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Douglas
To Speak
At Forum
William 0. Douglas, asso
ciate justice of the U. S. su
preme court, will address a
forum meeting of chamber of
commerce members and the
general public about the first
of September, it was an
nounced today by C. H. Rey
nolds, chairman of forum
meetings, at the regular meeting
of the board of directors of the
organization held today noon.
Justice Douglas is at present
vacationing at his summer cabin
on the south fork of the Wallowa
river above Lostine.
Space Reoccupied
. Reynolds said details, such as
time and place and the subject
on which Douglas will speak
have not been determined, but
will be announced as soon as
possible.
Rc-occupation of space in the
chamber offices by the AAA of
fices, which have been in the
Sacajawea hotel, was announced
by Ray Gray, president. Gray
said that the motorists' associa
tion will pay rent of $30 monthly
to the chamber.
Board members voted to send
offers of cooperation to officials
of the veterans' bureau which will
shortly establish offices in La
Grande for the re-employment of
returning veterans and advising
them generally on welfare mat
ters. CAA officials have informed
the chamber that a report of the
San Francisco proceedings of last
year, during which La Grande
made application for a main line
air stop will be released shortly.
' - Highway Signs -A.
K. Parker, chairman of the
Eastern Oregon college coopera
tion committee announced a re
cent drive for money to assist in
the passage of the state building
fund bond issue whr.ch passed
easily resulted in collection of
$871.50 to date and money is con
tinuing to come in. Cash ic-
ccived over the $500 voted to sup-1
port the project which will be !
used for general chamber promo
tion. After discussion, it was voted
to request the Union Pacific rail
road to increase reservations held
for La Grande more than one.
Gray pointed out this request is
on a permanent basis and not to
conflict with present war restric
tions. The establishment of new and
more complete highway signs at
the three entrances to the city
was discussed and it was moved
that the highway department be
contacted to determine the ex
tent of their cooperation.
Two Billions In
Projects Planned
SEATTLE, July 5 (UP) En
gineering projects costing $1,666,
018,127 have been authorized or
aic contemplated for the Pacific
northwest after the war, the
Pacific Builder and Engineer re
ported today.
The trade journal said the fig
ure represented heavy construc
tion only and excluded building
construction aid airports. Those
projects, the magazine suid, will
bring the contemplated construc
tion to more than $2,000,000,000.
Largest single project reported
in the .survey is the $277,000,000
Columba basin irrigation system.
Thirty-six other reclamation pro
jects will bring the total in that
category to $509,986,000.
Olhcr construction listed by
the magazine includes 12 projects
under the jurisdiction of the army
i ngineers in Portland (dams,
locks, etc.) $273,500,000.
Cigaret Shortage
Blamed for Break
SAN FRANCISCO, July 5
(UP) After less than 24 hours
c f liberty in San Francisco,
here the tobacco shortage has
c, sed up a bit lately, two
escaped county jail prisoners
were back in the clink today
with a brand new excuse for
thjir break.
The men, Charles M. Jones,
27, and Clarance M. Jacobsen,
30, said they just had to get out
of jail because:
"We were short of cigarcts,
and it was getting on our r.er-
es."
LA GRANDE,
INVADING AUSSIES CROSS BALIKPAPAN B RIDGE Seventh division Australians, fanning
out from bridgehead after a new invasion of Botnew, cross a bridge on the outskirts of burning
Balikpapan. .idod by hammering allied warplanes, the column took the great oil center.
Registration at
Summer Session
Will Be July 19
Lylo H. Johnson, registrar of
Eastern Oregon college, has an
nounced registration for the sec
ond half of the summer session
wi)l be Thursday, July 19.
The course offerings for the
second session have been care
fully worked out so that local
citizens wishing to take classes
for credit or on an auditing basis
may do so.
Courses which will appeal to
townspeople are geography of
South Ainrica, taught by Prot.
Ralph Badglcy and meeting at
2 p. m.; music appreciation,
taught by Dr. Henry Ehlers at 9
a. m.; contemporary social prob
lems, taught by Dr. Joseph II.
Gaiser at 9 a. m.; geology, taught
by Charles W. Quainlance at 3 p.
m.; adolescent psychology at 3
a. m. and child development at I
p. m., taught by Prof. Rcy L.
