The Syracuse Journal, Volume 28, Number 25, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 17 October 1935 — Page 1

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“I DO NOT CHOOSE TO RUN”,HARLEY Asks Name Be Removed From “ Citizen” Town Ticket 0 I ' At the meeting of the Town Board, Tuesday evening, the letter to the town clerk,' written by John I Harley was read. The letter was dat- | ed Oct. 5, and in it, Mr. Harley asked that his name be withdrawn from the Citizens’ ticket as candi- 4 date for town board from the first ward. According to law, a nominee must withdraw his name 30 days before the election. The meeting at which Mr. Harley, (R) was nominated with three Democrats on the Citizen* ticket hsd been held the evening of Oct. 4. The town clerk could not be reached Oct. 5, by Mr. Harley, so the letter was not received 30 days before election. Therefor the board members said, according to law his name could not be removed from the ballot. They said Mr. Harley’s only recourse was to announce in the paper each issue from now until election that he was not a candidate on the Citizens ticket, for town board. In the phrase ' made famous by Calvin Coolidge, Mr. Harley announced after the board’s meeting, “I do not choose to run.” His letter stated: ‘To the Honorable Ernest O. Buchholz, Clerk of the Town of Syracuse: Kindly known that I ask that my name be withdrawn as a candidate for councilman on the Citizens ticket for the first ward in the Town of Syra use * the forthcoming election to be held November 5 r 1835." The officials elected for the party when the Republicans held their caucus cbo»e as the election board for the coming election: Frank Gteene, inspector; Ch rles Wilcox, Judge; Erin Kitson, Clerk. Ed Unrue, sheriff. These were approved by the town board at its meeting. The officers named when the Citizens ticket was chosen were: Clarence Kline, Charles Crow and Gertrude Hoch, but as they did not submit any names to serve on the election boatd, the town board members chose: Mrs. Millie Snobsrger, judge; Mrs. Hazel Ward, clerk; John Meek, sheriff. The only bid to feed the election board, election day was that of Mrs. Roy Niles’s Sunday school class of the U. B. church, so the board awarded this {class the concession. Would Present Cemetery. During the bo. rd meeting, Tuesday evening, A. J. Thibodeaux, representating the five directors of the Cemetery Association, appeared before the town board and said they would gladly present the Syracuse cemetery to the town, to come under the jurisdiction of the board from now on, If this could be done legally. He said that starting with nothing, the association now had 53,800 in the treasury and had recently added two more acres of ground to the cemetery. In addition to Mr. Thibodeaux, on the board of directors are: Arthur Snavely, C. C. Bachman, Wm. Bowld and Charles C. Crow. The town board members expressed their appreciation of the offer but decided to take no action until after the election. ’ q GOING IN CONTEST Members of the American Legion Drum and Bugle corps are practising to enter the contest and try to win the prise ofs7s in Goshen, during the celebration there from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2, at which time Goshen celebrates the completion of the paving of the Main Street. -.e.~ ■■ „ KILLED IN ACCIDENT Mr. and Mrs. Court Siabaugh went to Hamlet, Monday, to attend funeral service* for his sister, who died there as th* result of injuries received in an automobile accident Friday. Her husband was killed in- " stantly when a freight train backed into their car. ■ — yUNDERGOES OPERATION Mrs. Harley Miller underwent a major abdominal operation in the hospital in Warsaw, Tuesday. — o~ Lecter Clark returned home, yesterday, having gone to Canada, Friday on a fishing trip. He with four friends from Milford went 200 miles north of the Sioux, and returned homo With 56 pike. •

