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VOL. XLVII NO. 296. . , . OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1918 12 PAGES o.ti.hM tw0 CENTs
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LOYALTY
OF G.O.P.
Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin
Brings Big Gathering of
Republicans at Lincoln -
to Feet, Cheering.
-,
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, May 28. --(Special.)
Senator Lenroot's tirring
address to the republican state
conference at the auditorium
this afternoon had the 1,500
republicans gathered there on
their feet, cheering after al
most every period.
The Wisconsin senator was at his
best in his appeal for loyalty and
patriotism above partisanship coupled
with' his adjuration for devotion to
republican principles and polides. He
. told how the president and his demo
cratic advisers were asking the ad
journment of politics accepting only
democratic politics, and how, while
" republicans in congress were accord-
Ing the administration loyal support
tor all needed war measures, even
those for which they could not com
mand united democratic support, the
president had written letters and sent
messengers to urge the election of
democratic candidates in districts vot-
ing to fill vacancies against as loyal,
nd sometimes more loyal republicans.
Urges Organization.
Senator Lenroot urged those pres
ent On their return home to see to it
that the work of republican organiza
tion is begun at once with patriotic
meetings in every school house, and
put America first and the republican
party second.
The meeting was called to order by
State Chairman Beach, who presented
Former Congressman Pollard to in
troduce the special guests. Mr. Pol
- lard...SP0kc ior J.P.QJC,. than half an
hour, recounting briefly the steps lead-
(Continued ou Pnjc Two, Column One.)
(Speech of Senator Lenroot, as delivered
tt Lincoln, will be found on Page Four.)
MUST INCREASE
PRODUCTION, COAL
MEN ARE WARNED
Philadelphia, May 28. Bituminous
coal men from all parts of the coun
try, attending the first annual con
ventioii of the National Coal associa-
Hon here, were told today that the
government will spend $1,000,000,000
to expand railroad facilities and that
sooner or later the producing of sif-
' ficient fuel will be squarely up to the
operators. I Ins declaration was
made to the convention by E. N. Hur
ley, chairman o,f the United States
shipping board.
,Mr. Hurley said there must be
more efficiency in and about the mines
to increase production and new busi
ness methods, new cooperation be
tween employer and employe and ere
ation of schools for training new su
perintendents, foremen and workers
to meet military drafts on labor.
J. D. A. Morrow, general director
of distribution of the federal fuel ad
ministration, said the coal nroduction
- for the coal year starting April t must
reacn js,uuu,UUU tons in order to
meet the country's war needs and
that under present rate of consump
tion and output the production of bi
tuminous will fall short about 71,
wu.uuu tons.
The feather
For Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas:
Miowers Wednesday and probably
inursaay; no cnange m temperature.
icmiieraiurrs at omana lesterdav.
Hour.
Deir.
5 a. m.
6 a. m.
7 a. m.
a..m.
a. in.
10 a. m.
11 a. m.
69
69
58
(9
63
3
68
12 m 73
1 P. m 74
5 P. m. 73
3 p. m 74
4 p. rn 75
5 p. m 77
P. m 76
7 p. rr. , 75
8 p. m 71
Comparative J-oral Record.
1918. 1917. 1911 1915.
H!gnet yesterday ....77 73 82 50
Lowest yesterday; ....68 47 60 4S
-Mean temperature ..68 60 71 48
precipitation 41 00 06 .36
Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal:
Normal temperature 66
Excess for the day '
Total excess since March 1, 1918 390
Normal precipitation 17-inch
Exces for the day j24 inch
Total rainfall since March 1 5,21 inches
Deficiency since March 1 ,3.15 Inches
Excess for cor. period. 1917 27 inch
Excess for cor. period. 1916. : . .3.69 Inches
. Reports From Stations at'
Station and State Terrip.
Cheyenne, rain 48
Davenport, cloudy ....70
Denver, rain ;'. 50
Des Moines rain... w. 7 6
Dodge City,' rain 60
lender, cloudy 42
North Platte, cloudy ....52
Omaha, rain 75
Poebio, coloudy 56
.Kansas Ciey, cloudy ....70
Palt Lake, part cloudy. 6V
Panta Fe, clear 70
Fh'irldan. cloudy ...... 50
I'hifaco, cloudy .4
v:entlne, rain .48 "
7 P. 51."
High- ftain-
48
.40
.20
.03
.01
.74
.38
.12
.41
.02
.28
T.
