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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-07
AND PETAIN
CONFER AT VICHY
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French cabinet which will lead the
conquered nation to closer COLA
boration with Germany.
1t vas considered probable that
Laval would return to the govern
ment with more power than he
ever had before-perhaps either
with the title of premier or as
president of d proposed director
ate, holding all important reins of
government.
Darlan went to Paris today for
the second time this week. He may
be back Saturday.
This was the first time in many
days that Admiral Leahy has seen
the old marshal. AT the embassy
it was stated that he had asked
for the 15-minute interview in line
with his general mission from
President Roosevelt to Petain. His
idea, it was believed, was to seek
current information from the chief
of state. 4
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EIGHT ARE KILLED
in BOMBER CRASH
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Staff Sgt. Everett Crabb,
Sergeants j. F. Davies, E. S
Trainer, and F. S. Whidden.
Private c. E. Applegate.
All the men came here aboard
the same ship from Laid field late
last month and their home address
es were not known here.
The bomber was en- route to
Denver for experimental work in
cold weather flying. Later it was
to have been flown to Wright Field,
Dayton, Ohio, where Captain
Freeman and his men had plan
ned to confer with army aviation
experts before returning to their
base in Alaska.
Cause of the disaster, second this
winter to befall that type of plane,
was not Immediately known.
Last December 10, a sister four
motored ship crashed in the San
Jacinto mountains of Southern
Californi.. in unfavorable weather,
killine its six-man crew.
Lloyd M. Carpenter, foreman of
a Civilian Conservation Corps camp
at Lovelock, saw today's fatal
plunge at $40 a. m. from Lowery
Wells, 10 miles west of Lovelock,
and with a CCC youth was the first
to reach the scene some 20 minutes
later.
when we got there, it was
nothing but a mass of fames,'
he said. 81 looked around, made
out one body, and realized every
one was dead"
There was nc storm in the area,
though there had been a few show
ers and the sky vas overcast. Car
penter said he heard the plane
several seconds before he saw it
dive out of the clouds.
"They gunned the motors, but
they couldn't pull in out of the
dive, apparently" he related.
when it hit the ground there was
a %deafening explosion"
Black smoke billoWed up above
the flames. All the bodies were
burned beyond recognition.
The four engines we're scattered
over the mountain slope.
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the State of North Carolina had a
definite obligation to the school, in
view of the service it could render
to national defense.
The speaker emphasized that DR..
Frank P. Graham, president of the
Greater university, was taking &C.
ton to keep faith with the promises
made to State upon the %consolida.
ton of the colleges and cited DR..
Graham's appeal to the general as.
sembly this week.
Carmichael said DR.. Graham was
doing everything possible to bring
about equality among the three
units of the university.
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to watch Market street, particularly
the intersections Of 18th and 18th
streets, where numerous traffic SLOW
downs have been reported in the
past few days. Market street is one
of the main arterial highways lead
ing out of Wilmington for Holly
Ridge, where some $4,000 civilian
workers r constructing the army's
anti-aircraft firing center. An esti-
mated SO per cent of those 1900
workers are living in OF Immediately
adjacent to Wilmington.
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CARMICHAEL SAYS
STATE MISTREATED
Says Treated As 'StepchiId'
Of Greater University of
North Carolina

CHARLOTTE, Feb. g. Up "A
charge that N. c. State college at
Raleigh was being Internationally
treated as the "%stepchild" of the
Greater University of North Caro-
lima was made here tonight by w.
D. Carmichael, Jr., comptroller of
the Greater university.
Carmichael, addressing the Neck,
lenburg County Alumni association,
said that State vas not receiving
the treatment it deserved, and that
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-07

Here's the famous
Penetro Nose Drop
"2-drop" way to
give your cold the
air. The big,
"many-treatment"
S1lnnlu costs nnlu
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-07
BODY FOUND

BOONVILLE, Ind, Feb. 6.-R-
The broken body of Earl Cassidy,
so, was found today near the grave
of his wife. Carl Powers, cemetery
caretaker, said Cassidy apparently
had discharged a stick of dynamite
under himself after placing his
army discharge papers, his wife's
picture and an American Legion
emblem on the grave. 4
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POLICE TO ENFORCE
PEDESTRIAN LAWS
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"The signals on Front street, and
most of the downtown streets, are
set to permit a legal speed of 20
miles per hour. When the traffic
flow is slowed to five miles per
hour a serious congestion results.
We see it today, here"
Besides the immediate downtown
area, the chief instructed officers
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PRIDDY SIGNS

NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-R-The
18th member of the New York
Yankees fell in line today when
Gerald Priddy, priced second base
man up from Kansas City, sent in
his signed contract from Los
Angeles. 3
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of the local chapter, were the follow

of the local chapter, were the follow
ing:
Mrs. T. e. Cooper, Rev. E. w. Hal
leck, Rev. Walter B. Freed, George
Aountree, Hazel Hutaff, Mrs. C. Mob.
Wilson, Mrs. Robert Platt, Mrs.
J. B.. Sudbury. Mrs. L. o. Ellis, Mrs.
c. D. Maffitt, Mrs. Robert N. Green
wall, Mrs. B. B. Jones, Miss Julia
Yopp, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Solomon,
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert ~Bluethenthal,
Louis T. Moore and Father cogins.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-07

Montana forests produced ap-
proximately one-fifth of all tn e
Christmas trees used in the United
during the 1910 season. 4
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Manufacture of cane sugar il
Hawaii's principal industry.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-18

Lima, Thursday to see Miss Jane Will
son, formerly of this place, who was
sick at the Lima hospital and died
two days later.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Vaughn,
at the home of the mothers parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Erastus Huber, hand
some girl baby.
A stranger apparently in an intox-
icated condition was found in Mrs.
John Dray's bedroom one day last
week. When Aunt Becky discovered
him he said he wanted to go to bed.
Instead of going to bed he got his
marching orders.
Cyrus Locher from Cleveland came
to Bluffton last Sunday to spend a
few days with his friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. EULER of Lima
spent Christmas day at the homes of
their son, Mont on Cherry street, and
| daughter Mrs. Albert Benroth of Main
street. While here he received a let
ter from his employer, the Hall and
Wood Co. of the Lima Model Mills
wishing him a Merry Christmas and
Informed him that his annual salary
was increased two hundred dollars fol
valuable services rendered.
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News Our Grandfathers Read
From Issue Of December rs, 1907

Miss Dorthea Black entertained a
group of young people at her home on
Lawn avenue in honor of her 18th
birthday this week. Presen were:
Miss josephine Cornwell, Lucille
Bowling, Hazel McGriff, Mary and
Frances Wilson, Hazel Berry, Ruth
Bixel, Esther and Mildred Greding.
Messrs. Emmet Stauffer, Carl Doriot,
Fred Mitch, Donald Flick, Albert Lo-
cher. Chester Stauffer, Albert Stett-
Ter, Sidney Huber, Louis Santschi,
Harry Amstutz, Chas. Worthington,
Tom Murray, Elbridge Kohl, Fred
Patterson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff Doty of St.
Louis, Mo-, are spending the holidays
here with their parents.
Miss Zoa Bentley is spending her
holiday vacation with her brother, Oh
lie S. and wife at French Lich, Ind.
j. A. Spangler and wife of Airing
ton, New. who spent several weeks
visiting relatives and friends in this
vicinity, leave here for their home to-
morrow.
Miss Reign Brandenburg, high
school instructor, was offered a po-
sition in the Hamilton High school at
a good increase in salary. The young
lady, however, refused to resign her
position here and will finish the term
The city basketball team will meet
Fostoria at the rink Tuesday night.
c. p. Althaus, who is attending De-
Paw university at Greencastle, Ind.
is home for two weeks vacation.
julie Bessire and wife of Indianap-
oils and Paul Bessire spent Christ
mas withs their parents on Jackson
street.
Alvin Whistler, of Purdue universi-
ty at Lafayette, Ind, is home for the
holidays with his parents.
S. p. Steiner purchased lot from
A. E. Lugibihl on Lawn avenue and
lot from F. Nickles on Jackson
street last week. Mr.. Steiner expects
to build in the spring.
Harry Anderson sold last week
what was probably the largest elm
tree in this vicinity. The stump
measured six feet across. He re.
ceived $20.82 for the tree.
Miss Jane Patterson was called tc
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Settlement

