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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-09-16
New Deputy Warden At Pen
Once Deputy Sheriff Here

and the farm prison for prisoners
in Japan and another the industry
inside the walls of prisons, plus
security.
He said there are several prison
farms in Japan comparable with
the London Prison Farm.
The general plan of teaching the
American prison system and the
parole system too, came from Gen.
Douglas Macarthur, according to
Captain Maxwell, who reported
that the Japanese take prison life
more easily than Americans.
They are more docile and bow
to what they are up against.
Prison authorities in Japan were
anxious to learn all they could,
according to Captain Maxwell, who
reported that the Americans tried
to help them.
The Madison county prison off,
cial is said to be stickler for
good discipline and no laxity OF
rules. Also, like Warden Ralph
Alvis, he is easily available to the
men inside the penitentiary. His
Job will keep him there running
the show from his office in a build
in the prison yard.
Appointed to his new position by
Warden Alvis, Maxwell succeeds
r. B. Eckle, transferred to the
London Prison Farm as deputy
warden of that institution.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-09-16
Seek HOUSING
For Officers

Officials of the State Bureau of
Criminal Investigation and Identi-
fication today appealed to London
residents to notify the bureau in
the event they have rooms avail
able for law enforcement officers
who will be in London for the Of
ficers school beginning Sept. %.
Sixty-two or more officers are
expected for the school which will
continue at the London Prison
Farm to Oct. 3. To date the num-
Der of rooms saavilable is insuffi-
cient to accommodate the enroll
ment. fta.es.4-.. sa-e ~. s
The students will begin arriving
in London, Sept. 20, according to
the bureau announcement. Yg- +,
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-09-16

Under amendments to the 1852
Defense Production Act, Regula-
ton x had to be lifted if housing
starts during three consecutive
months, adjusted on a seasonal
basis, pointed to fewer than 1,200,-
900. new homes or apartments in
a years building.
The Federal Reserve Board sus-
pended Regulation x without COM
ment. 18Th E EaE
Regulation x, which went out
last midnight, required a down
payment of at least 5 per cent on
houses selling for $1,000 or less.
It imposed ever-higher down
payment requirements as the sale
price of the house went up, reach
ing 40 per cent on houses selling
for 25,000 or more.
In commercial building, Regu-
lation x imposed a so per cent
down payment requirement no
matter what the cost of the struc-
ture.
AS a guarantee that the down
payment requirements would not
be sidetracked, Regulation x for
bade second mortgages.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-09-16
WORLD NEWS BRIEFS

SEOUL, Sabre jet pilots
Communist wapanes destroyed month"; the u S. Fifth
Air said The four destruction claims confirmation OF
kill pushed Septembers figure the previous high
"a, in April.
LoNDoN-The Very Athe~od remonger
LichfieId, King his
viii King vi from 1927 1899 died
Monday
COLUMBUS ooho publishers gather here Thursday for the
hreeday Ohio
President Kenneth publisher The Lancaster
will preside at the opening business session and
Harvey
sesqucentenna Commission smaIreed editor
Committee will be luncheon speakers New oNA Off
GERS will be elected.
today
medical insuranchey include Gen. Dwight o. Esen
DAYS" 81" Job bring
afford
pay not call such good socialism,, Truman said "
would a enterprise American enterprise"
with winds of 14o miles hour
buildings tiny Wake island, mdPac air base
Regular communications with the isolated
Of 600 cut Off But maintenance
established brief contact with
PanAmercan Hotel and several maintenance
There reports OF casualties
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-09-16

