The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 186, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 11, 1950 Page: 1 of 10
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INFANTILE
PARALYSIS '
MYTOWN, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MNU:*»Y ! I, 1950
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fcAiw vvum jf ■ lm ujl
ew Jet Can Fly 600 MPH, For 4000 Miles
rhber Doubles Range, Puts More Targets In Its Sighfs
SKitt! £zxs&Sr.*&i£?£ sss^sststiLts
T^iiTon^ _;_ _ - — • _i_ _ . •. •
flies - at better than 600 irtlli
at about twice the range
ar!y 'models, it was learned
Court Admits
More Facts In
Twin Killings
in
Second Buyer
Not Protected
weapons. ’ * ; > ^ Fifteen production versions—10 be available late this year or early
Unlike the B-36 superbomber, A and five B models—are on order. neA.- ' '
which , achieves relative safety The air force soon will announce Because of heavy ftiel consump- Evidence In Both May-
!■ .. . . “°m fighter ■ attack by mounting order* for about 80, more of the tion, range la a major problem Ra.(]cer| dL.., Timnnli W»ii
fair estimate te thattihe near heavy, armament and climbing to B models. with all Jet planes. The B-47 that ?e, s®“. lhOughMan
iW» W* Wsdtitude*,' th* B-47 relies A» fast as operation jet fighters flew across the country had little Being Tried- For But One
W jt t»e fastest, longest- chiefly on its speed. With a three- and heavier than the B*50 Super- fuel left. The air force rated that _______ „ . l ' '
4 jet bomber atywhere. man crew, it has only tail g!?ns fort, the six-engine B-47 will go model's combat-radius only as more AUSTIN,. Jan.. 11.—(UP) —
u-otfld have within Its bomb- for defense. If peed be, it can fly into Lieutenant General Curtis E. than 800 miles. (Radius is figured The Court of Criminal Ap-
Hr s 'it SSsssSr
expert* In and out of the troduced publicly last year when tegjc bombing, atomic bombing as fuel reserve in event of emergen- confession to SI&yiHg 0116 of
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First Owner Got Autd
Loan, Sold Car To Agency
Which TheifResold It
AUSTIN, Tex., l*n. It (UP) I
—The State Supreme Court .=
ruled today that an “inno- '
cent purchaser”of a used car
in Texas is ifot protected
'orce, shooting down a strato- an experimental model flew from' well.
. extra large $4.*
aytex
E GIRDLES
NTY GIRDLES
<4.9S
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ontrolled Oil
Fire Is Seen
Miles Away
alvoma Field To Get
ston Fire-Fiqhfers
CITY, Dkla„- Jan,-. 11. fl’R)—
nag oil - weft - i n- one of the
i s largest and. deepest fields
flame almost 290 feet high
ami the glow could be seen
liles away.. ....... .........
fire started in Shell Gil
lany's Hubbard No. 1, one of
s in the Elk City field five
• of here last night when
r.o caused a blow out.
I put in an emergency call
McKinney oil well fire-fight-
Houston, and a crew was.
tec 'to' arrive early today.
GOP Wants To Know
Far Eastern Policy
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. <U.E>—Re- fcnae line running from Japan
man’s China policy demanded to- One said
them is not extraneous- to his
trial for murder of the other.
The court upheld a sen-
tence of death for Lee Ev-
erett Bunn, convicted of mur-
der in connection with the death
of^ two negroes. Bill Criner and
Vdnnie Pearl Bell, in McClennan
County on December 81, 1948.
Both were bludgeoned to death
with a jack handie._______
Acheson merely *'ap- ,“u"n confessed, but later repudt-
it" when **etl 1118 cdnfession.
made n.eh -L ^e was tried for murder In con-
-u wlth Criner s death, How-
the state introduced a por-
his alleged confession In
connection with the slaying of the
other victim.
The defense, appealing Jon four
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against foreclosure by an
out-of-state mortgage bolder.
The court tfierefore held
that a 1948 Studebaker sed-
dan involved in a rapid-fire
scries of exchanges .must be re-
turned to the Bank of Arlantq
Georgia,' ■ .......
