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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-31

General chairman for Alpha
Beta Epsilon is Miss Doris Wit
tren. Assisting her are Miss
Louise Claes. Miss Betty Jane
Pyle. Miss Patricia Keene. Miss
Mary odgen and Miss Esther
Sandstedt.
Those 70 be initiated are the
Misses Dorothy Hoss. Lois Hill,
Shirley Roberts. Virginia wiltse
Shirley Mason, Helen Kutcher.
Peggy Thompson, June Westman.
Elsie Hammer, Hazel Beck and
Ellen Swsyne.
Members are the Misses Louise
Claes. Doris Wittren, Annabel
Miller. Kathryn Evans. Grace
Howard. Jane Ogden. Frances
Hoss. Anita Wegener. Betty Jean
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-31

Foote. Norma Gaglsrdi. Patricia
Johnson. Gertrude Kincaid, Jane
Ness. Margaret Nicola, Nancy
Short. Marcia Tharelson, Patricia
Towne. Jane Westherby, Peggy
wibble. Margaret Manley. Helen
Keno. Ruth Hanawalt and Doro-
thy Wolf.
Members are the Misses Pa
tricia Davis, katheeryn Furlong.
Bergitte Hanson, Sylvia Langdon,
Marion Rolstad. Kathryn Woods,
Geraldine Alexander, Jane Hatch,
Muriel Woods, Evelyn Decker, Pa
tricia Cannon. Marion Brush, Ruth
Pauline Todd.
To Camp Seymour
William Brown Is general chair
man for the Sigma Mu Chi house
party at Camp Seymour. DR.. Ray
mond Powell will be chaperon.
All the members of the fraternity
are on the committee. Members
planning TO attend are George
Mitchell. Wally stsrkey, Warren
Harvey. Edward Hungerford. JACK
Holheim. Morton Arnold, Jess
Denzler. Richard Jarvis. Tholo
johnson. Richard Watson, Bud
Jonas. Forrest Johnson. Robert
Bergman, Joe Price, Stanley Der
kie. Charles Swanson. Herbert
Hite and Donald Rasmussen.
Initiates are Frank Hicks, Ed
ward Webb. Richard Wilhvar'
Enos Bales, Robert Hess, Robert
Starkey. Walter Ebbets. William
Nero. Roland Kohler. Edward Gia-
nell. Richard Haley, Robert VIII
helrni. Ronald Robbins, Neal Ell
and William Doherty.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-31
Mofhers' Club viii
Hold Gard Party

The Mothers' club Of Visitation
school viii hold q noon luncheon
and card party on Friday at the
school hall. Door prizes and high
score favors viii be awarded by
the chairmen. Mrs. John Morris
and Mrs. Floyd Bender.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-31
Antique" Luncheon
Planned bx Auxiliary

An Antique luncheon February
20 At Fishers Civic center Is plan
ned by the Tacoma Goodwill Wom-
ems auxiliary. A speaker from
Seattle In expected to appear on
the program. Friends Of the or
gsnization are asked to remember
that date and to make reserva-
tons at Main e131.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-31
McChord Officers
To Dance F eb. Is
Club ~ Fort Lewis Chosen
For Air Corps Affsir

In all the stress of the ns-
tional defense program. events
Of significance play an i'm
portant part in army life.
Accordingly a dancing party
exclusively for officers at Nc
Chord Field is being planned
for Saturday evening, Feb.
Is. at the Fort Lewis Officers
club.
Heading the committee which
will make arrangements for this
party are Major Z. X. Lawson
Air Corps. and Major Arthur
Irons. Dental Corps. who Will act
In conjunction with Captain Ray
mond L. Bell. base education and
recreation officer, and many other
officers in attempting TO make
the affair q great success.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-31
eunksrs Return From
Eorfniohfs Irip

