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The Nome nugget., 1944-03-17
NELSON TELLS
 OF YOUNG MANS ARMY

WASHINGTON, Mar. 17.-tAP) Build a young mans army" the high command decided. if nec- essary.. at the sacrifice of war production, the steel industry was Informed by Donald Nelson, WIPE head.
 "The military requirements call for combat use of virtually every able-bodied man under 26," high ly reliable sources quoted MT. Nel- son as saying in a closed meeting with officials of the steel industry advisory committee.
 The official account quoted him as saying: "The army and navy needs men, even if it means the lessening of production"
The Nome nugget., 1944-03-17
DETECTIVES ARE BOMBED IN VIENNA

NAPLES, Mar. 17.--tAP1Al- lied headquarters announced that military objectives at Vienna were bombed by Fortresses and aLiber- ators from the U. S.sa Mediterra- mean Air Force.
 The attacks were made in great force and met no German fighters but the first formations ran through intense anti-aircraft fire
 Other formations said the ground resistance was only mod crate, and toward the end of the attack crewmen reported none at all
The Nome nugget., 1944-03-17
TROOPS LAND ON ISLAND

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC Mar. 17.-(AP)-U. S. cavalry troops landed Wednesday morn- ing on Manus, the largest of the already invaded Admiralty Is- lands, and within four and one- half hours, pushed. within one half mile of the Lorenzau air field, under support of destroy CTS, bombers, and artillery, suf- fering only minor casualties.
 Manus has been the goal of General MacArthur's forces since the beginning, as it is the main base in the Bismark Sea group, lying athwart the supply lines from Truk to New Guinea.
The Nome nugget., 1944-03-17
DEPARTMENT CONFIRMS
 LOSS OF MEN

WASHINGTON. Mar. I7.- tAP) - The War Department confirmed the loss of 40 Amer ican paratroopers in action ovsy Sicily. when Allied ground and
 naval anti aircraft gunners mis-
 too 9 U. s. transport planes for enemy ships and joined the enemy artillery in shooting them down.
 The story was first disclosed by Sgt. Jack Foisie, correspondent for the Army's overseas newspa- per, Stars and Stripes, in an ad- dress Wednesday in San Francis co.
 Military censorship kept secret the acton. Wnlcn occurred more than eIBnt nIOntuS ago, on the night ot July 10th and llth, l943.
 4ne army disclosed that the plaIles were part of a flight in which 2oO0 troops of the 82nd ar-Uorne division Wer eflown Into the Gela area.
 lne flight arrived in the battle area immediately following an enemy bombing attack and while thelr flares were still in the air. and with the combination ot cir cumStances involving the approach immediately in the rear of the hostile bombing attack at night. at relatively low altitude, were factors responsible for the loss aE the planes.
The Nome nugget., 1944-03-17
TWO ARE DEAD IN FAIRBANKS KNIFE BATTLE

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Mar. IT. -(AP)-Two men are dead as the result of cutting fray Monday night of this week, after drink ing party held in a cabin here Wednesday night. The dead are Willard McCann, 47, brother of Mrs. Gertrude Pelle of San Fran cisco; and James C. Ivan, 46, a restaurant worker.
 Two others are in the hospital, John P. Harts and an unidentified soldier.
 James H. Cox, 49, was arrested by citypolice, and held in the federal jail on an assault charge, before the victims died.
 All four were stabbed in the abdomen with a hunting knife, Police Chief George Norton said, when the four intervened in a flight between Cox and a Native girl who rebuffed, his attentions.
 Police were called by a Native boy and followed the Cox car . several blocks to arrest him and the girl, whose clothes were most ly torn off.
 At the inquest yesterday, Cox was bound over to the grand jury.
The Nome nugget., 1944-03-17
TO SEND CREW
 TO TERRITORY

