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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-03
ON RADIO
BILLS DUE
By WILLIAM s. NEAL

Radio enthusiasts in Congress to-
day served notice that unless an
agreement is reached for permanent
radio regulation at this session of
Congress. they will oppose tenn
porary legislation and precipitate
further chaos in the air.
Something must be done at this
session of Congress" said Repre-
sentative Albert I'll. Vestal of In
diana, Republican whip Of the
House, who returned to Washington
today.
With House conferees standing
firmly for the White bill lodging
czar.like powers in Secretary Hoover
and the Senate conferees demand
ing the Dill commission-control bill.
an enforced compromise appeared
to be the only possible solution.
The first formal meeting of the
conferees has been tentatively set
for Wednesday Of next week.
Fight to Finish
War to the finish between the
National Association of Broadcasters
and the American Society Of Com
posers, Authors and Publishers over
the alleged music monopoly" was
indicated at the meeting of the radio
coordination conference.
Broadcasters contend that the
American society offers only a block
license" that is, they are forced to
purchase the right to use all copy
right music held by the organization
or take none.
Amendments to the Federal copy
right law, to permit bargaining be-
tween individual composers. and
radiocasters for the use of copyright
music, may be proposed at the short
session of Congress. This is a COM
promise measure by which officials
hope the war may be ended.
Representative Vestal, chairman of
the House Patents Committee, who
suggested this solution, said today
that he had submitted the proposal
to both associations, but Az yet had
received no answer.
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LOCAL PROGRAMS
WRC-WashInrton--4eO


s:46 to 7:45 a.. m.-Tower Health
Exercises broadcast with WEAF from
the Metropolitan Tower. New York
City.
hiss a. m.--ArlinRton Time Signals.
IL noon-"Dairy Flashes prepared
by the Department of Agriculture and
the University of MARYLAND Extension
1910 D. Morgan Recital from the
Homer L. kit Piano Company. Gen.
F. Ross. Organist. and Rollin Jones,
.. m.-Irving Boernstein's Lee
House Trio. from the Lee House.
S p. m:-sidney and His May
flower Orchestra from the Palm Room
of the Hotel Mayflower.
6:SS D. MI: F. Pellegrin of Near
East Relief; address on Making Life
6:4S p. m;-Book Reviews by Mrs;
by H. G. Wells and "Sorrell and Son.
Oy7 " q. m.- RHsUsrS' coldman's Hotel
Hamilton Orchestra from the Hotel
%. m.-The Honolulans.
$3.50 D. m.--Hohner Harmony Hour
from WEAF. New York,
p. m.-Breysr Ice Cream Hour
pe rs from from wEAF, New ' York: Pro-
gram: ''The Red and Blue" Univer
sIty Of Pennsylvania: Xxi vi r." Brown
"Alma Mater" Fight for Tech" Wor-
cester Polliech: Ala Mater Cornell
1.-THE Yellow and Blue "Rah Rah.
Michigan; Home of College Days.
Western Reserve; Alma Mater" Case
Hall to Pitt" "Cheer song" Pitts
burgh: alma Mater" ''Eighteen. Hun,
dred and Ninety-Three." Chicago; "Hail
Iowa: "old Missouri" University OF
| Missouri: Flight EN- Washington,
Washinston University Y.n" I'm .arc Jay:
| Awelgh," Navy; soldiers Farewell.
star and Stripes Forever" Army.
WRHF-WashinRtO
II q. m.-Current Events; music; po-
| lice reports.
WMAI-WashingtO
| 1890 to 1880 .. m.-City Club
weekly Friday luncheon forum. Pre-
sentlng Charles Moore. chairman. Eli; Fint
| Arts Commission. his subject: The
| Ideal Washington" Music by McWil'
liams' Cit Club syncopators;
NAA--WashingtOn
7:46 p. m.-Talk on THE Nose AND n
Throat" by expert from the United
States Public Health Service.
All aboard for the Christmas boa
with the Good Fellows
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picture story from WIZ through
WRC last evening! That was as
clever a bit of constructive pro-
examining as we've heard--intimate,
casual. and yet intensely interesting
and highly dramatic from start to
finish. No little help was given the
producers by Milton Cross, who
only needs to recover from his awe
Of great music to be one of our
most capable announcers.
This weekly motion picture chore
of the Davis LaPrade combination is
no easy job and the pair OF pro-
ducers have been doing good
iourneyman work with it right
along. 1t is hardly possible that
every production should be salts.
factory to all listeners-because no
matter how skillful the producers
may be they have got to stick to
the material provided for them by
the motion picture producers and
for story telling purposes at
least-these are mighty poor props
to lean on.
Last nights production was along
entirely new lines and commanded
attention from start to finish. So
far as we know it was Madge
fuckers first appearance as a
part Of the feature. She has cer-
tainly hit her forte in radio drama,
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ROMPING AROUND THE RADIO d.

