.4
ft
fAIIied Bombing
devastating
SSicily and Italy
Jl6 More Enemy Planes
'Bagged Italy Orders
12,000,000 to War Work
1 Allied Headquarters, North
' Africa, June 21 (U.R) Allied
il bombers attacked airdromes,
'i wrecking parked aircraft and
ij ground installations, and shot
: I down 16 more enemy planes in
"J a series of new blows at axis
air strength on the stepping
I stone island of Sicily yesterday,
a communique announced today.
I The day attacks followed a
f Jahck-buster night assault Sat-
Wday by British Wellington
bombers at Messina at the north
eastern tip of Sicily, opposite
the toe of the Italian boot.
Bomb bursts were seen on the
ferry terminus and industrial
j and dock installations.
k Italian Report
v(An Italian communique
'? broadcast by radio Rome said
that allied planes attacked Na
ples, Reggio Calabria, San Gio
vanni and Foggia in southern
Italy and Ragusa, Licata and
Castelvetrano in Sicily. Alto
gether 23 enemy planes were
shot down, the communique
said. An Italian submarine was
credited jvith sinking one allied
ship and hitting another in the
western Mediterranean. A tor
pedo plane sank an allied ship
off the Tunisian coast, the com
munique said.)
The repeated attacks on Mes
Via, by bombers from both the
northwest African and middle
eastern commands, were believ
ed designed to reduce if not
severe ferry communication be
tween Messina and the mainland
ports of Reggio Calabria and
San Giovanni, both of which
were heavily attacked by Ameri
can four-engined Liberator
bombers Saturday.
Mobilization in Italy
London, June 21 (U.R) Italy
drew heavily upon her remain
ing human resources today to
meet the invasion threat, or
dering 2,000,000 women be
tween 18 and 24 and several
hundred thousand men between
18 and 36 into war work.
A Transocean (German) dis
patch from Rome, broadcast by
Berlin, said the call up Would
Qjt between 8,000,000 and 9,
!o,000 of Italy's 43,300,000
population into war production
or military service.
Unrest Among Fascists
The number of men involved
was not definite. Transocean
said Italy had 6,800,000 between
the affected ages but that "sev
eral million" were in the armed
forces and many others already
working in industry.
The women would do farm
work and the men would be
parceled out to fill desperate
needs of war production, the re
ports indicated. The order will
become effective July 1.
British radio reports told of
unrest among the fascists as
allied air power continued
pounding Italy from the south.
Radio Algiers said Premier
aenito Mussolini and Fascist
lrty Secretary Carlo Scorza,
apparent boss of the home front
moves, had to replace some lo
cal leaders at Palermo.
Axis Says Allied
Fleet Massing
(By the Associated Press)
German broadcasts declared
today that an allied invasion
fleet was assembling in the east
ern Mediterranean off the Syr
ian coast, that landing craft
were being moved into position
in north Africa and that a large
British and American naval
force was concentrated at Gi
braltar. The unconfirmed axis reports
f the massing of invasion for
ces in the Mediterranean theater
coincided with an allied head
quarters communique announc
ing heavy new aerial thrusts by
British and American armadas
across the narrow seas at air
fields and ports in Sicily and
eyewitness reports via Stock
holm that Italian morale already
was broken by bombings and
war reverses.
Short in food, sleep and
hope, the Italians were declared
ready and eager for peace, and
Jamming the seven hills of
Rome in a search for safety.
Reliable allied quarters in
north Africa, however, denied
rumors that Crown Prince Urn
berto, Marshal Pietro Badoglio,
King Vittorio Emanuele or any
other Italian emissary had ar
rived there to negotate an un-
Oiditional surrender.
The German radio said the al
lied fleet assembling off the
Syrian coast was preparing to
steam into the Aegean, presum
ably to attack the Italian Do-
' decanese Islands, Crete or other
! objectives.
Capital
55th Year, No. 147
British Bomb
Lake Constance
Zeppelin Plant
London, June 21 Lancas
ter bombers penetrated deep
into southern Germany last
night to attack the Luftschiff
bau radio factory at Frledrlchs
hafen and damaged all main
buildings, the air minsitry an
nounced tonight.
Three bombers were lost. The
factory makes radio location
equipment and "is one of the
largest of its kind in Germany,"
the communique said. "Heavy
damage was done."
