Bellefonte, Pa., April 11, 1919. P. GRAY MEEK, : “me Correspondents.—No communications published unless accompanied by the real name of the writer. Editor Terms of Subscription.—Until further notice this paper will be furnished to sub- seribers at the following rates: Paid strictly in advance - - $1.50 Paid before expiration of year - 175 Paid after expiration of year - 2.00 - - Bellefonte Sailor Boy Takes French Leave to Get Married. John B. Derstine, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Derstine, of this place, is at present in a rather bad plight with Uncle Sam and will have a lot of explaining to do if he succeeds in ex- tricating himself from the unfortu- nate situation he has gotten into. John was among the first of the Bellefonte boys to enlist for service in the navy after the United States de- clared war upon Germany. He was rather apt at acquiring nautical terms and adapting himself to the life upon the briny deep. The result was that when the United States began to send soldiers overseas John was assigned to duty on a transport. Of late he has been on the big ship Leviathan, the converted German liner “Vaterland,” and all told has made probably fifteen trips across the pond and back. The Leviathan arrived in New York last Friday from Brest and young Derstine asked for a furlough. Ac- cording to report this was refused ow- ing to the urgent necessity of the Le- viathan returning to France at as ear- ly a date as possible, but he was giv- en twelve hours shore leave. Taking advantage of that fact he came to Bellefonte and on Monday evening was united in marriage to Miss Es- telle E. Grassmire, of Curtin. The young couple were serenaded by Our Girls band of Milesburg and were giv- en a rousing send-off on their matri- monial venture. But Nemesis was on the young sail- or’s trail in the shape of papers from the ship’s commander charging him with desertion. These papers were received in Bellefonte on Wednesday morning and the forty hour’s bride- groom was promptly arrested and locked in jail. In defense of his act he stated that he told his commander that he wanted to get married and had asked for a week’s furlough. That when his request was refused he took the matter in his own hands and came home anyway, but did not intend stay- ing at home. That it was his purpose to leave for New York yesterday morning. His explanation, however, was not sufficient to allow him to return alone, as he offered to do, and he was taken to Philadelphia yesterday by sheriff George H. Yarnell and turned overto the naval authorities at League Is- land. Owing to the fact that sailor Derstine had made such a good record up to this time it is to be hoped he will be able to get out of his present difficulty. The fact is to be deplored that he took such chances, but he can- not claim to have done it through ig- norance of what the result would be, as the crime of desertion and the pun- ishment connected therewith is one of the things most persistently taught to every soldier and sailor in the U. S. service. ad Interesting News of Soldier Boys. For bravery and meritorious con- duct in the battle of Chateau Thierry Capt. Wilbur F. Leitzell, of Company A, 107th machine gun battalion, has been promoted to a major. Major Leitzell, whose home is at State Col- lege, went out with the Boal machine gun troop and his organization got into action within six weeks after landing in France. First sergeant Joseph L. Welz, of New York, has had all kinds of hon- ors thrust upon him. He was a mem- ber of Company 1, 23rd infantry, which was in the thick of the fight at Chateau Thierry, where he distin- guished himself for unusual bravery. He was sent back to the States some time ago and ordered to Camp Meade. Two weeks ago he was detailed as military instructor at The Pennsylva- nia State College and expected to come to the Centre county institution last week. But on the eve of his de- parture from Camp Meade he was cit- ed for the croix de guerre and when he was called up for decoration by Gen. Buck, the commander at Camp Meade, he was also informed that in- stead of being sent to State College he had heen recommended as the guardian of Milton Pershing, the fourteen-year-old son of General Pershing, and that he was to take the boy to France to see his father. His duties will consist mainly of those of a companion to Master Pershing on his trip abroad. Sergt. Welz and young Pershing sailed for France this week as members of Secretary of War Baker’s party. Saturday’s casualty list carried the name of George J. Curley, Benore, Pa., as having died of disease in France. Inquiry of people living at Benore brought the information that no man of that name from that place was in service. Dr. William S. Glenn Jr., of State College, has landed in this country and expects to be mustered out soon. In the short time he was in service he has won a captain’s commission. Corporal William Hampton, of the regular heavy artillery, is home for his first visit in ten years. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Hamp- ton, of east Lamb street, Bellefonte, and looks every inch the regular ar- | NOLL.—George Noll, a well known ! my soldier. He is just back from sev- retired farmer, passed away at his | enteen month’s service overseas; and varied experiences in his eleven years of army life which he says he loves and he looks so clean and well- | set-up that we fancy him a model American soldier. An overseas soldier, a business vis- itor in Bellefonte, on Wednesday, was the first person we have met who had visited the Y. M. C. A. hut in France that was presided over by Miss Ber- tha Laurie and Miss Ann Watts. It was a wonderful gratification to learn that all he knew of our town on arrival was that it was “the home of Miss Bertha Laurie.” If he had talk- ed for hours he could not have said more than was comprehended in those six words. He did say that if all the Y. M. C. A. workers abroad had been as impartial as the two girls who were running the hut at Bar-le-duc, when he was there wounded, not even a crit- icism of the work would ever have been heard in France or here. He had been told of their hut in many distant parts of France and when he got to Bar-le-duc and was served “something to eat by that girl with an honest-to- God smile for all the boys alike,” he knew why so many of the men would never forget Miss Laurie and why her canteen was ever being referred to as the one where real work was done. oo Charley Atherton Fought the Bolshe- viki for a Year. Charley Atherton, son of the late George W. Atherton, president of The Pennsylvania State College, is back in this country after a year’s fighting in Russia. He will be remembered as Penn State’s greatest all-around ath- lete twenty-odd years ago and as a player on the Bellefonte base-ball team when the old Mountain League was in existence. Captain Atherton declares that every Bolshevist is a coward at heart and that they are only brave when they outnumber unarmed or poorly armed opponents. He put in one sol- id year of fighting through 6000 miles of Bolshevists, from Vladivostok to Archangel, his command being attach- ed to a division of the Czecho-Slovak army which kept the Bolshevists from reaching Vladivostok and capturing millions of dollars’ worth of food and munitions stored in the Russian Pa- cific seaports. Captain Atherton is now in this country and is to tour the country lec- turing on the Russian Bolshevist end of the war. After writing of his con- tempt for the Bolsheviki, he says: “But the Czecho-Slovaks are without superiors as fighting men anywhere in the world. “Once during our 6000 miles of fighting, our army was cut off from the world and civilization in the Si- berian wilderness, surrounded by hos- tile Bolshevists for forty days, during which time our commanding officer sent out sixty couriers to secure re- lief.: Not one of them ever returned, and finally we cut our way through the enemy and affected a union with another Czecho-Slovak division.” Captain Atherton says the winters in Siberia are “something fierce.” He thinks the Bolshevist government, headed by Lenine and Trotsky must and will go. Russia needs help from the allied governments, he declares. The country has unlimited resources, he says, while a majority of the peo- ple are not in sympathy with the Bol- sheviki. el ee Buy Bonds With Your Hearts. In two widely divergent ways will the morale of the American people be tested this month: By the amount in Victory bonds they buy and by the number of gardens they decide to plant. There is little choice hetween the two, so far as the world’s need is concerned, though the taking of the full amount of the loan is of para- mount importance to Americans. There is a tendency to claim that the loan is of small concern to the man in the street, the woman in the home— that it is a bankers’ loan and must be taken by the banks. A moment’s ser- ious thought will reveal the fallacy of this point of view. Why is there a Victory loan? Be- cause the war is over, is won. Other- wise it would be the fifth Liberty loan, and we would be piling up billions of war debts instead of closing accounts, rushing our boys to the battle fields instead of bringing them home, fac- ing a summer of battle instead of a future of peace. It was the people’s war, and it is the war we are now paying for. The loan seems large, it is true, but the effort we were mak- ing was large; we should have had in France this year six million men, among them thousands upon thous- ands who now have a chance to buy bonds to pay for the preparations that made it unnecessary for them to go. Were all those men marching out to drench the soil of Germany with their blood