Skecn, and American literature
at 11 a m., taught by Prof.
Amanda Zabcl.
Two courses required for certi
fication to teach in the schools
of Oregon are being offered,
namely, Oregon history and or
ganization of schools.
Spaatz Will Lead
U. S. Air Forces
Against Japanese
WASHINGTON, July 5 (UP)
Gen. Carl A. Spaatz, who com
manded the U. S. air forces in tho
strategical warfare which des
troyed German resources from
the air, will direct the strategic
air attack on Japan, Undersecre
tary of War Robert Patterson an
nounced today.
Spaatz will command the 20th
air force, whose B-29s have been
battering Japan's resources for
more than a year, and the Eighth
air force, which is now being re
deployed from Europe.
Maj. Gen. Curtis E. Lcmay,
who has commanded the 21st
bomber command, will become
commander of the 20th air force
under Spaatz' overall command.
Gen. Henry H. Arnold has held
command of the 20th heretofore
in addition to commanding the
entire U. S. army air force.
Lt. Gen. James A. Doolittlc al
ready has been designed to com
mand the Eighth air force in the
Pacific. Like Lcmay, he will
function under Spaatz' overall
command.
The new strategic command
will be known as United States
strategic air forces in the Pacific
USASTAF in the Pacific." Its
headquarters have not yet been
designated, but it was speculated
they probably will be on Guam.
Okinawa was regarded as an
other possibility.
l.t. Gen. Barney M. Giles, who
has been deputy commander of
the 20th air force, will serve as
deputy commander of USASTAF
urdcr Spaatz.
Spaatz will report directly to
Arnold: who has been named
executive agent of the joint chiefs
of staff for this purpose, Patter
son said.
Weather
Data for 24 hours to 7 a.m.
Temperature:
Maximum 89
Minimum 45
Forecast: Clear tonight and
Friday, warmer tonight.
OREGON THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1915
Firemen Get Share
Of Water at Blaze
Mrs. W. T. Phy, manager of
the Fo'ioy hotel, used her own
lire- extinguisher scrvico in
competition with the city fire
department.
Fi.-emeu, wi.o were called
this morning to put out an
awning fire, started by a burn
ing cigaret, arrived in rime to
be liberatelly doused by Mrs.
Phy, who at that moment threw
a bucket of water on the awn
ing, extinguishing the small
b.'ne, and startling tho firemen.
"It's humiliating," chuckled
one fireman.
Independence Day
Observed Quietly;
Many at Picnics
Independence day was obser
ved quietly in La Grande, the
noisy, colorful fireworks of other
years necessarily being unavail
able. A large number of local
citizens attended the Oregon
Trail Days celebration in Baker,
it being the first fouith f July
celebration in eastern Oregon in
several years.
Picnics, large and small, were
the order of the day yesterday
with every available spot on
both the Grande Rondc river and
Catherine creek made use of by
those seeking a day in the open.
By noon today no accidents of
any consequence had been re
ported, most of the celebrants
having confined their activities
to fishing, swimming and the
usual picnic actvities.
MacArthur Hurries
To Curtin Funeral
CANBERRA, 'july 5 (UP)
Gen. Douglas Mac-Arthur was
hurrying here today for the- spe
cial state funeral to be held to
morrow for Australia Premier
John Curtin, 60. Curtin dkd
from heart disease at 4 a. r.i. to
day at Canberra Lodge, his offi
cial residence. He died in his
sleep.
MacArthur immediately sent
the Duke of Gloucester word hi
would speed here by plane from
the South Pacific battle areas.
The duke, in a message of Cur
tin's wife, called his death "a
shattering blow to Australia."
(In Manila MacArthur issued
Hie following statement:
("He was one of the grcate.it
of wartime statesmen, and the
preservation of Australia from in
vasion will be his immemorial
monument. I mourn him deep-'
iy."
After the service here, Curlin's ,
body will be flown 2,00!) miles
across Australia to be buried at
the little Karrakatta cemetery. ;it
Clarcniont, in West Australia,
from where he first went lo par
liament in 1923.
Acting Prime Minister Fran
cis M. Fordo will continue to run
the government untir,the labor
party elects a new leader.
