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Los Angeles Busses, Trolleys
Halted by Strike of Operators
Bridges Stripped
fif Citizenship
ln Court Action
Longshore Leader
Cites Reasons
San Francisco, June 16 (U.R)
Federal JudKe George B. Harris
today stripped CIO Longshore
Leader Harry Bridges ot his
American citizenship.
Bridges was recently convicted
of perjury and conspiracy for
lying about his membership in
the communist party at his nat
uralization hearing in 1945. Sen
tenced to five years in prison,
his case is being appealed.
Presumption of Guilt
Harris, after lengthy consid
eration of a government motion
to cancel Bridges' citizenship, an
nounced: "This man stands convicted as
a felon before this court. In such
instances, the presumption of in
nocence vanishes and a heavy
presumption of guilt takes its
place."
"Under the circumstances
herein, he should not be priv
ileged to retain the fruits of his
illegality."
No Moral Right
"Harry Bridges has no moral
or constitutional right to retain
the privilege of citizenship, if, by
false swearing, an imposition
was practiced upon the superior
court of the state of California,
without which the certificate of
citizenship could and would not
have been issued."
Harris, who received briefs re
cently from the government and
Slrom defense attorneys for
Bridges, handed down his deci
sion this morning in the form of
a "memorandum, opinion and
order."
He said his action was based
upon the nationality act of Octo
ber 14, 190. .
Shriners Leave for
Convention Sunday
Some 300 members of Hillah
Shrine will leave by special train
Sunday morning for the annual
Shrine convention to be held
June IB to 23 in Los Angeles.
Herman H. Mayberry, Ash
land, potentate of the Shrine,
said that about a quarter-million
Shriners are expected to attend
the convention, the largest in
the history of the organization.
The special train for Hillah
Shriners will leave Eugene at
10 p. m. Saturday and will ar
rive in Medford and Ashland the
following morning. Composed of
15 cars, the train will arrive in
Los Angeles at 9:15 a. m. Mon
day. The return trip will begin
the following Saturday.
Shriners will select a new im
perial potentate at the conven
tion to succeed Movie Actor
Harold Lloyd, who has served
in the post for the past year.
Corvallis. Ore., June 16 !U.R
Lawrence Fisher Wooster, 65,
retired Oregon State college pro
fessor of electrical engineering,
died yesterday in a local hospital.
Oklahoma Badman Surrenders Peacefully
When Captured In Girl Friend s Flat
Munich, Germany, June 16
(U.R) Oklahoma Badman Homer
Cook, ill with blood poisoning
and weak from hunger, surren
dered to police without a fight
today in the bedroom of his Ger
man sweetheart.
Two American military police
and six German police closed in
on the Munich apartment of 21-year-old
Anna Sporcr two hours
after a German truck driver re
ported seeing Cook stagger into
the building. .
Anna was not at home. Police
battered down the door of her
flat and found the 6-foot-l, 200
pound Cook sprawled on the
bed. He still wore the same fa
tigue trousers and undershirt in
which he escaped 60 hours be
fore from Dachau prison, 10
miles north of Munich.
The 27-ycar-old Cook didn't
ccm to notice the police until
one of them prodded him with
. cckcd revolver.
"You won't have to use that,"
Cook said quietly.
He appeared to be In great
pain, wincing every time he
moved his left arm. It was swol
len and black almost to the el
bow from a wound in his hand.
He had ripped his hand when
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 16,
Use of Extra Autos Adds
To Normal Congestion;
Wage Talks Deadlocked
Los Angeles, June 16 (U.R) A strike halted busses and street
cars of the Los Angeles Transit lines today and one million com
muters in this sprawling city of two million used the family car or
thumbed rides.
While business firms reported some absenteeism due to the
walkout of 4,000 transit workers shortly after midnight, most
workers who stood on corners were speedily given rides by co
operative motorists.
Federal conciliators failed to break a deadlock over wages
earlv todav and the Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric
Railway and Motor Coach Employees (AFL) pulled the yellow
busses and street cars into the barns.
The red cars of Pacific Electric, which serve many communi
ties in Los Angeles county with its population of four million,
continued to operate. Its cars and busses were jammed with extra
passengers.