.00
- .14
1,58
.28
70
53
KO
72
42
53
77
70
78
60
70
60
52
48
Uiaifstes race of precipitation.
L. A. M'ELSH, Meteorologist
EY1TE
Ill
Chairman Hays
To Republicans
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Neb.. May 28. (Special)
Will H. Havs. republican national
chairman, sent to the reoublicans of
Nebraska a splendid message in which
he expressed sentiments of party sol
idarity and national patriotism which
disregards party lines. A few of
Chairman Hays' expressions are giv
en:
"I know vou will all bear in mind
that the first' thing in thefliinds of
all today is thevar. I know that we
all agree that the winning of the war
and the preparation for the recon
struction which -is to follow is our
only real business and that every
thing else is chores.
Inere are no yesterdays in re
publican politics. - I don't care how
a man voted m lyu, I'm or lVlo: we
are all one today.
''Everyone knows there will be po
litical activity. The democratic party
has been busy with its political activ
uy for months, and I insist that- all
of this political activity must be open
acknowledged and" of a character and
on a plane that needs no supterfuge.
lhe republican party stands for
rirsr, to ao, everything in our power
to win the war now. Second, jor
peace by victory and nevqr a peace
by compromise bargaining. Third,
to prepare An a sane manner to solve
the immeasureable problems of re
construction that will come after the
war.
"The republican party is the nat
urai inena ot labor. We are a tmtion
of wage-earners, and the welfare of
these men must have the considera
tion which guarantees to them, that to
which in all fairness they are en
titled.
Our candidates musj be men who
are supremely pro-American."
FRIENDS OF UNI
PROFESSORS ON
STAND FOR THEM
Hearing of State Council's
Charges Before Regents De
velops Startling Statements.;
Made by 'Faculty' Leaders.
By EDWARD BLACK.
Lincoln, May 28. Testimony tend
ing to show that six professors of the
university ot Nebraska have been
loyal in their attitude toward the war
was given late today at the hearing
instituted by the university's Board
Of Regents, after the Council of De
fense had charged that some of the
school's instructors were not aggres
sively American.
Profs. JL W. Caldwell, G. W. A.
Luckey, Erwin Hopt, John P. Sen-'
ning, Paul H. Grumman and L. E.
Aylesworth were the instructors in
whose behaTf witnesses appeared. .
Students in the classes of Prnfs
Caldwell and Luckey , testified that
both were aggressively American. At
the conclusion of their evidence the
hearing was adjourned until tomor
row morning.
Attorney William F. Gurley of
Omaha, one of counsel for the state
council, made public the names of
the professors to whom the council's
charges referred. Besides those in
whose behalf testimony was given to
day, the list as announced by Attor
ney Gurley included Profs. C. E.
Persinger, A. S. Riddervot, Mary
Fossler and Henry Blumberg and
Annis Chaikin, secretary of the Ne
braska Alumni association.
Carson Hildreth of Lincoln tes
tified that on a recent occasion he
heard Prof: Hopt agree with Prof.
Caldwell on the latter's opinion that
Industrial Workers of the World had
been misjudged. Witness said Cald
well proposed to write a paper on the
Industrial Workers of the World and
was encouraged by Hopt.
"My impression was that they sym
pathized With the Industrial VVnrterj
of the World," Hildreth testified.
Newlon Says Men Loyal.
Superintendent Newlon of the Lin
coln Schools insisted that tn tlif hper
Of his knowledge and belief, Luckey
(tontinued on rage Two, Column Three.)
NO MORE WOOL FOR CIVILIANS
v Olive-Drab and Khaki-Colored Cloth '
Reserved for Use of U. S. Troops.
SUBSTITUTES TO BE PROVIDED
j.
New York, May 28. Olive drab
and khakj-colored cloth will not be
manufactured hereafter for civilian
use, the American Association of
Woolen and Worsted Manufacturers
announced a.fter a meeting here today.
The restriction was decided upon at
the request of the War department,
which pointed out that the olive drab
and khaki have been rnnserratpH tn
the use of United States troops and
that the commercial use of the colors
is improper.