Capt. Ernest 1. Maxwell, the new
deputy warden at the Ohio Peni-
tentiary, was once the youngest
deputy sheriff in Ohio.
Now living at Plain City, he is
former London resident and SER
we'd as deputy here when his father
the late John A. Maxwell, was
sheriff of Madison County.
Including the service in the Mad
ison County sheriff's office, he has
had more than 20 years of prison
work including guard duty at the
London Prison Farm and two
years service in prison work in
Japan after the war.
The government sent II men to
Japan for that job. Captain Max
we'll had been at home only short
time from World War III service in
Europe when the Japanese job
came along.
On Warden Ralph w. Alvis' rec
ommendation, Captain Maxwell
went to Japan in August of 1949.
He came back to his prison job in
June, 1851.
There were 287 prisons in Japan,
all for civilians. In these prisons
were 105,0OO prisoners, according
to Captain Maxwell. Some were
large ones, 6S as big as the Ohio
pen; others as small as Ohio jails.
Captain Maxwell had a three
pronged job. One was agriculture
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-09-16
Plan Dairy Tour

Madison County farmers are in
vited to attend the dairy tour on
Wednesday, September17, accord
ing to the Extension Office. The
group will meet at the Court
House, London. at 9:15, or at the
Bull Study Central Ohio Breeding
Association at 1000.
The other stop on the tour will
be at Ills, at the Merrill Howard
farm one mile north of West JEFF
ferson on the Middle Pike. Form
erly the McPeek farm. There the
group will see the latest type of
milking parlor with glass pipe line
to carry milk directly from the
cows to the can in the cooler. They
will also see trench silo and how
it is filled. Anyone interested in at
ending the tour is welcome.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-09-16
(. c. Overturf
Dies Saturday

Elmer c. Overturf, 80, promin-
ent farmer of Pike township, died
Saturday night at $50 in Cham
paign County Hospital, Urbana,
after more than a years illness.
Mr.. Overturf came to London
more than ten years ago and pur-
chased property on East High st.
He resided there until he became
ill and for some time had been in a
rest home in Washington c. H. He
had been in the hospital in Urbana
for the last two months.
A prominent resident of the
Rosedale community in Pike town
ship, he had resided there the
greater part of his life. He was a
member of the Rosedale Night
Club. g,. +. -e-... .so.t....e.-..
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
John L. Houston, London; two
sons, William Overturf and Dinner
c. Overturf, both of Plain City,
r. D. No. /; five grand children
and nine great-grandchildren. His
first wife, Mrs. Mary Yeazell Over
turf, died in 1897 and his second
wife, Mrs. Nancy Kennedy Over
turf, in 1882.
Funeral services at the Davis
and Byers Funeral Home, Mech
anicsburg, Tuesday at 80 o'clock,
the Reverend Judson A. Weed,
pastor of the First Methodist
Church in Mechanicsburg, officiat-
ing minister. Interment in Somer-
ford Cemetery.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-09-16
new Telephone
Rates LISTED

The Ohio Bell Telephone Com
pany raised rates effective Sept. 2.
While the rate increase was widely
publicized in nearby cities, no men,
ton was made of this fact locally
and the increase came as a sur
prise to many people in and around
London. New rates as compared
with old rates are as follows:
Private Lineup 25c from $500
to $3.25.
Rural Private-up SOC from $2.25
to SITS.
Four Party-up 25c from SIPS
to $3.50.
Business Private-up SOC from
$3.50 to $500.
Two Party Business-up SOC
from $3.50 to $500.
Rural Business-up $1.0O from
$3.50 to $3.50.
Residence extension service will
be increased from 60c per phone to
85c. The old vacation service
charge of $1.00 per month has been
discontinued and a full monthly
rate will be charged on all tele-
phones henceforth. Too, the local
"pay-station" rate has been in
creased from SC per call to 10c
Installation charge on new tele-
phones was raised to $500. The
previous charge for new telephones
was $3.50.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-09-16
Joseph Jackson
Dies Sunday

Joseph Jackson, 80, retired
farmer, died Sunday at his home,
75 Riley Avenue, after years
illness.
A former farmer in Fairfield
township, Mr.. Jackson was men,
Der of st. Paul. AME Church.
Surviving are his wife, Beatrice;
two step-sons, Donald Cain with
the u. S. Army at Ft. Bragg, N. c.
and Roger Cain, near London; two
step-daughters, Beatrice Cain, at
home and Mrs. John Trent of Lon
don.
Funeral services at the Lukens
Funeral Home Tuesday at two
o'clock, the Reverend Robert Will
son, officiating minister. Interment
in Kirkwood Cemetery.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-09-16
COP Women Here
Plan Campaign;
School In Oct.

