Sherman County journal., November 21, 1941, Image 1

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Moro, Oregon.
F ifty-F ou rth Y ear N o . 3
Committees For
Official County Paper
ty. N o v em b e r 21, 1941
Biddy G oes to W ork Early
New Elevator
Wheat League
And Addition
Discussion Named
To Be Built
e>
Double Wedding Tax Federation
Unites Sherman Mee , To Talk
County Families
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy About Budget
Powell was the scene Saturday
night at eight o’clock of the wed­
J. B. Adams Reelected
Grass Valley Grain Growers
Three Groups To Meet
ding of their daughters Jean and
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President and Committee
Contract To Build
Next Week For
Betty to John H. Reckmann and
Wayne Thompson, respectively.
Named To Attend Meeting
New Storage Facilities
Talks on Problem
John is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
The annual meeting of the
After a directors meeting held Piedrich Rechmann of Boring and
The meetings of the local, coun-*
Sherman County Taxpayer’s Fad-
Wayne
Thompson
is
the
son
of
Monday
it
was
announced
that
Washington D. C., Nov 20—Dave
committees organised for the
contracts had been let for the con­ Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Thompson of dation was held Wednesday at
Beck of S ettle, who w u charged
of
„»lutione
Rev. James Moberg the court house with J. B. Adams,
struction of a grain elevator at Donald.
with A1 Rosser with being a con- r
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Bourbon, railroad station between officiated with the "ring ceremony, president, handling the meeting. .
epirator in the operation of -goon »bout subjects to be d.Kuseed at
Grass Valley and Kent, and an
squads” in Oregon, has called on the wheat league meeting in
Mary Lou Sayr, lighted the
He briefly reviewedI the purport,
addition to the Kent elevator by candles. Mrs. Ronald Powell sang
t *ie federation, w ic ar.
his teamsters union to boycott Heppner early in December are to
the Grass Valley Grain Growers.
Yakima valley fruit because he
next week at the court house,
‘ Because” and “At Dawning” ac­ study taxes and work for lower
wants a closed «shop, which is
The elevator at Bourbon will be companied by Mrs. Roy Kunsman taxes on property, and gavé a
First committee to hold a ses­
uliat John L. Lewis demanded of
built to hold 80,000 bushels of grain of 'Arlington, aunt-of the brides, resume of the work of the year
the captive coal mines. Mr. Beck sion will be the Transportation,
and the addition at Kent will hold who also played Mendelsohn’s wed- including the legislative work done
Taxation
and
Legislation
group
(Rosser is now serving a term in
CP.OOO bushels said A. A. Dunlap, ding march, with Jean coming in during the 1941 session and the
the Oregon penitentiary for his of which H. D. Proudfoot is chair-
manager. The cost will be $34,300 on the arm of her father, and tax clinic held in Portland tMa
part in the conspiracy) will prob- man Members are: D. L. Belshe,
and the work will be done by the Petty on the arm of her brother fall.
ably soon find himself up against LeRoy C. Wnght, W. T. Balsiger,
Members held a brief discussion
Mid-State Construction company of Ronald iPowell.
labor legislation which will curb *1 • H. Fraser, E. P. Rich, M. G-
of
the reasons for <and
against
Ti e Chiles which has been given
.
The brides wore white satin
strikes and the closed shop move- Melzer, Giles French, Harry B.
the contract.
dresses
with
lace
yokes,
and
finger
holding
a
special
session
thia
ment until after the duration.
Pinkerton, Arxell Lemley, George
tip
veils.
