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Eastern Of FERN.
WISELY off form, Eastern received


q real scare before finally pulling
away from Central in the final quar-
ter. The Lincoln Parkers. undefeated
In five series games. were throttled
for three quarters through their own
ragged play and the improved floor
work of the Columbia Heights quint.
Leading. 14-12, entering the final
period, Eastern rapidly pocketed three
baskets and soon ran its margin to
27-17. Central rallied gamely at this
point, but the comeback was terminat-
ed by the final whistle.
Clint Quantrille and Lee Lusby, cur
rently tied for individual scoring
honors, paced Eastern's attack with 8
points each. while slim Len Sokol led
Central with points.
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WIN EIGHTH STRAIGHT.

Bethesda-Chevy Chase girl basket
ballers chalked up their eighth con.
secutive victory in Damascus, Nd,
yesterday by defeating the Damascus
femmes, 1925. Margaret Lee and
Ruth Williams scored 16 and 10 points,
respectively, in leading the winning
attack.
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By Walter McColIum

TOOK quite while
Of the initial Burning
| Club. playground Of Washington oncaldom.
Lawrence Clayton assistant Mariner Ees chairman the
for the trophy presented the club by
Sao Clayton licked Hleary
after defeating In
Never before golf history
carried
months Illness Of the competitors
through
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SEEK SIXTH STRAIGHT.

Heurich's professional basket ballers
will be meeting, in the Newark ALL
Stars, an outfit that boasts victories
over Kate Smiths Celtics, the Kings
ton Pros and Brooklyn Dux Sunday
when they seek their sixth consecutive
win in the Heurich gym at 3 o'clock.
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EASTERN IS SHAKY
|NBASKETV|CTORY
Maintains High School Set
Lead, but Reveals Flaws.
Roosevelt Triumphs.
THOUGH its prestige h

A LTHOUGH its prestige has
~ slipped bit. Eastern High
~ Schools basket ball team to-
day saw its chances to win
the public high school series title in
crease following shaky 1924 victory
over Centrals lowly quint yesterday
before less than 500 spectators at Tech
High gym.
Meanwhile Roosevelt's rapidly i'm
proving Rough Riders forged into
second place by virtue of a 1924
triumph over Tech, slipping a half
game ahead of the idle Westerners.
One of these teams will be erased from
titular consideration Friday night
when they collide in the feature Of
twin bill also involving Central and
Wilson. both of which still are seeking
their first wins.
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lected two years ago. Bruce Campbell
Of the Cleveland Indians was honored
last year.
"Cochrane came back from the jaws
Of DEATH" said President Al Horwits In
presenting the plaque, ito lead his
team again in the same season"
Cochrane was hit on the head by .
pitched ball by Bump Hadley in tbs
Yankee Stadium last Summer. For a
time it was feared Coctrans would
not recover.
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TOW TO BOX BURMAN
Alexandria Boy Leaves Today for
New York Battle Scene.

Bob Tow, Alexandria's f1sticuflng
bus driver who recently was pro-
claimed a likely prospect for the
heavyweight boxing championship by
several moguls of fistiana. has been
signed for a 10-rounder with Red
Burman February 2 at New York's
Hippodrome.
Tow, who is in town for a brief
visit, received the news yesterday in
q telephone conversation with Joe
Gould. his manager. He was to leave
for New York today with his trainer,
Harry RAskin.
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ment by sweeping tho Victorians when
tho Moors and Tudors dropped 2-1
decisions to the Gothics and Imperials,
respectively. John Mcmahon, the
loops presidents shooting top counts
Of 149-380 featured the Gothics' win.
The lowly Saxons. rolling high team
game Of 556, swept the first division
Normans.
Aristo Cleaners swept q. p. o. on
the big print shop drives IN q special
match.
st. Peters girls, bringing up tho
rear Of the Ladies' Catholic League,
are chirping over their season record
team set Of 1,437 rolled at the Lucky
Strike. Not to be outdone, st. Fran
els. to win the middle tilt, chalked up
$40 for a season mark. Margaret
Frick's 121-3ll featured for st.
Peters, while Naomi Farrall's 1882
was tops for st. Francis. Christine
Hanlein. rolling l06-304, helped L. A.
A. o. H. smear the third-place st.
Anthonys.
Mary Warner Decides Match.
IT NIGHT have been different
story had not Mary Warner come
through with 121-3l3 as top counts in
the Ladies' Washington Gas Light
League. which gave her Pilots 4 81
edge over the Torches. Safety Valves
took 1t on the chin three times when
Ann Jones l02-27S led the Toasters'
sweep.
Leone Adair. member Of Convention
Halls Ladies' District League team, is
the first entrant In the Lorraine GULL
Sweepstakes. which is to be held Feb
ruary 20 at Convention Hall. Miss
Adair won preliminary event staged
by the Washington Ladies' League last
night ut the Arcadia.
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How They Stand
In School Series

