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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-06
. HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

continuous and contagious
grin. Reminds you of Jimmy
Cagney, only bigger.
In appearance, Rags is exact
ly the type that Warner Broth
ers likes to hire for the more
sinister chores in its gangster
flickers. He has an undressing
jaw and an overwhelming pas
sion for bad puns. Before he
was a member of the original
Panama Hattie" company,
Ragland had been a real star
in burlesque. Said Shelton
admiringly: when Rags quit
he was making as big salary
as the strippers!"
EIGHT-BALL WISE GUY
He started in his native LOU
isville. 81 was poolroom
comedian" Ragland said. "You
know-a wise guy. People
figured they could get rid of
me by sayin' I oughta 60 on
the stage. Pretty soon there
was a show in town and the
manager beat up the second
comedian and l got the job. /
was bigger'n the manager, so
we got along good"
Rags has q refreshingly un-
Hollywooden attitude b o t
public relations. The other day
he offered a studio press agent
story for the local papers.
He'd attended a big party the
night before. 1t went on until
we'll past dawn, with the neigh
bors screaming dire threats,
everybody. getting thrown in
the swimming pool and three
carloads of police finally ar
irving. The agent had an
awful time explaining to Rag
land that wasn't quite the type
of event the movie industry
likes publicized.
For laughs off the set. Rags
goes around with flutter-
Drained cutie named Suzanne
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-06
. MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE
bridge played. We agreed good
bridge is played throughout the
United States.

bridge played. We agreed good
bridge is played throughout the
United States.
There are Master players in
every territory. So while | can
not say where the best bridge is
played. I am going to give you
what I think was the best bridge
hand Of the entire trip.
South took the first trick
with the spade ace and West
won the second with the king.
A low diamond lead was won
in dummy and a heart lead
brought out the ten and queen
Another low diamond lead was
bounced upon by North, who
led a third spade. South came
through with a brilliant coup
by discarding the king of
hearts.
This discard left declarer un-
sble to establish the hearts
without letting North in the
lead. But declarer now proved
equal to the occasion. He
cashed the remaining diamonds
and then led the jack of clubs.
South won with the queen,
and as declarer had hoped, the
blank dropped from the North
hand. South's forced club lead
gave dummy two tricks in the
suit and made the contract.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-06

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. Sin
terviewing two comedians at
the same time is something like
trying to do the rhumba with
Annie Sheridan while fencing
with Basil Rathbone. Anyway,
it's exhausting, especially il the
comics happen to be a couple
of ex-burlesquers named Red
Shelton and Rags Ragland.
1t was not a planned inter
view. have known better
than that since spending an af-
ternoon with Groucho and
Marx and later discovering
that ! didn't have a line I'd dare
try to put into q newspaper.
This Shelton Ragland encounter
was just something that could
happen to anybody on a sound
stage, like getting beaned by a
falling arc lamp.
The picture is Panama
Hattie" and the director is
Norman Mcleod. A comedy
maker and ordinarily a pretty
funny guy himself, Mcleod
now wears dark circles under
his eyes and has sunk into a
morose and weary silence.
SCENE SWIPING STOPPED
Just as he lined up a shot
with scores of cabaret custom
ers registering animation, and
with Ann Sothern poised for
song, pandemonium broke loose
in one of the portable dressing
rooms. There were thuds and
curses and bowls. Out burst
the romantic lead. Dan Daley,
Jr.. with his clothes half torn
off and artificial gore on his
face. Ragland and Shelton
were only two jumps behind as
he fled across the set yelling,
Honest. fellas-I promise-I'll
never try to steal another
scene!'
Shelton Is an ingratiating,
rather handsome redhead with
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-06
A NIGHTMARE

