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Evening star., 1940-07-23
Bruce Boird q Grandfather

Bruce Baird, chairman Of the Dis
trict Chapter, Red Cross War Relief
Campaign, and president of the
National Savings & Trust Co., was
one Of the happiest men in the
financial district today. He has Just
received word Of the birth Of q
grandson In Los Angeles, Robert
Bruce McDougall, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. William L. McDougall.
Evening star., 1940-07-23
Band Concerts

by Lnc UnlCeO OIdtcS NAVY 0dIO
at the World War Memorial tonight
at 7:3O o'clock. 1t. Charles Benter,
leader; Charles Brendler, assistant
leader.
Grand march, Hail America"
Drumm
Overture, "Ruy Bias" Mendelssohn
Solo for trombone, MY Old Ken
lucky Home" ----- - Smith
Musician Homer Phillips.
"Danse Boheme" ------B Bizet
Ballet from Coppelia" -----Delibes
Suite of two numbers:
(a) "None But the Weary
Heart" --T Tschaikowsky
(b) "Danse Russo Tschaikowsky
"Valse Bluette" -------D Drigo
Selections from the musical COM
edy Madam Sherry" Hoschna
Hungarian Rhapsody No. H."
Listz
"The Star spangled Banner"
BY the United States Soldiers
Home Band at the Soldiers Home
bandstand this evening at Z o'clock.
John s. M. Zimmerman, bandmas-
ter; Anton Pointner, assistant.
Program.
March, "Boy Scouts Of America"
John Philip Sousa
Overture, lie Poupee de Nurem-
berg" (The Doll of Nurem-
OSTR) ---------- AAoAAo
Solo for clarinet, "Almora" (Di-
vertisement) --- lie There
Musician Virgilio Villatico.
Excerpts from musical comedy,
You're In Love" -Friml
Popular numbers:
Winding My Business Donaldson
"Old Man Sunshine" Warren
Valse Lente. "Epithalane" "a
wedding poem) Came
Finale, Boots and Saddles" "--Lusk
The Star spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1940-07-23
mo. 9 OF q Series.)

While the police are supposed to
enforce the anti-letter ordinances,
more often than not trash strewn
across a back yard or an alley con-
stitutes a health menace. It is then
the police bow to the Bureau of
Sanitary Inspection of the Health
Department and its II men on
routine inspection"
The question then naturally arises
whether II men, whose average age
is SO and who had no training in
sanitary engineering before joining
the municipal government. can keep
free from this type Of health hazard
a city Of 663,000 population with an
estimated 100000 dwellings and
business places.
There are 10 other sanitary in
spectors in the bureau, but their
work is limited to industrial In
spection of some Is varieties.
Variety Of Duties.
The routine inspectors make
house-to-house inspections, answer
complaints, reinspect to see that
nuisances have been abated, serve
notices for other inspectors, locate
responsible persons with respect to
the conditions they have found and
make hundreds Of what are termed
"omcial calls"
This Is an example Of an omcial
call. A householder may want to
raise chickens. To do 30, he must
get the signed consent Of q certain
percentage Of his neighbors. The
inspector checks with every neigh
Dor to verify the signatures. As
many as so ofncial calls may be
made In one case.
The inspectors have no police
authority. II they inspect . back
yard and find the trash piled there
constitutes q health menace, they
serve notice on the tenant or the
owner to clean up the mess. When
the notice expires, which might be
anywhere from % hours to s days
Evening star., 1940-07-23
Boy, 2, Recovering
From 2-Stoy Fall :

Two-year old Paul Dodson, IT,,
who fell Sunday from q second
story window Of his home at 1928
Fifteenth street NV, was reported
recovering today in Emergency Hos
pital, where he was taken for treat
ment.
The boy, who was celebrating his
second birthday the day he fell, is
said to have suffered . skull frac.
ture, but as there is NO depression
in the skull as . result of the acci-
dent complete recovery Is expected,
1t was said at the hospital
Evening star., 1940-07-23

