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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-28
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

0OU AxAch = oouiuCf "a my AAaSAo0
IN Hollywood and his impressions
Of them run true to form.
First. there was Ned Holmes.
ace exploitation man for Warner
Brothers. Bob went overheard for
him, q everybody does who has
the pleasure Of meeting him.
Ned b In hls 7Os now and
~ forgotten moro than most
publicity men ever learn. He
w1s private secretary 70 Buf-
ials nan. handed publicity for
Jock Dempeey, and was known
- neersy every Newspaper
e1ltsr n the country hack in
~ days when movies were
unheard ~ and the legitimate
stage Was TIE backbone Of
America's entertainment.
On Ned's last trip into the
Northwest, he took very seriously
III and was confined to 4 Seattle
hospital for several weeks. His
many friends in this neck Of the
woods win BE- joyful TO hear that
he u In even better health now
than for some years past.
Evidently Bob liked Ned
Hoinss . great deal but there
isa't anything unusual about
tat =. everybody who knows
Ned tAinls the Asme way
about Nm :. he'B tops!
Bob reports that work on "Eliz-
abeth and Essex" il being held up
because Of Enrol Flynn's condi-
ton he cracked up In m auto
mobile accident recently and has
to wait for cuts and bruises to
heal. Bette Davis, also \ Warner
Brothers star. il home for = few
days with summer cold" Bette
plays the role Of Elizabeth. Bob
oays the title Of the picture may
- changed to THE Lady and the
Knight"
The options are nearly up on the
Dead End Kids" and It u rumored
they viii not appear ~ . group
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-28

the star in that he wears beard
while Mum goes clean-shaven, por-
trays the Inflated golden prince
Macmillan Won Habsburg, who
wore the phantom crown of Mex
leo. Bette Davis is his empress,
the lovely and fragile Carlota.
Rains plays Napoleon III, his con-
sort is Miss Sondergaard as the
Empress Eugene. Film goers
will recall their work together in
Anthony Adverse and this is the
first time they have been reunited
since.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-28
GLAMOUR HAT HELPS

Sara Haden is tired of being in
delibly identified as Aunt Milly of
the Hardy Family pictures when
ever she goes out in public. In
seif-defense she has bought a
glamour hat and never takes it
off in public.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-28
NOW PLAYING At
LOCAL THEATERS
FIRST SHOWING

