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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-17

Roosevelt explained that he
told the story to show that toe
many people were spending
money on unnecessary luxuries
and, for that reason, they be-
1ieved the cost of living was
going up.
There were some odd points
in Mr.. Roosevelt's story. Nobody
could recall that any mechanic
had dropped in at the White
House. Nobody seriously be-
lieved that the story was more
than q fable to illustrate q
point.
"a few months later, the in
flation problem again came up
at q press conference. Mr..
Roosevelt remarked that q mas
ter mechanic he knew had lust
happened to drop in for q chat
and was complaining about the
high price Of asparagus.
There was a moment of 81
lence. Then White House Cor
respondent Merriman Smith
asked:
Mr.. President, is that the
same mechanic who came in a
few months back complaining
about the price Of strawber-
ries?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-17

opening leao. ming Oh spaueSs
II you are thinking Of re-
opening the bidding here you
might stop and consider what
you are lighting for. Often 1t
is practically nothing. Why
take risk when all the enemy
can make, II he Is Successful In
his contract, is something like
40, so or 80 points?
Mr.. Heinsite didn't see 1t this
way in today's deal. He plays q
lot of duplicate bridge and
brings some Of the specialized
tactics of that game to his rub-
Der bridge activities. In dupli-
cate II you make q dangerous
bid three times and come up
with a small profit twice and
O large loss once, you may well
be ahead on the deal. But at
rubber bridge If you gain 80
points several times. and lose
800 points once, you viii soon
have need Of the services Of
your banker.
Mr.. Heinsite's handling Of
today's hand was not good rub
Der bridge tactics. When he
heard Mr.. Dale bid one no.
trump and Mrs. Keen promptly
pass it, he backed in.
He decided his partner had
some strength, maybe even
enough to pass his double for
penalties. With the advantage
of the first lead the one-no-
trump contract might be de-
feated several tricks.
Occasionally this works out
all right. In this case, however.
both Mr.. Dale and Mrs. Keen
had maximum holdings for
their respective bids and Mr..
Abel had almost nothing.
At two hearts Mr.. Abel lost
two clubs. q club ruff by Mrs.
Keen. q diamond. two spades
and two straight trump tricks
for down three-800 points.
At one no-trump Mr.. Dale
could have taken eight tricks
with ease, to score a mere 10
points. He might have made
three no-trump. SIT in that
case Mr.. Heinsite coI,d have
felt good about his opponents
missing q game. AS 1t was he
felt good about nothing.
Distributed bv McNaught syndlcate1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-17
Answer 10 BLowTORCH
FAMOUS FABLES

IMITATION: One day, when
Franklin D. Roosevelt was Pres
ident, he was discussing inf1a-
tionary trends at a White House
press conference. recalls Joe
Alex Morris in "Deadline Every
Minute"
He described how a garage
mechanic Just happened to
drop in for a chat and COM
planned about the high price
Of strawberries in February.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-17
WORD GAME
Find ~ or more words in
ANK r. Old

meaning. hook shaped" Aver
age is 81 words; time limit. IS
minutes.
Rules of the game: I. Words must be
Of four or more letters. .. Words which
acquire four letters By the addition OF
IS" such as bats" eats" are not
used. 3. Only one form Of word ID
used. 4. Proper names are not used.
Answer 10 BL0wTORCH
blot, blow, blotch, bolt. booth, bowl
boot. boteh, ,bolo, booT, both, brow
brooch. broth, loot. loch. lobo. WHO'D,
whorl wool. wort, worth. wroth, throb,
throw. tool. torch. trow, root. robot,
chow. clot. cloth, cool cowl. eoot. colt,
color. crow, howl, boot. hobo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-17
WORDS, WIT
AND WISDOM
BY WILLIAM MORRIS

Today's quiz sets the task Of
picking adjectives Similar in
meaning to each other. For
each word in the numbered
list below, there is q. word Of
nearly or precisely the same
meaning in the lettered list. II
the word lettered "a" means
nearly the same as the word
numbered "5." write this down
as SEA. When you are finished,
check against the answers at
the end of the column.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-17
CONTRACT
BRIDGE

One Of the situations where
II IL usually wise 10 pass IL the
case where the opponents drop
the bidding at q low level with
out having found a nc In any
suit and. apparently, have q
slight edge In high-card
strength.
South dealer.
Both sides vulnerable.
NORTH
(Mr. Dale)
Asa
0Kel
WEST EAST
CMr. Heinsite) (Mr. Abel
Aolot3 AJe
0A3 0JssS7
oAe o76l
AoJs72 %ioS3
SOUTH
CMrs. Keen)
AAK76S
0oi07
oQJ5
AA6
The bidding:
South West North East
lie Pass INT Pass
Pass Dbl. Redbl. 40
Dbl. All pass
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-17

