The National Broadcasting Company and its affiliated stations present the Pacific story of the Pacific, the drama of the millions of people who live around this great sea where the United States is now committed to a long-term policy of keeping the peace. This is a documentary account of the situation in the Pacific of the men and events which are today influencing world affairs for generations to come. Farm clouds over the Philippines, homes in Manila and in many other parts of the Philippines, working men cleaning up debris, hauling away the shattered substance of which buildings are made, repairing the walls on the waterfront, putting up new structures where the old ones were demolished, and in council chambers and baleons and workshops and on plantations in the shade of the moon day sun, in the glow of gathering lights in Nipahat and under glistening chandeliers in the cities, there are words drawn familiar with repetition. What can the government do with no money? The United States has authorized six hundred twenty million dollars for reconstruction but so far only a few million dollars have actually been appropriated. How can we, as we are living, we must have work over so many of our factories ruined and where the crops are planted. Production is now a small part of what it was before the war. Our very sixth existence depends upon production and when production is down then we can do nothing. We are the ones who are suffering from inflation. We who resisted the Japanese the most. Provisions are made for many who did not resist and we are without food including and children. We must export to live and what do we have to export? If we are to revive our national income we must increase our exports to the one hundred fifty five million dollars which it was before the war. Right now it is no more than it's... In addition to these problems the Philippines faced bitter and complex political problems. There was a sharp cleavage between the administration and those who fought the election of the present administration. Those who fought the election of Manuel Rojas as the first president of the Philippine nation are now fighting his program. Manila and the many other places ravaged by the war testified to the extent of the need of reconstruction. It's going to take a long time and a lot of money. This is an American expert. Take Manila here. The war hardly touched that section of the city over there but it almost wiped out this part of it. What is the actual extent of the damage here? Oh I'd say 90 percent of the port area will have to be rebuilt. Yes the port area was hit hard and 70 to 90 percent of this area for the factories the utilities and the important buildings will have to be rebuilt. Manila of course was hard hit but what about the war damaged to other places? Places like Port. Some of them were hit hard in Manila. Some of them suffered 90 percent damage and that means money. How much? Well the last president of the Commonwealth, Tereo Osmania, estimated the war damaged in the Philippines at a billion dollars. Some Filipinos have estimated it at a billion and a half. The United States has estimated the damage at 800 million but it's not only money that's needed. To rebuild the Philippines also requires materials equipment and trained people and peace and order within the Philippines. To aid in the reconstruction of the Philippines the U.S. Congress passed the Philippine Rehabilitation Act which was acceptable to some Filipinos but which displeases others. It authorizes only 620 million dollars and our damage runs to almost a billion. Besides President Roosevelt promised that the United States will compensate us for all our war damage. Still others object to the Rehabilitation Act on other grounds. What does it do for us? It benefits the ones who did little against the Japanese, the Spanish and American compredores but what does it do for us who suffered the most? But the strongest opposition to the Rehabilitation Act is based on section 601 of the Act which provides that no payment more than 500 dollars would be paid on any damage claim until the Filipinos ratified the Trade Act. What it really means is that we cannot receive the benefits of the Rehabilitation Act unless we accept the Trade Act. The Philippine Trade Act is a mighty bone of contention. This Act called the Bell Bill before its passage became law on April 30, 1946. The Trade Act provides that the Philippines shall continue to enjoy free trade with the United States for the next eight years until 1954. For the following 20 years until 1974, duties are to increase yearly until the full duty is paid. The Act divides the quotas for export among virtually the same ones who dominated exports before the war. This section evoked reactions from Assistant Secretary of State Clayton while the bill was in the American Congress. Not only does this deprive the Philippine government of a sovereign prerogative but it has the effect of giving pre-war producers a virtual monopoly. It would enable them to prevent the investment of capital by new American enterprises and new Philippine producers would not be able to compete freely in their own country. Section 341 of the Trade Act touched another sensitive spot. This was the section that gives Americans equal rights with Filipinos in the development of natural resources until the 28-year period is over in 1974. It is an outrage. The Americans are entitled to this for what they have done for us in the past 50 years. It is counter to the Philippine Constitution. We must amend the Constitution. Do you as a Filipino mean that we as a sovereign nation must amend our Constitution so that we can accept the Trade Act in order to get the benefits of the Rehabilitation Act? This means that our reconstruction is dependent upon whether or not we permit the Americans to share equally with us in the development of our own natural resources. You forget that American money has made the Philippines what it is. Let me remind you that only 1% of the American money invested outside the United States is invested here in the Philippines. That is half of all the money invested here. Yes, yes, it amounts to $200 million. Let me ask you, in return for giving the Americans the same rights in developing our resources as we have, are they willing to give us similar rights in the United States? Assistant Secretary of State Clayton also took exception to Section 341. He said that the Trade Act would oblige the Filipinos to give American citizens special rights, which we cannot give to Philippine citizens. Other world capitals watch the Trade Act shaping up and from their press came expression of their views. When America, on the one hand, grants preference to a people who have been under her tutelage and on the other hand demands that the benefits of preference should be eliminated among the British people, the negotiations become farcical. This was a London Daily Express. In the Philippines, the first president of the New Republic stood staunchly for the Trade Act. The Philippine Constitution would have to be amended