BLUE MOUSE-Bing crosby
and Joan Blondell in East
side OF Heaven" 100. 400.
1885, 1910: also Ronald Rea-
gan and John Litel in secret
Service OF the Air" l2:oo. 800.
sos. 9 :05.
LAKEwOOD-"n War Comes
Tomorrow" also "Conquerors OF
the Arctic" TAO, $40.
MUSIC BON-Claudette Col
bert and James Stewart In Its
Wonderful World" ] 100. 400,
TOO. 1000: MELVIN Douglas
and Louise Platt in Tell No
Tales" ll:4o. 2:4o, $40. $40.
RIyIERA-John wayne and
Raw Corrigan In Red River
Range" 1910. sos. 5:35. 300,
1890. also James Gleason and
Lucille Gleason in The Higgins
Family" IL 80. l:o5, 4:25, $50,
7:2o.
ROxy-Brian Anerns and VIC
tor McLaglen in Captain
FURY" 1885. 3:45. 700, 1910:
Ruth Hussey and Paul Kelly In
Within the Law" ii 80, 2:2o,
$40. $50; also jay Clarke on
stage. $3.50. Gas, 9:55.
RETURN SHOWING
BEvERLy-Ci audette Colbert
and Don Ameche In Mid
night" also Jackie Cooper and
Ddmund Lowe In "Newsboys
Home"
COMMUNITY Fred MacMur-
ray and Madeleine Carroll In
cafe society,"" also Virginia
Field and Peter LORE in MI.
Moto's Last Warning"
KAY sTREET-w. c. Fields
and Charlie Mccarthy in You
Can't Cheat An Honest Man"
also Mischa Auer and Mary Be-
land in Little Tough Guys in
Society
PARK-victor McLaglen and
Douglas Fairbanks, lr.. In
"Gunga Din." also Glends Far
rell and Barton MacLsne in
"Torchy Blame in Chinatown"
PROCTOR Madeleine Carroll
and Fred MacMurray in "Cafe
Society: also J. Carroll Naish
and Mary Carlisle in Illegal
Traffic"
REALART-w. c. Fields. Edgar
Bergen and Charlie Mccarthy
in you Can't Cheat An Hon
est Man"
REN--Alice Faye and Con-
stance Bennett in "Tsilspin."
also Peter Lore and George
Sanders in Mr.. Moto's Last
Warning
SHELI-Jsek Holt in Crime
Takes q Holiday also Charles
Stsrrett IN Outlaws of the
Prairie"
suNsET-waiter Huston in
Abraham Lincoln" also Ed
mund Lowe and Helen Mack in
Secrets OF Nurse"
TEMPLE = Don aimee he and
Loretta Young in Alexander
Graham Bell: also Basil Rath-
bone and Richard Green in
The Hound Of the Basker-
vtlies."
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which is now in production.
Frankie Albertson, former
Puyallup boy who appeared
with VIII Rogers In THE
County Fair" In coming hack,
and Bob sends word Frankie
II getting quite . bit Of work
now after . long lay-off.
Bob had q nice visit with Larry
Crosby, Bing's brother, and says
Larry wants to be remembered to
all the folks back home" Says
he still remembers when he worked
for . Tacoma newspaper and how
he started the Seattle salmon
derby. Bing plans to open his new
race track the first of August and
will not work in pictures or radio
until fall.
Bob devotes almost a full page
Of his letter to Earl CAROLS new
night club on Sunset boulevard,
and am wondering II, regardless
Of the play" he gave 1t, he has
told all! He describes the girls
who do the entertaining in this
manner ~. And the girls-xxxx!
OF course, one can put any
Interpretation on that no
chooses. but for . complete
explanation, well have to wait
for . personal interview with
Bob after he returns he'll
b home In . day or two. II
anything startling develops,
I'll pass II along to you.
AZ for the Carroll layout. it's
on 4 big scale seats 1000 easy,
/, 800 in q pinch you dine and
dance and look" at the greatest
beauty show since Ziegfeld held
sway. You just don't have =
chance at the inside without reser-
vations and even that's q problem
right now.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-28

Louis Werpen, supervisor of
muslc In Tacoma's public
schools and director Of The
Tacoma Times Junior Con-
cert hand. 10 now In Alaska,
where he win remain until
time for the opening Of school
IN the fall.
This ID the second year the
ssmusic MASTER has Travelled
northward during the summer
months.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-28
TWO FOR LUBITsCH

Putting the finishing touches on
the script of "Ninotchka," in which
he directs Carlo shortly. Ernst
Lubitsch u also preparing to
launch production on The shop
Around the Corner" with Mar
rnret SULLIVAN and James Stewart.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-28
MAY ROBSON AS DRUNK

The most popular film scene
with stars who own their own pro-
lection rooms is May Robson's
drunk and disorderly" sequence
in The Kid from kokomo"
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Paul Mum And Bette Davis Head AII-Sta Cast
In Warner Brothers Memorable Film Or Old Mexico
Brian Aherne Claude Rains, John Garfield, Gale Sonder'
eaard and Host Of Others Are Featured in
New Single Bill Attraction

Pursuant with their of presenting entertainment
of the highest cabre the Music Box theaer will have as ITS
feature attraction starting Wednesday, Warner Bros mag,
nificent new historical drama Juarez starring Paul NUM-
and Bette Davis and supporting cast which truly deserves
he much- abused term "all-star'
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-28
Academy Avad Winners Bring Juare Music Box Screen Wednesday,
FAY CLARKE
Says:

