Odd and
CURIOUS
in the
= NEWS =
ot
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TIP TO JAP PILOTS
To Lt. Stephen Saltzman, of
Wilmington, Del, vou're just like
a duck on the wing—and he’s a
crack duck hunter. The former
Wilmington man was, in fact,
reminded of a fowl in flight
when a Japanese aviator few
over him during the attack on
Pearl Harbor December 7. Seo
he grabbed a rifie, shot the pilot
through the head and watched
the plane crash. The army ci-
ted young Saltzman for gallant
ry in action. Writing about it
in a letter received by his par-
ents, the soldier expressed the
hope that perhaps now the fam-
ily would stop razzing him about
his duck hunting. Sald he: “It
came in mightly handy.”
DREAM COME TRUE
Mrs. Eileen Peterson of Leom-
inster, Mass., said she wouldn't
believe her brother was dead.
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The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County
SECOND
SECTION
A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week
@he Centre Democr
NEWS,
FEATURES
VOLUME 61.
BELLEFONTE, PA, THU
NUMBER 2.
Men from 20 Through 44
Years Must Register Feb. |
16th For Military Service
No Date Set Yet for Registration of Men from |
45 Through 65 Years; Expect 9,000,000
Men to Enroll at Registration
t Hawaii and Puerto Rico between
{the hours of Ta. m and 9 p.m
Provisions were made for registra.
tion before February 18 and after
t date in exceptional
through arrangements with
tive Service officials
The president, for the sake of full
cooperation with the Selective Ser-
vice program, wrged all employers
and all government agencies to give
President Roosevelt set February
CRSOS
Men in this age group will be sub- Selec.
ject to military service
The date was fixed in a proclama.
It made no mention of regis-
'RSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1942,
The New Year
BORN ON TE 12h oF MAY
AND SUSAN'S BABY WAS
JRA, ON THE 6% OF ARR
THATS ALL TO APP TO
iM GLAD TO SEE
AUMPH, MARCH |
* NOME
TAL KHEDULE DEAD NA
THANKS WING |
DAV BACK IN IT2
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| who are to be registered later on but
She said she dreamed about her {who will be exempt from service
brother, seaman first class, Cur-
tis J. Farnsworth—“I saw him
with a bandage on his head but
alive.” But her family had the
Navy's official notice that Farns-
worth was among those killed
atl Pearl Harbor. Mrs. Peterson
was with them Wednesday at
the requiem mass for her bro-
ther at St. Leo's church. She
was with them Thursday when
Christmas came back to them—
in another Navy letter that said
her brother “is now accounted
for and will probably communi-
cate with you at his very first
opportunity.”
ATRIOTIC PRISONERS
* Prisoners at Eastern peniten-
tiary, Philadelphia, are far from
the battlefront where they'd
rather be, but Warden Herbert
Smith boasts if he had 1.000 of
them behind him—Smith's an
army captain—they could lick
anything in their path, The
prisoners’ alternative to remote- |!
ness from the war was to re-
cently buy en masse $9,500 in de-
fense bonds and have pledged
purchases of $15,000 more. An
81-year-old World War veteran
serving a life term, bought $650
worth.
{ent legislation
In his proclamation, the chief ex-
| ecutive noted that this and other
| registrations under the Selective
| Service Act “will be required to in-
| sure victory, final and complete, over
| the enemies of the United States”
The registration will apply to all
| male citizens and some non-citizens
| born on or after February 17, 1867,
{and on or before December 21, 1021
It is to take place, not only in the
| United States, but also in Alaska,
Pilots Parachute
From Icy Plane
| Bail Out Near Laurelton When
| Skip Became Uncon-
trolable
A heave snow storm in the vicin-
ity of Laurelton, Union county
foroeqd two pilots from Middletown
airport to bail out of their airpiane
New Year's morning when the ship
| was covered by a coating of ice and
| became uncontrolablé, Both men
| were uninjured
Charles Beard Middletown
student pilot, and Robert Beard
| Chambersburg, instructor, were trav.
