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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-06
BEAUTY GIVES MODESTY

FORT ERIE, Ont. (UP).-The
modeSty of girls here wrecked the
town councils plans to stage a
beauty contest to select Miss
Fort Erie" for the Niagara Falls
pageant.
The councillors announced they
would themselves be the judges at
the contest. and although one of
the rules adopted was that street
dress must be worn by the candi-
dates when they were judged.
only two girls entered the contest.
The council abandoned the
cOunteSt.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-06
FORSAKE Band
TO TAKE VOWS
Four Sisters Quit Night
Club Orchestra, Are
Now Novices
BY ROBERT II. PARHAM
United Press Staff Corresponds

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept. 6
(UP)-It once was the night life,
now it is the exemplary one; once
they wore evening gowns and the
uniforms of dance orchestra mem
bers. but now they wear the white
habit of the Roman Catholic nov
ice.
For the Jones sisters - Hazel,
Gladys, Dorothy and Evelyn-for-
mer members of the Texas Ran
geretteS orchestra, are preparing
to become nuns.
The Jones sisters. whose ages
range from Evelyn's % years to
Tazel'S %, played with the Ran
gerettes for eight years. They had
engagements at leading night
clubs in major American cities, in
Mexico and in Hawaii. They lived
with carefree world, but not in
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-06
VALENCIA AIR RAlDED

VALENCIA. Sept. 5. (UP)-
Five inSurgent walplaneS dropped
80 bombs on Valencia in two
raids early today. The first attack
occurred at 1925 4. m. and the
second at 10 u. m. Casualties
were undetermined.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-06
SUNDAYS

9:3O-1O a. m.-Sunday school
at majority of churches in city.
HOO a. m.-Services at city
churches. Consult church calendar
in Saturdays Times-News.
las p. m.-ShowS at Carolina
and State theatres.
500 p. m.-Services at major
ity of churches.
900 p. m.-Shows at Carolina
and State theatres.
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MOTHER ACCOMPANIES
GIRLS

On January |. they PLAYED their
last engagement with the band.
They made no public announce
ment Of their plans. but went
quietly to the lncarnatc Word
and Blessed Sacrament Convent,
where they were admitted ON Jan
uary s. Mrs. Mary Jones. their
widowed mother, accompanied
them.
The mother and daughters
passed the six months in the Pos
tulatc preparing for their Canon
ical year. They studied music and
other classical and commercial
subjects.
Recently. with the end Of their
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-06
WEDNESDAYS

100 p. Weekly luncheon
of Rotary club at Skyland hotel.
500 p. m.-Mid-week services
at majority Of churches i'll city.
$50 p. m.-Every Wednesday
night. dance at city gymnasium.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-06
CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
SPECIAL EVENTS

Tonight. 8 p. m.-Woodman
circle holds business and social
session.
Sunday-AnnuaI Allen family
reunion at Elizabeth church near
Shelby.
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darkness: he is gracious, and full
Of compassion, and righteous.
Psalms ll2:l, 3, ~.
The lesson-sermon also included
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-06
THURSDAYS

100 p. m.-Weekiy luncheon
of Kiwanis club at Skyland hotel.
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take. Life and lifc's idea, truth
and truths idea. never make men
sick. sinful. or mortal. page
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-06
CAST OE CHARACTERS