Editors Note: Jaw Clarke. Ameri-
cas- foremost mentalist. answers
10 questions each day for Tacoma
Times readers. Address questions
10 Drama Editor. The Tacoma
Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-05-04
| SEE BY The DAILIES THAT

More than thirty million people set
their clocks one hour ahead on April
20 to conform with daylight saving
time, in all parts Of fifteen States.
mostly in the east.
A Russian plane was forced down in
a farm meadow in New Brunswick, 700
miles short of New York, on its
planned nonstop flight from Moscow
The aviators were brought to New
York. The pilot had two cracked ribs
For the first time since the devastat-
ing Republican defeat of 1886 a ma
jority of Americans think that the G
O. P. will win the Presidential election
in 1910, the Gallup poll shows.
A mass of problems grounded in ira
dition and honest differences of opin-
ion are complicating unifcation eff
forts of the three Methodist groups in
their meeting at Kansas City, but
leaders are confident the union will
be effected. The meeting is expected to
prolong its sessions for a month.
Farmers in Somerset county, Pa
determined not to pay union fees to
get jobs, won their fight against the
closed shop agreements for workers
on two State road jobs. The union
would have required a payment of SIS
initiation fee and 81 monthly as dues
Hitler last Friday scrapped his
naval treaty with Britain and his
non-aggression pact with Poland and
Numbered a reply to President Roose-
velt's peace proposals which sounded
like defiance, but let the outside world
see the door ajar for peace.
The New York Worlds Fair opened
Sunday with an attendance of 100000
Howard w. Jackson was reelected
Mayor of Baltimore for fourth term
on Tuesday by majority of approx
mately $4,000.
The cost of building construction by
the w OfkS Progress ADMINISTRATOR Is
running as much as two and a-halt
times that done by private contrac-
tors, engineers told a House of Con-
gress subcommittee.
A huge landplane which will carry
passengers and a cargo across the At
lantic in seven hours is nearing COM
pletion in a British aircraft factory
It is claimed that the vessel will fly at
$4,000 feet.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-05-04
Oakland Postoffice Eighth In
State In Sale of Bonds

Oakland postoffice ranked eighth
in the State in the sale of United
States Savings bonds during the
calendar year of 1888, with total
sales of S24,356.25.
Approximately $4,000 postoffices
throughout the country sell these
bonds. Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau announced that the total
sales of Savings bonds through March
81, 1889, aggregated in maturity value
more than $2,437, 108,850, since March
/, 1885 when they were first placed on
sale. The purchases have been made
by over 100000 investors.
Mountain Lake Park ranked 23rd IN
the State of Maryland for third class
postoffices and first in Garrett county
for that class office.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-05-04
GLADES

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred. Beachy and
daughters, of Bridgeport, w. Va,
were weekend guests of Mrs. Silas c.
Beachy.
William and Clarence Raley spent
one night last week at the Stephen
home.
Nelson Orendorf and Edward Belt
eel and family were in Oakland Sat
urday.
Junior Reckner and Miss Marion
Harmon accompanied pupils and teach
ers from other schools of the county
on a sightseeing trip to Pittsburgh
last Saturday.
Pupils of the Beachy school with
perfect attendance for the month of
April were Herbert Bethel, Blaine
and Media Opel, Carlton and Anna
belle Knox, Mildred Bethel, Harriet
Glotfelty and Junior Reckner.
Urner Beachy, Fort Hill, Pa, and
Mrs. Erwin Beachy were business Wis
itors in Oakland Tuesday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-05-04
DEAR GARRETT COUNTY