Robert Schumacher of Ann Arbor,
Michigan, visited relatives here the
past few days.
ROLAND Reichenbach enrolled as a
student at Bowling Green State Uni
versity this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Burkhalter,
Miss Leona whitman, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilbur Nusbaum and daughter
Juanita all from Berne, Ind, were
Sunday visitors in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Schneck and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. N. Soldner, Mrs.
H. M. Kohl, Mr.. and Mrs. Gideon
Schumacher, and Enos Suter attend
ed the Ohio Farm Bureau Field Day
at the State Fair grounds in Co
lumbus on Tuesday. One of the out
standing features of the day was a
half hour program presented by the
seventy-one bands combined, total
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investigations have confirmed his
suspicious of the authenticity of the
letter and led him to the conclusion
that S.incoln was neither the au-
thor, nor the actual writer, of it. The
man who was both was John Hay,
Lincoln's secretary!
Mr.. Wakefield presents the evil
dence to support that conclusion in
an article, who Wrote Lincoln's
Letter to Mrs. Bixby?", which ap-
peared in the February, 1941, issue
of Hobbies. For John Hay himself
confded to at least two men that he,
instead of Lincoln, had written the
Bixby letter. One of them was Wal
ter Hines Page, American ambas-
sador to England during Wilson'S
administration, and the other was
Viscount Morley, the distinguished
British statesman and author. Here
we have two different accounts :.
involving different men of un-
impeachable veracity which
agree that John Hay said he was
the author of the Bixby letter."
writes Mr.. Wakefield. "If it were
possible to doubt one story, it is ex-
tremely unlikely that both stories
can be dismissed"
Mr.. Wakefield proves that Hay
often initiated Lincoln's handwriting
when he was the Presidents secre-
tary and that many documents, be-
lieved to be in Lincoln's handwrit-
ing, are actually the work of Hays
pen. 1t is not likely that any ques-
ton of the authorship of the Bixby
letter came up while Lincoln was
still living, for his assassination oc-
Cured less than five months after it
was written. When it became so
famous, Hay naturally was reluc-
tant to claim then that he, rather
than the martyred President, was
the author. But, as Mr. Wakefield
points out, che did feel that in jus
tice to the truth and to himself, the
fact of his authorship should not be
lost to the world, and so he chose to
tell at least two outstanding men
of his time that he had written it. !"
The letter to Mrs. Bixby was sent
to Adjutant-General Schouler of
Massachusetts who delivered it in
person to Mrs. Bixby on November
"a, 1864. It's text was printed for
the first time in the Boston Tran
script on Friday, November 25, and
the following morning both the Bos-
ton Advertiser and the Boston Jour
nal carried it. The first facsimile ap-
peared in 1891 when Michael F. To
bin of New York applied for copy
right for one but whether or not he
had the original, or if it is still in
existence, is still a mystery.
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STOCK SALES

Public sale-At VIM. Amstutz farm
west of Beaverdam, Tuesday, Oct. 7.
Watch News next week for adver-
tisement.
Service bulls delivered any time;
also male hogs. C. N. Long & Son,
phone Ada Red 1860. If
For sale-Brown Swiss calf 10
weeks old, eligible to registry. Carl
Hector. 3 miles north of Gilboa.
For sale-Shropshire ram and eve
lambs. J. w. Manges.
For sale-Seven Shorthorn cattle,
avg. $50 lbs. Walter Augsburger, 3
miles north of Beaverdam.
For sale-Fresh COW. Elizabeth
Boutwell,, Columbus Grove road.
For sale-Registered Shropshire
ram. Don Sommers, 312 miles south
on Dixie.
For sale-3 sows with pigs by
side. Delbert Davis, IL miles north
of Route 80 and l mile east of
Sc. 22
For sale-Shropshire ram years
old, good one. Sidney Balmer, AZ
miles southwest of Bluffton.
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80 This Sunday i'm the
gu 1l1rrt1R8H
CHURCH OF CHRIST

Bluffton:
9:15 a. m. Bible school. F. Mum
ma, Supt.
10:30 a. m. worship. Lords sup
per. Sermon: christian Readiness"
6:30 p. m. Christian Endeavor
The young people are invited to en-
joy the popcorn meeting" Every
one bring their Bibles.
September 18th the c. E., is hav.
ing a back to school party at the
church, 7:30 p. m. Come, bring q
friend.
Note: "The church is fairly well
supplied with conductors. 1t shows
shortage of engineers, but ar
overplus of brakemen."
Beaverdam:
9:30 a. m. Bible school, c. Am
stutz, Sup't.
10:30 a. m. Lords supper.
Note: you've tried your own way
now try Jesus way"
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East Orange

