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, 1935-05-23
'65th Producer Comes
In for Upper Valley
At S~amfordyce Field

through casing perforations at
2.755-59 feet. This well and the
Cortez No. B-I Smith form the
southeast limit Of production In the
fielo.
Another new producer is expected
this weekend on the east edge OF
production. Cortez Oil Corporations
No. CT c. z. Smith, about $500
fee. east Of discovery, drilled ce-
ment plug Wednesday night and
ran tubing Thursday.
Also on the east edge OF the field.
HarrtSon-Double DIS No. 2 Mrs
Lula George, about $500 feet east OF
discovery, Is making hole at l,450
feet.
Showers g. Moncrief's No. 2 c.
Z. Smith. about $500 feet east Of
discovery, set and cemented 200 feet
OF surface casing Wednesday night.
Also in the eastern section OF the
field, Rogers Oil a. Gas Company's
No. B-3 Francisco Guerra, about
3,2OC feet east Of discovery, is drill
ing at 705 feet.
On the north edge OF the field,
Gem Oil Company's No. Az Sea-
bury ct al, about 800 feet north
west OF discovery, is making hole
below l,l00 feet.
Four wildcats were active We'd
i:eSday in Hidalgo county.
In eastern Hidalgo. Union Sui
phur company was allowed an in
crease OF so barrels daily in the
allowable for its No. 3 American
Rio Grande. completed several weeks
ago at 7.477-93 feet 70 open South
Texas deepest producing area. The
well has had an allowable of $50
barrels daily and this was increased
TO 200 barrels daily. 1t is making
crude with a specific gravity of STA
degrees.
Union No. 2 American, 200 feet
southeast OF discovery, Is drilling at
1858 feet in a sidetracked hole.
Union No. / American, one and
a quarter miles northeast of dis
covery, has been cleaned out to
1000 feet preparatory to plugging
hack. ~Sidetracking and deepening.
Plug is to be drilled Friday in D.
M. G. Oil Company's No. / OSca
DaSkam, about five miles north
east Of the Samfordyce field. Casing
Is set and cemented at 1920 feet
atop "a feet Of oil sand, the hole be-
ing bottomed at Ala feet.
Drilling will be resumed Friday on
<. L. Smith Oil Company's No. /
AStruberto Flores, about 9,400 feet
northwest OF the ~Samfordyce dis
covery. A new derrick is being built
to carry the hole 10 its contract
depth Of $500 feet. 1t was shut
down Tuesday TO change derricks.
Seeking a 300-foot extension to
the southwest in the Rio Grande
City pool, w. ". zimmermap's No.
l Doyno a. Chatfield, in block Y.
tract 81, porcion 80, Ancient Juris-
oiction Of Camargo, Starr county,
is coring at 1885 feet.
In Zapata county. GholSon a.
Stevens No. ! Daniel YzaNui-re. in
the south part Of share IL. porcion
Is, Ancient Jurisdiction Of Guerrero,
cored 10 feet Of saturated oil sand
at 1855 feet Wednesday and Is
continuing drilling al 1850 feet.
This test has cored oil sands at
All feet and 1900 feet, both of which
drillers believed would make small
wells. Location is south Of the Lo-
peno gas field.
Gem Oil company viii start It's
No. | Ramirez On the north edge
Of the Lopeno field shortly. Loca-
Ton Is in share %, porcion IL. An
clent Jurisdiction of Guerrero.
, 1935-05-23
OUTLOOK FOR
CORN BRIGHT
SIS, 900 Elevator and Plant
Planned On Adams
Garden Tract

McALLEN. May a. Hundreds OF
Lower Rio Grande Valley farmers
are expected to profit from what
Is expected To be one OF the most
successful corn deals In this Sec
ton In recent years. according "a
Banks l. Miller, McAllen broker
who has financed the planting Of
10000 acres In corn in the section,
With crop and market conditions
more favorable than in recent
Years for a number of reasons. Mil
Ter several months ago urged VAL
les farmers TO participate In a corn
planting program. He offered 70
advance $40 per acre 70 farmers
who would accept his contracts 70
buy the corn after harvesting and
guaranteed them a specified price
for the corn when harvested. Miller
advanced more than $4,000 for
planting purposes. He then decided
tc plant his own private corn
field" at Adams Gardens, west OF
Harrington, where 2.700 acres OF
fine corn are now growing. This is
believed 10 be one Of the biggest,
II not the largest. single piece OF
acreage planted entirely to corn In
Texas.
Construction was started We'd
neSday on the biggest corn elevator
in South Texas at Adams Gardens
preparatory to handling the corn
from acreage under contract, Mil
le announced. Cost OF the elevator
together with the largest corn
Smelling. drying and loading plant
IL Southwest Texas. will be about
SIS 900. The building will contain
about 2,l00 square feet Of floor
, 1935-05-23
Oil Man Speaker
At Kiwanis Meet

