Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 307, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 May 1930 — Page 1

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Halt This Gigantic Tariff Steal! Save U. S. From Disaster!

T HE undersigned American economists and teachers of economics strongly urge that any measure which provides for a general upward revision of tariff rates be denied passage by congress, or, if passed, be vetoed by the President. We are convinced that increased restrictive duties would be a mistake. They would operate, in general, to increase the prices which domestic consumers would have to pay. By raising prices they would encourage concerns with higher costs to undertake production, thus compelling the consumer to subsidize waste and inefficiency in industry. At the same time they would force him to pay higher rates of profits to established firms which enjoyed lower production costs. A higher level of duties such as is contemplated by the Smoot-Hawley bill therefore would raise the cost of living and injure the great majority of our citizens. and x Few people could hope to gain from such change. Miners, construction, transportation and public utility workers, professional people and those employed in banks, hotels, newspaper offices, in the wholesale and retail trades, and scores of other occupations clearly would lose, since they produce no products which could be favored specially by tariff barriers. ana nan THE vast majority of farmers, also, would lose. Their cotton, pork, lard and wheat are export crops and are sold in the world market. They have no important competition in the home market. They can not benefit, therefore, from any tariff which is imposed upon the basic commodities, which they produce. They would lose through the increased duties on manufactured goods, however, and in double fashion. First, as consumers they would have to pay still higher prices for products made of textiles, chemicals, iron and steel. Second, as producers. their ability to sell their products would be further restricted by the barriers placed in the way of foreigners who wished to sell manufactured goods to us. Our export trade, in general, would suffer. Countries can not buy permanently from us unless they are permitted to sell us, and the more we restrict the importation of goods from them by means of ever higher tariffs, the more we reduce the possibility of our exporting to them. This applies to such exporting industries as copper, automobiles, agricultural machinery, typewriters and the like, fully as much as it does ;o farming. ana a a a THE difficulties of these industries are likely to be increased still further if we pass a higher tariff. There already are many evidences that such action inevitably would provoke other countries to pay us back in kind by levying retaliatory duties against our goods. There are. few more ironical spectacles than that of the American government as it seeks on the one hand to promote exports thorugh activity of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, while, on the other hand, increasing tariffs to make exportation even more difficult. We do not believe that American manufacturers, in general, need higher tariffs. The report of the President's committee on recent economic changes has show that industrial efficiency has increased, that costs have fallen, that profits have grown with amazing rapidity since the end of the World war. Already our factories supply our people with more than 96 per cent of the manufactured goods which they consume, and our producers look to foreign markets to absorb the increasing output of their machines. Further barriers to trade will serve them not well, but ill. Many of our citizens have invested their money in foreign enterprises. The department of commerce has estimated that such investments, entirely aside from the war debts, amounted to between $12,555,000,000 and $14,555,000,000 on Jan. 1, 1929. These investors .too, would suffer if restrictive duties were to be increased, since such action would make it still more difficult for their foreign debtors to pay them the interest due them. a a a ana AMERICA is facing the problem of unemployment. The proponents of higher tariffs claim that an increase in rates will give work to the idle. This is not true. We can not increase employment by restricting trade. American industry, in the present crisis, well might be spared the burden of adjusting itself to higher schedules of duties. Finally, we would urge our government to consider the bitterness which a policy of higher tariffs inevitably would inject into our international relations. Tire United States was represented, at the world economic conference, held under auspices of the Teague of Nations in 1927. This conference adopted a resolution announcing that “the time has come to put an end to the increase in tariffs and to move in the opposite directions." The higher duties proposed in our pending legislation violate the spirit of this agreement and plainly invite other nations to compete with us in raising further barriers to trade. A tariff war does not furnish good soil for the growth of world peace. (Signed) IRVING FISHER. Yale. FRANK W. TAUSSIG, Harvard, Member of the Original Tariff Commission. WESLEY C. MITCHELL, Columbia. HENRY R. SEAGER, Columbia. M. B. HAMMOND. Ohio State. EMORY R. JOHNSON, Dean of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. One thousand American economists, members of the American Economic Association, have signed this statement, opposing passage of the Smoot-Hawley tariff bill. ... Copies have been sent to President Hoover, Secretary Smoot and Representative Hawley. 1 -

