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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31

struck . pickup truck which
was pushed against q station
wagon.
The pile-up Of vehicles pre-
vented the train from blowing
into the ShoShone depot.
Homer news., 1954-12-23
ANCHOR PIT

The Anchor Point chr1 stmas program vas held today at the sch oo1. The pro gram cons sis- ted of carols sung by school chi Id ren ard groups of adults plus readings and plays by the children. Santa Claus Eas on hand Vi tn stockings of candy and nuts for the child- ren. Refreshne nt s of Christ mas co ok1es and co flee were served, The program Eas spnnscr ed by the Home make rs Club ii cooperation rit h the Community Club and t he school
 At the P-TA meeting Friday night, Doc. IF, the by-laHs of t he nc orge enization were accepted The group voted to c5flbino the off ices of sec-
Homer news., 1954-12-23

reta1'y-treesurer and Mrs. Martha Carr -as ole cted.
 Ben Bar bee, the delegate for Local 1891, United Bro-. terhood of Carpent CTS and Joiners of Homer, spent a fou days last Teek attend ing the crafts council in Ancho rage.
 Last week Fred Bai ley in- jured his leg vhile on his job Ti tn the HEAs He ras taken to Se1d via for ne di cal treatment and is up and a-- round again nov.
 The Community Club spon- sorod dance at the school Satur day nig ht 4 large num- ber of loc al fo ks attend edo Pro ceeds are to go toaard the Community Club bRildi ngo
 Ronnie aI Marcia Doner are tho proud paront. s of baby girl born December IS at the Sozard General Hosp1t al l.
 Lefty Houard and Larry Clendenen are both driving dog teams tho SC -sno-y days giving a true Alaskan atmos - pho re to tho community
Homer news., 1954-12-23
\ CIIRISTMAS REMINDER

Ora Jone S, chief of the Home Volunteer Fire Depart nont this rook passed out numerous printed cards gi vi ng tho proper ne thod of putting up a Chri tmas Tree. Also inc luded uas the fo1lozing poem h 1ch cont aimed some very good edvice.
 old sant a leaps onto the SC at of his sleigh,
 With crack Of his .7hip and 9 shout, ho's a7y;
 He saias o'er the reof tops and lands on your house g1th a present for you, your ch 1dren, and spouse.
 The fir emen leap t Q their place on the truck, with a shriek of tho siren-aTay- -and % od luck;
 Jn LUCK they E1 IL maKe 1t, and put out, the blaze,
 Befo r. your belong ings and homo it can rage. r
 Tie fir st or tho second ona-r7h ich vi II you have
 Merry St., Nick, and ! his jolly old laugh, .ss '.
 Or the fire lads in their rubber lined clothes, Tit h axes and IS lodges and lengths of ret hose; 1 .s4i.If yop'ro !. carefuls this Chr tstm.s; the first 1t gi1l haA. So don't clock that door, qhon you put up the troee Be cr 5f1l hen smoking and put out, the t butt; ... Che ck the+1 dreft on your furnace,. bo sr6 it's shut.
 Koep co [ ton and paper aa7ay from your tree, the stuff Ag- mites easy and qu ick ss can be- ''AA~ r -.-ss-l1.st ;;2
 Be sure that the flights CT your tree arc quite assaaGe nd don't leave them on vtae n you go any place.
Homer news., 1954-12-23
METHODIST PROGRAM POSTPONED


 Tho Apthodi st church Sum day school rogram ori d nally scheduled for last Monday evening, =1l1 be hold Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, ac- cordl ng to Rev. Nelson Moyer.
 An .innovati on in the Sunday school program is also taking place tthi s tye ar. he announcode Instead of havi ng "a gift ex- chang e. program in the 5und ay school the children arc send -- ing gifts to the Jessie rLoe Home in se4ard taffd -to the so7ard San itariun* !. Tic gifts Till be % 14octed -dt the par so mage and akon to* Sc.eard on Mond ay ., st:
Homer news., 1954-12-23
NELDA WYTHE HOME

NELDA WYTHE HOME
 Nelda rythe Eas due in Ho- mer tod ay tThursday) from College, 1h ore she is atten. ding tho University of Alaska She will spend the holidays -ith her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.. c. Fythee
Homer news., 1954-12-23

