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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-22
II DETOURS ON
INDIANA n''9ADS
ARE UNCHANGED
Probably Will Remain Until
Spring, State Highway
Board Says.

No detours were changed this
week by the State Highway Com
mission, leaving IL detours and two
bridge-arounds in effect. Most of
them probably will remain until
renewal of construction activities in
the spring, it was announced.
Roads ia the northern part of the
state which have been covered with
snow and ice are expected to be in
fairly good shape for this weekend
unless there is sudden return 20
subzero temperature.
Detours in effect include:
Road 1-Detour over city street in Hag-
erstown.
Road s-Drive carefully from junction
Road 81 south Of Pendleton TO Huntsville
account shoulder and bridge construction.
Road Is Closed
Road 15-Closed between Wabash and
Road ia. detour 20 miles marked over
Roads l3, 2i3 and IA: detour 10 miles
IA and north over miles OF country
gravel road and six miles Of county con-
Z S. 3i-closed from junction Road 6
Just south Of LaPaz north to one-half
east over U. S. to Road S3l north over
county pavement to u S. 81.
U: s. 36-Drive carefully between Oak
15ndon and Huntsville account bridge ard
culvert construction and unfinished shout
ders.
Road s7-Detour in Paon over city
U. S. 4o-Traffic drive carefully past
construction forces between Cambridge
City, and East Germantown; two-lane
traffic through bridge east of Cambridge
City.
Drive Carefully on Al
u, S. 4i-Driye carefully. account men
north OF Hazetown; drive carefully from
Cook to q. S. 30 account unfinished Shout
ders closed from u. S. 30 to U. s.. g. de-
tour tour m marx vest over U. 80 and north
Road 4s-Detour from point Just
south Of Westville to Michigan City is "a
miles over U: s. 6. county concrete and
u. S. 5o--Drive carefully west of Shoals
due to settlement of road; bridge run
arDund north c Of aurora J.uoo~ r,a,.o,,.
and 7lst-st north of Indianapolis; detour
marked over Road 20 and county concrete
through New Augusta.
Bridge Out on So
Road 5s--Detour from l mile west of
Kurtz east is 5.4 miles over county gravel
Road 62-Bridge run-around one mile
south Of New Washington.
Road 64-Bridge run-around at st.
Road 67-Detour over city streets in IN
dianapolis;. drive carefully between Oak
landon and Huntsville account bridge and
culvert construction and unfinished Shout
Road disclosed between U. s. "a and
Road 49, detour marked over u. S. "a,
Road 236-Detour 20 miles just east of
junction Road 81 and 236 is over county
paved road and Road 81.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-22

Photo by Voorhis Studio.
Announcement of the appoint
ment of Lew Cohen, Inc, at 401
N. Capitol-av, as a new Indian
apolis Studebaker dealer was made
recently by o. j. Litzelman and
F. G. Morrison, heads of Litzelman
& Morrison, Inc, Studebaker dis
tributors for the Indianapolis ter
ritory.
The new leadership, which
Joined the Studebaker fold Jan. l,
is headed by Louis L. Cohen
(above), who has been associated
in the local automobile field for
the last 20 years. Mr.. Cohen was
formerly located On Virginia -av,
where for the last three years he
was associated with the Chrysler
line.
New and used car display rooms,
as we'll as a complete parts and
service departments, are featured
at the Capitol-av location The
service department is headed by
Herman Prescott. The sales staff
includes Charles Stutz, Jack Fierik
and Fred Phillips.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-22
HUNTINGTON SUES TO
SET ASIDE RULINGS
Public Service Body Asked
for 2 Orders.

