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Girl Wins Spelling
Contest Semi-Finals
Jo Anne King, 13-year-old 8th- j cial certificates of merit, end all
grader at Livingston School, Won , three will have an equal chance at
the semi-finals of The Oregon j the $100 first-prize defense bond
Statesman-KSLM Spelling Con- I in the grand finals April 3.
test last night, and it wasn't easy.
She and second place winner
Berl Davis, 14, an 8th-grader at
Leslie Junior High, ploughed
through a more difficult list of
words than was used in the contest
all last year. And third - placer
AT HUBBARD TONIGHT
The second semi-finals in The
Statesman-KSLM Spelling Con
test will be at the Hubbard Ele
mentary School at 7:45 tonight,
with the public invited free. At
least 10 schools will be repre
sented. Beverly Wals, 13, of West Salem
funior High also was right in the
pitching until "sizable" spelled her
down.
Berl stumpled over "plaque,"
which Jo Anne spelled correctly to
end the close contest which lasted
an hour and a half.
Jo Anne won the pen-pencil set
for first place, all three won spe-
The strike on lines of the New
York Central west of Buffalo came
as a surprise. All the Class One
railroads are technically under
government (army) operation as a
result of failure of workers and
management to agree on terms
of a work contract. Actually the
roads continue under their own
management because these men
have the required knowledge and
experience for keeping the roads
running. The dispute this becomes
long drawn out. The sudden strike
represents an attempt of the
Brotherhoods of Locomotive En
gineers and of Firemen and En
ginemen and of Conductors the
operating Brotherhoods to effect
a settlement,
For some three years the repre
sentatives of the two sides have
been meeting and arguing in at
tempts to arrive at an agreement.
Presently they are said to be
agreed on wage issues, but are
stalled on proposed changes in
working rules. Carriers want to
lengthen the runs, because of the
improvements which permits long
er runs for locomotives. Brother
hood members resist because of
the sacrifice of some of their past
gains. What seems apparent is that
rules have not been modernized to
Keep up with technological changes
in the railroad business.
We may assume that the govern
ment will make some move to end
this strike. The county just can't
put up with a prolonged strike
(Continued on editorial page, 4.)
19 Injured as
Buses Collide
Near Eugene
EUGENE (JP) - Two buses col
lided at a highway overpass four
miles south of here Monday and
injured 19 persons, seven of them
seriously.
Hospital attendants said all
would recover.
The buses crashed head-on,
after the southbound bus hit a
concrete abutment on the over
pass approach' and bounced into
the path of a northbound bus. The
wreckage tied up traffic on the
overpass two hours.
Both were Continental Trail
ways buses. The crash came at
3:25 a.m. on the Pacific Highway
near Willamette Park.
The seriously injured were:
.Mrs. Billie MeClure, Medford,
broken pelvis; The Rev. Paul W.
McBeth, Elizabethtown, Pa., se
vere cuts: Mrs. Ethel Bahrman,
Grants Pass: Robert Duff, Grants
Pass; Mrs. Florence Vance, Med
ford; Bert Taule, Grants Pass, and
Sam Weisman, Portland.
(One of the most seriously in
jured in the bus collision south
of Eugene Monday was Kenneth
B. Satrom of 3110 Larson Ave.,
driver of one bus.
(His family reported that Sat
ron sustained a broken kneecap.
serious lacerations, and a possible
broken arm. He is expected to re
main in a Eugene hospital for
several days.)
Missing Pen
Trusty Caught
Walter Cullen, Oregon State
Penitentiary trusty who disap
peared -from dairy crew at the
prison farm last Tuesday, was re
captured Monday, Warden Virgil
O'Malley reported.
O'Malley said he had been in
formed that Cullen was picked up
by the sheriffs department of
Umatilla County. Cullen is ex
pected to be brought back to the
prison from Pendleton today.
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The semi-final's seven entrants
waded through 425 words ;in last
night's spell-down at Leslie Jun
ior High School. Among them
were "poliomyelitis," exaggerate,"
"consensus,' "irrelevant" and
many other "stickers."
