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Vol. 105, No. 249,
JAP, SPANISH REBEL VICTORIES
EFFORTS OF DIPLOMATS TO
Lucy Cobb Alumna Sug-!
gested For Nomination By’
Democratic Party.
ENTERTAINED HERE
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Dinner of Young Demo
cratic Club Closes Pro
gram Yesterday.
Mrs. Caroline O'Day, congress
woman from New York and Lucy
Cobb alumna came ‘“back home”
yesterday and last night at a din
per in her honor she was propos
ed for the Democratic vice-presi
dential nomination of 1940,
Mrs. Lamar Rutherford Lips-
comb of Atlanta and Lakemont,
president of the Georgia Friends of
Roosevelt ciuh, in a short speech
at the dinner for Mrs. O'Day, giv
en at the ¥, Wao €, A, By the
Clarke County Young Democratic
club, declared “a woman should
be the next Democratic vice-presi
dential candidate and there is no
woman in the United States better
fitted for this honor than Caroline
O'Day.”
The dinner for Mrs. O'Day, clos
ed a program of entertainment ar
ranged in her honor wupon her
visit to her Almna Mater, Luecy
Cobb. Prof, Robert L., McWhorter
presided at the event which was
attended by a large and enthusias
tic crowd. Brief introductory ad
dresses ‘were made by Mayor T.
8. Mell and Eugene E. Epting,
president of the Young Demogratic
club and Mrs. Lipscomb. =
Mrs. O’Day, a close friend and
political associate of Mrs. Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, gave some per
sonal observations of Mrg. Roos
evelt's humanitarian work prior to |
and after the election of her hus
band to the presideney. Mrs.
O'Day characterized her friend as
the “‘greatest woman in the world.”
“Proud of Her”
Mayor Mell, in introducing Mrs.
O'Day, referred to her achieve
ments in the political world and
declared “Athens is proud” of
such distinguished accomrlish-l
ments of a “Lucy Cobb girl.”
Mrs. O'Day, referring to her Lucy
Cobb days and the influence of
Miss Millie Rutherford, its presi
dent for so many years, said that
the effects of Miss Rutherford's
teachings will continue to be felt.
In addition to ay large number of
other Athenians, the dinner was at
tended by members of the Athens
Lions club of which Henry A.
Rosenthal is president and the
Pilot club of which Mrs. Alice
Wood is president. Mrs. O'Day
and Mrs. Lipscomb both referred
'o the splendid work of these civic
organization and Mrs. O’Day said
she is a Lioness and has been
closely connected ‘with the Lions
club of her home eity and that she
and her friend the late Amelia
Larhart were honorary members of
the club. Referring to her Wash
igton experiences Mrs, O'Day
told of meeting E. B. Betts, for
ner Athenian, and operator of the
clevator in the capitol used by
members of congress. “There is no
setter knowft man in Washington
than Mr. Betts,” she said, “and af
ler we hecame acquainted and he
learned 1 was a Lucy Cobb gir!'
and former Athenian he sent me
e Banner-Herald several times
gwh week. So, vou see, I con
tnue to keep up with Athens.”
| ENTERTAINED AT
| LUCY cOBB
| By Madge McCANN
Mrs. Caroline O’Day, represen
l llive-at-large frem New York
State and New Chairman of House
{ Committee on elections, arrived in
| f\ihf‘ns Monday at noon to visit her
Alma Mater, Lucy Cebb.
An artist hy training, a cosmo-l
lolite by education, and a human
arian by nature, Mrs. O’DaYI
flands out in the present political I
l-up head and shoulders above
the women leaders and the women i
lasses, whose cause in politics she |
Seeks to further. |
Mrs. O'Day has been elected
- Chairman of the House Committes
‘:’l Election of the President, Vice
‘resident, and Representatives in
Congress, thus becoming the sec
“2d woman in history to command
& Congressional Committee.