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' ON LAKE WAWASEE) 1 During this past week, the shore tine of Lake Wawasee, and the woods near the lake have become beautiful as trees have donned j their autumn bright colors. When Ralph Nash arrived at his I cottage Wednesday, he discovered - someone had broken the glass out of the basement door, gained entrance and had stolen the electric motor for the water pump. Matty Katzer returned to The Tavern, Sunday, having spent all of last week with Mr. and Mrs. George Snyder in Washington, D. C. with a few days spent in New York city. Bruce Wilcox had been visiting with Don Routaon, at the home of his f .her in Lombard, 111., last j week. A card from Wilcox, Mond v ' stated that Routson’s father had diea suddenly, Saturday. Funeral services were not held until yetserday, when Don's sister arrived from California. Thirty cars, containing those who were attending the state Grange meeting, and accompanied by motorcycle cops, visited the Wawasee Fish Hatchery, Tuesday afternoon to view the work being done there. Mrs. Rafter of Whiting is spending this week with Mrs. J. H. Elliott. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Solt returned home Tuesday, having made a motor trip through Michigan, leaving last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. John Sheire and Louis of South Bend accompanied them. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Young of Goshen were entertained at a steak fry Monday evening at the home* of Mr. and Mrs. Mayfield and Mr. and Mrs. Mason on Ogden Island. W. B. Leas came from Goshen, Sunday and took in the pier at hi* lake home and closed it for the season. Collie Lamb from Payne, 0., also closed his lake home, Sunday, Dr. W. B. Wallace returned to the A. W. Emerson home, Friday, after a visit in Dayton, O. Mr. and Mrs Will Mallon, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brown and Miss Lydia Mellinger were guests at a party celebrating Ed Hogan’s birthday, at his cottage Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Whitehill of Indianapolis entertained a house party of friends at the DeHaven cottage over the week end. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gray and son from Nappanee called on Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brown, Sunday, and invited them to visit their home in Nappanee, today. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Pentreath of Clinton spent last Thursday at their lake home. They were on their way to Washington, D. C. ,\to visit the home of their daughter/ Mr. Blumberg of Terre Haute haa been visiting hi* lake home, superintending the construction of a cement basement beneath the house, and the moving of, the garage. Mr, and Mrs. R. V. Maurer of South Bend spent Sunday at their lake home. Mr. and Mrs Shelley have moved to the Glenn Warren property, to serve as caretakers there this winter Mr. and Mrs. Dave Ginger of Chicago were week end guest* of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hogan at their cottage. The state greenskeepers' meeting was held at the Turkey Creek golf club house. Monday. Earl Menzenberger’a sister, Mr*. Cousens, and husband from Chicago plan to spend some time with him at his home. Mr. and Mrs. Groble, Dr. Meister and Miss Daich of Anderson surprised Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brown with a visit, Sunday. Mias Doria Terrill of Warsaw spent Monday night with Mr*. W. E. Long. Mrs. Minnett and daughter Ann; Mias Clara Pepple, Mra. Clara Rough and son Jo* and Mr. Crothers were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mra. Georg* Wandel. Mrs. Carl Recker of Indianapolis closed her cottage thia week and returned to her home, Tuesday. The O’Neal cottage tn Vawter Park is being painted this week. Charles Dalke ha* had the Sleepy Owl doubled in size, and the work has been completed. The opening will be held Saturday evening. Daike plan* to epend thia winter there, instead of returning to Indianapolis as *

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FUNERAL SERVICES 1 WERE HELD SUNDAY Marion Culler Died in Elkhart Hospital, Friday A. M.; In HI Health All Summer. In ill health a!! summer, Marion Culler, aged 21, died in the Elkhart hospital, Friday morning. His death was caused by nephritis. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Culler and born in Syracuse, June 27, 1914. He was a graduate of the class of 1932, Syracuse High school, and was known to many, as he worked at the Shtell Oil station when it was owned by Claude Pancratz. Funeral services for Mr. Culler were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock in the Methodist church with Rev. Purdy officiating. Burial was in the Syracuse cemetery. Mr. Culler is survived by his parents, three sisters, one brother, his grandmother, Mrs. Francis Culler; his grandfather, James Brickel. O KOSCIUSKO COUNTY SECOND IN INDIANA Preliminary Farm Report Shows This County Second in Cattle and Irish Potato Production. The 1935 Farm Census preliminary report released today by Director William L. Austin, Bureau qf the Census, Department