davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1949-02-11
The COMMON DEFENSE
For Good Americanism

to the communist and fascist en-
emies who foster DIS-unity a.
mong our own peoples in an ef-
fort to crack the very foundation
Of American Democracy"
1t is something to rejoice about
that so many people throughout
the country are thanking straight
about Americanism. We must re-
member that all of us have the
personal responsibility to do ev-
erything possible to act as justly
as we think--and to join our
strength to that Of others who are
devoting their thoughts and eff
forts to the cause of good Ameri-
canism.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1949-02-11
GIobetrotters AT
Arkansas Baptist
New Gym Feb. q

Basketballs celebrated Harlem
Globetrotters, now in their twenty
second season of outstanding ex-
PLOTS, win come to Little Rock
Baptist College New Gym Mon
day night, February 81, to head
line a huge program Of double
header basketball and added fea-
lures. The Globetrotters who
started this season with a record
OF 3.038 victories and only $50
defeats, win meet the Philander
Smith quintet In the evenings
featured second game.
The opener at 7:30 win pair the
Kansas City Stars, crack Negro
quintet associated with the Globe
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1949-02-11
Damage Suit In
S.C.Lynch Case
Is Instituted

Columbia, S. CA $4,000 dam
age suit against the counties of
Greenville and Pickens, S. c., in
behalf Of Mrs. Tessie Earle, mo-
Their Of a Negro youth who was
lynched by group of white men
early in l947, was instituted this
week by the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People.
Willie Earle, the lynch victim.
had been arrested and confined in
Pickens County, charged with the
murder Of Thomas w. Brown, a
white taxi driver On the night of
February II. 1857, Earle was re-
moved from the Piclzens Crrl1y
Jail by group a M IN u Who
took hirn 10 nnty
AND lynckaEn "A W. iii
xrial ca HSA4 ~
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1949-02-11
Golden Link Usher
Board

Participants an the program last
Sunday sponsored by Sister Ros-
ina Moore, Chairman of the Pro-
gram Committee in behalf of the
Golden Link Usher Board, were
Rev. w. r. Waugh, Sister Rommie
Lee Smith, Sister Mary Russell
Binnie Barnes and Rev. w. M
Gibson. The total collection was
$3.50. The next union will be
held at st. John Baptist Church.
4th and Bender Streets, February
Goth. President, d. c. Cleaveland
End vice president, Ross Parker;
secretary, Sister Lottie Parker;
reporter of the program commit
tee, Sister Ella Crane.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1949-02-11
| Mrs. MaIIard's
Daughter Receivers
From Operation

New York-Miss Doris Byron,
10 year old daughter of Mrs. Ro-
bert Mallard, Georgia lynch wild
ow, is recovering for an emer-
gency appendectomy performed
yesterday in Harlem Hospital
Miss Byron came to New York
with her mother and two year old
brother.
She was to have accompanied
her mother on a tour to tell the
country the tragic story of the
lynching of Robert Mallard by a
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1949-02-11

Georgia mob and the subsequent
farcial trial which freed the ac-
cused slayers.
The tour is scheduled to open
on Sunday, February 6, with
mass meeting in Washington un-
der auspices of the local NAACP
branch. She will return to this
city for a series of meetings in
the greater New York area after
which she will go to Baltimore
on February 81. During the month
of March she will tell her story
in the principal cities of the Mid
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1949-02-11
Attend Scottish
Rite Conference
In Detroit

Ill. |. B. Bolden, Grand Master
Of the M, w. King David Grand
Lodge, A. f. & A. M, Arkansas
Jurisdiction, and Ill. p. L. Smith,
c. c. of the c. L. Mitchell Grand
Consistory of Arkansas left the
city Friday to attend the Mesonic
Conference at Detroit, Michigan
with the National Grand Supreme
Council of A. A. S. II. NJ Ill DR..
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1949-02-11
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to take this opportuni-
ty to express our sincere graft
tude and appreciation to DR.. and
Mrs. J. M. Robinson for the lovely
bedroom suite given to the school.
We shall ever look on this gift
as a monument of your loyalty
and sincere love for us. Again we
thank you.
Principal E. B. Glue, faculty
and students of the Arkansas
School for the Blind.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1949-02-11
die West.
-SP--
PHYLLIS WHEAT.
LEY ny" NOTES
The Board of Management heard

