The Syracuse Journal, Volume 25, Number 44, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 23 February 1933 — Page 1

JJiiW by Arthur Brisbane ROOSEVELT’S COURAGE JAPAN AND THE LEAGUE WHEN THAT FIST SWINGS STRANGE CHEATING

The Country rejoicing at Governor Roosevek’s escape, finds additional satisfaction in the fact that statements by the Miami police rhow the I shooting was the act of a madman, not the expression of any fanatic class hatred. The rnan who fired the shot-with, such disastrous effects, but, fortuna-1 tely, without injuring the Presidentelect, talked at random. "I like Roosevelt as a man, but I; kill all Presidents. 1 don't kill police; they work for a living. After an operation, 1 have bad pains in my stomach, 1 hr.te the rich and power- j ful the poor, etc. Admirable wr.s the courfge cf May- • or Cermak of Chicago, with whom the whole country sympathizes. Alter the bullet had struck him inflicting a most dangerous wound, h.s first words were: “I am glad it is I, and not you." Admirable also was the coolness of Governor Roosevelt. After five bullets had been fired at him, he stood erect in his automobile and shouted, to reessure the angry crowd: I am all right." Secret service men urged speeding away from the scene, as fast as possible. Governor Roosevelt ordered his car. to stop, took Mr. Cermak. on | the seat beside him, on the way to the hospital. > The League of Nations says to Japan: "Get out of Manchukuo. Japan says, in polite, Oriental phrase ‘Mind your own business.” Japan says to China: "Get out of Jehol.” China replies: "1 shall not,” and makes threats. The League of Nations also mikes threats. * i Presently the world will know what the threats amount to. and whaC they amount to will probably not bemuvh. K ’ Primo Carnen from „ Italy hit Schaaf from Poston and Schaaf died Schaaf was well named: Schaaf, in German, means “sheep ” Camera in training weighed 264 pounds, :s 6 feet S‘,a inches tall, and his arms reach exactly 7 feet. Schaif w« .lied. 207’u pounds, stood 6 fee 2 inches. His reach was 6 feet 3 inches. An arm weighing 40 pounce, with a hand as heavy as a h< ne's ho..f swinging around, is as dangerous as a swinging boom on a sailboat. And when it comes at you in a straight line, with the weight of a.264’» pound body back of it, it is more dangerous. 1 New, interest!? g kind of cheating at Monte Carlo, v h re the big Casino looks down <?: ‘Le blue Mediterranean. An internal! -mil gang of ten in collusion with croupiers marked cards for trente et quaraxite (“thirty and forty") with invisible ink. The swindle!s wore special glasses that made thd irk visitble to them only, a new vse for chemistry. Some of the gang are in jail. Another set of cheaters tong ago conspired to squeeze compartments on the roulette wheel, each a fraction of ch inch, making the odd number o.vaings. wider than the even numle;s then they bet on odd numbers; end broke the bank. Now, when one i<f the numerous "banks" breaks, solemn gentlemen in white neckties come with a wheel of steel, to test all wheels on the tables. In New York a boy of fifteen, inspired by examples of <our bootlegcrime era, had an idea. He killed another boy of. twelve, because he thought the other boy had "told on him." First he offered to show the younger lad just ho f w he planned to tie a man up,-then rob him. When he had lied the twelve-year-old boy with rope, and made him helpless, he stabbed him to the heart and killed him. In Kansas City, Mr. Donaldson bought an old book, opened it, and two SSO bills dropped out. A man who has sold more copies of a great encyclopedia than any oth- ' (Continued on Last Page}

LAST MINUTE NEWS. The farm home where Fred Poscharscky lives, on the Noble-Elk* hart county line was destroyed by fire between 7 and 8 o’clock, last night. The home is owned by his mother, who is at present in Illinois. The house and Poscharscky’s furniture in the downstairs were insured, but *ll of George Rarig’s furniture, stored upstairs, was destroyed and not insured. , Mr. and Mrs. Poscharscky were visiting Mr. and Mrs. Will Wyland and did not know of the fire until it was all over. Neighbors saw the flames and carried most of the furniture out from the down stairs, and 800 jars of fruit from the cellar without destroying a jar. They did no! discover the clothes closet beneatl the stairs, so all of the clothes ol Mr. and Mrs. Poscharscky, except what they were wearing, were de atroyed. Mrs. N. G. Skidgell, operated or in th* Garrett hospital, Tuesday, died thb nurefaig.