Games Friday.
Wilson vs.. Central. Tech High, 7:30.
Roosevelt vs.. Western. Tech High,
8 80.
Results Yesterday.
Eastern. 81 Central. "a.
Roosevelt, 80; Tech. "a.
Previous Results.
Tech, II; Wilson. II.
Western, 20; Central. 19.
Eastern. a; Roosevelt, 19.
Tech. 33; Central. %.
Eastern. As: Wilson, 26.
Western. 81; Tech, %.
Eastern, a: Tech, 49,
Roosevelt. 80: Central. "a.
Eastern. 18; Western. IA.
Roosevelt, 30: Wilson, q.
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TRAILING by four points at the end
Of the first quarter, Roosevelt
spurted into 17-11 lead at half time
and maintained its lead throughout.
Billy Robertson and George West
collaborated to score IS points for the
Rough Riders. while diminutive Ell
Blank lei Tech with 8 points.
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santa Anita Sets Attendance, Muel Marks Despite Recession
Nash Is Ceorgeto,un's Threat
In Campbell Bowling Classic;
Krauss Rolls 1872 at arcadia

r. D NASH, who has blossomed
- forth as one Of the top shooters
l in the District League this
season, today became the first
entrant in the Howard Campbell
Sweepstakes.
This news may surprise even the
ace lead-on roller OF the Georgetown
Recreation team himself. But it comes
from Ed Schlegel, the West End
bowling impresario, who Is giving Nash
q well-deserved chance to show his
wares In Washington's duckpin classic.
1T isn't a contribution either
stated Schlegel. who plunked % bucks
In the mitt Of ArNlle Ebersole, who
runs the event. Nash has an average
Of 121 and II he can get of on the
right foot he'll be plenty tough to
beat"
Krauss Blisters Boards.
A MOTHER sure entrant in the
twelfth annual affair, Bill Krauss,
last years second-place winner, went
great guns at the Arcadia last night
when he shot q season record game
OF 1872. Incidentally, 1t Is believed his
two strikes and eight spares are the
frst 10 straight marks turned in this
season for q single game. With his
three strings totaling AIS, Krauss pro-
vided the punch in Cools Fountain
2-1 win from Hessick Coal.
A newcomer to the Columbia
Heights League, Al Perrell, cut loose
with a bang-up 406 set, featuring Ford
Electric's top team counts of 639-
1872 with games Of lit, 1l6 and 1913.
This barrage nicked Arcadia twice.
As scorer, Edith Orpin has the
pleasure Of marking down the weeks
high set in the Washington Ladies'
League alongside her own name. Roll
ing $50. Mrs. Orpin featured the
Shamrock 81 win from A. T. G M.
Top single honors Of 1873 went to
Helen O'Dea, who lead the Bee Bees
odd-game win from the Colonials.
Norman Gron was another to
scorch the Arcadia drives last night
when he banged out an all-time record
set Of 430 and season record game OF
1853 in the Lutheran Church League.
His wallops gave Luther Place No. !
top team counts of 589-1,695.
Top shooting in the Kilowatt League
was done by Sonny Wingate of Sub
station. with 1888. Buddy Kid
we'll Of the pace-setting Old Timers
shot 149-36l.
Alta Schintzer Stars.
A SEASON record team game Of 523
and the weeks top team set OF
1919 In which Alta Schintzer's 1872
S27 played the leading part were the
high lights OF the second place Mines
teams two wins from Navy Yard No.
2 in the What's In a Name League.
Standards romped over Farm Credit
Administration twice when Constance
Torrey's top game Of 1873 paved the
way. A 1924 set by Alberta Pollard
aided the leading Wacs' al win from
Aggies-
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CHE; : s #

that calls for no less than a weekly
tilt between five-man teams from six
leading high school chess clubs that
comprise the association. under the
presidency Of Robert Hostler.
Recent scoring:
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Procurement Club Growing.

