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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-02
u. S. Airmen Work to Save
Lives Until They Collapse

marked all ranks. Airman sc
Refs l.. Leming, %, of Toppenish,
Wash, flung himself into the
water and kept right on rescuing
American servicemen and Brit
ish civilians until he was him.
self dragged unconscious from
the icy waters. He was credited
with saving saved Is lives.
ct was by far the most hor-
rible experience I have ever had"
he said, sitting in the hospital
bed where he now is making a
good recovery.
1--WE plunged into the water
and waded out. sometimes hip
deep. sometimes waist-deep and
sometimes up to our neck"
Airman Herman K. Burke OF
Gate City, Va. was in the first
truck to reach the flood scene.
st was at Biloxi, Miss. during the
hurricane there in 1948," he said.
"This was much worse"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-02

destruction came from all along
the east coast. Snettisham re-
ported 20 missing and five known
dead. Forty were believed
drowned at HunStanton. The
Suffolk resort of Felixstone
counted II dead.
At Mablethorpe and Sutton
on-Sea several thousands were
evacuated. A Lincolnshire police
superintendent estimated homes
of 5000 to 5000 people had been
flooded on a 2O-mile stretch of
coast. The waves carried away
concrete steel walls 20 feet high.
Sub Sinks, Frigate Upsets.
At Sheerness the 1,O00-ton
submarine Sirdar sank at its dock
and another Royal Navy ship, the
1,100-ton frigate Berkeley Castle,
capsized. There were no casual
ties. Yachts and fishing craft
were smashed against the sea
walls or carried inland.
The crushing blow fell on Hol-
land barely week after she had
proudly told the United States
she did not expect to need direct
economic aid this year. She had
regained her feet economically
after the ravages of World War
II and starvation period in the
winter of l944-45.
Now millions of dollars worth
of crops in the rich, reclaimed
seat bottom of far-fiung area
have been destroyed. Included
were peas. beans. potatoes and
other vegetables.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-02
EngIond's Hardest Hit
SPOT Is Thames Island
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Across the Channel, the Eng
lish. lowlands from the mouth of
the Thames north to Yorkshire
the land called East Anglia
were inundated, at some points
as far inland as 3 miles, by water
6-feet deep.
England'S hardest hit spot ap-
peared to be Canvey Island, Is
miles down the Thames from
London. After 80 bodies were
recovered there. Police Supt. w.
s. Pope said at least 100 casual
ties could be expected and some
5000 persons would have to be
evacuated. Island residents
chung to roof tops or trees for
hours until they were saved or
fell exhausted into the turbulent
waters.
Thousands of British and
American servicemen and rescue
teams worked around the clock
to remove survivors. Tens of
thousands were removed from
coastal towns.
The flood even reached Lon
don. as the Thames at high tide
pushed into the streets of Put
ney, southwest suburb. Water
Tapped at the base of Cleopa-
tra's Needle. the ancient
Egyptian obelisk standing on the
embankment in the capitals
heart.
Thousands Evacuated.
Reports of horror. death and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-02
By the Assoeicted Pres.

HUNSTANTON, Eng, Feb. 2.
Only the heroic efforts of
American airmen and British
civilians prevented the death
toll from going higher here
as swirling waters crushed and
swept away houses.
In the teeth Of the storm and
armed only with inadequate
equipment, 500 American airmen
rushed from the Sculthorpe Air
Base to carry out rescue opera
tions.
The 9th Air Rescue Squadron
was the nucleus of this force.
The groups commanding officer.
Capt. Gerald A. Wethermon. Of
Electra, Texas. fought the wind
and waves in a fragile rubber
dinghy until he collapsed from
exposure and was removed to a
hospital.
The same sort of conduct
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-02
British Plane Down
On Stormy Atlantic
With 80 Aboard
Dy the Associated Press

