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Milford chronicle., 1946-11-22

Appert, a Paris chef, originated
canning. His method was to place
sealed bottles containing the food
in water bath and then bring the
water to the boiling point.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-08
LIQUOR LICENSE
 TODAY RESTORED
 TO. 6. C. BROWN

G. G. Brown, Juneau liquor store operator yesterday acquitted by a jury in U. s. District Court here of the misdemeanor charge of sell ing liquor without an appropriate Territorial license, this afternoon was set to reopen his liquor store here.
 Judge J. w. Kehoe this afternoon approved Browns application for license renewal, approval that had been withheld pending outcome Sof the trial concluded yesterday.
 Motion that the license renewal be issued was made this morning by Browns attorney, M. E. Monagle. This afternoon, the District At torney reported to the Court that his offices previous protest to is suance of Browns license had been based solely on the selling charge of which Brown was yesterday ac- quilted; that there is no basis for further withholding the license.
 Following the D. As declaration, Judge Kehce approved the license application.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-08
MEEkS TRIAL
 |5 SET OVER
Willis 10 Face Jury on Mur. der Charge Here Next
 Wednesday

Trial of George Harrison Meeks , on the alleged charge of killing Clarence J. Campbell today was postponed by Presiding District Judge J. w. kehoe until after the conclusion of the second degree murder trial in which negro sailor James Franklin Willis stands ac- cused.
 Meeks had originally been order ed to defend his life against the
 charge of murder in the first de- gree beginning next Monday morn ing> The Willis trial was to have followed that of Meeks.
 However, U. s. Attorney Patrick lGilmore, Jr this afternoon inform ed the Court that the Meeks case is not ready for trial and the Judge granted a stay. Since next Tues day is a non-judicial holiday, the Willis case, next in order of trial, was moved up only until Wednes- day morning at 10 o'clock, Febru- al 10. lllOu54l sS1llAl5 liO ilCN date for beginning the trial of Meeks, the feature case of the pres ent term of Court, Judge Kehoe stated he hopes it will be ready to present to the jury as soon as the Willis proceeding is concluded.
 It was indicated that only the two murder trials are now left on the Court slate. For them, Judge kehoe ordered the drawing of 60 more jurors in desire to raise the number of the present panel of 32 veniremen to at least 80. Residents of Sitka and Petersburg were the only persons outside of 25-mile radious of Juneau whose names were not set aside in the drawing this afternoon.
 Newly drawn jurors were ordered summoned to report in Court here at 10 o'clock a. m. February 13, for the opening of the Willis trial.
 Charges against Louis Sedlauk and Thomas Sumstad, both offenses involving checks, are not expected to go to trial, it is now indicated.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-08
RUM0Rl OF RISE
 IN SILVER PRICE
 BOO5TS MARKET

SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 8.-Na- tional interest in mining stocks, spurred by rumors of an carly rise In the price of silver, have kept the Salt Lake stock exchange at an all-time high of activity in re- cent weeks, James E. Hogle, ex- change president, said today.
 "The volume of business on the Salt Lake exchange is the heaviest in history" Hogle said in an in- terview," and it can be attributed principally to buying of western mining stocks on a national basis
 The boom in mining issues be- gan in October, and by Nov. 26 all previous trading highs had been surpassed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-08

The highest mountain peak in South America is at Aconcagua, Argentina, and has an elevation of 22.834 feet.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-08

DRINK KING BLACK LABEi !.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16
Seven Year Escapee
Returns To Clear Re-
cord

Homer Hall, 20, who fled from the
farm at the Mansfield Reformatory
more than seven years ago, returned
voluntarily to complete his sentence,
so can clear my record" he told
Arthur L. Glattke, superintendent.
Hall said his mother, now living
on 146-acre farm near Kenton, was
largely responsible for his return.
He said he disliked to sell the farm
and leave his mother.
Purchase of the farm, Hall said,
was made with $4,000 which he
earned while he worked on military
installations in the South Pacific and
the Aleutians. Before that he served
for time in the army, but was dis
charged for a physical disability.
Hall was sentenced from Hardin
County for burglary and has II
months of his original sentence to
serve. Six months in addition will
be added.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16
Packing Com
pany Is Closed

