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THE VALLEY FIRST—FIRST IN THE VALLEY—LEASE D WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS—(/P) ^=======^Z=^Z=^^
THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 267 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1929 EIGHTEEN PAGES TODAY • 5c A COPY
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VALLEY CITIZENS are being
appealed to this week for contribu
tions to a fund of $15,000 to com
plete Camp Perry on the Arroyo
Coolrado at Rio Hondo and to
carry on the work of the Valley
wide Scout organization during
1929.
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Committees were to take the field
Thursday morning in every Valley
town to solicit associate member
>hips at $2.50 and up. The finance
drive is under the supervision of
F. C. Ludden at San Benito.
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Mr. Ludden, general manager of
the Central Power and Light Co.
is a fair representative of the type
of men who are interesting them
selves in this work.
Business and civic • leaders of
every town in the section are giv
ing liberally of their time and
money. They have expressed the
hope the fund would be subscribed
quickly. It should be. Men of the
type who are doing this work do
not begrudge the time spent in j
such activities, but they deserve
the cooperation of those who are
only asked to donate.
Scouting in the Valley has under
gone development in keeping with
other phases of the growth of this
section. Tom Murray. Boy Scout
executive, announces there are 46
troops in the Valley at present
functioning properly. He says 20
more troops must be organized
during the present year and that
there are enough boys for 40 new
troops if competent leaders could
be secured.
Chas. F. Perry of Harlingen and
Dallas has donated to Boy Scouts
of the Valley a ten-acre tract on
the Arroyo. Other business men
and firms have donated logs, lum
ber, cement and other building ma
terials; carpenters have donated
labor. A commodious building is
practically complete and many
other improvements have been made
on the site.
TJW fund now’ being asked will
be the greatest possible force for
the development of Valley boys
into staunch, red-blooded American
citizens. Every dollar given will
earn a thousand dollars of return
in character and true worth.
Subscribe to the Boy Scout fund.
Now!
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THOSE PERSONS who are in
the habit of traveling by automo
bile between the Valley and San
Antonio are inclined to avoid the i
trip these days.
All due to the fact that they are
building a paved road over that
dirt gap of some thirty miles near
Falls City.
New grade is now being used
over part of the route. But fol
lowing rains that traveling is not
so good.
A Brownsville man. driving a
truck to San Antonio a few days
ago, declared that a thousand or
more automobiles and trucks had
to stop at Kenedy overnight fol
lowing heavy rains.
Therefore, those now making the
trip should keep informed on wea
ther conditions. The road is not
passable in hot weather.
It will be different in six or
seven months.
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BrowTisvillc has not been a ‘ fav
orite son’’ with Jupiter Pluvius.
Last week rains fell almost all
over south Texas. In most copious
\antities.
They extended as far south as
<he Valley, and over some sections
of the Valley.
But failed to materialize in the
extreme eastern end of the Valley.
Rain is needed. So declare the
farmers. Cotton would be greatly
benefitted. As would corn.
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THE VALLEY looks beautiful—
and smells sweet.
Nostrils are sniffing. The cause
—orange blossoms.
The annual deluge of perfume is
is the air—everywhere.
Grapefruit orchards and orange
orchils are in full bloom.
AiS, if the quantity of blooms in
evidence develop into fruit, there’s
certain to be the biggest crop next
year the 'Valiev has yet experienced.
All of which means that more
and more attention will have to be
Jiven to marketing.
The quality must be good. The
pack must be just right. The con
sumer must be ferreted out in
large numbers all over the nation.
DAWES ON MISSION
TO SANTO DOMINGO
New YORK. March 28.—t.Pl—
Former Vice-President Charles G.
Dawes sailed today at the head of
a commission of 13 finance experts
to revise the budget of pepublic
of Santo Domingo, and the orders
of the chairman were that a good
job should be done cheaply, “with
out the help of valets or golf
Clubs.
