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(Intended for last week),
The following teachers are home for
the vacation; Mrs. Ramage of Hol-
stein, Miss Ruth Ramage of Parry
Sound, Miss W. D, Rutherford of
Kirkland Lake, Miss fr6ne Woods of
Waterloo, Miss Jean Webster of 'Clin-
ton, Miss Norma Weatherhead of
Stayner, Mr. Charles McQuillin of
Clandeboys,
The pupils of St, Helens School
under the direction of their teacher,
Miss Beatrice McQuillin, presented a
splendid concert in the community
hall on Friday night, At the conclu-
sion Santa Claus appeared and distrib-
uted, gifts from the beautiful decorated
tree,
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Collyer and
Teddy of Westwood and Miss Jean
Thom of Toronto, are holiday visitors
with Mr, E. 5. Thom,
Miss Dorothy Miller whose mar-
riage to Mr. G. S. McIntyre of Sioux
Lookout takes place this week, was
honoured at a social evening held in
the church on Monday night under
the auspices of the Y. P, U.. A short
program was enjoyed after which
Dorothy was called to the front. An
address of appreciation and good wish-
es was read by Earl Durnin and Stan-
ley Todd and Dick Weatherhead pre-
sented her with a silver tea service,
Dorothy made a fitting reply and the
rest of the evening was spent in
games after which lunch was served.
The regular meeting of the Y, P,
was held on Sunday night with the
program in keeping with the Christ-
mas season, Miss Ruth Ramage told
a Christmas story and musical num-•
bers were given by Mrs. McMurachy
and Mr. E. W. Rice.
CANADIAN-DESIGNED and Canadian-built as a trans-
port aircraft to meet year-round operational con-
ditions in this country, the Norseman single-engined
high-wing monoplane is a sturdy airplane with large
weight-carrying_ capacity, There is nothing spectacular
about its appearance or performance, but it has achieved
a great reputation as a most reliable aircraft.
rt is used in the Royal Canadian Air Force, prin-
cipally as a wireless trainer, and has been affectionately
nicknamed the "Flying Class-Room." It can conven-
iently carry a pilot, instructor and half-a-dozen, embryo
wireless operators or navigators of the bomber squad-
rons of tomorrow.
It is constructed of welded tubing fuselage with
fabric-covered wings and has a fixed undercarriage on
which wheels, skis or floats can be fitted with equal ease.
A 550 h.p. Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine gives the
Norseman a top speed of 170 :m.p.h. at 5,000 feet and
a cruising speed of 150 m,p.h. Gross weight is 6,450
pounds and the wing span is 51 feet, 6 inches, Maximum
range is 870 miles at 150 m.p.h.
The Norseman can be recognized by its relatively'
long wing, the enclosed cabin and the full. engine-cowling.
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,FLYING THROUGH
the path of another car, and Was
Severely damaged 'altlrotrt all the.
occupants of their ear escaped with
minor injuries,
Mr, and Mrs, Gordon Elliott anti
family, spent Christmas at the borne
of her sister,. Mrs, Rat, Galbraith,
Wingham,
NIr. and Mrs. Cecil Wheeler and
Mary, of Morris, Dr. and Mrs. Harold
Robinson and children and her moth-
er, Mee. Bremner of Walkerton, and
Mr. and Mrs, John Kilpatrick and
family of Leeknow, spent Christmas'
with their parents, Mr, and. Mrs, Wm
Robinson.
Mr, and Mrs. Calvin Robinson of
Windsor, Mr. and Mrs, Joe Thompson
and family and Miss Pringle of
Court/and, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Rob-
inson and baby and Roy Robinson of
Tilsonburge Georke Robinson of Port
Burwell, and Ruth Robinson of Lon-
don, spent Christmas at the home of
their father, Mr, Thos. Robinson and
with other E, WawanOsh relatives.
Gunner Kenneth and Gunner Alfred
Mason of Kitehener and Gunner Lloyd
Mason of London, • spent Christmas
with their parents, Mr, and Mrs. Jack
Mason.
Mr, and Mrs. Raymond Finnegan
and family and Mr. and Mrs, Jack
Johnston of Goderich and other rel-
atives, spent Christmas' at the home
of Mr, and 'Mrs. Clarence Chainney.