Police cars cruised through the streets early today to warn
persons waiting on some corners that the strike was on.
Motor car pools were hastily formed and traffic policemen
were put on 12-hour shifts to help keep automobiles moving in the
downtown area which normally is traffic jammed.
Some parking lots raised prices as the cars streamed down
town.
Woman Uses Holler Skates
To Reach PE Station
One woman used roller skates
to get to a PE car. The Santa
Monica municipal bus lines ran
a shuttle service to a PE junc
tion in that district. -
Taxis did a rush business. But
Taxi Driver J. W. Hetzner
moaned that some riders felt
they shouldn't pay more than
they would on a bus. Recalling
the 26-day transit strike in 1946,
Hetzner said: "In the last strike
I went days without a tip."
Department stores reported a
drop in business. Today was the
final day of school. About ju,
000 school children normally
use street cars but most of them
were having no difficulty hitch
ing rides.
. The strike came as the city
prepared to entertain 100,000
Shriners for their national con
vention next week. Mayor
Fletcher Bowron had hoped that
the strike would have been de
layed until after the Shrine con
vention.
Ed Oliver, international secre
tary of the union, said the com
pany had rejected an otter oi
arbitration and had made no of
fer that the union could accept.
Transit workers will hold a mass
meeting tomorrow morning.
Would Boost Farei
"Of every dollar paid into our
fareboxes." said a company
statement explaining rejection of
the union's 20-cents -an-hour wage
boost demand, "58 cents now
goes to the employees in wages,
pensions and other related
items. Any further increase can
result only in some increase in
fares."
No Serious Damage
Caused by Storm Here
The electrical storm about
midnight last night blew out a
large number ot transiormer,
line and substation fuses from
Central Point to Brownsboro,
California Oregon Power com
pany reported this morning.
Several crews were assigned
replace fuses. No large area of
any consequence was affected,
it was stated.
No other damage around the
valley has been reported.
he scaled a 12-foot wall of the
jail and fled into the woods last
Tuesday night.
He rose unsteadily to his feet,
raised his hands in surrender
and smiled sheepishly at the two
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HOMER COOK
Dachau Escape Capture!
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President Vetoes
Basing Point Bill;
Fear Expressed
Washington, June 16 (U.R)
President Truman today vetoed
the "basing point" bill which
would have permitted manufao
turers to charge the same "deliv
ered price" to buyers in differ
ent areas regardless of varying
freight costs.
In a veto message to the sen'
ate, Mr. Truman expressed the
fear that the law eventually
would "reduce the protection
afforded the public by the anti
trust laws.
Handicap Sean
The president also said the bill
might seriously handicap the
federal trade commission and
diminish the effect of the Rob-inson-Patman
act which protects
small enterprises against price
discriminations.
It was President Truman's sec
ond veto of a major bill passed
by this congress. The first was
the Kerr bill to exempt inde
pendent producers of natural gas
from federal regulation. Mr. Tru
man in vetoing the Kerr bill
said is would not have been in
the national interest.
Controversial Issue
The basing point bill was one
of the more controversial bills
on which the president acted at
this congressional session. He
had been under heavy pressure
both to sign and veto it. Party
lines were split wide when it
passed congress. .
The act would have permitted
manufacturers to absorb freight
costs to quote identical delivered
prices at different points of de
livery to meet the price of a
competitor. The manufacturers
would have had to act independ
ently and the absorption of the
freight rate would have had to
be done in good faith.
American police, Cpl. Albert
Levison of Ashland, Ky., and
Pfc. Emil Skaggs of Ansted, W.
Va.
He told police little about
what he did during his 60 hours
of liberty that followed his third
prison break in two months.
The former GI from Musko
gee, Okla., said he had spent
last night in the Nuernberg area
but had not heard a radio appeal
which his sweetheart made for
him to surrender.
He said he hoped he would
be able to see Anna, who spent
the night with friends and had
left bv train for Nuernberg. 100
miles north, an hour before Cook
was captured in her apartment.
Anna's trip north was made
in answer to an appeal from po
lice, who thought they had Cook
trapped in a small woods five
miles outside Nuernberg. The
police wanted her to call upon
Cook to surrender.