Be careful this Chri stmas- you'll never regret, or you may got your rooms and fur niture Toty
 If your home Ue roar by on a chrt stmas run, be tn ankful He aent by and go on Ei tn your funs
Homer news., 1954-12-23
VISITS. PARENTS

VISITS PARENTS
 Kendall Branch -as expac- ted in Homer yesterday or-te- day Thur sdayJ to visit Hith his amily, MT. and Mrs. Stan Icy Neilson. Branch is in the service, and stati onod et Fort Ri chardson. fie expects to be dis charged the early part of next year.
Homer news., 1954-12-23
SKATING RINK FLOODED

SKATING RINK FLOODED
 The sch ool skating ri nk is being flooded and should bc ready for skat ing by chl1 s t. mas according to Steve Here cha ri ke
Homer news., 1954-12-23

RETURNS ITH NE PLANE
 Boots Parks returned from Dnvor, Colorado 97edne esday --1th q ne- 4-place Piper Clipper, mich ho will use in his s.7ork with laurence Aircraft. Parks encount cred quites Ia bit of bad 7eathor and 7as in anchorage since Sund ey.
Evening star., 1954-11-12

when a Northern raiding party
the house, carrying of
his father. Mr.. Ely, then 4,
struck blow for the Confederacy
by kicking the Yankees in the
shins. His father was freed.
Editor at 10.
At 10, Mr.. Ely answered q
newspaper ad for an editors job
on the independence tColo.l
Miner. When he arrived, the
owner said he was in a hurry to
catch a stagecoach and gave
him the newspaper. If he made
a success of it, he was to split
with the generous employer. But
Mr.. Ely split with the miners on
political issues. and since miners
made up the entire population.
the paper folded.
Mr.. Ely first came to Wash
ington in 1893 as secretary to
Senator John Martin. Democrat,
of Kansas. Then he went to
Arizona for the Hudson Reser-
voir Co. in Arizona, which
planned the Salt River reclama-
ton project. Later he was Sec
retary to several Western gov
ernors and held a. number of
Offices in the Arizona territorial
government. and after 1912. in
the State government.
He was editor and managing
owner Of the Arizona Republi-
can in Phoenix from 1907 to
1911. He represented Arizona
from 1919 to 1922 in Interstate
negotiations which led to the
Colorado River compact. Then,
for a year, he worked at the
Justice Department here as an
administrative assistant.
Land Bank Director.
Until he became manager for.
the Government of Boulder
City, New, the construction
town of Hoover Dam, he was a
director of the Federal Land
Bank at Berkeley, Calf.
Mr.. Ely was a member of the
University Club.
Besides his son here, he is sur
vived by another son, Sims, jr.,
Phoenix. Ariz., and a daughter,
Mrs. Harry Craig Richardson,
New York.
Services will be private with
burial in Phoenix. The family
requests that tokens of SYM
pathy be sent in his memory to
the Stanford Eye Bank, STAN
ford University Hospital, San
Francisco, or to the Nursery
School for Visually Handicapped
Los Angeles.
Evening star., 1954-11-12
Deal 10 Buy Hughes
Enterprises Disputed
By the Assoeia,ed Press


HOLLYWOOD, Nov. PA
reported deal to buy Howard
Hughes industrial empire for
$400 million has brought conflict
ing statements.
William Zeckendorf, heading
New York syndicate of buyers,
said last night before boarding
a plane for New York that Mr..
Hughes has baked at the trans
action.
Mr.. Hughes had termed to-
tally and utterly untrue" a re-
port he was about to sell all his
enterprises except RKO Studios.
I'VE consider the deal abso-
lutely OF. due to a unilateral and
completely unconscionable rever-
sal on the part of Mr.. Hughes. /"
MIR. zeckendorf said. "I'll have
a complete statement to make
about the deal when get to
New York"
Mr.. zeckendorf said he few
here. hoping to close the deal
for the Hughes Tool Co., Hughes
Aircraft. his Houston brewery
and allied interests.
The New York real estate bar
on said report in Daily Variety,
movie trade paper. that he ex-
pected to close the deal for the
Hughes interests very promptly"
was correct in detail, but Mr..
Hughes said of it: Il have no
intention of selling anything to
Mr.. Zeckendorf.
Evening star., 1954-11-12
Mrs. Charles Henderson,
Ex-personneI consuItanf

