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Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-29
NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YORK, AprII y. z p
Stocks firmed today but volume
was the ltghte>t in month.
Leading issues made gains ran :
ing to point Numerous special
stocks made new highs.
Dow Jones preliminary closing
stock averages. Industrial l4e. II
UP 0.29. rail 3o.74 up 0.o3; uulily
- as, up ol7; and 50 stocks 49,
stock sales approximated $1,000
shares. against a5o.oeo shares II
the previou five-hour ession Fri.
day. Curb stock sales were l3l,90'
shares against 244,o00 Friday
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-29

Dodgers c3E.t Keep !. up IEe% .Ne
Won e.Rht straight ean!es and have
4 / 600 per cent record Is they moY-
&c into tie west today 10 open
against last years champions, the
Cincinnati Reds. roW riding IL Sec
ond place Tie Dodgers have a
good hu>tlirg ball c.43 bdt It must
be remembered. t!.s.t flHe OF their
VICTORIES have been ever the Phil
lies and Bees Ttsel age certainly
the lea2ue'S tHo Weakest clubs. and
the oti.ts ,!.:ee ever the Giants
probably a second division club
7l9 answer - question No Is
not 50 etss. TIE Yanks miss Jo>
DlMagglo. Joe : lad up With an
injured lcg. b. tie Yanks hay
been without D4Ma-s!o nearly ev-
cry year about tbs tine ana have
! done d! right. Tie Yanks aren't
the same ball club they were. TheIf
i2Ittin5 Is feebie-tour ranS and 10
hits IL their last three games. IL
addition Their defense IS begging
down. Tie Yanks are III seventh
place nov.
a total Of 1880 persons Wit
messed Sundays games. with the
Dodgers and Giants drawing 51659.
the days top throng.
Ernie LombardIS hitting ara
Gene Thoupson's pitching featur-
ed tire ReGs s. victory over the
D;ro+ar 7 0r, bor,ii I'D -. 3, :,
with a homer and three singles.
Thompson let the Pirates down with
five hits, and was aided by three
double plays.
Don Gutterjdge's homer With
two men on enabled the Cardinals
10 come from behind ard beat the
Cubs. IS. The Cubs drove Bill Nc
Gee from tie BOX. ard Dusty SitoGa
: received credit tor the v.ctor".
The Bees defeated the PE...eS
3D. for their first triumph II -
en starts. Lefty Joe Sullivan he'd
the Phi.s 70 seven Its.
Cleveland scored az Il-9 victory
over Detroit. Both SIDES used four
pitcher
JIM Tabor's home gave the Bos-
ton Rea Sox Il 81 victory oYer
the Philadelphia Athletics in -
innings. Chuobg Dan. who started
for the AS. was replaced in the
10th By Ed HeaSser Wao was the
loser Jimmy Fo%X drove in three
.uns.
Gerald Walkers s!rele scoring
George Cas- from second gaYo
Washington 3-2 victory over the
Yanks. It Was the Yanks' third
straight loss.
The Browns s,ugged out Il Iii
10 give the White Sox an = to 9
thTashing Walter Judnich and Har-
land Cliff hit homers.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-29

take heavy edge in the Glass C
events Klein said.
Key events apparently are the re-
lays. and Ell Centro will hold a
slight advantage there as was shown
in the recent HoltVille relays Klein
declared
another key event." Klein said,
will be the varsity hurdle races.
Truman Womack, apparently the
best varsity hurdler in the league
will be out of the events due to
illness, thereby throwing the races
wide open"
Klein's Imperial team, though the
Tiger mentor failed to mention the
fact, may hold the answer to the
county meet puzzle in the B divi-
sion. Imperial's B team is currently
rated the best in the valley and
Klein repeatedly has strengthened
his squad with the addition of H.
Nakazona and j. Nakamura, dash
man.
Gardner and Tell who have DOM
mated dash events in dual meets
this season, are counted on for
10 points each. Klein said and
Nakazona and Nakamura may swell
the Imperial point total with Sec
onds and thirds in their favorte
events.
Holtville and Douglass high. tho
not expected to be a serious threat
in any division, will pick up suffi-
cient points to cut down the BraW-
ley and E. Centro point totals.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-29

