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Evening star., 1939-05-13
From the
Press Box
Old Monumental Stunt
Becoming Ordinary
BY JOHN LARDNER.
Special Correspondent of The Star

NEW YORK, May 13 (N,AN.AD.-
It never caught on like Channel
swimming, and it has none of the
earthly appeal and emotional grip of
pinning the tail on the donkey, but
catching a ball off the Washington
Monument is a minor sport with
a steady popularity among the con-
noisseurs of this kind of thing.
Twenty-Five years ago Gabby
Street, the old sergeant, after
catching Walter Johnson for four
years without wincing, stood at the
foot of the WASHINGTON Monument
and speared the 18th of series of
American League baseballs dropped
from the top of that notorious
monolith by an actor who, like
actors before and after him, ap-
pears to have hated publicity.
This week a rookie catcher with
the Philadelphia Philly ball club,
named Dave Coble. caught a ball
dropped from the William Penn
Tower atop Philadelphia City Hail.
Robbie's Grapefruit Cotch
Is Historic Affoir
These are by no means isolated
examples. Hank Helf and Frankie
Pytlak of the Cleveland Indians
shared balls which were poured at
them from the Van SWeringen Tower
in Cleveland. And then there was
the celebrated case of your late
Uncle Wilbert Robinson, who caught
a moving grapefruit tossed from
moving airplane, though Robbie did
not know, until it kissed him, that
the pellet was grapefruit. He had
been expecting something more on
the lines of baseball.
It's hard to explain the morbid lure
of this pastime but it undoubtedly
originated in the legend of Walter
Johnson's speed Gabby Street, the
Washington catcher. believed in
showmanship Once in a while, he
would put slab of raw beefsteak
into his mitt to encourage the theory
that Johnson's fast ball was almost
impossible for human hands to
handle.
LAS a matter of fact" Street con-
fessed years later. walter was easier
to catch than a good many other
pitchers. I never saw the equal of
his speed. but it was quiet speed,
and the ball came into your mitt
with click. You could see it COM
ing, and you knew-if you were his
catcher-where it was going to go,
because he had fine control, and it
made nice handling. None of that
wild, loud, bruising stuff"
However, Gabby took care to en-
courage the legend in his day, and
when fertile minds began to specu-
late on the possibility of this great
catcher holding real, superhuman
speed-the speed of gravity-there
was the Washington Monument
ready to hand, and there was Street,
willing to oblige.
Evening star., 1939-04-22
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. April % H Omitted States
100: fresh supply too small to test con
ditions; market auotably steady; small lots
to commnd top prices. ouotabIe top.
LID; shippers took none; estimated hold
over, 500; compared week ago: Good and
choice 16O-35O-pound averages, 6-IO low
er; top. 10 on; packing sovs, 1915 lower.
Salable cattle. 100: salable calves, none;
compared Friday last week: Good and
near choice weighty fed steers. $3.50 lower;
yearlings, steady to 25 on; all choice and
and medium light steers little changed;
very scarce; extreme top 1880 on heavies.
1929 on lons. yearlings; few yearlings
above 100. however. and not many
heayies h Sn; eyer 1850: LARGELY s75-m.5o
bulls; vealers, 5O-15 lower: best heifera
in load lots. 1885; light kinds, 1875;
strongweiRht cutter cows closed active at
salable sheep. 500: compared Friday last
week: Fat lambs. $3.50 hieher; spring
lambs sharing part of advance: sheep,
strong to rs higher: weeks vooled lamb
top. 1890: paid at close: weeks bulk
woolskins, 9:S5.1O.75. with 1O3-I25- pound
weishts ,9.5O-1O.65: top clipped lambs,
lambs. IL so; bulk good to choice Calf
to choice wooled native ewes, b.oO-6'SS:
shorn ewes. 5.0O-5.50.
Evening star., 1939-04-22
Electrical Manufacturers
Report Profit Gains
Special Dispatch tn The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, April 22.-Business
continues to show gains in many
quarters, according to reports to
Electrical World from the field.
Electrical manufacturers report
higher earnings and larger bookings
for the first quarter. Utilities are
planning further expansion if pres
ent trend holds.
In New England the outstanding
feature in the electrical market is
the rapidly increasing volume of in
quiries for electrical equipment des-
tined for widely varying purposes.
Sales continue at an encouraging
rate. Central station supplies are
moving.
At New York there has been a
noticeable slowing down of busi-
ness as a result Of the coal strike.
Carloadings have slipped lower and
purchasing power has been reduced
by forced unemployment. Retail
trade has held up fairly well, with
some good response in after-Easter
buying. Opening Of the New York
Fair is expected to lift the level of
trade.
At Chicago reports on results of
the first quarters business are pre-
dominantly favorable. with an aver
age gain of approximately 18 per
cent over the first quarter of last
year. Residential building was one
OF the brightest spots In the picture,
running close to so per cent above a
year ago. Sales of electrical equip
ment were particularly encouraging,
registering gains of from Is to Is
per cent on an average. Wholesale
and retail trade increased about 10
per cent.
Evening star., 1939-04-22
New York Produce

