on cruise Of the Med
iterranean and northern Africa,
arrived over Cairo at 4 p. m. to-
day, according to an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch.
The giant dirigible circled the
ancient city several times as thou
sands of Egyptians cheered from
roof-topS and balconies.
Commanded by DR.. Hugo
Eckener, the Graf made good
progress from the moment Fried
richshafen was left behind early
Thursday. Three of the passen-
gers are women.
After a brief visit, the dirigible
will continue to Jerusalem before
returning to Germany.
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GORDON KILLING
F|zZLES OUT

NEW YORK, April 10 G.N.S0 ..
After the public mind had been
fed many bizarre and intriguing
theories for weeks, the indicated
solution today Of the celebrated
Vivian Gordon murder mystery
came as a distinct anti-climax.
For, instead of a parsonage Of
power or prominence having a
hand in the crime, the police
have pinned it on a small-time
Broadway racketeer, dope peddler
and petty thief.
Harry Stein, an ex-cOnvict, is
the man the police have formally
charged with the Staying Of the
titian-haired Broadway butterfly
who was nlysteriOusly StrangIed
on the night Of February 26, and
her body tossed from an autOmO-
bile into a thicket in Van COrt.
Iandt Park.
Prisoner Denies 1t
But Stein insists he didn't do
it.
mot guilty" was his plea
when arraigned in court after he
had been interrogated at length
by the police. He will be. given
a hearing next Tuesday.
With the small-time racketeer
accused of the crime, the other
and more Observation-Disclosures
fall by the wayside. The moneyed
men, the rich playboys Of Broad
way whom Vivian mentioned in
the diaries she left behind, are
out Of it.
And, at the same time, the
sinister suspicious that cropped
up at one time that maybe a
certain element Of the police
might have had a hand in the
crime also are disposed Of.
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One-Sentence Will
Scrubbed on Check

NEW YORK, April 10.-A
check of the National City Bank
on which was scribbled single
sentence, was offered in the Sur
rogate's Court, in Brooklyn, as
the last will and testament Of
Frank Campanale, who died on
January 20, the day after the al,
legged will was made.
The paper disposed Of Campo.
nale's $500 estate with the fol
lowing statement:
81 leave all my personal and
real estate to my beloved wife,
AnnunZiata."
The Washington times., 1931-04-10
WEDDING INVITATION
WEDDING INVITATION
LongrUorth Death Starts
F1ght for Speakership

able Of boiling and voting with
the opposition.
Ironically enough, it was "Nick"
himself who drew attention to
this situation in his closing
speech in the House on the
Fourth of March last. He told the
members, in a serio-comic vein,
that IAN All-Wise Providence"
would determine whether he
should again address them from
the rostrum.
The immediate task ahead of
the Republicans is to find candi-
date of sufficient stature in Gin
cinnati to hold the First district.
If the political temper Of the dis.
trict is the same as it was last
November, the task is no easy one.
Representative Schafer (R.) Of
Wisconsin came out openly today
with the suggestion that Mrs.
LOngwOrth stand for her late
husbands seat, in conformity with
a practice that has grown up in
recent years of the widows of
members carrying on"
Candidacy Is Unlikely
The decision, Of course, is Mrs.
Longworth's, but none of her inti-
mates in washington today be-
lieved she would consider it for a
minute. Her interest in politics
is well known, but it is an aloof
interest and one that is far re-
moved from the hard, grubbing
work of a campaign, involving as
it does the handshaking, the back
slapping, the baby-patting, etc.
No one who knows Alice Roose-
velt Longworth believes that her
interest in politics will carry her
that far.
The question Of who is to sue
ceed the popular "Nick" as the
Republicans Speakership candi-
date presents even more compli-
cations. Had he lived he prob
ably would have been the speaker,
for there was no more genuinely
popular man in Congress than
'Nick" Longworth. It was said
of him, and with some justice,
that even the Democrats would
vote for him if they could do it
by secret ballot.
Knew How to Trade
He was a great comprOmiSer Of
difficult situations, YVES "Nick." /"
He called everybody by his first
name in the House and his
friendships were well nigh limit
less. He knew how to trade, and
how to keep the House in good
humOr in trying Situati. ms.
Probably a dozen men on the
Republican side now aspire to the
speakerShip in a really serious
way.
There is Tilson Of Connecticut,
the majority leader; Smell of New
York, chairman of the powerful
Rules Committee; and Wood of
Indiana, chairman of the Appro-
priationS Committee. They com
prise triumvirate that has ruled
the House with an iron hand in
recent years. Some call it a
ruthless hand. In any event,
their tactics have offended many
on the Republican side, particu-
larly among the progreSsives
Whether either could command
support enough to gain the roS-
trum Is at least debatable.
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Mrs. Long1Oorth Is Urged
To Run for Congress