'eling in a dual-control cabin plane
| enroute from Lewistown to Cham-
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LITTLE BROWN JUG
Physicians say Thomas Camp-
jon, 65, of Chicago, appears to
| with the armed forces under pres- | ‘ei
ufficient time off to regis.
Sele swwiyice officials estimated
ipproximately 9.000000 men would
be enrolied at the registration, the
first of two or more such enroll.
ments in prospect
Officials explained that
be registe-ed February 16 were men
20 years old, those Who have turned
ince the registration ast July,
and men between 38 and 44
Alfens must register under the
Jaw. The president may exempt per
residing in the United States
who are not citizens and who have
tin
Ve
those to
"1
ons
"not declared their intention to be-
come citizens, but other non-citizens
must register
Recent legislation has made men
between 20 and 44 years old
for military service, and all between
18 and 64 eligible for some type of
war duty
About 17500000 men
been enrolled under
Service Act, and local draft
have speeded up thelr classifica
The local boards, assisted be
volunteer workers yl
the Ait
already
lective
hoard
the Se
tional
used to enroll
000 000 men
Congressional sources :aid
between 20 and 44, who have Not
vet been registered under the Selec
tive Service program, would be en-
rolled first
Later will come enrollment of men
Continued on Pege Five)
ag Nu
lable ;
DAIRY SHORT COURSES
1 dairy man-
ufacturing, each of two weeks durn-
ti wiil be offered at the Permsyl-
vania State College this winter
The first, covering the composition
and propertias of milk and the test-
ing of dairy products, will open Jan-
5 It will include lectures
ratory studies of butter and cheesy
nd making butter and several kinds
of College creamer’
Tnree short courses h
St
MO-
cheese in the
mak-
plant
cream ma-
company representatives
wiv salesmen, will begin Jan-
On 30 speakers of
1 ice cream
oven 10
ee
ALY Januar
I ms at the annual ice cream confer-
ence at the College
The third, a short
ket milk and milk « will open
February 2. A catalogue describing
these courses may be had by writing
to C. D. Dahle, Dairy Department
State Colkge, who is harge of
art rol
mired
in
tie work, Demand {or dain
setators is Jarge, he savs, and
ns taking such eourses have
portunities 1 themaelve:
4
o better
PENN STATE CANCELS
MID-YEAR ENROLLMENT
Officials at the Pennsyl iia State
College tok the fir action here
thizx week to adjust the academic
program 10 emergency conditions by
cancelling mid-year commencement
exercises
Mid-year graduation has been held
at Penn State for the past 28 years
The 20th annual mid-year com-
mencement was originally scheduled
for January 30
According to William 8. Hoffman
registrar completing thelr
college course next month will re.
ceive their diplomas by mall They
will have the privilege of partici.
pating in the formal commencement
wprel iy ur
OXRATCIAES INN JUNE
SINOTS
War Expected to Take
Third of All Incomes
During Present Year =~
Income and ‘Hidden’ Taxes Will Take Heavy
Toll; Standards of Living Are Going
Down, Money Experts Assert
vil) out of this war
ripning luck if somewhere near a
income hasn't gone
into the st
You come
rd of your
* way or another rug-
the sidered oninion of
smart fellows, In Wall
u
Washington, inouin
co
vill go as LX on
veme as “hidden” tax.
t as higher prices for
ou buy, and some of it
inability to turn
paid into
purchase
10 Xr
the money
the poods you
Everyone Faces Cut
Wall Street
2 huge
Fry
Visage
economists can
WAr economy
the long run
oo scale
which will not In have
ame effect on the average citi-
en as a cut In income
Approximately -third
needed for war—one sixth of
income expected to be
taxation. That about
was done in World War No
the
his
nn of the
manes
all the is
raised by
what
ie
Prices Going Up
t is tn» be ralred by
that is by taking now
money which
put into
bor
and
you
things
and bonds
insurance comp
nvestment
such
to
and other inst
tions
The borrowing process is compli-
very nature tends
mi actually take mon-
your day-to-day income
the Governments bonds 1
need
cated, and by its
except where yo
or of
to bu
make the prices of things
out
0
vou
RO up
Living Cost Rises
1 in the last war, and
{ e, since hostilities
the cost of liv £
5. Bureau of Labor
’
1t happe
he
in
ed
ke
on
urope
be out of danger—but he had a
close call. Campion, dusting off
the old brown jug at his home
for a pre-New Year's libation,
took a liberal double swig. When
ures were taken. His holiday
drink, they said, was a liquid
cockroach poison.
