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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-14
Flashes Of
Late News
THE WEATHER: Sunday:
Cloudy, Snow

CHARLESTON. S. Cup The
garrison Of the naval yard pre-
pared 70 receive the President
aboard the cruiser Tuscaloosa this
afternoon The Army will fire a
= gun salute when the cruiser
passes Fort Moultrie entering the
harbor Naval batteries will fire
a p gun salute when she enters
the yard. A third salute will be
tired when Mr.. Roosevelt disem-
barks at p. m.
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COLLEGE STATION. Tex. -
ms Texas A. & NJ. College was
closed today because OF flu cpl
demic. II was announced. how
ever, that the epidemic has not
yet touched the football squad.
which will resume drills Monday
for its New Years day battle with
Fordham in the Cotton Bowl at
Dallas
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Weather Gives Respite From
German Bombs. English
Raid Nazis
HITLER, RIBBENTR0P
ON SECRET MISSION
Italian Units Face Choice
of Annihilation or
Capture

(Bv international News service)
Italy was stu reelins today I'M
der the hammer blows OF a new
Greek offensive aimed at cutting
Albania In two and a continued
British advance across Egypts
western desert. that seemingly
forged another death-trap for Pre-.
mier Mussolini's troops.
At the same time. weather held
Nazi night raids against England
TO a minimum, but failed to pre-.
vent British hombers from pound.
ing the German war machine.
The air ministry In London said
that German raiders did some dam
age at few points along the Eng.
lish east coast. where a small mum.
Der OF persons were injured. and
added that r.. \. f. bombers at.
tackled targets In northern Ger.
many and enemy-occupied territory
during the night Authorities Ia
Berlin admitted that Chancellor
Hitler and Foreign Minister Joac-
him Won Ribbeutrop have depart.
ed from Berlin for a trip. but gave
out no further information save
the statement OF a foreign office
spokesman that &c has mo political
meaning whatsoever"
Surrender or Death
Cairo reported that scattered
Italian units retreating westward
across the Egyptian desert wers
threatened with encirclement in 4
mountain pass death-trap west OF
Sollum, whore they would faco
the choice OF humiliation or cap.
ture.
British quarters estimated unof.
.hcially that between 10000 and
10000 Italian officers and men al.
ready have been captured -lncud-
Ing total OF FIVE Fascist generals,
While the Italian retreat de.
veloped into a rout. British bomb
ers and warships bombed and shell.
ed the Italian Libyan bases Of
Bardia and Tobruk.
Llres Bending
From Athens came word THAI
the new GLeek drive was pushing
the center Of the Italian defense
lines in Albania toward the Adria.
tic Sea amid some OF the most
See ITALIANS Page 2
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-14

BUCHAREST, Rumania-UP
A great fire in the oil fields
near Ploesti stopped all rail-
road traffic on the trunk line
connecting Bucharest with Ger
many, Poland and Russia to-
day.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-14

NEW YORK APP Blazing
the air trail be- ween New York
and Puerto Rico. Pan American
airways Yankee Clipper dropped
onto the waters Of Flushing Bay
at 3:11 a. m tESTJ today, 10
hours and - minutes out OF San
Trau
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SUFFERN. n. Y.-INS III for
more than year. Mrs Beatrice
Alice Beard. IS, wife OF Daniel Car
ter Beard, national commissioner Of
the Boy Scouts OF America, was
dead today
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Barber Chair Without
Barber Pole? My,..No!

Miami Beach, Fla, Dec IA
INS-The Duke OF Windsor will
get an odd Christmas gift from
the Duchess this year.
The duke recently purchased
a barber chair to be installed
in government house, his Of
fetal residence in Nassau, for
his own personal use.
So the Duchess today decided
that among her gifts to her
husband would be barber
pole.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-14

ROME AP Police an
nounced today that 5.424 Italian
Jews voluntarily left Italy be-
tween the beginning OF the anti
semitic campaign In 1898 and
June 30, 1910, with departures
still continuing.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-14