The New York Yankees. winners
of four straight world series. lost
their third straight ball game Sun
day and with II 4 good dea! OF pres
tige among American league base
ball teams -.
While the losses will mean very
little in the long pennant chase. the
psvcholoeical effect on the YanES
and upon other American league
clubs may determine the chances Of
the World Champions as repeaters. :.
At least part OF the New York
Yankee success in the past two Years
was due to the fact that all clubs IN
the league. with the exception CT
the Red SoX feared the Bronx Bom-
bers, and were well on the road to
defeat before they ever took tie
field.
But now. with the Yankees defin-
ittely on the skids in early season
games. every club IS presently look
ing forward 10 meeting ana clean
ing UP on the Yankees.
New York has lost early season
games in past years. but not Tor a
good many seasons have the Bronx
Bombers been silenced SO effectively
at the plate. Philadelphia's Chubby
Dean held the vankS TO one run IL
10 innings. Washington beat the
Yanks twice in a row. and the Rec
Sox murdered them IN the only
game played between the two teams
New York admittedly feels the
loss of DiMaggio. The pitching has
Mt been up to snuff, and more
amazing still the touted Yankee de
fense has crumbled when the chips
were placed on the line. The usual!
reliable Gordon and Crosettl bobo!ee
important chances in the Washing
ton series.
The return of DiMaggio may snaf
the Yankees out of their doldrum
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-29
High School Net
Teams Make Good
Showing at 0iai

Ell Centro and C2leXico hiah
school nettcrs retmGed from the
Ojai tennis tournament Monday
with their best record i'll tourna-
ment history aceoldins u Bill Max
well. FL Centro tennis coach.
Charlie Blaiagk and Alan Mun-
soa of FL CtntGo and Tom Ed
Brenis of CaleAico We're eliminated
IN the first round, but jack HENS
II Fl Centre and Jack RoWker Of
CaleXico stfoked their way into the
third round before losing.
The doubles team OF Jimmie
Rieay and Fuzzy Nichols of FL
Centto survived the first three
rounds of play but were defeated
in the quarter-finals in the boys
aader l. division.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-29
L. A. STOCKS

Los ANGELES. April 29. Up
TraaIop Oh the Los Angeles stock
.'.elsange va dul today and 4rroga-
f.r Tfansaetions during the ear!\
- -ion totaIed 4.5p9 shares oi
which six issues were UP, ohe d9#A
AMI six unchanged.
Pac.flc finance common va ~
a, l.. Pacific gas common. W
At n General Motots up
~ 81: and Vega Aiieratt ~ "
at i =. -,
solar Aircraft Va off :, ~
wHilc the issues not sh""n an $
rlange in value included RohrH
n4b mkt. TIaIsaIEerisa, Union o.
Ncnasco Aircraft, Ryan AFRO.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-29
CaIexico, Brawley
Meet in Crucial
Game This Week

CaleXico's defending champion
high school baseball team moves
INTO BraWley this week TO meet the
uorthenders in a crucial ball game.
4 game which will determine the
league leadership and possibly the
valley championship.
Each team has Won three games
while losing one. BraWley dropped
its only game to CaleXico 8-4, and
CaleXsco became the upset victim
1f El Centro high school.
BraWley II turn WalIoped Fl Cen
tyo 26-3. to even the loop stand
ingS.
FL Centre and Holtyille play in
Holtville. The Vikinss are yet TO
win a league game.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-29
GOGGIN WINS
GOLF TOURNEY

BAKERSFIELD. April %. up
Top honors Of the Bakersfield open
golf tournament were held today
by Willie Goggin, San Francisco
professional Who finished yeSter-
day AGAINST a field Of top-notch
golfers with loW-scoGe Of 212 for
81 holes
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-29
EI Centre KegIers
In Even Break

El Centre bowling teams broke
even III exhibition games at the
Bowling Palace Sunday, the men
Ee2Ieg5 defeating BraWley. 81. and
.osing 10 Hol'gille. 81 While the
ehl5 were ho!aing BraWIey GIRLS To
a % tie.
Lcague play in the commercial
and city Iea4ucs resumes tonight
and TUESDAY.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-29

years dual meets. and a bit OF
guessing on one or two key events.
The track championship of the
valley league, TO be determined Fri
day nisht on the FL Centro cinder
pa,h, lies definitely between Braw-
ley ard Fl Centro.' Klein said. but
trom my Vantage point it appears
HAT FL Centro has better balance
in all classes.
"Btawley will hold Slight edge
III varsity, the 3 division will be
held about even and FL Centre will
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-29
Evelyn Sharp
Sets New Record

A rev nine-hole course record
- women players was established
SlaGaq at the Barbara Worth golf
e,ab by Mrs. Evelyn Sharp. She
scored d 40 on the inside nine, four
Ger men par.
Overly anxious to break 90, Mrs.
Sharp encountered trouble on the
other nine. scoring SO for SO total.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-29

