The Stnteoman lojTo Have New Press, More Than Quadrupling and Very Much Improving the Ouipuu
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WEATHKR FORECAST: Generally fair X ' ' ftlN v X SUaj flvjll VVjL" ,S iAJ lefto
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SO iar as we can jenra uuuu vi uu siii
legislatures In aessioa, this year paused a ny
laws designated to remedy the Chinese situa
tion. : J .
WKAIIiriU runr""" rf
with moderately warm temperature; JwW
Pi-ntp northerly wind. Maximum feraim-
I. ,rt wl If V 1 II ill imri f 7
l urn yesterday. 78; minimum. 49 ; river.
iow.a Atvssian. princess is coiniDK ortr nr
the purpose of studying 'American's.' Tha I'a
all right, we're retting used to iti
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SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 14, 1927
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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Delegates Chosen at Meet
ing Here for Corvallis Con
ference May 31
VALUES DEMONSTRATED
Method''' Will Minimize
of Crop FluHiia
, lion. FiffM Sliow;
iMan Kxchanjje
Vrnnf RrowMs nf the northwest,
lixIndinK the Salem district, are
enierins wholeheartedly into the
plan for a marketing organization,
it wan shown hy the attendnacne
and cooperation given at the'meet
inK Friday evening at the Salem
chamber of commerce rooms, at
which growers of this vicinity con
ferred with C J. Hurd. organiza
tion and marketing specialist, and
c. L. iong, horticultural expert,
,! tlie OAC extension service.
This meeting was .principally
for the purpose of preparing for
the northwest prune marketing
conference which is to be held at
Corvallis May 31 and June 1.
Delegates Klected
Delegates from the Salem dis
trict were elected as follows:
Henry Crawford. Lloyd Reynolds.
C. if. Taylor, Walter Stolr, M. P.
Adams; J. D. Towle. W. J. Neuns,
U. ft. Jones, C. A. Radclift, George
Heckert. W. F. . Campbell, W. I.
Staley, Roland. Jory, R. Q. Paulug
tnd T. D. Trick, j... . . ,
This was the 14th district meet
tig of which. the OAC experts have
eld in connection with, the final
lonference at Coryallls. 5, , ,
Mr. Long exhibited graphs deal
ir with. the fluctuation from year
in vmir nf the mtta cron in the
S Salem district, which, .was 49 per
cent over a nve-yer pvnuu. -Fluctuation
' Solved
In contrast with; this average,
the output of the ten best orch
ards, orchards. judged from a cost
production , standpoint, fluctuated
only 21 per cent, and the ten poor
est farms fluctuated 16 per cent.
The fluctuation in output is one
r.r the, difficult problems of prune
marketing, and these graphs dis
closed that improvement in meth
ods will minimize this difficulty.
The advantages of .organization
EDITORS TO MEET
AUGUST 5 AND 6
STATU - A SS4 H'l AT I OV SIXTES
MKKTINfJ- AT ROSKBl ltfi r
liandon lo lie place of Frolic,
r
l'cofti-am Committe Men
Deride
The summer sessions . of the
Oregon state editorial association
will he held at Roseburg August
r and liandon August 6, according
to a df-cision reached at a meet
ins of the program committee of
the association held here yester-ly-
It previously, had been an
nounced that, the session would be
held July 22 and 23,bnt it vas
necessary.-to. change the dates be
canse of the American Legion
convention.- .
The business session of the as
sociation will beheld In Roseburg
followed by i golf tournament and
dance nt the country club. Ad
dresses will be given by a-number
of prominent educators. Lute
May, prominent criminologist of
Seattle, probably will be In attend
ance at the Roseburg sessloft i' V
The program at Bandon, which
ill he strictly social, will include
a sea rood dinner; banquet,' dance
and other entertainment features.
Many of the newspaper men and
their families will remain at Ban
don until Sunday night or Mon
day. '
Among the members of the pro
gram committee here today were
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Jiauorv. or Tillamook, prest-
dni of the state edltoiaj associ-
c. J. Mclntosb.of Corvallis;
ldon Sackett of the Mcilinn-
vie - Telephone - Rf glster; iHal
Hoss, private secretary to gover
nor Patterson and secretary of the
state editorial association; C F.