LONDON-INS-Without pomp or
ceremony because OF the war. King
George VI celebrated his 45th birth
day today in the quiet OF a country
home with Queen Elizabeth and the
royal Processes, Elizabeth and
Margaret Rose.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-14

with President Roosevelt aboard
the l. 5. S. Tuscaloosa somewhere
in the Bahama waters. he talked
TO the President about America s
C.C.C. camps and asked Mr.. Roose-
welt to arrange it so he could visit
a few Of the camps sometime after
the first OF the year. The Presi-
dent promised him he would.
The Duke. now governor OF the
Bahamas. believes he could better
conditions and relieve unemploy-
ment on the islands through the
institution Of similar camps for his
subjects.
DO you think you'll see Presi-
dent Roosevelt again. reporters
asked the duke when he returned
10 Miami. .
81 wouldn't be surprised. smiled
the duke, twinkle in his light
blue eyes.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-14

lONDON-lNS-The British
government today submitted to
Washington the name OF sue
cessor to Lord Lothian as Brit
ish ambassador to the United
States. Name OF the nominee
was being kept secret pending
word from President Roosevelt
as TO whether he would be &C
oeptshle. Sir Gerald Campbell,
British high commissioner in
Canada and former British
consul general in New York,
bill appeared TO be a favorite
for the post. with War Secretary
Anthony Eden a runner-up.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-14

WASHING TON-AP- Clarified.
tion OF labor policy involved in the
whiting Of defense contracts ap-
pcared TO Be in prospect today after
sidney Hlllman Labor member o.
the defense commission. challenged
a S2,00O00O order placed by the war
Department with the Ford Motor
Company Aides Of Hillman said he
had protested a contract covering
the order. hut as yet unsigned. on
the ground that Il carried no stipu-
lation for compliance with labor
laws.
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BELGRADE. Yugoslayia-AP -
Father Anton Kovoshetz, minister
of public education and president
OF the senate, died Unexpectedly
today OF apopleXy.
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Adv. 1914
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-14

WASHINGTON -AP-The load
imposed on the Nays photographs
ic office In producing charts for the
expanding navy has resulted in d
definite lowering Of standards.
Capt. G.. 5. Bryan. chief photograph.
er, reported today.
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WASHINGTON -AP- Announc.
ing that his special Senate commit
tee would begin study OF small
business problems early in Janu-
airy. Senator Murray. Cd. Mont) de-
clared today that the government
should spread its defense orders in
an effort to aid little business men
and increase employment.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-14

HONOLULU lNS-One civilian
workman was dead and II others
were recovering today. while FBI
agents hunted evidence of sabotage
in connection with the multiple
dynamite explosion aboard a dredge
at the Pearl Harbor naval base.
Workmen and naval officers. how.
ever. were inclined toward the theo-
ry that the blast was accidental
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-14

HOLLYWOOD Up Olivia De
Bavilland, movie star, was en- route
10 Hollywood today in a chartered
airline sleeper plane after being
stricken with appendicitis in Santa
Fe, n. NJ.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-14

LANSlNG-AP- Goyernor-elect
Murray u. Van Wagner and State
Budget Director Gus T. Hartman
plan conference next week 70
discuss Mlchigan's governmental
costs for the next two years. Hart
man said he presented "some
rough figures to Van Wagner to
consider before the two hold their
discussion.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-14

WASHINGTON UP The Navy
Department plans TO dispatch an
proNimately 2400 additional l.. S.
Marines TO Guantanamo. Cuba.
soon for winter training i'm the
Caribbean il was learned today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-14

NEW HAVEN, Conn.-AP- A
Yale University scientist has de-
veloped a machine which will ma
tcrially shorten the time and cost
of making liquid helium. available
in large quantities for experiments
e. Lane, assistant professor Of
in the conductivity of metal. Cecil
physics. said that the increas ed
supply OF the liquid gas would also
aid in studying its properties.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-17
"A Few Remarks From Dr.. Stanley

the number OF tones which are
powerful, and by the area in which
those tones lie"
The child's voice should be
trained exactly like the adults.
The unfortunate thing Is that boy
sopranos and little girls are gen.
orally made to sing falsetto only.
This eliminates thousands Of voices
before the age Of puberty Ia
reached. II the registration
action were to be properly worked
out, and the growth of the vocal
organs met with the necessary In
creases In intensity of both the
properly isolated and resonated
registers, there would be no sud-
den break or change In the
voice.
The true vibrato consists Of an
off and on impulse applied to
all the muscles used in the act of
phonation. :. The vibrato can only
occur when the muscles of the
laryngeal pharnyx are at all times
In tension"
THE ridiculous, so-called 'mezzo-
voce' singing we hear so much in
recital Is merely a throaty, mixed
falsetto. 1t Is only too sad to
realize how many great voices
have been ruined by this attempt
to encompass a false form of art
istry."
The quotations are DIR. stanley's.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-17
STEACHERS of voice are reading