her 6iHe SrSSS nro,D
oNONE N'NDf IN pa
thing tor L'nda. =,
ONSLE oA''O '-,norsenlan ne
would gave up any '''ns' 'oo' 'o'
soSS n9rS I,,,
AZ"
VOICE. " ~
v, n pIeI -
yesterday bruce N''' ora ""o
Linda quarrel over Brown Donald
Then Linda picks up the mystery
~nv.loD. which Bruce had given
H. nncI.
"I'u oct il for Won Uncle. San
..;I r;,.I,
"S, S'''" I'',"''' .,,,
She leaned over. but ne laooed
her with his elbow.
"Uncle SANDY she reached;
cot it: the long envelope she had
seen Bruce Radford give him.
I'll put it on the dresser. but
he Snatched il from her hands.
Why was that letter 50 lmpor-
tant: Why didn't he wish her 70
touch il"
Linda went out on the porch.
Sank INTO 4 rocker. The excite
mcnt Of the auction; the meeting
with Brown Donald; Monte Hin
Uncle Sandy'S suddenly changed
attitude toward her-h's ar OF
mystery about TINS letter Bruce
Radtord had gwen nef.
II was all too much. Her Shoul-
derS Sagged helpleSS.y. So thus was
the Blue Grass she had Ionged
for. She had left 1t as Il young
girl: and had held it since in he
fragrant memory of q happy child
hood. Now she was facing tough
reality.
She felt like sending = teIe-
gram 70 Mr.. Moss i'm New York.
Saving. alIS we'll at home; HI
take your offer il its still open.
She was a fool 10 give up = brlI-
liant chance like that-a cnanc'
to become staff writer ON = ma
tional magazine Writing was her
field: she didn't know Il darn ching
about horse racing.
She ~traightened. "lou fuulI
she told herself. "Nou asked for
il: now you've got to take It.
No. she wouldn't 20 back. That
would admit defeat. She'd carry
ON somehow
Miss Linda" Norman was at
the doorway. Il turn out tine
light Uncle Sandy he gone to
sleep" he said.
Thank YOU. Norman" she said
brusklv. Then. Norman. can't
YOU get Us q cook? I'm going TO
Stav 4 while. It'll be too much
for YOU. cooking and handling the
colt. too"
Norman thought moment.
There be- Sis Cali" TOmpkinS;
int" he stopped.
But what"
We'll. mean" Norman shut
fled his feet. "Shc be good
church member. but She-Shc got
q powerful bad temper"
Can she cook" And clean
house"
oh. YES. ma'am, An if VT git
q 'possum-''
Then get her.
Eyes. ma am. go tell her now"
Linda leaned back. Tried to re-
lax Drew in a deqp breath. What
was that odor. brought bv the
,yird souphing through the Syca-
,nnrasa IN 4 skunk,
car howled in the barn: she
heard Golden Toy dumping nerv-
,,,,yl,. r,raosiI,. IN his new home.
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Decided to Be
An AC tire S S
At Age of 7

a professional production. He
said all right, if I remained very
quiet. I attended enough re-
hearsals to learn every word Of
every line in the play. Then
one Of those miracles happened
that usually happens only in
books. An actress playing the
role Of a young girl was taken
sick at the dress rehearsal. I
was hurried into the part. Be-
fore I had quite recovered, was
a professional actress.
Americans provided me with
many vehicles abroad. I did
"Kiki," Good News" and "It'S
a Wise Child" Once I did
Peter Pan, and another time,
Lady Macbeth.
My only regret in coming to
Hollywood is that I had to leave
Hungary behind. have my
little estate there and I love it,
because there can fish and
hunt and ride as nowhere else
in the world. And am lone.
some for my family. When you
are the baby-even if there are
13 children, as there are in my
family-you are still the baby.
Before I left my mother said,
Don't let them change your
hair or your eyebrows. Make
a great success and hurry back"
But anyway, I think that if
went back there I would be
lonesome for Hollywood. This
is where I must be from now on,
though. I shall go back to Buda-
pest often. And Mr.. Zukor, and
Mr.. William lie Baron, and Mr..
Ernst Lubitsch, and everybody
including Mr.. De Mile, tell me
that I shall stay here. They
looked at the daily scenes Of
"The Buccaneer," then they met
me on the lot and said "Stay
here? You can't miSs!"
Then I go to my English
teacher, puzzled. and say, What
do they mean when they say,
You can't miss"
They don't mean, You can't,
Miss!'" she says. "They mean,
You can't miss"
Then we sit down and she
helps me try to figure out this
English language all over
again.
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stand. But the first picture was
a success, and so were the seven
others. I know better now. and
Mr.. Pastenak and Mr.. Roster
are still my friends.
Mr.. Cecil B. De Mile Is my
friend, too. He no sooner saw
me in those films made abroad
than he started telling everyone
that I was people like Helen
Hayes, Mary Pickford. Eliza
beth Bergner and FRITZ Scheff
all rolled into one. He was in
Strumental in having Adolph
Zukor sign me for Paramount.
Then he showed enough conf
dence in me to cast me oppo-
site Fredric March in The Buc-
cancer"
He and Mr.. March have both
helped me so much. am not
yet entirely familiar with the
language, and they are so pa
tient. 1t is better than when I
first came to this country,
though. Then I knew not a
word of English. Teachers were
hired to make me learn. The
only difficulty was that they
knew not a word of Hungarian.
We got along by talking with
The Washington times., 1938-02-05