The Board of Management heard
Miss Parry, on last Tuesday, at
$50 p. M. Miss Parry Is from the
National Board Department of
National Support, She spoke OF
the work Of the National Board
in this country and throughout
the world. She also spoke of the
splendid way in which Phyllis
Wheatley has supported the work
through its regular quota and
through World Fellowship giving
The Y.W.C.A. Business and Pro-
fessional Women's Club held their
regular meeting last Friday, A de-
lightful supper was served by the
hostesses, Mesdames Marguerite
Reed. Goldie Terrence, Misses
Margaret Carr and Ivey Wesley
Special guest was Mrs. w. M. Poin-
dexter.
The Y. w. C. A Bridge Club
got under way last Monday at
7.30 P. M. under the leadership of
Miss Viola Windham. The Club
is sponsored by the Adult Ac-
tivities Committee, Mrs. O. B.
Fisher, Chairman.
Remember the schedule of FREE
Glasses:
Wednesday 10 IL Noon Rug
Making Mrs. Battles, ms.
Wednesday 3 4 p. NJ Knitting
Thursday q P. NJ Sewing Mrs.
c. Hicks, ms.
Y-TEEN NEWS
The Y-Teens will have a Pre-
Valentine Social, Friday February
II, 800 p. M. at the Y. w. c. A
This promises to be a very en-.
joyable affair. Each person will
receive a half of heart when he
or she enters the building and il
to search for the other half among
the crowd. This should be fun
Club IS will be hostess for the
evening
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1949-02-11
NOTHING HURTS 4 DUCK But HIS BILL
CONTINUED from page one, column and 81

Continued from column and 81
the Bond Issue defeated IF
the Supreme Court will win because they'll find out
thing illegal everything the
Council does illegal"
Congress years
reports he received only 20 votes
registered Ward 915
Ward 2, III in Ward 365 in Ward A. and in Ward s.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1949-02-11

man even to his graveOatreav
How prejudice can follow a man
even to his grave was illustrated
earlier this month when an under
taker refused the use of his chap
cl for the funeral of an Ameri-
can soldier because he was of
Spanish descent. He had been
killed in the battle of the Philli-
pines. The Federal Government
Etepped in and gave this soldier a
hero's burial. with full military
donors, at Arlington National
Cemetery in Washington.
The soldiers home town apollo
gized to his relatives. The local
Chamber Of Commerce adopted
resolution praising his family as
one held in high esteem" And
in all fairness it ought to be said
that the Mayor of the town, as
well as a local banker, had offer
ed their homes for the funeral.
We need more people in Amer
ica like the Mayor and the banker
in this little town. And, lest 1t be
supposed that we lack them, let
aus consider the following
/. The Protestant Council of the
City of New York is currently en-
gagged in its 1949 Fund Campaign.
Speakers. addressing its first Or
.ganizational meeting, urged Pro-
testant laymen to speak out bold
1y in the name of Christ against
racial discrimination and to stand
by the outcast, the prisoner. and
the refugee. Some of those who
addressed the Council are impor-
tant businessmen in the life of
America fact which discredits
the Communist charge that Amer
ican businessmen are opponents of
prejudice and discrimination.
2. 1t was The Record, official
publication of the Roman Catho-
lie Archdiocese of Louisville, Ken
lucky, which stated editorially a
short lineage, "Anti-Semitism is
a crime because it is anti-Christ-
ian. Wherever religious and racial
.prejudices exist Christianity is
Ihampered in all its manifestations.
These prejudices are a cancer in
tthe body OF the Christian eommu-
nifty which saps its vitality. 1t is
"a satisfactorily clear fact of his
tory that where Jews have been
treated reasonably and fairly
there has never been any such
thing as serious Jewish prob
lem. The inhuman treatment to
which the Jewish people were
subject during the recent war
years should win for them the
deepest and most sincere sympa-
thy from everyone who claims
even the slightest loyalty to the
teaching of Christ"
3. The Veterans of Foreign Wars
has just issued the text of four
minute talk on Brotherhood" In
1T these words appear, Some of
our people forget that American
Protestants and Catholics, Gentiles
and Jews, Japanese-Americans,
Negroes and men of many other
racial origins have fought should
er to shoulder under one flag
the Stars and Stripes. Thousands
of those men have given their
lives in armed struggles against
enemies of democracy to preserve
for lis the freedom we cherish SO
highly Those men have won mill
6ary victories through the brother
hood principle and united efforts.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
believes there should be more of
the brotherhood thinking and
practice IN every church, school
and college, in every business firm
and home. The V. f. w. believes
that can be our effective answer
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1949-02-11

William J. Fitzpatrick, M. p.
Sow. CIR. Com. III Geo V. Peters,
National Secretary General. Ill. j..
S. Cooley, G. Secretary of Arkan-
SaS
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-20

