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THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 829 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1929 TWELVE PAGES TODAY 5c A COPY
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idN OUR
[VALLEY:
UPSTATE EDITORS and head
writers need a course in Texas
biography—in so far as it applies to
the bounds of the Lower Rio
Orande Valley, at least.
"Valley Growers to Hold Meet
ing” says a headline in the San
Antonio Light Monday.
Thinking The Herald had been
bcooped on an important Valley
event, the editor reads the story.
Pinds it tells of a meeting of
tomato growers to be held at Tyler,
away over in east Texas,
f Evidently the fame of the Valley
•* a producer of vegetables has
reached the ears of that head
writer—to the extent that he imag- !
ines the Valley is the only tomato
crowing section in the state.
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The incident wouldn't bo worth
rnentioning except that it occurs
»o often.
Anything that hanpens in that
Section south of a line drawn from
Corpus Christi to Del Rio is “in
the Valley” in the minds of many
editors in Texas cities.
For the instruction of these:
The Lower Rio Grande Valley in
cludes Cameron. Hidalgo. Willacy
and part of Starr county, no more,
no less.
• • •
A SHORT TIME AGO The Her
bld carried an item to the effect
that Roma. Starr county border
town, was without the services of
b member of the medical profes
sion.
Letters began arriving in that
town almost immediately in whV.h
doctors asked for particulars.
One man who read the item did
fiot wait to write.
Dr. Whitehead of San Antonio
fcoarded the train with a ticket to
Koma. He is practicing there now.
• • •
j AND NOW the big hunt is on.
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and
Mrs. Charles A*Lindbergh arc away
a honeymoon trip. Miss Anne
b *«Vrow became Mrs. Lindbergh in
ceremony late Monday,
irtfjfnen Col. Lindbergh landed at
tbf'fimunicipal airport here several
weeks ago. after he had been v
• ported missing during the night,
vjie hinted to the writer of this
column that he intended soon to
f disappear for a much longer time
►btnm one night.
"And that will be no sign there
tjs anything wrong.” he said.
He has ordered his blue Falcon
■plane—the one in which he flew
•here that morning from Mexico—
[prepared for flight from Roosevelt
.1 field
I Indicates that he and his bride
Isontemplate an aerial honeymoon,
i Once thev take the air the big
pfiunt will be on. Press wires in
.all parts of the country will carry
£ continual stream of queries.
"All points.” these messages to
^the editors of the nation will read,
•■keep sharp lookout for Col. Lind
.jergh and his bride and prepare to
«ive quick coverage if sighted '*
Too bad this hero of the Ameri
E public cannot have the seclu
and secrecy which he and his
e> so earnestly desire.
i. But such is the price of fame.
• • •
(’ The American public desires
jpvery happiness for this young man
Hwho “Isn't a bit sentimental and
doesn’t care for girls.” and for the
Splendid young American woman
(mho has become his life mate.
“But the American public wants
to know what its heroes are doing
end it especially wants dally and
hourly bulletins on how these
young people are enjoying this
greatest experience.
• • •
THE JOHNSON BILL, passed at
the last special session of the legis
lature. which was designed to re
tain the present supply of farm
labor in the state and especially in
the Valley, seems to have teeth
m it.
It alreadm has been attacked by
g sugar company which annually
has been exporting large numb?rs
of workers to the North.
This bill requires any agent seek
ing to take laborers out of the state
to pay a license fee of $5,000 to
the state and a fee of $2,500 to each
county in which he operates.
Its terms were expected to be so
drastic that labor agents mould
desert the state and leave the pres
ent supply of workers in Texas.
This attack on the measure indi
cates it will do m hat it m*as Intended
. to do—if the courts uphold it.
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COTTON FIELDS in Nueces
county, around Taft and in other
parts of that section are turning
yellow because of too much mater, j
Torrential rains fell in all that
teia*bry Saturday night.
