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VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,584 • JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1950 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS
Yanks Co unteratta ck Enemy Ta egu Driv e
ANCHORAGE
PLUMBERS
END STRIKE
Threat Lifted on Defense
Projects-No Details
Are Given
SEATTLE, Aug. 18—Oft—An agree
ment ending a strike of plumbers
that threatened $200,000,000 to $400,
00,000 worth of Alaskan defense
work was reached at a meeting here
this afternoon.
Some 225 plumbers in Anchorage
Local 367, Plumbers and Steamfit
ters’ Union (AFL), were involved
in the strike, which began July 26.
Federal conciliators announced the
agreement, without giving any de
tails of the settlement.
FIRES RAGE
IN PACIFIC
NW FORESTS
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 18.—lA*!—
Fires roared through widely scat
tired sections of the tinder-dry Pa
cific Northwest today (Friday), with
a 4,000-acre blaze in California’s
Modoc Forest, just south of Kla
math Falls, the biggest.
South of Corvallis, the planer mill
of the Precision Lumber Company
was destroyed at an estimated loss
of $25,000.
The Moore Timber Products Com
pany mill near the California line
south of Grants Pass, was saved
early today—at least temporarily.
Far to the north in Gifford Pin
chot National Forest near Randle,
Wash., fire burned 150 to 200 acres
of brush and reproduction timber.
The U. S. Forest Service reported
the 200 men battling it hoped to
have it under control late today.
Sixty men were attacking an un
controlled blaze in Oregon’s upper
Willamette Valley, on Deadwood
Creek west of Eugene.
Another fire south of Grants Pass,
near where the Moore mill was
saved, jumped the Grants Pass
Crescent City highway and headed
into Siskiyou National Forest tim
ber. The fire dispatcher in Port
land estimated 600 acres had been
burned.
SEATTLEITES HERE
Among Seattleites newly regis
tered, at the BaranoX Hotel are
gillie Christiansen, Prudence P.
Mctri, Cornelia N. Briones, H, H.
D^nt, Edward Gwin, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank DeClercq, C. E. Petersen, and
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the Washington
Merry-Go-Round
By JACK ANDERSON and
FRED BLUMENTHAL
Xfepvrttbt, lui. ®i oyndieat*. Ine.t
(Ed. Note—While Drew Pear
son is on ,a brief vacation, his
column will be written by mem
bers of his staff).
J^ASHINGTON—Right-wing Re
publicans and Dixlecrats are sec
retly plotting a political alliance
to capture control of Congress by
1952, then to take over the elec
toral college—key to the Presi
dency. We have documentary
proof of this daring plan, which
already has the secret backing of
nationally known conservatives.
In brief, the plan calls for Re
publicans and southern Democrats
to join forces without changing
party affiliations. However, they
would merge their seniority and
run Congress jointly. Then the
next step would be to organize a
similar coalition to dominate the
electoral college and name a con
servative President.
The ringleader of this amazing
plot is a stocky, ruddy-faced North
Carolinian, named J. Harvie Wil
liams. Though comparatively un
known, he claims to have support
of such GOP leaders as Senators
Karl Mundt of South Dakota and
John Brlcker of Ohio, Congress
man Charlie HaUeck of Indiana
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Postpones Wedding
.
Gertrude'“Gorgeous Gussie” Moran, 26-year-old tennis star fom Santa
Monica, Calif., and her fiance, Anthony Davenport, British-born Cal
cutta businessman, arc shown in Madras, India, where their engage
ment was announced after a whirlwind romance. Since then Miss
Moran, whose lace-trimmed panties were the 1949 sensation at
Wimbledon, England, has said their marriage has been postponed
indefinitely, but that it does not mean their engagement is canceled.
UP) Wirephoto.
OUTLYING COMMUNITIES
IN DEFENSE PROGRAM
Gov. Ernest Gruening today gave
reassurance to residents outside of
Juneau in the matter of civil de
fense plans.
“This is a matter of protection
for the entire area,” he said. "The
planning of the Civil Defense Coun
cil headed by R. E. Robertson is for
everyone living from Thane to Eagle
River, and on both sides of Gas
tineau Channel.”
