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ANKARA, Nov. 24 -4Ph No American turkey eVer spent a finer
Thanksgiving day than did "Unity" on this fine day in Turkey.
. He arrived from Oregon in a blaze o glory and was handed over
to President Iimet Inonu, who promptly spared Unity's head.
Unity came as a gift to Inonu from a j Pacific coaist turkey exhibit
He arrived at Istanbul early today via Pan American clipper in a
9MEO0
Trauma
How big should the Salem school
district No. 24c, become?
That question was posed by
County Superintendent Agnes
Booth at a conference the other
evening. She needed to have an
answer because outlying rural dis
trict want to know whether they
are in line of Salem's expansion or
not The Salem school board gave
a prompt reply that it would
discourage consolidation overtures
from rural districts. ' x i
The decision la a sound one.
School in communities i where
farming Is still the principal sour
ce of income should retain their
own school organizations. How
ever, when the territory becomes
thickly populated with persons
whose livelihood is earned in the
city, then consolidation is in order.
To a large extent, this rule has
been followed; the suburban fringe
has been incorporated into the Sa
lem school district The conspicu
ous holdout Is the Keizer district,
and there the population la grow
ing so rapidly that it may be forc
ed to ask for consolidation with
Salem. When that time comes the
Salem district should accede to
the request- J
Population pressures have be-
- come acute in the Salem school
district and this district will have
Its hands full to take care of the
children attending district schools.
The authorized $1,500,000 bond is-
"sue of 1948 was recognized as one
f roviding only immediate relief,
t will have to be followed wit)
additional bond authorizations for
buildings to keep pace with popu
lation growth. The school adminis
tration "and school bpard
(Continued on Editorial Page' 4)
Salem Streets
To Don Yule
Dress Soon
Salem streets will probably be
decorated this Christmas more ex
tensively than In past yuletides.
. Downtown streets will receive
the usual overhead garland wreath
treatment. light posts will bear
standards In the Christmas motif.
' Walter Musgravdof the West
Salem district said (that business
men there would be appealed to
this year to decorate streets. In
past years yuletide draperies have
been on an individual basis.
The North Salem Business as
sociation plans to decorate the
rnaln streets in the Hollywood
business district early in Decem
ber. Colored lights Will be strung
over North Capitol! street, Fair
grounds road and Portland road.
Representatives ! of e a s t and
' south Salem business groups said
. their - memberships are studying
plans to decorate streets in those
sections ox aaiera. i
Scouts to Help
Reseed Burn
TORIST GROVE, Nov. 24-(flV
The Boy Scouts will help reseed
the Tillamook - burn this week
end. ,: - :.. -.
They will plant seedlings Fri
day and Saturday near owl camp.
The scouts are one of several
f roups helping the state with its
10.100.000 reforestation work in
the burned area. Each group has
an area assigned to it "Methodist
Woods, , for instance, is being
planted by the Methodist Sunday
School association or roruana.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
"QUlETr
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GreeBwald
I special cage and well lea on con
centrated foods. J
A special Turkish airlines plane
awaited him. Before noon he was
In Ankara escorted by Gene Mal
ecki of Salem, Ore., manager of
the exhibit -i i I
Weary of Attention
Throngs of newsmen and photo
graphers awaited Unity at every
stop Out from America. At Istan
bul he seemed to weary of atten
tion, gobbled deeply and lurched
at those who approached too close-
ly.
At
sador
Ankara, American Ambas-
George Wadsworth took
Unity
along with; him to a huge
American colony Thanksgiving
picnic! here he discovered many
American children never had seen
an American turkey.
Then Unity was taken by Mal
ecki to the; presidential palace and
presented to Inonu as a demonstra
tion of goodwill from America.
Then itf was jthat Unity - was
saved i from the festive board.
To Live Oat Normal Life
Unity, which Is probably the
largest turkey ever seen in Turkey,
promptly was turned Over to Dr.
Kenali Bayazit, minister of agri
culture, and consigned ; to a choice
agricultural institute where he will
live out a- normal life.