Mrs. O'Day received a further
fonor when Mrs. Lamar Lips
“mb, organizer and president of
f“rlcnds of Roosevelt Club of
l""!rgia, of which Mrs. O'Day is
lOorary president nominated her
T vice-president of the U. S. |
n 1940 at the dinner given in
her honor by the Young Damfl-'
atic Club of Clarke County last
light at the ¥. W. oo
Mrs. 0" Day is also connected J
¥ith the New York Sate Democrat-
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Chic and stylish but inexpensive! That was the sort of dress
Rhodabel Gay (left) of-Cherokee county, Georgia, wore in.winning
first place in the state 4-H club style revue at the Georgia State
Exposition in Macon. At the right, Mary Lou Myers, pretty natty
herself, tocok the laurels in a bread making contest. Mary Lou is
16, and comes from Sumter county, Both girls won freel trips to
Chicago to participate in the National 4-H Cor?n}t this December.
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FIRST AID CLASSES
DEGIN HERE MOKDAY
Classes to Be Given for
High School Teachers
for Next Ten Days.
Seventy teachers from Athens
and surrounding counties attend
ed the first of ten sessions on first
aid, being conducted at Mell Audi
torium by Oliver Allen, first aid
field representative of the Ameri
can Red Cross.
Meetings will be held each day
here, starting at three o’clock and
lasting three hours. First aid, farm
and home accidemt prevention are
among the things being taught by
Mr. Allen. |
B. M. Grier, superintendent of
Athens schools, and president of
the Georgia Education Associa
tion, welcomed teacherg to the
class yeésterday
For thé next ten days only high
school teachers will be instructed
The first meeting was opened to
all teachery interested, however. |
Following is a list of those at
tending: . |
Afhens High School — Miss
Martha Nicholson, Mr. W. 0. Eth
eridge, Mrs. James A. Ashe,
- Junior High School — Miss Pat
tie Hilsman, Milss Funice M. Pal
mer, Mrs. Florence Hodgson Heid
ler, Miss Harriet Faust, Mrs. Wiil
liam C. Davis, Miss Anne Paine.
Oconee Street School-—Miss Mary
E. Woods (Prin.), Mrs. Leola Allan,
Miss Margurite Thomas, Miss
;Ellice ‘Woods, 'Miss Emily Dozier.
College Avenue School — Miss
Magdalene :Glenn, Misg Louiseé
Price, Migs < Jaunita Clark, Miss
Nelle Shackley, Miss Allea Betts.
~ Barrow School — Misg Rosena
Flint, Miss Thelma Elliot, Miss Re
becca, Ann Fowler, Miss Lena M.
Bird. :
\Chase Street School — Mrs. A.
C. Hancock, Miss Amoretta Smith,
‘Miss Mamie V. McKie, Miss Mary
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LOCAL WEATHER
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GEORGIA: Showers tonight,
prebably ending in souhteast
and extremd south portions
Wednesday morning, followed
by clearing; slightly warmer
in south and east central por
tions, cooler in southwest por- |
tion tonight, cooler Waddnesday.
TEMPERATURE
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LOWEBE scove sarse woss sos 28,0
Meßll ccos it wsvs iLO
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RAINFALL
Inches iast 24 hours .. .. .00
Total since October 1 ....10.27
fxcess since October 1 ... 7.91
Average October rainfall .. 2.91
Total since January 1 ~..53.66
Excess since Jaauery 1...11.62
MUSIC PROGRAM T 0
- BE HELD TONIGHT
Mrs. W. D. Jackson Will
Direct Sohg Lovers in
Civic Hall At 7:30.
The general publi¢ is invited
and urged to Be present in:Civic
Hall tonight at!7:3o o'clock when
Mrs. W. D. Jackson of the Fed
eral Music Project, will again
meet with the people of this sec
tion with a program of songs,
music and a good time. well in
structed. s i 5
Tonight, Mrs, Jackson says if
it is humanly possible she will
organize a Civic Music Council
for Athens. Singers, dancers, choir
leaders and all lovers of music
are requested to attend.
Following the opening of to
night's program, Mrs. Jackson
will classify the groups and in
struet them in gong directing, ele
mentary principles of training
voices in groups, as well as other
phases of the work.
