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6/Arthur Brisbane WHEN NATURE STRIKES io«,o«e.eeo lbs. of cotton ROCKNE-S POWER WHY BABIES EAT PINS Nature strikes with horrible force. In six seconds Managua, capital of Nicaragua, was destroyed, every building in the business district lev* eled to the ground, more than 1,000 killed, 2,000 injured. No attack in war equals that. William Wrigley, an able business man in a dozen different directions, will buy up to 100,000,000 pounds of cotton in the next eight months if the price does not rise above 12 cents a pound. At that price Mr. Wrigley will accept cotton in payment for all of his shipments to the South. Mr. Wrigley says cotton is .a good investment at 12 cents and is willing to lock up $12,000,000 worth of his company's resources in it and hold it indefinitely. Cotton keeps. President Hoover telegraphed the widow of Knute Rockne, “1 know that every American grieves with you.” A great teacher w,as Rockne. He convinced himself that his boys could win. convinced them .that they could win, and they did win. Success depends on transferring ideas from your own head into the ).• ids of ■’■■■■. . Many, old, with creaking joints, will ask. *sHow many teachers of Latin and Greek. Sankrit and higher mathe matics, how many preachers of th< gospel, would have to die to attract half as much attention 'as Knute Rockne now attracts, because he was the best teacher of football? Mothers, nurses, readsand remember. • Doctor Jackson, whose specialty is removing foreign bodies from human air and food passages, says babies I swallow pins because their mothers set the example. When changing the baby, a mother . holds safety pins in- her mouth The baby, learning: by AC' 1 ’J 88 y .. . -us must, putsCCSTjly pins i fTsi t s n nth. .Don’t hold pins in your mouth in the presence of babies or young children. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., probably without knowing it. has diminished temporarily the income that grafters get from speakeasies. Having bought several blocks in the heart of New York, he is tearing down old. abandoned residences, evicting speakeasies, as the farmer evicits rats when he tears down an old barn. Many blocks in the heart of New York' offer a refuge to bootleggers. Thirsty customers go through the basement doors under old-fashioned stone steps. On rainy days little boys with um - brellas. stand waiting to escort customers from their automobiles to the entrance, collecting tips. Mr. Hoover says the wage scale must be maintained, and it must, un i less we want to shoot prosperity t > \. pieces entirely. It should be reinemX>er'ed, however, that the value of wages depends on the cost of living Prof. Carl Stejshal of Vienna discovers a food paste that can be rub- j bed into the skin, keeping a n..n alive indefinitely without swallowing food. Os the new food, called “dinutron,” six ounces, rubbed into the skin is enough for one day. And you can take a bath thirty minutes after the rubbing without losing its nourish ing effects. This will discourage hunger strikes in prisons, njake possible the feeding of insane patients who refuse to eat, and will be of great value in certain surgical operations, when food cannot be administered. It is believed that dinutron will also be highly valuable in treatment of diabetic cases. Earl Musselman, twenty-two, student at the Pennsylvania Institute for the Blind, and blind from birth, can now see. thanks to surgery, and has taken his first look at the world. * Bright flowers delight him and he finds intense pleasure in studying faces of companions whom he knew only by their voices. The young man says: ”1 won’t have to guess at things any more.” Perhaps we shall all say that when we awake on the other aide of the grave and our eyes are opened. Let us hope so. This period of worry would hardly be worth while if it were all. Two convicts confess that they started a fire that killed'32o prisoners in the Ohio penitentiary a year ago. They wanted to keep the warden from building a new cell block for fellow prisoners, because they didn’t want to work on it. They may be convicted of murder in the first degree, and, in the language of the criminals, they may “burn” in the electric chair. In prison or out, the safety of many often depends on the moral character of one or two. Good news from Florida tells of (Continued on Last Page)

