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VOLUME 48—NUMBER 300

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1937

TEARFUL JUDGE © R. Aids CONDEMNS Z IN Bill Campi | MILLER'S DEATH

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Times Special | WASHINGTON, Feb. 24, — President Roosevelt is expected to use his influence soon to pry | from Congress a reform he has |

Williams and Poholsky Fail| sought since the New Deal beIn Attempt to Get Life | gan—a new Pure Food and Drug

Act. The President's first consideration will be revision of the Copeland bill, recently reported to the Senate. This measure is unsatisfactory to him. It actually seems on first impression | to weaken the present law, Mr. | Roosevelt said at a press con- | ference. Funcamentally, the bill is designed to reach false and misleading advertising. Advertising | is not covered by the existing | law. Thus advertising may go | much further in its cJaims than |

PAIR TO DIE ON JUNE 10|

0’Byrne Weeps as He Sends Killers to Chair for | Slaying Fireman.

Bu United Press | BROOKVILLE, Ind. Feb. 24 — | With tears streaming down his face, | Judge Roscoe C. O'Byrne of Frank- : lin Circuit Court today sentenced | Ne av. it meet is 2a gine two more men to death for the | committees inserted other pro“head and hands” slaying of Harry | yicone which satisfied the food A Miller, retired Cincinnati fire | and drug lobby but which were captain. i iki deplored by officials familiar Execution of Frank Gore Williams, with the potential effect of these 24, of Loui:ville, and John Joseph | changes Poholsky, 35, former Pennsylvania | : coal miner, was set for June 10.

the label on the bottle, which the present law covers. In the process of broadening

the last two days for the only | Tomorrow for Con- |

But after an hour and one-half | review of the case, Jude O'Byrne |

| Injured

CARTOLLTOPS % PERIOD BY 113 PER CENT

Driver Killed Today in Three-Way Truck Collision.

ONE HURT CRITICALLY

List of Victims Now Totals 32, or 17 More Than Last Year.

MARION COUNTY TRAFFIC TOLL TO DATE

Accidents .....c.iociciiiiin

TRAFFIC ARRESTS

Preferential street ...... Speeding ..... Reckless driving .............. Running red light ...... Driving through safety zone Impoped parking Improper lights No driver's license Others

Two more names were added to! Marion County's traffic toll today, | bringing to seven the number of fa- | talities in five days. | One man was Killed today in a | three-truck crash in which another | was injured critically. Another, injured by an automobile Jan. 31, died in City Hospital. { The deaths increased the year's

Illinois Rivers Threaten New Flood Damage

B) United Press ROCKFORD, Ill, Feb. 24 — Steadily rising flood waters of the Pecatonica and Rock Rivers threatened new flood damage to nerthern Illinois towns today. The Pecatonica was rising three-quarters of. an inch an hour at Freeport and was within inches of the all-time high. City officials said they expected a serious situation by tonight if the floods continued their rise. Water ran 102 to 11 feet deep over Highway 2 near Oregon, Ill, on the Rock River, but had not yet reached the city itself. An ice jam extending 10 miles to the south blocked the waters and caused them to spread over surrounding lowlands. No additional loss of life was reported after the five deaths occurring over the week-end.

0B ACT CHANGE WINS IN HOUSE

* | End of Reserve Accounts

And Employee Contributions Favored.

The House today passed, 66 to 27, the hill to eliminate the reserve account system and employees contribution provisions of the Unemployment Compensation Law.

BILLION DOLLAR HOUSING PLAN IS INTRODUCED

Congress Gets 4-Year Program to Abolish Slums.

F. D. R. BACKS MEASURE

Bill Would Provide Healthful Shelter at Low Cost.

{ By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 24—A bil-

ing program, designed to eliminate city slums and provide healthful

dwellings for low-income families, was introduced in Congress today by Senator Wagner (D. N. Y.) and Rep. Henry Steagall (D. Ala.) | The bill, introduced with Admin- | istration backing, embodies substan- | tially the same provisions as the Wagner Housing Bill of last session of Congress, which passed the Senate but was not approved by the House, The measure would establish a new and co-ordinated United States | Housing Authority, with power to | provide Federal loans and grants to | assist local authorities in construct- | ing safe and sanitary dwellings to be rented to persons of low income.

