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The news story a few days ago
ef the presentation to the public
library of books from the library
of the late S. H. Van Trump by
bis widow awaken memories of
Mr. Van Trump, who died some
years ago. He was county 'horti
culturist (not county agent as re
ported). I see him now looking
up' over the rims of his glasses
with a -kindly, quizzical glance at
a visitor.. ; His, work as orchardist
and horticulturist made him a stu
dent of botanical and biological
science; but his true interest was
philosophy. He read deeply and
widely; and the titles of some of
his books reveal the trend of his
thinking: Ingersoll's Works, Vol
taire's and Tom Paine's Writings.
He was what used to be called
?free thinker," and described him
self as a pantheist Yet he was
broadly tolerant of other views,
- sought no controversy with ortho
dox opinion, and endeavored ac
cording to his light to test all the
ories by reason. v I'
Van Trump" -was born" la 1669
when Col. Robert G. Ingersoll,
famed agnostic, was at.the height
of -his powers.-! was born nearly
- 20 years later, in the twilight of
Ingersoll; and my first knowledge
of .him came from preachers thun-
7 dering their denunciations against
him as an agnostic, and against
Hume and Paine and free-thinkers
in general. However the curse
' on Ingersoll was mitigated a bit
by the fact that he was a repub
lican (he nominated Blaine : for
president -in 1882 in his famous
rplumed knight" oration) and was
a most eloquent orator, with lec4
" lures oh "Napoleon and "Abra-
ham Lincoln", as well as on "Some
Mistakes: of Moses3C which the
. preachers denounced. i
s - In our town we ' had a ".promi
nent citizen, ; veteran ' of the ; civil
"war, the town orator on patriotic
occasions,' who was a ; follower of
IngeredlTT- A free .'. thinker, he
sometimes was 'called on to give
the funeral address when some
non-churchman departed this life
and desired, interment "without
benefit of clergy." Then he might
give a discourse of his own, . or
read Ingersoll's oration on , the
death of his brother with its clas-
- sic passage;-:;' y:
"Life is a narrow vale between
the cold and barren peaks of two
eternities. .We .strive to. look
beyond the heights. We cry
aloud and ; the only : answer in
the ecbov of .our walling cjJ
From -.the r voiceless lips- of the
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Buce Blame
Defeat on
. LONDON, Sept li-4P)-A voice
purporting to be that of Benito
Mussolini, the fallen founder of
fascism, tonight heaped denunci
ation upon King Vittorio Eman
uele, called for the "elimination of
the fascist traitors," and "bade Ital
ians . take: up arms again by the
side of Germany and Japan '"5
In a 15-minute radio speech
from - an ; undisclosed - place , the
speaker, . represented as the ex
duce liberated by the Germans,
fold a story of that rescue which
he said would "becorde legendary
and outlined this 4-point program
for "loyal" Italians: - .
1. Take , up arms again by th
side of Germany and Japan.
; 2. Reorganize at once the armed
forces and militia. '
. 3. Fliminate . traitors, ; particu
larly those who Went over to the
enemy. -
4. Make an end - to plutocratic
methods and establish social and
fascist order.
Most listeners here who - had
heard Mussolini speak before said
they believed the voice was act
ually that of the fallen Italian pre
mier, whom the Germans have an
nounced as the head of the nazi
sponsored "republican fascist
party." :- '
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Italians
Hear
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2200 Boxes of Prunes
Spoil in Labor Shortdge
Spoilage : of 2200 boxes of
prunes, for the lack of manpower
to process them, was reported by
the Salem canners committee. as
an Indication of the current seri
ousness of the cannery labor situ
ation. In addition to this loss of
prunes picked and delivered, some
of the canneries ' are refusing to
accept delivery and some growers
are delaying the picking of prunes
so the total loss probably is some
Uiat greater. - ,, y :-
This situation was reported in
spite of the gratifying response of
many citizens to the committee's
appeal for Workers, and the con
tinued services of a considerable
number of soldiers- from nearby
cir.ps. . - '
On the other side of the ledger,
r.::cf in so far as gasoline supply
jrrtblems affect the cannery labor
r ' announced Saturday
;Vgov. larl EntIL
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Near Tvo
Million::--:.