a,H1 NEw w.! YORK: slx. April % R.-,E.ss. 2s:.
tion. 19M.2l: !.Hc stsndsTds. 10; nrsts., Il.
La: SECONDS 1854: mediums 1879
STORAGE packed hrsts. 18A
Whites-Resale of premium marks. %.
25h: nearby. premium marks. 21A-22h;
nearby and Midwestern. exchange specials
20-2Oh: exchange standards, 10K-h: Re.
sale Of nearby & heavier mediums. 1s::21h;
17h: Pacific Coast. Jumbo and premiums
28A-3O; Specials, 26a-27A: standards
25K-A: mediums. 23-23M
BIowns3Esarby: extra fancy. 2o;22;
1oA-h:, EXCHANGE standards, .1Sh-N:
nearby. exchanse mediums, 16.16h.
Butter; 4ss; ;$s0: easier; creamery. hiehe,
s3K: nrsts 1ss;el). 2SN-2aN: second,
Cheese. isf. .t61: quiet: prices unclaimed
Dressed poultry sbout steady. 80 Boxes
fryers. 15-19h: roasters, 16h-25k; ~
fresh and other frozen prices unclaimed.
Live poultry. By fretsht. nominal: nc
sales.
81 express. quiet: broilers. crosses. 13.
16A: fowls. colored. 17.17h. 4.
Evening star., 1939-04-22
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, April 22.-Some
'foreign dollar loans showed strength
in another thin session in the bond
market today. Milan 6las were up
about points toward the last hour,
and Colombia IS of October 81 were
up nearly point. Antwerp SIS
gained about 4 points, but Toxic
City IS dropped more than point.
United States Governments were
quiet and mixed, with changes run
ming from 3-32 gains to a 4-32 de-
cline.
The corporate division was fairly
steady, changes for the most part
being limited to small fractions in
both directions.
Fractional gamers included Ana
conda Copper AIS, Bethlehem Steel
3las. st. Paul IS, Columbia Gas g.
Electric IS of 81, Nickel Plate 4l2s,
and Shell Union 3i2s. American
Water Works IS and Lehigh Valley
IS of 2003 were each up more than
q point.
Down bit were Consolidated Oil
Convertible 3l2s. FirestoneTire 3l2s,
International Telephone SIS, New
York Central SIS, Southern Railway
As and Western Union SIS of go
Down about a point were Allegheny
Convertible SIS of "A.
Evening star., 1939-04-22
Chicago Grain
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, April %. Wheat
prices moved minor fractions higher
within q very narrow range much
of the time today. Trading was
quiet.
Rejecting slightly higher than
due Liverpool quotations, prices here
opened steady on scattered buying,
some of which was credited to mill
ing interests. May advanced to 693a
and July to 68A. up u and % cent,
respectively. The moderate strength,
however, was partly Offset by gen.
orally favorable weather reports for
the domestic grain belt.
There was little precipitation over
night. Clear and warmer weather
was forecast for the winter wheat
belt and the weekly report indicated
frequent precipitation in the Great
Lakes region and one or two pre-
cipitation periods in the upper and
lower Mississippi Valleys and North
and Central Great Plains. Gen.
orally near or above normal tenn
peratures were forecast.
Liverpool wheat, due higher to
Is of, closed u of to u higher.
Rotterdam closed unchanged to y
higher.
Corn trade was quiet, prices av-
eraging about steady. The Com
modify Credit Corp. reported loans
were made on 1,673,760 bushels of
corn during the week ended April
20, bringing the total under loan
in the 1889 program to 226, SIS 1856
bushels. Attention was given to a
report that Argentine harvesting
returns to date were somewhat dis
appointing and that the first Off
cial estimate Of 212,586, 900 bushels
Of corn for the crop might have to
be reduced.
Oats trade continued moderately
active, the May contract reaching
81 cents. Rye trade was quiet, with
prices fractions higher.
Lard advanced little with grains.
Around midsession, wheat was IL
y higher compared with yesterdays
finish, May 693s, July 68A, and corn
was unchanged to " lower, May
49A. July 501a.
Evening star., 1939-04-22
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK. April % R.-ForeiRn ex-
ably to the he cslmer % now q events sbrosd.
Most spot rates-except the French
franc. up .OOi. Of . cent-vere unchanged
Of ieadins currencies improved narrowly.
Late morning rates follow: Great Britain
IN aolls1s. others in cents: cents: Great Britain, Mad,
real. In New York. 09. .b3M: Canada: New
Yofk in Montreal;; 10 l0o.4eM,; Belgium: nn:
France. 2.84K: Germany. 4O.1O: benevolent.
2O.55: travel. 20. So: Greece. SO: Hungary.
1880. Italy: 6.26A: Yusosleyta. 2.33:
1890; Portugal 425A: Ruma ania, IL:
Sweden, 24.12: Switzerland. %. 43: ArEen-
tina. 81 .20n: Brasil. so: Mexico CITY.
Rates in SPOT cables unless otherwise in
dicated
n-Nominal.
Evening star., 1939-04-22
Auto Sales Rise
Forty Per Cent
lover Year Aqo
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 22.-Motor
vehicle retail sales in the United
States in the first three months OF
this year totaled 748,935 units COM
pared with 536, ,668 in the compare
BILE 1898 period, an increase Of about
40 per cent, the Automobile Manu-
facturers' Association reported to-
day.
March sales were 329, ,467, a gain of
about IS per cent.
Retail sales of cars and trucks
last month";" the association said,
"very nearly equaled sales by the
factories to the domestic market
OF the first-quarter total, sales
Of passenger cars at retail account
ed for 622,785 against 435, ,O2l In the
1898 quarter.
Evening star., 1939-04-22
European Uncertainty
And Coal Shutdown
Curb Activity
Business Week Index
Down Slightly From
Previous Period
eI.ecial Dispatch TO The Star,


