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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-09
z in Parked Car
Suffer Injuries

Two young Tacomans who dis
covered it's possible to be hurt in
an automobile accident when
parked at the curb were recover
ing Monday at their homes.
Donald Corcoran. 81, Rt. 5. box
97-A, and June Myers, Is. 1902
So. saith St, suffered face cuts
in an unusual accident at So.
3sth st. and Thompson ave. late
Saturday night. Police said Will
liam Ruiz, "a, 34o5 Pacific ave-.
was southbound on Thompson ave.
when he lost control of his car.
The machine swerved to the
opposite side of the street and
struck the roadster the other two
were sitting in. Wilma Fair
banks, 1928 South Tacoma ave-
nue., a passenge in Ruiz machine,
was unhurt. Ruiz was booked for
investigation of the accident, and
released.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-09
Expect to Hire
I'd Doq Catcher

Safety Commissioner Eastwood
read to the council Monday a pre-
pared statement asserting that the
police department intends to weed
out unlicensed dogs as q step
toward control Of rabies.
Eastwood said there has been "a
lot of rabies in the last two weeks
and il Is growing worse"
Dog owners. he asserted. are not
cooperating; the town Is overrun
with stray dogs and many IN
licensed ones that have homes. He
threatened q relentless war on
them.
His statement was preamble to
an ordinance, given first reading.
which would authorize employment
Of another dog catcher for six
months at a salary of $50.
Eastwood said the extra help is
in line with requests of DR.. Leland
e. Powers. city health director,
and DR.. r. A. Button, veterin-
arian.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-09
Will Meet School
Board and Teachers

Guest of the school board Tues
day will be Harry lager of Wash
ington, D. c., chief of the occu-
pational information and guidance
service of the u. S. office Of edu-
cation. He came here from the
Inland Empire conference held in
Spokane last week.
jaeger will lunch with members
of the board at noon. The meet
ing will also be attended by prin-
cipals of the high schools and
others. A discussion of vocational
guidance and education will be
held.
He will meet with teachers Of
Tacoma in Stadium high school at
4 o'clock, to conduct a similar dis
cussion.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-09
O. w. WestbO
Is Stricken
Falls Dead While
Preaching Sermon

o. w. Westbo, 81, OF Ri. 8, Box
716, died of a heart attack Sunday
in Messiah Lutheran church where
he was preparing to preach the
evening sermon. He had concluded
prayer and had said a few SEN
fences of his sermon when he col
lapsed. The body was removed to
the Lynn mortuary.
Westbo, a member of the board
of deacons at the church. was a
native of Norway. He had lived
in Tacoma and vicinity 40 years.
Prior to settling here, he followed
the sea, and was said to have seen
most of the worlds ports.
Surviving are four daughters
Mrs. John Thorstenson Of Tacoma
Mrs. Harry Larsen of Puyallup
Mrs. Carl Lichentberg of Califor'
mia and Mrs. Earl Franklin OF
Milton, and five sons, Bernard
Arthur and Leonard of Puyallup,
and William and George of Seattle.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-09
CCC Camp in Park
Inspected by 400

Four hundred persons attended
the open house Sunday at Sun
shine CCC camp In Mount Rainier
National park. Harold Z. Liebe 1,
commander Of company 2s41. now
stationed in the park, and Walter
F. Larson Is project superintend.
emit. other members OF the super.
visory personnel are Fred J. Le-
Penske, educational adviser, and
Dewitt Field. subaltern.
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While the blockade-fleeing
American freighter Wildwoo d
created international news by taxi
ing shelter in Tacoma harbor
Monday, activity was rife on the
waterfront with the coming and
going of less conspicuous vessels.
An unusually heavy calendar OF
arrivals and departures over the
weekend left little slack, as five
ships remained in port working
cargo and another four were 1lat-
ed for arrival on or before Tues
day.
The wildwood win spend
several days unloading the
Russia-consigned cargo she
was unable TO deliver, at
Commercial dock. She will
take a lumber cargo before
departing for the eastern sea-
board.
Arriving Monday morning, the
Harry Luckenbach berthed at Port
piers to unload steel. She followed
the Oakmar into her mooring. The
Oakmar arrived early Sunday and
spent the day removing heavy
steel for the Narrows bridge from
her decks, then moved t. Seattle
to discharge general before re-
turning here with more California
steel and general cargo. Expected
to spend Tuesday and Wednesday
here, she will load lumber outward.
The San Rafael arrived at
Shaffer No. dock Monday
morning to load general out
ward. Remaining in port were
the Herman Frasch Mt De-
fiance mill and the Indra, at
the smeIter.
Departures Saturday and Sum-
day included the Ell Cedro, Lake
Frances. Dakotan, Oduna, Ceilings
worth, West Planter. Pennsylvania,
Oakmar and Portland.
The Dutch motorship Tosari was
expected Monday evening at the
smelter. and was due to call at
Sperry dock before moving to
Shaffer No. for general cargo,
after discharging cocoanut oil and
miscellaneous items. She is in
Orient trade.
Others, expected Tuesday, were
the Granville, at Centennial mills,
and the Coast Shipper, at SHAFT
fer No. 2.
sCOw FOUND
Dispatches from Cordova, Alas
ka. provided a mystery with word
a s0-foot scow owned by the Puget
Sound Bridge and Dredging Co..
Seattle, has been found near Che
mega at the upper end of Knight
island passage in Prince William
sound.
The scow. lost from towboat
in the Gulf of Alaska last October,
was afloat and in good condition,
its load of machinery intact when
found last week. Mariners were
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Lee Carter SEEKING
Youths for CMTC