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ORATORICAL CONTEST WON BY SYRACUSE Brunjes Wins County; Contest Held In Sidney Friday. Richard Brunjes. Syracuse’s entry. ' won the county oratorical contest, I held at the Sidney High school Fri-1 day evening. By doing so, he won a j gold medal -for himself and a silver loving cup for his school. These annual contests are divided into two classes, oratorical and dra- j matic readings. Last year Syracuse’s entry, Gordon Geiger won the dramatic reading. Each school is per-, mitted only one entry, to fall in either one of these two classes. The dramatic contest was won by diss Kathryn Poor f E’na Green his year. Her subject was “The Show | Must Go On.” . I Rgunjes ! gave the • same oration j which had made him 4 winner of the j local'contest held here in Syracuse last Tuesday: “Lincoln’s Fitet Inau- 1 uural Address.’' ! Franklin Hanold of Atwood won econd place and a silver medal in' he county oratorical contest and ; Huy’ Jones of Mdf >rd won third place ind a bronz medal. _ ■ In the dramatic contest Giozella 1 Clinker < f Silver Lake was second .nd tiladys Carr of Burket, third. { Those “from Syracuse who accompanied Brunjes, Syracuse's entry to J Sidney were: Court Slabaugh and daughter Marjorie; Miss Lillian Ham man, Mi« Louise Stuckman, 11.. let Bachman, Shirley Miles, Irene tnd Pauline Shock, Joe Freeman. ■ _—u.—;——o——<—>—• —'. . • / NO MORE FREE LUNCHES. Free lunches to needy school chii-. dren were discontinued Monday lust , week, as money raised in “cake j neld a; the ILch school this -.vmter had been used up. Smce Jan. 13. 874 free lunches had] been served." . FARM BUREAU MEET TO BE IN ALBION . \ ' :he sec nd ■ : sr’Ci . l: .eet of ; the 2nd District, of the Indiana Farm • Bureau, Inc., will be held in the Methodist church at Albie>n, Wednes-I day. April 15th. 1931, beginning at 10 o’clock. The following program is announced by Sherman Deaton. 10:00 Community Singing, led by Rev. E. M Cornelius. 10:15 Secretary’s report. I J 0:30 Business. 10:45 Check-up and report of 1931 membership by counties, M. C. Town send. 11:15 Report of Social and Educational conference, Mrs. Croy. Whitley County. ll:;>o Publicity for Farm Bureau work and how to use the H Farmer, James K.. Moore. 12:13 Lunch and so< iat hour. 1:15 Community singing. 1:30 - Roll call by counties Reporting number of rtten and women present. I:4s—Address, “General Program of Indiana Farm Bureau for 1931. President fettle. .2:30—1'931 Legislature. Should the i Farm Bureau Outline a lax program I and study taxes that we may be 1 otter pi epared to present our case in the 1933 assembly, Lewis Taylor. i There-will be a prize for the coun-| ty having the-largest number in at-' tendance. SYRACUSE FIRM HAS SECOND LOWEST BID ____. The Gast Construction Company of Warsaw Monday afternoon sub- \ mitted the low bid for the construction of the Robinson road, extending : south from Warsaw and passing the entrance to the Warsaw Country Club. His bid was $3”,776. Three other bids were submitted as follows: , McClintic., Colwell and Gordy, $39,250.92; Columbia Concrete Corporation, $39,275; O’Connor & Son, $40,250.47. The road, will be of concrete. ATTEND EASTER SERVICES Spring weather permitted crowds dressed in spring finery to attend Easter services at the church in Syracuse Sunday morning. Sunday school and morning church services were held at the various churches. On Sunday afternoon a cantata was given by members of the Lutheran church, in the church auditorium at 4 o’clock. On Sunday evening another Easter cantata was given at the Evangelical church. e

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SCHOOL TERM NEALS END WITH SOCIAL AFFAIRS ON SCHEDULE With the school term drawing to a close, on the calendar the followI ing dates are especially marked: j Junior-Senior Banquet Saturday evening at the Tavern. Baccalaureate service at the High school building Sunday evening. Alumni party for Seniors, Saturday evening, April 18. j Commencement, Monday, evening, April 20, Final day of school, Tuesday the 21st. - Rev. A. 1. Armstrong will preaah tke sermon at the Baccalaureate j services which are being held in the High school auditorium this year, in ( | order to take care of the co-operation ©f all churches who attend these I services. • ■ . The Invocation is by Rev. Nicodemus; “Unfold Ye Portals." will be | sung by the High School chorus: Rev. Foust will read the scripture; The chorus will sing: “Gently, Lord, O Gently, Lead Us.” | Rev. Armstrong’s subject is “The Undefeated Life.” The Recessional will be sung by the Hi h sch ol chorus, and the BeaedicL m wijl be by Kev. Ch.:; : .

