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Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-26
PROGRAM Recommended TO Protect
Nation's S -Four Million Migratory
Workers; Low Wages Hit

WASHINGTON, July 26. CUP)-
A seven-point federal program to
protect 100000 migratory work
ers was recommended to President
Roosevelt today by the interdepart-
mental committee to coordinate
health and welfare activities.
The committee said that low
wages paid workers who trek from
state to state in search of seasonal
employment and the long gaps be-
tween jobs keep most of them
within the lowest income groups
in the nation"
The committee said that devel-
opment of a federal program was
essential Ito meet emergency sit
uations that have developed and
will continue to develop" 1t recon-
mended:
l. Appropriation of federal funds
to supplement state funds in pro-
viding health and medical service
for migrants.
2. Legislation empowering the
federal government to regulate in
terstate labor contractors.
3. Expansion of the farm Sc
curity administrations camps for
migratory agricultural workers.
4. Establishment of a general re-
lief program on a federal-state ba-
sis to prevent discrimination"
against the migrants.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-26
Conductor Falls
Beneath Wheels
Of Moving Boxcar
Ralph Ray Loses Leg
In CalexicO Rail
Accident

CALEXICO, July 26. =
Ralph H. Ray, 40, railroad
conductor, fell beneath a
moving boXcar here today
and the wheels cut off one
leg near the knee and mangled the
other foot so badly that surgeons
amputated it.
The conductor was setting the
hand brake on top of the car after
it had been taken to siding near
the Grant street crossing by train
No. 1853. Suddenly he slipped and
plunged to the track in front OF
the moving car, Calexico officers
said.
He talked to officers and smoked
cigarette in the ambulance while
en- route to a hospital.
Jack Sears, engineer on train No
1858, and Ted L. Bruce, the fireman,
said Rays foot slipped while he
worked with the hand brake atop
the car.
Rays physician said he was rest
ing comfortably and might survive
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-26

5. Federal aid for educational.
recreational and welfare services
in communities faced with the mi
gratory problem.
6. A general federal-state re-
lief program with federal funds
given on a variable grant" basis
TO provide poorer states with a
larger portion of aid.
7. A series of regional conferen-
ces to promote public understand
ing of the problem.
A house committee investigating
migratory workers announced that
it would begin a first-hand study
of the problem in New Jersey on
Saturday. prior to hearings in New
York next Monday
Committee Chairman John II.
Tolan said that New York's mayor.
Fiorello II. La Guardia, would be
a witness and that other hearings
will follow in the south, southwest.
midwest and far west
The nterdepartmental committee
estimated that at least 100000 OF
the migratory workers look TO az
riculture for employment while n
like amount turn TO industry. The
total number. ii said. includes
more than 100000 children most
of whom are deprived of medical
attention ard educational oppor-
tunities.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-26

in the trial OF j. Sterling
Oswalt, former police chief of El
Centre, and seven other persons
on charge of conspiring to kid
nap H. Yamatoda, Japanese gam
bling car
N. Marayuma, former secretary
of Yamatoda, refuted Yamatoda's
statement that he had no gambling
interests. Marayuma said that on
many occasions Yamatoda had CIV
en- him large sums of money to
turn over to proprietors of Tokyo
clubs on the Pacific coast.
"On Sept. 25, 1888, Yamatoda
gave me $4,000 to give to Ben Ma
kada, manager of the Vallejo club,
to defray the clubs defenses," Mar
ayuma testified.
"On many other occasions he gave
me large sums OF money to turn
over to other clubs"
Marayuma said that on the night
Yamatoda left the Los Angeles To-
kyo club for a rendezvous with
Mitsuo Tagawa, his gambling rival
he saw Nakada, then his bodyguard
toss gun on a table as he said
There may be trouble and I don't
want to use this"
The defense contended that the
fetfd between Yamatoda and Taxa
wa ended in the kidnapping charge
against the defendants.
During his testimony, Marayuma
quoted Moe Sheffield, former Los
Angeles police officer and later a
bouncer in the Tokyo club in that
city, as saying:
Il think it would be a swell idea
if we could fix up a kidnap story
SO that we could get a warrant
against Ota and Tagawa and put
them in jail"
He referred to Satsuza Ota, for
mer husband of the late Lucy Ban
ming, Los Angeles socialite.
Marayuma also said that on one
occasion group of Yamatoda's
supporters went to the district at
torney's office and tried to get a
complaint against the defendants.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-26