Score ten points for each COR
rect answer: 100 points is an
excellent score; 80 is good. Sixty
or below means that you had
better check each word in your
dictionary. then try using them.
ANSWERS: lie; All; 3-J:
"A: 5-B; &C; I'll; SD; &c;
l0-F.
released BY the Bell syndlests)
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-01-01
Ms. PRISCILLA ANN CUERIE WEEDS
FRED STRICKLAND, JR., AT LEBANON

Junior bridesmaids Wr,p Miss
urdv Currie only .is+.r of the
bride and Miss ClantIrg Barn
cite niece of the groom.
Tn, honor attendant brides
maids and uInio~ bridesmaids
yvprc dressed identical They
.y,r, Christmas, rri waltz length
aro,.o. Tho ar,ss,. ,o,,urod .
,.aI,,|,So, hodisS .voatbo,r-
ro,i.Iino ;0,orS.,o,,..,d n.i,b
,..;na.,o,os ,hran $500 sir. ~
-, 49,, 'nd .n>.S,a Er,,,na
.o',fer"" ,Snar. ,,,;., &C.,, -,d ,.,T7
80. -, 49,. ...,.Taa -
,ho t,,,- 80. .r,.. .'.;s.L,,5
,'.os - Is,',.. ,r c.,ifSn,
Thov roro I'D ,n,,..-.. l.,,s ,.i,h
-sbo,,rlor lons,, ,.c,ls ~rd rod
rr.;r Shoes WI. I'll, r,,,tss
l,oar;r, u.bi,a .,,,,.a,,.,'. 90,
nIotcd ,boir enso-,,,r.
Nas,or p;cl,r C,r,,, b~o.bor
NJ ,I,o br,5, -. -, -
Ti,tlc Mis- C;inrsr c.. Moo ~
tho ,roo,, v,,s r,,..,- c;rI CT.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-01-01
NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS

Today is the beginning of New Year and now
is good time to make whatever resolutions You
haven't had nerve to make during 1857.
OF course, making resolutions is complete wsAe
OF time Naturally, some have merit but many are
downright silly.
The biggest fool of all when it comes to making
resolutions is the fellow who resolves to help his
wife with the dishes twice each week. He feels like
the great white bear while he makes such resolution
bu' doesn't take long for the glory to off sad
part is that he is able to forget he made such
resolution - his wife is always there to remind him
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-01-01

JFRANON Hiss PriScillt
An, Cun.ri, md Fred Strickland.
Jr were united in marriage Sum-
dav afternoon December % at
4 O'clock. in the Lebanon Meth
odist Church
Rev. Fred Herbert, pastor of
the bride, performed the double
ling ceremony before a back
ground Of white GLADDEN., fern,
and seven brdncned candelabras.
The bride IS the daughter of
MI. and Mrs. Neil Calvin CurrIe
ST.. of f.: .. Nn.tevlllc. The
groom IS the son o. Mr.. and Mrs.
Frct Strickland ST.. OF Clarend-
on.
Wedding music was plesentea
by Eugene Sassec. pianist. and
Mrs L. p. Ward. Jr.. soloist. Mrs.
Ward sang The Sweetest Story
Ever Told" Through The
Years." and Sea! Us o Holy
Spirit" as the benodic,iop
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-01-01
FLORIDA VISITOR

MIR. and Mrs. Royce HarrelSon
and children spent the Christmas
holidays in Florida and visited
his mother, Mrs. Emma Harrel-
son and sister, Mrs. Winston
Shelley, and family in Plymouth.
Gail Shelley accompanied theme
here for a visit in their home
and also other relatives and
friends,
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-01-01
IN OUR NEW HOME

The Tribune moved its home during the Christmas
holidays and there is considerably room in tie
new building on the Green Sea Road.
Unlike most newspaper plants that moved
we found nothing of historic interest and that should
come as relief to those who tire of hearing words
about the good old days.
{. o. Wright, the man who moves houses with We
greatest of ease moved all the heavy equipment and
did it with obvious lack of strain and pain. did
notice that his job much like that of photogra pher
everyone who talk has a. bit of advice as to
how it should be done.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-01-01
BEING POLITE PASS2 2