Mrs. Alice Roosevelt LongWorth
was urged in a public statement
today by Representative Schafer
CRO of Wisconsin to become a
candidate to succeed her husband
as member of Congress from the
First Ohio district.
Declaring that the daughter Of
President Theodore Roosevelt is
eminently qualified from her long
experience in political life, to take
her husbands place, Schafer pre-
dicted she could be elected with.
out difficulty.
Urges Her Candidacy
Mr.. Schafer said:
"The nation has suffered .
distinct loss in the death Of
Speaker LOngwOrth. In express
ing my own grief / want to add
the hope that his widow will be-
come a candidate for his posi-
tiOn and carry on his able work
for the country.
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JObLess Son Jailed,
Beat Man to Death

CAMDEN, April 10 G.N.SO.-A
quarrel over a sons failure to
find employment was attributed
today as the cause for the beat.
ing to death of Frederick Alanko
Thompson, 45-year-old father of
the joblesS youth.
The son, RENO Alanko Thomp
son, 18. is held in connection
with his parents death.
RENO told the police that he
had been out Of work for five
months, and that his father had
constantly been "nagging" him
for his failure to find employ,
ment,
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"MrS. LOngWOrth is eminently
qualified. She long has been
interested in public affairs and
knows intimately the problems
which face Congress and the in
side of legislation.
strength to those in the House
who are fighting the sumptuary
prohibition law. 1 should be
willing to go into the district
to campaign in her behalf"
Doubt She Will Run
Despite widespread speculation
as to the possibility Of Princess
Alice" entering politics in her own
name, close friends do not expect
her to seek the Congressional seat
Although she is one Of the best
informed women in the country
on politics and Congressional life,
they hold she will prefer to re
main in private life.
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MISHAP CAUSES
$4,000 SUIT

Michael Tretick, 1918 New York
Ave. N. W., was sued for $4,000
today, in Circuit Court, in two
suits filed by Mrs. Hunter D. Nc
Vickers and her husband, John
McVickerS, .2719 Thirteenth St.
N. W., as the result Of a traffic
n1iisE2ap last December 8, in which
Mrs. NIcVickerS claims to have
been seriously injured.
It is alleged the Tretick machine
struck Mrs, Vickers and
knocked her down as she alighted
from a street car at Fourteenth
and Newton Streets Northwest.
The Washington times., 1931-04-10
By GEORGE R. HOLMES

Death, the inscrutable, has
poked an inquisitive finger into
the tangled political situation af'
fecting the Seventy-second Con
gress and rendered still more un
certain today which of the two
major parties is to organize the
next House of Representatives.
The passing of ''Nick" Long
worth, SO suddenly and unexpect
edly, has enormously increased
the worries Of the Republicans
already haraSSed by doubts and
miSgivings. Probably the death
of no other single individual
could have SO profoundly af
fected the unprecedented situa
tiOn that exists in the new Con
gress elected last November.
Scramble For Speakership
Not only must the Republicans
retain the Longworth seat from
the first Ohio district to be able
to organize, but they also were
confronted today with what
promises to be a first class family
row over who is to succeed him
as candidate for Speaker. Either
situation is serious enough, from
the party standpoint; taken to
gether they form a predicament
Of monumental proportions and
manifold possibilities.
When the ballots were counted
last November, it was seen the
Republicans had elected 218, the
Democrats 216, and the Farmer
LaboriteS one. Two Democrats
died, but ocrats were
promptly elected to fill the va
cancies, leaving the lineup un
changed.
Now there are three more va
cancies caused by death-Cooper
of Wisconsin, and Longworth OF
Ohio, Republicans: and Aswell
Democrat. The expectation pre-
walls that Louisiana will name
Democrat in place of Aswell, and
Wisconsin a Republican in place
Of Cooper.
District Is In Doubt
But concerning the Longworth
vacancy there is real doubt felt
here over the ability of the Re
publicans to fill it. Mick" barely
squeezed through in his district
last election by some $500 votes
over John w. Pattison. a wet
Democrat. Only the Speakers
long service and his great per
Sonal popularity and his emf
nence as Speaker pulled him
through. Probably no other Re
publican could have done it.
If the special election which
Gov. GeOrs~ White, of Ohio, calls
this autumn elects a Democrat
from the LongwOrth diStrict-anG
the Republicans are fearful of II
it means that the House line
up will be PIT Republicans, 217
Democrats, and the lone Farmer
LabOrite.
Last Speech Recalled
Which of the two parties would
r. able to organize and elect q
Speaker in that event is a ques
ton that is on the knees of the
gods. Nobody in Washington to
day pretended to know. There are
diScontents in both parties cap
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ZiegfeLd Girl Denies
RepOrt She Is We'd