They
carried
arm
bou-
winter
without
voting
on
their
In addition to this construction
Wilson, J. J. Decker, J. C. Wilson,
Part of the program initiated
Sather A ,A Dunlap, Ted
the grain growers will have to quets of white chrysanthemums conclusions.
in Yakima valley is to extend oper- M Rall L K Smith Herman
The six months budget of the
build an electric line to bring pow­ and orchids. They were given in
ations into Oregon, if the Wash-
Fred Cox, J. B. Adams,
county was taken up and its aev-
er to the new storage houses be­ marriage by their father.
ington affair is successful, and I* w g poWell, A. D. Richelderfer,
cause the Pacific Power & Light
About seventy guests were pres- crsl items talked about with the
Americatwill need millions of eggs this winter, as part of the ‘de­
after the fruit of Hood River, The ¡ p ^ y Thompson, C. A. Tom, H.
company cannot get priority for ent. Helping about the rooms result that a committee -COW*
fense food” production. Kathlyn Hines, pretty 4-H club girl, sh< >vi
Dalle», Medfofd and Willamette A Walker. This committee will
the necessary wire. It is under­ were Mrs. C. O. Bufnett, Mrs. P<>*ed
the president and at least
valley. Beck, himself, will not meet Monday next at lj30 in the
biddy that soldier hours will be expected. Many poultry produce. a
stood that the farmers can obtain Lyle Woods, Mrs. Ronald Powell one director from each section ot
enter Oregon territory; his activ­ afternoon.
follow this practice of turning on electric lights in laying houses e:. y
the material.
and Mrs. Stanley Coelsch. Mrs. the county and the director at
ities with the goona are on record
in the morning during winter months. The practice compensates«
W. T. Balsiger poured and Mrs. Inrge was named to attend
This
contract,
it
is
estimated,
Tuesday
morning
at
9:30
the
in the office of the governor and
the
fewer
hours
of
daylight
and
gives
hens
a
full
day
oi
cauii,
...d
will increase the storage capacity E. H. Moore cut the brides cake budget hearing and requeat jnfat*
he has avoided the state since his Federal Agricultural and Conser­
laying.
of the county’s elevators to about which was decorated* with two mntion about portion« of tM
vation Programs committee will
henchmen were put in prison.
D500 000 bushels or double the
miniature brides and grooms, bvoget. The committee is not
meet. Joe Peters is chairman of
capacity of a few years ago. With- Little Carol Ann iBumett and Ed- be instructed as to protest. Mt 1»
The revolt in the house of repre­
i_
sentatives over repeal of the neu-
in the last two ...or«
years orijitinnnl
additional win
win. R«l«icmr
Balsiger nassed
passed the
the wedding
wedding to use its own judgment in an
effort to keep taxe. as low a« 1«
trality bill (arming merchant.eW^e Carnet, George Wiloox, Carroll ry
£
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storage has been built at Hay c<ik(* in basket«.
.
compatible
with good county gov-
and sending them into combat gaj ^ Harvey Thompson, Clarence LJ& CCIUSC OF \ J l l Y l I x l l l i r i g S
Canyon and Moro and Grass Val­
Jean’s going away suit was of ernnient
waters) wars only curbed by Pres Sparling, L. E. Dehler, A. T. Stri­
ley and a new elevator pflt up at grey buue with matching top coat
Salem, Ore., Nov. 20.—More than
Not only did the shipment rep- Erskine to replace one burned. with an orchid corsage, and Betty
ident 'Roosevelt sending the house ker, L. P. Haven, Wallace L. May,
Election of officer« resulted in
a letter in which many members Carl Anderson, W. C. Schilling, 23,000 Oregon workmen ndw em- resent a waste of paper but the Work is expected to begin on new wore a blue dress and coat with the re-election of Mr. Adam« aa
understood him to mean that he Chas. Burnet, Howard Conlee, John ployed in logging cattips, lumber shipment cost the taxpayers $31.75 e]evatorg at Wasco and Biggs.
president, Millard Eakin aa secre­
orchid^xprsage.
would support bills to stop strikes Wilson. O.