ATTENTION JAPS!
Here's a warning fo the Jap-
anese navy! . A young man pur-
posefully strode inte the naval
recruiting station al Memphis,
Tenn., and said he wanted to
join up. “What's your name?”
asked the recruiting officer.
“John Panl Jones,” was the re-
ply.
Then there is the sory about the
man who did not want to go to
Heaven because he was too lazy io
twang the harp.
Read the Classified ads.
ow
The Office of Price Administration ices, which are on the eligible list,
has released this
questions and answers clarifying tire
and tube rationing regulations:
Q. Are seconds of new tires and vate consumers entitled to tires?
ry AY
tubes “new” tires or tubes?
A. Yes.
Q. Are bicyele tires within the
scope of rationing regulations?
A. No.
Q: Can an interstate commen gar-
{ abandon the plane
{ not related
{
|
{elton Bia‘e Village
i about one mile east of his compan-
storm between 11 and 11:30 a. mm. !}
of trying to fiy over ft, having ice
form on the wings and eentrois be- | ! ;
oree rachutes | OPEN EN e-ARROOLR. - Inte
™e Teac ore . . | Christinas is over we can tell you
bersburg when they were forced to
The men are
They told of having flown into the |
SO-THAT’S THE LAW .
The Human Interest Side
of Legal Oddities
By Elliott H. Marrus
The pe tional law seems to be Non-existent
pine Crashed HoFth ‘of Jagr | these days, ft is interesting to look
Charles came down in a tree, east back ahd see whit Sapas. ted
of the village, and Robert in a field) ¥hen it bombed Manila, after U
city had been declared as an "open
(eity.” In 1907 at the Hague Peace
| Conference representatives of forty-
. AL four nadons. including the United
Saved From D ing , States and Japan, signed an.agree-
After 11-year-old Josephine Montl ment which stated: “It is forbidden
on
; was plunged into the eight-foot deep 1s attack or bombard by any means
waters of a pool outside Bradford, | whatever towns, villages, dwellings
| while testing the ice for skating. her | or Wilding: that are not defended”
| pulled Josephine to safety
TIRE RATIONING WORKS |*"™*
of may be used as hearses. |
rier, which has delivered to and de- |
posited with various tire service sta-
tions along its route a supply of its
own tires, bearng its own brand to
be used to service its own trucks Pair telegraph lines eligible vehic- | Civ] war veteran If Blair county.
under a service contract with the
local agency, obtain suth tires from |
the Moeal station?
A. This depends upon whether the
release of tires amounts to a de- ©
livery or transfer within the con-;
templation of the order; opinion fe-
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tion relating to deliveries to ultimate |
consumer prohibit the delivery of
| coal to an ultimate consumer? :
(friend Patty Lou Clark, also eleven, | On December 28th of this year the
declared that
IMaAnila was an “open city.” but the
Sp— | Japanese ruthlessly bed ft any,
Hurt by Falling Limb | way. The purpose of the “open city”
Carl Berry. 37, of near Sayre, was declaration is to avoid destruction
taken {6 the Packer hospital suffer. | Of property and the killing of civil-
ing from injuries recetved when the jans The battle for the eity is sup-
limb of a tree fell on him while he Posed to be fought outside of the
was lumbering. | city itself and the winner takes the
open city intact. This is probably
=| just another example of the honor
crawled out on the cracking ice and | United Stales Navy
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NO CHRISTMA S—Now: that
that in 1664 the Parliament in Eng-
land passed a law forbidding the
obstrvance of the Christmas holi-
day”
onies obeyed the rule for a while
- LJ LJ -
MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY
A man who deserts from the amy
loses his right to United States oiti-
gentghip forever. The deserter is a
man without a country
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CASUALTY OF WAR-Perhaps
one of the worit casualties of this
war is the new Hawaiian decree that
no divorces will be granted for the
duration,
ANTI-ESPIONAGE ~All Japancie, |
G~tman and Italian aliens living in
the west coast region mast turn over
to the police their short-wave radio
sets and cameras. Fallure to do s0
will probably result in the arrest of
| the violator
Some of the New England col.