Plans for participation of Re-
publican women of Madison county
in the prediction campaign this
fall, were set up at a meeting of
the Republican Women's executive
committee, called by Mrs. Harold
S. Welsh, director of women's ac-
tivities for the party in the coun-
ty.
A School of Politics is scheduled
for the first week in October for
women from the 36 precincts in
the county. The school will be in
London, the definite time to be an
nounced later.
One of the biggest events plan
ned is an evening meeting, Thurs
day, October %, at the London
Country Club, open to all Republi-
can women and any others in the
county who are interested.
Judge Garfield A. Stewart of
Cincinnati will feature the pro-
gram at this meeting. Other speak
ers on the program which will in
clude special entertainment, will
be, Mrs. William c. O'Neill, wife
of the encouragement of Ohio,
and Mrs. Lila Black, legal assist
ant in his office.
Members of the committee in ad-
dition to Mrs. Welsh are, Mrs.
Dale Pollock and Mrs. P. F.
Mooney, Mt. Sterling; Mrs. Wen
ner Botkin, Mrs. Coen Wilson
Plain City; Mrs. Emmett Young
West Jefferson; Mrs. Lowell Sny.
der, Mrs. Warren Reid and Mrs
Harold Flu-Allen. London.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-09-16
Lamb Pool Set

The next lamb pool will be held
Tuesday, September 16, at London
Producers Yards, according to Ira
Hunter, chairman of the Sheep and
Lamb Improvement Committee.
Over 500 of the 535 head of sheep
and lambs sold at the last pool on
September 2, graded double or
single blues, selling at the follow
ing prices, double blues -S29 so;
single blues-$2850; reds $27 90;
and yellows for $500.
T he committee members IN
charge of the next pool sched-
uled for September IS are c. E.
Lippencott, Charles Gregg and
Lowell Snyder.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-09-16
AT REST CAMP

AT REST CAMP
WITH THE 7TH INFANTRY
DIV. IN KOREA-Pvt. Jerry L.
Holland, whose wife, Pauline, lives
on Route A, London, Ohio, recently
took three-day break from the
Korean fighting to spend three
days at a rear area rest camp
He is serving as a radionan in
Headquarters and Headquarters
Company of the 7th Infantry Di-
visions 18th Regiment, now in ac-
ton on the comparatively quiet
east-central front.
Recreational facilities such as
boating and swimming are featur-
ed at the rest camp.
Private Holland entered the
Army in September 1851 and ar
ried in Korea early this June.
Before entering the Army he
was an employee of the Interna-
tional Harvester Co. of Springfield,
Ohio.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-09-16
Free Fun
For Fans
DRAFT QUOTA
7 IN OCTOBER

COLUMBUS, o. R-State selec-
tive service headquarters today is
sued an October induction call for
2,264 Ohio men.
The men eligible for this call
must be 20 at the time of induc-
ton unless they are volunteers or
delinquents.
The call by counties included
Madison z; Delaware s; Cham
paign z, Clark %; Fayette 5;
Franklin Ill; Pickaway 8, and Un-
ion s.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-09-16
% Hottest Here
In IO-Year Period

The 93-degree temperature in
London Thursday, Sept. II. was
the hottest recorded for that date
in 10 years, Leonard McNeal, local
weather observer reported.
To date 1852 has produced 81
days with temperatures of 80 de-
grees or more. The 93-degree mark
Thursday equals the high recorded
in London Sept. 1, 1943. The high
est temperature on record for Sep
tember here is "a degrees on Sept
z, 1945, McNeals records show.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-09-16
Demonstration
On Test Plots