and both in acting and producing
is far ahead Of any of the others
we constantly are called upon to
suffer with.
PIANIST SCORES
IN KIT CONCERT
The playing Of his Chopin
group, alone in the Kilt hour last
evening, would have stamped
Felian Garzia a pianist worth list
ening to. There were other num-
bers given with spirit and intel
ligence but the Chopin numbers
were, as usual. the Lianist's test
of skill as well as understanding
Many people play the notes
Chopin wrote down--but Garzia got
much of the spirit of music into
them and few composers put so
much Of that same into their work
or made it more necessary for a
pianist to be a musician as we'll
as a skillful mechanic.
The Garzia performance coming
at the beginning or the evening
started off a program for WRC
that maintained its excellence
throughout. The Carlton Hotel Or.
chestra presented an excellent con-
cert that was well played. The
bridge game was a bit disappoint-
ing because the bidder drew
heavy penalty and seemed to play
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-03

All aboard for the Christmas boa
with the Good Fellows.
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BEST PROSPECTS

o. m.-The Remington Band,
Schenectady, WGY (379l.
8 D. m.-''Lokengrjn," produced
under the direction of Lewis James
Russell. Philadelphia, WOO t5O8).
10 p. m.-'Evolution Of American
Music" Baltimore, VIDAL t246).
CHAIN PROGRAMS
$3.50 p. m.--Hohnera Harmonica
Concert and Lesson, New YORK.
WEAF, WRC, WEEP, WGR. WILT,
WLIB, WTAM. WCAE.
Q p. m.--Breyer Ice Cream Hour,
New York, WIZ, WRC; South Sea
Islanders, New York. WEAF.
WILT. KSD, WTAG.
$3.50 p. m.--La France Orchestra,
New York. WEAF. WEEP, WGR,
WILT. VOC. WDAF. KsD. WTAM,
10 3. m.-whtttan Anglo Per.
slams, New York, WEAF. WRC,
WEEI, WGR, WAR, WGN, WCCO.
WILT, voc, WDAF, KSD, WTAG.
WTAM, WCAE; Baldwin Hour,
New York, WIZ, WGY, WIZ.
DANCE MUSIC
1880 p. m.--Vincent Lopez Or
chestra, New York, WEAF (492).
IL D. m.-Paul Specht's Orches-
ira. New York, WIZ (455).
1i:15 p. m.-Swiss iardens Or
chestra, Cincinnati, WKRC (422).
1870 p. m. Johnny Ramps
serenaders Chicago, KYW $3.50.
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IS OF CREWS CAUGHT IN
BLIZZARD LANDED SAFELY

SAULT STE. MARIE. Mich, Dec
3.-Forty.five men who made up the
crews of two Of 40 vessels caught
in a blizzard which swept Lake SUI
perior Tuesday were landed today al
Copper Harbor. The men are sui
fering from hardships and exposure.
They were saved by the Eagle
Harbor Coast Guard after their
steamers. the City of Bangor and
the Thomas Maytham. were driven
ashore by the gale. Thirty-eight
other steamers which are fast In the
ice above the 500 may be released
bv tugs tOdav.
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PICTURE STORY
AIR NOVELTY

Last nights tuning proved that
there was no permanent wave to
loud speaker receptiOn-jUst a
sight marcel that was almost
Strengthened out by the evenings
rush of programs. Cuba, Los An
geIes, Boston and Jackson Enclosed
the area tunable during the course
: of the evening. There was
mushy sort OF tone that made sig.
mails uninteIIigible some of the
time, but this would clear occa-
si0naIly and the volume was good.
-------
IL any customer wants an ex-
ample of about the msot skillful bit
Of program building for radio it has
been our privilege to hear-let him
consider the manner in which Col.
r. H. Davis, Malcolm La Prade and
Madge Tucker put over the motion
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-03
GILBERT AND SULLIVAN
WAVE LENGTH FAVORITEF

