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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GIIANDE. ORE. 7
Thursday, 'January 21, 1932 "
r
WOMAN MANAGING
KING LEVINSKY
"Leaping Lena," Only
. VVpnian rrae inght
Manager in U. S., Busy
iiy hiiiii cuuii
CHIOAQO, Jon, 21 UP) "Leaping
Lena" Is swlmd"!? Into action.
In a nmnll office, noaiy with Bmoko,
tho only woman prlM light manager
In tho. . country olcctrlf led tho at-
mosphore with- orders us nor camp
made reiuly today to leave for New
York whero Her brother, King Levin'
sky, will, fight Max Boor Jan. 20.
Mr?.' Lena Levy, christened "Leap
ing Lena" by her ling aflsoclates,
grabbodi tho tolophona, )thoo!ng I
promoter, a. trainer, several Inter-
cstedi hangers-on out of her Inner
? offlca
"I'm expeotlng a long distance call
, from New York," she oxplaincu,
"Hello, hello. What's that? Plf-
teen round bout you say? Nol No!
, she exploded. "Tho King hasn't
trained lot It) rounds. Walt a min
ute . " : -
Sho paused as tho King, 21-year-old
happy hoartcd pugilist who has mot
Camera and other sport pago uig
namos end Inst week defeated Paulino
Uzcudun. cased into tho room.
"No, ho Just can't fight 16 rounds"
thon n an aside: "Soo, that's part
of my job, kecuinir things from get
ting too tough" "compromise on 12?
Don't ceo why. You'll cull mo back
lator? All right."
Asfdo went tho telephone. Mrs.
Levy -flmnll, feminine, fighting her
wny, and reputedly vory successful,
In a typically man's game lit a clg-
arot with quick characteristic moves
that recall to mind her -ringside ap
pluuso when her brother Is battling
away,
"This Job?" said sho, who gavo up
tho proprietorship or a fish mar
ket to mnnago her brother a year ago
as an outcomo of dlsHatlsfaotlou with
his previous men managers, "Is t
12-hour one now and getting big
ger." - And well sho might charautori7.o It
as tho King continues to get Into
bigger money. Bho personally noes to
his food and training In addition to
tending to tho flnancos nnd booking
tho bouts. .
And thon thero are her two own
boys, Edward 10, and Adolph, 17.
GEORGE BELL,
OF BELL1NGHA M,
DIES OF BLOW
BELLI NO HAM, Jon. 21 WV- George
! BelU 9Q-ycfirolct Bclllnghiun boxer.
j: died. Just; night leas than eovou inln
jr UUa tyfler he had climbed, through
1 tho ropes for Quo of his few profen-
Blowu nppenrnncos, ,
An, autopsy performed, shortly of-
tet? disclosed, physlalans aiUd, that
Vdouth was clue to pnmlysla of tho
hour ciiUBod by a direct blow."
:: - BoU'a opponent, Rip hard Howard.
m 10, wab placed under technical ar
i rest,, after flromon with a lungmo-
tor wnrkoil over Doll for mora than
'. on hour tiVtlto ri renal ng room, In on
i effort to rovivq jiim., s
i Hundreds of speetntors - who at
inndod -tho American Legion card,
phecred other fighters, unaware that
Dell had died. .
The fighters had entered tho scc
l and roiuul of tho curtain raiser nnd
: had been mixing it up only a short
tlmo when they clinched and Howard
!,hl Bell twice, Bell backed away
and wan propured to go on with the
, flghVwhcn ho fell to tho floor and
was carried Xromi tho ring.
Plenty of Action
In Seattle Scrap
' ,. SEATTLE, Jan. 21 W) "Doc"
f Hue) I, wild swinging veteran from
j Scuttle, Tacoma, Weimtchee and wny-
pointa, evened tho acoro with Eddlo
j .Volk, hard, hitting Portland llght
1 weight. In n scheduled eight-round
boxing bout hero last night, scoring
a "knockout." Itvo knock-downs and
I a technical knockout.
Blx weeka ngo Volk knocked down
; Snell four times In a Portland fight
' to win the decision,
j In tho third round last night Snell
Binacketl Volk with a vicious loH to
, tho Jaw and then sent him to tho
j canvas with a following right. Tho
rererca and timer got mixed up In
; their counting and Snell waa awarded
i n "knockout" and dashed from tho
; ring. Tho boxing commission de-
elded that the timer had counted too
fast and Snell was called back.