G. Hilderbrand, Fred mills and building trades will be in express charges on top of the
tary-treasurer and the following
Cause of the building is the -----—;----------—
in defense plants if they would Hennagin, Gordon Harper, Vernon out of work by March lb unless cost of printing the posters. Sim- piobability that country storage
as directors:
.^paeberg,
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vote for repeal. This repeal final­ MUler, Arvid Anderson, L. W. OPM can be persuaded to ease up ilnx, if somewhat smaller ship- of grain may«j»eed to be expanded IVCIlt A U X llU lF y
H. A. Walker, 0. </. Sayra^.W. S.
ly carried by a hare 18 votes.
4—
Mi Harold
are members..
iV» recent -• priorities ruling merits were received at each coun- to house the grain crops during the
Powell. J. E. Norton, T. W. Alley,
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atriking at non-defense construe- |y defense headquarters and at period of surplus and because it T
V.
B. Eakin. The board of direc­
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That afternoon the Land Use and
tors are empowered by the by-law« ~
Insiders assert that price control Weed Control committee will meet tion L. C. Stoll, director of the many cities of the state which are is difficult to obtain grain bags un- 1 0 0 0 1 0 V d i 111 V dI
legislation will not be passed on at 1:30 with Kenneth Martin as state employment service declared organized under the civilian de- der present shipping conditions
The American Legion Auxiliary to select three vice-president*.
The president will name three
by the senate until late in Decem­ chairman. Members are: Wallace at a conference here last week feuse program and it is a safe and their price is high.
held its regular meeting at the
ber, probably not before January. I, May, LeRov C. Wright, Geo. A. called by Governor Sprague to con- guess that this example of bureau-
home of Mrs. Dorothy Dunlap in delegates to the annual m<
There is dissatisfaction with the Potter, A. C. Kaseberg, A. J. Smith, sider the threatened curtailment cratic bungling was repeated in
Grass Valley Wednesday afternoon. which will be held in
price fixing bill brought in by the Clyde Fridley, O. G. Hilderbrand, of the state’s lumber and building every state of the union,
December 2.
Plans were made for a Carnival
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ways and means committee, which J. M. Wilson. _ G. H. Root, Joe industry.
to be held at Grass Valley Satur­
held hearings for months. Neith­ Peters. David Reid. J. E. Norton,
The OPM order, which is being
Henry Semon, Klamath county
day
night, December 13. A shower Navy Makes Fresh
er the administration nor congress Fred Hennagin, Roscoe Moore, protested by Governor Sprague, potato king and state representa-
of
gifts
for the Gift Shop at the
men like the bill and^before a vote Luther Davis, Carl Adams, J. B. freezes essential materials such as tive from that county, thinks the
Veteran’s hospital was held. Also
is taken it will be so amended that Adams. Harvev Thompson. L. P. nails, wire and plumbing hardware, state should build up a sizeable
a shower for Mrs. iBob LeBleu. Re­ Milks, Sans Cow
its authors will not recognize it. Haven, V. B. Eakin, Roy J. Bakes, for defense uses. Announcement reserve fund out of surplus income
freshments were served by the
One group in congress wishes to Kry Powell, Dean 'Reynolds, M. M. of the freezing order, it was testi- tax revenues against the time
Sitka, Alaska, Nov. IB.—No
hostess. The next meeting will be contented mooing of homeward
slap a lid on farm products, but the "
’
fied resulted in an immediate when the bottom drops out of the
a joint evening meeting Tuesday bound Guernsey« rise« above the
farm bloc objects to tampering * '
slump in orders for lumber. Lum- present boom and* the people will
The annual meeting of the night, November 25.
with farm prices until there is a
Those who have some problem bm- operators from the Coos Bay, not be as able to pay taxes as they Eastern Oregon Wheat league
clamor at the Navy’s bustling nir
ceiling on wages, arguing that that they wish to have taken up Columbia river and Willamette now are. Semon was in Salem December 4 to 6 has attained reg-
Word from Department Head- station on Japonski Island hear
everything the farmer buys is high for discussion before the local valley areas declared that the effect thie week attending a conference ional prominence with the assur- quarters has been received by Mrs. bere.