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FARMER MAY BORROW S3OO FROM U. S. Limit Placed on Loan To One Individual. WASHINGTON, D. C. Secretary Hyde announced that S3OO will be the maximum loan to any farmer from the $90,000,000 fund set aside by Congress for crop production financingIn addition to reducing the maximum from S4OO in 1932, Hyde issued regulations providing that farmers who are delinquent in-repayment of two or more prior loans will be limited to SIOO in older to conserve the fund fiom which neaily one million farmers are expected to seek assistance,. ■ The loan will be a first lien on the crop produced, Reduction Will Be Enforced Congress authorized the secretary of agriculture to require acreage reduction up to 30 per cent as a loan condition, and Hyde said this will be enforced except in. the case of minor pioducers and growers of perenials. Orchardists will not be required to cut down their trees or otherwise reduce their producing capacity to qualify for aid.' bhoijly before Hyde’s announcement,; Don McVay, chief of the crop production loan office, made a vigorous denial before the House expenditures committee that government employes in his division hats engaged in unusual political activities. The committee was considering a resolution to require that accounts of the loan of! ice be audited by the comptroller general. Limits Wheat to 40 Acres. In Hyde’s announcement, he said the acreage reduction requirement will not apply to farmers who intend planting no more than eight acres of cotton, tw’o and one-half acres of tobacco, forty acres of wheat, twenty acres of corn, two and one-half acres of truck crops, twelve, acres of sugar beets, eight acres of potatoes, thirty acres of rice or eight acres of peanuts. , ‘ The aggregate loans for tenants of. an individual land owner will be limited to $1,200, competed with $1,600! in 1932, when more than $64,000,-: 000 was loaned to 507,632 farmers, ] an average of $126. Interest will be i at the rale of s’j> per cent, the same as last year, with the obligation due next Oct. 31. In counties where fertilizers are not commonly used, the rate of borrowings must not exceed $3 an acre for the general field crops and sl2 an acie for truck crops, including potatoes. In counties where fertilizer is required, the rate for general field crops will be $6, with $lO in the case of tobacco, and S2O an acre for truck crops. .special Aid For Spraying Special provision is made for additional loans, within the S3OO maximum, for financing the purchase of materials for spraying and dusting crops, to protect against insects and diseases, payment of water charges in irrigated districts, and costs of hand labor in the case of sugar |beets, sugar cane, hops and rice. Loans up to $2.50 an acre will be available for summer fallowing. Borrowers will be required to agree to planLa garden for home use, . and to grow- s sufficient acreage of (Continued on Last Page)

NO PEACH CROP THIS YEAR MAY BE RESULT OF SUB-ZERO WEATHER

Will there be a peach crop this year? This is what a recent Indianapolis News editorial declared: ' Farewell to Peaches. There is a time-honored expression in moet of the newspaper offices ofj Indiana which sums up in these, words: “Well, its about time to kill the peach crop." Those eager searchers after truth who apply to Frank N. Wallace, state entomologist, for confirmation of their fears usually! have to look elsewhere. He knows ( 'from long experience that in about half the years when the peach crop is reported entirely wiped out there follows a fair crop. This year, however, Mr. Wallace is ready to join the majority group. No man can ; know to a certainty at this moment what the summer will bring forth, I but it is the best judgment of the | state entomologist that the peaches in Indiana are dead. Death of the peach crop is not so much the result of below-zero weather as of a combination of circumstances. Many times the peach orchards in this state have held their own against an extremely low tem-