NEW YORK, April 10 G.N.S0 =.
Hazel Forbes, Ziegfeld beauty,
says she is not married to Paul
o. Richmond.
A wire denying the report was
received at the ziegfeld offices
today from the showgirl, who is
now in Havana, Cuba.
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BLOOD MALADY.
CLAIMS BOY, 8

Frederick Marino Mariero, the
little 9-year-old boy who has been
suffering from one Of the rareSt
diseases known to medical science,
died last night at Georgetown
University Hospital.
The little fellow died in his
mothers arms.
It was just Easter day when
his mother brought him to the
hospital, and there doctors said
that he had leukemia, a disease
of the blood Of which doctors
know only one thing, that it
proves fatal within a short time.
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Last Speech Recalled

Which of the two parties would
r. able to organize and elect a
Speaker in that event is a ques-
ton that is on the knees of the
gods. Nobody in Washington to-
day pretended to know. There are
discontentS in both parties cap
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CROSBY TO SPEAK

Gen. Herbert B. Crosby, Dis
trict Commissioner, will be the
principal speaker tomorrow night
at meeting of the Mt. Pleasant
Citizens Association, to be held at
8 p. m. at the Mt. Pleasant
Branch Of the Public Library,
Sixteenth and Lamont Streets
Northwest.
The Washington times., 1931-04-10
Wife Divorces Actor,
On Cruelty Grounds

LOS ANGELES, April 10 GIN.
S).-Jacob Benson Luden, actor,
and his wife are divorced today.
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Luden OBJ
tanned the decree yesterday here
on the grounds of cruelty. The
Judge exonerated both Of the
charge of habitual intemperance.
The Washington times., 1931-04-10
Endowment to Aid
Least Selfish Girl

NEW YORK, April 10.-The In
come from $4,000 will be given
annually to member Of the
graduating class Of Barnard Col"
lege who has given conspicuous
evidence of unselfishness during
her college course, it was an
nounced yesterday.
The Washington times., 1931-04-10
THIEVES KILL DOGS

TRENTON, N. J.. April 10
After shooting to death a St.
Bernard and German police dog
that were kept on the premises,
thieves entered the office Of the
New Jersey Bottling Company,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-12-04
SISTER SEEKS GUARDIANSHIP
 OF UNFORTUNATE BROTHER

Mrs. D. Diak of St. Johns New foundland, sister of Jack Keats who was committed to Morningside Sanitarium from Wrangell in Sep tember. 1880, is making arrange ments to take him back to New foundland.
 Keats was a passenger on a southbound boat and left the boat here under the delusion that he must buy gun to protect himself from prosecutors" on the boat who wished to do him harm. As he had $1200 on his person, a guardian was appointed to safeguard his money.
 Before Keats may be released from Morningside his sister must furnish a bond, approved by the U. S. Department of the Interior, that he will be taken to an insane asylum or private institution in Newfoundland annd to release the United States of any further lia- bility.
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High School

Elizabeth B. Morse, secretary of the California Physiological Society in Berkeley, California, stopped in Wrangell this last summer. She looked up MT. Scudder, the teach CT of the Biology Class, and asked him about fungi" in Wrangell. This year the Biology Class wrote to Miss Morse and became honorary members of her society.
 The purpose of this organization is to collect, study, and classify species of fungi occurring in Cali fornia and elsewhere. It is im- portant to note if they grow upcn wood or on the ground, the time of their appearance, nature of locality, and any other items of interest. The only membership re- Quirements are that we send each year at least five species with notes.
 The class is now packing up some twenty or thirty specimens to send to Miss Morse, who will identify them for us.-Ruby Ever son.
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HAMMOCK ENJOYS SCHOOL
 THANKSGIVING PROGRAM
(By Special Correspondence)

(By Special Correspondenee)
 The Klawock town hall was all most filled to capacity on Thanks giving Eve for the school pro- gram. The town band furnished music with it's usual pep and en- thusiasm. Decorations of evergreen branches and colored tissue paper added much to the holiday at mosphere.
 R. J. Peratrovich spoke for a short time relative to the improved educational facilities in Klawock as compared with the times when he attended the public school.
 Practically every pupil in the school took some active part in the program. The first grade chill dren were the hit of the program offering songs and exercises. The second grade presented poppy gobler song with three members dressed to represent the goblers. The Third grade featured a Colonial Drill in costumes. Four boys and girls from the fourth and fifth grades debated on the subject-"Resolved: That Thanks giving Day is a more important holiday than Alaska Day" The negative speakers received the greater amount of applause from the audience. The sixth grade featured a short two-act play with Miles Standish, Mrs. Standish, an Indian and a traveller as the
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Second Grade

Betty Pointer from Petersburg entered the End grade last Monday.
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GIFTS FOR ALL TIT FAMILY
 AT THE BEAR TOTEM STORE