.* ♦ * Dari Klink, Township Trustee, has! |been supervising the work of levelling the grounds around the High School building this week. The whole plot of land is to be planted with , white clover and blue grass. There’; to be a ball diamond in the center jof the field, and a cinder track *f< :- V w hen all "f the work is completed. _ *♦ • | j Carlyie Weaver entered the Freshman class in High school, Monday.. * * . The Junior-Senior reception is to < ibe held at the Tavern Saturday evening. !\* * * their spare time by typing -class his;tory, will, and activities of the class I for their scrap books. < -* * • I- Monday itaorning Richard Brunjes

INTERNAL REVENUE COLLECTOR WAS HERE • A. L. Whalton, Internal Revenue Collector, from Logansport, was in Syracuse, Wednesday. ' He said, when asked, that his ' iness was a matter between himself and income taxpayers. | He also remarked that 99 per cent of the taxpayers were honest, and ‘that the government always tries to give the taxpayer the benefit of the doubt. Most of the trouble over income taxes arises through ignorancei of the law and careless book keeping, he said. Mr. Whalon did admit heatedly' that there is a chain of crooks who; try so evade paying income tax, and the government shows no mercy when *hcy are found out, .is they ali ways are. Income taxes are not as much as in former years in this district,- Mr. i W halon said, but he also said he i had made out more income tax reports this year than ever before. j BOY 2 BURNED WHEN HOT CEREAL IS SPILT Monday is Stanley Carr’s unlucky day. Monday last week the end of his little linger was pinched nearly i off w hen it was caught in the crack of a door at his home. On Monday morning this week, Stanley, the two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Carr, was investi-f gating what his mother had been cooking on the stove for breakfast. •Mrs. Carr's back was turned when Stanley pulled a sauce pan of hot cereal off the edge of the stove. ‘ ‘ In falling the hot stuff, covered his! ■ right arm and leg, burning both.! The doctor was called in a hurry.' The little fellow was in agony for a while, but is better now, his parents isay. I —_____ -o _— | CONSTRUCT OWN SEWER ! After failing to get a public sewer put in on North Harrison street, Mrs.! ' Rosa Bartholomew, Messrs. Craft Shick and Mock have had a sewer ‘ line constructed for the immediate • convenience of their properties. HAS LEG AMPUTATED. Louis Solt's father, aged S 3, had | his left leg amputated in the Elkhart ’ hospital, last Thursday. An infection , had set in, caused “by diabetes. Gans grene developed, and it was necessary to remove the leg. He is reported as getting along well. -o— ; hearing postponed On Tuesday, by mutual agreement, attorneys for the two sides, one for, and the other against concreting the road, decided to defer the hearing on the Schultz road until the next meeting of the county commissioners. •* -o— RETURNS HOME Waiter Yocum returned to his home Monday, his term at Michigan City completed.

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loving cup w*’i.'. c unty ical contest. Friday evening. Other speeches made during this assembly period were: the speech by Court Slabaugh accepting the cup for tfii school; and by those from Syracuse who attended the county contest. ♦ » ♦ < Lucile Henwood has been directing First, Second And Third Grade pupils in practice for the operetta to,be given in the High School auditorium Friday atfterncOn at 2 o’clock. Main characters are: Fairy Queen. Billy E.'dels r: Teddy, Alonzo Nicodemus; Dotty, Ruth Rarig; Runaway Fairy. Betty Miller; cast ;ds includes Rainbow, Sunshine, Dewdrop, and Dream fairies, as well as evening Breezes and Daisies. The public is invited to attend.

