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VOLUME XXXIII
NUMBER 48
The Aransas Pass Progress
ARANSAS PASS, TEXAS. THURSDAY, FEB. 25, 1943
Drive to Raise $2,000
To Get Underway Monday Fi7clt7
S. B. Crosby
Enters the Race
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Patriotic Rally
8 P. M. March 4
At School Gym
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Red Cross Quota
Largest in History
Of Aransas Pass
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Waddell to Address
Wednesday Lion’s
Club Meet.
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The local Red Cross member-
ship drive will get under way
Monday, March 1st, with some
fifty committees canvassing the
town to raise the largest quota
ever set for this city, Mrs. W. A.
Kieberger, local drive chairman,
announced today.
The quota of $2,000 for this
community is several times larger
than any previous amount called
for and will necessitate the clos-
est cooperation of everyone.
W. M. Waddell, of Ingleside,
county-wide chairman will ad-
dress the Lions Club at their
Wednesday luncheon in an effort
to secure closer cooperation in
the drive, and is expected to
stress the great need for funds
to carry on the multitude of
work as a result of the war.
Membership drives heretofore
have been held in November,
but due to the various other
drives being held, the 1942 cam-
paign was postponed until this
March.
Hugh Lee, local grocery man,
will head a committee to call
upon the down-town merchants,
while the various committees
will call upon their district neigh-
borhoods, and it is hoped to raise
the entire quota of $2,000 dollars
during the coming week.
Volunteer Workers Needed
A meeting will be held at the
City Hall Tuesday evening,
March 2nd at which additional
volunteer workers will be ap-
pointed. The meeting is to be
at 8:00 o’clock, at which time
contributors lists, receipt cards,
lapel tabs, window and wind-
shield stickers, etc., will be dis-
tributed.
Mrs. Kieberger urges that as
many as possible attend this
meeting and volunteer for work
that no part of the town may be
overlooked.
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Methodist Pastor
Assumes Duties
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Rev. George Walker and wife
of Fashing, Texas, arrived in Ar-
ansas Pass early in the week,
where Rev. Walker begins his du-
ties as pastor of the First Metho-
dist Church.
The initial service under the
new pastor will be held at 10:50
a. m. Sunday, Feb. 28, the even-
ing service and other church ac-
tivities at the usual hours.
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MASONS TO CONFER /
DEGREE WORK THURSDAY
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There will be a special meeting
of Aransas Lodge No. 1018 A. F.
& A. M. Thursday, Feb. 25, at 7:30
p. m., for the purpose of confer-
ing the E. A. Degree. Refresh-
ments will be served.
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Seen . . .
A lady eating breakfast in a
cafe with a one pound butter
carton by her plate and she was
telling friends it was empty, and
that she merely kept it there as a
reminder._______about three dozen
bottles of liquor, a placard ad-
vertising a dance, and an an-
nouncement of a revival meeting,
all in the same show window_______
in the gutter, on main street, eith-
er red ink or paint, very much
resembling blood.
A little boy in the cafe, upon
receiving his ticket for a hambur-
ger, looking very surprised as he
said “15 cents?” “Whew!”___________a
local young lady very poudly dis-
playing the new heels on her
shoes--------a letter from the U.S.O.
at Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn,
New York, which said that the
organization had the pleasure of
having Clinton Manges and L. V.
Marinevy, two of our home town
boys visit their club.
A local lady appearing very
embarrassed when she made a
mistake and started to get in the
wrong car while in town_____________
everyone hunting application
blanks to fill out for their ration
books---------Mrs. Kieberger around
appointing committees for the
Red Cross drive________a Robinson
truck line truck stopping to let
some ducks cross the road on the
highway________the Kelly lake cov-
ered with wild ducks.
LOCAL HAS GOLDEN
HAMSTER SPECIMEN FROM
DISTANT PALESTINE
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P. H. Brown of this city was
exhibiting a rather unusual
specimen of animal life Tues-
day. It was a little zoological
visitor from faraway Pales-
tine, and known as the Gold-
en Hamster.