Where the white pine meets the spruce
And the rhododendrons grow,
Where the hemlocks spread theil
branches
And the babbling rivers flow;
Where the grounding views his shadow
On the hillside near the run,
And burrow near awaits him
When his foe he has to shun.
Where the deer and turkey wander
Round the lodges in the sun
There they keep constant vigil
For hunter with his gun.
Where the mountain springs are flow
ing
With their waters clear and pure
There is nothing just as tasty
In this wide, wide world, Pm sure.
This is dear old Garrett county,
With it's mountains, streams anC
game,
With the worlds most lovely places
Garrett county holds its fame.
If you want a great vacation
In all natures arms entwine,
You will find it in the shadows
Of this paradise sublime.
ID. Claude Adkins.
Junior Foreman CCC Camp,
S-54, Brandywine, Md
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-05-04
Oakland High Wins Two Games
To Play Frostburg Friday

Oakland High school baseball team,
after winning most of its games thus
far, will meet Beall High at Frostburg
here tomorrow afternoon on the dia-
mond west of town. Oakland beat Beall
last week 9 to 7.
This week the local team defeated
Aurora 10 to 2 and also trimmed Tun-
Melton 7 to 3. 1t was Aurora's opening
game and was filled with errors. Oak
land started the downfall in the fourth
inning and continued until the final
inning. Wolf had II strikeouts to his
credit. Sharps had two-base hit.
Tunnelton went into the lead early
in the game but an Oakland rally over
took the West Virginia outfit and a
frightened defense shut them out until
the seventh inning when they scored
another run.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-05-04
Cal Grim To Be HOnOred By His
Friends On 18th Anniversary

Friends of Cal Grim are planning a
testimonial dinner in his honor as 4
veteran detective of the city of Gin
cinnati, Ohio, when his seventy fifth
birthday anniversary rolls around on
May Is. Grim is native of Oakland
and left here when quite a young lad
to make his fortune in the West"
Accompanying Cal on his westward
trip were the late DR.. Henry w. Nc
Comas and Charles Sweeney, brother
of John Sweeney, of Oakland. DR.. J.
Lee McComas wired authorities in the
west about his son and policeman
hailed him in Columbus, Ohio, and re-
turned him to Oakland. The doctor
often related this experience to his
friends. Sweeney settled in St. Louis,
Mo-, while Cal Grim entered Cincinnati
barefooted and settled there.
The celebration will be a triple one
for Cal. 1t marks his diamond birth
day anniversary, his golden jubilee as
a detective and his silver anniversary
as his own boss. He spent two years as
a cop before he became detective,
joining the Cincinnati force in 1886.
He was made detective in 1889. In
1897 he was made assistant chief of
detectives and a few years later got
the chiefs job. Then in 1914 he estab-
lished the Cal Grim Detective Agency.
In rush seasons, Christmas and other
big shopping events, he has 105 men
and % women working for him.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-05-04
Names Added To Red Cross
Membership Roll

A new total for the Red Cross men,
bership drive for this year was an
nounced yesterday by Mrs. Paul Nay.
lor, roll call chairman. There are now
308 members with $314.15 having beer
received. The county quota is $500.
Mrs. Naylor said that there were
still two towns to report, which would
increase the number by about 25
Members whose contributions have
been received sine the last report in
clude Mrs. William R. Offutt, T. E
Bishoff, Miss Grace Falkenstein, Mrs
Charles Ream and Mrs. James P
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-05-04

