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Evening star., 1938-09-17
DR.. BIRD RETURNS
Church of Pilgrims Topics Are
Given for Tomorrow.

DR.. Andrew r. Bird, pastor Of the
Church Of the Pilgrims, and Mrs.
Bird have returned from vacation In
Ocean Grove, N. j., and Richmond,
Va. DR.. BIRD will preach tomorrow
at ii am. on Coming the Metal You
Have in Yourself" and at the 7:45
pm. service on God and the In
feriority Complex"
Clarence Kohlman, composer and
organist Of the Great Temple at
Ocean Grove, N. j., will deliver a
special service of praise Thursday at
7:45 pm. DR.. Bird will speak on
THE Ever New Song Of the Christian
Heart"
Bible school for all members Of the
family will be conducted at 9:45 am.
The Young Peoples Society will have
the vesper service at 6:15 pm. Tho
fellowship group will meet ut $50
pm. and the Christian Pioneers at
$50 pm.
Evening star., 1938-09-17

bers--lt being the
largest mems Bible
class in the city
and a committee is
at work on the pro-
gram to celebrate
the 50th anniver-
sary . of the class
early next year.
Linn c. Drake, Boy
Scout executive for
the District of Co.
lumbia. is the
teacher, and Clyde
j. Crouch is presi-
dent.
The year 1889
Was on ip,nprtop+
Evening star., 1938-09-17
DAILY DEVOTIONALS
Speakers on WRC for Next Two

Speakers on WRC for Next Two
Weeks Announced.
Following is the list OF daily devo.
tional programs over WRC next week
Tuesday: The Rev. George G. Oil
yer, Clarendon, Virginia Methodist
Church.
Wednesday: The Rev. Phillip Goertz
Garden Memorial Presbyterian Church
Thursday: The Rev. Thomas l.
Coyle, Sherwood Presbyterian Church
Friday: Christian Science service.
For the following week:
Tuesday: Dr. r. J. Clincky, Mount
Pleasant Congregational.
Wednesday: The Rev. G. z. Lenski
Grace Lutheran.
Thursday: The Rev. G. B. Fawcett
Washington Heights Baptist.
Friday: Canon Jones, Washington
Cathedral.
Evening star., 1938-09-17
A Lesson For The Week
Kings Son and His Rival Form
Famous Friendship.
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.

ABSORBING
~
adventures giants kings a
Charming fleeing and fighting
Palestine
o is Of
friendship between
today
Evening star., 1938-09-17
CALVARY M. E. PASTOR
PLANS TWO SERMONS
Rev. Orris Gravenor Robinson
Will Conduct Morning and
Evening Services.

The Rev. Orris Gravenor Robinson
has returned to the city and will
preach at the Calvary NJ E. Church
tomorrow at II a m. and pm
Edwin Dice will be the teacher of
the Calvary Mems Class at $40 am
tomorrow. On Thursday evening the
pastor will conduct the devotional
service.
Mrs. Ara Marcus Daniels will en-
tertain at tea for the Woman's S
Home Missionary Society at her home,
1887 Underwood street NV. Thurs
day from 2 to 4 pm. Mrs E. Brown
will be hostess to the Calvary Evening
Foreign Missionary Society at her
home Wednesday evening.
Evening star., 1938-09-17

enjoying t h e M
selves in pros
perity, is as COM
mon as n ! g h t
lu BIS or bar
rooms. It Is the
I" t Is gol d"
which many a
guileless spender
has mistaken for
the true treasure.
Our only real
1rlendS are LQON
who stand fast in
adversely. Lit
erature abounds
in the bitter rail-
rings of men who
Evening star., 1938-09-17
COMMUNION RITES
Rev. Clifford H. Jope to Preac

Rev. Clifford H. Jope to Preach
at Ninth Street Christian,
At the II o'clock communion service
at the Ninth Street Christian Church
tomorrow the Rev. Clifford H. Jope
will preach on Heartburn" The
choir, under the direction of Joseph
Harrison. will sing 20, Could I Speak
the Matchless WORTH" by Ashford.
The pastor will preach at 7:45 pm.
on Bruises The choir will sing
20, for q Closer Walk With God" by
Foster, and % Savior Of the World"
b. Goa
Evening star., 1938-09-17