FL Centeo Junior college, was vim
ner of the fourth FIGHT trophy.
Io% scorers. FL Centro high. Gene
OoWalt 80; Hotyillc. Red Edwards.
80; BraWlay. Richard Williams, SO;
FL Ccntro J. C, Bill Payne, 85;
B@aWley J. c. Red Allen, SO
Clarence Hutchinson. Yuma coach
WAS winner of the coaches flight
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-29
Golf Championship
Postponed Week

The Fl Centre high school golf
tournament championships, origin
ally scheduled for Saturday, Mon
CAY were postponed ore week. ac-
CordiEg to Coach Larry Hanson
Players may qualify for The tourn-
&ment any daH during the next two
weeks Hanson SAID
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-29
BUDGE NET VICTORY
EARNS $500 PURSE

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. w.
Va, April % cUP1-Don Budee
won $500 ana the United States
open tennis singles croAn ycster-
day when he beat Bruce Barnes
Of Austin, Tex st. Ct G-3. G-4.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-29
Adair Wins
Pistol Shoot

Norman Afair Yuma'e ace pistol
shot, Won the grand aggregate tro-
ply at the D, sert PISTOL club match
IN Fl Centre SUaEay,
ether trophies were Won b. Jack
Tackett. slow IRE: Bob TacEett. na-
ilonal. aid inn B3Xts". Dolce.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-29
Imperial Troop 10
Receive Charter

Imperial Lions cluo Boy Scout
troop will receive its scout charter
at meeting of the Lions club
Tuesday night, according TO Hugh
Wlco2 scout executive
Wilcox Will be principal speaker
at the meeting which viii be devot-
ed entirely to csoutin9.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-29
Yuma High Golfers Dominate Annual
Hiqh School Tournament at Del Rio

Yuma high schools golf team
walked off with team honors AMI
won three flight championships III
the annual high school links tour
nament played over the Del Rio
country club Saturday.
Ken Pheiffer, Yuma ace, fired an
81 to lead his team to a compar-
atiyely easy victory. Bob Tackett.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-29
Markets at a Glance

Stocks higher and quiet.
Bonds firm; [. :. government
higher.
Foreign exchange higher.
Cotton mixed.
Wheat off :. to = cent; corn up
Il to x cent.
Rubber firm.
Silver unchanged.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-29
CYICAGO CHAINS

EHitAG1. AHsl - dPy Wheat
flt4Is- ra.Iss 19daT il II" fac I
81 IeelPItailsl M 3he ae4ihWest. Ea /
.9sre# 4sfc 80 - and pI4ecs InoY-
- ap around NO cent from ex-
tIeiHc lows.
WLear rIssed ?. to 3. cent high
er, May $I.4s3. u 81 % d busheI:
eern @as up to = cent, May 65H
IL. oal- of = 10 up !. cent
Ma y ! l. rye 4 to = cent high
~ Ma* Sl1ol,A.
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sell in the Classified Section!
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-29
Henderson Takes Title

AsHVIIIE " G. April UP-Archie OF Chapel
Hill championship of the
Henderson
Kelly Portland /. Cd. Ga.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-29
0Iewine Wins at 0jai

OVAL Califs fUPlTed Oewine and Dorothy Bunday
singles today
the 45th tennis tournament The doubles titles
by Bill Reedy Bartlett of use.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-29
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-29
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Published every afternoon except
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afternoon Issue now. succeed ed
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tablished 1886 by the Imperial
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atiyes.
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-29
FL Centre. but close.

El Conro but close
Coach Al Klein forsook the customary crystal ball in
making his prediction of the outcome Of the county track
and field meet instead using pencil records of THIS
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-29
Er1sperioI Mentor
Chooses s portons
Over BrowIey

a articles started
which valley coaches discuss
and championship.
by BURDETTE KINNE
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-29
Dodgers Surprise
Club Of Mojorss
yanks Bog Down
NEM YORK. .Anril %. [

NEN 1ORk, A0T7 %. IJP]-BasebaITs Two 5Vgost
topics today We're:
1-Can the Dodgers keep it up?
2.-What'S happened To the Yankees9
The answer hereabouS To question No IS No the
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-29

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L. A. BUTTER & EGGS

Los ANGELES, Arm -. H.Pj-
"a. ter. e&tia- = p:iac TIT IL
.laHd9rds = - unGelgtaaes ~
Large Eggs
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-29
PACIFIC COAST
Team

*Games behind leader.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-29
l.. A. GRAINS

Los ANGELES. AprlI II 4 p
wheat --,s
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a buyer If you are willing to take a
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advertise the article you wish to
sell in the Classified Sectionl
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-29
LOCAL BUTTERFAT

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LOS ANGELES, April 29. 0IP2
rrans.msrica ........--. 81 5 u
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-29
Standings
AAIERiCA AN