EASTER RABBIT FINDS ASSES lAN f UN \ . A" AST E FOR DUTIES THIS YEAR Having acted as Santa Claus .for the less fortunate children in her neighborhood last Christmas, Mrs. R. T. Burke assisted the Eister Rabbit in his work ;his spring. She planned, decorated and filled eight baskets, which were delivered to doors of homes on the lake road ■...«. i Sii.i, se, where other .years I there have bean no > Easter eggs or candies on‘Easter. There were bright colored candy eggs, and chocolate eggs, and tiny chickens and furry rabbits in the baskets. They were gteeted with delight and more than iby children and parents who enjoyed ! the pleasure of the children. TAX PAYERS ASK FOR TAR ON LAKE ROAD i A group of taxpayers from Turkey : Creek township, residents of the ! eastern end .of Lake Wawasee, appeared before the Board of -County ’Commissioners, in Warsaw, Tuesday, g a tar preparation be put on /two and a half miles of road running [on the south and east side of Lake Wawasee. The road extends past the fish hatchery. The delegation was informed the board will consider the petition, but that the board has not yet decided whether on not to buy equipment for putting tar on gravel road. ROUND TABLE MEETS I WITH MRS. A. GEYER I i ———— ■ The Ladies of the Round Table held their regular , meeting Monday ! evening at the home of Mrs. A. W. I Geyer; Sixteen attended the meeting. ! Mrs. C ,R. Hollett read her paper !on "What Is Good Citizenship,” and ‘Mrs. Coprt Siftbaugh h,ad as her topic "International Relationship.” Plans were made for the picnic to be held by the club in four weeks at the home <>f Mrs. Clarence Snyder. This will be the last meeting of the year. o ' SENT BACK TO HOSPITAL Claiming that her husband, Charles H. Shoemaker, had threatened to kill her, Mrs. Shoemaker called the sheriff last Thursday afternoon. With Town Marshall Rentfrow, the sheriff went , to the Shoemaker home apd took the man to Warsaw with him. i The following day it was decided 'to send Mr. Shoemaker back to the ■state hospital at Longcliff. He had . been home but a few days. / BECOMING NATURALIZED. Mrs. Ernest Bushong took o&t her second naturalization papers, Monday in Warsaw. She must wait until next fail before she can take out her final : papers which will make an American ;! citizen of this Spansh girl who was born in Santo Domingo.

FIREMEN GO TO BLAZE AT M. BITNER’S Gas Stolen From Truck Delays Its Arrival At Farm Home. A fire caused either by a defective flue or by sparks falling from the • jey on the roof, was put out with .the help of neighbors before much' c.ge h. d Lccn done to the M. Bi.ner fa'.m home at Dirmal, Saturday afternoon about. 5 o’clock. The Syracus tire truck started for rhe fire, but just turned from Huntin into Main street when it stopped. -ut ■■• f l■; s. Someone;had stolen he gas fi m ;he tank. The! truek was eliiled. out it ...... s-'me time before ? nr: ived at the f’e. which hmd by hat time been pur cut 1 y Bitner’s neighbors. Ray Wilkinson had been driving oast the Bitner home when he saw .he fire. Me told Mrs. Bitner the house was on fire. She was in the I kitchen preparing' the evening meal, j All of the men of the family were i out doing the chores as the whole] family had just returned from South Bend w here they had spent the as- j ternoon. ; I Help was asked f.om the neighbors; and the Syracuse lire department j was called. i ’ A bucket ' brigade was quickly formed by the men of the neighbor- I hood, and ;he blaze' which was in the ! ‘ttic and on the roof of the house ] was brought under control. Damage consisted of a hole in the roof, and .hat caused by water. . o— ■ WORK ON NEW GOLF COURSE IS BEGUN , - , T - 7 . AVork on the South Shore Country Club’s 18 hole golf: course is getting under way, according to Roy Brown, manager. Dave Brown’s farm and 10 acres of Will Mallon’s farm have been adder! to Roy Brown’s farm, to be converted into the 18 hole course. Blue grass is being planted and laying out of the course will soon start. Carl Tuttle, of Indianapolis and Lake Wawasee, and Harry Schopp, architect , from Indianapolis, were expected today, by Mr. Brown. Mr. Tuttle will remain at the lake for the rest of the summer, Mr. Brown said. o CLUB HAS MEETING AT I$S- HARLEY’S The Wednesday afternoon club met last week, at the home of Mrs. John Harley. Mrs. Harley was chairman of the meeting due to the absence of Mrs. Beider, president, and Mrs. Joe Rapp, vice president. Mrs. S. C. Lepper had as her topic for the afternoon, “The Ideal Standard of Homes.” - Mrs. Frank Green, discussed “Vitamin G.” Mrs. Fred Self had as her topic “Tomorrow's Diet.” Mrs. Warren C' Iwtll gave a reading “Home,” and the meeting closed with club members singing “Home, Sweet Home.’’ The next meeting of t,he club is to be a reciprocity meeting. WHIS ILER’S GRANDSON. AGED SIX, HAS POEM PUBLISHED “Melvin Whistler went to Jackson, Mich., Sunday a week. ago, ‘ and brought his grand children Ruth and jimmy Bailey, back home with him, to spend spring vacation from school here. They returned to Jackson Sunday. While here, Jimmie, aged 6, showed his grandfather the clipping from a newspaper in which his poem had been printed. The poems printed were th“ best submitted by pupils of the IB grade who were being taught about trains by their teacher. This i's Jimmie's poem, its title, “The Little Train.” “Once there was a little train . He went down the raidroad track, He bumped into another And never came back.” When questioned by bis grandfather, Jimmie said it wasn’t hard to write it at all, it just came to him that way. o TO BUILD GARAGE R. C. McFarren has bought from Lewis E. Scblotterback, a lot on Huntington street, just beyond the bridge. The sale price is said to be S3OO. Mr. McFarren is building a garage on his newly purchased lot.

DO YOU REMEMBER—--20 Years Ago. When Rome Willard was acquitted of assault and battery charges in Kitson’s court? • ♦ • 15 Years Ago When‘the county institute of the W. C. T. U. convened at the Evangelical church for a two day session? • « • 10 Years Ago When the special machinery was being installed for the new - shirt factory in the E. E. McClintic building by E. C. McClellan shirt manir? faciurer? * « * Five Years Ago. V.’hen the injunction suit restraining the"tdwn from paving Huntington street vvas dissolved in the Noble County Circuit court? —o-—— — - - COTTAGE OWNERS ’ VISIJ WAWASEE EASTER SJNDAY The Phi Delts of Goshen held a dinner party at the Tavern, Saturday J evening. Guests were present from Nap| ft ith Bend. Mr. and Mrs. John Boyts and son Eugene have moved from Goshen, where they spent the winter, to the i South Shore Inn. The installation of a furnace at the hotel has just been. {completed, and the hotel is to be i-open for, business, April 15, according to Mr. Boyts. This is the earliest the hotel has opened. A number oi j parties and conventions have beeh i ’ scheduled to be held there soon he said. Miss Louise Stephenson, who, jwith her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stephenson recently came home to Marion from Florida, spent the week end with friends in Goshen. With Bob Murchie, she visited Syracuse and Lake Wawasee fdr a short while Saturday afternoon. J. A. Ross of Indianapolis planned to entertain a number of fellow Rotarians at “a big feed” at his summer home on the South Shore today. They planned Yo remain for a week end of fishing. Mr. and Mrs. Talbot of Evansville are announcing the birth of a daughter. Mus. Talbot w , as Dorothy Graher marriage, daughter of /.Mr and Mrs. William Graham, sujwmer residents of Lake Wawasee. Collie Lamb, of Paine, 0;, spent Sunday at his cottage on Lake WaMr. and Mrs, Ed Numyer of Indianj apolis have moved to their cottage ion Lake Wawasee for the season. ! Mr.' and Mrs. J. G. Brannum of InIdianapolis are excepted to move to their cottage for the season within ; the next two weeks. Rulo Conrad of Kokomo visited his summer home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Larson and son and daughter-in-law,' Mr. and Mrs. Sain Larson, of South Bend, spent Easter Sunday at their cottage on Lake Papakeetchie. They visited Mrs. Carl Larson’s brothers, Frank and O. Traster, on their way .there Saturday afternoon. Don Stoops of Champaign, 111., spent last week end with friends at Lake Wawasee. Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Futrelle have returned to their Lake Wawasee home, after a winter spent in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. George Yoder and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cissel of Goshen gave a birthday dinner Saturday in honor of Mrs. John Boyts’ birthday. There were 18 guests at the dinner, and in the bridge which followed Mrs. I Boyts won the guest prize and prizes ! were also won by Mrs. Janies Slagle, j Mrs. Guy Dausman, Mr. Guy Dausman and Mr. Earl Smith. Mr. and Mrs, William Graham of Bloomington expect to move into their cottage by the 15th of this month. , Mr. and Mrs. Harry Haft of Chicago were guests at the Tavern last week end. T. F. Vaughn of W’abash spent Monday and Tuesday at his cottage on tjje south side of Lake Wawasee, supervising some repair work. Mrs. Charles Abel of Garrett spent Tuesday at her home on Lake Wa- ! wasee. Mn and Mrs. J. M. Sargent started J work at the Sargent hotel, Wednesday, to get it in readiness for reopening. They plan to serve dinner ' op Sunday to visitors of the lake, i Mrs. Bernard Cuniff planned to come to the Spink Wawasee from Indianapolis, this week end, to begin the work of re-opening the hotel. t NOTICE i .. Beginning next week, stores iri i Syracuse will be open Monday, Wed- . nesday and Saturday evenings, until . further notice.

