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Fair today: moderate
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pcrature Thursday 60; Mia
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SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, October 12,1928
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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AFRICAN
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Salem Drum Corps Loses
I First Place by Three
- Tenths of One Point
Oregon Delegations Among
: Main Features of An
1 nual Convention
SALEM DRUM CORPS
MAKES DECIDED HIT
SAN .ANTONIO - Texas,
Oct. li (Special)
Salem's drnm corps has been
declared the best, on- music
of all the organizations here
and in today's ; competition
was nosed oat of first place
by only three-tenths of one
point. The . organization
from Oregon's capital : was
the popular choice by a wide'
margin. Its morale is at its1
best and it has given Oregon
and especially Salem a won
derfnl lot of publicity of the
most Taluable kind. .
SAN ANTONIO. Tex., Oct. 11
(AP)-The state of Oregon
scored twice here, today at the an-
oiu Duionii coaTenuon oi me
American Lerion. After the drnm
f corps of Capitol Post No. 9, of
unicui t w i c t iiau tiai;cu mvvuix u
the contest, Portland Post No.
was awarded first place in the 40
et. 8 drum corps division. The
Portland group received a large
silrer cup.
The Miami corps took first
prize In the Legion drum corps
contest today, upholding their
mark set in the Paris conrentlon
when they carried i off highest
honors, fifty-fire organiaztlons
took part In the Legion contest.
Bis Congratulations
The Salem boys tonight receir
ed congratulatory, mesages from
many Oregon points. Governor
Patterson of their home state, and
Mayor Liresley of Salem sent
them telegrams of hearty congrat
ulations.
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Governor Patterson's message
said: "Heartiest congratulations
en your success In wmning-second
piace in ine national urum corps
contest.. All Salem delighted with
Tour victory." You bar r brought
credit to yourselves and to the
state of Oregon."
Many- of the Oregon delegates
were leaving tonight, although
the special train carrying the
corps and other delegates does
not leare until tomorow evening.
Policies Already
In Effect, Is Claim
Policies of non-interference
with controversial matters which
do not concern the American Leg
ion, endorsed at the national con
vention which closed today, have
already been put Into effect, it
was learned tonight. Resolutions
submitted by California and Neva
da to the resolutions committee
which would bare favored the
Swing-Johnson Bill, were tabled
because the committee- decided
that the matter was not vital to
the Legion.
With all business transacted
and national officers eelected for
the coming year, the . crowds
which thronged San Antonio this
week for the convention began to
melt away tonight
Indiana Law School
Dean Made Commander
Paul V. McNutt of Blooming-
ton, Ind., dean of law at the univ
ersity of Indiana, was elected na
tional commander when the con
vention stampeded to him on the
third ballot. ' Seven candidates
were nominated and of these gen
eral Roy Hoffman of Oklahoma
City and John D. Ewing of Shreve
port. La., mustered the 'most
strength. On the first ballot Hoff
man led. getting 239 votes to 2S1
for Ewlng and 189 for, McNutt.
The new commander is a grad
uate of Indiana university where
u w sao sa auvaaawa wa a, aa mj? ba
Kappa and Harvard's law school.
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no pracuceu iw aucceBBiuuj lor
a time and then became an in
structor at Indiana, a position
which he held until he entered the
World war as captain. He was
discharged as a Lieutenant Col
onel' and later was made dean of
the Indiana school, the youngest
dean of an accredited law school
in the country. '
Rabbi Hermann Beck of Potts
ville. Pa., was unanimously elect
ed chaplain the first Rabbi to
hold office. National vice-corn,
manders named were E. L. White
of Westvllle, Conn., Lawrence Mc
Cann of Chicago, George Malone
of Reno, Nev., Miller C. Foster of
Spartanburg, S. C, and Walter D. I
Hood of San Antonio.
SALEM'S AMERICAN LEGION DRUM CORPS WHICH
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j. . Here are the members of the Drum Corps of Capital Post
No. O of Salem, who took second place in the national com
'petition betweem similag 01 gtmittl loins from erery section of
Governor Patterson, Mayor; Livesley, High Officials of
State and City, to JoinfHand? With Citizens in
Greeting Tuesday to Legionnaires Who
Won High " Honors at Big San
Antonio Convention
"When Johnny. comes marching home again
Hurrah! Hurrah!
When Johnny comes marching home again -
Hurrah! Hurrah!
The girls will cheer, the boys will shout
And all the people will turn out;
Well turn old Salem inside out
When Johnny comes marching home!"
