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Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-20

ALLIED HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Southwest Pacific,
Aug. 10. (UP) = American
troops have landed on the
west coast of Biak island in
Geelvink Bay of northern
New Guinea to accelerate mopping
up operations. it was disclosed Sat-
urday in communique which an
nounced a new aerial attack on
Japanese shipping in the Philip
pines.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-20

LONDON, Aug. 10. CUP) = The
French collaborationist government
has left Vichy, in central France
midway between the Allied armies
advancing from the northwest and
south, and may settle in Metz, near
the German bore er. an official Ger
man spokesman limited Saturday in
a DNB broadcast from Berlin.
The spokesman also confirmed
previous reports that Premier Pierre
Laval had fled Paris for an un-
announced destination, possibly
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-20
STATE AID NAMED

SACRAMENTO, Aug. lg. 'UF7-
DR.. Walter F.. Dexter. superintend-
ent of public instruction, announced
he has appointed George E, Hogan
chief of the division of credentials
as his deputy superintendent. Ho-
gan. superintendent of schools in
humboldt county from 1899 to l943'
was chief of the credentials division
in the state department of educa-
ton during the past year.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-20
Metz Is Haven
For vichy Crew

Metz. The worsening military situ-
alton caused the Vichy regime to
consider transferring the seat OF
government the spokesman Incl
Gated.
Neutral sources reported there was
increasing evidence of split in the
Vichy government The Swiss news
paper Gazette de Lausanne reported
Laval and Marcel Deaf, secretary
of State for national solidarity, were
engaged in an open struggle for
power.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-20
ROUTED GERMANS FACE DOOM AT SEINE
Berlin Comes
Nearer as
Allies Battle
By UNITED PRESS

The shortest distances to Ber-
lin from advanced Allied lines
Saturday:
Northern FranCe-548 miles
gain of AZ miles for week..
Southern France - 661 miles
measured from point near
Cannes.
Russia-328 miles unchanged
for week..
Italy-604 miles gain of two
miles in week..
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-20
All Wasted

All Wasted
It was rumored around city hall
the other day that Ell Centro coun-
cilmen were going to appoint a new
city clerk that night
The clerks gang thought the only
civil thing to do was be in the Of
flee to greet the new clerk.
They SWarmed in the office and
sat down to wait, drinking coke
laced with prune juice. The council
meeting went on and on. Away
late the council adjourned without
doing anything at all about new
clerk.
Prune juice.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-20
SOCIAL GRACES MOVE NORTH
AN AIEUTIAN ISLAND BASE

AIN ALEU- IAN lolhNb bhoE
Aug. 10. CUP)-Civilization came
to this northern island base when
the first army nurse arrived months
ago, but it took Chief Petty Officer
John Urban of Meriden. Connecti-
cut, to bring the social graces to
their pinnacle. Urban topped off a
dinner of fried chicken, southern
style, by serving brandy after the
coffee-and fingerbowls.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-20
U. S. Troops Land on Biok:
Jops Hit in Philippines

nine enemy fighters we're shot down.
Two allied fighters were lost.
The communique said that in the
morping up of Noemfoor island in
Beelvink bay. 1457 japanese had
been killed and 633 captured. and
405 Allied prisoners liberated.
American losses were 81 killed, 289
wounded and two missing.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-20

Big Business
A Negro was washing windows
on a Main street building in FL
Centre Another Negro hurried by,
his head trying to catch up with his
feet.
"Hey. wait minute" drawled the
window washer languidly, come
over here" The hurrier kept on
hurrying.
Don't bother me-" he said over
bis shoulder. II got to go phcne my
woman. I can't be bothered with
trifleS."
Wives, please take note.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-20
TRUMAN MAPS SPEECHES

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. CUP)-
Senator Harry S. Truman. Demo-
cratic vice presidential nominee,
announced after a campaign STRAIT
egy discussion with President Rocse-
welt that he will make a formal ac-
ceptance speech at Lamar, Wy
oming, his birthplace, on August
81. Truman also expects to make a
speech at Detroit on Labor day.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-20
p AMBlINe
X EpoRTER
Now We Know