Bond Issue Reported

The program would be financed by a Federal bond issue of one bil- | lion dollars to be used in making

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Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice, Indianapolis, Ind.

Defense for

OARP Chief Is Concluded

By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 24-— The defense rested today in the trial of Dr. Francis E. Townsend, charged with contempt of the House of Representatives after the old age pension plan leader had testified in his own behalf that he had not agreed to stage his dramatic walk-out for its psychological effect. Dr. Townsend testified he was not asked by the committee to return for further questioning after his stormy exit on May 21. Under cross-examination, Dr, Townsend admiited he had announced on' his departure that he did “not intend to come back except under arrest” and that he had been delayed in arriving for the final session which he attended. Justice Peyton Gordon barred committee records which attorneys for Dr. Townsend attempted to introduce to show that the questioning to which Dr. Townsend was subjected was irrelevant; that Dr. Townsend was in effect subjected to a ‘“‘political inquisition.” Earlier, Justice Gordon had directed a verdict of acquittal on one of the two counts in the indictment under which Dr. Townsend is being tried.

SENATE DELAYS

JUDICIARY BILL

Action on Retirement Act

PRICE THREE CENTS

' Union at Anderson Schedules Mass Meeting.

CITY IS NORMAL

Quiet” Along Beats, Is Report Of Police. | dai | Times Special | ANDERSON, Ind., Feb, 24. | —Union leaders today an‘nounced a mass meeting tomorrow night of United Auto‘mobile Workers from the | Delco Remy plant, General Motors subsidiary. They said also that nonunion men in the plant were reported to be

planning a meeting.

Meanwhile, the city went quietly bout its business during the first | 24 hours after martial law, declared because of the labor feud, was lifted by Governor Townsend, | Police reported that no arrests | were made last night and that to-

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30,000 IDLE AS NEW SIT-DOWNS SWEEP NATION

C. I. 0. Is Involved In Majority of Cases.

'WAGES DISPUTED

| 9000 Shoe Workers Ask 15 Per Cent Rise.

(Copyright, 1937, by United Press)

Strikes harassing industry | between such widely separated fronts as California and New England increased in | number and scope today. Most of them were of the | sit-down variety. In a majority of the approximate |ly 20 major strikes and as many | more of lesser significance, which | left some 30,000 workers idle, the ise sue was between the Committee for Industrial Organization and eme | ployers. | Nine thousand Massachusetts and | New Hampshire shoe workers

day all “beats” reported “every-

loans over a four-year period, and | | thing quiet.”

an appropriation of 60 million dol- | lars for outright grants “in an| amount necessary to achieve the | low-rent character of the project.” |

said, tearfully: | total to 32, against 15 during the : roups. favoring the re“Basing the opinion on granting| Former Governor McNutt, his ap- | corresponding period in 1936, an in- ee poye pro eS ore ex-

struck, demanding an immediate 15 Victor Reuther, U. A. W. organ- | per cent wage increase, | Six hundred

izer from Flint, said tomorrow | Jewelry workers night's union meeting would be at | struck at the Elgin Watch Case Co.,

Halted by Objections of Two Members.

anes

House Administration

William H. Kuhlman, 28, con-| Pines confirmed by the Senate, is t0 | ype truck he was driving crashed | inte another in the 1700 block on S.|

: 4 y sor | West St., and then was knocked over | Tax Revision Bill, but were unable

fessed “trigger man” in the robbery- | slaying also is scheduled to die June 10. Heber L. Hicks, alleged ringleader and only one of the four who pleaded not guilty, was convicted by a jury Dec. 22 and is under sentence to die April 10. Poholsky received his stoically Williams said: “I am involved in the killing of | a good man and deservé exactly what was given me.”

sentence

summer home near New Trentqn the night of June 11, 1936, in an alleged |

His torso was found in a culvert near Eminence, Ky., June 19 his head and hands, embedded in a box of cement, were dragged from a lake near Carrollton, Ky. nine days later.