WASHINGTON, Mar. 17.--(AP) The navy department is send ing a crew of technical experts and "Sea-Bees" to Alaska, to be- gin exploration of the 35,00o square mile Point Barrow oil re- serve," Representative Poulson of California said, describing the navy's decision to send crews.
 This is the first step in a defi- mite program for development of the Arctic reserve" he said.
The Nome nugget., 1944-03-17
LIVES 84 DAYS IN ARCTIC
 AFTER CRASH.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Mar. IT. -(Via Canadian Press)-First Lieut.. Leon Crane, 24, of Philadel- phia, reached here today af ,er 84 days in the sub-Arctic wilds, and brought the first word of the fate of United States bomber crew with five men aboard, Libera- tor bomber, which crashed De- cenber 2lst
 The other four men are still missing. They were Lieut.. Harold Hoskins, pilot, of Houlton, Maine; First Lieut.. James Sibert, techni- clan, of Norfolk, Va; Master Ser geant Richard Pompeo crew chief, of Mount Holly Springs, Pa; and Staff Sgt, Ralph Wenz, assistant crew chief, of Pinedale, Wyoming.
 The families were notified of the disappearance soon after the plane failed to return.
 The crew were members of the U. s, Air Transport Command, and were said to have bailed out of, the Liberator when it went into a spin at between 10000 and l5,000 feet, Crane said.
 The first nine days Crane had no food, and spent most of his time huddling in the folds of hs parachute to keep from freezslg He eventually reached an unoccu7 pied cabin, which was stocked with food, where he lived a soli- tary existence in the upper Yukon valley until the first of March, when he met Albert Ames, a trap per, who led him to Woodchopper, Alaska, mining camp, where he waited for the arrival of the mail plane, piloted by Bon Rice, an Alaska pilot.
 Arriving in Fairbanks Tuesday, Crane was the only known survi- Vor of the crew of five men when the Liberator crashed in the Wilds about loo miles east of Fairbanks. after nearly three months of travel from the crash site.
 Crane recalls seeing one para chute on the way down, and saw the plane crash in flames. But once on tn aground, he could find no trace of the other man or his chute.
 He followed frozen stream for nine days before finding a bite of food. Crane still weighed close to his normal ITO pounds, and was pronounced we'll, physically.
 He talked on the phone with his parents, the Louis Cranes, 1 Philadelphia. .-... .
 Lieut.. Crane is a graduate of Boston Tech, and has been in Alaska since last October.
The Nome nugget., 1944-03-17

War Bonds are being sold at the same old stand-and for the same purpose-TO WIN THE WAR! Let's make up our minds anew we'll still buy more of them.
Laurel outlook., 1944-10-04
The News
ofLAUREL

Rev. H. E. Chappell, former pas
tor of the Laurel and Park City
Methodist churches and now pastor
at Miles City, writes that he ex-
poets to be in Los Angeles Nov. Ia
to help celebrate his fathers nine
tieth birthday. The father was in
the active ministry of the church
many years before he retired.
Miss Elizabeth Tier of Billings is
visiting the Strecker sisters, friends
from the several years Miss Tier
lived here on Yellowstone avenue.
Mrs. Albert H. Brickman returned
Tuesday from a visit of a month
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F..
E. Rutter, and her brother, Charles
Rutter, at Ferryville, Wis. She was
the guest of friends at Lacrosse
and en- route home she visited her
daughter, Mrs. j. L. Quint, at Sun
dance, WyO.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Schwab and
children were guests Monday of
Mrs. John Schwab.
Laurel outlook., 1944-10-04