Afarion County
Out to Beat
Lane in Race
The; two million dollar mark
will be reached Monday in Mar
ion' - county's - third war Joan
campaign it was indicated Sat
urday; when the week's closing
tally stood at $1,808,000. Noting
that Dr. H. M. Coniish, Lane coun
ty : chairman," "had" accepted ; his
challenge Chairman J. r J, Gard
here' had -visions of a turkey din
ner for himself and three -other
committee members, for that was
the prize stipulated- by the Lane
committee. ";
Who would provide the - turkey
was still definitely in doubt, but
even on; that score Marion county
had reason- for hope sfor Lane's
latest reported total wa $1,560,
000. However, Gard insisted that
In order to reach its quota by Sep
tember's close, this county would
have to buy bonds at a faster pace
m the coming week. - -'-.
Endeavoring to" assist 7 toward
that objective, The Statesman will
take charge of the Victory Center
noon rally, Monday. .Publisher
Charles A. Sprague will speak
briefly and Tom Burkett of the
advertising 'staff, who will act as
master. of ceremonies, promise
some interesting features, one :of
which will be. a lively - auction
conducted by Sidney: Stevens at
which such items as nylon hose,
t-beme steaks, mantle; clocks and
-Mallory hats will be knocked down
to bond purchasers. The Willam
ette university orchestra and oth
er entertainers will be on the pro
gram,' scheduled for 12:15 o'clock.
Bond booths at various business
houses .helped pile up Saturday's
excellent total, and issued a con
siderable number of tickets ' to
Tuesday night's "bond premiere"
at the Hsinore theatre, a . show
featuring the f stirring - picture
"Salute -to the Marines." Buying
a bond is the only means of ob
taining a ticket for this show.
The booth ft the J. C-Penney
company store - reported $27,000
sales. for. the day including $3200
purchased by store employes, over
and above their regular payroll
savings program. At the Mont
gomery t , "Ward store r where the
junior chamber, of commerce as
sisted, the figure, ,was $10,500.
Much ; activity also was noted at
the Stevens & Son bond booth.
:. Praise for the bond sales solici
tation! work which is being done
by the Credit Women's Breakfast
club was . expressed Saturday by
the Salem war finance commit
tee. County Chairman Gard also
voiced appreciation for the vol
unteer service of the civilian , de
fense 1 1 block I; leaders and an
nounced that they would each be
provided, through civilian, defense
headquarters, with bond-selling
kits and complete Instructions.
E. C. Sammons, state chairman,
pointed out in a telegram to Gard
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Gilliam County . ;
Exceeds Quota -
CONDON, Sept 18-rVOilliam
county went over . the top on its
personal quota in' the third war
loan drive, County Chairman D.
N. Macky announced.
; "Gasoline for cannery workers
has been authorized by ODT
through' OPA ration boards, and
orders have been issued, that the
four-rider '-stipulation be waived
if not- workable in any case so that
as many as possible, may. get , to
the., canneries before 'more: fruit
spoils, the governor said. ' '
"It is stipulated that A books
must be used in connection with
any , supplemental gas supply.
These : orders wmle ofQcial may
not have filtered down , to , those
hard-working men and women of
the ration 1 boards who meet, the
public - then must: plot a -course
that will be fair and reasonable
yet moving within the bi-oadJinJMa. Gen. Billy .Mitchell, r added
itations of federal : law as modi
fied ty u administrative ' rulings.
Anyone ; who :. has been - turned
down by a ration board should
reapply immediately. Local can
neries will help if necessary."
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W. J. Hardle, 755 Breys avenue,
holds up a ten-foot potato vine
frees his vtetery garden. It's 'no
- - freak he had antber 14 feet
long. Nor did his potatoes all go
to vine; he grew one twe-pound
er, liar die knows now temel
thinr trow; he's chief gardener
at the statehouse.