1t would be cosy to greet the One
Observation-Disclosures plan Of Hit
Ter and MussoIini with loud horse
, laugh. Too cosy
The wiId-soundne plan announced
in Mussolini's privote newspaper will
not be dismissed with q single loud
snort.
1t can never come true, but that
is not quite good enough reason for
dismissine it utterly Back Of it lies
on oee-old longing Of Europe for some
kind Of order to toke the place Of the
weary generations Of economic and
political onorchy which have rocked
that tired continent again and again.
Thousands, both in Europe and
here, will be tempted to soy, There's
something in thotw Thot's the insidi-
Gus port of it, there IS something in it!
Europe is never going to be made
into single "stote" in the sense Hitler
and MussoIini mean. Thot is, it is never
going to submit to domination Of oil
it's peoples from Berlin where self-op-
pointed master roce" sits in q rigid
soddIe, welding cruel whip over less
or peoples" whose role in the unified
stote" is meted out to them at the end
Of lash.
1t will never work. There are too
many millions Of people in Europe still
who love freedom for there to be the
slightest chance Of the Hitler plan Sue
ceedine.
But it wont do to dismiss it, for all
thot For hundred years, Europe hos
cried for deIiveronce from its fotoI Bol-
konizotion To restore their freedom
to peoples robbed of it is necessary
first aim. But it is only beginning.
There is no hope for the world in return
ing to condition Of International
anarchy in which the pie-heoded ruler
Of any local Ruritono can juggle the
peace of Europe; q condition in which
every small country is pawn on
ohessboord, moved about or captured
at will by the big players at the edge
Of the board
The oxis portners hold UP before
the world q picture thot is nightmare
version Of on old European dream. The
insidious port Of it is that it bears just
enough foint resemblance to the dream
thot some may be unthinkineIy drown
toword it. 1t hos, further, the virtue
Of concreteness; the forces Of freedom
have not yet drown their dream Of
free Europe in sufficiently definite lines.
The Nozi proposal cannot be laugh
ed off; it must be studied, first to reveal
the naked horror Of its cold impudence;
second, to bring home the stark neces-
sity Of something better.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-06
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

ton pictures to influence pub
lie sentiment in the direction
Of participation in the present
Europeon war.
NO WITCH HUNT,
THEY SAY
This resolution has not been
posed by the Senote, but was
referred to the interstate Com
m4rce Committee for jnvesti-
COTTON. The reason CIork and
Nye specified that the investi-
COTTON be conducted by the
Interstate Commerce Commit
tee wos simply that the chair
man OF this, committee Is Bur-
ton K. Wheeler of Butte,
Mont, who as everyone knows
Is No. ! spokesman for those
who believe the United Stotes
should stoy out Of this war, and
who could be counted on to
appoint d subcommittee of
senotors who hold similar
views.
Wheeler has done exoctly
this. Choirnon Of his sub-com-
mittee is . Wovth Clovk NJ
Idaho. an outspoken "isolo-
Zionist" to use the nasty word.
The other members ore c.
WoyIond Brooks Of Chicago,
Homer T. Bone of Toconno,
Wosh.. Charles w. Tobey Of
Temple. N. H., and Ernest w.
McForlond Of Florence, Ariz.,
all with isoIotionist Jennings.
All this subcommittee con
DO is make its preliminary in
vestiootion, and il they are
justified in doing so. recon-
mend to the full committee
thot the full com mittee
recommend to the Senote that,
the Ctork-Nye resolution be
posed.
Since there is O possibility
thot this resolution MIGHT be
detected by the Senote, il is to
the. advantage Of the sub-com-
mittes to bring out al the dirt
It con- OF the preliminary hear
inos. They miss no opportunity
to insist. however. thot this is
not q witch hunt.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-06
STORIES .
. IN STAMPS
Itoly Claims Foscists
Put Trains on Schedule

ltoN SIQlmS foSClStS
Put Trains on Schedule
ExPONENTS of Italian Fascisn.
- often support its program by
saying: "Mussolini is the man who
made the trains in Italy run on
time" The government itself
points with pride to the way in
which il brought order out Of
chaos in the Italian state rail-
roads.
The stamp above, which shows
a woodworking engine and q
streamlined electric locomotive,
was issued in 1899 to comremo.
rate the Tooth anniversary Of ltal.
ian railroads. II emphasizes TIE
keen pride Italians have In the
progress Of their railroads.
Before the war made the rail-
roads military supply systems. the
government had converted q heavy
liability into q money making a.
set. There was Q time when 1tal-
ian railroads lost a. much - .
billion lire annually.
Air travel has been greatly g.
veloped in italy with the aviation
companies subsidised ~ " s(atA
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-06
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
5 YEARS AGO TO-DAY
1885