It is a little animal about
six inches long, having a short
tail not over one-half inch in
length, large pouches inside its
cheek to carry food. A beau-
tiful golden color, white un-
derneath the body and chin,
with dark markings on the
skull and neck with beautiful
black eyes.
The Golden, or Syrian Ham-
ster, as it is sometimes called,
is prized by scientists because
it is more susceptible to some
disease that do not affect the
guinea pig, one of the chief
laboratory aids in medical re-
search. They are grain eating
animals, also fond of bread,
apples and many varieties of
vegetables.
Brown stated that the moth-
er when vexed by the action of
a baby Hamster, would paddle
the offending youngster with
all the vim of an irate parent.
Nat Edwards
Dies Tuesday of
Acute Heart Attack
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Stricken Man Passes
While Attending
Meet.
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Franklin Nat Edwards, aged 63,
prominent San Patricio county
citizen, died suddenly Tuesday
night at 8:00 o’clock in Ingleside.
Edwards, apparently in good
health, was attending a fellow-
ship meeting at the Methodist
parsonage when stricken with a
heart attack, dying a few minutes
later.
He had been a resident of In-
gleside since 1899, and took a
prominent part in the develop-
ment of the community. He was
a successful farmer and produce
dealer, and was a director of the
First State Bank of Aransas Pass,
and co-ordinator of the civilian
defense at Ingleside.
Funeral services will be held at
the Ingleside Methodist Cburch,
conducted by Rev. E. C. Young,
pastor, at 5 o’clock P. M. Thurs-
day, and interment will be in
Prairie View Cemetery with the
David T. Peel Funeral Home in
charge of services.
Pallbearers will be B. R.
Smith, P. H. Holland, R. C. Ives,
H. F. Goss, R. F. Meritt and C. E.
Phelps.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Nettie Edwards; two daughters,
Miss Agnes Edwards and Mrs.
Ernest Bennight of ingleside; four
sons, Wilbur Edwards and Lloyd
Edwards, both of Ingleside; and
Ray Edwards of Corpus Christi,
and F. N. Edwards Jr., of Hous-
ton, Texas.
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Citizens Can Still
Procure Book 1
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Those who did not secure what
is commonly denominated the
sugar book issued last year, may
still secure it, by making affidavit
to that effect, and stating the
amount of sugar on hand May 1,
1942. Those who Sregister this
week for Book No. 2, must be a
holder of Book No. 1 in order to
secure it, E. D. Richmond stated
Wednesday.
Take the affidavit to the ration-
ing board in the basement of the
courthouse at Sinton when Book,
1 will be issued, then upon pre-
sentation of the book to your lo-
cal registration board at the high
school building, Book No. 2 will
be issued.
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Tky Say - -
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LT. GLENN DUPHORNE: The
week spent in Aransas Pass
away from my duties has
been a pleasant one for me.
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B. R. SMITH: The death of
Franklin Nat Edwards is an
irreparable loss not only to
this community, but to the
whole of San Patricio county.
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REV. GEORGE WALKER: The
people of this city are the
most genial I have ever had
the privilege of meeting.
Announcement
Makes Three Seek-
ing Mayorship.
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S. B. Crosby this week announ-
ced for the office of mayor of the
City of Aransas Pass, bringing
the number of candidates seeking
this position to three. No new
announcements have been forth-
coming for the two positions of
commissioner, the number re-
maining at four.
Mr. Crosby, a new comer to
the political field, has been a re-
sident of Aransas Pass for the
past ten years, and is employed
by the Humble Oil Company
with a 15 year service record.
His official announcement will be
found elsewhere in this issue of
The Progress.
Doil Turner and H. K. Miller
are the other two seeking the
position of mayor. The four an-
nounced for commissioner is
composed of L. D. Crumly, A. A.
Allen, M. W. Clayborn and J. B.
Huff.
Deadline for filing has been
set at twenty days prior to the
date of election, which would
make it March 16, as the election
will be held on Tuesday, April 6.
The office of city judge or re-'
corder has brought no open de-
claration of intentions to seek
this position. However, with the
filing deadline over two weeks
off, no doubt it will attract some
attention before the closing date.