The other four contestants were
Sharon Muller, 13, an 8thi-grader
at Parrish (who missed one "m"
in accommodate;" Charle (Rol
lie) Young, 15, in the 7th grade
at the State School for th$ Blind,
who was tossed by "pleasant;"
Marie Schindler, 12, 7th grader at
Salem Christian, who overlooked a
letter in "governor,, and; David
Graffenberger, 13, in the 8th grade
at Salem Academy, who inadvert
ently left a "g" out of "suggest."
Judge chairman was Supreme
Court Justice Arthur D. Hay. Mas
ter of ceremonies was Earl Head
rick, manager of Radio KSLM.
Host principal was Charles
Schmidt. Calling the words was
Wendell Webb, managing editor
of The Statesman.
11 Schools in
Spell Contest
Set at Keizer
KEIZER At least 11 schools
will be represented in the semi
finals of The Statesman - KSLM
Spelling Contest at Keizer; School
at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday. Entrants
include eight girls and three boys.
Raloh Nelson is host principal.
The spell-down is open; to the
public without charge.
Contestants will be:
Kathie Archer, 13, 7th grade,
Labish Center School.
William Bateson, 13, 7tn, Pra
tum. Joretta Braaseh, 13, 8th, keizer.
Eileen Dal bey, 13, 8 th,: Ha 'el
Green.
Delia Kuenzi, 14, 8th, Wijlard.
Carol Mason. 12. 7th, Clear Lake.
Frances McGriff, 14, 7th, Che
mawa. Janet Mae Pearsall, 13, 8th,
Lake Labish.
Nathan- Runner, 12, 7th,iFruit
land. Stanley Schmidt, 13, 8th,; North
Howell.
Judith Wolf, 12, 8th, Waconda.
A contestant from Mission Bot
tom also is expected, and other
schools eligible include Bethel,
Brooks, Buena Crest, Central
Howell and Macleay.
The top three spellers in the
semi-finals will go to the, grand
finals at Parrish. Junior High in
Salem, April 3.
Increase in Gas
Rate Approved
Higher gas rates were approved
Monday by Public Utilities, Com
missioner Charles H. Heltzel.
The increase, effective immedi
ately, is expected to net Portland
Gas and Coke Co. about $366,300
a year in new revenue, said the
commissioner who added the com
pany's return would still be less
thn 5 per cent. He said the rate
hike would partially offset recent
payroll increases..
Effect of the new rates In Sa
lem was described by District
Manager Joseph A. H. Dddd of
the gas company as follows: Av
erage increase for gas used in
cooking only, 18 cents a month;
in cooking and automatic ; water
heating, 6 cents a month; heating
to the extent of 200,000 cubic
feet a year, increase of $7.61 a
year; for industrial users, 3; cents
a thousand cubic feet.
Father Asks Supreme Court to
Cancel Order Taking Children
Whether the two young sons of
a Salem man remain with: their
father depends on chances of a re
hearing by the Oregon State Su
preme Court. j i
In a unanimous decision Feb. 20
the Supreme Court awarded the
sons, Jimmy, 11, and Tommy, 9, of
Robert W. Royer to their mother
in Indiana. Royer- Monday asked
the Court to recpnsider its de
cision. :
The mother of the two boys is
Mrs. Helen A. Lorenz, who Royer
thinks lives in ChurubuseOi Ind.
She was awarded : custody of the
boys in Allen County, Ind., in
1945 when she divorced Royer.
But Royer has h4d the children
ever since, and he says they don't
even remember their mother.
The Feb. 20 decision ruled that
the Indiana court' order is still
valid. The decision, for the first
time, held that an order by a court
in another state is; entitled to full
faith and credit in Oregon.
Brought to Oregon
The Court's decision overruled
that of Polk Counfy Judge Arlie
G. Walker who sid that Royer
should keep the children. Mrs.
Lorenz brought suit in Polk Coun
ty to regain custody of her chil
dren. Royer said that when the
To Test
Kefauver
Strength
By The Associated Pres
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was
credited with a narrow edge over
Sen. Robert A. Taft Monday night
on the evt of New Hampshire's
first - in - the - nation Presidential
primary election Tuesday.