1H SHHHcHV VIUU OIUWIuX.
PROCUREMENT DIVISION CHESS
CLUB Of the Treasury Depart
n1ent Is steadily growing, reports Ro-
Land g. Morrisette, chairman. Al
ready the membership has increased
from . score to ~ and instructional
classes are being fostered for the bene-
fit Of novitiates.
George Derr, executive Of the Omar
Khayyam Chess Club Of George
Washington University, treasures us
with the statement that the college Or
ganization will cooperate with the
Metropolitan Chess Association during
1888.
Organized chess marches on.
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Dufyerx Like Innxer Snhere.

buffers Like Longer Sphere.
pOSSIBLE change in the golf ball,
herslded as one Of the develop
ments Of 1888, to cut down the dis
lance Of the ball. finds no welcome
from William Wade Hinshaw, Colum-
bias most persistent golfer. LET the
Jimmy Thomsons and the Sam Sneads
hit the ball half q mile If they want" !"
says Hinshaw. 1T still won't add
up to any more distance for we Or
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GOnzaga Record Good.

UOnzdS3 RECORD Good.
TONzAGA. which captured one Of
three games from the Jotnnies
last year, has won i've of seven games,
losing to Tech and Eastern.
In preliminary to the main event,
which will get under way at 8 o'clock,
alumni teams from the schools will
meet at 7:15 o'clock.
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ward primarily because Of the
local appearance of the cele-
~ brated ex-world champion,
DR.. Emanuel Lasker. who soon will
depart for New York City. where he
will remain for an indeterminate
period before embarking for Moscow,
where he holds a chair In mathe-
matics at the famous Russian uni
versity.
The City Chess Club is leading off
with rights and lefts that promise to
contribute much to the progress OF
chess fever among the veteran players.
The 1898 season for the -Four C's
was opened by Israel Horowitz. 1886
champion Of the American Chess Fed
Grafton, giving a display at Hotel
Gordon. On the heels of Horowitz
came the removed DR.. Emanuel Iasker
to play at the Jewish Community
Center under the joint auspices Of
Capital City Chess Club and the
Center.
This Saturday the Four C's
adds another bright event to its
calendar by contesting Is boards
or more with the Paul Morphy
Chess Club, all matches Begin
ming 1t 1880 pm.
Undoubtedly Vincent L. Eaton. chess
director of the Capital City Chess Club,
is up and going places in 1898 and
here's hoping the January squirt of
revived interest In "sho-nun chess"
continues throughout the entire year.
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WOODWARD IS VICTOR.

Paced by Saunders, with 10 points,
Woodward Schools midget basket ball
team trimmed st. Adams little nve,
22-3, on Woodward's court. Cowan
contributed all Of st. Adams points.
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ST. JOHNS CHOICE
IN G0NzAGA GAME
Keen Rivals Face Tonight
for Court Championship
of Catholic Props.
FLOURISHING rivalry IL

4 FLOUNISHINt rivalry That
~ Is expected to jam Catholic
~ University's gymnasium will
a be offered local scholastic
basket ball followers tonight when a
prohibitively favored st. Johns quint
clashes with Gonzaga in the first of
brace OF games to determine the Cath
olic prep school champion.
Defeated only by the crack George
town freshmen, st. Johns, champion
for the past three seasons, has cap
tured eight Of nine games this year
and hopes to employ Gonzaga as q
stepping stone to the national Catholic
schoolboy tourney in Chicago early in
March.
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Totals 30 12 32 Totals 10 424
Referees-Messrs. Keppel and Chase.
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Interhigh Matches Advance.
ID EELING of team matches like the
~ regular ticking OF a clock, the
Interhigh Chess Association is STEP
ping lively in its fast schedule Of play
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Roosevelt RalIy Tells.

IotaIs IL u Totals - TO "A
,Referees-Messrs. Enright and o. Mitch
ell
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MACK T0P|L0T AS
UNTIL HE'SFEEB[E
Aged Manager Tells PhiIIy
Scribes at Banquet He
Seeks Another Flag.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
~ H1LADELPH1A, Jan. 2s.-Base-
l. balls grand old gentleman"
Connie Mack Of the Athletics,
will wave his scorecard as
usual in the dugout at Shibe Park this
summer.
There has been much talk about
my retiring" the 75-year-old manager
Of the Athletics said last night at the
annual banquet Of the Philadelphia
Sports Writer'S Association. MY In
tention Is to continue as long as
can"
Mack. honor guest at the dinner,
spoke after Gordon Mickey" Coch-
rane, manager of the Detroit Tigers,
was given plaque as "the most cour-
ageous athlete Of 1897; Joe Di Mag
gio. star outfelder Of the New York
Yankees, was given loving cup as
"the outstanding athleCe OF 1887"
and Carl King" HubbeIl of the New
York Giants received trophy a. 'ths
outstanding pitcher Of 1887"
Not Bad Game for IS.
SUPPOSE talk Of my retirement
this year was helped because Of
my recent Illness" said Mack, who
showed no signs Of fatigue in sitting
through more than three hours Of
speeches before his turn came.
Then, too." Mack continued. that
number IS on my back helps people
wonder whether it isn't time for this
old man to retire to the front ONCE
and make way for a younger man.
II love baseball There isn't any
thing about 1t dislike. . I feel
It is not . bad game for rs. And %
my intention is to continue
Is long rs can.
Besides, II I had any thought Of
retiring. this would be bad time for
me to retire. I don't like seventh
place"
Mack nodded toward five other
American League managers, Cochrane.
Joe Mccarthy of the Yanks. Joe Gro
min Of the Boston Red Sox, Jimmy
Dykes OF the Chicago White Sox and
Bucky Harris of Washington.
Maybe" he said, the boys will take
pity on the old man this year and let
the AS finish higher
Cochrane "Most Courageous"
COCHRANE is the third to receive
the sports writers award as most
courageous" Charley Colbert, then
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Alta Schintzer Stars.