Mr.. and Mrs. J. +. Bunker re-
turned the latter part Of the week
from a trip TO Chicago. They re-
turned by way of California cities
and were joined shortly after their
arrival by their daughter. Mrs.
N. c. Tower of Kellogg. Ida, who
will be their guests for about a
week. They were guests at the
Palace In San Francisco and in
Palo Alto visited Mr.. Bunker's
brother. Mr.. Homer Bunker. They
stopped also for several days in
Portland before coming back TO
Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-31
LEAGUE Of Women Voters
To Have Dinner Meeting

The League Of Women Voters
Will meet at the Hickey apis. on
Thursday evening 81 S o'clock for
a dinner meeting
Discussion Of the new adoption
Law will be the topic Of the eve
ming Speakers on the chosen sub
iect will he DR.. Jennie Reed. direc-
tor Of research for Tacoma public
schools; Or, Homer Clay and Mrs.
Anne Jameson of Seattle.
Red, White and Blue club will
meet Thursday for IL 80 potluck
luncheon at the home of Mrs. w.
W. Tritle. 1924 So. Sheridan. Dur
ing the business meeting there will
be an election Of officers. Mem
bers have been asked TO bring
current events to read at the meet
ing. Mrs. Mile Ball will preside.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-31
To Dance in Messenger Hall
Friday EVENING

Members of the auxiliary to the
Progressive Italian A merican
lodge No. ! will sponsor q dance
Friday evening in Messenger Me-
mortal hall. 1929 So. Tacoma way.
Mrs Anthony Bertochini Ia chair
man and il assisted by Misses
Florence Viafore. Leona Mariana,
Mrs. Frank Mariana. Mrs. Ed.
Weller and Mrs. Eugene Marches
mi. Dancing will begin at 9
o'clock.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-31

Those 20 be initiated are the
Misses Beverly Berhe. Maxine
Bitney. 10 Ann Body. Kay Cope
land. Katherine Dustine, Phyllis
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-03-26

Col. Antonio Parodi, head of the
Argentine aeronautics purchasing
committee, arrives on the liner
Brael to negotiate deals for the
purchase of flying equipment. The
South American republic is buying
large amounts of van equipment in
this country.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-03-26

General MaXimino Avila Comacho,
brother of the President of Mexico,
is pictured with his wife as they
arrived in Miami, Fla, from Ha-
vana, Cuba, on an unofficial good
Will tour. which will include visits
to Washington and New York.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-03-26

personal spite" was reason Will
liam Canning, history instructor,
denounced her as a Communist, Jet
Ia Alpert, a high school teacher in
New York City charged before the
Rapp-Coudert committee ~investi-
eating s%ubversive activities in the
city's schools.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-03-26

lima " IISOH
Actress Irma Wilson, formerly of
Broadway and more recently under
contract in Hollywood. was report
ed secretly wed in Havana, Cuba,
to Ted Baker, airplane executive.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-31
0ne-Act Plays
AT Fife High
Three Offerings
Thursday Night

Three one-act plays will be
. presented by the Fife high school
dramatics class in the school audi
forum at p. m. Thursday.
AL directing. stage work and
makeup is done by the students
themselves. under the guidance Of
their teacher. Mrs. June Dunning
Clarke. and while this method may
not produce polished productions.
each of the "a class members re-
ceives actual. first-hand drsmatics
training.
A comedy. Thursdays at
Home" directed by Ruth Schurer.
has a cast composed Of nine girls.
Maxine Hawke. Roberta Nyholm.
Edith Bloomquist. Louise Hanson.
Louise Reyes. LaVerna Schumock.
Tsuneka Yaguchi. Patricia Wells
and Ruth Schurer.
A second comedy. what Are
You Going to wear?". is directed
by Betty Moser. with the follow
ing additional cast members
Dorothy Canale, Tsuyako Kasai.
Rose Pesciallo. Hildur Johnson.
Frances Cappa, Reeve Decent.
Doris Hegwine and Geraldine
Shinkle.
THE Valiant" third In the
group. is drama directed by
Lowell Egman, with Ella Mae
Moser. John Lundy. Bob sproule.
Plat Lebert and Olaf Kvamme
taking part.
Intermission music will be sup
piled by the Fife band. under
direction of Robert Dezell.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-31
University Students
To See Plants Here