Mrs. Charles Henderson. A,
former personnel consultant
with the United States Employ
ment Service and the Navy De-
partment. died early today in
George Washington University
Hospital after a long. illness.
The former Marjorie Britting-
ham, Mrs. Henderson was born
in New York and educated at
Barnard College and the Univer-
sity of Perguia. Italy.
Her husband is an attorney
with the National Labor Rela-
tions Board. They have no chill
dren. The family home is 1862
Thirty-fourth street NV.
Funeral services will be held
ait | pm. tomorrow in Western
Presbyterian Church, 1906 H
street NV. with private burial
In Annapolis, Md.
Evening star., 1954-11-12
Ex-Goy. townsend
OF Indiana, 70

M. Clifford Townsend, 20,
Indiana Governor from 1897 to
194l and food official here DUR
ing World War II, died yesterday
in Hartford City, Ind.
Mr.. Townsend suffered heart
attack on October "a, just after
winning two events in a muzzle-
loading rifle shoot.
A Democrat. after the COVER
norship he served in a number
OF Federal posts during the war.
Among them was administrator
of the Agriculture Conservation
and Adjustment Administration
and food production director Of
the War Food Administration.
He was born on August II, 1884,
in Blackford County, Ind. He
was educated at Marion, was a
school teacher until 1909, became
superintendent of his native
county's schools until 1919. and
from then until 1925, he was
a farmer.
In 1928. he became a member
Of the Indiana General Assem-
bly,, and from 1929-1932, he was
director of organization of the
Indiana Farm Bureau. From
1888 to 1897 he was Lieutenant
Governor OF his native State.
Among his Federal duties, Mr..
Townsend was chairman of the
board Of directors of the Federal
Crop Insurance Corp. He was
q Methodist.
He is survived by his widow,
a son and two daughters, one of
whom is Mrs, Lemoyne Duncan
of Cumberland, Md.
Funeral arrangements are be-
ing completed.
Evening star., 1954-11-12

landing at Seoul, Korea, in 1894.
He was aboard the cruiser New
Orleans in the Caribbean area
during the Spanish-American
War and spent most of his naval
career aboard cruisers and battle
ships.
His first command was the
cruiser Nashville. He later COM
n1anded the battleship Montana
and participated as a member
of the landing force at Vera
Cruz, Mexico. in 1914, and at
Haiti the same year.
Command Midshipmen.
In June, 1915, Admiral Mutton
became commandant of mid
shipmen at Annapolis, and three
years later returned to sea in
command of the battleship
Pennsylvania. In 1920, he was
commandant of the 4th Naval
District and the Philadelphia
Navy Yard.
In 1923, he took command of
Battleship Division 3 and from
that post went to the superin-
tendency of the Academy.
His last Navy duty was COM
mandant of the 1st Naval Dis
trict and Boston Navy Yard.
Admiral Nulton's decorations
included the Navy Cross.
Evening star., 1954-11-12

1919 to study at George Wash
ington University. where he was
graduated. He had served In
the Army in 1915, in the Mexican
Border Campaign.
Governors Secretary.
He started newspaper work
on the Daily Oklahoman, in
Oklahoma City. In 1928 he took
a leave of absence to be sec
retary to Gov. Martin e. Trapp
of Oklahoma. Four years later
he returned to the Oklaholnan
and became its Washington cor
respondent.
Mr.. LaMoore joined Scripps-
Howard in 1880, writing editor
ials for the Akron tOhio, Times
Press. -Four years later he was
promoted to Scripps- Howard's
bureau chief in Columbus.
During World War III he served
in both the European and Pa
cif1c theaters on intelligence as
signments. For a while he was
an assistant to Maj. Gen. Patrick
Hurley.
Discharged as a lieutenant
colonel, Mr.. LaMoore came here
after the war on the Scripps-
Howard Newspaper Alliance staff.
Headed Editorial STAFF.
He alternated between report
ing from abroad, and writing
editorials. For periods of l946
and 1947 he covered stories in
Europe and South America. In
1852 he became the chains chief
editorial writer.
Mr.. LaMoore's doctor said the
cause of death was polycythemia,
q blood condition in which a
surplus of red cells impair the
vessels and organs.
Survivors include the widow,
Chynne;; a brother, Louis
L'Amour, Hollywood, Calf, and
a sister, Mrs. Edna LaMoore
Waldo, Palo Alto, Calf.
Services will be at pm. at
the Chambers funeral home in
Georgetown. Burial will be in
Arlington Cemetery.
The family requests that tokens
of sympathy be in the form of
donations to charity.
Evening star., 1954-11-12
Miss Elite ]. Woods,
Resident Of District
Area for 40 Years