HARLINGEN, May 23.-An Har-
lingen needs to become a real met
ropolis is to have a leader such as
j. A. Kemp Of Wichita Falls. said w.
w. Silk, oil man, in a talk TO the
Kiwanis club. Silk Is from Wichita
Falls and is interested in tests being
drilled near here.
o. @. Fordham. program chair
man. presented George Hardeman
in two vocal solos with Mrs. s. r.
Jennings. accompanist.
Standing OF the teams in the at
tendance-memership contest was
announced as follows: G. /. Burdette.
DR.. c. @. Delfs. Tom 3. Bowman
and David L. OrmeSher.
DR.. A. j. Pollard who presided In
absence Of DR.. G.. w. Edgerton, urg-
ed that the new McAllen club or
ganized through efforts OF A. J.
Rabel be visited.
0. L. Byrd Of San Benito was 9
Kiwanis visitor.
, 1935-05-23
Dallas c. c. Official
Is Invited to Valley
Especial TO The HeraIdl

SAN BENITO, May 22.-Henry
". Stanley, chief Of the trade ex-
tension department Of the Dallas
Chamber Of Commerce. will be in
vited to speak in San Benito Tues
day afternoon, June ii on Tour
ism"
The chamber Of commerce Rroup
Of which Ed +. Brady Is chairman,
decided to extend the invitation
when 1t met at the StonewaH Jack
son hotel Wednesday morning.
Stanley is expected in the Valley
Tor the state chamber Of commerce
secretaries convention at Browns
vile.
Although Stanley's work is along
merchandising lines. his particular
hobby Is tourists.
The group also endorsed the idea
o a Valley exhibit at the Texas
Centennial in Dallas. believing that
It would be a big mistake for this
section to fail of representation.
, 1935-05-23
Federal Educational
Teachers at Farley

SAN BENITO. May IA meet
ing OF adult education teachers OF
Cameron county was held IN San
Benito Thursday.
There are adult educ l.ion classes
In eight communities Oh this coun-
ty including Brownsville, San Ben
Ito. Harrington. La Feria. Santa Rosa.
Santa Maria. Port Isabel and Rio
Hondo. They are made possible by
the Federal Emergency Re-employ-
ment Administration.
The session opened IN the music
room Of the high school and adIuorn-
ed for lunch az the cafeteria with
visiting teachers guests OF local
teachers.
, 1935-05-23

MISSION. May a. Completion
OF q southeastern edge well. Wed
nesday as an excellent producer
gave the Samfordyce field OF south
western Hidalgo county its 65th
producer as several new tests were
under way in the area.
The newest flowing producer was
II. j. Porter ct ais No. | G. T.
Smith, in the north end OF the
south half Of the northeast 34.43
acres of tract 27S, porcion 40. about
$500 feet southeast Of discovery.
The test made an estimated 40 bar
rels hourly through %-inch tubing
choke after installation Of c.. p. I.
valves and on k-inch tubing choke
made an estimated four barrels
hourly under tubing working pres
sure Of go pounds and closed-in
casing pressure Of 280 pounds
, 1935-05-23
Farmers to Meet
Especial TO The heraidI

SAN BENITO, May 23.-An far
mers keeping record books are ask
ed to meet in the office CT Henry
AlSmeyer, Cameron county agent, at
! o'clock Friday.
A number Of farm record books
gotten up by the Agricultural Ad-
justment Administration were dis
tributed among Cameron county
farmers last year and thNe who
have been keeping records are asked
to meet with AlSmeyer.
, 1935-05-23
fSnnrial 70 The Hernldl

