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r A $1,000,000 bond issue and 10-year serial levy were approved
and M. E. (Gus) Moore was chosen director by Salem voters Monday
in a special Salem school district election;
- The count was 1,355 for and 763 against on the bond Issue which
will provide funds immediately for building. Construction planned at
present Includes a.two-or four-room. addition at Washington and a
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M. E. (Gns) Moore
New School Board Member.
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SfflEDQB
In a debate over legislative re
apportionment at the Oregon state
grange convention last week Rep.
Giles French, speaking in behalf
of the so-called balanced plan,
praised it as preserving the vot
ing power of rural people "who
are smarter, wiser and better able
to govern the state" than city
neoDle. For Darallel one may go
back to the federalists who want
ed control of government to rest
with "the rich, the wise and the
good."
This idea of the superiority of
rural people over city folk is not
new. French was reiterating old,
old claims even though he was
also revealing old, old prejudices.
Antagonism between town and
country is of ancient origin; and
contest between the two for polit
ical power is Just one manifesta
tion of that hostility.
Jin England the landed gentry
retained- long both the social pres
tige and the political power in the
kingdom. They looked on the em
erging tradesmen and manufac
turers , with a measure of con
tempt, and gave no conecrn at all
to the, working classes. The gentry
retained their power through a
restricted suffrage and continu
ance of a pocket borough system.
For example some small places
which had been organized as bor
oughs early In English history, el
ected two members to the house
of commons while great industrial
cities like- Manchester and Bir
mingham (Continued on editorial page 4.)
Keizer School
Board Elected
Statesman Nsws Sarrlca
KEIZER, June 19 Ralph Slpp
relL Fred C. Gast and S. E. Orcutt
all won posts on the Keizer school
board as a result of a school elec
tion here today. Herman Rehfuss
was elected Marion county rural
'director- and Ernest Werner, non-
high school -director.
Final counts for each of the
candidates were Sipprell for five
year directorship, 289; Gast and
Orcutt for three and . four-year
directorships, 262 and 323 respec
tively. Rehfuss' total was 371 and
Werner's 319. There were several
write-in candidates.
ELEANOR VISITS ROYALTY
AMSTERDAM. The Nether
lands, June 19-(iF)-Mrs. Franklin
D. Roosevelt was received tonight
by Queen Juliana and Prince
Bernhard at Soestdijk royal pal
bc where she will be a guest dur
ing a three-day visit to The Neth
erlands. j',"
Animal Craclccrs
- By WARREN GOODRICH
"I gotta get me some sleep
4 keep tlidia' out that
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Elected
iwo - room aacuuon av swegie.
Contemplated for completion by
September 1951 are expansion
projects at Highland, Richmond,
McKiniey. Hayes ville. Fringie,
Lincoht and Bush schools.
The' serial levy of 6 mills an
nually, td provide $200,000 for
continuing requirements was ap
proved 1,332 to 770.
Moore, general secretary of the
YMCA for the past two years, won
the directorship position over Don
ald X Parker, 1,416 to 668. Moore
will fill the position held the past
four years by Edward Majek, who
was not a candidate for reelection.
Voting in the ten city area pre
cincts was comparatively light with
Bond
Yea
. 8
. 132
. 157
. 161
. 150
- 177
. 215
. 145
. 89
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Issue
No
65 -
34
109
112
65
112
M
54
I 37 -
Lew
Yea No
Highland
97
65
Washington
129
149
161
104
176
217
147
98
6
54
117
112
88
112
92
51
43
38
Grant
Englewood ,
School Off.
Richmond -
Leslie
S. Heights
Lincoln
W. Salem
Totals 1
.1355 783 1332 771
a total of 2,184 ballots cast, The
measures carried in each of the
precincts and Moore held a con
sistent 2 to 1 edge over his oppon
ent throughout the district. .
Official Says
Johnson Backs
Formosa
TOKYO, Tuesday, June 20-(P)-A
reliable American officer said
today Defense Secretary Johnson
"is leaning our way" on Formo
sa. That would mean united
States aid to keep the Chinese na
tionaHsts' Island bastion out of
communist hands.