The Madison Young Farmers had
a demonstration of test plots on
different varieties of corn at a
meeting at the Robert Hunter
farm near London Wednesday eve
ming.
The next meeting, Wednesday
evening, October 8, will be at the
Paul Hammond farm on the xenia
Road. -. * -
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-09-16
LAST WORD
Farmers Club To
Hear WRFD Speaker

Doris Wipert, of Washington c.
H., associated with station WRFD
will speak at the meeting of the
Madison County Farmers Club
Thursday, September 18 at the
Madison County Children's Home.
The speaker has an agricultural
background and will speak on her
work in that field.
The program will follow the us
ual pot-luck dinner at 1890. Mem
bers are expected to take their
own table service.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-09-16
Rain Bre axis Heat

The rain of Sunday and oMnday
broke the September heat-wave.
Temperatures reported by Leon
ard McNeal, weather observer
were Sept. 9-87 degrees; Sept.
1870; Sept. 11-93; Sept. 12-
81, and Sept. 1888.
The total rainfall for Sunday and
Monday was .88 inch.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-09-16
J. Leslie Dayton
Dies Sunday

j. Leslie Dayton, SO, Mechanics
burg r. d. No. 2, died Sunday in
Mt. Carmel Hospital after an i'll
ness of three weeks.
Mr.. Dayton was born May 25,
1888, the son of Willard c. and
Sylvia Peterman Dayton. He was
married August %, 1904 to Nellie
Wilgus in London. He had spent all
his life in Mechanicsburg and vi
cinity.
Surviving are his wife; two sons,
Lee, of Columbus and Francis, of
Dayton; two daughters, Mrs. Olive
Lambert and Mrs. Sylvia Welsh
elmer, of Springfield; a sister, Mrs.
Gertrude Phillips of Springfield
and eight grandchildren.
Funeral services at the Reed
Funeral Home in Milford Center,
Tuesday at 2:30 o'clock, the Rev
erend Judson Weed, of Mechanics
burg, officiating minister. Inter-
ment in Milford Center Cemetery.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-09-16
Mt. Sterling hi
Bows To Hebron

Hebron High. School gridders
visited Mt. Sterling Friday evening
to test their skill against the Mad.
ison county squad. The result was
decidedly unfavorable to the hard
fighting Mt. Sterling team which
came out on the short end of a 25
to 6 tally.
Hastings achieved Sterling's lone
touchdown.
SCORE:
Hebron .... 6 712 0125
Mt. Sterling ............ 6 0 0 o. 6
Hebron scoring: Touchdowns-
Monnett 2, Cobun, Noble. Point
after touchdown-Van Noy tplace
kick.
Mt. Sterling scoring: Touchdown
Hastings.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-09-16
Hey Football
Fans !!

Can you pick 'em again this
year? Football winners, that
is! Our annual FOOTBALL
CONTEST begins next week.
Both the PRESS and the
DEMOCRAT will carry a big
full page contest each week
for nine weeks. Anyone can
enter and anyone can wir:
Watch for this big feature
starting NEXT WEEK!
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-09-16
Legion Officers
Installed Here