#Games behind leader.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-13
ASKED TO RESIGN

AUSTIN, Mimi, Oct. II. -B-'
The announced intention of a youth
full Methodist minister to- refuse to
register for the draft brought a
prompt demand today for his resig'
nation from n Of the two rural
pastorates he serves.
The Rev. Winslow Wilson, 70,
who serves churches at Brownsville
and Dexter, made public his plans
yesterday, saying that "as . Chris
tan I can take no part in war or
u eparation for war;" Today the
seven members of the loard of the
Erownsdale Methodist churcn voted
unanimously to demand that he re-
sign.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-13
THREE

the rest of the population are de-
clared to have existed long before
the German army marched in a year
ago.
Eighteen streets, the most import.
ant traffic lanes, remain unobstruct.
ed. Hence one may enter and leave
the ghetto at Is points and it is pos.
sible on through streets to traverse
the whole region without being
aware. of confinement on either side.
The restraining walls are Of COM
parative little hindrance in normal
times. But at a moments notice the
authorities, by posing IS policemen
at the points of entry. can close off
the entire district. 1t is also possible
to cut off access to two or three
streets, or to a larger part of the
ghetto, by stationing guards at house
doors and street corners inside the
district.
Inside this walled area live half
a million Jews and Poles. Many
have lived their whole lives in this
sharply delimited region. Within are
their homes, businesses, schools and
synagogues.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-13
MRS, LOLA M. TAYLOR

Mrs. Lola Martin Taylor. wife of
Charles Elisha Taylor, president of
the Wilmington Savings and Trust
company, died at $3.50 o'clock yes
terday afternoon at her home at 815
Market street after a short illness.
Mrs. Taylor was a native of Will
mington and a member of one of
the oldest families of the Cape Fear
section.
In addition to her husband, Mrs.
Taylor is survived by n brother,
William Alfred Martin, of New York
city; one. daughter Mrs. Lee o.
Wavle and grandson, Andy Taylor,
Of New Bedford, Mass.
The daughter Of the late William
Alfred Martin and Adelaide Wilson,
Mrs. Taylor was an active member
of St. James Episcopal church n
belonged to the North Carolina So
ciety of Colonial Danes.
Funeral services will be held at IL
o'clock Monday morning from n
residence at 815 Market street. The
Rev. Alexander Miller will officiate.
Burial will follow in the Oakdale
cemetery.
Pallbearers will be: active-John
Hardin, Clayton Bellamy, Fred Ora
ham, Swift Boatwright, P. B. Ruff
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-13

exposition Shows, Inc, presenting
Americas best amusements, with
~ big fun shows and 20 mammoth
Joy riding devices, Peschau said.
Inc grandstand show is one of
the best ever to be presented in
wilmington and features the Aer-
lal Ballet with the five Sensational
Eltons, working 125 feet in the air
Without the aid of a safety net, the
Four Queens and a Jack, doing
their death-defying performance
z feet in the air without the aid
OF e safety net. Captain Jack,
worlds champion high fire diver,
coming from the top rungs of a
lOO foot ladder diving into a flam-
ing tank. Jada, the Human Goril-
Ia, performing 100 feet in the air
on the flying trapeze. The Edwards
Family, unique and astonishing
performances. Commencing on
Tuesday night at the close of the
regular grandstand show, visitors
will witness the fireworks display.
Special attractions will be the two
Thrill Days next Friday and Sat
urday afternoons, presenting Flash
Williams and his congress of stunt
daredevil hell drivers, crashing
through a solid wall aflame, head
on collisions, loop-the-loop, leaping
one car over a number of others
and ending in a nose dive, and
many other stunts too numerous to
mention. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-13
WAR INTERPRETIVE
Continued From Page One)