vile Baseball club. On May 10 thew
will also give a performance under
the auspices of the New Germany
Methodist church at the church.
The Girls All club met at the Cas-
selman hotel Wednesday night with
Ray and Ruth Houck as joint hostess
ses. The club met this week at the
home Of Ruth Klotz, secretary.
William Winterberg, president of
Garrett County Farm Bureau, attend
ed Farm Bureau meeting at Balti-
more Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Gortner and
daughter, Margaret Jane, and Mrs.
Lena Bender returned Tuesday night
from the New York Worlds Fair.
They left here Saturday.
Announcement has been received
here by Mrs. Glen Yoder of the birth
of a son to Mr. and Mrs. o. C. Brown.
McKeesport, Pa, Saturday, April %.
Mrs. Brown is the former Miss Mary
Jeffreys, sister of Mrs. Yoder.
Mrs. Sara Roberta Getty, Cumber-
land, was weekend guest of Mrs.
C. H. Bill.
Mr.. and Mrs. James B. Yeager and
sons Jack and Jimmie, Beaver Falls.
Pa, visited Mr.. and Mrs. C. U. Ed
wards over the weekend.
Mr., and Mrs. G. A. Frantz. Nallen-
W. Va; Mrs. Russell Walters, Cor
mania, W. Va, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Bittinger and daughter, Mt.
Lake Park, were guests of Mrs. H. J.
Bender Wednesday and visited Mrs. J.
W. Folk, who is a patient in WenzelPs
hospital, Meyersdale. Mrs. Folk is a
sister of Mrs. Frantz, Mrs. Walters
and Mr.. Bittinger.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Doudna, Bridpe-
port, O., spent Tuesday here with MIR.
and Mrs. Fred Livengood. They were
enroute to the Apple Blossom festi-
val at Winchester, Va.
Mrs. Lottie Quinn has returned
from an extended stay at MeyersdaIe
and is at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ira L. Huff
Jean Lands, Meyersdale, is visiting
her aunt, Mrs. A. J. Yoder, this week.
William Cobaugh, Jr., Steubenville,
O., is at the home of his parents, Nh.
and Mrs. William Cobaugh.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Hottenstein
and daughter visited in HoIlidaysburg.
Pa, over the weekend.
Emma Weise, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Weise, has been i'll.
Joseph F. Fahey visited his wife in
Washington over the weekend. Mrs.
Fahey has just recently returned
there from spending the winter in
Florida. She will remain in Washing
ton short time before returning here.
Fred Livengood sustained an injury
while working at the Meyers Coal
Company Sunday night.
H. L. Porter, head of the local head
quarters, Department of Agriculture,
attended a conference at College Park
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wagner and
family, of Latrobe, Pa, visited her
father, John w. Baker, over the week
end.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-05-04
EVANSVILLE
Operetta Friday and Saturday

Operetta Friday and saturday
"Look Who's Here, a musical COM
edy in two acts, will be given this Fri
day and Saturday nights by the glee
club of the local high school under
the direction of Mrs. j. w. Glenn, NIL
sic instructor. The performances will
begin at 8 o'clock. Rehearsals have
progressed rapidly with the assistance
of Miss Emma Caulk. One hundred
students are in the cast, and there will
be speciality numbers between acts. 4
matinee will be given Friday.
Father and Son Banqet
The father and son banquet, spon-
sored annually by the Grantsville
chapter of the FLA, was held IN
the school auditorium Tuesday night
with approximately fifty attending.
Wayne burst, president, was toast
master. Words of welcome were given
by w. E. Tarbell, instructor, who in
troduced the speaker of the evening,
L. S. Hartley, B & o agricultural agent
of Morgantown, w. Va. His subject
was "Cooperation and Organization"
Principal F. J. Getty gave a short
talk on Purposes of Extra Class Ac-
tivities." Other speakers included F.
E. Rathbun, w. w. Savage and A. C..
Stanton. Other guests were County
Agent John H. Carter and j. C. Rem
ringer, of Oakland; O. T. eraser and
Marvin Callie, agriculture teachers;
Rev. D. R. Carder, Harry c. Edwards
and William Grimm. The home eco
Monies department, Mrs. j. c. Rem
ringer, instructor, prepared and
served a chicken dinner. The affair
was limited to the junior and senior
classes because of the large enroll
ment in the agriculture department,
which totals about 70 students.
Freshmen Present "Circus"
The freshmen Ia class presented a
"circus" at the high school assembly
period Wednesday morning. The af-
fair afforded much pleasure to all
present.
Attended Field Day Activities
The following boys from the agri-
culture department of the local high
school, with their instructor, William
E. Tarbell, attended the annual field
day activities of the FLA. at the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-05-04
TEACHERS BANQUET is
ATTENDED BY ABOUT 125
DIR. Cook Gives Reasons For Adj
vance In Education In Address