there would be enthusiastic buy- ing of bonds, and no one would be saying that some one else should do it. Why should we relax our effort now, when the cables are carrying the terms of peace instead of the names of our dead? It had to be one or the other; by lavishly spending money our government checked the spending of blood. We can’t refuse to sanc- tion that. The utmost of our ability to buy bonds should be the measure of our support of the victory—the Thanksgiving—Liberty loan. W. HARRISON WALKER, Chairman Speakers Bureau. Beats Attar of Roses. Barr—What is the most expensive perfume you know of ? rr—Gosolene. i Bellefonte; Mrs. Jeremiah Schwartz, { worse and his death followed at the hav- | home at Milesburg some time during | ing gone over with the first American A Monday night. Several weeks ago he forces. The young man has had many | suffered a stroke of paralysis but re- i covered somewhat from the effects thereof. During the latter part of | last week, however, he again grew time above stated. Deceased was a son of Emanuel and Mary P. Wegley Noll and was born in Spring township on October 25th, 1841. His boyhood and youth were spent on his father’s farm and when the Civil war broke out in 1861 he promptly enlisted for service, though he was not quite twenty years old. He was assigned to Company F, Second Pennsylvania cavalry, under command of Capt. P. B. Wilson, of Bellefonte, and with Thomas Snyder as first lieutenant. He took part in all the important engagements in which the cavalry was engaged up to February 22nd, 1863, when he was taken prisoner by the confederates and confined in Libby prison where he was held until April 11th when he was paroled. During his several year’s service he never was sick enough to go to the hospital and he was finally giv- en an honorable discharge on August 15th, 1865. During his term of serv- ice he was promoted from the ranks to a corporal and served eighteen months as a non-commissioned officer. Returning from his service in the ar- my he arrived home at midnight and bright and early the next morning he was at work on his father’s farm as unconcernedly as if he had merely been away on a little visit instead of- going through four long years of war. | He followed farming in Spring township until the early part of 1872" when he moved to Boggs township where he purchased a small farm near Milesburg. In 1891 he engaged in the dairy business in addition to farming, establishing the Washington dairy and for years serving a regular route in Bellefonte and Milesburg. When advancing years began to tell on his once rugged constitution he retired’ from the farm and moved to a com- fortable home in Milesburg where he spent his declining years. He was a member of the Presbyterian church for more than forty years. He was a member of the Union Veteran Legion and the P. O. H. R. In politics he was a Democrat of the pure Jeffersonian type and while he never sought pub- lic office he could always be depended upon to stand by his party. On March 10th, 1870, he was united in marriage to Miss Annie Garbrick, of Spring township, who survives with four children, Mrs. George H. Moore, of Erie; Emanuel L., of Milesburg; James O. and George Homer, of Ty- rone. Of his father’s family of twelve children only four survive namely: John Noll, of Marion coun- ty, Kansas; Col. Emanuel Noll, of of Somerset, and James B., of Pleas- ant Gap. Funeral services were ‘held at hfs late home in Milesburg at eleven o’clock yesterday morning by Dr. W. K. McKinney and Rev. M. C. Piper, after which burial was made in the Treziyplay cemetery. | 1 JOHNSTONBAUGH. — Word was received in Bellefonte Wednesday evening of the death that day of James Johnstonbaugh, a former Cen- tre countian, at his home at Braddock, but the cause of death is unknown. He was a son of George and Mary Johnstonbaugh and was born at Oak Hall sixty-two years ago. When a young man he quit the farm and sought employment with the Pennsyl- vania railroad company and in due course of time became an engineer, being located at Braddock for many years. Surving him are his wife, whom he married at Pittsburgh, four sons and three daughters. He also leaves five brothers and one sister, namely: Wil- liam Johnstonbaugh, of Lemont, Dr. Calvin Johnstonbaugh, of Bethlehem; Charles, of Bellefonte; Alfred, of Avis; Prof. George W., of Braddock, and Mrs. W. C. Collins, of Pine Grove Mills. He was a member of the Pres- byterian church for many years and a member of the Brotherhood of Rail- road Engineers and Railway Train- men. Burial will be made at Brad- dock at two o'clock this (Friday) afternoon. al Il KAUFFMAN.