Gilbert and Sullivan seemed to
lead all makers Of entertainment on
the outer wave lengths last evening.
"Pinafore" came from KDKA and
WGY in it's entirety in excellent
style. THE Mikado" was the sub
of extensive orchestral exploitation
in two or three stations, and the
music Of Patience" was heard from
one of the Midwest broadcasts.
The business of paging people by
radio is beginning to pail on the Gus.
tomers--the novelty having worn off
Of the mail stunt that Eddie and
Fanny Cavanaugh do so cleverly
from KYW-which only points bit
of moral for producers on the wave
lengths. A thing is novel only when
it is new, and the more novel it is
In its newness, the surer 1t Is to fail
as entertainment after two or three
reDetitionS.
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BY GARDNER MACK

the wrong game. In the Royal
hour the lovely music Fritz Kreisler
wrote for Apple Blossoms" came
from the orchestra. and the two
vocal soloists Just as we like it md
the dance program from LIE Paradis
was good--and various, for Jazz Of
fro kindf
, 1926-02-13

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, 1926-02-13
Enjoy the warming coznforE
Of this Cuick-aCting liniEne

and This increased supply Of ireshs
new blood builds up broken-down
tissue and washes away fatigue
Poisons.
Swiftly tense muscles begin to
relax, aching and soreness pass
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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-08-25

Mr. and Mrs t. Lee Shirley. of
South George street, have returned
from vacation spent at Orkney
Springs. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester A. DUNLAP
and son and daughter, Of Framing
ham, Mass, are visiting Mr.. Dunlap's
sister. Mrs. H c. Baker.
Mrs. W. J Manning and Miss
Christine Manning, of East Wash
ington street, are spending short
while in Atlantic. n. ].
Mrs. Henry S. Wattles and son. Of
Alexandria, Va. are visiting at the
home of Col. and Mrs. Forrest W
Brown, South Samuel street.
Mrs. R. D. Early and son. of South
Mildred street, are attending the
Sesqm-Centennial in Philadelphis.
Penna.
Superintendent of Mails and Mrs.
q. +. Whitmore, Miss Klee Whit
more, and Roger Brown. all of Mar
tinsburg. have been camping recently
on the Shenandoah River, below MIL
vile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brown L Rissler and
two sons spent several dave near
EmmRshurg, Md, visiting relatives.
They We're accompanied home by
Mrs. Rissler's sister, Mrs. Marlin A.
Stonesifer, and son. who spent sew
eral DAYS with them.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-08-25
ORCHARD LEVY LIMIT.

The Jefferson county court has
made its assessment against the or
chards of the county for expenses
incurred by the county in cutting
down cedar trees, which were claim
ed to be harmful to the apple trees
of the state. The levy. made in ac-
cordance with the state law regulat-
ing the subject was laid after an esti
mate of the total orchard acreage
within this county, and is as follows
$3.50 acres of trees over ten years
old. levy set at $100 per acre.
bringing in $3,989.00: SIT acres of
trees under ten years old, levy set at
so cents per acre, bringing in $40S-
so. The total income from this
special levy will be S4,39750, which
will not quite cover the cost of the
coming Is years.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-08-25
THE HILLS OF JEFFERSON.

By Eugene du Maurier Meredith
Turquoise and coral, bathed in day
dawn light:
Walling. rolling fields of emerald
green:
Clothed in a dew-haloed sheen;
Caressing the clouds from pine
fronded height;
Bold and imperial in MONDAY glare ;
Mantled with blossoms I'll fragrant
and bright:
Sparkling with jewels and roseate
air:
Under great parasols of lockwood
white:
Oh. how we JOY in these hills won
drous might.
Full of the mystery of shadowy
dreams;
Misty md lovely are Jefferson's hills
at night,
nder the simmer of moon-rayed
CLEANS,
Exuding courage for the weak and
shy
Jeferson's tree-clad hills kissing the
sky.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-08-25

Peyota Is a drug taken from q plant
related to the mescal Of Mexico. Il
affects the nerves In somewhat the
same fashion as opium or cocaine
Opinions differ as to its effect upon
the Indians as 9 race. While some
men become shiftless and debauched
as a result of its use other indiyid-
uals and tribes have used 1t Ter many
years with no signs Of decadeica
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-08-25

The Annual Convention Of the
West Virginia Division of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy will
convene in Shepherdstown, West
Va. Wednesday and Thursday,
September 22nd and 23rd, 1925.
Lawson Bolts Chapter, U. d. c.. of
Charles Town. elected the following
Delegates, Miss Emma Brown, Mrs.
f. j. Manning and Mrs. H ? Whit
more; and Alternates, Miss Anna
Lloyd Baylor, Miss Ella Fouke. and
Miss Eliza Willis.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-08-25
NEXT SUNDAYS STAR.

