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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-09-15
TODD DUNCAN
MAKES GRAND
OPERA DEBUT

NEW YORK (ANP) - Todd
nuncan. "Porgy and Bess" star
viii make his grand opera debut
,i,h the New York City Opera
.ompany here on September 2s at
he city center.
Duncan. the distinguished BARI
,one who played Porgy in George
..rshwins "Porgy and Bess," will
sing Tonic in "Paeliacci." accord
~. ~ Laszlo Halasz. artistic and
,rsis director OF the New York
npera company. He will sing Es-
.snilIe In Carmen his second
,oie on sunday. September 30.
nnncan's program calls for three
.srfornances as Tonic and three
Fscamille during the first TWO
weeks OF the City center run.
I'VE feel that in. presenting Mr.
nuncan we are fulfilling the true
,,,rose for which the New York
f.y opera company was created
+, present the best American tall
IN, remarked Halasz MIR. Dun
has been acclaimed as one Of
M finest artists ever developed
nv MIS- race. lie is more than that
~ sew artists in the world possess
ni. suurh rich voice and at'rac-
,lse personality"
nuncan's debut will mean a full
rea.izatlon Of a long dream to en-
,er ihe grand opera field When
~, called attention to his po-
,eni.alitles for the operate stage
he stid-
zone half Of my heart is happy
The other half Is bleeding
ne left the "Porgy and Bess
rasf In 1914 10 devote himself 70
tho concert stage he appeared
o.h the philharmonic symphony
ss, year under the baton OF Ar
n,r Rodzinski in the Lukas Foss
,oris,a. the Prairie. at Carnegie
hai Ills last triumph was a con-
Govt tour OF the Latin American
countries
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-09-15
The foefs about the
ELECTRIC APPLIANCE
SITUATION

People ofioes-and department hard
and other appliance deaerswth question
uppermost minds When get electric iron?
Or an clock? washer understand they being
again And I've them advertised the magazines
facts about the electric appliance situation Manu-
facturers esuming production of limited number Of
appliances. Until they their plants full
peacetme operation number built during the first few
months will be small.
The demand uI far exceed fbe sHppl, At least first ~st
appliances available will be spread thin among the
various appliance will be few
one shelves may be year before che supply plen
tul-pehaps longer The first appliances released by
will go department. hardware home
appliance shops etcdeaers whose very existence depends
upon merchandise The Detroit Edison Company
handles appliances only incidentally principal
business selling serce be among the last
get Our policy has always been See your dealer FIRST
shelves stocked shall hare feic
electric appliances tor sale
remember that your dealers supply will be short He
anxious sell you the appliances you but he obtain
no more his limited allotment We equally
appliances available for all who
them We hope the time may not be too far Off
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-09-15
Army May Complete
Negro Soldier Film

NEW YORK The Army has
under consideration proposed
.lr Negro Soldier Activities in
rro according TO letter 10
the NAAcP signed by Colonel
lAtier l. Hill, deputy director Of
tho War Department Bureau OF
publs Relations
Colonel Hill stated that most
81 ne films in preparation had
been cancelled but that no de-
fIsion has been reached as yet
an me- Negro soldier film lie
said nat the Pictorial Service OF
the signal Corps had been as
sembiug motion picture footage
'or proposed production and
that further consideration will
be given the project
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-09-15

her opinion is theAdecIding one.
She never tires OF his music and
can stand his practicing hours
ON end.
There's lot to the job Of be-
ing an orchestra wife but Flossie
Hawkins has no intention Of Civ
Ing It up
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-09-15
THE DETROIT EDISON CO.

will glad helpful nformofion obovf
the pofvor oPPanes wont ond answer questions
Ur1oy have oppionee ogoin ovoi
obe, he will help you select the model 70 fl your needs
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-09-15
Mrs. Erskine Hawkins Puts In
Full Day As Orchestra Wife