MILLIONS ARE LOST IN BLAZES ON EAST COAST

Bv United Pres* Almost the entire North Atlantic seabdard—a region famous for its picturesque beauty—gazed today on acres of blackened ruins that lie In the wake of destructive fires. Seven states directly were affected by the property damage, which ran into millions of dollars. Generally, damage resulted from apparently harmless grass fires which were fanned quickly into destructive blazes by brisk winds. Althougr. the fire left its mark from Delaware to New Hampshire, no deaths v ere reported and few injuries. The most disastrous fire occurred at Nashua, N. H., where sparks from a locomotive started a $5,000,000 blaze. The city virtually was under martial law today. Hundreds were driven from their homes in New Jersey when firemen found their only weapon—back fire —was made useless by the wind.

‘Deadwood Dick, * Hero of Old Indian-Fighting Days in West , Goes Over ‘Great Divide ’

/?m / nitnt Prrs* l DEADWOOD, S. D., May s.—Deadwood Dick Clark, 84, hero of a generation of dime novel readers, died today in St Joseph’s hospital after an illness of several weeks. Cancer, not old age, brought death to the plainsir rm in the sunset of a life that reads like a history of 'he old west. Deadwood Dick almost was the last of the actual and fabled heroes of the west. Clark lived to see his exploits among the Indians, road agents and bad men grow into the legend class. Virtually ell his life was spent in the west fighting Indians, riding in the pony express, guarding stage coaches end guiding United States cavalry. His personal and fabled exploits formed the theme of sixty-four paper-backed thrillers, written by Edward L. Wheeler, sometimes known as Nad Buntline. These volumes, usually forbidden reading for younger generation two or three decades ago, were read by boyj£ and oftentimes girls, for years,

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Many dwellings were destroyed, as well as hundreds of acres of valuable forest land. Forest fires in Delaware were under control after several days fighting. Smaller grass fires were reported in Pennsylvania, but were brought under control without appreciable damage. Approximately a forty-mile section of Long Island was laid waste by grass fires and much valuable property ruined. More than >3,000 persons aided firemen. Similar fires occurred on Staten Island, leveling more than 100 cottage*. More than 15,000 were burned In the woodlands of Massachusetts. Henry Ford's historic Wayside inn miraculously was saved from the flames. Fires in sections of Rhode Island were reported under control today after a night of fighting in which hundreds of volunteers joined.

PARTY CHIEFS FORECAST BIG VOTETUESDAY 73,000 to Cast Ballots in County in Primary, Say Hugg and Keach. ANTIS FIGHT ‘COFFINISM’ Mass Forces Behind Stark and Collins, Incumbent Prosecutor, Judge. (Other primary news and voting information on Paee 8.) BY BEN STERN Indiana will go to the polls Tuesday to attempt to sift tpe wheat from the chaff and select candididates best fitted to represent their respective parties in the November general election. Martin M. Hugg, Republican county chairman, today predicted 55,000 members of his party will vote in Marion county, while Leroy J. Keach, Democratic chairman, predicts 18,000 votes for his party. A vote of 73,000 is considered large for an off-year primary election when the congressional nomination is the highest office listed. Many political veterans bemoan a lack of Interest this year and predict the vote will not exceed 60,000. 75,924 Votes in 1924 In 1924, with candidates for Governor to be selected, there were 75,924 primary votes cast in Marion county. In 1925, with two senatorial vacancies, 66,075 voted, and in 1928, with Watson opposing Hoover for the Indiana presidential nomination and a bitter fight being waged on Robinson, and strong candidates vietng on both tickets for the nomination for governor, 77,391 voted. Republicans expect a heavy vote because of the fight being waged against “Coffinism.” The “antis” have selected a slate for all offices, but are waging their hardest battle for Judge James A. Collins, incumbent criminal court judge, and Judson L. Stark, incumbent prosecutor. Drift to Henderson During the past week there has been a decided drift of sentiment to Laurens L. Henderson, also a candidate for the Republican nomination for prosecutor, who was given indorsement by the Indianapolis Bar Association, the Young Lawyer’s Association and the Worker’s NonPartisan Political Action League. The five-man race for the G. O. P. congressional nomination is the most interesting feature of the primary campaign. Candidates are: Two avowed wets, Ward Hiner and Ira Holmes, and three drys, Schuyler Mowrer, Asa J. Smith and Archibald Hall. Leathers Faces Defeat The majority of the incumbent judges, all of whom are Republicans, are expected to win the nomination without any difficulty, but James A. Leathers, incumbent of superior court one is threatened with defeat. Williaim D. Bain, Charles Karabell and William C. Mitchell are his rivals. Bitter campaign is being waged on both sides for precinct committeemen for county and district chairman will be chosen at reorganization meetings Saturday afternoon. On the Democratic side of the fence there is but slight organization difficulty. In several instances the slates overlap and assure nominations for many candidates. Louis Ludlow, the incumbent congressman is assured renomination. There are. however, close races for the majority of the other offices. Clark and Kern Opposed ' Salem D. Clark and John W. Kern are vieing for the nomination for judge of superior court one, and for court two. Floyd J. Mattice and Joseph R. Williams are running a close race. Os interest to many Is the competetion for the probate court nomination between Smiley N. Chambers and Thomas E. Garvin. The former resigned as corporation counsel to make the race and the latter is judge of municipal court one. Another interesting battle with labor holding a balance of power, is the campaign for judge of the criminal court which many concede to Frank Baker, always actively connected with labor, and James D. Armston, said to be receiving city hall support. In the race for prosecutor, Herbert E. Wilson is said to be leading with Herbert Spencer, former city prosecutor, and Raymond Murray close behind. Edward C. Brennan, the fourth candidate, has been making a considerable gain in support and may surprise many.