—Isaac Emery Kauff- man died at his home at Centre Line on Thursday of last week following an illness of some months with a com- plication of diseases. He was a son of Simon and Mary Kauffman and was born in the house in which he died sixty-eight years ago. Surviv- ing him are the following children: Harry E. Kauffman and Mrs. Blanche Kimberling, of Tyrone; William E. Kauffman, of Fremont, Ohio; Mary B. and Lilly M., at home. He was a member of the United Brethren church for many years and funeral services were held in the Centre Line United Brethren church at ten o'clock on Monday morning, after which bur- ial was made in the Lutheran ceme- tery at that place. | 1] 1) HOFFMAN.—Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Hoffman, widow of the late William Hoffman, died at her home at Pleasant Gap last Wednesday night. She retir- ed at ten o’clock in her usual health, was taken sick about midnight and passed away in a few minutes. She is survived by two children, William and Emma, both at home. She also leaves the following brothers and sis- ters: John and Albert Witmer, of near State College; Edward, William and Oliver, of Bellefonte; Clayton and Winfield, of Buffalo Run; Calvin and Emma on the old homestead. Funer- al services were held at ten o’clock on Monday morning by Dr. A. M. Schmidt, and burial was made in the Bellefonte Union cemetery. ‘A Few of the Dancing and Singing Beauties with Halton Powell’s Musical Revue, ‘FADS AND FOL- LIES,” at the Opera House Thursday Night, April 17. MEYER.—William Harter Meyer, one of the best known and most high- ly esteemed residents of Pennsvalley, died at his home in Centre Hall short- ly before ten o’clock on Wednesday evening of pleuro-pneumonia. He was taken sick three weeks ago last Sat- urday and every effort was made to save his life without avail. Deceased was a son of George J. and Mary Arbogast Meyer and was born in Hartle township, Union coun- ty, on July 31st, 1855, hence was 63 years, 8 months and 9 days old. His ancestors came to this country from Germany and settled in Lancaster county. The first to come to Centre county was his great grandfather, who was a veritable giant in strength and stature. When William Meyer was but a boy his parents moved from Union county to Woodward where William got his education in the com- mon schools, one of his first teachers being a well known character of his day known as “Old Hill.” When Wil- liam was fifteen years of age he be- gan learning the milling trade with his father at the old mill on Pine Creek. Completing his trade he worked at various places, being locat- ed several years at York, Pa. In 1890 he gave up his occupation as a miller and bought the store of E. L. Auman at Coburn, embarking in the general mercantile business. While he had never had any exper- ience in this line he from the very be- ginning showed an unusual aptitude in the work and his store prospered and grew with each passing year, so that when he sold out about twenty- two years ago he had one of the best country stores in Centre county. Leaving Coburn he went to Centre Hall where he purchased outright all the property of William Wolf, which included his store and home, and moved there. He was just as success- ful in Centre Hall as he was at Co- burn and he continued in business there until his retirement about ten years ago. Mr. Meyer was a of the Reformed church, a member of the Blanchard Lodge I. O. O. F., and a . stalwart Democrat. In business he was the soul of honor and integrity while socially he was a most agreea- ble and companionable gentleman. He was known throughout all lower Pennsvalley and had a large acquain- tanceship, every individual of whom | will mourn his death. When he was but nineteen years of | age he was married in Bellefonte to Miss Hulda Lee, a daughter of Robert Lee, a farmer of Tusseyville. She survives with one daughter, Mrs. Ir- vin Musser, of Mifflinburg. He also leaves one brother and three sisters, namely: Thomas F., of Millheim; Mrs: Nicodemus Lose, of Coburn; Mrs. Daniel Krader, of Coburn, and Mrs. John H. Rishel, of Spring Mills. Rev. R. Raymond Jones will have charge of the funeral services which will be held at ten o’clock tomorrow (Saturday) morning, after which the remains will be taken to Mifflinburg for burial. I] I JACKSON. — William =~ Sylvester Jackson, a native of Centre county, died at his home in Juniata at four o’clock on Sunday afternoon after a prolonged illness. Several years ago he contracted rheumatism and later other complications developed and his death on Sunday was the result. He was born at Houserville, this county, on June 12th, 1868, hence was in his fifty-first year. Sixteen years ago he went to Altoona and secured employment in the air brake shop of the Pennsylvania railroad. He was compelled to give up his work in the shops a few years ago on account of his health and since then had conduct- ed a small store in Juniata and was as successful in a business way as he had been as a mechanic. He was a member of the Juniata Presbyterian church, the Bellview Lodge of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America. Thirty years ago he was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Roan, of College township, who survives with two children, Gilbert Jackson, of Ju- niata, and Miss Edna, at home. He also leaves two brothers and two sis- ters, namely: George B., Clyde and Clara Jackson, and Mrs. H. A. Evey, all of State College. Funeral services were held at 2:30 o’clock on Tuesday afternoon by Rev. Thomas S. Dickson, assisted by Rev. Alexander Lamberson, of the Meth- odist church, after which burial was made in the Rose HiM cemetery. Il il METZ.