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Milford chronicle., 1940-07-26
Hot XNeather

Are you fretted. irrItated. and
made largely ineffective Is vour
work, when the Thermometer keepa
dancing around among the nineties?
The people IN southern lands say
the way to get around that ditnculty
is to stop work for about two hours
in the middle Of the day, and rest
and sleep IL possible. American life
works on a time table that could
not permit such a practice without
throwing our business system into
confusion.
Probably our people do not suffer
as severely as they ased to from hot
weather, because they have learned
to dress more comfortably. Thin
clothes and less Of them have gone
far to reconcile us TO torrid days.
The men who wear tight collars and
heavy suits through a tropical day
have only themselves to blame ii
river of sweat runs OF their fiery
faces.
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a FhePoIaigaFSpree~ ~

The American people are now
started on their great quadrennial
spree called a national election. The
word Spree" is not wholly inap-
propriate. When people go on a
spree, they are supposed to lose
their self control and do and say
things that make them ashamed after
they sober off, Many of the things
said and done in a political cam
.paign come under that description.
During this four months period,
our people traditionally become
greatly excited. The most dire pre-
dictions of calamity are offered.
Then it is claimed that if the right
party wins. the ship of state will be
safely steered into a happy haven,
where our troubles will vanish.
Few of these predictions are ever
realized. The American people are
"a good deal like the cat which may
turn over and over if you throw her
out Of a window. Somehow. she US
l1ally manages to land on her feet.
So it is with our folks. They take
very bad falls at frequent intervals,
due to the errors of Judgment they
saEe constantly making. But when
they get a bad fall they have way
or sizing up the situation somewhat,
and trying to avoid that particular
error in future.
: The predictions of grand progress
on condition that certain party
wins out, are rarely fulfilled. 1t is of
course true that the country makes
STEADY progress. though the advance
has been pretty slow during the past
few years. Even if the best candi-
dates win, the people are sure
enough togmalfe mistakes so they are
not likely TO be stepping very high |
in any event
Most OF our folks are sincere, and
want to do the thing that is best
for the country. Before getting too |
mad and denouncing your opponent |
too severely it is well to remember |
that he may be just as honest as you
are.
Milford chronicle., 1940-07-26
The Handshakinp lob

Wendell Willkie. candidate for
President. speaks favorably OF the
job Of handshaling he has to do.
He said he got a lot Of action and
that it got rowing beat to death.
It is one of the humors Of politics,
that a candidate for any office is
supposed to shake hands with null
titude Of people. He is supposed to
put such fervOr into the act that he
will convince the people he is their
true friend.
This is one of the phases of poll
tics that some men of a reserved
character do not like. They say that
ability to shake hands with 1000 or
more people proves nothing as to
whether they are fit for the job.
Political aspirants who take that
attitude are not quite fitted for the
rough and tumble Of politics. The
people expect their big men to get
down to cross roads manners and
working clothes with the rest of the
boys.
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MlIiOrd, FrIday. ynIr %. 19lO

DEMOCRACY took an awful beat
ing in the New Deal National Con-
vention.
It was in every respect a perfect
example of how totalitarianism
works
THE convention took orders from
just one mah-the man in the White
House. who intends to stay there if
he can for at least four years longer.
That man permitted the phony
draft" movement to go unchecked
until the very hour when the con-
eVention was ready to begin nomi-
mating. He could not heitBdt know
that such a movement was under
full headway and that only he could
check it.
THAT man, when he did speak ill
directly to the convention on the
third-term issue. encouraged rather
than discouraged the draft which
resulted in his denomination in Vio-
hftion Of 144 years of unbroken ma
tiOnal precedent, in violence to the
convictions of both delegates and
the rank and file of his party and in
ruthless disregard of the rights of
other qualified aspirants to have
their claims fairly passed upon by
an unbossed. Democratic" Conven-
tion. e,..rsr,.
That man ordered and forced the
of a man for Vice Presi-
dent whom the convention did not
want and whom it swallowed with
visible and audible repugnance.
That man virtually threw out the
National Chairman who through two
previous campaigns has given the
fullest measure of great political
genius to elevate and then to keep ,
in power the President who now has
discarded him.
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Non-Resgiistance