Winners in the election: Ivan
Johnston, Prosecutor; Nelson
Zott, County Clerk; Joseph
Trombly, Circui: Court Commis-
sioner, Guy L. Brown. County
Clerk. $4,000 votes cast in pri-
maries.
Miss Ellen Pringnitz and Mry.
Dick Leitch are spending q two
weeks vacation in Nova Scotia.
where they are guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. John O'Hawley.
10 YEARS AGO TODAY
1881
Starting at the Macemb Thea
ire, Winnie Lightner stars in
Gold Dust Ge-tie."
Miss Carolyn Kelly is the
guest of Mrs. Fred Gillespie in
Detroit.
IS YEARS AGO TO-DAY
1906
President w e b er, of the
American Association of Must
clans, Is taking the baths here.
The State Fair will be held
in Detroit next week.
50 YEARS AGO TODAY
1891
st. Mary's Catholic school
started In Monday with five
teachers and 200 children.
A Detroit physician Is quoted
- saying that the use of gum
is not harmful to the health.
50 YEARS AGO TODAY
1881
If there is not more light put
in the Standard opera house, 1t
will be boycotted.
The Detroit Banner is q new
paper started to champion the
labor interest.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-06
. BARBS
The political pot II the only

The political pot II the only
one that boils on hot air.
The British and Russians were
more irate about Iran than Iran.
Anyway, It's q tongue twister.
Men are about the only people
on earth who thinks they have
more sense than women.
Even though we spend more
than q billion q year on sports,
some of W aren't good ones.
The person who constantly
sinGs his own praises hits q lot
Of sour notes.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-06
THOUGHTS

All manner Of sin and blas-
phemy shall be forgiven unto
men: but the blasphemy against
the Holy Ghost shall not Be for
given unto men.-Matthew 1881.
Forgiveness to the injured
does belong, but they ns'er par
don who have done the wrong
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-06
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

At st. Louis our motor trip
came to an end. l found it
necessary to rush back to New
York. so Waldemar Won Zedt-
WITT. Mrs. McKenney. and l re-
turned by train. Mrs. Albert
Rockwell continued on to
Warren, Pa, in her automobile
During the train ride back, a
discussion arose between us as
to where we had found the best
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-06

Ridgeway He says he took her
to a concert at the Hollywood
Bowl the other night, and as
they inched their way up the
ramp with the throng she re-
marked: Nov l know why
nobody ever comes here; it's
too crowded"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-06
PAPER WEALTH


CHICAGO-A 7-year-old girl
with $4,000 owing her faces
eviction from home because
her family IS unable to pay .
few dollars rent.
Olga Lesiak was awarded q
judgment of $4,000 after she
was blinded in one eye when
struck by a police squad car.
Since the law does not hold the
city liable in such cases, the
verdict was returned against .
policeman. He has no attach
able property and as a city en-
ploye his wages cannot be
garnisheed.
JUST AS 1T SOUNDED
CHICACO-A busy secretary
informed q telephone caller her
boss was out. and asked, who
shall I say called him."
Mr.. Onderdonk," replied the
caller.
Twice she asked him to re-
peat il. finally explaining:
I'm sorry. but I can't get II.
II sounds just like Onderdonk
TO me-" A
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-06
NO OVERTIME CHARGE

