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3 3CRADUATIONj /
SERMONS Are
HEARDSUNDAY
Character Building Stres-
sed In Messages To !,
Senior Classes
H. s. SENIORS TOLD
CONQUESTS AHEAD

Rev. Broadus E. Jones, pastor
of the First Baptist church of
Norfolk, Va, and former pastor
of the First Baptist church of
Hendersonville, delivered the bac-
calaureate address to the gradu-
ating class of the Hendersonville
high school at the school audi
torium last night.
"Vast fields of conquest lie be-
fore you young people" Mr..
Jones told the graduating class.
Ignorance, racial prejudice and
insane nationalism are among the
things that should challenge the
red blood within you."
Young people should look for
ward to life, he said, as having a
very definite meaning to them,
and should strive to develop
themselves so as to build charac-
ter in themselves and in those
with whom they come in contact.
Invocation at the services was
by Rev. Broadus E. Wall, pastor
of the First Baptist church. Rev.
James P. Burke of the Episcopal
church read the scripture and R-.
L. T. Wilds of. the Presbyterian
church pronounced the benedic-
ton.
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GRADUATE IS
!. AT FASSIFERN
:. M. FNewcomb Delivers
Address And Honors
Awarded

Sixteen graduates Of Fassifern
School for Girls received their di-
piomas this morning and heard an
address by Charles Milton New
comb. as the school closed its
193S-39 session.
Exercises were held in the
school assembly hall and Mr..
Newcomb, of Ohio Wesleyan uni
versity, now residing at Gambler,
N. c., made the principal address.
DR.. Joseph R. Sewer, president OF
the school, presided.
Special awards presented this
morning were:
Pupils having 80 per cent or
better average for four years
Misses Dorothy Estes, of Jackson
vile, Fla, and Annie Wilds, Of
Hendersonville.
The art medal, presented each
year by DR.. VIM. Redin Kirk, was
presented to Miss LaVerne
Hedges, of Ft. Smith, Ark.
Latin medals, presented to
those having 80 or better aver
ages in Latin, were presented to
Miss Dorothy Estes and Miss An
ME Wilds.
The award to the best-all-round
student, selected by the faculty
and the students, went to Miss
Corrine Brooks.
Certificates of advancement
from the eighth grade to the high
school department went to Misses
Dorothy Bartlett, Betty Hix, Jean
Brimmer, Ruby Dodson and Lii
liam Overton.
Music certificates were pre-
sented to Misses Peggy Cunning
ham of Knoxville, Tenn, and Miss
Annie Wilds, of Hendersonville.
Diplomas were presented to the
graduates by DR.. Sewer.
Members of the graduating
class are:
Miss Rae Ruckell, of Valparai-
So, Fla, president; Miss Dorothy
Estes, of Jacksonville, Fla, vice
president; Miss Airline Bothweil,
of Hickory, secretary; Miss Betty
Beals. of Dubois, Pa, secretary:
Misses Peggy Cunningham, OF
Knoxville, Tenn; l. a ' ern e
Hedges, of Fort Smith, Ark; Bet
tv Hardwick, of Augusta, Ga.
Zee Herring, of Spartanburg, s.
C.: Marjorie Inslee, Of Montcialr,
n :. lean Mason, of Asheville;
GLADYS Pratt, of Greenville, S. c.;
Patricia Pension, of Newman,
Ca. Selma Stein, Of Spartanburg,
8 C: Annie Wilds, of Henderson
Vile; Nancy Robertson, OF crop
well. Ala; Josephine Rhea, OF
Windsor, N. c.
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BATON ROUGE, La, May %.
(UP)-Thirty-six strike symp-
thizers, trapped within the CO.
soli0ated Chemical Industris,
Plant, Inc, which they raided in
violation of a federal court n
junction, were held last night or
hearing today at New Orleans
Sheriff's deputies with machne
guns and tear gas raced seen
miles north to the huge sulphric
acid mandatory Saturday nd
night when nearly 80 men, ar
rying clubs and knives, ran >ut
the 18 men on duty.
Officers said 1.-TWO emplges
were knocked out, several ot,ers
were on the ground, and the oher
workmen were run OUT Weh
help arrived. None required ios-
pitalization, it was said. All put
"a sympathizers of the Ameicah
Federation of Labor unit srlke
called 10 days ago escaped over
the high wire fence enclosin tne
property. Two more men, ienti-
fed by plant officials tody as
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36 Strike Sympathizers Raid Plant
AT Baton Rouge Held For Contempt