Rainier Christian Church has desig-
mated today and tomorrow as home
coming days" Today a roundup"
is being held at the Boy Scout reserva-
ton at Burnt Mills, Md. with games,
outdoor supper and camp fire at night.
Tomorrow the class will have as it's
guest teacher Prof. Louis D. Bliss,
president of the Bliss Electrical School
and former teacher of the Vaughn
Glass of Calvary Baptist Church. A
general invitation has been extended
to the men of the community as we'll
as to the members of the class. Orlo
F. Stearns is chairman of the Com
mittee on Arrangements.
Interesting reports on the Organ
lied Bible Glass Association Confer
ence recently held at Westminster,
Md, were given to the L. F. o. Glass
OF Brookland Methodist Episcopal
Church by the delegates, Mrs. Mar
jorie Scott and Mrs. Verna Rhodes.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Harriet T. Lipp Bible Glass of Ham
line Methodist Episcopal Church will
be held Tuesday at the home of Mrs.
Wilmer F. Sickle, 4505 Seventeenth
street NV. Plans are being made
for a rummage sale in October.
The Executive Committee OF the
Organized Bible Glass Association will
meet at dinner in the Central Y. M.
c. A. on Friday at 6 O'Clock. Plans
Will be made for the work for the
tall and winter. The official report
shows that 1923 delegates attended the
seventeenth annual conference, and
l86 paid registration fees have been
received for the 1889 conference. The
following committee chairmen have
been appointed for the new fiscal
year: Banquet. Mr.. and Mrs. George
A. Watson; evangelism, George M.
Gooch: temperance education, Miss
Laura Lindley; publicity. Walter M.
Hiley: library. Chester S. Sheppard;
conference reports, Mrs. Gertrude M.
Donovan: young people, John A. Pat
terson. jr: old timers" E. NJ. Bryan:
"1.C,s,' Mrs. Hazel Kern; memorial
trees, Inspector w. H. Harrison;
Armistice Day service. Capt. Howard
M. Stackhouse; concert, Harold S.
King.
A radio talk is broadcast every Sat-
urday at Sis pm. from WMAL on
the international Sunday school les
son. William S. Jones, vice president
OF the Sunday School Association,
speaks this evening. This program
has been presented over WRC or
WMAL almost continuously since De-
cember, 1922, which makes it one of
the Oldest programs being presented
on a local radio station.
Evening star., 1938-09-17
SPECIAL SERVICES
Church Will Hold Opening

'UUTCH VIII H0Id Open1ng
Exercises Tomorrow.
The new Christian Gathered Unto
the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ
Church will have its opening exercises
tomorrow at New Hampshire and
South Dakota avenues NE. Services
will be held at 3 and pm. There
will also be services each night next
week. Evangelists Samuel McEwen
OF Petersburg, Va. and BENJAMIN
bradford Of Long Island City, N. Y,
will he the visiting speakers.
The church formerly met in rented
building at 245 Fifteenth street Sc.
Thomas Hall y leadsr.
Evening star., 1938-09-17
SYN0DICAL AUXILIARY
Annual Meeting to Be Held Here
September 27, 20 and 90,

The Virginia Synodical Auxiliary
will hold its 34th annual meeting Sep
tember 81. % and 20 in the Central
Presbyterian Church, here, with Mrs.
Rufus P. Clarke, synodical president,
presiding.
Reports from the eight Presbyterial,
representing $50 local auxiliaries, with
a membership of 26.348, will be given.
Many interesting problems pertaining
to the work will be discussed. The
business sessions will be interspersed
With 1nspirstoqal addrossas.
Evening star., 1938-09-17

III CIl1THCUer anu III SPlIlV, VIIeII lOVe'
was motiviated by loyalty, and SO,
through changeful scenes, they main
tanned friendship that has ever since
been the worlds synonym for affection
and steadfastness.' We shall all be
better friends for our visit with David
and Jonathan.
Imitation friendship, the self-pleas-
ing indulgence of congenial persons
Evening star., 1938-09-17
News of the Bible Classes
Activities of Interest to
Local Organizations.
BY PAGE NICK. ETCHISON

President orsanized Glass
O.
Nv in the National Capital vicinity
this news column the activities of local
Organized Bible Glass Association of the
hope the will be such Of
women interested in the promotion adult Bible
ward to its
The first organized adult Vaughn Class
for Men of Calvary organized
Evening star., 1938-09-17