so that the Filipinos could accept the Trade Act. The Constitution specifies that 60% of any enterprise must be owned by Filipinos. In order to accept the Trade Act, it would have to permit Americans to own equal rights until 1974. It is the most constructive measure that would be taken in consideration of our present situation. It is American imperialism. That is what it is. Trade is our very life. Last year, we exported 400,000 tons of copper, only 50% of what we exported before the war. Last year, we exported to the United States 130 million pounds of hemp, only a third of what we exported before the war. And as for sugar, with all the diamonds done by the war, we do not even have enough for our own purposes here in the Philippines. If we are to avoid chaos, we must have a working partnership with Americans. The Trade Act and the amending of the Philippine Constitution have been an issue in the Philippines for many months. Those opposed have charged that Manuel Rojas discreetly said nothing about the Trade Act before the election, fearing popular opposition to it, and that immediately after his election became his champion. The entire issue was brought more sharply into focus after the inauguration last July 4th. With the meeting of the Philippine Congress, the administration majority refused to seat seven legislators from the central Luzon provinces. Why are these seven refused seats in the legislature? You know what the electoral commission reported. That there was fraud in the election? Yes. The Hukbalahaps used intimidation and coercion. If this was the report, why was not an investigation made? And also, the rule is that the oath of office may be denied by no less than a two-thirds majority, and these seven were denied their seats in the house by a simple majority. These seven were elected in the provinces where there still are thousands of rebels under arms against the government. Is it possible that they were denied seats in the legislature because of the opposition to the Trade Act and the amendment of the Constitution? While the fireworks were going on in the Philippine House, a significant event was taking place in the Senate. The senators who had supported Celio's mania in the presidential election against Rojas rose from their seats and walked out, a protest against the failure of the administration majority to abide by the rules of the Philippine Congress. In the Senate, the administration had a 13 to 10 majority. Under the old rule, 16 constituted quorum. Without a quorum, the majority voted to refuse seats to the opposition candidates from the Central Luzon Provinces, a pure all-resultant. They served further to widen the gulf between the political groups of Filipinos. With the refusal to seat the legislators in question, the people of the Central Luzon Provinces were left without representation. The Trade Act was then adopted by the Philippine Congress. But opposition to the Act and to the amendment of the Constitution, which is to be voted on in March, has not disappeared. In the four rice bowl provinces, the hooks are continuing to oppose. What we are fighting for is not the return of pre-wok conditions, but they basically form in land tenure. Ninety-eight percent of the land is owned by two percent of the population. Most of the peasants in these provinces raise rice. Rice is their chief crop. Years ago, each peasant used to till about 30 acres or more. Now most of them till about 10. So from this point of view, it is largely a matter of there simply being too many peasants in these provinces. There are perhaps a million and a half in this part of the island of Luzon. Steps have been taken to move some of them to other islands where there is more available land, but these efforts have not been successful. Yes. And we have been kept poor by having to give too great a share of our crops to the landlords. We demand 70 percent of the crops we raise. The Hook Wallachops, known as the people's anti-Japanese army during the war, numbered perhaps from 80,000 to 100,000 in the four rice bowl provinces. The hooks say that their military organization is disbanded, and that they only have a veterans association today. But those who support the administration declare that this is not so. They are still resisting the government with force. They are resisting the landlords who continue to try to collect 50 percent of their crops. While some claims have been made that most of the Hook Wallachops are equipped for warfare, the administration has taken another view. Actually, no more than 10 or 12,000 Hook Wallachops are armed. They captured a good deal of arms from the Japanese during the war. But even with this, it is doubtful if they could put more than 10 or 12,000 men into the field. The leaders of the Hooks, on the other hand, declare that they have a well-equipped armed force of 12,000, and have nearly 100,000 peasant reserves.  In consequence of this, the situation on the plantations of these four provinces became worse. With insufficient crops because of the war, the recovery was delayed because of this continued strike. Less planting was done, less care taken of the crops. Many patty fields grew up in undergrowth. The Hilmwood Swamps teamed with unrest and resentment. With the hope of defeating Manuel Rojas in the election in the spring of 1946, the Hooks joined forces with several other factions of peasants. But Rojas flowed into the presidency with a majority of 200,000, out of the nearly two and a half million votes cast. With overwhelming control of Congress, Rojas moved to bring unity to the Philippines. The Hooks and the other factions associated with them refused to yield. Aggravating the situation, the new president appointed governors to the various provinces to serve until the election next year. This is against everything that is fair. The presence of the four provinces railed against the appointment. They are forcing upon us as foreign governors. A governor not of our choosing, but of the choosing of the administration to do the administration's bidding. The administration should have no right to do this, for the administration did not carry these provinces of ours in the election. Aggravating the situation still more, the foreign governors appointed mayors and peas officers to the towns of the four provinces. They are running and trying to run every part of our lights from Manila. You overlook something. Have they not sent strangers to rule us? You forget that during the war, you Hooks had your own government in many of your baleos. That was because the Japanese were here. Yes, the Japanese were here, but now the Japanese are gone. And the government of Manila is doing only what it has the right to do, bring all parts of the islands under the national government. That is right. For just the same, the national government is imposing governors and mayors and police chiefs on us who are not sympathetic with us, but instead are sympathetic with those, all of those who all these years have taken advantage of us. Soon after the new president took the oath of office, he