Residents of Thane, West Juneau
and the Glacier Highway district
had asked the Governor to include
them in plans of the local organ
ization.
Governor Gruening said he had
talked with Robertson and Col. J.
D. Alexander, and all agreed that
the entire area should be covered.
Colonel Alexander, who is respon
sible for civil defense of all Alaska,
was booked on Pacific Northern
Airlines today to the westward, for
the Alaska Civil Defense meeting
at Mount McKinley Park this week
end.
NEW RECORD IS SET BY
SOUTHWARD SWIMMING
ALASKA KING SALMON
A king salmon carrying an Al
aska Department of Fisheries tag
has finned its way to a new
world record.
It swam about 1,100 miles from
Hoktaheen, near Cape Spencer, to
St. Helens, Ore., downstream
from Portland on the Columbia
River, before being taken in a
gillnet by E. L. Browning—from
June 27 to August 3.
The former record was 1,000
miles, according to C. L. Anderson,
director of the Alaska fisheries
department. The salmon setting
that record was tagged last year
by Robert R. Parker off the
northwest coast of Washington.
It swam up the Sacramento River
before being taken.
Parker, now with the Alaska
Department of Fisheries, was also
responsible for tagging the new
record-holder, which grew three
inches in length during its south
ward swim, according to depart
ment records.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Princess Kathleen scheduled to
arrive from Vancouver tomorrow.
Alaska scheduled to arrive Sun
day.
Prince George scheduled to leave
Vancouver today and arrive Mon
day.
Aleutian due here Sunday from
Seward.
Baranof scheduled to sail tomor
row from Seattle, due here Tuesday.
Princess Norah scheduled to sail
from Vancouver tomorrow and ar
rive here Tuesday.
Freighter Chena scheduled to sail
from Seattle Aug. 24.
U.S. ACCEPTS
i TURK TROOPS
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. — W)—
The United States today accepted
Turkey’s offer to send a combat
force of 4,500 men to Korea.
The State Department in an
nouncing the acceptance said the
United States is “deeply gratified”
at Turkey's offer.
The Turkey offer is the third to
be formally accepted by the United
States. Thailand's offer to send
4,000 officers and men was formally
accepted earlier this week as was a
Philippine offer to send a regi- :
ihental combat team of about 5,000 i
men.
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TAKU ROAD WILL BE
RECOMMENDED AT
TRADE BOARD MEET
Miss Susy Winn left today via
Alaska Coastal Airways enroute to
Prince George, B.C., where she will
represent the Juneau Chamber of
Commerce at the annual convention ■
of the Associated Boards of^ Trade
of Central British Columbia.
Juneau Chamber resolutions which |
will be introduced at the meeting j
include, recomendations for the i
construction of Taku valley road,
interior coastal highway from Haz
elton, B.C. to Atlin, and the year
round maintenance of the Haines
Cutoff.
Of primary importance is the
Taku road which would link Ju
neau to either the Alaska Highway
or the proposed coastal highway and
would open up the Tulsequah min
ing area.
Hawaii Statehood
Urged to Be Pushed
By Nation's Papers
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 — —
Samuel Wilder King, chairman of
the Hawaii Statehood Commission,
appealed to the nation's newspapers
today for help in bringing the Ha
waii statehood bill to a vote in the
Senate.
King, a former Delegate to Con
gress from Hawaii, asked newsmen
to stress both the national and in
ternational implications involved in
the Hawaii statehood issue.
If the bill is allowed to die with
out Senate action, he said, “it would
be a terrible letdown for the people
of Hawaii.”
King was President of the Hawaii
Constitutional Convention which
drafted a proposed state constitu
i tion..
PRESENT RADAR NET
WON'T STOP PEARL
HARBOR REPETITION
By ELTON C. FAY
(AP Military Affairs Reporter)
I WASHINGTON, Aug. 18—(tfl—An
i enemy probably could make an
i aerial Pearl Harbor strike at almost
any place in the United States to
day and get some bombs down on
the target.