Junior engineers and chemists
taking industrial chemistry at the
University of Washington will
visit Tacoma Friday. stopping at
both the smelter and the st. Regis
mill. The so students making the
trip will study smelling and cleo
trolitic copper processes at the
smelter and the recovery of salt
cake from pulp at the st. Regis
plant.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-31
Col. Waller Bender
ASSIGNED 10 NV.

Col. Walter Bender. for more
than a year executive OF Langlie
field, Va. air base. will take over
new duties Feb 4 as inspector
general of the Northwest air dis
trict, which includes McChord
field, according to an announce
ment made Thursday.
Col. Bender will have his head
quarters at Fort George Wright.
Spokane. Col. Bender began his
army career 35 years ago as a
private in Troop X, 9th u. S.
cavalry. lie received a croix de
Guerre citation while flying with
the French air force during the
World war. He has seen five years
continuous service at Langlie field
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-31
War in Europe
A Year Ago
Jan. 80, l940

Adolf Hitler made a surprise
speech on eighth anniversary Of
National Socialist rule. denounc-
Ing Edouard Daladier and ridi-
culing Neville Chamberlain.
German aerial attack on Brit
ish shipping entered second day.
extending from Aberdeen. Scot
land. 10 English Channel.
Firms bombed Soviet troop con
centrations.
Losses AZ sea: British freighter
stanburn and Danish steamer
Fredensborg.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-31
Photograph Wrecked
Ship From 2 Plones

McCHORD FlELD-Pictures of
the wrecked army transport Xvi
chalk were taken from two Nc
Chord Field B-23 bombers. Off
Gals here announced Thursday.
Leading the flight in one plane
was 1t. William Hatcher. pilot.
Capt. Hilger piloted the other ship.
With 1t. Hatcher were 1t. Cum
bingham, co-pilot, and Capt. Low,
navigator. 1t. Duncan was CO.
pilot under Hilgcr. and 1t. Warren
navigator.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-31
Injured in Accident

Mrs. LaRene Piersol, 80, of 6526
P.cific ave-. was in Tacoma Gen.
eral hospital Thursday. reported
recovering from an injured right
leg and pelvis received in an auto
mobile accident Wednesday night.
Hospital attendants described her
condition as satisfactory"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10
vALLEyITES ARE LUCKY
Coast Newspaperman Swears to Fact

Marion Walker. general man
ager of SCripps WatSonville. Calf
newspaper, was in Ell Centro We'd
neSday, and after a good nights
rest. wondered out loud if Imperial
Valley folk could appreciate Just
how fortunate they are.
1t was the sleep that started hlm
wondering. 1t was the first really
sound sleep he had had since Jap
an started on the road to hari kari
He had been on the coast, ans
that in itself ought TO be CNpla-
nation enough.
He was in Los Angeles Sunday
night, and the war Was brought
uncomfortably close 10 him WneL
the army took over downtown parks
and converted them into anti-aIr-
craft arSenalS.
He was in San Diego Monday
night and he saw the same thing
happen. But that wasn't all. He got
caught right in the middle OF a
blackout. All the lights in his hotel
were snuffed out. and the elevator
boy had to strike matches to To-
cate the floors.
1t was eerie, to say the least.
He came to El Ceutro to sleep
Tuesday night, and he really dld
job of ear pounding.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10


