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Evening star., 1940-07-30
Joe Burk, World ScuI|ing King,
Now Asp;res to Championship
As a Fruit Farmer, Too

and the Carolinas. there are bugs,
birds and the elements
Right now. Joe says he would be
very happy if some one came along
with a workable idea of grating
automatic sprinklers on his peach
and apple trees. They need water
desperately.
Evening star., 1940-07-30
Good Practice, Anywoy

Standard Linen softball team
travelled to Baltimore last night and
returned with a scoreless tie against
Overnight Transportation softball
team of that city. Bump Simonds,
Standards pitcher, permitted only
one hit
Evening star., 1940-07-30
Taft Streak Stopped

Taft A. C.s 20-game winning
streak is ended. Homers by Weaver
and Eckhardt helped the WASH
ington Eagles win. 9-5. Earl Jen-
nings was the winning pitcher.
Evening star., 1940-07-30
Tosses Three-Hitter

Booker of Veterans Administra-
ton team hurled a three-hit shutout
in defeating Railway Mail, SO, in a
Government League game. He per-
mitted only one base on balls and
struck out six.
Evening star., 1940-07-30
pSn't Let Itching Torment of
Athletes Foot

lily Y0u Up"
itching torment Of Athlete Foot and other surface
aiR conditions may be caused by two germs, eithe,
. vegetable fungus) or animal parasite. Bsth are
often present. Be smart. For quick reliefget Ann
SOLUTION. Combats torment Of vegetable and
animal parasites contacted. Soothing. dependable
greasele.s. Used BY Thousands. Relieves
itching fast. Must prove satisfactory real EIsA
au,ck OF money back. Ask your druggist HlIIly
tedAy ~ osln SoLufioAl-oaly ~.
Evening star., 1940-07-30

EASTERN SHORE LEAGUE.
Milford, 10: Salisbury, :.
Easton. 2; Cambridge. l.
Federalsburg IA: Pocomoke, l..
Centreville. A. Dover, 3 90 innlnesl.
Evening star., 1940-07-30

TEXAS LEAGUE.
Houston, 8: Beaumont. O.
Oklahoma City, II; Fort Worth, 4.
Tulsa. /: Dallas. q.
San Antonio. :; Shreveport. 3.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-18
%R0NDTHALER WILL
SPEAK AT Y HERE
Will Be Principal Speaker
AT Opening Of Finan-
cial Drive Tonight

DR.. Howard E. Rondthaler, pres
ident of Salem college at Winston
FSa4em-,wnf-be the principa1 speak
er at a meeting to launch the an
ual budget appeal of the Young
Mems Christian association in the
Y. M. C. A. building here tonight
at $3.50 o'clock.
All workers in the annual can
vass will attend the meeting, which
will be in the form of a supper
session served by the ladies of
st. James church.
The Rev. Mortimer Glover, gen
eral chairman of the drive, has an
organization of 80 men who will
make the canvass, beginning Tues
day morning and continuing
through Thursday. A report meet
ing will be held each night of the
campaign.
The executive committee has set
the goal of the canvass at $500,
which it feels is the minimum that
is needed to carry on the work
effectively and promised the pub
lie that every cent received will
be carefully spent in putting on a
worthwhile character building pro-
gram.
Assisting Chairman Glover in the
work this year are the following -
Earl Napier, A. S. Trundle, as
sistants to the chairman; Louie e.
Woodbury., chairman of Initial gifts
with ten workers; B.. F.. SUI
therland, chairman Of Corporation
gifts, and the following Colonies
and Captains. Division No. l Col.
D. j. Herrin, J. @. LeGrand, Aide,
Team No. l Capt. Gene Edwards,
Team No. 2 Capt. Garland Palmer,
Team No. 1 Capt. David c. Jones,
Team No. 4. Capt. W. L. Dickson,
Division No. 2 Col. D. H. Howes,
Aide, S. Bailey, Team Nc 5 W. E.
Stanley Capt. Team No. 6. Capt.
Norwood Westbrook, Team No. 2.
Capt. Jack Spillman, Team No. 8
Capt. w. E. jenkins. Division No.
3 Col. j. Winder Hughes. Aide W.
Continued on Page Three; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-18
Axis Powers
Vienna Meet
May Make Final Plans For
Drives On Gibraltar.
Greece, Turkey
NOT ANNOUNCED
Chiefs OF German And Ital-
ian General Stats Have
Been Comforting