Swiss dispatches earlier had
said the reverberation of bombs
shook Swiss houses clear across
Lake Constance. The German
radio had told also of attacks on
the northern part of the reich.
Great waves of RAF bombers
swept out in daylight today to
resume their battering of the
European continent. A 90-min-ute
silence of the Kalundborg
radio in Denmark suggested an
other raid on northern Ger
many. The drum of motors was
heard continuously for more
than a half hour.
Heard Across Lake
One of the largest German
centers around Lake Constance
is Friedrichshafen, center of the
great Zeppelin works, airplane
engines and submarine parts
factories. Der Bund of Bern
reported that powerful detona
tions from bombs early this
morning resounded across the
lake and that flames soon shot
up and spread rapidly.
The German broadcasts, re
corded by the Associated Press,
described the raids in the north
as "disturbance attacks."
The British struck a devastat
ing blow at the great French
munitions works at Le Creusot
Saturday night which was said
to have left the sprawling Sch
neider armaments works "noth
ing but a mountain of debris"
with at least 250 dead and half
the 15,000 population of the
town homeless.
Utterly Destroyed
The Swiss telegraph agency
reported Le Creusot was almost
entirely destroyed. Successive
waves of allied bombers drop
ped incendiaries and explosives
for 40 minutes producing "hor
rible spectacles," the agency
said. No sector of the town was
spared, not a house was left
standing and all areas of the city
still are smoking, the Swiss re
port said.
- The Bern radio said that
some bombs fell in the Swiss
canton of Thurgau during the
night and that three persons
were killed and one was injured
in Kuemmershaasen.
15 in One Family
In Kaiser Shipyard
Portland, Ore., June 21 UP)
The John H. Braukmiller fam
ily, recently of Sioux City,
Iowa, today claimed the title of
"Ship Buildingest Family in
America."
There's Papa Braukmiller,
eight sons, a daughter, a son-in-law
and four daughters-in-law
a total of 15 all working
on the graveyard shift at Henry
Kaiser's Swan Island shipyard.
In addition, there's a son in
the army and another in war
work on the east coast.
Lt. Lentz, Salem Pilot, Bags
3 Nazi Planes Over Sicily
Allied Headquarters, North Africa, June 21 UP) In tangled
clashes of mounting fury yesterday, Marauders and escorting
Lightnings closed with 15 enemy fighters which rose to challenge
them as they were leaving Cas--
telvetrano after hitting the
airport's traffic control building,
straddling the runway with
heavy bombs and scoring direct
hits with fragmentation bombs
on a large number of axis planes
dispersed on the field.
Lightning pilots blasted an
even dozen from the sky and
Marauder gunners brought
down two more, leaving only
on German flier to return to his
base with the story of the de
feat. It was one of the major field
days of the campaign for P-38
Interceptor pilots. The partici
pants were paced by Lieut. Har
old C. Lentz of 122 Evergreen
avenue, Salem, Ore., who shot
down three nazi planes in
flames.
One Marauder "Big Fat
Mamma" was reported by
Staff Sgt. Roy W. Rogers, Jr.,
of 652 North Fourth avenue,
Walla Walla, Wash., to have
"picked up more holes than a
SS? ASSESS Salem,
Court Restores
Communist to
U. S. Citizenship
Washington, June 21 UP) In
a 5 to 3 opinion, the supreme
court ruled today that the Amer
ican citizenship of an alien can
not constitutionally be can
celled merely because he was a
member of the communist party.
Justice Murphy, who deliv
ered the majority opinion, as
serted that cancellation of citi
zenship was not justified by im
puting a "reprehensible inter
pretation" of an organization to
a member unles. there were "ov
ert acts" committed by the mem
ber "indicating that such was
his interpretation."
Chief Justice Stone, and Jus
tices Roberts and Frankfurter
dissented. Justice Jackson, a
former attorney general who
handled the litigation in the
justice department, did not par
ticipate. Victory for Willkie
The long - awaited decision
constituted a victory for Wen
dell L. Willkie, the 1940 repub
lican presidential nominee, who
represented the communist in
volved before the supreme court.
