The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, July 2, 1948 Page: 1 of 6
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YEARS OF
SERVICE TO WEST
COMMUNITY
WEST, TEXES, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1948
Soil Conservation
District Organized
There la every reason why
business and professional men
should Join the West Chamber of
Commerce, rt is an agency for
the development of West and its
surrounding territory, with the
worthy objective of accelerating
the growth of business and In-
dustry.
The West News believes at
this tune, that the Chamber of
Commerce, deserves the support
that It seeks from the business
and professional men of the city.
Jt has given promise of great
achievement buf the success of
Its undertaking depends upon
the active cooperation of leading
business men and woricn,
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We have no doubt of the value
of a well-organized, liberally-
supported Chamber of Com-
merce. It can do much for a city
and its residents whlctf they
cannot do for themselves until
organized In such an association
Local business men tell us
that many people in buying, con-
sider only one factor In trading
—the price. Losing sight entirely
of the Importance of quality
and without appreciating the
services , rendered by the mer-
chants In West some people
glance through a catalog and
snap at "bargains" After payr
ing parcel post. Insurance and
waiting days for the merchandise
they do not come out as well as
they imagined'
A number of farmers living
west of this city met with dis-
trict soil conservation officials
at the City Hall Tuesday night
to form a soil conservation dis-
trict In this community. Over
BOO acres of land are Included in
the original district, this acreage
to bc expanded If farmers Join-
ing the new district desire to
cooperate In the soil conservation
program.
Farmers at the meeting on
Tuesday night agreed to carry
out soil conservation practices
under the supervision of the
district soil conservation com-
mittee. The program will be In
augurated at 9:30 Tuesday
morning, July 8, at the R. A.
Kutcherovsky farm, starting
point of the district program.
All farmers of the community
are Invited to attend this meet
lng to witness the planning and
arrangement of the proposed
program. Soil conservation tech
nlclans will visit every farm in
the newly formed district, of
ferlng each farmer a complete
program of soil conservation.
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Slv —Detroit to LoS Anaslos
BliHE
r Six-day truck-trailer freight Service between Detroit and Loa
Angeles has been made available through joint operation of Rlngiby
Track Lines, Denver, and Long Transportation, Detroit. •
t Ringsby tractors pull the big Frcehauf tandem-axle units (like the
shown here) between Chicago and the Coast, while Long handles
overnteht run between Chirnijn and Detroit-
UUU ■Iivwu line; uvtwccu vniungu riiu in« vusi
the overnight run between Chicago and Detroit
This express service is proving so successful with shippers that
plana are being made to double the operating capacity.<■'
CORRECTION NEEDED1,
Record Crowd Expected at Jul,
Fourth Celebration Here Sunday
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Fifth Freedom
Is Recommended
Old Folks May
Vote Without
Poll Exeption
Old folks in the city will have
ie liation prepares to celebrate j the samejotlng privileges In the
The West News has never ap-
walrc/Jo It- iders to trade at
home r '« (or "patriotic” rea-
sons. P .lever blamed any
person] r ylng what is need-
ed as Cheaply as possible, al-
though it has attempted to
demonstrate that local mer-
chants deserve as much con-
sideration as a stray catalog. To
jtay In business West merchants
must meet outside competition
but it is obviously unreasonably
lo expect them to do more than
tills.
Local merchants guarantee
their wares, giving you many
money-back guarantees. Local
merchants give an adequate
followup and repair service on
their sales but, as far as we
know, no mail order house has
ever sent a man to West to see
why its product is not doing all
that they said it would.
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There is much more to a trade
than the price. Quality, accom
modatlon, service and personal
consideration come with goods
bought from West merchants
There is no price for these In a
catalog because a mail-order
house cannot deliver them with
the goods—It takes a West store
,0 do so.
