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The daily independent., 1937-02-02

Treaty in French and English
Tha treaty of Versailles that end
I'd the World war was written in
French and English.
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WHAT'S NEWS
Among Our
COLORED PEOPLE
PERSONALS
Reported BY John IiacriS)

Charles Bias and Frank White,
students at Hampton Institute
spent the week end with their par
entS.
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The following vocational teach
crs attended the district confer
ence held in tn Getty last week ;
Alexander Blaine, EdentOn; j. w.
Brown. Currituck; Alfred Wynn,
Parmelee: w. SetSey. G!imesiand;
King Williams, Winfail; and j,
}. Mitchell, city.
The daily independent., 1937-02-02

FOLKS! Since the sun has peep
ed out once again. don't forget
your cart is an important fac
tor in your travel Stop in and
have it serviced at MOUNT YER
NON SERVICE STATION. 1t is
@ pleasure to serve you. cFl-6
The daily independent., 1937-02-02

SWEETS TO THE SWEET on
Valentine. Select from The Sham
rocks complete line of Schratft'S S
Hearts. PFA-o
The daily independent., 1937-02-02

The many friends of Mrs. Annie
HCiIey are glad TO know that she
has improved so much that she is
abe 10 be out gain.
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l. E G. A l.
Notice Of Sales

On February 11. 1897. n :,
o'clock ?. NJ, at "Riges Marko,:
located IN the City Market Of IN.
City of Elizabeth CITY. G. 81 c,IcS
other time and place as may hs
then announced, the undcrsipnsS
administrator will cTey fer sale ..
public auction the following par.
sonal property belonging to m.
estate Of W. c. Pigs. tG-w!t:
All the market equipment Nor
used in connection with "Pigss
Market" IN the City Market 4
Elizabeth City.
On February l5th. at 10 ocIo,t
A. M. at w. g. Riggs Farm in Ner.
land Township. located on tfs
North side CT SheDEard Ditch /,
Tadmore. PaSGuotank County a.
at such other time and place a.
may be then and there anMouncaS
the undersigned administrator gii
offer for sale at pubic auction ,bg
following personal property b..
longing 10 the estate Ct ". {
Riggs, to-Wit:
Cattle. Mules and Farmir,
Utensils.
c. c. DOWDY.
Adnr. w. c. Rigs.
CGCD-J26- -29-F2-5.
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PEANUT MARKET

Suffolk. Feb. Peanut quota
tionS: JunboS. AZ to 43i; runners,
AZ: bunch, 4l2. Market dull.
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Girl, Ii. Licensed 10 We'd

Canon City, Colo. UP Lew
Mckay. IA, was granted a mar.
riage license here to marry F!e.
mont Saindon, %. She was cne q.
the youngest persons eyer TO re-.
ceive a license IN the county. State
law required her parents con.
sent.
The daily independent., 1937-02-02

FOR QUALITY DRY cleaning and
prompt delivery by courteous at
tendants call COG. Peter Pan
Cleaners. pf1-o
The daily independent., 1937-02-02

The State Pirates will play the
Fighting Boolers tonight n the
local gym.
The daily independent., 1937-02-02

Confectionery

NUNNALLY'S AND SCIIRAFFT' S
Valentine candies. We serve Bob
Melton'S Bar-B-Q. The Su92r
Bowl. pJZo-f
The daily independent., 1937-02-02

Miss Ethel Malloy, teacher in
the Durham school. is home due
to the illness Of her mother.
The daily independent., 1937-02-02

SEE Mary of Scotland" today
with the free ticket that John
Marshall has and is yours for the
asking.
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CLASSIFIED ADS
2l Grocery

QUALITY GROCERIES. s,,no, i.
livery, reasonable prices. HlstaH,,r,. Hr.
Grocery, Holly Street. PIN PSNMS
332-W. ,p5 i.o!!e
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PLAY SAFE For General Hauling
under new Truck Law. Phone lS4
VERNON lanes. cJ28-F3
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S o. X. Meeting

The Sigma Omega Kappa mot
with Mr.. and Mrs Charlie FaytOn.
Wednesday evening. January 27,
at o'clock. The regular routine
Of business was carried out. The
meeting was then turned over to
our host and hostess.
The house was beautifully dec
GRATED with yellow jonquils. mar
CisSus. peach blossoms and ivy.
Four courses were served buffet
style. The social hour then be-
gan and everyone seemed to have
been in an exuberant spirit. hence
the evening was very pleasantly
spent. Guests present were Mrs
! S. N. Griffith and Prof. A. Blaine
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Sports