John C. Burris of Mt. Vernon,
Commander of the Sixth District
of the American Legion, installed
officers of Madison Post los at a
recent meeting at the Legion
Home. East High Street.
Installed were, Kenneth Norris,
commander; James E. Mcbride,
first vice commander; Alvin S.
Kimball, second vice; Ruth E.
Armstrong, adjutant; Merrill En-
mons, treasurer; Floyd Williams,
chaplain; Joseph W. Couture. serg-
eant-at-arrrls; Raymond Weifner,
historian; DR.. r. S. Postle, surg
con; John H. Folan, retiring COM
rnander, who was presented with
the past commander S pin. trustee
for three years.
Guest-speaker at the installation
was Fred Thacker, Marion, vice
commander of the Sixth District.
Fourteen past commanders attend
ed the meeting.
Committee chairrnen named by
Commander Norris, were: James
E. Mcbride, membership; Alvin S.
Kimball, entertainment; Merrill
Emmons, finance; graves and re-
gistration; Marion E. Trees, junior
activities; Myers w. Jone S,
Americanism; Floyd VILLA m S,
child, wei fare; Leo Daley,
visiting and courtesy; Ruth
E. Armstrong, publicity; Alvin W.
Barr, agriculture; Donald S. Far
quhar, captain, firing squad;
Charles D. Richmond, judge ad-
vocate; Maurice E. Beathard, leg
islative; G.. c. Schlechty, service
officer.
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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-09-16
LEAVES HOSPITAL

Ora Van Horn is improving at
his home 126 Elm Street after
stay in Mt. Carmel Hospital. He
was returned home Saturday.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-09-16
IN HOSPITAL

Leroy Craig, Mt. Sterling r. D.
No. 2, has entered Mt. Carmel Hos
pital for treatment for throat all
ment. His room number is 544.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-09-16

Inc craSh-truck was being oper-
ated by Bob Wilson of the Clel-
land Garage.
Patrolman Monas said the red
signal lights of the truck were op-
Grating at the time of the accident
and that Jim King, who was with
the truck as flagman, barely had
time to leap out of the way when
Penning's car crashed into the
front of the truck.
Penning was taken to Spring.
field City Hospital in a London
ambulance. Cause of the accident
was undetermined.
Four young persons were iniur-
ed in another auto accident on
Route 30 near the Junk Road
about II am. Sunday, Patrolman
Monas reported.
The injured were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Kenneth Littleton, 357 w. Cherry
Drive, Columbus; Richard Garrett,
Il, London Route 4; and Robert
Collins. Is, of 119 South Oak St.
Londoi..
Mrs. Littleton, whose given
name was given as Mary Lou, is a
former London resident, according
to the Highway Patrolman. She
suffered possible fractured arm
and injury to her back.
Mr.. Littleton, suffered severe
decorations on the arms and bruises
about the face.
Garrett suffered cuts about the
face and Collins had head and back
bruises, Patrolman Monas said.
Mrs. Littleton, driver of the car.
was said to have lost control of
the car at the curve near the Junk
Road and ran into the DR.. Lutz
property with the car stopping at
the edge of the porch.
The victims of the accident were
treated at the office of Mt. Sterl-
ing physician, and two were taken
to London for possible x-ray ex-
animation.
Honeymoon Halted
Another couple had their honey
moon interrupted when the auto in
which they were riding enroute to
California, apparently skidded and
struck the fence at the Lukens
farm on Route 40 Sunday about
4:30 pm.
Patrolman Monas reported that
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Rimarski,
Painesville, Ohio, the honeymoon
ing couple, saw the car of a Mis-
souri, motorist in the ditch and
tried to stop to offer their help
when their own car went out of
control and ploughed into the
fence. The occupants escaped in
jury.
Both their car and the one they
had observed in the ditch, had to
be returned to the highway by
wrecker trucks.
Car Overturns
Gerald I. Walpe, 25. of Boston.
Mass, escaped serious injury when
his auto skidded and turned COM
pletely over on the Markley Hill
on Route 40 about 10:45 am. Sun
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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-09-16
Six Injured In Traffic
Crashes Over Week End
REAL ESTATE TAX S291. .761

collections the
Madison County Auditor
collection
pared to the 1851 total of $273,11887
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-09-16