Reporting it was unable to procure
a satisfactory quota from OPA, the
Findlay Provision Co., established in
1945, announced it had discontinued
slaughtering of meat.
Scott Dysinger, of the concern,
said the quota allowed was so small
that the company cannot operate
without a loss.
J. C. Kirchner, of the Kirchner
Packing Co., which has supplied a
large portion of meat to Findlay and
a radius of 80 miles as we'll as to
200 customers in Toledo and Cleve-
land, said his firms slaughtering
quota for this month has been re-
duced to 300 hogs and $50 head of
cattle.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16
HANCOCK COUNTY
Five Holstein Herds
Will Enter Show

Five Hancock county Holstein
herds will be represented at the
Black and White show to be held at
the Van Vert fairgrounds on June
25, it was revealed. Individuals to
appear in the various classes at the
Van Vert show were selected by
Charles Blackman, of the dairy de-
partment, Ohio State university.
The herds to be represented are
A. A. Huysman and Clarence Smith,
Portage township; w. r. Shoop,
Joseph Shoop and Clarence Shoop,
all of Portage township. Individuals
also have been selected from herds
of R. Earl Diller, near Pandora, in
Putnam county and NJ. L. Zimmerly,
near Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16
Beet BLOCKING" Sets
New Record

Harmon Basinger, of Mt. Blan-
chard who on March % was the first
Hancock county farmer to plant
sugar beets, chalked up another
first" when field workers were at
work blocking and thinning his
beets.
Basinger's planting date and his
early date for first field work are
believed to be records for this area,
not only this year but possibly since
the industry was established here.
The Basinger beets are reported a
good stand.
Basinger is a native of the Bluff
ton area and his wife is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Anderson of
Orange Twp.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16
FBI Holds Findlay
Man On Morals Charge

Wallace w. Ellis, A, of Findlay,
a former Michigan minister, was ar
rested at Findlay by FBI agents
and charged with the transportation
of obscene pictures from Alpena,
Mich, to Findlay. Held in Lucas
county Jail at Toledo, Ellis will be
arraigned before U. S. Commissioner
Morton c. Neipp. Ellis is also ac-
cused of selling lewd negatives to a
national distributing agency.
Agents said that Ellis admitted
taking the pictures in a basement
studio at his home. They were dis
tributed in booklet form. His picture
taking activities caused his discharge
from the ministry after serving IT
years as pastor.
The Transporting charge involves
a truck load of pictures from the
home where he formerly lived in
Alpena to Findlay. Ellis moved his
family to Findlay a year ago.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16
Gilboa Boy Takes 3rd
i'm State Addition

Don Pacey took third honors sing
ing the tenor solo, "In the Luxem-
berg Garden" by Kathleen Lockhart
Manning, at the vocal and instru-
mental addition of the state at
Columbus. Jane Harman was his
accompanist. Prof and Mrs. Melvin
R. Harman and Miss Mabel Amstutz,
music director of Blanchard schools,
accompanied them to Columbus.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16
Cairo Woman Killed
By Train

Mrs. Minnie E. Irwin, "a, of Cairo
was killed instantly at 8:15 o'clock
Saturday morning when she stepped
in front Of Baltimore and Ohio
freight train No. 50 at the Main
street crossing on Route 80 at that
place.
Mrs. Irwin, who lived just east of
the railroad, had been to the grocery
store, just west of the railroad, and
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16
Relief Grain Cuts Tur-
key Output

The Governments effort to get
grain for famine relief overseas is
reducing prospects of ohioans of
having turkey next Thanksgiving
Day and Christmas.
Three major operators in the
Delphos area said they will reduce
their output to 1900 birds this
year, compared with $4,000 in 1945.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16

ers and retired farmers. They live
on the farm near Ada where they
were married in 1886.
Mrs. Hedges, ST, was honored at
Mothers Day services in the Congre-
gational-Christian Church in nearby
Lafayette, as the oldest mother in
attendance. A foster son, George
Ward, came from Geneva, o., for
the day. A daughter is dead.
Although he has retired from
active farm work, Mr.. Hedges, 81,
has years supply of wood cut and
corded for next winter.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16
Two Findlay Students
Win Niagara Falls
Trip