WITT 11'o fffo'ff01F" III NOf "e'fJ' IUoo,
with the late Comdr. Vaughn as the
teacher. Today there are 500 men,
Evening star., 1938-09-17

The Sunday school lesson for Sep
tember 1s Is: Messages From Israers
Early Leaders-Jonathan: Courageous
Friendship. Sam, xiv.1-46: xviii.1-
4; xix.1-7; xx.1-42; xxiii.15-18; 1 Sam,
xi.7-27.
The Washington times., 1938-09-05
Wed
To Scion

PASADENA, Cal, Sept. S.-The
story-book romance Of poor little
girl and q very rich boy was
climaxed with the marriage here
Of 1S-year-old Emma Gayle Holds
worth to John Siesto Candelario
%.
The Cinderella-like romance had
its inception when Miss Holds
worth met young Candelario, re
putedly New Mexico'S wealthiest
resident, at a school dance. They
fell in love.
Miss Holdsworth told young
Candelario, whose family has oc
cupied a prominent place in his
torical records of the Southwest
for 300 years, that she was the
adopted daughter Of kindly foster
parents. Her own parents, she
told Candelario, were poor.
But love surmounted all bar
riers, and today the young couple
are happily honeymooning in the
land of the bridegroom's anceS
tors
The Washington times., 1938-09-05
NATURE WALKS
SET FOR PARKS

A weeks program designed to
better acquaint Washingtonians
with the park systems has been
arranged by the Department Of
Interior National Park Service, for
this week. The program includes
nature walks and motion pictures
of natural beauty spots of the
country.
The first Of the nature walks
in the company Of Naturalist Ar
thur w. Shively, will be held to
morrow morning at $50 a. m,
and will consist of tour of Fort
Dupont Park. Wednesday morn
ing at $50 a. M, another of these
walks will be held, this time
through Cabin John Park.
Thursday evening, at 8 p. m.
motion pictures of the Yellow
stone National Park, the Grand
Coulee Dam and the Land Of Ter
Thousand Lakes will be shown at
the Fort Bunker Hill Park Amphi-
theater, Fourteenth and Perry
Streets Northeast. Friday evening
at 8 p. m, pictures Of the dramatic
siege Of Yorktown and the settle
ment Of jamestown will be shown
at the Pierce Mill Picnic Grove
The Washington times., 1938-09-05
PURCELLvILLE
OPENS LIBRARY

PURCELLVnLE, Va, Sept. s.
Former Ambassador to Germany
William E. Dodd. Mrs. Harvey w.
Wiley, DR.. Sidney B. Hall, State
superintendent of public inStruc'
tion, and prominent civic leaders
of Loudoun county will today
dedicate the new stone public
library, now completed.
H. A. Gray, assistant secretary
of the PWA, told the local com
mittee:
please accept my congratu-
1ationS and those of my SUI
perior, Public Works Admins
traitor Harold L. Ickes, for the
completion Of the Purcellvile
library and community center.
I am sure it will render many
years of useful and productive
service to its community. The
citizens of your section have a
right to be proud Of this prof.
ect. It was conceived by them,
presented by them to the
PWA, and, acting solely upon
the wishes Of your people, PWA
was glad to lend its assistance
to a project Of definite social
worth"
The Washington times., 1938-09-05
ROADS GUARDED
IN TRUCK FIGHT

Two Baltimore men remained in
custody here today while addi-
tional officers patrolled nearby Vir-
ginia highways as negotiations to
end the strike of 1000 truck driv-
ers in Baltimore begged down.
Clarence Bevans, 80, and Ed
ward Carter, "a. were charged
with being disorderly and with
throwing stones at trucks. They
were arrested at BladenSburg and
Queens Chapel Roads Northeast,
after Policeman H. c. Wright said
they broke a windshield and dented
tenders of three vehicles.
A special detail Of IL men, many
Of them noviceS, some without
uoniforms, was rushed to patrol
the highway between Alexandria
and Fredericksburg. In the last
few days, 19 men have been ar
rested in Baltimore and Fred
ericksburg as result Of strike
violence.
In Baltimore it was reported no
settlement had been reached, and
that negotiations would not be re-
Sumed until tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1938-09-05
ADULT BABIES"
CALLED MENACE
by E D U Gator
Bible Unit Told Church
PeriIed by Group