Young Clerk Finds
Road to Adventure
in First Chapter
CHAPTER I
You would not think there was much connection be
tween a clerk eating a poached egg on toast in a King’s
Cross restaurant, and an out-of-work laborer munching
bread and cheese in an empty house in Northumberland;
particularly when the laborer had barely heard of King’s
Cross, and the clerk had never heard of Byford Moor,
and they had certainly nev
er heard of each other. But
Mr. Smith, who is now one
with Mrs. Smith, was once
enjoying pickles in Margate
while she was chasing a goat
in Canada, and probably
you, yourself, can trace some
great friendship—or enmity
—to a strange, unpremedi
tated movement. You will
be exceptional if you can
not.
The strange, unpremedi
'tated moment of the clerk
will shortly be revealed, to
gether with the amazing
journey that followed it and
bore him into romance be
yond his most daring dreams.
For all clerks have daring
dreams. First, however, let
us take a look at the out-of
work laborer in the empty
house at Byford Moor, since
he, too, was on the verge of
a Great Moment, totally dif
ferent from that which gal
vanized the clerk at King’s
JOSCELYN Cross, and totally wedded to
it.
The laborer’s name was Ted. He was tall and thin,
and, in his prime, tolerably strong. He was not in his
prime at the moment, having been unemployed for a rather
depressingly long time. Baths were events. They inter
ested him theoretically. Had the bathroom cult develop-;
ed earlier in his life—he wasn’t far off fifty—his later life
might have been cleaner. As it was, he found himself
drifting downwards a little towards the more immediately
appealing consolidations of existence—eating, drinking,
sleeping, work (when he could get it) for the sake of
these things, and an occasional movie.
Now he sat eating bread and cheese in a neglected
lounge-hall into which he had illegally climbed through a
window. The weather had been a little squally, and since
the house had been obviously empty, who would worry
if he sought the protection of its roof? Nobody. There
you were! *
So he had climbed in. while the sudden rain blew in
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MAY IMPEACH
THREE MORE
IN OKLAHOMA
OKLAHOMA CITY. March 28.
——John Head, chairman of
the house of n^mentatives in
vestigating committee, announc
ed today that articles of im
peachment were being
drawn against Harry B. Cor
dell, president of the board of
agriculture; C. C. Childers,
chairman, and Fred Capshaw,
member of the state corpora
tion commission.
TWO RECEIVE
PRISON TERMS
Perez And Recendez Given
One Year Each In
Penitentiary
One year each was the sentence
imposed upon Emilio Perez and
Pedro Recendez, San Benito resi
dents, charged with violation of the
Dean act, who were tried in crim
inal district court Thursday morn
ing. One c. the defendants plead
guilty, the other standing trial.
Trial of Jose Chapa, Manuel Sala
zar and Anastacio Casanova, charg
ed with transporting liquor, was
started shortly before the noon re
cess, and will be the last jury case
until April 8.
The trio were arrested at Har
lingen several weeks ago after they
had canvassed the city in an
effort to locate the individual to
whom they are alleged to have
sought to deliver 20 quarts el
whiskey and two gallons of hiba
nero. They are alleged to have
transported the liquor from Mata
moros to Harlingen.
The court discharged all jurors
other than those selected for the
case, announcing that all other
jury cases had been set for April
8. with the exception of the case
against Dominga Galvan. San Be
nito woman, charged with selling
liquor to high school boys of that
city, who w?ill be tried April 9.
DIRIGIBLE SEARCHES
FOR MISSING PARTY
NEW YORK. March 28.—uP)—The
navy dirigible Los Angeles today
was flying over the Atlantic to
wards Norfolk, Va., in search of
the Skorsky amphibian plane in
which T. Raymond Finucane. weal
thy Rochester sportsman, and three
companions have been missing since
they too koff from Norfolk last Fri
day.
WILSON TAKES
WITNESS STAND
Troup Man To Testify In
Own Behalf; Wife Tells
Of Love For Preacher
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TYLER. March 28.—(/P)—Loys
Wilson, young garage man of
Troup, charged with shooting to
death Rev. Fount Wallace, Baptist
minister of Troup last April, took
the stand today in his own defense.