Ingalla of the Corvallia Oacette-
Times; Ralph Cronise of the Al
bany Democrat; Bert Bates of the
Roseburg ; New - Review; Erie
Allen, dean of ; the school of
Journalism, at the University of
Oregon, and George Tnrnbull, also
pf the Journalistic; school. t : '
LIONS SEEKING.
1 STRICT MEET
lISTRIfT CON'VKXTION' SCHKI
VIMft 'ATr-3IKIFOIlll WK)X
orflcors XomtaAtnl for Coming
Your anl FhihIm HaImnI for
Auto Park
After a spirited discussion at
their regular luncheon hour yes
terday, the Salem Lions club de
cided definitely to do their ut
most to bring the district conven
tion to this city in 1528.
The Portland club' is also go
ing after the convention with a
strong., delegation which makes
the matter doubly difficult to put
over. The Oregon delegates con
vene in Medford for a three day
session next week in what promises
to. be the most successful meet of
Lion history in Oregon. The Med
ford club has sent its advertising
representatives to. all sections of
the state .carrying on fops the home
city. Side trips are planned to
Klamath Falls and many other
scenic spots in that vicinity.
Newell Williams, secretary of
the local organizations has mailed
1928 convention slogans to all
chapters in the district and each
delegate is instructed to hoost Sa
lem to the utmost in gaining the
next convention.
In connection with the session
yesterday, nominations for officers
were made. The election will take
place In two weeks.
Merrill D. Ohling, Dr. Carl Em
mons and Newell Williams were
nominated for Ihe presidency. Wil
liams has been the secretary for
the past two years.
'Frank Sherwin, Charles Hud
kins and Robert Aiken were nom
inated for the three' vice presi
dencies meaning virtual election.
Ralph J. Kletzing and C. A.
Swope will be candidates for sec
retary and treasurer. H. R. Craw
ford, C. F. Giese, J. D-. Fitzgerald
and Dr.. Ansley O. Bates were
nominated for the board of di
rectors, two to be selected.
A collection of $28.75 was taken
for. the purchase of. paint to com
plete the work at the municipal
auto park rrtfdeftaken by tie clnb.
They will meet again at the park
Tuesday evening to complete .the
job.
WESTERGREN HONORED
Albert IViw Awarded to Man
'? Showing Great est rojrys, j. .
EUGENE, May 13. (AP)
Algot "Swede" Westergren, of
Astoria, famed in cost sport cir
cles as all-star basketball guard,
won the Albert prize givn this
year to the most outstanding sen
ior in the University of Oregon,
according to announcement today.
The award is decided upon by bal
loting of the members of the sen
ior class. Hugh Briggs, student
body president, and Sol Abram
aonv editor of ihe: Emerald, were
also contestanta for the prize.
The prize,"wh!c1i Is a silver lov
ing cup, is presented by Joseph
Albert to tbe sehor man showing
the greatwt-jpHJsress In character
and service, f , - - "
ACCEPTS?, PRESIDENCY
ProrpMNnrnalafyto Go to
1 lint, Indiana
College Y !
1 EUGENE, May 13. ( AP)
Homer" P. Tlainey, professor of
education at the University of
Oregon, announced today-that he
had accepted the presidency of
Franklin college. Franklin. Indi
ana, which was. tendered him this
week. :JIe plans to leave here this
summer and take 'up. bis .work
there next .fall. R
. Professor fRainey received his
B, A. degree at Austin college in
1919. and S. M. A. degree at Chi
cago in 1923 and a Ph; P. degree
at Chicago fn 1924. He hs been
a member of the. Oregon faculty
since 1924. . . . ,
DALLAS AIDS FLOOD FUND
Contribution Raises Total in ; Pis
. ; trictt to $23fl.71
dontrlbutlons of f 4 20 from Dal
las, sent In bf thefKlwanls club
of; that city, .which Is in charge
of the. drive there,' boosted the Red
Cross WlllameUe district fund for
Mississippi valley flood relief to a
total of 12386.71. H,This figure is
still over a thousand dollars short
S" f the aootft of $3600. set lor the
istrict. y - ",;' ?'''-i;' ---..'i4
That-the quota would be reached
now , without difficulty, was the
opinion ' expressed by Dr. ' Henry
Morrhn chairman of'the drlve. Iast
night. Small - contributions con
tinue to - come r in, and the - total
mounts gradually. ( .V i :.