of Commerce, shows Kosciusko as ranking second among the counties in Indiana in cattle and Irish potato production and third in number of farms. Farms in Kosciusko numbered 3,370 in 1935 as compared with 4,148 in Allen and 3,427 in Madison, the two leading counties in number of farms in the State. All land in farms in Kosciusko increased from 312,645 to 321,927 acres between 1930 and 1935. The average value per farm decreased over this period from 87,265 to $5,063 and the average size from 99.5 to 96.5 acres. In Ksociusko the 1934 Irish potato crop totaled 3,166 acres with a production of 400,573 bushels as com- ’ pared with 458,100 bushels produced in DeKalb county which ranked first in Indiana. Only 939,826 bushels of corn for grain were harvested from 56,529 acres in 1934 as compared with 2,027,031 bushels produced from 55,168 acres in 1929. Oats threshed fell more than 600,000 bushels below the 1929 crop, farmers reporting 300,369 bushels in 1934. The wheat crop totaled 567,179 bushels in 1934, as compared with 373,174 bushels five years previous. Kosciusko county had 28,179 cattle in 1935 as compared with 31,093 in Allen which ranked first in th* state. Other livestock in Kosciusko included 36,909 hogs, 20,704 sheep, 7,620 horse* and 623 mules. The 1935 figures in thto r and other similar reeases for all counties and States are preliminary and subject to revision. Q NEW FEDERAL LAWS FOR HUNTING SEASON Game Warden Noah Eaton calls attention to new federal regulations which will be in effect here during the approaching hunting season. He says three federal game warden* have been assigned to Kosciusko county to enforce the laws during the thirty-day season starting Oct. 21 and ending Nov. 19. One provision, to which Warden Eaton direct* particular attention, reads as follows: “Blinds, boat* or floating craft of any kind ar* restricted to locations not mor* than 100 feet from the shore line nor more than 100 feet from where there is * continuous natural growth of vegetation above the surface of the water extending beyond such shore line.” This means, it to pointed out, that shooting from boat* in open water more than 100 feet from shore will not be permitted. The season for shooting prairie chickens opened Oct. 16 and will continue until Oct. 31. There are few if any, in Kosciusko county. 0 RAY SOUTHWORTH, EX-SENATOR, DIES LAFAYETTE, Ind. —. Ray M. Southworth, business man and state senator for two terms from Tippecanoe and Renton counries. died last week. Southworth, a Republican, was long active in politics her*. He was • thirty-second degree Mason. Funeral services ware held at hto home in West Lafayette Friday afternoon. He to survived by the widow, throe eon* and a father. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Weimer of South called on hto brother Sunday. He haa been ill with bron-

THREE MORE PROJECTS ARE ASKED Wawasee Airport Is Approved By WPA; Others Hoped For i WPA projects for the town of Syracuse, including projects for the repair and construction of sidewalks, for street and alley repair and for construction of a comfort station, were started on their way for Washington for final approval when the papers for the project, brought here from South Bend, Friday, were signed by members of the Town Board. Total federal money allotted for these projects is $20,791. Value of material and equipment furnished locally is estimated to be $4,310. Besides these three projects, the , Wawasee Airport received $13,488 from the 50 million dollar federal allot ment for a vast airport improvement program. There had been some difficulty in obtaining approval for the Wawasee airport project under the WPA. The Culver airport project also met with difficulties before it was approved. The project for repair and construction of sidewalks in Syracuse made provisions for 10 laborers to be employed at $44 a month; 1 time keeper at SSO per month; one truck driver at SSO; one cement finisher at $63; one foreman at $69 per month. The allotment for labor totals $6,720, and a federal allotment for $715 for equipment rental is in the proposed project. Material for the project to be supplied locally to 200 barrels of cement; 250 yards of gravel at an estimated cost of $250. Work to be accomplished by the project is 500 feet of old sidewalk repaired; 6,370 square feet of old walk leveled and IKJJOO square feet at new sidewalks *uuilts Property owners, where sidewalks are to be repaired or built will be asked to furnish the material for their sidewalks. The