Harold, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson's
9-year-old son, preceded his father
in the witness chair.
The well dressed little boy said
he saw Rev. Wallace “pat mother
on the back, tell her she was a
beautiful woman, and ask her to
play for him.” That was while the
Wallaces were visiting at the Wil
son home after Mrs. Wallace and
her daughter ha dstepped out of
the room, the little boy said.
Harold also testified that his
father “kissed all of us” when they
returned to him after a brief sep
aration. and that “papa wanted
me to go to Sunday school.” The
boy was not cross-examined.
Wilson took the stand as soon as
Harold .one of his twto sons, end
ed his testimony.
“My wife didn’t look right to me
at my garage the day of the trag
edy,” he said. “She came there to
see me from our house. When she
left. I followed her in the shop
wrecking car. and saw her wave in
an unusual manner to the preach
er, who was walking along the
street. The wave looked like a
signal of some kind.
“She returned to the garage and
I said to her:
“‘May, I thought you were go
ing to put that preacher out of
your life.’
“She replied: ‘I have never stop
ped seeing him.’
“That tore me all to pieces. I
went to my safe, got my pistol and
put it in my coat pocket. I knew
I would see him (Wallace) but did
not kno wwhat I was going to do.
I also took an empty bottle and
headed for Tarbutton’s drug store
to have it filled wit hacid.
“As I drove up to the drug store,
T saw the preacher standing in the
door of the drug store. It flew all
over me. I knew he wTas the man
who had wrecked my home.
“I do not know what I did or said.
I might have shot him. I know now
that I shot and killed him.”
Mrs. Wilson was yesterday’s out
standing witness.
Sac hi 11 shan d had work day
an# flMk and she was glad to ac
cept companionship with the Rev
and Mrs. Wallace, the woman said
This friendship was natural, she
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San Benito Police Chief Billed I
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CHARGE MONEY
ADAVNCED FOR
TAX PAYMENT
Eight Indictments Re
turned Against J. A.
Goolsby, Peace Offi
cer 12 Years
A warrant for the arrest of J. A.
Goolsby, chief of police at San Be
nito, was issued Wednesday on in
dictments charging misdemeanor in
connection with alleged advancing
or loaning of money for payment
of poll taxes.
It is understood the warrant was
being served Thursday.
Eight indictments against Gools
by were returned by the Cameron
county grand jury, each charging
the defendant with “wilfully and
knowingly” advancing or loaning
money for the purpose of paying a
poll tax. The cases were transfer
red to the county court ;.t law. and
are expected to be called for trial
during the April term.
Article 204 of the penal code pre
scribes a maximum fine of $500 for
each offense.
The indictments were returned
by the Cameron county grand jury
several weeks ago, but were not
announced pending transfer to the
county court at law, the alleged
offense being classed as a mis
demeanor.
Goolsby has served as chief of
police at San Benito twelve years,
and is one of the oldest peace of
ficers in point of service in Cam
eron county.
SCOUT FUND EXPECTED
TO BE RAISED IN DAY
SAN BENITO. March 28.—The
drive launched Thursday morning
in the Valley for a fund of $15,000
with which to complete the Boy
Scout camp at Rio Hondo and to
carry on the work during 1929 will
go ‘over the top” by night, reports
from many towns reaching F. C.
Ludden. chairman, here indicates.
Mr. Ludden expressed the belief
all the money would be subscribed
on one day.
LONG TRIAL TO
BEGIN MONDAY
Examination of Witnesses
Scheduled On Impeach
ment Charges
BATON ROUGE, La., March 28.
—(AP)—The impeachment resolu
tion against Gov. Huey P. Long
went over today until Monday
night at 8 o’clock when the house
of representatives will begin ex
amination of witnesses to deter
mine if it will impeach the gov
ernor on any of the nineteen al
legations embracing a plot to mur
der and numerous alleged official
irregularities.
BATON ROUGE. La.. March 28.