The small boy placed his foot in grandfathers lap.
Tie my SHOE" demanded the boy.
The grandfather just stared at him.
well, tie it, he repeated.
Again, the grandfather stared.
Tie it, please" mumbled the lad a last resort
That's better. Please gets you a lot more than
money" advised the grandfather.
Not true. Every time buy popcorn. say please
but still have to give them the dime," qupped Hhe
lad.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-01-01
CARD OF THANKS

The family of Mrs. Rebecca
Airnathea HouSand wish to eX-
press their appreciation for the
kindness and many expressions
OF sympathy shown during their
recent bereavement.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-01-01
HARRISON VISITORS

Mr.. and Mrs. Coy Harrelsoi
had with them for the holidays
their son, Bruce, uf Hickory and
daughter, Miss Martha Harrel-
son, of South Boston, Va, also
Joe Brunette of South Boston
and Lexington, Ky.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-01-01
ertained at a reception In thelr
home


home.
The home was beautifully de-
grated in the Christmas motif.
CIR, citing guests were Mrs. N.
:. Currie, Sr. and Mrs. Fred
trickland, ST., mothers OF the
ridal couple and Mrs. ID. NJ.
urrie, grandmother Of The
ride. Mrs. Donald Currie kept
le register.
Mrs. Ed Green. aunt of the
ride. directed guests to the DIM
lg room.
Mrs. II. c. Stanley presided at
e punch bowl and Mrs. Horace
;ore and Mrs. Tne.ma Havrel-
IN served cake.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-01-01
VISIT IN LEEKSvILLE

Mr.. and Mrs. Lcavy Lewis and
lby and Mrs. Ze5 Lewis also
'amela Clemens listed the Cary
Sapp family in LeekSville during
he holidays.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-01-01
WASHINGTON VISITOR

Miss Madeleine Robinson who
is employed in Washington. ID.
c. is here for a visit with her
mother. Mrs. Lille Robinson.
and aunt. Mrs. Walter Leonard,
Is Pireway Road.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-01-01
MRS. TODD VISITS

Mrs. Mary Todd spent the
CHRISTMAS holidays in Bethel in
he home of her daughter, Mrs
Julian Smith. Mrs. Louise K
Anderson also spent some time
in Bethel and Mrs. Todd accom-
'auicd her home.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-01-01
DURHAM GUEST

Miss Elvie Hamm2t spent sew
eral days in Raleigh and Durham
during the holiday season and
then had Miss Becky Bullock of
Durham rs her guest here for
several days.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-01-01
IT'S WORTH THE EFFORT

Christmas shopping Tor Cir that '"o,it t my
parents drove home Il point. \ man shouldn't wait
unJl Christmas % remember his f0!i,,. ii would be
much nicer il throughout the year parents Were
remembered by their children. They say about all
gifts that it is the thought counts but this doesn't
hold true for certain except in and tnat is
where parents concerned.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-01-01
NOW 1T CAN BE TOLD

The story was put under shelter but it's too
ing to forget at this late date
Several months ago several slot machines We
stolen from private club. They couldn't complain
because they violated the law by having the machines
in the club house.
Imagine the Illustration of the club manager when
he discovered the one-armed bandits missing.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-01-01
ASHEVHLE VISITORS

Mr.. and Mrs. A. v. Noble Of
Asheville spent the holidays here
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. A. Mills.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-01-01
VISIT IN MONROE

The Richard Gordon'S visited
friends and relatives in Monroe
during the holidays.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-01-01
MeGOUGAN'S VISIT

MIR. and Mrs. J. NJ. McGougan
spent the holidays in Raleigh in
the home of their daughter, Mrs.
w. d. Martin. Jr ind family.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-01-01
IVRENN'S VISIT

The John Wrcnn'S of Green's
boro visited her pai ents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. A. Bell during the Christ
mas holidays.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-01-01
NOT FOR ME

III, Ui,ies carried out b. ATU agents
than fellow like me would ever bargain for regard
less OF The future.
recently went with them and this was the ~
Ccdu"e.
cr;.wled out of bed about four o'clock in the
morning. After stumbling through glass of
Juice. forgetting to remove my paiamas and smoking
two cigarettes was ready to meet the ATU agent.
We drove for several miles, parked the car and
started Walking. No one bothered to look for path
49, N". Just nut Nolrr head down and head through
the thickets Flashlights stayed in pockets. Tree
branches swung in your face like door. After W -
seemed ike hours of fighting the underbrush and
stepping small streams, hit an open field.
\ ou COULDN'T your hand in front of your face.
The agents and deputies walked / stopped. Soon
thcl returned with the the still had been
run the day before and they began calculate when
would be operating again. 1t still dark spotted
a road that lead to the highway but it to
the car.
knew they would come back and try again. Tiny
wanted to nab the liquor operators also knew some
thing else when they returned the bootleggers
might be there but for certain I'd be home in bed.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-01-01
NEIL FOWLER