the east coast of Malaga, including
one attack only 200 miles north Oh
Singapore naval base.
The Japanese also were attack
ing Hongkong on a land front.
where their first main assault was
officially reported repulsed.
Hcstilities, especially at sea, were
spreading rapidly in the Far East
and there were increasing indica-
tiOnS that Germany and Italy were
preparing to march with the Japa
nese. London heard new reports that
Adolf Hitler would declare war on
the United States shortly at meet
ing of the ReichStag in Berlin.
Developments on other main
sectors:
SINGAPORE - London acknoWl-
edged the 35,000-ton battleship
Prince of Wales and the 32,000-ton
battle cruiser ReDulse had been
sunk, apparently by japanese air
attacks off the east coast of Malaga,
where the japanese battled to make
a second landing only 200 miles
north of the Singapore naval base.
Fighting continued on the coast
of northeast Malaga near Kota
Bahru airdrome. German dispatches
which appeared to be deliberately
distorted, said Tokyo also claimed
the almost certain sinking of the
British battleship King George V.
TOKYO-An official news agency
broadcast quoted the government
spokesman as acknowledging the
loss of two transports and damage
TO two others. The loss of 13 army
planes also was admitted, but the
spokesman claimed that Japan had
smashed the main force Of the
United States fleet.
MELBOURNE - Japanese again
bombed the Island of Nauru, north
east of Australia.
RFRLIN-German sources claim
ed that the greatest naval battle in
history" was in progress in the Pa
Cific ocean.
On the sea and in the air Japan
appeared to have driven home heavy
initial blows in her surprise war,
Destruction of the $4,000 toll
Prince Of Wales and the $4,000 tor
battle cruiser, following closely upon
the heavT damage to the U. 3
Pacific fleet inflicted at Pearl harb0r
appeared to have forced Anglo
American naval power onto the de-
fcnSive in the western Pacific.
Wales, newest dreadnaught in
Continued on Page 8; Column ~
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10
tsos4ts 1%'9'4s
Expensive Training

To get duplicate county warrant
is one of the most red tapiSh things
Two persons worth twice as much
as the amount mentioned on the
lost warrant must certify to the
necessity for the duplicate, the dis
trict attorneys office must approve
it, the county school superintendent
must approve it, and the county
auditor must approve it,
So when Mrs. Chloe Dement, losi
a county warrant for $98.86, she
was in a dither. She drives a school
bus in the Trifolium school district
and had just been paid First the
warrant was in her purse and then
it wasn't.
The search was one of the mad
deSt in the history of the Dement,
family. All that could be found was
a pile of pulp with few faint
traces of ink mixed in it.
Junior, what do you know about
this?" Mrs. Dement, asked her small
son as she pointed to the pile OF
pulp.
Yes, I know" he confessed, I'm
going to be a spy when I grow III
and 1 had to practice chewing uL
valuable evidence"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10
Sen. Hiram Johnson
Blocks Quick Move
To Lift Draft Ban

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. 'UP'-
Sen. Hiram w. Johnson, r., Cali.
today blocked immediate considera-
ton of a bill authorizing use OF
national guard troops and Selectees
outside the western hemisphere
The legislation. however, will be
eligible for consideration under q
motion later today.
johnson interposed his objection
after a parliamentary tangle de-
veloped under senate RULES un-
animous consent would be required
to consider the bill before the SEN
ate'S unfinished business "a tri-
state river compact-was taken care
of. The aged Californian had not
participated in the debate,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.
(UP)-President RoOsevelt's
analysis of the pattern of
world conflict placed tbs
United States today in g
state of informal war with Ger
many and italy.
Although formally engaged in war
against only Japan, he promised
to fight the Axis with everything
we've got"
Foreign dispatches limited that a
German declaration of war against
the United States was forthcoming
Mr.. Roosevelt warned of the real
and immediate danger of sneak
punch-like that which rocked Pear
harbor-on both our coasts, Allan
tic or Pacific.
Other advices here suggested that
Adolf Hitler might prefer for the
time being to avoid actual war with
the United States.
But in a war report to the nation
that made previous fireside chats
seem of small consequence in COM
parison, Mr.. Roosevelt last night
blunted no words in saying that we
are in a fight for our collective
lives-and THAI we will win the war,
and the peace 70 follow
FACTS RECOGNIZED
The Presidents warnings that
Germany and italy consider
themselves at war with the Unitec
States at this moment" brought
from congressman the comment thai
it was a realistic recognition" OF
facts.
Speaker Sam Rayburn sounded
the tenor Of general congressional
comment with:
"Cf course we all think that GEL
many and Italy are going to fol-
low the japanese as brothers in this
Axis agreement"
Rayburn has said that Congress
would declare war on Germany and
Italy as quickly as it did against
Japan if those two countries decide
to attack the United States.
What has happened in the Pacific
Continued on Page 8: Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10
Explosions Heard
Near Imperial Dam