project for street and alley .repair, construction for graveling and paving certain streets and alleys, and construction of two 20 ft. x 4 ft. bridges will use 10 laborers at $44 per month; 1 time keeper at SSO; 2 truck drivers at SSO; 2 cement finishers at $63; and 1 foreman at $69 per month. The federal alltoment for labor to $9,420; and for equipment rental $1,716. Material furnished locally Will be 300 barrels of cement, 1,000 yards of gravel and 2,000 yards of dirt for fill. The cost of material, ° dirt, gravel and cement to be furnished is estimated at $2,200. In the labor quota for the comfort station, the WPA has made provisions for a superintendent at $125 per month. There to also provision made for 10 laborers at $44 per month; 2 truck drivers at SSO; 1 painter, 1 brick mason, 1 plumber, 1 carpenter 1 electrician, 1 roofer and 1 plasterer at $63 per month each. The federal allotment for labor on the project in 1934 and for equipment rental $286. Materials estimated at $1,240 and equipment rental at 3100 to to be bought locally. The skilled and aemi-skilled workmen to be employed on this project do not necessarily have to be employed from relief roles according to a ruling of the WPA, a* it would be rather difficult In many casea to find skilled men oa relief roll*. When work will start on these projects, to problematical. Before the projects will receive final approval they must go through a long route. First to South Bend, then to Indianapolis, then to Washington from where they are to be sent back to Indianapolis, to South Bend, and here, if approved. Hours of work on the city park were changed to 7 hours a day instead of 8; and 60 hours instead of 66 for the rest of this month, with the week of work commencing on Monday. Thia change was made Monday this week. — HAS BROKEN RIB. A week ago, when Mrs. Joele Snavely waa on her bay to Indianapolis tibeCear left the road. She thought she had with minor I bruises, but her side continued to pain her. On consulting a doctor, Tuesday, it was learned that she had a broken rib. RAISE BLUE GILLS Th* Millersburg Conservation Club raised 16,300 blue gills, and these were turned over to th* state, netting for the club $163.

TRUCK HITS BRIDGE . DRIVER IS UNHURT Tire Blew Out and Caused Accident To Beer Truck Driven by Tad Ketring. Emory (Tad) Ketring, driver, and his companion, “Red" Stroek, escaped injury Saturday evening about 6:30 when the tire of the beer truck which Ketring was driving blew out. This occurred on the bad curve on the road near Wolf Lake, and Ketring had to either take the bridge abutment or hit an oncoming car. The truck and trailer struck the bridge, and the back tracks were jerked from beneath the machine. The trailer was almost a total loss, but the tractor can be repaired. The tractor and trailer belong to the Kosciusko Distributing Corporation, and th* damage to partially covered by insurance. When the outfit struck the bridge, the tractor jack-knifed to the right and the trailer buckled and hit the cab, crashing in the top. Ketring pulled Stroek over towards him, and they only suffered a few scratches. The load of beer was almost demolished. 0 PLEADS GUILTY IN COURTjON PAROLE Ray Byrket, Arrested on Charge of Non-Support, Filed by Wife, Has Sentence Suspended. Ray Byrket was arrested Friday by Sheriff Yeager and taken to jail in Warsaw, on a charge of non-sup-port filed by his wife. He has been working in Nappanee. On Saturday he entered a plea of guilty to the charge, and a fine and jail sentence were imposed by Judge Donald Vanderveer. He was fined $1 and costa and sentenced to 30 days in jail. Judgment on the fine, costs and prison sentence was suspended for two years so Byrket’a family may not be deprived of his earnings. Byrket was released on probation and must report to the court according to requirements, and meet conditions of his parole. ATTEND FUNERAL. Among those from out-of-town who attended the funeral of Marion Culler, Sunday were: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cubin of Staunton, HL; Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Dodge of South Bend; Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Skahn, Mrs. Madge Calbeck, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Brickel and family, Ben Snyder, Paul Northrop, Bob Warfel, Mr Kalb, district manager of the Shell Oil Co., all of Elkhart; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brickel and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gwiner of Fostoria, O.; Miss