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The Declaration of Indepen-
dence was passed by the Con-
tinental Congress on July 4th,
1778, but the historic document
was not actually signed until
later. Now, after many years,
the people of the United States
appreciate the significance of
the action taken many years
ago, when the delegates of the
colonies went on record In favor
of the proposition that all men
"are endowed with certain in-
alienable rights" and that
"among these arc life, liberty
arid thfj pursuit of happiness
The rights of the individual,
so long accepted by the world,
are now under challenge
from
those alio do not agree with our
famous declaration that govern
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menus derive "their Just powers
Texas Sisters Visit
Native State After
50 Years Absence
Our young friend, Bill
Gidney Is recuperating from
a lonsllcclomy, but is not
pleased over the fact that
the operation was credited
to his younger brother, Hob,
in last week’s News.
Although in the pink of
condition, Boh has received
a number of rards and pre-
sents since publication of
the News, expressing the
cm loinary “get well” wish.
Hill is having to luke things
easy, and under the circum-
stances feels that a correc-
tion should be made. Sorry
Bill . . . hope you arc suc-
cessful in explaining our er-
ror to Bob.
ARTIST KEEPS COOLI
A fifth freedom — freedom
from accidents — was recom-
mended to Americans today by
the National Safety Council as
tnc liation prepares to celebi—.
the Fourth of July l Jvtiy 24 Democratic primary as
With the warning that holiday I the old folks in small towns and
motorists will jam the nation's j rural areas of Texas,
highways as never before during, This in eflect was the ruling
I the holiday weekend celebration of the Texas Supreme Court in
this year, the Council estimated an opinion handed down last
that nearly 30,000,000 vehicles
will be on the move during this
period. That Is about 10 cars
for every mile of street ,and
highway throughout the nation,
which means 10 chances for a
crack-up per mile.
The Council appealed to mo-
torists and pedestrians to 'take
Two sisters, former residents
of the St. James iBuckhorn)
community, Arkansas, have been
back on a sight seeing tour after
an absence of fifty-six years,
and they took along a number
of their Texas friends and rela-
tives in order to Introduce them
to the beauty of their native
state.
Mrs. Bert Abbott of West, and
Mrs. B. J. Rogers of Dallas,
daughters of the late Mr. and
Mrs. A1 Hall of St. James, Ark.,
were accompanied by Mrs.
Rogers' daughter, Mrs. L. O.
Pitts, Mr, Pitts, and daughters.
Nancy and Lynn, of Dallas; Mrs.
Abbott’s daughter, Mrs. Carl
Morgan Mr. Morgan, and daugh-
ter, Nancy, of Pasadena; and
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Morgan and
daughter, Elizabeth, of Abbott
They carried along news of
two other former residents of
the St. James community, Arn-
stcad Younger, now a retired
farmer who lives at West, and
Oscar Pilgrim, who died at
Aqutlla last December.
The widely traveled sisters
were much Impressed with the
progress made in that area since
they moved away about 1892. and
expressed pleasure that much of
the rugged beauty common to
Arkansas still remained. The
younger native Texans In the
party also declared thut they
liked what they saw
After leaving Buckhorn the
Texans made a tour through
Arkansas and the beautiful
Ozarks Including the following
points: Hot Springs, Nimrod
Lake, Batesvlllc, Mountain View.
Calico Rock, Norfolk Dam,
Mountain Home, Eureka Springs,
Fayetteville, Winslow, Van Bu-
rcn. and Ft. Smith.
After finishing the tour In
Arkansas at Port Smith, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Morgan and daugh
ter, and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mor
gan and duughter left the others
there and Journeyed over to
Oklahoma City to visit a night
and day with Mr. and Mrs. Tom-
my Stewart. Mrs. Stewart Is the
sister of Carl and Harry Mor-
gan.