Some of the reasons for the prog
ress and advancement in education in
Garrett county and throughout the
State were outlined last Thursday ev-
ening by DR.. Albert S. Cook, State
| Superintendent of Schools, at the sec
ond annual banquet of the Garrett
County Teachers Association. At the
banquet there were Approximately 125
teachers and guests present, which
was served in the assembly room of
the Methodist church in Oakland.
DR.. Cook was the only speaker Of
the evening. He traced the educational
history of this county for the past
twenty years, showing what legisla-
ton had been helpful in bringing about
better standards in the teaching pro-
fession and the better training of the
school children.
He declared that Garrett county
had one of the most difficult prob
lens in education because of its topog-
raphical conditions and that in spite of
this had made more advancement in
the past twenty years than any other
county in the State. He declared also,
however, that there was still much
work to be done.
He pointed out that certifcation of
elementary teachers had increased
since 1920 from per cent to SO per
cent; that elementary school teachers
salaries had increased from 1912 70
$1161; that elementary transportation
had advanced; that supervision of in
struction and improved organization
had been effected; that high school
salaries had increased from $1192 to
$1518; that the average number of pu-
pills over age in various grades had de-
creased from At per cent in 1922 to II
per cent in 1888, and that the teachers
were not Showing them trough" any
more, regardless of their fitness for
the next higher grade.
DR.. Cook gave credit for the adj
vance in education to a growing desire
of the people to want more education
and better conditions; to board of ed
cation and a State organization be-
hind the problem of education, and
well-trained corps of teachers.
Guests at the dinner included Thos.
G. Pullen, assistant State Superinten-
dent of Administration and High
School Supervision; C. L. Kopp, Allie
gany County Superintendent of Edu
cation, and Mrs. Kopp; former Secre-
tary of State E. Ray Jones and Mrs.
Jones; Superintendent of Schools of
Garrett County F. E. Rathbun and
Mrs. Rathbun; Miss Kate Bannatyne
and Mrs. Caroline Wilson, Elementary
Supervisors; w. w. Savage, Friends
vile and Mrs. Frances F. O'Donnell,
members of the Board of Education
of Garrett county; Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
H. Hanst, William O. Davis and Frank
Kley. Wilbur J. Glenn, Friendsville,
president of the County Teachers AS
ISOLATION, was postmaster.
High school students of the Oak
land and the Grantsville schools fur
nished music and other forms of en-
tertainment during the evening. Mrs.
Julius C. Renninger was chairman of
the banquet committee.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-05-04

the steel, motor and other new unions
of the CLIO. And now when Mr.. Lewis
becomes afraid of Mr.. Green, these
workers are pulled from the mines and
take loss of 100000 a week in
wages. Mr.. Lewis demands the closed
shop in the coal mines. In other words
he forces loss of 100000 weekly
on the same miners who have paid for
Organization of the CLIO because he
fears Mr.. Green may poach on the
pasture where Mr.. Lewis keeps his
goats"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-05-04
Birthday Congratulations To-

Billy Stanton, Oakland, Saturday
April 20.
Bobbie Stanton, Oakland, Tuesday,
May 2.
Curtis Miller, McHenry, Monday
May /.
Laura May Rodeheaver, Swanton
Friday, May 5.
Billy Mac Walton, McHenry, Satur-
day, May 6.
Mrs. V. o. Bowman, MeHenry, Tues
day, May 8.
jeanette Glotfelty, McHenry, Tues
day, May 9.
Mrs. D. R. limbaugh, Deer Park,
Monday, May l.
Kenneth Burdette, Mt. Airy, Md.
Saturday, April 20.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-05-04

Hitler's demand on Poland concern
ing the Free City of Danzig and the
Polish corridor, brought reply that
Poland will fight rather than aban-
don any of her territory. Poland has
modified a million fgting men.