Two explosions were heard early
Tuesday night from Imperial Dan
south to Audradc in eastern I'M
perial county ana from Yuma tC
Somerton in Arizona
At press time Wednesday Officers
had been unable to ascertain the
source Of the explosions or whether
any damage had been done.
Re ports of the explosions came
close on the heels OF two reports OF
two large groups of planes flying
over the northern Imperial Valley.
They may have been us. Army
planes.
Some residents believed two un-
usually large dynamite blasts had
been set off in some of the mines
in the mining area in the eastern
part of the county.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10


10. (UP)-Northarn Califor-
MIA was blacked out for g.
minutes carly today Whel
the Army Air Corps fourth
intorceptor command flashed
red alert indicating aircraft over
head"
The Army ordered police here to
broadcast a blue" warning indica
ing approaching aircraft at 2:13
am. psf and a few minutes later
issued the red" alarm.
All California from Bakersfield IL
the oregon state line was ordered
blacked out Radio stations were
ordered off the air. What defense
measures the command took and
full particulars Of the alarm were
not Immediately revealed
"a report received at Mcclellan
field, Army air depot at Sacramento,
said that hostile aircraft" approach
ing the coast caused the alarm. Au
thoritieS refused to elaborateD
The all clear was issued at 3:23
am.
Los Angeles radio stations also
were ordered to cease brOadcaSting
except for One-minute announce
ments every hour. The stations re-
turned to the air at 730 am.
APATHY FLAYED
San Francisco, lashed by an Army
commander for its criminal apathy
toward its first air raid warning
Monday night. did better today ana
BACKED almost completely during
the alarm.
Lieut.. Gen. John L. Dewitt, COM
mander of the fourth Army, last
night baWled out a civil defense
council meeting for the cityS COM
placenCc during Army-Ordered all
raid alarms Monday night and
warned that death and deStruc-
ion are likely to come to this city
at any moment He said that until
reinforCements which were on Their
way arrived, he could not promise
that the Army could prevent bomb
ardment of san Francisco.
He urged civilians, however, not
70 be jittery.
Turn off your lights and then
sit there and take it. he said
There's nothing else Eou can do
If you can't take it, get out OF
San Francisco
FAD JOLT NEEDED
The Pacific coast is in the war,
he said, and suggested that it might
have been a good thing If japanese
planes had dropped some bombs
3n San Francisco TO jolt the city
into a realization of the fact.
In southern California blaCkOutS
were in some cases only partial.
There was no immediate eXplana-
ton for the blaCkout
San Francisco took DeWitt's words
to heart. In the business district
only street lights burned. in con-
traSt to the vivid neon lighting
that continued through the two
"blackoutS' Monday night when
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10
Mexican Troops to
Cross Over Today

NOGALES. Son, Mex, Dec. 10.
CUPl-TWo battalions of Mexican
soldiers enroute to bases in Lower
California were expected to cross
the international boundary line here
some time today.
The U. S. state department auth
cried passage of a considerable
body of Mexican troops through
the United States from NogaleS
to Tiajuana, Lower California, by
way of San Diego.
The move was hailed as a strik-
ing instance of cooperation IN
hemisphere defense by the nations
of this hemisphere in the cause
of liberty and democracy and
against the forces OF agreSsor ma
tiOnS.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10