MIS FLIGHT
BY AMERICANS
MEETS DELAY
., . ?
No Word of Missing French
' Fliers; Gloom Succeeds,
Hope of Many
GOVERNMENT GIVES AID
Projection to lie Afforded .linei-I-can
Airmeii as Tliey Ieave
on lonleuipl.it ed Trip in
Near Future-
NEW YORK, May IS. (AP)
The weather man raised a
warning hand tonight and Ameri-.j
can airmen waiting to hop off o
a race to Paris for fame and for
tune heeded his signal.
Hangar doors were closed and
tha onntaul fnr tha' lOS linil n(aiir
prize was definitely postponed un-
til Sunday morning at least, and
probably later next week. i
"A couple of days ago it looked !
as though it might be clear." said j
James A, Scarr of the weather j
bureau, "but now it is. getting;
worse all the time. It would be
foolish to expect a turn to better
over the week-end."
"Wait "All Clear" Signal.
So Clarence Chamberlin and
Lloyd Bertaud announced that
their Bellanca monoplane "Colum
bia" would not start over the
ocean in the morning as had been
their hope. Charles Lindbergh
had previously stated that his Ry
an monoplane, the "Spirit of St.
Louis' would not be taken - from
(Continued 09 pace 8.)
BRIDGES CLUB'S TOPIC
Mayor IJvesley Kotd far ,oader
jsimHr to Artdrwcr Ctwmber
Bridges, an issue which the
voters of Salem will have to de
cide in the election June 28, will
be the topic at the Chamber of
Commerce next Monday noon. It
was announced Friday. Mayor
T. A. Livesley will explain his
program for replacing- local
bridges which are dangerous and
unsightly, and C. D. McCuIlough,
bridge engineer for the state high
way commission, will discuss
bridges in general and bridges in
Salem in particular. .
Inasmuch as this is one of the
biggest problems which the voters
of this city will face at the spe
cial, election, a big attendance is
expected at the chamber luncheon.
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STATESMAN TO HAVE !
NEW
j njP'HE installation of a -new printing press
ii is being arranged for The 5 States'-
t man and its allied publication. It will
be a 24 page Scott press, capable of printing
! in colors
j cific Homestead or Northwest Poultry I j
j Journal at one time in colors ife desired. It I
will print as many copies of such.magazines j
in four hours as can
. ent two largest size
weeks. The press and equipment will weigh
100,000 pounds,, and the date of shipment will be about
July 1. The new press should be running early in
August. It will be located fronting on Ferry street, on
the extreme west of the
arranged that the operations of the bigf-new machine
may be seen from Ferry street. This will be the largest
j J printing press in the state
of the very best of its kind
company is the oldest press manufacturing company in
the United States. The Portland Journal is putting in a j
Scott press, which will do more work than all the presses
now in use by that paper. The new press will print 24 J
pages of The Statesman at one time; in colors if de-
sired, or other multiple of two pages up to that number.
TWO FATALLY INJURED!
Report for Week Ending May 121
Shows 694 Accidents
There were two fatalities due
to industrial "accidents in Oregon
during the week ending May 12,
according to a report prepared by
the state industrial accident com
mission yesterday. The victims
were C. E. Dugan of Portland, car
sealer, and Edward Weberg of
A total of 694 accidents subject
to the workmen's compensation
law were reported to the commis
sion during the week.
GARAGE WORKER KILLED
Oil Drum Explodes, Due to Kx
" cessive Air Pressure
PORTLAND, May 13 (AP)
Don Lester, 28, was killed almost
Instantly tonight when an oil
drum from which he was pumping
oil in a commercial garage ex
ploded.. The accident was caused,
ft was believed, by excessive air
pressure in the drum.
Lester was said to be survived
by a widow and two children in
La Grande, Or.