tax rate. The balance was taken
care of by estimated revenue to the
city from other sources.
Last year, on a $1.85 tax rate
the city expected 20 raise $3.50, 143
by direct levy. Total valuation fig
ureS this year were above those
of last year.
Largest single department expense
budgeted was for the water depart
ment which totaled $78,645. This in
cluded $39,755 in capital improve
ments expected such as new water
mains and new tank. Last year the
budget called for $68,509.
Next item in size was bond and
coupon payments which was $55,078.
The police department followed
with estimated expenditures of $33,-
925. Last year $4,000 was budgeted
and $38,010 spent. Salary expense
was cut about $500 under the new
budget, as we'll as other items.
The clerks office, which included
$1,000 for the rest room, was next at
$30,550, which compares with $29,-
$50 budgeted last year. The new
figure includes provision for $4,000
in new equipment. Last year the
office spent $28,073.
The engineering and administra-
! ton department was on the budget
for $9,255 where it was $10,150 last
year. Salaries were estimated at
1880 as opposed to $8,288 paid out
last year.
The health department was bud
geted for $13,500, the same as last
year, and the street department for
$31,315. The inspection department
was $4,000. Last year, the combined
street and inspection departments
quota was $38,618.
Biggest jump was in the sewer
department which was down for
$21 $50, including $4,000 for ex-
pected repairs and $4,000 for ex-
tensions. Last year the total figure
was $3.50.
The fire department was slated
to get $27,38O next year as COM
pared with $29,57O budgeted last
year of which $25,321 was spent.
The park department was provid-
ed for with $3.50 as compared with
$11 900 last year and the library
budget totaled $13,450 as compared
with $14,l00 budgeted last year.
The proposed recreation program
was on the budget for $2,74O.
Last year the city came within
$299 II living within it's means.
The extra expense was due to earth
quake emergency.
Promotion and music last year
(chamber of commerce) which is
flat ten cents on the rate was
expected TO raise about the same
as last year, $12,424.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-26
La Guardia Gives
Endorsement 10
Army Training
Military Program Would
Promote U. S. Unity,
Mayor Says

WASHINGTON, July 26.
(UP)-Mayor F. H. LaGuar-
dia of New York, who served
as a World war aviator, to-
day endorsed the principle of
compulsory military training as a
means of promoting national unity
However, he recommended numer-
GUS changes in the pending Burke
Wadsworth compulsory selective SER
vice bill which would require the
registration of 100000 American
men from l8 to IS for selection for
some form of national service.
He told the house military affairs
committee that emphasis should be
placed on training youth, starting
with boys just out of high schools
to take places in skilled industrial
work, rather than merely placing
them in military service categorieS
Universal service to ones country
the New York mayor said, would
greatly unity the country and make
citizens realize their national re-
sponsibility.
First Witness
La Guardia was the first of sew
mittee session. This committee, as
we'll as the senate military affairs
committee, hope to have the meas
ure ready for floor consideration
next week.
Drastic changes in the proposed
legislation, however, will be sought
on the senate floor, where a move
developed to try other methods OF
raising big army.
Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg, r.
Mich, suggested that curtailment
of the army's enlistment period
from three years to one year would
stimulate enlistment and might
make conscription unnecessary.
La Guardia said national unity
was a great factor in the process
of the German army.
Their method" he said, sis ab-
horrent, repulsive to me. They did
it on philosophy of murder and
repression. 1 think we can do it
based on a philosophy of love and
neighborliness and understanding
Chairman Andrew j. May asked
La Guardia whether he thought
conscription would lead America
into war.
Gentlemen" the mayor replied
''I say with all the earnestness OF
Continued on Page 6, COL 81
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-26
England BaIks
German Offensive
In Channel Fight
British Report ROut of
Nazi Fleet; %
Planes DOWned