Mrs. A. w. Wright of Helena
writes that a daughter was born
Sept. II to her son and daughter
in-law, S. Sgt. and Mrs. Edward w.
Wright. The baby's name is Dale
Annette. The father left Aug. %
for overseas.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Schwab and
Mrs. John Schwab, accompanied by
Mrs. l.. L. Schwab of Minneapolis,
returned to Laurel Sunday from a
trip to Seattle and other western
points. Mr.. and Mrs. Schwab were
visiting their son Donald who is in
the navy.
Charles Perry was brought home
early in the week from a Billings
hospital where he had been a pa
tient.
A daughter was born Tuesday,
Sept. 26, at a Billings hospital to
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Harschlip. She
has been named Rosemary. The
father is manager of the Laurel
store of Vaughn & Ragsdale.
Ensign Alex Robertus of the navy
air corps left Tuesday for Norfolk,
Va, after spending a leave of two
weeks here with relatives.
William A. Ziegler, S. &c, of the
navy, arrived Sunday night from
San Francisco and will remain here
until Oct. II to visit Mrs. Ziegler
and to become acquainted with their
infant daughter.
Don Lyons, son of MI. and Mrs.
Ivan Lyons, was taken to a Billings
hospital this week for a major oper-
alton.
Mrs. L. G. Harmon is here this
week to visit her aunt, Miss Flor
ence Shirk, before continuing her
journey to Kansas to spend the win
ter. She came here from Farragut,
Ida, where her husband, who is in
the navy, is stationed.
Mrs. Mac Hessel and son, R. H.
Brubacker, visited w. A.. Brubacker
and Mrs. E. H. Mcdowell in Terry
last week.
Laurel outlook., 1944-10-04
WOman's Club Hears
Report On TB Tests

The Laurel Woman's club met
Monday with Mrs. H. A. Carlisle,
with the president, Mrs. Harry Pen
ringer, presiding. Members re-
sponded to roll call by naming what
they had canned from their Victory
gardens.
A report on the tuberculosis tests
given by Miss Van Vacter, state
nurse, was read by the secretary,
Mrs. O. r. Burdett.
Mrs. Eleanor Crawford was ap-
pointed to serve as chairman of
the T. B. seal sale for 1914.
Mrs. R. j. Rosselot and Mrs. C..
B. Calvert were elected delegates
to the county federation, with Mrs.
C. l.. Morris and Mrs. S. S.. Bliss as
alternates.
Miss Musa DeMouth of Billings
gave an interesting review of a
book, Mother Russia"
The next meeting will be Oct. 16
with Mrs. C.. C. Ferguson.
Laurel outlook., 1944-10-04
Mrs. DillavOu Reviews
"The Robe" AT Session
Of Federated Club

Observing guest night, the Lau
rel Federated club met Monday eve
ming at the home of Mrs. Neil Bak
er, with Mrs. Jack Mayes as Co
hostess. Sixteen members and nint
guests were present.
Mrs. William Hatfield, president
conducted the business session dur.
ing which Mrs. j. Melvin Williams
reported on initiative No. 48
pamphlets being distributed, anC
urged that they be carefully read
so that the contents will be known
and understood.
Guests were introduced and a con
test was held in which the project
prize for the evening went to Mrs
Duane Maxson.
Mrs. Russell Barr, music chair
man, presented a high school girls
octette composed of Lois Crawford,
Shirley Wilson, Billielou Braswell,
Winnifred Wilson, Patsy Johnston,
Donna Moran, Armelda Phillips and
Marilyn Ness, who sang "The Bend
of the River" by Clara Edwards and
"Steal Away" by Hal Johnson.
Mrs. C.. A.. Duncan, program
chairman, presented Mrs. R. c.. Dill
lavou of Billings in a review of
"The Robe" by Lloyd Douglas She
said the author was led to write
the book when someone approached
him with the question what hap
pened to the robe at the time of
His death and after the cruel
fixion?" This was obtained by a
Roman soldier, the author said, and
the story tells of the gift to Chris
tianity in that everyone who touch
ed the robe experienced the unex-
plainable feeling of never being the
same again. Following the book re-
view, Mrs. Dillavou read a poem,
"The Guard at the Sepulchre" by
Edwin Markham. ,t.
Club guests were Mrs. Dillavou
and Mrs. Sam Reid of Billings, Mrs.
B. Meyer Harris, Mrs. S. A. Coulter,
Jr., Mrs. Roy Lamb, Mrs. Harold
Collins, Mrs. Oscar Lawrenz, Mrs.
Joseph Jolley and Mrs. Donald B.
Mailer of Lafayette, Ind.
The next meeting of the club will
be a Halloween party the evening
of Oct. 16 at the home of Mrs. J..
Melvin Williams with Mrs. l.. w.
Hageman as cohostess. Mrs. Harold
Williams and Mrs. C. G. Scott will
have charge of the program, with
Mrs. Jack Mayes as music chairman.
Laurel outlook., 1944-10-04