A few years ago many people
were saying that they would never
again assent TO any war-making act
by the United States. They favored
absolute non-resistance. They point
ed to Mahatma Gandhi, famous saint
OF India who with his doctrine Of
passive resistance forced the British
government to make great conces-
sions to his country. They say that
this attitude will eventually win
freedom for India, and hence ac-
complish far more than could be
achieved by fighting bloody war
What would such people do if a
conqueror like Hitler landed an ar
my over here and proceeded to bomb
our cities? They would probably say
they would quietly submit, and trust
to the power of justice and reason
to win a victory.
Jesus, it is said, in His Sermon on
the Mount, seemed TO advocate abso- |
Lutte non-resistance His words prob
ably referred only to minor injuries.
When cruel men trample on the
weak, that is a very different thing.
People of a gracious nature some
times think that love is the most
force, and would finally
overcome tyrants and Oppressors.
The tyrants and oppressors have US
ually continued their cruelties until
men became bold and desperate
enough to hurl them from their high
Lhrons of power. The tyrant laughs
at love, and he says he can put down
Justice as long as he has plenty of
men with steel bayOnets.
So while some excellent people, IN ,
spite Of tragic events in Europe.
still cling to the non-resistance the
,ry, it does not seem to work out :
eight captive nations that are for
ed like slaves to drag the Hitler :
,hariot, do not give added currency
o this idea.
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Getting Work Done

"A joke is going around about the
man who was asked by a visitor as
to whether there was trouble there
in finding work for the unemployed.
The answer was mo" that the
trouble was getting work out Of the
employed.
That crack may not at so well
NOW, since the possession Of Job
sfs considered 60 desirable that there
is little temptation to lie down on it.
There have been times: and may
be still in some places. where peo-
pie don't work with any spirit or
energy. It Is a fine thing for people
70 feel sure OF their Jobs. but If they
feel 90 sure that they think no one
cun take their places, their finish
l4aay Be nearer than they shspect.
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Fateful Anniversaries

The fateful dates have come
again when 26 years ago the world
burst out in flames, and an earth
quake of war began to rock this
planet The first declaration came
July 2S, 1914, when Austria declared
war against Serbia. On August 4,
Great Britain declared war against
Germany.
1t seems about the most amazing
thing in the history of this planet.
that only about week before these
earth shaking events, the modern
world had little idea of such a catas-
trophe. There was considerable fist
shaving across the frontiers, but
such things had happened before.
Thus in a few wild days of pas
sion, violent men commit acts which
will involve the world in misery for
centuries. And there seems no way
to control such outburst of passion.
When brutal rulers get complete
control of vast armies equipped
with every death dealing device,
they order these machines of slaugh-
ter around as you drive a herd Of
cattle.
1t was demonstrated in the last
war that such a conflict brings no
victory to anybody. Germany and
were crushed to the very
dust and lay bleeding for 20 years.
The victors, Britain. France, Italy,
and the United States, were so pro-
foundly shaken that they had only
partly recovered when the present
war broke loose.
The causes for the last war seem
A dastardly act had
Of course been accomplished, when |
he heir to the Austrian throne and !
mis- wife were assassinated five weeks |
before. But such a deplorable deed
vas no justification for the awful re-
jults that followed Over 100000
joldiers lost their lives, and 17,000.-
90 more were wounded. When will
he world learn not to come near
suicide by such acts of
upreme folly?
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Leadership OF Youth

If you study the ages of the men
who make up Congress, the member
ship of leading political conventions
and committees, you find that the
great majority are elderly people.
1t seems to take a long head for
politics, and youth has a way of fail
ing to understand all the undercur-
rents of this elusive game.
1t was not always so. The aver
age age of the men who signed the
Declaration Of Independence was
only As years. George Washington
became commander Of the American
army in the war of the Revolution
at the age Of 43, and Alexander Ham
ilton began his great work as secre-
tary of the treasury. which went far
to secure the success of the United
States, at the age of only 80. Per-
haps we are too fearful of young
men in the government today. We
need their energy and enthusiasm.
Milford chronicle., 1940-07-26
The Self Confident
Marriage

