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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-28

shone when give- half a chance:
Result : kitty Foyle."
And there is Ginger herself
who had as many ups and downs
before her cal recognition as
changes of hair-do and hair.color.
(The latter is red Wv, dark red.)
It's easy to forget-seeing Gin.
ger now with her dancing acco-
LADIES', her dramatic and comedy
accomplishments that as re-
Gently as 1888 she was just one of
the Gold Diggers of Broadway"
and before that she was a rather
lnnocuous leading lady or ingenue
as uncertain of her future as
1he young ones now about town
pumping their heads on the gates.
Ioday's discouraged youngsters
can keep their chins up by keeping
mental company with some of yes
terday's small fry:
With Gable, when his ears were
too big and they said he couldn't
act;
With Carlo, when they gave her
a part simply because they could
not get the director, Mauritz Still
Ter, to make a movie without her:
With Laurence Olivier, who had
a contract here and even made
some pictures but was marked off
as a dud;
With Astaire, whose first test
put him down classically, as
slightly bald and can dance a lit
tie"
With Ty Power, who couldn't,
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and respect, It is cause for thanks that we
nov Worship as we please, vote as We please
our homes are safe from seaiea oN
seizure.
II is cause for thanks that the masses OIL
the people are giving more and more thought
to governmental problems in the soluuon y !
which their future is wrapped up.
With all the anxiety, the uncertainty OF Tue
lines. we are fortunate people. We can even
celebrate a day of thankfulness 10 me AZ
mighty. without interference from a fuehrer'
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WASHINGTON
DAYBOOK
BY JACK

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27-Already Washing
ton is talking about 1914 as if it were just
around the corner. The political prognosti
Gators are burning midnight juice and singing
ink from Page l to Classified trying to guess
the future of Wendell L. Willkie and the part
he will play in the Republican party in the
coming years.
Let's leave that to the Pol. Progs. Really,
they don't know much more about it than
we do, as most of them will admit. The shape
of things to come will mold the future of the
Republican party (and the Democratic party,
tool and of Wendell L. Willkie, but
IF Mr.. Willkie is nominated for the presi.
dency again in 1914, he will be upsetting
another Republican applicant land one that
has been running smoothly for Sc years. be-
cause he will be the first defeated candidate
in the history of the party ever to have been
nominated for a second try.
Not only that, but if Mr.. Willkie should even
be considered as a serious contender for the
nomination by next convention time, he will
be kicking over a precedent that has been
broken by only two men in either of the
major parties since pre-Civil war days.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-28
OUR ROADS

To the Star:
Access to the sea is New HanoVer's
chief claim to distinction and its
main source or reason for revenue.
To shorten the distance to the
sea and make a boulevard Of our
road to Mandalay" is a sound in
vestment.
Last week a national road builder
made several trips to Wrightsville
and approved the following sugges-
tions:
1.-The "get-away'' from the city
is slow and costly. Citizens who are
interested should drive out to about
18th and Castle and see how easy
it now is to make a straighter and
safer road to Wrightsville and OLE
ander.
2.-Drive down to McClumber's
Station and see what a hundred
yard "cut off" Or connecting link
between the new and the old high
way will do in making a straight
road from Bradley's Creek to
Wrightsville bridge. 1t will cost on7v
a few hundred dollars and make
unnecessary the mutilation and
widening of the scenic drive.
3.-The curve at seagate has =
cross road and a school house which
take the joy and sometimes the driver
out of driving. The cross road
should cross two hundred wards
south or towards the city.
4-Both entrances to the ".cut off,
to the Ocean Highway and Holly.
ridge should be marked and beau.
titled.
All of, which will not only save
money but make money for the COM
munity.
LINDSAY RUSSELL
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The Editors
BOX

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views Of the individual readers. Cor.
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any text that for any reason is OBJ.
iectionable. Letters on controversial
subjects will not be published.
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other. We can permit ourselves, however. a
momentary feeling of relief. Whatever comes
next, we can feel that it might have been
worse.
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DEMOCRATIC EXCEPTIONS