HARLINGEN, May 23.-Miller F.
Burkhalter Of San Antonio has been
bound over to the district court un-
DER $1,000 bond by Judge Will @.
Fields on a charge Of fraud. He waiv-
ed preliminary hearing.
The complaint filed by Dan Abb
hott. highway patrolman. charges
him with acquiring personal and
movable property and money IN an
aggregate Of s $500 by false and de-
ceitful pretenses -" from Mrs. Z.
T. Arnold.
, 1935-05-23
Naval Building Plan
Foes Concede Defeat
And Turn to Profits

WASHINGTON, May 23.-P-
Virtually conceding defeat in their
effort to block the naval building
program, senate munitions investi-
gators drew upon President Roose-
velt's bonus veto message Thursday
TO aid in their fight to take
profiteering" out of war and pre-
paredness.
Chairman Nye R-ND) hailed Mr..
, 1935-05-23
Train Kills Man

DENTON. May 23.-Pt- o. G.
Horton. 80. mail messenger at Argyle,
near here, was instantly killed
Thursday when struck by a Fort
Worth-bound passenger train at the
Argyle depot.
, 1935-05-23
OPERATION

Especial 20 The Heraldl
RIO HONDO. May 23.-MiSs Ruth
Mccarthy. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs
q. l. Mccarthy. underwent q major
operation at Valley Baptist hospi-
tai. Harrington.
, 1935-05-23

Undulent Cmalts or goat) fever
germs are completely destroyed by
pasteurization. Use GriSham's Pas
feurized Milk for safety. Adv.
, 1935-05-23
| NUJOL
/ Small size 49c
Large size ~. 79c
Magic Relief For
Burning, Smarting and
Tired Feet

Many who dread the summer
neat because 1t brings tender or
perspiring feet and cracked skin
between toes are amazed at the
instant relief they obtain from
MEXICAN HEAT POWDER.
Sprinkle a little on your feet to-
day and enjoy the soothing, cool
ing foot comfort this wonderful
preparation can bring you. For
years, MEXICAN HEAT POW
DER has been the South's IA
vorite skin powder. Not a tai
cum" but a scientific blend OF
soothing, healing ingredients
that also gives quick relief for
Sunburn, Prickly Heat, Heat
-sh. chafed and tender skin. "A
great body deodorant. In handy
metal cans with sprinkler top
at all drug stores. Keep q can
On handl
MEXICAN HEAT POWDER
, 1935-05-23

Through our plan OF CO.
operative buying. every saving is
passed on TO you. You are the
one who profits no matter what
your drug needs may be, you get
them at our stores at a real
savings.
And in addition to that saving.
you also receive that service that
only your druggist can give you.
The druggists whose names ap-
pear here gladly furnish these
accommodations. render you the
professional service in which
years Of training were necessary.
And now. at the same time, Of
fer you drug values at prices as
low as can be obtained any
where.
, 1935-05-23

The first bottle Of Sumlakia
must check the spells must
fully satisfy or costs you
nothing. We sell It witn
this money-back guarantee
Evening star., 1935-10-27
Tax.Exempt Realty in City
Valued Above Halt
Billion.
BY DON BLOCH.

TOR every hop of the three it
- takes q squirrel to cross the
little bricked-over triangle at
Il the head Of Thirteen-and-a-
half street on the Avenue he covers
Just $4,000 worth Of tax-exempt
United States property.
Should you hesitate on that spot
moment. with both your feet together,
you would be covering $35 worth Of
1t, according to the as yet unreleased
1935.36 books Of District Assessor
William p. Richards.
Across the street, where the tran
sients and the starlings keep company
with the statue of Gen. Pulaski, is
United States Reservation" 80, iden-
tified Is Brick Public Comfort Build
ing" When you stroll from the Ihir-
teenth street end to the far cross-walk.
you have traversed $1.026,557 more
worth OF Uncle Sans domain in the
District.
Altogether, there Is Q new total
Of S555, ,<lo,s45 tied Up in the Govern
ment's lot Of plots. squares. reserva-
tions and parcels within the District.
They cover IN area Of 49,, ,367 ,437
square feet (about 11,073 acres). in
chunks as big as Rock Greek Park
u,606 acres) down to such bits as
Reservation 270, out near Twenty-first
and r, which contains only 202 square
feet-but y valued at $616. never
theless.
On IN average, this vast scattered
holding within Warrington has an
Evening star., 1935-10-27
Uncle Sam Is Land Rich in Capital of the Nation
Few Steps Garry PedeS'
trian Over Areas Worth
Huge Sums.