survival, the desire to live on un-
der whatever conditions, the only
law that guides his action.
That is the cynical assumption
that seems the foundation stone of
the projected German-Italian-Japa-
nese new order in Europe, in Asia,
and in Africa. It is the thesis of
the law of the jungle, of sheer
force, abroad in the world; but it
challenges every lesson of the re-
corded or legendary history of man.
Britain's sturdy fight and China's
stubborn refusal to be vanquished
r symbols that the apostles of
force have misread history-and of
hope that the light of liberty will
again kindle in French eyes.
The scene in conquered France
which Lehrbas reports recalls an
other moment in a French setting
two decades ago. At Versailles,
where the World-War peace-makers
met s. fruitlessly, the "big three"
Wilson, Lloyd George and Glenn
enceau-faced a proposal by the
Allied generalissimo, Ferdinand
for a Gordon sanitaire" about
bolshevist Russia to imprison the
virus of Red world revolution.
Foch planned a military quaran-
tine Of Russia to save democracy,
otherwise made "safe" by the war.
Wilson called for General Tasker
Bliss, No. 2 American soldier in
France. Bliss was a professional
soldier who loved his trade, and
was more accustomed to the lurid
language of the barracks and sad
dle-blanket bivouacs than to the
uses of diplomacy. But he was also
a thinker, a. deep student of his
tory.
Wilson knew that. The scholar
ly statesman and the hard-bitted
soldier met at elbow touch on a
ground in the history
books.
Bliss brushed aside discussion of
the Foch plan from a military
standpoint. He approached it as a
philosopher, an interpreter of his
tory. The Russian world revolu-
ton dream would die of it's own
weight, by the verdict of history,
he said, unless it embodied a new
idea that would better mans re-
lation with man and the common
lot in life. If it did contain such
idea, he said, the Foch quar-
antine would not halt it.
"Bayonets stopped an idea
in the history of the world" added
this lifelong man-at-arms.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-13
Better Business Club
To Meet On Monday

The Better Business club will
continue its discussion of the
proposal that the city and coun-
ty governments retain an indus
trial engineer at a meeting to
be held Monday night at 8
o'clock in the Tide Water Power
company assembly hall.
Principal T. T. Hamilton, Jr.,
of the New Hanover High school,
chairman of the clubs educa-
tional committee, will report on
plans for the establishment here
of a career clinic" for New
HanvOer youths.
Other committee leaders will
report the activities of their re-.
spective groups.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-13
COASTAL FAIR
OPENS TOMORROW
peschau Describes Amuse-
ment Features AS Best
Ever Presented

VIM. A. Peschau, secretary
treasurer of the Great Coastal
Fair. said yesterday everything
will be in readiness for the grand
evening of the sixth annual Coast
81 Fair at noon Monday. The ex-
hibits in all departments far ex-
ceed what has been expected and
al previous shows at the fair. The
Merchants, Manufacturers and Au-
tomobile Exposition in the exhibit
huilding is the largest ever dis
played at the fair, and tends to
he the most interesting.
The large amusement attrac-
lions, free acts, ETC., will be ar-
irving all day and will. immediate
" erect their equipment, so as to
he in readiness for the opening at
y noon. The Coastal Fair takes
pleasure in announcing that this
wear they have obtained the Ideal
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-13
GURGANIOUS.

IVANHOE, Oct. 12.-Funeral
services for Fennell Gurganious, 60,
who died at his home on 60 High
way on October 2, were conducted
here by the Rev. W. A. Giddens.
Interment followed in the family
cemetery from the Williams Funer-
al home, of Wallace.
PaHbearers were E. B. Gurgani-
Gus, Carl Wells, A. w. Mathews,
Ernest Norris, Haywood Kelley, Le-
land Malpaso, and Elmer Moore.
Mr.. Gurganious, who was a pros
porous farmer and well-liked in the
community, is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Dincie Gurganious; two sons.
Johnnie and Harlee Gurganious, of
Wilmington; three daughters, Mrs.
Ivey Meadows and Mrs. Graham
Gurganious, of Wilmington, and
Mrs. Robert Rochelle, of Willard;
two brothers, A. c. and Jesse Cur
ganious, of Willard, and one sister,
Dincie Moore, Of Wilmington.
Several grandchildren also survive.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-13

and a block-long line of people waits
before it, trying to mail letters
abroad. Foreign mail must be hand.
ed in personally.
The opera house is as good as
gone: a bomb smashed the roof and
fire Quilted the interior.
The Jews walk down the streets
in white and blue arm bands.
These are their tags of identified.
ton, and every one of them must
wear them on their right sleeves.
There are many Jews.
There is a new concrete wall
around the ghetto, which lies in the
central district.
The Germans say the wall, which
is unique in modern times, is not
anti-Semitic, but simply a desperate
health measure necessary to protect
Pole and Jew alike from the pesti-
lences which r likely to follow in
the wake of total war.
Jews can and do use any other
street in Warsaw. I met two in the
waiting of Warsaw's chief
sanitary officer, a German. This used
to be the foreign office of Col. Joseph
Beck, Poland's foreign minister.
The wall is eight feet high and so
tight a cat couldn't get through it.
1t surrounds the central district
ghetto comprising a hundred or
more city blocks into which the pop
ulation is crowded with astonishing
density, and closes off 200 streets
and even street car lines-it is built
right over their rails.
The wall Vas built by German oc.
cupation authorities but conditions
in the ghetto which the German of.
'ficials are trying to cut off from