Vllfey cotton fields are in fair
Condition but some of them around
Brownsville could use a little of
that surplus moisture which fell in
other farts
TWO BANK ROBBERY
SUSPECTS CAPTURED
OKLAHOMA CITY. May 28.—/.**
pture of two additional sus
in the $75,000 bank messr
robbery here last Friday was ex
today as police pursued a
; leading to Kansas City. Police
id they mere in possession of the
mer. of the suspects and that their
nnection with the holdup had
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rVO—THIS IS NOT AN ANT EATER! 1
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Associated Press Photo
This is Bill Williams, of Rio Hondo, who started pushing a peanut by
his nose up the 22-mile steep to the Summit House on Pike's Peak.
Williams uses a "sneezer extension" and does his pyshing on all fours.
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DEPUTY SERVES
HIMSELF WITH
LICENSE TO WED
Assistant County Attorney
Bascom Cox this morning hand
ed a ponddous legal notice to
Chief Deputy Sheriff Frank
(Pancho) Gay. It was well
labeled with “herein fail ye
nots"' and was headed as a writ
of Habeas Corpus Scire Faceias
and Duces Tecun
Cox confidentially told Gay
that it was an important paper
and should be served as soon
as possible.
Upon opening Its cover. Gay
discovered it to be his own mar
riage license. Cox had obtained
it from the county clerks of
fice.
BULLET WOUND
KILLS PRINCE
Son of Former Anna Gould
Shoots Self As Parents |
Object to Wedding
PARIS. May 28—<*>—Prince De
Sagan. 19-year-old son of the for
mer Anna Gould, died today after
a vain 11-day fight to recover from i
a bullet wound, self-inflicted, when
his parents objected to his marrying
until he was 21.
The prince came home from his
school in southern Prance and
sought his parents' permission to
wed a girl, nearly two years older
than himself, with whom he had
fallen in love.
She and her parents had accom
panied him to Paris, and they ex
pected to be married immediaely.
His father, the Duke De Tallyrand.
insisted he wait until he was 21
years old.
He sought his mother, the Duchess
De Tallyrand. I it she took the same
position as the father, expressing
complete satisfaction with his choice j
but insisting he wait until he at- j
tained his majority. Finally she
modified this and told him they
might be married w hen he was 20, in
July.
The young man protested that If
they did not grant him permission
to marry at once he would shoot
himself, but his mother did not take
him seriously. She had hardly left
when she heard a shot and turned
to have him almost fall In her arms.
The girl was immediately notified
and remained with him hour after
hour in the vain hope she would be
able to aid his recovery.
NEW RAILROAD LINE
PLANNED FOR TEXAS
WASHINGTON. May 28.—UP)—A
new line of railroad in Texas 110
miles long is planned by the Colo
rado and Southern railway, a unit
of the Burlington system.
In an application today to the
Interstate Commerce commission
the Fort Worth and Denver North
ern Railway company, a new cor
poration. organized by the Colorado
and Southern, asked permission to
build from Childress to Pampa. both
I in Texas, declaring the route would
pass through territory now heavily
engaged in oil and agriculture pro
, duction.
BUI WILLIAMS
MAKES 2ND BET
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Goober Pusher Will Walk
Home if He Fails; Wants
‘Help From Valley
Bill Williams, goober pusher of
fame, made one bet and lost. Now
he has made another vow and If he
loses this time he will travel the
distance from Colorado Springs to
Rio Hondo on foot.
-This is Bill Williams, from Tex
as. the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
It's a darn good country and if I
don’t get this peanut up this hill.
I'll walk back home.” These are
the words on a little varnished sign
Bill has attached to his person while
pushing a goober to the summit of
Pikes's Peak. The Rio Hondo man
is engaged at present in the struggle
up the mountain.
A pretty good publicity stunt for
the Lower Valley, thinks Bill, as is
; expressed in a letter to the local
chamber of commerce. He makes
the suggestion in his letter that
Valley chambers of commerce get
behind him,/ id help bear a portion
* of his expty*es while on his Colo
rado ventuie
He writes that thousands of cu
rosity seekers are taking snap shots
daily of him at his task. Motion
picture cameramen visit him seven
times a week, he says.