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Muric Murrison, nationally
known cartoonist, says his formula
for successful living is doing work
he enjoys. Artist, writer and sports-
man, Morrison lias made a pro-
fession of his hobbies, and combines
a rare talent for humorous carica-
ture with an expert knowledge of
sports. Ills recent book, Here’s
How In Sports, has won wide pop-
ularity throughout the country as
manual foi hunters, fishermen
AQUILLA HERO BEING
RETURNED FOR BURIAL
The body of Pfc. Curtis Faglic,
son of Eddie F. Faglie of Aqullla,: “J^X'rs.
is being returned to the United 1 Described by his friends as a
States for reburial according to! good mixer, Morrison turns to Ina
Information released by the Fort I
Worth Quartermaster Depot. u California lulcp. It’s made by
Originally Interred in France, crushing a few sprigs of fresh
the body of Pfc. Faglic is being ' mint and half a teaspoon of sugar
, . ,1... ti„ii„,i a,in the bottom of n 10 ounce glass,
returned to the United States m, p,, K|„„K with cracked ire
from Europe aboard the U. S. I al„| ,„u (;.g minces of liema Sate
Army Transport Greenville Vic- j term. Stir and serve garnished
jory with fresh mint.
week. By a vole of 6-3, the State’s
highest tribunal held that all
persons over 00 years of age who
failed to obtain poll tax exemp-
tion certificates before Feb. 1
may vote in the elections this
year.
The Supreme Court in ruling
in favor of the old folks said
lists and pedestrians to taac
it easy on the Fourth—be alive ! that the Legislature did not ln-
on the fifth!" as the keynote of .tend to deprive any qualified
a nationwide campaign against voter ol his right to vote, and
holiday accidents that threaten j reversed lower court opinions by
a record-breaking death toll holding that the amendment
over tile Independence Day celc- failed to set out a penalty,
bration.
„___ j Mr and Mrs Paul Sknibanek
Mr and Mrs. Willie Girard re-'and daughter, Mrs. Helen Popp,
ccntly purchased a home on ol Waco, spent last week visit—
South Marablc Street, moving to i ing friends and relatives In
West from Waco. 1 Houston and Crosby, Texas.
Lyndon Johnson Will Be
Principal Guest Speaker
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The Lone Star Park will bc the scene of another iixt&uftl In-
dependence Day celebration Sunday, July 4th. Attendance this
year is expected to reach an all-time high in view of the attractive
program that has been arranged, plus the fact that this Is af)|
election year.
—— Lyndon Johnson. Candida
for the United States Senate;
will arrive In West via helicopter
Former School
Teacher on Visit
J. Kcarby Bentley. Public Ac-
countant of Fort Worth, and
wife were visitors In West and
'.Vaco Saturday and Sunday
The Bentleys resided in West
from 1920 to 1924, two of their
five children having been bom
here. He taught at Liberty
Church School four years and at
Toklo one year. He recalls the
names of many residents of West
at that time: Judge Devcny,
Frank and Allen Busby. Mr.
Plercy, Dr. Wills, Dr. Biggs, Dr.
rinuj', Lfl. Dtll.1, ~w. . - - -
Thomas. Lee Welch, Wm. Oroppc, entertainment committee,
its ,
ve r.
m
to make the principal ad tress at
3 p. m. Congressman W. it.
Poage will also speal during the
afternoon, as wUl many local
and state candidate.- .
In addition to other entertain-
ments including a bingo con-
cession operated by the West
Fire Department, food and drink
stands, a huge carnival has been "
engaged, featuring an assort-
ment of thrilling rides and in-
teresting concessions. The car- ,...
nival will be set up on the park
grounds two nights prior to the
July 4th picnic.
Members of the S. P. J. 8. T.
V.F.W. Upsets E.R.C. to
Move Up in League Race
Rainfall Brings Relief
To Parched Corn Crop
SGT. FRED FICKEY GETS
BRONZE MEDAL AWARD
Death Claims
Pioneer Citizen
Fred Fickcy Jr., former resi-
dent of this community, and
First Sergeant In the Army dur-
ing World War II, has been
awarded the bronze medal for
"meritorious achievement in
ground operations against the
enemy. European Theater of
Operations, during the Rhine-
land Campaign." The medal, is-
sued on Instructions from the
President, was received last week
by Flckey, son of Mr. and Mrs.