issued a warning to the Hooks and the factions supporting them that they must surrender by September 1st, or he would use strong measures against them. They continue to resist. How many of them do you figure are in those fronts, Captain? We have intelligence that there are perhaps two thousand Hooks in there. Are all of those in there Hooks? That way do not know. I see. But we do know that many of the people in this section are sympathetic with the Hooks and have even been harboring them. I see. They were warned. They had plenty of time to surrender. Likely to be pretty tough on those that are not guilty in there, isn't it? We warned them that if they did not come out, we would blast them off with artillery. And that is what we are doing. More than being something that has developed recently, the fighting between the peasants and the landlords is actually an extension of the riots and disorders that have been going on in the rural areas of the Philippines for many years. There were a number of outbreaks during American occupation of the island. Now, however, the political situation has increased the bitterness. The problem is basic. And no matter what is done in terms of disarming the Hooks, the conflict will go on until there is some adequate reform in the land tenure. It started in the days of Spanish rule and has come down just as it was with some slight variations to this day. So the peasants who have faced hardships for a long time are additionally dissatisfied today. We thought that things would be better for us when we got our independence. The war on the Japanese occupation took a heavy toll of what the peasants have. Where can I get another carabao? I cannot farm without a carabao and my animal was killed during the war. Forty percent of the work animals of the peasants were killed during the war. So the operations of many peasants willing to make the best of what they have are crippled. And all my livestock were taken during the war. Two-thirds of the livestock of the islands were taken. This brought the operations of many peasants to a complete standstill, robbed them of any participation in the economy of the island, and in effect left them empty-handed. What can I do? What can I do? Other Filipinos engaged in the production of such things as tobacco and fiber are somewhat in the same situation. Before the war the Philippines had an agreement with the U.S. to sell all of its Manila hemp to the United States. At that time, sixty percent of the fiber called abaca was raised in the Philippines by Japanese.  War damage was responsible for a large part of it. At the war's end the production of fiber was only a fraction of what it was before the war. Then, to get higher prices, the Philippines terminated its agreement to sell all its Manila hemp to the United States. Prices for abaca doubled, tripled, quadrupled, increased six-fold and more. The result was, in the long-range view, harmful. The Reckon de Plantation, they are butchering the plans to get every possible thread in order to get the high prices. This is ruinous. For next season, they will get less. And the year after that, feel less. In the fiber industry at least, it was a case of killing the goose to get the golden eggs. The prospect in the fiber industry is not right. Even though this ostensibly is the first Philippine industry back on its feet. Thus, in terms of economic recovery, grave problems confront the new nation. Graver, because 80 percent of the people of the Philippines are peasants. And it is among the peasants where there is the greatest unrest. Let me warn you who are today in power in the Philippines. Some of those who are on our side may have the power tomorrow. There are enough of us peasants to elect our own people to the highest offices in our land. In addition to its internal problems, the new nation faces problems in its relations with the world. As an independent nation, it must take its place alongside other sovereign nations. And these responsibilities are heavy. It must undertake measures for its own defense. And these must either be as part of a mutual defense system, or the Philippines must stand alone. In effect, the Filipinas are faced with a dilemma. Many of them wish to assert the fullest measure of their independence. They want to think for themselves as a free sovereign nation, at liberty to make their own decisions with no strings on them from any other nation. On the other hand, there is their great and undeniable need of help. Stir it up with internal problems, with a gigantic task of reconstruction and rehabilitation. There is a great question whether the Philippines are capable of their own defense. For a year or so after the close of the war in the Pacific, the U.S. talked of a comprehensive mutual assistance arrangement with the Philippines. The U.S. Navy should have two large fleet bases, two secondary bases, a submarine base, and a minor air surface base. This was the considered opinion of some American admirals. The Army should have several military bases, and bases for long-range bombers in the Philippines. This was the plan of some American generals. They talked of bases in the vicinity of Manila, where the U.S. Army wanted port facilities and storage facilities. But valuable objections came from some Filipinos. Why should we set up our islands to be a battleground for the United States? Look at what happened to us in this war. Should some power wish to move into the Philippines for reasons of its own, we must be prepared to defend ourselves. How could we defend ourselves without the help of the United States? What we are doing by permitting the Americans to establish bases here is asking for trouble. You are taking the position that there's only the Americans who want American bases here in the Philippines. That is not true. Many Philippines want bases here, and as a matter of fact, there was some talk among the Americans about not putting bases here at all. Above the ringing voices in this dispute came the voice of President Rojas. It is not easy to reach an accord in the current discussions of military bases. Some critics are trying to gain political advantage by inflammatory denunciation of the proposal to turn land over to the United States for military installations. But let it be said, so all may know that most nations are spending from one-third to two-thirds of their national budgets for defense. We support an army of 12,000 men, or mostly in training, at a cost of less than one-tenth of our budget. We are fortunate that we can devote the greater part of our subsistence to the pursuit of peace. Opposition to tying up the United States in a mutual defense system continued in some quarters in the Philippines. Some saw American forces in the Philippines as watchdogs of American imperialism. Most saw it for what it was, a move of profound value to both the Philippines and the U.S. The Americans will have a strong far Eastern outpost and we will have all the benefit of the presence of the American forces. Americans in high places said that an agreement was imminent and