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Detroit evening times., 1945-03-01
DSR improvements
Can BE Made Quickly
CONTINUED Page One)
quiet riding offered by Pee cannot be realized
unless the rails are in good condition.

THE report recommended also that the Fort Jefferson Mch
and Gratiot troeybus lines should be equipped and
operated at the earliest date possible.
They could be routed through the central business district
temporarily until their underground terminals could be
financed and built the engineers suggested.
by such scheduling much Of the proposed pattern Of the
public transportation system could put effect within
three four yearss-5
The authors of the program stressed this point
1T is IMPORTANT THAT DETROIT PLACE ITS
EQUIPMENT ORDERS AT ONCE
Even orders be placed Immediately manufac
could not delivery buses until the
second year after the
Transit operators in many other large cities al
ready haUe established priorities by ordering equip
,ent totaling than 900 strsstcars and 5000
buses"
ONE this program reroung and equipment
" version might be carried out quickly:
Many DSR uehicies Wit haUe to be replaced as
early possible regardless of the neU system.
Most of the rail equipment by the DSR obsolete
and has been amortized," said the report
Practically all Of its bus equipment likewise, will have
Oued its useful life before rolling stock be delivered
and the replacement program completed
Fast action is contemplated also some OF the express
highway projects.
Large portions of the crosstown expressway and the
John Lodge Expressway should be designed and completed
within a period of three years. the report said.
THIS would be feasible claimed the financing agree
ment which exists between the City of Detroit the Wayne
County road commission and the Michigan state highway depart
ment The agreement conempates federal highway aid
This agreement provides for construction of the
from the city line to the Looge Expressway
and for the Lodge Expessway from Grand boulevard to JEFF
ferson.
Estimated cost for this section of the crossown Is SI6-
100000, and for the Lodge Expressway S15235,000.
Although federal aid highway funds for construction will
be available until the first postwar fiscal year. oneh of
countrys total appropriation be used for making
and plans for construction and starting right Of
acquisition.
advantage Is taken of these funds II might possible
to begin actual construction immediately after the
Tomorrow in the Times: More of the whoe story
of Your DSR.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-01
All Slaves Soon

An American doctor went tc
the camp commandant-by then
The Wolf" who had relieved
White Angel and said
Unless the men get more
food they are going TO die"
In a rage. The Wolf ordered a
sentry 10 club the doctor.
Another doctor. a major, inter
vened TO try to stay the slashing
blows.
As a result, the major was re-
peatedly slugged with a pistol.
-Four teeth wsre knocked out
and his jaw vos broken.
The Wolf then addressed the
bleeding men;
'T don't care IL you all die.
There's a hundred million
more like you in America.
"SoOn they'll all be our
slaves"
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-01
Lebanon al War

BEIRUT. Feb. % GNS)-Le.
banon's Chamber Of Deputies has
voted 10 declare war on Germany
and Japan.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-01
Clark Lee S Story of Saoagery::
Starving Yanks
CIubbed by Japs

-Ep+IQRS- NOTE Tits ~ the third of four blunt,
f0ctudi articles unparalleled Jap S0rdgcrgthc treat
pCHt Of american prisoners Of during - months at
Nichols Field stare camp near Manila.
BY CLARK LEE
International News Service staff Correspondent
MANILA Feb. 28-For American prisoners at Nichols
lu Field slave camp the day started at 6:l5.
Then Jap into their barracks in Pasay school
house and shouted
"BANG0!"
That get up from the floor where each slept in
a space 80 inches wide
Then weakened and sick did calisthenics for Is
minutes After that they forced to count off Japa
nese.
It's shocking today to hear American tell you:
For three years had but sambiyaJu sanju
rOkuban."
That number 336.
Each American required to the roll call in
japanese and mpronuncaon brought clubbing blows the
face.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-01
Roosevelt Home
From Crined
CONTINUED from Page one1