Miss Ettie Jane Woods. 20, a
resident of the Washington area
for 40 years, died yesterday at
her home in Arlington, Va,
after an illness of several
months.
She was 4 graduate Of the
Lewis Hotel Training School
and was instrumental in or
ganizing the tea room cafeteria
at George Washington Univer-
sity. She had been employed at
Kann's, Arlington, the last two
years.
Miss Woods joined the Old
Stone Presbyterian Church at
Fort Defiance, Va, her birth
place, in 1898. After moving to
Northern Virginia, she became
one of the IL charter members
of the Floris Presbyterian
Church near Herndon, Va, in
1906 and continued as a mem
ber of the church until her
death.
Miss Woods is survived by a
sister, Miss Linda Nice. Woods,
Arlington: two nephews, Joseph
E. Beard, Fairfax County agri-
cultural agent; John Woods
Beard, assistant superintendent
of the District of Columbia
Workhouse at Lorton, Va; two
nieces, Mrs. c. Jay Smith, New
nan, Ga, and Mrs. Oliver Sharp,
Greensboro, N. c.: two great
three great-great-nieces
and three great-great-nephews,
Funeral services will be held
at II am. tomorrow at the
Floris Presbyterian Church. In
terment will be in Chestnut
Grove Cemetery. The body will
remain at the Everly Funeral
Home, Fairfax. Va, until 10 am.
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1954-11-12
Priest Accused
By Peron Is Fired
b, .the Associated Press

BUENoS AIRES, Argentina.
Nov. IL. - A Roman Catholic
priest accused by President Juan
D. Peron as being among 81
clergymen trying to undermine
the government was discharged
today from a high school teach
ing job.
Authorities in Cordoba Prov
ince in central Argentina dis
missed the Rev. Manuel Andre
alta as professor of religion in
the commercial high school at
Cordoba, the provincial capital.
Father Andreatta was among
81 priests named by Gen. Peron
in a speech on Wednesday
charging that a small group of
Roman Catholic clergymen were
trying to infiltrate the organized
labor movement and undermine
his government. Gen. Peron also
singled out three bishops as
enemies of the government"
Argentina Is predominantly
Roman Catholic and Cordoba is
known as the nations strongest
religious center.
Gen. Peron said in his speech
that the church itself was not
to blame. He declared that high
ranking prelates had agreed with
him that clergymen should keep
out Of politics.
Gen. Peron had instructed
Foreign Minister Geronimo Re-
morino to deliver a report TO the
Papal Nuncio here and presum-
ably this was done last night.
Diplomats said this would be a
first step toward any discipline
the church might want to apply
if it upheld Gen. Peron's con-
tentions.
Evening star., 1954-11-12
Mrs. Fred H. NerIich, Served
On YWCA Information Desk
Was Known as Nom
AT USO Penthouse
During War Years

Mrs. Fred H. Nerlich. II. an
employe Of the Washington
branch Of the Young Women's
Christian Association for 18
years, died yesterday at Provi-
dence Hospital after a prolonged
illness.
She and her husband lived
for many years at 2214 Perry
street NE.
Mrs. Nerlich served the YWCA
first at Kendall House. 6l4 E
street NV. When that building
was sold she transferred to the
administration building at
Seventeenth and K streets NV.
where she continued her duties
at the information desk. She
also worked at Strong Residence,
1011 Seventeenth street NV.
Mrs. Nerlich was popular with
the many thousands who came to
her desk for assistance. She
was known as Nom" to the
young servicemen and junior
hostesses who crowded into the
penthouse USO every week
end during the war years.
She was an active member of
Fidelity Rebekah Lodge No. ~,
Evening star., 1954-11-12
81 Million Warehouse
Fire Laid to Welder