—Word was received in Bellefonte on Wednesday of the death of Joseph Metz, at his home in Tren- ton, Ky., on Tuesday night, following an illness of some months with Bright’s disease. He was about for- ty-five years old and is survived by his wife, who prior to her marriage was Miss Fannie Baum, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. Baum, of | this place, and one son, Horace, aged | about fifteen years. Burial will be | made in Trenton, Ky., today. lj i | MEYER Mrs. Phoebe Weber Mey- er, widow of John H. Meyer, passed away at her home at Boalsburg on Tuesday afternoon. While she had been in frail health the past three vears or more she had been confined to her room only about two weeks. She had been a resident of Harris township for many years and had many friends who mourn her death. Surviving her are two daughters and two sons, Mrs. W. E. Gettig, of Al- toona; Mrs. William Mothersbaugh, George E. and Nevin Meyer, all of Boalsburg. She also leaves one sis- ter and five brothers, namely: Miss Weber and P. M. Weber, of Hunting- don; John, of Centre Hall; Fred and S. E. Weber, of Boalsburg. Funeral services will be held at her late home in Boalsburg at 10:30 o'clock this (Friday) morning, after which burial will be made in the Boalsburg Union cemetery. Interesting Meeting of Huntingdon Presbytery. While the customary spring meet- ing of the Huntingdon Presby- tery, held in the Bellefonte Presby- { terian church on Monday and Tues- day was not as largely attended as i anticipated the sessions were quite in- | teresting. Owing to the fact that the | moderator of the Presbytery, Rev. R. | P. Daubenspeck, was detained in Huntingdon on account of the critical {illness of his mother the opening ser- {mon on Monday afternoon was preached by Rev. William H. Orr, fol- | lowing which Rev. E. C. Reeve D. D., | was elected moderator. { Included in the business presented to the Presbytery the Rev Samuel i Barber resigned the pastorate of the ' church at Belleville. The resignation | was accepted and he accepted the call | of the Logan Valley church and ar- : lation. The Rev. R. P. Miller requested that the pastoral relation existing be- {tween himself and the Philipsburg I church be dissolved, stating. his rea- sons and Presbytery granted his re- quest in order that he might accept the work of superintendency of mis- sions in the Presbytery of Hunting- ! don. On Monday evening a popular meet- ing was held which was addressed by Rev. John Eakin D. D., missionary to Siam, at the conclusion of which a subscription was taken up which net- ted $275 toward the purchase of an automobile for Dr. Eakin to use in his missionary work. The Rev. Charles Robert Scafe was received by certificate from the Pres- bytery of Spokane after the usual ex- amination and accepted the call of the church of Tyrone made vacant by the resignation last July of the Rev. H. W. Bieber, D. D. Calls from the churches of Bald Ea- gle and Lick Run for the Rev. U. L. Lyle were read, found in order and re- tained in the hands of the stated clerk until the June meeting. The following persons were elected commissioners to the General Assem- bly which meets in St. Louis First church, May 15, 1919: Ministers— Edward C. Reeve, D. D., Clearfield, and James E. Irvine, Ph. D., Wil- liamsburg. Alternates—Henry W. Warnshuis, Port Royal, and William E. Stewart, Alexandria. Elders— Miles Porter, Curwensville, and John H. Grazier, Tyrone. Alternates— William P. Irvin, Duncansville, and John E. Williams, South Altoona. James H. Potter reported for the permanent committee on relief and sustentation, recommending those who were in need for aid for amounts necessary and report was approved and the recommendations were adopt- ed. The Rev. R. M. Campbell, D. D., was re-elected a trustee of Presbytery to succeed himself. Rev. Barber reported a resolution of thanks to the pastor, church choir and the people of Bellefonte for their generous hospitality and entertain- ment. When the Presbytery adjourned it was to meet in Tyrone on Monday, June 9th, at 11 o’clock a. m. soo —- Marriage Licenses. Chester W. Grove, Zion, and M. Re- becca Cox, Centre Hall. James B. Mingle and Elsie M. Fry, State College. Arthur E. Howard, Milesburg, and Myrtle