NEW YORK, April 22.-The two
depressing influences Of the moment
the coal strike and the war crisis
continued to affect the showing Of
business last week. Business Weeks
index Of general activity was down q
trif1e from the week before, and at
. level at which 1t had lost 10 per
cent Of the gains made in the last
half Of 1888. Any recovery at all OBJ
viously. required . settlement Of the
coal dispute. Any recovery to the
year-end peak CLOS on the index
will require at least some degree Of
smoothing over in the European sit
uation.
It was clear that II recovery de.
pended solely on q coal settlement,
there was no real cause for worry,
The stoppage was bound to have
an increasingly serious effect
through forcing successive shut
downs by companies whose stocks
ran low.
But, for this reason, 1t was bound
to be settled soon, under pressure Of
the Government authorities, who In
the last analysis can exert . control.
ling influence.
Leveling OF Due.
The immediate outlook, measured
In weeks rather than months, is for
continued leveling of in activity,
This, of course, assumes no immedi-
ate solution to the crisis.abroad and
at the same time is not written with
reference to the coal strike, its con-
clusion being bound to produce q
sharp rise in the indexes Of activity.
The point Is that the excessive stocks
OF automobiles on hand require some
adjustment downward in production
in spite of the improvement in re.
tall sales, that curtailment Of tex.
tile production is indicated by tho
condition Of stocks on hand and
orders. that the effect of the war
scare is to mark down probable peak
consumption of steel in the second
quarter from 60 to so or IS per cent
OF capacity, and that, in general, tho
dlsruptive effects of the crisis have
been felt in business sentiment at
many points and are being felt and
are due to be felt further In pro.
duction itself.
Sharp Rise Possible.
The situation, however, contains
the materials which could make for
a rapid upturn If given a chance. A
considerable volume Of new cor.
porate financing has been post.
poned, but is all ready to put on the
market when the outlook improves
at all.
Commercial loans of the banks
have been creeping up for the past
eight weeks. Demand deposits of
reporting member banks, which had
been practically level for three
months, have jumped sensationally
In the last two weeks.
They are now close to the S16..
400, ,0O0, 900 level-nearly $4,000 ,O00.-
600 higher than at the beginning OF
1888 and almost 1000, 900 900 higher
than at the previous record peak of
March. 1887. Behind this huge vol
ume OF bank deposits lies the SWELL
ing force OF gold imports and of
Government deficit spending. The
bank credit materials for a business
recovery will be at hand, once The
crisis clears,
Evening star., 1939-04-22
Clearing House Issues
Report at New York
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 22-The weekly
statement of the New York Clearing
House showed:
Total surplus and undivided profits
unchanged at $918,777, 800.
Total net demand deposits (aver-
age) increased $255 947, 900.
Time deposits (average) decreased
1856, 900.
Clearings week ending today,
$3196,214,828.
- Clearings week ending April IA,
$2,809, ,978,750.
Evening star., 1939-04-22
Monopoly Charges Filed
Against Chicago Firm
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Federal Trade Commission
announced yesterday it had charged
Darling & Co., Inc. dealer in hides,