President Roehorst announced it as the year went. We have an agreement with the United States permitting her to establish bases in the Philippines for mutual defense. The reorganized Philippine scouts will be used cheaply to man them. But final agreement was still to be achieved and certain Filipinos were still in opposition. However, later developments had a sobering effect upon this opposition. It's possible that the United States may not be as much in need of bases in the Philippines as it originally thought, or at least may think in terms which reduce the importance of Philippine bases in their broad strategy. There seems to be a growing inclination to shift the strategy to the north. This would mean that the U.S. would lean heavily on bases at such places as the Marianas, Yocanahuas, and even the Ellucian. The Philippines would then be relatively unimportant as far as strategy is concerned. While the talk about mutual defense goes on in the Philippines, the actual negotiations have come to a standstill. Those who oppose the mutual defense arrangement are vehement not only about this, but also about U.S. aid for reconstruction and rehabilitation. In a practical sense, many Filipinos see less eye to eye with Americans than they have for many years. Their relations are less cordial. To speak loudest for Philippine autonomy and recognition of the fact that the Filipinos on our sovereign nation speak out loudest against the U.S. What has the United States done for us for reconstruction? Almost nothing. And for the reason for this, you have only to look to the War Damages Act. What is the delay in activating this act? Yes, and what is being done for the widows and orphans and survivors of the 60,000 Filipinos were served under the U.S. during the Batan Campaign. Last year, a bill to help was killed in the United States Congress. When are these people to receive benefits from the United States? Americans returning from the Philippines have underscored the need of aid to the Filipinos. It is not only a matter of helping the Filipinos. To some extent, they are being helped. In addition to the $75 million advance to help the new Philippine government through an emergency, about $3 million were allocated by UNRWA for relief purposes. Some Filipinos point out, however, that this $3 million is considerably less than was allocated for Yugoslavia. But what is important is that the eyes of hundreds of millions of the people of the Pacific and Asia are on American Filipino relations. And the Filipinos know this. What we do now will either cement friendship with the Filipinos for many years to come or nullify the work we have done there for so many years past. Reconstruction and rehabilitation are first, of course. As these are achieved, there must be more industrialization. The war hit the Philippine industry hard. The Philippines have a long way to go to retrieve their pre-war status in industry, to say nothing of increasing it, which is so badly needed. Added to this, the Philippines need a more balanced agriculture. President Rojas sees this clearly. For the time being, our exports will be confined to plantation crops, which were not completely destroyed or stolen by the Japanese. But in the near future, we expect to offer to the markets of the world a larger variety and steadily increasing quantity of such products such as sugar, tobacco, opera, coconut oil, hemp, chrome, manganese, and rubber. Someday, in the not too distant future, we hope to offer for world consumption and especially for consumption in this part of the world industrial goods of lighter variety. That is our goal. As the new republic looks ahead to its many and complex problems, the question is posed to what extent can the Philippines in these coming crucial years get along on its own? To its advantage are its rich resources, and more important, its surging will to be free and to assert itself as a sovereign nation. There are storm clouds gathering over the Philippines. How severe the storm will be and how well the new republic will ride out the storm is in the hands of the dowdy Filipinos themselves. Through the Pacific story, presented by the national broadcasting company at its affiliated independent station, to clarify events in the Pacific and to make understandable the cross currents of light in the Pacific basin, is written and produced by Arnold Marquess. The music was scored and conducted by Henry Russell. Your narrator was Larry Keating. With a particular interest to servicemen and women, our broadcast oversees through the worldwide facilities of the Armed Forces Radio Service. This program came to you from Hollywood and is heard in Canada through the facilities of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. This is NBC, the national broadcasting company.


here we go guys here we go what's up guys and welcome back to the johnnyq channel thanks so much for watching today's video we're gonna be unboxing evolution packs i've had so many of these just hanging up on the shelf and i'm like we gotta pull these we we just have to without further ado let's get into it for this video i'll just be unboxing these four packs i do have all of these so we're gonna put these off to the side and just get into it you guys already know i'm dreaming about that charizard my first charizard was pulled out of a pack just like this so let's just let's just get right into it guys if you haven't already please make sure to like and subscribe it'll just mean that much more to the channel these videos get pushed out even more it's just it's just amazing when you guys like and subscribe one two three four and thanks so much for watching honestly you guys are amazing okay first card is radicate we got a blast away spirit link trainer card we got a switch trainer card we got a machoke okay let's go we got catarpea polywag pikachu ponita amazing niteran and last but certainly not least okay we got a braid card look at that nido king braid card man i don't know if i like these or if i love these i guess i would like the card more if it was just regular facing you know vertically not horizontally like it takes up the entire card but still a great looking card for sure toxic drill love that all right next we got uh mr venasaur on this next pack let's get it guys you already know what i'm trying to look for i'm trying to get to that uh that good old charizard i'm itching for that charizard again okay here we go to start us off we got dug trio we got cocoon a second third we got full heal we got machoke volpix i love volpix i love volpix i like to buzzing growlith like those are just some i just i like those cards so much sand true cute little sand true pony top pony tops also another i love all these magnemite pikachu and a reverse hollow brocks grit trainer so not what we wanted but it's what we got so unwrapping we got one two three four to the back whoa i think it's supposed to be three i think it's supposed to be three to the back but i got a slow bro ex card right there just right off the bat let's go we got a charizard spirit link uh trainer