there and also marks whether it is
an original inspection, q reinspec-
ton or an official call.
According to Mr.. Butts, the in
spector is supposed to average 16
visits a day, consumes five minutes
in going from one place to the next
and averages Is minutes for each
inspection.
The fact that the routine inspec-
tors are barely scratching the sur
face Is apparent from these statis-
tics: A total Of 1889 houses were
inspected on house-to-house duty
last year. Added to this were the
9,942 complaints answered. Mr..
Butts himself estimated that there
are 100000 structures in the Dis
trict.
Drawn From Many Fields.
The United States Public Health
Service in 1888 made a survey of
the Health Department and its sub
sidiary agencies and made extern
sive recommendations for the Bu-
reau Of Sanitary Inspection. The
report pointed out that the inspec-
tors had previously been employed
as BARRIERS, actors, restaurant own
ers and lawyers, among other things.
Little or no effort" said the re-
port, has been made to assist the
sanitary inspectors in obtaining
training"
The report stated that the new
inspectors spend q few days going
the rounds with veteran inspectors
and then are on their own. They
have no supervisor and they are
the ones who decide whether or not
q nuisance has been abated. Only
In crises does the director go out
on the job. The report said further
that apparently answering Of COM
plants has the right Of way over all
other work"
It recommended that or 10
trained men be added to the force.
Mr.. Butts asked for nine men, in
cluding q supervisor, in the 1941
budget, but somewhere along the
line the request was deleted.
The City Refuse Department can
not venture Oh the public space. It
Is up to these II men to take care
Of all the conditions on private
property which add to the unsight-
dness Of the city as well as to its
dangers from the health point Of
view. Their own report for last
year corroborates the impression
gained from viewing vistas Of rub
bish-cluttered back yards and litter
strewn public and private alleys.
Evening star., 1940-07-23

at his home,
1926 Glenbrook
road NV, after
a four = month
illness of a heart
ailrnent.
Mr.. Kremer
was one of the
oldest members
in point of serv-
ice of the DEM
ocratic National
Committee, hav-
ing represented
Montana for
about 20 years,
He was vice
chairman in the
Evening star., 1940-07-23
|Ensiqn McGowun Shifted

Ensign william I. MCGOWAN of
Alexandria, Vas has been designated
10 naval aviator and ordered from
the Pensacola (Fla) training sta
ton to duty with Cruiser Squadron
|6, q. 8. s. Astoria, the Navy De-
partment announced yesterday.
Evening star., 1940-07-23
Copt. P. B. Huins ASSIGNED

Capt. Preston b. Hams, inspector
Of ordnance, in charge Of the naval
powder factory at Indianhead, Nd,
was assigned today to duty as COM
manding oficer Of the cruiser As
toria. relieving Capt. Richmond K.
Turner,
Evening star., 1940-07-23
J. Bruce Kremer Dies;
Lawyer and>Veteran
Democratic Leader
Succumbs to Long Illness
At Washington Home;
Funeral Thursday

j. Bruce Kremer, 81. lawyer and
former executive secretary and vice
chairman of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee, died early today
Evening star., 1940-12-19
Bank Guard Held Here
In S10,111 Pay Roll Theft

James Leroy Wells, 24-year-old
bank guard, was arraigned before
United States Commissioner Need
ham c. Turnage here yesterday
after Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton agents had arrested him for
the theft Of $10,111 from the Citi-
zens & Southern National Bank at
Savannah, Ga.
Wells was arrested during the
early morning hours here by Fed
eral agents and was booked at
police headquarters. He pleaded
guilty when arraigned before Com
missioner Turnage on charge of
"unlawfully entering a bank with
the intention of committing lar
ceny." Attorney David A. Hart is
representing Wells.
Federal agents said they had re-
covered $4,553 from Wells after his
arrest here. The money stolen was
from pay rolls funds in the bank,
the F. B. I. said.
The bureau, in a formal state
ment,, gave this story:
While employed as manager OF
an armored car service at Savan-
nah, Wells cashed pay roll check
for $118,212 at the bank. It was
his duty to divide the pay roll at
the bank into appropriate envelopes
for employees of A. K. Adams & CO.
and w. G. Sheppard, a construc-
ton firm.
After cashing the check, Wells
told fellow employees that he had
been called to Charlotte. N. C. The
shortage was discovered after he
left.
Evening star., 1940-12-19
Wholesale Business
For C|imbsto
S Billions
-rr
Census Bureau Figures
Show Gain Over 1885,
drop Since 1929