Mr. Jas. Robinson and Frances of
Wingham, spent Christmas with .East
Wawaeosh relatives.
Mr. and' Mrs, J. H,•Pollock moved
from here to their new home at Ford-
wich on Monday.
Mr. F, McK. Paterson spent the
week-end in Toronto with his sister,
Miss Fannie Paterson,
Mr. and Mrs. 'Rohe MeClenaghart
and Clarence, spent Christmas with his
brother, Mr. Harry McClenaghan of
Belgrave.
L.A.C. Harald Sparling of Brant-
ford, Mrs. Spading, who have moved
last week to Wingham, spent Xmas
with Mr. and Mrs. Thos, Moore, and
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Henderson and
family of Lucknow also visited there.
Taking advantage of a gathering of
relatives and neighbours, being held
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Falconer
on Friday night, in honour of their
nephew, Elroy Laidlaw, who came for
one day front Rivers, Man., the Patri-
otic Society presented him with the I
usual gifts, from the society, from the
Women's Institute and the Red Cross,
with Mr. Lance Grain acting as chair-
man and reading an address. Elroy
thanked them in appropriate words,
and the evening was spent in cards
and dancing.
years building stone walls along the
roads, and it was 'a foggy morning but.
this time tile taxi driver was cautions
and crawled along over greasy pave-
ments.
In 7 Europe at war4i'Ontra airport
is surly a ttnicfue place. Out on the
field stood three planes, one Dutch,.
One Portugese and one Spanish. The
Spanish one looked as. if it would not
lift off the ieround; the Dutch plane
was heavily camouflaged,
Inside, the ticket offices of the
British Overseas Airways and the
KLM (which is the Royal Dutch Aire
lines) are on one side of the hallway,
and the Lufthansa (Getman) and the
Italian. Lines on the other„ The pass-
engers all go out to the field through
the same doorway .and are weighed
on the same scales, in 'kilograms, _A
young Portugese served us tea and
cakes. He spoke English. He lived
three years in New York and went
to a,chool. there,, but he still had a
grievance against his teacher; She did
not know that Portugal was a separ-
ate nation. Site insisted lie was a
Spaniard. No wonder it rankled.
A deep ditch separated the air field
from a 'sheep pasture, On one side
were the planes, backed by a group
of ultra 'modern buildings. On the
other side was an old shepherd with
a staff and long. flowing robes, As he
walked, he called to his sheep and
they followed him.. He might have
stepped right out of the Old Testa-
ment, 'Behind , him, the mountains of
Portugal were tipped with sunrise
pink, • •
Flying Over Portugal
I was glad when the plane rose from
the bumpy runway of the Cintra air-
port and left the soil of Portugal
behind, Somehow the air seemed more
free and Mote safe, though teally it
was a dangerous trip that lay ahead.
The Dutch crew looked like mere
boys, but they said they would reach.
England at three o'clock that after-
noon and they brought us down at'
one minute to three. There is no wait-
ing for perfect weather on that trip:
the planes run on a time schedule.
Grattan O'Leary and I sat in the
front seat of the Douglas, The Ottawa
,editor slept much of the time, but I
was interested in the almost perfect
performance of that young crew, tak-
ing a land plane on a long ,sea voy-
age. I could see the altimeter and I
knew with what skill they flew their
Douglas through the dangerous air
opposite the unfriendly coast of Oc-
cupied France,
As long as we travelled •beside the
coasts of Portugal, the plane stayed
low and I could see the little white
houses with their red tiled roofs, the
white stone fences along the roads,
the churches on the hills, and an oc-
casional city. Near Oporto, we came
in over the swampy coast-and landed
on an' airportwhich was little more
than a pasture field. While the Doug-
las was being refueled, 'a train of tiny
cars drew up- beside a sugar - refinery
not far away. Along the borders of the
airport was a stream. At a broad pool,
Portugese women were busy doing the
family washing, beating the clothes
on the stones and hanging them to
dry on the bushes growing along the
bank,
Over the Ocean in a Land Plane
OUR FOOD SUPPLY
Written Specially for C.W.INI.A. News
papers by John Atkins, Farmer..