Tho fourth wont by with little
' damage but "Doc" found his mark in
I th firth and dropped Volk four
moro Umea before the referee stopped
; tho fracas ami, awarded Bnell a tech-
ideal knockout,
' y - Unfortunate, A cadi ant
Aeadlans settled In Grand Pro In
Ktf'2. KvunjieUne, together with 1,02?,
pooplo of Grand Pro and places
Jic-arhy. wero expelled In IT.Vi.
Household
Equipment
Soe Our Window
1ozi:ns of .xhtk'i.ks
TO llllllli: TUK
iior.sinvii'KS iu mt:
Bohnenkamp's
Imbler M. I. A.
Team Wins From
La Grande Ward
By Mrs. Hay Wilson
(Obuervcr Correspondent) 1 '
1MB LEU (Special) The Imblor M.
I. A. bofikotbull team defcutcd the
M. I. A. Second Word team from La
O i n lido hero Monday night 61-23. The
Imbler boys woro parsing cleverly,
guarding closely and using fast and
deceptive foot work. Twenty-seven of
Imbler's counters were made by Cllf
ford Westeiwkow who ran . wild
through tho game looping them In
from local and Ipng distance points
With equal case.
The lineup;
Imbler La Grande
O. WesteiiBkoW27.,.P 4 Pulmcr
Oeno perry 6 F 3 Hall
W. Weatenflkow8....0 0 Taber
O. Conrad 4
O 1 Zlgler
M. Westenswok 2 0 Amos
L. Westenskow 4. 8 ...... 6 Nolaon
Tho ImbR-r team will Journey to
Baker Thursday evening to play tho
M. I. A. tcom of that city.
Tho Women's club held Its bi
monthly meeting at tho home of
Mrs. C. C. Welch last Wednesday.
Tho subject discussed was the Phil
ippine islands. Those present were
Mcsdamcs J. Berry, Lavlna Haaen,
Huth WestcnHkow, O. Cleaver and
Etta Welch, Mrs. Berry was tho lead
er.
Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Martin of En
terprise spent Sunday at the home
of Mr. Martin's father, P. M. Martin.
Vergella Bond, teacher of the
third, fourth and fifth grados was
delightfully surprised last Friday by
her students with a party, aames
were played and refreshments aorved !
and, all roported a most enjoyable
timo.
Tho motometer and lighted air-1
piano vcro stolen; from Miss Bond's
roadster Sunday night In, La Grande
whllo It was parked on Greenwood
street.
Irwin and Alfred Wcstonskow went
to La Grande Tuesday evening to at
tend the banquet given by tho Red
and White 'Stores.
Ronald Westenskow, Alton Wels
and Vornell Westenskow oro among
tho latest victims of measles In this
community.
Karl Stack land, of Covo, was at
Imblor on business Tuesday, He Is
busy at present gottlng several car
loads of apples roady for tho export
market.
Another deer was scon hero Sunday
morning almost at tho edgo of town
on the road leading to Charlos Keen
an's place.
Lester Long, of Elgin, was at Imb
lor Wednesday purchasing wrapping
paper to complete tho packing of his
applo orop. Ho operate a paoklng
house In Elgin in partnership with
Scott Harris and Fred Terpany. They
had largo crops of apples this year.
Mr. Long stated thoy oxpected to com-
pie to tho packing by Wednesday
night and that Mr. Weatherspoon had I
also Just completed his long run of ,
applo packing. All of tho 138 siste
and sinn 1 lor oro being shipped to I
foreign markots. Recently tho i
freight on export and ocoan rates!
wero reduced
former rato
i
on apple shipments. Tho j
to NOW York WIW $1.50 i
por hundred pounds which has been
reduced to $1.15 for export, shipments
and thore ton nUto been a nuiterlal
roduotlon on steamship rates both
from Atlantic and Pacific ports. It
Is said theso rates will apply until
next December. Thero have beep, no
reduction in domestic applo tariffs.