Anna fainted when told of
Cook's capture on her arrival in
Nuernberg. When she recovered
she said: "I prayed all the way
up here. I prayed for just that.
I know they would have killed
him. You can tell the world I still
love Chuck and I will be wait
ing tor Mm."
Tribune
1950 ,
NO. 72
Rescue Crews Dig
Through Debris
For Trapped Men
Five Miners Buried
By Flood Waters
Cadomin, Alta., June 16 (U.R)
Tired, muddy coal miners dug
through tons of mud. silt and
rock today in an effort to save
five of their buddies trapped 350
feet underground by river flood
waters.
They kept working although
they had all but abandoned hope
for he men imprisoned since
Wednesday night behind a deluge
from the MacLeod river.
Hope Dwindles
"We're praying that we'll get
them out, one of the 20 spade
wielding workers said as he la
bored in the narrow tunnel being
dug through the blocked mine
shaft.
"But it looks like onlv a mir
acle will get them out."
Thirty miners were working
deep in the Cadomin coal mine
when the flood waters poured
into the workings and blocked
the shaft with rubble from the
sodden ceilings and shaft walls.
All but the five escaped.
They were believed to have
clambered through the rubble bv
the light of the headlamps and
reached a point about 270 feel
from the mine entrance.
The rescue crews believed that
by now the men probably had
drowned or died from fumes
after the water cut off the un
derground ventilating system.
No sound of life came from the
nooaca section. But the digging
weni on, wim ears ot tne crew
cocked for the slightest knocking
or scratching that would indicate
signs of life.
None of the volunteers or mine
officials knew just how far they
were from the trapped men.
Rural School Districts
To Name Directors
Besides voting for directors of
their individual school districts
next Monday, residents in the
dislricts outside Medford, Ash
land and Central Point will be
called on to name directors to
the county rural school board
and to the non-high school
board.
In the rural school board elec
tion. Dr. George B. Dean is
seeking re-election to another
term as director from Zone 4
which includes Jacksonville,
Griffin Creek, Ruch-Sterling,
Applegate, Oak Grove and West
Side districts.
H. F. Padgham Jr. is a candi
date for the directorship of Zone
3, comprising Lone Pine, Dewey,
Kenwood and Howard districts.
There are five directors on the
rural school board.
Carl Quackenbush has filed
for the job as director from Zone
5 of the non-high school district.
His zone consists of Lone Pine.
Wagner Creek, Pinehurst and
Colestine.
All school districts in the state
will hold their annual elections
Monday.
Redding Arrest Solves
Burglary in Medford
A man apprehended hv RnH.
ding, Cal., officers has admitted
the burglary of the residence of
Dr. George S. Jennings here on
J u n e 8 and three guns tnken
have been recovered Merifnrri
city police were informed yes-
it-ruay.
Redding police said that the
arrest of Charles Adam Slawaon,
26, and Velma Coreen Hennin
ger, 22 also cleared up four
burglaries in that district. An
other man, reportedly involved
in the Medford theft, escaned
capture and was said to have a
watch taken from the Jennings'
home,
Medford officers have ntuceH
a hold on the couple but it was
mougnt tney will be prosecuted
In California.
Week-End Log Hauling
Banned on Highways
State police said today that no
log hauling is being permitted
on public roads after noon on
Saturdays during the summer
months.
The measure has been decreed
by state highway officials in
steps to reduce accident peril
during the heavy travel on week
end. The regulation it effective un-
Ul September 8.
Owner of Truck
Driven by Robber
Found Murdered
Body of Portland
Carpenter Located
Oregon City, Ore., June 16
(U.R) The murdered man found
near Eagle Fern park about six
miles east of Estacada, Ore., was
identified today as Walter Lane
R u c k e r , Portland carpenter,
whose truck Wayne Long drove
to a Portland bank in an at
tempted robbery Thursday.
Identification Made
Clackamas County Coroner
Ray Rilance says Rucker's moth
er, Mrs. Arline Hardy of Port
land, made the identification this
morning. She said Rucker left
home Wednesday night.
When Long ran from the bank
to find FBI agents waiting for
him, he headed for Rucker's
truck, parked nearby. The reg
istration of the vehicle indicat
ed it belonged to Rucker, whose
address was given as Seattle.