Lfforts will be made to obtain the
complete suspension of the manu
facture of cloth of these colors from
other textiles, it was announced, the
association pledging itself to urge
upon all manufacturers the propriety
of such action.
It' was explained that the derisinn
will affect the Boy Scouts and all who
have sought to make their 'styles of
wearing apparel partake of the mili
tary mode.
Substitutes for wool in the form
GERMANS 'DRIVE WEDGE IN AISNE FROM;
OFFENSIVE BEGUN BY AMERICAN ARMY
25
DIVISIONS
IN ATTACK
Superior Numbers, Tanks, Ma
chine Guns and Poison Gas
Shells Principal Factors in
Successful Advance.
By Associated Press.)
With the French Army in France,
May 28. (Noon). At least 25 Ger
man divisions today joined in the at
tack and forced further back the
French and British divisions holding
the line in the Champagne.
"r i i
lanws. maciiine guns ana poison
gas shells were the principal factors
in the successful advance, aside from
the numerically superior forces of the
Germans
Notwithstanding the smallness of
the allied armies, thev did their ut
most to stay the immense push of
the enemy troops, ten times their
number. The German advance, which
was one of the most rapid since the
beginning of the war, could not be
held, however, as wave after wave in
defense lines came forward.
Retreat Orderly.
The western allied flank has main
tained its positions well and reserves
are Hurrying toward the danger
point ot the greatest advance.
The retreat of the French and Brit
ish was made in orderly fashion, the
troops destroying their material as
they left or taking it along with them
The army staff still retains the fullest
conhflencc in the - outcome of ih
battle. --- " -
Very strong enemv columns about
4 o clock in the morning came through
the plain to the east of Lraonne and
around Juvincourt, and the allied
troops, after the overwhelming nature
of the enemy's forces was perceived.
carried out the order to retire across
the Aisnc to their principal defensive
positions.
Lraonne fell, leaving the remainder
of the Chemins DeslSlmes open to a
flank attack.
Aim to Pass Vesle.
Paris, May 28. The Germans are
trying to force a passage of the
Vesle at Fismes. which is the center
of most important communications,
according to the Liberte correspond
ent at the front, who adds:
ine battle is being hercely con
tested with alternating fortunes. Our
reserves are commencing to arrive
south of the Vele and their effect is
already felt at Fismes."
The military critics now consider
that the idea that the German of
fensive launched yesterday between
Soissons and Rheims is a diversion
must be abandoned, since the move
ment has developed into a great battle
along a 30-mile front. ' -
The enemy's initial efforts, says the
Temps, having unfortunately obtained
for the troops of the German crown
prince some notable advantages, as
they succeeded in carrying the
Chemin Des Dames and thrusting
back the Franco-British contingents
from the Ailette to the Aisne, the
enemy command has at once made
every effort to exploit the successes.
Red Cross Fund May Reach
Aggregate of $150,000,000
Washington.fay 28. Final figures
on the second American Red Cross
$100,000,000 war mercy fund' still
were incomplete tonight, but on the
face of latest returns the fund was
oversubscribed $48,833,367. Figures
yet to be received were expected to
carry the total to $150,000,000.
of cotton or reworked wool undoubt
edly will have to be used in producing
fabrics for" civilian wear, according to
H. P. Bonties of the quartermaster's
department. He said that all the avail,
able medium wools will be needed to
meet the army's requirementsand
while fine -wools enter to a small ex
tent into the government specifica
tions for goods, the quantity of woo,
of this grade is very limited.
The United States, it was pointed
out, had to import eOO.OOO.OOO.pounds
of wool annually to meet its needs
and in time of war shipping facilities
are by no means guaranteed.
The jobbing and tailoring branches
of the trade must face a gloomy
period in future, according to their
representatives at the meeting. The
almost complete elimination of' im
ported woolens and the actual . im
possibility of ordering cloth from do
mestic mills with any prospect of de
livery give pise to fears that the situ
ation may become critical j
GERMAN
"
Official Statements
FRENCH.
Pans, May 28. Heavy counter attacks by the French troops stopped
the German advance on the heists of Neuville Sur-Margivel-Vergny north
west of Soissons, and other heights dominating the valley of the Vesle
river, according to the war office statement tonight. The Germans, however,
succeeded in crossing the Vesle in the region of Bazoches and Fismes.