Paint B-29s Black
SEATTLE, July 5 (UP) Boe
ing Aircraft company announced
today that its giant Supeifoi'l
now are being painted black on
all lower wing and body surfaces
as a camouflage measure. The:
ebony color, Boeings said, is ex
tremely effective in baffling Jap
anese searchlight crews during
low-level night incendiary raids
by the hugo B-20s. ,V
D 3
Two Communities
In South Return
To United States
By United Press
The nation's millions, more
than ever aware of freedom's
cost, returned to their war
jobs today determined the
next Independence day will be
celebrated in a world at peace.
The fourth wartime anniver
sary of the adoption of the dec
laration of independence was
celebrated with comparative j
calm yesterday throughout
most of the country.
Missing from the national
scene were the parades, lofty
oratory and flamboyant fire
works displays that character
ized the holiday in peacetime.-
The nation death toll wasl
low. ; " "' ' " .-'.
In the deep south, two Civil
war communities sobertly re
turned to the union. Residents
of the free state of Dade, which
seceded from Georgia and the
rest of the nation in 1860, saw
the stars and stripes run up
See TWO . . . Page 7
Jul v 4 Fatalities
In State Only 3
By United Press
Independence week deaths in
Oregon at "noon today stood at
three with two attributed to
drowning and one lo a fall.
Near Ashland, Leo Walter
Hoffman, 9, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Hoffman of Talent, Wash.,
fell from a rock into Emigrant
lake, where his parents had stop
ped for a picnic lunch.
At Boring, Ruth Joan Brandt,
15, an unskilled swimmer drop
ped into a hole while swimming
in the Columbia river near Crown
Point. She was caught in strong
cui rents.
In a second Ashland accident,
Mrs. L. B. Maplesdtn, 20, Kla
math Falls native and ranch em
ploye, died today after a fall to
the pavement Tuesday which oc
curred when her horse ran way
with her. Her husband, Dan. is
overseas.
'Jap Bomb Balloon'
Turns Out Blimp
SALEM, July 5 (UP) -Oregon's
amateur sky - watchers
are nearly on the beam.
Yesterday police authorities
(jot so many calls fiom people
who thought they were seeing
a Japanese balloon, and said
Hie course of the object could
be traced inland from the
coast.
The "Jap balloon" was a U.
S. navy blimp on the way l
Salem for Independence day
festivities.
Eclipse Monday Visible Here
Dr. Charles Quainlance of
Eastern Oregon college faculty,
.speaking as an astronomer, today
announced that a partial eclipse
of the sun will be visible in the
Grande Ronde'valley at 5:20 a.
m. Monday, July 0.
Though in some parts uf tile
nvrthwest the eclipse will be to
tal. Dr. Quiiintancc said that the
totality in eastern Oiegun will
probably not; be more than 50
percent, giving a darkness com
parable to thatioi 40 minutes
af'.cr sunset.
SIA
To Use Philippines As Major
Bases for Invasion of Japan
MANILA, July 5 (UP) Australian troops pressed ahead
from the captured center of Balikpapan to clean up the
entire oil port today, while Gen. Douglas MacArthur indi
cated the Philippines might be the major base for the inva
sion of Japan. , "I
. The Australians had taken most of Balikpapan town, and
now are pushing toward the Pandansari oil refinery area to
the northeast. They fought against moderate opposition
Churchill Fears
Communism Will
Replace Socialism
Warns Against Any
British Swing to
Lef t Policies
By C. T. HALLINAN
LONDON, July 5 (UP) An
estimated 27,000,000 voters went
to the polls today for Britain's
first general election in 10 years.
Political Observers saw a possi
bility of a swing to the left that
could unseat Prime Minister
Churchill's conservative govern
ment. ,
All signs pointed to one of the
I closest contests in British history,
matching the bitterness of the
campaign.
Churchill himself laid down a
blunt ideological challenge to the
opposition when he invaded the
laboritcs' southwest London
strongholds. Ignoring catcalls
and exploding firecrackers tossed
by hecklers in the crowd, Church
ill declared the course of all Eu
rope hinges on the British elec
tion. Fears Left
"They are looking from tne
continent to see1 which way Bri
tain is going to 'go," he said.' "Tf
there should be a landslide to the
left, many countries on the con
tinent would slide not into decent
socialism but into the violence of
communism. If we go down, all
the ninepins of Europe will fall."