Coincident with the Republican
balloting. New Hampshire voters
will choose between President
Truman and Sen. Estes Kefauver
of Tennessee in the Democratic
primary.
Truman campaign managers
predicted the President will
"smother" Kefauver. The Tennes
sean retorted that was "really
eyewash."
Less interest centered on the
Truman-Kefauver erase than the
Taft-Eisenhower clash. However,
an unexpectedly strong showing
by Kefauver would undoubtedly
boost the Senator's stock and might
influence Truman's decision on
whether to seek re-election in No
vember. Decisive Showdown
The Republican race, on the oth
er hand, was regarded as a pos
sibly decisive showdown between
Taft and Eisenhower as vote pull
ers. Former Gov. Harold E. Stas
sen of Minnesota was regarded as
a third-running "darkhorse" entry-Candidates
favorable to Gen.
Douglas MacArthur are also en
tered in a separate contest for del
egates to the GOP nominating con
vention in July, but MacArthur is
not listed in the so-called "popu
larity" test.
Results of the New Hampshire
election may be slow in being
totted up because of the compli
cated nature of the ballots.
TAFT The Ohio Senator turn
ed from his whirlwind New Hamp
shire campaign to a three-day
stumping tour in Texas. At Hous
ton. Taft told a news conference
that military leaders are too "land
minded" and declared that the Air
Force should be built up as the
nation's best weapon for defense
or attack.
TRUMAN The President made
what amounted to a bid for far
mer support of the Democratic
ticket in a message to the National
Farmers' Union. He said farmers'
gains of the last 20 years "could
be lost if the next administration
were to follow the wrong agricul
tural policies.
CAPITOL HILL Sen. Connally
(D-Tex) told the Senate in a
shouting, arm-waving speech that
Sen. Taft was willing to "subor
dinate his integrity to grasp a few
slimy votes" in his bid for the
GOP nomination.
Connally said Taft had declared
in Texas that the Truman admin
istration, with "an assist" from
Connally, "invited the Communists
into Korea.'' The Texas Senator
said that was "outrageous, prepos
terous and untruthful."
Taft told an audience at Hous
ton, Tex., that just a month before
the outbreak of the Korean War,
Connally had said "we wouldn't
do anything about it if the Com
munists moved into South Korea."
(Election Summary, on page 2)
Fairs Seek to
Protect Funds
Via Initiative
The Oregon Fairs Association
filed a preliminary initiative pe
tition Monday to protect their
state allotments if the people ban
horse and dog racing.
The measure provides that if
the people ban racing, then the
fairs would get $495,000 a year
from the state general fund.
The fairs now get part of pari
mutuel betting receipts.
The Oregon Council of Church
es is sponsoring the initiative to
ban racing.
The new measure provides that
if the anti-racing bill is passed by
the people in November, the fairs'
initiative to get the money from
the general fund would take ef
fect. divorce was granted he wasn't ad
vised that she had been awarded
the children, and brought them to
Oregon.
Royer, who was remarried two
years ago, told the Supreme Court
that the welfare of the children
should be the prime consideration.
He says he is giving the boys a
much better home than then
mother could give them.
There isn't much chance, how
ever, that the high court will grant
a rehearing. It is seldom done,
especially when decisions are
unanimous.
"Welfare of Boys"
Royer said, "I don't think the
Court should consider either me
or the mother. Only the welfare of
the boys should be considered."
"The kids don't even know her,
and they don't want to go back.
They are very disturbed, and they
cry a lot about it. It's a real mess,"
he added.
If Royers petition for rehearing
is denied, then his only chance
would be to bring" suit in Indiana
to try to get custody of the boys.
"I can't afford to bring a suit in'
Indiana, because it would cost too
much. I've already spent more
than $1,000 on this case," h said.
Village Holds Midnight
By DON GUY
WATERVILLE VALLEY, N.
H. (JF) A surprise midnight elec
tion gave Gen. Eisenhower all.
seven votes in this tiny mountain
ski village early Tuesday.
The returns in the preference
primary were the first reported
in New Hampshire's kickoff bal
loting for the 1952 Presidential
campaign.