Bill believes that he ts bringing
publicity to this section and would
(Continued on page twelve.)
GARDNER TROPHY RACE
ENTRY TO ST. LOUIS
SAN ANTONIO. May 28.—(&*—
Earl Rowland of Wichita. Kan., the
only entry registered at San An
tonio for the Gardner trophy race,
took off just before 8 a. m. for
St. Louis.
His start was delayed nearly
three hours on account of a low
ceiling north of San Antonio.
Rowland expressed belief he
could make the trip without a stop.
He was flying a Cessna center
wing monoplane.
Lindy and Anne Off
On Honeymoon After
Marriage Yesterday
(See Pictures on Page 3>
ROOSEVELT FIELD. N. Y.. May 28.—(AP)—Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh's plane was taken out of its hangar for a brief mystery flight
today and then returned without any explanation being given.
ENGLEWOOD. N. J.. May 28—(AV-Taking a waiting world by sur
prise. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his bride, the former Anne Morrow,
were away on a secret honeymoon today.
The marriage took place without previous announcement at 4 p. m.
yesterday at the home of the bride's father. Ambassador Dwight W. Mor
row. Half an hour later tne couple ■
i drove away unaccompanied, appar
ently bound for New York.
The Rev. Dr. William Adams
Brown, professor of systematic
theology at Union Theological Sem
inar}-. performed the ceremony in
which a simplified form of the
marriage service, with the word
"obey” omitted, was used. He is a
Presbyterian, as are members of
the Morrow family.
Only members of the Morrow
family and Mrs. Evangeline Lind
bergh. the colonel's mother, wit
nessed the ceremony. These in
cluded the ambassador and Mrs.
Morrow, the bride’s two sisters.
: Elizabeth and Constance. General
and Mrs. Jay Johnson Morrow,
brother and sister-in-law of the
ambassador, and Mls3 Alice Mor- !
row. his sister.
So quickly and quietly was the ;
wedding held that it was 6:30 p. m..
before the public knew the mar
riage on which its attention has
been centered since announcement
of the engagement February 12 last
had taken place.
The only explantion for the un
expectedness of the event was fur
nished by Mrs. Edwin L Mcllvain.
of Meadville, Pa., sister of Ambas
sador Morrow.
A telegram from her brother
said:
"Anne and Charles married very
i quietly this afternoon. Betty and I
I (Continued on page twelves
52 OF MEXICAN
BODY EXPELLED
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Deputies Face Charges of
Complicity In Recent
Revolution
MEXICO CITY, May 28.—MV
Fifty-two members of the Mexican
chamber of deputies favorable to
the presidential candidacy of Gil
bert Valenzuela have been expelled
from that body and will face
charges of complicity in the recent
rebellion.
Sixteen other deputies who sup
ported Valenzuela, former Mexican
minister to Great Britain, have been
allowed to keep their seats and ex
onerated of connection with the re
bellion. It was proved they ceased
their pro-Valenruela activities as
soon as the revolt began.
Expulsion was decided upon by
the Mexican congress last night as
the best means of circumventing
congressional immunity and bring
ing to trial those accused of com
pile ty of one sort or another with
the rebellion. The session was quiet.
HOUSE PASSES TARIFF
BILL AS OEMS OBJECT
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Heavy Rains Halt Texas Traffic
COLORADO ON
6-FOOT RISE
NEARJSTIN
Crop Damage Report
ed Serious; S. P.
Tracks Washed Out;
Trains Delayed
AUSTIN. Mav 28.—(APt—One
man had been drowned and many
families were leaving lowlands for
higher ground in the vicinity of
Austin today as rivers and creeks
left their banks after torrential
rains.
J. T. Terrell. 84. was drowned in j
the San Marcos river when wa
ters swept him off his feet while j
he was attempting to lead his
cow from rising waters.
(By The Associated Press.)
Belated spring rains in South;
Texas today had caused streams in j
! some sections to leave their banks,
halting rail and highway traffic and |
causing considerable crop damage.