Times Special
HUNTINGTON, Ind, Feb. o.
The city Of Huntington today had
filed suit in Huntington Circuit
Court to set aside two decisions of
the Public Service Commission af-
fecting Mayor Clare w. H. Bangs
fight with the Northern Indiana
Power Co.
City Attorney Claude Cline asked
that decision of the commission
to refuse to order the power COM
pany to provide standby service
for the city's 'toy' electric plant
be vacated.
He also attacked refusal of the
commission to order the utility
company not to disturb the city
wires which have been placed on
Indiana Bell Telephone Co. poles.
The commission, in it's rulings,
said that the power company had
not attempted to discontinue either
service to the city, and that orders
were not necessary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-22

Three new car statesmen of the
Hoosier Cadillac Co., 1880 N. Me-
ridian-st, Cadillac-La Sale dis
tributors for the territory, were
appointed to the Cadillac Merit
Mems Club for their sales records
during 1885, according to G. M.
Hammond, president, and E. r.
Lindesmith, sales manager.
AS a reward for their sales
achievements they left Indianap-
oils today to attend the 1886 con-
vention of Cadillac Merit Men at
Edgewater Park, Miss. Later they
are to go to New Orleans to at
tend the final days activities of
the Mardi Gras.
They are A. F. Doepking, upper
left; Andy Hutchinson and w. r.
Meredith, lower. This marks the
second consecutive year these men
have been appointed to the Merit
Mems organization.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-22
NEW EUROPEAN AUTOS
SHOW AIRFLOW LINES
American Streaming Principles
Are Adapted Abroad.

hIC f1udptCu ftUIUdus
Times Special
PARIS, Feb. 22.-The 1886 Gus
TOM built models of European mo-
tor car designers show a decided
swing to airflow streamlining.
The extent to which automobile
manufacturers in Europe have
adopted the design principles pio-
neered in America with the intro
duction of the Airflow De Soto is
revealed in study of the new cars
shown at the leading Continental
motor salons.
French, italian, British and Ger
man models are among the new cars
which have joined the trend to-
ward Airflow design in either SUI
perflcial appearance or basic con-
struction. Some Continental de-
signers have gone so far as to pre-
dict that within a very few years
all motor cars will adopt the air.
flow principle for their basic de-
sign.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-22
AMATEUR SHOW
ARRANGED FOR
C. NJ. C. EXHIBIT
Herbie Kay and Orchestra
Also Booked for Event at
Playground.
BY STURGE WELLS

C. M. Hammond, chairman of the
publicity and entertainment commit
tees, said today that everything is
in virtual readiness for the formal
opening of the 1886 General Motors
show Tuesday night at 6 in the
Manufacturers Bldg, state Fair
ground.
Decorators, electricians and other
workmen have been busy during the
week erecting scenery, moving equip
ment and arranging displays.
Latent talent of Indianapolis will
have an opportunity to reveal itself
during the week through a series Of
amateur contests which are to be
conducted every afternoon and eve
ming and broadcast over station
WIRE.
Hundreds of additions have been
given to enthusiastic contestants.
Valuable cash awards are to go to
the winners. The awards, accord
ing to Mr.. Hammond will exceed
$500 and are to be awarded Sunday.
March l. Winners are to be selected
by the use of an applause meter.
similar to those used in leading
amateur radio programs.
While the amateur program is one
of the entertainment highlights, the
big attraction is to be genial Herbie
Kay and his orchestra, and Shirley
Lloyd, his featured vocalist.
The exhibit is to feature the COM
plete line of General Motors prod
ucts including Chevrolet, Buick, Pom
tiac, Oldsmobile, Cadillac and La
Sale, models of which are to be at
tractively displayed. In addition
there will be products of the Frig-
idaire Corp, United Motors and
DelcO Light
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-22
PEBBLES AROUND HOME
OF GUMS ARE SOUGHT
Childless Couples in All Parts of
World Make Requests.

CALENDAR, Ontario, Feb. a.
Pebbles strewn around the tiny hos
pital home of the Dionne quintup-
lets ere being eagerly sought by
childless couples from all parts of
the world, it is revealed.
DR.. Allan Dafoe, the chubby
country doctor" who brought the
tiny babies into the world, has re-
ceived hundreds of requests for the
stones from childlesS couples as
lucky charms.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-22
KAGAWA'S NATIONAL
SPONSORS ANNOUNCED
Grain, Taylor Chosen; japanese
Pacifist to Speak Here March 2.