His mother said he had been liv
ing in Portland for several
months.
Seen Together
Capt. Wayne Gurdane of the
Oregon state police said Long
and Rucker were seen together
Wednesday going into the area
where Rucker's body was found
and that Long came out alone.
Sheriff Fred Eaksecker of
Clackamas county said two boys
discovered the body in a clear
ing near the county park on an
old log road. A gunshot wound
behind the left ear caused Ruck
er's death, Rilance said.
Driver Uninjured
In Truck Smashup,
Central Point, June 16 Ray
mond Arnol Gibson. Trail, escao-
ed serious injury about 5:45 p.m.
yesicraay wnen me loaaea lum
ber truck he was operating was
involved in an accident with a
Southern Pacific company,
switch engine here, according to
local police.
The truck was carried 90 feet
from the point of impact at the
Main street crossing and badly
damaged, police said. A South
ern Pacific official reported
some damage to the front end of
the engine. Police said the engine
was derailed.
Ties Torn Up
A number of ties were torn
up and the track had to be re
leveled and relined. The track
was cleared in about an hour and
a half and the northbound pas
senger train was not delayed.
Auto traffic was held up about
ia minutes. The accident attract
ed a large crowd.
The truck was owned by John
Paudois, Central Point, for
whom Gibson was hauling to the
Southern Oregon Sugar corpora
tion mill. The lumber vehicle
was west bound and the south
bound engine hit the real
wheels, police reported.
Otto Layton, Ashland, was
train engineer.
Patients Move to New
County Farm Home
Patients at the Jackson county
farm home at Talent are now in
their new quarters, County
Judge J. B. Coleman said today,
and the public will be given an
opportunity to view the recently
completed building as soon as
workmen have improved the
grounds.
The patients have been moved
from their dark first-floor and
basement rooms in the old farm
home into the light and airy
rooms in the new 52-bed facility.
The staff at the home said the
patients were delighted with the
new accommodations and equip
ment and only one aged man
said he was homesick for his
room In the basement of the old
building.
Women patients who have
been cared for in private homes
during the year-long building
program at the farm are now be
ing returned to the county's care
at the home.
BULLETINS
Washington. June 16 (U.R)
President Truman today ap
pointed W. Averell Harriman
ai his special assistant en in
ternational problems arising
from the cold war. -
Harriman is now special U.I.
representative in Europe for
the economic cooperation ad
ministration. Cooi Bay, Ore., June II
fU.Ri A three-week-old strike
Involving some 900 members
of the CIO International
Woodworkers of America was
settled here late Thursday
when the Coos Bay Lumber
company agreed to a modified
union shop.
WEATHER
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night. Pfrllv cloudy with light
ffhowrrt Saturday. Little
change In temperature.
Temp.
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FAITHFUL FRIEND Pour -year -old Clarence Swope shows the
strain of spending a night In the densely woodrd Uuckhorn area near
Altoona, Pa., while a search party beat through the brush in a heavy
rain to find him. With him is his faithful mongrel dog Teddy, who
remained with him and was at his side when searchers found them.
Fingerprints Found
On Beer Bottle Said
To Be Utah Wilson's
Vancouver. Wash.. June 16
(U.R) A state witness In the murder-kidnaping
trial of Turman
and Utah Wilson testified Thurs
day that a beer bottle found near
the abduction scene oeiinueiy
bore Utah's fingerprints.
Edwin S. Diss, fingerprint ex
aminer for the Federal Bureau of
Investigation in Washington,
said copies of prints on the bottle
mailed to him had been estab-
Former Resident
Takes Own Life
Portland, June 16 Mrs. Lo
cille Helen Tharp, 40, Portland.
committed suicide in a Portland
hospital room Wednesday night.
according to Portland police au
thorities. She was a victim ot
cancer.
Mrs. Tharp. the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Smith, Med
ford, figured in the recent Port
land case where Otto Soles was
convicted of practicing medicine
without a license. Doctors had
testified that Soles "Keystone
salve" which he sold as a can
cer cure, had been prescribed for
Mrs. Tharp, and that the delay
in orthodox medical treatment
made the difference in her sur
vival. Soles was fined $500 and
sentenced to six months in jail.
