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MEDFORD,. OW'XION, TUESDAY, OCTOUKlt 22, J 929.
No. 213.
Today
By Arthur Brisbane
Edison's Happy Day.
A Wrong Time To Strike.
Pcitnrhnsis Tnn Manv
Pets.
Pity The Shorn Lambs.
(Copyright by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The nation reads with affec
tionate sympathy of Mr. Edi
son's visit to Dearborn, where
Henry Ford has reliyilt as it
was in old days the simple Edi
son laboratory to whieh men
owe so much.
4 f -r .
Mr. Edison was deeply moved
when he saw his old tools, the
chair in which he sat in his
early youth, his primitive para
phernalia reassembled , as used
50 years ago when he developed
the idea that now lights the
orld. '
Every old mail oan share Ed
ison's emotions. The human
heart is the same, with or with
out genius, to lend it a great
name. i
A million among those that
see this column today caruy
with them memories of youth
n -shellbark hickory tree
standing alone in the field, a
grove of chestnut trees with
yellowish green burrs open,
showing the brown nuts with
in, n pond that held "shiners"
and catfish, a swimming hole,
happy memories of n free life
and boundless hope.
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The strike of drivers for, big
cil companies in New York col
lapses, all drivers returning to
Uvork. Some complain that they
Mvere led to strike1 y, biid ad
vice, against their will and
judgment. ' , '
It must be clear to any wise
leader of union labor that this
is not a time when great corpo
rations can be driven from
their determination to maintain
the open shop.
No drivers' union can fight
successfully against a thousand
million dollars.
The charge of the Light JSrig
ude was fine, but it isn't a
good idea to -reproduce it in in
dustry. Men with families should not
be forced into a hopeless fight.
It makes them unhappy and
hurts union labor, when they
arc beaten.
k Psitachosis, or "parrot's dis
Vase," alarms the Argentine
i. nd other parts of South Amer
ica. ; '
Contracted from parrots, the
disease is inhaled", starting Mi
(Continued on Pago Ten.)
Somehow I've alius boon under
the lninwlnn Hint a lomiidn
worked fn.it. i-loamil lip tin' gtH
out n' tmro llko n rlmi but I
read about the some ono hnngln'
around Klorldy for more'n ten days.
Ionia, the little dnnglitcr o' Mrs.
Leghorn Tliarp. president o' the
Colonial nrldire eluli. nut serimi"
r crushed today wlien a stack of
Jnrmnslicd (tithes toppled Over cm
FAce rv
' Jier.
tCopyright John F. Dllle Co.) ,
LONE FLIER
TAKES WING
F
W
F. Diteman of Billings,
Mont., In Surprise At
tempt To Cross Atlantic
Destination Unknown
Until Letter to Harbor
Grace, N. F., Airport
Officials Is Opened.
,. PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 22. VP)
Mia. Urban F. Diteman, Sr.,
mother of Urban Diteman who
hopped off today on a trans
Atlanlic .flight, was not told of
her son's venture today and news
paper accounts of the flight were
kept from her. , No one except
Diteman's wife knew ne ' even
contemplated the flight.
Diteman lived on a ranch near
Harrisburg, Ore., until three
years ago when he moved to
Montana to raise cattle.
NEW YORK, Oct. 22. () Dr.
James H. Kimball of the New York
I weather bureau said today that the
weather conditions were "fairly ru
vorable" over most of the Atlantic
ocean, when informed that . W. F
Diteman had taken off from Har
bor Grace, N. F., for London.
Dr. Kimball, who has been un
official starter for tra)is-Atlant1c
flights, said he had ,not been In
formed of Diteman's plans.
HARBOR GRACE, N. F., Oct. 22.
(P) Without a word of warning
as to his intentions, Aviator W. F.
Diteman of Hillings, Mont., hopped
off here today for London, Eng.
His lestlnutlon did: not become
kiown until after his departure,
when a letter to airport officials
was opened.
Diteman came hero three weeks
ago Ostensibly to . look'-up- the
family record of Kir Fi'anciR Drake.
The takeoff wns at 12:15 p. m.,
local time, with good weather prevailing.-
. '
His plane, the Golden Hind, Is a
low-winged monoplane.