Japs Rushing
Reinforcements
To Solomons -
By BOB EUNSON ;
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,
Sunday, Sept lQ.--American
war planes in a new Solomons
raid have added 20 to the more
than 2000 enemy aircraft destroyed
in the south Pacific since August,
1942, but Japan, is rushing in re
inforcements and risking big for
mations in the mounting sky bat
tles. :. :r" : ;;.-;. s.'r :t .
Today's ( communique reported
that bombers "of all. categories"
meaning Liberator heavy bombers,
Mitchell medium bombers, Aven
ger torpedo bombers and Daunt
less divebombers struck twice
Wednesday under a', screen' of
lighters at the Kahili and Ballale
airdromes in the vicinity of south
ern Bougainville, fifty enemy
planes challenged them.
Only the day before, more than
100 American bombers poured ex
plosives on airdromes in the area
from 9 a. m. until early afternoon
while escorting fighters battled it
out with 100 interceptors. ;
"The enemy is reinforcing his
air raid forces in this area," to
day's communique said.
1 (Previously dispatches from the
Solomons area said the Japanese
may be ferrying planes from Jap
an down through Truk and Ra
baul, ; New i Britain, to Bougain
ville bases.) -
: Bougainville in the northern
Solomons is the last , air; fortress
barrin gAmerican forces now en
trenched on New Guinea and Vel?
la Lavella from the nemy's all
important naval and, air base of
RabauL. " - . - -
. The American airfield at Mun
da, on New Georgia, now serving
with Guadalcanal's ' ; Henderson
field as bases for American air
raiders,. has been raided three
more times, headquarters said to
day. : .
Yesterday's . communique had
told . of ' an enemy formation of
60 striking at Munda.
' In the New Guinea war theatre,
mopping up operations are in pro
gress around newly-captured Lae.
. Off Kavieng, New Ireland, a
1000 ton enemy freighter has been
hit by aerial bombardment.
Regiilait AhrRaidsv , -On
Japan Predicted , -.
AN ALE UTIA N ISLAND
BASE, ' Alaska, Sept.- ia-(P)-MaJ.
Gen. Davenport Johnson, assumed
command of the US army elev
enth air force today and predicted
within 12 months the United States
will "be hitting regularly" at the
heart of Japan by air. . ; r
- General Johnson, a world - war
one flying comrade of the late
that-when the tune came ' the
eleventh air force would be ready
to address the air war to Japan
along the open northern : route,
probably from a number of points
in the Aleutians.
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SHorteris!;
j&ll Fronts
Nazis Withdraw :
From Norway to -Sea
of Azov 4v
';' By JOHN H. COLBURN '
STOCKHOLM, S p t . 18-TO
Germany is weakening her mili
tary position in Norway and Fin
land and retreating- all along the
line from the Smolensk area to
the Sea of Azov in Russia for a
shorter front in a frantic shifting
of troops to meet anticipated new
allied invasion blows, reports
reaching Stockholm said today. -
Twenty to 40J000 German troops
have been removed from Norway
in the last month, and thousands
ne unconfirmed report said two
divisions have been withdrawn
from Finland since September .1.
. Most soldiers trained in moun
tain' operations were said to Mve
been transferred to the Balkans.
where the nazis general staff faces
a difficult task in , replacing 29
Italian' garrison divisions ;
Swedish correspondents report
ed from Berlin that elite German
troops have been moved from the
Russian front to reinforce troops
under Field Marshal Gen. Albert
Kesselring and Field Marshal Er
win Rommel in Italy. -German
militarists have hot ac
knowledged the withdrawals from
Norway and Finland, r although
t r o o.p : movements a have been
known to Scandinavian observers
for weeks. -
But the nazi communique yes
terdays did report shortening of
the eastern front and described
the retreat as a "strategical neces-
- ueriin dispatches to the Swed
ish press said German commen
tators now admitted it wa essen
tial for Germany to save soldiers
to fight on the Russian front as
well as to be ready to meet of
fensives from other directions. -
Allies to Use
Short Range
Bombers Now
By GLADWIN HILL
J LONDON, Sept 18-()-The
United States army air force is
developing new short-range bomb
ers capable of carrying , a great
weight of explosives to hasten the
defeat of Germany, It was learned
here today.