WESTMINSTER. Md, Sept.
5-The "25 and 5O-year-old babies"
are considered by DR.. Albert w.
Beaven, president Of Colgate
Rochester Divinity School, as "ouH
greatest disease"
He warned the 400 delegates
to the seventeenth annual sum-
mer conference Of the District Of
Columbia Organized Bible Class
Association at Western Maryland
College the spiritual immaturity
of some Christians is threatening
the very existence of the church" "
Like babies" he said, they
are the incarnation Of selfish
ness and try to control the situa-
ton by their emotions.
when they get in politics
they become grafterS. When
they get in business, they crush
every one under foot, and when
they enter religion, they either
tear down the church or leave
it entirely.
IF this is the quality Of the
people attending church today.
is the church prepared to meet
the tests of the future"
Others participating IN the pro.
gram were William S. Jones, vice
president of the District Of Colum-
bia Sunday School Association:
William Gait Mish, Mrs. Eta
Zahn, L. Ray Torpy and the Rev.
Clarence Cook. Vice President
Irving L. Koch presided.
The Washington times., 1938-09-05
K. Of {.
To Hold Card Party

ARLINGTON, Va, Sept. 5.-The
Edward w. White Council, knights
of Columbus, will hold a beneflt
card party at it's home, 1927 North
Washington Boulevard, at 8 p. m
Thursday.
The council was presented with
a plaque by the Chief Justice
White Council of Bogata, N. j..
at its meeting on September l.
The plaque, won by the New Jer-
sey council as a convention at
tendance award, was assigned to
the Arlington fraternity because
both councils are named for the
late Chief Justice of the United
States Supreme Court.
The Washington times., 1938-09-05
Investigate Shooting
OF Youth In Braw|

MARLBORO, Md, Sept, s.
States Attorney Alan Bowie to
day launched an investigation OF
circumstances surrounding the
shooting of William Gray, col
ored, %, of Marlboro, Md, last
Saturday night by Policeman Ed
win Cissell. The shooting eli
NAKED a free-for-all brawl in q
beer tavern.
County Superintendent Of Po
lice Arthur Hepburn said CiSSell
and Policeman C. F. Mcguire were
sent to quell the disorder. AS they
approached Gray started to run
but tripped and fell. CisSell shot
when he thought he saw Gray
reaching for a gun, Hepburn re
ported,
The Washington times., 1938-09-05
100000 WATCH
AIR SPEEDERS

MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, CLEVE
LAND, Sept. 5 G.N.S0.-With a
throng of 100000 gathering and
"One Way" Douglas Corrigan in
the judges stand, eight Of the
fastest land planes in the worlo
today stood ready to compete ir
the greatest closed-course air event
the $45,000 Thompson Trophy
race at 300 miles.
The planes and pilots are:
Col. Roscoe Turner, Chicago,
in a Turner-Laird special,
powered with a P. & w. twin
Wasp engine.
Earl Ortman, Los Angeles,
Marc x-Bromberg special,
twin Wasp.
S. J. "Steve" Whitman, OSh-
kosh, Wis, Whitman special,
Curtiss D-12 engine.
Lieut.. Joseph C. Mackey,
Findlay, O., Weddell-Williams.
Wasp jr., engine.
Art chester, Los AngeleS,
Chester special, Menasco en-
gine.
Leigh Wadd, Springfield,
Mass, military aircraft spe-
cial, twin Wasp.
Joe jacobson, Kansas City.
Mo-, Keith-Rider special, Men
aSco.
Harry Crosby, Los Angeles,
Crosby special, Menasco.
First prize money is $4,000
with the $4,000 Ludlum aware
added if the record Of 264 4.26l
miles per hour set in 1886 at Lo'
Angeles by Michael Detroyat' o.
France, is broken.
The Washington times., 1938-09-05
Gen. Van Voorhiss
To Head 5th CORPS