Mary Jeanet. Carey of .Defiance, O.; Mr. and Mrs. Dan Myers and Jean of Hicksville, O.; James Carey of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Kimmel of Kimmel; Mr. and Mrs. Amos Taggart of Wolf Lake; Mrs. Wilma Moor* and son from Goshen. GET CORN-HOG CHECKS Five hundred and forty corn-hog checks, amounting to an unofficial total of $24,745.80, have been received by J. Alva Mellott, president of corn-hog allotment committe*, to be distributed. AU person* whose checks have been received, have been mailed notices to call at the corn-hog office in the court house for their cheeks. The checks include first payment checks for groups one ,two and three under the corn-hog program. Group one includes all contract Signers who made no change in the unit acreage. Group two includes contract sginers who have added or dropped part of their farm acreage. Group three included all new contract signers. The check* represent delayed payments in all of these groups. Contract signers are paid 15 cents per bushel for corn and 37.50 on hogs. FORMER RESIDENT DIES Adam D. Keim, 71, preaident of the South Bend Wood and Coal Co., died at hto home in South Bend, Monday morning. He was born in Goshen, June 5, 1864. He was married in Syracuse, in 1895 to Idella Unrue, who survives him. He was the last of a family of 12 sons and daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Tobias Keim, who were pioneers in Syracuse. Service* for him will be held in the church in South Bend, Friday at 1 o’clock, and later at the Solomon Creek church with burial there. Mr. and~Mr*. Sam Snavely moved to Indianapolis, Friday, where Mr. Snavely vrill be custodian of an . apartment htMMM this winter.

I DO YOU I REMEMBER— I Syracuse Journal—Oct. 14, 1999 Charles A. Sudlow has evolved the plan to build a dam across the stream which forms the outlet of a number of small lakes south of Wawasee, which are separated by marsh es, to make one lake of them. (Lake Papakeetchie). The farm belonging to the estate of William Moore, known as the Weaver farm, lying east of Wawasee, was sold to John- Rarick for SB,OOO, or more than SSO an acre. The case in court of John Darr vs. Isaac Darr for an accounting was compromised. John Darr is to have possession of a farm of 240 acres in Benton townhip and Isaac Darr, the farm of 210 acres in St. Joseph county, and John is to pay him $5,100. S. C. Lepper of near Warsaw has bought the hardware of Miller Bros. '| COUNTY NEWS 1 I— 1 Suit for $70,000 damages was filed in circuit court last Thursday, against Herbert Dixon of Etna Green by Charles R. Brothers, Lulu Beile Brothers, Fred Knocke and P. M. Knocke of Fort Wayne. They were occupants of a car driven by Brothers, which, according to the complaint, was struck by the car driven by Dixon, on July 17, 1935 at the Fribley road intersection on U. S. 30 between Etna Green and Warsaw. It is thought the name meant is Hubert D. Dickson, principal of the Etna Green High school instead of “Dixon.” Mrs. Ernest Osborn, who died at Van Vouver, Wash., was brought to Warsaw for burial. Mrs. Elna Hunter of Warsaw has been selected ,as Kosciusko county chairman of the Junior Red Cross. Judge Donald Vanderveer has ruled that the claim of $21,866.70 filed by Carl Wilde, receiver of the Winona Service Equipment Co., against Theodore Frazer, receiver of the Winona Railroad Co., is to be settled as a general claim and not a preferred claim. Sheriffs of northern Indiana counties have been asked to look for Glenn Carpenter, 41, of Monroeville cannery, who left his home for Indianapolis on Sept. 29, with S3OO to S4OO on his person and has not been seen since. County commissioners must ap- ' propriate funds for old-age pensions after applications have been approved, Judge Earl Cox of Marion circuit court ruled. George Bowser of Warsaw served as judge pro tern, Thursday last week on account of Judge Donald Vander veers illness. Silas Yocum, 69, died Mondey afternoon at the home of his daughtei Mrs. Harry Myers, we t of Warsaw Magazine canvassers of homes in Warsaw were ordered to leave town, Saturday on complaint of residents, and after their departure it was ' found that a watch was stolen from Mr*. Hiram Ulery. Mrs. George Tinkey, 93, one of the oldest residents of this county, died Thursday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Will Shaffer in Elmore, Alabama. Burial was at Elmore. | Circuit Court Judge Vanderveer has approved the petition of Herschel Rinker, special representative of the department of