Self-confidence is the main re-
qulsite in getting married, according
to a University of Chicago sociolo-
gist. He said such people are apt
to be practical, congenial. and san
guine. Self-confldence is truly a
wonderful gift, and the people who
have gone ahead and done big
things have won out because they
had this confidence in their own.
powers.
Probably this authority would ad-
NIT there is such a thing as an ex-
cess of self-cohfidence. A too self
confident man has been known to
wind up with a grand smash be-
cause he ran his automobile into a
tree. or he trusted his judgment so
far that he bought worthless stocks.
If a person is not self-confident
enough to trust himself. who else
will trust him?
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thing.
The only person who never makes
any more mistakes Is q dead one
Lie Itself 10 full Of mistakes Il 4
made up Of mistakes. Life progress
sea ~ the knowledge and The wis-
dom that Is derived from mistakes.
The pinnacle Of success rests upon
the foundation composed Of the mis-
takes Of The past. The man who
never made any mistakes, never
made anything else, except a fail.
ure out og his life.
A bad mistake Is not always q
total loss. Il Is not all NEGATIVE IN
its aspect. There Is a positive side
to every mistake In our digcour-
agement. however. we very often fail
to see IT. Yet It Is there, like pure
gold hidden away IN a rough mug
get
One Of the worse mistakes to
make about your mistakes is to con-
sole yourself with some excuse and
to let Il go at that. Rather should
you try 20 extract that pure gold
hidden within, which Is the valuable
lesson that 1t has to teach you.
Il is out OF the mistakes made
when living wrongly that we discov-
er the secrets that make life rad
liant
Yesterdays mistakes have pre-
pared us to better cope with today's
problems. And strengthened by the
Of today, we shall make
tomorrow a day Of victory.
Are you longing to have a more radi-
ant llfe2 Write to Rev. c. NJ. Griaeth.
Ceciltcl, Nd. concerning your difficulty.
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"If had only done differently" /"
Are not these the very words that
you have said some time or other?
Who is there that has never made
such an exclamation?
Yet, however, we should not con-
denim ourselves too severely for
making mistakes Every time you
venture into something new to you,
YOU open yourself to the liability Of
making mistakes. On the other hand,
il you, through fear Of making a
mistake, never try something new,
you win never accomplish any
Milford chronicle., 1940-07-26
Strong and Weak Links

A chain is said to be only as
strong as its weakest link. If there
is one weak spot, the whole chain
will probably snap.
It is a good deal SO in the life Of
a business. The weak spots in any
concern affect the welfare of whole
town. If a business has single EN-
pIoyee who is careless in his work,
that neglect is likely to cause that
concern to'lose valuable customers.
When a concern loses valuable Gus
toners; they may go some distance
away to trade. TO make a strong
and growing town. every employee
IN every concern needs to be on his
toes. and doingshis best for himself.
bis employer, and tie home town.
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PEOPLE Who drive a team ol
horses sometimes ind that one Of
the horses fails to pull his share
Of the load. That trait is not con
fined to horses. It is often Illus
trated by the people who fail to
carry their share Of the load OF
maintaining a good town.
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PATRIOTISM is not merely aght-
Ing for your country. It also calls
for taking off your coat and working
10 make a better home town. the
Improvement Of which strengthens
he whole country.
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The Weed Pulling Job

Many people start out in spring
to plant nice gardens, and they
think they are going to have hand
some places through the summer.
When midsummer comes. many of
them say it is too hot to get out with
the hoe, and the weeds climb high
and obstruct the growth Of the
plants, and give the garden an. ap-
pearance Of neglect.
The pesky weeds perk up their
heads through the grass. and make
it rough and unsightly. They can
stand long periods of drought, while
the good grass withers IL not con-
stantly watered. If the householder
will tell his lazy self to quit this
erouching. andeif he win put on his
ovefalIs and root out those weeds.
the plants and the flowers and the
grass will give three cheers. and
march on to the end Of successful
summer.
YOU GET a benefit from buying
in the home store. where the people
know you personally, and have a
clear idea what you sgafl t anfi i,fed.
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RADIANT LIVING
sIF HAD ONLY"

By REv. c. n. 0RlFFETn
Faster l1e,hodist charsh. sceuilisa,
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Pasfor-Conn
Ready for
Ring Gong
Heovies Go ot Il
Tonight; UnluckY
Winner Gets Louis

NEW YoRK-Tt's tough % have
10 reveal = secret. but the truth
q the matter i that Billy Conn
and Bob Pastor are going 70 fight
tonight At Madison Square garden.
Conn 10 an Il to 5 favorite IN
this 15-round 70 between = couple
Of powder puff punchers. neither
o. whom can hit hard enough 70
break 4 window with brass knueks.
The big town b taking the
fight strictly In IT. stride and
for . while 10 seemed that the
boys would 70 the Is rounds
with nobody m the garden en-
eept their seconds and the
night Waterman. Yesterday
there was . little more In
fere<f. however. and Promoter
Mike Jacobs even began talk,
Ing about the possibility Of .
$4,000 gate.
Conn. light heavyweight cham
pion Of the world. Il making this
raid into the heavyweight ranks
in the hope that he can climb all
the way 20 q shot az Joe Louis
title. The Pittsburgh kid has
filled out q bit around the shoul-
ders and upper arms. but he and
everybody else viii be surprised
IL he weighs in above $50.
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T Evans In ninth.
TACOMA

