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tDte$rottni*utIIe3Herald
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" FRIDAY. APRIL 12. 1940
GERMANY'S NORWEGIAN
ADVENTURE
DAYS probably will pass before it is possible to ob-
tain even a fairly accurate picture of what has
been happening since Tuesday on the coast of Norway
in the Skagerrak and the Kattegut.
In the meantime it is interesting to speculate on
the reason for Germany's spectacular adventure in Nor-
way in which that country extended its right flank
from the West Wall to the northern Norwegian coast.
The fighting line is thus lengthened a distance that
might be compared to that frftm Canada to Miami in
Florida.
Why did Adolf Hitler and his counsellors risk the
relatively small German sea forces against the greatly
superior British navy aided quite considerably by
French naval fighting strength? As the more or less
sketchy reports of the past several days assume form.
It is more and more apparent that this was no sudden
move. The efficiency with which the German forces
were moved across some two hundred miles of water
in well over a hundred vessels of large and small size
indicates that the action was the result of plans that
had been underway perhaps for weeks.
The motivation may have come about for several
reasons but two stand out. One of these is the probable
serious reduction of food supplies and sources after a
winter noted for record-breaking ’ cold weather. The
British blockade was of course having its effect. The
German w heat crop had been killed. Germany had made
elaborate plans to receive Manchurian soy beans as
a source of lat but the soy bean is reported to have
been a failure. In other words it sems just as probable
that Danish and Norwegian butter and eggs and bacon
were just as important factors in the German strategy
as the ore from Swedish mines.
Another motivating factor may lead in the direc-
tion of Russia and Italy. Perhaps there is already an
understanding with Stalin and Mussolini possibly
growing out of the Hitler-Mussolini meeting in the
Brenner Pass a few weeks ago. There was talk at the
time of extension of the Berlin-Rome axis to include
Moscow'. There has been talk that since then German
military and economic experts have gone into Russia.
Out of all this might emerge another Russian move
westward involving Finland a second time and carry-
ing on through to Sweden. Thus would result a joint
Russian-German control over Scandinavia and division
of the deposits of ore in Sweden.
However all this maybe it is fairly certain that
the Nazi strategy which carried her line far north has
proven a boomerang. It has vastly improved the morale
of the Allies destroyed a large part of Germany's naval
strength—and may even forecast the final result of
the war.
The days ahead are fraught w ith tremendous pos-
sibilities for the entire w’orld.
BEFORE YOU BLAME THE KIDS—
ESPECIALLY if your arteries have begun to harden ;
hit you may catch yourself muttering some day “Loo]
at those crazy kids in that .ialoppv! Skylarking around ir
a car like that! All ginned up too* I bet.”
Careful! You’d be likely to lose any such bet. Youth
are arrested less often on drunken driving charges thai
their elders the International Association of Police Chief!
has found. In only three of 41 large cities surveyed wen
a majority of drunken drivers under 25. In Detroit th<
average age was 38.1.
Daffy kids eh? Better watch your own P's and Q's pop
Views of Other Papers
WANG S DISCREDIT
Spokesmen of Wang Chmg-Wei.
the pupp.t ruler of the new Japan-
ese-controlled government of Chi-
na accuse American newspapers
of conductmg an inspired cam-
paign off editorials to discredit
Wang's regime.
Certainly Wang's government is
discredited in the United States
and before It has officially been
proclaimed Its bad reputation
however does not rest upon any ed-
itorial conspiracy cm the part of
the American press It rests simply
on the facts about Wang about his
following and about his plans foi
the new order in Asia.
In December. 1939. when W'ang
proposed a basis for peace between
Japan and China it was reported
that his program was formulated
in a series of conversation* with
Tofclo.
In May. 1939. Wang was living
in Shanghai under Japanese pro-
tection. trying to find Chinese sup-
port for hi* projected new govern-
ment of China and meeting little
success. In July the Japanese mili-
tary authorities announced that
Wang had formed a new political
party "in reality the orthodox Chi
nese nationalist party.”
In Tokio and in the Japanese
occupied sections of China the ne
party got enthusiastic blessings. Tt
Chinese greeted it with virtual s:
lence.