Stover, Bellefonte. William O. Loughner and Emma Durst, Spring Mills. John C. Rhoads, Lemont, and Rena B. Emenhizer, Orviston. John B. Derstine, Bellefonte, and Estelle E. Grassmier, Curtin. Harry A. Allison and Caroline Long, Lock Haven. George Gilbert Neff and Ada J. Long, Howard. Brief Meeting of Borough Council. Only six members were present at the regular meeting of borough coun- cil on Monday evening. Secretary W. T. Kelly presented the bond of the State-Centre Electric company in the sum of five thousand dollars as surety for the collection of water taxes, the same being approved. A lengthy communication was re- ceived from burgess W. Harrison Walker in which he advised council that he had laid out a regular beat for the police to make daily and that the officers were faithfully carrying out the program. Also, that he had requested them to make report to him of anything they saw in their rounds that needed attending to and he sub- mitted to council a good-sized list of pavements in bad condition, gutters that needed repair or cleaning and various other matters that should be attended to promptly. Burgess Walk- er stated that he had retained a copy of the list submitted in order to check up on the efforts of council in making the repairs suggested, and no further attention would be called to them, but that he would report any and all oth- er matters called to his attention by the police. The communication was referred to the Street and Water com- mittees. The Water committee reported that the water duplicate for 1918 and over twelve hundred dollars in meter bills had been turned over to the State- Centre Electric company for collec- tion. The committee also reported the collection of $302.00 on the delin- quent water tax list for 1917. The Fire and Police committee pre- sented the burgess’ check for $85.50 for fines and licenses collected. The Finance committee presented the report of the borough treasurer showing a balance due that official on April first of $1115.31. The commit- tee also asked for the renewal of notes for $1100, $1000, $630 and $400 : | rangements wer for his instal- life-long member | gements were made fo $ for a period of one year and request- ed authority for the treasurer to ne- gotiate a new note for $2000 for a period of one year, all of which were authorized. Mr. Fauble, of the Finance commit- tee, reported that in accordance with the action of council at its last meet- ing in regard to the purchase of a large flag to be suspended over High street as a welcome to the returning soldier boys the burgess had arranged with the County Commissioners to stand half the expense and the flag had been ordered and should be here . within a week or ten days. The total expense will be in the neighborhood of $150, half of which will be paid by the county and half by the borough. | At the request of the chairman the . Street committee was authorized to purchase ten or twelve barrels of asphalt to repair Allegheny and Linn i streets. | John J. Bower Esq., appeared be- | fore council to again inquire the atti- | tude of the members on defraying the | expense of equipping the company’s | Pierce-Arrow car with an up-to-date { chemical apparatus. He stated that 1 the expense now will be in the neigh- borhood of $1500 or $1600. Mr. Bow- er stated that the company was anx- ious to know as soon as possible what council will do, as the car is of little benefit to them as it is, and if they can’t get assistance in equipping it as a chemical apparatus they will sell the car and get their money out of it. The matter was referred to the Fire and Police committee for a thorough investigation and report to council at its next regular meeting. Bills to the amount of $3426.86 were approved and council adjourned. —— 8 remem Victory Liberty Loan Payments. The following information regard- ing Victory Liberty loan notes has been given out by the Treasury De- partment: The Victory Liberty loan notes will be dated May 20th, 1919, and pay- ments required will be as follows: Ten per cent. with application on or be- fore May 10th, 1919. Ten per cent. on July 15th, 1919. Twenty per cent. on August 12th, 1919. Twenty per cent. on September 9th, 1919. Twenty per cent. on October 7th, 1919. Twenty per cent. on November 11th, 1919 (with accrued interest on deferred installments). Payment in full may be made on May 10th, 1919, the ten per cent. re- quired with application having been duly paid on or before May 10th, 1919. Payment may alse be completed on any installment date with accrued in- terest, but no completion of payment can be made except on installment dates. CHAS. M. McCURDY, Chairman. Making Progress. He—Aren’t you beginning to care for me just a little? She—I really believe I am. 1 can almost listen to your proposals now without laughing. Yu Sv
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