FIREMAN’S BACK PAY SUIT MAY GO TO JURY

A test case involving the 1932 salary cut for Indianapolis police and firemen was expected to go to the

jury in Municipal Court 1 today. |

Joseph Patterson, a fireman, is asking $79 which he claims is due him for the .last four months of 1932. He charged in his suit that the City Council fixed his rate of pay

in 1931 for 1932, and that on Sept. | 1932, the Council ordered a 10 | per cent cut for all police and fire- |

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men. He charged that the Council lacked power to do this. The City contended the Council has the right to fix salaries at any time, except in cases fixed by State statutes, Judge Wilfred Bradshaw estimated that a decision in favor of Mr. Patterson would cost the City £100,000.

AGAINST RUBINOFF

By United Press NEW YORK, Feb. 24. — Blond Peggy Garcia's attempt to collect $500,000 for the love she said she gave David Rubinoff, radio entertainer, ended today when her attorney, prompted by the court, moved for and was granted a discontinuance of her breach of promise trial.

Justice Salvatore Cotillo gave the |

former chorine something except money to think about when he remarked that “the records of this case will be turned over at once to the District Attorney's office.

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leave tomorrow for Washington. He was packing up at the Indian-

| apolis Athletic Club today. He is to|an embankment by a WPA truck. | stay in the Capital for two or three

| weeks.

[ Mrs. McNutt and their daughter, |

| Louise, are to remain here for

' | another week before joining him in

Washington. Mr. McNutt hopes to have several

the Philippines.

the Islands also will be present.

Witnesses Tell of Crash

| Scuth Side Baking Co. was driving | |50 miles an hour north on West St. |

| attend the trade conferences next posite direction, Capt. Miller was seized from his | week. President Manuel Quezon of brakes.

They say he attempled to pass an- |

He also plans to the WPA truck approaching the op-

slammed on his . is

They said his vehicle crashed into

Mr. McNutt is to sail from San [the rear of the truck ahead and Mr. plot to obtain $50,000 worth of bonds. | Francisco after completing his busi- | Hoevitz was hurled out of it by the

[ness in Washington. VanNuys Rallies to Aid Of Ex-Governor Times Special | WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—Despite a long political feud, Senator VanNuys rallied to the defense of for- | mer Governor McNuty on the Senate floor yesterday and indorsed his nomination as High Commissioner {to the Philippines. | Indorsement by the senior Indi- | ana Senator came when Senator Frazier (R. N. D.) raised a question of criticism on the former Gover-

| nor’s record as a militarist. “T underwrite Governor

McNutt

from every angle for the high posi- [injuries received in an automobile | tion to which he has been nominat- | accident Feb. 8 in Johnson County. | The crash occurred on State Road! Confirmation of the former Gov- 31, south of Franklin. ernor’s nomination followed with- |

ed,” said Mr. VanNuys.

| out an opposing vote.

ROOSEVELT TO FIGHT FOR REORGANIZATION

‘Gives Pledge to Parley of Women Voters.

| By United Press CHICAGO, Feb. 24 —President Roosevelt, in a letter to the National League of Women Voters today pledged “to deal energetically and promptly with executive responsibility of reorganization. . . To make government in all of its | branches more efficient.” The letter was addressed to Mrs. George Cellhorn, St. Louis, chairman of the League's two-day conference, which brought 300 women from 21 states to study the problem of improving public personnel. “Only through good management

| 8t., the driver, told officers Mr. Carr | | stepped off the curb in front of his |

st,

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can we hope to perpetuate our democratic institutions,’ he said.

impact. Mr. Hoevitz is in City Hospital. The bakery truck careened off the machine it struck and the WPA gravel truck, driven by Ernest Boyles, 2240 S. West St., crashed into it and knocked :t over an embankment. Escapes Injury The WPA truck also went over the hill, but Mr. Boyles escaped injury by jumping. William H. Carr, 1130 Maple St, died in City Hospital from injuries received Jan. 31, when he was struck by an automobile in the 900 block of 8. Meridian St. He was 64. Driver Not Held Ralph E. Lyster, 138 Hermann St., died in City Hospital today from

John Dezelan, 36, of 1137 N. Mount

machine. He was not held by police. Fred Blackwell, 36, of 5841 E. 38th was reported in criticai condition at City Hospital today after being injured by an automobile on 21st St. near N. Ritter Ave. Carlos H. Ping, 36, Box 446, Route

| 15, said Mr. Blackwell darted into

the path of his car and that he was unable to stop before striking him.