properties are, of course, the Capitol
and grounds ($57,s90,640), tn e
Washington Monument and grounds
($24 .58s $500, and the White House
and grounds (s25 5,873.l70). The Monu-
ment itself accounts for $780, 900
of the total; the White House, $2.-
250,O0O. The Treasury "tax rate" by
the way, at $50 a square foot. is twice
that at 1900 Pennsylvania avenue. al
though the total valuation Of the for
mer is very close to White House as
sessment.
Across from the Presidents house,
La Fayette Square carries a value
of $I2,138, 900, which, for unimproved
land, is pretty good. Judiciary Square
and thereabouts lists at about half
that, and taxes for the little spot Of
soil whereon the statue of Benjamin
Franklin stands would be based on
the value Of $2,758,242. The Peace
Monument grounds come m u c n
cheaper, at $38, $40.
washington's squares and parks. by
the way, assess high. Six Of them,
with Seaton ($4.649,35o) at the top
in value, through Henry. Mcpherson.
Farragut, Garfield and Rawlins
($317, ,467), total $14,564, ,066.
OF its IL circles, Dupont Is head
and shoulders above the rest. Its 2A
acres carry q topheavy value Of ST.
991 $40, as compared to the second in
value, Logan, with almost the same
area and . value Of but $4S4,42
Wesley, Commodore Barney. Hamil-
ton, Washington and Garfield Circles
rate lowest, the last named listing at
only $26, 6,o43 for near-bottom place.
Evening star., 1935-10-27

funnier than almost anybody else.
One wishes that he would reverse the
proportion. AS a comedian he can be
Incompatible.
BUTTERFIELD 8. BY John O'Hara.
New York: Harcourt, Brace g. Co.
THIS novel is piece of very high
grade trash, conceived with cum
ming and executed with engaging plau-
sibility. 1t seems to proceed along
the level once trodden by Michael
Arlen, who. in his turn. followed the
footsteps of the greatest literary busi-
ness man of them all, our own Robert
w. Chambers. Both Arlen and Cham
bers, in their days. were hailed as
bearers of the true light of realism by
large sections of the reading popula-
tion. "Butterfield s" will certainly be
best seller. It has everything.
Times have changed since Mr..
Chambers acquainted the receptive
Evening star., 1935-10-27

hoi polloi with the intimate living OF
dipsomaniac millionairesSes. And there
is an even bigger gap between Arlen
and O'Hara than there is between
Chambers and Arlen. as far as the
label on the bottle goes. But one rec
orgnizes the contents almost un-
changed. Your nose knows, as the ad
used to have it. The "Butterfield 8"
formula is ancient and. for qyick re-
turns, still unbeaten.
But, whereas Messrs. Chambers and
Arlen dealt with such delightful exclu-
siveness, with no neuroses less exotic
than those supported by dollar prin-
cesses or members of the peerage, Mr..
O,Hara has taken his characters from
a relatively low position in life.
They are expensive but, alas. they are
not swell. They are denizens Of New
York City in the late speakeasy era.
Where the Hispano-Suiza used to
hurtle in such sweet (bittersweet. OF
Evening star., 1935-10-27
Books Received
Non-Fiction.