Harold, Dean and Max Nonnamak-
er, Richard Ream and Wilson Bout
well spent Sunday afternoon with
Byron Leo Boutwell,.
Edward Frick, Raymond and Marie
Kimmel, and Elizabeth Boutwell,
were afternoon callers in the B. j.
Boutwell, home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman Samsal of
near Columbus Grove spent Sunday
evening in the c. E. Agin home.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Agin and son
Evan called on Mr.. and Mrs. J. C.
Williams of Mt. Cory last Monday.
Mrs. Mary Heldman called on
Emma and Alice Mae Boutwell, last
Thursday.
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ing over three thousand instruments.
Regular services were resumed at
the St. John church last Sunday
morning. The auditorium of the
church has been beautifully decor
ated during the past few weeks.
Quite a number from this COM
munity are attending the three Bible
lectures at the Calvary church in
Findlay this week. DR.. Harry Iron
sides, pastor of the Moody Memorial
church in Chicago is the speaker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alcus Pate of De-
troit, Mich, were Sunday visitors at
the home of Mrs. Josephine Moser.
Mrs. Marcus Moser and baby boy,
Ronnie Joe were taken from the
Community hospital to their home
last Friday.
Another accident occurred last
Thursday night at the sharp curve
near the Steiner home one mile east
of Pandora. The occupants of the
car were six boys, three sets of
brothers, all of Bascom, Ohio. Two
of the lads were most seriously in
| jured when their car struck large
| high tension pole breaking it in two
about IA feet above the ground.
Other cars soon came upon the scene
and hurried the boys to Findlay
hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Rogers re-
siding west of Gilboa have a peach
orchard that yielded several hundred
bushels of peaches this season.
Many from this vicinity purchased
their supply from this orchard in
preference to peaches that were
shipped here from other sections of
the country.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Kohl spent
Sunday in Columbus visiting in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Gal
liant and family.
Earnest Bauman is the owner of a
new Plymouth car since last week.
William Burkholder is putting in
a large number of tile for Albert
Schultz.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard GottshalI
and Mr.. and Mrs. Oswin CARRIER of
Toledo visited with Mr.. and Mrs.
Amos Hilty, Sunday,
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are forgeries of the handwriting of
the man who actually penned it!
Those are the conclusions of a his
torian whose research has turned up
some startling facts about this IA
NOUS epistle. He is Sherman Day
Wakefield, secretary of the Lincoln
Fellowship of New York and author
of the book, 'tHow Lincoln Became
President"
Two years ago Mr.. Wakefield
wrote an article for the February
issue of the magazine, Hobbies,
in which his conclusions were
that 1--WE cannot be sure whether
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FIRST MENNONITE CHURCH
~, D.

II. t. Unruh, Pastor
Thursday TOO p. m, Choir re-
hearsal.
Sunday 900 a. m. Church school.
1000 a. m. Church worship. This
is our conference Day of Prayer for
schools and colleges and the loose
offering will go to Bluffton college.
DR.. L. L. Ramseyer will bring the
message.
1880 p. m. intermediate C. E. will
give the program.
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EBENEZER MENNONITE
CHURCH
A. C. Schultz, Pastor

A. c. Schultz, Pastor
Thursday, $3.50 p. m. Teachers
meeting and prayer service; Choir
rehearsal.
SUNDAY:
$50 a. m. Sunday school.
10:30 a. m. Morning worship.
Sermon topic, "Shamgar and his
Exgood".
700 p. m. There will be a rehear-
sal for the Rally Day program.
500 p. m. c. E. programs.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the services of the church.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-18

That Famous Bixby Letter

released by Western Newspaper Union.)