card next we got poly world maintenance trainer card we got ghastly sand true we got weedle little weedle weedle little guy tangela pony top and a polywag yeah i'm pretty sure it's supposed to be three to the back not four my mistake my mistake that happened in another video actually and i'm pretty sure i did four instead of three well now we know all right next and final card we got blastoys let's get into it here we go i feel good about this card guys i feel really good feel good about this card let's get it we got one two three to the back not four and to kick it all off we got magmar we got here comes team rocket trainer card we got revive pikachu i've been getting a lot of pikachu lately it's next we have starry you onyx i've actually pulled a reverse hollow onyx card i really want to get that graded to see if it's like worth anything but it just it looks so clean it's like there's nothing wrong with that card i'm excited we got weedle oh wait a little guy machop and reverse hollow penis or spirit link and last but not least let's go oh dude we got a charizard ex card let's go that's that's what i'm talking about now i can start collecting now i can start collecting charizard cards make a full charizard set let's go let's go let me sleeve this guy up first though there it is obviously we got the venosaur spirit link card we got the slow bro ex we got the breaker card and brox grit and the best pull of this little lot the charizard ex card let's go i have one two three i've got five evolutions pack left so the next video could be just be opening all five of them up all right guys that is all for today's video thanks so much for watching i'll catch you in the next johnny q video peace


Hi everyone, Joe for jazby's casebreaks.com, coming at you with a quick little two box break of 2021 Panini Mosaic Football Choice Edition. Pick your team number one. And yeah, we're searching for peacocks and nebulas and whatnot, a lot of really nice stuff in here. And also nice is the World Cup spot being given away. All right, so let's flip back over here to gather everybody's names right here. Gather them with names and teams. Thanks everyone. So I think Matt ended up with last Bob Mojo with the Steelers before we pulled the remaining teams out for that filler. And Bennett won all the teams in the filler as well. Now, this also comes from a fresh case. There weren't any loose boxes, so let's just get just get a random box out of here. We'll just go... Mo, let's go with that box. Mo, let's go with that box. That's as random as it's going to get. All right, now, let's see what we got. Now they're the same. All right, Deontay Johnson, Sam Elinger. I guess that experiment is over for now anyway. Derek Brooks to 80. Sam Elinger not numbered the JJ Watt to 80 and a Chad Johnson Peacock and a Jalen Waddle. Yeah, right there is fine. Great, thank you. All right, we got a Chad Johnson Peacock. That's going to go to Cincinnati. That'll be for Dwayne. The Nico Collins is to 80. That'll be for the Texans. That'll be for Bennett. The JJ Watt will be for Arizona. That'll be for Bennett. That's to 80. And we got a Derek Brooks for the Buccaneers. That's for Chad. That's to 80. The Jalen Waddle, rookie card going to the Dolphin. That's for Brian. That's a nice one too. Jalen Waddle is pretty nice. All right, on this side, Brian Dawkins. We got a Noah Gray rookie. And the autograph is going to be Larry Roundtree. Rookie autos for the Chargers. Chargers are playing Sunday at football right now. They're up 13-3 on the Niners. Patrick with the Chargers. There's Aaron Donald, 37 out of 80 for the Rams. Daniel. I love all the choice parallels. They're really cool. Nice Justin Herbert for the Chargers. Patrick, 50 out of 80. Got a Chad Johnson for Cincinnati. Dwayne with the Bengals. 37 out of 80. And a rookie, Zach Wilson for the Jets. Chad Cromwell with the J-E-T-S Jets, Jets, Jets. And we got a Patrick Sartain as well. There you go. All right, love this choice stuff. A lot of great things in here. All-card ship. And who's going to win that World Cup spot? That's what we're going to win. Another two-box break loaded up as well. So everyone from 1-32, thanks everyone for getting in. Name on top gets a World Cup spot. You're guaranteed a team. You're guaranteed a prize already, too. Check out the details on jaskyscasebreaks.com. And if you get randomized, a really nice team, you know, that goes far on the World Cup, that could be some huge prizes there as well. All right, so fingers crossed. Good luck. Let's roll it, randomize it. One and a six. Lucky seven for somebody. One, two, three, four, five, six, and seventh and final time. Drum roll, drum roll, drum roll. So a lot of sad faces, two through 32 are going to be sad. Chad, very close, but not quite. Appreciate you trying. There's a lot of other opportunities, ladies and gentlemen. Keep an eye on jaskyscasebreaks.com. Name on top, Daniel Smith. Congrats to you. You're in that World Cup promo after seven times. Congrats. And we'll see you for that randomizer hopefully sometime this week as well. I'm Joe for jaskyscasebreaks.com. Thanks for getting into it. A lot of World Cup breaks to get into, so let's make it happen this week. And I'll see you next time for the next one. Bye-bye.


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I don't know why but they just are so if you guys have an H.E.B. And actually no for some reason I thought these were H.E.B. brands But I guess not so if you see them in the grocery store trust me They're just better than hot Cheetos So I'm gonna snack on those for a little bit because I'm freaking hungry and during my raspberry rose poppy So cheers. It's 6.24 and bachelor in paradise comes on at 7 Which is honestly the best thing about living in Texas because you get central standard time and It ends at 9 and I feel like whenever I was in Georgia watching the bachelor or in Florida Whenever bachelor would end at 10 It would just feel like my night's already done with like I have to go to bed at 10 Which isn't really true, but I just felt like I couldn't really do anything after it But now that it ends at 9 like I feel like I can still Be up and like I don't know not that I really do much after it I guess but it just doesn't feel like my night's like over and I like wasted all that time on Frickin show, but honestly, I love bachelor in paradise a hundred times more than bachelorette and bachelor And I'm kind of mad that we have two bachelorettes because I like the bachelor better I just feel like girl drama is more entertaining than boy drama, but we have two bachelorettes this year and Apparently Greg's gonna be the new bachelor, which honestly Like he doesn't seem like he would be a good fit, but whatever I did want to open some packages with you guys that I recently got Um, first one is jewelry for my favorite freaking brand goryana These are from gory on it and also these hoops that I wear every single damn day Like I do not remember the last time I took these out, which honestly, I feel like I should switch it up So I'm gonna take