' Up to now bomber development
has been centered on long-range
giants. It has been disclosed -that
super-Flying Fortresses and super-Liberators
capable " of flying
the Atlantic round-trip without
refuelling are in production, and
these will be especially needed in
the Pacific.
But ! the expected conquest of
northern Italy just across the
Alps from Germany has put a
premium on planes capable of car
rying bigger loads of destruction
for comparatively short distances.
A large force of these planes Is
being prepared. : - v
Details of the new bomb-carrier
cannot be divulged, but it is suf
ficient; to point out that many
types of planes, even fighters, can
be converted Into short range bom
bers by changing part af their load
from gasoline to bombs. - . .
The new developement was un
derscored by president Roosevelt's
statement that "our purpose is to
establish bases within bombing
range ; of southern and . eastern
Germany , . . with Italy in our
hands the distances we have 'to
travel will be far less and Vtsk risks
proportionately . reduced. ' .
The two-engined Marauders to
day gave the German's Beauvais-'
Lille airbase in France its fourth
battering within a month to carry
the newest aerial assult on - the
continent through. its fourth
straight day, . : . .. i : - -..
wHAF Mosquitos last 'hiiht beta-:
bed Berim for the third successive
night, ; and other Mosquitos and
Whirlwinds swooped over Brittany
to shoot up a number of trains
all . without loss. y
Cherry Briner Meet
Called at Portland
: Cherry briner processors and
associations will meet Tuesday
at It ajn. In Portland at 101 i
Bedell bnUdlnr, the district OPA
has annonneed. Purpose Is to es
tablish a price on trine cher
ries for the 1343 pack. Eart Har
rison f -the regional OPA feed
price division will be la charge.
Cunday Morning, September 13.
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US CIRCUIT JUDGE
BERT EMERY HANEY
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Death Takes
Federal Judge
Bert E. Haney
PORTLAND, Ore, Sept 18.-W
-United States Circuit Judge Bert
Emory Haney, 4, died at his home
tonight after an extended illness.
. He suffered a nervous collapse
several months ago: following the
death of his only son, John Rob
ert Haney, who succumbed after
an operation for removal of a brain
tumor in San Francisco.::
Haney, a democrat, was appoint
ed to the circuit court of appeals
by President Roosevelt In 1935 to
climax a political - career started
in ' 1898 when as a ' freshman at
Willamette university at Salem,
Ore. He campaigned. In behalf of
William Jennings Bryan for the
presidency. v; yVyy,:'-'-
He worked as a clerk in the law
offictUfHhe late William D. Fen-
ton,- then head counsel for the
Southern Pacific railroad, in Port
land while attending University of
Oregon law school, from which he
was graduated in 1903.
Haney was appointed Multno
mah county deputy district attor
ney in 1904 and at the conclusion
of that term in 1908 he entered a
law partnership 1 w i t h the late
George W. Joseph. Haney" contin
ued with the firm until his ap
pointment to the circuit courts of
appeals. :i. .- ;j -:;v
President Wilson named Haney
tts attorney for Oregon in J918.
He served until 1920 and later was
appointed to the US shipping
board" by President Harding, re
signing in 1926. He was a member
of the port of Portland commis
sion,' 1933-35; Oregon democratic
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Laytbri Deniied
New TriaL i
Will Appeal
DALLAS, Sept. 18-PV-Richard
Layton, . convicted rape-slayer, of
17-year-old Ruth Hildebrand, said
today he would .carry his appeal
for a new trial to the state su
preme COUrt ' r'.vjv-- .
The -ex-Monmouth police chief,
entering court . in ; custody of a
state penitentiary guard, heard his
motion v for a retrial denied by
Circuit Judge Arlie G. Walker.