The ail mini carried only 165 gal
lons of gasoline when he took off.
The letter said he Intended to head
out over Cape St. Francis and set
nil' course straight for London.
NEW YORK, Oct. 22. (Jp) W.
F. Diteman flew from New York
ta St. JohnR, New Brunswick, early
tills month, saying he intended to
search family records in Carleton
county in connection with an estate
in which he was interested. At
the time nothing was known of his
intentions for a trans-Atlantic
flight.,
NEW YORK, Oct. 22. (P)
The stock market stuped one of
III characteristically violent come
backs today after more than a
week of severe declines, which
culminated in yesterday's aval
anche of selling. Scores of shares
rallied about $.1 to $30. The
pace of trading slackened U con
siderable, however.
Bidding1 for the speculative
leaders continued briskly into the
final hour. U. H. Steel sold
well above 21 6t and .lohns-Man-yille
and WeslitiKhousc Klectrie
also manifested an increased
strength. Simmons overcame Its
early slUKKtshness nnd moved up
fnst, while Otis Klevntor rose
more than 13 points. The clos
ing tone was stronK. Total shares
approximated 3.800,000 shares.
SAI.KM, Oro., Oct. 22. W) The
wi'tltllng of Hen Dorris of Kugeiie,
member of the state game cmnmlB
xion, and .Mim. Klystru Ankeny of
Prlncvllle took place here yester
day at the home of the bride's sta
ter, Mrs. H, O. Malson. About 30
relatives and friends were present,
and Kev. Fred Taylor of the First
Methodist church was the officiat
ing clergyman. Floyd Cook of
Portland was best man. Mr. and
Mrs. J)orrls left last night for an
autonrobile trip to California.
Blimp in Storm
DEKTOIT, Mich., Oct. 22. (A
Biifreted by winds. Its crew blind
ed by driving rain and shitting fog,
the Goodyear blimp, Mayflower,
which came here yesterday to par
ticipate in the Kdison day ceremo
ny, was held stor mhotind ov"er the
Cross Isle airport for 15 hours last
night.
OR LONDON
HOOVER TO SAIL
This Is the river boat that
Louisville. The trip will follow
tion or tne unio river at a aepenaaoie water nignway.
RETIRED GANG!
LEADER KILLED
AT CARD TABLE
Former 'Sugar Baron' Third ;
Member Lonardo Brothers
to Meet Violent End
Eight Bullets Find Mark
in Body. ,
CIJ3VKLAND, Ohio, Oct. 22.
(A7)' Frank Lonardo, one-time corn '
sugar baron who "got out of the'
racket" when his brothers, bIi? Joe I
and John, were killed two years
ago in a gangland battle for su-J
premacy, was dead today the vie- (
urn oi a lusnaae or. revolver mnuih
which roared out as he hunched
over a card table in the back room
of a downtown barber shop last
night.
Lonardo, silent partner in the
business which made millionaires
of the brothers, was understood to
have abandoned the game when
BiK Joe and John were shot down
side by side.
Last night's slaying left only
Dominic, last reported In San Fran
cisco, alive of the four Lonardo
brothers.
Frank met death as ho played
rummy with three others. Ten
men stood in the small smoke-filled
room watching the game. Sud
denly a hall of bullets rang out
from among the bystanders, ac
cording to Louis Kelles, restaurant
owner, who sat in the game. Pow
der smoke drifted across the table
and Lonardo, hands flung high,
leaped to his feet and then pitch-"
ed to the floor. There were elghu
bullet holes in his body. Lonar.dn
had 'a .38 calibre revolver in his
pocket.
FOR DRY APPOINTMENT
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.
Testimony that Lincoln C. Andrews
nnd Mrs. Mabel Walker W'llle
brandt approved the appointment
of a former bootlegger as a prohi
bition agent in South Carolina was
given to the senate patronage com
mittee today by J. 3J. K. Meyer,
federaf district attorney at
Charleston.
W. C. T. U. CONVE!
I'ENW.KTOX, Ore., Oct. 21. (Pi
The annual state conventun of
the Women's C'hrlHtlnn Temper
ance, union, opened here todny
with about 150 delegates present
front all over the state. Mn,
Klla Uoole, national president,
wns to arrive this afternoon. A
hnmiui't this evening wim to be
a feature of the first day's ses
sion. f ,
Who Has "Bill?"