Last night a large group of
Athens people gathered in the
beautiful Civie Hall auditorium
for twio hours of singing and
doncing. Her program was very
impressive and those whe attend
ed as well as many others are ex
pected this evening,
Mrs. Jackson's work has car
ried her to all parts of the south
and much time has been spent in
the north, espeecially in Washing-
(Continued opn Page Three)
Atlanta Constitution Opposes
Ctate Domination Of Counties
ATLANTA—(AP)~« Representa
tives of the county commission
ery’ association of Georgia will
confer with Governor Rivers on
his tax program and their own
five-point legislative program No
vember 5 it was announced today.
An association’s committee 1s
headed by Julius McCurdy, De-
Kalk county attorney. Members
are W. E. Beverly, Thomasville;
A. J. Keith, Gay; John J. Bou
han, Chatham county; Frank H.
Gabrels, ordinary at Clarkesville,
John H. GQGriffith, Athens and
Frank M. Kimble of Poulen, pres
ident of the Association and exe
officio member, ;
NEWSPAPER OPPOSES
Opposition to further centraliza
tion of the powers of government
at the state capitol in Atlanta is
voiced by The Atlanta Constitu
tion in its leading ediforial today.
The newspaper also deglares that
if the “proposals embodied in the
—ESTABLISHED 1832-4
Athens, GCa., Tuesday, October 26, 1937.
LEWIS GROUP GIVES
PEICE PROFISL AT
WISHINGTON PARLEY.
Offers to Become Depart
ment of A. F. L. As
Unity Move.
COMMITTEE MEETS
Under C. I. O. Proposal
Lewis Would Be Given
Federation Control.
WASHINGTON.—(#)—The com
mittee for industrial organization
proposed today a reconciliation
with the American Federation of
Labor on a basis which C. 1.0.
leader said probably would give
John L. Lewis control of the fed
eration.
Lewis’ ten-man delegation, nego
tiating for peace with the federa
tion, suggested creation of a new
C. 1.0. department within the fed
eration which would = be author=-
ized to organize workers in mass
production, marine, public utilities,
service and basic fabricating in
dustries,
On a basis of memberbship
claimed for the rival organiza
tions, the C. 1.0. would have 3,-
718,000 members in the federation,
compared with approximately 3,-
200,000 workers the federation now
claims.
“This seems to us to be a case
where Wwe control the federation
by sheer strength of mumbers,”
said Lee Pressman, C. 11.0, gener=
al counsel.
“We think this proposal puts fi=
nal settlement of the issue up to
the other side. The federation cons
ferees can not afford to accept er
reject our offer immediately.”
The- peace proposal brought =
recess of the conference until to
morrow, apparently to give the A
F, of L delegates time to study
the C. 1.0, plan.
Joseph Curran, president of the
National Maritime Union, a C. 10.,
affiliate, was the first to come out
of the conference room. Asked
why the conference had recessed
after a session of only an hour
and a quarter, Curran said:
“You ecan't expect them (the A.
F. of L. committee) to come out
(Continued on Page Three)
Epworth Training
Conference Begins
Here This Evening
Milburn McLeod of Emory Uni
versity, will teach ' the course,
“Leadership Training” in the Ep
worth Training Conference which
opens thig evening at 6 o'clock at
the First Methodist church.
Rev. John Tate of Barnesville,
will deliver the closing address
Friday evening. Other members of
the faculty are Miss Ruby Ander
son and Rev. Ciaude Fullerton,
both of Athens, who will teach
corses in “Wirship” and “A Survey
of the Bible.”
My. McLeod is a student at
Emory University. His home is in
Tampa Fla., and he is a graduate
of Lakeland College. Before coming
to Emory he served three years
as president of the Florida Younsg
People’s Assembly, and wag presi
dent of the Florida Miethodist
Student Conference for two years.
Already he is well-known in Geor
gia, having taught in the summer
(Continued on Page Three)
part of ‘which i sopposed by the
county commissioners of Georgia,
“makes possible concentration of
government activities to too great
an extent in the state government,
it should be rejected, as the coun
ty commissioners demand, or at
least modified in such degrees as to
remove every possibility of such
centralizing effect.”
The editorial in full is here
with reproduced:
“The Counties Speak
“County commissioners of Geor
gia, according to a survey made
publiu by Charles A. Matthews of
DeKalb, chairman of the board of
managers of the Association of
County Commissioners of Georgia,
are almost unanimous in opposi
tion to the proposal contained in
the report of the special tax com
mission of the legislature.