NEW YORK CITY-(c) - To
Flossie Hawkins. being a wife Of
a celebrated handleader is 4 full
days work. II means caring for
spacious 4-room apartment
thinking OF new dishes for
husband who's predominately
vegetarian and always Worrying
on weekends about countless
friends who lust drop in and stay
oays". And OF course il means
never being too tired 10 listen TO
en- orchestra leaders problems.
Tall. fragile like Fossie and
husky, deep-voiccd Erskine first
met al a football game at Day
tona Beach exactly IL years ago
She was about to begin her fresh
man year at Bethune-Cookman
college and he was in his third
year at Alabama State college
The Alabama Cats licked the
Rethunc- Goodman Tigers and the
handlcader of the Alabama state
Collegians won tho heart OF Flos-
sic who says that then she wa
lust flirt," Four wears inter
vencd before they were married
During that time she finished
Junior college and majoring In
education. taught a riotous eighth
grade class Erskine. a Birming-
ham boy. finished years at Ala
hama state and was teaching in
The music department when he
ORGANIZED his own band The
Hawkins eloped 10 New York
where they were so quietly mar
ricd that not even the family
knew of it for year
HE had 10 more than | had
when We married tells Mrs
Hawkins. and that was nothing
But when you're young you'll
take any Kind Of chance"
Before the hand cot its first
break they had 20 eat 1t was
Flossie who came to the rescue
as hat-check girl When Hawkins
hot crew opened at the historic
Harlem Opera House The two
celebrated and were still ccle-
bratinp
nv being good comrades their
love has lasted these years
Eossic prides herself on liking
the same things he does They
Fowl PLAY tennis ride a bike To-
rcthor and ,hcy 70 in one NOV
IT, stop 60 eat and so IN another
They feel gypcd If they don't
soc double featured shows on
most of his long trips. rmpled'
Elossie is right there with him
Iut since her current interest
in the American Negro Theatre
she's cur ont lot Of travelling
w. @ll' SUN l'4' hN liiN ndNN
Beine an old hand az it, he
doesn't worry what's in them.
Gracious and with models
figure. Flossie Hawkins natural
~ has a flair for clothes. Her
Iiollywood-like wardrobe is es-
peciailv created for her She goes
IN for lounring pajamas and
Gressuaker suits and shops mi
nutely for extreme styles in nar-
row-heeled shoes
Her pet name for him is Just
darling but when she's angry
it's "Ers-kincr He calls her "ap-
pic dumplinr which she doesn't
like mentioned before company.
~ his number one critic There's
in lies Mrs Hawkins chief Job
She hears every new vocalist and
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-09-15

shows lnelv and u . NE MIN
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-09-15
WORLD WAR II
IN HISTORICAL FILM

HOLLYWOOD amp Black
men. white men. red men, march
ing flying fighting dying viii
be chronici.d for the ages 10
come FAR more graphically than
the inscriptions IN The time OF an
Gent Egypt when the history OF
World War II is completed
Tie entire story % the war
viii De- told on film through a
sores o, SO chronoloeies which
via contain con reels u Is be-
inr handled by ne combat films
division under Cant p F Mar
quette. ana IS heiag done at The
Signal Corps PHOTOGRAPHIC center
in Astoria commanded hv Col,
r G Barrett
Accordine 90 Capt Marquette.
the purposes Tor assembling his
torical film are a an Official
history 81 ne var ~ tracking
history Of ne wa 80 future
propaeAnds and educational now
les and "a study g. strategy and
tactics
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-15

