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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
Jockeys To Aid Community Funds

Pawtucket. R. l.. August %. - The Jockeys Guild. a national organiza- ton Of all the boys who ride at all tracks, has announced that on Thursday, August 3i. every jockey riding a horse in the United States will turn in the fees he earns that day to the Community Fund of that organization.
 This morning. Judge James P. Dooley. executive officer of Narra- gansett Racing Association an, nounced that his association will match dollar for dollar whatever amount the jockeys earn at Nara. gansett Park on that day and dos nate it to the same fund.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
CATCHER ROUDREAU

New y0Fk-L0u b0udEean, Ellaus ager snd ahiTtstop who finished . game behind the bat f0F Cleveland in Yankee stadium the other afteFs noon, was a catcher iD higb school ct Harvey ID. befoFe hs entered Illinois.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
THOMAS CLUB
 PENALIzED BY
 LEAGUE HEADS

Inability of one of four teams in the City Amateur Baseball League to take part ln games for the next two Sundays, Go ald the On TO Baltimore" financial campaign and the loss of franchise and prestige by the North End Thomas Club be- cause of 'lend.leasing" its franchise to a Naugatuck club that forfeited two games in succession, were the major developments on the local baseball front today.
 Naugatuck Zephyrs, managed by Otto McCanF. were said to have had Q real good chance to defeat the league champion Avlglianese A. O. last Sunday, because the north end club was without the two Alfonse brothers of New Haven. important cogs in their diamond machine. However. the Naugatuck manage ment did not. or could not field a team, the game going to the Avigs automatically and preventing all chance of a playoif for first place with the defending cham pion. Washington Hills: had the borough club defeated the Avig. lianese. which would have been quite possible. under the circum- stances, league observers believe.
 Disbanded
 Manager Packy Shea reported his club, the Tribune A. c. could not play locally for the next two Sum- days because Of arrangements made by some of his players to perform elsewhere. now that the c. A. l.. sea- son Is finished and the champion. ship decided.
 At another meeting next Monday night. 1t is expected that the North End Thomas Club will apply for reinstatement and return of It's franchise. as 1t vas no fault of the club officials that the Naugatuck out fie let it down so badly for the past two weeks. The latter's split Of the seasons receipts has also been held up pending next weeks meet. ing. when league ofilcials and man agers will also select local umpire to go to the Ail-Americaf tourna- ment at Baltimore. ali expenses paid by the tournament committee in the Maryland metropolis.
 Reading of the annual financial report by Treasurer John Rock, showed the league in a healthy c0il- dition though managers had their headaches keeping their teams toe gether due to war-time working conditions and other reasons.
 In an effort to raise some money for the Baltimore trip of the Avig- lianese. the north end club will op- pose the Central conencticut league champions. Bristol C. I. o. next Sunday at the municipal stadium.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
Is alI set for the klIl when she come,

IS aIl set for the XII when she comes face to face with an equally pow erful Army array on Dec, 2. And previous to that she will try to crush such combines at Penn state, Ga. Tech. and NOtFe Dame follow. ing Carnegie PFe-Flight on Sept, 30th,--"AnchoFs Away" to the Navy and lots Of good hunting seem to be n store for Commander Oscar HagbeFg as he takes over one Of the fleets home front task forces the Navy,
 EDITORS NOTEl PFeview ae
 Army Cornell, Colgate and Penn
 Will complete the teams 0f ths
 East in Mondays DemeeFatl,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24

feet Of rude awaken ntngs 1 had one the other day when k aweke from a long sleep end
 suddenly took il into my head tc look at the cal. aensiar for the first time Ga nearly twg m onths. or locking at thN plausible lnven. klon of 0reek nPawaM \ Was mnt0ni shed tc
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
EASTERN LEAGUE
yesseEasg's HsessIss

Elmira I. Hartford 0 Nsf, sD Hartford fa. Flmira f2ndD Albany (, Niliiamsport Nsf. SD y-Williamsport (snd game postpOned)
 Seranton af Utica fpostponsdD Wilkes-B Barre at Binghamton (pOstpOnedl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
RAnINn GRnRRTARY

New Y0Fk-yTed '. Parks Of New York tracks has been named racing seyFetaTy and handleapper of Mexl. co Ctty's Hlp0dFomo dc las Americas
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
Baltimore Fund Stovts With SI6O