make 1T seem that they are.
To each other they say, How
are you?" Always the answer
Is: "Fine!" I like that. In
Europe, you say to some one
'How are you" and they start a
long speech about how bad they
feel and what is the world
coming to.
When I made my first picture
abroad for Joseph Pasternak
and Henry Roster, I thought I
would never come to Hollywood.
On the stage I was established,
and it seemed that 1 could not
get used to motion pictures. l
make big gesture. mo, no."
they shout, mot like that! You
throw your hand way out of
picture" / am supposed to see
someone coming. I turn my
head to look. mo, no." they
shout. "Not so-only so, such
q little turn" They make me
stay within small chalk MARKS
on the floor. cannot move
about as please. 1t is so confin.
ing, that go home.
Such worry I caused poor
Joe Pasternak. I would be an
hour late. He wouldn't scold
me, because I probably would
not listen. ! did not under.
The Washington times., 1938-02-05
FRANCESCA GAIL ALES WITH EENGLSH TO LOSE ACCENT FOR
Hungarian Star Likes Hollywood
But Misses Native Budapest;
One of Thirteen Children
By FRANCESCA GAAL

There is thing about The Hollywood Reporter-it
gets read don't know how many people have to
me and mentioned the column Mr.. w. R. Wlkerson wrote
about under the heading. of "Tradeviews."
1t is that met several years in Europe but
did not know until read it i'll his column that he had
come back here and talked to producers about For
that and for the column that brought conspcuously
to the attention of the industrys great and small
grateful
It is hard to to country and be of your
self 1t takes lot of friendness to make you feel at
From America have received that frendness. New York
at first terrified 1t big, noisy. But love
Americans They gay. If inside they not they
The Washington times., 1938-11-22
TWO D. C, men
HURT IN CRASH

Two Washington men were in
serious condition in Casualty Hos
pital today as the result Of an
automobile accident near Bowie,
Md, last night.
Brought to the hospital by the
Prince George county rescue
squad, John B. Perry, jr., 20, Of
the $500 block Of Yuma st. N. w.,
was said to be suffering from 9
possible fractured skull and sew.
eral decorations, while a COM
panion, Jack Kelley. 80, Of the
300 block Of Ellicott st. N. W.,
suffered possible internal in
jurieS and cuts about the head
and face.
Charles Hagedorn, Sc, Of the
14OO block Of U st. S. E., was
taker. to Casualty Hospital yester.
day suffering from a skull frac-
ture and decorations suffered when
he was the victim Of a hit-and-run
driver on November IA.
According to police the man did
not believe himself badly injured
at the time Of the accident and
refused to go to the hospital until
yesterday when his condition be-
came serious.
The Washington times., 1938-11-22
To Africa for Honeymoon:
Phil Says He'll Wed Margie Dec. IS