THEY SHALL NOT PASS!
t
i
PRESS
It will print 96 pages of the Pa-
be printed on the pres-
Miehle presses in four
I
I
i
Statesman buildings, and so
outside of Portland, and one
made any where. The Scott j
DISTRICT LIMITS SET
Recommendation Made by Com
mittee; Auxiliary Favored
District limits for the new club
H the Richmond district of Salem
which was organized by a group
of men last week will be State
street from Twelfth to Eighteenth,
then west to Center street, with
the city limits as the boundary on
the south and east. This is the
recommendation ...of . the constttu
t.;cn and by-laws committee which
will be .submitted to the club at
the meeting next Wednesday. J.
B. ,Giesy is chairman of the com
mittee. No decision was made as to
whether or not women would be
1 included in membership of the
club. Committeemen favored the
romen organizing a club of their
own to work as auxiliary to the
men's club. If membership is
1 mited to men, the club probably
will, be known as the. Southeast
Salem Men's club.
JUDGK PHKLPS D1KS
PORTLAND; May 13. (AP)-
Gilbert W. Phelps, 55, judge of the
sixth judicial district, Umatilla and
MorJ-ow counties for IB years, died
here today.
I. .
Tension Comes After Search
of Commercial Agency by
Detectives
SAY AGREEMENT BROKEN
Serious Consequences Seen ns Pos
sible; Government; Officials
Insist Ignorance of Po
lice Objective
LONDON, ' May 13. ( AP)
Rupture of Anglo-Soviet relations
was admitted by both British and
Russian officials here tonight as
being nearer than at any other
time since they were resumed on
the basis of the trade agreement
of 1921.
The present tension in relations
between Great Britain and the
Soviet government has arisen
from the raid yesterday by Scot
land Yad detectives and uniform
ed police on the offices of Arcos,
Ldt.. Soviet commercial agency in
London. A protest against the
raid was lodged this morning with
Sir Austen Chamberlain, foreign
secretary, by A. P. Rosengolz,
Soviet charge d'affaires.
Search Continued
Raiders from Scotland Yard
still were in possession of Arcos
house and tonight were continu
ing their search of the safes.
vaults and voluminous records of
Arcos, Ltd. An atmosphere of
secrecy regarding the raid and its
results continues to be preserved
in government quarters. Some
newspapers of anli-Soviet inclina
tion made a sensation of an
nouncement that some rifles were
(Continued n pa'ga 8.)
DEATH SENTENCE STANDS
Governor Says Xo Interference Un.
less Action Warranted
Governor Patterson will not In
terfere in the death sentence im
posed on Albert - Brownlee, Lane
county murderer, unless such acr
tion was warranted by the sub
mission of evidence gathered
since the trial. '
This was announced by the gov
ernor following a conference here
yesterday with two sisters of the
condemned man. One of the sis
ters lives at Libby, Mont., while
the other sister is. a resident of
Echo, Or. Brownlee's execution
has been set for next Tuesday in
the state penitentiary.
Brownlee's sisters alleged that
he was wounded and gassed dur
ing the world -war and had acted
peculiarly since that time. The
governor also -was informed that
the rifle found, near the scene of
the shooting 'carried steel bullets,
while . the bullet ; taken from the
body of Brownlee's victim wast of
the soft nose variety.
Brownlee was convicted of first
degree, murder in connection with
the shooting of Deputy Sheriff Ea
ton Hooker of. Lane county. .The
slaying occurred after , Brownlee
and a companion had wounded the
proprietor, of a pool hall at Veneta
and, robbed the establishment.
Deputy Sheriff Hooker was a mem
ber of the posse sent .in pursuit of
the, robbers. v .. -'. ... .
; Invitations for the execution
were Issued by prison officials yes
terday. STRAW HATS ENFORCED
Statehouse ' Men Plan Revenge
? Ythen Women Steal Headgear 1 s
When the men employes of Ahe
state' department were 'ready to
leave for their homes at noon to
day they discovered that. the worn
en workers in the office had locked
their winter hats in vault and
had substituted In their, places a
number of straw .hats of ancient
vintage.;5t,The. men refused ta play
the part of the "goat" and donned
the straw hats' without protest.