He is now free on bond pending
appeal.
Takes Life
Mrs. Tharp took her own life
by hanging, using a knotted
night bell cord In the hospital.
She was born in PhoenU April
8, 1910, and had lived in Port
land about eight years. Surviv
ors besides her parents include
her husband, William M. Tharp:
son. William Jr., 13: a daugh
ter, Mary. 11; three sisters, Mrs.
Audrey Parsons. Medford, Mrs.
Shirley Hoskin, Day Creek, and
Mrs. Agness Keezee, Klamath
Falls, and two brothers, Law
rence, Applegate, and Vallcmar,
Medford.
Mail Tribune Carrier
Boy Completes Route
Despite Broken Arm
There t one Mail Tribune
carrier boy who goes the pott
office department one belter.
The post office has a motto to
the effect that "neither rain
nor snow nor dark of the
night ttays these couriers from
the swift completion oi their
appointed rounds."
The motto says nothing
about broken armi.
This particular carrier boy
Eighth Grader Jimmy Con
ner, son of the Rev, and Mrs.
John Conner, 342 Mae street
broke a left arm bone last
night, just after he started de
livering papers. Instead of
rushing home or to a doctor
the youngster called friend
of his to help, and the two of
them completed the route,
with the Injured boy showing
hit friend where to throw the
papers.
Then and only then did
the boy go home to have hit
arm set and splinted.
Salem, Ore., June 16 -U.R)
A 84-year-old lifelong resident
of Oregon, James H. Simpson,
died here yesterday.
Pretoria, South Africa, June
16 U,R) Field Marshal Jan C.
Smuts, 80, had a fair night with
no deterioration In but condition.
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lished as those oi the 20-year-old
defendant.
Defense Objects
The brothers are charged with
kidnaping and murdering 20-year-old
Jo'Ann Dewey last
May 20.
Defense Counsel Irvin Good
man objected to the admission of
the bottle as primary evidence
because the expert had not ex
amined the bottle itself. The
court overruled the objection.
Earlier In the day Goodman
vehemently asked a Vancouver
detective, Floyd W. Morgan,
whether he had threatened either
of the defendants during ques
tioning. Borgan was one of two
officers who went to Sacramento
to return the suspects after their
arrest.
The detective denied that he
had threatened the pair. In his
cross-examination, Goodman al
leged that Borgan had threat
ened to reveal to the public cer
tain facts harmful to the Wilson
family.
Most of the other witnesses
called were officers who attempt
ed to establish the time that Miss
Dewey was dragged screaming
from the street in front of a
Vancouver apartment house Into
a black sedan.
One officer, Sgt. Adolph Fors
beck, was asked by Goodman
how many suspects were ques
tioned in the Investigation. He
said about 10 or 12 had been
grilled but that there were no
suspects other than the Wilsons
for some time.
Short Change Artist
Said at Work Here
Cltv Dolice said that a short
change artist was reported in
Medford last night.
Police were told that a small
dark complexioned man pur
chased a 15-cent candy bar at a
local restaurant with a S20 bill.
When an employee handed the
man his change, he asked that
It be given him In different de
nominations. In the exchange
the restaurant was shorted $10.
Many Contests Scheduled
At Catfish Derby Sunday
A wide variety of contests for
young and old, in addition to
the anglers' competition, is
planned for the 14th annual Na
tional Catfish derby on Sunday,
June 18, at TouVelle state park
at Bybee bridge on Rogue river.
Committeemen of the Medford
20-30 club, sponsoring organiza
tion, said today that plans were
virtually complete for the derby.
They stressed that the derby is a
"give-away" affnir. Entrance to
contests is free to participants.
Old-Style Picnic
The program will be In the
form of a day-long country-style
picnic with families bringing
their own lunches. For those
who do not wish to take much,
the 20-30 club will operate a
concession stand. The public is
invited to attend the derby.