Appointment of DR.. James A.
Grain, executive secretary of the
United Christian Missionary Society,
indianapolis, and DR.. Alva w. Tay-
lor, former Indianapolis resident, to
the national committee sponsoring
appearances of DR.. Tayohiko Ka-
gawa was announced today.
The committee intends to launch
a national Kakawa movement. Dr.
Kagawa, noted japanese pacifist
and cooperative leader, spoke at
the Student Volunteer convention
here in December.
DR.. Kagawa is to speak in Indian
apolis again March 2.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-22
ENGINEER SAVES DOG
ENMESHED IN FENCE
Stops His Train and Releases Ami
NAL on Return Trip.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
JOPLIN, Mo-, Feb. ga dog
was caught in fence and might
have died there if it had not been
for a friendly engineer of a Frisco
railroad train.
G. D. Perry, the engineer, and
B. R. Barber, fireman, noticed the
dogs plight one day on their run
between Carthage and Monet,
near here, but we're unable to stop
because another train was follow
ing a short distance behind.
The next day they watched, how
ever, saw the dog still enmeshed
and stopped to release it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-22
COLLECTORS BUYING
TEXAS FAIR COINS
Legion Selling Hslf-Dollars for
S1.50 Each in Austin.
By United Press

BIZ United Press
AUSTIN, Tex, Feb. 22.-Conten-
NAL half-dollarS minted to COM
memorate Texas Tooth anniversary
OF independence are in wide demand
by collectors throughout the nation
according to Beauford H Jester, sales
committee chairman.
More than $4,000 of 10000 coins
issued in 1885 have been sold out
side the state. The half-dollars are
being sold by the American Legion
for $3.50 each, the profits to be used
in building memorial museum in
Austin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-22
TIMBER MEN DECLARE
PROSPERITY is BACK
Vancouver Lumber Business Is
Nearing Peak Year.

By United Press
VANCOUVER, B. c., Feb. o.
Vancouver timber men declare that
prosperity has returned to the lum-
Der industry.
Aided by the recent Canadian
United States trade pact and a
general improvement in the ex-
port market, the provinces lumber
business is steadily climbing back
to the peak years of 1923 and
1929.
The log cut in the Vancouver
forestry district totaled 100000
900 feet in the first 10 months OF
this year and probably will reach
the 1000, 000,0 00-ft. mark before
the end of the year, or to within
20 per cent of the biggest year on
record.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-22
EXHIBITS TO SHOW OIL
INDUSTRIES PROGRESS

Exposition to Open in Tulsa, Okla,
May 16, w. G. Sicily Announces.
Times Special
TULSA, Okla, Feb. 22.-How i'm
provements in refining gasoline
and oil to meet the needs of
high-speed and high-compression
motors have been worked out by
the ,0O0,00O,00O petroleum indus
try will be demonstrated at the
ninth International Petroleum Ex-
position to be held here May Is to
%, according to w. G. Sicily, presi-
dent. Exhibits valued at S10,00O,00O
will represent more than 1000 diff
ferent firms and cover Is acres of
exhibit space.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-22
.SNIPS' FOR HIS LIVING
Judd Budd-Jack Cuts Out 1900, 900
Profiles in Nine Years.

bg JHlfed Press
TOLEDO. Feb. 22.-Over a pc
Rod of nine years, Judd Budd-Jack
has cut the profiles of 100000
Americans. With scissors and pa
ger as tools, he requires only 80
seconds for each silhouette. He
goes around the country" shipping"
for living.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-22
CLEVELAND EXPOSITION
OPENING Is ADVANCED
Date fer Starting Great Lakes Fair
Moved Forward.