'"I‘i;; c;mnty officials base their
condemnation of the report on the
argument that it would create
(Continued on Page Five)
TREASURY BALANGE
DISCUSSED BY FOR
WITH SEC CHAIRMAN
New Head of Maritime
- Commission Is Also in
Conference.
SESSION OUTLOOK
Legislators Are Not Opti
~ mistic Over Early Pas
sage of Program,
HYDE PARK, N. Y. —{(#)—Presi
dent Roosevelt had opportunity to
day to discuss the nation’s budget
in terms of business conditions.
‘White House aides said balancing
of the treasury’s books was upper
most in the president’s mind. His
calling list included William O.
Douglas, securities commission
and Joseph P. Kernedy, first chair
man of that commission and now
head of the maritime commission.
The close inter-relation of busi
ness, taxes and the budget sug
gested Mr. Roosevelt might be seek
ing the views of the two officials
on the relation of the recent stock
market zigzag to the prospects of
accomplishing his announced aim
to line up federat spending with
income, :
Both Douglag &nd Kennedy are
cloge to market conditions and the
causes of such drastic changes as
have taken place on the exchange
‘during recent weeks.
NOT OPTIMISTIC
WASHINGTON— (#) —Legisla
tors returning for the special con
gressional session are none too
optimistic that they can enact all
of President Roosevelt's program
before January.
| éome measures may have te
!awzait the regular 1938 session, in
ithe ‘ opinion of several mdmberg
who declined to be gquoted by
7
* They cited these factors:
; 1. Chairman Jones (D-Tex) of
ithe house agriculture committee
has declined to predict enactment
of a farm bill at the special ses
sion. o
| 2. Chairman Smith (D-8C) of
‘the senate agriculture commitiee
{hag said a farm bill would not be
iready for the senate before De
‘cember. :
l 3. Dissatisfaction with the wage
:and hour bill wvoleed recently by
{the American Federation of Labor
‘a.nd the committee for Industrial
{ Organization has given opponents
|a rallying point.
| 4. An anti-lynching bill, schedul
‘ed for senate consideration after
{ disposition of farm legislation, may
|be the center of a prolonged bat
tle even if southerners do not fili
buster against it.
| 5. Bills to strengthen the anti
(Continued on page three.)
STATE BRIEFS
| ATLANTA.—(#)—State Super
iintendent of Schools M. D. Collins
'says the State Board of Education
on November 2 would discuss
plang for the state to buy manu
scripts from Georgia authors and
‘contract for printing of texts
ineeded in the free school book
| Program.;
ATLANTA .—(#)—Plant quaran
tine problems will be discussed
when the National Plant Board,
headed by State Entomologist
Manning 8. Yeomans of Georgia,
meets in Chicago November 12.
Yeomans called the meeting yes
terday. :
ATLANTA. — (AP) —The
city planning commission has
a request that West Peachtree
street be re-named Crawford
Long Boulevard in honor of
the Georgia doctor who first
used ether as an anaesthetic.
The suggestion was made yes
terday by Dr. Frank K. Bo
land.
ELLAVILLE, Ga.— (# —The
Rev. Walter G, Pilcher, superan
nuated Methodist minister, died in
an Americus hosvital last night.
MACON, Ga.—{(®P)—Masons of
the Grang Lodge of Georgia came
here today for their 151st annual
meeting. The sessions end Wed
nesday with election of officers.
ATLANTA.— (AP) —Gov
ernor Rivers has appointed a
sp'cial assistant attorney gen
eral to attempt to collect for
Georgia income, ad valorem
and estate taxes from estates
of the late Lindsey Hopkins
and R. H, Scott. The governor
in an executive order yester-
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Now the former Mrs. Elizabeth B. Donnér Roosevelt, divorced
wife of Elliott Roosevelt, the President’s son, is Mrs. Curtin
Winsor. With her bridegroom she leaves the Second Presbyterian
church in Philadelphia after their wedding.
Agreement Ending Elberton
Granite Strike Is Reached
Union Wins Fight for
Closed Shop, 40-Hour
Week, Pay Increase.