of voice are reading
with interest the opinions Of
book reviewers on the new edition
OF The Science Of Voice" by DR..
Douglas Stanley of New York. To
DR.. stanley's work is added a Sec
tion on 'Musicianship" by Alma
Stanley, B. A., and a section on
Physical Principles" by S. s. A..
Watkins, B. 8.
DR.. stanley's findings are
the result OF 20 years of re-
search In this country and
Europe. Particularly interest
ing and Informative Is the ac-
count of his researches con-
4 Quoted In the laboratories Of
Electrical Products Research,
Inc. His method Of voice train
ing has been adopted by many
of the music schools and col
leges, including the University
Of Washington and College Of
Puget Sound.
Some of the paragraphs set out
by the reviewers include the fol-
lowing:
when a voice is properly pro-
duced 1t does not have what il
known as a Characteristic, bass,
baritone, tenor, contralto or So
prano quality g.. 1t is categorized.
not by its particular type of
throatiness, but by its power. by
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-17
Sing Haydn
Masterpiece
tuesday
The erosion" 10 MARI
Twsnty-sseond Year Of
Tacoma Oraforio Society

Under the direction Of J. w.
Bixel, who founded the organ
ization ~ years ago. the Tacoma
Orstorio society win present
Haydn's MASTERPIECES. The crea-
tion." at the First Congregational
church Tuesday night. Mrs. Walter
McHaney. who assisted n the
first performance. HANDLES Judas
Maccabeus." win be st the organ.
Miss Evelyn Hawthorne win &C.
company at the piano.
soIoists will be Mira Chsries
r. Battin and Miss Ruth John
son. sopranos. MIR. Edwin ~
Halier. tenor, and Mr.. Stanley
Hews. bass. Tbt chorus NUM-
hers ss singers who have bes~
rehearsisg since NJ begtssssG
u Octebev.
The words ~ The Creation
are taken from hilton's Para
disc Lost rhs sentiment of ths
production sxprsssss usydn's
deep religious conviction. In writ
ing II he believed he was paying
debt Of gratitude TO his CREATOR
One sdmirsr Of Haydn has re-
ferred 10 this great work In the
following language:
Hear u without mental res-
ervation. and the inspirsftss
with which n everfIows viii
animate you. Approach Haydn
with simplicity Of spirit and
the charm persadlnE his work
Win find III way 10 yess
heart. When you are wrap
ped IN his styie ~ In . gar
mont. ~ Min eaptissie yosr
soul" Ideal purity Of thought.
simplicity Of means, simple and
wise erehestrstios; all con
tribute u the freshness al
The Creation"
the dominant note 10 always
Joy thankful Joy an out
pouring Of grstituds and love from
thu created 10 the sIl-pO~srful
Master who has created ths world
and everything IN II. Haydn re-
vived primitive speech. . language
Of tenderness. which be lends 10
all the Inhabitants Of Paradise. 10
all the beneficiaries Of ths work
Of six days naivsiy eAtsiogusd ~
the budding flowers. beating
lambs. singing birds eulfnlnat-
ing IN the first human couple. tns
GROWING mastsrpaeos Of the ere
alton"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-17
Re..n4h., 1s-Y.~-oId venoiss. On ce.sAecssss Tsw

A On 10 no barrier 10 Mav,s Mes.
n snthai, vstsran rpIish pianist.
who N his 18th year b on . gold
en- jubilee tour u ths country that
would tax many . youngsr man.
He has more than 70 sngsgsmsnts
from coast To coast hsswsen nov
and mid April Among thsa .
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-17

ing In general these musical
waitzes are really . relief.
Arthur Tracy tThs Street sing
err vaxsd his theme Marta" with
the popular tune "Fsithfm For
ever on ths reverse. PM Fegan
has just prepared an album Of
Irish songs and Frances LAngford
appears In an attractive album
singing a number u her outstand-
ing song succeaseA
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-17
rs Junior
Musicians TO
Perform
Present Young Students ~
Ladies Musical Club 70
Wsysrhssussr Hell

