POPULATION
(1940 Census)
Lincoln County 24,187
Lincolnton 4,525
Crouse 221
Iron Station 96
Denver 354
$2.00 PER YEAR—IN ADVANCE
Policeman Lee Gabriel,
56, Passes At Newton
Library Emphasis At
First Baptist Church
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December 10-13 will be devoted to
special library emphasis at th e First
Baptist Church. Miss Florida Waite,
Nashville, Tenn., southwide librarian
of the Baptist Sunday School Board,
will fee in chnrge. Miss Waite is out
standing in her field as her services
are in demand by Baptist churches
all over the South.
On Sunday, December 10, books will
be featured in the various Sunday
school departments. A book display
will also be arranged in th e church
vestibule. Miss Waite and other
speakers will talk in the various de
partments.
Monday and Tuesday will be devo
ted to a classification of the library
at the church. The church library com
mittee will assist Miss Waite in this.
Wednesday night, December 13, at
7:45, Miss Waite will have charge oU
special services featuring the library. l
unique presentation of books for all
• ges will be given, and all members of
the church and their friends are in
vited to be present. Open house will be
enjoyed at the close when the library
will be on display and refreshments
served. This promises to be a time of
unusual interest and help to the cul- j
tural and spiritual lives of all who
participate.
FUNERAL RITES FOR i
A. L. DELLINGER
Funeral services for Ambrose L.
Dellinger were held Thursday after
noon at 5 o’clock from the Boger City
Baptist Church with the pastor. Rev.
H. B. Jones, in charge. Assisting him
were Rev. M. G. Chapman and Rev.
A. A. Kyles.
Pallbearers were Melvin Howard,
Earl Norwood, Carl Pysart, V. D.
Chapman, Frank Goodson and Joe
Hawkins. Flower bearers were Lo
retta Chapman, Edna, Eva and Vir
ginia Dellinger, Louise Coley, Helen
McGee, Evelyn, Naomi, Betty Jo
and Mae Reynolds, Mrs. Doyt Keen
er, Mrs. Russell Walker, Mrs. Wade
Lawing. Mrs. Kenneth Finger, Mrs.
Jesse Horde, Mrs. Mark Harrill, Mrs.
Rack Dellinger, Mrs. Ferry Tallent,
Mrs. John Travis, Mrs. E. F. Lipe
and Mrs. S. A. Hallman.
Mr. Dellinger is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Ocie Harvey Dellinger;
three children, Thelma and Garland
Dellinger and Mrs. George Willis, all
of Boger City; his mother, Mrs. John
Dellinger; five sisters, Maude Dell
inger. Mrs. Baxter Alexander, Mrs.
Forest Brackett, Mrs. Chess Rey
nolds, all of Lincolnton; and Mrs.
Jake Neal, of Mt. Holly, and three
brothers, Marshall and Alexander
Dellinger, of Lincolnton; Dave Dell
inger, of Gastonia.
County Commissioners Meet
And Pay Bills For November
The December meeting of the board
of county commissioners was marked
by the renewal of bonds for the regis
ter of deeds, th e clet k of court and the
sheriff, administering the oath to H.
H. Houser, constable for Howards
Creek township and Ellis Hoyle, con
stable for North Brook township, and
Irawing the jury for the January
term of superior court.
The county bills for the month of
November were approved and ordered
paid. Included in the list were pay
ments for registrars, judges and other
e xpense incurred in the recent election
which totaled $1005.33.
Other items were: R. B. Gates, sl2.
00, expense attending supervisor
school; Town of Lincolnton, $35.00,
fir e at Ed Mauney’s; Pink Caldwell,
$141.06, keeping county jail; Central
Candy and Cigar Co., $26.00, janitor
supplies; Frank P. Barkley Furniture
Store, $15.45, supplies court house;
Highland Water Co., $1.50, water
county home; Will Cooper,s6.oo, work
on jail; Carter and Co. SBO.OO, bond
premium, register of deeds and audi
tor; Carter and Co., $150.00. bond
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Popular Town Officer Dies
Sundan Night After
Heart Attack.