Neil Fowler, USN, has return
ed to Jacksonville, Fla. after
visit with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Worth Fowler.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-01-01
DEWEY BELLS

The Dewey Bells of Myrtle
Beach visited his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. J. A. Bell during the
weekend.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-01-01
SUNDAY WORKERS

The ATU agents nabbed a Negro operating still
early Sunday morning.
Il thought you ATU fellows didn't work Sun
day" muttered the bootegger
Proves there is difference between knowledge
and faith
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-01-01
LAIN
TALK
BY AL HARRISON

Christmas is but many of us will continue to
for many payments to come.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-08-22

people ON wheels, and tell them
what we have to offer them in the
way of entertainment, easy, health
full, comfortable and inexpensive
living.
Facts About Turnpikes
Some further comments on turn
pixies might be of interest. 1t APP
pears that they were for a time
considered the answer to the mo-
torist's problems, but not all of
them are profitable. In Pennsyl-
vania, the northeast extension of
the road from Harrisburg to the
Delaware River cost 1711s million
dollars, for 10 miles, but not
enough tourists have come along
to make it pay off.
Since they began building the
turnpikes 25 years ago, numerous
parallel roads have been brought
up to date, and these free roads
appeal to the economy minded, as
we'll as to those who wish to travel
leisurely and view the points of
interest in the old areas which
abound in wealth Of history.
Many well-informed people believe
the hey-day of the toll road is
nearing it's end. There are some
$4,000 miles of free roads to cost
about $28 billions to be completed
in the next Is years.
Some figures about the cost of
toll roads may be interesting.
There are about 5000 miles of
such roads in the United States
that cost over five billion dollars,
for which the states expect to pay,
from tolls collected, usually at the
rate of about 11a cent per mile
Construction costs on some of
these roads have been as high as
two million dollars per mile.
There are seven tunnels bored
through mountains on the Penn
sylvania turnpike, one mile long.
An SO mile road in West Virginia
/ is costing $133 millions. A turn
pike being built in Connecticut was
to have been built for $13O million
it's promoters said, but is going to
cost $464 millions. Six thousand
families have to be moved out of
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-08-22
By VICTOR MEEKINS

If we can't find 100 people with
ten dollars each to spend, then we
may obtain the same objective by
getting 200 people with SIS each to
spend. There are plenty of people
on wheels, judging from what |
saw on a trip this month to Ohio,
New York and other places. 1t
looks like everybody in the coun-
try is on wheels, and going some
place in a hurry.
In the northern states the race
goes on to build more roads and
faster roads, so everyone who
wishes may get some place faster.
Some of these express roads
stretch a thousand miles or more
across country, without a single
cross roads or traffic light to stop
a fellow and he only has to stop to
pay toll for using the roads. On
these fast roads, destinations may
be reached in half the usual time.
It looks like all we have to do
is to advertise the advantages of
the N. C. coast a little farther
from home, and we will attract an
increasing amount of business
each year from all these people
out on the roads.
In some 1900 miles of travel ]
found courtesy and good service
the rule. Nowhere did / run across
discourtesy, nor prices that were
out of line with those usually
charged poor folks, other than in
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-08-22

New York Thruway, we found res
taurants operated by three differ
ent caterers, and prices and quail
ity seemed better for the tourist.
Our worst food was found on
the ferry steamer across to Little
Creek. We had looked forward to
this trip, and due to having used
air travel much in recent years, it
had been about four years since l
had travelled on route Is.
There is something about get
ting a meal on the water, and eat
ing while the sea and other ships
go past outside, together with the
appetizing stimulation of the salt
air, that makes a meal seem bet
ter. Not so with this service on
the Princess Anne. 1t was diff
cult to get service, the food was
poor, the slaw apparently was
drenched with fish oil, and couldn't
be eaten. l was Disguised and
puzzled.
1t now appears that the ferries
are no longer operated by pri-
vate corporation. They are under
public ownership, and operated by
the state of Virginia. The conces-
sions now are probably not closely
supervised, thus does politics bring
about a deterioration of public
service.
A great many vessels appeared
to be in use. We met four on this
schedule, indicating that there are
ample boats. The Princess Anne
wasn't more than half loaded. This
is the 26-mile span which is to get
a tunnel and bridge to replace the
boats sometime in the next two
years.
In the. seven states in which we
travelled there live upwards of SC
million people. Millions of these
people appear to be on wheels and
looking for some place to go
Somebody appears to be trying tc
get them to wherever they are go.
ing, Judging from the feverisf
haste with which new roads anc
faster roads have been built.
1t seems that the best thing fol
us, is to get our story to these
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-08-22