Big Three al Yalta, the President
foresaw a gradual but progressive
reduction of ornaments. even by
the major powers into whose
hands he said would fall that task
OF enforcing world peace by arms
If necessary, should some nation
again seek 10 set of the powder
keg Of a world confagration.
45-MINUTE TALK
The President will make his re-
port 70 Congress sitting in the
well of the House. The report. ID
minutes 10 an hour in length, VIII
be broadcast over all major net
works. II Will be rebroadcast. the
evening following his appearance,
II will be the Presidents first
personal appearance in the Con-
greSS for two years.
The President returned 10 the
White House from MS 37-day
Journey by sea and air 10 and
from Yalta, IN the Soviet Crlmea,
shortly after a. m. today.
He left Washington Jan. %,
two days after his fourth term
inaugural went by cruiser,
heavily escorted, TO Valetta.
Malta. without stopping en- route,
and then flew directly 10 the
Crimea
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-01
Monthly Pay SI.4O

So by common. unspoksn con.
sent, the stronger ones marched
on the outside Whiie on the in
side wedker men helped along
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-01
Parade Hank Skeletons
After breakfast came sick cal

After breakfast came sick call.
Only 80 men daily from an av-
eragc of GOO were allowed off for
sickness.
Those too sick 10 walk had TO
be carried or dragged by their
comrades when al Z 80 a. m. the
daily torture march started.
Through the main street of
PaSay paraded the ragged Skele-
tons.
They had lost up 10 20 pounds
per man and any one weighing
more than 100 pounds was a rar-
ity
At first Filipinos lined the route
and tried TO give them food and
shoes, and even dropped cigaretS
OF the pavement for them TO pick
up.
But the laps broke IL up by
eold-bloodediy shooting several
FiHpinos.
I'm route to the field Jap SEN
IL tries AT their moronic whim
and without provocatlon would
ATTACK the prisoners.
Rifle butts were smashed into
the small of mems backs and for
months afterward injured men
suffered eXcrutiatingly.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-01
Clubs Break Limbs

Some backs were broken.
Some kidneys ruined for life.
The sentries cot a lot OF pleas
urs out Of dropping rifle butts
on bare toes, crushing them
against the pdUement.
Some SentricS carried iron clubs
with which they broke arms and
legs.
Those felled had 10 be picked
up and aided along by their COM
rades
Otherwise they would have
been beaten to death where they
lay-and this happened not
once, but many, many times.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-01

DREAKFAST fish eyes and CUTS soup the entire
- fish thrown into sloppy water watery soup in which
Is gallons Of crushed gourds squash had been mixed
100 gallons OF water along with about inch Of boiled in
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-01

or carried those still weaker
and unable 10 WdIk.
A T MIC II HOLS FIEL d, the
"A Americans were marched 10
gravel pits.
There they were contract la
borers. paid 10 centavos daily,
which meant at the end Of a
month they had the equivalent of
S140.
This would buy six bananas al
the Jap -eeH4H4iSSarys ys--
For this they were required 10
load specified number of two-ton
railroad cars daily.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-01
Seven Die I'm pits


until usually $3.50 each night
to fill the quotas, then march
back TO the barracks for an
other count-off and the eve
ming meal.
Officer prisoners served as
strawbosSeS in digging gravel
pushing the loaded cars on a
small railway and spreading the
gravel on the runway.
CEVEN Americans died in land
~ slides at the gravel pits.
Americans dug into the bank
with picks and ShovelS while the
Japs dynamited above, so an oc-
caSlonal landslide was inevitable.
The Japs made big occasion
Of the first death.
They buried the victim cere-
moniously and placed a cross over
the grave.
Then the camp commandant
lined up the prisoners and made
speech:
Your cOmrade has died
gloriOusly for the establishment
of Greater East Asia. We
want you to do the same"
Six others did.
Each time the Japs halted work
in the pits and sprinkled a spoon
ful of salt in each gravel car
while performing some mystic
ceremony supposed to appease the
gods.
hinder starvation diet and
~ beatingS, and without medi-
cineS, more and more Americans
collapsed
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-01

this program for rerouting and equipment
yerson might be carried out quickly:
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-01

Store Hours: Weekdays 81
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-07-25

THE FATE Of l2-year-old Joseph
Paremba, Polish guerrilla warfare
veteran who was adopted by Corp.
Lee r. Ritchey Of the 38th Artillery
Battalion, is now in the hands Of
U. S. immigration Service authofi-
ties who have heard the story of
how the lad was struggled to
America by men Of the artillery
outfit. (Interndtionall
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-07-25