BERN, SWITZERI AND. Nov. II.
-R-Germany and Italy yer re-
ported tonight to have called an
important conference at Vienna
which S o e diplomatic sources
said might lay the final plans for
a doubleheaded Axis move one
against Gibraltar and the other
toward Greece and Turkey.
There was no word as to when
the meeting would be held.
However, it was said the con-
ferees would include foreign Min
lister Joachim Won Ribbentrop, Of
Germany, Foreign Minister Count
Galeazzo Ciano, of Italy, and For
eign Minister Ramon .Serrano Su.
ner of Spain, as well as General
Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel,
Chief of the German high com.
mand, and Marshal Pietro Bad
oglio, Chief of the Italian army
general staff.
Marshals. Confer
The two marshals already have
been confering at Innsbruck, Ger
many, in what Axis sources de-
scribed as a thorough review
of the possibility of German army
cooperation with the Italians in the
Balkans.
The Vienna meeting, it was said.
would enable the Axis diplomats
b tell the Axis generalissimos how
much help they could expect from
friendly" countries in any move
toward Gibraltar on the west or
Aegean sea and the Dardanelles
on the east.
Foreign diplomatic sources con.
sidered it significant that the con.
ference came shortly after the Ber-
lin talks between the Nazis and
Russia's Premier-Foreign Commits
sar, Vyacheslaff Molotoff.
Serrano Suner "a reported in
German dispatches to have talked
in Paris today with Frances Vice
Premier, Pierre Laval.
One Swiss correspondent in Ber-
lin said that Spain's foreign min
lister already has left Paris for
Vienna via Munich. accompanied
by an expert on Spanish Moroc-
can affairs.
From Berlin, it was reported
Won Ribbentrop was "out of town."
Diplomatic sources said he prob
ably would meet Serrano Suner at
Munich and proceed to Vienna.
Earlier reports from Vienna to-
day had said that a southeastern
conference including Hungary, Ru.
mania and Slovakia would be held
in that city within the next few
days"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-18
War

BY MAX BOYD

The unsuccessful attempt of four
German merchant ships to slip out
to sea from Tampico, Mexico, sug.
gests strongly that another naval
battle may be imminent in the
Atlantic.
Belief is widespread among ssa.
men that the German vessels start.
ed out to keep a supply RENDEZVOUS
with the Nazi surface raider which
sank the armed liner Jervis Bay
and scattered a British convoy OF
38 ships in the North Atlantic on
November S.
The raider, believed to be the
pocket b%attleship Admiral Schee1
or Lutzow, has had time since her
battle with the Jervis Bay to be
near a point that the German car.
go vessels might have reached
within three or four days.
Ability Enhanced
Britain's ability to send a power
full scouting force in search of the
raider has been enhanced re-
Gently, if the a~dmiralty's announce
ment of the air raid upon the Ital-
ian fleet at laramie can be taken
at anything like its face value.
The British reported that two
and possibly three Italian battle.
ships, two cruisers and two fleet
auxiliaries were crippled by raid
ing planes.
Such a blow to the enemy would
make it far easier to spare from
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-18
Two Injured;
Damage
is $250,000
Explosion Third In Week
n A Plant OF Ameri-
can Cyanamid Corp.
Is IN PENNSYLVANIA
EXPLOSION Shakes Nearby
Houses, Skaters Windows
And Topples Chimneys