Newton, Dec. s.—Funeral services
were conducted from the Grace Evan
gelical and Reformed Church Tues
day at 3 o’clock for Lee Wilson Ga
briel, Sr., popular and widely known
Newton policeman, who died follow
ing a heart attack sutfered while on
duty about 9:30 o’clock Sunday
night.
Rev. Roy E. Leinbach, Jr., pastor,
v.as assisted by Rev. A. B. McClure,
Lincolnton Presbyterian minister.
Mr. Gabriel, a member of the police
force for the past several years, had
gone with Chief Arnold Armstrong
| and Policeman Ben Finch to answer a
j call just below the overhead bridge in
| East Newton when he was stricken,
j Th e other two officers observed that
Mr. Gabriel had suffered an attack,
I and before they could get the patrol
cat around to him he had succumbed.
>! Born November 11, 1888, i n Terrell
t section, the son of the late Bruce Al
, exander Gabriel and Mrs. Dona Beatty
i | Gabriel, 78, who survives, Mr. Ga
, briel was 56 years old.
-1 A member of a pioneer Catawba
! county family, Mr. Gabriel was born
i and reared in the house where his
I great-grandfather, the late Wilson
1 Gabriel, was bom.
• j Other survivors include his wife,
• Mrs. Mary Gamble Gabriel; two
i daughters, Miss Catherine Gabriel, of
• i the home; Miss Helen Gabriel, of
. | Washington, D. C.; three sons, Pfc.
j Lee Wilson Gabriel, Jr., of the Army
in the European area; Pfc. Jack Ga
, briel, in Hawaii; Joe Gabriel, seaman
i first class, of the Navy, in the Pacific.
| The last two sons are twins. One son,
Charles Franklin Gabriel, di«d at the
, age of four.
| Brothers and sisters surviving are:
j I Mrs. Lalor Lippard, of Charlotte;
, Mae G. Gabriel, of Sherrill’s Ford;
Mrs. Fred Little, of Davidson, RFD.;
Clyde B. Gabriel, of Sutton, Mass.;
| and Mrs. Theo. Cochran, of Lincoln
ton. One sister, Miss Blanche Gabriel,
’ preceded her brother in death.
■TRANSFERS OF
i REAL ESTATE
The following realty transfers have!
been filed in the office of W. H. Bor
ing, Register of Deeds:
W. F. Lingerfelt and wife, Gertie,
to Howard Pendleton, property in
Lincolnton township.
Mrs. Connie Wise Wimbish and J.
P. Wimbish, to Thorne Clark, prop
erty in Lincoln county.
D. A. Fortner and wife, Annie, to
O. R. Edwards and wife, Georgia,
tract in Catawba Springs township.
Alonzo M. Church and wife, Belva,
to Sarah White, tract in Lincolnton
township.
John Hoover Anderson and wife,
Susie, to C. D. Stroup and S. K. Beal,
property in Lincolnton township.
R. A. Long and wife, Neva, to R.
W. Long and wife, Athermae, prop
erty in Lincoln county.
S. K. Beal and C. D. Stroup and
wife, Vera, to James Avery Aber
nethy and Hugh Hallman, lots in Lin
. colnton township.
James Roy Peeler and wife, Estelle,
to D. H. Bess, property in Lincoln
county.
L. H. Helderman and wife, Vertie,
to E. C. Davis, property in Catawba
. Springs township.
J. M. Broome and wife, Ida,, to
. Die we y s4unvmey and iwifle, Nellie,
i property in Lincoln county.
' George P. Mull and wife, Vertie, to
J. E. Hoffman and wife, Bendie, tract
in North Brook township.
premium, clerk of court; Carter and
Co., $232.50. bond premium for
sheriff; Puritan Chemical Co., $38.99,
supplies court house; Thos. E. Rhodes,
$44.40, recorders court liabilities;
Mitchell Printing C0.,56.59, supplies
clerk of court; Lincoln Cut Rate
Drugs, Inc., $2.19. drugs county home;
Lineberger Ice and Fuel Co., $6.50,
coal for ration board; J. Clyde Arro
wood, $2.36, repairs to jail; Mauney
Grocery, $1.22, janitor supplies; Ram
seur Hardware Co., $3.75, electios
supplies.