The State Normal Pirates won
deciSiVCiy over the Booker r.
washington basketball team IN
Ncrf0il; last week.
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AUTO STRIKE Is
SERIOUS THREAT
TO STOCK MART
General Motors Scales Its
Quarterly Dividend Down
TO Twenty-Five Gents
By MAN BUCKINGHAM

New York. Feb. 1.-'U.H)-Itle
automobile strike became more
threatening to the stock market
tonight after General Motors Cor
poration declared a 25-cent dlFl0-
end. It's smallest quarterly pay
mcnt in more thar q year.
Wall Street immediately inter-
preted the payment as reflectm3
the serious shutdown in the COM
pany pants. IN tire first 1885
quarter q 5O-cent 4 share dividend
was declared. II the June ana
September quarters the payments
were so cents quarterly and 10
cents extra. In addition there was
q $3.50 year-end payment.
1t was not an unlocked for Sltu-
alton. There had been some be-
Iefs the company might defer
pavment entirely in view OF the
shutdown. The seriousness even
was reflected in late trading to-
day as General Motors broke more
than a point in fairly active turn
over.
The continued delay in setting
the strike is hindering business
generally. Spending power Of the
thousands out of work as result
of the shutdownS IS impaired.
Steel orders from cuyomobile COM
panies have been cUrtai!ed. Car
loadings are slackening.
Meanwhile the stock market
continued nervous. Trading climb
ed above the 100000 share level
but there was no defniteneSS 10
the price trend. Copper shares
were given a little whirl. Some
oils improved. Steel shares were
fairly steady but sold of on pro-
fit-takirg near the close. ChrySler
finished with a small gain. but
General Motors weakened.
There was some satisfaction over
action of the Federal Reserve in
lifting reserve requirements OF
member banks to thwart any pos
sib.e wild credit initiation. Govern
ment bonds hardened after the
announcement, and New York
bank stocks were higher with fair
IL active early trading.
Steel provided the chief bUsi-
ness news. The schedule for this
week. the American Iron &: Steel
Institute announced. calls for 1916
per cent of capacity, a gain Of II
points over the preceding week.
Operations at Youngstown. o.. are
scheduled to be at the highest level
since 1929.
Railroad purchases Of ne"'
equipment also brought favorable
market sentiment. The American
Car & Foundry Co. announced re-
ceipt of orders for $500 freight
cars and IS passenger cars from
five railroads. Other railroad
equipment makers also report
heavy orders.
The daily independent., 1937-02-02

FREE. FREE! We inspect your
front wheels with each Lube JOB.
for grease filled brake bands. II
needed, we clean bands and reoack
wheels. My special Of last week
will continue through this week.
Let Spruill. Standard Service Sta
tons, Front and Water SITS.
pJ28-FG
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LOCKS REPAIRED and keys
made for any lock-old type keys
wanted. Griffin Bicycle Shop.
cF1-6
The daily independent., 1937-02-02

The State Normal girls won over
the Buddy EOv F0llcy'S girls team
of Plymouth Saturday night.
The daily independent., 1937-02-02

PHONE 376 and try Whitehurst
Cleaning Works for Cleaning and
Pressing. 1873 North Water Street.
cJ30-F5
The daily independent., 1937-02-02

e. D. Harris of New York City
was in the city Saturday and Sun
day.
Born TO Mr. and Mrs. J. c.
Berry of Parl; Street. a daughter
weighing s pounds. Mother and
baby are doing slne.
The daily independent., 1937-02-02

j. c. Berry is home on leave.
The daily independent., 1937-02-02

The ChurChCS O EdenJCn gave
nicely to the support Of the color
ed lunch Sunday. The amount of
SIS was realized. The PTA takes
this method of expressing its
thanks and appreciation to every
one who gave so willingly to such
a worthwhile cause. Remember
charity begins at home, and let it
be our motto foCm now on to help
our needy children.
The daily independent., 1937-02-02

The Street" today talked
about:
Continued b;ving CT U. S. Steel
with various rUncrs, including Cne
Of q new stoc!. isSuc and another
Of some form Of rights" None
Of the ruroyS could b. confirm
Cd Recurrence Of the talk that
Cc!oteX and CCrtalIteed will merge
. Blaw-EnoX earnings for 1896
estimated around cI15 a share .
Reports of fairly heavy foreign
demand for machinery, electric
equipment and farm equipment
. Belief J. c. Brill Co. went into
the o,ack in 1886 for the first time
since 1923 and some expectations
of q consolidation plan for the
company subsidiaries.
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Electric Appliances