A 29-year-old holding which had
become known as the “Texas doc-
trine" vi as upset m the opinion
written by Associate Justice John
H. Sharp. ~ — ■-—;——
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ade
tbJ&£ dis- «"• f
tion of
Judge Dan W. Jackson
300 Expected
Congress what ^they would do to Connally himself
stop Communism in Asia. statement. -----
Senators William F. KnowJand, Knowland and Smit
California, and H. Alexander satisfied with Acheson’g refusal to
Smith, New Jersey, asked that De- discuss the Views of military iead-
fense Secretary Louis Johnson and ers about the strategic importance
the chiefs of staff be summoned of Nationalist-held Formosa. Both
before congressional committees to said they want Congress to follow tbe il,.
give their view's. through on Acheson’s. suggestion Bn *
But the Democratic chairman of that military questions should be however; the appellate court
the two committees most involved taken up with Johnson and the
said they had no plans to hear the /military chiefs,
military on that issue.
Senators who heard Secretary of
State Dean Acheson’s day-long pol-
SCARS FROM ATTACKER'S KNIFE-Victim of a knife attack by
a wild-eyed teen-age boy, 18-year-old Joy Fern Chase of Los Angeles,
California, -'displays marks made by youthful assailant who carved
figures on her chest because, he said, “I like to see the blood flow.”
Joy told police the boy threw her to the ground, forcing her to remove
her clothing, after which he sat oh her and slashed her with a knife
for SO minutes before riding away on a bicycle.- The attack occurred
near her home, , (International)
iS^ias»
Children Captured
day ___________ ..._
a specific program fa “quarantine
I fll
overruled the objection with the
comment, “we do not consider this
position tenable."
The Court of Criminal Appeals
also affirmed a death sentence for
William R. Ray, convicted of
S1 vf-af /dif1 Friti 'Wof tiy
girl.
British Election Set
;sForFebruary23
The automobile was purchased
in Decatur, Georgia, by W. N. Har-
r)3. who mortgagedit to the Bank
of Atlanta. However, aespite"tbiBr~
Harris brought the automobile to
Houston, -where it was sold to a
used car dealer apd in turn sold to
an “Innocent purchaser.”
The purchaser had ho knowledge
of the mortgage against it _ '
Georgia, the Supreme Court
pointed out, has no “certificate of
title” act. Texas passed such a
law in 1939.
However, the court ailed, "the
spirit and purpose of this law ia
to prevent -fraud; not to encour-
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ional
ring
PERS
At-h«spn was scheduled to testify
today before the House Foreign
_, , Affairs Committee and to speak
Today is the last day to get tic- t„morrow bpfor8 the National 4
Press' Club. He could use either Mississippi Posse Does
Minister Clement Attlee today set future of our country is at stake ed, .‘-’by .this act to. invalidate Mena
igh orimlnal coUr'
February 23 as the date of a gen- and it is time for a change.” . validly acquired in states which do
Court in July 1948 ^ era* e!ect'on at which British vot- The forthcoming election cam- not have a similar law...”
both to, make a full
the administration's
Not Need To Use Guns
KOSCIUSKO, Miss, Jan. 11.
Two desperadoes wanted for the
massacre of three negro children
were captured without a shot be-
ing fired today by a posse that
had been ready for a fight to the
finish. .
A group of 25 state patrolmen
The court, in a split decision,'
overruled the plea.
However, when the court's findj-
ing was returned to the trial court,
it was learned that original judg-
and local officers, ied by State merit of the Navarro County Court
”,!hSXratXC»''f LH Hicks had never been entered 'I*..the
of At- case.