fertilizers and allied products, with
practices tending to hinder COM
petition and create a monopoly"
The company has headquarters
in Chicago and branches in many
Eastern and Midwestern States.
The commission said the company
has paid and is paying in localities
in which 1t meets competition in
the purchase of raw materials
Z. prices higher than justified by
trade conditions and so high as to
be prohibitive to its competitors"
Evening star., 1939-04-22
Securities Mark Tim
Awaiting Outcome
OF Peace Plea
Associated Press Index
Of Industriui Activity
Down Further
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 22.-Business
enjoyed q respite this week from
frightening war alarms and Wall
Street security markets passed the
calmest period of the past six weeks.
Look and listen" remained the
watchword, however, for many busi-
nessmen and Wall Street spectators
feared the quiet was merely an
other lull while Hitler prepared his
reply to President Roosevelt's peace
message.
The April showdown Of industrial
output continued in evidence. The
Associated Press index Of industrial
activity, down for the third con-
secutive week, dropped to the lowest
level since last October. It touched
85.3, compared with 1854 the previous
week and 69.4 year ago.
Coal Stoppage Blamed.
The prolonged stoppage in the
major portion of the soft coal in
dustry was blamed In part by busi-
ness observers for the air of uncer-
tainty surrounding business. The
Iron Age, a trade publication, said
some steel companies had adopted
a more conservative operating poll
icy" as result Of the bituminous sus-
pension. Other coal users worried
about possible fuel shortage should
the dispute between the operators
and oranized labor remain in q
deadlock much longer.
The tendency toward caution was
mirrored In comments of numerous
corporate executives at annual
stockholders meetings. This atti-
tude toward the future contrasted
with generally improved reports Of
earnings for the first three months
OF this year. Many corporations
made striking gains In profits. COM
pared with the first quarter Of 1898.
One Wall Street compilation Of
profits of the first 100 industrial
companies reporting showed a rise
OF So per cent in profits over the
initial quarter of last year.
While diplomatic maneuverings
for position in Europe were less
dramatic, soothing the worlds
nerves after the recent strain. flnan-
cial centers saw additional prepara-
tions for possible emergency. The
huge flow Of gold from London to
New York brought additional rich
cargoes Of metal. A considerable
part of the incoming gold was be-
lleved to represent monetary reserves
sent here for safekeeping and per-
haps for use in purchase Of war
supplies.
Idle Funds Climb.
The shift of funds and gold filled
the Wall Street money reservoirs
with an unprecedented supply Of idle
capital. Surplus reserves Of mem
Der banks of the Federal Reserve
Systematic base for expansion of
bank loans and investments
reached the staggering figure of a.
900 900 900. Bankers expected q
further increase for there was no
breathing spell in the transfer OF
treasure to Uncle Sans strongholds.
Automobile output stepped to the
years peak. But steel schedules
were reduced further and the weight
Of other changes was on the down.
side.
The Associated Press industrial
index, with components basel on
latest figures, calculated on 1929-30
levels as 100, compared as follows:
Evening star., 1939-04-22
BIS Tons of Leod Sold