Southern Bell Telephont Co., $5.70,
for sheriff; Edwards and Broughton,
$2.30, supplies clerk of court; Ram
seur Hardware Co., $2.76, supplies
court house; Lawing and Costner, sl4.
90, drugs county home; Southern Bell
Telephone Co., $12.20, welfare office
s7.ss, ration board—s7.Bs, register
of deeds office—s3.ss, civilian de
fense—ss.4s, county agent—s3.9s,
AAA office; W. E. Garrison, $30.00,
salary as commissioner; J. H. Shrum,
$10.40, salary; C. L. Beam. $11.50,
salary; P. A. Hoover, $21.60, salary;
Don Cherry, $12.10, salary.
LINCOLNTON, N. C., THURSDAY, DEC. 7, 1944.
Keeping Home Fires Burning
Harold Anderson's painting ol the dog on the ‘home front- has
been accepted by the American Humane society as their official poster
for 194 j. This will he the :it(th year that "Be Kind te Animals Week"
has been held.
Woodside Church To
Be Dedicated Sunday
The Rt. Rev. Robert H. Gribbin, I
Bishop of Western North Caroolina, I
will dedicate to sacred use the Epis
copal Church in the Woodside section
at a service next Sunday at 3:00 p. m.
The Rev. Boston M. Lackey, of St.
James Church, Lenoir, who was
brought up at Woodside, and entered
the ministry, will preach the dedica
tion sermon. Services have been held I
regularly each Sunday for the last!
three months by the Rev. Grant I
Folmsbee, of Lincolnton.
Mr. Lackey is one of three clergy-!
men to come from this small church,
the others being the Rev. Charles
Hoffman and the Rev. Norvin C. Dun
can. Our Savior, Woodside, has an in
teresting history. In 1881, in the din
ing room of the Richardson plantation,
“Woodside” a school for negroes was
begun. Sunday school classes were
held aiid several of the scholars bap
tized. Wide notice in the Episcopal
Church was taken of this activity, and
niuch help in building a church for
its extension was received. Soon after
ward, white residents of th e commu
nity requested that services b e held
for them, and for some time both
groups worshipped together. Later,
Memorial Services Held For
Pfc. Paul Thompson Sunday
Memorial services for Pfc. Paul W.
Thompson, who died November 3 on
Peleliu Island in the Pacific, were con
ducted Sunday afternoon at the Moun
tain View Baptist church. The im
pressive service was in charge of Rev.
Paul Rayle and Rev. L. R. Williams
and was attended by an unusually
large crowd.
Pfc. Thompson, who lived at the
Glenn Mill village, entered the service
June 4, 1942 from Catawba county. He
received his training at Camp Rucker,
Ala., and later went on maneuvers in
Tennessee and Arizona, which pre
pared him for combat duty. He had
served about five months in the South
Pacific.
He was Born January 6, 1908. In
early boyhood he accepted Christ as
his personal Savior and joined Moun
tain View Baptist church where he re
mained a faithful member throughout
his life.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Myrtle Carpenter Thompson and two
step children, Mrs. Kenneth Reinhardt
and Miss Dean Beal, his mother, Mrs,
Zettie Thompson, of Maiden, Route 1;
two brothers, Jack and Ralph Thomp-
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5 LINCOLNTON CONGRATULATES 5
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\ They have received their commissions in the Army J
5 of Women Bond Sellers during the week ending De- j
J cember 2. J
! Captain, Mrs. C. H. Hinson. !
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J First Lieutenant, Mrs. Chilton Rose. {
First Lieutenant, Mrs. J. L. Lineberger.
J First Lieutenant, Mrs. W. M. Pickens. J
5 First Lieutenant, Mrs. A. M. Cornwell. *
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{ Second Lieutenant, Mrs. Ralph E. Cochrane. {
Second Lieutenant, Mrs. Guy E. Cline.