Turkey's turkeys are normally
about! one third the size of the av
erage American breed and Unity's
37 pounds virtually dumbfounded
the Turks. Ij t 1
It was si happy day; for all ex
cept those Turk! who saw the
placard attached to Unity's cage.
The placard explained this was an
American goodwill gift to Inonu
and bore flags of both nations. But
the artist who designed it reversed
the star and crescent in the Tur
kish flag. "We thought our flag
was better known," l one Turk
grumbled.! j:
Salem Holiday
Warm, Calm
Salem basked in' one of Its
warmjest Turkeyf days Thursday.
The temperature zoomed to 67
degrees to rank hear the highest
all time November readings and
some people ventured out in shirt
sleeves. I - s
The! weather bureau said the
dty's I highest November reading
was 70 on a November 3rd 22
years I ago. I ' I
All told it was One of the quiet
est holidays on record here in
recent years. State police report
ed heavy traffic, but neither they
nor city authorities reported a
serious accident in the area.
The city police blotter showed
no serious traffic violations and
only a dozen of a minor nature.
Flood Control
Survey Slated
PORTLAND, Nov. 24 -OP)-The
inauguration of a new division of
flood i control surveys was an
nounced today by the Pacific
northwest ; forest and range ex
periment station. m
The new division will work on
a two-year survey of the Colum
bia river basin, .under the U. S.
department of agriculture. It will
also coordinate the activities of
other! survey groups in the basin,
and prepare a report on the basin
as a whole. ;
H. Q. Wilm, Who has been a
forester in flood' control surveys
at the southern forest? experiment
inf A ...til U- .Vl. . Ji.-I
si on.
Portland One-Way
Street System
Postponed Again
PORTLAND, Nov. 24 -- The
one-way traffic system, which was
to go into effect on downtown
Portland streets tomorrow, will be
postponed for at least two months.
The postponement f is because
Portland ; Traction company has
not yet Obtained motor coaches
to replace its streetcars, some of
which haye to go down the street
against the planned one-way rout
ing, f; ,
The city council will probably
decide tomorrow! when to inaugu
rate I the! one-way System. The
traction firm" hopes! to get its
motor coaches fairly Soon.
Czech Priests Ordered
To Resist
PRAGUfciM. 24-(iip)-:zecho-slovakla's
Roman Catholic bishops
told their priests today to resist
"both threats and seductive pro
mises' and remain true to the
church even if it meant suffering.
The bishops sent the priests a
directive on how they should best
guard the faith Under the pressure
of new control laws enacted by the
communist-led government
"But," the biahopi warned the
priests, "if anyone and may God
prevent it should forget his holy
office and betray Christ In this
most; critical time, he shall be de
prived of his rights as a Catholic
priest. His Jurisdiction shall be
taken from him,: also the right of
89th YEAR
WBt Emm
Spurned
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 N. E.
Dodd, whose proposed bUlion
dollar world fod bank for the
UN Food and Agriculture er
ganlzatlen was rejected by the
United States Thursday. Dodd is
- director general of FAO.
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UJS. Rejects
World Food
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Bank Proposal
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -(JPh
The United States today rejected a
proposal for a $1,000,000,000 world
food bank j aimed I at ; channeling
farm surpluses intoj needy areas.
U.S. foreign agrihilture director
Stanley Andrews said the plan is
"not sufficient as a solution to the
world's htjoger and dollar-short
age problems. j i ,
Without cUnited States support,
the plan is regarded as virtually
dead.
The proposal had been advanced
before the United Nation's food
and agriculture organization (FA
O) at its fifth annual conference
here. The VS. attitude left the
FAO still facing the problem of
bringing hunger and food surplus
es together.
As outlined by FAO Director
General N. E. Dodd, the plan call
ed for setting up an international
commodity clearinghouse ( ICCH)
which Would take surpluses sup
plied by producing areas and sell
them to shortage area. In some
cases, the bank would actually buy
food surpluses; in others, it would
act merely as a broker.
However, the plan was appar
ently foredoomed, officials said.
because of growing congressional
opposition to further vast federal
spending for foreign aid.