F. J. Fickey of Leroy. The cer-
tificate was signed by the Secre-
tary of War.
Fickey is now a resident of
Paris, Texas, where he Is ac-
countant for a manufacturing
concern.
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RAIN HALTS CUB SCOUT
CARNVAL EKIDAY-SATUKDAY
Playing the type of game that
’has been expected of them all
'season, the V. F W. softball team
upset the favored E. R. Church
■team on Tuesday night, win-
ning by a count of 14-5.
Mrs Mary Mlllrr, age 78. died Tide victory by the Veterans
at her home here Tuesday even-;by no means settled the chain-
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were held Thtusday at 9.30 a. m. i winner will be deckled tonight,
at Hie Catholic Church, Rev. ki lelay when the V F. W crew
George Doskocil officiating. In- meets the American Legion leum.
torment was In the Catholic !Should the Legion win this con-
Rainfall totalling 1.16 Inches|Cemetery Rosary was read at to*
fell here last Friday and Satur- 3 ,, m Wednesday at the rest- L(Mind „ thc veterans continue
I day. Another one-fourth Inch Ucncc 302 East Spruce Street. |hcjr wiml|n(, streak and take
Mrs. Mlllrr, who had been a game, a three-way tic bc-
rcsidrnt of McLennan County Uween y. p w Legion, and E. R.
for 72 years, Is survived by church will bc thc result,
sons, right daughters n brother.; considering the stakes
“ grandchildren, 38 great-
was added on Monday, bringing
the total to 1.41 for thc period.
According to records compiled
by A. J. Weinberger, rainfall
this week-end was thc first
regisered during the entire
month of June.
Early corn crops suffered
greatly from the lack of June
Mr. Ilarlsfleld. Mr. Kocmel, Mr.
Schiller, Mr. Polasck. and many
others.
As a boy Mr. Bentley moved
with his father's family from
Williamson County to Ross where
his father was minister of the
White Rock Church of Christ
and farmed on the Jim Nichols
place from 1911 to 1912. Mr. and
Mrs. Bentley visited thc sites of
Ills boyhood homes. Mr. Bentley
had quite a visit with Lem Jones
of Ross from whom he bought
groceries 36 years ago.
Mr. Bentley Is actively sup-
porting the candidacy of Lyndon
Johnson for United States Sena-
tor and states that If "he Is any
judge of political matters. It
looks hopeful that Johnson will
gel enough votes lit the first pri-
mary to eliminate thc necessity
of a runoff.
Mr. and Mrs. Bentley attended
church Sunday at thc new North
Waco Church of Christ and visit-
ed in the homes of Charlie
Campbell and Denun on Hammer,
former residents of West. They
returned to their home In Fort
Worth Monday.
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In thc
•• =----------------- - game tonight, a record crowd is
grandchildren, and four great- expected at the high school
great-grandchildren. , 'athletic field.
Sons surviving are Charlie Jn ,ast wrek.g rolmtj, y. F W.
...... „. _____ Miller. Albert Miller. Leo Miller defeated Tours 11-1 on Wedncs-
moisture, but In most Instances| and Willie Miller, all of West, day njgftt, and thc Legion team
a fair yield is expected. Rainfall!and Lotus Miller of Leroy. Dan- 'downed E R. church 3-1 on
over thc week-end Is said to have ghtors are Mrs Mary Deiterman,; Thursday night in one of the
Mrs Katie Slovnk. Mrs. Louise i tightest games of the season.
Duncan, and Mrs. Helen Smith. I Ncxt Tllcstlay E r c. meets
all of West; Mrs. Lizzie Dcitcr- Leroy. On Wednesday Tours vs.
man of Kansas City; Mrs. Sophie ll lon an(i v F w plays Leroy
sors of the picnic, announce
celebration will get underway
2 p. m. 8unday with a m
program. A free dance
given at thc SPJ8T hall
the afternoon.
The picnic will bc
with a special dcncc at tbc
at night. Your attention it
ed to thc full page ad In
Issue which con
picnic program.