The case was taken from Tar- «»want five more £**“■ ““•£"* to observers
rant County on a .change of venue. year*of Secern vnM to to *»» of the most
Defense Counsel appealed the Attlee announced the date of fitter in Bntish history. The
first time on grounds that the in- the elections in a special. state- Labor government will campaign
- ““"m “ asssr szssrvi*' t
Winston Churchill is vacationing turn to free enterprise,
in the Madeira Islands, Conserva- The last general election was
tive party headquarters said “we held July 5, 1945, after the war
are ready.” ■ was finished .in Europe but before
“We look-forward fa polling day Japan surrendered. The Labor
with confidence.” said a statement party won an overwhelming land-
issued by Conservative Chairman slide victory which surprised La-
i - '
y run for
Stopper of* drilling mud sky-
(ted-into the sky. Oil-gushed , W “ laHC ^ ^ tomorrow
the well in a shimmering ^ls fo[ the Jnycee Founders Day
column, then gas hissed from Manque Saturday, according to ,
ipening and caught fire. Chairman .Knmc Beavers. ftatPmVnt
crew escaped without injure. At the banquet, the biggest an- Eastern stand,
itborities feared at first that X 7 ’ Senator who heard him yestcr-
asrr*- lu,“* r* 2S,.r%2TS.-J*a
P‘ ' man of the year" will, be named ministration eithe ,
over, intense heat melted and pre.s(,nted with awards for Red'policy m Asia or_ta not rqady
ires in the butane tank, Ind SPrvjce ^e community during to discuss it. , , , ,,
tighly explosive fluid leaked ]■:,,«■ -------- One administration leader told
be consumed by the first, „ . . „ , , \u newsmen that Achesbn's view Of
heat was so great that oil- Pv w'n^h^r^toe r^n W Tack* the-Far Efest cou!d be »ummed «P
.....court'in ^veH deai with the thing as It “TST
rof the supr-rstrnrtiifa Houston Ht, subject wfu We)r deal with the thing as-it and Sheriff Roy Braswell of At-
man Awes, drilling sopertn- „Vo!J Metltj Organisations and exlstB today •»<* nope.it is better UIa County made thf arrests at fn juiy of last year,, the state Lord Wooltpn. bor party -leaders as much as any-
jnt ; Pa.vne y^n wrifan:." - ' ‘'T^TXmfttce members dis- Sf ®ST)' entered a nunc pro tunc-now for “But let us not regard this elec- one else.
„S»r. ats <#-.—*•1 r“ ■ ”« "S- ^s?sn*asf^E ?s*!sa sar. r- _ ....
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fire spreading to other wells,
prisoners out of'full pardons. The
-prisoners had been promised their' However, the court held today
freedom if they could capture the fbat Texas law provides that fail-, WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, (UP) — By.ordering miners back to work
4wo, dead or alive. They joined ure„ to enter judgment may be Senator William F. Knowland’s de-today, John L. Lewis took some of
the search this morning, armed remedied at a later date. - mand for a Senate investigation of the -punch out of this move. , .
with high-powered .30-30 caliber Admiral Louis E. Denfeld's ouster OLEO-*The Senate’s dairy state vens na.'
rifles. . ■ ; ----' ---------- ””
Possbe leaders thought Turner
and Whitt would put up a fight to
the death before surrendering and
every man In a possee that num-
bers more than 100 persons was
armed. Se were neighbors in the
wi.de area where the fugitives were
surrounded last nigl^t. 1 .
It was reported that a seven-
year-old negro boy tipped police
nn tha VnintoH nahn1* hlAinw nlaon
then-judgment. Defense counsel
again appealed, claiming the ap-
pellate court had not proper jur-
tired Pipeline
foye Is Dead
umcnia Fatal For
[erf Vidrene, 67
Yeave Vidrine. 67,» rclir-
56 Votes Cast In
sponsored youth recreation center.
More than 300 are expected to
attend the banquet, which will be-
gin at 7:30 p.m. in the Humble
Dining Roqm.
Tickets may be obtained from U/<i6asi CUetlAie
Beavers. R. B. Jacobs. Dick Manne, If Q1 Cl LICv 11 VlD
Boh Johnson. A. S. Bynum, J. A.