Brooks Woman
Hurt in Wreck
Mrs. Esther Wymore, Brooks,
incurred minor cuts and bruises
Thursday in a truck-auto rear
end collision near Four Corners.
Mrs. Wymore was thrown clear
of the truck, driven by her hus
band. State police investigated
the accident but said damage to
both .vehicles was negligible.
The collision occurred about
11:30 ajn. on Lancaster drive
near the Southern , Pacific rail
road tracks. Driver of the auto
was not identified.
Rep. Condit to Retire,
Sessions Too Long'
ASTORIA, Nov. 24 -VP)- State
Rep. E- H. Condit announced 'to
day he would not run for re
election next year.
"I haven't the time for it," said
Condit, pointing out that the last
legislature lasted nearly 100 days.
He was elected from the Clatsop-
Columbia district. .
Communists
hearing confessions, and the faith
ful shall know that such a priest
sinfully profanes his clerical func
tions and that confession held by
him is invalid."
It was a directive which could
not be signed by the nation's pri
mate. Archbishop Josef Beran of
Prague. The bishop's delegation
who tried) to visit him was turned,
away from his police-guarded pal
ace.
Archbishop Beran has been un
der surveillance In his palace since
June 19, when communist hecklers
drove him from his throne in St
Vitus cathedral. He says he Is "in
terned." i :
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Reich Allowed Steel; Rubber, Oil Plants,
New Republic to Establish j
Consulates, But Not Annies
BONN, Germany, Friday, Nov. 2MAVWest Germany's: parlia
ment Indicated its approval today of the allied-German agree
ment easing restrictions en German industry, foreign trade and
merchant shipping. x
After a turbulent all-night session, the Bonn parliament voted
down a socialist motion challenging Chancellor Konrad Adenau
er's authority to sign the agreement, which was made public yes-
terday.
After 12 hoars of furious debate, daring which the deputies
nearly came to blows, the opposition socialist leader. Dr. Kurt
Schumacher, was excluded from the parliament for the next 20
sessions for calling Adenauer "chancellor ef the allies" during the
hectic debate.
By George Boultwood
BONN, Germany, Nov, 24 -Py- The west German j republic
started on the long road toward becoming a power in world: af
fairs through an agreement today with the United States, Bri
tain and France easing restrictions imposed on German industry,
foreign trade and merchant shipping. ' ' ' j
Its pledges of cooperation, in return, included a declaration
of determination "to maintain the demilitarization of the federal
territory and to endeavor by all means in its power to prevent
the reaction of armed forces! of any kind."
The agreement, made between German Chancellor Donrad Aden
auer and the western high commissioners, is binding on the republic,
but the social democratic opposition to Adenauer's conservative gov
ernment demanded that it be submitted to parliament for ratification.
They contended Adenauer had exceeded his constitutional powers.
The government forces, however, have a parliamentary majority should
the issue be forced to a vote. V
Dismantling of Berlin Plants to Halt
The western powers agreed that west Germany may:
1 Retain 18 large synthetic oil, rubber and steel plants that had
been marked for dismantling. Among them is the August Thyssen
Steel works, one of the largest in Germany. All dismantling in divid
ed Berlin is to cease.
2 Establish consular and commercial relations "with those coun
tries where such relations appear advantageous."
3 Rebuild a merchant fleet for high seas trade.
The western powers alsO agreed to promote German membership
in "all those International organizations through which German ex
perience and support can contribute to the general welfare."
The west German government in return agreed to participate
wholeheartedly in the international authority for the industrial Ruhr,
which the Germans previously have boycotted
To Keep German War Potential Low
It also agreed to cooperate with the Big Three high commissions
In the work of the military security board, which has the task of
keeping German war potential tor a minimum. Similar German pledges
were given to eradicate nazism and continue allied steps against Ger
man cartels and monopolies.
These were the main points of a joint communique by the high
commissioners and west German government announced after 10 days
of negotiation. It was the first time the west German government ; had
had the opportunity of direct major negotiation with the west 'over
disputed questions. Up to now the allies, as occupying powers, had
dictated German actions, sometimes with German advice, j
As such, the negotiations marked the beginning of a new era in
German affairs. The Germans now will have a direct voice in their
future.