Looking tired after the most
strenuous of his 16 election cam
paigns, the prime minister never
theless radiated belligerent con
fidence at each of his many street
corner stops.
Count July 26
His chief opponent, laborit.'
leader Clement Attlee, also fin
ished his campaign before a
crowd of 1,500 persons at Bcth
nal Green, where he denounced
the conservative 1) r injecting
"bogies" into the election.
"We are asking that, for the
first time in the history of Bri
tain, a working class party should
be given power to carry out a
policy that puts the interests ol
the common man first," said Att
lee. The ballots will be counted
July 26, and the final results are
expected to be known by 4 p. m.
of that day:
Sub 'Trigger' Long
Overdue in Pacific
WASHINGTON, July 5 (UP)
The navy today reported the sub
marine USS Trigger is overdue
from patrol operations and must
be presumed lost with all its offi
cers and crew.
The loss brings to 45 the num
ber of American submarines sunk
or missing during the war.
A submarine of the Trigger
type normally carries a crew of
80 to 85 men.
The lost submersible was skip
pered by Cmdr. David H. Con
nolc, Madison, III., who is listed
as missing.
The Trigger participated in the
battle of Midway and was award
ed a presidential unit citation for
outstanding performance In com
bat during other war patrols.
Persons living in a 100-mile
strip extending from Cascade,
Ideho to Butte, Mont., in a north
easterly direction, will view a
total eclipse, the first seen in Un
united Slates in 13 years, though
it will not in any area be visible
for more than a minute or two,
tile actual totality being over in
abcuc 30 seconds.
The eclipse, the first partial
eclipse visible to the northwest
since 1943, will sweep across the
United Stales in a northeasterly
direction, across Canada and into
Asia.
FIVE CENTS
through streets filled with rub-
ble from Sunday's prc-invasion
bombardment; which was estim
ated to have destroyed 60 per
cent of Balikpapan.
End of Campaign
MacArthur's communique today
announced the end of the Philip
pines campaign with destruction
of 23 Japanese divisions. Only
30,0000 enemy troops remained
lo wage guerilla warfare from a
force once numbering 540,000.
In weighing the results of the
victory, MacArthur said signific
antly they include:
"Tho acquisition of u great
land, sea and air base for future
operations both to the north and
to the south comparable to the
British islands in its use us u
base for allied operations from
the west against Germany."
Buildup
The implication is the Philip
pines will be the scene of a tre
mendous ouild-up of American
armed strength just as England
was in the few months preceding
the 'invasion of western Europe.
MacArthur said American
ground, air and naval forces in
the Philippines had "inflicted the
greatest disaster ever sustained
by Japanese arms."
The communique disclosed the
Japanese had 18 divisions in the
Philippines at the timo of tho
Leyte landing. ..They stripped
other defenses, Including -tlm
homeland, of five more divisions
for the Philippines fighting, only
to have all 23 wiped out. The
Americans used 17 divisions, most
of which now will be free for
other operations.
The Borneo beachhead now
measures eight miles long and
two miles deep, according lo the
communique. Earlier Australian
radio reports of the capture of
Manggar airfield, 12 miles north
cast of Balikpapan, apparently
were premature. But the Aus
sies had taken the Sepinggang
airfield, 5 miles east of Balikpa
pan, and gone on to seize the vil
lage of Batakan-Kctjil near the
Balakan river.
Potential Water,
Land Resources
Shown in Report
BOISE, Ida., July 5 (UP) The
preliminary draft of a compre
hensive report on the potential
development of land and water
resources of the Columbia river
drainage basin has been com
pleted by the Pacific northwest
headquarters of the federal bu
reau of reclamation he-re, and has
been sent to Washington, U. C.
office for further study.
This report will be made pub
lic when presented lo congress
later this year, according to R. J.
Newell, acting regional director
for the bureau here.
It will list potential irrigation
and multiple-purpose projects
and outline their benefits, in
cluding the total area of new land
which can be brought under irri
gation, the acreage which can be
furnished a supplemental supply
of water, the production of addi
tional blocks of hydroelectric
power for new industries and
farms, flood control, navigation
and recreation impiovem.'iits,
and preservation of wildlife.