That Famous Bixby Letter
TT HAS been called "the worlds
most famous letter" also tine
most sublime letter ever penned by
the hand of man." and few persons
who have read it viii disagree with
the aptness of either characterize
ton. For both refer to the message
which Abraham Lincoln sent to Mrs.
Lydia Bixby of Boston in 1864 Wnen
he was told that she had lost hve
sons on the field of battle.
This letter has also been called
"a beautiful blunder," because 1t
was inspired by an erroneous re-
port of the facts in the case. 1t IS
true that Mrs. Bixby had five sons
in the Union army. However, only
two of them were killed in battle. or
the other three, one was honorably
discharged after two years service
and two were-deserters!
Now there is good reason to be-
lieve that another blunder has been
made in regard to the Bixby letter.
that Abraham Lincoln did not write
it at all ands that the often-repro-
duced facsimiles, including this one:
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Lincoln wrote the
letter to Mrs.
Bixby or not, al
though it appears
doubtful, but we
can be sure that
we have neither
the original nor
any true facsirn-
lie copy of the
original and that
none of the cur
rent reproduc-
tions was made
from the origi-
nal. Since then,
Mr.. Wakefield's S
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-18
Living Dull without Lenses

Without lenses living would be
very dull and knowledge would not
be much higher than it was in the
Dark ages, says the Better Vision
institute. Without lenses there
would be no camera, movies, micro
scopes, telescopes. or spectacles.
Railroads Use Various Gauges
The commercial railroads of the
world still use 80 different gauges,
ranging from Is inches to Sc inches.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-18
Jefferson Statue

A huge bronze statue of Jefferson
Davis is being sculptured for the
lawn of Alabama's historic capitol
at Montgomery, where the president
of the Confederacy took the oath of
Office.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-18
TIA sty Swiss Steak

Vary the Swiss steak by using in
stead of water in the cooking proc
ess, either canned soup or diluted
ketchup or sour cream or thin white
sauce or tomato juice.
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES

PRESBYIERIAN IHUKIHES
Charles Nj. Armentrout, Pastor
Rockport:
9:30 a. m. Morning worship.
10:30 a. m. Sunday school.
1880 p. m. Christian Endeavor.
Bluffton:
9:30 a. m. Sunday school.
1850 a. m. Morning worship.
600 p. m. TUXIS.
The subject of the morning ser.
mon is 1.-The Religion Of the Average
Man.. A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to the public to come anc
worship with US.
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EVANGELICAL AND REFORMED
CHURCHES


Emil Burrichter, Pastor
Emanuel:
Sunday school at $3.50 a. m.
Public worship at 10:30 a. m.
Catechism instruction at the
church Saturday at 1000 a. m.
st. John:
Public worship at 9:15 a. m.
Sunday school at 1915 a. m.
The w. M. S. meets on Thursday
evening of this week with Mrs.
Wade Finton. Mrs. C. F. Miller is
assistant.
Choir practice Thursday at 7:30
p. m.
Catechism instruction begins Sat
urday at $50 a. m. at the church.
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FIRST METHODIST CHURCH

j. A. Weed, Minister
Wednesday, 500 to 700 p. m.
Jitney supper.
THURSDAY:
3:45 p. m. Junior Choir rehearsal.
500 p. m. Builders Glass Meeting
at home of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Augsburger.
SUNDAY:
900 a, m. Church school (Lesson
study in separate classes).
1000 a. m. Morning worship. Ser
mon topic, "The Church and It's
Youth"
600 p. m. Senior Epworth League
outdoor meeting.
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MISSIONARY CHURCH
A. Z. Albro, Pastor

4. 4. Albr0, Pastor
Sunday:
9:30 Sunday school, Harry Welty
Supt.
1890 Morning worship.
700 p. m. Young Peoples society
700 D. m. Children's meeting.
7:30 p. m. Evangelistic service.
WEDNESDAY:
800 D. m. Prayer meeting.
900 p. m. Street service.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SUCIEI
Sunday services at 1890 a. M,
subject: Matter"
Testimonial meeting at 7:30 We'd
nesday evening.
The reading room at the church is
open every Wednesday from 200
to 400 p. m. The public is invited
to all services and to visit the read
ing room.
This society is a branch of the
Mother Church, the First Church of
Christ Scientist, Boston, Mass.
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DEFENSELESS MENNONITE

DEFENSELESS MENNONITE
E. G. Steiner, Pastor
Sunday:
9:30 a. m. Sunday school.
1890 a. m. Preaching service.
1880 p. m. Christian Worker Band.
8:15 D. m. Sermon.
Thursday, 500 p. m. Prayer SER
vice.
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