financial institutions, for a second payment of approximately SIO,OOO to creditors of the Bank of Seward at Burket Checks will be distributed the latter , part of October. The fall installment of taxes becomes delinquent in three weeks. Harry Nine of the county highway department to foreman in charge of 43 WPA workers who commenced Monday to clean ditches and repair a mile of county farm road in Wayne township. Mrs. Trail* Fin ton, 44, died in Warsaw, Saturday night, of cancer. ■"'O GO HUNTING. Fred Hoopingarner, Earl Menzenberger, Roscoe Howard and Harry Porter left on Sunday far northern Michigan, where they planned to hunt grouse this week. On Monday, Fielden Sharp and Joe Rapp also left for that vicinity to hunt grouse. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Kline and family plan to move acroes Main .strsat to the Crow property, tomorI”’

BORNMANN, 3 OTHERS INDICTED Others Face Murder Count; Bornmann 2 To 14 Years SOUTH BEND—Th* county grand jury, following three days of deliberations, on Monday returned indictments against four youthful Chicagoans in connection with the hold-up-slaying Sept. 28 of Roy V. Creery, operator of a filling station and lunch room five miles west of the city on U. S. highway No. 20. Three of the youths, who actually participated in the fatal holdup, face life imprisonment or death in the electric chair. The fourth,charged with conspiracy to commit a holdup, faces a minimum sentence of two to 14 years in prison. He is Frank Bornmann of Lake Wawasee. Danny Valuskto, 17, the confessed slayer of the 57-ye*r-old filling station operator, to indicted for first degree murder. Hto companions Nicholas Achtion, 19 and Alfonse Skusewich, 19 face charges of being accessories before and after the fact of murder; automobile banditry and robbery armed. Frank Bornmann, 17 who was arrested a day after the holdup, is charged with conspiracy. Three of the youths were captured’ by Valpariso, Ind., police within an hour after the killing. They confessed their parts in the holdup. Prosecutor George L. Rulison today indicated that he would ask for immediate arraignment of the four boys. They have informed Sheriff Roy H. Wolf* that they will plead guilty. 4) AAA MAY BUY THE SURPLUS POTATOES WASHINGTON—The AAA is planning to buy surplus potatoes in an effort to raise prices 15 to 20 cents throughout the country. i V - I Five meetings of growers have been scheduled by farm administration officials at which details of the program will be discussed. - Approximately $5,000,000 'will be spent, to buy 12% of the surplus " crop and distribute it to the needy or possibly divert it to commercial chan i nets. The compulsory potato control law, enacted by the last congress and subjected to criticism both by growers and consumers, does not become effective until December 1. 0 ELKHART COUNTY CORONER AND TRUSTEE ARE DEAD Dr. Eugene Holderman, 61, Elkhart county coroner, died at midnight Monday at hto home in Elkhart. following a short illness of pneumonia. Stricken only a few days ago, the seriousness of his condition did not become apparent until Monday. Hto death was the second in two days to remove from -office an Elkhart county official. Charles D. Darling, trustee of Concord township, died on Sunday. Dr. Holderman to survived by his widow, two daughters and a sister. He was a member of the Elkhart Kiwanto Club and the First Evangelical church. O | CONDITION SATISFACTORY Examiners from the department of financial institutions of the State of Indiana, and examiners from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation completed an examination of the Stat* Bank of Syracuse, Wednesday. The reports of the examination j are very satisfactory. A comparative I statement of the bank qn Oct. 15, 1934, and on Oct. 15, 1935 appears in this issue of the Journal. TO HAVE COMMUNITY SING Professor Hartzler of Goshen plans to organise members of choirs of the Syracuse churches, and others interested in music, into a community organisation, which it hoped will present “The Messiah**, at Christmas time. Everyone interested to asked td meet at the library next Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock TO ENTERTAIN CLUB. The Syracuse Art Club plans to entertain members of the Warsaw Art Club next Monday evening at the home of Mrs. L. A. Seider. It is a reciprocity meeting, and the program will be presented by the Warsaw club. Refreshments will be served by the Syracuse Club. 1 ’'X ' * "

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