NQ. 6....., GI-Q Arlaelit TO LEARN
A nation-wide discussion of Cart,-
ada's food supply •problems will be
open to every Canadian with eyes to
see and ears to hear during 'this fait'
and winter,
Every Canadian who . can possibly •
do so should set aside 0.004,30 (East-.
ern Daylight Saving Time) to learn'
more about Canada's food supply and
how it can be maintained.
Never before have the people of any
country had such an opportunity to
gain ,knowledge- of a problem. which
vitally affects ,personal well-being,
national security and the world future.
Canada can grow and give and sell
food in sufficient quantities to tip the
scales of war and peace. What is es-
sential to that achievement is surely
of first importance to every intelligent
Canadian in country; town and city,
Canada can sustain its agriculture ,
as a war-winning industry and as a
post- war shock absorber or it can
cripple wartime food production and
create a post-war burden of farm
bankruptcy. Which Canada will do
depends upon the 'extent of under-
standing co-operation between food
producers and food consumers in Can-
ada. There cannot ge understanding
without knowledge of each other's
problems.
Beginning with Monday evening,
November 10, 1941, and continuing
each Monday evening until Mareh 30„
1942, the Canadian. Broadcasting Cor-
poration will broadcast thought-proe
yoking, dramatized discussions spon-
sored by the Canadian Federation of
Agriculture and the Canadian Assoc-
iation for Adult Education, which will.
be known as Farm Radio,Portuns.
These radio discussions are intended
to prime the pump of discussion which
will draw knowledge from the exper-
ience of all Canadians. They are in-
tended to stimulate study and to point
to sources of information.
In the rural communities farmers
will gather in forum groups to dis-
cuss the problems outlined in the rad-
io presentations and to check the ideas,
offered with their own needs and pos-
sibilities. In town and city -homes
thousands of interested listeners will
tune in as they did last winter, -The
problems presented and the solutions
proposed will be amplified and inter-
preted in the editorial columns of the
press which in its current news pre-
sents the facts upon which judgments
are based.
During the Monday evenings, Dec:
15 to Jan, 5, the programs are specially
designed for individual listening, being
word pictures of farmers at work in
the east and west,
Every community has its own food
b Tow
atreas
ns ssui tpupalteeidnenitti
a; tgl•ir)ipeleyl t uprraol
local products with the products of
other food-producing areas, domestic
end foreign, to a, greater or lesser ex-
tent. Some Catadian towns and cities
must bring all, or nearly all, of their
food some distance. However, it may
be situated no Canadian town can
find all of the foods for the varied
Canadian diet in its own ,district, Ev-
ery Canadian town depends upon a
well-balanced properly-sustained Can-
adian agriculture for its basic food re-
quirernefits. Eevry Canadian depends
upon a maximum Canadian Food pro-
ductione as a means of national de. f
Partners are faced wilt acute and
vital problems of labor supply, cost
of production and means of produc-
tion. These problems must be under-
stodd by all classes of Canadians be.
fore they can be solved.
THE DOMINION BANK
ANNUAL STATEMENT
HOSTILE SKIES CAN-
ADIAN EDITORS
REACH ENGLAND
This is the third of a series of articles
about conditions in Great Britain
and other countries visited during
six weeks in Europe and over the
Atlantic. Written specially for the
weekly newspapers of Canada by
.their own representative on the tour,
Hugh Templin Of the Fergus News-
Record.
The first close contacts with war
-came at ,Bermuda, Because of bad
weather at the Azores, the Dixie
,Clipper turned 'back during the tiight
arid the first six Canadian editors
spent over a day on that Island. Not
,trily are there two naval bases'op the
,:islands, one. British and the other
Americati, but the big American P.BY
:flying boats (Catalinas, the British
call them), ,,took off regularly every
two hours or .so to patrol .the nearby
oceae. It was obvious that the U.S.
Navy was definitely in the war even
then, During my stay in Bermuda, I
had a chance t'c see several ships of
.that navy.
The first hint of personal danger
Came when we returned to the' cus-
. toms office on one of Bermuda's little
Islande. The word went out that our
luggage Was, to be searched, because
there was a danger ,that someone itt
Bermuda might have secreted a bomb
among our clothing and if one of them
-exploded while the Clipper was in the
aite it would be jest too bad. One of
.my bags had been broken open' dur-
ing the time I was in Bermuda, so I
insisted on .a thorough search of its
contents, There was no beiMb, and
tiothirig seemed to be missing.