EDMONTON, Alta, Nov. H.
Fire caused by sparks from q
welder's torch destroyed a Ca
madam army warehouse here
last night. Damage was esti-.
mated unofiicially at 81 million.
The welder was repairing the
buildings sprinkling system.
The water supply to the ware
house hsd been cut on before
the blaze broke out.
Evening star., 1954-11-12
Death Ends Sims EIy's Book
On His Eight CoIorfuI Decades
By Corter Gorslki

Sims Ely drove on q Yankee
raiding party during the Civil
War by kicking the soldiers In
the shins when he was 4.
AT Is. he drove q COW from his
native Tennessee to 4 Kansas
homestead.
When he was I9, he was owner
.of q newspaper In what is now
q ghost town.
And at 81. he had q book
published.
In between, he looked for the
Lost Dutchman gold mine In Ari-
zona and became d public serv-
ant in the West.
Yesterday he died In Wayerley
Sanitariunl near Rockville, at
81. He Willed his eyes to Episco-
pal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospi-
tai for transplanting Of the
corneas to the eyes Of d blinded
person.
Mr. Ely was city manager of
Boulder City. New, until he re-
tired in 1941 and came to WASH
ington. He lived with his son,
Northcutt Ely, 6409 Shadow
road, Kenwood. Md. and worked
in his sons law Office in the
Tower Building. Recently he had
been writing another book.
Memories OF Eight Decades.
Sought Clues for Search.
Mr.. Ely heard about the Lost
Dutchman mine from CATTLE
man. and together they set out
to look for the gold shaft in the
Superstitious Mountains of Ari-
zona. They spent the. winters
digging up legends and tracking
down clues about the mine.
which had been a church grant
to Mexican family. The mine
was filled in with dirt and cam
oufiaged by Apaches to hide it
from the white man, so the story
goes. Medicine men put curses
on the mine so Indians were re-
luctant guides.
Mr.. Ely and the cattleman
travelled by foot. horses and, in
later years, by car. Once Mr.. Ely
slipped on loose shale and was
grabbed by his friend as he was
falling off a precipice. Mr.. Ely's
book. "The Lost Dutchman
Mine" was a story of his So
year search for the fabulous gold
mine.
Mr.. Ely had vivid memories of
the closing days of the Civil War.
His father, a Confederate SOL
dier, was convalescing at their
Overton County (Tenn.) home,
Evening star., 1954-11-12
Marvin E. Gu|ick, 50,
u. 5. Deputy Marshal
And Former Salesman

Marvin E. Gulick,' SO, a United
States deputy marshal for the
last five years, died Wednesday
in Doctors Hospital. He lived at
7200 Buchanan street, Landover
Hills, Md.
Mr.. Gulick first worked in the
Mail Censoring Section of the
White House when he came to
Washington in 1941 from his
native Trenton. N. j. In Trenton,
he was in the real estate business
and was salesman for a public
utility. He won three trips to
Cuba for outstanding salesman
ship. He was a former member
OF the New Jersey National
Guard.
Mr.. Gu1ick was an accountant
in the marshal's Office at the
Justice Department before he
became a deputy United States
marshal.
He was past president of the
Holy Name Society of st. Mary's
Catholic Church in Landover
Hills and a member of the United
States Deputy Marshals' Associa-
ton.
Mr.. @Gulick was in the whole
sale Christmas tree business and
each year shipped half a dozen
railroad cars of Christmas trees
to Washington and to Trenton
from Canada.
Survivors are his widow, Helen
c.; and a son, Navy Hospitalman
Marvin r. Gulick, SAB Fifty
sixth place, East Riverdale, Nd,
driver for the Navy Surgeon
General and also a deputy Prince
Georges County sheriff and
Brentwood policeman. Also sur
viving are four brothers and a
sister in Trenton and two grand
children.
Services were held today at st.
Mary's Catholic Church, Land
over Hills. with burial in Tren-
ton.
Evening star., 1954-11-12
Mrs. Ralph W. varneY,
Former D. c. Resident