DECATUR. Ga. - The mail
man exacted no extra postage
from c. r. Broyles when he re-
ceived an out-of-town letter
bearing a two-cent stamp. May
be, Broyles figured. twas be-
cause the letter was mailed in
1881 when two cents would
carry a letter anywhere in the
us.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-06
~ PETER loSok
Dolly Menites Wsshinstea

CoTsoSpoN6ont
WASHINGTON, Sept. g.
The foIl and winter show SEQ.
son on CopitoI Hill in Wash.
ineton will open with all tn
fonfore OF O Hollywood pre-
miere Sept. 9 when q sub com.
mittee Of the Ssnote lntsrstots
Commerce Committee holds {
dress rehearsal for what ma,
turn out to be q fuIl-flsdosc
congressional Investigation o.
the monopolistic and propo.
oondo aspects Of the moving
picture industry.
Il will undoubtedly be TN
liveliest theotricoI In Washing.
ten for weeks or months Il
come. Movies! There's some.
thing everyone con under.
stond, so the industry will b
the hom octor at which thu
senatorial vegetables will b
thrown. Wendell WiIlkie will
steel the show as counsel foI
the movie moouIs. NiehoIo.
Schenck, Harry Warner. Bor-
ney Bolobon, DorrN Zonuck
ct ell. Presiding will be Ssnoto'
D. Worth Clark Of Pocotello.
Idaho. First witness will b
Senator Gerold p. Nye Of Coo
perstown, N. D.
Behind the scenes OF these
hearings will be q good BIZ
more than meets the eye. but
the principal ond reol reason
for t h Sc hearings can be
summed up like this:
!. There have been q mum.
Der of onti-Nozi pictures. such
os Underground, Nan Hunt,
Confessions of q Nozi Spy.
Married O Nozi. ond 50 on.
z. Since these pictures
have, consciously or not. Q
propaganda motif which might
be sold to incite the movie 90
ing people Of these United
Stotes to 90 to war to wipe out
Nozism, certain senotors
would like TO know whether OF
not the people who ore in con-
troll Of the moving picture in
dustry ore deliberately irving
to get the United Stotes involv-
ed in the war.
SoloNS WANT TO SEE
OTHER SIDE
It should be understood thot
this show is being run by SEN
otors who believe very strong
Iy and sincerely thot the
United Stotes should not be-
come involved in this war. In
support Of their contention
thot the movies ore being used
TO incite the people to war.
these senators make much OF
the point thot so for no movies
have been produced to present
the other side of the oroument
screen stories which would
be bosed on plots wherein
screen heroes would win the
girl for the finoI cIinch by
keeping their country out OF
war.
IT must olso be borne in
mind this is not q full dress in
vestiootion. II is purely q dress
rehearsal to determine whether
O formal Investigation should
be held later on. This compii-
coted stote Of offoirs exists
only because Of the peculiar
Senate rules Of procedure.
In the first place. Senator
Bennett Champ Clark of St.
Louis, No., for himself ond for
Senator Nye, introduced O res
oIution directing the Senote
lnterstote Commerce Conn.,
mittee to investigate and re-
port to the Senate on any prop
oeondo disseminated by mo-
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-06
HARD WINTER AHEAD

BETHLEHEM, Pa.-Weather
prophet Herbert S. Bickert, who
relies on the August apple
Sky" for his information, pre-
diets 33 snowfalls this winter.
He took time out from milk
ing the cows at intervals to
count the ball-shaped clouds
moving by during the month.
Says each one predicts a snow
fall. He forecast 80 in 1892
and there were 35. Two years
later he foresaw 20 and the
total was 81.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-06
FLASHES
OF
LIFE
BY the Associated Press
VOTING WISDOM

DONORA, Pa.-Ponder this
one, brother editor.
Reading such headlines as
us. Destroyer attacked" and
"Leningrad in flames" TO-
year old Billy Johnston asked
his father, Clark Johnston,
Publisher of the Donora Herald
Americans:
Say, dad. what do they put
in the papers when there's no
war;
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-06