Grover Cleveland and William Jennings Bry-
an both were nominated on the Democratic
ticket three times. Bryan, of course, never
won the election. Cleveland did twice and
although he was a defeated candidate when
he was nominated in 1892, this was somewhat
offset by the fact that he had been President
for four years before his defeat. These are
the two exceptions and both were Democrats.
Let's look to the roster of defeated Republican
candidates..
The first candidate of the Republican party
as we know it today was Gen. John Charles
Fremont, Indian fighter, California hero, and
veteran of a dozen western ventures that had
made him a national figure. James Buchanan
beat him in 1856 and although Fremont re-
manned in the limelight a good many years
Che was territorial governor of Arizona and he
was nominated by a rump convention of Re-
publican radicals at Cleveland in 1864 but
withdrew in favor Of Lincoln when he was
convinced his candidacy might split the party
vote), he never really counted as a political
force after his defeat.
James G.. Blaine, defeated by Cleveland in
1884, stayed in the picture long enough to
become Benjamin Harrison's Secretary of
State, 1889-'92, but when Harrison was de-
feated he turned to international law.
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Fair Enough

The Star wishes lis rsss...
to know that view. and l @-
ions expressed III THIS ann I'm,
are those of the author .s
may not always har~os "a
with its position The FS..-S s
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even get extra work I''0''
time he was trying:
With Ann Sheridan, | @,,,+
washed up" after heI aad
but stayed to fight it ou' %t ba
With Betty Grabte, ...,o
just a campus cutie ~, drr
who heard the sound o.
options with dizzy freQu''' ~
These and many more "a.
goodly company, To them wv
longs the CONTINUED SloII'
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Recent studies Of n'aLa.. ..,,
that the disease causes '
turning fluid blood ,..' Il.
sludge which plugs I'D
causes the heart to oFer"o-
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TOOK U POSTS

William Howard Taft and Charles Evans
Hughes went on from defeated candidates. to
become chief justices of the Supreme Court,
a position which precludes political activity.
Former President Hoover and ALI M. Landon
conventions since their defeats have passed
them by with little more than a nod of cour.
tesy.
On the Democratic side, since 1860, there
have been Stephen A.. Douglas, who died
shortly after Lincoln's first inaugural; Gen.
George B. Mcclellan; Horatio Seymour and
Horace Greeley, who were beaten by Grant:
Samuel j. Tilden, defeated by Rutherford B,
Hayes in the famous contested election; Gen.
Winfield Scott Hancock, the brilliant Union
general, who was defeated by Garfield; and
welt in 1904. In nearly every instance, these
men retired to private life" after their DO
litical Waterloos, as did James M. Cox, the
Dayton, O., publisher, and John W. Davis,
the New York attorney. Al Smiths defeat in
1928 has brought in it's wake only his we'll
known walks of succeeding years and a
split with the party to which he had given
lifelong allegiance. ,
This is the record that Mr.. Willkie has to
look back upon. He may, of course, become
the Republican Bryan or Cleveland, but if he
does he'll have to smash another Republican
precedent-one that is probably even more
firmly established than those he broke when
he ran away with the party nomination in
Philadelphia. S
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-09