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EMBERS of Salem's American Legion drum corps, wear-
incr the laurels of their
wnere, in compexiuon agamsi;
sertinn of Amprica. thev took
infir, will learn how proud the
are of their amazing success
welcome tnem on ineir return
reception as never before was
accorded any returning or
ganization by Oregon's capi
tal is being arranged and
from the moment that their
special train reaches the
Southern Pacific- station - at
6:20 Tuesday night the mem
bers of the Cegion drum
corps will be given unmistak
able proof of the high esteem
in which their city and their
state holds them. There" will
be no regret because they
failed to carry off first hon-
ers. instead, there will be
warm appreciation for their
remarkable achievement in
not only outstripping all oth
er drum corps with the ex
ception of that from Miami,
Fla.,t but in giving that or
ganization which won first
prize at the Legionn's con
vention in Paris a close and
bitter fight for the highest
honors. .
Good News Spreads c.
Like Wildfire c
; Word that Salem's drum corps
bad captured second prize id thtf
contest in San Antonio spread like
wildfire through Salem early
Thursday. It -.was , about . 10
o'clock when the New Oregon
Statesman receied the following
telegram from Tic MacKenxle,
national committeeman from Ore-
Snow Reported
Various Areas
Of Northwest
Ee-OENE, Ore., Oct. 11. (AP)
The summit of the Cscades was
visited br two inches or more of
snow late today. Southern Pacific
men said tonight. The tempera
ture was several degrees below
freezing and a strong wind was
blpdlng.
PENDLETON, Ore., Oct. 11.
(At') several inches oi snow
has fallen at Meacham, near the
summit of the Blue 'mountains,
The temperature dropped to below
freezing here last night but veg
etables and fruit were not in
jured.
YAKIMA, Wash., Oct. 11.
(AP) The first snow of the sea
son fell last night on the summit
of : Snoo.ua lmie Pass. ,
Husband Shoots
Wife, Then Cuts
His Own Throat
DETROIT, Oct, 11 (AP) -Shortly
after Mrs. Peggs Carpen
ter, 24, returned heme today after
a week's estrangement from her
husband, she was shot and killed
by the husband, M. Bruce Car.
penter, 61. who then slashed his
throat with a razor. He died be
fore he could be taken to a hos
pital. Carpenter was general manager
of i the Income trust department
of a trust company here and came
to Detroit with Va wife and their
two small children last May from
Minneapolis, Minn., where he was
an insurance man.
Mrs. - Carpenter came home to.
day neighbors said, in response to
an auvenisemenc piacea in a local
newspaper by her husband, who
said that "all Is forgiven.- r .
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signal victory in San Antonio
cracK oryanizationa irora every
sedond rlace Thursdav morn -
residents of their home city
when all Salem turns out to
next mesaay mgnt. cucn
ion ' dated San Antonio:
Salem drum corps won second!
place. Miami first by 8-10 of one
noint. Phlladelnhla third. Leav -
ing tomorrow afternoon."
Th! .xtrnrr1lTiHl-r rnrwl nwB
also was received by Douglas Mc-
Kay, commander of Salem post.iea over vasieuon ae ia rim, yu
and one or two others. Within a
short time the Statesman's tele -
phones were ringing a Joyous, sus -
tained peal, as residents from
every section of the city sought!
confirmation of the tidings.
At a meeting of officers of the
Legion, hastily called by Com-
mander McKay, olans were for
mulated for the Welcome Tuesday
night. Telephone messages to
Governor Patterson, Secretary of
State Hoss, Mayor Livesley and
other: high officials of the state
and city elicited enthusiastic re -
sponaes.
Governor Pleased
By Salem Victory
"We will be there when the
traln arrive and will heln to
swell the cheers of greeting " was
the composite declaration of these
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EXPRESS EMPLOYES
REPGBT FOR MK
Lull Takes Place In War Be-Ith
tween Men and Officials
of Company
NEW TORK, Oct. 11 (AP)
The strike of American Railway
Express company employes, which
has tied up express traffic In Met
ropolltan New York for nearly two
d,aTC W" f,ded V-when-the
jSfIr1 nnanlmonriy to f-
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The vote was taken Jit a mass
meeting attended by about 5,000 these circumstances of course, It
of the striking employee .in the is impossible to determine the ox
metropolitan' area, at - which act route in advance. In general.
George M. Harlson, grand presl- however. I can say we will sUck
dent of the International Brother- to the southern course, flying over
hood of Railway and Steamship
Clerks, urged that they "go into
court with clean hands' by carry
ing out the terms of their contract
with the company.