FIGHTS
Manager to torn and bleed
ing fighter, ''Hang on another
round, Canvassback, / think
we're making him sick at his
stomach" Ylsgae 1855
PoLLYTicks aa
The pollsters are picking
Charlie Taft to win over Frank
LausGhe in the November eiec-
ton.
SELLING
A large department store
may have issued a bulletin like
this Attention all en-
ployees: Henceforth all en-
ployees will cease using the
smile of goodwill and pros
perity and substitute for same
look of hurt Indifference"
ADVERTISING
A man who doesn't advertise
is like a fellow chopping wood
but who is too busy to sharpen
his axe! They even ring ben
down at the church and sound
the siren when there is fire.
OPINION
An expert is just an ordinary
guy away from home.
NEWspAPERiNG
1t has been said that news
papering gets in the blood.
This is true, we think. and to
bear out this utterance we cite
he case of Clarence Miller of
Louisville who, as he had ask
I'd IL years ago, was buried
with a copy of the COURIER
JOURNAL in his hand.
aEvWooD
Old Haywood Snugg, the
Horatio Hornblower of Mad
ison Lake, says that he knows
a fellow who is SO dumb he
r thinks a watershed is a boat
house.
LAST WORD
What this country needs is
somebody who knows what
this country needs.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-09-16
Injuries Fatal
10 Man In Crash
With ToW-Truck

Officers of the Highway Patrol
and Madison county sheriff's Of
flee were kept busy over the week.
end untangling auto-wreck traffic
snarls and extricating cars from
the ditch. Majority of the accidents
were on Route 40 between Markley
Hill and Route So, Patrolman Al
bert Monas reported. At least six
OF the motorists were injured.
Paul Penning, %, of Columbus.
suffered skull fracture and DOS
sible conclusion when the auto he
was driving crashed headon with
the Clelland garage crash-truck
while it was being used to pull a
car out of the ditch on Route 40
just west of Summerford shortly
after midnight Monday.
A@0n
Injuries suffered in the
Route 40 auto crash with
London tow truck shortly
after midnight Monday prov
ed fatal to Paul Penning, the
driver. He died in Springfield
City Hospital at 1850 pm.
Monday.
He had suffered a skull
fracture and internal injuries,
according to a report from
Springfield, where he was re-
ported to be a resident of Grif-
fifth, Ind.
A Columbus address amonu
Penning's credentials indicated
ne also may have lived in the
Ohio State University district.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-09-16
4 OUR
"a town
SPORTS

Our thanks to Harold Marx
for this one. Seems fellow
teamed up with a stranger for
a round of golf. One suggest
ed small wager on the game
and it turned out that both u.s.
ually turned scores of around
ITO. As the pair came up the
18th fairway, they were even
up. One sunk his approach and
the other exclaimed, Every
golfer is a liar! This guy told
me he shoots around 110 and
now he beats me with a II
-. and me with a lousy 72w
?27
Just to show yourself how
q person can be in the lime
light one day and in oblivion
the other you need merely an
swer this question. What
ever became of DAGMAR"
oDpITY
tuberculosis, which receives
the largest donations for the
cure and prevention of same,
is fifth on the killer list and
comprises less than 800 of the
total deaths in the top five.
OBSERVATION
In our opinion the DUKE OF
WINDSOR must look awfully
wet when he's taking a shower.
INVENTION
See by the papers that some
guy has invented a pair of
snake proof" trousers. All we
need now that this has been
realized, is a "gossip-proof'
reputation!
MARRIAGE
It takes a mans wife to take
the starch out of ego. Said
Fritz Kreisler's wife, Harriet,
after Fritz paid off back taxes,
"He knows nothing, nothing.
He can only fiddle, fiddle, fid-
dle!'
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-09-16
Associated Press

Full Associofed Press leos-
ed wire service for sfofe. no
fioncI and world news. The
Associated Press is entitled
exclusively 70 use all loeol
news in fhis newspaper.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-09-16
Car Overturns

Gerald l. Walpe, 25. of Boston.
Mass, escaped serious injury when
his auto skidded and turned COM
pletely over on the Markley Hill
,n Route 40 about 10:45 am. Sun
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