LONDON, July 26. (UP)
The first real battle of
torpedo boats off the English
coast was disclosed today as
Great Britain renewed a
stubborn and effective fight against
Germany's air and sea offensive.
The battle between nine German
motor torpedo boats and. two Brit
ish torpedo boats and two destroy
ers was fought during a sea and air
engagement around a British con-
voy and the admiralty said the
German ships fled after 15>minutes,
laying down smoke screen that
hid the damage inflicted on them.
Two more German bombing planes
were brought down up to midafter-
noon and the British trawler Flem-
ing was sunk as the Nazis resumed
aerial raids on coastal shipping and
land objectives that cost th6Ii an
asserted loss of % airplanes-a
record for the warm the previous
"a hours.
The admiralty admitted the DAM
aging of two destroyers, including
the 1,360-ton Boreas, the sinking
of five small ships and the damag-
ing of five others in a powerful
German attack on a convoy yes
terday. (The Germans claimed to
have sunk IL out of % ships in
the convoy and to have destroyed
a total of $4,000 tons of ships.)
The trawler Fleming was hit amid
ships and sank during action be-
tween two of our trawlers and four
German dive bombers," the ad-
miralty said, but it was during the
big battle over the British convoy
yesterday that torpedo boats OF
both nations went into action in
major operation for the first
time.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-26
Two hikers Die of Heart Failure
In High Attitudes of Sierra
Nevada, -Four Others Rescued

CAMP NELSON, Tulare County,
Cal, July 26. CUP)-Four fatigued
members of the annual Sierra club
hiking party arrived here today
after being brought out from the
rugged high terrain of the Sierra
Nevada mountains in eastern Tulare
county by an emergency pack tsin.
The four persons were fatigued
from over-exertion in the rarified
atmosphere at more than two mile
elevations. Authorities reported yes
terday two members of the Sierra
club trip had died of heart failure
as result of crossing Forester pass
which is about 1880 feet in ele-
walton and near Mt Whitney
highest peak in continental United
States.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-26

Members of the pack train said
the morale of the mixers had been
worn down by the successive deaths
of H. w. Mergenthal SO. Richmond,
and Vincent R. Smith, 80, Los An
geles.
The four mixers, George Rodder-
bush of San Francisco. Mr.. and
Mrs. M. Goble and Miss Marilyn
Simpson of Berkeley. arriving at
Quaking Aspen Meadow above
Camp Nelson last Sunday. The
packers found the tired mixers at
Junction Meadow between the head
waters of the Kaweah and Kern
river after a two-day trip in the
rough, steep terrain of the black
Kaweah country.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-26
Italy Reports
Gibraltar bombinu

ROME, July 26. UP)-A high
command communique said today
that Italian planes had effective
ly" bombed Gibraltar and returned
safe to bases. 1t was the second
Italian raid on the British base
recently.
The bombers made their attack
after a long night flight, the COM
munique said.
A British plane, one of a fleet
that bombed Derna in italian
North Africa, was shot down, the
communique said. There were few
casualties and little damage as the
result of the bombing, it was as
serted.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-26
Roosevelt Urged
To Offer Peace

LONDON, July 26. (UP)-The Ger
man controlled Netherlands radio.
in broadcast picked up here to-
day, said that Netherlands
peace committee" had appealed
to President Roosevelt to offer his
services to seek an honorable
peace" to prevent the destruction
of one of the two brother peoples.
1t was asserted that the commit
tee was seeking to convene an in
ternational conference at the
Hague.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-26
ThundersEloWers
Bring Relief In
Seven Day Heat
Temperatures Tumble as
Welcome Rains Cool
Sweltering West
BY UNITED PRESS