Now We Know
Mrs. Jack Pique of 57l Orange,
Ell Centre, has solved the mystery
of the Miller, boy, former Ell Cen
tran, who is now navy boxing
champion.
She said he is Bill Miller, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Miller. former
FL Centrans now living in Redlands.
For a time Bill was on the battle
ship Pennsylvania, but she isn't
certain where he is at the moment.
He has two brothers in the navy,
George and Walter. She also said
she knew Bill as boxer.
Thanks for the tip.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-20
Nuziis
Race Eastward
To Take Last
Stand at Rhine
By RICHARD d. MCMILLAN

WITH ALLIED FORCES
IN PURSUIT OF THE GER
MAN ARMY, Aug. 19. CUP)
The flight of the German
seventh army has become a mad
scramble for life and the belief is
growing that the beaten enemy is
really fleeing for the German bor-
der, where the final and decisive
battle of the war will be fought.
Generalization in the enemy
the German commanders inside and
outside the Normandy pocket floun-
der desperately with no clear idea
Of where to find safety.
NO SAFETY ANYWHERE
But there is no safety for this
German army, because those who
escaped the pocket are engaged in
what looks like losing race back
toward the Seine as our fast moving
armored columns slash deeply into
their ranks.
The official indication that the
German military strength is so dis
Sipated that the enemy is unable to
put up further serious resistance
either southwest or northeast of the
Seine, confirms our optimism and
holsters the impression that the
beaten Germans really are fleeing
for the other side of the Rhine,
where the final, decisive battle will
be fought.
WEATHER AIDS ALLIES
Perfect summer weather is enabl-
ing our air forces to deliver still
more crushing blows on Hitler's
daze dlegions. Planes roar over the
front lines increasingly, snarling
down on the bedraggled Nazis as
they struggle over roads Uttered
with enormous quantities of aban-
eoned or destroyed war material.
Every prisoner is exhausted. hun
cry, thirsty. They bear all the hall
marks of routed army.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-20
Yankees Believed
To Be In Paris
Remnants Of 9TH Nazi Army Hacked
To Pieces in Mad Rush Eastward;
Survivors Doomed TO AnnihiIa+ion

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, AEF Aug. 19. (UP)
Reliable reports reaching headquarters said American
armored patrols have entered Paris Saturday Allied
planes tanks and nfanrymen chopped the remnants of
the German army into disorganzed rabbe and herded
its survivors eastward toward almost certain annhilaon
on the Seine.
the Seine river crossings than 40 miles above Paris
and squarey the path of the Nazs fleeing from the
Allied ground and air forces in Normandy.
Battle Becomes Plain Massacre
The battle of northern France had degenerated into
massacre and the enemy retreat had become wild
for life with Nazi SIS Elite guard units leading the flight
toward the Seine and abandoning regular German army
troops to the pursuing Allies.
VATICAN CITY, Aug. 10. (UP)-The vatican
official newspaper Osservatore Romano said Sat
urday, without crediting any that Paris has
been occupied by the Allies The newspaper gave
no details of the occupation
Headquarters spokesman dSclamed all knowledge of
the situation inside Paris, but it acknowledged the
Americans running roughshod through the suburbs
and might now be inside the capital
The sudden American thrust to the Seine northwest of
Paris disclosed by the German high command early
Saturday in brief announcement that fighting in
progress around Fanes 80 miles above the Capital and
Vernon 1872 miles farther to the northwest.
Allied headquarters said only that American unit
advanced S miles from captured Dreux to within five miles
of the Seine in the Nantes but it indicated the
doughboy columns already tanning along the
bank to establish strong block against the fleeing Ger
being herded into their path by the Allied armies in
Normandy.
Smash Eastward at Top Speed
Canadian and British forces at the northern end of the
Normandy line were smashing eastward with increasing
speed aided by nonstop aerial barrage that literally cut
the retreating enemy columns to pieces.
The Allies swept forward for gains of much five
five miles broad front east of Mezdon and ST. Pierre
today driving to within about six miles of the highway
center of Lseux and overrunnng half dozen German
held villages
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-20

tBy Homer Bigart, Representing
Combined u. S. Press, Distributed
by United Press
7T'H ARMY HEADQUARTERS
SOUTHERN FRANCE, Aug. 18. de
layed) one German gen.
eral, who was captured Friday, in
sisted the Allies would never break
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-20