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Feb. 2
A four-engine British CONNER
cial transport plane with 80 per-
sons aboard radioed an SOS
from the stormy North Atlantic
today and rescue planes and
ships sped to the scene.
The Royal Canadian Air Force
reported that the aircraft, q
ur-engine York operated by
Skyways, Ltd. Of London, was
believed down 262 miles east
southeast Of Gander! Newfound-
land.
Heading for Jamaica.
The plane was being used to
ferry British troops between
London and the West Indies. It
took off from the Azores late
last night for Gander, Bermuda
and Jamaica.
Cat Scotland's Prestwick
Airport. officials said a second
plane. unidentified but bound
from Montreal to England,
had messaged from over the
Atlantic that it was limping
back to Gander on only two
of it's four engines, but that
it did not need aSsistance.)
The British aircraft made its
last regular report to Gander at
1885 am. Q2:35 am. EST, say
ing it was about three-fourths
Of the way to Newfoundland
from Lagens, in the Azores.
Later the transport communica-
tions center at Gander picked
up the SOS.
Planes Are Sent Out.
The RCAF sent out six Lam
casters from its base at Green
wood. Nova Scotia. to search,
and the United States Coast
Guard dispatched the cutters
Yakutat and McCullock to the
area. Coast Guard planes from
the base at Argentia, Newfound-
land. also were ordered to join
in the hunt.
The weather officer at Gander
said it was believed the sea in
the search area was very rough,
with icing conditions and poor
visibility.
The Coast Guard in New York
said the Yakutat reported it was
in calm seas early today but
expected to hit choppy water and
winds OF up to IS knots in the
search area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-02
Storm Notes From Europe
By the Assoeiosed Press

SANDRINGHAM, Eng. Feb. 2,
Queen Elizabeth II and her
husband, the Duke of Edinburgh,
drove today through flooded
areas near here. They were ac-
companied by the Queens uncle,
the Duke Of Gloucester.
The royal couple stopped on
at Hunstanton where six Amer
leans were known to have
drowned in the weekend flood.
The Queen asked solicitously
after the fate of a number of
others still missing.
At the royal estate here. 500
acres of wheat were under water.
AMSTERDAM, The Neither
lands. Feb. 2. P)-Lt. Gen. Man
ton s. Eddy. commander lin chief
Of the United States Army in
Europe, arrived here by plane
today to survey Hollands flood
damage and determine what
American forces can do to help.
Two battalions of French engi-
neers also have arrived in Hol-
land.
LOWESTOFT, England. Feb.
2 GA policeman rowed a
boat up a church aisle in this
flooded town today to rescue 40
children from the chancel steps
PARIS, Feb. 2 (P.-Heavy
snowstorms in the Vosges Noun
tains of AlSace lin Eastern
France added to Europe's
weather ills today. Snow piled
up to 20 inches in places and
many roads were reported
blocked.
DUNKERQUE, France, Feb.
R.-Flood and hurricane dam
age In the Dunkerque area was
oflcially estimated today at sew
eral million francs. Authorities
said it would take at least two
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Flying Boot Arrives
Despite Engine Fire

LISBON. Portugal. Feb. 2 (P.
"A British flying boat landed
safety in the Tagus River near
here today after an engine
caught fire during its fight from
the Atlantic island of Madeira.
The crew and 80 passengers
aboard were unframed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-02
Queen Leaves Flooded Estate
To Inspect Damage in England