The text of the statement reads:
"Last night and today the enemy, taking advantage of his numerical
superiority, renewed his thrust more strongly towards the southeast of Sois
sons. On our left we counter attacked vigorously, stopped the German ad
vance and broke up attacks on the heights of Neuville-Sur-Margivat and
Vregny, northeast of Soissons, and on the heights in the region of Ciry
Salsogne and Vasseny, dominating the Vesle valley.
"The principal effort was directed toward rolling back the center on
the line ot the Vesle, which the Germans succeeded in crossing at several
points, notably in the region of Bazoches and Fismes.
"On our right the British withstood the assaults against the Massif of
St. Thierry, inflicting particularly heavy losses.
"West of Montdidier the Americans, supported by our tanks, brilliantly
occupied a salient along a front of two kilometers and the strongly fortified
village of Cantigny. capturing 170 prisoners and war material. They re
pulsed counter attack."
GERMAN.
Berlin (Viay London), May 28. The full text of the official communi
cation from general headquarters today follows:
"On the Keinmel and Lys battlefields and on both sides of the Somme
and the Ayre the artillery duels increased in intensity yesterday morning.
Between Voormezeele and Eocre vc penetrated the French lines and brought
back more than 300 prisoners.
"Th attack of the German crown prince to the south of Laon led to
complete success. We completely defeated the French and English divisions
stationed there.
"The army of General Boehm took the Chemin Des Dames by storm.
The long ridge, against which the great attempt of the French to break
through collapsed in the spring of 1917, and which we evacuated in the
autumn of last year for strategic purposes, is again in our hands'.
"After tremendous artillery preparation our infantry at daybreak found
their way across the Ailette river between Vauxaillion and Craonne and
penetrated the English lines further east between Corbeny and the Aisne.
Completely taken by surprise, the occupants of the first enemy lines generally
offered only slight resistance.
"In the early hcrurs of the morning Pinon, Chavignon, Fort Malmaison
Courtecon, Cerny, the Winterberg and Craonne. the Villerberir and fortified
works near and to the north of Berry
Towards afternoon we reached the Aisne between Vailly and Berry-Au-Bac.
Vaillev was taken, the crater field of last vmt' snrino- anH mtumn
fighting was thus captured in uninterrupted attacking pressure. In the after
noon the attack continued. Between Vauxaillon and Vailly we are in the
heights near Neuville and Laffaux and north of Contle.
"Between Berry-Au-Bac and Brimont we crossed the Aisne and rarrteit
the battle info an area which liar! naaMmA unirmrhori kv Iht m, tinr-M 10U
rthe enemV was again driven from the
ern Danic ot tne river. Between Vailley
due north of the Vesle river.
"The army of General von Below
tions between Sapignau and Brimont
the western bank of the canal and took
Up to the present 15,000 prisoners are reported.
"Between the Meuse and the Moselle, on the Lorraine front, the fiehtintr
activity revived. Advances into the enemy lines resulted in the bringing in
of more than 150 prisoners beloiiging to French and American recriments."
"We are now fitrhtine for the Vesle sector between SoUson and t
of Rheims and have captured the southern bank on both side of Fismes."
says me omciai report irom neaciquarters tonight.
' Our attack across the Aisne is
has been further extended."
BRITISH.
London, May 28. Thd text of the official renort from Field Marshal
Haig tonight reads:
"Counter attacks carried out early
troops successfully re-established our
prisoners were captured. In the enemy's attack yesterday morning in this
sector and to the south as far as Locre,
have been engaged.
"In the course of the fighting heavy losses were inflicted on these divi
sions. The allied line has been maintained at all points.
"On the remainder of the British front there is nothinor to renort hevnnH
artillery activity on both sides in the
AVIATORS DROP
19 BOMBS UPON
CITY IN GERMANY
Landau Garrison Headquarters
Damaged; 88 Persons Killed
in Raid at Cologne Buried
in One Trench.
Amsterdam, May 28. Nineteen
bombs have been dropped on Landau,
Germany, by 10 allied airmen, the
Tageblatt of Berlin reports. The gar
rison headquarters and private houses
are said to have been damaged.