having joined in the raid. were ar
rested and held with the others
in parish prison.
The onslaught was so sudden
that the invaders stormed into
the power house and control room
and threw off switches control
ling 100000 worth of platinum
used as catalyst in the contact
process of making the acid.
Should the process close down
eight hours, it would cost $780,
900 to resmelter the platinum, of
ficials said. Officers reported the
current was turned back on with
in few moments.
Ten of the % employees at the
modern plant struck May 13,
charging the company had dis
missed five of them for union ac-
tivity. Federal Judge Wayne
Borah at New Orleans allowed a
temporary injunction against tres
passers and others interfering
with company operations.
Contempt proceedings were
due to be filed against the sc
men.
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through the smouldering ruins for
bodies.
CANTON, China, May 80. (UP)
With more than 1000 already
dead and at least 5000 injured
as result of japanese aerial
bombings, Canton was terrorized
again today when 20 japanese
warplanes raided this South China
seaport for the third time within
48 hours.
The attacking planes this morn
ing apparently concentrated on
government buildings north of the
central part of the city.
Immediate estimates of addi-
tional casualties and damage were
not obtainable.
Huge areas of the densely pop
ulated city were in smouldering
ruins from the two previous at
tacks.
Just before noon yesterday 21
bombers flew over the panic
Continued on page three)
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MAKESPECIAL
Il. 5. AWARDS
Five Honor Winners And
Senior Class Gift
Made Public

Special awards for Henderson
Vile high school students were
given this morning ct Q meeting
IN the high school anditoglp4. !.
4 The- cafoffnassd d'ns6fFs cup fof
citizenship, character and culture
was presented to Miss Margaret
Brookshire by Principal L. K.
Singley. .
The Glass of '27 cup, awarded
each year to the best-all-round
senior was won by Billy Reese.
The cup was presented by Bill
Bangs, who won the cup in 1928.
The D. A. R. History award,
given to the student with the best
average in history was presented
to Miss Ray Geiger and the D. A.
R. Citizenship medal to Miss Mar
garet Brookshire. These were pre-
sented by Mrs. C. L. Grey.
An award for all-round general
qualities was presented by Prof.
T. J. Thackston, donor, to Perry
Gianakos.
The Scholarship cup, given by
the Honor Society to the home
room winning it the most terms
was given to, room IL, senior boys,
by Francis Anderson, president OF
the Honor Society.
The Senior gift, presented by
President Billy Reese, was an or
der for curtains for. the upstairs
windows of the auditorium.
Cooperation scholarship attend
ance certificates were awarded to
a group of students with B aver
ages during the year.
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YOUTHS TORSO
FOUND0NLONC
ISLAND SHORE
So Decomposed Cursory
View Fails To Show
Cause OF Death
MEDICAL EXAMINATION
IS BEGUN AT ONCE

NEW ROCHELLE, N. ". MY
80. (UP)-Every policeman in
New Rochelle reported for duty
three hours early today as federal
agents and local police Joined in
an intensive hunt for clues to the
kidnapers of Peter Levine, IL,
whose wire-wound body washed
ashore in Long Island sound last
night. A squad Of police deploy-
ed along the beach at Davenport
Neck which juts into the sound
where Helmer Strong employee on
the estate Of wealthy Mrs. Lewis
Iselin, pulled the badly decom-
posed body ashore.
They were instructed to search
for the missing head, hands and
fleet of the torse identified
through clothing and the laundry
tag bearing the name: "Peter
Levine"
The cause Of death was un-
determined from q cursory exam
ination of the body.
The vital organs were sent to
Grabslainds hospital where Amos
O. Squire, Westminster county
medical examiner, began cheni-
cal analysis which was expected
to take several days.
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City Court Has
Session Today