Murphy declared that "clear,
unequivocal, and convincing"
evidence was required for set
ting aside a naturalization de
cree and that such evidence had
not been presented against Wil
liam Schneiderman, state secre
tary of the communist party for
California and a native of Rus
sia, who became a citizen in
1927.
"Were the law otherwise,"
Murphy said, "valuable rights
would rest upon a slender reed,
and the security of the status of
our naturalized citizens might
depend in considerable degree
upon the political temper of ma
jority thought and the stresses
of the times. Those are con
sequences foreign to the best
traditions of this nation, and the
characteristics of our institu
tions.". ......
Outside the Scope
Murphy said the tribunal did
not consider whether Schneider
man "was a believer in, and a
member of an organization
teaching disbelief in organized
government, and that his oath of
allegiance was false." Murphy
said, "these issues are outside
the scope of the complaint."
(In 1940 congress provided
specifically that no person
should thereafter be naturalized
who advocated or belonged to an
organization that advocated "the
overthrow by force or violence
of the government of the United
States.")
Beliefs Personal
Murphy said that "under our
traditions, beliefs are personal
and not a matter of mere asso
cition" and that "men in adher
ing to a political party or other
organization notoriously do not
subscribe unqualifiedly to all of
its platforms or asserted princi
ples." "The constitutional fathers,
fresh from a revolution, did not
forge a political strait-packet for
the generations to come," Mur
phy said. "Instead they wrote
Article V and the First amend
ment, guaranteeing, freedom of
thought, soon followed."
Schneiderman came to this
country in 1908 at the age of
three, became an American citi
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Swiss cheese" in the Milo raid.
"The big black puffs came so
close you could even hear the
explosions," he haid. (Defens
ive gunfire and engine noises
normally make an anti-aircraft
barrage appear to aerial crews
as a silent show.)
Lieut. H. Clifford Lentz is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
M. Lentz of Salem, and the fam
ily has lived in Salem for the
past 12 years. Lieutenant Lentz,
who is almost 24 years of age,
attended Salem schools and was
graduated from Salem high
school. in 1938.
He entered the service two
years ago, and over a year ago
entered the army air corps. For
the past six months he has seen
service in Africa, where he has
received the purple heart and
oak leaf cluster.
After graduation, Lieutenant
Lentz was associated with Ray
Stumbo and the Postal Tele
graph office.
Oregon, Monday, June 21,
rui rz , t 'wi a i
I " o &
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek Visits Ottawa UP) Canada's Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King
(center), introduced Madame Chiang Kai-Shek to Commons Speaker J. A. Glen and Senate Speak
er Thomas Vien, when Mme. Chiang visited parliament at Ottawa recently. I. K. Kung, secretary-general
for Mme. Chiang, stands back of her.
48 Jap Planes Routed
In Attack on Darwin
Allied Headquarters in Australia, June 21 (IP) Forty-eight Ja
panese planes stabbed at Darwin, Australia, Sunday but at least
nine of them were cut down in a furious 10-minute battle with
Spitfires. Two of the allied planes, flown by British and Aus
tralian pilots, were missing but ground damage and casualties were
House Passes
$71 Million Bill
Washington, June 21 (U.R)
The house today passed and sent
to the senate the largest appro
priation bill in congressional his
tory giving the army $71,510,
438,873 with which to wage an
offensive war in the coming 12
months. - ,
Action' on what the ' army
termed its "decisive" war bud
get was taken by a unanimous
roll call vote 345 to 0. Not a
single significant item of the
sum recommended by the house
appropriations committee was
deleted by the chamber.
Despite the huge total, there
was less controversy on the
army's appropriation than on
any big measure this session.
Lackadaisical debate on the
measure was completed Satur
day, and while several mem
bers admitted they were "stag
gered" at the enormity of the
sum, criticisms were mild and
few. .'
Passage of the bill brings the
house's gigantic appropriating
task for this year almost to an
end, With the passage of the
war department bill, the house
has voted to appropriate about
$110,000,000,000 since January
to finance the war effort and
normal government functions
during the fiscal year 1944.
Governor Urges
Army Cooperation
The office of Gov. Earl Snell,
complying with instructions left
by the governor before he left
for the national governor's con
ference in Ohio, today appealed
to citizens and land owners of
central Oregon to cooperate in
the U. S. army maneuvers
planned for July 1-Octobcr 31.