^JSJSZSt *"* tight Turnout At Mont
Attorney Robert u GiHette wiir Belvieu And nignlands
be master of , ceremonies. Enter-
I*, o, - Denfeld Ouster Probe Fades
Itm'nl ’uSStautS.t'Su"‘ Senate .Committee Chief Opposes It
nised theth tt_________ luU tndov ■ •
“If the legislature had intended
this, it could-have stated that all
liens acquired in other states not
having certificate of title laws
would be forfeited when the ve-
hicle reaches the hands of an in-
nocent purchaser for value in this
state.”
Harris, after purchasing the cat
on December 11, 1947, executed a ,
bill of sale and a chattel mort-
gagejo the Bank of Atlanta, which
were recorded in Fulton- County,
Georgia.
However; 18 days later he took
the car to Houston and operating
there as the P. and H. Motor
Company, took out a certificate Of
title which did. not list the mort-
gage, He sold the car then to the
F. L. Frets Motor Company, for
the original purchase price * of ’
$2000.
Two months later Fretz sold the
car to C. E. Sweiven, and a cer-
tificate of title was issued in Swei-
Pioy®, of-the Ripe Line Divl- ^nm^t ' Will ' be provided by Only 56 votes were cast in two
rt22i rsr^ssssrsr-
4 pm. Tii-c'.viay after a » ^01,0,0,,. Cnairman of the H«rrls_County Water Control-«n<l
of nncumonia. r’uTT-t.vir.’o «l>oi «$»!<» h#»rp. will Improvement District No. 1 at
Isi gv of pneumonia. 1949' chmtmas ial sale here, will
feral services were to be held nrcsent a check for the amount
Improvemen
Highlands - and
25 in Chambers ,on the hunted men’s hiding place.
LATE BULLETIN
NEW YORK, Jan. It DPt—Dr.
Carl A. L. Binger, dignified and
eminent psychiatrist, testified at
the second Alger Hiss perjury
trial today that it was all right to
tell “conventional white lies.”
Matter of fact, he said, he told
two, himself yesterday. . Binger
was being cross-examined by A»-
sistant U. S. Attorney Thomas F.
appeared bloc is split over the move to write
* excise tax cuts into the pieo tax
as top Navy officer
doomed today.
Chairman Millard Tydings, D., toPealer. Most of the butter sena-
Maryland of the Arm*»d tor* think such a rider would ei-
Services .Committee said he per- ^ Jntorert*
The Bank of Atlanta . then
brought suit against all three par-
ties. - / - • ' . ■ .
The trial court and appeals court
, 7 : Z Z P^-nt a check lor me amoum at Mont Be]. They were found near the spot-L Murphy. He had testified for the
faised-about *«7°6-to Miss^ Em- £oun y * • >bout one and one-half milesxsouth 'dfefense that Whittiker Cham-
|ith Rev. P. Walter Hcnckcll, meline Renis, executive secretary
officiating. Burial will be 0f the Houston Anti-tuberculosis
In Jacinto Memorial Park Ce- league, for use in the fight against
-Tik-in--**#:-
vicu. .
Three incumbent directors were
re-elected at Highlands, . They
with 30 vote#;- Ar. :
of Newport, Mississippi, between
Turner's house and a'liquor still.
(Sea Pole W.nt»A—9)_____1_
bers, the government's chief wit-
ness,.-is a “psychopathic person-
ality.” -r—----
sonaily is opposed to the inquiry. ,Se® Denfeld—Page 2)
He noted that Denfeld,'s firing as
chief of nava! operations grew
out of the unification inquiry of
•the House Armed Services Com-
mittee.
“It’s a House matter,” he said,
“Why not let them finish it? I
personally would resent it very . . • ...
much if the positions wete revers- election January 3 j- In
Wef-Diy Vote Set
For Mont Belvieu
bank for the debt and interest,-
However, they denied the bank
(See Texas Court—Page 2)
1st Heir
f Houston
tec, who, retired two years
Ihsd
K
J.V-Lostak, ?0 -votes; and H. L.
Patton, 2S.
A surprise resulted at Mont Bel
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Rev. M. S.‘Jordan will present
i lived in Baytown since the “young man of the year,’’who
here 28 years ago to be will'receive-a gold key and cer- — —
!)t'd in the Southern Pipe tificate from the U. S. Junior vieu where two new Members, were
Ikvision of: the Humble Com- Chamber of Commerce for out- elected to the district board.