So the 50 award that would have
been made had one of the three
answered and said his lights had
been put up, automatically was
boosted to So.
Three more calls were to be made
Wednesday night, and from the in
crease in number of lighting decora-
tions noted over the city, it's dollars
to doughnuts that somebody is go
ing to win that money.
Just to be on the safe side, why
not cot those liGhtS up noW9 You
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10


in defense of the United States
cannonballed ahead in order +
avoid delay. Some of the inspect
orS didn't like it.
Trucks and ambulanceS were not
stopped,
Inspectors at the agricultural in
pection station between Yuma ant
Winterhaven said the officers stop
ped at the station anyway to await
their escorts through 1mperla.
county.
Military equipment, with officia.
designations, continued to spceo
westward through Ell Centro IL.
caravan after caravan. No details as
to their destinations were avail
able.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10
Valley Lettuce
Rolls to Market

Imperial Valleys l94l-42 lettuce
gathered momentum Wednesday a.
the first carloads Of the l9,00G
acre crop rolled to market.
The quality is excellent and the
market favorable. County Agricul-
tural Commissioner b. A. Halrl-
gan, said Wednesday, The market
was 81 to S425 FOB. Imperial
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10
Yes, We Don't Know

Note to the public-all of it. No
body on the PCStP Press staff knows
when the Mexican troops are COM
ing through, and probably won't
know, and if we did we couldn't
tell.
Troop movements, you see, are a
military secret--and that gees fol
Mexican troop movements through
this country as well us Amcricau
troop movements.
We aren't being difficult. We just
don't want to Give out information
that would be harmful You know
how it is cor if you don't you'll sooL
find OUT
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10

outs, the paper was published IN
the darkness
Watsonville occupies a strategic
position i'll the Monterey bay area,
II is 90 miles south OF San Fran
cisco. and just four miles from Fort
Cd. where 4O,COO soldiers are con-
cehtrated.
When they start dropping Sombs.
we may be right in the thick OF
things" he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10
Bus-Hunters Halt War
Military Chiefs Claims
Rv United PRESS

BY UNITED PRESS
The rival claims in the Pacific
war:
UNITED STATES
Army rcpels japanese Cnc attack
on Luzon in the Phlnpplne Islands
another partially successful.
One japanese transport sunk Cfl
the Philippines
Five other transports damaged
Three or more japanese planes
shot down over Manila.
GREAT BRITAIN
Three japanese transports sunk
or damaged eft Malaga.
Heavy casualties inflicted upon
the japanese at HongKOng and il.
Malaga.
Admits loss of Prince of Wales
and RepulSe.
JAPAN
British battleships Prince of Wales
and RepulSc sunk. King George pos
sibly sunk
United States submarine sunk Of
New Guinea.
15.OOO-ton United States Army
transport sunk of Manila.
United States aircraft carrier
Enterprise possibly sunk,
Admits two transports sunk, two
other damaged.
Admit 38 planes lost
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10

Valley.
Thirteen carloads already have
let the valley at the beginning OF
the season which will not reach
its peak until after the first OF
the new year.
This years acreage is slightly
less than the acreage last year
but stands are good throughout the
lettuce growing sections of the val
ley. Harrigan said.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10

"Ycssir, Imperial Valley is the
place to be right now" he said.
Walker telephoned his papel
which, by the way, goes by the
unusual name of the WatsOnvillC
Register Pa ajaronian and Sum from
the Pcst-Frcss office and learned
that it had been literally taker
over by military authorities for anti
aircraft purposes.
On the nights of the coast black
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10

may be one of those called. and if
your decoration has been completed
the money will be sent your way
pronto.
But even if you don't win in the
chamber of commerce poll, you have
an excellent chance of winning one
of the "a cash prizes offered in the
main Post-Press lighting contest.
There are six $40 prizes, as many
SIS awards and others ranging from
50.
So oct ooino.