J WOMEN’S DIVISION WAR FINANCE COMMITTEE j
! OF LINCOLN COUNTY
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\ MRS. W. V. COSTNER, Chairman. J
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j there no longer being a need for ne
| gro services, the white people carried
; on and developed a strong Sunday
school and church. The records show
many baptisms, and confirmations
through the years. Some of the fami
lies now active members of the church
have been worshipping there for many
\ years. A number of fine memorials
j have been given to the church, includ
! ing two altars, hangings, a baptismal
; j font and prayer desk.
I The church to be consecrated is the
I third building to be erected on that
j spot. It replaces two wooden struc
j tures. Funds for the new building
were raised almost entirely by the lo
cal people, and were in hand when the
building was begun. In 1940, assisted
by the student in charge of the con
gregation, Mr. Colin Campbell, now
in the ministry, the members and
friends worked themselves on the
structure, and it was finished in that
year. It is of brick, with a complete
first floor Sunday school room, and
beautiful chapel upstairs.
A n earnest invitation is issued to ail
old members and friends to attend
the Consecration Service, and to re
main for the social hour to follow'.
K * &
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I*FC. PAUL W. THOMPSON
son, and seven sisters, Mrs. Brant
Little, Mrs. Carl Killian, Mrs. Neal
Graham, Mrs. Louis Bost, Miss Plass
ie Thompson, Mrs. Charlie Schronce
and Mrs. Herbert Buff.
KIWANIS CLUB
HOLDS MEETING
The Kiwanis club met Tuesday eve
ning at Walgreen’s with Roy Chronis
ter in charge of the program and J.
E. Henley, executive rice president of
the First National Bank, as guest
speaker. Mr. Henley made an interest
ing and timely talk on business after
the war.
Rev. Grant Folmsbee was welcomed
as a new member and presented the
Kiwanis button by W. E. Garrison.
Announcement was made of the
meeting of officers of clubs in Divis
ion No. 2, which has been called by
Lt. Gov. \\ alter C. Beck, to he held
next Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock
at Walgreen’s. Following the meeting
the visitors will be guests at dinner
of the Lincolnton club.
SIXTHWAR LOAN
FACTS AND FIGURES
THE GOAL.
In the Sixth War Loan our nation
must raise $14,000,000,000. Why?
For the fiscal year ending June 30,
1945, our government’s expenditures
are estimated at 99 billion dollars;
99 billion dollars of this to pay for
the war.
Even if Germany quits the war be
fore the end of that period, we w'ill
still have the Japanese war to win,
an Army, a Navy and all the auxiliar
ies to supply and maintain.
The average serviceman will re
ceive, upon his discharge, the equiv
alent of six months’ wages as mus
tering-out pay.
Funds will be needed for goods al
ready delivered to the Army. Navy
and Marine Service hut not yet paid
for and for other costs of the war.
THE MONEY IS THERE.
Income payments to individuals
during 1944 will total about $153,000,-
000,000 —one hundred and fifty-three
billions of dollars!
Because of the limitations upon the
production of consumer goods and
services, only about 96 billion dollars
worth of these items will be available
to consumers during 1944.
Local, state and federal taxes will
reduce the figure of 153 billion dol
lars to about 133 billion dollars.
This means that consumers will
have 133 billion dollars with which to
purchase 90 billion dollars worth of
goods and services.
And this means that our citizens
must voluntarily sav e 37 billion dol
lars by limiting their purchases to
their just share of 96 billion dollars
worth of consumer goods.
If our citizens tried to obtain more
than their just share and spend ail
their money, they could end by pay
ing 133 billion dollars for 96 billion
dollars worth of goods and services.
This is inflation. Hoarders hasten
it—profiteers grow rich because of it
—economists dread it—buying War
Bonds will help prevent it.
S. RAY LOWDER,
County Chairman.
MRS.XI CANSLER
CALLED BY DEATH
Mrs. Barbara Ann Robinson Cans
ler, widow of John J. Cansler, died
Tuesday night at her home at the age
of 86. She had been ill for the past
several weeks.