BRITISH "ViGLANTEs" in London,
England, are pictured entering m
of the empty houses they seized for
s~heltering homeless people. This
was before the government in
structed the Authorities of every
town TO take over and use all bad
ly-necdcd shelter. QntcrnGtionaD
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-07-25

POINTING 10 MS WATCH. Pvt Victor Wunderhch (rght) wakes up TT4
Bill Yoakum, Spur, Tex, and tells him that it's now his turn to sleep.
This awakening scene is pictured on the Armys experimental troop
train for rotation sleeping, bound for Fort Sam Houston. Tex, from
Camp kilmer, N. J. In upper berth Is Sgt. Vernon Cheatham, Humble,
Tex. Next to Yoakum is TVS Cecil +. Kirkland. Lnternuttom0)
Milford chronicle., 1945-11-02

daughters. Mrs Reuben Evans,
Mrs. Francis Daisey OF Franktord.
Mrs Ida Barnett of Rehoboth
Beach and Florida; Mrs Harry ks-
ham, Mrs. Albert Richards and Mrs.
William J Rose OF MillSbOro: Mrs.
Blanche Smith OF Salisbury. Md.
-four sons. Preston l.. Williams. of
fruuktord Harry T.. and John Will
Hams of MilISburo. Elhtrt Williams
OF Milford, 81 grandchildren and
- grrut-grandchildrcn. The fune-
raj was largely attended and tn"
floral tributes Were numerous and
most brauti1ul attesting the high
esteem with which the departed
and her family are held.
Many Of their local patrons were
guests OF the Eastern States Far
mers Exchange at dinner on
Thursday in the Firtmens Hall at
Selbyyille.
Major G. Massey Gum. who has
been stationed at Fort Slocum. y.
Y. for many months. made a bus
mess "trip To this area over the
past Wrck-cud.
Milford chronicle., 1945-11-02

to obtain recruits from the younger
set OF the town. Mrs John l.. Nor
ris is president of the club. The
club plans large benefit game
party in the near future
Mrs. Louis Evans has closed her
residence ON Second street and
will spend the winter months dur
ing the absence OF her family at
the Breeders Nursing Home. at Re
hobOth Beach. Mrs. Evans is the
mother OF Lieutenant-Commandcr
Donald Rodney Evans. y. s y. r..
and Lieutenant Nathaniel H. Evans
L. s. G.. G.. Delaware River Pilot.
Mrs William T. Atkins, who has
been i'll, is now spending a while
recuperating at the Breeders Nurs-
ing Home at RehObOth.
Chief Petty Officer Raymond
Medd. who has been serving i'm the
Philippines several months. has ar
rived home to spend Il 50-day leave
with his wife and children. Gerald.
Audrey Lee and Sherry. at their
home on Savannah Road.
Captain Harry V. Lyons. g years
old, dean of Delaware Pilots and
former president OF the Delaware
Board Of Pilot Commissioners died
Monday evening. October %. at his
home on Savannah Road. He had
been i'll since September. 1914.
Captain Lyons served eleven
consecutive terms as head of the
pilot commissioners association
which he helped to organize in
1896. He was a former speaker OF
the Delaware House of Reprcscu
tatives, a trustee of the University
of Delaware. and Il former member
of the Board of Delaware State
Hospital at Farnhurst.
He retired as pilot in 1888 aftel
81 years Of service on the Della
ware Bay and River. He began his
career when - years old. becoming
the first apprentice under the Del
aware Pilot Law passed in 1881.
Born in Lewes on April g. 1866
the son OF the late Dr. and Mrs
Joseph b. Lyons. the latter VIII,
= lived to be ~ years OF age. his an
. cPStrY was mixed Win the fam0U
Rodney line of Delaware.
Captain Lyons is survived 10y hi
wife, the former Elizabeth Row
land Chambers OF LeWes; three
nieces, Mrs. William Teal, Jr.. o
Lewes, Mrs. Ralph Rust of Wes
Palm Beach, Florida; Mrs Marga
ret Meirs of Cream Ridge, y. j.
two nephews, Lieutenant-Comm
der j. Lyons Richardson. Lewe
pilot. and Ralph Richardson o
Georgetown. His sister, Mrs. vii
liam r. MessiCk OF RehObOth Beach
died last winter
. Funeral services We're held 81
Thursday afternoon at o'clock i
, St. Peters Episcopal Church. @
J which he was senior warden. Tn
Milford chronicle., 1945-11-02
FRANKFORT