Losing pitcher. Medeshini; runs re-
sponsible for. H. johnson 8. Meoe-
ghini Z: struck out. BY II. johnson
.. by Medeghini s. by Porter 4: bases
on balls. off H. johnson /. off Mede-
5 runs scored off Medeehini In sh
innings; wild pitch. Porter. passed bali
Younker; left on bases. Yakima 8.
Tacoma Z: home run. Younker: three
base hit. B. johnson: tvo-hase hits.
Bliss. Weigandt. Garretson 2. FARRELL.
Riekert. runs oatted In. b. johnson.
Whipple, Younker. Garretson q. Par
Bliss. stolen bases stamper. Bliss.
b. johnson. Garretson. Farrell.
double plays. stamper 20 Madrid 20
Reese. Baer 70 oarretson: time. z.ie.
umpirex. Nelson and Clarke.
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Caplinger Sold

POCATELLO, IdA.-Bill Caplin-
ger. number one pitcher Of the
Pioneer league and top hurier Of
the Pocatello Cardinals, has been
sold to Sacramento Of the Pacific
Coast league for three players and
an undisclosed amount Of cash. II
was announced today.
Caplinger. who played with
Albuquerque Of the Arizona
Texas league last year, now
tops the Pioneer league In
games wen and lost and In
strikeouts- He has won II.
lost ! and ehAlked mp e61
sfrikeoufs-
Coming to the Cards in the deal
viii be Narney Bridgers and Don
Galindo. both owned by Sacra-
mento but playing with Pocatello
this year. and Mel wasley. out
fielder.
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Six Road Trips
WHITMAN COLLEGE, walla

WHITMAN COLLEGE, Walla
waila-Facing the College of Pu-
get Sound in Tacoma, Oct. Is.
whitman's football team viii play
six out Of eight games on the road
this fall.
The Missionaries meet only Col
orado college and College Of Idaho
in Walla Walla, tangling with four
Northwest conference teams.
Whitworth Of Spokane and East
ern Oregon College of Education
away from home.
Practices begin for the Mission
aries Sept 10. with Coach Mig
Borleske and recently-appointed
Assistant Coach Richard c. Aims
lie. a Purdue graduate, expected
TO arrive this weekend.
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Came Chiefs Overruled