Climaxing a four-day hearing be
fore Judge Mapes Davidson of thel
National Labor Relations Board,
an agreement ending a thirteen
weeks gtrike was reached here to
day by the Georgida Granite Cor
poration and the Elberton Branch
‘of the Granite Cutters Internat
ional Association. |
l A contract wag drawn late last
lnight and ratified this morning at
Elberton at a meeting of the local
‘union. B. ¥. Coggins, president of
the Georgia Granite Corporation,
agreed to it last night, |
The agreement was reached at]
the second conference between
representatives of both sides, the
first of which failed because the]
union’s demand for a closed shop
would not be granted by Coggins.
} Last night, however, he agreed
1o a closed shop contract, with the
provison that men working in the
plant now be given thirty days to
either join the union or leave.
Work will start bmmediately, with
all employes who have been out
on strike returning to their former
posts,
~ The contract for granite cutters
calls for ap eight hour day and a
forty hour week except during the
months of Mareh, April and May
‘when forty-four hours will consti
tute a week's wuvrk. The extra
four hours will be made on Satur
day morning and shall not be con
sidered over time,
. No work shall be permiited on
Sunday, New Year's Day, July
Fourth, Labor Day, Thanksgiving
Day and Christmas Day. All over
time shall be paid for at the rate
of time and half,
Journeymen shall be paid at a
rate of not less than 30 cents per
hour ,instead of SI.OO ag requested
originally by the union. The con
tract for granite cutters ig the
same as for carvers, surface ma
chine operators, carbo-sawyers,
lathe operators, sand blaSt opera
tors, lay-out men and rubber cut
ters polishers, tool sharpners and
chief-sawyer in charge of one or
more gang saws. )
A wage rate for apprentices
except apprentice tool sharpners
and polishers, ranging from $2.40
per day minimum for the first six
months to $5.50 per day minimum
for the sixth six months, was
adopted. An apprentice must serve
a thyee-year period before be-
(Continued on Page Three)
Marckworth Speaks to
Athens Woman’s Club
Dr. G. D. Marckworth, director
of the feabody School of Forestry
at the University, delivered an ad
dress on “Georgia’s Natural Re
sources” before a meeting of the
Athens Woman’'s Club this after
poon at four geloel,
A. B. C. Paper—Single Copy, 2c—s¢ Wfi
D. A. R. Sponsoring
Movie At Georgia
2 Days This Week
The motion picture “Servant of
the People,” which will be shown
at the Georgia Theatre Wednes
day and Thursday of this week is
sponsored by the Elijah Clarke
Chapter, D. A. R, This dramati
zation of the Constitution of the
United States by Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer is made available to the
people of Athens and surrounding
territory through the effortg of
the Elijah Clarke Chapter as a part
of the program of the chapter for
celebrating the sesquicentennial of
the establishment of the Constitu
tion.
Thig two reel pleture reproduces
on the scréen the story of that
vital document in & manner that ig
both interesting and instructive.
The producers of the picture have
sought to present authentically the
part that James Madison, Alexan
der Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin,
Governor Randolph, George Wash
ington and ofhers played in fram
ing the Constitution,
The officers and memberg of the
Elijah Clarke Chapeer are glad to
have been instrumental in afford
ing to the people of this section an
opportunity to study the Constitu
tion in a manner that is both en
tertaining and instructive.
MONTAGUE DENIES HE
COMMITTED ROBBERY
By GEORGE R. LOVEYS
ELIZABETHTOWN, N. Y.—(®
“Mysterious” John Montague, who
puzzled Hollywood pals by his re
ticence, told a jury today he was
innocent of a robbery charge, and
fled New York sgtate because his
clothing was found in a holdup
man’s automobile.
Denying - participating in the
seven year old S7OO robbery of kin
Hana’s Jay, N. Y. roadhouse,
Montague, known .in Syracuse, N.
Y., as Laverne Moore, said he was
“ashamed’” of his connection with
the case, .
Montague said he “was not and
am not” ashamed of the name
Moore, buti assumed the mname
John Montague in 1930 because it
was “different” from his real
name.