ljid you all have a jolly llalloW-
cen Wednesday ul4ht' III Gr
ehos,es an dc ho4.iu didH 2lt We
l.'S see what's dojn TINS weak
Knot much around h"ar. AMI OF
us Il greatly Interested in tn" rr-
IUruiu- service m"U.
Mrs. Ida DHJhir has h,,u visit
iu4 her SISTER, Mrs. Everett f.
Stokes. ON Monday. Mrs Duthie
left lor 81 motor "Trip to Arkansas
and other points West with her
nephew and niece Mir and Mrs.
Wcbst,. =. Stokes.
Last Friday cvcnin- their SIKH
ami seventh Grade playmate~ We're
entertained by Miss l.aye>sl Ann
Hudson and Miss Gloria Bunting
with Il merry prr-IIuIloWc'-u frolic
i'm the barn AT the luttor'S home ON
the dupont boulevard The young
people had q very fine evening OF
Wholesome mcrrimeut 1or which
thyy are grateful To Nh. and Mrs
Norman Opap BUNTING and SIR
and Mrs Lester r. Hudson
The ioyal I. :. OPA WuI Pric,
and RationmG Board WAS discon-
linued ON Wednesday ot This week
During the years that it has beer
operating large number OF me!
and women have served faithfully
on the various panels. ANA llk,
many OF our men in uniform. the,
had Il job To do and they did il t,
the best of their ability Although
there may have been some citizens
WHO Wcr" incouVcnicNccd by tn
regulations tn" community Shoul,
hc grateful to those who served ul
a difficult ASSIGNMENT without pay
Mr. and Mrs. Norwood G.. Cham
bcrluiu and dau2htrr, Mrs Yyonn
c. cobb have had with them I,
Gently the lattcr's husband. Rolau
Vernon Cobb, recently rcturne
home with his houorahl" discharg
from the t. $. Navy. after havin
served for 81 months. He serve
seven months IN the Pacific and |
Milford chronicle., 1945-11-02

months in the European Theatre of
War.
Nh. and Mrs Topp VI. Heath We're
recent guests OF Mrs Edith Bea-
com at Quonset. Pa
Tn" Rev and Mrs William G..
Watson of Williumsport, Pa, are
spending few weeks at their local
home" while thu former is GONZALES
cIn4 from the effects OF a recent
specialization
Frank Hickman is now ut his
home ON Thatcher street He was
under observation and treatment
for several weeks in the Milford
Memorial Hospital. Mrs, Hickman
is sum undergUin2 treatment at an
upstate hospital.
Mrs. Everett Long. ST. has rc-
turned To her home after having
successfully undergone a major op-
erHtiou in the Milford Memorial
Hospital. Her couvalesccmCe is be
ing haStcued by the prayers of her
wide circle Of friends
MIR. and Mrs Stephen J Carey
We're overnight guests OF their par
cnts. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Carey. re
Gently.
Charles Long recently returned
from t. :. Army duty overseas, ar
rived home with his honorable dis
charge ON Saturday.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ami,
+. Williams, - years old, widow
of the late Frank Williams. wer,
held in the Fraukford Methods
Church at > o'clock on Sunday In
termcmt was i'll Carey cemetery
Deceased was Il life long residen
of this town. She died ON Thursda.
of last week III her home on clay
ton avenue. Surviving are sever
Milford chronicle., 1945-11-02