L. a. HAY-U s. No. 1 s31-33.5o; q. S. No. 2 Ieafy
l. v. s3O.5O-3 $3.50; No. 2 $1,000 $310O; Sept flax
$685..
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-20

VATICAN CITY, Aug. 10. (UP)-The vatican
official newspaper Osservatore Romano said Sat
urday, without crediting any source, that Paris has
been occupied by the Allies. The newspaper gave
details of the occupation.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-20
WEATHER

79. humidity so; noon Saturday los, hu-
midity 3S; pm. Friday 1OI, humidity 30. -. -.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-20

Total Cash. Checks and Drafts Sent
Through The Two n Centre Banksl
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-14
German Trains
Keep Schedules

NEW YORK, June 13-Larry
Allen, Associated Press correspon-
dent repatriated last week after
20 months in Italian and German
prison camps, said today that de-
spite Allied bombings German
trains were running on time and
just as regularly as they do from
Grand Central station
In an interview from the Statue
of Liberty, in connection with the
Fifth War Loan drive and broad
cast by the National 'Broadcasting
company throughout the country,
Allen said the official slogan of
the Nazi party was "Freiheit und
Brod" Freedom and Bread.)
Today the Germans have
neither" he said. 1--WE still have
both - and they're worth making
every sacrifice for
Allen said that with the launch.
ing of the invasion 1.-The war has
begun
But we have long costly and
bloody struggle to face before Ger
many is beaten he added. Few
people realize how little German
has actually been hurt-in spite OF
the damage done by Allied bomb.
ing.'
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-14
Boats Warned
Of Explosives

SOUTHPORT, June 13.-Warning
commercial fishermen all along
the coast of this district of the pos
sibility Of their nets dragging up
unacceptable containers holding
explosives, w. S. Farber, chief of
naval instructions OF this district,
has issued instructions for the han
ding of such finds.
He said that the most desirable
method of handling such finds is
to dump them back into the sea
as quickly as possible after they
are brought to the surface. At the
time of dumping the vessel should
be underway at maximum speed
and the personel aboard, insofar as
is practical, should be under cover
as a protection against any explo-
sive that may result. The dumping,
if possible, should be done in shall
lower water than at the place of
recovery. This is Advisable as some
ENTHUSIASTICALLY operated underwa-
ter weapons may detonate if
dropped into water deeper than at
the spot where recovered.
Wherever it is believed that a
new underwater weapon is involved
it is desirable to have the con-
tainers buyoed at the point where
they are dumped. This is in order
that they may later be recovered
by personel qualified in handling
explosives.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-14

State Offers Land
To Oil Companies

vate property under otner leases
or options. offar.d ~
standard Oil, containing about l.
25(l 600 acres, runs from cape Hat
teras due west to the intersection
~ the nth meridian, near Wash
ington. N, c., thence north along
the same meridian to the Virginia
line.
The coastal plains area would
center at Ocracoke Inlet, run to
near New Bern, and down to the
ocean along the 18th meridian.
Undecided properties in North
Carolina some years ago were CIV
en- under statute to the Board of
Education. River and sound bottom
rights are those of the board of
conservation, under statute, unless
individuals own them under the old
lord proprietor grants.
The Board OF Education, in turn,
had turned over some of its proper
ties to the Department of Conser-
walton and Development, to be
used as game refugees, but the
transactions carried a reversion
clause.
The coastal plains company had
already leased the great Holly
Shelter and Angola Pocosins and
other properties under a previous
a oreernent
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-14
CITY RECEIVES
WPB APPROVAL