them out soon like for nola and stuff, but anyways, let's open the package I told you guys so if he was being angel Well, I jinxed it because she's not being angel anymore She was a bad girl. She went through the trash the other day and then she like Peed and pooped not on the pee pad and we took her out and it was just Not a fun time. So we're currently not on good terms with each other I'm trying to be cordial, but she's just Being annoying as poop. So okay, first we have The venus bracelet. It's like that snake chain. That's really trendy. I don't know if that's actually what it's called But that is what it looks like. Then we got a necklace This is the venus mini necklace. It's similar to the bracelet, but it's just a little bit skinnier Also, if you guys are in austin or are visiting they actually have a store on south congress And it's a really cute store very aesthetic and their jewelry is amazing I like I said literally never take any of it off and it hasn't rested like a shower I swim with it. I don't know if I'm really supposed to but I do Like I said, I'm going to nola on thursday and then I get back Sunday and then the next friday I go to nashville. I'm going to my first bachelor party ever It's going to be very interesting But I'll be able to see my college friends, which is going to be so Fun like I'm really excited to just see them again and like reunite The bride was actually our sorority president while I was on exec And so she is a great above me, but two of the girls in my pc will be there including my roommate tiffany She was actually my roommate senior year We lived in the president suite together because she was also katie's president at ucf but quickly I wanted to show you guys my big adult purchase that I made at like a random hour on amazon the other day So let's unbox this thing. It's so big Here we go the grand reveal I bought a vacuum and not just any vacuum the automated ones So this isn't a rumba. This is actually a bisole This is one of those things that tech talk makes you buy because I've seen so many videos of that Green bisole machine that like is for your car seats or like couches and stuff And it gets like so much of the gunk off But this is just like a floor vacuum now that we actually have hardwood floors It just gets so dirty so easily. So I was like, okay, maybe it is time to invest in One of these vacuums and the best part about this one is that it actually mops So it mops and vacuums. So it's called the bisole Spinway robot. I'm gonna set it up probably during bacheloring paradise I kind of want to um take advantage of the sunlight and maybe film some tiktoks Well, I got some makeup on honestly I've been putting on makeup during the week more than I have and I have less motivation to film tiktoks When I actually have makeup on like how does that even work in my head? I don't even know but I'm gonna go call my friend sam and I'll talk to you guys in a bit Ryan just got home from golf and I couldn't start bacheloring paradise without him. So I waited this long And I'm actually just gonna take off my makeup really quick because I just want to be comfy And there's no reason for me to have makeup on right now And usually I use the olay daily facial weight, but I've been testing out this Burst date is all cleansing balm. You can get this at target And it's just one of those like makeup notars I only really do this when I have like extra time to like take my makeup off and I can be patient with it So I still definitely use my olay daily facial wipes just because they're like so fast But sometimes I just feel like I'm tugging on my skin when I'm like wiping with a cloth So that is why I kind of wanted to try this stuff out We weren't really buying too many groceries just because I'm literally leaving on thursday So I think we're going to get some wings from this place called beady riley's They have really good wings, but I forgot what flavor I like I literally look like a raccoon right now Wings and paradise It's wednesday morning and we just set up the Bissell like little robot thing. That's why it's kind of noisy in here It's just kind of like roaming around the apartment But I am vacuuming first and then we're going to try the mopping setting And I'm really excited for that especially because I just feel like there's like random little dirt marks in here And I could definitely clean it myself, but you know that just takes time So I feel like this is a very big step for us to have our own little vacuum robot and Ryan's over there watching it Like a freaking dad He's just like wow Sophie was doing really good at first, but then she just started barking at it and I'm like Let's be nice. What do you have to say you like the vacuum? Saves me some time around here you Know Yeah, it actually already looks cleaner in here I just switched the vacuum over to mop mode, which is the exciting part because that's what really needs to be done But honestly the vacuum was so good. Like it already looks so much cleaner. I don't know how often I'm going to like Use this thing like obviously probably once a week for sure I sprayed some stuff on the floor, but it also has like water in there and like formula in there So I think it's like getting it all soapy As you can see The time has come to actually pack granola. So here we go a lot of this stuff I'm bringing is from my most recent princess polyhull. This dress is so stunning I'm not sure if I'll be able to wear it though because I feel like it's going to be really hot If you guys watch my princess polyhull, you'll probably recognize like all of this stuff This orange bodysuit is going to be so perfect for nola. I'm so excited and then this green button down also This button down. I thought I was going to save it for Nashville But I think I'm just going to bring it to nola and see if I want to wear it then Something that's not princess poly is this airy jumpsuit that I showed in my last vlog I think I'm going to bring it just for like a dressier night or even like a daytime outfit I'm honestly trying to get away with the least amount of trying stuff on which I know might not be This orange thing to do but honestly, I just like Want to pack get it over with be done with it. So I just tried on the skirt. So I was like, honestly, I've been fluctuating With my weight because I haven't been eating the healthiest and I couldn't remember if this was loose or tight It actually fits pretty good. This is um a skirt from princess poly I'm going with a big girl group and it's one of my friend's birthday's taylor and she like organized everything She sent us a long like notes app thing that said like what we should wear but I like don't even know what business casual and like I don't know like fancy even like really is but she just sent pictures of Like what she's actually gonna wear so I'm trying to base it off of the pictures She didn't really wear many jean shorts So I'm trying to like find bottoms that are not jean shorts But that I can also wear like my cute old tank tops and body suits and all of that So I think this could