William Howard and Virginia
WEIGH, two Findlay high school
juniors, are county winners in a
test sponsored by the Anti-Saloon
league. The tests have been annual
events since 1881 and they are given
to interested high school juniors and
seniors throughout the state.
This years prize is a three-day
trip to Niagara Falls, all expenses
paid. A boy and girl from each
county in Ohio will meet in Colum-
bus, June 3 preparatory to starting
the trip.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16
ArmOrsville

Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Owens and
family of Lima spent Sunday even
ing at the Owens home.
Past week callers of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. o. Hilty were Mr.. and Mrs. Carey
Niswander, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Ew-
ing, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Schaublin
and grandson Ray, Earl Hilty and
son Hugh, Harry Katscke Mr.. and
Mrs. Ivan Montgomery and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Hilty, Mr.. and
Mrs. Philip Hilty, Mrs. Mary Friedly,
Mr.. and Mrs. Owen Spence, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Ewing, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Young and family, Joe Hilty,
and Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Klingler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lysle McCarty and
son were Sunday dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin Moser and fam
lily. Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Moser were
afternoon callers.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Stultz and
sons, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Edinger
were Sunday dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. ]. c. Montgomery.
Mrs. Rhea McCafferty, Miss Mar
garet Guider were Dunkirk callers
Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Klingler called
on Mr.. and Mrs. A. Lewis Klingler
of near Ada, Sunday afternoon.
Don Oates spent the week end at
the Dale Owens home in Lima.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Klingler called
on Mrs. L. A. Klingler of Findlay
and Mrs. John w. Wilkins and FAM
lily Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Good of Ada
called at the Levi Hauenstein home,
Thursday evening.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Levi Hauenstein and son were
Mr. and Mrs. Rolly Moser and fam
lily, Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Sweitzer
and Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Hauenstein
and family.
Rev. E. E. Cole and wife called
Monday afternoon on Mr.. and Mrs.
Levi Hauenstein and son.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

completed her Saturdays shopping.
She was returning to her home with
her groceries and carrying an UNI
brella as protection against the
heavy rain. Evidently not seeing or
hearing the approach of the fast
freight going north, she stepped
directly in front of the locomotive.
Her body was badly mangled.
Funeral services were held in the
Harris funeral home at Columbus
Grove at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16
Reach Goal In Kenton
Park Drive

The drive for 5000 to purchase
a site for Hardin County Memorial
Park reached its goal, according to
Frank Schindewolf, chairman of the
solicitors.
The proposed park site is some
80 acres, 80 of which now comprise
the Spring Grove golf course, one
mile east of Kenton on u. S. Rt.
80 S.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16
Kindlers Warned o t
Fire Danger

Insurance company representatives
who made fire prevention survey
at Delphos claim 116 Delphos
residents are living too dangerously.
They urged the 116 to stop using
kerosene to kindle fires in stoves
and furnaces.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16
AcceleratOr Sticks;
Woman Killed In
Crash

Mrs. Kenneth Stears, 80, of Find
lay was injured fatally and three
others were hurt in one-car ac-
cident Sunday morning when the ac-
celerator of the car in which they
were riding stuck. The accident oc-
Cured on state route II, three miles
east of Arcadia.
The three who suffered slight
injuries were Mr.. Stears, driver of
the vehicle, who received cuts and
bruises and Mr.. and Mrs. Norval
knouse who suffered light back and
shoulder injuries, respectively. None
was confined to the hospital.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16

Mrs. Cora Anita (Kemp) Smull, &c,
wife of Thomas j. Smull, died at
2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon in her
home in Ada, following a two year
illness. She had been confined to
her bed for six weeks.
Funeral services were held at 2:3O
o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the
Ada Presbyterian church. Rev. Ray
mond Touvell, pastor, officiated. In
terment was in Woodlawn cemetery
Ada.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16
Change Parking Plan
At Ada

The Ada council voted unanimous
ly to change the downtown parking
from diagonal to parallel, effective
May 49,. The change was made to
allow traffic to move more freely
through the business district and had
been recommended by the state high
way department, since Main street
is a part of state route 90.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16
Accidental Shot Hurts
Findlay Youth

Eldon Bright, Is, Findlay High
School student, was injured by an
accidentally self-inficted gun shot
while he was shooting at tin can
targets. A bullet passed through
his left cheek and lodged in his
head.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16
Cut Power Rate In
Lima Area