ThundershOwers rumbled
across the nation today and
brought relief from a week
long heat wave.
Temperatures tumbled after the
rain fell in the northern tier of
states and the U. S. Weather Bu-
reau forecast that high winds
would push the cooler weather zone
eastward and westward in the wake
of storms tonight and tomorrow.
The mercury fell to 66 degrees at
Minneapolis, Mimi, early today.
Two days ago Minneapolis had re-
corded l03 degrees.
Wind and hail accompanied the
Continued on Page 6 Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-26
American Plane
Production Slowed
By Red Tape

LOS ANGELES, July 26. CUP)-
Robert E. Gross. president of Lock-
heed Aircraft Corp, predicted to-
day the American aviation indus
try could, with help and elimina-
tion of ''red tape" produce 10000
to 10000 airplanes year.
He asked that army-navy pro-
curement methods be simplified
and that money spent for relief
be used for training the unemploy-
ed for jobs in the industry and
other phases of national defense.
The industry's present floor
space of roughly 100000 square
feet must be more than tripled to
around 50,000,000, Gross said, to
meet requirements imposed by the
defense program.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-26
Cabinef Approves
Sfricter Blockade

LONDON, July 26. UP)-The
British cabinet has approved i'm
portant blockade-ti Tightening meas
ures limiting imports of European
neutrals to articles which can be
demonstrated as essential and only
for home consumption, it was un-
derstood today.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-26
CAPONE ASSOCIATE
KILLED BY GUNMEN

CHICAGO. July 26. UP)-Two
men, one Of them tentatively iden-
titled as James Chew Tobacco)
Ryan, a prohibition era Capone
gang associate, were wounded cri-
tically today by gunmen who pour
ed three shotgun blasts into their
automobile.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-26
HAVANA PARlEY
DRIVES FOR UNITY

HAVANA, July 26. (UP) The
Havana conferences first accom-
plishment of worldwide significance
was concluded today when the dele
gates circu1arized a Brazilian prof.
ect endorsing the Rio de Janeiro
commissions codes on an interna-
tional neutrality law.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-26
fA AMBLING
X EPORTER
Page The Professor

Page The Professor
Nov for a reStful weekend OF
golf'
Mr.. and Mrs. zernie Sharp settl-
f. ed themselves in their new car the
Other day and breezed toward the
coast. In each mind were hazy Wis
ions of breaking 80.
When they reached Los Angeles
Zernie asked Evelyn:
Did you put the golf sticks ir
the back?"
And Evelyn asked zernie:
Didn't YOU put the golf sticks
in the back?"
Neither had, and as there was ne
good fairy around to do it fol
them the net result was that the
sticks were not in, the car.
So they had a really restful week.
end, which was maybe just as we'll
Hidden Assets
If City Clerk Neal Gavin keep
on digging around the clerks Of
flee he may unearth a gold mine
In forgotten drawer this Weel
Neal found S? money order writ
ten to the city in 1885 as paymen
of tax on an automobile. 1t was tt
the account of L. Glenn Wilson. Il
had never been caShed.
Visiting Fireman.
One of those wandering turtles
has turned up again. this time a
the home of A. w. Newkirk, where
it waddled in this week just II
time for breakfast.
Apparently he had eaten, how
ever, because he politely declined
ham and eggs.
; Lured Back
Had you heard that "Buck" Den
ham is now riding again?
Buck. who was raised in the sad
ole but soured on horse-backine
not so long ago swore by the great
horned spoon that he and horses
would always be parted. But just
to show how ineffective an oath
bv the spoon can be, we learn that
Buck has bought a sulkv ana is
breaking q mare TO naflleSS!
O.
HOItviIIe'S Dictator
When crazier things to do are
invented. Pedro the -year-old
monarch of Holtville's alleys, will
invent and do them.
Pedro, who owes some slight al
legiance to Joe Holmes in return
for his room and board, is a cat.
But what a cat! He eats anything
even remotely resembling food.
Thursday night he ripped into a
fine meal of raw potato topped off
with raw turnip!
They say that every cat in town
must first pass muster before Pc
elro will let him remain. Woe to a
cat that arouses Pedros anger
He eats them raw, too.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-26
Baseball
BY UNITED PRESS
NATIONAL