be a good substitute for jean shorts Listening to a podcast. This makes this a little easier right now. I'm listening to what we said podcast I freaking love jc. You guys know and chelsea's pregnant and they just revealed what she's having So that was really exciting But I wanted to show you guys these packing cubes that I literally cannot travel without This is like the bigger one and it comes with all of these packing cubes It honestly just makes traveling so much easier when you're like living out of the suitcase even just for a weekend I just kind of put like all my outfits in here and then whatever doesn't fit Then I just go down a size Then I'll use one for like bras and then socks and underwear and everything like that Just so everything's a bit more organized. So I will link these in the description box. They're just on amazon And this is what it looks like after everything's in there move to the bathroom trying to get my Makeup and just like toiletries All together, but I wanted to show you guys my favorite new lip oil I feel like there's so many lip oils out there right now like cocess. Obviously that's like a really famous one I have one from merritt beauty But this one is from burst. Let me show you There you go. It's a little bit dirty, but it is so good and out of all of those I've actually tried all of them. This is by far my favorite formula I don't know why it like really does feel moisturizing It almost feels like a lip gloss Not like super sticky But like kind of just like thick and I like it I love putting this over like lip liner whenever I do my makeup I'll put lip liner do this and just smack my lips and it just looks so natural So Got to carry that in my makeup bag Um, and then I'm gonna do skincare Next right now.  What can I get rid of I'm always wanting to be like a minimalist, but It just can't happen. Like that's just not my makeup routine. So That sucks, but it's all good. I love doing my makeup I am really sad though because I literally made a crazy Large order on sephora. I just like was feeling the urge I wanted a couple products and then I was like, I just want to try a couple more new things There's just so many new brands out there and so many new products, obviously I checked on when it should get here It literally said it was going to be delivered on wednesday, which is today And I was like, what the heck that is crazy because I'm pretty sure I Maybe ordered it on sunday, but I don't know. I just thought that was really fast for sephora Of course, they had a warehouse delay There was an option to pick it up in the store in barton creek But I was like if it's going to be here before my truck like might as well just get it shipped to me So I don't have to go to barton creek, but it's up here. So now i'm pissed I also don't understand how people do the whole carry-on thing When they have to bring their makeup in it because I feel like a lot of my stuff is liquids and I kind of want to try to pack a carry-on We'll see if it actually happens. I'm flying american airlines and I think the first bag checked is like $30, which honestly isn't that bad especially compared to other ones, but You know, if I could save some money, why not? I just put on a comfy dress because I think me and ryan are gonna get sushi tonight at sushi jenai It's like all you can eat sushi.  This is from shopra dress I don't know if it's on the site anymore But I will look and try to link it down below just because it's like literally my go-to dress In the last vlog I showed you guys that polka dot kind of cream dress It's kind of similar to this from amazon actually and that's gonna be my new go-to dress It's it's pretty much exactly like this.  I love the way it looks from the side I think it's so cute it is 8 30.   I'm very proud of myself I'm guessing I'm probably just going to do the whole carry-on situation since everything fit in there I want to say this is like my first time ever Having like just to carry on and not a checked bag. Well, maybe like when I was little obviously, but like Ever since I started flying I've always checked bags because I'm an over packer And it's okay.  We're gonna go to sushi still It's pretty late and they close at 10. So we're just gonna be getting our sushi fixed before I go to nola I totally forgot to end the vlog last night. So I wanted to do that really quick today is the day We're going to nola. So definitely subscribe down below for more vlogs and I will see y'all in my next video. Bye


Tarzan and the Diamond of Arshere! The following inaugural chapter of the new Tarzan radio series brings to radio and to Tarzan's many thousands of friends a fairly new story of strange and thrilling adventure. Jane Porter, her father, Samuel T. Philander, and Cecil Clayton have left Africa. Clayton subsequently has confessed that he is not the true Lord Grey Stoke and has died aboard ship. And so Tarzan of the Apes, mighty hunter Lord of the Jungle, has come into his name and title, John Clayton, Lord Grey Stoke. Tarzan and his friend Paul Darno, French naval lieutenant of the African patrol service, have traveled up the coast to Loango, a French-African port where Darno is awaiting a ship to take him back to France. Tonight we find the two friends at the close of dinner in the grill of the Metropole Hall discussing future plans. Now that you have become an English Lord, what are you going to do? My title, Lord Grey Stoke, means nothing. It gives me another name I have no use for. Your states and fortune I can do without. But you expect to return to the jungle? Why not? It's my home. The only home I know and love. No, Darno. I'll stay here. I'm going to miss you, my friend. Yes, and I shall miss you. Why not return to Paris with me, eh? The lights, the boulevards, the music. Calm, calm. You can well afford it now. I don't enjoy the comforts of civilization, as you call it. What I've seen of it and the people who live by its laws, which I don't understand, are shallow, false. My full abards are the elephant trails, my lights, the sun, moon and the stars. I'll stay here. And I cannot say that I blame you. But this Grey Stoke fortune, your fortune now, what are you going to do with it? I don't know. I hadn't thought about it. But you must, Tarzan. May I offer a suggestion? What is it? Why not use the fortune in establishing a plantation here in Africa, if you insist on remaining in the jungle? A plantation? What for? All Africa is mine. All that has not been spoiled by the Tarmangani. Tarmangani. You do not admire the ways of the white man, do you? But what about them? Was it Jane? Jane? What about her? Well, yeah. Now that Clayton is dead, she is free to marry you. You will marry her, eh? She wants time to convince her friends that she is not bearing the Grey Stoke title in marrying me. I don't understand her reasons, but I'll go to America in a year and... Oh, Lord Grey Stoke, here are our ladies and gentlemen who are asking for you. Some friends of yours in London suggest they look you up. May I present Mr. Gregory and his daughter, Miss Gregory? Lord Grey Stoke and Lieutenant Dono. How do you do? Show me. Well, daughter, have you lost your voice? Mr. Mitchell has presented Lord Grey Stoke and Lieutenant Dono to you. Oh, I beg your pardon, gentlemen. But good grief, Dad, don't you see the resemblance? Lord Grey Stoke looks enough like Brian to be his twin brother. Why, bless me, so he does. Accepting for that scar on your forehead, Grey Stoke, pardon my mentioning it, you might very easily pass for my son. My job, yes. Remarkable, what? I knew him rather well. He authored here at Luango for his trip into the interior. And that's the last we ever heard of it. You wanted to see me, Mr. Gregory?  