NEW YORK, April % tP.-St.
Joseph Lead Co. reported $50 tons
Of Southeast Missouri pig lead sold
yesterday at $3.50 per 100 pounds
East st. Louis, $50 tons at $3.50 New
York and IS tons at the New York
average.
Evening star., 1939-04-22
much manufactures as crude ma
tArialS.

ter1alS.
We cannot be 50 sure. however,
that either our total trade or the
composition Of our exports will
change during the next war as it did
during the last. That depends upon
what form Of neutrality policy we
adopt. The "hands OF Europe" group
in Congress Is quite strong, and it Is
possible that the only change in the
present neutrality legislation will be
one which removes the ban on ex-
ports Of war materials to belliger-
entS.
Evening star., 1939-04-22

In bankruptcy or rsceivership or being
reorganized under Bankruptcy Act Of
securities assumed by such companies
are annual disbursements based on ths M
quarterly or semi-annual declaration. On.
less otherwise noted. special or extra divi.
deuds are not included
I'd Ex dividend n IL rights. Also
extra or extras. Paid last year. fPay-
able In stock. Declared or oaid so far
this year Cash or stock Aceumu.
lated dividend paid or declared this year.
ur Under rule wv With Varrants n
Wltnout warrants. war Warrants.
Evening star., 1939-04-22
Chicudo Stock Market

CHICAGO. April % R.-Folowing Is
the complete list of transactions on the
CHICAGO Stock Exchange today:
Evening star., 1939-04-22
London Bar Gold

6hd UNCHANGED equivalent S3476). Bar
| silver, 20d. unchanged Equivalent 42.12
cents).
Evening star., 1939-04-22

NEW YORK CURB MARKET
sy Dsivsts wire airsss - The stss.

8t0Ck ana oIl
Dtvidsid Rata. Ad
Ainsworth------.
Am Cynam(B).ee
Am Gas & Ell 1.6o
Am Nfg--------.
Am Aaraeaibo-
Am Meter (.60g).
Am Republics
Am Seal Cap .12g
Am Superpower-.
Ark Nat GaS----.
Ark Nat aas(A)-
Ark Nat Gas pf
Art Metal W so.
Atl Coast Fish,.
Babcock 4 WILL.
Baldwin Lo war
Baldwin Rubber.
Barium Stain Stl.
Bath Iron
Beech Aircraft
BellancA Aircraft
Bell Aircraft
Bell Tel Can a..
Birdsboro 6tl Fy-
Breeze Corp ,---
Brewst Aero .20g.
Bridgpt Machine.
Brill (A)-------.
Brown Co pf ----
Brn F&W(A).3--.
Cab Eleo Pr vte--
Can Marc Wire--
Carib Syndicate.
Caro- Pal pf(6)-.
Carrier Corp----.
ctlin Am ----.
Cent HG&E(.S0)-
Cent st e cv Of n
Cent st e - Of
Cherry-Bur .40g-.
Childs pf ------
Cities Service.
Cities Svc pf
Cities SP&L 36 Of
Claude Neon l.
Colts Pat r A(z)-
Comwlth 4 s war
Com P&L lst of
Cons Cop M .15g-.
Cons GEE 3 $50
Cons M&S (1a)
Cont Roll & Stl-.
Cooper-Bess s----.
Croft Brewing---
Cuneo Prs (3a)--
Det Gray Ir .04a-
Easy Wash MtB)
Edison Bros a..
Eleo Bond4 Sh--
Elsc B&s Of (6)-.
Elec Pow As----.
Elec Pow AS A..
Electrol vic --
EN- G&F 6 u = pf-
Equity Corp ----
Esouire,(1.70l---
Fairchild Av----.
Feeders Mfg .25y
Fidelio Brew.
Fisk Rubber.
FordtCan)AI)--
Fruehauf T .z5g-
Gen Invent
Gen Pub Svc pf--.
Glen Alden Coal.
| Gray Mfg ----.
Grt APP n.v(3g)
Groo Stores Prod.
Hearn Dept Strs
Hollinger Gt.65a)
Horn & Hard (z).
Imp OIL Ltd 50a-
Ind Ter Ill (A)--.
ins Co N Am "a =
| Int Pa&Pwr war
Int Utilities(A)
Irving Air Ch ~
Jsr CP&L pf $50
Jer CP&L pf (6)-
| Line MatsrI .zog
| Lockheed Aircr :
Lone Star (.70g)-
Long Isl LtR Of 3
| La Land & Ex 40
| McWillms Dredg
Majestic Radio.
Mead John t3a)
Met T pr pf 3.25--
Mid SITS P(B).10g
Midvale Stl .75g-.
MINI Minds .50g
Mount City Cop--
Nat Bsllas Hess.
Nat P&L Of o.
Nat Sug Ref .50g-
| Eebr Pwr Of 90
Neptune Met (A).
NY Water Svc pf.
Mag Hud Pw----
Mag Il LIST (6)--
Niles-Bem-P .60g
Mona Electric
| Nor Am 1t 4 Pw.
N Am Rayon A.
N Ind PS pf 1.50k
Northn P l. .36e--
Ohio Pwr pf (6)-
Pantepec OIL Ven
Pa Cent A1r1neS-
PonnroAd
PAnn WRp 2 KnD
Evening star., 1939-04-22
Insurance Stocks