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War Mother’s Club
Holds Meeting
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The Aransas Pass chapter of
Army Mother’s Club met Wed-
nesday afternoon at 4:00 o’clock
in their rooms on Commercial.
After an invocation by the
chaplain, the pledge to the flag
was recited and “America” was
sung by the assembly, followed
by the roll call. Following read-
ing of the minutes, and hearing
the treasurer’s report, letters
from boys in the service were
read.
The report of the treasurer
shows a net profit over expenses
of $70.80 as a result of the dance
sponsored by the club Saturday
night.
At the invitation of the club,
Rev. Robert E. Pugh, visiting ev-
angelist addressed the meeting,
after which the national anthem
was sung, and the meeting ad-
journed.
The club has announced that
the recreation hall will be open
to the public Saturday from 3:00
p. m., on.
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Josephine Farley
Enlists in WAFS
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Miss Mary Josephine Farley,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Farley of Aransas Pass, has left
for Plosser-Prince Air Academy
at Sweetwater, Texas, for pri-
mary training in the Women’s
Auxiliary Ferrying ^Squadron.
Following her graduation from
Aransas Pass High School in 1940
Miss Farley attended Southwest
Texas State Teacher’s College in
San Marcos where she began pri-
mary ground work, having ob-
tained her license after taking in-
structions at Moore Flying School
in Corpus Christi and Smith’s
Flying School in Aransas Pass.
Since then she has been working
at the Corpus Christi Naval
Training Center as crew leader
in the engine overhaul shop of
A & R and in the link depart-
ment where she was a qualified
link instructor.
Miss Farley is 21 years of age
and is the first girl from this vi-
cinity to join the WAFS.
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Golden Panthers
Defeat Mustangs
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The Aransas Pass Golden Pan-
thers won over the Ingleside
Mustangs by a score of 47 to 33
in a game played Friday night in
the Ingleside high school gym.
Individual scoring of the Pan-
ther quint was, Bommer 15, Speer
14, Womack 13, Richardson 3,
White 2. For Ingleside, Lockhart
and Scarborough led with 8
points each.
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PVT. WARREN HOME
Pvt. R. L. (Dick) Warren ar-
rived home Tuesday on a week’s
furlough. He is stationed at
Camp Barkley, at Abilene, and
reported for duty Dec. 20, 1942,
at Fort Sam Houston.
WAAC Lieutenants
To Be Present and
Deliver Addresses.
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A patriotic rally is to be held
at 8:00‘ p. m. Thursday, March 4,
at the high school gym for the
purpose of seeking active coop-
eration of local citizens in a
campaign to quickly enroll 18
women in the WAAC, San Pa-
tricio county’s quota for March.
Scheduled to arrive at 5 p. m.
on that date, and remain over
night, will be a WAAC-Army
party equipped with an Army-
trailer office, with WAAC Officer
Lt. Frances Clary, the first wo-
man officer to visit here, and 1st
Lt. Lavern Elwood, in charge.
Also Staff Sgt. Thos. R. Size-
more, recruiting officer and a
pumber of enlisted men from
Corpus Christi.
A program for the evening has
been arranged as follows:
B. R. Smith, master of cere-
monies; principal speakers, Lt.
Clary, Lt. Elwood, Mrs. J. R.
Barry, and Rev. Geo. B. Walker,
pastor of the First Methodist
Church.
« Representing the school and
band, Supt. H. T. Faulk; Texas
Defense Guard, Lt. Johnnie
Howell; Veterans of Foreign
Wars, N. D. Sanford. Mayor H.
K. Miller is chairman of the ar-
rangements committee.
This rally is the outgrowth of
a meeting held last week at the
city hall, presided over by B. R.
Smith, which had as the princi-
pal speaker Maj. Albert W. Holt,
public relations officer from San
Antonio. Mrs. Walter Brauer
was named temporary chairman
for the women’s committee, and
was later succeeded by Mrs. J. R.
Barry, permanent chairman.
Chairman Miller states that
lodges and other organizations
are invited to participate in the
rally, and that an invitation is
extended to every man, woman
and child in the city to attend.