until the plainsman became as well known as Buffalo Bill Cody, Wild • ! Rill UiolpAb J rrii Tr

i Bi H Hickok and Kit Karson. • %a ana DEADWOOD DICK himself used to chuckle over the stories that he had been a road agent until his reform and that he had spent his ! early days robbing stage coaches and rescuing maidens in distress. Asa matter of fact Clark had only one wife, to whom he was always devoted, although at least one of the paper-backed thrillers had him married to Calamity Jane, whose fame as a marksman and gambler still is a legend. t Always a picturesque figure, Deadwood Dick clung to the long curls, high boots, beaded buckskin suit outfit o f his youth. For years the heavy .45 caliber pistol hung at his right side. Strangely enough it bore no notches in contrast to Wild Bill's, Dick always claimed he never killed a white man and he considered Indians of little significance. But during the days Deadwood sat beside the stage coach drivers in the bndit-infested Black Hills as guard, not one ounce of bullion ever was stolen while he rode the Cheyenne-Deadwood stage, shotgun poised and cocked,

INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, MAY 5, 1930

Learning \o Fly—No. 19 Times Flier Earns Wings as He Soars Into Skies on Solo Dash

INDIA RESENTS GANSRIARREST Strikes Declared; Mobilize Troops for Trouble. BY FRANCIS LOW, United Press Staff Correspondent BOMBAY, India, May s.—Strong forces of British and Indian troops were ordered mustered for any emergency in the chief cities of India today as the Mahatma M.

K. Gandhi was put in a British jail—his most dangerous battle front in the Nationalist ‘ campaign for independence. Bells tolled in Bombay, signifying a Nationalist call for a day of mourning as the 60-year-old man whom India’s millions call the “great soul,” was placed in Yeroda jail in Poona for

an indefinite term. Under the ordinance of '1827 he will be held in jail without trial. Hartals—Days of cessation of work which are tantamount to paralyzing strikes—were declared in many citjes where all shops were tightly Shuttered and barred. Mahatma Gandhil attained the martyrdom he sought when he was taken in custody at Surat, 100 miles north of Bombay, and conveyed immediately to Poona. Constantly, since Gandhi began the passsive resistance cantpaign more than a month ago, he had attempted to antagonize British authorities to the point where his arrest could not be avoided.

Where to Vote The complete list of voting places in Marion county for Tuesday’s primary election is carried by The Times today on Page 8. Effort has been made to correct the list as changes were announced by election officials. Names of candidates also will be found on Page 8.