Young men between the ages Of
II and 20 are now being recruited
for voluntary training in the Coast
Artillery Citizens Training camp
TO be held at Fort Worden. Wash,
July s to August 8. Complete in
formation and application blanks
may be obtained from Lee Carter,
3404 No. 25th St, who has been
named chairman for Pierce county.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-09
Retail Business
Zone Being Sought

A resolution which will be before
the council Wednesday will set
date of hearing on the petition Of
Fred Davis and others for a retail
business district on Alder at. from
No. 24th to No. 2oth SITS.
Building Inspector Mccormick
reported to the council Monday
that a check of the petition shows
IL percent of the real property Of
the district il already in a business
zone and that the signers Of the
Davis petition represent 81 percent
more. well over the two-thirds
area required.
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THANK COUNCIL

CCC enrollees who sat in the
seats OF the mighty at the city
hall Saturday sent q letter to the
council Monday thanking city Off
cials and Tacoma citizens general
ly for cooperation in Gees sew
enth anniversary observance Sat
urday and Sunday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-09
Boy Hurt in Fall
To Leave Hospital

Reported well on the road 70
recovery, Dick Reynolds. Is. sta
dunn high school student injured
In a 70-foot fall inside q coal
bunker, was looking forward
Monday to his release from St
Joseph's hospital.
Attendants said that he is able
to leave his bed and move about
in a wheel chair, and probably
viii 20 home in a few days. The
youth suffered serious injury when
he fell from the stairway Of the
elevated bunker on the waterfront
road March 20.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-09
Shoe Siylisis
To Visit City

Leading shoe stylists and rep
resentatives OF the trade from
Spokane, Seattle and Portland are
expected to visit Tacoma May 9
for the annual stag dinner of the
Tacoma Shoe Retailers associa-
ton at the Hotel Winthrop.
Arranging the affair for Presi-
dent Fred Sandstrom is a COM
mittee consisting of M. P. Crib
bon, P. X. Ericsson, Henry. Mac
Farland, Owen Buchanan jr, Fred
Hazelton and Tom German.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-09
Dog Prisoner
Being Sought

Sheriff John C. Bjorklund issued
a warning to all dog owners in the
Lake district Monday to watch
their pets carefully while his Off
GERS seek to apprehend dog pois-
oner who has been active there in
the past week.
He received a report Monday
from w. e. Hunnicutt of Route !,
Box "a, Tacoma, that his English
setter which he valued at $500
had died of arsenic poisoning over
the weekend.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-09