with scientific training for meteor
OlOgists and weather Observers, all
qualified Negroes were rejected be-
cause ''the Army took the position
that it had seven Cd Negroes in
this field and that was enough. Ne
grOes are excluded entirely from
other such sought after types of
training and service. For example,
HASTE said, even today the Air
Force will not accept a Negro pilot
in the Air Transport Command"
HASTE blamed the Army's policy
of racial segregation for much of
the discrimination against Negroes
in training and service opportuni-
ties. Declaring that it is no more
possible to provide opportunities in
the segrated 10 per cent of the
Army equal to those in the remain
ing 80 per cent than it is possible
to duplicate in a Jim Crow coach
the many facilities of deluxe pas
senger train, he stated that "the
exigencies of the policy of racial
segregation rather than considera-
lions of military advantage come
to be the controlling factor in build
ing ten per cent of the Army. All
of this is too high a price to pay
for the maintenance of a segregated
pattern which serves no useful pur-
pose"
"One Of the most ridiculous and
extreme manifestations of this
practice of segregation is to be
found in Puerto Rico. Here the
Army has introduced a system of
separate cOlOred and white Puerto
Rican units. / do not know what
test of racial identity is applied or
can be applied, but the mere matter
of practical difficulty does not deter
those who make a fetish of racial
segregation"
Speaking of the responsibility of
the Federal Government, HASTE
said, Whatever private individuals
may do, or even the States within
their exclusive sphere, it is basic
concept that our Federal Govern
ment shall not make racial distinc-
tions in the administration of the
national business. This should be
especially true of the military es-
adjustment whose very mission is
the safeguarding of the institutions
of a democracy. We gain little if
now and in the future the military
protects US from Hitler's brand of
racism, yet itself exemplifies and
by its own organization impresses
upon the minds of our young men
a domestic brand of racism equally
at variance with democratic ideals"
In conclusion, HASTE declared,
"The responsibility of Congress to
require in unequivocal language
that in the Army and the Navy the
selection Of individuals for train
ing, the determination of the type
training which an individual shall
receive and the organization of units
both for training and for service
shall be accomplished. without re-
gard to or distinction on account of
race"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-15
Kelley Returns
From Conference

Rev. Robert Kelley, pastor of
Border Church, returned this week
from attending the 51st Session of
the Northern Minnesota Conference
which convened at the First Meth
odist Church in Duluth.
1t launched the evangelistic phase
of the Crusade for Christ" the
great preacher; an advancement in
the educational work was indicated;
and reported that the church prop
critics were freed Of debt.
They have taken steps to imple-
ment the social action program of
the conference, and voted to sup
port Senate Bill S 1O1 and H R 1922
relating to the creation of the Fair
Employment Practice Commission
by Congress and its opposed peace
time CONSUMPTION.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-15
Duluth News
BY ZnLAH WATERS

Graduates: Congratulations to
the following graduates: Janet
Winfield, Robert Johnson and Clar-
ence Jones, Duluth Central High;
Edith Thomas, Morgan Park High;
Ora Mae Thomas leaves Junior
High to enter Morgan Park High
next fall. -.
The University of Life presented
a program last Sunday at Calvary
Baptist church. A skit entitled,
'The House of Goodwill" was well
received by the audience. The
young people were coached by Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Robinson, who are
doing a fine job and deserve much
praise. .~.
Mrs. Geraldine Hartley of St. Paul
was called to the bedside of Mr..
William Massingill, who is critical
ly i'll at St, Mary's hospital, here.
Miss Janet Winfield and her sis
ter, Mrs. Julia Majors of Burling-
ton, Ia, spent the weekend in the
Twin Cities visiting friends.
Mrs. Morris Hickman of st. Paul
arrived in Duluth last week to be
at the bedside of her sister, Mrs.
Hannah Black, who is seriously i'll.
Mrs. Mary Moss name was
omitted from the list of cabinet
members of the o. E. S. who made
their official visit to Duluth on
May q. We are very sorry.
Correction: Last week we re-
ported in this column that Herbert
Brown was the first Negro to hold
the position of special delivery car
rier for the U. S. Post Office here.
That position was held for five
years, some time ago, by Richey
Adams, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Adams.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-15