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 7.-R-An
rreynlajned explosion, the third in
= week in plant of the American
rvsnamid and Chemical corpora
Inn today badly damaged half OF
me- large building at the corpora
inns nearby Bridgeville works, IN
iurins two men, neither seriously:
oscar Lutt, plant manager, said
Inn to $50 workmen were in the
eompany's selden division works
~ R%rideeville, Is of them in the
shattered building when the blast
let 90 at 10: 40 a. m. eastern STAN
dard Time).
No Arms Contracts
The conclusion ripped through
mart Of the main 600 by 100-foot
building of the 65-acre chemical
works, causing damage officially
reported to county detectives at
$3.50, 900. The plant manager SAID
the corporation did not have ma
tional defense contracts.
1uft termed it Extremely for
tunate many more Of the work
men we're not injured by the ava
,anche Of great chunks OF falling
steel and concrete that dropped
amid terrific din.
The blast shook nearby houses,
shattered windows Of homes in the
district, and toppled chimneys. II
was reported by residents as Tar
away as Mt. Lebanon. five miles
east, and midway between Bridge
vile and Pittsburgh.
Luft identified the injured as
John Pinto, As, and Calvin Heron,
40, both of near Bridgeville. Pinto
was treated for a dislocated Shout
der and Heron for cuts and
bruises.
Luft described the building,
which he said was half demol-
Continued on Page Three; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-18
Nazi Planes Brave Guns
Observation-Disclosures

LONDON, Nov. 18-Monday)-
R- Intermittent explosions con-
tinued to rock parts of London
early today as Nazi warplanes
roared through a thunderous anti
aircraft barrage.
Unsuccessful daylight attacks
yesterday cost the Germans 10
planes, the British said.
One bomb crashed between two
ward clocks of a hospital, but
there were no casualties reported.
Two well-known athletic clubs
were struck.
Nazi planes also were reported
over two southwestern towns,
northwestern England, and areas
surrounding the capital.
Violent explosions occurred in
London's outskirts early last night
when the routine raids began.
! There were tremendous flashes
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-18
QUOTAS CORRECTED
City And County Credited
With Number OF Volun-
teer Enlistments

New Hanover county will be
exempt from the first army draft,
according to corrected first call
quotas announced in Raleigh last
night.
In an announcement made Sat-
urday, the two boards in New
Hanover were scheduled to furnish
seven young men for army duty.
However, yesterday it was shown
that errors had been made in COM
putation by draft officials.
Reason For Exemption
The exemption comes about due
to the city and county being credit
ed wit hthe number of volunteer
enlistments in military service
since January l and because of the
number of National Guardsmen
who have been called into active
service.
There are approximately 500
guardsmen from New Hanover
county who r now in regular
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-18
S0L0NS TO VOTE
0NADJ0URNMENT
Answer Depends Or How
Many Democrats Answer
Call To Return To Capital

WASHINGTON, Nov. II Up -
Congress is scheduled to vote this
week on the question of ending
the 1910 session, but whether the
answer will be in the affirmative
appears to depend upon how many
democrats respond to a call from
their leaders to come b a C k to
Washington.
These leaders have expressed
confidence that they have the
votes, if they can get them here, to
overcome almost solid republican
opposition to adjournment. Rep.
Nc Cormack {D-Mass), the major
ity leader, announced that he ex-
pected to offer an adjournment
resolution Tuesday.
Both houses will meet tomorrow
for their first business session IN
five weeks. During that period pre-
ceding and following the election
they have been operating under an
agreement to consider no legisla-
ton.
Enough democrats Joined with
the republicans to defeat a pre-
election attempt to adjourn.
Democratic leaders argue that
since President Roosevelt has sale
that he has no more legislation IN
mind, there is no reason Tor re-
naming in Washington.
Those opposing adjournment con-
tend that congress ought to be on
the job in case any further defense
or other emergency legislation is
needed. 80,
One piece of legislation which
may delay adjournment is the Lo'
gan-Walter bill, passed months ago
by the house but still pending IN
the senate. Two democratic sen.
ators, Burke of Nebraska and King
] Continued on Page Three; Col. II
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-18
British Stage ALL Night
Radio Plants