Official confirmation of 2riori-
ty rating issued by the War Pro-
sduction Board for the construction
of a 1000, 000-gallon reinforced
concrete reservoir to provide addi-
ational storage facilities for the
city's water supply was received
yesterday by City Engineer J. A.
Lough1in from the Federal Works
Agency district office in Rich
,mond.
! william c. Olsen, consulting
engineer, will take the final plans
and specifications to the FWA in
Richmond on Monday and will dis
cuss the time for advertising bids.
The reservoir and connecting
lines will be constructed at an es-
timated cost of 100000, sixty per
cent of which will be supplied by
the F'WA from Lanham Act funds
as grant to the city. The reser-
voir, which will be located near the
new Hilton Park filtration plant,
is part of the $2,62O,00O waterworks
improvement program financed IN
part by federal funds.
+ The reservoir will be built so as
to permit the construction of an ad-
dition which will increase the stor-
age capacity to 100000 gallons
if the city finds it necessary to
expand after the war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-14
R0TARIANS HEAR
TALK ON TIMBER

Description of the method by
which certain types Of timber is
preserved was given in a vocation
al talk by Barnes Baxter of the
Taylor Colquitt Co., at luncheon
of the Rotary club yesterday.
Members of the club were urged
by Walter Cartier, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, to write
their senators and congressman to
support the Bailey and Van Noyes
bills which aim to take fire in
surance from interstate commerce
jurisdiction and thus nullify recent
action taken by the Supreme
Court.
Charles c. Davis, of the Ideal
Plumbing company was indicted
into the club. He was introduced
by Roger Moore.
Timber is treated with creosote
oil in order to retard decay, give
it elasticity and keep insects from
attacking it, Baxter explained.
The treatment has three phases
The timber is placed on cast steel
trans and first undergoes a steam
pressure treatment. It is then
dried by the creation of vacuum
and later treated with oil by pres
sure.
Pine wood is the only timber
which receives this type of treat
ment, Baxter said. The wood is
used for telegraph poles, cross
ties and pilings.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-14
CHERRY REPORTS
CAMPAIGN COSTS

RALEIGH, June 10. Up r.
Gregg Cherry, democratic nominee
for governor, in a statement filed
today with Secretary of State Thad
Eure listed his total campaign ex-
penditures as $11.772.82 and total
contributions as $11,82O.
To the $3.50 in contributions
previously reported, Cherry added
the following; D. C. Barnes, Muir
freesboro, $4,000; U. B. Blalock,
Wadesboro, $500 j. N. Spence,
Elizabeth City, $4,000; c. W. Til
lett, Charlotte, $500; c. F. Barnes
Marion. $4,000: E. A. Craven,
Greensboro, $4,000; ]. R. Ring
ram, Sanford, $4,000;
]. W. Bum, Raleigh, $4,000 T.
C. Cochran, Sanford, $4,000; Fran
els Whitesides, Castor, $4,000
Mrs. W. T. Tadlock, Windsor,
$500; R. L. Harris, Roxboro,
$4,000; W. E. Horner. Sanford,
$4,000 J. H. Bridges, Bladenboro,
$4,000, T. L. Wilson, CASTOR, $780,.
90; W. l.. Robertson. Gaston, $780,
90 P. H. Sparrow, CASTOR, 5000 90.
To the previously reported ST..
912.55 expenditures, Cherry added
the following: newspapers, radio
and posters, $1,25413; office sup.
plies and equipment, $144.00; post.
age. telephone, and telegraph,
$61452; rent, $574.57 clerical as.
sistance $99.43; collector of inter-
nal revenue, S168.62 filing fee
$105.00.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-14

RALEIGH, June 13- R = The
state today offered to lease river
and sound bottoms in Northeastern
North Carolina to the Standard Oil
Company Of New Jersey for oil
drillings.
It retained for itself block
stretching west from a line running
from Hatteras to Ocracoke and
agreed to lease its bottoms in
southeastern North Carolina to the
Coastal Plains Company, a co-part-
nership Of North Carolinians, which
first approached the state last
March. I
The proposed boundaries were
announced today after closed ses-
sion attended by the Board of Con-
servation and Development, repre-
sentativee of the State Board Of
Education and the Attorney Gen.
erals office. Representatives of the
oil company and coastal plains al
SO were heard, but they did not
Immediately signify whether they
would meet the state-specified
boundaries.
Under the proposed leases, the
state would get one eighth of
returns from oil found on those
properties.
Both outfits would drill on pri-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-14
Obituaries
MRS. MARY H. SWAMI