—(>P)—Leaders of the house of rep
resentatives of the Louisiana legis
lature planned today to sift im
peachment charges against Gover
nor Huey P. Long.
Included in the resolution of im
peachment presented in the house
on Tuesday were charges of high
crimes in office, incompetency, cor
ruption, favoritism, oppression in
office and gross misconduct.
The last of the nineteen counts
charge Govenror Long with at
tempting to hire and induce H. A.
(Battling) Bozeman, his former
bodyguard and an ex-prlze fighter
to murder Representative J. Y.
Sanders, Jr., who opposed a tax
program fostered by the governor.
Since he failed to persuade the
legislature to adjourn early this
week. Governor Long has remained
in seclusion while his friends in the
legislature, dwindling in numbers
according to the roll call on points,
fought his battles.
Anti-Long forces won by a land
slide vote in yesterday’s sessions of
the house to start the impeachment
move by overriding a motion to
block because the govenror did not
include the subject of impeachment
in his call for the special session.
Speaker John B. Foumet, regard
ed as a long supporter, ruled the
motion to take up the impeachment
of the govenror in order and the
session ended orderly.
YEN TO WRITE
DRIVES GIRL
OUT OF HOME
CORSICANA, Tex., March 28.
—(JP)—A deep rooted desire to
write a book caused Mary
Treadwell, 12, to take to the
highway in an attempt to go to
her aunt’s house at Houston,
Texas. Her ambition to write
had been considered lightly by
her family, she said.
The journey to Houston end
ed at midnight at Thornton, 55
miles from here, when au
thorities found her and notified
her parents.
At her home here today with
her parents, the girl was happy,
for she had been told she might
write a dozen books if she
wished.
SEXTON NAMED
CLERK IN HOUSE
Herald Staff Man Will Be
‘Right Hand Man’ To
Minority Leader
The appointment of Harry L.
Sexton of Brownsville to be minor
ity clerk in the lower house of the
seventy-first congress, has been an
nounced by Representative John N.
Garner of the fifteenth district.
Mr. Sexton expects to leave
Brownsvill for Washington about
April 10. to assume his new duties.
As minority clerk, he will be
“right hand man” for the demo
cratic leader.
The new appointee was active in
the Garner campaign last summer,
and was secretary of the Garner
campaign committee for Cameron
county.
Sexton came to the Valley in
1916 as a member of the South
Dakota National Guard. He elect
ed to remain in this section to
make his home, and was located
at San Benito for more than a
year, removing to Brownsville in
1918.
In 1919 he became connected with
The Brownsville Herald as a mem
ber of its mechanical staff. Later
he entered the editorial depart
ment, and with the exception of
about a year he has been con
nected with The Brownsville Her
ald during all of the past decade.
For the past three years he has
been editorial writer and staff cor
respondent for the newspaper.
Mr. Sexton's family will remain
in Brownsville during his attend
ance upon the special session of
congress, since he expects to re
turn here when the session is con
cluded.
Kellogg Spending
Last Day As Head
Of G. O. P. Cabinet
WASHINGTON, March 28.—(JP)
—Frank B. Kellogg came to the end
of more than four years of service
as secretary of state today, ready
to relinquish his post at the close
of the day's work to Henry L.
Stimson. former governor general
of the Philippines.
Although looking forward to a
vacation in Europe, Secretary Kel
logg is relinquishing his office
with some disappointment. He had
hoped to se the Kellogg-Briand
treaty to renounce war, on which
he 1ms worked for more than a
year, put into force before his re
tirement, but the death of Marshal
Foch delayed final action by
France and Japanese ratification j
is not expected for several days.
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All Citrus Must Be
Of Valley Trees By
30th, Hoidale Says
HARLINGEN, March 28.—All cit
rus fruit, including the off-season
crop, must be removed from trees in
Valley orchards by the afternoon of
March 30, P. A. Hoidale, in charge
of enforcement of quarantine reg
ulation and in the Valley for the
United States department of agri
culture, said today.
The host free period begins on
March 31, he said. All host fruits
must be stripped from the trees by
this date.