| COLLEGE AND THE WAR —A
iPeirre! coturt has ruled that Peter
Connors, star tackle on the Gonzata
University (California) {ootball team
imust In the near future Spend his
time tackling the Japs, Germans
and Italians instead of other foot-
ball players. Connors had appeaisd
for deferment from miliary service
until he could complete his college
course. He claimed that he had
earned a scholasship In college on
the basis of his {oothall ability and
{{ he went into the arm he wotild
be financially unable to complete his
course later. The court riled that
Connors must enter the ‘Army be.
cause the Seleative Befvict Law only
deferred students duripg 1040 and
i941
SPANKING DEPARTMENT The
woman who buys a fur coal when
she already has one, just to annoy
her husband or to sell for some
ready cash. deserves a good spank.
jing. Thus spoke an English judge
last week. He regretted thal She old
English law gi¥ifg 8 husband the
right to chastise his ®ife 1s no long-
er in effect
» ¥
TAX SALE-Th# District of Col-
ymbia threaten fo the new
thirse and e-half million dollars Ped-
etal Reserve Bullding to satisfy a
tax lien of $300000 The Federal Re-
ierve refusss 10 PY the tax assess.
ment claiming that as a government.
al ageney it ig exemt
taxat.on The District Tax
wanis hi« taxeS-and there the mat.
ler stands
1
ub)
® ®
INCITING TO RIOT-Under Con-
necticut law you can not read lhe
New Hampshire Constitution aloud
to ten or mare person: ai one Lime
Ld . Ly +
tat
cen
SLICE |}
'
It
pric
go
along w
put
be
"We
* brackets but
we who pay
i Xe
But whether it
there financial
greed
Heart
ro
ao
ictim of Food
Poisoning Dies
Condition Contributes
to Death of Aged Tyrone
Citizen
MONA GRANGE TO
MEET JANUARY
be {irs! regular Pomona Grange
meeting of the new vear will be held
nl
Gap. Saturday,
Thee will
con
‘or
All
longing to Pomona Gra
Logan Hall
January 17
Grange Pleasant
} 3 wi
oe 10
ties Mn sfx #3
3 ARN arith ye
{etre d¢ at the ev
oresents
from local ing session
4
ASUPEAT
Grang
tortie
r
ers’ material be-
yon
ilk
Vari 4 Tar
to have some meminx
hib
a gr
SURE CURE-"The law can make!
voy quit drinking: bul it cannot
make you quit being the king that
needs a lav 10 make you quit drink- |
Continped on Pope Sis)
Blair County
Veteran Dies
Rev. John W. McAlarney
Fought Under Grant
and Sheridan
The Rev, John v MeAlamney, who
| fought under Grant, Sheridan sod
A | Milroy during the. Civil War, die
sap iine eligible vehicles? | Sunday night at his in Loop,
{ : | Station, near Hollldaysburg. He was
Q. Are passenger cars used to re- gs vears old and was the oldest)
Q. Is a truck used to deliver coal
to both the manufacturers and pri- |
es.
Q. Does the exception in the sec.
A. No.
Q."Are trucks used to repair tele.
| Rev, McAlarney, wlio Was a Te-
A. No. | tired supply paster of the Methodist |
Q. Are cars used to repder cam- | Central Pennsylvania conference, be- |
mercial service to telegraph offices { came critically ill last Tuesday when
igible vehicles? 1 he fell in his bedroom where a dress- |
A. No. {er fell on him.
Q. Are cars used to deliver tele-| He fought for the northern forces
served for written submission of grams in rural areas eligible vehi. | for three and one-half years And]
facts.