H- lived at 1304 Hawthorne', .standing selvice to his community.
Mgbts. , '» The presentation of a service
Ivors are his wife, Mrs. Me- award to the “old man of the year,”
Vidrine;. a son Marcus Vid- (Se* 300 Expected—Page 2) ■
and a. daughter, Miss Mary
Chambers P/ecinct Five PlOTlQQr D'l&S
Vidrine, ail of Baytown,
Iwrviving are three brothers,
ie and Curtis Vidrine of San
I Retired Pipeline—Page 2)
5UND TOWN
Your Sun
" 'Was Late Today
Because
of a
Mechanical Failure
Knowlandt * California Repjib-
llean, made his demand yesterday, A wet-dry election wil
whan the' committee took up the In the Mont Belvieu area on Tues- HOUSTON, Jan. ll. (EB—
nomination of Admiral Forrest P. day, January 31, - ‘ rites wilt be held here tomorrow
Sherman to succeed Denfeld. He The election was called by the-morning for Miss .Stella Scanlan,
*. O. ante . »,i«-in ewi- YYne, Deny wiso in oToien oar “S
sti„rUor«&™ Houston,.Jan.BE.-A,,.- T.,<-A*.,po,M„H“"jzsrssa?s&s£
Smith, by one vote. Blythe got J3_ eery More jmwdit, accompanied by later and th*,ohasa start*d. It last- « csd ontion vote. near Juliff, 25 miles from here,
votes and Smlth-12. ^ » * *«r 15-Mocl^ unttt BeOto, lost JSdn tte The petitions proposed toat the W.agFwa*: not OMftl ;
Mmhe ^rccLTd^votes 8 SshOT*hSle wMetr^wr 'foV * -^ydiiel* careened Sherman nomination until Janu- 'sal* °f ail intoiooating beverages had-been Uienbr •
Mills, who received 24 votes, telephone pole wnue trying to es- _ ■: , arv The mainritv ha«-the vntca'be prohibited - throughout Justice T. H. Scanlan, founder of the
Holdover director, on the High- cape from police around midnight 1»£M ^ f Five ofchamber County. 1 .‘SS.®
He climbed out and surrendered Elgewbare, * Congress; fk^d«i Mltof rtmtee OjRJJ.He
nbors Countv wtst of trip Trin* t_,_ i..
Bandit Taken After Chase
write4nrdeandi- Wif©, Bdby AlsO 111 Stol©fl Car
m* te myU A t«rn p ‘ ^ . \
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No Left Turitfs Off Texas
EJKA OLIVER comes up
k-kith the vital aCattstics...
LWiison gets impatient -over
pttveiy of a'purchase.iTl* B. - -t • » • i_
2l!X5i*S; Trial To Expedite Downtown Traffic
I Wm. sure. .'.Steele McDonald
f “Ring for a publicity man *-------------
[Addition to numerous other making left turns off Texas _Ave- Whiting - wires and
lands board are L. M. Brinson, last night.
chairman, and. B. <5. Strong. -- Harlen C. Beckley, 24; admitted toaimly to Patrolmen H. S. Dick-
Outgoing directors on. the Mont he held up the store because he, son and J. E. Tucker. Tha fieekley
Belvieu board are Joe Matthews waa but of work and his family family escaped Injury. gusoa;
-ut nr. m Smith. Holdovers are J. was hungry. - / . At^ headoiiartera. BeckW admit- der WHey’ K-. VYisconsin, two ‘“>® s
Sia'ar^»t5-»|««L*) He decld|d to. rob Hie Midget members of «• ftmate Judiciary ‘bout
IS** Be Votes—Page.^ Market (7708 Park Place «**&*•*" Committee, called for early consul- on 14«- . '
"• * . HnitlAttar^) when Kb wonf -bnmp »»*0 ^ *101# mtHnH rtf lesrltlaftmi fa ayfarid fhb The etectiOTl -Will bc huId on th6
Monopoly-Senators Hottier Fer- S!la pul” big disadvantages in the South J
IW*..R” Alexan- fy.
along no blatter what happened.
