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JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1951
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PRICE TEN CENTS
Grocers Ask
For Higher
Price Lids
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8—(At—The
nation’s grocers want permission to
charge higher prices—basing their
plea primarily on increased -costs.
Price Stabilization officials said
they would conduct a djuick survey
of conditions in the nation's 560,000
food stores to see if “emergency”
relief from present grocery store
price ceilings is needed. But the
officials indicated overall grocery
price adjustments would not come
for some time.
Your corner grocer took his plea
for a bigger margin of profit to
the Food Distributors Industry Ad
visory Committee. The committee
represents both independent and
chain grocers.
Price control officials said the
requested increase might add one
half to one percent to the country's
present food bill.
Earlier this week the OPS gave
thousands of manufacturers, proces
sors, refiners and others—includ
ing businesses preparing meat, milk,
butter and other foods for the
retail market—permission to apply
for higher ceiling prices.
And the Bureau of Labor statistics
reported that retail food prices
reached a new high on Nov. 15.
The bureau said an eight-city sur
vey pushed its index up to 231.2,
compared to the 1935-1939 average
of 100. That was about 14 percent
above pre-Korea prices.
Juneau Singers
Christmas Program
Week from Sunday
One of the lighter features of the
Juneau Singers program next Sun
day afternoon, December 16, at the
Twentieth Century Theatre, will be
the “Skaters’ WaJtE” by Air. and
Mrs. Bill Barringtfctti guest dincwsr
Anyone who has seen the Barring
tons folk dancing, .square dancing
or ballroom dancing know's this
specialty will be an outstanding
attraction and greatly enjoy**!. The
theme "Winter. Wondet3wKF’
be carried, out in song, gayly col
ored outdoor costuming, and set
ting. Among the popular songs will
be White Christmas, Jingle Bells
(a very special arrangement) and
Winter Wonderland.
Jimmy Leafh Taken
To Orthopedic Hospital
At Mt. Edgecumbe
Little Jimmy Leath, hospitairesd
since receiving a stab wound in the
chest from felS father on Nov. 24, is.
being taken to the Orthopedic hos
pital'at Mt. Edgecumbe today.
It is expected that he will im
prove and may probably be dis
charged from the hospital within a
couple of “weeks, the attending
pHysician said.
His father, Mel Leath, died last
week from stab wounds inflicted on
1M ;,i'ji.v at! -,at
TheWashinglon
Merry-Go-Round
■CocyriKht, 195J. by Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
By DREW PEARSON
ff ASHINGTON — Another mink
coat has been dancing around the
Justice Department—or, rather, the
ghost of a mink coat. It’s one of
these will-o'-the-wisp, now-you-see
it-now-you-don't-see-it garments
that was seen on the wife of a Jus
tice Department official about a
year ago, but which is seen no more.
The coat, beautiful as it was sup
posed to be, is pr'obably not as im
portant as some of the political
maneuvering around the Alien Pro
perty Custodian. The general public
may not realize it, but the Alien
Property Custodian handles mil
lions of dollars worth of property
seized from the Germans, Japanese
and Italians during the war.
However, a mink coat worn by the
wife of a government official these
days is getting to be like arson,
sabotage or treason, so I went down
to the Justice Department to inves
tigate.
The husband of the lady, Harold
Baynton, the Alien Property Custod
ian, I had never met before. He
seemed like a nice guy and willing
to open up every detail of his life;
so I felt sort of like Mr. District
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Fairbanks Posse Captures Screaming
Madman; Save Kidnapped Baby After
Snowy Chase in Sub-Zero Weather
■*
Lite's Game Is
Called on
Jack Langselh
Jack Langseth, oldest of oldtime
printers in this section of Alaska,
and a 33rd degree baseball fan, died
suddenly yesterday afternoon on
the city bus as it rounded the corn
er at the baseball park.
His parents brought him to Min
nesota when he was seven years old.
He came to Douglas in 1908 and
was married in Juneau in 1918. He
worked on the Douglas Island News,
Dispatch, Record-Miner and the
Daily Alaska Empire i« the days
when the papers were set by hand.
He saw the linotype replace the
men who hand-set the day’s news.