Army officers Saturday an
nounced 75,000 men would par
ticipate in the maneuvers which
will cover a 10,000 square mile
area in parts of Lake, Harney,
Deschutes, Grant, Crook, Jeffer
son and Klamath counties.
Governor Snell said the army
had given assurance that equita
ble adjustments would be made
for damages which. might result
from the maneuvers, and that
normal farming, stock raising
and lumbering was intended to
continue as usual.
Yon Arnim Under
Care of Psychiafrisl
London, June 21 IIP) The
London Star said today that
Col. Gen. Jurgen Von Arnim,
captured commander of the axis
African armies, had been plac
ed under care of a psychiatrist
for treatment of an anxiety neu
rosis, induced by brooding over
the defeat of his army.
He was said to be suffer
ing from delusions and under
constant observation.
Journal
1943
minor, aix enemy bombers and
three fighters were listed as de
finitely shot down. They were
seen crashing on the ground and
into the sea.
Thirteen others were so badly
damaged they possibly never got
home. Of these, two bombers
and one fighter were in flames
and falling when last seen. Eight
other bombers and two fighters
were observed trailing and los
ing altitude as they scurried
away from the avenging Spit
fires. "."
i.,On vthe offense, American
flown Liberators dropped 31
tons of explosives and incen
diaries on three airdromes in the
Rabaul, New Britain, area. Many
fires, indicating heavy destruc
tion of parked aircraft, were
started on each field. One on
Vunakanau airdrome was visi
ble 50 miles away.
The raid raised to 176 the
number of tons of bombs
dropped on Rabaul airdromes in
six raids since June 10.
Woman's Body
Not Identified
Independence, Ore., June 21
The body of an unidentified
young woman was found in the
Willamette river near the Wells
log dump about a mile and a
half north of Buena Vista by
three fishermen about 8 o'clock
Sunday night. The trio making
the discovery were A. E. Ar
desty, of Independence; John
Ross, of Portland and Beryl
Bagcley, of Lebanon.
There were no discernable
marks of foul play but an au
topsy was being held today to
determine the cause of death.
Indications were that the body
had been in the water about
two weeks. The body was taken
in charge by C. W. Henkle, of
Dallas, Poly county coroner, and
Walter Baum, of the Smith
Baum mortuary.
The body is described as that
of a woman around 20 years
old, weighing 110 pounds and
five feet one inch in heighth.
An upper front tooth is missing.
Stale police are seeking to
identify the remains.
1942 Income Shows
New Record Levels
Washington, June 21 UP) Ev
ery state in the union attained
new record levels of income
payments in 1942, the first full
year of the nation's participa
tion in the war, when the na
tional income total amounted to
$114,000,000,000, commerce
department experts reported
yesterday.
Among state income tax pay
ments in 1942 (in millions of
dollars) and the percentage in
crease over 1941:
California, $8,735, 30.1; Ida
ho, $365, 31.5; Montana. $450,
16.8; Oregon. $1,129, 41.8; Wash
ington, $2,160, 46.8.
Price Five Cents
itrejqn
Gilbert Island
Group Attacked
Washington, June 21 VP)
Heavy bombing raids scoring
a number of hits on the Japa
nese airfield at Tarawa in the
Gilbert islands were reported
by the navy today.
Communique Number 420:
"South Pacific: (All dates are
east longitude)
"1. On June 18-19, during
the night American Liberator
(Consolidated '' B-24) heavy
bombers attached Japanese in
stallations at Tarawa in the Gil
bert islands. A number of hits
were scored on the enemy po
sitions. Although seven enemy
Zero fighters were in the air
over Tarawa they did not press
a determined attack against the
United-States bombers.
"2. On June 19th, during the
nislft army Liberators attacked
Japanese position.-, . at Kahili,
Buin area. A number of fires
were started.
"3. On June 20th during the
morning, navy Dauntless (Doug
las SBD) dive bombers and
Avengers (Grumman TBF) tor
pedo bombers escorted by army
Warhawk (Curtis P-40) and
navy Wildcat (Grumman F4F)
fighters, attacked Vila, Kolom
bangara island. A supply dump
was hit and a fire started. Hits
were also scored on the runway.
"North Pacific:
"4. On June 20th during the
day, navy Ventura (Vega PV)
medium bombers attacked Jap
anese installations at Kiska. Re
sults were not observed.