PIONEERING WITH THE RED
CROSS. Ernest P. Bicknell. New
York: The Macmillan Co.
FROM FARM BOY TO FINANCIER.
BY Frank A. Vanderlip and Boyden
Sparkes. New York: D. Appleton
Century Co.
THE COMMAND OF WORDS. BY S.
Stephenson Smith. New York:
Thomas Y. Crowell Co.
ART IN THE WESTERN WORLD.
BY David NJ Robb and j. J. Gar
rison. New York: Harper & Bros.
Fiction.
GOLD OF TOULOUSE. BY John
Clayton. New York: Claude Ken
dali g. Willoughby Sharp, Inc.
DRUMS OF MONMOUTH. BY Emma
Gelders Sterne. New York: Dodd
Mead & Co.
THE ROAD TO GLORY. BY Britten
Austin. New York: Frederick A.
Stokes Co.
A MAN FORBID. BY Else Reed. New
York: William Morrow g. Co., Inc.
WIVES OF THE PROPHET. BY Sgd
ney Bell. New YORK: The Macau-
lay Co.
VALIANT IS THE WORD FOR CAR
RE. BY Barry Benefited. New
York: Reynal & Hitchcock.
Poetry.
THE SONG OF THE MESSIAH. BY
John G. Neihardt. New York: The
Macmillan Co.
KAY THE LEFT-HANDED. BY Leslie
- Barringer. Garden City: Double
day Doran & Co.
UNQUIET. BY Joseph Gollomb New
York: Dodd Mead g. Co.
CHLOE DUSTS HER MANTEL. BY
Frances Gill. New York: The
Press of the Pioneers.
GIVE ME TOMORROW. BY william
Farquhar Payson. New York:
Dodd Mead g. Co.
Evening star., 1935-10-27
LITERARY NOTABLES MARCH IN WEEKS BOOK PARADE
MADAME UNDSET REMEMBERS
Harold Stearns Writes Wistfuy of the ExpatratesSn
clair Lewis Pictures Washington and America Under the
Dictatorship-Runyan and O1ara Scan the Half World

State, Q saturnine bachelor named
Sarason, who promptly fills all offices
with the more promising youths Of the
military and devotes himself to what
Mr.. Lewis severely calls "orgies." The
dreadful state Of the Nation by this
time Is pretty well set forth by the
description of Sarason's due over
throwing:
"Haik (Secretary of War; marched
into the White House with his picked
storm troops, found President Sarason
In violet silk pajamas among his
friends, shot Sarason and most Of
his companions dead, and proclaimed
himself President" Most Of the book
reads Just like this.
Meanwhile, during the course Of
these sinister goings-on. the 1886 Re-
publican candidate for the presidency
Evening star., 1935-10-27

(not Mr.. Hoover) from the safety of
Canada is organizing a counter-revo-
luton. It has not succeeded when the
book ends, but Mr.. Lewis allows Ger
tain optimism.
To give his horrid nightmare veri-
similitude, Mr.. Lewis has been very
careful to avoid any outward resem-
blance to European methods in the
beginnings Of the usurpation. His
Berzelius is extolled as the persona
fication of Americanism IS that quail
ity exists in the popular mind. He
Is q homespun person, fond OF Bour-
bon, of Chesterfield cigarettes. flap
Jacks and Moon Mullins. He has a
Lincolnian humorousness and actually
persuades most Of the Nation to be-
lieve in the indispensability of his
military measures until, Of course. 1t Is
too late. But Just what Mr.. Lewis
wants to prove by this, beyond making
his story q little probable. one does
not see, unless it be that potential
dictators are lurking everywhere ex-
cept in the Republican party.
One is glad to report that the bril-
liant pyrotechnics that have made
previous works by the author joyful
reading in spots are not wholly lack
ing here, and there are flashes of his
unique knock down and drag out
humor from time to time, enlivening
the otherwise heavy going. The best
Of these are in the chapter headings,
which are excerpts from the auto
biography of Berzelius, ghost-written
for him by the highly literate Sarason.
Here Is q sample:
In the little towns, ah, there is
the abiding peace that I love, and
that can never be disturbed by even
the noisiest Smart Alecks from these
naughty megalopolises like Washing
ton, New York and ETC."
And again, "I don't pretend to be a
very educated man, except maybe edu-
Gated In the heart, and in being able
to feel for the sorrows and fear of
every ornery fellow human being.
Still and all, I've read the Bible
through, from kiver to Hver, like my
wife's folks say down In Arkansas,
some eleven times; I've read all the
law books they've printed, and as to
contemporaries, I don't guess I've
missed much of all the grand litera-
ture produced by Bruce Barton, Edgar
Guest, Arthur Brisbane, Elizabeth
Dilling, Walter Pitkin and William
Dudley Pelley." And so on.
One can sum up by saying that II
it is true that Mr.. Lewis, when not
funny, is dull, it Is likewise fact
that when he Is not dull he Is funny.
Evening star., 1935-10-27