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BUSINESS MEN HANGING BY THEIR TEETH —NOW HAVE TEETH PULLED The gross sales tax has passed both houses of the Indiana Assembly. Because of Senate amendments to it, the bill will go back to the Senate for concurrence or rejection of these amendments. The passage of this bill means that Governor Paul V. McNutt’s pledge for economy was HOT AIR. It means more taxes. i It is not a tax on profit, but on gross income. Merchants which, cannot show any piofit pay the tax anyway. / The tax in its entirety cannot be passed on to the Ultimate con-1 sumer. It will place a tax on chain stores, doctors, lawyers and other professional men who have been accused of not paying taxes. Banks will also have to pay. It is another step toward communism where everyone works, and no one makes any monej| except the Ones in Charge. W. M. Wilt’s factory will now have to compete with other ipanufacturers in other states wjtyo do not have this tax to pay. Is this likely to mean increased employment here? It has been called the plan which will make for an even distribution of taxes. It is a gigantic scheme to raise money so Democrats will have more to spend, and will drive business out of the state. ~ -Y || Governor McNutt ha« killed himself politically; So has the Republican Representative from thia county, Hobart Creightorf, who voted for this class legislation.

ENGINEER SUFFERS PARALYTIC STROKE After he had failed to return from the telephone booth, J. W. Utter, 56, engineer of B. &O. freight train No. 89, w»s found in the booth by his crew, suffering from a stroke of paralysis, about inidfiight, Monday night. Utter had gone into a booth west of Kimmel for orders, and when he did not return, after an interval of time, his train crew went into the booth to see what detained him. They found h:m lying on the floor having suffered a stroke of paralysis. Train No. 89 passes through Syracuse, going west, about midnight. The train crew disconnected the engine from the train, which was left there on the track, and brought the engineer in • the cab of the engine to Syracuse. Ernest Buchholz had gone off duty at the B. & O. station here, and had come uptown for something to; eat. The crew found him, told him about Mr. Utter. The doctor was called and went with the men to the engine, where Mr. , Utter was removed frorp the cab and taken into the station which had been locked, j Il was discovered his right side was paralyzed. He was taken to Garrett in the ambulance, later that night. At first he could not speak, but was able to say a few words before the hospital in Garrett was reached. —. WARRANT ISSUED AFTER ACCIDENT A warrant, charging driving while intoxicated, has been sent from Goshen to Fort Wayne for the arrest of Peter King. The action was taken Tuesday morning, after an accident near The Log Cabin Inn, near Benton, Monday night. Peter King had spent the evening I with his brother, C. H. King, on j Kale Island and was on his way | home when his car and that of Jas. Elder of Indianapolis collided. Elder asked King to sign a statement of guilt and to promise to pay all damages. It is said he refused to do this and drove away. So Elder preferred charges against him in Goshen. 0 CHANGE OF VENUE The mortgage foreclosure suit of the American State Bank of Ligonier ’against Earl Mentzepberger of Lake Wawasee has been sent on a change I of venue to the Marshal circuit court

perature that came on slowly and gradually went away. That, however, was when the winter had been uniformly cold, and premature growth had been retarded. Indiana has just experienced a January that was the second warmest in the history of the weather station here. This abnormal warmth caused peach buds to swell throughout the state. If temperatures had remained high an enormous crop doubtless would have 'been harvested, but the mercury fell from the forties on Monday to 10 below zero Thursday morning, and the transition from high to an extreme low was too much for a swollen peach bud to survive. As a general rule a temperature of 10 to 12 below zero can be regarded as curtain death for peaches in this state, although they had survived at times when the buds had remained dormant.. January’s abnormal high temperatures prepared the peach buds for just such a set of circumstances as overtook them last week, and if any live to produce ripe peaches the experts will be surprised. (Cnwllnuii •* Uet P«ge)

SYRACUSE. INDIANA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1*33.