I
This office wants to get
In touch with "Hill" Dollar.
Will the person or firm who
has the "Hill." please call
this office before sending
him on his journey.'
DOWN OHIO ON
will carry President Hoover down the
the President's speech at Cincinnati
Priest in Plane
Gives Absolution
As Death Looms
ft-
LONDON, Oct. 22. (tf) A
dispatch to the Express from
4 Brussels today said u Roman
4 Catholic priest, flying from
Antwerp to Ghent, Saturday,
4 pronounced absolution for
the dying, on behalf of hia
eleven fellow passengers. The
fr plan's carburetor took fire
and the eleven believing they
were doomed, besought ab
solution ' of the priest; he
readily complied.
While he recited the sol
4 emn words tho pilot carried
4 on -,in growing peril and
finally lauded his plane safe
's ly. The passengers were
4 scarcely clenr of It when the
4 gasoline tanks exploded nnd
the - -machln-wa; cleitroydc,
4
RUSSIANS TAKE
EASTERN TRAIL
Land of Soviets Leaves The
Coast Early Today For
Cheyenne Spare Motors
Shipped Ahead Oakland
Thanked For Welcome.
OAKLAND, Cal., Oct. 22. ()
The Russian monoplane, "Land of
the Soviets," took off here at 6:60
o'clock this morning for Cheyenne,
the next scheduled stop on Its
filght from Moscow to New York.
A. V.,l'etroff, vice-president of
the Amtorg Trading Corporation of
Ntw York, was aboard the plane
with his four countrymen. The
airmen, Semyon A. Shestakov, the
commander of the flight; Philip
H. Ilolotov, second pilot; Hurls K.
Sterllgov, assistant navigator, and
IJimltrl V. Fufaev, spent the night
ut the airport here.
The filers announced prior to the
takeoff that while they did not ex
pect any motor trouble they had
arranged to change motors at Chey
enne In event It becomes necessa
ry. The motors had been shipped
ahead. .
Commander Shestnkbv. voicing
I ho appreciation of himself and his
fellows, warmly commented on the
reception extended to them on
tin ir arrival and the hospitality
they had been shown in Oakland
and San Francisco.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. (fl")
William O. McAdoo. former sec
retary of the treasury, now chair
man of the board of the Southern
Skylines, Inc.. and Karle P. Halli
burton, president of the Houthwes
Fnst Kxpress, Inc., of Tulsn, Okla.,
submitted to Postmaster General
Itrown today a proposal supple
mental to one submitted October
15. to carry alr-mall between At
lantic and Puclflc coasts at $2.10
per pound.
Acceptance of the .proposal
would mean two additional and di
rect air-mnil lines between New
York, Philadelphia nn Washing
ton nnd the Pacific const.
FROM
OAKLAND
CINCINNATI TRIP
Aisoctfiteti I'mts I'hato
Ohio river from Cincinnati to
during the celebration of comple
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TOP PRICE FOR
Fourth Car Average Within
t
ight Cents of New York
arket A Flattering
howing Local View
ifth Car Wednesday.
TBo fourth ear of Bone ; pears
aoidtyewte'rday ln"jbetrolt, through
the Winter Pear committee, at an
average ; of - $4.08 per box, was
within eight ceiita of the New York
average par box of $4.11. ,
Considering the newnem of the
Detroit market, for Bosch, and all
other conditions, this In a flattering
.showing. It indicates, in the opin
ion of the committee, growera and
a ; majority of -the shlppem, that
the Detroit market will equal the
New York market within a short
time. , '
The New York market is the
high pear market of the land.
It is now planned to sell the
fifth 'car of Boes in Detroit to
morrow, and ploee another ear on
Half the end of the week, owing to
the inqreoHe in the demand for
Bomch. The committee did not ex
pect to sell three cars a week in
Detroit, with the marketing cam
paign less than a month old.
The committee Ih continuing Us
radio talks In Detroit and has
secured excellent results. Monday,
for the first time, chain stores of
Detroit, bought Bones, and more
buying from this source is antici
pated. A quick disposal of the
fruit Is also assured.