FEAR JAIL DELIVERY Gangsters Reported in Coup at Ohio Prison. Bu United Press COLUMBUS, 0., May 5. Extraordinary precautions to guard against escapes were taken at the state penitentiary today coincident with rumors that gangsters on the outside were planning a delivery. Pass regulations were made so stringent that even soldiers attached to troops guarding the prison were required to show countersigned passses to get through the gates.

BY LOWELL NUSSBAUM, Times Aviation Editor A FTER having taken my solo flight Sunday at Hoosier airport., going up without my instructor, I would be willing to wager Lindbergh received no thrill | when he landed at Le Bourget field, Paris, after his memorable transAtlantic flight, than I did after my first solo flight. It was not exactly the sort of thrill I had anticipated. The sensation of danger and excitement was absent. Rather, the thrill lay in the glow of satisfaction I experienced, satisfaction over having passed a test satisfactorily. As I arrived at Hoosier airport, ready to take off about 8:45 Sunday morning, and saw a good-sized crowd of early-risers, a few of them there perhaps in the hopes of some excitement, such as me breaking my neck, I became a little nervous. My instructor, Bob Shank, told me he would go around with me a time or two. tt tt tt AS T climbed into the plane’s cockpit and the motor was j started, my sensation of nervousness | departed. After I had taxied the plane to a corner of the field, ready to take off into the wind, Shank gave me the signal to start. I opened the motor, pushed the stick forward to raise the tail off the ground, and we were off. I felt perfectly calm by this time. 1 even had forgotten the presence of spectators, who might laugh if I made a particularly bad landing. Landing, Shank tod me to taxi the plane toward the hangar. In a moment he bade me stop and he j climbed out and walked away, after. I wishing me good luck. ! “Don’t climb too fast, for without my weight the plane will be lighter and will climb faster,’’ was his parting warning. it tt tt TAXIING back to .the starting point, I was acutely conscious of his absence. I missed his presence in the front cockpit and his cheerj ing voice floating back through the speaking tube. Then the business of taking off drove all other thoughts from my | mind. Almost before I knew it the ! plane was around the usual circle and I discovered it was time to “cut’’ the motor. At first my glide was too steep. Then, as I sought to correct that, I found I had the nose too high and I wasn’t gliding fast enough. Getting into the proper glide, and watching over the side of the plane to be sure I would clear the tops of some trees over which I had to pass, I saw the ground slipping up toward me. For a fleeting moment I thought of Shank, who I was certain was watching me closely. Then I forgot everything but the plane and landed practically without bouncing. Happy over my success I returned to the end of the field and made three more landings before quitting I had intended making only three, but the third one was not as good as the first and second. As luck would have it, the fourth was the poorest of all, but not bad. tt a tt THAT ended the biggest moment of my student pilot training. When I stop to think back over the flight, I realize that it wasn’t much different from the flights I had been making at Hoosier airport, with Shank along as instructor, except that Shank was not present to help me with his advice. Ever since the first few lessons, I had been doing practically all the flying, Shank merely telling me what to do. Now that I have flown solo, I am eager to fly as often as possible, to get in the ten hours’ solo required for a private license. Then I will be able to carry passengers, but not for hire. I imagine there will be no small thrill in taking up my first passenger.

Gandhi

RICHARD CLARK, as he was christened, was born in Hansborough. England, Dec. 15, 1845. His parents came to America when he was 12 years old and drifted, as many did' those days, to the new west. As soon as Dick was old enough he joined the famous Seventh cavalry and served in the Black Hills under General Custer. Rumors that he was the sole survivor of Custer’s massacre in Montana he denied. “There were no survivors except Kehoe’s horse,” he said many times. Make no mistake about that. I and two half-breeds lived because we’d t>een left behind to look after the stock.” In 1876, when the cry of gold sent thousands to the Black Hills despite the fact it was Sioux territory and white men had no business there, Clark resigned from the army and followed the stampede. i He and his party eluded the cavalry out not the Indians. They foug the redskins just north of the Belle Fourche river and won. Jg From the gold fields, always obeying his wanderlust spirit, Deadwo<® Dick came to Deadwood, where he gained his nickname and rose Jm fame. He guarded stage coaches with outriders aitfad apJ-JpMMwffr’