It is not considered within the
realm of possibility that the present
sparsely spotted radar system —
even though on a round-the-clock
operating basis — would detect all
approaching bombers or that exist
ing fighter forces would destroy
every one of them.
Competent military sources doubt
if more than a quarter of an attack
ing bomber force coming in over the.
Polar regions could be knocked down
before it crossed the northern border
of the United States.
They point out that in World War
II, in areas where there was a high
concentration of fighter defense
and elaborate radar warning system,
destruction of 10 percent of an at
tacking force was considered excel
lent.
Air Force strategists hold that
the most effective way to halt air
attacks on the U.S. mainland would
be the destruction of bases from
which the attacks are launched and
of the industrial centers supporting
the attacks. It is on this theory
that the retaliatory strike by long
range B-36’s, B-29’s and B-50’s are
planned.
Following this same reasoning,
defense officials believe that the
bases for those planes, in the con
tinental U.S. and Alaska, would be
priority enemy targets, the spots for
which sneak raiders would head
first. Making the bases useless for
launching retaliatory strikes would
be of prime importance to the en
emy.
Next in importance would be the
great industrial areas and the
nerve-center of government and
military direction, Washington.
Truman - Wherry
Fight Flames Anew;
Sen. Taft Fires Blast
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18—(fl—An
exchange of sharp words between
President Truman and Senator
Wherry (R-Neb>—both used the ex
pression "contemptible”—piled more
fuel today on the political tire blaz
ing in Congress over the adminis
tration's foreign policies.
Mr. Truman took sharp issue at
yesterday’s White House news con
ference with a Senate statement by
Wherry, the Republican floor leader,
that the blood of Americans dying
in Korea is on the shoulders of Sec
retary of State Acheson.
Permitting reporters to quote him
directly, an unusual procedure, the
President said:
“That is a contemptible statement
and beneath comment.”
Two hours later Wherry fired
back that the President’s “failure to
'remove Acheson, after repudiating
his stupid foreign policies, is con
temptible.”
"It was Acheson’s consistent ap
peasement and coddling of Russia
that paved the way for the Mos
cow-directed Communists to over
run China and for the Moscow
directed North Koreans to spring
upon the Republic of South Ko
rea,” the Nebraska Senator declared
in a statement. He added:
“In Korea we are now reaping
the whirlwind of Acheson’s blun
ders.”
At Cleveland, Senator Taft (R
Ohio), joined in, saying:
“My chief criticism of the admin
istration is that I don’t think they
have a plan and know where they
are going. And they haven’t told
the people.”
GAME MANAGEMENT
CHIEF COMING HERE
Jesse Thompson, chief of the
branch of game management of the
Fish and Wildlife Service, is ex- ■
pected to arrive here from Wash
ington, D.C., tomorrow, Clarence1
Rhode, regional director, said today.
Thompson heads the enforcement:
division of the service. He will re- j
main in Southeast Alaska for about!
three weeks, Rhode said.
"SCRATCH-FISHING"
IN SE ALASKA AS
RUNS REMAIN LIGHT
Southeast Alaska fishermen are
"scratch-fishing" — spending most
of their time looking for fish—as
the pink salmon run remains weak,
Clarence Rhode, Alaska regional di
rector of the Fish and Wildlife
Service, said today.
He returned last night from a
two-day trip to Ketchikan. He said
the fishing there, while it is better
than in the northern part of South
east Alaska, is not up to normal.
Belim Canal and Boca de Quadra,
in the Ketchikan area, have had the
best runs but they are "nothing to
shout about,” Rhode said.
He reported that a slight improve
ment has been seen on the west
coast of Southeast Alaska, but there
is still no strong showing.
Streams known to produce early
runs of pinks are well seeded, Rhode
said, but there are a good number of
streams remaining which will not be
seeded until a volume of fish appear.
Low streams resulting from con
tinued dry weather are keeping
some salmon from going up to
spawn, he stated, and leaving them
"just that much more apt to be
taken.”
"Rain would be welcome,” he said.
"It would permit the salmon to go
upstream and spawn.”