By Uhlted PTess
CLEVELAND, Feb. 22.-Develop-
ing so rapidly that the opening date
has been moved forward, plans for
the Great Lakes Exposition here
next summer now include an elab-
crate horticultural exhibit.
The feature, lending marked vari-
ETY. to an exposition which will have
steel as its central theme, will BEAU
tify Cleveland's downtown lake
front. Gardens to be made by the
Cleveland Horticultural Center
probably will remain after the other
units have dismantled.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-22
SOIL MEETING OUTLINED
First International Conference to Be
Held at Harvard in June.
By United Press


CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Feb. a.
The first international conference
on soil mechanics will be held at the
Harvard Graduate School of Engi-
neering June 1925 in conjunction
with Harvard's Tercentenary cele-
bration.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-22
STUDEBAKER HUNTS FOR
MOST FAITHFUL OWNER
Contest Winner to Be Awarded
1,775,987th Car Produced.

Times Special
SOUTH BEND, Ind, Feb. pa
nation wide search for the most
faithful Studebaker owner in the
United States was launched Feb
II, when civic and business lead
ers of South Bend met to honor
Studebaker's eighty-fourth anniver-
sary.
The search is being conducted in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-22
PAROLE YOUNG CONVICT
Orville Richards, Sentenced Here IN
August, Gets Release.

fAuS uot1 OCVS IICICdSCs
Orville Richards has been grant
ed parole from the Indiana State
Reformatory by the State Clemency
Commission. Richards was sentenced
here Aug. 10, 1885, to serve one to
five years on petit larceny charge.
Paroles of four other Marion
County convicts, Louis Nelson, Ma
thaniel Rutledge, Acel Clayborn and
Ray Colwell, were denied.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-22
G0UT is THREAT EVEN
TO PERSONS ON RELIEF
Disease Not Confined to Rich Folk,
Says Health Commissioner.

By United Press
CINCINNATI, Feb. 22-Troubles
for the poor are piling up, DR.. F. K.
Harder, city health commissioner
told the Academy of Medicine that
persons on a relief diet may have
govt, disease long associated with
the rich. Women and even ba-
bies can have the disease, and it
is not always confined to the foot,
DR.. Harder said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-22

The opening Of Pierce-Arrow
sales and service headquarters at
1904 N. Meridian-st was an
nounced recently by P. A. Blondell
(above), Indianapolis representa-
tive of the Pierce-Arrow Motor
Co.
Mr.. Blondell has been associat-
ed with the automobile business
for more than 20 years, and has
been identified with the Pierce
Arrow line locally for several
years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-22

the manner of a contest. The win
ner is to be given the first Stude-
baker to come off the assembly lines
during the corporations eighty
fifth year. Production schedules
indicate that this car is to be a
Dictator st. Regis custom sedan.
The prize car is to be the It's
987th Studebaker produced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-22

Lee Elliott, West Side Chevro-
let, Inc, is back on the job, hav-
ing recovered from a recent i'll
ness.
Smyrna times., 1936-11-26

of Mrs. Irene S. Vinyard, Harring-
ton, who will be 16 on December L
this year, attends the Milford
High School where she expects to
be graduated in 1888. She has been
an active All Club member since
1929 and has completed baking
projects in each of the years she
has been active. Her trip as win
ner of the Delaware Food Prepara-
tion Contest is being sponsored by
the Electrolux Refrigerator Sales
Division, Servel, Inc, Evansville,
Indiana. Julia Ann Bryan, II,
daughter of Granville D. Bryan,
Lewes, senior in the Lewes Spec
ial School, has been a All Club
worker for seven years and has
made a speciality of sewing project
work. She is president of her club
this year and has been active in
dramatics. AS winner of the Del
Smyrna times., 1936-11-26
Huge Tags to Identify
Michigan Deer Hunters