NEW YORK, Nov. 22.-Phil
Plant, whose loves have cost him
spiritual abrasions, Commissions,
decorations, and $1,278,O0O in cash,
yesterday announced he is due for
an imminent relapse.
From the chicken farm in Os-
wegatchie, Conn.,, where the eggs
are even fresher than those ne
used to pal around with on Broad
way, he declared that December
is will see him murmuring II
dos" with Marjorie King, former
showgirl, named by ex-wife Edna
Durham Plant as the cause of her
marital establishment.
With Marjorie already enSconced
in the big farmhouse, preparing
against the big day, Phil added
they will sail for Africa on Janu-
airy 2-waiting only for the effect
Of New Year to SubSide somewhat
for a two-month Safari in which
they will COO in honeymooning
bliss as they pot at passing water
buffaloeS.
Phil, who has been divorced
from Edna Durham Plant for
only three weeks now (having paid
off with $173,50O waxed lyrical
about his forthcoming honeymoon.
The sun is never so beautiful as
when it sets in the jungle noun
tains, he hymned, implying that
to see dawn coming up over the
warthogs also is quite something.
This marriage will be for
keeps" he said. MY playboy days
are behind me-"
The Washington times., 1938-11-22
nth HOUR BRIDE
WINS $85O,OOO

CHICAGO, Nov. % G.N.S0.
Mrs. Helen Troesch Shanahan to-
day was assured of obtaining the
$4,000 estate of 74-year-old David
E. Shanahan, late Illinois legisla-
tor. Circuit Judge George E. BriS-
tow upheld the validity of Shana-
hans deathbed marriage to his
longtime private secretary.
In doing so he dismissed the suit
of Shanahan's twin cousins, the
Misses Mary and Margaret Flynn,
who sought to prove Shanahan
was mentally incompetent when
the marriage took place.
"The evidence shows abudant-
ly," said Judge BriStow, that
Shanahan was in full posses
sion of his faculties and knew
what he was doing when he mar.
ried Helen Troesch.
For 20 years there had been
a clean and holy relationship
between Shanahan and Miss
Troesch. Even in their letters
there was nothing to indicate
any clandestine relationship.
ITO declare the marriage in
valid would be to say that four
doctors, two priests and various
other witnesses committed per.
jury. 1 do not believe that"
The Washington times., 1938-11-22

44A0 4AVAAS AA4Ns
The U. s. Supreme Court hav'
ing turned down her plea for re-
view of her case, the only avenue
through which the 32-year-old
matron can escape the supreme
penalty is the governors commu-
tation.
HEARING DECEMBER l
Hearing Of her plea for life i'm
prisonment instead of the chair,
is scheduled for Thursday, Deem
Der /, at 1920 a. m, before Daniel
S. Earhart, the governors execu-
tive secretary.
What does Anna Marie look
forward to should she be sent to
Marysville Reformatory for women
to spend the rest of her days?
I'm just going to live from
day to day." was the response.
"I'll work, I'll do anything but
cook. I never want to cook any
one anything to eat, because I
would have the fear that If one
Of the girls got sick I would be
accused and I have never harmed
anyone"
Asked If she would inject her
mother love for Oscar into her
The Washington times., 1938-11-22
MA Finds Jobs ~ !.
For 1854 Youths

NYA Director Aubrey Williams
yesterday disclosed the Junior
Employment office of that agency
placed 1854 youths in private in
dustry during October, bringing
the total of placements by the
division since 1896 to 141,317. In
a report to Williams, DR.. Mary
H. S. Hayes, director Of the Junior
Placement Service, revealed that
1925 new registrants were re.
ceived during october.
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plea for communication, Mrs. Hahn
answered:
ct don't want to have his
name mentioned in connection
Wlvn TINS case. I have decided
that if I have to go there is no
use making it worse for the
boy"
She said she would offer my
body to someone representing the
church, priest or a nun-if
have to go" in the interest Of
science.
But don't get me wrong"
she fastened to add, I'm not a
religious fanatic"
The Washington times., 1938-11-22
Cu!peper Program

Mrs. Mary Mcleod Bethune, d.
rector of the colored activities Of
the National Youth AdminiStra-
ton, has been invited to be the
principal speaker at the fourth
annual conference of the Cul-
pepper County Farmers AsSocia-
ton on December 5, at the Cul-
pepper (Va.) Training School.
The Washington times., 1938-11-22
TWO SPORTSMEN
ROBBED OF $1,000
BY ARMED PAIR
Two Stores Held Up By
Masked Man