american wholesalers last year
reported sales of $55,1l2,468,000, an
increase of 20 per cent over 1885,
the Census Bureau announced to-
day. The 1899 total was 18 per cent
less than the 1929 figure, when sales
amounted to $66,983 ,O24, 900.
"A total of ,781 establishments
were engaged in wholesale trade
last year. as compared with 176,756
in 1885, and 1853 800 in 1929, accord
ing to the Census Bureau figures.
Average annual sales per estab-
lishment last year amounted to
$273,0 900 as against $242 900 in 1885,
and 1897 900 in 1929.
Employment Increases.
The wholesale industry in 1889
had 135,137 active proprietors and
firm members of unincorporated
businesses, and 1,559,586 employees.
During the l0-year period, employ
ment in the industry increased So
per cent.
The l,559,5S employees received
salaries and wages during the year
IN the amount of S2,616,6S4 900, an
average of sl,678 per employe. In
1885 and 1929, average earnings per
employe were $1,604 and $1,96l, re-
spectively. Expressed as percentage
OF net sales, pay roll rose from 4.42
1885 to ATS in 1889. Operating ex-
penses, including pay roll, amounted
to $5,50S,378, 900, or 10 per cent of
net sales. In 1929 operating expenses
were per cent of net sales.
Gains in Money Bonds.
In nearly every branch of the
wholesale industry the Census Bu-
reau reported gains since 1885. the
largest increases occurring in beers
and liquors, metals, lumber, build
ing materials, plumbing and heat
ing goods, waste materials Chiefly
iron and steel scrap and industrial
and heavy goods. Jewelry, coal,
electrical goods and hardware also
showed larger than average gains.
Wholesale sales in 1899 ran about
$4,000, 900, 900 ahead of retail sales.
The difference, the Census Bureau
points out, is due to several factors.
In addition to selling to retailers,
many wholesale establishments con-
duct an export business, and it is
the practice of some classes OF
wholesalers, notably agents and
brokers, to sell to other wholesalers,
1t explained. Also, many sell raw
materials and capital goods to in
duStrial, commercial, institutional
and professional users. goods that
normally Go not move through re-
tail channels"
Evening star., 1940-12-19

any means of her own that she has.
During the calendar year 1899,
Mr.. Wilson contends, the American
Security & Trust Co., as trustee Of
the Mclean estate, has paid out as
income $164,S07.
Evening star., 1940-12-19

month support for herself and her
three children. He asks the court
to fix Mrs. McLean's maintenance
in the light Of changed conditions
and also desires the court to require
Mrs. Mclean to disclose details Of
Evening star., 1940-12-19

Evalyn Walsh Mclean. and for the
benefit Of creditors, who now have
$3.50. 900 in claims against him.
Mr.. Wilson told. the court that
Mrs. Mclean so far this year has
received $4,000 under court order
directing that she be paid $500 q
Evening star., 1940-12-19

District Court to require the Ameri-
can Security ds Trust Co., trustee
under the will Of Mr.. McLean's
father. to pay all the income Of the
estate to the committee.
This would be for the benefit Of
the former publishers wife, Mrs.
Evening star., 1940-12-19

Boys to Heor Rector
The Rev. DR.. G. Leslie Glenn,
rector Of st. Johns Episcopal
Church. Sixteenth and H streets
NV, will speak at II am. tomor-
row at the annual Christmas party
Evening star., 1940-12-19
Montgomery Red Cross
Asks Volunteer Help

The Montgomery County Chapter
of the American Red Cross an
nounced today that more volunteers
are needed to aid in the making of
surgical dressing for the Army. The
workrooms will be open from $50
am. to 1890 pm. Wednesday morn
ings in the Bethesda Chevy Chase
Recreation Center.
It was also announced that a
shipment of more than 480 articles
Of clothing prepared by the chapter
was sent last week to England.
Evening star., 1940-12-19

Paying Over Of Income
For Mclean Requested
John j. Wilson, committee for
Edward B. Mclean, former WASH
ington publisher, yesterday asked
Evening star., 1940-12-19