Mr. Langseth played baseball and
umpired in the Gastineau Channel
area for years.. Whenever an ar
gument developed about a play in
a long-gone local game his record
books were dug out to settle the
disputed point.
He was active on the Juneau and
Douglas volunteer fire departments
and was a member of the hose
team of the Juneau department be
fore there were fire engines. In re
cent years he was elevator operator
in the Goldstein Building
He would have been 66 years
old December 14, pasing away one
week before his birthday. He was
born in Trondjen, Norway. Mr.
Langseth was a member of the In
dependent Order of Odd Fellows
and a long-time member of ^he
Pioneers.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Josephine Langseth, and three
daughters, Mrs. James Owings,
Talladee, Ga., Mrs. James Glea-1
ton, St. Petersburg, Fla., and Mrs.
Roy Eaton, Anchorage, and ww
grandchildren.
Langseth is also survived by
tWo' brothers, Andrew Langseth of
Ketchikan and Rasmus Langseth of
.Sfeattle, two sisters, Mbs, Iver Han
4etit, Seattle, and Mrs- J. C. John
son, Vallejo, Calif.
funeral arrangements are to be
$wljounced later. The remains, are
at the Carter Mortuary. It is re
quested that no fldwers be sent to
t the funeral. Instead, it is asked
, that the money be sent to the Alas
ka Tuberculosis Association.
Defense Head Quits
Because of Social
Security Payments
Col. Earl C. Landreth, director
of civil defense for Alaska, has ten
dered his resignation to Gov.
Ernest Gruening, giving as his rea
son that he objected paying Social
I Security because it might lead to
a situation he termed “unethical, if
not immoral.”
Gov. Gruening accepted Col.
Lpndreth’s resignation, stating his
.regret and complimenting him for
the work he had done since his
appointment last July.
Gov. Gruening announced that
Col. James C. Crockett has been
appointed acting Civil Defense Di
rector. Col. Crockett has been Col.
Landreth’s assistant.
Col. Landreth, in his letter of
resignation, said he objected to hav
ing Social Security payments with
held from his salary as Civil De
fense Director.
He said, “After three and one
half years I could draw against
Social Security to the extent of $80
a month. My total payments
would only come to $189. To me,
this is wholly unsound. Under the
system of handling funds for this
Service, it is entirely possible that
any event of shortages in the Social
Security fund will have to be met
from the federal treasury.
“Under si;ch circumstances, the
acceptance of any benefits from
the act would, in my case, be un
ethical, if not immoral.”
He said he realised he could re
fuse to accept such payments, but
that in contributing to the fund
he would be supporting a proposi
tion which he could not support.
He said that he had enjoyed his
work and his relations with those
he worked with and under, but felt
he must quit because of the above
reason.
AT THE BARANOF
Link Williams of Anacortes,
Wash., is a guest a tthe Baranof
Hotel.
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FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Dee. 8—UPl
—Maniacal screams led a police
posse in the black night yesterday
to a demented trapper who ran
barefoot through the snow in 41
below zero weather with a 10
month-old baby dangling by the
heels.
He wore a flapping nightgown;
the baby a diaper.
Strangely, the child appeared to
have suffered no lasting ill effects
mom its hour and 45 minute ex
posure to the bitter cold. The trap
per, William Burke, about 30, Nen
ar.a, Alaska, froze his feet.
The eerie kidnaping of the baby
occurred after Burke escaped from
a hospital where he was under
treatment for a mental disorder.
He became unbalanced while trap
ping alone in the wilderness north
of Nenana.
In quick succession: .
Burke burst shouting into the
home of Mr. and Mrs. William T.
Dyer, who had left their five child
ren in the care of their oldest son.
Bill, 13. They scurried, terrified, to
their rooms, leaving the baby un
protected in its crib.
The madman snatched up the
infant by the heels and ran scream
ing through the night. Just too late,
Bill remembered a rifle in the house
grabbed it up and bravely went back
to the front room. It was empty.
While he barricaded the door
and sat on guard with the rifle
on his knees, every police officer
in the Fairbanks area, highway
patrolmen and Marshal’s deputies
formed a posse and fanned out.
Burke’s full-throated shrieks
pointed them to him. He was found
in the brushland near the Alaska
Railroad terminal, still holding the
baby upside down.