Thank you. Well, you see, it's like this. We stopped at the Ritz in London, a chance to meet a Lord and Lady Tennington. When they learned that daughter and I were coming out to Africa, they insisted that we look you up as being the only man who might help us. Lord and Lady Tennington are very good friends, they don't know? They are indeed. I'll be glad to help you in any way I can. Well, Grey Stoke, we've come out to investigate the disappearance of my son, Brian. You see, my brother came to Africa two years ago, with an expedition sent out by the Field Museum of Chicago. Chicago is my home, you know. And they went into the Belgian Congo with specimens of gorillas. Yes. It's been a year since his last letter. He wrote they were outfitting here in Luango for a second trip, and that they were on the track of seeking apes. Talking apes, namoiselles? Sounds ridiculous, doesn't it, gentlemen? But Brian was pretty level-headed, and he wouldn't go traipsing off into the jungle unless he had some idea of what he was going after. Well, anyway, when the expedition returned to Chicago, the reported Brian is missing. They didn't report him as dead? No, Grey Stoke, simply as missing. Four of the original expedition died, or were killed on their last trip into the jungle. Fear, gorillas. However, they were accounted for. My son simply vanished. No trace of him or a particle of his clothing was ever found, though they searched for days. It's so strange. Now, it would be logical to assume that if a wild beast had been because of his death, traces of his torn clothing would most certainly have been found. Yes. Well, that's exactly what we think, Lord Grey Stoke. And that fact has convinced us that Brian is alive. Pardon me, namoiselles. Yes, boy. What is it? A note for the Sahib there. A note for me? Yes, sir. The man Sahib, she points to Master and says, Give note to Big Sahib. A woman? Who is she? Who is Sahib, Sahib? All right. Here, a dashie for you. It's funny, Darno. I don't know any women in the long go. Can't imagine. And bien, bien, bien. Open the paper and read it. Excuse me, Miss Gregory. Certainly. Listen to this, Darno. I am waiting in the little salon beside the main entrance. I must see you immediately. Extremely urgent. Maghra. Maghra. Maghra. A must peculiar name. Arabic perhaps? I don't know. But this isn't meant for me. There are many big men in the room. I'll return it to the woman. We'll be back in a minute. You will excuse me a moment. Of course you will. A page brought me your message, Darno. He insisted it was for me. Of course there has been a mistake. I return it to you. Oh, but there is no mistake. Then what do you want? Is it possible that you do not remember me? Maghra? Strange that Brian Gregory so soon forgets his friends. What did you say? Brian Gregory. But Brian Gregory, you cannot fool Maghra. We have not seen each other for a long time. Yet Maghra has not forgotten. I am sorry, but I have never seen you before this moment. And my name is not Brian Gregory. So you are not Brian Gregory? I am so sorry, but do not turn now. It would be dangerous for you. Laltas, you cannot have forgotten him also. He is directly behind you. And I know he is not if he is touching your back. Say, cat. Yes, Maghra? What do you want? That is better. We want only that you go with Maghra where she will take you. Very well. Now your arm, please. We will cross the lounge as the old friends we are, no? And be careful, Gregory. Make no sign or do not stop to talk with anyone. Put your knife away, Laltas. If that is your name, I will go with the woman without the knife in my back. We go where? To a room on the floor above where you will meet another old friend. And where we may talk quietly without interruption. Come, Brian Gregory. It has been a long time since we have seen you, my friend, no? Oh, Brian Gregory, you have changed somehow.  I don't know what you are talking about. So? Up the stairs. This way? A few steps and we are there. I have friends waiting for me downstairs. Let's get this over as soon as possible. That will depend entirely upon you, Brian Gregory. Here is the room. One moment. Enter, please, Brian Gregory. We have brought Brian Gregory to your atantome. You have done well, Maghra. And you, Laltas, be seated, Brian Gregory.  No, you've all made the same mistake. I tried to explain to these two, but they insisted. However, Laltas's knife was unnecessary. Perhaps, but I did not wish to accept the chance of a refusal. But it is beside the point.  All right. Have it your own way. Now what do you want? Need there be any doubt as to that? Come to the point. As you wish. I am prepared to offer you 10,000 pounds sterling for the map. The map? What map? Come, come, Brian Gregory, do you take me atantome for a fool? You know very well that I speak of the map showing the location of the city of Asher. And you are willing to give 10,000 pounds for it? 10,000 pounds sterling. Not enough. Twenty. My friend, you would be safe in offering me 20 millions. I have never heard of such a city, nor a map. Hmm, so you are not Brian Gregory. You have never heard of Asher and know nothing of any map. Remarkable.  I'm sorry I can't help you, but I am not Brian Gregory. I've never heard the name before tonight. It is useless to deny your identity, Brian Gregory, to one who knows you so well.  I received this scar in a fight with Bolgan with a gorilla many years ago. Gomez was strong, Gregory, almost as strong as a guy, and yet you killed him and very soon after, vanished from the expedition. They thought a lion had mauled Gomez and that you had also been killed, but I knew differently you went alone to search for the city of Asher. Very interesting, Tom, but I'll go on about my business now and leave you to yours. One moment, my friend. You deny your identity and refuse my offer, possibly because you wish to keep the father of diamonds for yourself when you find it, eh? But I am determined to have the diamond myself. Now, you will not refuse this. No, no, I don't know him. Do not kill him. Don't worry, Margaret. I'm not afraid of his gun. There is an easier way, master, and one less noisy, Laltasque's knife. Laltasque's knife, yes. Yes, that is better. A shot might possibly be heard outside his room even though the gun has a silencer. Margaret, unless you produce the map at once, you will not leave this room alive. I shall count three and then Laltasque's knife. One, two...