FIfst report Of treasurer Thomas r. Moore. relative to local dona. tions to send the Avlglianese A. c. to Baltimore, Maryland for the All- American baseball tournament next month. shows siG0 received as of August 2sth. Attorney Fred Pal0mba city court prosecutor. is chairman Of the On To Baltimore" fund, which nov star ds as follows.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
GOLF'S THREE RING CIRCUS
 DRAWS PICARD
BY WALT BYERs United Press stan CerrespondentD


 United Press stan Correspondent
 Chicago. Aug. 24--CuP)--Namt players of other years came out Of retirement today to join the approx lmately i65 golfers who begin play over Tam O'Shanter's 72-par course for the richest prize in golfing his. tory.
 It was the three.ring an American championships, offering e42. 300 ma. turlty value in war bonds, which brought the old and the young, the professionals and the amateurs tc the starting tee.
 The carnival atmosphere that has been a trademark of these tourna. nents gave way to remlniscence ai the field took its swings in three separate concurrent tournaments Twenty-six players were entered iil the amateur: % in the womens open, and upwards of flo profess sionals in the mems open. Each field will play is holes medal daily through Sunday for a 72-hole total
 Attention. however. was concen- trated on the All-American Open where first prize of si3,462 in war bonds has caught the eye of not only the two top money winners of l944-Harold (Jug) McSpaden and Byron Nelson-but has brought back such oldtime stars as Denny Shute and Henry Picard to toarna- ment play.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
Signols On!
 by WIN MALONEY (Blaag vgrlleRD
tBlaig WFlaFl

ll A extremely odd and sometimes eeIy funny how a pereon steps right Into the midst of 6 rude aWakens inH. that is Co say--how a certain
 thing strikes a certain person at Q certain time. And while on the stlb-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
Don Pevkev on Veeoslon

Ole Vesdiek s laying sif everybody, lnelnd' Ing Vaes tracks vnsi after LahsE Day. Be iS Fustlsaiing h pastoral ease and seesnt esFs H hIs tFusly typewriter dsss set rusty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
YANKR RTAnT WITW AK

Franklin, Mass.-The new Boston Yanks Of the National Football League opened practice at Dean Academy here with As candidates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
flames H,aAar

Elmlra at Hartford (2D 6;s0 D. m Wtlliamsp0rt at Albany f2l Wilkes Barre af IsinghamfOn (2l Scranton af Utica l2l C 2b 70. sessschL
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
Games TonsoFros' na-an

asasmrs To-day tNO games scheduled todayl
 
 Games TeB0Fro9 St. Louis at Detroit Chicago at Cleveland tnightD New York at Washington Boston al Philadelphia tnightl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Gesserling's gReNmBes St. Louis fl, Chicago I lOnly game schedulcdl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24

f;nmes T,oAay Philadelphia at Boston Chicago al St. Louis fnightD (Only games srheduledD
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
Hagen To Play?

AtohB Nttu CnuUt hhlu ElChId came Light Horse" Harry Cooper, who enjoyed record successes in the middle sos and is now a pro at Minneapolis; Gene Sarzen, old "mis. ter knickers" whose hey-day was be- tween 1850 and %: and it is report. ed that Walter Hagen. who gilt tered brightly during sports golden era. will be here to try to boost his golf winnings to over si 100000.
 Picard's return hlghlights the story, for he comes back 20 pounds lighter and considerably changed from the years Of 1898 and 1889 when he won the Masters and the National Professional Golfers Asso- citation championships. It's been two years since Picard played tour nament golf. during which time he fought a serious sinus infection. Now he's back for fun" after proving he could make a living at some thing besides golf"
 These veteran campaigners rec turn to find several new faces in the professional field, particularly Bob Hamilton of Evansville, Ind. Hamilton staged a ''Dayid and Go- Hath" act in the recent P. c. 4. Ma ttonals at Spokane. Wash. by de- feating Nelson in the finals.
 Action in the amateur centered around defending champion Dale Mercy; Ed Flrgol, Detroit, Mich. the tournaments medalist with ( fiye-lnder-par 67; Ken Heilemann St. Louis. who was second low wttl 70. and Wilford WehFle. forInel western champion from Racine, Wis The ten low amateurs for 72 hole will split e550 in war stamps.
 Defending champion It. Patty Berg and Mrs. Babe Didriksen "a. harias, yomen's western open cham- pion, were favored in the women's open.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
Gsamem Temorross

Cincinnati at Chicago Philadelphia at Boston Brooklyn at New York fnighD Pittsburgh at St. Louis fnight)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24

A AMERICAN LEAGUE

NeNaerGnyas Results (No games yeEterdayl
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-06