Chicago .... 030 900 803-14 13 2
New York .... 100 900 0O0-1 7
French & Todd; Melton, Dean &
Danning, O'Dea.
ST. Louis .... 101 900 001-3 7
Brooklyn ... 900 900 1903 5
Called on account of rain.
Warneke, Hutchinson, Lanier,
Doyle & Owen; Tamulis, Casey &
Phelps.
Pittsburgh 200 300 1913 13 l
Boston ........-. 900 600 OO0-0 S 3
Cincinnati at Philadelphia, night.
AMERICAN
Philadelphia 002 120 200-7 II 2
Detroit .... 010 900 030-4 8
Washington 900 OIL 000-2 8 3
Cleveland .. $50 005 20x-13 20 0
New York at Chicago, night.
Boston at st. Louis, night.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-26
Former yumutodu
Secretary Tells
Of kidnop Plot
Japanese Refutes Testimony Of Gaming
Gar. Recalls Transfer Of Monies
Be+we en- Gambling Clubs

LOS ANGELES, July 26.-References to gunpay, kid
nap plots and profits of japanese gambling clubs marked
testimony taken Thursday the eleventh week of th
Yamatoda kidnapping trial drew to close
Federal court adjourned until next TuesdAY to hea
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-26
Bud get Provides
About Same Citv
Cost as 3q-40
FL Centro Government Plans to Spend
$330,000 lin Year as Comparable
$33I, ,q9OSet Aside Previously

Final budget figures released Friday from the city
hall in Ell Centre showed expenditures for the 194O41
fiscal year estimated at $330O3S, opposed to 1881 1892
budgeted for last year.
OF this figure the city council hoped to raise 254
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-26
COOPERATE With
New Europe Order
Fuehrer Demands
World Economic Conflict Spreads to
Western Hemisphere Following
Embargo on Oil, Iron
. BY UNITED PRESS :

Adolf Hitler sent terse warning to the United States
Friday to cooperate with the new order" being set up
Europe face the loss of trade controlled by the Axis
powers Hitlers warning to the United States on
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-26

Butter: Los Angeles 29c, but
terfat, Imperial Valley I. o. b. ranch.
grade A 37Iac; manufacturing milk
33c. route gathered cream 2Sc.
L. A. hay: u. s. No. 1 $500
U. S. No. 2 Ieafy $11.5O-12; u. s. No
2 S9.50-10; Mpls. September flax,
S1.52h.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-26

(TOtal cash, checks and drafts sent
through the two FL Centre banks.)
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-14
DELINQUENT
TAX LIST
CITY of Fl Centro, Calf.
Fiscal Year 1o3o-1o4O

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that default has
been made in payment of taxes due the City of FL
Centre for the year ending June 30, 1910 upon pro-
perty hereinafter described
And unless the taxes so delinquent on said pre-
perty, together with all penalties and costs due
thereon are paid at the office of the Tax Collector
in the City Hall on or before Friday, July 5, 1940
at 1000 o'clock A. NJ all of said property described
in the following list which said taxes, penalties
and costs are unpaid will that date and at the
hour above specified by operation of law be sold to
the City of Ell Centre and that such sale will be
made in the office of the Tax Collector.
DATED this 14th day of June 1910
H. E. COX
H. E, Cox, Tax Collector
of the City of Ell Centre,
State of California.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-14

Rest. M O.. Townsite Playground Pin. OF D. A. r.
beg at pt. of Int of My Ii. of S. P. Drill Trk
RW as Sd Ii now exists with Ely Ii. OF End
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FAIRGROUNDS thence My alg Ely sd. H. OF Fan.
grounds to pt of int. thereof. with Ely proc OF
Center H. of Commercial Ave. tn WY aig sd:
Center H. of Commercial Ave. prod as aforesaid
to pt which would be intercted by 50. Ely H. u o.
ond st II cd II of 2nd ST was prod. My tn
Sly alg Sd last name Ii to the P O. b. except
ptn to S. P. R. R. r/w ~. -.
F., Centre Milling Co.. Township Playground Tract
Pin of D. A. F. Beg. at s. T. cor. OF trac.' .ne
IsI &, n a ut tn W. 4O755' to pit. tn.
S alg. E. H. of Lot Is to pit tn w. 1879 70
ut in w Ii. of Lot tn N alg. w. IL Is to
Z to B. l28l2 1t)
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-14