A, First Grim Example of War
. The first grim example of a world
at war came the morning after the
Clipper had left Bermuda, I wakened
and stretched in nn?' comfortable
berth, and then looked out the little
ivindoW. Eight thousand feet below,
'there was a great patch of oil upon
the water, with long streaks out to-
wards the west. Nearby, two little
'lifeboats floated oil the great expanse
,of ocean. From that height, they hp-
.peared to be empty, but perhaps I
'was mistaken,
I wondered what to do. No doubt
the- crewi watching all the time, had
o seen the same thing I had diseovered,
"What would they do abottt .it? Ant.,
KING'S CHRISTMAS
EMPIRE MESSAGE
Following is the teat of the King's
Christmas message, broadcast to the
empire:
/I am glad to think millions of
people in all parts of the world are
listening to me now. Prom my own
home with the Queen and my children
beside me, I send to all a Christmas
greeting.
Christmas is a,festival of the home.
It is right that we should remember
those who, this year, must spend it
away front. home.
I am thinking, as I speak, of the
men who have come from afar, stand-
ing ready to defend the old homeland
—of men who in every part of the
world are serving the empire and its
cause with such valor and devotion
by sea, -land, and in the air.
I am thinking of all those women
and girls as well as men who at the
call of duty have left their homes to
join the services of work in factory,
hospital or field.
To each one of you, whatever your
duty may be, I send you my remem-
brance and my sincere good wishes
for you and yours.
I do not forget that others' have
clone and are doing so bravely and
so well igt the 'civil defence. My heart
also is with those who are suffering
--the wounded, bereaved, anxious and
prisoners of war. I think you know
how deeply the Queen and I feel for
them, May God give them comfort,
courage and hope,
Part of Sacrifice
All these separations are part of the
hard sacrifice which this war demands.
It may well be that it will call for
even greater sacrifices, If this is to
be, let, us face them cheerfully to-
gether, I think of you, my, peoples,
as one great family. For that is how
we are learning- to live. We all belong
to each other. We all need each other.
It is in serving each other and in sacri-
ficing for our common good that we
are finding our true life.
In that spirit we shall win the war,
And in the same spirit we shall win
for the world after the war true last-
ing peace, .
Greatest In Spirit
e The greatness of any nation is in
the spirit of its people. So it always
has been since history began. So it
shall be with us.
The range of the tremendous con-
flict is ever widening. It now extends
to the Pacific Ocean, Truly, it is a
stern and solemn time. But as the
war widens, so surely our conviction
deepens of the greatnees of our cause,
'We who belong to the present gen-
eration must bear the brunt of the
struggle and I would say .to the com-
ing generation of boys, and girls of
today — the men and women of to.-
morrow:
Train yourselves, body, mind and
spirit, so as to be ready ,for whateVer
pail you may be called on to play and
for the tasks which will await you as
citizens of the empire when the war
is • over,
Will Not Falter
We must all, older and younger, re-
solve, that, having been entrusted with
so great -a cause, then at whatever
cost, God helping us, we will not• fal-
ter or fail. Make yourselves ready in
your home and school to give and to
offer your very best,:
We ate coming to the end of an-
other hard fought year.
During these months our people
have been through many trials and,
in the true humility which goes hand
hand with valor, have learned once
again to look for strength to God
alone, So I bid you all, be strong and
of good •cottrage.
Go forward into this coming year
with, good heart, Lift up yotte heart
with thankfulness for deliverance from
clangers in the past, Lift up your
hearts in confident hope that strength
will be given us to oveteoree what-
ever perils may lit ahead until victory
Is won,
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Deposits Substantially Higher. Total
Assets Up Over '10,000,000
The Annual Meeting of the Share-
holders of the Dominion Bank was
held at the Head Office of the Bank
in Toronto, The 71st Annual State-
ment showing the results of the
Bank's operations for the twelve
months ended October 31st last was
presented and approved,
The outstanding features of the
statement were a strong liquid posi-
tion, substantially higher deposits, an
increase in investments and a further
increase in commercial loans, with
total assets standing at $168,000,000
the highest ever published in the hist-
ory of the Bank.