Mrs. June Thompson Mcknight,
IS, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Thompson, of Street,
Maryland, is fourth place winner
in the nationwide essay contest
on Conservation of Our Soil Re-
sources" jointly sponsored by the
National Grange and American
Plant Food Council.
With the three other national
winners in the $4,000 contest,
Mrs. Mcknight will be honored at
dinner Saturday, October % at
7 p. M, Mayflower Hotel in Wash
ngton, D. c.
Secretary of Agriculture Charles
F. Brannan, chairman of the Board
IF Judges for the contest, person
ally will present the awards to
winners and guests will include
acknowledgement farm leaders,
Government officials and Members
of Congress.
National prizes in the contest
are: First, Acknowledgements
buick Super 4-door Sedan) auto
mobile; Second, acknowledgement
Chevrolet De Luxe 4-door Sc
dam automobile; Third, $3.50 in
cash and Fourth. $3.50 in cash.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-20

The Russian arms census would
be based upon the unchecked re-
ports of the nations, including
Russia, but the question is, can
anybody depend on the accuracy of
the statistics?
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-20
Record Attendance
At First Meeting
OF Women Voters

The League of Women Voters of
Montgomery County, which now
numbers 450 members, had a re-
cord turnout at it's first fall meet
ing, held last Friday at the Rock
Greek Recreation Center Shelter
House at Leland Street and Beach
Drive, Chevy Chase.
After dispensing with routine
business, Mrs. James v. Bennett,
resident, turned the meeung,
which was chiefly concerned with
what the League should stand for
on a national level, over to Mrs.
Howard X. Hyde, who made a
forceful plea against "Packaged
Thinking" and strongly urged
member participation, ably guild
ing the discussion which followed.
Mrs. Bennett announced that a
new program, politics is Every
body's Business" which will be
heard over WGAY every Monday
at 1915, is one of the additional
ways in which the League is max
ing its work known to the COM
munity.
The next general meeting will be
held on November 10 at the Re-
creation Center and the subject
will be Building World Security"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-20

Mrs. Raleigh Chinn, Mrs. Leroy
B. Sherman, Mrs. George A. Will
son II, Mrs. Robert Boyd Laid,
Mrs. David Belts, Mrs. Richard
T. Culp, Mrs. Paul Burnett, and
Mrs. Arthur Brahame.
Those serving on the telephone
publicity committee are: Mrs. Will
liam Sylvester, Miss Mary B. AL
money, Miss Hazel Gilmore, Mrs
Robert Bridges. Mrs. Crescent J..
Bride, Mrs. William C. Murphy
III, Miss Laura Lee Hickman, Mrs.
Emmett G. Murphy, and Mrs. Mary
Wyckoff.
Mailing committee: Mrs. Robert
Henley and Mrs. Ralph Williams.
Door Prizes: Mrs. J. A. Kay.
Miscellaneous Services COM
mittee: Mrs. Lewis McCabe, Mrs.
Thomas M. Anderson, Mrs. Roger
Tubby.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-20
Library Fair To Feature
Authors Of Recent Books

Scott Hart, Washington author
and newspaper man, will be a
guest of the Rockville Public Lib
rary at its Second Annual Book
Fair to be held on November 3
and A. Mr. Hart will be present
at the Library on Friday evening,
November A, from 8 to 10 p. m. TO
autograph copies of his newly
published book, Eight April
Days" Mr.. Hart, long interested
in the Civil War, has written a
first novel which, says the New
York Times, sis remarkable among
Civil War stories for its brevity
and incisiveness. 1t is also MEM
orable for its main character, an
illiterate, salty, courageous woman
called sold Pine" by the Southern
soldiers whom she follows in her
wagon and serves as trader, nurse,
and a sort of grass-roots OWL"
Miss Mona Thompson, now
resident of Washington, whose his
tory of Rockville, entitled Western
Gateway To The National Capital"
has recently been released, has been
invited to appear at the Fair
Thursday evening. Miss Thomp-
son who is no longer young, is
not sure she can attend. Her book
is meeting with great success.
The County School Board this
week ordered 100 copies for distri-
button to schools.
Those serving on committees
for the Book Fair are: Sales Com
mittee-Mrs. H. A. Westcott, Miss
Alverda Kingdom, Miss Helen M.
Day, Mrs. Dick Fuller, Mrs. Theo-
dore Perrine, Mrs. Margaret S.
Hildreth, Mrs. Wilson Collier,
Mrs. A. E. Holbrook, Mrs. Lloyd
Howes, Mrs. John w. Henderson,
Mrs. J. Leo O'Gorman, Mrs. l..
H. Mattingly, Mrs. o. S. Munger,
Mrs. Frank Tyler, Mrs. Will Stack
house, Jr., Mrs. Judson Hardy,
Mrs. Thomas w. Jones, Mrs. Clyde
Stout, Miss Patricia Chambers,
Mrs. George Peter, Mrs. William
Linthicum, Mrs. j. G. Mckay,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-20
High School Boys
And Girls Will
Give Talent Show