Fireman c Rodney Lea LeCates
and a buddy from the Naval Train
ing Base at Bainbridge, Port De
pOsit, Md. spent the weekend at
home with Mrs. Locates and fam
lily
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester V. Hudson
and son Charles David, drove up
from st. Martins Neck. Ma, and
spent part of Sunday with Mrs.
Hudson's parents. "Da Butch will
be a whole year old next Tuesday,
November 6.
On Monday evening in honor of
Mr.. Godfrey's birthday, Mr.. md
Mrs. John j. Godfrey entertained
to supper Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Coffin and Mrs. Chester Buulin&.
Milford chronicle., 1945-11-02

rector, Rev. DR.. Nelson Waite
Rightmyer ofiiciating Members Of
the Pilot Association and church
vestry We're the pallbearcrs. In
termcnt was made in the family
plot in ST. Peters churchyard.
An open forum ON Educational
Issues will be the topic of discus
sion for the Lewes Special School
District Parent-Teachcr AssOcia-
tion's meeting on November ,, at
7:45 =. IN. If You are Interested in
the discussion of problems rclat-
ing to the school program be pre-
pared to ask questions or enter into
the discussion. We are also start
ing our membership drive ON No
vember ,. Please pay your dues
at the November meeting to Mrs
G. Morris. membership chairman.
Milford chronicle., 1945-11-02

On Thursday their guests were Nr.
and Mrs. Frank DcrricksOn and
Mrs. Dan Long. Friday visitors
were Mr.. and Mrs. Dora Stevens
Sunday guests of Mr.. Godfrey were
Mrs. l.. +. Windsor and Mrs. b. I.
Carmean of Dagsboro. Mrs. j. Wal
ter Carmean. Tony Hudson. Geo
Q. hudson. Mr. and Mrs. CleVe tv-
ans. Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Sho"kley
and four children. Mr.. and Mrs.
Handy Magcc and five children and
MIR. and Mrs. Emory Ellis of Mills
bOrO.
Aunt Suzy scz: Many of my pals
who used to belong to the mixers
and bikcrs club. now belong to the
settlers and knittcrs society.
Milford chronicle., 1945-11-02
FREDERICK

Mrs. Nehiniah cain passed away
last week having suffered Il stroke
of paralysis Funeral services
were held at the Berry Funeral
Home and were attended by a
large number OF relatives and
friends. Reverend D. T.. Wood CON
Quoted the services. Mrs. cain Was
a fine christian woman and will be
missed by her friends Intermeut i'll
Balratt's Cemetery.
DR.. Lester l.. Carlisle who has
been i'll for some time went to the
Memorial Hospital last Friday tor
treatment. His son. Lester OF philu-
delphia came down to see him.
Miss Marguerite SalcHan and
Mrs clayton Tucker of Philadcl-
phia were overnight guests Ot Miss
Emma ManloVe last Sunday.
John Van HOey OF WiIuiuoton
spent Sunday with James Norris
.Ir.
MIR. and Mrs. Wallace and child
on. Mrs Joay champion and Nor
man Boone OF Wilmin4ton were
Sunday guests of MIR and Mrs Ilar-
rY VI. Boone
Mr.. and Mrs. William Garhutt ol
Dayton. OHIO were recent Visitors
0! MIR. and Mrs f. A. Norris
Next Sunday will be Home Com
ins day at Trinity Methodist
Church. y good attendance is de
sired
The >9th anniversary and HON,
coming of the Methodist Churcl
will be held on Sunday, November
I. Services. with special music
will be held at II a. III. and 2:&'
p. m. Everyone is invited to at
tend.
Montana labor news., 1945-11-15

IN the District Court OF the Second Judicia
District of the State of Montana, in anc
for the County of Silver Bow.
THE STATE OF MONTANA,
VS..
ED WHALEN AND JULIA WHALEN, All N
washington St.. Butte, Mont.
THE STATE OF MONTANA
TO
ED wHALEN AND JULIA WHALEN. All N
Washington St, Butte. Mont.
Greeting. You and each of you will plast
take notice that an order Of which the fore.
going is a true and correct copy was filed
in the office Of the Clerk Of the a5ore en-
titled Court in the city or town Of Butte
County Of Silver Bow State Of Montana, on
the 10th day Of November, i945. and you
are hereby notified that unless you file in the
office of the Clerk Of the above entitled
Court, and Serve upon the State Fire Marsha
or the other officer whose name is subscribed
to the foregoing order, your certified answer
denying the existence Of .he maltcrs stated
in said order which you desire to controvert
within twenty days from the date OF the serv-
ice OF this Notice upon you. you shall be
deemed in default and the above entitled
Court will affirm the FOREGOING order and
direct the State Fire Marshal to proceed with
the enforcement thereof.
Dated this 10th day Of November, 1e45.
Court Seal ELMER SHEA, Clerk
First publication Nov 1877
Montana labor news., 1945-11-15
No. 1882
ALIAS SUMMONS