After six months of negotiate
with Japanese officials. Wang ar
nounced. in January. 1940. that U
foreign policy of hu Chinese go\
emment would follow precisely thi
of the Japanese government He ar
nounced “peace terms" which woul
grant Japan practically all of h«
war aims reducing occupied Chin
to the status of Manchoukuo.—Am
tin American.
Thoughts
He that findeth his life shall lot
it: and he that loseth his life fc
my sake shall find it— Matthe
10 39.
• • •
The blood of the martyrs is U
seed of the church.—Jerome.
TexasToday
BY OLEN W. CLEMENTS
Associated Press Staff
NEW YORK KNOWS about
Houston's scanty-clad-car-hops and
Texas' Mary Martin but until re-
cently the East was NOT aware
that overlooking peaceful Clear
Lake just outside of Houston is
the nation's model home for boys.
It is the Bayland home for boys
a county institution where the
lock-step armed guard and barred
window are no more.
Harris county Judge Roy Hof-
hemz 28. made a special trip to
New York to tell the national
conference of juvenile agencies
about the reformation of what once
was a prison for Juveniles.
So successful was he that he was
invited to return to New York and
tell his story on a national radio
program.
AS HEAD of the Juvenile court
in Houston Judge Hofheinz com-
mits boys to the institution.
Three years ago. soon after
taking office he looked over the
house of correction and saw weary
youngsters working in the fields
cultivating foodstuff raising cattle
and producing dairy products.
He decided the lads needed a
home. NOT a workshop.
Flguratvely he threw the key to
the place away right then.
He proposed to the juvenile board
that Bill Muray. a red-haired for-
mer football coach at Judge
Hofheinz’ old high school be put
in charge of the home.
Murray knows boys. He has been
their pal and mentor in Houston
for years. He knows their thoughts
and wants. He knows how to get
what he wants out of them and yet
make them respect him.
Bill Murray went lo work.
HE FX>UND AN institution of
some 60 to 90 boys betw cen the
ages of nine and sixteen. They
marched lock-step lrom their
dormitories. Their windows and
doors were barred. They slept un-
oer the watchful eye of an armed
guard.
It was an institution that placed
emphasis upon the proper raising
of cattle and foodstuff.
Murray and Judge Hofheinz
e\olved a merit system. Youngsters
were paid salaries in a competitive
field for their labor and play. Each
merit is worth a figurative penny
and a bank handles the mr:
there in the institution Youngsters
are the bankers passing on fin-
ancial matters after careful study.
THE PLACE was made to re-
semble a home under normal cir-
cumstances. each youngster was
given an equal opportunity. Bay-
land Home became a unit of
juvenile Democracy.
Every boy must earn 730 merits
a week because that is about what
it costs to keep him In the in-
stitution. He is paid 123 merits a
day plus what he can earn on
the side which ranges lrom 23 to
200 merits a week depending up-
on the job he performs.
The merits are good at the com-
missary and five merits will pur-
chase an ice cream cone or piece
of candy. But a youngster must
: have those merits above the 750 a
week he earns.
THE STREAMS ARE RUNNING AGAIN IN SCANDINAVIA
Right
or
Wrong?
By DONALD A. LAIRD
PHI D.. Set. D.
Ours is an age of speed. We have
so much speed that the chief job
of a large proportion of all police-
men i« to keep us from going toe
fast to be safe.
It is interesting that this speed
»e get from modem machinery oi
all kinds is due to the accuracy of
modern mass production. It hat
been precision engineering — accur-
acy—which makes this mechanical
speed possible. With people it u!
exactly the same. When we start;
out to learn something we make
much better progress if we direct
our early efforts at accuracy We
can do the things more speedily in
the long run when we begin them
by striving mostly for accuracy.
Look out for accuracy and speed
takes care of itself.
The speedy typiest Is the one
who gives most attention to at-
curacy at the start. The speedy
draughtsman Is the chap who as
a beginner watched his accuracy j
closely. One thing that make?
them speedy Is that they are not!
slowed down by correcting mis-
takes.
In learning to drive an automo-
bile. in taking 10 easy piano les-1
I sons at home. In learning a new
game — in all learning in short — I
i we would watch accuracy in the
early stages of learning and at |
' the end will have both greatei
peed as well as more accuracy.
Trying to separate accuracy
from speed Is as impossible ar
I settling whether the hen or the
| egg is more important. We can't
have the one without the other.