Funeral services will be held
this Afternoon at 4 o'clock for
Mrs. Mary Hill Swami, rs, of 511
North Fourth street, who died
Monday night at James Walker
Memorial hospital after lengthy
illness.
The rites will be conducted from
Yopp funeral home by the Rev.
Walter B. Freed. Burial will fol-
low in Bellevue cemetery.
Active pallbtarers will be Thorn
as Crute, W. U. Newkirk, John W.
Voss, Jr., H. F. Newkirk, Carl
Voss and Lewis Swami. Honorary
pallbearers will be DR.. J. E.
Evans, Robert H. Lewis, W. W.
Higgins, R. S. Farrow, and Char
lie Thompson.
She is survived by two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. G. ]. Clemmons and
Mrs. L. R. Sch,1ibben. both of Will
mington; two sons, J. A. Swami
and C. C. Swami of Wilmington;
sister, Mrs. H. F. Newkirk, and
a brother, J. W. Voss, of Whining.
ton,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-14
REALTY TRANSFERS

Realty transfers listed yester-
day in the office of Register of
Deeds Rhodes were:
Mary Foy Stone to James Ches-
ter Evans, lot 3, block 266, city.
Wilmington Savings and Trust
Company, trustees, to Welham
Grumstad, part of block "a, Sum-
me- Hill.
Mrs. Mittie J. Lyerly to John M.
Ezzell, lot 10 block 1913, city.
J. P. Murray, trustee, to G. L.
Perry. tract adjacent to lot l,
block 1 and lot 1, block l at Caro-
lima Place.
H. V. Chason to Everett K.
Ward, lot 437, Audubon, Hanett
township.
William G. Broadfoot to Thomas
Foushee, lot, 1block 209, city.
James W. Holmes to A. A. Arab,
lot II, block F Wrightsville Beach
extension. Harnett township.
William G. Broadfoot to Norman
Newkirk, lot S and 6 of block SO,
city.
Cornelius Thomas to James NJ.
Generwright. lot IA. block 514
Crescent Heights.
Casteen Sanders to A. E. Cooper,
113 acres adjacent to William and
Cooper property, Federal Point.
Glenn M. Tucker to Paul Galog,
lots and IA, black 81 A, Carolina
Beach, Federal Point township.
Robert L. Jacobs to New Han
over Construction company, lots
u, 10, and IA of block 6, Sunset
Park.
f. G.. Lyton, trustee, to New
Hanover County part Of lot 4, block
543, City.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-14
Eastern Star Members
Give Army Ambulance

RALEIGH, June 13-tR-Aa am.
bulance was presented to the
United States Army by the Grand
chapter of the North Carolina
Order of the Eastern Star in a
ceremony on Capital Square this
afternoon.
Mrs. Martha B. MCGEE, worthy
grand matron, introduced Gov
ernor Bcoughton, who made the
presentation address. Col. James
M. Trout of Camp Butner accept
ed the ambulance. The Camp But
Aer Station Hospital Band and
Camp Butner girls choir gave an
hours program of music.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-14
Criminal Assault Trial
Scheduled To Open Today