Three hold-ups in Washington
last night netted armed bandits
a total of nearly $4,000, police were
told today by victims.
Pressing a 45-caliber automatic
to thu temple of one Of two
washington Sportsmen, two armed
men forced them to hand ovel
nearly $1,000 in bills as they were
entering an automobile in the
rear of a house in the 1900 block
Of Tenth st. N. w.
THREATENS DEATH
The two men, wallace Beach
30, and Wallace Hulse, SO, tolc
police they had started to get II
the automobile when the two ban
dts stepped up to the car and DE
manded their money.
Declaring, "IIl XIII both Of you
if you don't keep quiet!" one OF
the men took about 81 900 in large
bills from Beach, and then forced
HulSe to hand over about $500,
police were told. The bandits
then made their escape in an auto
mobile belonging to one of their
victims, police said.
A man, believed by police to
have been released recently from
the penitentiary, held up two
stores in northeast Washington
last night, forcing proprietors to
turn over the contents Of the cash
registers. totaling more than 500.
MASKED ROBBER
His face partially masked with
q handkerchief, the robber first
entered the store of Myer Burke,
in the 200 block of Tenth st.
N. E., where he compelled Burke
and a clerk, Lee Dillon, 1000
block Of C st. N. E., to stand
aside while he took $48 from the
cash drawer and 50 from Burke S
Apocker, police were told.
A few minutes later the same
man entered the store of Herman
Ritzberg, 80, of the 100 block Of
Fifteenth st. N. E., and, holding
Ritzberg and his wife Anna at
bay. with a revolver, took $50 in
bills from the cash register and
then waited long enough to scoop
the small change from the drawer.
Hope Mildred Sould, Bellevue
Hotel, reported to police that her
purse containing about 81 was
snatched from her hands as she
walked along E Street, near New
Jersey Avenue, Northwest last
night.
The Washington times., 1938-11-22

The upsy daisy halr.dO. Not since
the celebrated bObbed hair controversy
have women been faced with such q
severe problem. or husbands been so
obstinate In withholding approval of o
Of this dismal situation and see these
striking color illustrations Of new hats
and hair styles In The American
Weekly, the magaEino distributed with
next Sundays Washington Herald
The Washington times., 1938-11-22
BO1:gM' Denies
Fear Of Chair

COLUMBUS Ohio Nov % (INS.).-Death holds terror
for Marie Hahn condemned poison murderes whose only
hope of escape from the electric chair December
mutation to life Imprisonment by Governor Martin L. Davey
The Washington times., 1938-11-22

Asked in a
death-cell inter-
view today at
Ohio Penitenti-
airy II she had
fear Of the chair,
Mrs. Hahn, look
ing wan a n l
weary in a drab-
brow n smock,
answered:
II couldn't
imagine h w
the chair looks
or how it feels,
but I have no
fear Of death.
w e W e r e
brought up not
to fear DEATH"
Apparen tly
not under any
strain as she an
swered questions
of five reporters,
the blonde Ba
v al ian born
woman, who was
convicted of the
fatal poisoning
Of Jacob Wag-
ner, aged Gin
cinnati gardener,
said she thinks
only Of her son,
oscar, IL, and
what her death
would mean to
hic Future life
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-03-21
SOUTHERN TO
HAVECHANCES
FOR OFFICIALS
W. H. Cheney Succeeding
Cooper as Divisional
Superintendent

ASHENILLE. Me-. 2I.-Wil-
liam F. Cooper, superintendent Of
OF the Asheville division of the
Southern railway for the past nine
Years will be transferred to At
lanta, Ga, as head of that largest
division of the Southern railway,
effective April /, it was learned
officially here today and will be
succeeded by W. H. CLANCY, who
IS now superintendent of the Geor-
gla-Southcrn-Flol ida sub idiary Of
the Southern between Macon, Ga.
and Jacksonville, Fla.
K. X. McClain, former Ashcville
man and for 10 years or more gen.
cral superintendent Of transporta-
ton, with headquarters in Knox
vlIIc, Tenn, on the same date will
become assistant vice president,
succeeding w. S Andrews, with
offices in Washington.
Mr.. Cooper, native Of China
Grove. began his railroad career
IN 1900 as as lighter of oil switch
lamps, working between school
sessions, and has worked continu-
ouSly at railroading since 1904.
He has been associated with the
Southern for 33 years, and was
transferred to the Ashevillc, from
the Columbia, S. c., division in
Epbruarv of 1000
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-03-21
Etowah School
ToGraduate q
Pupils Mar. 80