In city police court this morn
ing the case again Louis Williams,
charged with receiving stolen
goods without making the proper
records of them was continued un-
Til further evidence could be pro-
duced towards finding the persons
who stole the goods.
In the case of Cecil Hollings-
worth and Wallace Hollingsworth,
charged with being drunk and
disorderly and fighting, both were
taxed the costs. -.
]. A. MeAmis, drunk and dis
orderly, forfeited $40 cash bond.
John Brooks, drunk and disorder
ly, $40 and costs. r.. II,
Eckles Green, WPA worker,
drunk and disorderly, Judgment
suspended on good behavior. Roy
Plemmons, another WPA worker;
drunk and disorderlv, SO and
John Smith, drunk and disor-
derby, 80 days.
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DEATH CLAIMS
HUGH Sewers
Asheville And Brevard
Banker Had Been Ill
For Past Year

y BREVARD, May 30. = Hugh
Sewers, president Of the Transyl-
vania Trust company OF this city
died at Biltmore hospital, Ashe-
vile, at. 2 o'clock this morning.
He was only taken there for treat
ment on Sunday but had been in
declining health for some time.
Mr.. Sewers, before coming here
was connected with the Wachovia
Bank & Trust company at Ashe-
vile, and prominent in Ashevilie
during his residence there.
He had made his home here
since October Of last year.
He leaves a wife and one son,
who resides in Washington, D. c.
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FASSIFERN TOLD OF
CHRISTIAN TREND

DR.. J. Sproles Lyon, pastor
emeritus of the First Presbyter-
ian church of Atlanta, Ga, deliv-
cred the baccalaureate address to
the graduating class of Fassifern
school yesterday morning at the
First Baptist church.
Citing the profound thinking
and thoughtful philosophy Of life
together with their religious in
tensity and their receptive attl
tude toward Christianity, d.
Lyons stated that the people O
Continued on page three)
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GERMAN-TRAINED CHINESE
HURLED INTO LUNGHAI FIGHT
Reiuvenated Alta ck Is
Staged To Annihilate
Japanese Army

SHANGHAI, May 80. (UP)-
Crack German-trained divisions of
Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek's
Chinese aspSSH.1se=harlea -fnto' the
Lunghai battle area today as a
rejuvenated Chinese attack, con-
verging from three sides, sought
to annihilate the army of General
Kenji Doihara trapped northwest
of Lanfeng.
The generalissimO arrived at
Chengchow, 100 miles west of the
present battle front, early today
and assumed personal command
of the operations, in which the
jubilant Chinese predicted they
would deal a smashing blow to the
Japanese drive on Hankow.
Within the walled city of Lam
feng. which was occupied by the
Japanese early last week, admit
tedly recaptured by the Chinese,
General Doihara's harried 14th
division was virtually encircled by
Chinese armies from the east,
west ana SOuIll, anu OAOSnSo VII
on the north by the Yellow river.
The Japanese military spokes-
man said Japanese reinforcements
were being rushed westward from
Kweiteh, about 40 miles east OF
Lanfeng on the Lung-hai railroad,
to relieve Diohara's troops.
Japanese planes supported the
movement of reinforcements, af-
ter repeatedly cleaning out Chi
nese opposition around Kweiteh.
A Japanese column was driving
westward from Kweiteh toward
the Peiping-Hankow railroad in
an effort to cut the tracks south
of Chengehow, where some of the
best units of the Chinese armies
repeatedly have concentrated for
the great battle that is expected
near Chengchow, the junction of
the Hankow and Lung-hal rail-
roads.
Chinese sources reported their
columns at Lanfeng and in the
areas north and west of that
town had cut off all avenues OF
escape for Diohara's army, and
were attempting to wips out 1000
Japanese huddled in the mud-wall-
ed town of Sanyi.
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DR.. GEER, FURMAN
UNIVERSITY HEAD,
RESIGNS HIS POST