FTER awar babys born after the mother gets home
n that's when the problems start The mother
additional The mother may have
her job-and what will with the baby?
Actually, all these problems be and solved
without to the mother through Community
Fund services Services such as Wel-Baby Clinics, Day
Nurseries and Visiting Nurses
But these community services already overburdened
with such work, do not have magic of funds.
They depend on the generosity of folks like
You're interested in community You're inter-
ested in maintaining its general health AS member of
that community will you shoulder part of oday's
spohsibilties, along with neighbors?
The local services contributions support
here before the they will be continued aerward-
but their needs in wartime have been greatly multiplied
Help them, won't you by giving to the War Chest?
What other contribution you make that will benefit
many people, in many Ways?
COMMUNITY
WAR 2' CHEST =:
Community Chest Comprises:
0so ooMnMry UU Na5U :s.m5m sssv WAR PRISONERS
CAN RELIEF foR BELGIAN
5E THs 5T 1gN "I114nt ss oys eS'1H
/,1'7
CAMPAIGN OCTOBER z5.NovEMBER 10 GOAL; ssasot
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-06

NoHf bcffct-af any bueS.
Triple filtered, double de-
\VaNed. The wight oil for
6AT,, TRUCKS lnd tractors.
'Bnny your own containers
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-06

Permanently seal, ,mslI leak, N
rliiVor, mead and block Iirp
lo ounce ,sa low priced
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-16
Pacific
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ed across the mountainous CEN
ter Of the island, roughly Ia
miles east of Ormoc. Dismount-
ed cavalrymeh, who have turn
cd mountaineers on Leyte, seiz-
ed three more peaks.
LASH SHIPPING
PIT boats and Yank planes
dashed what shipping they could
find in the bay west of Ormoc.
While Yank troops were
taking over the Dutch-owned
Mapia Islands, Netherlands Of
ficials announced in Washing
ton they would soon recruit an
army of their own TO liberate the
rest of the Dutch East Indies.
Australia announced that 95
per cent of its home guard, "the
Australian Volunteer Defense
Corps" would be placed on the
reserve list since the threat Of
invasion has been definitely re-
moved.
The London radio announced
East African troops in southern
Burma have seized Kalemyo, an
advanced Japanese base.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-16
New Broadway USO
Director Appointed

Charles V. Titus, USO council
chairman, has announced the
appointment of Jerome McIntee
as director of the Broadway
USO.
McIntee formerly served as a
Special Service Officer with
five different groups of the
Army, and was also a lieutenant
in the Field Artillery. Prior to
his service with the Army he
was a member of the Depart
ment of Justice immigration
Service at Niagara Falls, New
York. He is a 1888 graduate OF
Cornell University, and attended
Buffalo Law School for two
years.
McIntee's wife and daughter,
Ann, reside in Buffalo, and will
come 10 Mount Clemens as soon
as arrangements can be made.
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DRIVER TICKETED

Conrad Zychski, 81, OF 2506
Chesterfield road, Route 3,
Mount Clemens, was injured
Tuesday evening, when the auto
mobile he was driving north on
M-87 in Erin township, collided
with a car driven east on Utica
road, by Harry j. Ezrow, 33, OF
1855 Lillibridge road, Detroit
Zychski was taken to st. JOS
eph's Hospital for treatment,
and ticketed by Sheriff deputies
for failing TO stop for the right
Of way. EzroW escaped injury.
Norman Powell, Of 295 South
Gratiot avenue, reported to the
city police Tuesday that a tire,
tube and wire wheel were taken
from him within the past week.
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Moscow
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POCKET WAR

when they were strongly rebuff
ed"
POCKET WAR
He referred to the pocket-siz-
ed war at Nomonhan, on the
Manchuria- Outer Mongolia bor-
der. | was an accredited war
correspondent with Japanese
forces when two small but fully
equipped armies fought on the
dusty Monaghan prairies for
three months.
When the battle ended, the
Japanese had lost over 10000
men, and Soviet armored units
were in position TO drive deep in
Manchuria.
The Soviet power demon
strated at Nomonhan induced
the arrogant Japanese overlords
to mollify the Russians, whom
they formerly tainted in, order
to protect their northern flank
for the imperial strikes south
ward they were planning.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-16
City Chest Drive
Nearing Finale