The hat selected - for N.
Laughridge. deputy secretary.-of
Btate, and James fYoong, auditor,
especially were becoming ' to the
wearers and resulted In' consider
able, amusement, .:r Cv-':-: I'r-
When the men returned to the
office after the noon hour the4T
winter" hats had been restored lo
the. department lockers.- -4-i f
The men employes are now plan
ning a surprise on the:women.!and
It goea; wltnout.'saylot.' the! they
intend toget even. 4 . , f
FLOOD ATTACKS
l i NEW TERRITORY
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"SUGAR BOWi, THREATENED
- AS RANKS CRU3IBLE 1
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Two New Crevasses Empty Into
Bayou Ue Glaizs Region;
People Ijeave
NEW ORLEANS. May. 13.
(AP.)- Mississippi flood waters
tonight were shifting their attack
from cotton lands of northeastern
Louisiana to the "sugar bowl" and
Evangeline county, of the south
central section of the state.
Streaming through two crevas
ses along Bayou des Glaizs, 15
miles northwest of New Orlean
on the opposite side of the river,
the waters swept Into new terri
tory after beating" down stubborn
but futile defenses reared by bun
dreds of men.
The first rampart to crumple on
main Bayou des Glaizs defense
gave way early; today at Moreau
ville. The breach rapidly widened
and before noon a stream of water
nine feet deep and 600 feet wide
wag roaring down upon five par
ishes in the Atchafalaya basin.
The Moreauville break followed
a crevasse on Bayou Rouge, an
extension of the Bayou des Glalze
system, yesterday and ended
fight of more than a week to save
the embankments guarding the
lowlands.
Shortly after the break there
Flood Relief Dictator John M
Parser at Baton Rouge was in
formed that there has been a sec
ond break at Bordelonville. This
was denied by a merchant there
who said that while work had
been abandoned and the town vir
tually deserted, the levee had not
broken. ,
The workers had become dls
heartened and exhausted, he said
and had given up their efforts to
save the town. With water lap
ping over the dikes which they
expected momentarily, to give way
under, pressure of the .pqunding
waves, they quit, the fight and fled
from the town. ', "
Evacuation of the Bayou des
Glaizs inhabitants was proceeding
rapidly with seaplanes, boats,
barges ; and, other rescue equip
ment being concentrated in . the
section. Red Crdss officials esti
mated that 25,000 persons must
be removed from the area. . ",
The weather , bureau at New
Orleans warned that the breaks
along Basou des Glaizs would not
remedy the situation along the
main stream between the mouth
bf Old river and New Orleans, al
though it reiterated. the statement
that the artificial crevasse below
the Crescent City would prevent
the rjver from exceeding a stage
of 21' feet here. . -
ATTORNEYS TO BANQUET
Sleeting to "Honor John McNary j
. tiood lrogram Arranged
': The Marion County Bar associ
ation is giving a banquet tonight
at the Gray Belle at 6 o'clock in
honor of John 1L McNary, recently
appointed associate United States
district judge for the district of
Oregon. - . . . ..
In addition to members of the
Marion county bar, the . banquet
will be attended by a considerable
number of attorneys from Yamhill
county. Polk ' county. , and . Linn
county. Those attending will as
semble in the lobby, In the.. Ma
sonic temple, and . go from there
to the Gray Belle at 6 o'clock for
the, banquet., , j. . , . i-o
' Judge Percy, R. Kelly of this
district will act as toastmaster and
the program, will include remarks
by W. E. Keyes,. representing the
Marion county bar; Justice John
L. Rand, representing the 'supreme
court; Gail Hill,' representing, the
Linn county, bar; O&car Iiayter.
representing the Polk. county, bar,
and Walter L. Tooie Jr., jrepre-
sentlng the 'Yamhill county bar.
and Judge R. S. Bean, United
States district Judge; after which
Mr. McNary himself will respond.
In addition to tlia speakers there
will be a prosraxn of music The
comnmiee - on arrangements an
nounce that there will be a large
number In attendance.