than an American state, II IL sur
prising how easy Il 10 to get in
and get an interview with pre-
miers and foreign ministers.
II is surprising until you re-
member that Il II because every
thing In really on the scale Of ar
American state. even though II
may have = thousand-year-old
dynasty whose crown prince Il
pointed out to you by nudges
The crown prince Ia sitting In
tweeds and quietly swapping up q
martini in the capital city's lead
ing bar.
After all. when you scale II
down to the size Of Nebraska Of
Minnesota, their secretary Of
stats and commissioners Of insur'
ance are reasonably accessible Il
the press. unless the press hal
something on them and Is riding
them hard. 30 why should not u,
average scandinavian foreign min
lister be just n easy to interview
a. the average Kansas state com
missioner Of motor vehicles7
Tia answer Il that he is--
only ~ alse turns cut 10 be .
Withdrawing little guy with
dandruff On hls collar, who
knsws not . greal deal about
what h golng On In the world.
ana n he does h afraid 10 tell
yeu. Ne probably has . policy.
but you need not bother much
about that. because what hap
pens up In this part Of the
world h done not BY these
httIs countries but to them.
and the doing b not pleasant
to watch.
Do what they know. which 4
little. they can't tell. even ate
you havs waded through the polit,
evasion and the double NEGATIVES
and the dandruff.
Do have given up foreign min
listers. and am now completed,
satisfied with my own pecuhal
sources Of information. such q
harmen when they have q coupl'
Of minutes to gossip between
shaking martins. and have Il
mind. particularly. such sources q
the girl in the corridor on the nigh
train between Stockholm and oslo
she asked wszn't ! an Ameri
can. and Why should Americans b
going to Norway In winter an
during the war; And aid be
cause q lot Of newspapers wsnte'
to know what Norway though
about the war.
why do they want 10 know 2
said ! didn't know.
~Weii. n yen really want 30
know, can tell you. Every
boy IN Norway hopes very
much Enxiand win win r."
-whys"
IAN We little nations Do.
Because n TIE Germans win u,
there won't - any more little
natiens- We al know that
And ~ like being little nations
and having eur ewn king and
language and not botbering
other people
as that the only reasons"
mo think Norway woull
want England to win anyway. Yol
see. we're very much like the Eng
lish-evsn our language And "
face them across the North Sea
And most Of our men 20 20 Englis
universities. And English u laugh
lin ali our public schools,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-09
Cycle Rider Hurt

Herbert Clines, 20. of e1e So.
L st, suffered painful leg bruises
Tuesday when the motorcycle on
which he was riding collided with
a car driven by M. Meier Of 1902
Pacific ave. The accident &C.
CURED when Meier, double-parked
on 14th and Pacific ave. started up
as Clines attempted to pass him.
Clines was removed to the Pierce
County hospital for investigation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-09
BOOK TWO SAILORS

Accused Of annoying a young
married woman on a downtown
street. two sailors off the U. S. s.
New Mexico were jailed on dis
orderly conduct charges Sunday
night. They gave their names as
Richard MeHale. "a, and Charley
Mccarthy, 26.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-09
INTRODUCE ORDINANCES

Two ordinances given first
reading before the council Monday
provide a call for bids for a car
load OF copper wire for the light
department. and provide an APP
preparation of $500 as part pay
ment for the police departments
new radio station on Tacoma ave,
this sum being the amount con-
tributed by Pierce county for radio
service given the sheriffs depart
ment this year.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-09
ICE CREAM STORE RoBBED

Don Hoch. manager Of the sta
dunn Ice Cream Co, No. 1st and
Tacoma ave. complained 10 police
Aonds the establishment had
been broken into some time Sun
day night and 1851 in cash and
20 packages OF eigarets taken
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-09

A similar survey In the neigh
boring state Of Washington shows
that state In the Democratic col
umn also. and BY . slightly larger
margin.
Voters In the two states were
asked: Which party would you
like to see win the presidential
election this yearf - The replies
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WANT TRACKS OUT

A letter from the 3sth st
Boosters and Lincoln Citizens club
urging removal next Of street car
tracks on 3sth st, from C tc
Thompson. and on Yakima ave
from 3sth to 4sth SITS. was re-
ferred by the council Monday &c
the public works department
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OSLO, Norway--Up In these
parts. where a sovereign kingdom
older and more respectable than
your grandmother II no larger
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-09
Take a Look al Europe"