This officer, whose name can
not be disclosed, indicated a belief
that Johnson may make a recom
mendation shortly concerning the
nationalist stronghold which lies
alone America's defense line in
the Pacific.
Informed sources said the de
fense secretary was told again to
day of Formosa's strategic impor
tance to the U. S. He met lor an
hour this morning with Maj. Gen.
Earle E; I Partridge, acting com
mander of far east air forces in
the absence of Lt Gen. George E.
Stratemeyer.
Formosa's Importance report
edly was; emphasized by General
MacArthur himself yesterday in
a three hour conference with
Johnson and General Bradley,
chairman of the U. S. joint chiefs
of staff.
Vote of Confidence
Supplied Stalin by
Soviet Parliament
MOSCOW. June 19-P-The
Supreme Soviet (Parliament) to
night unanimously instructed
Prime Minister Stalin's govern
meht to. continue in office.
At the same time, the legislative
body reelected Nikolai M. Shver-
nik chairman of the presidium oi
the supreme Soviet (equivalent
to president of the Soviet Union)
and A. Fi Gorkin, secretary. The
presidum has legislative powers
under the Russian constitution
when the full supreme Soviet it
self is not in session.
The supreme Soviet voted un
animously to. support the resolu
tions adopted by the "World Peace
Partisans Congress" at Stockholm
in March.
KOREA ASSEMBLY OPENS
SEOUL Korea, June 19-fciP)
The newly-elected South Korean
assembly; opened today, with an
anti-communist address by Fres
ident Syngman Rhee and a prom
ise of continued American support
by John Foster Dulles. !
BERRY PRICES SLIP
PORTLAND, June 19-UP)
Strawberries began to reach the
Portland market in volume today.
Prices declined slightly, ranging
from $.2.75 to $3.25 a crate for the
1778 crates offered.
Aid
Pageant Casts Aside Weather Jinx,
Turns Back Pages of Salem History
-: ' By Robert E. Gangware j
City Editor. The Statesman i
Salem; took a long, backward
look-at itself Monday night
Some 13,000 Salem folk turned
out for the Pageant of Progress
at the state fairgrounds where
1,500 fellow townspeople presented
a colorfully costumed authentic
enactment of Salem history over
the past 150 years. '
Casting aside the jinx of rain
storm and mud which postponed
performances during the Cherry
land festival, last week, the huge
local cast turned the pages oi his
tory in a 2 -hour performance.
The pageant followed a revue
ot young dancers from the Arm
strong studio and a formal pre
sentation of Queen Nancy , Miller
and her entire Cherryland court
retinue. The entire show is sched
uled for repeat performances to
night and tomorrow night.
In the pageant there was much
to entertain the crowds, by way
100th YEAR
14
JLlnn
gaufy
Gambling Czar
Frank Erickson
'Makes Bet9 on
Court Verdict
By Al Parks and George Cornell
. NEW YORK, June lg-CAVGam--bier
Frank Erickson, an old hand
at figuring the odds, today played
a long shot that could bring some
degree of leniency, or a 60-year
prison sentence. . ;
Rather than stake his chances
on a courtroom trial, Erickson
pleaded guilty to 59 counts of
bookmaking and one of conspir
acy. .
The paunchy, 54-year-old gam
bler, kingpin in a coast-to-coast,
$12,500,000-a-year bet' - booking
business, stood tensely beside the
defense table in special sessions
court as Judge Nathan B. Perlman
asked:
"Does the defendant plead guil
ty to each of the 60 counts?"
"Yes," Erickson said firmly.
District Attorney Frank . Hogan
said that the evidence against
Erickson was "so ovemhelrning"
that a guilty plea was his only al
ternative. The plea, Hogan said, spells the
end "for all time to come" of the
gambling activity of a man he
called "the biggest and most no
torious bookmaker in the United
States."
Erickson, a mild - mannered,
balding little man who has never
spent a day in jail in his life, was
ordered back into court next Mon
day for sentencing. He was con
tinued in $10,000 bail until then.
To Seek Stiff Sentence
Hogan said he would ask the
stiff est sentence possible.