Lansing. Mich -Michigan's army
of deer hunters. some 100. 900 strong.
will wear license tags on their
backs when they go into the woods
next fall
The state conservation commits
sion has ordered rubberized canvas
tags, four by twelve inches in size,
with three-inch figures to designate
each hunter They will be black on
orange and must be worn on the
hunters outer garment midway be-
tween the shoulders.
Members of the conservation de-
partnlent staff believe the expert
ment. which will cost an estimated
81. 500. will prove valuable means
of reducing game law violations be-
cause hunter may be more easily
identified by recording his large
license number.
Smyrna times., 1936-11-26

REPRESENTATIVES of twenty.
~ one nations of the western
hemisphere are today converging on
the city of Buenos Aires. capital of
the Argentine. where the Pan Amer
ican conference opens on December
! to discuss the possibility of an
an-American League of Nations.
But of these twenty-one nations. ;"
according to an article in the initial
issue of Life Magazine. 'the biggest
and perhaps the potentially richest
will not be the United States of
America. but the United States OF
Brazil
And in gIamorous Rio de Janiero.
capital of that vast empire of trop.
ical jungles and sub-tropical plains.
the American colony eagerly awaits
the expected visit of President
Franklin D Roosevelt. who ii is
hoped. will be able to pay a short
visit to beautiful Rio should he at.
tend the Buenos Aires gathering.
Smyrna times., 1936-11-26
Canada Will Round Out
Blank Pages in History

Montreal, Que.-Blank pages in
Canada's history. particularly the
period from 1713 to 1853, will be
filed by young McGiI university
coed, who will leave for France
next winter. Alice Jean Lunn,
awarded S1,500 Canadian fellow
ship, will carry on research in the
archives of Paris and French ports
in an effort to clear up obscure
points in Canadian history. She al
ready is the author of one histori-
cal volume, War and Agriculture
in Canada, 1740-'60.''
Smyrna times., 1936-11-26
THOMAS HOLIDAY, COLORED
FOUND DEAD

Thomas Holiday, colored man
who kept a cobbler's shop in the
upper part of the town and who
left here on Saturday, was found
dead alongside the railroad track
at Dover yesterday morning by a
train hand. Coroner Thomas H
Wright, of this town, held an in
quest yesterday. the first case since
his induction into the office. 1t is
not known whether Holiday was
struck by a train and killed, or
whether he was knocked in the
head by a foe; there was no evil
dence to prove anything, the only
thing found beside the man him
self being a small bar of iron.
Holiday left here to avoid paying
his rent and was altogether a bad
character.
Smyrna times., 1936-11-26
Earth's Haircut"
Produces Asbestos

Thetford Mines, Que. - Old
Mother Earth gets haircut, too.
in the province of Quebec. The
business of trimming the earth's
hair nets Quebec province a rev.
enue of some S5,OOO,O 900 annually.
It's all part of the big asbestos
mining operations in the pictur-
esque eastern townships section
of Quebec. Asbestos ore resem-
bles rock which has grown
head of silver hair, and trimming
these mineral locks produces S.
per cent of the worlds output
of asbestos.
Smyrna times., 1936-11-26
MOTORISTS ARE
BEING WARNED
Speeding in Fair
mount Park and ROOse-
welt Boulevard
PHILADELPHIA SEVERE

Local motorists who visit Phila-
delphia are warned by the Dela-
ware Automobile Association, A.
M. A. against speeding on the
Roosevelt Boulevard GU. S. u and
the Fairmount Park drives. An
analysis of police records just COM
pleted by the Association shows
that so per cent of those arrested
for exceeding the 4O-mile speed
limit live outside Metropolitan
Philadelphia. I'm other words, ="
said Linnaeus L. Hopes, Executive
Secretary of the Association, "the
out-of-city and out-of-state drivers
are the chief victims of an enforce
ment drive which in one year has
resulted in a total of S37 ,958 in
fines being collected from $3.50
motorists. Most of the arrests
have been made on the northern
section of the Roosevelt Boulevard,
which runs through open country.
Drivers are cautioned to keep
within the 40-mile limit, because
arrest means conviction under con-
ditions now existing in Philadel-
phia" Another drive has just
been announced by Philadelphia
enforcement of Through
Traffic Stop" signs. In recent
months numerous accidents have
been attributed to failure of mo-
torists to observe the stop signs,
and now police have been assigned
to the danger points to pick up Of
tenders.
Smyrna times., 1936-11-26