Cancer Death on
Increase in Texas
arrived too late to benefit a
portion of the early crop in thc
heavy black land. However late
corn, thc cotton crop and grass
•ass i man of Kansas City; Mrs. Sophie ! Legion, and V. F. W. plays Leroy
lands were aided greatly by the | Kemp, and Mrs. Pauline Whit- on niursday.
. l... IJ t.nl U nf Tinenn • nn/l Ml'C ...
League hatting Averages
Mrs. Miller’s brother Is Albert
Weinberger of Tours.
moisture j field, both ol Itasca; and Mrs.
Cool weather accompanying j All"lP Emwt'of HousUm
the rain brought relief from
VAC ATION TOUR
Mr. and Mrs. Louts J. PusteJ-
ovsky, and Mr. and Mrs. Ivun
Svrcck and son, Daniel, return-
ed Monday from a 2363 mite tour
which took them to Colorado
Springs, Colo., where they saw
many places of Interest, Includ-
ing Pikes Peak Garden of Gods.
Cave of the Winds, Range Drive
and Seven Falls. On Pikes Peak
nicnta arrive uicu ju.->v ~—.......—
from the consent of the govern- Is was snowing and thc tempera
cd." The world of 1948 is far rc-1 turc stood at, 20 degrees.
moved JLWBl that of 1776 but
oue respect, there Is little
•rent:e. Again the liberty ol
requires courageous action
part of liberty-loving
The rights of man arc
being questioned bv
and motorized
there Is still
an adequate assurance
; the Issue will not be Joined.
| If we
Among other points of Interest
visited were Royal Gorge, Pueblo,
Colo., and Carlsbad Cavern, N. M.
They visited Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Makovy and Mr. and Mrs
Emil Kohutck In wesHern Texas
before reluming home.
The Cub Scout carnival and
political rally scheduled lor last
Friday and Saturday nights was
postponed due to weather con-
ditions. A new date for the car-
nival has not been announced
but Is expected to bc set for thc
near future.
FIREMEN PICNIC RESET
FOR MONDAY, JULY 5TII
Having postponed their annual
Brazos River picnic scheduled
last Sunday afternoon, the West
Fire Department has arranged
to conduct thc picnic on Mon-
day. July 5th. This date was
selected since most firms will be
closed In observance of Indepen-
dence Duy, which fulls on Sun-
day
Members of the department
food committee urge all firemen
and their fumllies to be on ham!
at 12 o'clock noon for a barbecue
chicken dinner and all the trim-
mings — Brazos River — Cook's
place.
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relief
burning sun and hot winds ex-
perienced earlier last week.
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INFANT SON OF MR. AND
MRS. JIM HOLLAND IS
BURIED HERE ON FRIDAY
Jim Alvin Holland Jr., Infant
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Alvin
Name Team
Winkler—Tours
J Urbls—Legion
W. Snokhous—VFW
Wolf Leroy
Urbls—Legion
and two months old at the time
of death.
Funeral services were held1H. ----- _ „
from the First Baptist Church ; Soukup—VFW
at 3:30 p. m. June 25. Rev. J. E. | Hcssel E. R. C.
Roth officiating. Burial was at, A. Snokhous—Leroy
Bold Springs Cemetery. Surviv- j Vrana—VFW
Holland Sr., passed away at | ing other than the parents are iGroppis-E. R C.
8 50 a. m. June 24 Born April'a baby sister. Cynthia Ann, and jE. Vt ba—Leroy
22, 1947. the child was one year j thc grandparents, all of West. |H- Lander—E. R C.
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per.
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Texas Has Record
Number of Old-Age
Aid Recipients
Governor Jester to Set New Mill in Motion
The first 12 years of old-age
assistance In Texas are reviewed
in a comprehensive report Issued
this week by the Texas Research
Institute, statistical agency
sponsored by the South Texas
Chamber of Commerce.