Saturday afternoon, August 8,
the Sunday School of Pilgrim Bap-
fist Church had another successful
Roller Skating Party at the Lex
ington Rink. A large crowd at
tended.
The Barber Sisters will sing for
the Ramsey County Fair, Friday,
August 9. They will render special
numbers at Highland Park Friday
evening. At both appearances they
will be accompanied at the piano
by their mother, Mrs. Villa Mae
Barber.
The Gym of the Halle @. Brown
Community House was decorated
artistically with a summer garden
effect with girls in summer eve
ming gowns in pastel shades for
the Summer Festival, Friday, Au-
gust 2, which brought a large
group in the community. A chorus
of twenty-five voices was presented
by John M. Whitaker, Director of
Music of the House. Soloists for
the evening included Dorothy Ash
by, Gloria Williams, Mary Bradley,
2. T. Munson, Juanita Schuck,
Johnnie Smith, Matte Rhodes,
James Murray, and Elizabeth
Moore. This affair marked the
closing of the Stay-At-Home Camp
and the closing of the Halle @.
Brown Glee Club activities until
fall.
Miss Anita Scott of Cleveland,
Ohio, was the guest of her cousins,
the Misses Doris and Mary Ella
Coins at the Pop Concert, Friday,
August 2, at the St. Paul audi
toriub, followed by a midnight
snack at the home of Miss Mary
Ella Coins, 655 w. Central Ave.
Mr.. and Mrs. David A. Nelson of
812 21st St. N. E., Kingman Park,
Washington, D. c., and their three
children, Beth Louise, Mary Evan
geline, and Charles David, were
overnight house guests of Miss
Estyr Bradley, 500 Carroll Avenue,
en- route to Great Falls, Mont, to
visit Mrs. Nelson's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. Novotny of that city.
En- route home, they will stop in
Lincoln, Neb., to visit Mr.. Nelson's
family. The party left Washing
ton Sunday, August A, and will re-
turn home the latter part of the
month. Mr.. Nelson is a clerk in
the post office in Washington, D.
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Ave. -, entertained 20 guests COM
plimentary to her house guest, Mrs.
Mable E. Vincent, wife of DR.. L.
E. Vincent Of st. Louis, Mo. Guests
present included: Miss v. Moseley;
Mesdames Leila McClelland, Edith
Lee, Capitola Grisby, C. Roberts,
J. Wright, Louise Tave, VIM. Mil
Ter, L. Hyde, H. Morris, Lena
Glover, Bura Hawkins, Edna Ed
wards, A. R. Howard, Della Will
kerson, Hazel Rainey, Ann Crews,
Edith Moulden, NJ. Young, Minty
Mosely, Mildred Strader and Mr..
and Mrs. C. Hawkins.
Mrs. J. A. Hutchcraft, TIP Oak
Lake Ave-, returned home Monday
after a seven weeks visit in the
East with relatives and friends.
Her visit included the cities of Chi
cago, Toledo, Cleveland and De-
troit.
FOrget-Me-NOt Party. Mrs.
Flossie Harris and Mrs. Leila
Thomas were joint hostesses at a
forget-me-not party Sunday, July
%, honoring Mrs. John W. Powell,
who will leave soon to join her
husband in Mt. Sterling, KY, where
they will make their future home.
Guests were entertained on the
lawn of the Harris residence at
500 E. 25th St. Many beautiful
gifts were presented the guest of
honor.
Mrs. Nellie Mccullough, of Seat
tie, Wash, former Minneapolis
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c., and Mrs. Nelson is a stenog-
rapher in the public school system.
They were married twelve years
ago in st. Paul and have made
their home in the District ever
since.
Mrs. Nettie Gardner and daugh-
ter, Miss Rose Marie Gardner, of
Hot Springs, Ark, are spending
ten days in the city, the house
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel
A. Evans, 387 N. st. Adams st.
Mrs. Gardner is Mr.. Evans sister.
Mrs. Eva Faye Thomas of Kan
sas City was the theater guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore F. Allen,
sos Carroll Avenue, on Tuesday
evening, August 6.
Mrs. Eunice Glass, 689 Carroll
Avenue, has returned to the city
from Canton, Miss, where she
went on account of the illness of
her mother, Mrs. S. Adams of that
city. En- route home, Mrs. Glass
spent four days in Chicago visit
ing relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence M. Mitch
ell Jr, and son, Clarence III,
returned to the city Thursday, Au-
gust LIST, from Baltimore, Mary
land, where they had been visiting
Mrs. MitchelPs family. Returning
to the city with them was Mrs.
MitchelPs sister, Mrs. Carl Downs
and daughter, Carleen of Pasadena,
Calf. Mrs. Downs and daughter
left Thursday, August 8, for Port
land, Ore.
Mrs. Adelaide Carter of Cleve-
land, Mrs. Elizabeth Roman of Co.
lumbus, Ohio, Mr.. Harry Evans of
Columbus, Ohio, Mrs. Eva Faye
Thomas of Kansas City, and Mrs.
Nettie Gardner of Hot Springs
were honored with a picnic and
outing, Tuesday, August 5, given
at Kaposia Park, South St. Paul,
by Mines. Earl A. Harris, Richard
Stokes, Rose L. Davis, Cora
Vaughn, Nathaniel A. Evans, Fred
Schuck, Courtney Hilyard, Alonzo
Cotton, and Miss l. Myrtle Garden.
Forty-five guests attended the af-
fair.
Mr.. Harry Evans of Columbus,
Ohio, is in the city visiting his
wife, Mrs. Alice Melker Evans, 455
st. Anthony Avenue. He was ac-
companied here by his sister, Mrs.
Elizabeth Roman of that city, who
is a school teacher in the public
school system of that city. For
the visitors, Mrs. Alice Evans and
Miss 1. Myrtle Garden were "at
home," Saturday, August 8, from
seven to nine. Mrs. Roman was
exquisitely gowned in powder blue
with sequin trim in a "Gone with
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woman and nationally known fra
ternal figure, arrived in Mime
apolis Wednesday to visit her son
Phillip. While here she will be
house guest of Mr.. and Mrs. DON
aid Brady, ST., of 1900 Fifth Ave.
So.
Mines. James w. SIemmOns and
James Robinson left Tuesday for
Chicago to attend the Exposition.
Arrives By Plane. Nine year old
Phyllis Mccullough of Mount Yer
non, N. Y, arrived by plane from
the East to spend a vacation with
her father, Phillip Mccullough, All
E 39th St., and other relatives.
She is stopping with Mr.. and Mrs.
o. B. Williams, 4445 First Ave. S.
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DIR. and Mrs. Norman H. Howell,
953 st. Anthony Avenue, enter
tanned about one hundred and fifty
guests at dancing party, Monday
evening, August 5, in honor of
their house guest, Mrs. Eva Faye
Thomas of Kansas City. Mrs.
Thomas was gorgeously gowned in
a candy stripe seersucker formal.
Other out-of-town guests present
included Mrs. Adelaide Carter of
Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Dovie No
biley of Kansas City, Mrs. Eliza
beth Roman of Columbus, Ohio,
Mr.. Harry Evans of Columbus,
Ohio, and Mr.. Lloyd Mobiley of
Kansas City.
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Leonard Powers, Otis and Roland
Smith, Ray Moody, Kenneth Press
ly, James Thomas, Jr., Bertha,
Pauline and Hubert Douglas, Eva
Scroggins, Janet, Addie, Rochelle,
Fanny Josephine and Roland Arm
strong, Albreta and Grin Barnett,
Hazel and Dolores Harris, Dorothy
Edna, Edward and Joe Louis
Temple, Geraldine and William
Henry Jones, and Richard Jones.
Mothers present included Mesdames
Dazza Temple, Addie Armstrong,
Janet Thomas, Clara Jones. Also
assisting were Messrs. Kenneth
Harris and Thomas Duncan and
Miss Coree Thomas.
Mrs. Emma Seals is back in the
city from Kansas City and is re-
siding at 575 Rondo Avenue.
Mr.. Lloyd MObiley of Kansas
City is In the city visiting his
brother, DR.. Cornelius Mobiley, ITO
St. Anthony Avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. H. Mays are
now domiciled at $40 w. Central
Avenue.
Manley J. Rhodes, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Manley ]. Rhodes, ST.,
$50 Carroll Avenue, is ill at Be-
thesda Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Reed ruth
Adina BROWN of Kansas City, Mo-,
are receiving congratulations on
the birth of a baby girl, born Tues
day, July 80. The new arrival
weighed 6 lbs.
Miss Esther Brown, 4O8 St. An
thony Ave-, has returned home
from Topeka, Kan, where she went
to visit her grandparents.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-09