The brother. Bill, meanwhile, re
mained grimly protecting the other
children. He refused to open the
do "■ ■" en police, and not until
trig jla^ftCS-Wturtred would he edu
his vigil.
Police Chief Ray Skelton said
Burke was picked up by a bush
pi}(it along his trap line after his
dogs came to a nearby settlement
alone. He had been hospitalized orfiy
one day.
Truce Talks
Deadlocked,
But Hope Seen
By ROBERT B. TUCKMAN
MUNSAN, Korea, Dec. 8 — —
United Nations negotiators today
made another unsuccessful effort to
break the long deadlock over polic
ing a truce in Korea.
The Reds rebuffed all U.N. over
tures and again said “no” to every
.key U.N. proposal for supervising
an armistice.
After five hours of debate in
which tempers on both sides of the
conference table became frayed, the
two-man subcommittees appeared
no nearer an agreement which
would break the 12-day deadlock.
Nonetheless, some observers saw
hope of. a compromise solution
soon. They believe the negotiations
have reached the hard bargaining
stage which frequently comes just
before an agreement is hammered
out.
In Tokyo, general headquarters
accused the Communists of "at
tempting to pour supplies, equip
ment and men int$ North Korea”
while the armistice talks are under
way.
In a lengthy harangue, North Ko
rean Maj. Gen. Lee Song Gho
flatly rejected five points the U.N.
Allies insist must be Included in
any truce supervision agreement.
Lee said the Communists would:
1. Insist on the right to rebuild
damaged airfields and construct
new bases in North Korea.
2. Refuse to concede the U.N.
demand for rotation of troops and
replacement of equipment during
an armistice.
3. Demand that the U.N. Allies
evacuate islands off the coast of
North Korea and withdraw all naval
forces from coastal watery.
4. Insist on rear area inspection
only at mutually agreed ports of
entry and refuse United Nations
demands for unlimited reconnais
sance and the use of communica
tions lines by observer teams.
5. Reject the United Nations
proposal for a single armistice com
mission to supervise the truce and
insist on a joint U.N.-Communist
commission with a separate organi
zation of neutral nations to provide
observer teams.
Heavy Task
Faces Weary
Tax Probers
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 — iff) —
Weary House Tax Investigators
took a week-end respite today be
fore plunging anew into their ef
fort to unsnarl a tangle of charges
about an alleged tax shakedown
attempt.
The temporary halt in the hear
ings coincided with a published re
port about a housecleaning in gov
ernment.
The Washington Post said Mr.
Truman hopes to announce such a
move before the new year although
thfe story added he has not decided
on a definite plan of action. Among
the things Mr. Truman “has been
turning over in his mind." the Post
said, are:
Assignment of J. Edgar Hoover,
director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, to seek out cor
ruption in the government service.
Appointment of a learn of big
r.ame lawyers, one a Republican
and the other a Democrat, to
prosecute any government offi
cials charged with wrong-doing.
The House probers yesterday
heard testimony of Abraham Teit
elbaum, wealthy Chicago lawyer.
Teitelbaum told the probers two
men claiming connections with
high Washington officials had
threatened him with tax troubles
unless he paid off to the tune of
$500,000.
Teitelbaum told a House Ways
and Means subcommittee one of
the officials named to him as a
member of the alleged government
“clique” was Charles Oliphant,
who resigned Wednesday as chief
counsel of the Internal Revenue
Bureau with an angry denial of
the charge.
Oliphant had been scheduled t£
testify yesterday but he begged ofl
at the last minute.
Subsequently, an it' ernal ifev
Oliphant halted a move that would
have delayed criminal fraud prose
cution of Trttelbaum’s income taj
case at nbout the time Teitelbaum
qUeged he refused to be shaker
down.
When the subcommittee resume:
.its hearings Monday, it plans to re
1 call former assistant attorney gen
I cjal T. Lamar Caudle, the oustec
I JusStice Department’s chief taj
i prosecutor.
| Attorney General J. Howard Me
1 Grath is due to bp called Tuesdaj
| for a discussion of Caudle's activ
ities, with former Internal Revenui
Commissioner George J. Schoene
man to follow.