be found. Mr.. Olmstead, a Northern
Pacific engineer, will work out of
Livingston. Mrs. Elliot's son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. E. W.
Roberts, will occupy the Wyoming
avenue residence.
Mrs. Mary Mogan has received
word of the death of her sister,
Mrs. Harry Hyshell of Columbus,
Ohio. Mrs. Hyshell was the former
Miss Julia Ryan.
Mrs. Roy Jones is a patient this
week at the st. Vincent hospital in
Billings.
Laurel outlook., 1944-10-04

Mr.. and Mrs. John Glantz are the
parents of a daughter, born Tues
day, Oct. 8, at the st. Vincent hos
pital in Billings.
Spending the week on an outing
at the Barney cabin beyond Red
Lodge are Mrs. w. F. Price, Miss
Mary Price, Miss Bessie Orcheid,
Mrs. Oris Hatcher, and Mrs. Clifton
Burns. p
Mr.. and Mrs. Duane Maxson had
as guests Sunday, Mrs. w. R. Max
son and Mrs. L. Joyner and daugh-
ter Judy of Columbus. t-@
Laurel outlook., 1944-10-04
Laurel News Items

Mr.. and Mrs. George Deryckere
and son Archie and daughter Rita
Rose were dinner guests last
Wednesday in Custer of Mr.. and
Mrs. Morris Moerkerke.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Olmstead
have sold their property at 800
Wyoming avenue to Mrs. A. F. Ell
lott and will move to Livingston
as soon as a suitable residence can
Laurel outlook., 1944-10-04
CALENDAR
Ooming Events.

Friday, Oct. 6.
A meeting of the executive board
of the L.. L. club will be held the
evening of this date at the club
building. Attendance of board mem
bers is requested.
Annual guest day will be observ-
ed at a 1:30 luncheon and meeting
of the Woman's Society of Chris
tian Service at the Methodist church.
Hostesses are to be Mrs. C. H.
Barney, Mrs. R. B. DeAtley, Mrs.
Forrest Gomon, Mrs. G. N. Wig
gins and Mrs. H. T. Smart. A pro-
gram will entertain during the
afternoon.
Sunday, Oct. s.
Episcopal communion service will
be held at Our Savior's Lutheran
church at a p. m.
Monday, Oct. 9.
A meeting of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union will begin
at 2 p. m. at Mrs. j. E. Galusha's
Tuesday, Oct. 10.
The Women of the Moose will
meet in the evening at the l.. l..
club.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-15
Van Dyke Incorporation
Election Action Delayed

Some members of the board
were of the opinion that the is
sue had been kicked around
long enough.
Supervisor Bert Nunneley of
Mount Clemens declared, IF
the people of Van Dyke COM
munity wish to incorporate they
should be allowed to do so, and
we should do what we are ex-
pected to do"
1--WE have dilly-dallied around
long enough with this issue and
its time we took action" opined
Frank Biehl of Erin township.
Regardless of whether the en-
tire township of Warren, or just
the area to become the City of
Van Dyke votes on the issue, the
election will be held on Nov. z.
Residents of School district
No. 7 of Warren township have
presented petitions seeking ex-
emption from the incorpora-
ton area.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-15
Maj. Bechtel Gets
Air Medal for
for the Fifth Time!