Lima residents received their
second reduction in power rates in
five years as the result of approval
by the Public Utilities Commission
of new rates submitted by the Ohio
Power Co.
The reduction will not affect mini
mum charges but will benefit the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16
Sue Resigned Judge

Charles Holliger, who resigned
last month as Justice of Peace at
Findlay has been named defendant
in judgment action filed by Ernest
M. Pawley, Dayton, for allegedly
converting a $3.50 appearance bond
to his own use.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16
McCOmb CT Dies On
Flight To See Ill
Father

M. Sgt. Bernard L. Letter, 26, of
nearby McComb, was killed in a
plane crash in Arkansas while en-
route to McComb on an emergency
furlough to be with his father Don
c. Letter, II, who died Saturday.
Funeral services for the elder
Letter and Memorial services for his
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16
New Band Uniforms

The Leipsic high school band will
display new uniforms at a spring
concert May II. The Band Boosters
Club, which purchased the outfits
fer $1,800, will honor the band at a
dinner on May 15.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16
PUTNAM COUNTY
Sell Livestock Yards
At Ottawa

The Producers Livestock Co
operative association which owns
numerous stockyards throughout the
midwest, announced it has purchased
the Ottawa Union Stockyards from
the Fostoria Serum company.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16
Field Is Vet Memorial

The new athletic field sponsored
by the Booster Club at Columbus
Grove is being put in readiness. This,
together with lights and bleachers,
will be the towns memorial to the
World War II veterans.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16
Conserves Soap

If you use the right amount OF
soap and measure, don't dump, 1t
saves soap and makes rinsing easi-
er for you. Experience will help
you to determine the amount that
maintains good suds. And remem-
Der that if you wash least soiled
things first, you can use the suds
for really dirty things like work
clothes and save soap as well as
energy.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16
Ditcher Plant Closes

The Buckeye Traction Ditcher Co.
plant of Gar Wood Industries, Inc,
in Findlay is closed, idling 1000
workers, as a result of the coal
strike, the company announced.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16
ALLEN COUNTY
Fireworks For Lima

L. W. Mannon, secretary-manager
of the Better Business Bureau, said
that Lima will have its first postwar
fireworks display July 3.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16

larger domestic and small COM
mercial users, according to c. j.
Killian, Lima area manager of the
company.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16
Bank Closed In 1888
Pays Depositors

Echo from the bank holiday of
1893:
Depositors of the closed Citizens
State Bank at Leipsie began receiv-
ing a seven per cent payment of
their claims.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16
HARDIN COUNTY
Ada Couples Goth An
niversary On Mothers
Day

A Mothers Day event was the
Goth wedding anniversary of Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred E. Hedges, former teach
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16

son were held Monday afternoon at
the McComb Church of Christ.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16

We all expect the other fellow to
10 HIS duty.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-16

News want-ads bring results.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-05
legion Auxiliary
Has january Meet
With Mrs. Young

Members OF the American Legion
AuXlllaIy met for the January meet
ng Friday afternoon a. the home
f Mrs. Alley b. Young on Young
street, Mrs. H. A. Newell, president,
resided at the meeting. W4icl Nd
opened by the salute TO the tlag This
was followed by the singing Of Am
erica and the repeating the preamble
nd the Lords Prayer.
The minutes were read and APP
proved and committee reports We're
given. The OteCn committee chair
man reported that the usual git.
Of money Were sent 10 the Wdri al
Oteen s1ld at the ward at the Fay
e~tteVillc facility. Chairman of re
1aollltation reported that a radio
and many very attractive Christ
mas packages we're bought mad
Wrapped tor Camp Dutncr patients.
financial condition Of the auxiliary.
MIS-. ID. c. LOughlin welcomed two
Gold Star pins to them. Mrs. Annie
Gold ST. pms 0 Jncm. Mrs. Annie
Nae Mcintosh reported that the uni
had rs pad members with moro
2aperS in progress OF being filled
out. The '~go-gettCrs OF the gro-J
were announced as being Mrs. Nc
lntosh, Mrs. Alley Young and Mrs.
Miss Bessie Lee Aston, member
Of the Girl Scout Council, told the
members Of the Gil Scout work il
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-05