There has been some misunder
standing concerning the last date
when fruit could remain on the
trees, Mr. Hoidale said, and to cor
rect this, issued the above state
ment.
REBELS LEAVE
JIMENEZ, SAY
CALLESFLIERS
Escobar Continues To
Claim Battle Will Be
Fought at Present
Base of Army
(By The Associated Press.)
Apparent evacuation of the town
of Jimenez in southeastern Chihua
i hua was reported by federal air
men today.
The insurgents were proceeding
northward in the direction of the
rebel stronghold of Chihuahua and
the government looked for a battle
at Bachimba pass, strong strategi
cal point south of that city.
The rebels, on the other hand, in
dicated a clash was expected in the
vicinity of Jimenez, no confirmation
being given of the reported evacua
tion of that town.
General Escobar, rebel comman
der-in-chief, has repeatedly assert
ed that he would lead an advance
on Mexico City itself.
Otherwise, a strict censorship
veiled the plans of the insurgents.
Federal relief forces were expected
to reach Mazatlan on the west coast
today, relieving the garrison which
successfully held off a rebel attack
early this week.
The governor of the northern dis
trict of lowrer California today de
nied that loyal Mexican troops had
been transported across Arizona ter
ritory to reach Naco where a fed
eral garrison is holding out.
The federals at Naco, strongly en
trenched, were still awaiting a long
delayed attack by the rebels en
camped 10 miles away. Unless an
attack develops soon, they declared
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1 ARRESTED IN
GIRL ATTACK
10-Year-Old Daughter Of
Prominent San Angelo
Family Is Victim
SAN ANGELO, Tex., March 28.—
<7P)—A 10-year-old girl, daughter of
a prominent San Angelo family,
was recovering today from a brutal
attack last night while posses of
citizens and police continued a
hunt for her assailant.
The child was taken from her
bed, carried to the rear of her par
ents’ home, attacked and thron
back over a fence into her yard.
The parents were unaware of her
plight until she had been returned.
To reach the sleeping child the
attacker slashed a screen. He then
wrapped her In a blanket and car
ried her from the house.
The entire police force was call
ed out immediately. It was thought
the attacker, described by the child
as a “black man,” was the same
who had committed numerous rob
beries here the last two weeks.
A man has been arrested and Is
being held for questioning in con
nection with the attack.
Shots were exchanged with prowl
ers by police a short time after the
attack.
Stirring Tribute A ids
Scouts ’ Finance Drive
Charles F. Perry, who donated the site of the Boy Scout camp on
Arroyo Colorado at Rio Hondo, in connection with the finance drive
being staged in the Valley, wires to The Herald a tribute paid to
Scouting by John S. Kennedy, president of the state commission of
prisons of New York.
Mr. Perry wires:
“In an annual report Kennedy pays tribute to the organization of
Boy Scouts and decries the difficulty of obtaining enough intelligent
men to act as scoutmasters.
“He declares that out of 10,000 youths committed to the institu
tions for juvenile delinquents in New York City in the last 15 years
not one has been a Boy Scout.
“Mr. Kennedy concludes with the statement that the scout move
ment unquestionably serves to keep boys out of the ranks of criminals,
and urges that the movement be taken into localities and classes
where criminals develop.”
Mr. Perry closes with this appeal:
“So come on, daddies, and let’s raise our quota for the Boy Scout
movement and for the completion of our building.”
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PROBE RUM SHIP
Sir Esme Howard, above, British
ambassador to the United States,
and Secretary of State Denry L.
Stimson, below, are chief repre
sentatives of two governments
touched by international incident
of sinking of British rum runner
“I’m Alone’’ by American coast
guard vessels.
PREPARE TO AIR
HARLINGEN ROW
Counsel on Hand For Open
ing of Hearing on Injunc
tion in Kent’s Court
Attorneys for both factions in
Harlingen’s park site purchase row
were at the court house early this
afternoon and announcement was
made that hearing on whether a
temporary injunction should be
made permanent would open today.