VAN NUYS ARMY AIR
FIELD, August 8, 1914 - Major
Paul S. Bechtel. of 35 Moser
Place, Mount Clemens, was
awarded the Air Medal for the
fifth time, Saturday, August 5,
at Van Mugs California; Army
Air Base.
Major Bechtel, director Of fly
ing training at the Fourth Air
Forces fighter field, was pre-
sented with the award for his
achievements while participant
ing in ten combat missions in
the Solomon Islands campaign.
He also holds the Distinguished
Flying Cross and the Purple
Heart.
Major Bechtel began his Army
career as a second 1t. in the In
fantry reserve after four years
of ROTC training at the Uni
versity of Wyoming. He enlisted
as an aviation cadet in July,
1889 and was graduated from
Kelly Field, Texas, as a flying
officer in March, 1910.
The award was presented by
Colonel John S. Chennault, COM
manding officer of the Van Mugs
base, himself a veteran of many
months in combat.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-15
Corp. Harry Diehl Plays
Key Role in Aid to Wounded

A U. S. ARMY STATION
HOSPITAL, England Testing
to see that the amount Of sulfa
drugs administered to soldiers
wounded in France Is sufficient
is one of the tasks of Corporal
Harry 7. Diehl, 20, of 224 North
avenue, Mount Clemens, Mich,
laboratory technician at a Unit
ed States Army station hospital
in England.
Through Corpor al Diehrs
work, testing the blood serum
and plasma of the patients, doc
tors of the hospital are able to
make a swifter and more COM
plete diagnosis of the illness or
injury, and to keep constant
check on results of their pre-
scribed treatment.
I'm the case of sulfa much of
its efficiency and success is de-
pendent upon the work done in
the laboratory" Corporal DiehI
said, through blood-chemistry
tests, it is possible to determine
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-15

PRINCESSES go DUTCH"
Three daughters of English
kings married rulers of Holland.
They were Mary, daughter of
Charles /; Mary, daughter of
James II, whose husband be-
came William III of England,
and Anne, afterwards queen.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-15

if the amount of sulfa admins
tered was sufficient and TO
maintain it at the desired level
in the bloodstream."
In determining the extent Of
kidney-damage resulting from
wounds or sickness Corporal
Diehl's department again plays
an important role.
There are 80 different types
of tests that may be performed,
but usually size is about all that
is required on each patient" he
said.
Corporal Diehl received his
training as a laboratory techni-
clan at the Billings General hos
pital, Indianapolis, Ind. He was
studying chemistry at the Uni
versity of Detroit before enter
ing the Army in March 1913.
His mother, Mrs. Harry Diehl,
lives at the North avenue ad-
dress.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-15
Memphis Youth
Killed in Crash
Robert Hosserty, Is,
il Accident Victim

MEMPHIS - Robert Hagger-
ty, ID, died Sunday night as a
result Of injuries suffered in an
early morning auto accident
three miles east of this village.
Haggerty's car was sideswiped
by another car driven by Melvin
Dolan also of Memphis.
He was taken to Port Huron
Hospital by st. Clair deputies,
where he died shortly after
wards. William Shook, 25, a
passenger in Haggerty's auto,
received minor cuts and scratch
es. .-...
Robert is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Haggerty, Sr., the
father being chief engineer on
merchant ship plying the
Great Lakes region.
Young Haggerty had been en-
ployed by the Marysville plant
of the Chrysler Corporation. He
Is survived by five brothers,
Pfc. Kenneth, somewhere in the
Southwest Pacific, Dwayne of
Memphis, Frank of New Haven,
Virgil of Garden City and Ar
thur of Plymouth.
There is also one sister, Della
May, at home. Funeral arrange
ments had not been completed
up to the time of publication.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-15

Wednesday at ! o'clock from the
home. and at 100 from the Free
Methodist church. Rev. E. E.
Walling of the Free Methodist
church will officiate. Burial
will be in the church cemetery.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-15
Overstays Leave;
One-kan Army
CourtmartiaIed