Mrs. E Erwin, SIT Rondo, had
as her house guests during the
past month, Mrs. Paul L. Moore,
formerly Birdella Erwin, of Indian
apolis, Ind; Mr.. and Mrs. R.
Brown and daughter, Lena, accom-
panied Mrs. Moore. Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Erwin, Mrs. Oletha White
and Miss C. Wilson, all of Chicago,
were also guests of Mrs. Erwin.
Mr.. Paul Moore motored to St.
Paul and Mrs. Moore and friends
returned home with him.
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MINNEAPOLIS SPOKESMAN

the Wind" model. Miss Garden
wore black chiffon with blue ac-
cents, Mrs. Evans, floral print
crepe, and Mrs. Earl A. Harris,
who received the guests at the
door, wore black chiffon with lace
and red accents. Assisting during
the Eat home" hours were Mes
danes Raymond Brown, James
Walker, James Green, Ella Shep-
herd, and Gerone E. Reed.
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Louis Bell, son of Denver Bell of
st. Paul and nephew of Lorraine
Ellis Chivers of Minneapolis, and
Nance Ellis, who Joined the Navy
recently, left Saturday for Nor
folk, Va, where he will go in
training.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-09

Mrs. Adelaide Carter of Cleve-
land, Ohio, is visiting in the city,
the house guest of Mrs. John
Shepherd of Minneapolis.
Mrs. DOvie MObiley of Kansas
City is in the city visiting her son,
DR.. Cornelius Mobiley, ITO St. An
thony Avenue.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-09