Under sponsorship cf the
~ Junior I-sdie. Musical club
Is young musicians. all II years
Of age or younger. ~ill be present
ed In concert al weyerhseuser hall
Friday night Feb. a. Those par
ticipsting are pupils Of Leona Nc
Queen. Frank Nurding. Mar,
Caroline Richardson. Mrs. Clara
Lewis Bundy. Viola Shoemaks,
Leonard Jacobsen. Mrs. VIM. n.
Reed. Mrs. Paul T. Prentice. lie.
ons Huseby. Sophie Preston.
In the program. announced -
follows. numbers not otherwise
designated are piano selections;
Biz BASS singer ............ Roife
Turkey In the straw
Ida Hansier
~ ~ .t...'s.s''s'.'',,..,..,,.-n.ss 49,, 80 : :
sharon Roy
Banjo ssrenade ...........Fsn Nort
Dick Hansier
waltz Violin, ..t....s...., Brahms
Mona kiiener
Mrs. Prantice. sccompanist
Dollys Lullaby sfssssss-s. Eckstsin
-, Mardsn Has.sielsa
p.ane Bennett,
Ny Lows an Arbutus Fcik SONG
Mardsll Ha<~eibiad
Deane Bennett
Spring Dreams Voice. schubert
Garden OF Happiness ........W Wood
June Schorer
Prank Hurdins. aeeompsni<t
jo n~ nv Walt. ,'.'''.'''.' 'Maer.ehisn
Dolores Ann shepro
Spanish Dance .............n us.ey
jolly Huntsmsn .....,...... hefssl
Florence Lshey
Reindeer Tros ......-..' Mssorsfos
Nancy June Reed
Cherry Ripe tvoieep .....,..., Horn
'ns john or,tf,,n ;soprsno,
Prank Nurdlns. accompanies
Airpiane Ride ..s......... Richter
Brownies Carnival 1890. Thompson
Dale Hamilton
spinning sons $500, l s.ins s n,s,sn =
Noriko Matsuaawa
pomp and pasesntry .......... coon
' waiter mccullough
Kamsnnoi- ostrow .....- .Rubenstsin
Polish Dance ....... .shsrvenks
Janice Olson
fidian Dance .......+...., Krosxel
Beverly Liohsnwsi,sr
Gay Vienna .....s....,...,.. hao<
Jaqueiine Buch
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-17
Discussions
Whsi's Doing in Records
Nv BxNoRA Sso&sTNo
DISCUSSIONS

DISCUSSIONS
For q bit Of sheer beauty listen
TO Jessics Dragonetts singing
Estrellita and siboney on = new
ten inch Red Seal. tust out. She
sings these two favorites IN Span
ish. Her perfect quality Is q de-
light. The orchestral background
In a favorable addition.
The featured album for Febru-
airy on the Victor lists IA the very
colorful set of Debussey Nocturnes
interpreted by the Philadelphia Or
chestra under the direction Of
stowkowski. The result Is most
stirring. Clouds" and Festivals"
heard comparatively often are
beautiful displays Of color and they
exact from the orchestra its most
varied and brilliant tones. The
third work. Sirens" 10 very rare
ly performed because II IL no
extremely difficult II calls for .
wordless chorus OF Women's voices
and the effect u strange. exotic
and fascinating. Many eboruses
have attempted the performance
Of this composition, but have come
10 grief in the attempt TO main
tain correct information. However.
in this performance. the utmost In
perfection Ii attained To add 10
the eye appeal" Of this set Of
records, II has been packaged IN
an artistic album which viii add
beauty 10 any record library.
Decea has pressed sons note
worthy additions 10 their catalog
this week. Outstanding among
them Is a pair of waltzes perform
ed for your listening and dancing
pleasure BY Glen Gray and the
Casa Iona Orchestra This re-
cordinz offers MY Wild Irish
Rose" and When Irish Eyes Are
Smiling with Cenny Sargent
doing his usual JOB on the vocaLs
Incidentally. Glen Miller just
pressed Beautiful Ohio and Mis-
sour Waltz" After the deluge of
A. tunes. jump rhythmE and Nv
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-17

h~ase1t n Lsss Anesass ~ -
West ccass AxtkTnsstst t<enouD
fur Peace and Democracy.
nnssuthsl " ~ Iast ~ ~ -
pills ~ rrsns List h s<tivs euA-
esvt s<rvics ard vas IN intimate
a. Brahms. Nubsnseeis and 10
hama nfrauas
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
NEWSB0YS DONATE
TO STOCKING FUND.
Negro Elevens Will Clash
Today In Benefit For
Needy Children

The lads who sell the Winning
ton News on the streets came
through yesterday with their contri-
button to the Star-News Empty
Stocking fund, helping to swell the
total to $1,217.32, an amount still
short Of the total needed if all of the
young children in Wilmington who
otherwise will miss a visit from
Santa Claus are to have the happi-
ness of a visit from him on Christ
mas morning.
Each year these boys make their
voluntary contribution. Each day
they add a few pennies from their
profits, so that some child in the city
less fortunate than themselves may
have a bit Of happiness on Christ
mas morning.
Today many people are expected to
aid the fund through attending the
football game to be presented at 3 p.
m. at Legion field, when the Brook
Ign Blue Devils and the Castle Street
Bears, two negro teams with a keen
rivalry between them still alive, meet
there in a game, the proceeds from
Continued OH Page Three: Col, ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
HAL KEMP DIES
OF CRASH HURTS
Body OF Famous SWING
master From UNC Will
Be Brought Home