Gardner CowIes, John COwles
Jr.
budget and lack of adequate build
ing for the increased needs of the
Des Moines Negro community is
said to have interested the founda-
ton.
In publicly announcing the gift
it was stressed that, although the
building was designed to answer a
primary need Of the Negro COM
munity, its doors would be open to
every segment of the city's popula-
ton.
The foundation was established
10 years ago by Mr.. and Mrs.
Gardner Cowles, ST., to aid Iowa
colleges, hospitals and other COM
munity projects. Mr.. Cowles is
scion of the newspaper, magazine
and radio-owning family whose
holdings include the Des Moines
REGISTER TRIBUNE, the MIN
NEAPOLIS STAR-JOURNAL, the
MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIB-
UNE, the DAILY TIMES and the
national magazine LOOK.
Gardner Cowles, Jr., of Des
Moines, and John Cowles of Mime
apolis, are trustees of the founda-
ton. Last year the Cowles founda-
ton made a gift of $4,000 to con-
struct science building at Simp-
son College as a memorial to
George Washington Carver, the
American Negro scientist.
Mrs. John Cowles of Minneapolis
is a member of the executive board
of the Minneapolis Urban League.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-15
White Praises
Truman for His
Stand on FEPC
Call on COP Leader Martin to
Back Up Legislation

Ndu OH UOT LedOeT MarLn 10
Back Up Legislation
NEW YORK-Walter White, sec
rotary of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People, called President Trumaf's
statement on the FEPC (Fair En-
ployment Practices Committee)
magnificent"
In a message to the President,
June S, White said:
Your statement to Congress de-
nouncing action of the House APP
preparations Committee in refus-
ing funds to the FEPC is magnifi-
cent. Not only members of minori-
ties are grateful but all Americans
who are concerned about winning
the war and making democracy
real"
At the same. time the NAACP
wired COP House Leader Joseph
W. Martin, Jr. (Mass.), urging his
support and influence on absentee
Congressman needed to assure
voting on the legislation. In the
wire to Martin the NAACP pointed
out:
-Four Republican committee
members hold balance of power on
this legislation. Our poll of COM
mittee shows if they are present
and voting favorable, rule will be
granted on this vital measure. Urge
with great earnestness you use all
influence as House Minority Leader
to assure their presence and affirm
ative support of Bill"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-15

Taking sharp issue with the
promise of the bill that peacetime
CONSUMPTION will promote peace and
security of future generations,
Judge HASTE stated that in launch
ing a program of universal peace
time training and preparation for
war, it can be reasonably antici-
pated that all great nations will at
tempt to equal or surpass our mill
tary program.
Certain Path to War
international competition to see
what nations can be best prepared
for war is the most certain path to
war;" HASTE declared. "The ma
lions best prepared for war rattle
the sabre at the less prepared. If
the less prepared nations sullenly
bow to the threat of force, it is
only to gain time in which to make
ready to match that force and ulti-
mately to become strong enough
for the rafting of their own sabres.
The history of mankind is the story
of the futility of this process as
insurance against war"
"The Negro citizen" Judge
HASTE said, "is unalterably opposed
to giving the military blanket au-
thority without any safeguard
whatever to protect them against
segregation, discrimination and
other abuse.
ct is no secret" he continued,
that the Negro today is deeply re-
sentful over much of the treatment
he has received at the hands of the
Army and Navy. In peacetime, and
even until this war was well ad-
vanced, the Navy excluded Negroes
from naval service, except as mess
men. Even the partial relaxation of
this rule in the edgencies of this
war leaves large numbers of tech
meal specialties closed to the Ne
gro seaman. Entire areas of naval
service, for example naval aviation,
are still completely closed to Ne
grOes. We have no reason to believe
that the Navy cOntemplates the use
of Negroes in any capacity other
than messmen when it returns to .
peacetime basis
Army Limits Negro Soldiers
In pointing out that the same
limitations upon the use of Negro
personnel obtain in the Army, he
said, Except for attached units,
Negro enlisted men in the Medical
Corps have been restricted to
Sanitary Companies The work of
these units may be common labor
in and about hospitals; it may be
drainage for mosquito control; it
may be the digging of latrines in
the theatre of war or any other
labor service required for santa
ton. All of this is necessary work.
Much of it is particularly unpleas-
ant work. Certainly the Negro
should do his share of it. But so
far as l know, there is not a single
white Sanitary Company in the
Army"
He also pointed to the fact that
while the Army was trying desper-
ately to recruit 10000 young men
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trio t was an
nounced June 5,
by the Gardner
Cowles Founda-
ton of this city.
The foundation
suggested tn a t
the building be
known as a me-
mortal to Wendell
L. Willkie, cham
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-15