"Tops" property value in Washing
ton is lot 20, on the northeast corner
of r at Fourteenth, whose 2,481 square
feet have $50 on each Of them. The
Boy Scouts took a tratiic count on
that corner recently, incidentally. and
found it the Capitals busiest.
The heaviest among these exempted
Evening star., 1935-10-27

course) mad flight along the byways
of Mayfair, we now have q prosaic
Packard. BY such marks we may
recognize the decadence of our once
proud standards.
But-again, perhaps this despair is
untimely. A healthy nation. it would
seem, ought to be able TO support one
O'Hara, even in the style to which
Robert w. Chambers mas accustomed
him. And who would begrudge him it?
In undiluted entertainment he GER
tainly gives his customers their
moneys worth.
Evening star., 1935-10-27
By Thomas X. Henry.

w YITHIN two years after his
death in the Alamo, David
wv Crockett had become a
legendary hero along the
Kentucky frontier.
He was made the central figure IN
every good story" told In the lonely
wilderness settlements for genera
ton. He became, for q few years,
the type figure Of his race.
Hence the Davy Crockett Almanack,
published at Nashville for five years
starting in 1888. constituted a rich re-
pository Of frontier lore and humor.
At that time almanacs, issued in every
section of the country, constituted
Evening star., 1935-10-27

assessed value of about $1.15 o square
foot. Some Of it, however, ,plumbs
depths below o dollar observation 81,
for example, at so cents); much lists
at q dollar even, such as the 12,201
square foot section 1t T and Water
southwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-14
To RESIGN
BANK POST

George N. Peek, whose office as
foreign trade advisor to the Presi-
dent will be abolished June Is,
also will resign as head of the Ad-
ministration's export-import banks
shortly after that date, it is
learned.
Unalterably opposed to Secre-
tary of State Hulrs program of
unconditional, most-favored nation
trade agreements as basically un-
sound and ruinouS to the nations
foreign and domestic markets,
Peek has made up his mind to
withdraw altogether from the Ad-
ministration.
While his office would make no
comment, it was learned on
highest authority that he was
prompted in his move by a belief
that he can more effectively bring
the attention of the country to
the dangers of Hull's program as
an outsider than as a member Of
the New Deal Set-up here.
Peek has consistently fought
for a program of building Ameri-
can foreign trade on a Yankee
trading system, and has held
Hull's theory to be visionary, i'm
practical, and ineffective.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-14
Def Of GALES.
BRINGS CRISIS
IN MEXICO

MEXICO CITY, June IA
G.NS0.-After remaining silent
for two days on the warning"
issued by Gen. Plutarco Elias
Gales, Mexico's strong man."
President Lazaro M. CardenaS
today replied with defiant
statement making it plain he
would not retreat.
Although not mentioning Gen.
Gales specifically, President Car
denas defended his followers
against the Callistas and paved
the way for what many believed
would develop swiftly into q ma
jor political crisis.
General Gales had charged
CardenaS' followers with undue
fermentation Of strikes and had
warned such acts must cease alb
ruptly.
President Cardenas referred to
"unjuStified agitation" in the
present situation. Announcing he
would cling to his purpose and
carry out his six-year sociological
and economic plan, President
Cardenas said:
"My conscience does not re-
prOach me. I consider It my
duty to assure my workers and
employees that within the law
they will enjoy all sorts of
guarantees and support for ex.
erciSing their rights"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-14
ILLINOIS HALTS
|. PROBE Of REDS
IN COLLEGES

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, June IA
Observation-Disclosures of al.
legged Communist activities in Illi-
nois universities and colleges
today had been terminated by the
senate upon motion Of Senator
James j. Barbour, who declared
nothing has been or will be &C
complished by the inquiry"
The senate committee to probe
the Red" tendencies has held
numerous conferences in Chicago
but at its last session the meeting
broke up in disorder.
Senator Charles Baker today in
troduced a bill to create a new
commission to carry on the work.
The Red hunt" committee will
make a report to the senate next
week.
Senator Baker declared he
would not sign the committees
report and instead will "give a
minority report that will shake
the State house" He said:
"The records compiled dur
ing the probe contain just lot
Of bunk and Intentionally have
covered up what the investiga-
ton should have revealed"