New York City, and some of the
places there are most reasonable.
Anyone who stops at a good
hotel, and stores his car for a
couple of nights in New York, is
going to have to pay out more
than $50 for three people. But
that's no worse than they try to
do at some other places, as we
shall see.
The best view of Niagara Falls
is from the Canadian side, which
claims $40 of the Falls and it's
waters. We talked to a number of
people over there about the tourist
business. A friendly filling station
attendant talked to me quite
awhile the other Saturday after
noon on our short visit to Ontario,
and it sounded just like somebody
talking on Roanoke Island. He
said:
"If you want to spend the night
here, l can point out to you some
high class tourist homes which will
take you for SO a night per per-
son, and they are just as good ac-
commodations as you can get in
any motel. Only yesterday / saw
some tourists who said a motel had
tried to hold 'em up for $25 for a
nights lodging for three peo-
pie. l like to see folks stop over
and be treated right, for it helps
my business too" he said.
This man also mentioned that
he knew just what parties to SEND
the various homes he knew. He
said there were places that didn't
mind the young and noisy, while
others preferred only the quiet
type.
Similar to the u S.
Generally speaking, there wasn''
much difference apparent any
where in that area. Food was JUS
as high in a big Canadian super
market, gasoline higher pricet
than in North Carolina, and the!
charged you four cents on the dol
lar to handle your American
money. Naturally being just across
the border, many of the people il
business there are Americans.
The countryside, through which
we took a considerable drive look
ed prosperous enough, and nigh
have been most anywhere in TIN
states, except for being more bar
rem of tall trees. Houses rank will
ours, but were designed more foI
winter use. There appeared to b
night spots, beer joints, and Juk'
box joints on the roadsides.
Some good newspapers come
out of Toronto, and they are con
cerned about the same things VIZ
are, plus carrying advice as t.
how Uncle Sam ought to keel
more of our NATO money closer
home-in Canada. There was some
concern over beer strike which
threatened to dry up the IL an6
half million pints week neces
sary to keep wet the whistles o.
the people of Ontario. At one Of
the resorts in Alberta, big blacE
bear had snatched and killed {
seven year old girl. A husband il
Quebec had increased his wife's
insurance by $4,000 and two day:
later was accused of numbering
her. In Quebec, thugs had sluggee
an auto dealer and stolen $1OO,OO(
from him. The Nautilus had jus'
made its historic voyage under the
North Pole. A $13 million express
way was being planned to ease
traffic in one Canadian area.
And this brings us to the sub
ject of expressways thruways
turn-pikes, or whatever you choose
to call them, which now makes il
possible to get to distant places
twice as fast, by paying a fee ano
| by using fourth more gas. We
drove half of our 1900 miles or
q
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-08-22

the way. 1t will take in less than
five million dollars in tolls this
year, while the interest on the
bonds will cost nearly $13 millions.
The state has to make up the diff
ference.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-08-22

The PAL miles of the Ohio turn
pike cost 1926 millions; the extern
sion which takes it on to Illinois,
distance of 156 miles cost on
similar scale.
See TRAVELS, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-08-22
NEVER NEED TO LACK FOR BUSINESS
WITH so MILLION PEOPLE ON. WHEELS

Nearby States Continue Building Roads Get People Quicker
the North Carolina Cuastland We Only Have to Give EN-
Something For Their Money Keep Business Booming
the Seashore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-28
Loaded Ship Leaves

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico,
Mar % R.-The Waterman
Lines said yesterday the trailer
ship Bienville had returned to
New Orleans with nearly 1000
tons Of cargo local longshore-
men refused for three weeks to
unload.
The lines said the cargo
would be put aboard a regular
freighter scheduled to arrive
here April Z.
Union negotiations with the
lines have been recessed until
the unions president returns
from the United States.