A talent show of high school
boys and girls of Montgomery
County will be held'in the Gathers
burg High School Auditorium on
Monday night, October "a, at 8
p. m. The show will be sponsored
by the Southern States Gathers
burg Petroleum Cooperative, Inc,
and will be held in conjunction with
the annual membership meeting
of that organization. There will
be no admission charge.
Contestants in the show will be-:
Doris Cochran, Dickerson, popular
songs; Lenore Cook, Brookeville,
singer; Charles Hawkins, Roger
Buxton, Jack Burdette and Harold
Mullinix, Damascus, quartette;
Patsy and Bobby Smith, German
town, dance act; Audrey Ricketts,,
Takoma Park, piano solo; Mary
Ann Ward, Gaithersburg, singer;
Frances Cue, Dickerson, hill billy
songs; Clayton Arundel and Ivan
Fitzwater, Gaithersburg, novelty
act; Robert Wilson, Peter Beall,
Mary Margaret Wear and Barbara
Harding, Gaithersburg, mixed
quartette; Judy Thompson, Silver
Spring, dance; Churchill Ward,
Rockville, pianist; and a novelty
Mumber with Charlotte Frost, 10
Ann Dawson, Jane Robertson, Pa
tricia Greene, Laura Lee Hickman,
Lucille Campbell, and featuring
Marianne Angel, all of Rockville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-20

Miss Catherine Louise Broschart,
daughter of DIR. and Mrs. Frank
j. Broschart of Gaithersburg, be-
came the bride on October /, 1949,
IF William Edward Sommerville,
IF Washington. The Rev. Paul
Myers officiated at the ceremony
and nuptial mass in st. Martins
Catholic Church.
Escorted to the sanctuary by
her father, the bride wore we'd
ling dress of satin and lace with
ingertip veil. She carried white
roses and stephanotis.
Mrs. Eugene w. Cissel was her
sisters matron of honor. She
wore blue satin and lace with hoop
skirt and maline-covered head
oand with ostrich feathers and
,arried roses. The other atten-
iants wore dresses similar to the
natron of honor in green and
American Beauty. They were
Mrs. Harry B. Bennett, sister of
he groom, Mrs. Richard O'Leary
If Washington, Mrs. Kenneth All
lutt of Damascus and Miss Betty
Jane Burton of Kensington. Their
bouquets were of roses and small
white chrysanthemums.
Flower girl was Marianne Her
shey, and Billy Broschart, nephew
If the bride, was ring bearer.
John F. Sommerville, jr. was
his brothers best man. Harry B.
Bennett, Richard B. O'Leary, Pa
rick J. McNulty and Charles F.
Broschart were ushers.
Miss Margaret Harper sang
several selections, accompanied by
Hobart Ramsdell, organist.
Following the ceremony a re-
,eption for relatives and close
friends was held at the home of
The brides parents, after which
The couple left for a wedding trip.
They will reside in Gathers
burg.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-20

With all our stress upon educa-
ton it is more than STANCE that the
average American seldom utilizes
his mind to control his emotions.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-20

The best way to treat cold, ac-
cording to the experts, is to rest.
That's about the best remedy for
whatever ails you. M
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-20
HOmemaker's Corner
Offers Timely Hints
For The Housewife

To keep steel-wool pads from
rusting, place l teaspoonful of
soda in a jar of water. When
finished using the pad, drop it into
jar of saltwater and leave it
there until you are ready to use it
again.
This is the time to explore your
apple recipes from one end of the
list to the other. Apple stuffing
for poultry or pork is a real deli
cacy, apple upside-down cake served
with whipped cream is treat,
and an apple day in the lunch
box almost a necessity.
Maryland's fall crop of this
crisp and satisfying fruit will be
well over 100000 bushels. With
wide selections in variety, size and
color, you're sure to find fruit
ideally suited to your needs. The
moral of this story might be "En-
joy apples now"
y 4 Il
An easy way to clean the grids
of waffle iron is suggested by
home management specialist Helen
Irene Smith, of the University of
Maryland Extension Service. Place
a paper napkin soaked with house
hold ammonia between the grids
and leave it overnight, she advises.
The ammonia loosens the brown
cooked on" accumulation of grease.
Then it may be wiped off or rubbed
off with steel wool. (This cleaning
method may also be used for the
inside of ovens.)
Waffles sometimes stick on
cleaned grids just as they do in a
new iron which has not been "sea-
soned" first. To prevent sticking,
grease the grids with unsalted fat
or oil and then preheat the iron
thoroughly before using.
To keep the grids in best con-
dition, leave the iron open to cool
after it has been used.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-20