LONDON, Nov. 17.-R-A
smashing, all-night Raj raid on
Hamburg-the second in as many
~nights-was declared by the Brit
ish today to have left a path OF
flaming destruction among Adolf
Hitler's vital war industries in that
greatest seaport in all Europe.
The assault with ''tons of bombs
was by far the heaviest of a series
of weekend blows reported in Brit
aims ever-growing air and sea-
borne counter : offensive which
spanned two continents, from Ham,
burg to Somaliland in Africa.
British bombers shutting back
and forth over Hamburg hit every
thing from the ports sprawling
shipyards to industries turning out
synthetic but presumably edible
fats" the air ministry announced.
In this assault, matching in fe-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-18
Major ShakeupE Effected
In Raj High Command

LYNDON, Nov. 17.-R-A far
tossa llng shuttle of the Royal Air
.nt command, detaching its pres
|cjal ugnter command chief on spe-
upjte69o Out unexplained duty. in the
Isl ''e Cd. States and giving the Brit
yss, army its own air force after
spn ns Of bitter controversy. was
strv ~'ced tonight by the air min
Da ns Chief Marshal Sir Hugh
resnoa ag' SO, who has been mainly
|sn nponslDle for the defense Of Brit
win h. asalnst German air attacks,
Fhbs We sent to the United States al
Sroo Jpeelal request of Lord Beaver
lion minister of aircraft produc-
s,co me announcement said.
~. eealng him in the key post
T ~ officer commander-in.chief
Nj, We W lighter command will be
vice Marshal w. S. Douglas.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-18

of white light, followed by rum.
bling tearing crashes.
From the center Of the city Mo-
lotoff bread baskets-huge pack
ages which break open as they
near the earth. releasing clusters
the murky skies, but observers
the musky skies, but observers
could see no fires.
Barrage guns roared steadily as
the high flying Nazis droned across
the city.
AS the night advanced the at
tack was marked by long intervals
of silence. The Nazis apparently
were coming over singly or in
pairs, dropping their loads and
speeding homeward.
In one London district five per-
sons were reported killed when .
| Continued On Page Three; Col. q
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-18
New Hanover Is EXEMPT
From First Army Draft
Adds Ababa Railway
Damaged By British

LONDON, Nov. IL R -
Reuters, British news agency, in
a dispatch from Alden, in south
west Arabia, said today it was
Believed The vitality important
Adds Ababa railway which con-
meets Italy's Ethiopian Colony
with the coast at Jibuti had been
damaged in an Raj aid.
The agency said that accord
ing to a cOmmunique issued
there three attacks were made
Friday on Diredawa, one of the
principal stations on the line,
and that bombs were seer to fall
among buildings and were be-
lieved to have hit the tracks and
a bridge. Diredawa has been raid
ed nine times in a week,
Bombs also were dropped on
Assab, Eritrea, in at least the
10th attack on that port since
Italy entered the war, the dis
patch said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-18
GREEK ROADS HIT
Fierce Attacks And Coun-
terattacks On Front Re-
ported By Italians
Raj IS ACTIVE
Italians Make Air Raids On
Island OF Crete And
Alexandria Base