war. wanted the Germans to win
because they're right opposite Ger
many and most OF their friends are
German. Only now. because it's
the Nazis. the Swedes want the
English to win just a. much as we
do. We all like being ourselves.
None Of us wants to be gobbled
up"
did you 60 to q British uni
versity?"
NO. went to Berlin. Ny SUBJ
ject Is chemistry"
Tell me about their new
artificial rubber. Doesn't IL
cost . lot and wear out quick
ly:'
She shook her head. at costs
more, but It wears longer
because oil doesn't rot IT,
I've hcard they were having
trouble with research. Because,
with all the bands playing and the
heiling. the boys of school age all
wanted to be soldiers-that re-
search was dying out-too tame
for them
Again she shook her head. 1T
didn't find that. You see, because
OF all their efforts to find substi-
tutes. it's the most interesting
place in the world for sciences Just
now. think. They don't always
find the right substitute, but they
usually turn up something equally
interesting. OF course, don't like
what they do with the substitutes
when they find them. but you must
admit there's more going on in the
sciences than any place else in
the world"
-Who do the Norwegians
think 10 going 70 win this
war ?"
This time they don't know.
Last time they knew Of course
the English would. In the end.
nut this time its different.
Only they hope very much the
English will, because Of the
terrible frame Of mind the
Germans are In, and what will
happen TO all M little nations
n they should"
But you've studied in Berlin
what do the Germ els really want
anyway! Because IL It's Just .
higher standard Of living. they
could get that by just shutting up
and going to work the way you
Norwegians do"
The Germans know that, really,
It's deeper than that It's all this
intense business about being q
German. and they've got TO 70 out
and bother everyone else--the way
the Norsemen were bothering Eu.
rope . thousand years ago. Only
We grew up and got over It. They
want everybody to admit that II
must be wonderful to be German
they want to make everybody In
Europe learn German"
1T would Be convenient n
We al spoke eur own language
and then learned just one
other. and learned 10 well. and
everybody could agree on what
that one should be-"
That's what they want. It's like
Rome In q way"
How like Rome :"
well. when Rome was conquer.
ing everybody. IL was terrible for
al the little people. and the Ro-
mans were very stern and brutal
and uncouth. and everybody had To
learn Latin. Only after q while the
Romans softened. and at least they
had brought peace to the world
and one language everyone could
understand. that lasted q thousand
Years"
And you want Il to be like that
now :"
oh. no. I want to 90 on being
q Norwegian. with our own littls
language and little country, no,
bothering anyone else"
But you think 1t win Be hks
that :"
The very pretty girl pitched her
cigsret out OF the window and
stared out into the night Ths
engine was iaboring heavily up q
mountain grade.
| 7 don't KNOW shs finally aid
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-09
RIunING PERMIT

A building permit was issued
Monday 10 ~. Gsssei for $4,000
residence a. seas A 81.
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1kI&MH9adthIf
Tocomo Waterfront Active Once Agoin;
Five Vessels in Horbor and Four Due

mystified a. to where II spent
the last six months since 1t was
given up a. lost in storm.
RUN ASHORE
The Kelley Logging company's
tug. Marmion, and her log barge
tow, the N ngahela, went
ashore near Camp Point, B.
C., Monday. The Monongahela
was loaded with 1,0oo. 900 feet of
spruce logs from Queen Charlotte
islands. Three tugs were en- route
to the scene, and it was believed
high tide would free the vessels.
Camp Point is near Salmon river
on Vancouver island.
PORT CALENDAR
Ships in port: San Rafael, Shat
fer No. /; Harry Luckenbach, Port
piers; Wildwood d. Commercial
dock; Herman Frasch, Defiance
mill; Tndra. smelter dock.
Ships due: Monday, Tosari,
smelter. Tuesday. Granville. Gen.
tennial mills; Oakmar, Port piers;
Coast Shipper, Shaffer No. 2.
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Core Of the News
TO MEET TUESDAY


The Hawthorne Improvement
club will meet at 1880 p. m. Tues
day in the Hawthorne school.
ESTIMATE DAMAGE
Damage caused by fire satur-
day afternoon at the home OF
John r. Fulton, 3s0s No. s5th st.,
was estimated at $500. An over
heated chimney was blamed for
starting the blaze.
New laid eggs. zoe. Cow But
tar Store adv.
MIDLAND CLUB
The monthly meeting Of the Mid
land Improvement club will be held
at 8 .. m. Tuesday. Members will
be asked to take action toward az
filiation with the Aid-County Fed
Grafton Of Improvement clubs. Re-
freshments will be served. accord
ing to President 4. J. Van Arnam.
WILL PLAY HOST
Members Of Edward B. Rhodes
post No. 2, American Legion. at
their meeting Tuesday evening In
Memorial hall will entertain men
from Fort Lewis and McChord
field.
Choice cactus HIM. Florist
adv.
DATES ARE CHOSEN
April Is and 10 have been chosen
as the dates for presentation of
the annual minstrel show OF st.
Luke's Mems club and the Young
Peoples Fellowship OF ST. Luke's
Community house. Rehearsals al
ready are under way and 1t Ia
announced proceeds from the
shows will 70 to st. Luke's build
ing fund.
WILL MEET MONDAY
The April meeting Of the Park
land Mems club viii be held Mon
day evening with dinner at $50
and q business session starting
At Q in the clubhouse. A nine
hole golf tournament was sched-
ulsd during the afternoon.
BuDpinsr SERVICE
An English Buddhist service will
be held at 8 p. m Tuesday at the
Tacoma Buddhist church. 1711
Fawcett ave. with Rev. s. N
Pratt speaking on The Working
Of k&rmA"
PICKED AS QUEENS
Shirley Robbins and Sara Jayne
Perkins OF Tacoma have been
chosen among Is queens" At the
U. Of w. To model At the annual
AVIS styls show wednesday.
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1t would appear from the pres
emit surveys that while Democratic
strength has turned upwards in
Oregon since the mid-term cleo
tons. the Democratic trend is still
slightly downward in Washington.
Asked whether they thought
they would vote for President
Roosevelt II he runs for a third
term. IS per cent Of the Oregon
voters with opinions on the ques-
ton said mo" In Washington 80
per cent said they were for a third
terms--as of today--while 30 per
cent were opposed.
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They also
serpe 1Ub0
CAN'T tell H,O
from nater