CURRENT EVENTS Feb. 15.' Two bilb which would have affected the $1.50 tax law were killed in the Indiana Senate. One bill sought to amend the $1.50 tax law in such a manner as to make it mandatory on all communities to levy sufficient taxes to honor their debt obligations. Another bill would have prevented county boards of tax adjustment from decreasing any levy for retirement of original bond issues or funding or refunding issues. Monetization of silver at the rate of 16 to 1 was urged in a concurrent resolution adopted by the Indiana House. Feb. 16. The U. S. Senate voted to kill the eighteenth amendment by passing the Blaine repeal resolution by a vote of 63 to 13. Text of Repeal Act. The text of the Blaine repeal resolution now reads: “Section 1. The eighteenth article of amendment to the constitution of the United States is hereby repealed. "Sec. 2. Transportation or importation into aim stMe. territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited. “Sec. 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the constitution by conventions in the several states, as provided in the constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the states by the congress." Governor McNutt told thousands of farmers and realtors that the administration plan is to “redistribute the tax burden.” The committee of farmers, sponsored by the Indiana Farm Bureau, passed a resolution, that if tax relief is not given the farmers would give “most serious consideration” to a statewide program of permitting all taxes to go delinquent. The channels of the upper Amazon river were barred by Brazil to Colombia and who have begun ah ’ undeclared war in Brazilian territory for the possession of the upper Amazon river port of Leticia. Feb. 17. The League of Nations told the world of the plan of it* leaders for a pronouncement of solemn censure upon Japan for her military action against China, and for a peaceful settlement of the; dangerous conflict in the far East. I Yosuke Maunoka,’ special counsel j for Japan, announced after publicaItion of the league’* proposal* that his government would not accept the recommendations for peace. Feb. 18. Japan sent an ultimatum to the Chinese commander at Kailu, in northeast Jehol, demanding the immediate evacuation of the city. The commander answered by attacking the Japanese position* forcing the Japanese to retire. Colombia invoked Article 15 of the League of Nation* covenant for settlement of the Leticia dispute. i James J. Corbett, “Gentleman Jim” of the prize ring and the stage, i died at hi* home in Bayside, L. Iii II Feb. 18. Secretary of Agriculture •IHyde repudiated the House Farm al- > lotment bill for the relief of agricul- ! ture now pending in the Senate. The Senate drive to slash 165 mils lion* from the cost of federal govI eminent through the passage of the i ! Bratton amendment subjecting all II federal departments to a 5 per cent I'pay cut was all but wrecked on the J shoal* of cabinet and house opposi/tion. The house conferees, who have /been meeting with senate canferees, , {announced that they would not agree j 'to the cut without further instruc- , jtions from ths house. Before break- * (MMd - L-i hr)

ICE ON WAWASEE DAMAGES PROPERTY In the past week expanding ice has damaged the shore line of Lake Wawasee. Where sea walls had been built in front of cottages, huge blocks of ice have been shoved oyer these wails to stand on end, some six or eight feet in the air. But where there were no sea walls, but only soil and buge boulders, the ice has pushed soil and heavy rocks in such away that part of the north shore line is leaning against trees. The paved walk from Sargent’s hotel to the point where the dock is put out in the summer for a boat landing looks as though it had survived the glacial period. One huge piece of pavement is shoved into the air and backed by ice. Along the walk from Sargent’s hotel, past the Lilly summer home to the Spink-Wawasee, .ice broke over the shore line, but did little damage until th Sepink-Wawasee paved walk tried to be an immovable body resisting an irresistible force, and at that point the cement walk gave way and the ice stood on end. From Willow Grove along the north shore line, down to and including the location formerly known as “sheep wash”, ice has made its. mark. Less damage was done on the southside. Where the old seawall used to be on the east side of Lakeview point, there is a block of ice standing on one end. In front of the Bornaman cottage ice shoved, boulders back to lift the sod about 18 inches from its former location, and' removed part of the sidewalk. On Syracuse lake, , ice did little { damage along the Maxwelton Manor shore line, or Pottowatomie Park, but Dr. C. R. Hoy said on Monday this week he discovered ice had damaged both ends of the seawall in front of his home on the Syracuse side of this lake. This wall was built 8 years ago he said, and this is the first time it has been damaged by the ice. Ice packed along the Pickwick Park and Kale Island shore line, but did no damage to seawalls. 0 —>— BIRTHS ANNOUNCED Mr. and Mrs. Willie Weybright are announcing the birth of a son, Robert Eugene, Friday night. The baby weighed 7% pounds. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Meek are announcing the birth of a son, weighing 7 pounds, Monday morning. He has been named Gareth Roger. Mr. and Mrs. Art Strieby, who live south of town, are announcing the birth of a son, Delbert Eugene, Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Darr, who live near Goshen are announcing the birth of a son, Sunday morning. 0 MARRIED 5$ YEARS Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Stiffler, Who live near Syracuse, will celebrate their 56th v.edding anniversary, Sunday, Feb. 26th. Mr. Stiffler is 78 years old and Mrs. Stiffler is 75. They have three children, 12 grandchildren and nine great-grandchild-ren. Both Mr. and Mrs. Stiffler were born in the vicinity where they have since made their home. ■ Q HAVE BIRTHDAY PARTY John Martin of North Manchester and Arnold Culver of North Webster gave a chicken dinner birthday party for Lawrence Schlecht, Tuesday evening, at the home of Charles Hw Following the dinner the evening was spent in playing progressive pinochle.