When a cleanup squad COM
pletes its work this weekend
if Mount Clemens is generous
the city's first full-year Com
munity Chest drive will have
been completed and the goal of
$4,000 attained.
Chairman Jacob Ullrich re-
vealed today that the final
phase of the campaign is under
way, with only short distance
to the goal. Those who have not
contributed are asked to make
a donation at the Board Of Com
merce or the local banks.
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Gas
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field, Conn, and Trenton, N. j.
Ralph w. Hackett, Trenton dis
trict OPA director, said thieves
who robbed a safe of the Tren-
ton War Price and Rationing
Board last Sept. 2 had taken
between 100000 and $4,000
gallons coupons. y.
Collums added that quantities
of B and c coupons were seized
and that other coupons for mil
lions of gallons intended for IL
legal use were traced to certain
New York gasoline dealers.
Collums said discovery of the
gang resulted from a tip given
by q "disgruntled car owner"
He added that the coupons had
been used for illegal gasoline
sales at prices as high as 60 cents
q gallon.
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Tufnell, his parents, of las Gal
lup avenue, who since Sept. ID
have prayed night and day since
the missing after action" tele-
gram was received.
The latest, somewhat cryptic
official telegram said:
ave are pleased to inform you
that your son, Robert, has re-
turned to military control"
The possibilities that Robert
was cut off from his outfit, or
possibly briefly informed in a
Nazi prison camp and later re-
leased as the Allies advanced,
are being weighed by the Tuf-
nells.
Robert has been in the army
more than three years, having
Joined before Pearl Harbor. He
is member of the airborne in
fantry and was among those
landed at Cherbourg during the
bitter fighting on that peninsula
His brother, Corpl. Bernard
Tufnell, age 81, is in an English
hospital, where he was taken
by air from BELGIUM. He was
with an anti-aircraft unit. Ber-
nard has written his family that
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Mariner
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came to know we'll the strange
smells of countless out-of-the-
way ports, the clean, windswept
horizons of the worlds oceans
and to love the healthy, care
free life.
In 1917, however, he settled
down and became an American
citizen.
For Is years he and Mrs.
Larson have made their home in
Center Line where she will re-
main during his absence at sea.
AS he worked industriously in
a large factory he would still
think of the sea and his two
stalWart sons serving their coun-
try, then knowing how winning
the war depended on many men
Just like himself who knew
ships from stem to stern, he Wis
tied Merchant Marine head
quarters and enlisted as an able
seaman.
This was not an ordinary en-
listment, for the man sitting OPP
posite the recruiting officer had
iron gray hair and deeply lin
ed but rugged face. Many sum-
mers had rolled by since he first
set sail from Denmark but Lar
son was determined and after
passing all the required tests
with flying colors he was sign
ed on.
When asked why ne had re-
turned to the sea after all these
years his reply was simple and
courageous" I love this country
and I want to do my part" Then
proudly he displayed pictures
of his two sons, First Lieut.. Lilo
mel G.. Lancaster, who is just
back from overseas and G. 0.
Captain William j. Lancaster
now stationed at Kirkland Field,
New Mexico. I'll really be
helping them now" he conclud-
ed.
The lights are on bright now
at the Larson home, 1851 Braun
Avenue, friends are calling per-
sonally and by phone to wish
him we'll and God speed. Mrs.
Larson, a small attractive wo-
man with silvery hair, sits quiz
city nearby, holding his hand
and smiling bravely. I'm very
proud of him." she keep repeat
ing and we know that when the
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B-29's
Continued from Page One)


union of 1000 supervisors, bow
ing to a War Labor Board order,
ended a strike which had made
$4,000 idle and stopped produc-
ton at the company's five plants
in this area for three days.
Normal output was expected
to be reached some time today.
The WLB promised tn C
Wright Aircraft Supervision AS
ISOLATION speedy consideration
of the members claimed griev-
ances on condition they call off
the walkout.
More than 1900 members OF
the unaffiliated union voted al
most unanimously last night to
return to work starting with the
7:l5 a. m. (EWT shift today.
The back-to-work call to the
$4,000 made idle by the strike
started yesterday afternoon as
soon as word was received from
Washington that union leaders
comforting there with WLB Of
ficials had agreed to end the
walkout.
David G.. Newcomb, union
president, told the members last
night that WLB chairman Will
liam H. Davis had promised that
if the strike was ended a spe'
cial regional WLB panel would
be set up in New York to handle
their complaints within ii
hours.
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Bonds
Continued from Page One)