The Biblical day of rest is fast
being converted into something
else.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-20
Smoky" And ''Tuck"
First Winner In
Beagle Field Trial

The Hungerford Beagle Clubs
second field trial, held on Sunday
at Henderson's Corner, was termed
a great success, with big turnout
of dogs, spectators and huntsmen.
Robert Gardeners Smoky" was
winner in the fifteen inch class.
Smoky is a two-time blue ribbon
winner. Second place in this class
was won by Robert Gardeners
"Nell'; Hugh Rabbits "Spot"
third; Raymond Burns Lady,
fourth and Reese Jefferson's
"Tiny", reserve.
In the 10 inch class, James Da-
Wis "Tuck" won first prize; Brad
ley Karn's Nancy, End; N. S.
Browns "Tiny", third; James
Davis Becky, 4th; and Samuel
Willett's "Puppsie", reserve.
Cooke Robertson, Norman Run
kels and James Davis were judges.
Among new members acquired at
the trial were Paul Mills and L.
L. Cecil.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-20

Hard work hurts few people be-
cause so few of us give it chance.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-20
People, Spots In The News

ONE OF WORST truck crashes, of which
there were 100000 in year, was this near
Grapevine, Cal, when cotton monster
smashed six autos, cafe, bar, post Office
and service station. Two were killed
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-20
Temperance Union
To Hold Public
Meeting Nov. 6

The Montgomery County Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union
will hold public meeting on Sun
day evening, November g., 8 p. M,
at Colesville Methodist Church, in
special recognition of the work Of
the Youth Temperance Council, a
branch of the w. C. T. U.
Mrs. Henry Clay Watkins, State
Superintendent of Speech Contests
and member of the Florence
Y. 7. c., will present a Gold Medal
contest and pictures in technicolor
of the Youth Encampment at "The
Rocks" will be shown. DR.. Fred
erick w. Smith, Superintendent Of
the Temperance League of Mary
land, will be the speaker.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-20
Rockville Man On Tour
Of Persian Gulf Area

F. E. Claggett, stewardsman,
USN, of Rockville, left the United
States for the Persian Gulf area
early this month as a crew mem
Der aboard the photographic sur
vey ship USS Maury.
The Maury is one of group of
three ships which will remain in
the Middle East for about eight
months. During this time he will
be afforded an opportunity to visit
Gibraltar, Naples, Italy, Suez and
Bahrein in Saudi Arabia.
There is no way to economic
without doing without something.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-20

The Nationalist government of
China seems to be helpless before
the advance of the Communists and
It can't be because the U. S. is not
fighting the battle of the Chinese.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-20
Maryland Sets Records In
Sales Of Savings Bonds

Marylanders have been setting
some outstanding records in their
purchases of Savings Bonds. DR..
7. B. Symons, Director of Exten-
sion for the University of Maryland
announced today that the State
exceeded its objective in the re-
cent Opportunity Drive" by 17.2
percent. The goal had been set
at 1927 million and the total sales
of Z bonds from April to July 10
was almost Is million dollars.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-11-15
bIr. *" Wins
Roberts
In Wrestling

Aeemilns 10 Dick lee. wrest-
iiux pFomoier Of the Key West
Ris Arena. a near riot occur.
~ lasi alahf a. Referee Prince
onas seemingly helped MIR. X. in
- ein oseT popular Bobby Rob
aats
Hebefis was said 70 have gotten
= shofi count after he was knocsas,
- teNn when the referee heltg
bablsy's armx.
usek Lee says that the fans so
oniettssi - this unfair play that
thes sent into the ring and
seapped nlows with the referee.
tht fans elamored Tor the pro-
naoter % sea M. X in the ring.
~ y would not enter the ring.
Z eas finally agreed 20 have
81 \ meet Roberts in a winner
tasf al tftfle next week with
az HuFopean Champion Al Sitko
s fffeEee.
s. nexi week. both this weeks
nsilses viii b. a. stake in a win
nEf take al affair.
AZ sltko won over Big Chief
eaunsoker IN the added attrac-
ton Nick Kapitan defeated
Funre Omar in the opener.