ROME, Nov. 17.7R-Fierce at.
tacks and counterattacks OF the
Greek front were reported by the
Italian high command today, which
said italian aviation blasted at Greek
roads, railways, troops and artillery.
The fighting was admitted to be
especially violent in the Ninth
army sector" believed here to be in
the Koritza sector of Albania. Italian
air attacks were said to have caused
fires and explosions, interrupted
communications and created confu-
sion in the Greek lines.
But one paragraph raj devoted In
the communique to the fighting in
Greece, in which Italy has been en-
gagged for three weeks now, but its
mention for the first time of
Especially hard" fighting was re-
garded as significant.
British Planes Active
The high command also told of
widespread blasting by the British
air force in which bombs were plast-
tered on five key points in Libya
and Egypt, three in East Africa and
two in Italy, at Bari and Monopoli,
where it was said three persons were
killed and insignificant" damage
done.
(Bari, important Adriatic port
where troops are embarked for the
Greek front, and Monopoli, rs miles
south, have been raided repeatedly
by the British).
In turn, the Italians made air at
tacks in the vicinity of Suda Bay,
on the Island of Crete, where the
British are reported to have concen-
trated an expeditionary force, the
British naval base at Alexandria,
Egypt, and six other places in Africa.
Freight Train Hit
A freight train of 80 ars was hit
squarely with explosive and incen-
diary bombs and machinegun bullets
on the Coastal railway between
Matruh, advance British base, and
Biz Amasin.
Fires were started and serious dam
age done when other Italian airmen
swooped upon barracks and about
80 motor vehicles at Alan Ell Isla-
guiya. Is miles south of Sidi Barrani,
Italian advance base in Egypt.
Large fires were declared started
by bombings at Ell Bada and Maaten
Bagush air fields. in Matruh defense
works, and another raid was made
on Port Sudan on the Red sea-.
The British launched bombs wild
ly" over Salum, Bardia, Derna,
Bomba and Bengasi, all in Egypt and
Libya, and Decamere, Asmara and
Masawa in East Africa, the Ital-
ians said.
Meanwhile, reports Of a possible
four-power conference in Berlin,
with Russia, Japan, Italy and Ger
many joining in were circulated in
Rome.
Informed foreign observers noted
that this talk conceded with expecta-
lions that Ramon Serrano Suner,
Spanish foreign minister, is expected
in Berlin any day. German dis
patches said he conferred with
French Vice-Premier Pierre Laval in
Paris today.)
These observers believed that Axis
diplomatic moves were concerned
mainly with laying the groundwork
for new military activity in south
eastern Europe.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-18

Al, who was made an air marshal
simultaneously with his promotion.
Air Vice-Marshal A. T. Harris,
48, was named to replace Douglas
as deputy chief. of air staff under
Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Sir
Charles Portal.
Air Vice Marshal O. T. Boyd, 81,
was promoted to air marshal and
made, deputy air officer command
ing the middle east command.
b.. Air Marshal E. L. ,Gossage, 40,
was made commander of the bal
loon barrage in place of Vice Mar
shall Boyd and Air Vice Marshal p.
Darlington, .4e, was promoted to air
marshal.
Air Marshal Sir Arthur Sheridan
Barratt, 40, who commanded tne
British air. forces in France until
Continued on Page Three; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-18
TANKS TRAPPED
TANKS TRAPPED
1870 Italian War Vehicles
Are Seeking To Escape
Into Yugoslavia
MORAVA IS TAKEN
Greeks Fighting Deeper In.
to Albania In Pin
dus Sector
MORAVA IS TAKEN

ATHENS, Nov. II. - Up - The
Greek army is hammering at the
very gates of Koritza, largest and
most important city in Italian-con-
quered Albania, and occupation OF
this jumping off place for the fascist
invasion of Greece is believed immi.
nent, a government spokesman an
nounced tonight.
In the van of the italian retreat
from this vital center, 10 miles in-
side Albania, were 100 italian tanks.
reported seeking desperately to es.
cape into neighboring Yugoslavia.
Some reports said the fleeing tank
columns already had crossed into
Yugoslavia, but the government
spokesman said there was no con.
firmation of this.
Tanks Cut Off
The tanks were reported cut off
from other Italian forces and many
of them were said to have fallen
into Greek hands.
"You must realize how difficult the
occupation of Mount Morava, three
miles from Koritza, was yesterday"
said the Greek spokesman. "Since
then we may say that we are fight
ing the enemy rearguard before the
gates of Koritza.
THE Italians have been resisting
on Mount Ivan, even closer to Korit'
"a, but this resistance has been
crushed.
Occupation of the entire region
is expected by the action which will
develop more to the south.
Greek troops, by brilliant action,
succeeded in reaching the gates of
|Koritza and are threatening the city,
the most important in Albania"
In the Pindus sector, southwest q
Koritza, the Greeks were said Off
cially to be fighting deeper and deep.
er into Albania.
Our guns dominate the Konitza.
Erseke road in this area and our
troops are hopping UP the Konitza
region up to and beyond the from.
tier" the spokesman said. 1--WE also
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-18