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BOOZE BOTTLES SALEOUTLAWEB Display Manner Considered by High Court. Ru fnitrd Press WASHINGTON, May s.—The supreme court today outlawed the sale of bottles and other liquor equipment when offered “in such a mode as purposely to attract purchasers who wanted them for unlawful manufacture.” The decision, a unanimous one, was announced by the 89-year-old Justice Holmes. He reiterated the court’s intention to construe the Volstead act liberally with a view toward enforcement of prohibition and stated that “manufacture” of liquor, prohibited by the act is to be taken to include sale of utensils used In preparing liquor. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 67 10 a. m 75 7a. m 68 11 a. m 77 Ba. m 69 12 (noon).. 78 9 a. m 73 1 p. m 78

U. S. JUDGESHIP OFFERS FOR PARKER AID CHARGED

Bii United Press WASHINGTON, May s.—The fight over the nomination of John J. Parker as a supreme court jus-

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PRISON JAM BASIS FOR SLAYER’S FREEDOM PLEA

Indiana supreme court today was petitioned to release a man sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, on grounds that the Indiana state prison at Michigan City is overcrowded. This unique plea is contained in an appeal brief filed with Charles Biederwolf, clerk of the court, in the case of Michael Powers, sentenced for shooting and killing William Fulks, a neighbor, at Greensburg, during a quarrel. The sentence was passed in Decatur circuit court. In the brief, attorneys set out that Powers never was a felon and is not a murderer, alleging he fired

BANKING INTERESTS THROW STRENGTH INTO MARKET TO HALT WILD STOCKS PLUNGE

Confidence in Railroad Bank Shown Confidence in the Railroadmen's Building and Savings Association was completely restored today with many depositors returning to the institution funds drawn out during i period of uneasiness last week. Lines of depositors dispersed before noon Saturday as depositors realized funds were available for those who desired to make withdrawals. Today deposits were above normal, according to W. T. Cannon, president. “The incident has strengthened confidence in Indianapolis and especially in its real estate values, “Cannon said, citing the fact more than $50,000,000 of the association’s $60,000,000 assets is represented by first mortgage loans not exceeding 45 per cent of assessed valuation on Indianapolis real estate. “The newspapers of Indianapolis are to be commended for putting before the citizens facts in this uneasiness which was started by malicious rumors,” President Cannon declared. He previously had offered SI,OOO reward for information as to circulator of the false reports. The association was not required to call upon other banks of the city for financial assistance, despite the fact bankers, assured of solidarity of the institution, had offered aid if necessary.

Babe on Radio The Times, offering its sports readers Babe Ruth’s exclusive articles twice weekly, is cooperating in presenting an added feature by the famous Babe for Indianapolis fans. It may be tonight, tomorrow night or any other night this week, so watch for it. The Babe will go on the air, tentatively, over the entire Columbia broadcasting chaifi the evening of the day on which he clouts his next home run. He will speak from WABC in New York City, between 6 and 8 p. m. The hour has not been set definitely, but keep your ear to the radio. It’ll be well worth your while to hear the Bambino tell how he smacked another circuit clout.

tice reached a climax in the senate today when Senator Ashurst <Dem., Ariz.) charged the administration with offering federal judgeships and other appointments in return for support of the administration nominee. Ashurst’s charge and his demand that the lobby committee investigate the matter startled the senate and (•prompted Senator Caraway of the ; lobby committee to reply that three former North Carolina Governors have been “lobbying for Parker.” Caraway was silent, however, concerning the demand for an inquiry by his committee. Prior to Ashurst’s charges administration supporters had begun a final drive for confirmation. A letter from Attorney-General Mitchell was read by Senator Stephens (Dem., Miss.), in which Mitchell denied President Hoover was animated by political motives in making the appointment.

in self-defense. They declare that the courts are “overstrict in passing sentences,” and since the prison is overcrowded, men like their client should be permitted to go free. The overcrowded condition was emphasized further when Warden Walter H. Daly sent the clerk’s office a notice setting out that friends and relatives of the prisoners no longer can visit them on Sundays and holidays, but only between the hours of 8 a. m. and 4 p. m. on week days. Reason given was the overcrowding which makes it impossible to handle large numbers of visitors.