OLYMPIA. wash-Fresh water fishing derbies.
game animal bird-hunting contests today had
the sanction Of the state Supreme Court. which
ruled that the State Game Commission could not
prevent offering OF prizes for display of large
game.
The court held the state could not prosecute
Beryl s. tBaldy) Miles. Olympia sporting goods
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operator. for offering $40 prize TO the person
displaying the largest deer at his store during
hunting season.
The legislature granted the commission power
to regulate taking of game animals. fish or birds
but did not empower 1t to regulate the display of
such animals. the court said. It ruled the CON-
mission exceeded Its authority In passing regu-
lation barring displays
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pitcher. fentsr: Q hits runs off
renter in plus innings: no hits
no runs off Oliver IN innings; ls
hits runs off Goldman IN plus
i hif no runs off Merrill IN in
nlngs: struck out. By Fenter 4. by
oliver /, by Goldman .. by Merrill
none: base on balls. off Fenter /, OIL
oliver none. Goldman 3. Merrill
none: wild pitch. Goldman; passed
balls. Barker and Lloyd. lett on
bases. Salem 6. Vancouver 5: home
runs. eamhammer, Lishtner, Orteis
two pas< hits. Cailteaux .. Edy q;
runs batted in, orteig 8. Coscarsrt 2.
LLOYD 4. samhammer. Llshtner. Rob-
ertson, Shinn. Edy. Merrill: sacrifice,
Renter: double plays. Knoll TO Harris.
Stewart to CaiItesux. Sinner to Call
tesux: time of game. 2io, umpires,
Nenexich and Cole.
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FOOTBALL Is on Us . positively and definitely
Coaches have their charges out going through the
: first preliminary work Of the season
Day in and day you viii find the mentors the
most energetic workers In the schools
Theirs Is easy job. II things along vel and the
breaks right the coach attans happy mood But his
work will have just the same. There can be no lei
up unless ne wishes gamble with defeat which Is misery
in the blacklist of robes for the grid chief
having individual who find hfie
to look forward to many angles
pronounced handling the ones who are
swelhead the pulled Uranium
believe they exclusive supreme
almost In their abilities
Rockne and his method Of
hand one sweIlheaded kid In particular
question bseked player wasn't having suen
q good day. Rock yanked him out OF the contest
The IL usually In abb:
through there fast didn't kne"
good"
Rock replied. only Rock could
back In this game just show those tackles
your serapbaok They'll let through then"
handling this Of player but
eliminate serious busa
of grid collaboration
Some succeed some don't but all try
should that sefspprasal often leads 10
seriou achievement
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Runs hated IN CoIe. 5pIkeT Z. =
cobar. ponetti 2. TTaxler. Faleonl'
t~o-naee hit. Escobar: home runs.
splk<r Z. Benefit. Trailer: stolen
bases, rAiconi. Bonetti, Martinez,
double plays. Sickle 70 hcGinnls 70
Evsrx uorenouss 70 Jewell to Esco-
oar. bz.e On balls. eff WY 2, OF
candlni 3: struck out. By WY /. ny
candini :: hifs. eff wry IN innings
Il. Of Candlni II innings 7. hit
ny pitcher. Esconar by Wry. winning
pitcher. candini: losing pitcher. WY:
umnire<, Moran ana claoaush. time
OF game. / IS.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati SIS IS .s4s =. 25
BROOKLYN Ia 81 SIS 4 81
Legend CD. game behind; Gtp-
games to play.
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Five hits = runs off Fallin In i.
IL and 5 of ssope in e.; runs re-
sponsiele for Faliin 4. W. Thomas
8. swops s: struck out. BY W. Thomas
8, S~ope |: bases on balls. off W.
Thomas !; three base nit. Jensen.
home runs. Gsribaldi. Gill .: two
base hits. Sslkeld. Stewart. Mesner
sperry. Annunzio. Svope; sacrifices.
Mcdonald. Stewart. W. Thomas. runs
batted IN. sAlkeld q. 0aribaldi 3.
sperry. Sgope. Patchstt 2. Gin ..
s. Portland I. double play. =. Mar
shall to sehuab to Reich. sild pitch.
swcpe
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Hun Fekponslble TOT. duakAltss
struck out. Gonzales 1. Morris !:
bases on balls Gonzales .. Norris ..
two-nase hit. qaribaldi: runs nsttec
in. Nesner, left on bases. San Diego
O. Portland Z: double plays. Mesner
20 sp<rry 70 Mcdonald .. =. Marsnall
TO Reich 2. Sperm 20 Msxner 70 Nc
nnnaid
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Losing pitcher. ATdizoiai INNINGS
pitched. BY Ardizois A.. lost az;
at bat. off Ardlzoia 10, TosI II: hits.
off Ardizoia 5. Tost 3: runs respon-
sibIe for. Ardizoia T. Prim /. lost 8:
struck out. by Ardizoia /. Prim 7.
Tost .: bases on bslln. off Ardizois 3.
Prim 1. Tost /. Monerief q: left on
bases, Hollywood 8. Los Angeles 8:
home runs, Eovikoff q. three-bsse
hit. Hovikoff. runs batted In. Fovi-
koff i. Moore. Gryska. STATE. Stringer;
sacrifice. Prim: double plays. Herman
to Dapper to Kahle. Jowrey TO
5tringer TO Collins.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE

Yesterdays RESULTS
New York 50, Boston IL.
Cincinnati 8, Pittsburgh 3.
Brooklyn Q, Philadelphia S.
Only games scheduled.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

Indianapolis 6. Columbus s.
Louisville 7. Toledo 3.
Observation-Disclosures City, post
poned. rain.
ST. Paul 4. Milwaukee q
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Pioneer League
By UNITED PRESS

Ogden Reds earned exclusive
right to third place in Pioneer
league standings last night as the
race continued for . spot In the
shaughnessy playoff. Idaho Falls
claimed fourth place and Pocatello
skidded to fifth.
Ogden split . doublehsader. los
and 40. with Salt Lake and
grabbed a half-garne margin over
Idaho Falls.
Pocateilc. tied Wednesday
night with Ogden for third
place, lost q douhleheader to
Idaho Falls. IA. Ia. and
dropped into NTH place. Un-
der playoff rules only the top
four teams may participate.
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M] The


Yesterdays RESULTS
Vancouver &. Salem Q.
Yakima 5. Tacoma 4.
wenatches 2. Spokane 1.
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PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

YESTERDAYS RESULTS
Seattle 5. Sacramento 2.
San Diego e-1, Portland so.
oakisnd-san Francisco. rainec
out.
Los Angeles 10. Hollywood 2.