Fast talkers Impress most peo-
ple as being smarter than a whip
| But fast talking is more llkelj
to be a sign of superficial thinking
| than of profound thinking
It takes both brains and reserve
! for a person to think twice before
I he talks. If he does think twice
the odds ara ha will talk only
half as much.
On Broadway
With Walter
Wine hell
NEW YORK HEARTBEAT *■
face* About Town; Flora Rob-
son. the iosmiii in Ladle* m
Retirement.” telling a entie; “We
all ware *000 inghttulleh werned
opening night We feah d you ent- .
Us would Kill us before we could
get in our own dirieh work!"...^L
Lkv Daloe doodling on a Ma . * V
Restaurant menu—five nay tri-f
angles_Josephine Johnson. Bren.
da Frazier II. taking le-urns irom
Peggy Hopkins Jovre at Cafe l/nna *
XIV_F Chase Taylor signing hi*
real name for the Colton Club
autograners — Colonel 8'oopnag|«
to radio fans—Oov. Murphy of
New Hampshire lookmg mer the
locals in the BUtmore lobby.
Jack Ha-Hal-v. who does an act
with a seal m “Higher and High-
er" which reminds you of Lou
Hcltz' cane — Shirley Row of that
show—a welcome addition to New
Yorks High line.Vera Zorinas
old country charm. Muvbe it's her
figger-Ed Wvnn comulsing a
8tork Club group of stay-ups with
a clown rumba. ...Lana Turner
Americas Sweater-Heart.
Sallies In Our Alley: One af the
"Tobacco Road' east who ha«
been tn that Marathon nine# it
started six years ago was boasting
about its long run...“It's the first
time.” observed Charles Walters
"that I e\»>r heard of anybody
bragging about being in a rut!".
Eddie Garr was watching a couple
of squirrels playing in Central
Park when two pigeons alighted
near by....“Led s go." groaned on* *
of the .squirrels “those darn talk-
mg pigeons who make all the col-
umiu are back again!"_ Tim
there's the one abcul the Lobster
who was romancing an Oyster ....
Another lady oyster asked her
what ha;ipened ... Well." replied
the first lister “first he put his
claws around me. Then he kissed
me—and then Ohmigawd—my
pearls!”
Answers to Your Questions
Memos of a Midnight**; Listen
to "Careless' and then to Angel *
—too close... Evidently the flow-
e-r. that bloom m the spring tra
la do not include Grover Whalen »
gardenia ...I nt ficott Mono* the
21-year-old vocalist with the Bleepv
Hall crew at the Blltmore Hotei
a new lew of the late Dwight
Morrow—and km to Anne Lind-
bergh?... The W sir bow W<«m to
di.te has cost the Rockefellers one
million two hundred thousand
skins.... Holland House T* \ erne in
Rockefeller Center o|ieiu tomorrow.
Everything Dutch but the treet .
If Artie Shaw lute* the Jitterbugs
so much what was he doing at the
Savoy Ballroom In Harlem last
Wednesday night with Larva?..
Description of Ben* Berrr.es pro-
gram; "The Ourho Serenade* •
New York Novelette: ter f*
year* the bov* who hang around
the joints tell you. this little Jap
worked hard slaving m a gam-
bling house. He laundered cusp-
idors while his bosses cleaned out
the chumps...Hi* salary was %S
par session—which he received at
the end of each day... Every
night he would put away enough
for his room rent rolls and coffee.
Then he would risk the rest of
the fiver for "one r©U'* at era pi
— Fur 20 years he couldn t win
anything—until one night he walk-
ed out with 83.000..Gunmen heard
of his fortune and decided to give
him a hyst—but the wily Jap
shook them and visitad another
gaming .pot where he tripled his
cc:n....Fhr a week his luck was
phenomenal—every game he played %
vaa profitable. He was a mint....1!
Finally the gorillas got weary of
trailing a phantom—so they broke
into his furnished loom and tort
it apart looking for "cabbage and
"lettuce —but they couldn't find a
dime...The next day the J*#A
decided it was time to sail for homjr
....After each session this clevr
Jap didn’t risk earning the win-
mnga home... He simply went to
the nearest Western Union and
cabled it to Tokiol
New Y«rrhid»: Al Donative's rer* #
non of Let There Be Low.