NEW YORK. April % l1.-Investmen
Bankers Conference Inc:
Evening star., 1939-04-22
Investing Companies

. NEW YORK, April % R.-1nvestment
Bankers Conference Inc.
Evening star., 1939-04-22
NEW YORK BOND MARKET

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Evening star., 1939-04-22

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from those sources.
Evening star., 1939-08-18

Stanley and Livingstone, which
will run another week, will come
-Four Feathers" another tale of the
heart of darkness It's cast is all
English, topped by the inimitable
Ralph Richardson, and drenched
with fascination by the presence in
it Of June Dupre Miss Dupre,
20, is the newest discovery in sultry-
looking ladies, the kind men die
for and not always in the tropics
E. Each Dawn I Die" is not going
to wait a minute, well hardly more
than a minute, between its Earle
and Metropolitan runs 1t opened
at the latter house today.
A little lesson on bats is not the
only thing that comes out of a
desultory conversation on hot day
=. 1t develops also that the reason
Harry Macarthur, who initials lot
of reviews on this page, just uses
H. M. is because his middle name is
Alfred A disguise, eh?.
It's going to be long, and we
hope, joyous, day for the cast of
Going Native" at the Capitol The
ater today The entire group, in
cluding Master of Ceremonies Paul
Gerrets, ran through a final dress
rehearsal at $50 this morning E.
The show has everything from jit-
terbugs to coloraturas -. Ann Ruth
erford, who has been falling in love
with Andy Hardy for seven pictures
off and on. gets serious case on a
college lad in These Glamour
Girls" It's purely a professional
thing, Miss Rutherford points out,
and will not interfere with her orig
inal romance with Andy An
R-K-O screen test will take pretty
Izetta Jewel jr., back to New York at
the conclusion of Yes, My Darling
Daughter" at the Cross Roads The
ater next week Aside to the
Shoreham's Barnee: Thanks for
the song and, for a season ticket,
we'll 60 out and sing it at every
Redskin game this fall But not
as a solo Nor even a duet with
George Marshall.
Evening star., 1939-08-18

was apparently shining In midday
brilliance.
What do you mean?" protested
Roster. why, it's only 4 o'clock"
You're right agreed Valentine,
but Just the same the suns faded
out. Your people in the background
are already in the shade. If we
shoot another foot of film today it
won't match up with what we do
tomorrow. There's nothing to do
but quit"
So the company was dismissed
two hours before regular closing
time. Had Roster been shooting
inside under the lamps, there would
have been no worries about uneven
photography The show could have
gone on all night if necessary.
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