"5. In all of the above ope
rations all United States planes
returned."
Scouts Couriers
For USO at Bend
Bend, Ore., June 21 (U.R)
Thirty-one Boy Scouts of Bend,
Ore., are enrolled in what is
said to be the first project of its
kind in the United States
courier service for the USO.
In uniform, scouts serve in
two-hour relays at the USO
center here, running errands for
staff members, besides serving
as guides for servicemen.
War Evacuation and Curfew
Laws for Japanese Upheld
Washington, June 21 UP) The supreme court held conslilu
tional today military regulations imposing a west coast curfew
on all persons of Japanese ancestry and excluding them from
specified areas. Chief Justice
Stone delivered the opinion on
a challenge of the regulations
by two American-born persons
of Japanese ancestry, who con
tended they were citizens of this
country against whom the res
trictions could not constitution
ally be applied.
Stone asserted that "in a case
of threatened danger requiring
prompt action it is a choice be
tween inflicting obviously need
less hardship on the many or
sitting passively and unresisting
in the presence of the threat."
"We think," Stone added,
"that constitutional govern
ment, in time of war, is not so
powerless and does not com
pel so hard a choice if those
charged with the responsibility
for our national defense have
reasonable ground for believ
ing that the threat is real."
"The challenge orders," Stone
aid, "were defense measures
530,000 Coal Miners Strike for
Third Time in Two Months and
Look to Government for Cue
Rejecting WLB Proposal, Lewis Invokes "No
Contract, No Work" Ultimatum Stoppage Felt
In Steel Centers Where War Production Curtailed
gton, June 21 UP) Secretary Ickes disclosed he met to
John L. Lewis to discuss the ending of the third general
q JO -n
Washington, June 21 UP) Another walkout of John L. Lewis'
half-million United Mine Workers cut war-vital coal production
to a mere trickle today, but by mid-afternoon there was little to
indicate an immediate break In the tense situation.
Neither the War Labor Board (WLB) nor the fuels administra
tion office under Interior Secretary Ickes had taken any action
by mid-afternoon, although some observers saw the possibility
that Ickes might have something to say later in the day.
The miners, branding as an "infamous yellow dog contract" an
over-the-week-end proposal by the WLB that the men return to
work without immediate decision on their portal-to-portal pay
demand, paid no heed to work whistles at the government
operated mines.
It was the third time in two months and the second time since
the Stars and Stripes have flown over the pits that producion
came to a halt. It was not
known what move Ickes might
be contemplating since his aides
indicated earlier in the day that
he takes the view that the WLB
still has jurisdiction over the
dispute and that he is powerless
to act without a further grant of
authority from the White House.
No Action Taken
The nominal operator of the
mines since the government
took over last May 1, Ickes
nonetheless has contended he
has no power to negotiate, con
ciliate or reach an agreement
with the miners.
Only other indicated action
in the dispute was a statement
from Ickes' office that officials
there are preparing to reinstate
for a third time freeze orders on
coal in transit, needed to as
sure delivery to war production
plants as long as possible.
In addition to the UMW mem
bers idle in nearly a score of
states, some 2.500 AFL progres
sive miners laid down their
tools in a sympathy walkout in
Illinois.
Steel Centers Hit
The Republic Steel Corp. said
at Birmingham, Ala., it was
forced to halve its coke oven
production and added that its
four blast furnaces there were
operating at only 80 per cent of
capacity.
At Pittsburgh the Carnegie
Illinois Steel Corp. banked Its
first beehive coke ovens, assert
ing the company's coal stockpile
still was materially reduced as
a result of the second walkout
which closed 11 of the firm's
23 blast furnaces in that area.
' Pennsylvania with 200,000
hard and soft coal miners and
West Virginia with 1.10,000 bi
tuminous workers represented
more than three-fifths of the
total number Idle. Numbers of
UMW miners in other states in
clude 60,000 in Kentucky, Illi
nois 25,000, Alabama 22,000,
Virginia 23,500, Ohio 21,000,
Tennessee 10,000, Indiana 8,000,
Arkansas-Oklahoma 6,000, Col
orado 6,680, Wyoming 4,100,
Utah 3,300, Iowa 2,000, New
Mexico 1,800 and Montana
1,300.