After making provision for Domin-
ion Government Taxes of $449,004,
an excess of $78,839, over the Dom-
inion and Provincial taxes paid in
1940, net profits were $939,332. for
the year under review as compared,
with $958,788. for the previous twelve-
month period.
Prom the profits $700,000 was pro-
vided for the usual dividends, a con-
tribution of $85,000, was made to the
Officers' Pension Fund, $150,000. was
written off flank Premises and $4,-
322, was added to Profit and Loss
Account, which now stands at $865,-
511.
Capital $7,000,000., Reserve $7,000,-
000: remain unchanged.
Total deposits of $148,151,585., com-
pared with $130,411,517. a year ago,
show a notable increase of $12,740,-
018,, of which $7,625,064. was in non-
interest bearing deposits, $2,639,387. in
interest bearing and $2,465,567. re-
presented increased balances carried
by the Dominion and Provincial Gov-
ernments.
Cash Assets now total $3,889,378.,
the greatest amount in the Bank's
history and represent 22.89% of public
liabilities, Immediately Available As-
sets of $80,181,481, are 52,94% of
total liabilitiee, to the
The Bank's total investment secur-
ities, $42,648,169, iecreased $4,158,409,
the increase being' represented by the
purchase of additional Dominion Gov-
-element obligations. The total severs
'tee consist largely of Dominion and
Provincial 'Government bonds acrd in
addition a small, amount of other ?high
grade holdings,
flank Premises Account now stands
at $5,886,981., $150,000 having been
written off during the year, iIHE PUREs 000,4 lt4 risItAcCO c t4 it SmOKED.,,,
WHITECHURCI-J
Happy New Year to all.
Don't forget the Day of Prayer
service in the United Church on Jan-
uary 1st, at 3 p.m.
Miss Doris McClenaghan of Kin-
ca
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben. MeClena-
ahradtti spent the week-end with her
McClena-
ghan.
Mrs. Hubert Keiswetter and her sis-
ter, Mrs. Preston, spent the week-end
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tony
Keiswetter.
Mrs. Duffy spent Christmas with
her family at Teeswater.
Miss June Irwin, Toronto, and Miss
Gwen Irwin of London, spent the
week-end- with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Herson Irwin.
Miss Nellie McGee of Toronto spent
a few days last week with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Leask MdGee.
Mr. and Mrs. Melville Beecroft of.
Otterville, spent last week with his
father, Mr. John Beecroft,
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Walker spent
Christmas at Goderich at the home
of his sister, Mrs. Ed. Irwin.
L.A.C. Tom Wilson from 'Victoria-
ville, Que., spent Christmas with his
mother, Mrs. Jas. Wilson,
John Craig and John Johnston had
the telephone installed in their homes
last week.
Mr. Chas. Lever and his sister, Miss
Amelia Lever of London, spent Xmas
at Comm with their aunt, Mrs. Fred
Graham.
Mr. George Ross of Owen Sound,
spent a few days last week at the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Ross.
Miss Mary Caution of London spent
the week-end with her parents, Mt.
and Mrs. Jas. McInnis,
Miss Agnes 'Wilson, Reg. N., left
on Saturday for her new position in
Welland hospital.
Pte. Mac McNeil of Woodstock,
spent a few days last week with his
wife and family here,
Mr. and Mrs, Milian Moore, spent
a few days last week at the home of
her parents, Rev, and Mrs. W: J.
Watt of Grimsby.
Mr, Robert Laidlaw, who has been
wonting in a munition factory at Galt,
spent Christmas with his -family here.
Me and Mrs. John McBurney, Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon Dickison and two
children of Teeswater, spent Christ-
mas with Mr. and Mrs. John J. Mc-
Gee°.
Mr. and Mrs. John Rintoul and
little datightet, spent a few days at
Toronto last week with her parents,
and Me -anti Mrs. Cecil Valconee end
Angus accompanied them and spent
Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Athol
Pardon, and their eon, Reinsert.