SALARIES OF TEACHERS TO BE LOWERED ———— Instructors of County Have Limits Placed on Salaries WARSAW’, Ind.—ln an effort to relieve the taxpayers in Kosciusko county, the board of education late Monday adopted a minimum and maximum scale of salaries for county teachers effective for the school the schedule adopted a saving of approximately ten per cent, $20,000 to $22,000 was made. No action on a uniform reduction was taken due to the fact that some teachers are now receiving the minimum salary while others are on a high salary. Board members felt that a uniform reduction would not be fair. Minimum and Maximum Fixed. On this account the board established a minimum and maximum salary for different types of teaching positions as follows: Elementary teachers will receive SIOO a month as a minimum and $l3O a month maximum. Acting elementary principals SIOO a month and a { maximum of $l5O a month. High school teachers will receive a minimum salary of $l3O a month and a maximum of $lB5 a month. Salary j for county high school principals is ! $1,600 a year minimum and $2,400 a l year maximum. , .. These wage schedules , only effect the county schools and any changes regarding the Warsaw’ city schools if any are made, would be by the Warsaw board of education.. According to Dan Klink, Turkey Creek Township schools as well as all township schools in the county will be governed by this ruling. Mr. Klink also said that -the matter of married women teachers teaching school was discussed, and it was decided at the meeting that no married women teachers not at present on school staffs would be employed. The matter of a county agricultural agent was not brought up at the meeting, he said. ” FINED $9.30 FOR SPEEDING FRIDAY Arrested for speeding, when on his way to work, Friday morning, Clell Longacre plead guilty and was fined $9.30,•in Jesse Shock’s court. Charles Rentfrow, town marshall said Longacre had driven his car at a great rate down Main street and Huntington. The marshall followed him to Wilt’s factory, where Longacre works. Rentfrow said: “They tried to coax me not to arrest Clell, said there were lots of others who drove fast too. ? “But I just told them: ‘lf you had a bushel of potatoes to peel you’d have to start in on one wouldn’t you?’ ” The marshall was considerate, permitting Longacre to work that morning, and appear before Justice Shock during lunch hour. — o-— SHEEP TO BE PAID FOR ON TAX VALUE At the meeting of township trustees held in Warsaw, Monday afternoon, it was decided that sheep killed by dogs will be paid for at the assessed valuation of the sheep as far as possible. Consideration will be taken as regards individual valuable sheep, it was said, but is sheep are assessed under the law at a full valuation, the assessment sheet should be a safe guide, the trustees decided. In some cases, farmers whose sheep hive been assessed at $6, have claimed sls per head when dogs have killed these sheep. O ® ENTERTAINS BRIDGE CLUB Miss Acquilla, Wyatt entertained her bridge clug at Mrs. S. C. Lepper’s Wednesday evening last week. Two tables were in play, aWd Mrs. C. R. Meek won first prize for high score, and Miss Lucile Henwood won consolation prize. o DIVORCE IS GRANTED. Mrs. Lena Brunjes was granted a divorce from John Brunjes of North Manchester, in circuit court in Warsaw, Tuesday. Cruel and inhuman treatment was alleged. I Mrs. Brunjes was given the custody of .their son, Richard.

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