The Nozi proposal cannot be laugh
ed off; it must be studied, first to reveal
the naked horror Of it's cold inpudence;
second. to bring home the stark neces-
sity Of something better.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-07-31
Recorders Have Responsibility in
Safeguarding Guests, Bradley Says

The Minnesota Arrowhead country's
resort operators have definite re-
sponsibility in safeguarding their
guests, DR.. Preston Bradley declared
in an address given at the mid-season
meeting of the Minnesota Arrowhead
associations directors here Tuesday
evening.
Highlighting the meeting was the
citation of Philip Boileau, Tower, for
bravery in saving the lives of five Iowa
fishermen on Lake Vermilion Memoir
ial day A sixth man drowned
Pointing out that six men in one
boat was a mistake, Dr. Bradley said
that eff I were a resorter, would
not want the responsibility of man
who knows more about safety than I
do"
Saying that drinking had figured in
every drowning in Lake Vermilion this
year, the speaker declared that liquor
and water do not mix any better than
liquor and gasoline.
"Hitler" and "Mussolini" deputy
Sheriffs Peter Brascugi, Eveleth, and
Adolph Dolenshak. Ely received a big
hand after their performance, and DR.
Bradley also received hearty re-
| Spouse when he declared that he would
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-07-31

like nothing better than to preach their
Hitler's and Mussolini's) funerals and
then request the choir to sing praise
God From Whom All Blessings Flow"
A. v. Rohweder, Duluth, president
of the Minnesota Safety Cooncil, made
the citation to Boileau in which the
council and Gov Harold E. Stassen
recognized the heroism and humani-
tarianism of Boileau and his wife.
S. Valentine Saxby, Duluth, execu-
tive secretary of the Arrowhead group,
announced that the annual meeting
would be held Sept. 26 in Duluth, with
Margaret Culkin Banning as speaker.
Hanford Cox, Cloquet, president of
the association, presided at the meet
ing. Mayor John Kapsch, Ely, well
coined the visitors to the city.
Men introduced, some of whom
spoke, included A. j. Slabodnik. for
the Ely Commercial Club, and John
Buccowich for the Rotary Club;
Mayor NJ H. Brickley, Two Har-
bors; Harry A. Levant, presi-
dent of the Eveleth Chamber of
Commerce; Charles Beethoven, presi-
dent of the Virginia Chamber; Ed p
Dupont, president of the Cloquet Cham
Der; Walter Ridder, head of the pub
lie relations department for the Du-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-07-31

1uth newspapers; Jack Newman, out
door editor of the st. Paul Pioneer
Press, Willis Putnam, Duluth retiring
president of the Arrowhead association;
W. G.. Smith of the Tower News;
Peter Schaefer of The Ely Miner;
Harold j. Dillon, retiring president of
the Eighth district American Legion.
Others present from out of town fol-
low:
Duluth-John H. Moore, w. w.
Spring, j. Ward. E. S. Wahl, A. w.
Taylor, H. C. Matzke, Howard Cooper,
C. K. Jones, H. Johnson, G. A. Far
mer
Hibbing-C. E. Hager, Hubert F.
Dear, Helmer Olson.
Two Harbors-P. Elliott, Fred A.
Sarette, John Larson, Harry Otter
blad
fte-George Arbogust, Jane Arbo-
gust.
Tower-H. T. Olson, John Tregear,
Andrew Erickson, W. G. Pryor, A.. C.
Anderson.
International Falls-T. M. Madden
Eveleth-J. R. Schuknecht, Zonimar
Martinovich.
Virginia George W. Pierce, Jr., C.
G. Vanderpoel.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-07-31
Temperature Averages 81
Degrees; Rains Break
Heat WaUe.