Indicted for criminal assault by
the New Hanover grand jury yes
terday, c. A. Swami, 34-year-old
white man of Carolina Beach Road
is to be tried in superior court
this morning.
Swami was charged with GRIM
inally assaulting a 19-year-old Maj
fit Village married woman June
2 in his automobile, parked on the
road between the Carolina Beach
highway and Winter Park.
At yesterdays session, total
of fifty one cases were on the doc
ket, the majority involving lar
ceny and receiving, drunkness and
assault charges. A divorce was
granted yesterday to Lillian Rich
from Henry c. Rich.
In its report for the June term
the grand jury returned II true
bills and made two recommends
lions.
A recommendation that "a per-
manent file of the Grand jury re-
ports be kept for the use of the
jury in checking on reports of for
mer terms" was approved by
Judge w. C. Harris.
In second recommendation, the
Grand jury asked that IAN effort
be made to have all the witnesses
on hand to be examined. A great
deal of time is lost waiting for wit
nesses and at the present term
it was necessary to return two
bills for lack of witnesses.
In his instructions to the jury at
the opening OF court Monday
Judge Harriss had asked that true
bills not be returned unless all wit.
nesses were present.
The jurors found h a reports
submitted by New Hanover justices
OF the peace had been rendered
as requested
| Thirty-three witnesses were ex
amined by the jury.
True bills were returned in the
following cases: Boyce Gibson anc
Henry Manning, Jr., larceny anc
receiving; Eugene Strickland, lar.
ceny and receiving; I. L. Ford
two charges of forgery; Carl Ed
ward Brown, Ray Storms and Ger
aldine Storms, larceny and receiv
ing; Norwood Hall, larceny ano
receiving; James Hand, three
charges of larceny and receiving
James A. Willis, robbery; George
Anderson Harvey. larceny and re-
ceiving: Delnlar Harvey. larceny
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-14
WEATHER

By U. s. Weather Bureau)
meteorological data for the "a hours
enoine E3o p. M, yesterday.
TEMPERATURE
1880 pm, 81.
Maximum 81; Minimum 81; Mean "a;
Normal II. >
HUMIDITY
a::3o am. 81; 1880 am, 81; 1880 pm, 70;
1880 pm, rs.
PRECIPITATION
Total for the "a hours ending 1880 pm
600 inches.
Total since the first of the month,
200 inches.
TIDES FOR TOMORROW
From the Tide Tables published by
U s. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
Wilmington -.------ 4:O2a 11:18a
4:3sp lisp
Masonboro Inlet - 1:55a 8:14a
2:32p 8:45p
Sunrise, 500 am: Sunset, 1924 pm,;
Moonrise, 1:04a; Moonset. 1:12p.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-14

in the hands like a rifle. The
fuel is heavy oil, propelled by
compressed air or nitrogen.
At the nozzle of the gun is a
small hydrogen tank and a
spark plug. The weapon, COM
plete, weighs about GO pounds.
In action, the tank valves
are opened, permitting the
chemicals to flow to the work.
ing end of the gun. To fire,
the soldier presses a button
which sparks the hydrogen and
releases the oil under pressure.
Tomorrow: The 155-mm.
Howitzer)
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-14
MRS. ANNA w. HARRISON


Mrs. Anna w. Harrison died at
her home, II South Bird St. yes
terday afternoon after a short i'll
She is survived by her husband;
Thomas w. Harrison; two sisters,
Mrs. R. W. Herring of Fayette-
vile and Mrs. w. A. Davis; one
brother, Edward Y. Wooten.
Funeral services will be held
tomorrow morning at II o'clock
at St. Johns Episcopal church.
Rev. E. w. Halleck will officiate
and burial will follow in the Oak
dale cemetery.
Pallbearers will be R. D. Jewett
Hugh McEachern. william G. Head
J. Sothern Hatchell, Jack @. LIE
Grand and T. A. Nesbitt.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-14

and receiving; David Waddell
King, larceny and receiving; Ed
Mobiles, storebreaking and larceny
and receiving; Jack Eason a n d
Harry Mosley, highway robbery;
Horace Jones, assault with a dead
ly weapon with intent to kill; and
c. A. Swami, criminal assault on
a female.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-14
INVASION WEAPONS-15
The Flame
7hr0uer
APP Features

Resembling an insect spray
gun, the Army's flame throw
er is a giant blow torch de-
signed to dislodge a holed-in
enemy and is especially eff
fective through the narrow
Sits of pillb0xes.
It consists of fuel and pres
sure tanks strapped to a SOL
dier's back like an infantry
pack connected by a rubber
hose to the flame gun, carried