In July, 1936. thc first old-age
assistance grant was paid in
— Texas. A great deal of tinkering
■450' i,as been done with assistance
■ri6 laws during thc ensuing 12 years
thc Institute report says, but
the trend in the number of aged
Texans receiving aid has been
steadily upward. For thc first 10
months of thc current fiscal year
thc average monthly number of
recipients of old-age assistance
was 200.773. and In thc month
June 204.221 Texans received
.374
363
.357
.351
.333
.316
.310
.300
Friendly Fact#
Independence on the anniversary
of its passage. Afterwards, in-
spired to support the Ideals of
freedom, may we not, a» Amcrl-
to each other our
and our
Roy L. Crawford
Die young wl»b to live lo
day; the mature wish to live
tomorrow ; the aged wish to
re-Uve yesterday.
It U Hard to tell anything
Opening ceremonies of the
'tS,000,000 Burr UK Feed Mills
| riant—one of the largest feed
mills In the world will be ch-
id July 22 at Fort Worth
will set. the machinery Into TrxnVeds are sold Mr, Akins Is
operation. Wiley Akins (upper the brother of Earl Akins of
left) manager of Burrus Feed j west. Tbc News recently carried
Mills will bc host to the leading ,t gtory o£ (,!» rise In the
business men of 12 Houthwuiteru 1 wor|d> ht*
of
aid.
Payments from Slate funds to
ir needy aged amounted to
8785.488 per month, on thc aver-
age. for the first year of thc as-
sistance program's operation, thc
Institute reports. That was in
the fiscal year ended Aug, 31,
1937. when economic conditions
were only fairly good. For thc
Hrst 10 months of thc current
fiscal year. In a time of record-
breaking prosperity, old-age as-
sistance payments made from
Slate funds averaged $2,567,738
|icr month.
(Continued on page two*
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An Increase Of more
per cent in Texas cancer
during thc five years
1943 and 1947 has been
nounccd by Dr. Geo. W
State Health Officer.
Texas morality tables
by,thc Texas State
of Health show 1943
deaths at 5,557, as COI
6,770 for 1947.
'The greater part of
mendous increase In
deaths Is attributable ,to
less delay In seeking
or.ee a person has
suspect he has a
growth," Dr. Cox said,
his belief that advertising ol
patent medicines and so-called
cancer quacks puts dangerous
and misleading information bc-
lore the public, thereby adding
to the cancer mortality rate.
Tills Is because people are lulled
by such propaganda and do not
receive proper diagnosis and
treatment until too lato. ■
Dr. Cox said that almost two-
thirds of all cancer cases rely on
surgery to remove the cancerous
tissue while the other third may
respond to X-ray or radium
treatment.
These three methods are tht
only means by which the disease
can bc treated," he said. “Bclf-
mcdieatlons, scrums, colored
lights, pastes, and diets arc
absolutely useless." , » I
The Health Officer pointed Out '
that the greatest defense acafpst1
cancer Is an early diagnosis and
competent treatment by a reput- !
able physician. He urged especial'
attention to any unnatural bleed-
ing front any body opening,
lumps in the breast, and skin
sores which fall to heal normuUy.
JiPJST DELEGATES Ml Ert
An all day meeting ol tin
Central Texas delegates to thc
State 6PJST convent Ion was
Sunday at the SCjjST hall !'•
West. tf
A barbecue dliipl'i and stu'hcr
was served to the thirty dele-
gates and their tylvcs The dele,
gates were guest# pf the BPJS1
tit a dance that ’’
The state eouv
ikj
u> yi vue oithvja
iveutloo pf til"
j rnc cnuvw
Leonard Stanislav, who lS|t;pjyT, held every four
taking a eowrse th Agricultural^, uho l(1 n WorU<
-1 “ w*i’ week of July 18-24
Mr and Mr*. Raymond
ovsky of
Chemistry at A, and M.
among those chosen to take a
summer course hi the Panama wl rmi
Canal Zone. The boys left N®^’! weal residents,"
Orleans on the 23 of June and ---------- - -
will return prior to the begin-
ning of scliool in Beptember. Alt
expenses arc paid
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