Fruitgrowers of the other coast
districts are watching the progress
of the Bosc campaign, and Its plan
will be one of the subjects to be
dlKrussed at (ho meeting of the
Htate Horticultural meeting to be
held in this city In mid-November,
Re-Appointment
of W. J. Warner'
Asked by Hawley
tjt 4
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct.
22. (Special to the Mall Trlb-
line) Congressman VV. C.
! Hawley today recommended
the reappointment of W. ,1.
Warner for postmaster of
Medford.
Mr. Warner was first appointed
to lilt out the unexpired term of
Col. Mlmrns, deceased, In April,
l!'2:i. This term expired December
21, 1(125. Mr. Warner was reap
pointed for four years from De
cember 21, 1H26, anil this appoint
ment Is for four yeurs, to Decem
ber 21, IMS.
MEDFORD HAS BEST
RADIO SAKS EXPERT
A. . Johnson, asatatant airways
traffic miperviwor of the depart
ment of commerce, with headnuar
ters In Halt Lake City, wbb in Med
ford today, returning home from a
tour to locate Kites for radio sta
Hons on the Salt 1Uq Clty-Pflsco-Seattle
moll route.
Mr. Johnnon nald of oil the la
llonH on the transcontinental rndlo
line he had visited Medford Ih Ihv
best constructed.
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DETROIT
NEAR
ALE OF B SCS
AN A S
DESCRIBES
DANCE ACT
Theater Magnate Imitates
Girl's Vaudeville Skit
Before Jury Booking
Refused Because of Vul
garity Is Assertions-Son
Testifies of Attempted
Shake Down.
l.OH ANG1SI.10S, Oct, 22. (P)
Alexander Ptintages, theatre multi
millionaire took the witness stand
in his own defense shortly after
resumption of his trial on a statu
tory charge today.
The debonair, immac u I a t e I y
dressed Vantages climbed Into the
chair after u. brief1 direct examina
tion of lils son, Kodney Pantages.
It was a surprise move for it had
been anticipated that the son
would occupy the stund for some
length of time, especially after his
accusation that a state witness.
Jay Sheridan, had attempted to
extort money from his father.
The stato,' for the moment, ap
parently did not fear the testimony
and when the witness was dismiss
ed the defense called the 54 year
old theutre magnate for examina
tion. It was his first appearance
as u witness In the lengthy trial,
lhMiiniMlcrt $Ut
Rodney, the first member of the
family to appear in tho trial pro
ceedings, testified that Kherldan
had threatened to "go to the dis
trict attorney" if he was not paid
$300. Hherldan is a Han1 Diego
hotel man and ex-convict.
The youth testified lie told Sher
idan: "You can go to the district
attorney or go to hell." , .
J'antageH in his first testimony
said he first met Miss Eunice Crin
gle, his accuser, in his offices early
last May. Hhe was using tho name
i"Sollto Deyo". Jie wild.
The first time tm-ame to Tils
office, Puntages said, she inquired
regarding the possibility of placing
a dance act In which she was In
terested entitled "Tho Prince of
Hollywood.'
Q Did you see the play later?
A I did.
Q Who else was there?? A
Nick Duneav, Eunice Prlnglo and
a Mexican named iternundez and
a lady, whose name I don't know.
The play consisted of singing,
dancing and dialogue, and as I
recollect tho theme was that she
was trying to conquer the prince
by her dancing nnd dialogue, --DwctIIiom
JKvl
He was Instructed to continue
description of the play by the de
fense attorney, W. I. Gilbert.
A-Her character in the play
was such that she had to play up
to the prince and to win him.
Q Well, how did Bho play up to
him?
Pantages rose from the witness
chair and attempted to demon
strate the actions by placing hia
hands before him nnd haughtily
elevating his shoulder. Imitating
movements of a, Spanish dancer.
The part, Puntages said, was
"very suggerttive." Tho state ob
jected to this answer and the reply
was h trie It en from the record.
Gilbert asked the witness to
continue description of the play.
A Hhe' moved right up to tho
man and' revealed her body to
him. Ho looks on her body over
her shoulder, then he puts his
arms around her and kissed her
much.
