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The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-07-29
Congress Passes
 Act on 'Nest-Egg'

WASHINGTON, July 29.-Because Mrs. Ada s. Lewis of Independence, Mo, thought hens nest was the safest place to hide a $50 Liberty bond seventeen years ago, it took a special act of Congress to get her money back.
 The Senate passed and sent to the White House a bill ordering the Treasury to redeem the routed, wa- ter-soaked document, though it's serial number was no longer legible.
 Printing and passage of the bill and the accompanying reports cost a good deal more than $50.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-07-29
HORRIbLE!

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 29. It is reported from Alcatraz Pri- son that an unidentified prisoner stole an axe and razor, sharpened them with file. then chopped off his left hand. He handed the axe to watching prisoner and asked him to cut off the other hand. The watcher. mortified. called lustily for the guards.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-07-29
INSURGENTS CLAIM SOVIET
 CHIEF KILLED
Poise Over Valencia Madrid Lifeline, While
 Madrid Front Is Quiet

RENDAYE. France, July 29.-In- surgents today said Russian com- mander" of the International Gov ernment brigade was killed in de- lending Madrid. Insurgents said a new offensive against Governments held Santander is imminent.
 Franco's Eastern Army was re- ported driven across Teruel- Guen- ca border and is poised over the va- lencia-M Madrid lifeline The Madrid battle lapsed into a death-like lull.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-07-29
EGYPT ACCLAIMS
 YOUTHFUL RULER, KING FAR0UK, l
FifteenMillion Subjects Hail New Ruler of Inde-
 pendent Nation

CAIRO, Egypt, July 29.-Just a stalwart youth of eighteen, His Ma jesty Farouk, the First, was invest ed, amid the wild acclaim of his fifteen million subjects. as the first King of an independent Egypt since Mameluk rulers were conquered by Turkish hordes in the 16th century
 Padrouk wore no crown as he re- ceived the greetings of his people, as Egypt has none.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-07-29
Bremen on Run
 Find Cat on Roof

BOISE, idaho, July 29.-Boise's firemen answered a fire alarm but found no evidence of blaze.
 Where's the fire?" shouted Chief w. A. Foster.
 There's no fire" the woman of the house explained. but I wish you'd please get that cat off our roof"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-07-29
STORAGE TANK, HOUSE BURNED,
 WRANCELL FIRE
Standard Oil Officials Go to Scene by Plane-Re-
 port Damage Not Great

Complete destruction of the house of Agent z. M. Bradford and con- siderable damage to one storage tank resulted from the blaze at the Standard Oil Company plant at Wrangell yesterday, according to reports brought back to Juneau this morning by Tom Dyer, Ju- neau Standard Oil Agent, and H. L. Faulkner, attorney.
 Together with L. Lauderbeck, Standard Oil construction official, MT. Dyer and MT. Faulkner flew to Wrangell last evening with AAT Pilot L. F. Barr. MT. Dyer and MT. Faulkner returned to Juneau in the plane this morning, while MT. Lauderbeck remained at Wran- gell to assume charge of repair work there in place of Charles Rood who was burned and is now in the hospital.
 None Seriously Injured
 Fortunately, no one was seriously injured in the hlaze, MT. Dyer said on his return here, and, ex- cept for the complete loss of the agents house with all his personal effects, no serious loss was in- cured. Willing and courageou ac- tion by the Wrangell Fire Depart ment, with the cooperation of the townspeople, kept the flames from spreading to the four nearby tanks, despite lack of water at first. Re- pairs to the burned tank will be commenced at once. They consist mainly of replacing two buckled plates. Replacement of the house will be delayed, pending considera- tion of other arrangements.
 Tank Fire Dead
 When we arrived at Wrangell at T o'clock last evening, the fire in the tank was already dead, the little fuel that was in it having burned away, while only few embers left from the house were still smoldering. The blaze was entirely exinguished by this morn ing when we left" MT. Dyer de- clared.
 Mrs. Bradford is reported in no danger, suffering only somewhat from shock, according to Dr. J. E. Clements. Wrangell physician, and Dr. w. M. Whitehead, of Juneau, who has been visiting in Wrangell and who is assisting Dr. Clements, both MT. Dyer and MT. Faulkner stated.
 To Recover Soon
 The two men injured, are ex- pected to be completely recovered within two weeks. MT. Rood, who with Tommy Sanford, was working near the tank when it caught fire was rather badly burned about the hands and aggravated his injuries by continuing to battle the flames MT. Sanford was not injured. MT Bradford and MT. Noffsinger were in the house at the time of the furnace backfire which is believed to have started the blaze, as was Mrs. Davis, an attendant, who aided MT. Bradford in rescuing his wife. Mrs. Davis suffered a wrench ed ankle. Injuries to MT. Bradford were very slight.
 MT. Dyer reported that the tank did not explode, but rather caught fire almost simultaneously with the explosion that kindled the house.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-07-29
MarCOni's Heirs
 Left 26 Million