I New Service by
Alaska Steam
Next Season
SEATTLE, Dec. 8—ilfi— Alaska
Steamship Co. passenger vessels
will expand their service next year,
general traffic manager H. N. Pet
erson announced today.
Steamers Baranof, Denali, Alaska
and Aleutian will continue twice-a
week service from Seattle on a 12
day round trip schedule.
However, they will extend their
ports of call.
For instance, all vessels will call
at Juneau, and ships will call at
Sitka weekly instead of every two
weeks. Also, for the first time since
the war an Alaska Railroad stream
liner will run a one-day round trip
to Anchorage in connection with
each passenger ship's Seward visit.
Doubleheader Is
Played at Douglas
In a doubleheader basketball
game played in the Douglas High
Schopl gymnasium last night, Mike
got back in the win column by de
feating the Alaska Road Commis
sion 49 "to 37. The Douglas High
Huskies downed an aggressive
Country Club quintet 38 to 30 for
their fo“urth win in five starts.
TIDE TABLES
• DECEMBER 9
• Low tide 4:39 a.m., 4.3 ft.
• High tide 11:00 a.m., 16.8 ft.
• Low tide 5:38 p.m., 0.8 ft
• DECEMBER 10
•
• High tide Midnight 14.2 ft
• Low tide 5:31 a.m.. 45 ft
• High tide 11:44 a.m., Ill f*
• Low tide 6:23 p.m., -0.2 ft
5 Furious
Air Battles
Over Korea
SEOUL, Korea, Dec. 8—(jTI—Uni
ted Nations and Communist jets
fought five furious air battles high
over North Korea today as clearing
j skies brought the swift planes out
in force after a one-day lay-off.
The U. S. Fifth Air Force said
two Communist MIGs Were dam
aged and that vastly outnumbered
American Sabre jets came through
the battles unscathed.
The MIGs were hit in a swirling
afternoon dog fight between 15
Sabres and 60 Red Jets over Sin
anju.
Earlier in the afternoon, a flight
of Sabre Jets tangled with 60 MIGs
for about 10 minutes, but the Fifth
Air Force said neither side could
get in position to fire.
Allied pilots spotted large numbers
of MIGS in sweeps over North
Korea Saturday, the Air Force said,
but the Communist fliers in most
cases showed little desire to fight.
While no UN planes were lost in
aerial combat, one F-84 thunderjet
was shot down by Communist anti
aircraft gunners. The Air Force
said the pilot landed in the ocean
off the west coast of Korea and was
picked up by a Third Air Rescue
Squadron flying boat.
Gas Fire Flares
Out of Control
Near Pt. Barrow
FAIRBANKS. Alaska, Dec. 8—^
—Natural gas pouring from one of
the Navy’s exploratory oil wells
pear Point Barrow, at the northern
til Sf Alaska, caught fire Thursday
pi | was reported still burning out
control yesterday.
engineers here said no
WqSrkmen were injured but the steel
derrick over the well probably
would be a complete loss.
Cause of the fire was not dis
closed. The well, in the Navy's
Point Barrow oil reserve deep in the
arctic, is located in mountainous
terrain givei* the name of Gubik by
the Navy’s oil seekers.
American
Military
Air (rashes
By the Associated Press
The crash of a U.S. Air Force fly
ing boxcar in Japan’s Inland Sea
today (Saturday) brought to 30 the
possible death toll In three widely
separated smash-ups of American
military craft.
In Tokyo, the Air Force said one
injured crewman had been picked
up, three bodies had been recovered
and a fifth airman Is missing. The
plane was on a flight between bases
in Japan.
Sixteen men are missing on e
B-29 Superfort which crashed in
-he sea on a flight between the
Azores and Bermuda. Another ten
are lost on a C-47 cargo plane
which hit a peak in southern
France. Both these crashes occur
red Thursday, but were not re
ported until yesterday.
Air searchers near Cuges-Lcs
Pins, France, found the wreckage
if the C-47 today but saw no sign
of life. The plane was enroute
from Tripoli, Libia, to Marseille.
Wreckage of the B-29 and one
body were > reported found yester
day. Searchers for the Superforl
have been hampered by hard rain
and moderately high seas.