Surviving children are W. L. Cans
ler, Vale, Route 2; G. L. Cansler,
Vale; Mrs. Tom Heavner, Newton,
Route 1; B. P. Cansler, Vale, Route 1;
J. J. Cansler, Baltimore; F. F. Cans
ler, Freeman, Va.; I. A. Cansler, Lois,
S. C. She leaves also one brother, R.
F. Robinson, of Vale.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at 3 o’clock from Grace
Lutheran church by' Rev. B. S. Brown, j
and burial will follow in the church
cemetery. The body w’ill be taken to
the church thirty minutes before the
hour for the service.
JURY LIST FOR
SUPERIOR COURT
The County Commissioners, in ses
sion Monday, drew the following jury’
list for the January term of Superior
Court:
Guy E. Cline, Lincolnton township;
Deck Hager, Catawba Springs; T. 0.
Warlick. Howard’s Creek; Ernest F.
Ritchie, Lincolnton; V. A. Pollock,
Lincolnton; T. B. Parker, Lincolnton;
Elmore Goodson, Lincolnton; L. H.
Rhyne, Catawba Springs; Gorman
Shrum, Ironton; Jeff Hill, Howard’s
Creek; Dean Houser, North Brook;
\V. E. Turbyfill, Ironton; Holland Ha
ger, Catawba Springs; Clyde Smith,
Catawba Springs; Raymond S. Wt
hunt, North Brook; Burley Carpen
ter, Lincolnton; W. F. Kincaid, Jr.,
Lincolnton; O. L. Goodson, Ironton;
D. P. Hartsoe, Howard’s Creek; H. F.
Royster, North Brook; Dorus Bess,
North Brook; Nelson Ingle, Lincoln
ton; R. H. Ramseur, Lincolnton; Earl
Keever, Ironton. From this list the
grand jury and a foreman to serve
during 1946 will be named.
American Troops
Plunge Across The
Saar At Six Points
Pacific Sea Chief
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Adm. Royal E. Ingersoll, com
mander-in-chief, Atlan’ic fleet, has
been appointed commander of the
western sea frontier. His job will be
to keep the supplies flowing for big
ger and better blows at Japan.
DR. HENRY M’LEAN
LINCOLNTON NATIVE
DIES AFTER ILLNESS
Dr. Henry M. McLean, native of
Lincolnton, died Me.,day morning in
the veterans hospital in Augusta, Ga.,
following an illness of two months.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Annie
Lou McLean, of Spartanburg; a step
daughter, Mrs. Paul Kardow, of Penns
Grove, N. J., and a sister, Mrs. E. E.
Adams, of Lincolnton.
Dr. McLean was born in Lincoln
ton November 9, 1891, the son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. S. W. McLean. He
had been a destist in Spartanburg for
the past 25 years and for the last
eight years had been associated with
Dr. R. L. Branyon. He was forced to
give up work when he became ill in
October.
The body was taken from Augusta
to Spartanburg, and funeral services
were conducted Tuesday alternoon
from the J. F. Floyd mortuary by the
Rev. David A. Clayburn. Interment
was in Greenlaw'n Memorial Garden
in Spartanburg. Pallbearers were Dr.
R. L. Branyon, Dr. J. F. Crenshaw,
Dr. W. S. Crane, Dr. J. G. Clark. Dr.
P B. Hair and Dr. E. W. Sheppard.
Mr. and Mrs. Adams attended the
funeral rites. *
Jurors Drawn For
County Court Term
Jurors for the December 11 trial
by' jury session of County Recorder’s
Court were drawn Monday by the
County Commissioners, as follows:
J. H. Harmon, C. C. Biggerstaff,
Hugh Hauss, M. W. Leonhardt, S. M.
Schrum, Russell W. Carswell, R. T.
McClellan, S. C. Hoyle, David F.
Speagle, Lander M. Cobb, Frank
Schrum, T. O. Leonard.
Is that soldier’s subscription to the
Times paid up to date?
Hitler Has About 6,000,000
Troops Left For Final Battle
21st Army Group Headquarters,
Dec. 4. —Adolf Hitler now probably
has about 6,000,000 troops to wage
the climatic battle of Germany, in
cluding about 1,250,000 really fit men
between the ages of 19 and 46, ac
cording to the best availabe informa
tion here.