The Colorado river was on a six- j
foot rise at Austin following a 2 1-2 i
inch rain last night. Traffic be-1
tween that place and San Antonio
was hampered, and many rural!
roads were Impassable. The river
also was on a rampage at Marble
Falls and still rising. The rainfall;
in the latter section totalled three j
inches.
All streams around Nacogdoches
were out of their banks following
i heavy rains during the past 43
hours. Trains due from Houston
last night had failed to arrive this
morning. Great damage to crops
was feared.
LIGHT PLANT SAVED
AT LIVINGSTON
LIVINGSTON, Texas. May 28 —
(/P»—Heavy rain was falling here to
day, after flood danger Monday and
Monday night had brought several
hundred men who succeeded in sav
ing the municipal electric light
plant by piling sand bags around it.
Water over thousands of acres
of lowlands was even higher today
(Continued on page twelve)
EDINBURG COLLEGE SOPHOMORE CLASSj
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—Photo by Holm
The above picture is the sophomore class of Edinbu-gh Junior College. The group includes: F. 8. Ever
hard. Clinton Fraser, Claude Hocott, Fred Horner. Dick Jamerson. Louie Jayroe. Valens Klossner. Hal
McCombs. Lynn Mighell, Eugene Noser. Joseph Nos»r. Walter Noser. Thomas Pickens. Tom Redford.
Graham Short. John Sinnette, Hunley Slaughter. Edward Stapleton. Tom Swayze. Wilbur Tutt. Lester
Winningham, Janet Anderson. Alta Marie Collins. M*s. George Carr. Evelyn Crisp. Dorothy Duncan.
Velma Farr. Catherine Frisby. Sara Griffith. Kathl?en Haley. Alease Hart. Jessie King. Ozelle Meek.
Mamye Montgomery, Maurine Perkins. Hannah Pe erson. Alberta Rowley, Lucile Stoops. Ruth, Harpley,
Elva Thornes, Gladys Trapp, Carmen de la Vina, Ida Mae West, Katherine Wood, Alva Young.
MOTHER AND 3
CHILDREN DEAD
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Bodies Found in Their Room
With Gas Escaping From
Open Stove Jets
MARTINSBURG. W. Va.. May 28.
——A mother and her three
children were found dead in their
home here today with gas escaping
from open jets in a stove. Police
believe the woman had been brood
ing over the death of her own
mother and took the lives of the
family.
The body of the mother. Mrs.
Clara Manford. 39. was found on
the floor of the kitchen. Nearby
on beds lay the children. Elizabeth,
11. Ranny, 10. and John. Jr.. 8.
The weman apparently had car
ried the beds from upstairs rooms
and placed them in the kitchen.
Windows and doors were tightly
closed. Mrs. Manford s stepchil
dren, Pearl and Ethel Manford.
were asleep on the second floor
and were not disturbed.
' Late Bulletins
POLICE CHIEF PAYS
FINE FOR FIGHTING
AMARILLO. Texas, May 28.—</pi
—Amarillo’s chief of police paid a
$5 fine in city court today for fight
ing in the city manager’s office.
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WOMAN SEEKS NEW
’ALTITUDE RECORD
MINESFIELD. Los Angeles. May
I 28.—(/Pi—Marvel Crosson of San
Diego. Cal., soared up from this air
port today in an attempt to break
the women’s altitude record.
REJECT RESOLUTION NOT
TO COUNT ALIENS
WASHINGTON. May 28.—The
senate today rejected the amend
ment of Senator Sackett of Ken
tucky to the census bill under which
aliens would not be counted in mak
ing the computations upon which
representation in the house would
be based.
1 DAVIDSON ON TRIAL FOR
MURDER AT GROESBECK
GROESBEClt Texas. May 28 —
(A*—After four days devoted to se
lection of a jury, the state today
made quick work of its side of the
murder trial against Lloyd David
son. In three hours seven state’s
witnesses testified, and a written
confession signed by the defendant
was read. The prosecution rested
at noon.