The pink salmon run in 1948 was
late, and there is still time for the
pink salmon run to pick up, he de
clared.
He said the escapement of chum
salmon has been better than average
this year.
They Invented Bear
Cal Ratfler" But
Couldn't Stop Shaking
CORDOVA, Alaska, Aug. 18—(il’'—
Hunters, animal psychologists, be
haviorlsts and nature lovers may
be interested in a bear call invented
up here.
The inventors, known informally j
in these parts as Shorty and Black- j
le, no longer are. Period.
It happened a few days ago when j
Shorty, a man of imagination, de- j
sided to rig up a bear call. After j
all, he ruminated, there are duck j
calls, crow calls, turkey calls and |
moose calls.
With not much else to do except
walk, Shorty dropped a few small
stones in an empty tin can. That
was his bear call. He gave it a few
vigorous rattles as he and Blackle
were returning to town from some j
mineral areas in the Copper River
country.
"Woof,” was the almost instant
response. And a huge, vicious look
ing brown bear put in a quick ap
pearance. Shorty and Blackie step
ped up their pace but continuihg
to rattle the can—perhaps they
were so scared they couldn’t let go.
And soon the air was full of un
friendly “woofs” and the trail full
of unfriendly big, bold brown bears.
They finally had to shoot thfeir
way past one which blocked their
trail. In all they counted 27 of the
bruins.
The idea is not for sale. You can
have it—free.
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ANCHORAGE MEET
PUNNED FOR CIVIL
DEFENSE PROGRAM
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 18—
W—City, territorial and federal of
ficials will meet here the last four
days in August to discuss civilian
defense and the Alaska public works
program, Mayor Z. J. Loussac Said !
today.
Mayor Loussac said the represen
tatives of the six major cities and
other officials will consider the need
for revised territorial and federal
laws governing municipalities.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, Aug. 18—Of)—Clos
ing quotations of Alaska Juneau
Mine stock today is 2 ‘4, Amercian
Can 96, Anaconda 3414, Curtiss
Wright 1014, International Harvest
er 31, Kennecott 63’i, New York
Central 14%, Northern Pacific 17%,
U. S. Steel 38%. Pound $2.8014,
Canadian Exchange 90.8714.
Sales today were 1,780,000 shares.
Averages today were: industrials
219.23, rails 63.39, utilities 39.62.
ILWU CAUCUS
PULLS OUT OF
WORLD UNION
NORTH BEND, Ore., Aug. 18.—
i:,q>)—The CIO Longshoremen's cau
cus today voted to pull out of the
left-wing Maritime Federation of
the World and the World Federa
tion of Trades Unions.
The action automatically ended
Harry Bridges’ Honorary Presidency
.of the Maritime Federation of the
! World, the caucus chairman ruled.
The vote, 63 to 9, was reported
I in a statement issued at the noon
recess of the closed meeting.
The wide margin surprised ob
servers because supporters of
Bridges, President of the longshore
union, were strong enough to or
I ganize the caucus and appeared
! able to beat off any right-wing
i moves.
| Yesterday the caucus voted to go
along with the governments mari
time security program provided it
doesn't go too far.
DOCKERS REFUSE
TO UNLOAD RUSS
FURS FROM LINER
NEW YORK. Aug. 18—UTi—Long
shoremen refused today to unload
Russian furs which arrived on the
British liner Mauretania.
The men, members of Local 824,
AFL International Longshoremen’s
Association, also voted not to handle !
any goods from Russia in the future.
Members of two other longshore
men’s locals refused earlier to un
load shipments of Russian crabmeat
from other ships.
The furs aboard the Mauretania
were valued at $138,000. Presumably ;
they will be returned to England!
like the crabmeat which dock work
ers refused to handle.
SURPLUS GOODS
"FREEZE" MADE;
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18—W—1The j
government today ordered a “freeze” ;
on the sale of its surplus property.
The reason: all property will be
looked at again to see if it is needed
for defense.
The freeze order covers war plants
and supplies, equipment and ma
terial, civilian and military alike—
regardless of previous authority for
disposal.