FORT BENNING, Ga, Aug.
l5-lP) - Court Martialed for
returning six days late from a
furlough, Tech. Sgt. Charles E.
(Commando) Kelly today was
sweating out" a $50 fine and
three months restrictions to his
company area, but he was hap
Ply about one thing E.
He can still go to the movies
ON the military reservation.
The "one-man Army's" only
request after the court-martial
sentence was, smilingly, may
| attend the movies?" he was
advised he could.
Kelly, the Pittsburgh youth
whose heroic exploits in Italy
III 1913 won him the Congress
sional medal of honor, blamed
"Well-wisherS" for his hardness
in returning to the Infantry
school here where he is station
ed.
The 23-year-old automatic ri
fleman first arrived here July
II after he and 1t. Ernest Child
ers, another Congressional med
al winner, had toured the coun-
try relating their experiences to
lnfatrymen in training. He was
granted furlough to visit his
Pittsburgh home shortly after
reporting to the Infantry school.
When Kelly returned late
from furlough Infantry school
authorities filed charges for
court-martial. Under the SEN
tence he will lose SIS a month
out of his pay for the next six.
months and not be allowed to
leave Fort Benning for 90 days.
"Well-wiShers' all along the
route back to Fort Benning-de-
layed him, Kelly explained.
The Infantry school announce
ment said he was not reduced
in rank as result of the court
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-15

an engineer-gunner on a Liber-
ator bomber, has been awarded
the silver Oak Leaf Cluster for
the Air Medal, it was announc-
ed by the 18th Army Air Force
headquarters in Italy, McHutch-
ion also has four other clusters
on his Air Medal, representing
80 bombing missions.
In the words of the citation,
he was decorated "for meritor-
ious achievement in aerial flight
while participating in sustained
operational activities against
the enemy"
McHutchion, who graduated
from the Crosse Pointe High
school, went overseas Dec. 10,
1943. He has a brother William
Donald in the paratroops sta
toned in Georgia, and a sister,
Mrs. Margaret Grabbing, who
resides in Roseville.
Funeral services will be held
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-15

HIS FIRST DAYS AT CAMP, Private Hargrove has
found that KIP duty is something wished when the
looking at the time Robert Walker who plays the
in See Here Private Hargrove coming the Jewel
starting the disputed honor serving five
days Keenan, Wynn who plays the role of Pr
Muveh is Walkers buddy and confidential adviser Here
advising how to manicure garbage in true Army
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-15
Swore at PILES!
But Now He SMILES /!

you may smile too. Use doctors formula for
distress Of piles. Same as used adjunctively
By specialists at noted clinic. BE amazed ms
pain. Itch. soreness get such QUICK relief
Get $1.00 tube Thornton Minors Rectal
Ointment today. Or get the easy-to-apply
Thornton 4 Minor Rectal Snpposltories, only
Nv cents more. Try DOCTORS way TODAY.
At all good drug stores everywhere
IN Mount Clemens, at Cunningham's.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-15
Troubles piIe-UD
in Wake OF Row
Suspect jailed;
His Car is Stolen

VAN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
assailed Patrick Hopkins, A.
year-old war worker over the
weekend. - rs
First Henry was picked up,
and booked, on a drunk and dis
orderly charge by State Police
following a brawl at the Casino
bar.
Then, while he was safely in
custody, his car-parked at the
scene of the fight-was stolen
by unknown marauders.
Chief Deputy Sheriff Thomas
Kaltenbach and Deputy Cornell
Jus Gudeneau saw two youths
flee a car parked near Packard
off Van Dyke Saturday eve
ming but, despite the fact that
they established an immediate
blockade of the area, the men
disappeared.
The car, towed to a garage,
was found to be registered to
Hopkins who, as the deputies
soon discovered, was. easily
available to them-in their own
county Jail!
They assured Hopkins that
his car would be kept safely for
him until his case is disposed of.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-15
Sons's Homecoming
Tonic for Invalid
-liberotor Gunner
on His Way Home

Convalescing at her home,
1887 Harper avenue, Mrs. John
McHutchion is about to enjoy
the best tonic an invalid ever
had.
The tonic, she reveals. is her
son, T/Sgt. Alexander T. Nc
Hutchion, age %, who is ex-
pected home this week from
overseas duty.
"Word of my sons furlough
was just like a tonic to me-"
Mrs. McHutchion said. I'm
feeling better already"
Sergeant McHutchion, who is