SEE r. E. Dozier for radios-refri-
geratorS-oil heaterS-electric appli-
anceS at McCoy'S. Phone 1888.
pF2-8.
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Cleaning

WE GUARANTEE TO Cry Clean
your clothes perfectly. Albemarle
Laundry. Phone 1875. cJ9-tf.
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON
Edenton Gel. News

Miss Doris Pope Of Rich Square
is the guest of Miss Eleanor Smith
en- Church Street.
George w. JOyncr Of Ayden
spent the week end with his wife,
Mrs. Rosa Z. JOyner.
The daily independent., 1937-02-02

Leo Perkins spent the week end
at nome in Newport News.
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C1ub Meeting

The Rose Bud club met with its
president, Lula Tillett, Friday
evening. After regular business,
q social hour was spent by its
members and guests. The mem
berS are Lula Tilett. Mildred
Sharpe. Frances Walker, Eva Nc
Clenney, Leronia Beasley, Elsie
CCSton. Wine CCStnn, ParrGn
Smith. Routh Eolley. Guests were
HeywoOd Knight. George GineJt,
James Holley, James A. Hollcy.
James Britt and Clarence Walker
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For Sale
Lots For Sale 81

DESIRABLE LOT West Church
Street. Easy Terms Southern
Loan g. Insurance Company.
Phone 1923. cJ28,3C, F2.4,6,9
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c. c. DOVDY.

SCfi.E. w. L. Ri"oS
J26-29-F2-5.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-01-21

turn the next year, If possible,
to carry the expedition away.
But if that were not possible
another relief expedition would
be sent for them in August, 1883.
In case il should fail, Greely's
orders were to leave Fort Con-
ger not later than September i,
1883 and retreat southwark by
boat until the relieving vessel
is met or Little island is
reached" or until a sledge party
from the Little island base was
met.
Relief Ship Fails.
AS a matter Of fact the "Pro-
teus" failed to reach them in
August, 1882. But, says Brain
ards book, "The first year had
not passed disagreeably, and it
is doubtful if anyone regretted
the experience, future uncertain
ty thrown into the bargain. The
entire party had had the distinc-
ton of spending a winter farther
north than any Arctic explorers
had ever wintered, with the ex-
ception of an English outfit that
had wintered on shipboard. More
over two of their number had
set a new Farthest North record
in the centuries-old race to the
pole.
"That first winter there was
weather in which Medford rum
froze solid and the kerosene oil
had to be thawed out before the
lamps could be lighted. At
first there had been plenty to do,
and the work was intelligently
organized by the commanding Of
ficer and tackled with zeal by
the men. But in few weeks
cold and darkness put an end to
practically all outside work ex-
cept the instrument tending near
the station. The monotony Of the
Arctic night produces strange ef-
fects on white men. They become
melancholy, sleepless and very
irritable. Every diversion
twenty-five minds could think Of
was tried out and dropped.
Checkers are all the rage now"
wrote Sergeant Brainard, the
faithful diarist. "But nothing
lasts like long, loud arguments"
However, "the second winter
was harder to bear than the
first" and on June IL, 1883,
Sergeant Brainard wrote that
although cit is a few weeks too
early for relief ship, we can
not keep our eyes from wander
ing hopefully to the SOUTH" But
again they were disappointed
and they began their tragic re-
treat.
On August 9, 1883, they set out
in small boats through a 'tlead"
which had finally formed in the
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-01-21

Thorley Christensen, comprised
the personnel of the party.
On August 26 this little group
of white men and two Eskimos
stood on the shore of ice-locked
Lady Franklin bay and watched
a little steamer push its way
cautiously through a lead" a
dark streak of open water which
ran irregularly across the sur
face of the frozen sea. The steam
er was the "Proteus" which had
been held in the ice there for
six days while Captain Pike wait
ed in vain for a chance to cleave
a path through the ice so that
he could start south towards civ
ilization.
The departure of the "Pro-
teus" marked the beginning of
what has been aptIy called Zone
of the supreme adventure stO-
ries of the world" story of
almost unbelievable human grit
and endurance which forms
one of the brightest pages in
the annals of the American
army. For two years this party
was as much lost from con-
tact with their fellow men as
If they had been on another
planet, and when finally the
third attempt to rescue Greedy
succeeded, of the original twen-
ty-five there were just seven left
alive and one of these died
within twenty-four hours. The
other eighteen had persisted of
starvation or accident after a
series of adventures marked by
incredible suffering and incred-
ible heroism.
The official records of the
Greedy expedition were made
public soon after Commander w
S. Schley admiral Schley, of
Spanish American war fame)
had brought its survivors back
to the United States on the "The-
It's" but it was not until nearly
half century later that the
heroic human side of the story
became known. For more than
forty-five years the diary of Ser
geant Brainard, one of the seven
survivors, lay unused in an old
trunk. About ten years ago it
was brought to light and pub
lished by the Bobbs-Merrill COM
pany under the title of sThe Out
post of the Lost"
At that time there were but
two survivors of the expedition
Its commander, Greedy, then a
major-general, retired, and the
man who had served as a SER
geant under him, Brainard, a
retired brigadier-general. So il
was especially appropriate that
his old commander, who once
called Brainard "the most re.
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markable of number of remark
able men of that expedition"
should write for Brainard's book
a "salutation" to remind the two
survivors of how together with
our comrades we faced for nine
months the prospect of death day
by day and were harassed by
the sight of our associates perish
ing of starvation or from vicissi-
tudes in the polar field"
When the "Proteus" sailed
away on August Is, 1881 it was
agreed that the ship was to re-
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Trio Charged With
Stealing Railroad