The gambler could get a maxi
mum of a year in jail and a $500
fine on each of the 60 counts, or
a total of 60 years and $30,000 in
fines.
There were reports that Erick
son pleaded guilty in hopes of les
sening his punishment, and to
protect his wealthy , betting cus
tomers from exposure in court.
Several New York businessmen,
some of whom bet up to $15,000 a
day, testified beiore the ciosea
sessions of the grand jury that
brought charges against Erickson.
Some of the bettors were sched
uled to be called as trial witness
es. At his arraignment early this
month, Erickson had pleaded in
nocent. The changed plea came at
the scheduled start of his trial.
Erickson hand candidly admit
ted to the senate committee on
April 23 that he, netted $100,000
profits annually from an illegal
nationwide, $12,500,000 - a - year
bookmaking business. , '
Four Babies
In One
CHICAGO, June 19 -P)- The
John P. O'Connors didn't have any
children 51 weeks ago. Now they
have four two sets of identical
twins.
"Pretty good for a manf who has
been married only 18 months,'
tavernkeeper O'Connor said today.
He is 33, his wife 31.
The O'Connors second set John
Patrick III and Matthew Michael
was born late yesterday Fath
ers Day. Their big sisters Mar
garet Ann and Mary Beth will be
a year old Sunday.
"Quite uncommon,' said Dr.
Adolph Kraft, who attended both
deliveries.
HUBBARD MAN ELECTED
Hubbard, June 19 Odell Mor-
tenson was elected to a three-year
directorship on the Hubbard grade
school board in light voting here
tonight. He succeeds Marvin Bar
rett. .
of Indian dances; the naturally
playful antics of the kids, in a
pioneer setting; a wide variety of
song and dance numbers; ancient
automobiles, and stage coach, cov
ered wagon train and many horse
men; a gay Fourth of July cele
bration circa 1900.
And there was a wealth of his
toric details, plus a balanced trib
ute to this city's development in
matters educational, spiritual, pol
itical, military. V
The 17 episodes of the pageant
each presented large numbers of
participants in pantomime, with
the story unfolded by narrators. 1
Musical ' background was - pro
vided throughout the pageant by
oratorio society singers led by
Dean Melvin Geist and featuring
as soloists Josephine Albert
Spaulding, Yivienne Meola and
Corydon Blodgett,
Memorable events In the history
and background of the Salem area
were noted the coming of Jason
PAGES
Offers to Swap Yogeler for
Ten Citizens
All but two persons In this picture
States, after taking the naturalization oath Monday afternoon in
Marion county circuit court. Representing seven different national
backgrounds, the newly naturalised are, from left, Rosa Pirelli.
Hphbard; Frank Francis Giroux, Silverton; Jean Mary Margaret
Sfithuel, Acnes and Anthony Kopecky, Lucienne Marguerite W'or-
New Citizensto
Get Papers at
Formal Dinner
Admonished that "we don't ex
pect you to be perfect . . . but to
be sincere," 11 Marion county resi
dents became United States citi
zens Monday at a brief ceremony
in the circuit court.
They took the oath of naturali
zation and will receive formal pa
pers at a dinner Saturday at 7 p.m.
in Salem YMCA, where most have
attended citizenship classes in re
cent months.
Circuit Judge George R. Duncan
also urged the new Americans to
register as voters, since "we dont
expect you to be satisfied always
with the government, but to real
ize that any change should come
by lawful means elections."
After rejecting one petitioner on
grounds that he needed to acquire
more knowledge of the form of
government. Judge Duncan talked
with the about-to-be-citizens con
cerning their names (two had their
given names altered by request)
and their backgrounds, in seven
different countries. Most were
from Canada.
The new citizens, the countries
to which they have renounced loy
alty and; their present addresses
(Salem i unless otherwise noted)
ares .'!
Frank Francis Giroux, 700 "Wa
ter1 St., i Silverton, from Canada;
Jean Mary Margaret Samuel, 480
S. 20th St., Canada; Rosaria
(changed to Rosa) Pirelli, Hub
bard route 1, box 262, Italy; Agnes
and Antomn (changed to An
thony) Kopecky, 4467 Claxter rd,
Czechoslovakia; Lucienne Margue
rite Worthington, 740 Ferry st,
Belgium; Isobel Margaret Slattum,
Salem route 7, box 170, Australia;
Ole Benson, Woodburn route 1,
Norway; Harry Russell and Irene
Eveline Worth. 490 Leslie st can
ada; Colette Marie Antoinette Rey
nolds, 1427 Trade st, France.