Mrs. Ralph w. Varney, q
former resident OF 4847 Sedge-
wick street NV, died on October
26 at the home Of her son, Lane
Varney, In Corpus Christi, Tex,
according to word received here,
The former Jesse Lowry, Mrs.
Varney's late husband was a
Federal Housing Administration
architect. After World War II.
they lived in Honolulu. where
Mr.. Varney was assistant terri
torial director of the FHA Homo
lulu office.
Besides her son, she is sur
vived by three daughters. she
was buried In Fort Wayne, Ind.
Evening star., 1954-11-12
Maryland
and
Virginia
News in Brief
Higher School Costs
Forecast in MARYLAND

Maryland legislators can look
for a SIS million Jump in the
States share of public school
costs when they convene in
January.
The prediction was made by
Dr.. Harry Green, one Of Gov.
McKeldin's advisers, in a speech
at Baltimore yesterday before
the seth annual convention of
the Maryland Congress of Par
ents and Teachers.
He said the State would need
to find that amount to meet
commitments already made, and
declared that help must come
from some other source than
real estate taxes.-AP.
Evening star., 1954-11-12
Miss Louise Newell,
Held Teaching Posts
Al Private Schools

Miss Louise Lincoln Newell,
80, a resident of Washington
for many years and dean emeri-
tus of the old Chevy Chase jun
ior College, died yesterday at
Lher home in the Wyoming
Apartments, 2022 Columbia road
NV.
Miss Newell was born April
20, 1866 in Southbridge, Mass,
of prominent New England an
cestry. Her first trip to Vas
sar College, from which she
graduated in 1886, was made by
stage coach. She was a mem-
ber of Phi Beta Kappa and vail
edictorian of her class. She re-
ceiyed a masters degree from
Columbia University.
Miss Newell's life was devoted
to teaching in private schools,
first at Miss Abbot's school
Providence, r. l., ana later as
principal of Miss Dana'e school,
Morristown, N. j. She taught at
Sweet Briar College, Lynchburg,
Va, and later at Chevy Chase
Junior College, where sne was
dean.
Many Trips to Europe.
Her special subjects were his
tory of art, Latin and Greek.
She made many trips to Europe
to increase her knowledge of
these subjects. She was active
until shortly before her death.
Miss Newell was a member
of the National Presbyterian
Church, where she assisted in
the social welfare work of the
parish and missions of the
church. She belonged to the
Society of the Covenant and the
Church Women's Council.
Poetry and literature were
among Miss Newell's major in
terests and she was the author
of many poems. She was a
member of the Vassar Club of
Washington, the Poetry Club and
the University Women's Club, in
which she was a member of the
poetry group and one of the or
ganizers and leader for many
years of the Art Appreciation
Group.
List of Survivors.
She is survived by a sister, Mrs.
Anna Newell Seaver of Washing
ton; a nephew, Howe s. Newell,
Wilbranam, Mass, a professor at
Wilbraham Academy, and a
niece, Miss Louise Newell Silva,
Southbridge.
Friends may call at the S. H.
Hines funeral home, 1901 Four
teenth street NV. Services will
be held at the National Presby-
terian Church Monday at an
hour to- be announced later.
Burial will be in the family plot
at Oak Ridge Cemetery. South
bridge,
Evening star., 1954-11-12
Arlington Rezoninos Denied

Two requests to rezone prop
erty for commercial use at Lee
highway and Florida street
we're turned down by the Ar
lington County Board last night.
The action retains the area in
a one-family zone classification.
A short distance UP Lee high
way, property was rezoned to
permit q plant nursery operator
to expand his business in the
vicinity Of Harrison street.
Evening star., 1954-11-12
Byron J. Dietrich,
Post Dispatch Aide
By The Asscsiosed prsss

ST LOUIS, Nov. l2Byron
y. Dietrich. personnel manager
OF the POST Dispatch. died un-
expectedly today in a physicians
Office shortly after undergoing an
electro tro-cardiograph examination.
Mr.. Dietrich, 64. who was lln-
married. had been under treat
ment for heart condition but
had been able to work regularly
at tae newspaper.
Evening star., 1954-11-12
MeIincove Contests Vote

State Senator Bernard s..
Melincove, Democrat. has In
formed election officials in
Baltimore that he intends to
contest the election by which he
apparently lost his seat by so
votes or less.
Senator Melincove also asked
the Board Of Supervisors of
Elections to withhold certifica-
tion Of the election Of his Re-
publican opponent, Harry A..
Cole, Negro lawyer and apparent
winner.-AP.