Under the leadership of three com
manders, Field Marshal Walther von
Model, Col. Gen. Kurt Student and
Gen. Herman Balck, with Field Mar
shal Karl Rudolf Gerd von Runstedt
as suprenip chieftain in the west, the
Nazi fuehrer has more divisions
massed on the allied front in western
Europe than on D-Day. But they are
far inferior in quality,
(Von Model is commander of the
northern group of German armies iu
the west. Balck is in command of the
southern group, and Student is a par
achute expert apparently in command
of German parachute troops.)
Few In Division.
On June 6 there were approximate
ly 65 German divisions on the western
front, compared with about 70 today.
But when Gen. Eisenhower's forces
stormed the beaches of Normandy a
German division had an average
strength of 17,000 men, according to
information here. Today many Nazi
divisions averag e less than 11,000
men, it is estimated.
Hammmered incessantly and vio
lently for nearly six months by allied
armie s in the west, th e enemy has
been manufacturing divisions continu
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Threat To Saarbrucken, Capi
tal Os Reich Saarland,
Develops Swiftly.
Paris, Dec. 6. —American Third Ar
my troops poured across the Saar
river at six points today, captured
two-thirds of the French border city
of Sarreguemines and closed tighter
their siege of shell blasted Saar
brucken, capital of th rich Saarland.
Fied dispatches tonight said the
Thirty-fifth Infantry had overrun all
of Saareguemines on the west bank
of the Saar after house-to-house fight
ing and w'ere raking fleeing Nazis OS
the east bank with artillery fire.
Sarreguemines, largest French city
in the Saar, with a population of 14,-
000 normally, is situated nine mies
southeast of Saarbrucken. German
troops blew up ail five bridges across
the Saar before retreating to the east
bank. Other Yank troops reached the
Saar above and below the city.
As this threat to Saarbrucken de
veloped swiftly from the southeast,
the Nineteenth Infantry Division
made four new assault boat crossings
of the Saar betw'een Saartutern and
Merzig, north of the two origisal
bridgeheads now being driven deeper
into the concrete defenses of the
Siegfried line on the east bank.
Patrols of the Tenth Armored Di
vision also throust across the Saar
north of Merzig as the pressure stead
ily increased on the border of the rich
industrial region w'hose importance
to the Nazi war effort is second only
to that of the fabulous Ruhr.
(The German High Command de
clared that American “shock troops”
who crossed the Saar at Merzig had
been wiped out, but conceded that
violent fighting w r as in progress east
of Saartautern, where Nazi pillbox
garrisons were resisting strong at
tacks. The broadcast communique
made no mention of fighting inside
Saarlautern, isdicatlng that American
troops who burst into that city on
I Sunday had completed its occupation.)
| While forces of the Third Army’s
left swarmed across the Saar and
fought into the hills beyond a hail of
fire from the Seigfriend line, other
hard-hitting divisions of the right
rolled the Germans back as much as
seven miles along a 12-mile front
which reached deep into Saarguemines
nine miles northeast of Saarbrucken.
One spearhead was almost due east
of Saarguemines and within six miles
of the Reich frontier.
LINCOLN LODGE
ELECTS OFFICERS
Lincoln Lodge No. 137. A. F. & A.
M., met Monday night asd elected the
following officers for the ensuing
year:
R. J. Lewellyn, Worshipful Master;
M. H. Kuhn, Senior Warden; S. M.
Roper, Junior Warden; Thos. E.
Rhodes, Treasurer; Frank P. Heavner,
Secretary; H. Grady Crowell, Senior
Deacon; Odell Harvey, Junior Dea
con; W. Arthur Sellers, Tiler.
M. F. Arrowood was elected a trus
tee for a three-year term. Others on
the board are M. L. Sipe and Jas. A.
Shuford.
ously but losing far more than he is
making. In recent operations the Ger
mans have been using about six di
visions a week.
On all fronts Hitler today has about
300 divisions. Information here di
vides them as follows:
Western front—7o.
Eastern front—l3o-140.
Italy—About 30.
Balkons —About 20.
Scandinavia—About 20.
Inside Germany—About 20.
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