ways on the lookout for Lame Johnny or others of the hundreds of bandits who preyed on the bullion shipments. a a a a a a DEADWOOD DICK was the first man to the scene of the Indian massacre of Peachtree Smith, famous Black Hill missionary who tried to mix religion with the wild life of the frontier. It was in August, 1876, and Dick loaded the body into a hay wagon and hauled it to Deadwood for burial. Railroads brought civilization into the Black Hills. With the westward trek of road agents and Indians, Deadwood Dick stayed on. In 1928, Deadwood Dick flew to Washington to Invite president Coolidge to spend his vacation in the Black Hills, in a monoplane high above the hills he had followed westward when a boy. i Some time ago Deadwood Dick was taken to St. Joseph’s hospital here land his ailment diagnosed as cancer. The veteran faced death in the pour wails of a hospital room with the same calm and coolness he did twhen he peered over the sight of a Winchester with an Indian framed b nthe notch. He wentjowa the trail close behind Poker Alice and iar MMmNt of WUd Bill and Buffalo Bill, his cronies of years ago, -

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Trading Passes 6,000,000Share Mark; Scenes Like Last October. STRONGER NEAR CLOSE Opening Irregular, Higher at Noon, Then Comes Sharp Dive. BY ELMER C. WALZER l nite* Press StafT Correspondent NEW YORK, May 5. Banking interests which stemmed the break in the stock market in October, again came to aid of an ebbing market today and brpught a half to a market that loomed disastrous through the heaviest trading of the year. The market had irregular in the morning. At noon prices were higher. Trading was at a great pace—the heaviest of the year. Then started a collapse. Steel sunk below 170 and got as low as 166’i, where it was but one-half point above its low for the year. At 2:10 p. m. trading had passed the 6,000,000-shrae mrak. Tickers were far behind the market. Scenes on the floor were reminiscent of last October, so frenzied was the buying, as many trader* attempted to unload. Then came the banking support. Bankers Come to Rescue Just as last October, when bankers bought in to save the market, again they bought and again the. market started forward. There came the notation from the floor: “Steel 171 bid.” General Electric, which had been quoted at 74 Vi, off %, was bid in at 78; Radio was bid at 46. General motors was bid at 44, Steel’s bid got to 171 >4. These brought cheer for only a few moments before there had been losses such as: Vanadium at 87, off 74>4; American Can, 129, off 5%; Consolidated Gas, 118, off 2; Standard of New Jersey, 71%, off 1%; American Telephone, 237%, off 3; American and Foreign Power, 66, off 10%. Tone Hopeful at Close Tlie more hopeful tone continued right up to the close. Steel quickly was sold above 171, up nearly 5 points from the low. In a few minutes before the close bids of 174 were made. Other leaders followed. American Can made a sensational rally, as did General Electric, Standard of New Jersey, American Telephone, New York Central and Radio Corporation.

MUSHROOM HUNTER KILLS RATTLESNAKE Reptile 4 Feet 7 Inches Long, Is Slain Near Martinsville. Mushrooms were scarce Sunday, but snakes were plentiful said D. L. Sparker, 1215 Broadway street, who was exhibiting a prize rattlesnake today which he killed in the woodlands south of Martinsville. The snake measured 4 feet and 7 inches in length and is the first to be found in the district just north of Unionville, Sparker said. Judging its age from twelve rattlers and a button on its tail, Sparker thinks it must be at least 16 years old. BAR WOMEN MINISTERS Presbyterian Church Chiefs Vote Decisively Against Fair Sex. Bu I nitrd Press PHILADELPHIA. May 5.-The Presbyteries of the Presbyterian church have voted decisively to bar women from ordination as ministers, it was announced at the general assembly headquarters this aftemc an. RABBIT’S FOOT IS FLOP Thief Takes Both Charm and S3OO From Blues Singer. WASHINGTON. May 5.—A rabbit’s foot proved powerless against a thief who took thre SIOO bills from the purse of Kate Smith, noted New York city "blues” singer here Sunday. She left the purse containing the money and rabbit’s foot in a parked car.

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