Santa Clam'
Robs Store
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Nov. 24
-(JPy- A man wearing a Santa
Claus mask entered the office of
film broker Jack Bomar last
night.
"This is a holdup," he announc
ed. "Santa Claus" tied Bomar's
hands, gagged him, and escaped
with $70 cash.
Grange to Vote
On Farm Plan i
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 24 -OP)
Delegates to the -National Grange
convention were advised officially
today to continue to oppose the
farm price support program ad
vocated by Secretary of Agricul
ture Charles Brannan.
The recommendation came from
the grange's agriculture commit
tee, headed by Illinois ' State
Grange Master Dorsey Kirk, and
representatives from 37 states
will vote yes or no on the issue
tomorrow, the convention's final
day. . ; 4 ' '
Fairy Tale Parade
At Portland Today
PORTLAND, Nov. 2 -Thousands
of youngsters will crowd
downtown streets tomorrow for
the annual Fairy Tale parade.
Santa Claus leads the proces
sion, followed by floats designed
after nursery rhymes and fair
tales. It will begin at 9:50 a.m.
Drought-Ending Rain
Sets Sirens Whining
FRINEVELLE, Nov. 24-(yf)-The
heavy rainfall which delighted
farmers here yesterday even set
the city's fire sirens going.
The unexpected rain first
since last June short-circuited
the fire alarm electric system.
SPAIN ASKS ABOUT LOAN
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -UP)
President Herbert E. Gaston of
the export-import bank disclosed
today that the Spanish govern
ment again has inquired : about
the possibility of an American
loan.
The) Oregon Statesman Salem,
UJS. Consumer
Income Near
Double 1939
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24-P)-Total
consumer Income In this
country is 80 per cent higher than
in prewar 1939. It is off three per
cent from the peak reached late
last y,ea.
The federal reserve board, re
porting this tonight, said the con
tinued high level of consumer in
come and willingness to spend it
had helped markedly; in cush
ioning the economic fdownturn
earlier this year.
The report also noted; that peo
ple as a whole have gone back
to spending an increasing propor
tion of their income $93.10 per
$100 of income after taxes in the
third quarter of this year compar
ed with $91.60 in the first quarter
and $92.30 in the third quarter of
last year.
An analysis in the board's No
vember 'bulletin' showed consum
er income flowing at the rate of
$210,600,000,000 a year in the third
quarter (July through September)
of this year, reflecting; a 19 per
cent increase for the postwar pe
riod alone. -
Wage and salary income, which
accounts for $134,400,000,000 of
the total consumer income, was up
98 per cent from 1939 (the num
ber of workers has jumped) and
23 per cent from 1946 ithus mea
suring the postwar improvement.
It was off only two pericent from
the peak attained in fourth quar
ter 1948.
'Outstanding Citizen'
Role Limited to Men
PENDLETON, Nov. 24-(1iP)-It,s
a man's world all right, the young
feminists of Pendleton decided to
day. The junior chamber! of com
merce decided to choose the "out
standing junior citizen of the year."
The qualifications: Be between 21
and 35. And be a man.
AFGHANISTAN GETS LOAN
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2t-Wh
The United States today loaned
$21,000,000 to far-away! Afghanis
tan a kingdom bordering Russia
for irrigation projects.
Oregon.! Friday, November 251349
tra dor
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Back Again
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PANAJHA, Panama, Nov. 24 Or.
Arnalfe Arias Madrid, enc time
president ef Panama, who was
retained io office Tharsday by
the repnblic's armed forces.
Opponent of
14 Revives
Panama Rule
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PANAMA, Panama, Nov. 24 -VP)
-let am amazing climax to a five-
day political crisis. Dr. Arnulfo
Arias Madrid, former president of
the republic with marked anti
U5. leaninea was awent back Into
office ponlght with the support of
the country's armed forces.
This sudden turn came as Col.
Jose Antonio Remon, police chief,
defied! a supreme court ruling that
the man he had ousted from the
presidency Sunday, Dr. Danie
Chani4 Jr., Is still president.