W Where did ho kiss her?
Best I can recollect, on the
mouth. ,
Q Did you talk to MIhs Prlnglo
after you saw the play? ?
A Vex, right afterward.
y What was sold?
A Hhe asked what I thought of
the play,
Q What did you say?
Cnllcil I'lny Vulgar
A I said It was Impossible, We
can't use It because of the sug
gestlveness and vulgarity.
Two days later, Pantages said,
Miss Prlnglo appeared in his of
fices, asking him to reconsider his
decision,
"I told her my answer of; tho
other day wait final," he testified.
Q And from this time In May
until August (date of the alleged
attack by Pantages on the dancer)
how many tlinen did you see her?
A -Nino or eight times, I can't
recall,
Q How many times nt night
and how many times in the duy7
A oh, four or five times at
night and four or five times in
the day.
Nick Duneav to whom Pantages
referred, wa the author of Miss
Prlngle's dance skit, while Huron
dea was her partner In the act,
Pnntagen wns dressed In a trim,
grey suit. He sat slumped In the
chair, resting his head in his right
hand. Ho spoke in broken Kngllsh
and his voice occasionally wm dif
ficult to understand.
It lot I tig In Pcfplng
PKIPINO, China, Oct. 22.-V-Troops
were called out and mar
tial law dectnred in Helping today
os serious riots took place thruout
jthe city, rickshaw' men nrmed with
ciuos miuL'King tram curs,
Stork Bea to
in Hospitut Race
Over Eugene Road
KIHIKNK, Ore.. Oct. 21.
(A3) Tlie stork, legendary di-
rector of population increase,
J- won a race at 05 miles an
hour Sunday night when a
girl was horn to Mrs. Hoy WU- t
cox of Venta, Ore., In an an- 4
tomobilo bringing her to a 4
hospital here. 4
Wilcox was pushing tho car
at top speed, hut when it be-
came evident the stork was 4
winning he stopped the car. 4
Tho daughter's birthplace will
go down on record as "some-
whore on the Klmira road near
ICugene."
: Mother and daughter nre 4
"doing nicely" at a hospital 4"
here.
i 4 4 4 4 fr
England And Continental
Europe Likes The Local
Product Storage Supply
To Last Near Thanksgiv
ingMake Cider Soon.
The Hoguo River Canning com
pany, K. U. Boutello, manuger, is
working on canned pear orders for
England and continental Europe.
Klve carloads of cunned pears, for
distribution in Glasgow, Liverpool
and manufacturing centers of
Great Hrltaln, nre ready for ship
ment. Packing of 10,000 cases of
pears for salad uses, in France,
Hpaln, Italy and Germany,, is now
underway.'
Two carloads of pears will be
shipped this week to Chicago, and
the idv.ilJHilL wlllar.top.e4'utiou
In a day or .tWo to fill an order
from Ltos Angeles for two carloads.
Tho operation of the cider mill
la an autumn lure (fur boys, and
some who are no longer boys. Last
year the cider vat was raided sev
eral times, raiders using nn augur
to secure the Juice of the apple.
This year by the use of cast-iron,
and an extra watchman, the man
agement hopes to foil tho raiders.
It is not so much the cider that is
stolen, as the attendant property
damage. .
Tho cannery has enough pears
in storage to operate until close to
Thanksgiving. Over half a million
cans of varied sizes will be used
by the cannery this season, In its
operations. They dally 'employ
from 126 to 150 women and from
1 5 to 20 men.
The pear peeling machine In
vented by 'a Kugene, Oregon me
chanic, has been in operation, and
to date has been a success. It re
moves tho skin from tho pear
without wastage, and turns out a
smooth and evenly shuved fruit.
This Is the first year the peeling
machines have been operated, and
are out of the experimental stage,
It Is said.
Owing lo tho devastating frosts
last spring, the tomato and bean
pack was not up to normal, and
tho cannery was able to fill but
80 per cent of its orders because
of tho shortage locally of these
two vegetables.