and getting higher because of the group and the wheat league ses- of the order was already resulting on agricultural employment,
ance recently received that three Floye von Borstel that all the
But that’s no sign the Navy’a
labor market. Farmers explain • rion will have this opportunity of in curtailment of operations with
top men of the U. S. dpartment of Legion and Auxiliary Conferences ofl',rers and enlisted men stationed
that they would be satisfied with expression.
some mills discontinuing the night
Oregon’s new state librarian, ftirricuiture, and possibly four, will scheduled for the latter part of there don’t have milk that at least
present prices if they had the o l d -------------------—
shift while others plan to shorten Miss EleanQr Sharpless
Stephens ottend the’ session, coming direct November, except the one in Port- tastes as though it were no more
cost of production. For the time
.
their work week to three or four nrrjved last week to take over her to Heppner from Washington D. C. land November 23, have been post- than a couple of hour« from the
being the major legislation to be
O3IC U flV C
days.
new duties. Miss Stephens comes
The three men certain to attend poned until after the first of the hoof.
The secret is the “iron cow1* re­
disposed of is the price fixing bill.
Judge Greenman, Vernonia lum- to Oregon from Los Angeles where ftre R A “Spike” Evans, national year.
cently
installed a« part of • the
Now Under Way
berman and member of the gover- she was on the staff of the Los adrninistrator of the AJAA; N. E
regular
galley gear. Every day it
There is considerable resentment
I»ndd, director of the western divi­
Economic Council, criticised Angeles county library.
in fehe national capital at the num­ t Preparations ofr the 35th An­ nor s
turns
out
gallon» and galtona o f
sion of the AAA, and formerly Library Has New,
ber of British who have come to nual Seal Sale are virtuallv com­ the OPM order as bureaucratic
seeming
fresh
milk and cream for
Joe Wilson. Newport republican, chairman of the Oregon committee,
the United States—dukes, lords, pleted. The sale opens officially bungling and declared that there is the first candidate to file for a and Leroy Smith, president of the
hundreds of hungry blue jackets,
knights and just plain subjects. November 24th and will continue was plentv of the restricted essen­ seat in the state legislature. Federal -Crop Insurance corpora­ Modern Books
and not in can«, eittfer.
tial materials for all needs.
How? Well, powdered skimmed
Feeiin»? is against the British be- until Christmas.
New boolbf'recently received by
|\ t a meeting in Portland Tues­ Wilson wants to represent Lincoln tion.
milk,
water, and large qnantfriee
cause of their supposed unnishness Several hundred little messen-
Long considered one of the most the Moro Public Library are:
committee
ap- county in’ the House.
and their preference for playing on
of health will carry their ap- day
. x an eight-man
.
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important meetings of wheat grow- Hotel Hostess, Baldwin; Long of butterfat in the form of sweet
their own tennis courts and golf pOai into every home in Sherman P°inte V
kf n<rain«t tlw
era in the United States, the EOWI. Way Back. Comstock; Boot Heel un.» Ud butter
courses, and their repeated asser- county when they go “stamping” ^*5? ;arryin* J"
' Eastern Star
session has in recent years been 'Doctor, Cook; No Lief for a Lady, the iron maw of this ">«**"“ *
tions that “This is your war; why through the mail to you the last OEM or er o* as ingto .
made'the occasion a number of Clcaveland; Sergeant .York, Dow- substitute for peacef
Official
Coming
luph grass.
don’t you get in?” Lord Halifax, Wc*k in November.
timer
for important announcements an; Wakefields Course, De La and
“"d long, 'nah
trass, wnee
Tbere may be a threatened
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Something
happens. Final­
(British ambassador, has sensed
g e ready o buy your share.