Can't Deliver Tires
Q. Can tires in possession of seller
on which full payment has been
made be delivered to the purchaser? traveling purchasers of scrap iro
A. No.
Q. Can tires on which a down
payment has been made but which
are still in the possession of the used to make deliveries to retailers
seller be delivered to the purchaser? | eligible?
A. No,
Q. Can tires now owned and in|
the possession of a fleet operator ' wholesale grocers to make deliveries |
be transferred from one of his fleet | or to solicit sales eligible vehicles? |
garages to another? From truck to
truck?
A. Yes,
Q. Can tire
automobile dealers?
A. No.
Q. Have the local boards any dis to’ make delivery of newspapers in
cretion in extending the list of clas- | wholesale lots
ses eligible to purchase or transfer | vehicles?
tires or tubes?
A. No.
Hearse Not Eligible
modification in the list?
A. Leon Henderson, Office of Price| q Are trucks used for retail de-|
Administration, Washington, D. C. | livery of heavy goods, e. g., furniture |
vehicle? | eligible ,
hy pl
.Q. Is a hearse an
A No, In
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wis aotive in battles at Antietam |
{and Bull Run, He Was also a scout |
{in the war for one year. |
cles?
A. No.
Yes and No on Trucks
Q. Are passenger cars used by I ply pastor of Methodist churches in|
n i ' n
entitled to tires? ieentral Pennsylvania and served in|
A. No.
{more than a decade ago. He was a
Q. Are wholesale grocers’ trucks
| member of the Hollidaysburg Meth-
(odift church. Bix children survive!
him.
A. Yes. vm
Q. Are passenger cars used by |
mss A
Houtzdale Miner Injured
Adam Hamilton, Houtzdale miner, |
suffered a twisted and badly frac- |
tured left leg last Tuesday while |
A. No.
Q. Are wholesale grocers’ trucks
{used for sales and for solicitation of
dealers exchange sales eligible vehicles? |
white-walled tires owned by them | A. Only when the deliveries and
for black-walled tires owned by the | solicitations coincide. Trucks cannot
ibe used as salesmen’s vehicles.
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{livery of single papers to homes in|
Q. To whom must one apply for rural areas eligible vehicles? }
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{leg was caught in & wire rope. i
{was badly twisted and the fracture
| extended into the knee joint. He
| underwent an operation at the Phil- i
|fpsburg State hospital.
i
i Workman Injured
A. Yes. Barry P. Walters, 45, of Milton, |
Q. Are trucks used for the de- [miflered a Sraciiire ba his npn 1s |
working in the punich department
of the American Car and Foundry |
Company fell on him. Walters was |
removed to the Celsinger Memorial |
Hospital at Danville. for treatment. |
The fracture occured between the |
|
Q. Are trucks used by newspapers
to newsdealers eligible
A. No.
vehicles?
A No knee and hip.
Retired Shopman
Killed by Auto
Vietim's Mangled Body
mained Unidentified for
Four Hours
Stepping from the curb at Sixth
‘avenue and Sixteenth street in Al-
toona about 9 o'clock Friday even-
ing, Harry McConnell, 71, a well
known retired P. R. R. shopman, was
instantly killed when struck by an
automobile driven by Robert S.
| Newberry.
The victim remained unidentified
at the Stevens mortuary from time
of the accident until shortly before
1 o'clock Saturday morning when
his daughter, Sarah, with whom he
resided, appeared and established Nig
identity, His body was badly smash-
ed by the impact of the car, it was
said ; yi.
Police sald the driver of the car
After the war. he became a sup- | failed to see the aged map until too |
late to avoid hitting him.
Mr. McConnell was born in Newry
daughters, two grandchildren,
brothers and three sisters.
EE MN
New Doctor at Mill Han
Dr. Samuel C. Bower of Tunnel.
two
his office in the Raabe building
At consis. ns MP ah ——
Buy Defense Bonds now!