The Hague, May 28. Eighty-eight
of the persons killed when the Brit
ish air squadron raided Cologne May
18 weje buried in the same grave
according to Les Nouvelles. The cor.
respondent of the newspaper says the
inhabitants of "The city are panic
stricken.
Havoc Wrought at Liege.
1 Details of the British air raid last
week in the' Lfege district of Belgium
are published today by Les Nouvelles.
A score of machines participated in
the action, dropping about 20 bombs.
One bomb fell in'the middle of the
important railway station at Kinkem
pois, killing or injuring a large num
ber of German soldiers and civilians.
The explosion set fire to the building
ajid part of it was destroyed.
Another missile fell close to the
Meuse iron works, which was occu
pied by Germans, and produced a
panic among the workers. Bombs
were also dropped at Herstal upon
the Pieper Munition works and the
national arsenal, which now is Ger
man controlled. The damage here was
small. Another bomb fell on an in
dustrial plant at Chenee.
The raid, according to the news
paper, completely surprised the Ger
mans. No defense airplanes went up
and the antiaircraft guns had not been
supplied with suitable ammunition.
Au Bac were taken by storm.
fortified wooded heights on the south
and Beauneux we reached the heights
threw the enemv out of strnner nnf-
back across the Aisne-Marne canal and
by storm Cormcy, Cauroy and Loivre.
beinsr continued and vesterdav'
this morniner bv French and British
line east of Dickebusch lake. Several
four German divisions are known to
different sectors."
EICKENBACHER
SCORES ANOTHER
VICTORY IN AIR
With ( the American Army in
France, May 28. Lieutenant Edward
V. Rickenbacher of Omaha and Lieu
tenant Douglas Campbell of Califor
nia this morning forced a German
biplane down out of control in the
Bois de Rate northeast of Xivray, in
the Toul sector, during" a battle with
six enemy planes. The German ma
chines encircled the American pilots
and attempted to drive them behind
the German lines. Rickenbacher
suddenly pounced on orie of the ene
my planes, and Campbell! coming to
his assistance, managed to drive the
enemy down.
It was Lieutenant Campbell, it has
been established, who destroyed an
enemy biplane near Essey, inside the
German lines on the Toul front, yes
terday in a battle a mile in the air.
The German machine's wings crump
led and it crashed to the earth.
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB, BUT
Mary's Nanny Had Fleece White As. Snow;
Falconer's Rams to the Butcher Must Go.
FALCONER'S GOT SOME GOATS
Twenty-three goats, with a pros
pect of many more additions to the
herd, in the course of natural events,
have got the goat of Park Commis
sioner Falconer.
The goats have been pastured at
Riverview park. After eating acres
of grass and denuding the green
sward of it? verdant herbage, the
goats would clirnb the goat-tight
fence and graze on the clothing and
Harry Lauder's Own Story of War
Zone Experiences Will Be Found
on Page 5.
TEUTONS PRESS
DEFENDERS BACK
UPON VESLE RIVER
Chemin Des Dames Carried by Storm; Many Towns and
15,000 Prisoners Captured, Berlin Reports; Foch't
Reserves Rush to Aid of Forces Fighting
Valiantly Against Heavy Odds. '
BULLETIN. ,
Paris, May The situation tonight is more reassuring.
The latest advices from the front show that while the violence
of the enemy's effort as yet is unabated he is only making head
way on the center and that even there the German momentum
is giving signs of slackening. The allies are beginning to react
with effect on the wings. '
(By Associated Press.) ,
The great German military machine is in full swing along
the 20-mile front in the Aisne river sector between Vailly and
Berry-Au-Bac, and, greatly outnumbered, the British and s
French everywhere are giving ground. '
According to the German official communication, numer
ous towns and fighting zones have been taken by the enemy
and 15,000 allied troops already
last accounts the Germans were
upon the Vesle river, which runs parallel with, the , Aisne, and
at several points had reached positions dominating the Vesle ,
vajley.
" The offensive is being carried out with -the greatest rapid'
ity; for the German high command evidently is well aware of
the fact that General Foch'a reserves have been reported to b
coming up raidply to reinforce the hard pressed British and
French, who are fighting valiantly against the terrible odds and
making wave upon wave of the enemy pay dearly in casualties
for every foot of ground they obtain.