of
national
farm
policy
related
to
Roche;
Matchlock
Gun,
Edmonds:
shortage
of
paper
in
this
country
On the evening of November 25,
ly out comes a stream of whole­
this feeling of Americana and i s ----- —------ s-------
buc apparently
Uncle
Sam’s 1941, H. Fay Ambrose. Worthy this industry. Such is expected to ¡Broad Stripes and . Bright Stars, some fresh milk with the takte, «dt
trying to overcome it. Once a
, d » in «yr
bureaucrats
are not aware of it. Grand Matron, Order of the Eas- be the case this time, as both Dodd .Grover: Inside Latin America, the dew still on it. It’s ractd to
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week, in the embassy, all of the | Qp HOfifS at $10.75
Last
week
iust
as national defense tprn star of Oregon, will make her and Evans are scheduled to deliver
Gunther: Back Street, Hurst; the station messball, and from then
British who can crowd into the
week was drawing to a close the official visit to Annie Fulton major addresses.
Sarah Deborahs Day, Japkson; on the bluejackets and m a riw
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^urya: f^:Vni^usrU :,n e. On Portland Market state office of civilian defense re- Chapter No. 124 at Wasco, for the Dodd will speak on the world All That Glitters, Keyes: The Ven
ceived from the Washington office p,(^ ORe of inspecting Bethleham wheat situation, including a spec- aides, Norris; Fartherest H«ach, take over.
geography, industries, recreations
following quotations are of the-OEM a box weighing 210 Chapter No. 78 of Moro, Madeline ial report on the international 'Ross; Bright Scalpel, Seifert,
and the various types of people,
on prices being paid in Wed-
be held
held in in Sopj
Sopp Behind the Ears, Skinner:
pounds. Opened it was found to chapter No. 59 of Antelope, Sher- wheat conference to to be
Young cadets who are being train- nepday»s trading:
man
Chanter
No.
132
of
Grass
Vai-
»Regina,
Canada,
just
priôr
to
the
Sixpence
For Luck, Tharp; Time Straw Ballot Shows
ed for the RAF have been furnish-
QATTLE: Good grain fed steers contain several thousand large lev and Annie Fulton Chapter No. wheat league meeting. Evans, who is Now, Van Päässen.
ed with a book written for the
j qq
12.50. Good grass steers posters printed on heavy paper
Minority (or Sessiaa
of Wasco
, has recently returned from Eng- ———----------- .
,
purpose of explaining that the $9 50 u 10 66 Qood
fed advertising “National Defense 1*4 Mrs
Georgia
Geisler,
Grand
Jand,
where
he
studied
the
food
Willamette
University
Salem.
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Portland, Ore., Nov., 20, 1041«
Americans are not Englishmen, heifers $9.50 to 10.75. Good grass Week.” Too late to use the ship­ Marshall of the Grand Chapter needs of the (fountry, will speak Nov. 20.—Marion . Crews of Wasço
th rt there are all sorts of Euro- heifers $8 50 to 9:50. Good beef ment represents a total loss—an
wan among the students who be- (Special)—More than t-hre*
pean, in the United State,, and
to
a W
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f
o
o
d
gan cla„e‘9 in Willamette Univer- died replie. to » ^ recent . Oregon
.
because English , and American,
7J5. conimon , 6.7B to «.BO,
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¡^"„¿n lian ce with the wlahe. i , not now «heduled to appear on. ,„ y ’, new music hall this week. Busines.' “ J T “
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speak the same language their ^n n ers $4.50 to 5.50. Bulls, med
but
will
take
The
opening
of
the
building
mark-
survey
of
taxpayer
.Q
Pini0<V««
,7
of Sister Effie Easton. Most Wor- the general program
, x- #
«10 a special session of the state legi»-
ideas are not neceSsarilv the same jUP1
good $7.50 to 8 50, oom- Fred Ruckman
thv Grand Matmtf of the Order of prat in committee wsssions to be ed the near completion of an >18,
« - iaa .
nor their cause common.
mon $5.50 to 7.25. Vealers good to
I n te r n Star Mrs. Ambrose has held all day Thursday prior to the 000 remodeling job which trans- lature to
The book for RAF fliers advises
$11.00 to 12.00.