ROME, July 29.-Gugielmo Mar conf, inventor of the wireless, left the bulk of his estate, estimated at twenty-six million dollars, to his favorite daughter, Electra, it was disclosed here. The eight-year-old girl received five-eighths of the for tune, while her mother and three other children by a former mar riage shared the remainder.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-07-29
U. s. Cruiser, 4 Destroyers, Visit Vladivostok

MOSCOW, July 29.-The visit by the United States cruiser Aug usta and four destroyers. under command of Rear Adpiral Harry Yarnell, to Vladivostok, Eastern Si- berit, is the occasion of many edi- torials in the Soviet press. The editorials all emphasize the mutual desire for peace" on the Pacific
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-07-29
BANK BUSINESS
 IS UP THIS YEAR

NEW YORK, July 29. Bank clearings in g leading cities showed a hike of ITS percent this year over a comparative week of last year, a survey closing yesterday revealed. The total clearances this year is $5,- 451, ,538,000.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-07-29
NO WEATHER REQUEST

VICTORIA, B. C., July 29.-Supt. w. A. Thorn, Dominion Meteorolo- gical station head here said this afternoon that he had not yet re- ceived any requests for weather bulletins to aid the third Russian Polar flight.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-07-29
GROCERIES FOR BUFFALO,; TRUCK
 DRIVERS ON JOB
Deliverymen Get High e r Wages, Preference
 Butchers Still Out

BUFFALO, N. T., July 29-Buf- falo grocers rushed to fill their empty store shelves as thousand trucks ended their eight-day strike, to work at higher wages and with preferential shops guar anteed them.
 A thousand butchers, however, are still out on strike.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-07-29
NO INFORMATION

WASHINGTON, July 29. The Russian Embassy here said the last heard about the passenger plane to hop from Moscow over the pole to the United States was that it was "all set" for a flight but no infor- nation has been received regard ing it's take-off.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-07-29
Colonel Lindbergh
 Making Flight Today