He said that only 12 minutes
will b required for it to sweep
from Cascade, Ida., to Hudson's
Bay, on airline distance of 1,440
tulles.
f5r. Quainlance slated il would
bt- interesting to see if newsprint
can be read in the dim light.
The United Press stated the
eclipse will be 81) per cent visi
ble at Walla Walla, 01 percent at
Seattle, 66 percent at Eugene, and
77 percent at Portland. The be
ginning of the total eclipse bell
will be at Smiths Ferry, Ida.,
near Boise.
I i Y Aral-ore
In Jap Island Attacks
GUAM, July 5 (UP) Japanese radio said two powerfdj
American air fleets totaling 800 Superforts, Liberators am)
lighters attacked the Tokyo area, the port of, Nagasaki anvKBfK
other targets on Honshu and Kyushu today,
Pro-invasion softening up of the Japanese homelaniMM
rnnl'iiH thl-niicrh it JMHi litvninrlit Aav with mnrninir anA afmfe&v;y
non assaults pased by Superforts and Liberators with v'?MI
strong fighter screen, Tokyo broadcasts reported. Wm
Nn.stop . mm
Raiding-forces were reported ranging widely over tlwMgfvJ
main Japanese islands in what had become virtually a nonw&ij;
stop offensive by daylight.
First enemv accounts snid nine Stmerforta nnrl nhnnt 10(ifefe5
long range Mustang fighters
on the Chiba, lbarka and Togkigi perfectur
area.
A few hours later about 200
Liberators and fighters attacked
objectives in Kyushu. The heavi
est blow was struck at Nagasaki
and nearby Omura, the Japanese
said. Other targets in Miyazaki,
Oita, Saga and Nagasaki prefec
tures were attacked.
Hit Airfields
Thundering in across the Jap
anese coast in three formations,
the raiders bombed and shot up
ground targets in eastern Honshu
for a full hour.
The attackers cenjerect their
fire on Japanese airfields in
Chiba, Ibaraki and Tochigi pre
fectures cast and. north of Tokyo
proper. The same general area
was pounded by a similar Superfortress-fighter
team yesterday.
Meanwhile, Tokyo reported an
American battle fleet was men
acing the northern coast of Japan
after a surprise bombardment
Tuesday against Japanese - held
Sakhalin island in the sea of
Ohotsk.
Deep Strike
Tho strike carried American
naval power almost within sight
of Russian Siberia for the fleet's
deepest penetration of Japanese
waters since the war began.
There was no immediate confir
mation from Admiral Chester W.
Nimitz headquarters.
Tokyo said American surface
units had broken through the
Kurilo island barrier and steamed
more than 500 miles westward.
Five warships of unidentified
types-steamed into Tarakal Bay
and opened a heavy bombard
ment of shore installations at
Shikuka. American submarines,
which shelled and machine gun
ned Kaihyo island south of the
bay Monday, surfaced off Shi
kuka to join the attack.
U. S. Will Break
Relations With
Poles in London
WASHINGTON, July 5 (UP)
Tho United States will break ofl
relations with the Polish govcrn-ment-in-cxile
today or tonight
and formally recognize the new
born Polish govornmoit of nat
tional unity at Warsaw.
The action will complete the
switch in this country's Polish
policy which began at the Crimea
conference when the United
States, Britain and Russia agreed
to promote jointly a more demo
cratic Polish government. It was
to be based on Ihe Soviet-sponsored
provisional government
then functioning at Lublin.
Lane Leaves
Arthur Bliss Lane, who has
been waiting here for several
months for u settlement of the
Big Three dispute over Poland,
left this morning by plane lo take
up his assignment as U. S. am
bassador lo Poland.
The formation of the new War
saw regime was completed last
week when Poles from within
Poland and from abroad wore
brought into the provisional gov
ernment, now seated at Warsaw.
Freo Elections
Russia has recognized the Lub
lin government from its incep
tion, but the United States and
Britain have maintained diplo- j
malic relations with the exit
government in London.
American recognition of the
newly-formed government has
been withheld pending a pledge
on the part of the new Warsaw
govrnmenl lo give the people of
Poland "free, unfettered elec
tions." Britain was expected to
join the United Stales.