An invitation has already been
extended by President Getullo var
gas of Brazil. presented in Washing
ton by the Brazilian Ambassador
Oswaldo Aranga Many Americans
in the Brazilian capital hope that
President Roosevelt's warship VIII
arrive there on Thanksgiving DAY
so that they may hear the President
give his Thanksgiving Day procla-
nation from an American cruiser
in a foreign port.
Latest Rio de Janiero dispatches.
however. Indicate that the president
may not arrive before November
9th. the day after Thanksgiving.
"The wealth of Brazil tunnels into
the capital. Rio de Janiero." accord
ing TO the Life article, TO make II
one OF the worlds greatest pleasure
cities Rio citizens who call them
selves Cariocans spend most Of their
time in the area snowu In the left Oh
the panorama picture. Here are the
Smyrna times., 1936-11-26
Plan For Democratic Ball

Kent county Democrats are dis
playing keen interest in the Demo-
cratic victory ball to be held in the
gold ball room of the Hotel du-
Pont, Wilmington, on the evening
of December seventh. The COM
mittee on arrangements includes
Isabel Hope Hughes. representing
the Young Women's Democratic
Clubs of Kent County, and George
F. Turner, representing the Young
Mems Democratic Clubs of Kent
County.
Smyrna times., 1936-11-26
ROBERT GASS MOVES TO
PHILADELPHIA

Robert Gass, who has been farm
ing near this town, has moved his
family to Philadelphia, where he
hase secured a position for his fu-
ture employ. Mr.. Gass is we'll
known to our readers as a contrib
utor to the Times in the past of
articles of more than usual excel
lence. He has been singularly un-
fortunate since farming from fail
ure of crops, death of horses and
poultry, and to cap the climax two
or three weeks ago some ruthless
brute shot his flock of turkeys
which he had been depending upon
to pay his rent.
Smyrna times., 1936-11-26

aware All Girls Record Contest,
her trip to Chicago is being spon-
sored by oMntgomery Ward and
Company, Chicago. Pauline Nc
nvaine, 10, was graduated from
the Greenwood High School last
June and since that time has been
keeping house for her father, Sew
ell B. McIlvaine. She has been a
4-H Club member for six years and
has varied her project work with
some time ON sewing work, some
on canning, and some on cooking.
As winner of the Delaware Can
ming Achievement Award, she will
travel to the National Congress
under the sponsorship of the Kerr
Glass Manufacturing Company,
Sand Springs, Oklahoma.
Smyrna times., 1936-11-26
Magistrate Burton Fined Two

George Seabrooks, of Dover, was
arrested on Saturday by Patrolman
Collins, of the city police, on a
charge of assault and battery on
Daniel jackson. Magistrate W. D.
Burton imposed a fine of ten dol
lars and costs. Thomas H. Sulli-
van, of Dover, was arrested on
Tuesday for hunting without lie
ense. Magistrate Burton imposed
a fine of five dollars and costs.
Smyrna times., 1936-11-26
Medium Cos, n.
d. 4. r. Plans Cor..

Delaware Daughters Il
American Revolution ara ID
their annual conference n n
February %, at the HotsI n
Wilmington. Mrs. Waltz, :
liams, State regent will
tne anair and national ofieerl
pe invited to attend Delsgal
the conference will ba ,srl
meetings of the various =,
next month.
Smyrna times., 1936-11-26

ware All Club members, Ellen
Vineyard, Harrington; Julia Ann
Bryan, Lewes; Pauline McIlvaine,
Greenwood; Pauline Dawson, Hous-
ton, and Smith Roland. Viola, who
will meet All Club representatives
from the other AZ states and COM
pete with them for national pro-