Layton : is sentenced to die in
October. . . ,
German Tank Knocked Out in, Italy
United ZixUa Ir'mirymtn bactrroaui)'avajice tirocrh a.fldl la
smc;e ef tal.lt. Wreck at r!-Lt is a Bedashed Cerr-aa tani Lr.ocke
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State GOF
To-'.-Gather
In Sale
RepublicxmClubs
GonveneSIoriday
"Vigilance, the Price of liberty"
will.be the topic of Gov. Arthur
B.-Langlie, governor of Washing
ton in his address Monday night
probable highlight of the tenth
annual convention of Oregon Re
publican clubs which .will open
that afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
Salem' chamber of commerce. Sev
eral hundred delegates from' all
counties of Oregon are scheduled
to. attend. t .. ,.'
Gov. Langlie, ; who will speak
at the .convention banquet sched
uled for 6:30 p. m. Monday at the
Marion hotel, is recognized as one
of the Pacific coast's, leading re
publican officials, both because he
was the only republican elected
to a state office in Washington in
1940 and because of his outstand
ing record, as governor and pre
viously as m ayo r of - Seattle.
Youngest governor since Washing
ton became a state, his adminis
tration has been marked by har
mony and achievement in contrast
to the political chaos of some re
cent administrations. T .
: Frank. Branch Riley will be
toastmaster at the convention ban
quet Others participating will in
clude Rev. W. Irvin Williams of
the - First Presbyterian church of
Salem who will lead in the invo
cation; Govi Earl' Snell who will
welcome and introduce Gov. Lang-
lie; Harralee Wilson, violin soloist
with Wilma Froman accompanist
and the Friesen quartet . . -
Dr; O. : A ' Olson, convention
chairman will VaR ' the; delegates
to order at 2 p. m. Invocation for
this session will'' be- led by Rev.
George H. Swift of St Paul's Epis
copal church. Mayor I. M. Dough
ton and Chairman Olson will ex
tend greetings to the visitors after
which President Robert M. Fisch
er, jr., of Eugene, will announce
convention committees. Report of
the credentials committee will be
followed by reports of present of
ficers; Barbara Benson, secretary;
Alan Brown, treasurer: Frederick
S. Lamport, first congressional dis
trict vice-president; Burt Snyder,
second district: John Cahalin,
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Jerry Kosse - i
Irar Prisoner
Of Germans
WOODBURN A message bear
ing good news came to the family
of Mr. and Mrs. John Kosse last
week from the , US adjutant gen
eral saying , "Report received
through International Red Cross
that your son, Russel I Kosse is
a prisoner of war of the German
government A letter of informal
tion ": follows7 from- provost- mar
shal generaL" - : - I
The message which came In
mid-August indicated that Jerry
Kosse was reported missing after
a bombing raid over Germany,
from which the B-17 on which he
served " did not return. It was
feared that he might have been
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Keynoter
! GOV. A. A. LANGLIE
Russians Push
Near ICiev.
Dnieper Dam
m By JAMES-it LONG - 1
LONDON, Sept - 18-WHSovret
troops smashed", to within 37 miles
of Dnieperopetrovsk, Boulder dam
of the Dnieper river bend, with
the capture of the railway Junc
tion of Pavlograd, and swept closer-to
imperilled Kiev with gains
on the north and east Moscow an
nounced tonight 3 J j
A f communique reported 8700
Germans were killed, 2000 wound
ed and 500- captured ; in Satur
day's widespread advances. The
Russian - columns were reported
within 44 miles of Kiev, the capi
tal of the Ukraine, which was
threatened from several directions.
The drive on Kiev reached clos
est : to the middle Dnieper, river
bastion along the Kiev-Nezhin
railway.
- Northeast of Kiev the important
town' of Chernigov .came within
soviet artillery range as VibUV six
miles to the east, wai captured
and 28 other towns overrun. Thus
the Russians, were 80 'miles north
of Kiev and closing in on the high-,
way linking that city and Cher
nigov. . . i y -. ',. ..