Thej latest coup d'etat by the
head of the police department, the
country's only armed force, ap
peared to be the result of spite at
the court's action. Remon helped
overthrow Arias In 1941, and since
that time the two men have'been
considered arch enemies.
Arias, who was first elected
president in June, 1940, had a
stormy; career during the early
years ojf World War II. He was ac
cused of being sympathetic to the
axis powers. On Oct. 9, 1941, he
was ouited as president and fled to
Colombia.
His regime had been in constant
discord! with United States author
ities in the canal zones.
Fire Damages
Holv
Shrine
JERUSALEM, Nov. 24 -UP)-For
eign diplomats returning from the
old city of Jerusalem tonight said
a fire it the Church of the Holy
Sepulchre was spectacular but the
"damagje was not serious."
Previous reports had said the
flames destroyed the main dome
and cupola, but the diplomats said
only the leaden dome over the ro
tunda was partially burned along
with a jayer of felt and tar under
neath It.
These informants said the rein
forced i concrete inner layer re
mained! undamaged, and that
heavy (scaffolding supporting the
rotunda inside the church itself
was not touched. Thus, they added,
danger! to the structure of the
shrine was averted.
24-Hour General Strike
Spreads Across France
PARS, Friday, Nov. 25-C!p)-An
almost complete shutdown in
France1)! public transport system
today eshered in a 24-hour gen
eral strike called by the coun
try's two biggest unions.
' As the working day started, the
French! rail network appeared
paralyzjed. In Paris subway and
bus service was halted.
Both! the anti-communist Work
ers' Frce and the communist
dominated General Confederation
of Labor (CGT) were behind the
strike, jordered to begin just after
midnight in protest against
French; economic conditions.
To rfeet rising living costs, the
unions j demanded payment 1 of
bonuses and unfreezing of wage
ceiling! to permit collective bar
gaining for pay increases.
Though public transport work
ers apparently had heeded the
strike (call, electric power Service
had net been curtailed up to 6
ajn. today. ?
PRICE 5c
mm
Taraadoes l!dp
Across Mahama
Leaviiragl'4 eadl
ALEXANDER CITY, Ala., Nov. 24-W-fornadoes lejp-f logged
across eastern Alabama today, snuffing out 14 lives and leaving: mer
than 38 injured. - ! I I
Red Cross Chairman Ralph Froshin said 10 negroes died It the
campground community, also known as Hackney ville, nine mike
northeast of here.
The highway patrol said the big,
out-of-season wind picked up a
weatherbeaten, gray negro home
and hurled it to the ground across
a road. This was the house in
which the negroes died.
Four persons were reported
dead and more than a score in
jured in Blount and Dekalb coun
ties more than a hundred miles to
the north.
i At the request of Blount Coun
ty Sheriff W. F. Maynor, Ala
bama's Gov. James E. Folsom or
dered the Blount national guard
to give all aid asked.
Score Injured
Sheriff Maynor said a small
twister struck a few miles north
of Oneonta about dusk, injuring
more than a score.
Two were reported killed at Ea
sley In Blount county and one at
Double Bridges in Dekalb.
The sheriff reported that a house
burned down in the storm and an
unidentified body had been taken
from the ruins.
Trees Fly in Air
A resident of the Hackneyville
area, W. S. Coker, said he noticed
a "dense black cloud, aud a lot of
trees flying in the air."
Then, he said, "the wind struck
the house and blew it across the
road into another house. Both
buildings were torn to pieces.
Other neighbors said the negro
family had just returned to their
home from a day. spent painting a
negro church when the storm ap
proached.
Fairview Fire
Extinguished
Minus Damage
Five city fire engines rushed to
Fairview home for the feeble
minded Thursday when flames
burst out below the porch of a
cottage housing S3 children.
The fire, detected at 1:15 pa,
was topped without damage. Dr
Irvin Hill, superintendent of the
home, said it probably was caused
by a cigaret, and announced he
would Investigate.