LYNNE. England, July 29.-Col. Charles A. Lindbergh flew to the continent today on a business trip His destination was not disclosed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-07-29
State Department Has Real .Jitters Ouer Oriental War:
 Neutrality Act Is Muolred
By PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, July %. - The State Department was neither dis turbed nor alarmed at the faltering of the Oriental dove of peace. It was downright jittery.
 A apanese-Chinese war is just about the ' thing this country wants. In first place, as one critic said, !, 4s a bad time for war to start.
 A Japanese Chinese war might spread quickly to Russia, then in- volve Germany on the other side of Eurasia No one needs to guess what would happen after that.
 Another thing, the American Neu- trality Act would go into effect. Under it, the State Department is like man with his neck under the guillotine. It can't negotiate. It can't bide it's time. It can't do any thing except to call American ships off the sea and crawl into it's hole
 And by the very act of withdraw ing it would contribute to the suc- cess of one side.
 IN JAPAN'S FAVOR
 In a Japanese -Cninete war, the neutrality act would serve the Jap anese nightly. For they could come to America and pick up cer- tain much needed supplies under the cash -and-carry" section of the bill, while the Chinese, without a first class fighting ship on the whole waterfront, couldn't come for pen- nyweight.
 Looking at it from cold com mercial standpoint, war in the East would interfere with the buy ing power of one of Americas best customers-Japan. The Neutrality Act would prohibit that nation buying arms and munitions. So that business would be cut. But at present Japan buys more than s100- 100000 of raw cotton from this country annually Under the neu- trality act the President is directed to impose an embargo on other commodities besides munitions, if to do so would promote the cause of peace. So the Secretary of War and the President would be under pressure from strict neutrality" adherents to cut off Japan's sup ply of cotton and steel. And there would be tremendous pressure against such action from cotton growing states and the steel indus try, including labor.
 DOUBLE CAUTION
 Having to face real war in the Pacific while strapped in that sort of a straight jacket was not a sunny prospect for the State Department
 Moreover, Secretary Hull sin cerely wants the world to be at peace. With him it is not mere policy. It is religion.
 The State Department insists it was quite by accident that repre- sentatiyes of China and Japan showed up at the State Department an hour apart, to run smack into the solemn caution that it would (continued on Page seven)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-07-29
Claims Record
 Parachute Jump

MOSCOW, July 29.-The world record parachute jump is claimed here today by K Katinoff. He claims to have leaped from height of 3D. 250 feet.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-07-29
POLICE TO DOUBLE UP

CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 29- Police here are considering going 'on double duty to check assaults and window smashing at the Republic Steel Corporation strike scene.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-07-29
JAPAN STARTS
 DRIVE TOWARD
 SOUTH CHINA
Battleships Lying Of Coast
 Cleared for Action as Planes Report
CITIES IN SHAMELESS
 AS BOMBERS DO WORK
Am ericans Imperiled as Chinese and Japanese
 Start Death Struggle

BULLETIN Foochow, China, July 29.-Japanese war planes, from the base on the island of Formosa. made high altitude observation flights along sections of the South China Coast late this afternoon.
 Seven Japanese warships are also reported lying, with decks clear for action, in the Formosa Straits.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-07-29
MINERS RETURN TO WORK, TRUCE
 AT BETHLEHEM
Negotiate for New Working Agreement as Sympathy
 Strike Comes to End

PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 29. = With the union prepared to nego-' tiate a new working agreement. twenty-two hundred miners have resumed work in three Bethlehem Steel Company mines. This ends two-weeks' sympathy strike.
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Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-27

TRIMMED IN
BETTING COUP

NEW YORK. June 26. UPl-
Bookmakers and race track habi-
tues conceded today that they had
been taken" at AQueduc yesterday
when three Chiians engineered zone
of the best betting coupS of the past
few years
The coup involved a 60-to-1 shot.
Sahri 2nd and an 8-to-1 horse,
Caballero End Neither had been
given a chance by the experts.
The form charts showed that
both horses were owned by c. S.
Shockley, trained by Jose Cuevas
with Mike Vinena as Jockey Sahri
End was listed as a siX-year-old
mare Caballero 2nd as a five-year-
old-both well along in years-and
neither had ever run on the north
American turf.
Checkers. who record pre-race per-
formanceS, were unimpressed by the
early morning gallOps Of the horses
and by the manner in which they
were handled by Vinena, rsmem-
bered as a Second-rate jockey who
had ridden a few times in Florida.
Thus. when the odds went up for
the first race, bookies listed Sahri
2nd at COL. Immediately. large bets
were placed at every betting stall.
The bookies lowered the price to
SOL and still sizable bets we're laid.
They dropped the odds quickly to
8 10 |.
Sahri 2nd broke well. went out
in front at the four-eights and gal
loped home an easy winner. Shock
ley collected his first prize money
of $500. but only grinned when he
was asked how much he had bet.
When the third race came up
the bookies would not 90 beyond
81 on Caballero 2nd because his
colors were the same as those of
Sahri End The Chilean horse was
left flat-footed at the start but
breezed through the stretch to fin
ish in a dead head for first money
with Isaiah.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-27
Girl Freed
AS Lover
Gets Chair