days to repair this English
Channel port city's dock gates
and to get the ferry to England
running again.
KINGS LYNN, England. Feb.
2 (R.-In flooded st. Nicholas
Church, a warden caught two
fish near a pulpit.
HUNSTANTON, Eng, Feb. 2.
(P.-A bungalow with eight
American airmen and their
was picked up by the tide today
and drifted away. All were res
cued.
CANVEY ISLAND, Eng, Feb.
2. R.-A "Dunkerque feet" sim
liar to the thousands of small
boats of all kinds that evacuated
British soldiers from France in
World War II was out today to
rescue the $4,000 inhabitants
from nearby Southend.
FELIXSTOWE, Eng, Feb. 2.
(P).-Police borrowed a small
boat from the Tunnel of Love
at a nearby amusement park
here today to help in the rescue
of flood victims.
WHITSTABLE. England. Feb.
2 R.--An elderly couple stand
ing in the kitchen sink of their
flooded home here today were
rescued just as the water reached
their chins.
CORYTOWN ISLAND, Eng
land. Feb. 2 (R,-A new petro-
leum refinery on this Thames
Estuary island was forced to shut
down only "a hours after it had
put out its first batch of refined
oil last Saturday. Workmen
were given Is minutes notice TO
shut down the plant before the
islands bikes broke for the first
time in 400 years and seriously
flooded the refinery.
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-27
HOUSTON
by Mrs. Merrill
ThistIeWOOd
Phone
Milford 40l4
Houston Methodist Church
F. Charles LOuhOff, Jr., Ministe

Houston Methodist Church
F. Charles LOuhOff, Jr., Minister
Services for Sunday, March 29tb.
Palm Sunday will be observed in
all of the services throughout inc
day, beginning with Church School
at 10000 a. m., with Howard
Moore, superintendent.
The Children's Department with
Alvin Brown as Superintendent. is
a beehive of activity. All of the
children are expected to participate
in the Easter program, Easter SIM
day evening, April 5th.
1l:OO a. nt., Morning WorsbiD
Service. Mrs. Agnes Webb, organist
Miss Carolyn Davis, pianist. Both
cAoirs will sing. The hOstesses this
morning will be Mrs Samuel john
son and Mrs. Henry Griffith.
6:45 p. m, The Methodist Youth
Fellowship. This is ole of the finest
organizations of the church.
1880 p. m, This evening service
dies, who have prepared an excel
dies, who have prepared an excel
lent program. 1t is a unique serv-
Ice and will be in keeping with
Palm Sunday. There will be sing
ing by the M. Y F. and the Senior
Choir. The minister, F. Charles
Louhoff, will be in charge with
Mrs. Agnes Webb as Organist. A
solo entitled Were You There
When They Crucified NV Lord,
will be sung by Mr.. William Davis
The program will be taken from
the 26th chapter of Matthew. and
is based on The Lords Supper, the /
prayer in the garden, and the be-
trayal. The ushers will be ladies.
The Minister'S and Minister'S
Wives Association of the Dover
District of the Peninsula Confer
ence of the Methodist Church will
meet at Houston Methodist Church
next Monday morning, March Both.
beginning at 1O:3O a. m. The host
pastor, F. Charles Louhoff, Jr., will
be in charge of the devotions. Sam
lel Johnson, a member OF the
Junior Choir of the host church.
Will sing the Lords Prayer. ac- I
at the organ by Mrs. :
Ethel Johnson. The order of the ,
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-27
State Farmers Are
Urged To Save Soil
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committee.
Loans and purchase agreements
on the 1852 corn will be available
through March 31st, Mr.. Maftiford
said. On January 18th, there were
19O,198 bushels of Delaware corn
under loan for a loan value of
$334,74S.4S.
A drop of so cents per hundred
weight, effective April 1st, has
been announced for Class 1 milk
to producers under the federal or
der regulating marketing of milk
in the Philadelphia area. The price
of 1884 per hundredweight will be
effective in April, May, and June.
This years crop of corn will be
price-supported at a national aver
age level of $1.58 a bushel, at 80
per cent of parity February 18th.
Acreage goals for grass and Al
falfa hay have been set for the
counties.
Mr.. Mattiford said the school
lunch program has reached a new
high. A total of 100000 children
in almost $1,000 schools are par
ticipating, or about six per cent
more than last year.
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-27