The defendant took the stand
abruptly after listening to the
reading of depositions from his
screen colony friends as to his
good character and honesty, |
Among Hollywood friends who
submitted affidavits in his behalf
were Crooner Bing Crosby, Guy
Kibbe, Richard Arlen, Andy De
vine, Oliver Hardy and others.
All eyes were directed at the
defendant, who admits he is La
verne :t‘% cht?d mmxg
i goition J 4
NPPON SPURS TS
CONQUEST IV VIEW
OF BRUSSELS MEET
British Ready to Offer
New Non-Intervention
Compromise,
RUSSIA IS PROBLEM
King George Pledges His
Government to Pre-
serve Peace.
By The Associated Press
Japanese victories on the Shang
hai front including the capture of
Tazarg and Spanish insurgent
gaing in the Aragon campaign to
day overshadowed diplomatic ne
gotiations revolving around the
wars in China and Spain. :
The Japanese, closely watching
preparations for the impending
nine-power conference at Brussels,
where an amicable settlement of
the Chinese-Japanese conflict will
be sought, left no doubt of their
intentions to obtain their Chinese
objectives with the least possible
delay. o
Their forces occupied Tazang, &
key: Chinese defense position five
miles north of Shanghai, and
fought to several points on the
Shanghai-Nanking railroad.
Severing the railway made Chi
nese withdrawal from Chapei and
Kiangwan impossible along that
route. Chapel, on the northern
border of the international settie~
ment, and Kiangwan, north of
Shanghai, have been chief centers
of Chinese resistance, i
The Japanese advance followed
air and artillery bombardments
which ploughed up acres of bar
bed wire entanglements and leve
elled Ditterly contested Tazang
and other villages. .
‘r Forces Mobilized i
The Japanese navy spokesman
announced that “the entire Japans
ese naval air force in the Shang
hai area has been mobilized to as
sist the ‘army by bombarding in
tensively all Chinese positions face
ing the imperial army.” on
Although Japanese authorities
refused to state the number of
plunes paracipating, foreign mili
tary observers counted 49 in %
air at one time and estimated 1§
were engaged in the day-long
bombardments, e
The Spanish insurgents, stimu:
lated by the capture of Gijon and
the subsequent shifting of thous
ands of tropso to the Aragon fromt,
likewise were making every effort
to smush Spanish government re
sistance before the neutral non:
intervention committee powers ar
rive at some workable scheme of
removing foreign volunteers from
the Spanish armies. e
The iusurgents took Osan Woods
in the Sabinanigo sector, 'after
concentrating thousands of u‘fia
in the Zaragoza area north of Ma~
drid, for a drive into Catalonia.
Government troops fell back to
‘secondary lines of defense. o
Non-intervention committes eof
torfs to find a means of evacuating
the thousands of foreign fighters
from the opposing Spanish armies
were still ineffective but the Brite
ish were understood to be ready
to offer a new compromise plan.
The big problem appeared *fo
center around inducing Sofiet";m{
sia and Ttaly to agree op a Ccom=
mon plan, The Russians, strongly
backing the Spanish government,
contend the insurgents have sixor
geve times as many foreign volune
teers as the government. The Ifals
fans fix the number of thelr nas=
tionals with the insurgents as 40,
000, i
THE KING’S SPEECH
LONDON—(P—King George VI
an earmest figure in the splendid
trappings of Britain’s ancient %
jesty, pledged his government to=
day to attempts to restore pmy
to China and Spain. .
At the same time, the monparch
promised air rald protection for
all England and forecast more
help for England’s needy families
He opened his firs¢ parliament
from the throne dais in the som=
ber house of lords—with
Blizabeth in a chair of state at
his side—and concluded with this
unusual benediction: L
“f pray that nder the bhflm
of Almight God the outcome of
your deliberations may arrange
the happiness and well being of
my people and the people ot’%
world.” b i
Usually ths king merely invokes
a divine blessing on parliament's
“labors.” Ootherwise, haflf
the speech delivered to the assem=
bled members of parliament in the
musty grandeur of the House of
Lords hewed to the usual formula,
Discusses War
' Then it dealt with the spectacls
of war on two contiments. .
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