GLOOM CHASERS SOCIAL,
Literary and Art Club met at the
home of Mrs. Alice Slaughter, Oil
E. 22nd St., Wednesday, July 81.
After business a program was pre-
scented. Mrs. Ella Washington re-
ceived a birthday gift from the
club. Refreshments were served.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Maddox, 489
st. Anthony Avenue, left this week
for an extended tour of Kansas,
Missouri and Nebraska to visit rel
atives and friends.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-09

Mrs. Mary d. Mcfarland, 493
Whitall, was hostess to Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Mitchell and Mrs.
Marion Downs of Pasadena, Calf,
sister of Mrs. Mitchell, to a typical
creole dinner Tuesday afternoon at
$50 p. m. Other guests were Mrs.
Harry Robertson and Mrs. Leah
Mae Young.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-09

Mrs. GerOne E. Reed, .844 Fuller
Ave-, entertained at luncheon We'd
nesday, August 7, in honor of Mrs.
Eva Faye Thomas of Kansas City
and Mrs. Dovie Mobiley of Kansas
City, also.
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The Credjafawn Social Club met
Wednesday, July 81, at the home
of Mr.. Byron Rife, 500 Charles
Street.
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Social and Personal
d ST. PAUL O
SAINT PAUL SOCIETY
BY Estyr L. Bradley
500 Carroll Avenue Dale 9612

The Misses Marceane Virginia Thomas cousins were honored
with joint birthday party Sunday July given by Wrgnas
mother Mrs Maree Thomas 45O Rondo Avenue guests
attended the celebration Marceanes birthday
Vginias eighth The guests included Virginia Robinson
Baker Edith Veene and Dorothy Jean
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-09

MISS CARMILLA BROWN of
Chicago is visiting her grand
father, Mr.. A. L. Brown, 900 E.
22nd St.
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Mrs. Virginia Johnson is con-
fined to bed at the home of her
mother, Mrs. T. B. Perkins, 4211
4th Ave. S.
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Mrs. Percy II. Lee of Kansas
City, Mo-, will be the weekend
house guest of Mrs. David Francis,
1916 Clinton Ave.
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Social and Personal
O MINNEAPOLIS q

Mrs. Hattie Bell Douglass 2s05 Psbury will leave Detroit
Mch for few days visit her
Mrs James Carter She will attend the Associated Clubs
Convention On her she will Chicago
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Gayton.
On Monday evening, Aug Lbon Bailey
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-09
And Now It's
Finished -.

Six years, two months and four days later the All
American canal is ready for christening and its shake
down" cruise.
But if you say the canal is "finished', don't let L. j.
Foster chief engineer of the project for the Bureau OF
Reclamation hear say it, Because there still lies
ahead the tedious task of connecting the canal with the
valley system. That will take many months of careful
testing Aso there lies ahead completion of the 13Omile
COachella branch less than half done; and after
that will be the job of constructing lateral system for
100000 acres of Eastsde mesa, which is now DESERT
and after that canal system for additional thousands
of the desert that is now Westside mesa.
However, the arrival of the first water through the
canal is time for Imperial Valley to celebrate 1t is an
event that the valley has awaited than quarter OF
a century. A quarter OF century OF hard fighting
Six years and two months ago phase of fighting
for the All American to close This the battle
that ragged from the capitol at Washington D. Co. to I'm
peria Valleys desert and back again 1t involved author
ity and money to build dam of unprecedented size
Boulder dam-and irrigation canal of size never
before attempted-the All American Also, the fight in
volved momentous precedentpublc power generation.
That fighting phase virtually ended six years and two
months ago, because the All American started, the
Rubicon crossed Then began different phase of
fighting-one against Nature herself
Obstacles to the actual construction of Imperial dam
and the All American were many. There was mountain
Of rock to be slashed and miles of shifting sands Amer
icas Sahara to be crossed The Bureau of Reclamation
of the United States government had built big
mails before but its engineers had before tackled
such job this.
One by the obstacles were broken by mehodical
engineers The mountain of rock crushed The sand
hills tanned project estimated to $38500000
done for $33 100000
Latest estimates place the cost of constructing Imper
ia dam at S7:500000 This includes the huge destng
works that Imperial Valley of supply of clear
water we'll the canals headworks and the head
works for the Gla project the Arizona side Consruc
ton of the All American itself is estimated at $25500000
Payment for the project will not begin for time,
until the canal is turned over to the Imperial Irrigation
district by the Reclamation Bureau finished job On
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