Next Sundays Washington Star
will have an unusual article describ-
ing the growing prosperity Of enc of
the most attractive regions under
the United States flag. The Rambler
also has written a very interesting
article, while the fiction and humor
will be by the best known authors.
How Americans meet conditions
abroad, by a popular writer.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-08-25
BENCHOFF MAY RUN.

Col. Howard ]. Benchoff, head
master of Massanutten Military
Academy, and president of Shenan-
doah Valley, Inc. may be nominated
at the Republican convention in
Woodstock, Va, next Friday as a
candidate for Congress from the
Seventh Virginia Congressional Dis
trict.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-08-25
THOS. r. MOORE,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
Charles Town. w. Va.

For Saie:-A double Of those
good Yearling Montana Ewes, which
will shear from ten to eleven pounds
of wool as an average.
Wall. Strider & Wall, Inc.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-08-25

Funeral services for the late Pres
ton Jones, eolored, who died in the
General Hospital Wednesday. were
held at the Free VIII Baptist church
Friday afternoon, at o'clock De
ceased was stricken with paralysis
while at his work Tuesday afternoon,
and was rushed to the hospital that
evening, dying the following morn
ing He was SO years old. and a
native of Winchester, Va.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-08-25

The Jefferson County Court went
definitely on record at a special term
on Thursday, against the proposition
to employ a full-time nurse for the
county. Such employment would in
volve an expenditure Of $1,000 a
year for the salary of nurse, the
up-keep Of her automobile, and other
incidentals, Of which $500 would be
paid by the state. DR.. w T Hen
shaw. of the State Board of Health,
in presenting an argument in favor
of adding a nurse to the welfare
work of the county, estimated that
lew of one cent on each hundred
dollars assessment would provide suf-
ficient funds to supply the county
with the $2,700 needed to supple
ment the state fund of 5000. Action
was taken also on the proposal to use
the law library in the Court House
for a public library 1t was proposed
to move the books now in the collec-
tion at the Community House to the
Court House, and have the Law
library room there converted into Q
public reading room. Court deelin
ed to sanction the change.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-08-25

Herbert Lee. colored lad Of nine
teen, suspected Of number Of acts
of petty thievery in the county, was
committed to the Weston State Hos
pital following an examination be-
fore the county Mental Hygiene
Commission Monday morning. A
thorough investigation of Lees be-
havior since his return from the
state reformatory two or three years
ago was made, and, after hearing
the testimony of a number of wit
nesses, his commitment was decided
upon and the criminal charges
against him were dismissed.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-08-25

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'I'al Ct. .: ss5ar 1.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-06-03
WITH EDITORS
KRIM's FAILURE AND ISLAM.
(New York Herald -Tribune).

AbdelKrim
powers holding territory
Moslems
Mahometan
joining Germany
the allies
the spectacle The Ismc world became resive
Faiths over
Persia reganed Treaty
politically
control There rebellion kingdoms
established in Arabia
was
Spain
poecorate
Abderim dreamed Caph conquering
Algeria we'll Morocco, figuring
He sympathy
western European
Russian Reds their
firebrand European
help greatly pacfy Africa
and to give western Europe breathing
Krm resourceful military He was
tranquility
collapse Riff power
Spanish domestic
politics
six between Islam coonng
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-06-03
Nature S Marvels.

nature To
of who have pine
hardly lower branches absolutely
banchless the of height
without lower branches problem
the wonderful Mother Nature things together
prune,
thus giving
with which build mills houses and ships When this
pine
tranched pressing
gether other the
larger and larger they needing
they
they
much needs the moisture
the
through
yeowed digest
the most good bother with them
topmost branches
which drink the
The hadowed branches with
growing day.
Finally parched
them and they shrivel
wishes quickly
putting year. put
the dead
set little hole with the bark ufng round like little col
lar Each
hard that
tree closes the hole gradually o
80 i with this
sturdy tree and rapidly veropped
brother
leaving straight
until
the clouds Thus has worked method
relenessy year. through
doing
to
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-06-03
Missouri RiUer Again
To Haze Boat Traffic