Has Narrow Escape organized “ Eastern Star Units of openine of the regular program formed the former science build- problem, «bowel •«»‘» W » « «
that when an American inquires HOGS; 170 to 215 lb truckins
meetings.
ing into a new campus ipusuc two to one agamat extra «««aion
Red Cross,
Fred
came close to the I American
“Row do you like us?” it is not
to 1^75; 290 to 285 lb
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,
„ for # wel-
»u
The annual banquet on Friday center.
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purpo»e.
diplomatic to begin telling the hutehArs $^75 to 10.15; lig h t-• death Friday night when a freight farr work, in noarlv all of the
night
will
have
as
principal
speak-
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things the Britisher does not like: WP,>bt butchers 39.50 to 10.00; car loaded with tractors moved 1 40 Chanters in the State of Ore er Joseph K. Carson, Civilian de- - Festern Oregon College of Edu- 66.3% against, 38.2% f<*
has appointed
appointed Alice
the thing to do is to discuss the poking sows $7 25 to 8.00. Feeder <^lowr. the track from near the eon, and has
member
of Cnmelia fense coordinator for the (Pacific cation, LaGrande; Nov. 15.— (Spe- ial session.
points the visitor appreciates. In
jq qo to 9 75
stockyards and struck his car as Bourne.
Const, and department commander cud) Two Sherman county stu-
in Portlutd »P“**0“
the book and at the embasay »tress SHEEP: Good to choice soring he was crossing the track at the Chunter No. 27 at Portland, Gener­
dents, Katherine Tom, daughter of 48.3%, for, 51.7% a<ain»t Up-« jaw
al
'Cbairmim
of
this
work
in
this
of
the
American
Legion.
is laid that (Americans must not jarnbg $9.75 to 10.50; medium to elevator.
State. District
Chairmen are
are rap-
rap-
With prospect, of a considerable Mr and Mr, C A. Tom. Rufo.. opinion, oufoid. o f f c g m L ■»»
District Chairmen
be judged by motion pictures: that good ¡5935 to 9 50: common $8.00 - The car is understood to have
V
twin-
nnnointed
to
assist
the
number
of wheat grower, attend-, aim Mamrnret MqDerm d. daughter ,27.3% for a special
these pictures are as far wrong in to 9.00. Slaughter ewes, good to slatted of its own accord because idi
against.
Chanter
Chairman,-
In
this
human-
irig
from
neighboring states as well of D. McDermid, Wasco, have 72.7%
v
m»wsnaner editor» re-
depicting Americans a* the screen choice $4.50 ¿0 5 50. Feeder lambs the brake didn’t hold.. It hit Ruck-
from
Oregon,
the
local
enter-
recently
been
made
members
of
the
.
Eighteen
newspaper
as
iiwrinn
cause
the
members
of
the
good to choice $8.00 to 9.00. Shorn ‘matin’s car on the left front side
is in showing a true Britisher.
Student
Police
at
the
Eastern
sponded
to
the
inquiry. rour^J»-
tbnt Order
Otder of
of the
the Eastern
Eastern star
nave tninment committee is preparing
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Star have
lambs $9.00 to 9.50.
and prettv well demolished fT
that
bruises become willing worker*. Many of adequate housing and meal service Oregon College of Education and ored and
vehicle. Outside of a few d 7 fu n the X n o o n .oci.l clubs have for all. according to reports ab-.will a»,1st with the tk,kets at the a tox 7 ? '™
Secretary Mo/genthau’s propos­ —___________
al for saving one billion dollars a
j B Adams went to Portland and a cut or two and a body
wasn’t turnefl their meetings Into sewing talned by S. C. Culley, Weston, aililetic event, and otheV function» latu», or 22.2% for
year for the duration contain« one Wednesday to be on hand-when the of sore muscle«, Ruckmann
of the college.
president of the league.
club» for the Red Cross.
hurt.
{Continued ou Page tw ç)
. turkey I« passed at hl« home.
E.Jciì?Ì‘h'iÌeyRopy Oregon Logger Out O f Work
AAA Head
Will Attend
Wheat League
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