Arroyhead P,,ritas DIST INC tnunste. Fairprnunds
Tract Ptr Of n A F. Rno at Pt. 636' NV
from y pt IN 6 II ~ sd Fai"oror',ds. u'h nj
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Prod Nlv. thence inn " nrli tn s II ~ 90
psirvro,,rds thence Nlv 7o9' II. nrll with
~ 2>S thence w mo l'ne nrl
with & w. ~ 81 Fai~prn,'nds IN S'v 729 on E
n ~ md st IN no'>t of beginning
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The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-08-30
METHODIST MISSION
AIRY AUXILIARY

The final meeting Of the Metflo-
dist Missionary Auxiliary Eaa held
In the church ct Noes Point On
Monday afternoon. The next meet
Ing VIII be- the zame organization.
but viii be called shs Wosnan's De
vision o. Christian Service. NArt-
Gus e~ea=anittees for ~perfsrilng nts
new society we're appointed D. uis
pastor. Rev Il. l. Walton. With Mfz
John Ciriot. Mrs ". II. Alexander
and Mrs J. y Love Is efsziFBen
MIRA Jchn CiFtOh president for tins
past two years. presided. and led
The program In : study e American
jews. Mira Emmett ooff I'd he
meditation taken fFozn Ehs ssEh
chapter Of Isaiah. Others taking
part IN the program we're Ms
Tflile swan Mrs z. c. Honek. ard
Miss Ina Thompson Ine final
Ntnd-up Of the Auxiliary brought
The nesting % . elose a historian
far uhe new organization saa slsefed
and al members wlfI b4 charter
members Of TIE Woznau's Division
Of Christian gerFfee
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-08-30
Home Demonstration
Club Of Vancleave
Has Enjoyable Picnic

Tbs Naneianse ftczne Kbeunonaifa-
LAaa Clan sase = rlerae a. kaa
bsAkhs Oeean Hpa4nR1. en- AAAsi13k
-. win aKfoak ullftF4two members
ard guests Ia attendance.
MTa Burton nn&HFtn fusniahed
transportation m . school bun
upsa arriving Is na hxneh several
ef he ETezsp began Sfshbfne. tiN
ypuna nasta hoss snfit k~f1ifmkane
soMa made anlaho, whlle others
fried fin At naon ! most apEeftz-
Inz dinner nf ssafoszds. soiNas and
ether asleetabss aasfNs vcfe most
heartily enlossd hg ths pieniEksfa
After iaaseh Msa n Il ne1km
~ elabs representative "A ne
FaEm ard H1gEe Week NJ state
CeilAzs. Ras9 A. enthusiastic fspost
e hef uia
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-08-30

Mrs Julian Stewart returned TO
her home in Gulfport Sunday after
SPENDING the week end visiting MI.
and Mrs. H. b Overstreet
Mrs. H. II. HASTEN. Mrs. J. II.
Hill. Misses Marion Hasten and
Doris Newman and Midshipman H
II. Hasten. II. enjoyed Q few days
visit last week down the coast and
In New Orleans.
D.
Miss Anita vigil returned 70 her
hone in Magnolia. Miss. Sunday.
after \ few days visit In the home
Of MI. and Mrs. Edgar Simmons.
%
Mrs Edwin Mays. Laura Eram
Mays. HRS r. e Davis and Mrs
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-08-30
BRIDGE PARTY At

Mrs. W. O. ErouFne entertained
az her home on Thursday afternoon
at q bridge party.
Delicious Ice cream and cake we're
served ard the afternoon vas pleas
anfiy spent with several games Of
bridge. Refreshing. cooling drinks
were served during the games.
MRS. A ]. Franklin received the
high scare prize. frs. 3 Peterzeil