7000 Drivers Arrested By State in 1936

Don F. Stiver, State Safety Director, today reported that of 9959 arrests made by State Police last year, approximately 7000 were for traffic violations. He said 2034 were arrested for reckless driving, 332 for driving while intoxicated and 13 as hitrun drivers.

KENT VISITS WINDSOR. VIENNA, Feb. 24.—The Duke of Windsor and his youngest, favorite brother, the Duke of Kent, met today for the first time since Windsor left England.

| to advance the measure reading. Police said wiinesses told them | Mr. Smith, garage assistant for the |

“etd Administration approval,

ieaders fought down a stubborn attempt to amend the Gross Income

to third It was made a special order of business for 11 a. m. tomorrow, Proposed amendments to this Ad-

ministration tax bill would have ex- | empted the receipts of school and | conferences with the President re- [Other truck driven by Ben Hoevitz college athletic contests from taxagarding his duties and policies in |0f 1038 8. Meridian St. but seeing

tion, changed the tax to an nccupational tax and exempted state banks. Only one amendment, which had carried. Church and school restaurants and dormitories, under its provisions, would not be taxed. The Lake County delegation led the attack on the bill. Governor Townsend today had reached a state financial settlement with the Farm Bloc. Farm spokesmen in the House, however, declared they probably had made a “poor bargain” under the compromise. Other major legislative developments included: 1. Application of a Senate “gag (Turn to Page Three)

BANGS IS UNDECIDED

Waits Copy of Court Text | Before Acting.

Times Special

Mayor Clare W. H. Bangs today awaited a copy of the text of the Indiana Supreme Court's ruling that upheld his conviction on contempt of court charges. “Until I see it, T will not know definitely what I will do,” he said. “If the opinion is written in such a way that it appears the mind of the Court is closed on the matter, then I will abide by the decision. The case grew out of Mayor Bangs’ violation of an injunction granted the Northern Indiana Pow er Co. against extension of the city’s. tiny municipal electric plant to private consumers. The 48-year-old Mayor has been in jail in Huntington since July 6, pending action on his appeal of the contempt citation by the high court.

"Her Name in Lights" The Times’ new daily serial begins today on Page 12,

BRINGS LEARNING TO

BOB BURNS | Says: Horrveon. |

Even if you have to be a little bit | blunt at times, I think in the end it's a whole lot better to come right out and tell a person the truth than to stall ’em off. You'd really be doin’ the other person a favor and you'd save both of you a lot of time. I've got a poetic uncle, my Uncle Gladstone Hink—who kept comin’ to me with poetry that he wanted me to put in the paper. Of course, I didn’t want to hurt his feelings because I knew that poets are awfully sensitive and I just kept stallin’ him off. Finally the other day, he comes right out and asked me, point blank, what I thought of his poetry. I didn’t want to tell him the truth, so I just told him that I hadn’t had time to read ’em, because his writin’ was a little bad. 1 says “You could make it a lot easier on me if you'd type these

RIVER FOLK . .

ON FUTURE COURSE

| project is started.

EUROPE LOOKING FOR

HUNTINGTON, Ind. Feb. 24, —

Direction, planning and management of housing projects would be | vested in local authorities. Senator | Wagner and Rep. Steagall, in a joint statement, emphasized that the program would not compete | with private enterprise.