JOSEPH COTTEN IS GRANDPA
SANTA MONICA. Calif., June
lg-W-Screen Actor Joseph Cot
ten became a grandfather today,
He's 45. His daughter, Mrs. James
P. Young. 22, gave birth to a ev
en pound 14-ounce daughter. The
father is an actor.
Lee and Father Blanchette to
found early missions, the founding
of Willamette university, the
Champoeg meeting, statehood, the
burning of the capitol, wartimes.
. And there were lighter, touches
and , many ' a change of pace a
can can cabaret scene, a wedding
or two. a Merlain school ballet
scene; a lively square dance, ba
ton twirling, a stubborn burro, an
Indian raid.
. jMost of the action took place
on sawdust-covered track ' and
grounds in front of the grand
Stand, with occasional tableaux on
the stage above. -
William Croarkln, representing
Geller Productions, directed the
pageant for which narrators were
Ton! Van Ornum, Margaret Al
len, Ray Loter and Verne Atkin
son. v.i.-v.
, Scores of Salem organizations
Joined efforts to provide the large
cast, with several groups splitting
responsibilities for each scene.
. FOUNDED 1651 . . , i 4
Th Oregon Statesman, Salem
Pleads
Added to Marion County Via Naturalization
are new citizens of the United
Truman May Seek H-Bomb Funds
British Warming to Steel, Coal Pool
LONDON, June 19 -JP)- British 1
ex
perts studying the Schuman plan-
V... 1 1 1 iv- -1 '
uavc luntiuucu uidi uie pumicai
advantages of joining the coal-
steel pool outweigh economic dis
advantages, it was reliably report
ed tonight.
Britain cannot afford to risk
western disunity at this critical
stage of the cold war, these offi
cials are reported to have decided,
but they still attach conditions to
Britain's joining the pool.
The experts from various gov
ernment ministries, working under
the government's chief planning
officer, Sir Edwin Plowden, have
had their heads together ever since
the plan of French Foreign minis
ter Robert Schuman was published
May 9.
PARIS, June 19 -fP)-Fully-de
tailed outlines of France's history
making plan to pool the coal and
steel of six nations for their com
mon good, in peace or war, will be
presented to her participating
neighbors tomorrow.
The plan, advanced by French
Foreign Minister Robert Schuman
on May 9 now complete to the
last coma will go before the
opening session of the cooperating
nations. All have agreed in ad
vance on the objective, "a common
action of peace, European solidar
ity and social and economic pro
gress."
Rattlesnake Fails to
Strike at Baseball .Game
JAL, N. M., June 19-UP)-Joe
Kohlman, ticket taker at a base
ball game, had a buzzing in his
ears all through the evening.
His ticket-taking chores con
eluded, Kohlman got a light and
located the noise. It was a rattle
snake coiled within inches of his
feet
C C. Parton Elected to
Silverton School Board
SILVERTON. June 19 C. C.
Parton was elected to the Silver-
ton school board in voting here
today He defeated Lowell E.
Brown 286 to 131.
Parton, who will take his new
post on July 1. replaces R. G.
Smith, who withdrew from the
race for reelection because of the
pressure of other duties.
TO STAY IN RUBBER BUSINESS
WASHINGTON, June 10 -
Legisla tion keeping the govern
ment in the synthetic ribber busi
ness for two more years was pass
ed today by the house and sent
to President Truman.
Max.
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- 65
Min. Predp.
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SS JM
S3 trace
8alBi
Portland
San Francisco .