The Bear Totem Store is stocked with gifts for all of the family.
 New shipments include an as-. sortment of beautiful silk bed lamp shades. all colors, regularly priced at $5 and $6, on special sale at $3.50 and s4.00.
 Dolls and Toys to delight both the small boy and girl.
 Latest in new colored glass candlesticks and bridge sets.
 The public is invited to come in and look over all the pretty and useful new stocks.
 THE BEAR TOTEM STORE
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THE SALVATION ARMY Captain Worthington
 Commanding Officer
SERVICES

SERVICES Sunday, 3:.00 p. m. Company Meeting. Sunday, 7:30 D. n. Friday, 3:45 D. m. Band of Love. Friday, 7:30 p. m. Pictures.
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The FortY-Niners

The Forty-NIners were people who came to California to get gold. They had come from the east. It was in the year of 1849, and that is why they were called SOrty-niners.
 Three ways they came were around the Horn, across the Unit ed States or by the Isthmus of Panama where they had to pack their things across on the backs of horses May Thomas.
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Rev. Russell E. PedersOn. Pastor

1O:3O a. m. Morning Worship: God Speaks to Every Nation: ]: Universal Bible Sunday" 12 noon-Bible School: Rome and Beyond" 3 D. m.-Christian Endeavor So- ciety: True and False Friend ships"
 7:3O D. m. Evening Worship: Christmas in Other Lands"
 The Wednesday prayer meeting, 7:S0 p. m.. is in the church par lors.
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lmith's Adventure of Jamestown

smlth's Adventure of Jamestown
 John Smlth was a navigator. he heard a story that America was tuil of gold, but he wanted ad- venture. lie came to Jamestown, because he thought it was a good land. He named 1t Jamestown in the honor of King James. The one who does not work must starVe," said John Smith.
 I think that was a good way. He was captIved by two hundred h. dians. They took him away and tied him up because they were go- ing to kill him. Pocohantas, the young daughter of the chief rush. ed up and saved him.-Joseph Frank.
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TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY LOIS MORAN And J. HAROLD MURRAY In UNDER SUSPICION"
 A Fox picture
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
WINNIE LIGHTNER And JOE E. BROWN In
"SIT TIGHT"

DIT IlGdI
 A Vitaphone mirthquake. Win nie appears as hard-boiled Dr. o. Neil, owner of a health institute where the patients, male and fe- male, are pounded, stretched. steamed, psycho-analyzed, and oth- erwise maltreated, in an effort to become the Venuses and Adonises that nature evidently didn't in tend them to be. Dr. O'Neil is also interested in the fight game, and hopes to discover and develop champion material in the course of her work. Joe E. Brown, is her doubtful assistant who calls him. self Jojo, the Tiger, and brags without end of the pugs he has knocked out and the medals he has won.
 Winnie and Joe-One of them would panic you! Together they're Riot!
 i. 1: 1: <
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CATHOLIC CHURCH

December 6. Second Sunday in Advent. 7:30 a. m.-Communion Mass. IO:O0 a. m.-Parish Mass.
 Sunday School. 7:O0 D. m. Rosary and Benediction. Tuesday The Immaculate Con- ception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Daily Mass at 7:S0 a. m. at the rectory.
 Father Monroe intends to visit Petersburg at the end of the week; No service here on Sunday, December 13.
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School Notes

(Prepared by the pupils of the Native room, grades one tcI 1our)
 Joe Frank entered school again after five weeks absence. We are glad to have him pack especially Walter Austin.
 Clarence Major and Winnie Eshanclan have been out for four days, Clarence has trGuble with his throat. And Winnie has cold her lungs.
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SUCCESSFUL PARTY

The first of the winters series of card parties given by the Legion Auxiliary Sn November 20 at the Legion hall, was a most successful affair. Fifteen tables were in play. High scores were held by Miss Etolin Coulter and c. P. Kirtland. low scores by Mrs. M. o. Johnson and Dr. Turner. Refresh ments were served at the close of the card games by Mrs. E. M. Campbell, Ms. c. M. Coulter, Mrs. Cecil Hull, Mrs. Harry Coulter and Mrs. E. F. Carlstrom, who were hostesses for the evening.
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BAD MAN" A First National Vitaphone pro- duction of Porter Emerson Browns famous stage play of the same name.
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AT THE CHURCHES
Sunday. December 6. 1881
EPISCOPAL CHURCH H. ?. Corser, Vicar

1O:45 a. m.-Theme of lecture,
 The Best Help" 12:O0 M.-Church School.
 Gymnasium open every day after school.
 In preparation. special Christmas program.
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Old Lady-I've been expecting a package of medicine for a week back and it hasn't come yet.
 Postmaster-Just fill out this form and state the nature of your complaint.
 Old Lady-Well, if you really must know, it's gas on the stomach.
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characters.
 A basket ball game took place immediately after the program. The married mems team defeated the bachelors by two points.
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