Jess Larson, who has charge of j
the disposal of surplus property, J
said in a statement:
"Property declared excess to the J
needs of an agency must be screened j
with all other federal agencies be-!
fore it can be declared surplus to
all needs of the government.”
NEW YORK TO ALASKA
VIA OUTBOARD MOTOR j
IS AIM OF BROTHERS
ALBANY, N.Y., Aug. 18—Ml—'Two
brothers who plan to chug their
way in a 14-foot outboard motor
boat over inland water routes to
Alaska finished the first leg of their
journey here.
Capt. Hank Barrow and his
brother. Carroll, 42, began their
6,000-mile journey yesterday at
Saugherties, about 40 miles south of
here on the Hudson river.
Barrow is a 42-year-old wartime
Merchant Marine officer. Their boat
has a 10-horsepower motor.
After reaching the Pacific Coast
by crossing Canada, they plan to
follow the Inside Passage from
Prince Rupert to Ketchikan, Alaska.
They expect the winter freeze to
force them to wait until spring be
fore moving from Eastern Canada
to Sault St. Marie.
Barrow has spe/it several years
in Alaska and was a captain of a
salmon fishing boat there.
He will write accounts of the trip
for a group of newspapers.
SPEEDER FINED
Jacquelyn Fisher was fined $25 in !
U. S. Commissianer Gordon Gray’s
court today after pleading guilty
to a charge of speeding 55 miles
per hour on the Douglas Highway.
The complaint was signed by John
P. Monagle of the Alaska Highway
Patrol.
Largest Allied Gains Roll
As North Koreans Get "Hell
Of a Licking" Near Key City
By The Associated Press
United Nations troops, tanks and
! planes stalled and then counter
j attacked a menacing drive of 30,
000 Reds from the northwest on
Taegu today . Southwest of Taegu,
, U. S. doughboys and Marines gave
! a crack Red division a "hell of a
ilicking," and on two other fronts
I u. N. forces rolled ahead in the
| best day’s winnings of the Korean
War.
While Allied tanks, air bombs, ar
tillery and troops lashed back at
the Reds on the sector northwest
of Taegu, key U, N. advance base
now being cleared of civilians, all
American troops on the Changn
yong sector, 23 miles southwest of
Taegu, advanced in a push against
a bridgeehtad of 12,000 Commun
ists across the Naktong River.
Maj. Gen. John H. Church, siz- |
ing up this triumph, said the Red
Fourth Division “certainly has tak
en a hell of a licking. I don’t think
that division will do much fighting
for a while.”
The Americans gained up to three
miles on this important front, chas
ed many Reds back across the river,
and hoped to reach the river bank
by nightfall. ,
Pohang Retaken
South Korean troops recaptured
Pohang on the east coast, taken by
the Reds in a surprise drive last
week. Recapture of the port, once
the No. 2 supply base for U. N.
forces was an important victory
which permitted U. S. planes once
again to use its airstrip six miles
to the southeast. Kigye, inland from
Pohang, also was retaken.
On the deep southern front, west
of Masan Port, U. S. 25th Infantry
Divison troopsl lashed at the North
Korean Sixth Division and drove
it back with losses after the Reds
had launched a two-pronged at
tack. The Red retreat was a dis
orderly one. Some of the dead the
Communists left behind apparently
had belonged to the Chinese Com
munist Army. The Reds attacked
at dawn, wen some ground, and
then lost it all by night.
Korean Indeepndence
The United States was on record
in the U. N. Security Council for
unification of all Korea as an in
dependent country. U. S. Chief
Delegate Warren R. Austin laid
down this policy at Lake Success.
N. Y., last night in a session once
more marked by a vain effort to
break a procedural blockade im
posed by Soviet Delegate Jakob A
Malik, Council President for Aug
ust. Austin did not stipulate whether
the U. S. thinks U. N. forces should
go beyond the 38th parallel in
chasing the Reds back.
The United Nations is setting up
a relief organization to care for.
3ome 1,500,000 South Korean war
refugees, according to details j
cabled from Pusan, the main U. N.
base there. Arrangements Were
concluded last week under Gen.