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Clendening’s To
Adopt New Policy
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Realizing the necessity of serv-
ing the residents of Aransas Pass
and vicinity in an efficient man-
ner, and on account of the diffi-
culties in shopping due to gaso-
line rationing, Clendening’s Fed-
erate store will endeavor to carry
the newest lines of merchandise
available.
When the store was remodeled
in 1942, Mrs. Clendening demon-
strated her confidence in the fu-
ture of Aransas Pass, and will
continue to keep pace with the
city’s progress thru the coming
years.
Beginning with this week an
advertisement will appear in The
Progress featuring the various
lines of merchandise handled by
Clendening’s Federated Store.
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Victory Concert
Sales Net $719.50
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The Victory concert held Tues-
day night at the high school gym,
resulted in the sale of $719.50
worth of War Bonds and stamps
as reported by Supt. H. T. Faulk.
The musical program was sup-
plied by the Aransas Pass High
School band under the direction
of Jett Ricks, instructor, and the
concert consisted of the rendition
of many popular military airs,
.and other selections that have
become universal favorites.
Because of a number of con-
flicting meetings held over the
city, the attendance was smaller
than usual, but other similar con-
certs will be held at future dates.
One $500 bond was sold during
the exercises.
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THURSDAY'S RAINFALL
TOTALS 3.97 INCHES
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The heaviest prepipitation since
the storm of August 1942, fell in
Aransas Pass and vicinity Thurs-
day, Feb. 18. According to the
official rain guage, the rainfall
for the period of 24 hours up to
6:00 p. m., totaled 3.97 inches.
Is Invite - - -
To be our guests at the pic-
ture “Yankee Doodle Dandy”
playing Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday at the Rialto Theatre,
Mrs. F. L. Clendening and
guest. This notice clipped from
The Progress will be your ad-
mission ticket.
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Registration To
Close Saturday
Baptist Revival
Began Monday
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The revivai at the First Baptist
Church got underway Monday at
10 o clock a. m., with the arri-
val in the city of Rev. Robert E.
Pugh, pastor of the North Main
Baptist Church of Houston, and
M. A. Hudler, singing evangelist
of Austin.
Good crowds are in attendance
at the various services which are
conducted twice daily, at 10 a. m
and 8:00 p. m.
Rev. Pugh is an experienced
conductor of revivals and M. A.
Hudler is a soloist and song lead-
er of ability. The meeting will
probably continue throughout
the coming week.
Shot Guns Are
Needed by U. S.
Army at Once
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L. E. Winsby, head of the Am-
erican Legion at Ingleside, is in
receipt of a communication from
Lt. Col. G. E. Mason of the Ordi-
nance department, stating that it
is extremely important that the
United States Army immediately
obtain as many good used 12-gage
shotguns as possible. The type of
guns required are hammerless
double barrels, hammerless pump
and automatics.
These guns are to be used in
training soldiers and sailors in
wing shooting, and some will be
used for guarding purposes, and
each gun so used will release a
rifle for combat use. Prices will
be paid up to $30 for double bar-
rels and $42.50 for pump and au-
tomatics.
The owner has a right to place
his price on the gun offered, and
if it cannot be accepted, the gov-
ernment will forward the owner
its appraisal, and the owner will
have the option of accepting or
rejecting such price, and request
the return of the gun. No broken
guns, damsacus or. twist steel
guns should be offered.
Winsby states that arrange-
ments have been made to collect
the firearms at the Jackson Jew-
elry store in Aransas Pass.
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Basketball Play
Off at Refugio
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The basketball regional tourna-
ment will be held in Refugio
Saturday, Feb. 27th, in which
four teams will participate, Ar-
ansas Pass, La Feria, Hondo and
Refugio being the contestants.
Two games are scheduled for
the forenoon, leaving one to be
played in the afternoon or at
night, the morning games to be-
gin at 9:30. Each of the teams
entered are champions for their
respective districts, and the win-
ner in games to be played in the
afternoon or night will deter-
mine the regional championship.
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ODD FELLOWS HAVE
MEETING MONDAY
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The Independent Order of Odd
Fellows held a meeting Monday
evening at the Aransas Pass
lodge hall. The following mem-
bers from Ingleside were given
the “second degree,” J. R. Ruck-
er, A. M. Westbrook and G. O.