$3.50, 500, and Fraser SCI 100.
The grand total of all South
Macomb communities in the cur
rent war bond investment is ST.
276,700.
This amount Is considerably
less than that aimed at in the
Fifth War Loan drive, when
Macomb County as a whole went
over its quota by approximately
40 per cent.
Chairman for the heavy South
Macomb campaign are the same
as in the previous drive: Warren
Township, Earl Tallman; War
rem, John c. Busch, Jr.; Center
Line, Harold Stillwell, and Base
line, George SiagkriS.
-GallantS are eXpeeted-te
launch their drives during the
coming week, after obtaining
materials at the office of Chair
man Clark, Consumers Power
Company, Mount Clemens. -
in the pevious bond drives, re-
tail statesmen are expected to
provide the spearhead for the
appeal by endeavoring to sell
bonds with every commercial
sale.
Other county communities
whose lesser quotas will contri-
butte to the whole in the march
towards victory are:
Armada, 500, 400; chairmen
Robert Beck and Howard
Schultz.
New Baltimore, S105, 500;
chairman, Edgar j. Lanstra.
New Haven, S82, 900; chairman
Russell Kendrick.
Lenox, $40, 100; chairman E. J.
Pinney.
Richmond, S153, 600; chair
man A. F. Linke.
Romeo, S255, 400; chairman
under the Lions Club.
Memphis, $4,000; chairman
Omar Henderson.
Utica, Sl60,300; chairman
Emerson o. Gildart.
Washington, $4,000; chair
man, Frank Wilcox.
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Joseph CharbOnneau, of
Mount Clemens, was reported
by the Associated Press as
wounded in the thigh by an
unidentified hunter near
Grayling. His condition at
Mercy Hospital, Grayling, Is
reported fair.
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Missing d Days
But Returns Safe
Pfc. Robert TufnelI
Reioins Unit

After being missing for 43
days following a battle in Hol-
land, Pfc. Robert Tufnell, 80 -
one Of the three Mount Clemens
Tufnell boys i'm service - has
made his way back to his unit
and is apparently safe and well,
his family was informed this
week.
Word of Roberts safety was
received from the War Depart
ment by Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
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over enthusiastic companions,
five have been reported missing
and two others have died from
natural causes while planning
their hunting expeditions.
Surveys Of factory employ
ment in various sections of the
state indicated considerable alb
senteeism because of the hunt
ing season, but in most cases
management had anticipated it
and arranged working programs
accordingly.
Found dead in a cabin near
Munising Wednesday was Ed
ward G. Dean, GA, Of Saginaw
Eugene GrisWold, II, of North
Bradley, was asphyxiated by
fumes from a defective charcoal
burner in a HomeWard house
trailer, eight miles south OF
Lewiston.
uC "OulluCu IIlSluuG.
Aloysius Pollard of Detroit
shot in the shoulder by a fellow
hunter. He was in a Sault Ste
Marie hospital, with goo q
chances of recovery.
Elmer Pitton, 65, of Detroit
shot in the back by a companion
in Ogemaw county.
Henry Niles, 63, of West
Branch, shot in the leg by his
grandson, Wayne Niles. At the
hospital in West Branch his con.
dition was reported good.
Joseph Rousseau of Saginaw
shot and slightly wounded in
the right leg by Victor Roe,
also of Saginaw.
Harold Anderson, Al, shot in
the hip in OtSego county when
one of his rifles was discharged
as he loaded them in his car.
Being sought in the Upper
Peninsula were William Giles
pie Of Muskegon, Bert NeWkirk
of Muskegon, Early Muzzy Of
Lansing, and Earl Lawson
whose home address was moi
given, reported lost in the Chip.
pewa- Mackinac county area, ano
OrVille Fields of Maple Ridge
sought in the Dickinson county
woods.
lights go on all over the world,
she will be keeping a light burn
ing for her husband who an
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-16
Hunting Toll
May Be Heavy
LocoI Mon Hit;
Five Men Missing
By the Associated Press

Although Michigan's annual
deer hunting season today was
scarcely more than one-day old
it already had begun taking toll
somewhat heavily among the
thousands of enthusiasts who
began their trek TO the deer
hauntS late last week.
At least half a dozen nimrodS
have been shot and wounded by
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he has been hospitalized for bat
tie fatigue and is unwounded.
Another brother, Sergt. Fran
els Tufnell, 38, is stationed at
Boiling Field, Washington, D.
c. All the Tufnell boys are
graduates of st. Mary's High
School.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-16

America will be the only ma
ton to emerge from the war
unscarred. - DR.. Nicholas Muir
ray Butler, president Columbia
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-16

We had 80 fresh eggs for sup
per last night. We got II for
breakfast this morning. 1t amt
a bad war except on occasion.