In the Distrit Court Of the Second judicial
District Of the State of Montana in and
for the County Of Silver Bow.
CATHERINE E. McGRATH, Plaintiff,
vs..
EDWARD H. McGRATH. Defendant.
The State Of Montana sends greetings to
the above named defendant
You are hereby summoned to answer the
complaint in this action which is filed in the
office Of the Clerk Of this Court, copy OF
which is herewith served upon you, and TO
file your answer and serve a copy thereof
upon the plaintiffs attorney within twenty
days after the service of this summons, ex-
elusive Of the day Of service; and in case Of
your failure to appear or answer, judgment
will be taen against you by default for the
relief demanded in the complaint.
A general statement of plaintiffs cause Of
action is as follows:
That plaintiff and defendant were married
at Butte Montana, on the 1st day Of May
1929 that plaintiff has been bona fide resi-
dent Of the State Of Montana, for more than
one year before the commencement Of this
action; that no children have been born of
this marriage; that the defendant above
named disregarding the solemnity Of his mar
rage vow, has been guilty of wilful neglect
of this plaintiff, in that for more than one
year Immediately preceding the 25th day Of
September. 1916 the date Of the commence
ment Of this action for divorce, the defend
ant wilfully failed, neglected and refused to
provide for plaintiff the common necessities
Of life, he having the ability to do So
Wherefore, plaintiff prays Judgment against
the defendant; that the bonds Of matrimony
heretofore and now existNg between plaintiff
and defendant be forever dissolved and plain
tiff and defendant be restored to the status
Of single persons.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court
this oath day Of october A. D., l945
Court Seal ELMER SHEA, Clerk
By ETHEL DRISCOLL Deputy Clerk
GEORGE d. TOOLE,
411-412 Owsey Block,
Butte, Montana,
Attorney for Plaintiff
First publication october 25-4T
Montana labor news., 1945-11-15
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE


In the District Court OF the Second Judicial
District of the State of Montana in and
for the County Of Silver Bow.
In the Matter of the Estate Of JOHN r,
CHARLES, Deceased
Ida May Charles, as executrix Of the estate
Of John F. Charles, deceased, having filed
herein her verified petition praying for an
order of this Court authorizing and directing
her to lease certain real property belonging
to said estate for the exploration for oil and
gas, and hereinafter described, for the period
and upon the terms and conditions herein
after stated, and it appearing that the giving
Of such lease will be advantageous to said
estate
It is ordered that all persons interested
in said estate be and they are hereby required
to appear before this Court on Monday, the
26th day of November, l945, at 1000 O'Clock
A. M. at the court room in Department No. ?
Of said Court in the Court House at Butte,
in the County Of Silver Bow, State Of Mon
tana, then and there to show cause, If any
they have, why an order should not be made
authorizing and directing Ida May Charles,
as such executrix to execute lease OF
real property belonging to said estate here
matter described, for the period Of two years,
or for as long thereafter as oil, gas, casing
head gas, casinghead gasoline or any Of
them, is produced from said leased premises,
at the rental Of seventeen and one-half per
cent ll7Mec) royalty of oil or gas produced
on said premises, all Of which is more par
ticularly set forth in said petition, to which
reference is hereby made for further par
ticulars.
Said rcal property is situated in the coun-
ties Of Petroleum and Garfield, State Of
Montana, and Is described as follows, to-wit:
Lots 5 and Of Section q, in Township
IS North of Range 80 East, M. M
For further particulars reference is hereby
made to said petition herin on file
1t Is further ordered that copy Of this
order be published once a week for two sue
cessiye weeks In the Montana Labor News a
no ~ q NIrrt In
said County Of Silver Bow, State Of Montana
Dated this 10th day Of November. 1945
T. f. DOWNEY, Judge
First publication Nov i5-3r