other beautiful and interesting
places in Florida. They reported a
most wonderful trip, but were glad
TO be back in good old Delaware.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Cole and
children and Mrs. Blanche Jones of
Philadelphia, and Mr.. and Mrs
stephen ShOckley of Dover were
sunday afternoon callers at the
nome of Mrs. Cora SatterfieId.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Emory Webb
daughter, Eileen, and Mrs. Merrill
ThistlewoOd spent Saturday shop
ping IN Wilmington, and on their
way home, they had dinner with the
Jack Kennedys on Old Porter Road
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Paul Greenlee
and son, Tommy, visited the Virgil
McCabes at Selbyville, on Sunday.
They all went to Fenwick Island
and Ocean City, Md. The Greenlees
also called at the home of James
Johnson and daughter, Miss Grace
Johnson.
Mrs. George ThistlewOod and
children, Nancy, Anna Lee and
Frederick, spent Sunday with Mrs.
Annie Sharp and Miss Grace Sharp
in Harrington.
Mr. and Mrs. Obey F. Sapp were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Van
Nuis Wilkerson on Sunday at the
Dinner Bell Inn in Dover. Mr.. and
Mrs. Sapp also spent Monday eve
ming in Wilmington, with their
sons, Frank and Hummel Sapp and
their families.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Koeneman
had as guests on Sunday, Mr.. and
Mrs. John c. West and Mrs. Fred
from Wilmington.
We were glad to see Mrs. How
ard r. Moore able to be back in
School again, after her re-
cent illness. Mr.. and Mrs. Moore
were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs.
Jennie Hendricks and Mr.. and MRS.
Robert Yerkes and family. Y
Many Houston folks attended the .
18th Annual Ladies' Night, sponsor /
ed by the Kent County Volunteer
Firemen's Association last Thurs !
lay evening at Caesar Rodney /
School.
Mr.. and Mrs. !. R. Brittingham
md Mr.. and Mrs Raymond Truitt
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilbur Sheridan in Laurel. There
hey celebrated their 5th wedding
At the P. T. A. meeting held last
Friday, it was voted to buy two i
J. S. Savings Bonds of $4,000 each.
On Friday, the p T. A. viii en-
ertain the children at a movie en-
tiled ride En- Cowboy"
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-27
Teen Acre VIII
Be Opened At
Legion Home
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must be vOuched for by a member
must be under 25 years Of age and
the price of a guest ticket is Zoe
per visit. All membership cards
must be signed by the President of
the High School P. T. A. and by
the owner. No membership is ex-.
changeable.
Every evening there will be.
dancing and games of all kinds inS
Guiding Ping Pong, Darts, Chessl
Checkers, Canasta, Bridge, etc.
There will be plenty of understand
ing chaperOnes and supervision
There will be coke machines and
plenty of eats. 7
On opening night, Friday, March
9th, the Teen-Agers from other
towns will be invited to help get
Teen Acre under way in a fine mans
neT. The Milford High School
Dance Band will play from 500
to ll:OO with the doors opening at
700.
r LynWOOd Taylor, President OF
Milford High School P. T. A., is
serving as General Chairman Of
the Teen-Acre Project and with
him are the following committeess
ChaperOnes: Mrs. Elouise Petty4
john, Mrs, Roy Tawes, co-chairmen3
Food, Mrs. Walter Hoey, Mrs. Al4
bert Pearson, cO-chairmen; Enter
tainment, Mr.. Ed Steiner, Mr.. Dean
Kimmel, Mr.. George Sheaffer, CO.
chairmen; Membership, Milford
High School Student Council, RAN
dell Christensen, chairman.
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-27