Of the Woodward Schol for Boys
In the building at 1886 q street
NV. Following the party, the school
will be closed for the Christmas
holidays until January 2.
Evening star., 1940-12-19

During the recent shortage of po-
tatoes in South Africa spuds were
sold at cent each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15
Marriage License
Appiicotions

Robert l. Aryidson' q, senate Hotel and
oscar Williams, 50, and Thelma winsats.
Ray.
vi,s H Mcneil 81 I'll, e. Z; ,9d . c:S': v
the Rev. Wilson Holder,
NV; jldss Robert Mattinsiy.
Ed sa.v,rs s o bel, ~ .sa yi.sni.
Rev. n NJ. Hennig.
" ana Mar, 'Srf ali. baton Route 81 Ia Ia:
u,t the Rev. .I T. H. Tulisr
AE: :. t Hi!ssn 70 II lis 8; nv nv; e; e:
Erich Rape: 81, l434 Harvard st. NV. and
the Rev. Alfred Jaeobs. "'e '' n'"''
cs ds.s Fl 5a oS 81 1903 onion aS &.
Sidney Levi.on. q, SOS 4th st. s.w., and
ss is. sherr; is, sa5 4th st. sw.: the
So.sie austin IS: sss4 + St: NV NV; the ne
A. i, "A. N, n sssrncS: =. Ira 1r1ins
william J: Ksrsner, SO; Wardman Park
the Rev ana au ph,l! sshn Simon 49, Detrot
John Shreve. 90. and Mary T. Claytor.
p both Of 81 U st. NV; the Rev.
Charles, r vermillion. "a 32a Rhode
Island ave: ne, and Charlotte E Lucas,
-; 5ls st. ne. the Rev. 3. W. Nc
Emmett B Polderbo.r. 25, a1s New York
nY.rsn niM;' and ind, Edith Mary Ham. Is,
Forrest W Park. 81. So Rhode Island Nv.
NV, and Leone A. Miller, "a. Martins
burg. Pa. the Rev, Calvin wingert.
Junious Kicks. "a, 1915 Corcoran st NV,
and ANNA PARROT. % 3841 Fulton st'
=, NV; the Rev. K. w. Raw
James Lee Holmes. 20, 1888 18th ct. NV.
and Ulysses Little. IS, Rembert, g. c.;
the Rev. Beysie Stokes
Gus CARRIER. 26, 1905 2lst st. ne, and
Gertrude Edelstein. 81 New York City;
Judge Robert Mattinsly
TOBY Jacobs. 1S, New York City; Judge
A. Russell Rhoads, "a. 2l3 9th st. s.v..
ana Evelyn MacFoch. "a. stowe, Pa;
,, the Rev. Henry W. SNYDER.
Joseph Easterling, jr., %, 100 10th st.
Sc. and Celestine Kirby, 90, 1888 c st.
ne the Rev. Joseph Jones.
John @. Thompson. "a. and Mary L. Morris,
L., both Of 1888 9th st. NV; the Rev.
William T. Hembry
James watkins, 90. Seat Pleasant, Nd,
and Eleanora Pettious, %. sos 44th st.
ne: the Rev. Hampton r Gaskins
Meredith A. Palmer. 6s, and Isabel L.
LanEford: So; both Of Alexandria, Va;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15
Three Hydro.E|ectric
Districts in Nebraska
Merge for Efficiency
S60, 000, 900 Consolidation
eliminates Five Years
Of Legal Battles
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
OMAHA, Nebr., Aug. 15.-Ne-
braska's three big hydroelectric
districts consolidated their opera
tions today into single $4,000, 900
system expected ultimately to pro-
vide two-thirds as much power as
the whole State generated last year.
The action eliminated nearly five
years of bitter struggle, with law
suits and legislative battles, for some
sort of unit operation, first proposed
by the P. w. A. in 1885.
Refinancing Concluded.
Formalities to place the P. w. A.
financed projects under a single
operating board, and to give the
districts "a new lease on life
through refinancing s37.s37 900 in
bonds, were being concluded today
by P. w. A. and district officials at
Kansas City.
Central Nebraska (Tri-County)
Platte Valley and Loup River public
power and irrigation districts will
continue as separate entities with
unit operations handled by a new
organization directed by the dis
tricts' general managers.
Two Plants in Operation.
Loup River and Platte Valley prof.
ects are in operation. Tri-County,
much the largest, is scheduled for
completion before November l.
Engineering estimates on the basis
of all-time water supplies fix the
capacity of the three plants as high
as 731 100000 kilowatt hours. Ne
braska's total power generation last
year was 735.0o0,000. Present con-
sumner consumption from the three
is estimated at the rate of 1923, 400
600 kilowatt hours year.
In addition, Tri-County will irri-
gate 100000 acres of drought
stricken farm land, hopes future
law change will restore the irriga-
ton area to 100000 acres, cut by a
State Supreme Court ruling Platte
Valley serves 100000 acres; Loup
none.
Refinancing, to take the districts
out of the red. delays first bond ma
turtles until 1916.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15
Deaths Reported