Voting was held in century-old
101st YEAH
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Part-Time Jobs
v -- rMfiPr' -ju
A majority of the student at Willamette University work at part-time Jobs to help finance their edu
cation. The types of work they do are discussed in a story on pace 7. Shown above in picture at left
is Neal Dauffherty, 1632 Court St., a freshman who works in the statehouse coffee shop. Center - is
Mary Campbell, 1765 Center St., sophomore, racking books in the city library. Wiping down the wind
shield of the Salem school bus he drives is Dick L'nruh, 885 D St., at right, a senior at Willamette.
(Statesman photo.)
St. Louis Man
Joins President
Race in Oregon
A St. Louis, Mo. lawy er, William
R. Schneider, was accepted Mon
day as the sixth presidential can
didate on Oregon's May 16 Repub
lican primary ballot.
Schneider's personal filing was
accepted because it was mailed
before the deadline last Friday.
Nobody around the capitol knew
who Schneider is. His filing, with
a $100 fee, was sent here by
George L. Rauch, Portland attor
ney. It also contained a statement
by Robert A. Elliott, state Repub
lican chairman, that Schneider's
candidacy is "advocated generally
throughout the United States."
didacy, he has to get such a state
ment from his state party chair
man. Rauch said in Portland that he
was a classmate of Schneider's at
the University of Michigan; that
Schneider had practiced law in
St. Louis since 1911 and was the
author of "Schneider on Work
men's Compensation," a standard
law book, and that Schneider was
for "government supporting the
principle of free enterprise."
Schneider is entered In the New
Hampshire primary, scheduled
today.
The other candidates in the Re
publican primary are Gens. Dwight
Eisenhower and Douglas MacAr
thur, Harold E. Stassen, Wayne L.
Morse, and Gov. Earl Warren of
California.
These filings also were accepted
Monday, bringing the total number
to 444:
James Field, Rhododendron Re
publican, for State Senator from
Clackamas, Columbia and Multno
mah Counties.
James McGinty, Myrtle Creek,
for Delegate to Democratic Con
vention from Fourth District.
Raymond E. Watters. Portland
Republican, for State Senator from
Multnomah County.
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Precip.
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Portland
42
49
44
San Francisco
Chicago
New York
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37
Willamette River 1.4 feet.
FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu
reau. McNary field. Salem): Partly
cloudy with a few showers today, be
coming mostly cloudy with rain be
ginning late tonight. Little change in
temperature with high today near 50,
low tonight near 36. Salem tempera
ture at 12:01 tjn. today was 37.
SALEM PRECIPITATION
Since Start of Weather Year Sept. 1
This Year Last Year Normal
J6.4J 44-8 UAl
Waterville Inn before a roaring
log fire. Folks agreed the Town
Hall was six feet too deep in
snow to be worth digging out.
Town clerk Ralph Bean, Inn
proprietor, got the election un
derway sixty seconds after a
banjo clock tolled midnight. He
had invited the whole village to
a late supper to make sure every
eligible voter was on hand for
the, balloting. And the village's
The Oregon Statesman. Salem. Oreqon. Tuesday.
Help Make Full
Red Cross Fund
Totals $13,949
Marion County Red Cross head
quarters reported $13,949 collect
ed in the fund drive as of Mon
day. This total includes $10,000
gained in the advance gift cam
paign. The drive, begun March 3, has
its ultimate goal $48,000.
Monday's campaign amount in
cluded $971 contribution by State
office employees.
Allied Planes
Down 7 MIG's
SEOUL, Korea (P)-Allied Sabre
jets shot down seven Russian
built Communist MIGs and dam
aged three Monday in a blazing
repulse of Red attempts to protect
their harased supply lines in Ko
rea. About 60 fast Red jets, sweeping
south from their protected bases
in Manchuria, tried to break
through the screen of U. S. F-86
Sabres covering Allied fighter-bombers.
Batista Vaults Back to Power in Cuba
With Military-Supported Revolution
By BEN F. MEYER ,
HAVANA (P) - Fulgencio Ba-1
tista, the former army sergeant
who ruled Cuba for 10 troubled
years, vaulted back to power J
Monday on the crest of a multary
backed revolt.