The injunction restrains mem
bers of the city commission from
completing a deal to purchase the
sit eof the Arroyo Country club
site. It wras granted by Judge A.
M. Kent, who will hear the plead
ings.
HARLINGEN AWAITING
CIVIL COURT ACTION
HARLINGEN, March 23.—No meet
ing of the Harlingen city commis
j sion was held Wednesday night,
and action on the petition circu
lated here Wednesday calling upon
the city commission to rescind its
action in connection with the Ar
royo Country Club park site and to
submit the proposition to a vote of
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OPPOSITION TO
CAMERON TOLD
IN TESTIMONY
Says Promise of Jury
I n ves tigation Was
Cause of Weslaco
Vote Being Killed
AUSTIN, March 28.—(JP)—Gordon
Griffin, contestant for the office
of judge of the 93rd judicial dis
trict in Hidalgo county, took the
stand in his behalf today and said
he had incurred outspoken oppo
sition from County Judge A. W.
Cameron and members of the
commissioners court through his
campaign speeches demanding a
grand jury investigation of finan
cial transaction.
This enmity, Griffin's counsel
contends, caused the commissioners
to reject returns from the Weslaco
box, where a heavy majority would
have enabled Griffin to defeat J.
E. Leslie, his opponnet, by 582
votes. On the face of returns to
the secretary of state, Leslie re
ceived 14 more votes than Griffin.
The case was started with ten
jurors in the box. After both the
state and the defense had used
their challenges two negroes quali
fied for jury service, and attorneys
agreed they should be excused and
proceedings started with ten
jurors. i
Griffin claims returns certified
to Mrs. McCallum by the commis
sioners court of Hidalgo county do
not reveal the true result. He
(Continued on Page Three.)
Jensen Has Chance I
To Beat Endurance fg
Solo Flight Mark!
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ROOSEVELT FIELD. March 28. ■
—(/P)—Though the air was rough, H
Martin Jensen was in the third ancl I
last leg of his race to set a new fl
solo endurance flight record and fl
still going strong. H
Jensen went up at 6:01:34 a. m. fl
yesterday to beat the late Royal V. fl
Thomas’ record of 35 hours and 33 fl
minutes, which would keep him in H
the air until 6:35 this evening. fl
Through a miscalculation early B
this morning he decided that heB
was going to lose his fight, but a fl
later check showed he still had' aH
good chance to win. Shortly after fl
10 o’clock Jensen dropped a noteH
saying he found he still had 70 B
gallons of fuel. fl
ICE DEALERS MEET II
FORT WORTH, March 28.—(VP)—■I
Ice dealers, having experienced aH
critical period in 1928, due to “keenflj
competition, real or imaginary,”®*
face prospects for a more prosper-flj
ous year during 1929. Fred RayzorB
of Denton, president of the South-fl
western Ice Manufacturers’ asso-B
ciation. said today in addressing th^fl
annual convention. fl
! THE WEATHER I
For Brownsville and the Valley:®
Fair to partly cloudy tonight and*
Friday; not much change in tern-*
perature. Moderate to fresh.*
southerly winds on the west coast. 9
For East Texas: Cloudy tonights*
local showers in east portion;*
cooler in east and south portions;*
Friday partly cloudy. Moderate*
easterly to northerly winds on the*
coast. ■
RIVER FORECAST *
The river will continue to fall*
slowly from Rio Grande City down ■
the next few days. ■
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr *
Stage Stage Chng. Rair*
Eagle Pass .. 16 2.7 0.0 .00*
Laredo . 27 -0.3 0.0 .0( *
Rio Grande . 21 4.6 -0.2 .0C*
, Mission. 22 4.8 -0.1 .0C*
! San Benito . 23 10.0 -0.3 .Of*
Browmsville . 18 5.0 -0.8 .0<*
TIDE TABLE 1
High and low tide at Point Isabel *
tomorow, under normal meteor *
ologlcal conditions: I
High . 7:2111
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MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today . 6:jB®
Sunrise tomorrow . 6;*®