Manager Jloutello said today
that all things considered tho
season hns been a success, nnd the
plant has received plenty of penrs
from tho growers,
HELD IN MURDER
NKVV YOHIC, Oct. 2.. (P) John
Mcdouldcrlck, second officer of the
sttmmahii) (!rolc, was taken Into
custody today by police in connec
tion with the murder on October
U of Jack Kraft, former New York
newspaper employe' on the liner's
Inst trip from New TTork to Now
Orleans.
Police were communicative about
the case. They had received tele
graphic orders from New Orlenns
police lo hold McOoulderlck and
to search tho Bhlp 'or possible evi
dence concerning the murder. They
were also asked to question a mem
ber of the crew whoso name wns
not made public.
Miss lone Ord, who was the cen
tral flKiire In a- fight aboard the
ship before Kraft's body was
thrown overbourd, and Sum Kp
steln, ship's steward, have been
held in New Orleans as matorinl
witnesses.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. (P)
fjuirv'hlni; a sweeping attack
upon the testimony and docu
ments through which tho gov
ernment seeks to convict Albert
M. Kail of accepting a bribe
of $100.000 'from R. 1. Dohtny,
Krnnk 3. Ilogun of defense coun
sel, today continued his closing
argument to the Jury.
ONG
PEAR
1
T CANNERY
FOREIGN
SALES
OHIO LOCKS
DEDICATED
B! HOOVER
Completion ' of Waterway
From Pittsburgh to Cario
Marked By Ceremony At
Granite Shaft A New
Agency of Quiet Service
Opened For Mankind Says
President.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct. 22.-r-(jfP)
President Hoover left Cincinnati
nt 2:06 o'clock this afternoon on
board the government steamer
"Green Hrlar" for Louisville. The
beat will tie up along the Indiana
shore tonight, reaching Louisville
tomorrow afternoon about 4 o'clock.
Ily James Ij. Went.
Associated Press Staff Writer.
KIJKN PARK. Cincinnati, Oct.
22. UP) Standing on. a towering
bluff overlooking the Ohio river.
President Hoover today- dedicated
a white granite shaft commemo
rating the completion of 'the lock
system of that waterway from
Pittsburgh to Cairo.
"A new agency of service now
begins Its quiet labors for man
kind," Mr.. Hoover said in con
gratulating the whole Ohio valley
and the nation on thla occasion.
"This .new instrument of. com
merce, from which untold bless
ings will come year after year, la
an enduring monument to those
patient men of my own profession
whose lives are spent In devising
means to Increase the comfort and
convenience of the world,'.' he add
ed. "But men of every mould have
wrought with equal bravery in thla
transformation of -the wild beauty
of tho Ohio river Into tho not less
beautiful but more tractablo stream
of today. The engineers found the
practical means, but many others
contributed to th$ Vision, "courage '
(Continued on Page Reven)
Will Rogers Says t
DETROIT; Mich,, Oct. 22.
What iv day and what n
bunch of men. A lot o iny
favorites were there.' Owen
V), Young, my favorite Democrat.-
Julius RosenwaUl, my
favorite philanthropist, who
I tried to touch, for a dona
tion for the
farmers, said
my generosi
ty is tinder
complete
control.
Charley
Schwab, m y
favorite optimist. Jimmy Oi-
rard, my favorite Democrat
ic treasurer, who was selling
Kdison cigar lighters' o
make up the Democratic def
icit. My favorite illustrator,
Charles Dana Gibson, who
wns using Jane Adams and
I as a model.
It rained nil day but oth
erwise it wns drj In fact
it wns tho dryest wet day
a lot of these prominent men
hud ever experienced. I kept
looking for Miss Wilder
brnndt. My favorite boss,
Mr. Oehs. My favorite fa
ther of polo players, Mr.
Firestone. Horses and car
riages to drive you all over
this reproduced village.
Everybody ' was wondering
where he got nil , the old
cabs and hornes. I wns won
dering where he got the hats
thonoabnien wore, it was just
like a big country picnic No
matter how big they were,
they all felt ; humble ; and
about the same, in compari
son with the man they were
honoring, Mr. Edison. It was
a great' tribute, conceived
and marvelously carried out
by another great mnn.
And then the banquet. If
I hndn 't got seated properly
there would a been another
social row.. . Yours, ..... , ,
, WILL ROGERS.
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