The coup was staged three
months ahead of Cuba's scheduled
presidential elections in which
Batista was an announced candi
date. The revolt forced President
Carlos Prio Socarras to flee the
presidential palace where two
men were slain in the only re
ported bloodshed.
Later Prio was reported under
armed guard at his country es
tate outside Havana.
Machine gunners backed by two
army tanks took over the palace
where white flags were seen
flying shortly after Prio de
parted. Batista told reporters the revolt,
which started before dawn, lasted
only an hour and 17 minutes.
The lightning coup was sprung
at Camp Columbia, chief army
base which followers of the 51-year-old
Batista seized before
dawn Monday.
Meeting, Gives General
entire population of 10 showed
up.
Although they voted unani
mously for Eisenhower, folks
here say it's a bit early to claim
that "as goes WaterviMe, so goes
New Hampshire."
Some time ago as the New
Hampshire political pot started
boiling town clerk Bean found
that he was surrounded by Eisen
hower supporters. He proposed
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Steelhammer
Withdraws
From Race
John Steelhammer, Salem at
torney and speaker of the house
of representatives in 1950, with
drew late Monday from the race
for the republican nomination for
attorney general of Oregon.
Steelhammer said his action
was motivated by the decision the
press of private law practice
would not permit him to campaign
and serve. It was indicated he
might amplify the statement later.
Still in the republican race for
the attorney generalship are John
McCourt and Alex Barrv of Port
land, E. O. Stadter Sr.." of Bend,
and Leonard Lindas of Oregon
City. Sole democratic candidate
is Robert Y. Thornton of Tilla
mook. DROUGHT IN CHINA
HONG KONG ,Pi-A Commu
nist newspaper, just received here
from Shanghai, says wheat and
other winter crops are showing
poor growth in several Chinese
provinces because of drought.
It was from Camp Columbia
outside Havana that Batista
staged his 1933 revolt over
throwing the government of Pres
ident Gerardo Machado and hold
ing power for the next 10 years.
Batista said the revolt was
staged because "I had news from
the most reliable source that Pres
ident Prio, faced with defeat df
his candidate in the June 1 elec
tions, was planning a phoney rev
olution for April 15."
The political veteran, a little
plumper but not appearing much
older than he did when he held
sway before, flashed his grin at
reporters and described the day's
events:
"I arrived at Camp Columbia
this morning at 2:43 a.m. on the
dot. That was the hour we had
fixed for the revolt.
"Other officials, at the same
hour, took over La Cabana (a
fortress across the bay from Ha
vana), the quartermaster's depot,
the air force and the navy-"
An hour and 17 minutes later,
he had control of every military
post In Cuba.
"I did it with captains and lieu-
Sr:
the early voting as a boost to
the campaign in behalf of the
General on duty overseas.
Everyone also felt it was a
fine way to put their mountain
ringed community "on the map"
as the early birds of election day.
Waterville Valley is ten miles
inside the White Mountain Na
tional Forest, 150 miles from
Boston. The nearest sizeable com
munity is Plymouth, 20 miles to
the south.
March 11, 1952
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By DON Hl'TH
MUNSAN, Korea (JP)-Gen. Matthew B. -Ridgway declared
Tuesday the Korean armistice talks have now reached a stats -where
it is impossible for him to guess what would happen
next.
Tl".e supreme Allied commander denounced tha Communiit
truce negotiators for their "known falsehoods."
In a news conference after his I
arrival here Monday night, Ridg
way called the armistice talks "a
fight a spiritual, ideological con
test with Communism."'
He said the contest has become
"trying" in recent weeks. Ridgway
reached this advance Allied truce
headquarters just a few hours
after the U.N. command demanded
a showdown on the stalled armis
tice talks. The General cited Red
assertiens that the United Nations
had engaged in bacteriological
warfare as an example of the
Communist technique of "employ
ing known falsehoods."
His voice rose in anger as he
denied these Red charges.
"There is not a scintilla of truth
in the Communist assertions re
peat, not one scintilla of truth.
The Communist statements on
bacteriological warfare are com
pletely, absolutely and categoric
ally false."