Mr, and Mrs. Emerson Austin and
family of Wellaed, spri nt Christmas
at the hotne of her mother, Mrs. :Dan
Martin, Mr, and Mrs. Austin are
having an enforced stay here, as the
wheel came off theiri car, When eorn-
ittg ieto Wing-hare on the Bluevale
Road and their car was thrown into
The route after leaving the north-
west corner. of Spain is probably a
secret and no doubt it varies some-
what with each trip. We no longer
flew low, but so far above the clouds
that they looked like the Prairies in
winter—an ;wen; glaring white: The
pilot chose a height of more than two
miles above the water, and after that
the altimeter needle never varied for
hours at a time, It was a little too
high for comfort. Looking down at
my finger nails, I saw that they had
turned a bright blue, and there was
a numbness in my hands and feet.
That wasn't important then. Far more
important was the fact that 'an enemy
plane could have been seen 25 miles
or more away against that snowy
background. It is said that planes have
been molested on that route, but none
has -ever been lost.
At noon, one of the Deice, boys
gave ine a box lunch and a light tray.
The lunch was huge, but so was my
appetite, There was a large cut of
some kind of fowl, which intrigued
most of the Canadians. One editor
ventured the opinion that it was os-
trich. Possibly it was a Portugese
turkey,
"All in the Front thee Now!"
Before the British isles were in
sight, the windows of the plane were
coveted with locked 'shutters and the
passengers saw nothing of the land
until the plane came down with Sear
eery a bump on British soil.
I stepped omit into the sunlight and
looked around curiously, The tow
buildings were eareonflaged.. Walls of
sandbags were built iii front of the
doors and windows, A big Wellington
bomber, the first one I had ever; seen,
was taking to the air and passed over
my head, The buildings of a city
showed over a low hill and above, the
bill floated several barrage balloons,
They looked exactly like the Photo,
graphs I had seen so often—from that
'distance like silvery hot-dogs lit the
sky, with a piece of the sausage hang.
iously, I watched, the shadow of the
Motor on the wing to see if we would
circle and 'offer aid, though just what
the Clipper crew could do seemed
uncertain. Later, I learned that the
radio operator had sent word 'to an
American destroyer, which was al-
ready on its way to give help, after
receiving an S.0,S. call. I never knew
the name or nationality of the steam-
er, of the fate of the crew.
In Touch With the Enemy
At Lisbon, we came in closer touch
with the enemy. Portugal is neutral.
It may be that the warring nations
find' it to their advantage to keep the
country that way', Lisbon is full of
spies 'of all nationalities, refugees,
people who once had money and now
have none, gangsters who would make
money out of the war. To that port
only, in all Europe, American ships
and planes have been' allowed to go.
The feeling of tension and intrigue
soon becomes apparent to every ses-
itor. There is a saying that "Ger-
many doesn't even need, to invade
Portugal: Hitler can take the country
by telephone any time lie likes." That
is partly German propaganda, but it
doesn't make a stay in Portugal any
more pleasant. Those who go to Lis-
bon now are not on holidays. .
Our stay in Lisbon while on the
way to England was brief. It was mid-
night when our "group cleared the
Portugese Customs. Out in a tiny
courtyard, taxi drivers pushed and
jostled and shouted in a strange Ian-
gua,ge. The British Embassy people
got us placed in a big car, supplied us
with Portugese escudos and sent us
away to the Estoril Palacia,
That 15-mile drive to the seaside
resort of Estoril was the most ex-
citing of my life, It was, perhaps, a
taste of things to cone, Most Lisbon
streets are narrow but two cars can
pass with care. But there is an added
complication .when there is also a
street car running dawn the centre.
In places, an automobile could not
pass a street car. That did not ,seem
to worry the driver, He Would go at
60 or 70 miles an hour mail he saw
a street car corning; then he would
jam On his brakes and turn into the
nearest side street. Once be barely
made the•turn, running up on to the
sidewalk, After the street tat had
passed, he backed'out again and con-
tinued on his way to the hotel, It is
said that Lisbon taxi drivers have
just one accident•—their last.
The porter at the hotel collected
ottr precious passports and assigned
room tininbers, while sleepy waiters
served ottr first turopean meal, which
Was excellent, 11 X, 8andwell and I
went up to our rooms in the elevator
With a. German and an Italian.
Att InternatiOrial Airport
Was away again, long before day.
light, 'to Chita airport, The Porttigese
farmers must have spent hundred of