Robin Reed Beats
Seattle Grappler
PORTLAND. Oro.. Jan. 31 (IV-Robin
Reed, claimant of tho world's wel
terweight wrestling' championship,
mado short work of Curley Woods,
Soattlo, hero last night. Rood, in
superb condition, used a wrlstlock
to flop Woods for tho 1 1 ret fall In
17 minutes, 35 seconds. Less than
three minutes after the Intermission.
Reed grabbed Wooda by tho hand
and began hurling him about the
ring. Alter a fow trips through the
other, Wooda folded up.
In tho semwtnal Georgo (Wild
cat) Wilson, famous University of
Washington football star, came from
behind to beat Casey O'Dalc.
Sport Slants
$$$$$$'$$$$.
Iv A l,m 1, (loiilil
AMoolntecl l'r?sa Sport Editor)
rvr variety, L'Auto. the Parisian
sporta paper, ranks the "first ten" In
truck anil field athletics as follows:
1. Jnlos Lanmiineiiue. France.
3. A. Jilrvluon. Finland.
3. Knuik Wynotf. U. 8. A.
4. Hen Eastman, u. s. A.
5. Percy Williams, Canada. . '
8. Lnnrl Lehtlnen. Finland.
7. Chnhel Nunibu. Japan. v
8. Percy Heard. U. 8. A.
9. Oeorse Splta, U. 8. A.
10. BUI Oraber, U. a. A.
Tho list Is, to say tho least, com
plimentary to Uncle. Samuel ailo
youiiR men. altlioiiRh all fivo of
tltose mentioned haw been turning
In a number of remarkable accom
plishments o-er tho past. year.
Where, however. Is tlni necrlcss
ii-navo Nurmi? or Is ho barred
i from this lisv by atre, oven though
ho bivlto tho wwrkl's outdovv vto
I mile record (beatlns Lelttlnen, amonR
'others) only last summer?
Any first ten" In track without
' Nurinl Is liko a tennis nuiktnit list
I without Moody tlie Clrvat or Hamlet
j without the celebrated Dane,
i Where, too, is our own Birney
Berllnser. tho jmisi year's "out
jstjindlni! amateur" and winner of
j tho James E. Sullivan Memorial
i awnrd? Or Hampllns of Britain and
; Vic Williams of California, (he great
jquarter-mllers?
! French Chivalry
j Helen Wills Moody twelves star
itlinc rocosnltlon as wr. turn to the
i "first ten" of tennis, thrown open
to ntalo and female amateur and
pro alike by L'Auto.
j The California)! ranks No. 3 In
i this list, below only Henri Cochet;
above Big Bill Tilden and Ells,
worth Vines, top men ol the Aiuer
lean plialanx.
The rest of the tennis rutins. In
orvler. Includes Frcii Perry of Kiik-
land. Jean BoaHra of France. Bun-1
ney Austin of England, Sidney Wood
.Where Two Flyers Died on Desolate
Hero Is tho grim solution to the mysterious dlsappu nmin-o of two women aviators, Mrs. Ituth Stewart, of
Ht. Louis, and Mrs. Debbie Stanford, of Indianapolis. Kn route from St. Louis to New, York, their white
monoplane encountered fojr west, pf Hurrlsburg, Va and crushed on a rtcsoliUo mountain top with the
result shown here. Wreckage covered the bodies when the fuselage whs broken In two. The plane's tall
Is visible at right. A ground party of searchers is shown on the scene urter they had been directed to
the mountain by airplane reports.
of America, Frank Shields of Amer
ica and Karcl Kozeluh, tho Czecho-
Slovaklan professional.
Who says chivalry is dead?
Afore of tho fiiune
If you don't like these', try this
boxing "first ten":
1. Max Schmellng, Germany.
3. Jack Sharkey, U. 8. A.
3. Mickey Walker, U. S. A.
4. Lou Broulllard, U. S. A.
fi. Tony Canzoncrl, U. 8. A.
0. Kid Chocolate, Cuba.
7. Oeno Huat, Franco.
8. Al Perez, Franco.
0. Newsboy Brown, U. 8. A.
10. Locatclll, Italy.
Tho rowing list Is headed by Bob
by Pcarco of Australia, world scul
ling champion. Tho No. 1 post In
motor-racing goes to Bl,r Malcolm
Campbell and Bert Kinkier, long-dis
tance British flier, la at the top of
tho aviation list, with Flight Lieut.