LONOkE, Ark, June 26.
(UP)-Bernice FELTON,, an
18-year-old Rockford, H.,
girl who accompanied her
lover on a crime tour during
which he killed three men, wept
from happiness Friday as jury
of II farmers and a merchant ac-
quilted her of the murder of an
Arkansas planter.
The jury returned the acquital
verdict after celebrating an hour
and Is minutes on charges accus-
ing the girl of numbering Victor
Gates of Little Rock.
oh I'm so happy" she cried,
throwing her arms about her father.
Abraham FELTON,. Rockford. H..
highway foreman.
Only a few minutes earlier, her
sweetheart. Lester BrockelhurSt,
who admitted killing Gates and
two other men on his crime tour, >
tainted as Circuit Judge w. J.
Waggoner sentenced him to die in
the electric chair He was revived
and taken to Tucker prison farm
near Little Rock where he will be
executed August q.
Brocklehurst. who confessed kill
ing Gates and two other men while
hitchhiking with the girl. who is
to become the mother of his child.
was convicted yesterday on identi-
cal charges. He tainted yesterday
when the verdict of guilty was re-
turned by a jury which had deliber-
ated % minutes
The verdict in Miss Felton's case
freed her from the murder charge
which was filed after she and
Brockelhurst were captured at
Hawthorne, N. Y, although arrest
ed on a minor charge. He freely
admitted the three slayings.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-27
MEDIATION BOARD
Will CONTINUE

CLEVELAND, Juna 26. ;UP)-Ihe
federal steel mediation board will
continue its attempts to settle thS
~even-stata strike Edward F. Nc
Grady, one of its members, said
tCd3y after a telephone conversa-
ticn nth Secretary OF Labor Frances
Perkins.
McGrady said he would remain
here over the weekend but added
that there was nothing he could dc
until Monday.
Chairman Charls P. Taft, II, OF
the board, was in Cincinnati at
tsnding to personal business. Lloyi
K. Garrison. third member of tn.
board, also had left Cleveland.
The medi1tion board is net dis
tanding.s McGrady 2aid. Il am
taving here to keep in close touch
with the situation and be available
tc both sides"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-27
VAN ICELAND
CONFERS WITH
LEGIONNAIRES

WASHINGTON, June 26. U.P)-
Belgian Premier Van iceland to-
day received a delegation of the
American Legion for a call intended
to renew ties of friendship be-
tween soldiers of the two countries
who served together in the world
war.
The delegation included national
officers of the Legion, headed by
Col. John Thomas Taylor, director
of the national legislative commits
tee. Van iceland received them at
the Belgian embassy where he is
staying during visit to confer with
United States government officials
on economic problems.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-27
Weird Story To
Be Told At Trial
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than $4,000. Right on the living
room floor. He even tore up some of
the bills.
He Just didn't want any contact
with the stuff"
Smith said he, Agnes MARY Mag
dalen) Gardener, Elizabeth peace
ful Mary) Peters, and Dick CBen
HuD Peters scrambl-1 for the
money, but:
Il got only ST. The others got
the 81 600 bills"
Smith described Hunt as chair
man of the chamber of commerce
IF Father Divine's righteous govern
ment movement"
He tcld how Hunt, grandson OF
the late millionaire lollypop inven-
tor. John Wuest of Cleveland, o,
scattered big bills around on Ia
wish motor tour. 1t started from
Father Divine's 15-mile-square
promise Land" at Kingston, NY,
in Hunts $4,000 Dusenberg Golden
Chariot"
Near San Francisco they met a
man driving two burros along a
country road.
"John the Revelator told me to
step the chariot" he sail. HE said
Give that man a $lG0 bill That's
Joseph I didn't have a 800 bill
on me so l gave him a $1,000 bill
instead"
John was good that way" he
added brightly.
Smith, Mrs. Gardener, and Mrs.
Peters are on trial jointly with Hunt
charged with violating the Mann
act by transporting Miss Jewett here
from Denver for immoral purposes
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-27
Tax Exemptions
Deadline July 3