Steubenville, O.-Charged with
stealing railroad, three Mlngo
Junction, o., men are under ar
rest here.
David Stronmeyer, twenty-one
years of age; Eugene Calderel-
Ii, twenty-three. and Geno Bait
lochi, twenty-four, were held In
County Jail awaiting action OF
the grand jury.
It is alleged that they ripped
up a spur of the Pennsylvania
railroad, cut the rails into small
lengths and sold them as junk.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-01-21
An Old Arctic Hero Receives q New Honor
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON

ID GENTLY a new honor
IN was paid to the nations
oldest living polar explorer by
his fellow-adventurers into the
Arctic and Antarctic wilder
nesses, most of whom were still
unborn when he made his first
bid for fame more than half a
century ago. He is Brig. Gen.
David L. Brainard, U. S. A.,
retired, the last survivor of
Gen. A. w. Greely's Lady
Franklin Bay Arctic expedi-
ton of 1884. On his eight
ieth birthday the American
Polar society, of which he is the
oldest active member, elect
ed him its first honorary men,
Der Gin recognition of his con-
tribution to polar exploration"
and presented him with scroll
in comm EN- Grafton of his
achievement.
On this scroll was inscribed
a map showing the route taken
by Lieut.. James B. Lockwood
and Brainard, then a sergeant
in the army, which enabled
them on May Is, 1882, to reach
the then farthest point north,
latitude SO degrees, "a minutes
and 80 seconds, on the north
ern coast of Greenland. This
surpassed the record which
British explorers had held for
us years and their record
stood for Is years when it was
surpassed by Nansen in the
Arctic sea in the Eastern hem
isphere.
General Brainard, who has the
additional distinction of being
one of the few living retired gen.
erals to have risen from the hum
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-01-21

BILE rank of chuck private" now
lives quietly in Washington aft
ter AZ years service in the army,
the first ten of which he served
in the ranks. He was born in
Norway, N. Y, on December 81,
1856 and when he. was nineteen
years of age enlisted in the Sec
ond United States cavalry. His
first fighting experience was
against the Indians on the Great
Plains of the West and during
an engagement with the Sioux
on May z, 1877 at Little Muddy
creek in Montana he was serious
ly wounded. This was the battle
in which Gen. Nelson A. Miles
narrowly escaped death at the
hands of the Sioux chieftain,
Lame Deer. Later in that year
Brainard was serving under
Miles when that famous Indian
fighter corralled Chief Joseph
and his fleeing Nez Perces in
the Bear Paw mountains and
forced their surrender. In 1873
he served in the campaign against
the Bannock Indians and after
eight years with the cavalry
transferred to the signal corps.
This change led to his assign
ment as first sergeant in the
polar expedition sent out by the
United States army as the re-
suit of an international confer
ence at Hamburg, Germany, in
1879 and at Berne, Switzerland,
in 1880. The United States joined
with Great Britain, Norway,
Sweden, the Netherlands, Russia,
Germany, Denmark, and Austria
in establishing a ring of widely
separated outposts, all within the
Arctic Circle, to record a COM
plete series of meteorological
and magnetic observations stimuli
taneously.
Departure of the ''Proteus''
In August, 1881, the expedition
set up its base, Fort Conger, on
Lady Franklin bay, 1000 miles
north of the Arctic Circle and
$50 miles north Of the last Eski-
mo settlement. It was command
ed by First Lieut.. Adolphus w.
Greedy of the Fifth cavalry with
! Second Lieutenants Frederick F.
Kislingbury of the Eleventh in
fantry and James B. Lockwood
of the Twenty-thi infantry as
seconds in command. These with
Octave Pavy, assistant army
surgeon, eight sergeants, includ-
ing Brainard, two corporals and
nine privates. and two dog-driv-
ers, Jens Edward and Frederik
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Root starches HeaIthful