TN THE scientific phrase it's
L a honey, a sweetheart, a la
lapaloosa. At the new, stream
lined laboratory this Company
has just completed at its Rich
mond refinery, nothing lacks.
It's the ultimate in a nursery
for ideas born in a test.ube.
X r
One could talk for hours
about this workshop of the
citing the public bene-
fits first created by our research
men and dwelling prophetically
on startling things to come. Yet
these public benefits depend as
much on organization as on SCI
ence, for it's organization which
transplants discoveries from
laboratory to service station.
+ 4
Your industrial researcher
seeks better products at lower
cost. Often he goes so far As
to design plant and train per-
sonnet. But engineers, oarPen-
tiers, cost.accountants, truck
drivers, even men who work
with such unacademic items as
bond interest are needed to
place his discoveries in your
hands.
It's a job for the whole She
bang-from president to Office
boy and from oilheld "rousta-
bout" TO station statesmen. In
this new laboratory, many a
scientific chap will star. But, as
with the old time minstrel
show, the Grand Finale will be
by the Entire Company.
Standard Oil Company
of California
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PRINCETON. N. L. Although the Republicans swept
the Oregon elections of $685. statewide survey just
pleed there by the American Institute of Public Opinion
indicates that Oregon is leaning to the Democratic party
again the present time, with small majority favoring
= Democratic president next November
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OF those who have made up their
minds on the issue are:
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PICKED As QUEENS

shirley Robbins and Sara Jayne
Perkins OF Tacoma have been
chosen among Is queens" at the
Y. Of w. 70 model At the annual
AVIS styis show wednesday.
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The Hawthorne Improvement
club will meet at 1880 p. m. Tues
day in the Hawthorne school.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-09

An average of one person in
eight said he was undecided.
Drop Since 1896
Oregon and Warrington. which
share one of the New Deals big
gest electric power Developments
Bonneville dam on the Columbia
river were overwhelmingly for
President Roosevelt in 1885. But
the Democrats received q shock
two years ago when Oregon
turned around and elected a Re-
publican governor and senator In
what was apparently part Of a
nationwide conservative swing.
Even now, when both states APP
pear to be on the Democratic side
in the Institutes surveys. Demo-
cratic strength in Oregon 10 Is
points below President Roose-
velts vote in the last election, and
in Washington IL points below the
vote for FDR.
The trend in the two states Is
shown in the following figures:
OREGON
20 Dem. 20 Rep.
1896 presidential
election ...... .6s% S2%
1888 congressional
elections 80. ....I Oh
TODAY'S SUR
VEY 80. .5S ~
WASHINGTON
Dem. % Rep.
1885 presidential
election =. =. .6s% H%
1888 congressional
elections :. :. 81 81
TODAY's SUR
VEY :. .......57 -
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nuppHrsr SERVICE

An English Buddhist service will
be held at 8 p. m. Tuesday at the
Tacoma Buddhist church. 1717
Fswcett ave. with Rev. s. N.
Pratt speaking on The Working
Of karma."
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ESTIMATE DAMAGE

Damage caused by fire satur-
day afternoon at the home OF
John +. Fulton, 3sos No. soth St,
was estimated at $500. An over
heated chimney was blamed for
starting the blaze.
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New laid eggs. zoe. Cow But
ter Store. adv
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DATES ARE CHOSEN


The April meeting Of the Park
land Mems club will be held Mon
day evening with dinner at $50
and q business session starting
At Q in the clubhouse. A nine
hole golf tournament was sched-
ulsd during the afternoon.