If churches and veterans are to
obtain the tax exemptions allowed
them under the law, they must file
their exemption claims in the as
ssSC"- collectors office here on or
before July 3. Assessor Collector
Dan Wiest announced Saturday.
Claims made after July cam
not be allowed, West declared He
advised exempt individuals and in
StitutionS to file claims early in
order to avoid possible delay thru
techniCalitieS.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-27
PROMINENT ACTORS STRICKEN
BY NEW HOLLYWOOD ILLNESS

HOLLYWOOD. June 26. U.P)-
Arsenic poisoning from improperly
washed vegetables, sub-microScopic
bacilli and water borne minerals
were blamed tonight for new ill
ness sweeping the film capital. ac-
cording to George Stokes, chief
health officer at Columbia studios,
The ailment. manifesting itself
through severe intestional cramps
and slight fever, already has af-
fected at least six prominent film
sterS and studios are taking pre-
cautions to protect high priced stars
and production schedules.
At Columbia, hardest hit of all
the movie lots, additional nurses
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-27
One Little Drink
Costs Man 10 Days

SAN DIEGO, Cal. June 26. UP)--
Charles w. CogeWell began ten
day Jail sentenced today all because
he took little drink Of wine be-
fore he came into court to plead
guilty to drunken driving
Superior Judge Lloyd Griffin
fined CogeWell 5000 on the drunken
driving charge, sniffled, smelled
CogeWell's breath, and when the
man admitted the drink slapped on
the Today jail sentence for coming
into court drunk.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-27
Police Officers
To Be Punished
In Frisco Scandal

SAN FRANCISCO. June 26 Wp
Disciplinary action against tive
high-ranking San Francisco police
officers as the result of revelations
Of tapped wire" conversations pre-
sented the grand jury probing local
graft conditions was announced to-
day by Theodore Roche, president
Of the police commission.
Roche said he would charge Capt.
James Boland and Inspector James
Mccarthy with conduct unbecom-
ing an officer and set trial at an
early date.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-27

have been added to the first aid
staff to protect such important
feminine stars as Grace Moore.
Irene Dunn and Madeline Carroll,
and all employees have been in
structed to report to the studio
hospital at the first sign of illness.
Despite several diagnoses, cause
of the disease has not been deter
mined definitely, Stokes said. Su-
perficially, it resembles intestional
influenza, but does not last as long.
The patient usually RECEIVERS in four
or five days.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-27
FLYER PLANS
NONSTOP HOP
TO BUCHAREST

LOS ANGELES, June 26. UP
Plans for a nonstop flight from
New York to Bucharest in July. and
then a return flight across the Az
lantic from Paris to New York in
August, were announced at Union
Air Terminal today by the Rou-
manian flyer Capt. Alex Papano,
as he boarded a skyliner for ST
Louis.
Captain Papano arrived here re-
Gently to purchase two Menasco en-
gines for the outboard power plants
Of tri-motored Bellanca monc-
plane in which the flights will be
attempted. He was accompanied
by his wife.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-27
RALLY CALLED
BY UNION

YOUNGSTOWN, O, June 26. UP
Union leaders summoned steel
workers to a solidarity" rally To-
lay as steel mill chimneys blacken-
ed the sky along Americas Little
Ruhr" for the first time in a month
Of labor conflict.
John Owens CIO chairman for
Ohio announced that the wal
front of steel strikers remained
unbroken" despite return of thou
sauds Of men to the mills OF
YOUNGSTOWN Sheet and Tube COM
oany, and of Republic Steel corpcr-
alton.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-27
Dog Vaccination
Drive Conducted