neutrality-suspicious. on AM
erican school children here nave
demonstrated that root starches are
more healthful than grain starcnes.
at least in a tropical climate.
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ice after they had waited for il
for several days. Their course
was through Kennedy channel,
which was filled with grinding
foes of ice upon which Greely's
force camped when there was no
open water through which to push
the boats. Whenever they could
use the boats they Rugged the
coast of Grinnell Land through
Kane sea. Early in September
they were forced to abandon their
boats and for thirty four days
they were adrift on floating ica-
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General Brainard, who has the
additional distinction of being
one of the few living retired gen.
erals to have risen from the hum
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-10-08
Pursuit Planes for Army
Given Official Approval

The tiny, darling pursuit planes
have demonstrated, in the Spanish
civil war, time and time again, it
was said, their ability to overcome
the heavier, but potent bombing
craft.
Carrying small sized bombs and
machine guns the little ships are
able to perform deceptive maneu-
vers around the more cumbersome
flying fortresses" and evade the
heavier armament while disabling
the larger craft with sprays of ma
chine-gun fire and the small bombs.
Then, too, it was pointed out, the
pursuit planes are particularly val
liable in harassing concentrations of
troops on the ground by demoraliz-
ing them with machine-gun fire.
Army Orders Fast Ships.
Army officers here said the les
sons of the Spanish war already
are being put to use in this country,
with the army having placed or
ders for what were described here
as the Easiest pursuit planes in the
world"
Eighty-five of these little fighters
already are under construction at
the Seversky Aircraft corporation
in the East, it was said.
Then, too, the army, according to
officers here, has developed what is
known in military circles as the
XFM-1. This plane, the officers say,
is capable of "overhauling any air
target thus far constructed.
This new XFM-1 carries a crew
of five men. Is operated by pusher
rather than tractor propellors-a
decided innovation in modern fight
ing planes. This plane, the top speed
of which is a secret, is capable of
fighting at an altitude of 10000 feet
or more. At least five, and possibly
more, heavy-caliber machine-guns
are mounted on this craft, it is said.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-10-08

have failed. We thought that the
last great war was fought to end
wars and make the world safe for
democracy. A cursory review of
European conditions and those in
the Orient today clearly convinces
us that we have failed hopelessly.
We have tried protocols, peace
courts, signed agreements, and
used many other devices which
were scrapped in the hour of cri-
sis. The world lacks confidence. Ma
tons grow in accord with national
spirit, and when that national spirit
lacks confidence in the word and
deeds of other nations, all is dis
trust and confusion.
To the vision of peace bequeathed
to us by our fathers we must add
sincere element of loyalty to the
sacredness of personality in every
nation. Tyranny belongs not to one
tyrant but to an anonymous mass of
humanity we fail to identify as hui
man personalities. In other words
no man will respect the body of a
man unless he believes that the
body is the temple of an eternal
spirit. We may cry, 'Peace,
peace" from now until the end of
time, but wars will not cease until
men everywhere acknowledge the
eternal soul which has its abode in
the body. We may handle tangible
things roughly: but not intangible
things.
We owe an international response
bility to the sacredness of person
atty. We need not write our
wills across the sky in stars" to
earn our freedom from the curse of
war, but we must leave the Chris
tan principle: 81 am my brothers
keeper" deep. in the heart Of the
world.
Mary Pickford wrote a little book
why Not Try God?" The writer
never read the book, but the title
suggests the question-Why not try
the Prince of Peace? Why not try
the life-power of the Prince of Peace
who brought light to life? It was of
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-10-08
My Neighbor
--Says:-

To remove the odor of fish from a
frying pan, fill pan with water, add
a little vinegar and let water come
to boil,
Cake should be cold before boiling
icing is put on. Uncooked icing
may be spread on either a slightly
warm or cold cake.
Before putting away screens for
the winter, dust and paint. Paint
will be thoroughly dried before
screens are to be put in again.
One tablespoon of orange juice
and one teaspoon of chopped Mara
schino cherries added to boiled salad
dressing makes a delicious dressing
for fruit salads.
When groceries have been re-
moved from paper bags, fold the
bags neatly, place them inside a
long-handled broiler and hang it on
the wall in your pantry.
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