Navy Ordered to
Seize Rubber Mill
WASHINGTON, July 5 (UP)
Piesiflent Truman today ordered
the navy lo seize Ihe Goodyear
Tire & Rubber plants at Akron,
O.. scene of a 10-day strike.
Truman acted after the United
It ll b b c r Workers of America
(CIO), refused to abide by re
pealed war labor board orders for
the 16,700 strikers to return to
work. The strike began June 16.
Truman acted on the recom
mendation of economic stabiliza
tion director William H. Davis.
Davis said Goodyear production
was "urgently needed by our
military forces."
The plants produce heavy-duty
tires, aircraft tires, refueling hosu
and olher rubber products.
The president's seizure order
authorized the navy to lake any
action necessary including use
of armed forces to provide pro
tection for the plants and all per
sons employed in them.
Airl ROQr
hit Honsh
Combat Casualties
Reach 1,036,937;
239,533 Are Dead :
Army Figure Now
911,397, With
Rest 125,540 '
WASHINGTON, July 5 (UP) I
Announced U. S. combat casual-
tics in this war reached 1,036,9371
today, an increase of 6,258 in the!
past week.
Total includes 239,533 killed.
The army listed 911,397 of the
overall figure, with navy, - marl
rine corps and coast guard cas
ualties totalling 125,540.
Undersecretary of War Robert
P, Patterson, announcing the
army figures to a press confer
ence, also revealed Japanese cas
ualties in Okinawa and other
Ryukyus islands to June 28 were
estimated at 118,000. He said
they included 107,046 killed and
10,578 prisoners. American
ground casualties in the same
islands to June 27 totaled 8,252
killed, 34,165 wounded and 1,761
missing. " ' -
"A significant indication of
mopping up operations in an area
far behind the present theater of
war," Patterson added, "comes in
a report 318 Japanese have been
captured during the first six
months of this year and 1,500 na
tives evacuated from the Mar
shall islands. ,
"During June, 54 Japanese
were killed and 145 were cap
tured on Soipan."
The overall U. S. casualty
table:
Army
191,684
566,117
38,343
Navy
47,849
64,236
11,237
4,218
Total
239.523
628,353
49,580
119,471
Killed
Wound.
Missing
Prison. .
Totals
115,253
911,397 125,540 1,036,937
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Japanese Leave
Indo-China in
Sampans, Junks
CHUNGKING, July 5 (UP)
Japanese troops withdrawing
from Indo-China in junks anfl
sampans skirting the Asiatic
coastline are under attack by u
concentration of U. S. 1th air
force planes, Lt. Gen. A. O:
Wedcmcycr announced toduy. .'
More thun 200 enemy troops
fleeing towai'd Hongkong
through the Gulf of Tonkin and
Hainan Slrait were allocked and
strafed by P-51s, the communi
que said. "
Fighter missions nave been
concentrated on the Japanese
withdvawul thirou;gh Hainan
Strait, Wedcmcycr declared. Jap
anese forces in Indo-China have
been virtually cut off from over
land communication with south
China by the Chinese offensive
which has reached the IndoJ
China border. ,
To the north, American fight
ers and bombers destroyed or
damaged 33 enemy railroad loco
motives, while other planes sup
porting Chinese ground forces
continued to strike at enemy
shipping along the Siang and
west rivers, hitting junks, sam
pans, barges an dpowcr boats.
Two U. S. aircraft were lost.
No enemy air opposition was en
counterccl. ASK SUGAR CZAR
WASHINGTON, July 5 (UP)
The Republican congressional
food study committee today call
ed upon Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson to appoint a
sugar czar to relieve the sugar
shortage.
Bulletin
WASHINGTON, July S (UP)
President Truman today an
nounced the resignation of Sec-,
relary of Troasury He.iry Mor
gsnthau, jr., and tho retire
ment of associate supreme court
Justice Owen J. Roberts.
The president told a newt
conference Morganlhau will
remain in the cabinet post un-i
til the chief executive returns
from ihe Big Three meeting,
He said the meeting will take
place sometime within the nex(
three weeks.
Asked whether Morganlhau
would be made American dir.
rector ol ihe International fi
nance iot-up under ihe Bretioh
Woods jsgrenvni, ihe presi
dent said he (tan noi answer,
now.
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