rocity the one carried out the night
before, returning British pilots told
of setting off tremendous explo-
sions accompanied by great billow-
ing red flames when high explosive
and incendiary bombs found their
mark time after time.
One force of bombers concen-
trated on the great Bloehm and
Voss shipyards, the best known OF
many lining the banks of the Elbe,
while others blasted a nearby air.
craft factory and railroad yards.
the air ministry news service re-
ported.
More. than 1000 incendiary
bombs and hundreds of high ex-
plosives were dropped on the rail-
way freight yards in the Billward-
er district alone, it added.
Continued on Page Three; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-18
WILMINGTON MAN
HURT IN WRECK
David R. Long In Lumber
ton Hospital; Leland
Woman Also Injured

LUMBERTON, Nov. 17.-David
r. Long, 38-year-old Wilmington
automobile salesman, and Miss
Emma Ray, of Leland, were seri-
ously injured tonight when the car
III Which they were riding was
sauck on the Harper's Ferry
Otlage on U. S. highway IA, west Of
Pembroke.
me two were admitted to a hos
pl!al here for treatment of their
H!ufleS and physicians tonight said
o ua' me condition of both was seri-
,;a Lung suffered a fracture Of the
'sD' nigh and collarbone and a
''ontlnued on Pare Three. Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-18
DECAULLE FORCE
CAPTURES CENTIL
Second Town In French
Equatorial Africa Falls
Ia Free Frenchmen'

LONDON, Nov. 17.-R-An Of
fetal communique issued by head.
quarters of the free" French for
ces in London announced today
that Port Gentil, second town in
Gabon, French Equatorial Africa,
had surrendered without fighting
to the forces of Gen. Charles De-
|Gaulle.
The fall of the town followed the
recent surrender, after a battle,
of the capital, Libreville. Gentil is
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-18
LEWIS, HlLLMAN
CLASH POSTPONED
Test OF Strength Delayed
By Their Discussion Of
Long Estrangement

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j. Nov. II.
-R-A pre-convention t t of
strength between the partisans OF
John L. Lewis and Sidney Hillman
in the third annual meeting of the
CLIO was postponed today in the
wake of disclosures that Lewis and
Hillman had met again to discuss
their long estrangement.
The results of the conference
Lewis told newsmen, twill have
to be left to the ages" although
he explained that he ,ad Hillman,
long in conflict over CLIO policies,
explored each others opinions
more fully" than in their first
meeting Friday night.
Lewis remarks came at the end
of a CLIO executive board melting,
where for several hours labor lead
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-18
ARMY GETS FIRST
DRAFTEES TODAY
First Group Will Be Induct-
ed AT Chicago And Pa
cific Coast Points

WASHINGTON, Nov. IL R -
The Army gets it's first draftees
tomorrow two months and two
days after President Roosevelt
signed the nations first peacetime
CONSUMPTION bill.
War department officials said
that the initial group-only a small
fraction of the soc, 900 men to be
called by next June 80 for a years
military training-would be induct-
ed in New England, at Chicago
and at scattered points on the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-18

(By u. S. Weather Bureau
meteorological data for the 2!
hours ending 7:30 p. IN. yesterday.
Temperature
1870 a. m. 81; 1880 a. m. 80; 1:3(
o. m. SIS; 1880 p. m. So; maximum
So: minimum So; ca 45; nor
NAL S..
Humidity
1870 a. m. sc 1880 a. m. "A; 1:3(
D. m. Al; 1880 p. M. 81.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1870 p
M, none; total since first of the
month, 1.55 inches.
Tides For Today
High Low
Wilmington ------ 11:56a $500
- 7:3Or
Masonboro Inlet 80 9:23a 3:2Oa
9:43p 3:59r
Sunrise 6:48a; sunset sop;
moonrise 8:21p; moonset 9:39a.
River stage at Fayetteville,
N. c., at 8 a. M, Nov. II, miss
ing.
Continued on Page Three; Col.-2l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-18
WEATHER
EORECAST

FORECAST
North Carolina: Fair Monday and
Tuesday, warmer extreme northeast
Monday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-18

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