town and made an appeal for lead
crs. She St.rcd that the three exist
ing troops were ovcrCroWded and
were unable to accommodate the
number of girls VINO wanted to JON
the scouting group. Sue May Bell,
a Girl Scout, made several state
mcnts pertaining 20 the work of the
scouts and how mucn sAc enjoyed
being a Scout.
MS. +. y. Latte had charge of the
program. y review of a pape" by
EiAstein on the proper usagrs of
the atomic bomb was given. II wa,
-tatCi juyt Eirsteju did moi; claim
any part in the discovery o. the
l,uuuc rIn,r.r bat W. a hcl,cr
IN .uIthc.rHs the discovery OF its
lP.u..ulu. The moutlly message
from the nat.auaI pl,-.d,n;. MIS-.
Water q. CIu,ca, ol lud.,Dttc was
read.
t1c canclu ION cf the meeting
dclicic-s fruit cake and hot co fec
was served by the h~ostesseS, MIS-.
Alley Is. Young, Mrs. {. ii. GllIlo'li,
Mr.. 1hCO tO-.tS, MI. +. x. -,4tJ4.
ma MS. i'Lilip Harris.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-05
Buckingham Capps
Announce Wedding

The following announcement
which was made today is Of special
interest in Henderson and this part
of the state:
Mr.. and Mrs. Weldon Capps
announce the marriage of their
daughter
Eleanor
to
Revive NJ. Buckingham
Saturday. December twenty
second Nineteen hundred
fOrty-fiVe
DanVille, Virginia.
Mrs. Buckingham has been a resi-
dent Of the Henderson area for a
number of years and at the time o,
her marriage was employed in the
office of Carolina Bagging Com
pany.
MI. Buckingham is the son of the
late Mr.. and Mrs, Buckingham, Of
Columbus, Ohio. He has recently
heen honorably discharged from the
U. S. Army.
The couple will make their home
1T 8l4 Keltan Avenue, Columbus,
Ohio.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-05
couldn't really account for what

couldn't really account for what
had happened. l explained that I'd
decided that this strange thing
with Stan was really a hidden de-
sire for a child taking that form
Stan is a child, in many ways"
Bernice smoothed the arm OF the
chaise Tongue with n finger. She
looked up at Victoria out of candid
eyes. And you know. Vicky. I'm
sure what | told him is quite true"
Victoria could think of nothing
at all to say. Over and over in her
head a silly phrase kept singing it.
self: Beware OF Greeks bearing
gifts"
How has Stan taken your
change of heart?"
"Nobly." said Bernice, with dry
ness. She giggled. He has bravely
given me up. because my happiness
is so important to him. He will
make his lonely way as best he
can, smoking his pipe and wearing
shirts open at the neck in even the
coolest weather.
Victoria laughed with her.
Really" Bernice said, wiping
the tears Of her laughter from the
corners Of her eyes, women are so
strange. We do such strange
things. l don't understand us at all.
! don't understand myself. -"
Victoria seized the lead this COM
ment gave her. I've been thinking
much the same thing" she said.
why in heavens name did you
talk Hazel into throwing out that
ant POWDER"
The soberness and stiffness that
after the relaxed way in which she
had discussed two matters of such
vital Importance. "Oh! How did you
find out about that?"
Victoria told her. And then
Hazel said that it had really been
your idea"
Bernice said: Il was really beside
myself that morning, Vicky. !
mean, the day before all that mess
with Walter, and then this terrible
thing happening to you"
For a person beside herself you
managed to carry the thing off
with quite a lot of Dispatch"
Il felt that l had to, for your
sake, Vicky,"
How for my sake?"
because l thought you'd used
some of that poison to kill Albert"
Even though she had forseen this
possibility. the words shocked Vic
toria to the bone, She found herself
on her feet. This is incredible!'
she SAID loudly.
Bernice was sitting stittiy against
the small pillows now. rs it? Think
of the state l was in that morning
Think of what I'd just been
through with Walter. Remember. ]
knew. Vicky, that you and Albert
had eaten alone there the night be-
fore. Think of SaWn. You remem-
Der that. You remember how you
behaved over that silly little blonde
thing. l thought of that actress
And there was Albert dead, anC
there was all that poison"
Victoria sat down and fumbleC
in her purse for a cigaret. which
she lighted. Rernice waited unit
she'd taken a first puff. and Their
went on: u mean. don't think SC
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