Twenty-Thlrtlans will start
registering catfish entries at
1:30 p. m. at the north end of
the stage and will continue this
until 4 p m. The program and
other contests will get under
way at 2 p. m. Abby and Jean
nie Green. Rogue Valley Country
club musicians, will be enter
tainers. Variety of Contests
There will ba contests with
Conspiracy to
Deliver Secrets
To USSR Charged
Accused Worked at
Lot Alamos Plant
New York, June 16 (U.R)
The FBI today announced the
arrest of Army Veteran David
Greenglass, 28, on spy charges
and said he admitted conspiring
to give atom bomb secrets to
Russia because he believed she
deserved them as a wartime
ally.
Greenglass, who was a tech
nical sergeant in an army en
gineering detachment at the Los
Alamos, N.M., a-bomb assembly
plant, was charged with being
the third American member of
a spy ring that betrayed United
States atomic secrets to the
Soviets.
Gave Papers To Gold
He worked on "highly confi
dential" matters at Los Alamos,
the FBI said. He was charged
formally with turning over se
cret documents and information
to Harry Gold, Philadelphia
chemist who has admitted de
livering to Russia the atomic se
crets stolen by Dr. Klaus Fuchs
and other spies.
Edward Scheidt. special agent
in charge of the FBI office here,
revealed that Greenglass was
picked up yesterday for ques
tioning. Formal charges were
filed against him today.
Greenglass was taken into fed
eral court for arraignment and
placed under $100,000 bond
pending removal to New Mexico,
where he was alleged to have
given Gold secret atomic papers.
diagrams and other information
in the summer of 1945.
The FBI said he told its in
vestigators:
"I felt it was gross negligence
on the part of the United States
not to give Russia the informa
tion about the atom bomb be
cause she was an ally."
He was the second American
arrested in less than 24 hours
on charges of giving wartime
secrets to the Russians. Alfred
Dean Slack, 44, Syracuse, N.Y.,
was arrested yesterday on
charges that he gave data on the
secret explosive, RD, to Gold for
delivery to his bovlet superiors.
Now married and the father
of two children, one four yeari
old and the other one month,
Greenglass has been working
here as a machinist. The FBI
said he operated a machine in
the a-bomb plant at Los Alamos.
His family retained O. John
Rouge to defend him.
Face Death Sentences
Greenglass, Gold and Slack
all face possible death sentences
if convicted of spying in war
time. Another scientist, Sidney
Welnbaum, 52, a research fellow
at the California Institute of
Technology, was arrested by the
FBI today at Los Angeles on
charges he lied when he denied
he had been a communist in
seeking employment at a secret
Jet propulsion laboratory. There
was no immediate indication of
direct connection with the
atomic spy ring arrests.
Phoenix Voters Okay .
City Budget, 46 to 9
Phoenix, June 16 Phoenix
voters yesterday approved the
1950-51 city budget, 46 to 9,
according to Mrs. Marie Fisher,
recorder.
The budget, which totals $24,
282, was larger than last year's,
which amounted to $18,685. The
new budget exceeds the six per
cent limitation on increases by
$13,544.81, requiring the vote of
the people for approval.
Out of the total budget, $11.
610 will be raised by estimated
receipts during the year, leaving
$13,798.72 to be raised by
taxes, For the first time this
year, the budget makes provi
sion for a police department, and
funds will be used to purchase
a new police car and construct
a city jail.
prizes for pie eaters, bald-headed
men, freckled individuals, red
haired girls and bubble gum
blowers. Other awards will go
to the boy with the shortest hair,
girl with the longest hair, new
est married couple, largest fam
ily, youngest and oldest twins
and oldest man.
Additional events may be In
cluded as the afternoon program
progresses. Actress June Storey
will award prizes.
In the catfish rivalry awards
will go for the biggest fish, larg
est number of fish caught by one
contestant and the oldest and
youngest competitors. A grand
sweepstakes trophy will go to
the fisherman with best overall
fishing ability. Scoring will ba
based on number of fish, aver
age weight, length and condi
tion of fish and originality of
entrant's costume.
Court Listed
Queen' of the 1950 darby la
Miss Donna Smith. Princesses
are Miss Frances Frazier, Miss
Tressa Barr, Miss Wanda Dixon
and Miss Bonnie Pruitt.
An airplane Is scheduled to
drop 10,000 leaflets over the val
ley Saturday advertising the
derby.
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