Suggs.
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TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS
The Progress is required to
reduce the consumption of pa-
per by 10 per cent from that of
1942. To do this it is neces-
sary that we discontinue all
subscriptions on expiration, un-
less renewed promptly.
Notices will be mailed out the
first of each month and all sub-
scribers who wish to remain on
the mailing list are asked to
renew their subscription as
soon as possible upon expira-
tion.
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Shop Here - -
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Sanitary Grocery & Market:
Apples, dozen ________________________25c
Oleo, pound ____________________________23c
Oranges, dozen ________________________15c
Edward's Fruit Stand:
Pure Lard, pound __________________20c
> Crackers, 2-lb. box ________________21c
Dreft, large size_____________________27 c
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Citizens Urged
To Register Early,
Avoid Last Rush
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1298 Register Up
to 11 A. M. Today;
Rush Expected.
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Registration of the residents of
Aransas Pass which will entitle
them to secure rationed goods,
began at 4:00 o’clock Wednesday
afternoon at the high school
building, under the supervision
of H. T. Faulk, superintendent.
The approximate number who
had registered up to 11:00 a. m,
today (Thursday) was 1298, Faulk
stated.
Registration will continue thru
the remainder of the week, and
will begin each morning at 9:00
o’clock and continue as long in.
the afternoon as registrants ap-
pear.
Superintendent Faulk urges
that those desiring to register do
so at the earliest possible time,
as on Saturday many of the stu-
dents who are assisting in reg-
istering applicants have employ-
ment elsewhere, and members of
the basketball team will of neces-
sity be in attendance at the re-
gional meet of the teams in Re-
fugio.
Consumer Declaration blanks,
which were supposed to be made
available at the grocery stores,
did not arrive, which has caused
some delay in registration. The
blank was run in last week’s
Progress, and is again being re-
peated in this week’s paper to
aid the registrants.
It is absolutely necessary when
applying for Book 2, to present
a consumer declaration giving
the amount of coffee on hand in
excess of one pound per person
over 14 years of age on Nov. 28;
the number of rationed canned
goods in excess of five per mem-
ber of family, as of February 21st,
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F. E. Houghton
Dies at Guthrie
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A message was received Mon-
day, announcing the death of F.
E. Houghton, a prominent busi-
ness man at his home in Guthrie,
Okla., Sunday night.
He is an uncle of J. F. Hough-
ton, groceryman of Aransas Pass,
and he, accompanied by Mrs.
Houghton, left the city Tuesday
for Fort Worth, where Mrs.
Houghton will remain while a
son, Gene Houghton, will accom-
pany his father to Guthrie to at-
tend the funeral.
The deceased, while having
other business connections, was
a ginner and prominent cotton
man at Guthrie. Details pertain-
ing to the funeral services are
unavailable.
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TRANSFERRED
Lt. Stratton M. Appleman has
been transferred from the Lub-
bock flying school to Alliance,
Nebraska.
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Heard . . .
A little boy saying a man fell
down in the mud and couldn’t
get up--------that a lady in locking
her wash house left the keys in-
side and had to remove a beard
and let her little boy crawl thru
to get the keys before she could
unlock it-------.a local saying she
lost her wrist watch and found
it again without putting an ad in
The Progress.
Pvt. Arthur Mostella saying
when he began getting stripes he
wanted them in bunches, like
bananas________Pvt. Don E. Burris
saying he enjoyed the army very
much and is glad to be able to do
his bit--------many students telling
of the work they were doing pre-
paring for the registration for lo-
tion book Number two.
A little boy saying his Ltile
sister’s new shoes were made of
“Goose liver”_______music corning
from the U.S.O. hall Wednesday
morning________that while in San
Antonio Mrs. Kieberger called up
Rev E. Y. Seale, much to his de-
light, and he stated that he and
Mrs. Seale were keeping up with
the news of Aransas Pass and
read The Progress every week
from “kiver to kiver”________that the
dance sponsored by the Army
Mother’s last week was a great
success--------a letter from Houston
Speer in Washington, D. C., in
which he stated that he got a
glimpse of Madame Chiang one
day.
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