FORMER SYRACUSE MAN IS NOW WITH PAUL RADER IN CHICAGO

When a number of onion growers in this vicinity aent onions to Paul Rader at the World Wide Christian Couriers’ Headquarters in Chicago, the letter of thanks was sent by Charles C. Myers. Inquiries fr °m the Journal concerning this msn who is an old resident of Syracuse, brought the following in reply: February 18, 1933. Mr. Harry L. Porter, Editor Syracuse Journal, Syacuse, Ind., Dear Mr. Porter: You may have concluded that your letter of January 20th has been forgotten. Such has not been the case, it has simply been a matter of there being a mountain of correspondence iu connection with our Tabernacle work. Beginning in December, I came into Chicago with Mr. Paul Rader, taking over the financial accounting for the entire activities of the World Wide Christian Couriers, and in addition have been attempting to direct the radio and the relief activities. Our work is so varied and so Ur reechim that it b impeasiMe to

| DO YOU i REMEMBER— | L I 2* Years Ago. When announcement was made of the marriage of Merle J. Harkless and Miss Savilla Strieby? * * * IS Years Ago When Sankey Vorhis underwent an operation in the hospital in India-' napolis? • • • It Years Ago When the Syracuse Horsethief Protective Association was formed wi*h Levi Kitson, president; Dr. Ford, vice president; Roy Riddle, secretary j treasurer? i 5 Years Ago. When Forrest Kern had his leg fractured while he and Calvin Beck were sawing logs? O lon LAKE wawasee! I I 1 Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Soltau wilt move to their own cottage in Oakwood Park, Monday, and Albert Stooker and family from Berne will move to the cottage which Mr. and Mis. Soltau will vacate. 111-health has caused Mr. Soltau to resign his position in charge of the Park after 23 years service in that capacity, and Mr. Stooker is his successor. Mrs. Charles Bishop attended church, Sunday morning, the first day that she has left her home since the automobile accident Dec. 28. Glenn Warren, from Indianapolis, was a lake visitor, Sunday. On his way from Fort Wayne to Chicago on business, W. E. Long spent the week end at his home on Kale Island. Ralph Teetor and Howard Marlott of Hagerstown went to South Bend on business, Friday, and spent Friday night at The Tavern. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller of Anderson spent Saturday and Sunday at their lake home. j „ ’ The Seaman sisters from Chicago spent the week end at their cottage. Mr. and Mrs. John Murphy, who j started for Florida, three weeks ago, ! had engine trouble in Kentucky, and I decided to return to their home here, j They came back to the lake last week. Mr. and Mrs. Roland Crowe and daughter Charlotte spent Saturday and Sunday with his people in Valparaiso. Mr. and Mrs. John Walton spent Sunday with relatives in Albion. Mr. and Mrs. Van Cripe of Elkhart and'Mr. and Mrs. Israel Cripe were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ihomas Schlecht, Sunday. Mr. Schlecht has recovered from sumac poisoning. Don Fassler of Kokomo was the guest at the George W. Mellinger home last week end. Mr. and Mrs. Will Mallon spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Kern in Elkhart. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Adams returned Friday from their western business grip. They will stay in Sargent’s cottkge on Syracuse lake, and Mr. Adams will make his business trips in Indiana from there. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Kercher and daughter from Goshen spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. George (Continued on Last Page)