PERFUME KING AND
WIFE ARE SEPARATED
PARIS, May 28—m—The trib
unial at tours today granted Mad
ame Francois Coty, wife of the per
fume manufacturer and publisher,
a divorce decree. In fce” petition,
filed recently, she alleged her hus
band had been unfaithful to her,
San Benito May Join
Harlingen in Airport
Site for Pan-Am Line
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO. May 28.—That San Benito should take the proper steps
to secure an airport, and that if favorable arrangements can be completed
she join Harlingen in the construction of a port, was the conclusion
reached at a meeting here Monday afternoon of about 50 leaders citizens.
The meeting was called by John T. Lomax, president of the chamber
FLIERS APPEAR j
BEFORE ROTARY
Robbins and Kelly On Ros
trum at Convention; Get
Huge Applause
DALLAS. May 28—OPb-Enthusi
asm so vociferous that speeches of j
introduction were impossible swept
| the 20th annual convention of Ro-1
tary International here today when 1
R. L. Robbins and Jim Kelly, pilots!
of the monoplane Ft. Worth, which j
; set a new endurance flight record j
Saturday, were brought to the ros- j
trum.
Walter B. Scott, president of Ro
tary in Fort Worth, who attempted
an introductory speech, finally had j
to content himself with pointing at!
the men and shouting their names, j
: K. K. Hoffman and W. S. Smith.!
pilots of the refuelling plane, also
were introduced.
I During the morning a message
from Paul P. Harris, founder of the
organization, was read to the con
vention urging the members to “ex
‘ amine their batting averages'* and
discover whether at the end of the
season they were a "turys or a
tyro”
The day s program started with a
series of breakfasts for outgoing
{ and incoming district governors,
club presidents, sergeants-at-arms,
and other offiicals. Almon E. Roth
of Palo Alto. Cal., presided at the
banquet for governors.
! PRESBYTERIANS IN
SEMINARY FIGHT
ST. PAUL. Minn . May 28.—UF>—
Monday's victory of the liberals In
the Presbyterian church of the
United States of America for re
organization of management of the
Princeton Theological seminary was
clouded today by announcement
that protest would be “pushed vig
orously” by a leading ultra-con
servative of the church.
EXERCISES HAMPERED
NACOGDOCHES. Tex., May 28 —
,.P—Commencement exercises of
Stephen F. Austin Teachers college
here are being hampered by bad
weather. The programs started Sun
day with Dr. M. E. Dodd. Shreve
port. I4.. preaching the baccalau
reate sermon.
oi commerce, ana was auenaea uy
members of the city commission. |
directors and officers of the cham
ber and other interested citizens ;
Lomax presided over the meeting, j
The session was held to discuss
the proposal of Harlingen that San
Benito join with that city in pro
viding an airport located between
the two towns to meet the require
ments qf the Pan-American Air
ways, Inc. Harlingen was repre
sented in the meeting by the air
port committee of that city, com
posed of Mayor Sam Botts, J. C.
Myrick. director of the chamber of
commerce, and R. B Hamilton, city
commissioner. Other Harlingen
citizens also were present.
A committee was apointed at the
meeting to confer with the Pan
American to determine if officials
of that company would accept an
airport there on favorable terms
and remove its northern terminal
from Brownsville. This committee
Is composed of James C. Bowie.
Mayor J. Scott Brown of San Be
nito. and L. L. Zenor.
San Benito city commissioners
have been considering the need of
an airport at this place for some
time, and now have a 200-acre
tract under consideration. Commis
sioner Greenslade announced.
The meeting was called at San
Benito following announcement at
Harlingen that officials of the Pan
American Airways had agreed to
remove to an airport there pro
vided the city would purchase the
site and build necessary runways.
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ASK IMPROVEMENT ON
TEXAS CITY CHANNEL
WASHINGTON. May 28-4/P>—
Representative Briggs, democrat.
Texas, and H. B. Moore, president
of the Texas city board of trade,
have asked the board of engineers
for rivers and harbors to enlarge
the harbor and increase the depth
of the Texas City channel at a cost
of approximately $1,000,000. They
sought deepening of the channel
from 30 to 32 feet, giving Increased
business as the reason for the
improvement.