big tent at gath and Benning Road,
N. E., and not under the dome of
the Capitol of the greatest democ-
racy on earth.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-15
Haste Testifies Against
Peace-time Conservation
hits Perpetuation Of Present Jimcrow Policy

Washington, CAppearng before Military Policy
Committee Judge William Hast behalf of Asoca-
for the Advancement of Ced People, oppos
peaceme military CONSUMPTION boh because generally
sound in principle and because the bill would permit
racial segregation and
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-15
UNION OFFICIALS NEGOTIATE

O4NAO4N vi ACAALS NEOOIlA T.
Miles L. Newlin and Maceo V.
Littlejohn, officers of Local SIG,
went to Chicago, June 6, to confer
with the Omaha Railroad Co., re-
garding the overtime agreement
made with Western Carriers con-
ference committee.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-15

of racial understanding.
Receipt of this large sum will
allow for the needed expansion of
the present Negro Community
Center of this city. It's limited
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-15
Cowles Family Foundation
Makes 100000 Gift To
Des MOines Negro Center

Des Moines, la. (SpeciaD-A
gift of 100000 for the construction
of new modern community center
-, +ba Naorro die
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-15

G. G. Brooks, Bertha Rice, Mildred Cotton,
], B, jackson, William Miller, Mary Roll
Inns, Katherine Josey, Rose Haywood, Lii
liam Finney, Hazel Clark, Irene Schaffer,
Charles James, s. F. Hammond, w. NJ.
Hammond, Henry Josey, George Hanks,
J. w. Pate, Irma Clardy, Howard A. Smith,
Felix Clardy, Mary Clardy, Maggie Lewis,
Melrose Green, Myron White, Lavinia Ho-
well, Loretta Walls, Leonard Madden,
James Cobbs. Anna Hargrove, Sally
Thomas, Mabel Harris, Charlotte B. Fer
rell, Paul Bragman, Dorothy White, Syl-
vester Carter, Rev. w. H. Thomas, Alma
Duncan, A. H. Lyons. National Beauty Sup
ply Co., Rodney Duncan, F. P. Phillips,
Edward Snowden, Edward Wallace, v.
Phillips, Helen L. Lonegran, Bookie Mar
gulas, Patricia Harper, Dorothy Severson,
Lena Lane, James S. X. Sorensen. A. S.
Matson, v. Dan Baker, w. R. Honebrink,
Frances Nevins, Mr.. Battles, Maurice Adel-
shein, A. n. Poirier, o. E. Hipricks, K. G.
johnson, Chas. Dellatorre, Clara Anderson,
Marcus Carter, E. Larson, Juanda Cuff,
Helen Calhoun, E. H. Blackwell. Pearl Will
son, Sophronie w. Allen, Naomi Battles,
Primth J. Cook, Reaverly Gross, James
Ward, Essie R. Mason, Feavious Whatley,
Annie Coleman, J. Boyd Crawford, ST.,
John B. Crawford, Jr., Ada Lucas, ]. w.
Lucas, T. H. Beaver, H. Massingill, Louise
Massingill, Fannie Anderson, Fred Warn,
John Fifer, Emay Mattock, Ida Taylor,
Charles Taylor, Charles Pierson, Sylvester
Young. Dora Pipkins, Florence Mayes,
Katheryn Harper, Jake Quarterman, Theo-
dore Dean, Mrs. Theodore Dean, Clara
Compton, Curtis Williams, Jake Dollie,
James Bobo, Dole Patillio, Kathryn Digit,
Joseph E. Mitchell, Willis Bradshaw, Ike
Posten, Isletta Ampey, Raymond Rice,
Julius Walker, Frank Alexander, Benjamin