Mitchell Ayres' recording of • Ym
Oughts Hang Your Heart In
Shame'....EUa Fitzgerald's plat-
trr of the torthant: "Is There
Somebody Else?’* It play* plug
peng with your neart. ... "The Bis-
cuit Eater"—mans best flicker
about mans be»t friend.... The
Tyrone Powerful "Johnny Apollo*
—g Zanuckodat kltck.
Broadway Smalltalk: That a .
Whitehead leading those ptek ts
at the Circus He sure loves trou-
ble ... Red Nichols starts at the
Famous Door May 8th....la that
talk true about the Joe Louises
rhreeing—In the Fall? And why
would Mayo Brother*' dime know!
... Marlynn and Michael are
rounding out their second year at
the Rainbow Grill. That's a career'
....Li* Whitneys heaviest crush is
a newspaperman.The Foiies
Rergere girls are sailing back on
the Britannic—and two are hyst-
erical over fear of suos... Did
Leonard Sillmtn. the "New Faces*
producer sock a Times reporter at
The Hasty Pudding show at the
Waldorf Satdee night!
Barbs'
Oermany begins worryln* ebr il.
next winter s coal shortage. • tfc#
dentlty firm; in the belief that Eu-
rope will still be on the map at
that time.
Britain has at last placed reepoo-
sibility for the sinking of the sub-
marine Thetis and can now tnra
her undivided attention to the mat*
ter of 750000 tons of merchant
shipping.
We have it on good authority that
Eleanor Rooeeveil's new radio pro-
gram sponsored by a soap ccaae
pany. mill be just good dean turn
.ir.A I ; nn? hic huuu'
vhooli emptier?
—
So They Say
_______
America cannot be permitted tc
drift drift while politicians mere-
ly hope hope
—President John L. Lewi* of the
C. L O.
• • •
Until ticket-fixing is ruled out
t you might as wfell forget jroui
safety program.
—President Paul €». Hoffcnan of
Studehaker. to the Automotive
Safety Foundation.
• • •
Suppose a scientist beat a drum
and blasted a loudspeaker to prove
his theory—where would we be?
—I»r. John M. Fletcher to the New
Orleans Academy of Selene*.
* ' *
The underworld vote* about IOC
per cent. The church sometime.'
vote* 50 per cent.
—( hi< ago C hurch Federation bul-
letin.
• • •
BY ! REDERIC I. H \SK1N
A reader can get the answer to
any question of fact by writ-
ing The Brownsville Herald In-
lormaiion Bureau. Frederic J.
Ha-ir.n. Director. Washington.
D. C. Please enclose three (3>
cents for reply.
Q. When did Death Valiev Scot-
ty charter a train from Los Ange-
les to C hicago? J. C. W.
A. Death Valley Scotty made hti
famous trip from Los Angeles tc
Chicago in 1905. The Scott Special
of the Atchison. Topeka and Santa
Fe. left Los Angeles. July 9 and
arrived in Chicago. July 11 aftei
having established a record. The
engineer of the tram was named
Lasee. The fastest speed was ob-
tained between Chlhcothe and Coal
City Illinois 65.5 miles per hour.
Q When did the late William
Wrigley buy Catalena Inland? L. K
J.
A. He purchri.-ed the island ir
1919 lor $3 000000 and is said tc
have spent $17 000 000 in improving
its resort facilities.
Q. When was the name of Jef-
ferson Davis restored to the table!
on Cabin John Bridge in Mary*
land? V s. B.
A. The name was restored ir
1908 bv order of President Theo-
dore Roosevelt.
Q. What was the most expensive
magazine advertisemeent in the
m«tj lasra? t. w. h.
A. The highest price paid foi
a single insertion at that rime was
$15 000 which Mcllin's Pood invest-
ed in a 15-color lithograph on the
back cover of the World's Pair num-
ber of the Youth's Companion or
May 4. 1893. The advertisement
featured a painting called “The
Awakening og Cupid" by Pemuli
a Paris Salon picture of 1891.