TRUCK DRIVER IS
SHOT TO DEATH
PITTSBURGH. May 28 — m —
Michael Rockford, 24. truck driver,
was shot to death today, as a result
of a clash between deputy sheriffs
and a crowd which attacked a milk
wagon of the Liberty Dairy Prod
ucts company, involved in a labor
controversy. , .. ^
MEASURE NOW
GOES OVER TO
UPPER HOUSE
WASHINGTON. May
The House today passed the tanff
bill and sent It to the senate The
vote was 253 to 157.
Immediately afterward a vote waa
started on final passage of the bill.
The vote was taken after a demo
cratic move to force republicans to
amend the bill to provide for abol
ishment of the tariff commisaton and
repeal of the flexible provision of
the tariff law had been defeated.
‘MAIL ORDER BRIDE*
ENTER STATE PRISON
-—(s
RUTLAND. VI. May 3k—tJT—
Mrs. Laura Woodard Ha vert y. "mail
order bride.’* entered today upon
a sentence of not Ins than 2S years
nor more than 30 years at the state
prison for women here. She waa
found guilty of assault with intent
to kill her husband. Thomas Hater -
ty. one-armed house painter «f
Brattleboro. b? a jury and sen
tenced yesterday. She struck her
husband on the head with an trou
griddle while lie slept in thetr Brat
tlcboro home April 30.
TRAIN DERAILED
BY INSURGENTS
MEXICO CITY, May Jt—
Dispatches of El Universal from
Queretaro and Guadalajara today
said the Guadalajara to Mexico City
passenger train was derailed and at
tacked by insurgents yesterday as
Cortes. Jalisco. One passenger waa
wounded in a fight between the In
surgents and the train's military es
cort which finally ended in disper
sal of the rebels.
ETHYLENE RIPENING OF
TOMATOES DISCUSSED
NEW YORK. Max 30 -Dr Pan!
Work, of Cornell University. Lhasa,
and one of the foremost specialises
I in vegetable production, has Just
written an article on **Ethylene Rip
ening of Tomatoes in Relation to
Stage of Maturity ** It has been
issued in pamphlet form by the
university.
MAKE2NDSOLO
FLIGHT TRIAL
Herbert Fahy Trie* Again
To Better Non-Slop
Mark of Jensen
MEROPOL.ITAN AIRPORT. LQ®
ANGELES. Cal.. May »—
Herbert J. Fahy. test pilot foe thm
Lockheed aircraft company here,
hopped off at 4 43:06 a m la hit
second attempt to better the aola
non-stop mark of 35 Ivors S3 min
utes. 21 seconds established hy Mar
tin Jensen at Roosevelt field. N. Y,
last February.
The first attempt of the pilot to
shatter the record ended here ten
day after a little more than II hours
In the air. Fahy said; fop had forced,
him to land.
| THE WEATHER |
For Brownsville and the Valle?:
Mostly cloudy and unsettled to*
• night and Wednesday with Meal
showers.
For East Texas* Cloudy tonight
and Wednesday with local thunder
showers.
Moderate to fresh southerly wtmta
on the coast.
RIVER FORECAST
The river will rise approximately
‘ two feet more at and below
; Brownsville today ami begin to tall
1 slowy tonight. Above San Benito
' the river will begin falling slowly
\ today, and fall moderately fast b»
| ginning tomorrow in the absence of
. heavy rains over tlte oratershie^d
Flood Present as-lte.
8tm Staw* Chaw. Umm
I Eagle Pass .. Ifi 28 -0 2 m
t Laredo . 27 OH ~|g M
• Rio Grande . 21 100 -22 .00
Mission. 22 133 §0 M
San Benito . 23 303 .20 gg
Brownsville . 18 HI -3.4 J88
mii* a tt f at*
l 1 lift- l I
High and. low tide at Faint Isabel
. tomorrow, under normal meteor
ological conditions:
t High ...t 43 a ML
s Low .. 12.30 a. m,
- MIM ELLANEOt » DATA
r Sunset today.7 li
Sunrise tomorrow .. I I