GREENvILLE, s. c, May 30.
DR.. Bennette Eugene Geer, 66,
president of Furman University
since July Is, 1888, resigned his
position Saturday.
Trustees of the Baptist insttu-
ton accepted the resignation with
regrets at their annual meeting
at Caesars Head and appointed q
committee to nominate possible
successors.
DR.. Geer was graduated from
Furman in 1896 and was profes-
sor of English at the university
from 1901 to 1911. He holds mas
ter of arts and doctor OF itera-
ture degrees from Furman and
doctor of letters degree from
Wofford.
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Wreck Kills Speedway Race Spectator
THIRD CANTON RAID IN 4S
HOURS LEAVES 200 DEAD AND
HUGE SECTION IN FLAMES

CANTON. China, May 30
(UP)-Japanese air raiders today
roared over Canton for the third
time within 4S hours, adding to
the casualties now conservatively
estimated to total more than 1000
dead and many more wdanded.
CAT Hongkong it was announc-
ed officially 200 were $illed and
300 wounded in tOday's raid on
Canton.)
New fires broke out in sections
of the city wrecked by raids Sat-
urday and Sunday.
Refugees fled to comparative
safety on the waterfront near the
International Settlement
The third raid apparently was
directed at the civic center in the
northern part of the city.
Bombs were dropped near gov
ernment buildings but no direct
hits were scored.
Twenty planes participated in
the third attack appearing while
rescue workers were digging
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HILL TURNED
Elm ALL W.0. v.
| FUNDS, SAID
Attorney States Crediting
Funds To Wrong Ac-
counts Apparent

Vance P. Hill, charged with en-
bezzlng funds of the local camp
of the Woodmen of the World, in
a Statement through his attorneys
this morning stated that while he
was making no attempt to try the
case in the newspapers, certain
facts pertaining to the case justi-
fed a statement from his counsel.
The statement is as follows:
ct is a very significant thing
that 10 official or representative
Of sths Woodmen of the World,
whose funds are supposed to be
involved, has publicly identified
himself with the charges against
Mr. Hill. Apparently there has
existafa discrepancy between the
books of the local camp and the
bonksof the head camp, and while
ali OF the money collected has
been sent in, in some instances it
Hsat the funds have beeA
cred7ted to the wrong accounts.
When this matter was called to
the attention of the officials by
Mr. Hill and complete check-up
sought, in order to correct this
the matter came to the attention
of some person or persons inter
ested i'm embarrassing Mr.. Hill.
So far as the credit of the funds
is concerned, this will be done as
soon as it is possible, which can
nit be until the auditor has COM
peted the reconciliation of the
books.
"While we don't intend to try
Mr.. Hills case in the newspaper
or on the street corners, never
tfeless the particular circum-
stances justify this simple state
ntpnt -
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TRANSYLVANIA'S
W.M.U. IN ANNUAL
MEET WEDNESDAY

BREVARD, May 80. (SpeeiaD
Annual W.M.U. meeting OF the
Transylvania Baptist association
will be held on Wednesday, June
1, at Little River. church in an all
day program.
Feature of the days program
will be an addres shy Miss Helen
McvCullough, a missionary who Is
working for the Southern Baptist
church in China, on home leave at
this time. "a
The program will begin at 10
o'clock, recess at 1880 for lunen,
and adjourn at 4, after election
of officers for the ensuing year.
Mrs. M. H. Holiday of Blantyre,
is president Of the associatlonai
union, and will preside at the
Wednesday, sessions.
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lis EOBSERVED
yes OF Soldiers OF All
lars AT 0akdale Are
Decorated