Commencement exercises mark
ing the closing of the Etowah
schools will get underway on Fri
day night, March 25, at 8 o'clock
with the presentation of the class
play, and will close with the pre-
sentation of diplomas to 81 mem
bers of the senior class on We'd
nesday, March 80.
The annual class play will fea-
ture members of the class under
the direction of Tom Freeman.
On Sunday afternoon at 2:3O
O'Clock the baccalaureate service
will be held in the school auditor
ium. The sermonto the graduates
will be delivered by the Rev. b.
E. Wall, pastor of the First Bap-
fist church. Music will be given
bv the grammar school teachers
chorus and the Anders quartet
On Monday night, March 20,
class night exercises will be held,
and music will be given by the
high school glee club. The alumni
banquet and meeting will be held
on Tuesday.
DR.. E. J. Coltrane, president
of Brevard college, will address
the graduates on Wednesday
night, March 80, at 8 o'clock IN
the graduating exercises.
On Friday morning. April l, the
grammar gradue track and field
meet will be held and promotion
exercises for the seventh gradue
students will be held in the audi
forum,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-03-21
Five States Ask
Custody Of Four
In Crime Tour

BATON ROUGE, La, Mar. q.
(UP)-Five states last night
sought custody of three youths
and their girl companion who re-
portedly admitted starting a
"crime tour" through the south
March 3 from Lewisburg, Tenn.
State police said another girl
whom the party picked up at a
Bonneville, Ark, beer parlor, was
sought.
State Police Superintendent L..
F. Guere indicated officers Of
Spiro, Okla, where a travelling
man was hijacked of $6S, would
take charge Of the quartet who
gave their names as Gordon Tur-
pin, "a, Columbia, Tenn, Melvin
McMeen, 10, Monroe McMeen, q +,
brothers, and their cousin, Lillian
McMeen Nash, 20, all of Carriers
Creek, Tenn.
Guerre said the four admitted
they were thrill seekers" steal
ing an automobile, hijacking
sleeping truck drivers and with
their "traveling arsenal" roaming
through Tennessee, Arkansas,
Oklahoma, Mississippi and Ala
bama before being arrested at
LaPlace, La, Friday.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-03-21
JAPANESE PREPARE
DRIVE ON HANKOW

Continued from page one)
ed in Kwangsi province alone and
that Agarian societies with men,
ber$hip of more than 100000
are being enrolled in Szechuan.
Gen. Teng Shi-Hou was to as
sumo command Of the reOrganiZed
S&cchuan provincial amy today.
At Tsingtao the British-owned
Tsingtao Times charged that the
pro-Japancse municipal govern
mcnt was Selling its carrier boys
and preventing delivery of the
newspaper to subscribers. The
newspaper accused the Japanese
Of coercion because of its indie
pendent editorial policy.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-03-21
Floridians See
u. S. Army's Best
Fighting Planes

TAMPA Fla, Mar. 81. (UP)-
Thousands of central Florida res
idents yesterday inspected the
best Of this nations fighting
planes.
The second wing of the army
headquarters air force, having
their annual spring maneuvers IN
this section, admitted the public
to see details Of the planes here,
and at airports in Orlando, Sara
sofa, Lakeland and Jacksonville.
One of the flying fortress bonn
hels which recently went to Bue-
nos Aires was here.
An estimated 10000 viewed the
planes here.
Today the more than 100 planes
-bomberS, pursuit and recon
Nuisance - will resume the prob
lens Of maneuvcrs. fightina' sham
battles over the Gulf Of Mexico.