Q.N.S.) Secretary Of War
Harry H. Woodring today an
nounced assignment of Maj. Gen.
Daniel Van Voorhiss as command
ing general of the Fifth Corps
Area, with headquarters at Fort
Hayes, Columbus, Ohio.
General Van Voorhis now is in
command of the Seventh Mechsn-
lied Cavalry Brigade at Fort
Knox, Kentucky. He succeeds
Mai. Gen. William E. Cole as COM
mander of the Fifth Corps Area.
General Cole retireS from active
service because of age on Septem-
ber 30.
The Washington times., 1938-09-05
|"SIEGE WIFE"
IN 0 " ACCUSED
AS "GUN GIRL"
Women Detectives Say
She Threatened Ride

BRAINTREE, Mass, Sept. 5
G.N.S0.-Mrs. Mary Jane De-
marsh, central figure in the Bit
ter court fight in which Thomas
Hannaford last June obtained an
annulment Of their marriage, to-
day sought her release on bail
after spending the night at Brain
tree police station.
She was arrested on a charge
of assault with a dangerous
weapon after two Boston women
private detectives charged they
were held for hours as her pris-
oners at pistol point and threat
ened with death.
Warrants against Mrs. De
marsh were sworn out by Mrs.
Effie Bligh and Miss Annie C. F..
Brown, employed by a private de-
tective agency. They told police
the "siege wife" who had been
forced from the Hannaford home
by a court order, stopped them
on the grounds of the home and
forced them to walk three blocks
to her home.
There she pushed us up the
stairway at gun point, ordered
us inside and locked the door,"
Mrs. Bligh told police.
"She threatened to drench our
faces with acid. She warned us
she was about to take us ON a
long ride and that the ride
would end in death"
The detective said they escaped
when Mrs. Demarsh left them
alnnA for q few minutes.
The Washington times., 1938-09-05
drive PRESSED
.BYNAT|ONAL|STS

HENDAYE, French.Spanish
frontier, Sept. S G.N.S0.-Against
determined government resistance,
and with immense losses on both
sides, the Spanish nationalist army
of Catalonia today threw it's full
force into the second stroke Of a
new offensive in the Ebro River
sector.
Fresh gains in the hilly region
surrounding GandeSa, towards
Villalba and Mora de Ebro. were
claimed.
Following the capture Of Cor
bera, five miles northeast of Gan
desa, nationalist troops continued
along the Mora de Ebro Road, a
bulletin issued at Burgos said.
The Washington times., 1938-09-05
Elevator Holiday
Sets Feet AChinQ

Aching arches Of detectives and
inspectors assigned to Police Head
quarters agreed today that Labor
Day is more than a holiday.
It was because elevator opera
tors in the five-story building were
given tn eday off. AS a result the
Police Departments wearieSt
arches had to lift their owners
to the various floors.
The Washington times., 1938-09-05
7 Dead in Colorado;
Flood Sweeps Or

DENVER. Sept. 5 G.N.S0.
Flood waters today spread destruc-
ton over northeastern Colorado
after taking a toll of at least seven
lives over the weekend.
The State highway courtesy pa
troll reported U. S. Highway "a,
the main road between Denver
and Kansas City, had been washed
out in three places by cloudburSts
which struck near Burlington, Col.
The Washington times., 1938-09-05
III OInl0mt


MARYSVILLE, CAL, Sept.
5.-Once during her 4S hours
of captivity, Mrs. William b.
MeekS was sure her young
kidnapers were going to kill
her. AlthOug terribly
frightened" she was resigned
to her fate.
Saturday morning, after
her guard had been away for
an hour or two from the
clump Of bushes where Mrs.
MeekS was held blindfOldeds
he returned and said grimly:
"I'Ve got some bad news
for you. The boss says the
newspapers are getting ON
the trail and I have to get rid
of you."
81 thought that was the
end" Mrs. MeekS told police.
The Washington times., 1938-09-05