Re-
State College
Student Killed
Sunbury Youth Dies After
Car Hits Pole Returning
From Dance
George Harwood Hoover, only son
of Mr. and Mrs. George W, Hoover
{of Bunbury, and a sophomore at
| Pennsylvania Stute College, was fat-
ally injured when his father’s car, in
which he was driving alone, struck
a tree at Northumberland early New
Year's morning. He died while be-
ing taken to the Mary M. Packer
Hospital.
from 40 miles of driving after the
dance is believed to have overtaken
| iim, and probably also, he relaxed
| gome# hat when he knew he was
! neatly home. -
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Horse Badly Hurt
A horse of Ralph Cohen, Blooms.
i burg, used for milk delivery, was 50
{ badly injufed when struck by a car,
|
[this capacity for 38 years, retiring Members of the family include four that it had to be killed by Police
Chief N. F. Jacoby. The horse, with
! part of the lower left leg torn almost
off was thrown across the highway
{and was hit by another car before
{traffic could be halted. The car was |
(ton, Indiana county, has established | damaged about the front.
!a practice In Mill Hall and opened milk was lost and minor damage
Some
caused to the milk wagon.
eats A ——— nt
| “Read the Classified ads.
Ee — ro —_
He was 19 years of age. Fatigue
24-Hour Duty for
Osceola Family
Five Members Take Turns at
Manning Air Raid Spol-
ting Station
The Philipsburg Daily Jowrnsl
tells this interest'ng story of a pat-
riotic Oscedla Mills family:
{i The next time you start walling
‘about volunteering a couple of vour
hours for watching duty at an air.
raid gpotiing station just think about
| Dick Powers and family at Osceola
| Mills, R. D.
| There are {ve in. the Powers fam.
ily at the present time—Dick his
wife, two children and a mlative—
A
4 is
1 the Hobb:
oup exhibit
I» 8
Speed Limit in Smullion
cling upon the request of citi-
zens of the town the State Highway
[the
| unless
pro
|
ove
Department has
signs in Smuliton
erecied speed limit
officials
community warn motorists th
the speed limit
secution will be lodged
—-
ard
ang
There is no law against eonurtess
nn at home and at the whee! of a
| motor car
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Random
[tems
NEW NUMBER:
I ¢
vy of bein
appy to report thot t
number of The Cen
fice in Be
lefonts
dally Ir
IN
charg
FAIR TEST
AMERICAN
Bellefonte
LOVE AND
NO-SUCH NOISE
$5, SAY ¢
;
Be,
CALENDARS
nk
the
auction { § {
print Grif Teller
Rullrond calendar. mrtist
another tplendid pieces o
year iD a scene entitled “Partners in
| Defense ® The scene por-
large colliery
—r,
ory
Pt
With frpioty
Wonder het Hugl
think it
ANNOUNCEMENT:
We are pleased that A
Ketineth G. Haines has so
week tO announce his
re-election
pleasure
80 rock-ribbed a
tacitly admit
Roosevelt
The
| from the fact that
Republican az Ken
aller all, that
going to do sway with
1842 elections, ae many of our
good G. 0. P. friends claimed a while
back
ix not
a
the
8&0
Continued on Pope Siz)
SR
8Y_R- M-BRANKERNOES -
{and theyre all spotters. Pact is they!
have a monopdly on the
and operate the station night and
fay. .. "i
Dick. who Js assistant posimaster
tal Osceola Mills and a World War
veteran, was anxious to get st the
[new job when the defense setup de.
cided to sstablish an air-raid spot.
ting station af his home in Centre,
near Osceola Mills, He's still on the
{job and doing no complaining al-
though the mir-raid duty has put a
few kinks in his normal routine.
From 6 a4. my. until 11 p. m. the en-
tire family is up
gituation ;
and around and |
alls well and good in the spotting |
service, Prom then on the five mom. |
bers of the family disrup:
(Continugd on Page Five)
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their
a — Co a ——- oS
THE DANCE COSTS.
dy A CENTS... LET'S
FIETY CENTS
WORTH OF DEFENSE
STAMPS
7
RGAE
7] ELMER.. I HAVE V7
"A AN IDEA - Vij
COME IN 77
ME ———
YOU ‘RE RIGHT.
WE WON'T Be
HAVING
} ENEMIES
PETER PUBLIC—Hollywood Cycle