Mary Bach, II. 210O 10Th st. NV.
Flora Lima. "a sos 34:h st. ne
Howard J. Gaylor, II, 1346 Park I'd. NV.
Valera H. Graves, 10, 1905 A st. Sc.
Lillian Groseclose, 90. Garfield Hospital.
May X. Heron. IS, Georse Washington
Hospital.
vernie Dove. so, Casualty Hospital.
Edward Novelh, IS. George Washington
Hospital.
Martha B. Goodman. ~, 2s14 35th st. NV.
Robert Brand, %, sibley Hospital
Comfort A. Hutchinson, 40, 1889 4th st. s.w.
Aaron Russell. ~, 6O2 X st. NV
Jesse N. Battles, 50, 8O9 10th St ne
Plummer Barner, 81, GallinGer Hospital.
Florence Brooks, 80. Gallinser Hospital.
William Brooks, SO: Freedmens Hospital.
Mildred Washington, II, Emergency Hos
initial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15
Births Reported

Thomas ard Frances Barlow, boy.
Adrian and Catherine ChAppslear, boy.
Robert and Catherine Fadley. SiTl.
Lewis and Grace Kirby, boy.
William and Beatrice Mcclure. boy.
Edmond and Gertrude 0heeler. boy,
David and Dorothy Wade, boy.
William and Ruth Baxter, girl.
William and Evelyn Elliott, boy.
William and Lillian Holland. boy
George and Geneva Knowlton. girl.
Marcel and Jane PfalIgraf, boy.
Charles and Mildred Strock. girl.
Joseph and Mabel Blake, Girl.
James and Ruth Hall. boy
william and Irene johnson. boy.
Charles and Movie Murphy, girl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15

In Switzerland To per cent Of
the people speak . German dialect,
2o.4 per cent French, 8 per cent
italian, IL per cent Romansch and
o.6 per cent other languages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15

More than 400 American manu-
facturers are registered with the
Munitions Control Board as actual
or potential producers of implements
of war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15

sr Il: i + HAM Ss2:' o issi ca,dr... .
ne and Ssd s:y c %I.mi wl Ists Queen
ana Jeanne s' T. Wilson. Il. ssab ssth n 81.
ne; the Rev: r. B. Harris.
oeorge A. Welchons, 80. and Allene P.
Brown. 20. both OF Richmond. Va; the
s;ss9; e. sas s. I. .x; 'a e. 'i s.V.
Russell Morris Harris. %. 1872 Park I'd
nv, and Beatrice T. Graves, %, 1877
Ealrmont st. NV; the Rev. Daniel
RSekville
and Shirley I. Lewis, 81, Silver Spring.
Albert NJ v.,teh, 40. and Mabel +. Fair
oeoras r. Evans. g, ~cahs sV9 cS... Nd.
and Mary viason Bouic. %, Rockville.
Ambrose Cowan. 80 and Helen A. FerVu-
son. 90, both Of washington,
william H. Faltysek. %, and Nina Irens
Weinmann. 81. both of Washineton.
Charles Joseph DornburG, %. and Mavis
p pirsini r. Williams 20. both Of Takoma
Ssn.y. '! Ras.r wei 81 Both 'n q fgss
Rainelle, W. Va.
orville J. Ingram. IS, and Gladys I. VII.
iams, Is. both Of Washington. &
George william Judy, 90, Sunbury, Pa,
and Mabel Maude Lucas %. Trevor
John Henry Trumbo. "a. and Georgia
LINDEN fankey. 50. both Of Warrington,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15