There was nobody to leave Carla
Motorists will be ^ ‘L^T^^ooTe^n^ heTalig”‘hiB^ckl4^ »M°*t
-u!-« ♦«,«« off Texas Ave- Whiting as soon as a pole can o hea(jq„ilrters, .
R. Discher of Hquston.
elections ha*a'
t»I about his plans—if any—for been called for this general aria,
action on a report by the Senate Baytown, of course, holds its lo-
BfrilllHfvOMBlBittee.' report, cal option election, calling, for pro-
tpe result of a committee investi- hibition of all liquor* including 4.2
gallon, said that,m Tlbpr anti-trust beer, in Harris CJoun^ Justice Rre-
iaw would heiptst^ia the current einet Three on Februaqr ♦. New
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air-ll-story. downtown
ing,. a theatre building and several
entire Mocks in the business see-
ir of Houston.
Rosary for Jfiss Scanlan will bo
recited _at the plantation at t p.m.
E. Byrne, [bishop of the diocese
•esses and attractive wid
of desirable colors Frofoj
a, Pink, Navy, lad, Aqu*>|
sr£Ll!us? **». Bound For ShanghaiffsfShsss
Model Turns Down Heir For Negro Singer
warships and risk a swift dash into
Shanghai, reliable informants said
'today.
. JIIMf
is a
Ss s™K“— J?. r ff,T,£ 3?S
^jsss.v^x ss2’m:rS^sfssair^
psassafirj:&X&-. ...
-^ssssivaMVu"“**•"•* !1K^X*
1putting it in the teWht a while to see how it '^Texaa ^ ^ fap prohibited SfrikePS Back TO MllieS
Tima Barks does right well A new traffic signal also will bo . Se WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. -M.~. paratively slow cargo boat son- -------------------- —7—u
I^^^Elmer Gray sMt* S^Mock of West Tsais. McKw John-L..Lewis today directed strike esrtsd mte a mlas-lavlns vssasl bar ^ _______
*?re *?!; 141 MABQB J tag c«l miners to return to work the Nationalist I'ktotoWtoto
las, to be...The sleepiest HI nABWIl The new- rule would.force cars, next Monday. , ^. . .. k mnn.xrjjt that hfoforkto denying Uiat her new »M,hcrjlaughter «ai«l “Jitter^
iH -town cam^Yfoom-Jos — - ^™tn<r to ftom old Bayown and - Lewi*’ order wm fa thsform of was a negfo. - lAlso, ah# +U, % -fa^Mi
Socialiy-Prominent Mother Nearly Hysterical At News
LOWELL Mass., Jan. 11. (t.R)— Jersey, where the pair were mar- Mrs. Braiin said she wasn’t toTd
The soeially-prominent mother 0/ ried Monday, said Daiilsl, give his of thawadding until her daughter
n-L nr , [r T” Titri|r^npt>rii! iL-mr^^ltoM^Martha^l^un race as^faegto” on tbs marriage tri^phe^ hm^with toe^news just
his jaw In true’Dick
“Sk as he ^ms hit car
of a fleeing criminal...
K Avey fakes time out
.‘lection-holding to become
Importer.. Mr*Jwlgh bmbbe
/“PPly shopping... Nelson
^Aeqmlng “good moroin|'' to
A old coojjtr
told re fa »«d
(seen • lot* of
(changes in hi*
•tire and fa fad
mlMR a«fn ail
to prestdeiiu Of'^*f)n .
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then left on fectcd by “spontaneous” strikes fa .
Wm* shftfa.
, cross VF Hi, telegram to the diftrl
rest oh T&as id«its said:
out of range
or Pruett,
Peace and left again
the cross streets to
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h rsa; ■£.‘%TaSS tzTJ"***
ew n, u
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“Hs toM ms hs U of French sad it would be noticeable fa the
the akin, with dark, curly hair."-
at However, Daniels is billed
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