The company on its part agreed
to take back all the- man, and to
consider their grievances at a con
ference October 17.
Harrison told the mass meeting
t L 1 M.il. .r. il. wt.ss
uuu.r mubbw jvauway
the company, their strike was ille-
gal even though probably Justified
j o vui-
panys refusal t orecognlze unUa
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conference the principal object of
ine sinae naa oeen, aitamea. ?. I
If the company refuses to Tec-1
ognlze the local representatives
Wednesday,' Harrison said, the en-l
Ure International membership of
65.000 will be Involved.
I don't mean to make a
threat. he said, "but you fellows I
know what I mean without me I
dropping a house on you." (
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l-ariAn intense .campaian in ia-1
a wx a a a I
Tvr i pruuiDiuua ior doutm uiaer ut loaa. -
oeing unaenaxen nere by -dry" l
leaders. Advocates, of a prohlbl-I
Hon" law for the republic declare I
that the use of alcohol is resulting!
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San Antonio, Texas. They were noaed out of first place by tho l
organization from Miami, Fla which won by only three-tenths ,
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Graj , Zeppelin Taking Far
Southern Course Across
Atlantic Ocean -
Giant Airship Heads Across
Mediterranean Sea Late
Last Night
NEW YORK, Oct, 11 (AP)-r
The Radio Corporation of Ameri
ea station at Bush Terminal,
Brooklyn, tonight reported to the
Associated Press that it baa pick
LnrfAmftriejin Uner NeWi Tork
igtating that the vessel naa-receiv
led a radio message from tne oin
fM Graf zPPnnthat toe big
IJud coast of At rica at 1 a. m.
aitomorrow
The message from the New Tork
iwas unsigned and the position of
the zeppenn at me ume us nr
sage was sent was not given.
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I PARIS, Oct. 11- (AP) A
Madrid dispatch tO.Ie Matin say
that the airship Graf eppelln pass-
I the Mediterranean coast or spain.
1 at 11:40 p. m. last night l: 40 p
1 m. Eastern standard time). Cas-
tellon de la Plana is 40 miles north
of Valencia an dllO miles from
I Tarragona which the airship pass-
at 8:15 p. m. (8:16 p. xn. East-
era stanaara ume.j,
I Dirigible FoHows
I Columbus Route
I FRIEDRICHSCHAFEN, Germ
I any. Oct. 11 (AP) Bound over
I the same track that Columbus fol-
1 lowed 43 years ago, the giant
German dirigible Graf Zeppelin Uk
I night was nosing her way west
Iward towards the United States
lon tte anl commercial trans-At-
inuc air voyage.
In the, Zeppelin were sixty
I souls, including one woman, who
boarded the dirigible at Fried
richshafen this morning and be
gan the long voyage across south
ern Europe and the Atlantic to tl.o
United States.
Just twelve hours later, the
dirigible passed over Barcelo aa,
Spain, well on" her "way' over ,a
course- along the southern 'Atlantic
route, westward toward the Azores
and America. The northern route
had been abandoned even before
flight started . because of
stormy w earner conaiuons, ana
even the southern route, so far as
the continent was concerned, was
none too good. Out at Sea how
ever, conditions were reported
more favorable,
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is Commander's Goal
Sunday morning," said Dr. Hugo
Eckener. the shfp's commander.
Jst before the departure. "The
wav tv vovuot acavas UUIOU WV OB.
m sneak of heavy storms. Under
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TRYING TO TAKE OFF
ROOSEVELT FIELD. N. T
Monoplane Columbia lifted Its
lemon wings against the sun today
on a transatlantic flight, an ad-
venture it h n-H-tii. fore
now, ana three minutes alter tne
haka ff tt wo. . t.i.t.t .,v
crashed aralnst the earth, another
experience r to which it is no
(stranger.
' The crew of the Columbia for
(today's flight, which had Rome as
(Its destination, consisted of Roger
Q. Williams, and Pletro Bonelll.
both of whom escaped without in
JurY as tne plane crumpled to
earth.
The-Columbia. loaned to Wil
iu.ub uu CUI1CII1 lot mo mieuaea
fht to Rome H its owner,
Ircndav at 11:KS rMm mnrnlnr Tt
waa earrvinr SAl raiinna Ar ia.
line, and It lnmberul lnhfnI1 nn.
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- The small ornwd tnrrf to
watch the plane leave held their
breath as the nlana waddi Aown
the runway and then gradually
picaea up speea.