Looking down toward the
ground at my feet, I could see
we were standing by q little
spring and there had been cows
there and the water was muddy
I said, "No, I don't want a
drink" and he said:
Wen you'd better take one.
It's the last chance you'll have
for a long time"
I didn't drink any, though, and
we started walking again. We
kept on going up hill gradually
and after q while I could hear
water gurgling somewhere near.
The man told me to stop and
said we were going to spend the
night there. He said I could lie
down and get some rest.
a. GaUe H0v Quilt
I sat down on the ground. He
gave me a quilt and his coat. Then
he sat down on the ground a few
feet away and said:
Don't make any noises and
Continued on Page 16 4
The Washington times., 1938-09-05

seat of my own car.
was blindfolded and my wrists were
tied, but they weren't tied close together
and l could move them little.
They drove my car out of the driveway
and turned into the road. One of the
men told be to keep still or he'd shoot me.
We drove about five minutes and then
the car stopped and third man got in.
We drove quite long time. I couldn' t
tell how far.
The car stopped and one of the men
told me:
"All right, here's where you get out"
Out of the bottom of the blindfold I
could see my feet. But couldn't see any
thing ahead Of me. I stumbled several
times. We walked over lot Of little hills
b. h. hill
The Washington times., 1938-09-05
Jewish Vets Meet;
Seek German Relief

DETROIT, Sept. . U.N.S0.-
Relief Tor the prosecuted Jews in
Germany and throughout the uni
verse was the keynote of the forty.
third annual Jewish War Veterans
encampment, National Command
er Harry H. Schaffer said today.
Officially opened with a religious
service last night, the encamp.
ment continues today with pre-
convention business session, a band
concert and military ball. A
parade is scheduled for Sunday.
The Washington times., 1938-09-05
1900 Strikers
Seize IS Plants

PARIS, Sept. g (I.N.S).-Seven-
teen thousand striking workers
occupied a number Of factories in
the Somme textile regions today.
Twenty-Five plants were taken
over by the strikers, who in sew
eral cases hoisted a red flag over
the buildings.
The strike resulted from pay
cuts and lay-offs. Employers re-
fused to negotiate until the fac
tories are evacuated.
The Washington times., 1938-09-05
Architects Exhibit
Models Of BUILDINGS

An architectural exhibition Of
representative buildings Of the
post World War period is now
being shown at the Smithsonian
Institution under the auspices OF
the committee on edcuation,
American Institute of Architects.
The collection, which was loaned
the Institution by the American
Federation Of Arts, is being shown
The Washington times., 1938-09-05
Albanian Queens
Kin Weds American

BUDAPEST, Sept. 5.-Count
Anthony Louis Apponyi, 81
uncle Of Albania'S beautiful Hun.
garian-American Queen Geraldine,
was married here to Mrs.
Madelaine Forrest, a New York
widow, so. Immediately after the
civil marriage ceremony, the new.
IlyWeds left on a wedding trip
The Washington times., 1938-09-05
lob, Quits Pipe

OMAHA, Nebr., Sept. Slime
has taken it's toll of Granny Cor
nelia Weatherford, 108 today and
by her own admission about to
cross the river" She has had
to give up her pipe, strong enough
to floor a truck driver, and
smokes only an occasional cigar.
The Washington times., 1938-09-05
IMQrthaRdye
| WedS Soon

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 4 Q.N.sJ
Martha Raye, the Shapely film
actress who used to be the wife
of Hamilton Westmore, wants a
formal wedding but a small one
She made known her plans to
The Washington times., 1938-09-05
Church Dance
In Silver Spring

A dance will be held at $3.50
p. m. Thursday in the Church Of
the Ascension, Silver Spring, Md,
for members of the church and
their friends,
The Washington times., 1938-09-05

day in announcing that she and
David Rose, Hollywood music ar
ranger, would marry sometime
next month"
Miss Raye is on tour at present
and made the announcement
through friends here.
The Washington times., 1938-09-05
Mrs.. William Meeks


could tell walking paths roads part of the
time After we had walked what seemed like four five
miles, the stopped and sad you'd better drink here
The Washington times., 1938-09-05
Mrs. Meeks On Story of Horrible Kidnapping Experience
FORCED TO SIT BLINDFOLDED
FORHOURS INCL UMP OF BUSHES
Had Very Little to Eat and Became
Terribly Thirsty, She Tells Police

Escaping hilltop hideout Where three young Edn0perS
capiue for hours William Meek wtfe OF
peach rancher i'll today doctors
fought pneumonia FOLLOWING IS her oDn story
OF the narrowing experience, as told to police:
The Washington times., 1938-09-05
Bv MRS. NORMA MEEKS

MARYSVILLE Cal, Sept (I.NS. 1.-THE two masked men
who pulled me out home at Rio Oso Thursday night
dragged the driveway and pushed into the back