MADEIRA, Calf, Dec. 21.-tR-
Hal Kemp, ~36-year-old swingmas-
ter, who aspired to be a SYM
phony conductor, died today OF
pneumonia which developed from
injuries he suffered in an automo.
bile accident Wednesday.
1t was Kemp's orchestra that the
Duke of Windsor often danced to
in London clubs when he was
Prince of Wales. One night the
Prince played the drums in
Kemp's band.
For the past three years Kemp.
a specialist in sophisticated mod
ern music, had been studying SYM
phony daily. Soon he was to have
entered the guest conducting field.
His young wife, the debutante
Martha Stephenson of New York
whom he married in January, 1899,
was at his bedside when he died.
They lived in Beverly Hills, Calf.
The bandmaster suffered several
fractured ribs and a broken leg
in the Wednesday accident. One
Continued on Page Nine; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
TOBACCO CROP
80 P. C.. LOWER
1910 Valued At $86,524,-
900, Reduction Oh 30
Per Cent

RALEIGH, Dec. 21.-R-Final
estimates of North Cardinals 1910
.flue : cured tobacco crop, now
placed at 500, 700, 900 pounds, are
38 per cent below the crop grown
last year, j.. j. Morgan, statisti-
clan of the state Department of
Agriculture, announced today.
despite the sharp reduction in
production, this years crop is still
two per cent above the 10-year
G929-1938) average" Morgan add
ed, "Under the control program,
Tar Heel producers this year har-
vested sos, 900 acres of tobacco
compared with 855, 900 in 1889 and
an average of 628, 46O during the
10-year period. The average this
year is Al per cent under 1889
and 20 per cent under the 10-year
average"
Morgan reported valuation of the
1910 leaf crop at $86, 524, 900 COM
pared with $123, 1868, 900 last season,
or a valuation reduction of 80 per
cent.
1.-THE 1910 yield per acre for the
state, placed at 991 pounds, is So
pounds above the previous record
yield made last year and oil
pounds above the 10-year aver
age," he said. '"The 1910 record
high yield accounts for production
this season being two per cent
above the 10-year average when
the acreage is 20 per cent below
the corresponding period.
1.-THE 1910 flue-cured crop for the
nation was placed at 1888, 9O3, 900
pounds compared with 1,159, 800, 900
pounds for 1889 pounds. Although
the 1910 crop for all fue-cured
states was reported at 81 per cent
below last years record produc-
ton, it is three per cent above the
l0-year average.
North Carolina growers pro-
duced 8 per cent of the nations
Continued OIL Page Three; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
First Troops To Arriue
At Base Late In January
WORK IS PROGRESSING
10 Temporary Buildings
Up As 400 Workers Share
In First Payday

1t. will be at least a month yet
before Wilmington will begin to
e enlisted men and draftees
moving into the Wilmington Anti
Aircraft Firing Center at Holly
Ridge, it was learned last night
from Lieut.. Alden E. Specs, execu-
tive office in the office of Lieut..
Col. Albertis Montgomery, con-
struct,r 4uartermaster.
An earlier announcement h a d
said the first cadres would be
stationed at the camp about Dec.
20.
Quarters First
No troops will be stationed at
the firing center until quarters for
them are complete with all IA
Continued on Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
PETAIN SEEKING
TO END DISPUTE
Thai-Indo-C China WAR Is
Believed Less Likely To
Become Serious

VICHY, France, Dec. 21.-R-
The Petain government has sent
out a feeler to end the Thailand-
Indo-China "undeclared war;. by
negotiation.
A communique said the border
incidents which at the beginning
of the month were fully alarm
had become no worse and
that there we're indications that
had not abandoned the
idea of conversations. If this is
true, the communique added, tn e
French charge d'affaires at Bang
kok will be ready to begin con-
versations."
HANOI, French Indo-China, Dec.
21.-R-United States Consul
Charles Reed has spent the past
10 days in a vain effort to obtain
release of some $40, 600, 900 in
American merchandise held here
and at Haiphong since Japan's en-
try into Indo-C China, it was learned
today from authoritative sources.
Reed has urged French authorl-
ties to grant permission to reex-
port the cargoes, but these sources
stated emphatically that the
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. -