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More thaa 100 persons perished and as many more wen ;Lfouslv burned when thev were tran.
ped In the- flame that destroyed
searching the ruins of the theater.
firemen and soldiers are shown
wnere more than SO dead were
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Furniture and Personal Ef
fects f Pr. Frank Dyer -Put
Into Street
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 11 (AP)
After forcing open two, doors
of the Wilshlre Boulevard Congre
gational church parsonage
sheriffs deputies, armed with
writ of possession, today moved
the personal properties of the Rev
Dr. Frank Dyer, ousted pastor,
Into the street. A dozen men and
women, apparently members of
the church anti-Dyer faction, aid
ed the officers.
The ' ejection of the pastor's
furniture and clothing was the
sequel of yesterday's court action,
which virtually terminated a fight
of nearly a year, waged by Dr.
Dyer to. retain his pastorate and
control of the church against the
opposing and .finally successful
faction. A superior court order
was issued giving possession o$
the church and parsonage to the,
anti-Dyer faction. A previous
order had enjoined Mr. Dyer from
further occupation of the church
pulpit.
When the deputies first arrived
at the parsonage early today they
found the ousted pastor still abed
When handed the writ of posses
sion, he said:
'I'll pay no attention to that.
Get out of "here, please, at least
until I get up."5 He Indicated he
bad no concern over the officers'
announcement that they intended
moving his things onto the street,
saying he would be busy on a trip
to Claremont for a conference."
The parsonage was locked when
the officers returned nearly two
bourse later and they forced two
doors to accomplish the removal.
Many Stations
Will Broadcast
Smith's Speech
NEW YORK. Oct. 11. (AP)
The National Broadcasting-company
announced tonight a list of
stations that will broadcast Got.
ernor Smith's campaign speech at
Louisville .- on Saturday evening
from t to 9 o'clock eastern stand
ar : dtime. The - list : included :
KOO, Oakland; KPO,-J5an ! Fran
cisco: KGW. Portland KOMO.
Seattle ; KHQ, -. (Spokane; KFI.
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of one point. Philadelphia was third. The Salem drnm corps
will reach home Tuesday night at 6:20 o'clock and tho whole '
town, is expected to turn out to welcome them. A parade.
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the Novedadeo th cater in Madrid.
More than 20 de ad were found
trying to extingui sh the flames in
found.
'What...
They think of
Tactics of Salem
Traffie Policemen -In
Enforcing Law.
RECENTLY there have come
to the New Oregon States
man complaints from, a num
ber of citizens who felt that
they have been treated unfair
ly by Salem traffic policemen.
Some of these persons assert
that they hare been given no
chance to comply with the law
but have been ordered into
court and fined in a highhanded
way. They are inclined to be
lieve; that discrimination is be
ing shown against them and
that traffic policemen "play
favorites." Especially do they
claim that their treatment In
connection with the lighting
L law has been unfair; that they
are noi given ine opportunity
to have their headlights sup
plied with new bulbs
out. In order to find out wheth
er this Bentiment or belief is
prevalent a number of Salem
residents were asked about it
Thursday. This is what .they
said:
R. E. JOHNSON, of Flake's
Petland, said: "I am one of the
victims. I have been held up re
peatedly by the sfne policeman
who searches myear and seems
to think I am a bootlegger.
One night recently, one of my
headlights failed in front of my
place. Before I could get to a
place where they sell bulbs this
policeman arrested me. If - he
had followed me half a block he
would have seen me buy a bulb
and put it in my headlight. I
think I have a real grievance
when ; the old ones burn
and there are others who think
R. D. PARRISH. business
manager at the Tuberculosis
hospital said: "The Salem traf
fic police are over-zealous.
They do not give the public a
chance to obey the law. I think
something ought to be done to
protect citlsens from their try
anny." WILLIAM GAHLSDORF. lo
cal -merchant, said : j "My - chief
objection to the way traffic reg
ulations are enforced is the fact
that parking space ia used too
much by employers and em
ployes, and not enough -left for
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near an exit in this section. Below
the central balcony entrance
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Head of Map Company Calls
Hoover. Attack liMis-s
representation"
NEW YORK. Oct. 11 (AP)
O. W. Wells, president of the
International Map company, an
nounced tonight that he had wr.it
ten a letter to former Senator
Henry C. Hansbrough of North
Dakota Informing him that .neither
the map of his company nor the
map of Jesus Jiminez gives any
basis for Hansbrough's .state
ment that Herbert Hoover owned
large oil land concessions in Co
lombia and Mexico.