day will be the Reverend Row 7,
Tawes, pastor of Avenue Methodist
Church, Milford. The ladies of the
church will serve a dinner at the
fire hall at 1890 p. m.
1880 p. m, Good Friday evening
April 3rd, the Sacrament of the
Lords Supper will be observed al
Houston Methodist Church. This is
time for every member and friend
of the Church to gather round the
Lords Table and participate in this
blessed Sacrament.
1880 p. m, Holy Thursday eve
ming, April End, Holy Communion
at Millwood Methodist Church. The
pastor, F. c. LOuhoff, Jr., will be
in charge.
an excellent Easter program has
been arranged for Easter SUNDAY
afternoon, April 5th, beginning at
Z;3O p. m, at Williamsville Meth
odlst Church, on the MilfOrd-Farm-
lDgton Road, about three miles
from Milford and about one mile
from Houston. The public is invit-
ed.
There was a large turnout on
sunday for the morning hour Of
worship. The minister delivered an
excellent sermon.
The many friends of Mrs. Jose-
phlne Caldwell were very sad to
hear of her recent death in the
Crozier Hospital, Chester, Pa. Mrs.
Caldwell was visiting her son.
John, in BOOthwyn, Pa, when taken
sick. The Caldwells were residents
OF our community at one time, and
some of the children attended
Houston School. Mrs. Caldwell
made her home a greater part of
the time with her daughter. Mrs
Emmett Harrington. Deepest SYM
oathy is extended to the bereaved
family. She had such a pleasant
personality and a good disposition.
always smiling and very gracious
and we know she has gone to Oc-
cupy the place prepared for her by
God.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Wilhelm are
being congratulated upon the birth
1t an pound, 1 ounce son, born
1n Monday morning in Milford
Memorial Hospital. His name will
De William Jay Wilhelm. Mother
and son are doing fine, and. of
course, there is hope for the father. /
90. Mrs. Wilhelm will be remem- |
1ered as the former Miss Lydia
Villains.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Marvel re-
lrned home on Wednesday of last
week. after spending about 8
'eeks in Winter Gardens and many
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-27
Easter Sunrise Service At
st. Paul Church

The Easter Dawn-Sunrise Serv-
ice will be held at st. Paul. Meth
odlst Church, Milford, Delaware, at
. a. m. Rev. Randolph Fisher will
give the Sunrise sermon and the
traditional hymns will be under the
direction of Mrs. FOntaine S. Mitch
ell. The arrangement committee in
cludes Mrs. Eva LOfland and Miss
Emma WoodsOn with Mrs. F. S.
Mitchell as chairman. Mrs. Helen
Mitchell is chairman of the Sunrise
Service.
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-27
Scout Troop 100
Visits Redden Forest
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Clyde Draper, Ralph Mills. Jack
Carpenter, James Dees. DANNY
Oohring, William Draper, Warren
Dohring, Nelson Gray, Harold Hud-
son, Wayne Isaacs, Freddy Jester
Richard Kennedy, Harvey Kenton.
Herbert Kenton, Don Lull, Dennis
Paqdette, Ronald Rust, Joseph
Tucker, Parker Turner, Richard
watkins, Donald Webster, Herbert
Wheatley, Joseph Weatley, Phillip
Bradley, Robert Clayville, Wayne
PaOzkOnski, David Bradley, Glen
Kitchens. Llewellyn Evans and
Scoutmaster Dan Dohring.
Troop 100 is sponsored by the
Milford Lions Club which is now
getting ready to re-charter the
Group for another year.
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-27
ReU, TaWes rs
IRUited Back
To Church Here
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ard POstles, Thomas Davis. James
F. Wilson, George H. Draper
George Manlove. Edward 7. Hurley.
Stewards: DR.. o. V. James, George
Davis, James p. Pierce, John III.
Vreeland, Dallas Kitchens, Dolphus
wilkins, J. William Wells, Wilson
Sockrider, Charles WiIkerson:
James G. Holzmueller, Thomas Der
rickson, P. w. H. Pierce, Mrs. ply
Ills Kelley, Mrs. G. Marshall Town
send, Mrs. ]. L. Matthews, Mrs.
Arcadia Ingram, Dean Kimmel.
George T. Macklin, Harry Mayhem.
Sr., Elizabeth Hammond, Raymond
Masten, J. Spencer Willis, Norman
Grove, Garrett Grier. Communion
Stewards: Mrs. James G. Holz-.
Sarah Prettyman. Directors
of Christian Education, Eileen
Commission on Membership andi
Evangelism: G. Roland Messicks
Wilson Sockrider, JameS
F. Wilson, Mrs. ]. S. Willis, Mrs.
Byron Gibson, Mrs. Clayton Lord
Wilbur Haight.
Commission on Education: Eileen3
Blundon, Director Of Christian Edu-
cation, Church School Superintenss
dent, Assistant superintendent, G.}
T. Macklin, retired school superin-i
tendent, Dean Kimmel, member lo-s
cal school board.
Commission on Missions: Mrs.
Robert Mercer, chairman, Mrs. G.
Marshall Townsend, Mrs. Charles
Varney, Mrs. Frank Grier, Mrs. q.
s. Willis, Mrs. Dear Kimmel.
Commission on Finance: Brown
P. Thawley, chairman, DR.. o. W
James, w. v. Sipp1e, Elizabeth
Hammond, church treasurer, j.
Wells, financial secretary
Raymond Masten, Harry Mayhews
Sr. 8
Pulpit Supply Committee: Chair.
man, M. Haswell Pierce, George,
Manlove, George Davis, James IA
w. v. Sipple. Mrs. Phyllis
Kelley, Mrs. J. L. Matthews, Church
School Superintendent, President Of
WOman's Society, President of the
Young Adults, President of the
Avenue Choir.
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-27
Maklng Carannal