MacArthur’s direction .
Taegu Refugees
A new mass of refugees was be
ing added to the burden by the
evacuation of Taegu, and the South
Korean government itself went on!
to another unspecified emergency
capital, as the thunder of Red guns
was heard in the hills to the north
west. Some Red shells falling in
Taegu near the railway station had
caused some panic among the pop
ulation, but this subsided.
Refugees have poured into Taegu
ahead of the Red advance from the
north, increasing the ever-present
threat of guerrilla Infiltration be
hind United Nations lines.
The Americans threw their 45
ton Pershing tanks into the count
erattack on the north central front.
The U. S. 27th Regiment and the
South Korean First Division car
ried the thrust. The Red threat,
three divisions strong, had emerged
phoenix-like from the area drench
ed with bombs by U. S. B-29s
Wednesday. They had driven south
from Kunwi, 25 miles north of
Taegu, and captured Kumwha, 13
miles north of the emergency capi
tal.
Red Atrocities
Grim doughboys attacked with
the knowledge of new Red atroci
ties. A massacre of 39 U. 8. pris
oners of war was discovered Thurs
day on Hill 303, bloody position
recaptured by the U. S. First Cav
alry Division. The victims’ hands
and feet were tied. Three American
soldiers who survived the massacre
Identified two Red Korean pris
oners as having been among the
group which carried out the execu
tions.
The U. N. forces scored their
most impressive victory on the
Changnyong front, southwest of
Taegu, where Marines and 24th
Infantry Division troops gained up
to three miles. More than a bat
talian 1.000 men—of Communists
fled back across the river. Some
Reds voluntarily crossed to U. 8.
lines aru’. surrendered.
An official spokesman Tor the
24th Division said the combined
American forces had driven to a
point where they could command
al lthe strategic ground in the
Changnyong bend of the river, and
they expected to reach the river
bank during the night.
American and Australian planes
flew more than 500 sorties Friday,
mostly in support of ground forces,
and claimed destruction of 13 Red
anks and large amounts of equip
ment. B-29s went out in force to
itrike at the North Korean com
munications system.
GOP ALASKA
PLATFORM OUT
FAIRBANKS, Alaska. Aug. 1S-4*
— Fourth Division Republicans
nailed down six “for” planks and
two “against” planks in the party
platform yesterday.
They came out against importa
tion of furs from Russia, and the
one percent territorial property
tax.
They favored:
1. An initiative and referendum
law. 2. Election of “our own Gov
ernor." 3. Preferential employment
of resident Alaskan workers in both
private industry and governmental
service. 4. Allocation of $200,000 in
Territorial funds to match $800,000
in government funds for aid to
Alaska farmers in a revolving fund.
5. Additional road Improvement
and airport development in outlying
districts. 6. Aid for the University
of Alaska and public schools of the
Territory.
Democrats have not yet an
nounced their platform.
AIR FORCE UNITS TO
REMAIN IN ALEUI
BASES FOR SERVICE
, _ • ii ( ■*r
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 — <A*1 —
The scheduled withdrawal of Air
Force units from outlying bases in
the Aleutians has been cancelled as
a result of the Korean conflict and
the bases are now busy handling air
traffic to the Far East, the Defense
Department said last night.
The withdrawal of Air Force serv
ice units from some of the outlying
bases had been scheduled July X as
an economy measure.
The affected units were service,
not combat organizations.
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• WEATHER REPORT •
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• In Juneau—Maximum, 71; •
• minimum, 48. •
• At Airport—Maximum, 71; •
• minimum, 40. •
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• FORECAST •
• IJwmio and Vicinity) •
• Continued fair with little •
• change in temperature to- •
• night and Saturday. Lowest •
• temperature tonight 48 with •
• highest Saturday 75 degrees. •
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• PRECIPITATION •
• (Past 34 hours endtns 1:30 a m. today •
• City of Juneau — None; •
• since August 1—1.14 inches; •
• since July 1—11.07 inches. •
• At Airport — None; •
• since August 1—0.85 inches; •
• since July 1—7.89 inches. •
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