aer \, the auspices of the HUI
" Smith post, American Le-
Memorial Day was observed
q PTe-hOliday service Sunday
[AoOn at 0akdale cemetery
formal program and the
Eslon OF graves of soldiers
Y mere who took part in all
|gn wars.
4 exercises were opened at
y cock with invocation by
.. I. Wall, and the singing
|neriea.
tt!Ag the course of the pro-
%o selections were render
\ he East Hendersonville
suhgS were brought from
\ N"il Legion auxiliary Dy
ION Shepherd, from the
\ |a'efs Of the American Revo-
Uy Mrs. F. A. Ewbank,
Ie United Daughters of the
fFsS fFSSsraey by Mrs. Charles r.
Memorial address was made
T,i 'IS,i, ArthHr Linn, pastor of
-a'Geran : S church.
az FRED Justus recited the
\ |. 10 Flanders Field"
,,.1 rgi9n representatives, who
49, sended by the colors, stood
s. a'e = while taps were blown
r'y ~ I. Bennett.
~ conclusion of this SER
b "ass - We're placed on the
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LEE WHITMIRE TO
SPEAK AT BREVARD
THURSDAY EVENING

BREVARD, May 80. (Special)
R. Lee Whitmire, of Hender-
Snville, who is a candidate for
domination for the congressional
seat held by Congressman Zeb
Weaver, of Asheville, will speak
1t the Brevard court house Thurs
lay evening of this week at 8
o'clock.
Whitmire, an attorney of Hen
aersonville, is a native of Brevard,
and resided here until after he
had completed his high school edu-
cation: His family is among the
most prominent of this section of
the state, and it is expected that
a large crowd will hear the ad-
dress.
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BROADCAST SET
FOR LEE WHlTMlRE

Lee Whitmire, candidate for
congress from the 18th district,
will speak from station WWNC,
Asheville, tomorrow night from
7:3O to 8 o'clock.
On Wednesday evening at 8
o'clock Mr.. Whitmire will speak
at Canton high school in Hay
wood county and on Thursday
evening at 8 o'clock he will speak
in Transylvania county at the Bre-
ward courthouse.
Further speaking engagements
will be announced at later date.
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heel FROM
|RECKED CAR
STRIKES MAN
|Spssd Machines Off 10
infect Start Today At
Indianapolis
|OOO WITNESSING
ErMORIAL DAY RACE

EDIaNAPOLIS, Ind, May 80.
Spencer, 33. OF
\ Haute. Ind, was killed
struck by a wheel which
oF the racing car of Emil
b. when he wrecked it dur
e. speedway race here today.
S.rcer was standing on top of
I'M in the inheld near che
Sssst turn where Andres car
II The car turned over
| times and the wheel sailed
T,ba crowd, striking Spencer
/ head,
tdar lowering skies which
constant threat of rain the
annual Indianapolis speed
;OO.mile race got under way
O4 3. m.
kirty.three compact speed ma
three abreast, in IL rows,
sent of to a perfect flying
| by Seth Klein, who fired his
consecutive speedway bomb.
|vldly excited crowd was es-
bed at upwards of $50, 900,
te the weather.
{ fastest field of all time
fied for the race. Eighteen
e 80 qualifiers turned in
J OF better than l2a miles
hour. Last year only seven
red that mark.
is. according to racing tech-
b, is due to the more gen
use Of supereharges, devices
force faster combustion Of
and lifting of all restric-
Of he amount and kind of
that can be burned.
* Of the cars are burning
be tOped with a mixture of
and at least five have
lst European racing fuel.
nt alcohol diluted with a
percentage of gasoline.
lGlar iayoriteS are Rex Mays
endale, Calf, Floyd Roberts
an Nuys, Calf, and Wilbur
Vi Indianapolis, last years
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Sc Lives Lost To
Date In Memorial
Day Observance
Indications Are Years Toll
To Be Far Below Last
Years 500
(UNITED PRESS)

At least So lo.t their lives. In
traffic accidents, shotinss and
other violence throughout the
country during the first 4s hours
CT the weekend holiday. a sur
vey showed.
Additional travel outings and
gatherings for Memorial Day
observances were certain to
swell the total but early figures
indicated these would be far be-
low that Of Memorial Day last
year, when 500 died violently.
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JUNIOR ORDER WILL
NOMINATE TONIGHT