I ncle Sam's Almanac
Useful Etery Da* in the AVar
Ever*body should have a ropy of
UNCLE SAMS ALMANAC. 1M0 be-
cause It contains a wealth of infor-
mation on aubiects of general Inter-
c t and is a handv reference every
day In the year. It co* ers over 100 sub-
jects. including a ready reference cal-
endar for 200 years name law sources
portal rates historical facta of earh
State. population figures w-ather
; forts health notes. etiquette religion
poultry world disaster*. radio sports
atiatlon. record of Presidential elec-
tions. etc It Is the best publication
of its kind for a dime ever published
In this country. If \ou have not aec-
j uied your copy send in tour order to-
day. Ten cents postpaid.
i
Q. Does the Bible My that wo-
men should dress modestly and not
talk too much? B. F. S.
A. According to Timothy I. ver-
ses 9-12: ‘In like manner aL>o. that
i women adorn themselves In modeit
apparel. with shamefacedness and
sobriety; not with braided hair or
gold or pcardls or costly array; But
• which t#-*cotneth women ig-ofess-
mg godliness) w ith good works. L**t
' the woman learn in silence with
all subjection. But I suffer not a
woman to teach nor to ursurp au-
thority over the man but to be in
silence."
Q. Who U the fastest writing
author of all time? W. D. V.
A. It is said to have been the late
Edcar Wallace who was able tc
dictate an 80000-word novel In a
week-end.
I the set where some of the scenes
Oi his new picture have been I lim-
ed Benny fumed about the errors
m the portrayal of the pony post-
man. "I could see at a glance
that th* saddle bags the gait of
the horse and the posture of the
noer were all wrong Why didn t
somebodv ask me about it? It may
be too late now. but I'll do what
I can. Maybe Parley'll put my
picture on an 81st anniversary
stamp."
Rochester with a shaggy sway-
backed horse was waiting for u*.
| He also had some pouches and the
first gun he could lav hands on
I in the prop department—a bell-
m u z z I ed blunderbuss. * Mim uh
Benny" he faltered. *T think tht*
hoss would look kmda funny on a
stamp."
"Are you a philatelist?" thun-
dered his boss
“Yassuh Ah believe everybody
gcan die when they time ccmes "
1
THE INSTITUTION has certain
work that is handle© by contract
only. Youngsters bid ior the work
01 cleaning drainage ditches. Malt-
ing windows and keeping the
athletic fields in proper shape.
Shrewd boys between 10 and 12
bid in these contracts and hire
larger boys to do the labor. What-
i ever profit is made by the con-
tractor is placed to his credit in
the merit bank.
Now and then a lad loses money
ana can't pay his employes. He is
promptly sued in the home's court
and the matter is adjudicated ac-
cording to civil law.
One lad. who was being sued for
wages claimed the institution had
. faued to provide a truck for haul-
ing as had been stipulated when
the contract was let.
The court found the young con-
ti actor was right and ordered the
institution to pay him damages.
The lad paid off his wage claims
and pocketed a profit.
Sometimes the canpv youngsters
settle their differences out of
11 court rather than pay one of the
homes "lawyers’ a fee.
NOW AND THEN boys come to
tne home and refuse to work. Th°y
‘ are not punished in the woodshed
but when meal time comes the
superintendent usually says: "Boys
I would like to have you w<
play and live here But since you
! have decided to chisel on these
other boys who are working you
are bums ’ We want you to be the
best bums’ in the world so if
i ! you wish to eat go to the back-
door of the kitchen and the boys
will give you a handout. Tonight
you can sleep in a shed or the
coal bm like regular •bums. ”
A day or two of this treatment
plus the cold stares the working
. boys give them usually convert the
newcomers to the home's program.
Ewing Addresses
San Benito Kiwanis
SAN BENITO — Service of the
Central Power and Light company
as utility in southwest Texas was
1 described Wednesday noon when
• the Kiwanis club met at the
t Stonewall Jackson hotel. R. A.
■ Ewing district manager of power
t distribution for the company was
- featured speaker.
i In addition to the talk the pro-
i gram included a program by the
i peech and dramatics department
■ of the local junior high school. A
skit from the minstrel show which
is to be presented Friday evening
was given by Frankie Adleson and
Sammy GriTfin. Miss Margaret
Conrardv. show sponsor gave sev-
eral readings.
f -
H KIRK BACK AT POST
i SAN BENITO—C D Kirk who
has been ill at his home on North
Reagan Street until early this week
e is now able to be back at work at
I his shipping house.