This was the fourth fire at the
institution In 18 months. Only
one was serious; that was when
a fire, set by a patient almost
destroyed the hospital
The city's hook - and - ladder
truck was damaged en route to
the blaze when a blade flew off
its fan and tore a hole In the
radiator. Fire Chief W. P. Roble
said it would be garaged about a
week for repairs.
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FORECAST from U.S. weather bu
reau. McNary field. Salem): Partly
clotidT with a few cattered showers
today. laereaaiaa ckmdlneae tonight
with rain tomorrow. High today sear
ST; tow tonight near a.
SALKM PBECIP1TATION
TMe Year
7.4
LaatYear
10.73
Kormal
Telephone service also was al
most intact. The Paris central
telephone station said no calls
could be put through to Bordeux,
but service to the rest of the
country appeared normal so far.
! The French press seemed agreed
that the picture would be some
thing like this:
i 1. Factories for the most part
will shut down.
2. Railroads, bus. subway sys
tems will be virtually at a stand
still. .
f S. Gas and electric plants will
be slowed down or stopped.
4. Ports will be idle and sea
transport stopped.
5. Department stores and phar
macies will be open.
6. Some movie houses and the
atres announced they would stay
open.
7. Banks and the stock exchange
plan to stay open.
t. Schools will remain open.
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Violent deaths mounted io 147
Thursday night as the Thank salv
ing holiday neared its close. The
total hid passed the 1948 mark
long before the home-bound crush
of motorists ended. -
Ninety -five persons! died tin ,
highway crashes. Another 32 were
killed in miscellaneous; mishaps.
Fourteen of these were Victims ef
Albama tornadoes. Fires, hunting
accidents an a small plane f crash
in South Dakota helped; swell the
miscellaneous toll. I ?
Last year between 6" p.m. the
night before Thanksgiving and the
following midnight lit persons
were killed, 86 in traffic. In 1947
the 30-hour toll was 128, of which
83 were traffic deaths, j 1 4
Statistics of the national safety
council show that an average: of
82 persons were killed every; 24
hours in traffic accidents Muring
the first nine months oil this year.
The nine - month figures! how
ever, cover deaths occurring fas
long as months after the accident
in which the victims were injured;
The survey made over the Thanks
giving day holiday includes only
persons killed instantly or dying
of injuries within a iew t hours
after the accidents. ' .
Clouds Still
Block Search
Foi:LostG5i
PORTLAND, Nov. 24 HPjt- The
military plane that vanished Tues
day as It was starting to des
cend for an instrument landing
here was still missing tonight. ,
The heavy clouds thai prevailed
when the C-34 vanished with itf
crew of six continued hampering
the search for it. j f I
Several planes took off today: te
scan the i rugged country north ol
here. But night fell without enough
of a break in the weather for the
searching pilots to see ;muh be
yond clouds and an !occaional -glimpse
of the slopes. 1 . f i
A ground crew, dispatched to a
ridge where someone had sees a
fire, returned to the airport her
to report there was no plane; there.
Two other ground cfewi con
tinued working in the Kelso,
WasbL, and Woodland, Wash4 areas
where country residents have re
ported hearing a low-flying plane
and crash. f i I
That area, north of here, con
tains rough terrain and the 2,934
foot Davis Peak where another
military I plane crashed about a
year-ago I'll.'.
The missing four-engined i air A.
force transport was on a routine)
training flight from McChord field
Tacoma,! Wash. - - " 1
French Arrest
Poles
PARIS, Nov. 24-6PUA French
foreign office spokesman said to
night about 25 Poles have been
rounded up in France and prob
ably will be brought to trial en
spy charges. J If.
The situation is the gravest
crisis between France and Poland
In years," the spokesman laid.
He said the French arrests "have
no connection whatever with tho
arrest Of Andre Simon Roblneau,"
a secretary of the French consu
late at Szczecin (Stettin) who; was
picked up by the communist-controlled
Polish police last Friday
for esponiage. J I "
(In Warsaw a Polish govern
ment spokesman said flatly the
arrest of the Poles was "In retalia
tion'' tor Robineau's arrest, f The
spokesman accused the-French of
making "mass raids and searches -
among jrwun ciuzcoss ; ...
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