Loans to Cover Costs

The loans under the program could be sufficient to cover construc= tion cost of the project, and in all cases would be “fully recoverable” by the Government. The loans would bear “at least the going Federal rate” of interest, and would be repayable over a period not exceeding 60 years. Bond issues to finance the loans would be guaranteed by the Government as to both principal and interest and would be authorized to be issued as follows: $200,000,000 in the 1038 fiscal year; $250.000,000 in each of the 1939 and 1940 fiscal years, and $300,000,000 in the 1941 fiscal year, The program contemplates that the $50,000,000 appropriation for outright grants would be spread over the four-year period as follows: No grants in the 1038 fiscal year; $6,250,000 in the 1939 fiscal year; $15,625,000,000 in 1940, and $28,125,000 in 1941. Grants to projects would cover a fixed period of years, to he embodied in a contract made at the time the

PEAGE MOVE BY U.S.

Foreign Observers Convinced Roosevelt May Act.

Times Special WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 —Foreign observers here today were reported convinced that President Roosevelt is contemplating an early move for world peace, probably this spring or summer, This conviction is based on the fact that the United States, unwilling to spend billions on armaments, will be forced by Europe's current actions to keep pace in building a vast navy and army. They believe that Europe is waiting for a peace gesture, but that mutual suspicion prevents any European power from making the advance. Thus, America, with no ax to grind, is in an ideal position, they say. to present a disarmament or arms limitation plan to the world. The only deterrent to this scheme,

. . GENERAL STORE SERVES AS LI

say the foreign observers, is that

| By United Press

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24-—Objec-

tions by Minority Leader McNary

(R. Ore.) and Senator King (D.

Utah) today delayed Senate action | on the bill providing full pay re- |

tirement for Supreme Court Jus-

| tices at the age of 70.

The delay came after Senator Holt (D. W, Va.) announced he was joining the Senate group opposing President Roosevelt's judiciary reorganization, Senator Holt's announcement brouight the opponents’ group total to 36. " The Retirement Bill, considered by sone Congressional leaders as a possible basis for compromise on the President's reorganization plan, was (Turn to Page Three)

SOPHOMORE'S DEATH S HELD ACCIDENTAL

Coroner Returns Verdict in Russell Helm Case.

The death of Russell M. Helm, 19-year-old Butler University sophomore, on the university campus Feb. 11 wes accidental, Dr. E. R. Wilson coroner, sai din a verdict returned today. The youth, son of Mr, and Mrs.

Lawrence N. Helm, 5164 Broadway, |

union headquarters. He said he [had been informed by union men | that tags announcing the meeting | of nonmembers were being passed around in the plant. Prof. Lovett to Speak

i indefinitely. | workers in auto parts plants at | Newcastle, Kokomo, Connersville | and Muncie have requested U. A. W. | organizers be sent to those cities. { He announced that Prof. Robert, | M. Lovett, University of Chicago, and editor of the New Republic, will speak at a union meeting here Friday night. One hundred and forty-four National Guard troops and 22 officers left here at 3 p. m. yesterday. Martial law was declared Feb. 13 after nine union sympathizers were wounded by a bartender at the Gold Band tavern. Last week 19 men, all members of the United Auto Workers were indicted on rout, riot and malicious trespass charges in ccnnection with the disturbance. They are now free on bond pending trial. A hearing has been set for March 10.

HUTSON MENTIONED

FOR NEW LABOR POST

‘Senate Must Act on Minor House Changes in Bill.

who were in Florida at the time, was |

found dead in a friend's parked automobile, a bullet wound in his head. William R. Chapin, the friend, said in testimony to the coroner, he had shown Mr. Helm a revolver in his car the day before; that he unloaded it and that Mr. Helm apparently did not see him put the bullets back into it; and that the weapon evidently was discharged while he was toying with it.

F.D. R. RECOMMENDS DECISION ON POWER

By United Press

WASHINGTON, Feb, 24 -—President Roosevelt recommended to Congress today that it take prompt action to provide for sale of electric power to be generated by the Bonneville Dam in the Pacific Northwest. The President's suggestions were presented in duplicate letters to Vice President Garner and Speaker of the House William B. Bankhead.