grasp iU details without having a much longer experience than I have had. Probably the best method of giving you just some items of our approach is to permit you to read over the enclosed literature. The folder, OUT! OUT! OUT! outlines in a brief manner some of our projects included in the World Wide Christian Couriers program. The Courtier certificate is furnished and accompanied by the prelAr gold seal to those who are inclined to support our work. The small explanatory booklet, the “Goal” outlines briefly the procei dure for eneolling as a Courier. i This infefcmation presents only a I few of the*high lights of our acti- ! viities ahi constitutes simply some • of the necessary mechanics of the operation of any organization. The . real motive and purpose is to instill a desire in Christian hearts to be ? actively engaged in the program | which God has given to the world ■ through the salvation offered by . Christ Jesus. We believe that the . crying need <rf today can be answerJed only with the GospeL We believe >| (Coutinued •• PH* 2 >

ANGOLA IS DEFEATED BY LOCAL BOYS Overtime Game is Won By Basket Shot By Lung. ; T '■ ■ A quick pass frojn Fisher to Long, who was fouled by Elmer, Angola center, as he tossed the ball through the basket; the free throw chance then scored by LMng, and Syracuse won the overtime basketball game from Angola, 30 to 28, here in the local gym Friday night. The game was played before the largest crowd of the season, and it attracted much attention due to tie fact that Emory Druckamiller, coach of the Angola team was the basketball star from Syracuse when the V home team went to the state tournament. ‘ . Much to the surprise of many,; the Syracuse boys early took the lead and held it during the game until the last few seconds of play, when Elmer, the big Angola canter made a basket from beneath the net* tying the score 27 all, at the end of the regular playing time. At the start of the overtime period, Miller fouled Williams of Angola, who shot the free throw, putting Angola in the lead for thei first time since their one point lead on the free throw scored at the start of the game. Things looked bad for Syracuse for this foul retired Miller on personals, as Beck had been retired but a few moments before the end of the regular playing, time. Angola had f made a determined drive from the start of the last half when Syracuse lead 18 to 6. After Miller had been out and the free throw lead scored by Angola, Fisher was sent in to take Miller’s place. Fisher obtained the ball on the first tip off and passed it to Lung who was in the clear. Elmer, who had made the basket which tied the score during the regular period - - of play, made a desperate attempt to stop Lung, and fouled. The ball which had left Lung’s hands went I through the basket. Ebner was retired on pergonals and Lung shot the free throw. After the free throw there was but a few seconds left to play and Angola failed to score. During the firgt half of the game. Beck ran away with the play after “ Lung had made a basket and Richhart two. Beck made 11 points during the first half of the game, but was stopped by Angola during the for he only made one free throw. He was high point man for both teams with 12 points. During the entire game Syracuse had 19 tries at free shots and made 6 of these good. Lung had 11 chances and scored two. Angola had 14 tries at free pitches and scored 10 of these. In the first quarter of the game, Richhart made two long shots, ope from behind the center liiie of the floor. Many spectators said after the game that the two shots of Richhart caused the Angola men to cease their close watch on Beck, which gave him his chances to brteak loose and shoot. They must have been instructed to watch him, during the rest between halves. Scores made by Syracuse players were as FG FT P FI S Miller 12 4 4 Beck 5 2 4 12 Lung 2 2'l 6 Richhart 3 0 0 6 Osborn 1 0 02 Total . ! 12 6 9 30 Scores made by Angola players were as follows: { FG FT P PTS Haley 3 11 7 Saunders ■» 2 14 5 Elmer 2 1 4 5 Simpson s 1 12 3 Druckwall 1 4-2 6 Williams \ 2 1- 2 Total 9 10 14 28 The Syracuse second team won its game from Angola, 20 to 8. Hibschman scored a basket, two free throws and had a personal against him; Freeman one basket, one personal; Rogers two personals; Miller, two baskets, two free throws and one personal; Kline, three baskets and a personal; Osborn, one baskets ( OFFICERS ELECTED. I When Committee No. 3of the t Methodist Ladies Aid met last week l at the home of Mr*. A. W. Emer- [ son, officers for the coming year ? were elected. Mr*. Ernest Richards , is chairman, Mrs. Hallie Holloway, . vice chairman; Mrs. Fred Self, seci retary-treasurer; Mrs. Charles Naylor, “official caller."

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