Chicago
68
S3
New York
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WUUunett river S.7 feet.
rOEECAST (from VS. weather bu
reau, McNary Held. Salem): Partly
cloudy today and tonight. Slightly
cooler today with high near 79. Low
tonight near S4. Condition- wiS be
excellent for most farm activities to
day. SAXM PMCtriTATIOX
This Tear
43.4S
Last Tear
4U1
Normal
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Oregon, Tuesday, June 20. 1950
GBiltv
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1. v.: 1
thincton, Isobel Margaret Slattum, all of Salem; Ole Benson, Wood
burn; Irene Eveline (face hidden) and Harry Russell Worth, Colette
Marie Antoinette Reynolds, all of Salem. At left, administering the
oath is County Clerk Harlan A. Judd. Seated at the desk is Deputy
Clerk Helen Mulkey.
.
AreaS UrgaillZe
w -
To Work Toward
Water District
Statesman New Servie
SALEM HEIGHTS, June 19
Residents in two areas were or
ganized here tonight for possible
addition to the Salem Heights
water - district. Chairmen and
committeemen were elected.
About 30 persons attended the
meeting at the Salem Heights
school in the first step of a plan
to get water for the West Brown-"
ing and East Browning avenue
areas south of Salem.
Elected chairman of the West
Browning group was Archie Mc
Killop. Lou Kurth and Ed Brown
were named committeemen. Don
Gardner was elected chairman of
the East Browning group with R.
S. Neuman and W. E. Sylvester.
committeemen.
Berry Picker
Demand Hits
Season's Peak
With' the Salem area strawberry
harvest rapidly coming to a peak
the demand for pickers became
acute Monday, according to Wil
liam Baillie, manager of the Sa
lem office of the state employ
ment service.
Baillie said late Monday that at
least 300 additional pickers would
be needed at his office this morn
ing to load onto trucks. The grow
ers' trucks are loaded from 6:30
to 9:30 a. m. and in the past sev
eral days about 400 pickers have
gone out each day.
"If you want to pick berries,"
said Baillie, "call a berry grow
er, call this office or be down here
in the morning. Anyone wishing
to drive out may call here for
field information." !
Reports reaching his office in
dicate that many pickers are ave
raging about ' $1 per hour. The
harvest in the Silverton Hills area
is getting underway this week, he
said. The employment service of
flee is located at Ferry and South
Cottage streets.
Massachusetts Salem Loses
Top Spot But
, SALEM, Mass, June 19-(Special
to he Oregon Statesman )
Salem, Oregon, for the first time ,
officially, is the largest of the
26 Salems in the nation.
But at least the Massachusetts
Salem, long holder of top popu
lation honors, has reversed its
trend and is growing again.
. Salem, Mass, in 1910 had its
peak population of f 43,697
which is around 600 more than
the 1950 population of Salem,
Oregon. It had 43,353 In 1930
but lost more than 2000 in the
decade from 1830 to 1940
PRICE 5c
Bookie
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WASHINGTON, June 19 -(P)-
President Truman today was re
ported ready to ask congress for
$300,000,000 to speed development
of the super-powerful hydrogen
bomb.
It was a tight secret, however,
whether the money would be used
for actual construction of the
world's first H-bomb - - heralded
as perhaps 1,000 times more pow
erful than the original atom bomb
--or for expanded research.
A member of the house appro
priations committee, who asked
his name withheld, said he under
stood Mr. Truman's request would
be sent to the capitol in a day or
two.
This . representative said the
money would be spent entirely for
construction work as existing at
omic installations, mainly at Oak
Ridge, Term., Los Alamos, N. M.,
and Hanford, Wash.
In other atomic developments:
1. President Truman renomina
ted the four present members of
the atomic energy commission.
2. A bill authorizing the navy
to spend $350,000,000 on revo
lutionary atomic - powered sub
marine and other new weapons
was approved by a senate armed
forces subcommittee. The meas
ure already has been approved by
the house.
Mrs. Perkins
Back in Salem
After U.S:Visit9
PORTLAND. June 19-V-Mrs
Amy L. Perkins, 52, the Australian
woman who started on a good'
will tour of the United States last
year, completed her 10,717-mile
journey today.
She headed for Salem, after vis
iting 40 of the former GIs who
once visited her home, while sta
tioned in Brisbane.
She explained a number of them
invited her to visit them in this
country. So last year she decided
to.