Peery, Ruth Hardeman, Oliver Miller, Rosa
Mae Jackson, Mary Kirby, James Hill, Otha
Hamilton, Robert Kirby, Frank Shaw
MRS., Fred Palmore, Frank Shaw. Mary
Lou Hill, William Hayden, Mary Clark,
Lucille McAdams, Allie Wilson, Samuel
Mckee. Mary Edna Hayden, Dorothy STAN
ley, Ellis S. Boswell, A. L. Brown, Grace
johnson, A. ]. Evans. Lucille GOODWIN,
Rush R. Lloyd, Archie James, Nancy Allen,
Jessie Thomas, James Key, Virginia Sto-
vail, Mary Cotton, C. w. Glenn, Alonzo
Cotton, Leila Thomas, w. Small, Donald C.
Bennyhoff, Walter Lowe, Dora Dean
johnson, Carrie Lowe, Edna Adams, James
T. Kidd, H. L. Adams, Arthur Moot, Allie
B. Glenn, Arthur Henry, Irene johnson,
Joseph Crenshaw, Charles Hill. Vincent
Shepard, John Bolin,. Leila Hill, Villa
Bolin, Henry Turner, Clyde Scroggins
Clemonteen Wilbur, Rowena Griffin,
Wreatha G. Maxwell. Mamie Tucker, Leila
Smith, Amiel Sharms, G. w. Allen, Thelma
Patrick, L. Roberts, Albert Williams,
Walter Lear, Richard Mann, Clarissa Law
son, Joseph Maxwell Della Maxwell, Robert
C. Wallace, Willie Burnaugh, ]. c. Crow
der, Donald James, Edward Walker. Elsie
Smith, Shermata Robinson, S. Coleman,
Helen Pittman, Chalmer Lawson, J. W.
Marshall and Alexander Kwontz.
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We don't have to tell it. Every
body knows this paper is the top
paper of its kind in the Northwest.
-Advt.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-11-07
the champs choice just as
Russell's band and Ralpl
as emcee. In his succinct

champ summed up his reason for
all the selections he made to ac-
company him: 81 wanted the best
l could get and l think picked
them in Betti, Luis and Ralph"
MICHIGAN GRID STAR
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-11-07

THE DAILY
and to bring together representa-
tives of religious, social, labor,
business and civic agencies of the
community to agree upon a pro-
gram of action.
Because of Mr.. Lees wide ex-
perience in the field of social-re-
ligious welfare and industrial re-
lations, "'Dr. Haynes said, "the race
relations department is fortunate
in securing his services to carry on
the series of clinics planned for
next year"
Mr.. Lee was the first Negro to
become a staff member of the Con-
necticut Council of churches. While
.x,I III ~ wi
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-11-07

.Puge 3
as the exclusive bargaining agent
of all employees in cases where Ne
gro members of these unions do not
enjoy the rights and privileges of
full membership status"
Paris said that Negro job seek
ers, former war workers and vet
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-11-07
are CtHIpUTdTIIy dC C1l0 SCdCIU
transit status as we'll as thos

manently assigned.
Mr.. Wright, with a record of
more than three years wartime
service, was honorably discharged
from the navy on Oct. IL being the
first Negro to graduate from the
electrical inter communication
school where he was an outstanding
student.
SELECT SINGER FOR
JOE LOUIS BAND TOUR
NEW YORK, Nov. Z (ANP)-
Betti Mays, the good looking vocal