The C-47 was the third U.S. Air
Force plane lost in Europe in less
than four weeks. One C-47 was
forced down Nov. 19 while over Red
Hungary, and Its crew of four was
taken into custody.
A Flying Boxcar crashed In
Southern France, Nov. 13, killing all
36 servicemen aboard.
SHOPPING DAYS
TO CHRISTMAS
Lovely Miss-Also Aulo Plates
Lovely Mari Aldcn, Gary Cooper's leading lady in the United
States Picturrs production “Distant Drums," soon to be released by
Warner Bros., Introduces Alaska’s 1052 automobile license plate*.
This year the plates are white with blue numerals.
The plates will go on sale December 15. The Juneau City Clerk's
office will handle th'c sale in Juneau.
Those desiring special numbers from 1 to 100 may make upplica
i tion before December 15, directly to the tax collector's office In the
Simpson Building.
Under the new motor vehicle act passed by the last legislature,
registration of vehicles is required. Certificates of title will be Issued
by the headquarters office of the Department of Taxation here.
The fee for passenger cars is $10; motorcycles, S3; taxicabs, 510.
AJ! other ■."'hide : n**r »ree»at*}g y.!>®0 nOttff I* ««•
less, $15; 3,501 up to 12,(ICO pounds, $25; 12,001 up to 18,000 pounds,
$50; and over 18,001 pounds, $75. ,
Juneau Federal
Employee, Wife
Face Court Suit
CLEVELAND, Dec. 8—Iff)—A court
quarrel Is in progress here over the
two children of the wife of William
5. Twenhofel, chief of the United
States Geological Survey in Alaska.
Mrs. Elizabeth Twenhofel, a Clev
elander, is being sued by her former
husband, Prancls A. Stejer, a gov
ernment geologist in Washington.
Twenhofel ftymerly was Stejer’s
boss in Alaska.
Stejer wants the court to do two
things:
(1) Punish Mrs. Twenhofel for
violating a court order forbidding
her*to take her two children to Ju
leau, Alaska, for a visit to her
new husband, last summer. Con
tempt of court carries a maximum
10-day jail sentence and $500 fine.
(2) Award him $105,000 in an
Uienation of affections suit against
Twenhofel and his ex-wife’s parents,
Mr .and Mrs. William H. Robinson
Df Cleveland. The Robinsons are
named because he said they en
touraged his wife to marry Twen
hofel, even though they knew Twen
lofel then was married.
For her part, > Mrs. Twenhofel Is
vsklng the court to set aside the
present court order and allow her
to take her children, Charles, 7,
ind Sharon, 4, to Juneau to live
•vith her hu.^and.
The hearing—with all the prin
jipals on hand—resumed today.
JUNEAU VISITOR
Ray S. Crawford of Anchorage
arrived here yesterday on PNA and
is stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM MT. EDGECl'MBE
Miriam Pawliski of Mt. Edge
„umbe Is stopping at the Baranof
Hotel.
CONTRACTOR HERE
James A. McGillvray, Ketchikan
contractor, is stopping at the Bar
anof Hotel.
Denali scheduled to sail from Se
attle today.
Baranof scheduled to arrive
soutfibound Sunday at 11 p.m.
Freighter Cassiar due to arrive
Dec. 12.
Freighter Flemish Knot sched
uled to sail from Seattle today.
Bartenders j
Of Juneau
Get Pay Raise
SEATTLE, Dec. 8—(*)—Wage in
creases for nearly 1,000 Pacific
northwest and Alaska workers were
approved today by the regional
wage stabilization board in major
cases of 22 acted upon in a two
day session.
The board voted 11-1 (one public
member dissentingi to approve a
petition of 22 establishments be
longing to the Juneau, Alaska, Bar
Owners Association and indepen
dents and the AFL Bartender’s In
ternational League for an increase
from $15 to $17 in the base daily pay
for 68 bartenders. Other increases
also were sanctioned for' split shift
rates, part days, etc. The action
came within the W8B 10 percent
formula.
Dr. Duncan Chalmers
Fo Head Sanatorium
At Ml. Edgecumbe
Dr. Duncan M. Chalmers has
been appointed medical officer in
charge of the Mt. Edgecumbe sana
torium. it was announced by the
Alaska Native Service today.