BURNING PLANE LANDS
Passenger .Leaps With. Parachute;
. Pilot Lauds'! Safely ;
; JACKSON, Miss.; . May 13.-
(AP) A "government plane car
rying dispatches from Washing
tno 'j to .Kelly field, Texas, -.'.was
brought safely to the ground this
afternoon at" Edwards, S5lss.,af
ter it had .burst into flames in mid
airvi LietitenantFinch a; passes
ger, leaped from the plan;when
it caught fire, and made his way
tot land with a parachute. The
Vpllot later landed the plane safely.
ILIIfflTI!
PLACED 01! US
OFlliD Fl
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Afternoon Story on Amount
;1o Be Received Erroneous;
: v Says Giesy .
PAYMENT LONG DELAYED
MattAr rlled to Attention of l lty
'Official Lnst January; Re
eently Knacred Amend '
ment l'ointoil Out
Publication of a story in
evening r paper " regarding .
an
money which the city o Salem is
entitled ; to receive from . county
authorities as Its share of the
general county road tax cannot
but carry an erroneous Impression
to the people since it was not
founded entirely on fact, 'declared
J. B." Giesy. representative In tho
state legislature, last night. '
As early as last January. "Mt.
Giesy stated, the fact That Salem
had this money coming was
brought to the attention of Conn
ty Judge Hunt and other officiate
who admitted the oversight and
agreed that the money should be
paid over. The matter was also
called to the atttntlon of the city
attorney, and certain eottncilmen.
but exaction of the funds has for
some reason been delayed since
that time." : ;-
Fnndt Due City
Not only is the clty'due to re
ceive something like fll.eoo for
the 1926 taxes now collectable,
but also a similar amount for the
1925 assessments which were, col
lected last year,, said ' Mr. ' Giesy.
i Furthermore, there are no
longer any stipulations in the bill
-as to h0w.the:money turned over
is , to be. expended., except, that it
is to.be for. the repair of roads.
The original bill enacted by the
1925 legislature, provided that the
money Should be. used to Improve
some street which connected with
a market road leading' Into the
city, but . an amendment to, this
bill was passed by the last legis
lature which . removed this provi
sion. . . . f . , ......
To permit the money to be tied
up, pending deterioration of a
market road, , before it could be
spent ; on , road i development, was
thought to be impractical and un
just. Mr,. Giesy., then a member
of the roads and highways . com
mittee . of the house. Introduced
the bill which removed the defect.
The money now can be spent on
any road which city officials fcea
fit to use it on. . .
Had. city officials made them
selves aware of this change in the
bill,, they,, would . probably have
seen no need to recommend a two
mill-levy Vfor the Improvement of
streets, .which is proposed for the
Jr.
(Continued on Tze 2.)
STRAWS APPEAR
IN BIG PARADj
CITY
OFFICIALS GET ' Flir.IJ
"LS', AFTFJl TRtTGn
Krause Releases Balloons Which
Gain Retrievers Xevr
" T ITejMlwear
A big ,run" on straw hats at
local; haberdasheries followed the
first.annual straw hat parade yes
terday, t. Every clothing merchant
mi town reported a heavy sale of
Summer head wear in all shapes,
fprms, and, sizes. - , y r j
Straw bats of the very latest
Spring 1927 model were presented
to;Mayor TV A. ;Ltvesley, Thomas
A. Mc Bride, associate- Justice of
the Oregon snpreme court. Chief
of . Police Frank Mlnto, Fire Chief
Harry- (Buck), Hutton Hal D.
Patton, and E. A. Brown, presi
dent of the Salem Ad club, short-,
ly - after the ,j)arade. Other hats
were tossed Into the crowd.
J;The balloons which Al 'Krause-
released after a valiant climb vp
the aerial ladder elevated by the
Salem fire department for the oc
casion; probably . landed in Cor
vallis, for a good stiff wind wat
hlowing when the gas-filled con
trivance? , took the air. The per
sons who retrieves one of the ba-
loons and brings it to a merchant
will receive a hat, grati3. ,
in paraue la conor or Ftravv
hat day' circled the' bnslness d:
trict, then came to a 5f- nt I. ' -erty
and State, wlier t! ? cc-s c-
monles took place.
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