Thomas Hutson, State Industrial Board chief factory inspector, was being mentioned today for State Labor Commissioner, a post to be established when the State Labor Division Bill is signed by Governor Townsend. It was said Mr. Hutson would be acceptable to the Administration and organized labor, joint sponsors of the measure. Both houses have passed this bill, but the Senate still must concur in minor House amend-~ ments. . Under provisions of the bill, the Division would have broad powers to arbitrate industrial disputes. Others being mentioned for the new position are Carl Mullen, president, and Adolph Fritz, secretary of the Indiana Federation of Labor, and Alex Gordon, railroad brotherhoods legislative representative.

MOVIE BLAST KILLS EXTRA

exploded today during filming of a mimic battle scene on the Universal lot. George Daley, a movie extra, was killed instantly as he operated a machine gun.

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out.” He looked at me kinda funny and he say: “Do you think I'd be wastin’ my time writin’ poetry, if I could work a typewriter?”

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Thudding horse hoofs on the lonely trails of Ohio’s Adams County are beating out the tempo of a new learning. Flossie Jones, takes to horse when auto travel is impossible, carrying flour sack saddlebags full of new books and magazines ents of the isolated Ohio River

A modern circuit rider,

Not only to school rooms

does the library service penetrate. CCC

camps, churches, filling stations ang stores are among the 77 centers

served. Foresta Miranda, abo

» is selecting a book from the WPA shelf

in ‘Harry Lacey's general store in wamsley, population, 52. Often a rude shack in a help is used ag Sul Aral enter,

BOOKS FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD . . .

Mr. Reuther said he will stay here | He added that some |

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 24—A bomb |

Served by Miss Jones in this WPA traveling library service are many one-room school houses, where scenes like this are common. Elizabeth Theis, project supervisor, is distributing books and magazines

material from ho outside world,

to children, most of whom are, for the first time, enjoying fresh reading 4

| seeking union recognition and es- | tablishment of a minimum wage. The members of the Jewelry Work- | ers Union, affiliate of the A. F. of | L., set up picket lines and turned |away some 900 employees from the two factories affected. A hint of possible renewal of strife in the automobile industry at Detroit, still convalescing from the 44-day strike against General Motors Corp., was sounded today.

Chrysler Answers Bid

The United Automobile Workers union, unit of Johmt L. Lewis’ C. I. O., asked the Chrysler Corp. for a conference on collective bargaining. The request, made in a telegram to Walter P. Chrysler, board chairman, was for a conference “at the earli= est possible date” and suggested the “first part of next week.” Union officials claimed a majority in the membership of Chrysler's 50,000 em= ployees throughout the country. Mr. Chrysler replied, advising the union officials to see two Chrysler officials in Detroit. General Motors officials and union conferees emerged from their conference over wage, hour and recognition agreements—a phase of the settlement terms of the recent 44-day strike—to announce that a tentative seniority plan “has been agreed upon.” Neither group would discuss the terms. An estimated 300 to 500 employees | of the Timken Detroit Axle Co. were | sitting down,

iS Presses Are Stopped

. The Crowell Publishing Co.'s | presses were stopped by a sit-down | strike of 800 pressmen who avowed a determination to maintain their positions “until Christmas if necese sary to get this thing settled.” The New England shoe strikes were called off by the United Shoe & Leather Workers’ Union and provided the first test in this section of the strength of A. C. I. O, affiliate. Some observers anticie pated early settlement, pointing to the fact that 17 manufacturers employing 8000 of the union's 17,000 members had acceded to demands and additional negotiations were scheduled. The Electric Boat Co. at Groton, Conn, resumed what company spokesmen termed “capacity produce tion” on Government submarine contracts. State Police forcibly evacuated 108 strikers on warrants charging them with trespassing. The company said its full force, excepte (Turn to Page Three)

MERCURY TO DIP AGAIN

Local Temperatures 8a.m.... 25 10. a. m... Na.,m.... 26 lla. m.. 8a.m.... 27 12 (Noon) Sa.m.... 29 1 p.-m...

29 32 32

Despite the disappearance of a bright sun and a bit of a snow flurry, the temperature was climb= ing from its low of 25 at daybreak and had touched 32 at noon. It will be partly clovdy tonight, however, and the mercury will dip to 20 or 25, the bureau added. It also will be cloudy tomorrow with little change in temperature.

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