Attention was called to the reg
ular meeting of the local Junior
Order camp tonight at 8 o'clock,
at which time officers of the camp
for the closing six months of the
current year will be nominated.
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BELIEVE BODY WAS
LONG SUBMER CED

90 lIiPSs,sThe odf, 80.
old Pet5f LSF Fina. Who Wss hunted
for three months, in one Of the
nations major pnsolved kidnapping
mysteries, was found last night on
a rocky shore near here, the torso
trussed with wire and the head,
feet and one arm missing.
Police identified the body from
remnants Of clothing, including q
faded blue sweater and q red
windbreaker. logn
Federal Bureau of Investigation
men, headed by their chief, ].
Edgar Hoover, Immediately took
charge in an effort to track down
the killers. The question whether
the boy actually had been kid
naped had not been settled def
nitely until last night.
District Attorney Walter A.
Ferris, after viewing the body,
said to reporters:
otis q clear case of murder"
Ferris said the body apparently
had been bound with copper wire
and thrown into Long Island
Sound. From. the condition OF the
headless torso it was evident it
had been in the water q long time.
It was not possible, he said, to
determine how long the body had
been in the water or whether the
head, both feet, one arm and q
part of the other hand, which
were missing, had been severed
by the boys attacker or lost
through decomposition.
The body was taken to morgue
and an analysis will be made Of
the vital organs, to determine If
possible the cause of death, ac-
cording, to DR.. Amos 0: Squire,
Westchester county medical ex-
amiher.
The body was found floating
in the. water shortly before dusk
by an employe of Mrs Louis Ise-
lin, at Davenport Neck on Glen
Island, of New Rochelle.
DR.. Squire said the body "may
have been In the water for weeks,
or even for months"
"It was badly decomposed," he
said. ut il not possible to say
whether the head was removed
before or after it was thrown into
the water, but have never heard
of water decomposing the liga-
ments holding the head so that it
would sever the head"
He said that it would require
several days TO analyze the vital
organs to determine what might
have caused death, other than
drowning.
The boys father, Murray LIE.
vine, q New York lawyer, who
had offered $4,000 for the re-
turn Of his son, was notified by
police that the body had been
found. Mr.. and Mrs. Levine were
away from home when the body
was found. IL. ~
Deeply shaken by the news
which ended . desperate hope, TO
which he clnng since the boy dis
appeared on the afternoon OF Feb.
"a, that his son might still be
told newspspermen
over the telephone that he had
nothing to say just now"
81 do not want to say anything
until I have talked with police
officials and Others" he said, and
hung up the receiver.
Identification Of the body was
established definitely by tag,
bearing the boys name, which was
to one Of the garments.
Meanwhile Reed VetterIi, head
Of the New York Offices Of the
FBI wip left New tYsr1k4with Hoo.
yer immedistsly after receiving
(Continast @ page threel
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JOHN NEE VISITOR

John C. Nee, scout for the New
York Yankees baseball team Is
spending few days here with ms
family while scouting teams IN
Greenville, Spartanburg and Ashe-
vile and this vicinity.
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y S,,IM IMMANAWAY
pNORED AT COLLEGE

NJ. uere have received word
so Nancy Rose McMana-
ksO', T3l9r mo next year at the
b No College of the Univers-
| hss ys'a soI, Carolina at Green's
% bs bEsee!yed ~, two honor posi-
ys,s s !. hlled during her fin-
pa saa;. Ihere. She has been
h snS ma chairman for the
an ss.o - also designated as the
&b uA'rman for the Educa-
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GOOD AFTERNOON

Weather, il is snnouuced, af-
fects the length of an automo-
bile. It also affects the lengths
in 4 horse race.
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WEATHER

,,,.,I, cloudy tonight and
Mo1,p d,r with occasional show
ers.
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CANTON China May 30 through the smoudering ruins fo
(UP)-Japanese air raiders today bodies.