July and it's heat wave is passing out
of the picture without regret insofar
as Ely people are concerned, for the
month went into the record book as
one of the hottest in many years.
On five days during the last two
weeks of the month the temperature
scared over 80 degrees, according to
U. S. forest service records, whereas no
more than five such days are recorded
during the entire average summer
High point was 95 for July %.
The heat moderated somewhat Tues
day after heavy rains visited the Ely
territory during the early morning
hours and by Wednesday the heat
wave had been definitely broken The
Fernberg lookout tower % miles east
of Ely recorded a record fall of 2.35
inches of rain Tuesday. At Ely the
fall measured 1.31 inches, at Lac La
Croix 129, at the Sioux, 1.87, at
Crooked lake 1.52, at Angleworm 100,
and at Portage River 0.6, according to
the forest service.
Average high temperature for July
was 819 degrees, from to 4 degrees
above the average for this month,
while the average low temperature was
1913. Lowest mark was At degrees
recorded three nights during the
month, making a temperature range of
48 degrees between the low and high
readings.
The average high for June was I'll
degrees and the average low, 53.8.
Rainfall for this month was 80 inches.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-07-31
Heavy Equipment Going IN
This Week by Barge;
ShGJU In Charge.

Construction of the Prairie Portage
dam viii be rushed so that it VIII be
completed by November, j. w.
Shaw, superintendent of the Portage
River CCC camp, states. EnroIlees
from the camp are building the dam
Heavy equipment is now being taken
in by barge to be used in the con-
Struction work. Included are an air
compressor, tractor, two dump trucks,
two concrete mixers, and a gravel
washing plant. The equipment and
other materials are being shipped
from Winton up Fall lake, across Long
Portage, and through Eastwood lake
to Prairie Portage.
A 30-man side camp has been COM
pleted on the east side of Sucker lake
and is now occupied by the crew, which
at present is building a Golfer dam and
diverting channel to route water
around the dam site.
The forest service seaplane, piIoted
by Merle MoItrup, is being used to
take in daily supplies Of fresh meat,
milk, and vegetables, and for transpOr-
tation of forest service officials for in
spection trip.
Located on the border about 80 miles
from Ely, the Prairie Portage dam will
control the flow of water from Sucker,
NeWfound, and Moose lakes into Bass
wood. When completed it will maintain
water levels in these lakes at q point
where they were before the logging
dam at Prairie Portage gave way to
the raVaging of the elements.
Eighty tons of cement will be used
in building the dam, which viii be
about 100 feet long and % feet in
height on the downstream side
Several knotty problems in loading
the heavy equipment faced the workers.
The buIldozer, weighing eight tons,
was run over three tlhree-inch plauks
onto the barge. All planks under both
tracks of the bulldozer cracked and
gave way just as the machine was
half way on the barge. But quick
on the part of the operator.
Larry Hedstrom of Co. I'll, prevented
the machine from tumbIing into he
water. Hedstrom gave the engine the
gas and it lurched forward onto the
barge.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-07-31
Lonstorf Curve Takes
Four Lives, Injuries rs
in Four Year Period
ALUMINIUM DRIVE GETS
VARIETY OF ARTICLES.

A variety of understanding
from railroad switchman's light
to cooky cutters-was collected in
Ely's drive for old aluminium for
national defense.
The metal, which fills a 12xl2
foot bin to depth of three feet
Will be hauled to Duluth some time
this week, where it will be sorted
and sent to smelter.
Section Thirty people contributed
a considerable amount of the metal
collected here. Tea kettles, dish
pans, and large cooking pans dom
mated the collection.
The drive in the Town of Morse
was very successful. It was con-
Quoted by the Town Board headed
by Chairman Waino Starkman.
Those assisting were JOS. Loisel in
Winton; Joe Koschak at Burnside
and Mrs. Jack Purdy at Lakeside;
Elmo Alfalfa on the Moose Lake
section; John Hillberg at Winton
and Mrs. Waino Starkman at White
Iron.
The aluminium was picked up by a
st. Louis County truck and de-
posted in the bin at the city hall
Mr.. Starkman reports that the re-
Spouse was generous and two fair
sized deliveries were made.