Idaho Dam Break
Caused $100,000 Loss
Murphy, Ida., June 21 (U.R)
Ranchers and row crop farmers
today surveyed damage estimat
ed at nearly $100,000 caused by
the breaking of the 70-foot
Sinker Creek dam that sent
2,700 acre feet of water surging
through the narrow valley into
the Snake river.
One man, William P. Bales,
50, of Marsing, lost his life as
an indirect result of the break.
He was drowned when his row
boat capsized as he was .at
tempting to salvage lumber
that was sweeping down the
Snake river.
for the avowed purpose of safe
guarding the military area in
question, at a time of threaten
ed air raids and invasion by the
Japanese forces, from the dan
ger of sabotage, and espionage."
Those challenging the regula
tions were Gordon Kiyoshi Hira
bayashi of Seattle and Minoru
Yasui of Hood River, Ore. Hira
bayashi, a senior at the Univer
sity of Washington at the time
of his arrest, was sentenced to
three months' imprisonment for
violating the curfew regulation
and for failing to report to an
evacuation officer. Yasui, a
a graduate of the University of
Oregon, was sentenced to one
year's imprisonment and fined
$5,000 for violating the curfew
regulation.
Approximately 70,000 Ameri
can citizens of Japanese ances
try were said to have been
evacuated from their'homcs un
der the orders.
10 Die in Race
Riots in Detroit
Detroit, June 21 (P) Wide
spread race riots that cost the
lives of eight negroes and two
whites, one a physician, and
resulted in more than 200 in
juries to negroes and whites
alike flickered and flared in
termittently this aftcrnono.
Gov. Harry Kelly of Michi
gan, before speeding to Detroit
from Columbus by army bomb
er, ordered Michigan state po
lice and state troops mobilized
to preserve order.
Mayor Edward J. Jefferies,
Jr., of Detroit said he would ask
the governor on his arrival to
declare martial law in the city.
About 75 military policemen,
drawn chiefly from an army
post at suburban River Rouge,
arrived at police headquarters
this afternoon. They were to
be assigned to patrol duty to
keep servicemen out of the riot
areas, police officials said.
Tear gas was used within a
stone's throw from Monroe ave
nue into the Campus Martius,
on the cast side of Woodward
avenue. Officers used the gas
to disperse the crowd which
gathered, many of whom were
shoppers attracted by the com
motion. The physician who was fatal
ly beaten as he was answering
a call in the riot area was iden
tified as Dr. Joseph De HoratUs,
v Eight negroes also, were dead,
victims of the racial flairup and
a police sergeant was critically
wounded In a gun fight with a
negro store-looting gang.
Lull in Battle
Russian Front
Moscow, June 21 (ft) Land
warfare on the soviet front
lapsed into local scouting ope
rations and sporadic artillery
bombardments today just one
day short of the second anni
versary of Germany's attack on
Russia.
A tense red army awaited the
summer offensive many observ
ers believed Hitler must launch
soon if he hopes to try to knock
Russia from the war before the
allies attack in the west, but
the continuation of day and
night bombings was the only
indication that a large-scale
mash might be expected soon.
The Russians announced last
night that 270 German planes
had been knocked down during
last week, boosting enemy air
craft losses to 3,595 in seven
weeks.
A German transport was sunk
and a tanker and two transports
were set afire in the Barents
sea during an attack by Russian
bombers, torpedo carriers and
torpedo planes, the Russians
said today.
Ground action in the Orel
sector which had centered about
Mitsensk, northwest of Orel,
shifted to the Sumy area 100
miles northwest of Kharkov
Saturday after 50 German coun
ter attacks to regnin lost posi
tions near Mtscnsk had been re
pulsed. Coal Mining in
Washington Ceases
Seattle. June 21 (P) Coal
mining operations were halted in
Washington state's 57 mines to
day, as more than 2000 work
ers stayed away from their Jobs.
The Coal Mine Operators' as
sociation here had reports from
nearly 00 per cent of the state's
mines. All were closed except
for maintenance crews, and
Secretary James Ash of the as
sociation said he believed the
same situation existed at re
maining mines.
At Ronton Secretary Richard
Francis of Local 10 of the Uni
ted Mine Workers said he ex
pected no work today at any ot
the state's mines.
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