Stalnforth of England second, Post
and Qatty, tho American world fliers,
third.
Babe Didrlkson, tho Texas girl,
rates third among tho women nth
lotos, below Mmo. Heubleln of Ger
many and Fnuilelu Schumann of
Holland,
lleleno Madison, world's record
woman swimmer, places no . better
than No. 6 In tho aquatic ranking.
U..
S. VESSELS
SELL LIQUOR
12 MILES OUT
(Continued From Pago One)
"Did you glvo them that liquor?'
asked Slrovlch.
wen, wu conincrea a long nine,
8am O'Connor. "Tho government
couldn't sell thenv thn honor nr it
would bo put In a position of a boot
legger. "Wo Just figured we'd havo to
turn It over as hospital supplies with
out cost."
Merely "Medical Supplies"
O'Connor refused to say tho liquor
could be callod anything but strict
ly "medical supplies."
"Eight thousand dollars worth of
liquor Isn't much for medtcal sup
plies," said O'Connor. "Any ordi
nary bar would havo that much
liquor."
"They did sell that liquor after
they left tho 12-mllo limit, didn't
they?" persisted Davis.
O'Connor Insisted, however, that he
felt suvo )tho liquet- wna medical
supplies.
Immortal Work of Art
"TliO Dcmh of Socrntos," pnlnt
cd In 17!Jo nnd exhlbltei) in Die
Turls salon In 17S7, is the work of
Jiionnos tiotils Dnvld. It Is one of
the four palnlliiKS clnssetl as the
nrllst's tnnsUM'ploces mill shows llic
Oreek plillosoplier nliout to ilrlnk
poison In a well surrounded by tils
disciples. Sir Joshua neynolits, who
saw the palming nt 1'nrts, de
scribed It ns tho greatest effort of
art since the Slstlno chnpcl and
tlio Slanzo of Kophacl. In 1S12 Na
poleon tried to puroliase It, but was
not successful.
- THIS CURIOUS . WORLD -
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HI-3H.
Governor Unready
To Make Decision
SALEM. Jan. 21 (fl1) Decision of
Governor Julius L. Welor concern
ing construction of tlio 925,000 vault
at the cnpltol wilt be withheld un
til uftor his return from Washing
ton, the executive nnnouncod to tho
Salem delegation last nlftht. The
delegation requested Immediate con
struction of tho 1 vault to aid . unem
ployment, The Rovernor previously
Vetoed tho:expowllture of the money
for this purpose. Tho 1931 legislature
authorized construction nnd appro
priated tho money for the fire-proof
vault.
Tho governor announced he would
confer with Senator Charles L. Mc
Nary ot Washington relatlvo to land
grant money available. A new copl
tol building would bo constructed,
ho said. If funds nro found available
from land grants. Tlio governor fur
ther said lie bollcvod the basement
of the capltol could bo mado fire
proof for less money than necessary
for a vault.
Origin of Doller
The word dollar, ot'cortlliiK to on
mlsm.'itlsls, comes frum "thaler,"
which Is nn ndaplnllon of. "thai,"
meaning valley. Dollars as coins
were first Issued by the counts of
Sclilltz, a (lolienilun principality. In
tlie year 1517. It Is Interesting to
nolo Hint coins wero not doled In
Arabic numerals until the e'lflcentn
century, und the custom did not be
come general mull the middle of
the Sixteenth century. Previous to
Hint time coins usually -were
stumped only with the bond of a
sovereign, or the year of reign.
- Champion Liar;
issss
Here Is Orln W. Butts, 72-year-old
champion liar of the world." And If
you doubt his title, he has a medal,
won In the annual llnrs' contest at
Burlington. Wis., to prove It. He
lives in Bay City, Mich., and says
constant practice was responsible
for the victory.
,
GAUiyGU5!NSS
IS NOW ONE op THE
Ten l&aoihg
iNcvysiRies
op We
ANNUAL
ooTdSTop
z,ooo Tons '
4,000 Tons
Of 54C5 ftVICB,
O.CKJO lOHb
OF &ATH SAITS,
ANO 100,000
IbNSoFGteWS
AND LoJiONS.