KANSAS CITY, June 2.-When the
little blue winged teal first took the
water on the Mississippi river ages
ago, it began navigation history on
the big Muddy" that soon is to see
another step in it's evolution.
The Indian with his canoe, the half
civilized voyager with his pirogue,
the fur trader with his keel boat
and the "dingey" or little steamboat
with single boiler and engine,
successfully toiled up and down the
treacherous river, each marking a
step forward in navigation.
The magnificent steamboat of the
sos that great floating palace that
marked the heydey of steamboating
on the Missouri held sway for de-
cade or more and with it's passing
the power boat and strig of freight
laden barges. This modern means
of river commerce is to be made
possible by a channel Improvement
program extending over five years,
whereby approximately $4,000, 900 will
be spent the first year between Kan
sas City and st. Louis.
The first attempt to navigate the
Missouri by steam was made in 1919
1t was a hazardous undertaking. Be
sides the danger of the river, which
needed the most skillful navigation
because of snags, sandbars and tor
tuous channel, there was the danger
of the lurking savage, Concealed in
the grass along the river banks
ready to open fire on the boatsmen
without warning.
The Western Engineer, small
steamboat IS feet long, was the first
to ascend the river as far as Coun-
ell Bluffs, which it reached Sept
II, 1919. 1t was built expressly TO
awe the Indian. On the bow, run
ming from the keelson forward was
a large steam escape pipe, made in
imitation of a serpent. The pipe was
painted black and the mouth of it
red, and clouds of steam belched
forth as the little ship crawled up
stream at the rate of three miles an
hour.
The first steamboat to ascend the
river above Council Bluffs was the
Yellowstone of the American Fur
company, which left st. Louis, April
16, 1881, and reached the mouth of
the Bad river in South Dakota, on
June 49, The following year the
Yellowstone ascended to the mouth
of the Yellowstone rievr, thus demon
strating the claim long made by
army engineers that the Missouri was
navigable that far.
Traffic on the Big Muddy" flour
ished after 1880 and was at it's
height between 1850 ana 1860. Lines
of noble boats piled the stream,
making possible the military and
trading posts of the ever extending
frontier.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-06-03
Modern Research.

Dr. Henry de Forest
Tannersv conducting
laboratories anatomical
dispatches
irritation and have
yet to find the
prostration
affections
they
irritation The doctors
of rheumatism with I'VE
do "
Dr. at
College Physicians university,
Hospital University
Maternity University
1903 of the society
the Spanih-American Baldwin,
Medical
The theory
back slight diocaon they
pain the
That the mechanical
taton of the method a to
cured the
a solution o. the question
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-06-03
PROCLAMATION
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. STATE
OF ARIZONA.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, STATE
OF ARIZONA
! Whereas, Careless driving and the
mania for speed are responsible for
numerous highway accidents; and
Whereas, One of the principal
causes of accidents is lack of precau-
tion at railroad crossings; and,
Whereas, Many of these railroad
crossing accidents can be avoided by
the exercise of ordinary care; and,
Whereas, During the next four or
five months there will be an increase
in travel by people taking vacations
and seeking changes in climate,
Now, Therefore, I, George w. p.
Hunt governor of Arizona, call upon
the people of the state of Arizona to
take particular care, especially dur
ing the next few months, in driying,
over. the public highways, that they
drive at reduced speeds; that on ap.
preaching curves they slow down and
sound their horns and that upon the
grades the speed of the car be regu-
lated so that it is always under con-
troll, and that in approaching railroad
crossings particular care be taken to
observe whether a train is approach
ing, and if so, that the train be given
the right of way.
in witness whereof, l have hereunto
set my hand and caused the Great
Seal of the state of Arizona to he al
fixed. (SeaD
Done at Phoenix, the capitol, this
first day of June, 1926.
GEO. w. p HUNT, Governor
Attest; JAMES H. KERRY,
Secretary of State.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-06-03
Sixteen Years Ago


Mrs. H. H. Shepherd, one of the
pioneers of Douglas but now liv-
ing in Clifton, is here for a few
days on her way to California
beach resorts for the summer.
Miss Sara. Mclaughlin, who has
been the guest of Mrs. M. L.
Downs on Eighth street, left yes
terday for her home in Massa-
chuGetts.
Kelly Henry has been named to
succeed E. B. Lawrence in the
Wholesale department of the Cop
per Queen store, Mr.. Henry being
succeeded by Clint Burdick.
Months of Groutn were ended
yesterday when an electric storm
heralded copious rain through
out southern Arizona.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-06-03
{!5!I!EA|!i(.BE:&(5

New York woman says she shot
her husband because she loved
him. Better throw a few dishes
at your wife.
a Detroit woman who failed at
suicide three times should try
crossing busy corner without
looking.
Wonder if there are people on
the stars who wonder if there are
people on the earth.
You can drive a car while hug
ging a girl and still keep your
mind on your business, but not
on your driving.
Antiques appear to be the order
of the day. In Paris a girl of Is
married a man of SO.
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