VIM VINE a.. az x Az: as sSiS. s s
Andrew and 0ern1ee WintaA. boy.
James and Cornelte Dozen, girl.
James and 12lenoe lsoA, girl.
John and Mari Martin. girl.
Jesse and Louise Payne, boy.
0eorge and Eva Smith, girl.
William and Narguertta Stewart, boy.
Evening star., 1940-07-23
Whizzer White Again
To Wait on Table
For His Meals
Former Rhodes Scholar,
Once $4,000 q Year
Gridmon, Likes Job
BY the Associated Press.

BOULDER. Colo, July 23-Byron
tWhizzer) White, who paid income
tax on $4,000 for one pro football
season with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
will be waiting table in q coed
boarding house if he can get the
University of Colorado summer
school course he wants.
when was in school here. and
when came up to see about reg
istering for the summer session
was offered Job again." explained
the Whizzer, all-America halfback
at Colorado in 1887 and the Nation 8
leading collegiate football scorer.
Its good way to earn your food,
and you don't make money going to
school,"
White was forced by the European
war to give up Rhodes scholarship
study at oxford In England.
If he registers here, he said. he'll
probably take the board job unless
1t conflicts with classes. It would
be at the house of his fraternity,
Phi Gamma Delta. operated dur
ing summer school rs q boarding
house for woman students.
White gave up pro football after
the 1888 season to accept . Rhodes
scholarship. Leaving the war zone
last fall he entered the Yale Uni
versity Law School.
He said he planned to return to
Yale next fall for more work toward
law degree.
Evening star., 1940-07-23
How Many Ringers Can You
Toss in 100 Shoes? Here's
Ideal Chance to Find Out

beat Henson nowadays one must
throw more than 80 per cent ringers
This has been the standard Of his
last 80 games in the all-star
Metropolitan Singles League. There
aren't half q dozen pitchers in the
country who can equal this pace
over q similar stretch.
As defending Metropolitan Dis
trict champion Henson Is not re-
quired to qualify. He will remain on
the sidelines until the Metropolitan
play-ofYs which bring together the
late survivors of the sectional con-
tests. which will start August 5. But
were he to take the l0O-shoe test
undoubtedly Henson would set a
tournament record. Only . small
percentage of those who fire the 100
irons will top 200 in points. Henson
probably would 60 260 or better.
Costs Nothing to Enter.
There is no entry fee for The Star
tournament. AL necessary to enter
is to report at the courts any
evening from July % to August 3.
inclusive. Tournament officials will
be on hand constantly after pm.
to assign courts and scorers.
Dozens of horseshoe pitchers
capable OF making q showing In
The Star tournament keep no record
of their ringers and underestimate
their ability. For these the qualifica-
ton test would be an absorbing
experience.
Evening star., 1940-07-23

In 100 pitches how many ringers
can you throw? Hundreds Of horse
shoe flippers would find the answer
doubly interesting II they tried their
skill In the qualification test Of the
annual Evening Star championships,
to open next Monday night on the
public park courts opposite the Com
merce Building.
In the qualification round q ringer
counts three points and shoe
within six inches of the stake one
point. Sixteen high scorers in each
of the three sectors embraced by the
tournament-the District, Northern
Virginia and Southern Maryland
will qualify for elimination play.
To Qualify Is q Distinction.
Not all who enter The Star
tournament hope to win a cham
pionship. A great many are tickled
merely to qualify. for to do so
indicates potential ability to win
high honors. Authorities on the
sport declare an average of three
years is required for horseshoe
twirlers to produce q high degree
of skill.
Some plug along for many years
before reaching their peak. A
notable example is the present king
Of Metropolitan District f1ippers.
Clayton c. Henson. who suddenly
has become one of the hottest
ringesites In the country after 10
years or more of development. To