Three teams are deadlocked for first
place in the Procurement League. The
Romans got in on the pennant argu-
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Friday afternoon interhigh teams
will clash at $3.50 at the Social Chess
Lounge.
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Cochrane "Most Courageous"
COCHRANE is the third to receive
the sports writer's award as most
courageous" Charley Colbert, then
with the st. Louis Cardinals, was Sc
Evening star., 1938-01-26
By PAUL ]. MILLER. Jr.

- HESS activity has spurted for
ward primarily because Of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-20

Daniel F. Hickey, investigator in
 Prosecutor Alcorn's office who was
 vigilant aide in tracing down wit
 nesses ard supplying missing links
 in his chiefs evidence"
 from time to time from said Kelly and the said Olsen by means of checks of the City of Waterbury is- sued in the form and manner here inbefore d escrib d, unnumbered when issued, payable at the Citi- zenS & Manufacturers National Bank of said Waterbury, and not drawn in regular course by the City Clerk, an amount exceeding 2O,0OO in currency, of which the said Kelly retained for himself and others an amount in excess of $100000 and the said Levy retained approxi- mately $15,000. All of said checks were exchanged for currency in the office of said Mayor, in said City Hall, the said currency having been brought to the Mayors office from the Waterbury Trust Company by said Olsen at the request of said Kelly. Said checks were issued as aforesaid without the approval of the Board of Finance of said City, the meetings of which Board were attended by said Thomas P. Kelly and of which said Board said T. Frank Hayes was chairman and q regular attendant, and said Daniel J. Lery was member and a regular attendnt; and by the direc- ton of the said Hayes, Leary. Kelly and Borgnaes, said amounts were not recorded on said warrants pay
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-20

able register sheets for the approval of said Board of Finance as required by said charter until after the mem- bers thereof had signed said sheets, thereby giving to said bills and pay ments the appearance of approval by said Board. All of said vouchers and warrants payable register sheets were thereafter removed, burned or otherwise destroyed upon the order and with the connivance of said Hayes, Leary, Kelly, Borgnaes, AL derman and Dunn between October 5, 1887 and January 3, 1888 for the purpose of concealing said unlawful and fraudulent transactions and for the purpose of concealing the form ation and existence of said conspir- acy.
 And in further pursuance of said conspiracy, to wit, during the month of January, 1888, the said Levy and the said Kelly met in the City of Waterbury, pursuant to telephone call made by said Olsen; and there after, the said Levy and the said Kelly frequently conferred with each other; and during the month of February, 1888, the said Levy re- ceived from said Kelly 5000 in cur rency for the purpose of defraying his, the said Levy's expenses in the event of a possible prosecution growing out of the transactions hereinbefore described; and there after, during said month of Feb- ruary, 1888, the said Levy received from said Kelly an additional sum of $5,000 in currency for the purpose aforesaid; and in furtherance Of said conspiracy, said Kelly and the said Levy did meet in secret at divers times and places within said County of New Haven between the 1st day of November, 1937, and the date hereof.
 Assessors Overpaid
 And in further pursuance of said conspiracy, beginning in the early part of the year 1930 and continu- ing to the first day of January, 1888, the said John H. Crary and the said Thomas Shanahan then and there being the duly appointed assessors of the City of Waterbury whose sai- aries are fixed by law did receive from said city from time to time by unnumbered checks issued and sign ed by the said Leary in form and manner as aforesaid, payable at the Citizens and Manufacturers Nation al Bank of said Waterbury, ard not drawn in regular course by the City Clerk, the sum of $500 per year in addition to, their fixed salaries. Said additional payments were never
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-20
JOHN CRARY