Shrikes
HAWK 5 "THfW AWU:C oTOfcHiNiS
SSiZB WiTH THfjft "tUONS, WHILE
SN; k-.l
stem
US JZL.'K.
U :MB J )
Mountairi Top
In Bank Probe.
John H. Bain, above, son of the
head of 12 closed Chicago banks,
is tinder $15,000 bond after being
served wltli a warrant sworn out
by investigators to make certain
that young Daln would be on hand
when results of the probe are an
nouncedi The charge against Bnln
was conspiracy to defraud de
. . .. positors.
Urges Immediate
Work on Highway
WOODBURN, Jan. 21 w-Immedl-
ate reconstruction of tho Oregon City-
J Salem section of tho Pacific highway,
and request that the highway com- ileas could bo entered,
mission consider widening the botJ OHvcr Cosbow. former chief Jus
, . , itlco of tlle Oregon supreme, court,
tlo-neokviu .the Slsktyous from Ash-,JIly H. Stockman. I. H. Fett? Frank
I land to tho California line were en-
jdorsed by the executive committee
of the Oregon Pacific highway as-
jsoclntlon here last night. The com-
milieu mei m a dinner session prior nouse. They wero Jointly charged
to the mass meeting held ot the arm- j with committing an overt act In cor
ory later. rylng out schemes to sell securities
The commltteo also went on rec- f tlJe company,
ord as favoring a five-year construe-1 rt was strongly Indicated at the
tlon and modernization program In arraignment that If and when the
tho state. It went on record to op- defendants come to trial they ' will
pose any legislation which would tend ask for separate trials rather than for
to reduce the present Income ot the ono tal under the Joint Indictment '
state highway department. It was olthough all were indicted together.
Indicated a reduced license fee for . on the same charge. :
automobiles would be favored only
in proportion that the gasoline tax
is Increased.
Depew's Businois Life
Chnuncey Depew was so well
known as an orator and afler-dln-ner
speaker that many people lose
sight of tlie fact thai he was a
prominent Inwyor, bank director and
railway executive, lie served twi
terms in the United States senott
and attended every Republican na
tional convention from 1SSS to 11)24.
In 1024 he was a delegate, but Ill
ness prevented his ntiendnnce.
HOME TREATMENT FOR
HEAD COLDS. CATARRH.
BAD THROAT & COUGHS
There's Just one wny to gain free
dom from and keep free from head
colds, catarrh, irritated throat and
coughs all winter long.
Tens of thousands of Intelligent
people -arc spraying nostrils and
throat night and morning with pleas
ant, effective. Inexpensive Opex.
Opex keeps nos
trils and throat
free from offensive
mucus all the time
It cleans out
mucus - stuffed
nostrils in
3 minutes.
One bottle
oi opex which lasts one person 7
weeks costs but 85 cents at Red Cross
Drug Store or any leading druggist
anywhere.
Use Opex for 30 days then If
you can truthfully say it isn't the
finest remedy for notrils and throat
you ever used get your money
bac-s.
With clean. fceaUny nostrils and
j throat all winter long think of how
.much money you will save by not
having to dose your system.
Look at the picture when you
inhale as you spray the cleansing,
soothing, steam like smoke covers the
entire membrane right to the bot
tom of the lungs you sec it coming
thru the mouth.
If you haven't an atomizer, get an
Opex atomirer see illustration)
strong, sturdy, nickle-platrd and as
not a toy but a real atomizer that
will last for years, Adv.
ROBERTS, OF
OREGON, LEADS
POINT-MAKERS
SEATTLE, Jan. 21 m Piling up
22 baskets and three free throws In
iho first six games, Charles Roberts,,
center of the University of Oregon
basketball team, led the Individual
scoring race after the second week of
play In the northern division Pacific
Coasf conference with a 47 -point
total.
Second, third and fourth positions
wero closely bunched, with Wlnoor
Calkins, Oregon guard, fou;' points
! behind the leaders with 43, Howard
Orenler, Idaho center, with 42, ond
Henry Levoff, Oregon forward, with
tl. Fagans, Oregon State, was In
fifth place with 38.