He said it was difficult to know
what the Reds hoped to accom
plLsh by spreading the charges of j
bacteriological warfare through
out the world. The supreme com
mander said there was no more
significance to this trip than any
other.
Hopewell School
Board Posts Filled
Statesman News Service
HOPEWELL Owen Pearse and
Charles Van Dorn were named
Monday night to fill out two un
expired terms on the Hopewell
School Board.
Pearse will replace William
Lloyd Luckenbill, who now lives
in the Scio district, and Van Dorn
will finish out the term of Albert
Fleming, now living in Alsea.
Two teachers were re-elected
by the directors to teach in the
Hopewell school during the next
school year. They are Mrs. Nellie
E. Hanner and Mrs. Gladys B.
Dorcas.
PRO-TRl'MAN DELEGATES
SACRAMENTO .Pi-Sponsors of
a Democratic slate of national con
vention delegates pledged to Presi
dent Truman filed their formal
statement of candidacy Monday.
The sponsors must secure a min
imum of 6,679 signatures to actu
ally qualify the slate for the June
3 primary election.
tenants. Before the revolution
started, we formed a military
of 15 or 20 of them."
Batista said constitutional guar
antees would have to be suspend
ed for 45 days in order to pre
serve public order. He added that
Congress, not now in session, like
wise, was suspended for the same
period.
"We are not going to abuse any
body, but we have the duty of
protecting the people," Batista de
clared. "The suspension of guarantees
applies to press and radio, but we
have dictated not one single meas
ure against the press. We have
only asked for their cooperation.
Radio news programs were sus
pended for much of today to avoid
undue alarm to the public."
Asked who would be chief of
the interim government, Batista
said:
"Possibly I will be prime min
ister and, by virtue of that, chief
of the government."
He emphasized that "this is a
transitory government which will
give way to fair and honest elec
tions at the soonest possible date."
f
7-Vote Lead
A onetime logging town an tb
Mad River. Waterville has been
a summer va ratio a village for a
few devoted followers for many
years. The poet Longfellow to:
of the rushing torrent that one
drove the logs out of the deep
valley every spring.
More recently city folk? have
discovered the valley is buried
yards deep in snow every winter
and they have beaten a ski-path
to the high mountain village.
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No, 550-A
Trace
Gets Priority as
Thoroughfare
By ROBERT E. GAXGWARE
City Editar, The Statesman
Market Street was mace a
through street at three more In
tersections in Norih Salem Mon
day night by action of the City
Council.
Aldermen tuthomed slop tignj
on Market Street at Cottage, 5th"
and Church Streets. The traffic
control measure follows frequent
Council discussion of the relative
merits of making Market a
through street.
Another stop sign authorized by
zne council at City Hall last night
wm be on Bolce Street at Skopil
Avenue.
Columbia Street traffic prob
lems also came to a head again
Monday night when a delegation
of residents appeared to ask for
relief of congestion on the 24-foot
wide street. Some said their use cf
private driveways was blocked
by ordinary parking along th
street.
As a result the Council passed
a resolution rescinding its pre
vious controls, prohibiting park-,
ing now on the south side of Co
lumbia from Fairgrounds Road to
Laurel Avenue, graveling for pub
lic parking purposes a lot owned
by St. Vincent dePaul Church.
In yet another traffic problem,
the Council turned over to City
Manager J. L. Franzen for furthe
study a bid from property own
ers for reopening of the end of aa
alley between 17th and 18th
streets near the State Fairgrounds.
Although not officially closed, th
alley is blocked by a neighbor'
lawn at the 17th Street end.
The Council voted to make an
agreement with the federal gov
ernment worth $3,113 to the city.
This federal grant represents 58
per cent of the city's cost of ac
quiring property to expand th
McNary Field airport. The amount '
now goes into the city-federal
match money for high intensity
lighting which would complete th
new instrument landing "system,
(Additional Coucil news on para
2)
CHILD DROWNS IN CREEK
PORTLAND t& - Michael
Dolan, 2'2, fell into a creek at tha
rear of his home at nearby Bea
verton. and drowned Monday. Th
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Joseph.
P. Dolan.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
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