J. Leary, Carl D. Olsen, Thomas P. Kelly, Thomas J. Fleming, Mar tin J. Dunn, Charles s. O'Conn0r, John H. Crary, Thomas A. Shan ahan. Michael F. Slavin, Philip Coppeto, Ralph COppetO. Timothy Horgan, Frank J. Santalucia, alias Frankie Burns, James P. Healcy, and Henry w. Minor, all of Wa terbury, Harry F. Mackenzie. of Bethel, Charles E. Williamson, of Darien, Edward G. Levy and Simon J. Alderman, both of New Haven, Donate Pietrarcia, alias Dan Peters. of Bristol, John E. Purdie, alias John Conway, John S. Johnston, George H. Kingsley, John w. Meaney, William B. Mur- ray and Enoch Borgnaes. all of New York. together with such other persons as the Special At torney for the State may deter mine, after examination of the evidence.
 Until the Grand Jury has had op. portunity to make further inquiry no recommendation will be made certain other persons in. cluding some of those named herein
 The Grand Jury desires to pub.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-20

approved by the Board of Finance of said city as required by its char ter, and, by order of the said Hayes, Leary, Kelly, Borgnaes and Dunn, said payments were withheld from the warrants payable register sheets until after the members of the Board of Finance had affixed their sigma lures thereto. thereby giving the appearance of approval of said pay ments by said Board. Said checks, vouchers and warrants payable reg ister sheets were thereafter removed, burned, or otherwise destroyed upon the order of the said Hayes, Leary, Kelly, Borgnaes, Aldermen and Dunn between October 5, 1897 and January 3, 1888, for the pur- pose of concealing said unlawful and fraudulent transactions, and for the purpose of concealing the forma- ton and existence Of said conspir- acy.
 And in further pursuance of said conspiracy, beginning in the early part of the year 1930 and continu- ing to the first day of January, 1888, the said Michael F. Slavin, then and there being the duly appointed Dep uty Registrar of Voters of the City
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-20

fees for so-called services in engi- neering the passage or defeat of pro- posed legislation. Active in this group during the past two sessions has been Charles E. Williamson. prominent politically and the holder of an office within his party. In ad- dition to the total of $58,400 re- ceived by him from the City of Wa terbury in 1895 and 1887 for his lob- bying services, of which $29, 200 was distributed to Comptroller Leary, $14, 500 to Henry E. Mackenzie, and $l4, 4,600 retained by Williamson, as detailed heretofore, Williamson re- ceived from the several private in- terests which he represented during those two sessions, total of ap- proximately $40,000. Out of this to- tai of $40,000 he distributed, during the two sessions in question, very substantial sums to Harry E. Mac kenzie, large sums to Daniel J. Leary, and smaller amounts to cer- tain other persons. In only very rare instances were these distribu- tions made by check, it being, ap- parently, the accepted custom among the lobbyists to make their splits in cash and without preserv- ing any record thereof. It was the source of considerable surprise to this Grand Jury to learn that Will liamson and Mackenzie were per- mitted the use of the offices of the State Pharmacy Commission as meeting place and headquarters and 1t was there that many of the dis tributions, including payments from the City of Waterbury, through Comptroller Leary, were made.
 Mackenzie Active
 Equally prominent politically and equally active as & lobbyist, was Harry E. Mackenzie, of Bethel. Dur ing the 1895 and 1887 sessions, the income from his lobbying activities amounted to approximately $50,000, which sum included the $14,600 re- ceived from the City of Waterbury. Apparently in most instances Mac kenzie was the recipient of distribu- tions from others, it being his prac- tice to conceal his financial interest in the passage or defeat of legisla- tion. In relatively few cases was Mackenzies employment directly by the person or corporation inter- ested in the passage or defeat of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-20

of Waterbury, whose salary is fixet by law, did receive from said cits by unnumbered checks, issued and signed by the said Leary in tho form and manner hereinbefore des. cribed, payable at the Citizens and Manufacturers National Bank oi said Waterbury and not drawn in regular course by the City Clerk, the sum of $500 per year in addition tc his fixed salary. Said additional amounts were never approved by the Board of Finance of said city as re- quired by its charter, and, by order of the said Hayes, Leary, Kelly Borgnaes and Dunn, said payments were withheld from the warrants payable register sheets until after the members of the Board of Fi- nance had affixed their signatures thereto, thereby giving the appear ance of approval of said payments by said Board. Said checks, vouch- CTS and warrants. payable register sheets were removed, burned or otherwise destroyed upon the order of the said Hayes, Leary, Kelly, Borgnaes, Alderman and Dunn be-,
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