FRESNO, Cal, June &c. UP)-
The city dog vaccination clinic to-
day had been moved into a former
chamber of commerce building on
a downtown street as doctors pre-
pared for an anticipated heavy in
crease in vaccination of CANNES
The move followed a sweeping or
der of the city council that after
next Thursday all unvaccinated
dogs in Fresno will be quarantined
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-27
Heroes Recovery
Assured by Doctors

BAKERSFIELD. Cal. June 26.
up Recovery OF three men who
risked their lives in a gas-fined
pit in an attempt to rescue Robert
Simpson 45, was assured today
by docors. Frank Hudson. so. Rob
ert Reynolds, 30. and Claude Hen
ry, 25. are in Mercy hospital with
lungs scared by the gas which
killed Simpson as he attempted
to clean a molasses pit.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-27

MINNEISKA, MINI, June 26lUP
Th.e Mississippi river above Minnei-
ska dam was searched today for
the bodies &C two CT three Metho1-
ist ministers. drowned when the
beat frcm which they were fishing
capsiZed
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-27
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Detroit ................ 900 040 1905 6 0
New York -..... 600 010 002-3 4 2
Wade & Tebbetts; Gomez. Max
oSky & Dickey.
ST. Louis .......... 030 002 101-7 13 |
Boston .............. 900 600 001-1 3
Walkup q Huffman; Marcum &
DeSautels.
Cleveland -. 900 900 000-0 3 |
Philadelphia -. 100 400 l1X-7 II l
Hader, Wyatt e. Pytlak; Ross
& Conroy.
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Washington ............................ 200OO12
Kennedy & Shea; Fischer q R.
Ferrell.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-27
SEELEY
Mrs. :. T. Robinson

Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Stewart are
entertaining this week Mr.. and
Mrs. H. c.. Ben and children from
San Diego
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-27

Mr.. Herman Oftelie of Needles
and Mrs. King Kendall of Erp
are spending this week with their
folks, Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Oftelie
and their sister, Mrs. Ned Moretti
OF Ell Centro.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-27

Bobbie Brooks who has been liv-
ing with his aunt and uncle, Mr.
and Mrs. A. Plecher since COM
ing to Seeley. left Thursday for
Los Angeles to make his home with
his father and family.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-27
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WITH G. I. o

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merry union.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-27
NATIONAL

Philadelphia 900 900 4O1 1907 IS
Pittsburgh ....10l 100 ITO 1905 Is
A. Walters, Butcher & Atwood :.
Blanton & Todd.
Boston ............. 600 900 000-0 81
Cincinnati ......... 100 0O1 00X-2
Bush 81 Lopez; Grissom & ".
Davis.
Brooklyn .... 900 900 010 OIL IA /
Chicago ........ 010 900 900 0O-l 8
Hoyt 81 Phelps; Lee & Hartnett
New York ................................. 032O00
st. Louis ................................ 000003
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-27

Mr.. and Mrs. M. L. Curtis left
for Pasadena Wednesday for the
rest of the summer.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-27

Mrs. Ray Kramer was hostess to
the WestSide Country club Thurs
day at Community Hall. This will
be the last meeting until fall. A
chicken dinner was enjoyed and
table decorations were pertaining
to 4th of July. Mrs. Bertha WooliS-
croft was program hostess and her
paper on Great Ladies of the
White House was very interesting.
Members present were Mesdames
Ada Gallaher, Pauline Westmore-
land, Maggie Havens, Olleada
Diehl, Ivalee Higgins, Nellie Lowe,
Ollie Cannon, Emma Rcbberson,
Bertha Wooliscroft, and hostess
Lois Kramer. Invited guests were
Mrs. Temple of El Centro and Mrs.
S. T. Robinson.
The members are invited to Oak
wilde at the Cannon cottage over
the weekend during the 4th of July