. Southeast of . Kiev the Russian
threat. was, more distant- but a
surprise dash . which swamped : a
nazi rearguard' resulted in a 12-
mile. .red army,; advance that cut
the Kiev-Poltava railway at Mir-
gorod, 135 miles, from . Kiev and
50 miles northwest of Poltava. .
A : total of 733 towns and vil
lages were - captured, .said the
Moscow communique recorded by
the soviet monitor, in an un
checked advance in almost every
sector of .the 600 mile frontto
ward. Smolensk, Roslavl, Gomel,
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tie -lern sector hazy with the
Jcut la the battle. (AssociatcJ
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Naples Gate c
By WES iGALLAGHEn
ALLIED HEADQUAR
TERS : IN NORTH AFRICA,
Sept. 18 (AP) Allied naval
units have opened a new phase
in the battle for Italy by seiz
ing ; three 'more islands com
manding the immediate sea
approaches to the gTeat port
of Naples, headquarters an
nounced today as alii e d
ground troops emerged vic
torious in the bloody fighting at
Salerno. . '
A 'special communique disclosed
the occupation of Ischia, 16 miles
southwest of Naples, only a few
hours after the regular war bulle
tin from Gen. Dwlght D. Eisen
hower's headquarters announced
the seizure of two other islands
off the northern spur of the Bay
of Naples. r
Ischia was taken Thursday, one
day after the occupation of Penza.
65 miles west of Naples, and of
Procida, 12 miles southwest ct
Naples and only two miles from
the northern land arm of the bay.
Allied forces previously had oc
cupied the island of Capri,' on the
southern side olhe bay ,
Ischia, largest of the four, has
an area of about 23 square miles
and is only seven, miles from the
nearest mainland coast.
(Berlin broadcast an announce
ment that the Germans had occu
pied the island of Elba, Napoleon's
first home in exile, 32 miles east
of Corsica and eight miles from
the Italian coast. Seven thousand
Italian , troops - were said by the
nazis to have surrendered there.)
Allied armies emerged victors in
the battle of Salerno first great
engagement with Hitler's, legions
for the command of Europe be
cause of an abundance of grim
courage 'on the part of American
and British infantrymen and over
whelming air and sea superiority.
The American Fifth and Brit
ish EUhtb armies merged in the
final stages ef Ibe-strategic vic
tory which enlarged the Sal erne
bridgehead into a foil fighting
front,
German troops, who tried futile-
ly f or seven days to hammer the
American and British forces into
the sea; had retreated in the south
where the allies smashed inland
II miles, but still clung savagely to
the gateway to Naples in the north.
The headquarters communique
announced the capture of the town
of Roccadaspide, 11 miles .inland
from the coast on the southern
flank, ' where the Germans were
fleeing to escape entrapment.
The victory ef Salerno belonrs
to the hattle-grlmed Infantry
men ander 14. Gen. Mark W.
Clark whe fought ceaselessly for
seven days without rest and whe
refused to be budged from their
foxholes the beaches by nasi
aaight and who died rather than
give vp an inch.
The infantry made the victory
possible. Air power, which pulver
I X e d , n a z I communications and
front line positions, and sea pow
er, which poured a tide of reserves
on the beaches, won It.
Because' of t h 1 s combination.
General Eisenhower has two great
armief surging through .the breach
in Hitler's European fortress, with
a third In reserve.
These are some of the fruits of
the week's savage fighting
LL Gert. Carl A. Spaatz north
west African air forces have fight
er fields within 10 minutes' flight
of Naples. .'",., "
At least five German divisions
have been badly mauled, sappinj
strength whicK the German army
can ill afford to lose. " "
Hundreds of square miles cf
southern Italy now are in tYr I
hand and will serve as , the I .
for the drive north.
The next big German stand cer
tainly will be before Naples. T! ?
capture of Naples would give V.
allies one of the best end larcc-it
seaports in Italy,-' t! . r c . . -" i v,hk h
thousands, of tons cf s i: ; plies
could be funnelei.
- Every Indication t tl C
mans mean to Cc'i t ;i f 1
ground, in Italy cr X b : . ;
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