; She arrived with slightly more
than $zs in her purset then work
ed in a Salem, cannery to get
enough money for the trip.
She finally bought a 92-inch bus
ticket worth $159.75, and set out
Now after visiting friends in
Salem, she will sail for home June
29 from Vancouver, B.C. ,
She may repeat the trip, too.
"Next time, though," she said, '111
sure have a lot of people to see
My friends in this country just sort
of snowballed. I
Again Growing
slipping to 41,213.: In the pas
decade, , however, it gained -825
and now stands at 41333
about 1200 behind Its Oregon
counterpart ' - -.
The Massachusetts city, hem'
med in by other large tons, has
few illusions, about overtaking
Oregon's, Salem again. But the
323 years since Salem, Mass., was
; founded (by Roger Conant) has
brought the culture and stability
to make it a fine city in which
to live and there is' little if any
envy that its pre-eminence la
population is surrendered.
No 14
Crow
1000-Year-Old
Treasure Said
Ransom Price
VIENNA, Austria,' Tuesday June "
2M)-Hungary i demanding the
ancient crown of St. Stefan as
ransom for Robert A. Volgeler, im- ,
prisoned American business man, '
it was learned here today.
Reliable sources said the communist-controlled
Hungarian gov- -eminent
has offered to swap Vo
geler in an even trade for the
symbol of Magyar royalty. The.
crown is nearly 1,000 years old.
The negotiations were said to
have reached a point where Vo
geler's release from prison may be
effected within a few weeks.
The famous crown was taken
from Hungary by the Nazis during'
the war and1 later was found by
American troops in Germany. It
is believed how to be somewhere
in Western. Germany, - probably v
Weisbaden. '
No Other Demand ' '
The informants said not other
demand had been made by th
Hungarians in conversations which
began immediately after Vogeler'f
arrest in Budapest last November
on charges of espionage and sabo
tage. The crown dates back to King
Stefan I of Hungary, who was bom
in 975 and died in 1038 A.D.
The United States has consis
tently refused to give the crown
to Hungary's present communist
government, despite repeated de
mands for it.
Blocked by Vatican ,
It has been reported that th
Vatican was at least partly res
ponsible for the refusal .by the
Americans to return it to Hungary.
Western diplomatic sources aaid
the Hungarian people would for-,
give the government almost any-
thing if their communist leaders
could effect the return of ths
priceless art treasure.
American sources here are re
luctant to discuss the negotiations
for Vogeler's release. It has been
learned that no demands have
been made for lifting the U. S. ban
on American travel In Hungary,
imposed by the state department
last December. Neither did re- )
opening of Hungarian consulates '
in New York and Cleveland fieura
in the Budapest demands, the in
formants added. , i, i
Bread Shelves
Nearly Bare in
Struck Gties
By The Associated Press
Striking AFL bakers and ODra-
tors in the Seattle area and Fort
land remained deadlocked last
night after failing to reach agree
ment in conciliation sessions. The
strike headed into its third day.
Bread shelves were nearly bare
in the Pacific northwest cities af
fected and In Los Ansreles and
Long Beach, Calif, where bakers
also have walked out.
As conciliators tried to work out1
settlement, operators in the
Seattle-Everett-Bremerton district
hit back with a suit against the
union asking $20,000 a day dam
ager for the duration of the strike.
They also filed unfair labor prac
tices charges against the union
with the national labor relatione
board. . .
In Portland, the AFL Bakers
and Helpers union turned dowtt
an employer offer that failed te
meet revised demands.
Argentina Fires
Envoy; to India
BUENOS AIRES. June 19-64V
Argentina fired her ambassador te
India, today.
The ambassador, Oscar Tasch-
eret, was involved in a night club
brawl in New Delhi May 5.
John Edwards, an Englishman,
? rared a pitcher of ice water over
ascheret's head, because, he said,
the Argentine ambassador would
n't shut up during the floor show.,
National
At Boston 9, Pittsburgh 1
At Brooklyn t. New York I
' At Philadelphia-Cincinnati, rata. ,
: Only games scheduled.
American Leagve
At Chicago 4. Washington a (11 io
, Scdy game' scieduled I '
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