He was in charge of the Bethel
Hospital which burned in Novem
ber of 1950. The hospital was op
erated by the native service. Re
cently, Dr. Chalmers was director
c.f the community hospital at Hale
Center, Texas.
Autoisls on Highway
Are Given Warning
Autolsts along the Glacier high
way are given warning of the icy
condition of the road beyond the
paving. The highway, early this
morning, was glare ice and traveling
was most difficult. On the loop
road three cars were in the ditch
and from Auke Bay to the airport
five cars had slid off the highway.
EQUIPMENT MAN HERE
John H. Anderson of the Yukon
Equipment Co., from Anchorage is
| at the Baranof Hotel.
{ - UM/PUtE WANT AOS PAT —
Volcano
i
Continues ^
Erupting 1
Fear Felt that Parts of
One Area Might
Sink Into Sea
MANILA, Dec. 8—UR—Lava spew
ed from four holes near the top
of Mount Hibok Hlbok today aa the
volcano continued its eruption in
to the fifth day.
The holes were marked by four
glowing Red spots that could be seen
clearly through the smoke and
.iteam swirling around the peak on
Cnmiguln Island In the southern
Philippines.
Fissures opened In the earth
near Mabajao on the northern
roost of the island. These brought
fear that parta of Catatguln
might sink Into the sea.
Constabulary troops and rescue
workers were evacuated hastily by
boat from the Mabajao area after
the cracks appeared.
Philippines news service said
also it had received an uncon
firmed report that part of the
village of Panssan, west of Ma«
Bnjao, had sank Into the sea.
Volcano experts in Manila dis
counted the report. They said suoh
n sinking of the earth near art
erupting volcano would have shown
on seismographs here.
The flight of Camlguln residents
to nearby Mindanao and other is
lands continued through Saturday.
Juan Pagalan, chief clerk in the
Mabajao treasureru office, fold
the Philippines news service he
didn't believe more than 10 percent
of the 2,300 persons living in the
hardest-hit areas survived the first
sudden downpour of hot ashes and
rocks Tuesday.
Mayor Eliton Llmbaco said more
than 1,000 are buried under the
ashes and will never be found.
Cowgirl to Tell
Alaska 'Movies
Belter than Ever'
SEATTLE, Dec. 8—Carolina
Cotton, singing cowgirl of the
movies, will leave here Monday (or
Alaska to spread the word that mo
tion pictures are "better than ever.”
She is the first goodwill ambas
sador to be dispatched by the
"inovletlme U.S.A.” program —
launched nation-wide in October—
beyond the continental limits of
the United States.
Miss Cotton will fly via Alaska
Airlines to Fairbanks, where she
will make personal appearances.
In addition to representing "mov
ietime U.S.A.” In Alaska. Miss Cot
ton will carry thousands of mess
i ages from children throughout the
! nation to Santa Claus at the north
i pole.
She has appeared in many "west
. erns” and is billed as the feminine
yodellhg champion of America.
Boxer, Rookie of
Year Gel Thrill
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 8 — M —
"Next to winning the heavyweight
title from Ezzard Charles last sum
mer, this is the biggest thrill of
my life,” said Jersey Joe Walcott
today on his selection as "Boxer
of the Year.”
Standing alongside the 37-year
old veteran was young Oil Turner
who was just as pleased with his
selection by the Boxing Writers'
Association as "Rookie of the Year."
Turner said he was going to try
and Justify the award by "winning
the welterweight championship."
• •
• WEATHER REPORT •
• (U. a. WEATHER BUREAU •
• Temperatures tor 24-Hour Period •
• At Airport: Maximum, 38; •
• Minimum, 33. •
• •
• FORECAST •
• (Juneau and Vicinity) •
• Cloudy with rain tonight •
• with southeasterly winds 15 to •
• 25 mph. Mostly cloudy Sunday •
• with occasional mixed rain •
• and snow. Low tonight near •
• 35 degrees. High Sunday near •
• 38. •
• •
• PRECIPITATION •
• (Pest 24 boors ending 7:30 a m todar •
• At Alport — 0.33 inches; •
• since July 1—18.86 inches. •