AMERICANS TAKE
CANTIGNY, WITH
200 PRISONERS
General Pershing Reports Se
vere Loss Inflicted on Enemy
by Attack Near Mont
didier, in Picardy.
(By ibiocltttcd Praii.)
With the British Army in France,
May 28. The American troops on
the French front, near Montdidier,
delivered an attack against the Ger
man positions, fought their way
through all objectives, including the
village of Cantigny, and captured 140
prisoners. !
Washington, May 28. American
troops in Picardy attacked this morn
ing on a front of one and a quarter
miles near Montdidier, captured the
village of Catigny, took 200 prison
ers and inflicted severe losses in
killed and wounded on the enemy,
says General Pershing's communique
made public tonight at the War de
partment. The American casualties
were relatively small.
The statement follows
"This morning in Picardy our
troops on a front of one and one
fourth miles advaced our lines and
captured the village of Cantigny. We
took 200 prisoners and inflicted on
the enemy severe losses in killed and
wounded. Our casualties were rel
atively small.
"Hostile counter attacks broke
down under our fire.
"In Lorraine and in the Woevre,
artillery of both sides continued act
ive. Early in the day our aviators
shot down a hostile machine."
kitchenware of Mexican track laborers,
who had bunk cars along the railroad
right-of-way at the east boundary of
the park.
Race riots were threatened and the
goats got .the goats of the greasers.
Complaints came from other
sources, and with the prospect of
more goats to get his goat, Falconer
asked permission of the council, Tues
day, to dispose of tne goats to butch
ers or any others who might buy.
He proposes to get the goat of the
goats before Riverview park disap
pears as a result of their voracious
appetites.
..'" .
- .
have beemade prisoner At
pressing back the defenders
. ' f ' ' '' '- ? ; .;.
, LINE BENT BACK. V
Notwithstanding the rapidity of the
drive and the large number of the
enemy pressing it some unofficial
estimates place the number of shock
troops alone at 25 divisions or about 1
300,000 picked men the allied front
nowhere has beetupierced, but under
the onslaughts has bent back in per
feet liason and all the time giving '
battle. With such precision has the
retirement been conducted that both
the British and the French troopi i
have been able to xarry back-with
them all of their supplies and guns or
to destroy those they were not able
to handle.
At present it is impossible geo
graphically to depict the extent of th
German gains, but it would seem evU
dent that the deepest salient they hav
driven is (n the region du east ot
Vailly about eight miles. !
AMERICANS ATTACK.
Although the Germans, for the rn
ment at least, seemingly are having
their own way on the southern part or y
the line in France, on the sectors
around Montdidier and southwest of 4
Ypres they are being sorely harassed ; ,
by the Americans, British and "
French.
Tuesday's fighting In the vicinity
of Montdidier will mark an epoch in
the war, so far as the American
troops are concerned. Here, in an at
tack, they captured their first-village
Cantigny, which lies a short dis
tance northwest of MonuMdier. They,
also took several other objectives and
heldU of them in the face of counter
attacks. The Germans suffered severe
losses in men killed or wounded and
in addition left behind them 200 men
made prisoner, among them two pf
ficers. v- ,
The American casualties were rela
tively small. The German official re
port announces the taking of Amer ican
prisoners. The report from
American headquarters,, however,
shows only two Americans missing,
one in Picardy and the other in the
Luneville sector. 1 -l
Foe Beaten in Ypres Sector.
Likewise, southwest of Ypres, .the
enemy received hard usage at . the
hands of the British and French, east
of Dickebusch lake, where Monday
the Germans in an attack had taken"
ground. The British and French sue- .
ceeded in completely nullifying the .
enemy's maneuver. , -
In the Italian theater the Italians
are keeping up their offensive against
the Austrians. At Capi Sile, near the
Adriatic coast, the Italians penetrated .
the enemy lines more than 750 yards..
"Frightfulness" has been carried out
against American hospitals behind
the lines by German airmen, several
bombs were dropped near the hos
pitals, but no damage was done. Sim
ilar raids against British hospitals re'
suited in .100 casualties among sicl
and wounded inmates.
The British casualties reported .
the regular weekly bulletin gives 33i
694, as against 36,677. the previto -weekj
, '-"
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