The statement was made in an
address delivered by the former
senator In Minneapolis yesterday,
"The map of this company, to
which ex-Senator Hansbrough re
fers," Mr. Wells said, "gives ab
solutely no basis for any- such
ridiculous statements as he has
made. Nor does the map of Jesus
Jiminez, which I have seen and
which anyone may consult in the
map room of the Cengessional
Library, Washington.
"As for those obscure reviews
which the senator further lists as
'source references,' two of them,
I happen to know, went out of
business by court order of liquid
ation three or four years ago."
"I have been for many, years
engaged in the publication of oil
maps of Colombia and of other
South American, countries and in
the negotiation and sale of mining
properties in those countries. I
have never heard of Herbert Hoo
ver being Interested, directly or
indirectly, in any oil or minfn
concessions or properties.' Any at
tempt in us to connect him Is
downright misrepresentation.' ,
Ingersoll Given
Verdict On Foul
In Fourth Round
LONGVIEW. Wash., Oct, 11-
(AP) George Ingersoll, Astoria
welterweight, won on a foul In
the fourth round of a scheduled
six-round main event here tonight
when he was hit low by Pad Dun
dee,.. Fresno, battler. . .f iw-T-
Nick Theodeous. Longview mid
dleweight,' scored a knockout over
Eddie Brock, Centralla, to the
third round. They had been slat.
sd to go six rounds in n the semi
wlndup. ' ' '
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hand concert and dance have
: naires in connection with the
arged to be at the S. P. statloa
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Industrial Plants Valued at
Millions Are Threatened
by Blaze
Manufacturing Concern,
Largest of Kind in World,
is Total Loss
MARSHFIELD. Ore., Oct 11.
API The nlant of the Oregon
Wood Products corporation, the
world's largest manufacturers of
Venetian blinds from white cedar,
was destroyed by fire here late
today. The loss was estimated at -
one hundred thousand dollars.
The . entire wood-woramg jn -
dustrlal district of Coos Bay waa
endangered when the flames)
threatened to leap across a rail
road spur which separated tho
plant from the hew $150,000 OeU
lind furniture factory and on U
two veneer plants valued at sev
eral million dollars. The fire was
fanned by a strong northwest
wind.
New Boiler Room
Origin Of Blaze
Flames started in the boiler
room which had Just been con
structed, and in which the heat
ing system was being tried out.
John C. Davies, owner, was com
pleting tests on the $50,000 im
provement when flames enveloped
the plant. The buildings were
leveled within one hour.
Only the new fire protection
system in the Ostlind furniture
plant prevented the destruction
oi this factory, as well as the Coos
Hay Veneer and Box company and
the Western Lumber Manufactur
ing company.
Fire departments from North
Bend and Coquille were called but
were unable to check the blase
which was fed by cedar oil, and
v.'hich raced through the dry, tin
der, like cedar. s
TARGET OF ATTACKS
Misappropriation of Public
Money Laid tu Members
of That Body
COQUILLE. Ore., Oct. 11
(AP) Charges of misappropria
tion of county funds, and severe
criticism of the members of the
Coos county court, were contained
in a report made by the grand
Jury here late this afternoon.
Commissioner M. R. Klockars
of North Bend, County Judge R.
H. Mast. Coquille, and Koadmast-
er W. A. Gilbert, were specifical
ly named in the report which was
read in circuit court by Judge J.
T. Brand. County Judge Mast ts
a candidate for re-election.
The report cited that the grand
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jury found that "a large amount
of county public work, including,
road contracts, have been done toy
N. R. Klockars and that he has
done this work without written
contract being entered into, and
without any competitive bidding .
for the letting of contract for
such work; that . Klockars re
ceived an excessive price for the
work done for the ' county and 1 .
that' the county court made a.
present of 15000 to Road master
Gilbert to apply on the purchase
price of an automobile for Mr, .
Gilbert."
J. B. Beddingfield. district at- -
torney, announced that he would
instittute a complete injrestigatlou
of the county court's activities
when the jury term work is fin t
lshed this fall. The grand jury j
recommended that the lnvestlga- 1
tion be carried to the limit.
The jury, in its report, recom
mended that all money which was
found to have been paid on "void"
claims",, be returned to the county -
treasury. , . -h
Columbus Day to
Be Observed Here
Because this is Columbus Diy
holiday hours will prerail in state
and county institutions. Offices
in the state house -will, for ib
most part, remain closed all dav
The 'Marion county courthouse will
mspend buslnes suntil Saturday.
Elsewhere the rule will be "busi
ness as usuaL No program of
celebration has been sxnouncsd
for Salem. .-, -.
been planned by local Legion.
homecoming and everybody is
to greet the special train.
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