"hen making caramel, use low
neat and a cast iron skillet so that
'le process can be accomplished
without burning. If you have made
'ne caramel and want to make a
syrup, add hot water to the sugar
mixture. Cold water makes hot
sugar mixtures spatter.
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-27

The Mississippi River surface
between dikes at New Orleans is
normally about 3 feet above sea
level and above the average level
Of the city's streets.
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-27
Crossroads Of North

Newfoundland is familiar to thou
sands Of air travellers, including
servicemen who were ferried from
the us. and Canada to Europe DUR
ing the war. It is a crossroads on
the North Atlantic air run. +
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-27

One of the purposes of early au-
tomobile clubs was to overcome an
tagonism of livery stable operators
who frequently barred "horseless
carriages" from their premises.
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-27
SIO,OCOy 300 Bond Issue To
PGUe Dirt Roads Sought
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1t is believed the bill has assur-
ance of passage in both the House
and the Senate, and already thou
sands of folks in rural areas are
to secure its passage.
Classified Ads get results
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-01

resurrection, segun los saErados
textos. Estos dos grandes repre-
sentativos de Ia doetrina del blsn,
Ia yirtud y el amor, fueron con-
denados por los Jueces . morir.
Nuestro MART, por 81 coniFaFio.
fne personalmente a hacer ID
ofrenda de su vida, en- Ell ara que
Embellishments levanfara h Ii
bertad en- Dos Rios. Y All caro-
de cara al Sol y su gloria ~
sacrifice, llenan los Ambifos Del
continente americana y 81 ilgura
va cada dia adquiriendo mayor
grandeza. penetrando va en- los
marcos humanos. para ser =
preventative de una raxa, De ma
epoca, de un pueblo y de IN idsai
de democracia y hbertad.
Ia muerte es tan natural oor,s
10 vida y posiblemente. euanca ..
p0sa en- 81 coraE6n de los eloeldos.
de esos sublimos locos. que fue.
ron grandes sembradoros de
amor. esa divina locur1 parscs
ser un plan de la NaturaleIa, pa
"a enviar un reIampago de Luz 4
las oseuridades del lncierio fi-
turo. A veces. esos que nsmamoe
''locos. son los que abnan las
puertas a nuevas espechlaciones.
que al fin. superan d concepto a
Ia Humankind. Por eso taI ven.
Socrates. Jesus MART fusron
liamados 'sloeosp. pnr sur dtHae.
torres.
En- este cenienario De 50 naci-
mienio. IA vox de America ioda e
ha alzado. para exaIlar 81 eran
figura 81 Continents entero. he
rendido q testimonio ae 81 ndmi.
raci0n. . este gran eubano.