If Stalin so ordered it. the Sonets
could crow an army over the strait*
into Alaska overnight.
—Father Bernard Hubbard "The
Glacier Priest."
• • •
Time and death are the allies of
the enslaved persecuted peoples
for the dav inevitably dawns when
the empire established by the sword
becomes impotent in the hand that
made it terrible
—Arrhbishop Moses p. Riley upon
being rnthroned in Milwaukee so*
• • •
The hope of achieving a peace
i free from the hatreds of 1919 be-
comes increasingly dim.
—Mr*. Vera Micheles Dean re-
search director Foreign Policy
I Association.
Harrison
In
Hollywood
HOLLYWOOD—Jack Benny a
fine figure of a westerner if there
ever was one. was lounging on the
shady side of Pat amount s 185.000
' cook shack or cafe when your
correspondent innocently showed
him a newspaper containing a story
about the Pony Express stamp
controversy.
The rootin' tootin' Buck (“When
you call me that smile' j Benny
read the article whi^h was by
Fred Harman. i»ho draws the Rod
Ryder adventure strip. Harmon
is one of several western artist*
; and historians who nave pointed
out inaccuracies in the drawing of
the Pony Express messenger on the
new 3-cent stomp.
> | Horae Saga a Bit
''Hrr.-m-m." said Benny. Then
with mounting Interest. “Wal IT]
be daw - gone!” Suddenly he
straightened with determination
and called sharply “Rochester get
nie a horse!"
“Yassuh senor " A sun-black-
ened vaquero In white silk fiesta
outfit came around the corner at
ia brisk crawl. This was Benny *
top hand Jose whom he call*
Rochester for short. Si. si Mis-
tuh Benny. Only Ah already got
you a horse. It’s in the fourth
race at—"
“No. I mean a hoss to ride
There's gonta be trouble in Wash-
ington. Maybe they 11 have to
withdraw this issue of stamps and
then Jim Farley will need an au-
thentic picture of a pony expre.s*
1 messenger. I’ll pose for it! I'll
show ’em how those boys really
looked!"
Rochester said. “Ain’t no horse
in the studio ceptin’ one that
kinda sags You be wantin' de
stepladder. too?"
“No I can climb on from the
hitch rail. But get me a gun and
some mail pouches and meet me
’ at the western act. I’ll take the
short cut and round up a photog-
rapher. Buck Benny rldea again!"
Detected Error
As we walked across the lot to
THIS CURIOUS WORLD
By William Ferguson
Q. How did Senator George G
Vest happen to make his famous
•Eulogy on Dog?" E. S.
A. This eloquent tribute to a do(
was macie during the trial of a mar
who had shot a neighbors fox-
hound The case was tried in a Mis-
souri court in September 1870. Sen-
ator Vest asked $200 damages bui
after two minutes’ deliberation th<
jury awarded $500.
Q. What is the size of the hum
mingbird'* egg? T. R. H.
A. The hummingbird lays tw<
white eggs about the size of smal
peas.
Q. What {roportion of Ameri-
ca's total exports goes to England’
E. M. R.
.A. Approximately one-sixth—lr
1S38 $521 124 000 out of a total o:
$3.094 095 000.
Q. What statesman In a speed
at the end of the World War said
"It must not be again"? J. McG.
A. In an address delivered a
Hoboken. New Jersey over the bod-
ies of the dead of the AEF. War-
ren Harding said: I find a hun
dred thousand sorrows touching nr
heart and there is ringing in mj
cars like an admonition eternal ar
insistent call. It must not tx
again.' **
Q. What Is the signature mush
used in “Those W’£ Love"? J. F. H
A. The theme song of the radi<
program. "Those We Love" ii
Weeping Willow."
Q. Where is agar-agar? H. R-
A. Agar-agar is a dried muci-
laginous substance or gelatine ex-
tract from algae.
Q. How much money do indi
vidu.ils in this country send k
France and England? M- F. S.
A. In 1939. approximately $2.
500 000 was sent to England ant
about $400000 to France.
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THAN THOSE THAT FALL
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-a THE FOLLOWING NOON. — 1 ■■
LESS THAN
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ALASKA
IS ALWAYS UNDER.
ICE AND SNOW.
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