Huntley Gordon, Washington State
conter, who was high man last year
with a total equalling tho confer -
ence record, was In tenth position
wnn 31 points.
tlrculer "liad Hoy
Orenler went to tho top of the list
SL,Ur',"Ir0niSnS- '!aV;ilS, " IT
sonal fouls called, against him. Rob-
ertson, Oregon forward, was almost
us bad with 15. -
The fifteen highest scorers: '
Op Fg Ft Pf Tp
Roberts, Oregon 6 22
7 47
Calkins, Oregon 6 10 23
0 43
Grenier, Idaho 6 17 8 17 42
JLovoff, Oregon .' 0 18 9 0 41
Fagans, O. S. 0 4 16 7 9 30
Holsten, W. 8. C 4 15 7 8 37
Borrett, Idaho 8 17 2 8 38
Herman, Idaho 6 15 4 13 34
Lewis. O. S. C 4 14 3 6 31
Robertson, Oregon 6 13 6 16 30
Lacey, Idaho 8 11 8 10 30
Wicks, Idaho ... s 9 8 14 28
Cross, W. S. C 4 11 4 2 28
Colmey, Wash. 4 if 3 5 25
English Court Procedure
In the English courts a prisoner
at assizes or quarter sessions may
call upon any junior barrister pres
ent In court nnd not appearing for
the prosecution to defend him at a
fee of So.
Going Upl
If you are finding the pnlh that
you are traveling Is uphill, then
you may know you are progressing.
This Is the way a famous Industrial
ist Is able to tell whether or not
he Is advancing In his chosen
Held.
Former Officials
Of Empire Company
Submit Demurrers
SALEM, Jan. 21 VP) The five
former officials of tho Empire Hold
ing corporation Interposed demurrers
to Indictments of unlawfully devising
a scheme for sale of securities before
Circuit Judge L. M. McMahon here
late Wednesday. By Interposition of
JT8 n J"6"" wr nterd
i following the arralngment, attorneys
announcing that the demurrers must
'bo passed on by the court before
Keller Jr., and Wilson R. Adams, the
five former officials of tho Empire
Holding company arraigned, were
present in tho Marlon county court
I The demurrers Interposed object to
the Indictment by averring that It
, does not substantially conform to tho
code on several grounds; that It does'
Only Three More Days
Court Receiver's Sale
Of Entire Stock and Fixtures of
Conner's, Inc.
For the Benefit of the Creditors
HURRY!
FRIDAY,
WILL
THE SALE
To Give Everyone an Equal
C.
U. S C. vs. NOTRE DAME
SUNDAY and MONDAY
LIBERTY THEATRE
See it from the kickoff to the last
whistle! Boy, it's a Knockout!
The first time AN ENTIRE FOOT
BALL GAME has been shown in
pictures ! : Regular Prices.
.
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Co-Featured with .
"Are These Our Children"
not state aots .constituting an offense
in ordlnarO ana concise lancuac:
,,,. ,t , a: ,, j .i.,(. .
1 1 cHme' charged; that It charges
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(DU D (B E
THREE MORE DAYS
Friday, Saturday, Monday
AND
OUT OF
AH Remaining Dresses
IN FOUR PRICE GROUPS:
$3.87-- $4.87 - $6.87 - $9.87 ;.
All Remaining Hats
IN TWO PRICE GROUPS:
49c -98c ; ;
' : ;
All Remaining Coats
IN FOUR PRICE GROUPS :
$3.87 - $8.87 - $19.87 - $24.87, ':
All Remaining Gloves
IN THREE PRICE GROUPS:
; 98c - $1.47 -$1.67 i
pUJTMANS
"AT CONNER'S RECEIVER'S SALE
OF THIS
SATURDAY, AND MONDAY
January 22 - 23 - 25
BE THE LAST DAYS OF
AND WILL END THIS STORE!
Store Open Until 8:30
SATURDAY and MONDAY
Opportunity to Share in This Sacrifice of Conner's, Inc.
D. PUTMAN, Receiver
-
more than one "crime in one form
only; that the defendants ore-charg-.'
ed with more than one crime in the -Indictment.
ARE
BUSINESS!
YOUR LAST AND ONLY
CHANCE TO SAVE 1-3 TO 1-2
OF WHOLESALE PRICES.
P. M.
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