Ro i————————_———-———_. CENTRE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER MEET YOUR FRIEND3 IN OUR COLUMNS -_.. ha — —- he Cenfre Democrat BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1939. COUNTY TO RECEIVE $1,034,110 DISTRICT RECEIVES LARGE | i SHOOTING GRANT OF FEDERAL FUNDS MAN IN MISTAKE FOR GAME 1) sess | Admits Shooting ‘Harry Williams Pleads Guilty; Held Under $1000 Bail STORY IS CHECKED BY LIE DETECTOR ——— Two Alleged Confessions Lead to Two Versions of Winters’ Death ——— SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR VOLUME 58. NUMBER 28. | To Direct Band 2 11 Sentenced | Is Midshipman “| By Court On Guilty Pleas Former Bovs Town Repre- sentative Gets Jail Term | Board Elects (HARGED WITH 2 Teachers For G rades A. And F. W. Hoy, Both of Pleasant Gap, Ad- Will Provide Worl Needy In Improvi. County's Roads PLAN CALLS FOR OPENING QUARRIES R. % or '< Bi . "|| Town's Biggest Derr Trout Victim of A ‘Mercy Death’ pre-vy For Fraud ded to Local Faculty Wa » ve we EY % wl DERR TO BE HEAD OF BISHOP STREET SCHOOL Westherg Resigns: ‘PASTURE PHANTOM’ SENT TO PENITENTIARY Lo folks is & lew Three-Year-Old Assault Case coming attraction. a memorial is | famous fish, and a dedi tthe fst of Bellefonte rout of euthanasia It's a preview of what the | arandiather of most will look like afte: Chamber of Commerce properly stuffed mounted exhibition It Is & fish regularly below the he number ipa” whose estimated at this life photo history as trout All Jani- tors Are Re-elected For ation to famous Wide Scope of Work Possible Under New Program Brings $100 Fine and 3- to die 32-inch town's Belle has it for 4 Month Jail Term Ensuing Year OF WS Eection of Bellefonte i reguings Bellefonte ngnt v nf One of the two new teachers In fen. Climaxing three the press of Central sylvanin was divided in its the degree guilt of lams, 38, Beech Creek the death of his neighbor, Winters, Williams last Pri- ed 10 the Albert J Murphy was senbent serve from 6 12 months in ill and received § reprimand from Judge Ivan Walker at a special session of court here Monday morn- ing when mtered a plea of gulity to false in connection with the solicitation of for Boys Town, Nebraska age f ' amed school for rio: gr : alltermmoon appeared before boys conducted by Father Flanna- | new Ralston hoe - : from 15 to 25 Monday morning i Pian Ww oe | RBI De ¥ on Justice of the Peace and . " fh “gg : word rn Ral | Ugusi us rr, 28 of leasant Gay CRO u J } also will gO wi ~ fy SE ap Re Se Murphy : f pl {pt nll Fie named pa } ni 4 pleaded gully to a change that he the A n band in rt Murphy was one of eleven defend- Kelley, Ji L 2 Sh as Po 3 shot Winters in mistake for a wood. ants who received sentence on pleas Mr | chuck of Ruilty at session. Pormer Bellefont { Prior to the hearing the new; Judge James C. Furst of Bellefonte Liu wi [1 " : rst of lefont i papers of Centre and adjoining acted as District Attorney in th ishipman counties were at odds in their re- absence of Musser W. Gettlg, who tes Naval Academy ports of Williams’ part in the death ! : i TT1aT} a 13 1 his du of the 24-year-old Martins Grove WPA worker. After the hearing be- fore 'Bquire Harold D. Cowher, West Bishop street, Bellefonte. the charge was clear cut, and the man who confessed to firing the fatal that no one should Interfere with the | woel ; : ’ was committed to the county success of such ¢ y Pa ] : 0 January was on f [also was unanimously e ed and aan . hy in 4 uit of $160 — sticoess of su i an institution Ex- omy on ! Re Juvp nana y : vans | groundhog while huntis n jail In default of $1000 bail pressing that there arent forn Don axed i i Yon 3 sall A TTY 1 wv i diliee as 11 . “ * . (Continued an page seven) nued on Dage six) $0Li0n Jor Lhe tion was made |" Ha" $iby wea Pon ol Police, as well as newspapers of 'WORK OR STARVE’ REL} a wey ¥ the nica, wert on bufusen. tn BILL TO GO INTO ATION PLANT WORK PROGRESSING originated from. two dil- The Pierson Bellefonte Sewage Treatment nfessions Williams is sald to have made. According to one the work bill, sometimes referred to as the “Work or Starve AL Plant May Pe In Oper- ation in Month fonte Presidential given to an been of $4.- approval has appropriation WAT0 for the 23rd District of Pennsylvania covering county-wide | projects for Centre, Clearfield and Blair ceunties The funds will needy persons in constructing, constructing and improving state- | owned roads throughout the various counties of the district Of the total amount for the dis- trict Centre county's share will be $1.034.110. Blair will receive $1.- 373322, and Clearfield county is to | get $2345338. The work includes : f nied clearing right-of-ways, landscaping, | Just as certainly as was that chick- excavating, grading, widening, sur- | you had for Sunday dinner facing, improving and constructing | Monday morning borough employes ditches, drains, gutters, culverts, | Noticed that Grandpa wasn't doing bridges. sidewalks and guard rails, [50 Well in the creek just below the eliminating traffic hazards. con- | falls. In fact he exhibited all the a structing and reconditioning drain- |8i&ns that indicate that a fish is mew age structures, base. surface, berms about to be wafted Into the great and shoulders, developing road- | beyond where pale watery duns sides, removing slips and slides, [87 all you need to catch the Hmit. constructing cribbing and retaining | Borough employes conferred with walls; improving grounds around ! a rath—————— {Continued on page seven) various Pennsylvania Department | 5 Ser rl ASKS $20 000 ly before midnight, Baturday, when | —— i two cars collided at the intersec-!g C ines — tion of the Buffalo Run road and a | State ollege Man Bring side road leading to Valley View | Suit For Less in 1937 John Bodle May Be : of the cars were Leon- | Auto Crash U. 5. Air Corps Majo to grade school hectic days in Penn - reports Harry laborer county meeting . SCION DORI ' 4 rgest i pf iRIKESL Creek for Grands memorial seen in Spr a1! ng Bellefonte VORrs i" As Oo hew teacher will i a will in in ! t _ in other | y George day mnt SRLS MD YRCancy the ¢ pretense " past provide work Pas . LH . money has been variously ’ . hool set-up Years ‘ 4 teacher: re ¢ departed Bi The above {down in {the first ! which Hkeness of { euthansia we'll street grad die © veld sake to all Wallace ! Gap, who a vacancy in the the resignation who has in the Camp f: ol the for the of clarity wo just call “mercy death For “Grandpa WAS woh offi Was 1 grades caused wan William ceented Hill ” arintial murdered band’s annual of ot Aap ‘ on vacation berg a Before sentencing the representative of Boys Town, Judge Walker declared that most people are heartily in faver of the splendid | work being done at the school and well balanced announced by r local concert Rockwell was guest conductor at Hollidaysburg District Band last year, plays the saxaphone i band of his the Legion champions of vear and nro. Mr erstwhile the mel take phys expertly, ha 1 dance and has directed nine times the shot own, Band Pennsylvania, for a _—" rag regre Cring 1 "nr amal } | area reions parently thew ve H ined be cheduled to begin The ryrion extended by igh school band ferent oc lovers music here for the Four Injured As Two Cars Collide Four persons were injured short- | concert. which i ters for a groundhog, shot him by mistake and became too frightened 0 notify police of the act he second version was that Wil- llams “got the wrong man” the theory allegedly being that he was after someone he suspected of i molesting his wife, In order to determine which ver- serve a the Choo! In the class (Continued 5n DAR™ seven) A ———’ Receive Grant For Poor Home Clearfield out. in at 7 } o'clock fit wor for band: mammoth Flag Day (Comtinusd on Dare seven) * d A EIAs “, yet mied Iron > : : first Penn ’ ’ : confession Williams mistook Win. " i" Cha fh] ELH 3) 6 natu here bill, passed by the recent se SION of 1 MNS ing organ int will the Legisiuture, is scheduled to go he reouired to furnish tc i into operation in Centre county on + August 1. It became yesterday Under parade Lows EUDeT- and obmpen- aise will be | transportation more han tH over Lhe known Bere : an. The Resired Wo wrk ers work EPOTISOT fui Aa Blend the provisions of I they live thia Operators ard Hull, of Bellefonte, RB. D. 1, and Adam M. Auman, of Centre Hall BR. | D1 One out from the side road car reached intersection said Dorothy Auman. 16 Gap, the most seriously the four. was admitted to the Cen- tre County Hospital for treatment of severe lacerations of and head Paul Zeleznick Pleasant Gap, arm. William Auman, 17 ribs, and Adam Auman received in- juries of the left side less seriously injured persons were treated at the hospital dispensary BOWER HELD IN S1500 BAIL ON FORGERY CHARGES 18 the other the police of Pleasant injured of 19. of John J. Bower, Jr. Bellefonte who last Wednesday night himself up to officers at the Centre County Jail, entered pleas of guilty to three charges of forgery al hearings held last Thursday morn- ing When six Bellefonte residents and a Stale College merchant ported that forged checks had been given them by Bower during the July 4th season, Chief Police Harry Dukeman, of Bellefonte, be- gan an investigation and traced Bower to a Pittsburgh Hotel. Chief Dukeman notified the Sheriff Allegheny county to arrest the man at the hotel, but Bower left a short time before the officer arrived last Wednesday, and surrendered him- self at the local jail that night Arraigned before Justice of the Peace Harold D. Cowher, Thursday morning, Bower pleaded guilty to (Con\apged on page six) — a——— VICTOR EMEL RECEIVES COMMISSION AB LIEUTENANT of re- f Ol 4 oi Confirming rumors current locally for some time, Captain Herbert M Beezer, commanding officer of Bat- tery E. 186th Field Artillery. Belle- fonte, this week announced that Vic- tor E. Emel, of Lamb street, Belle- fonite, has been commissioned a se- cond lsutenant in the troop Li Emel is a son of Mr. and Mrs J. A. Emel, of East Beaver street, is a graduate of the Bellefonte High schoal and of the State Teachers’ College in Lock Haven. He is em- ployed by the State Highway De- partment Brings Damage Suit Annette Decker, of Bellefonte, has launched a $40650 damage against Charles Lee, of Walker of the machines drove | the face ! suffered a fractured | fractured | The three | David GG. Meek. of State Coliege Ralnh 1 Ohio for $20 at (3 8 Aine HAE has brougt Miller damages: against of Cleveland — automobile acciden near 8S College on July 24, 1837, accor on file in t Proth to record ’ ne ne iry'’s office In his statement or alleges that at 4:30 § July 24 1937. during a thunderstorm, he wa driving north 322. three or four miles State Cal- lege, when a car proceeding in the opposite direction and operated by Miller the left of the road the Meek here Meek on rotite § south of swerved to and crashed feds no | machine i destroyed was totally He further claims his car in the crash Meek ! alleges that he suffered a fractured gave | | ; friends for the support | pratic candidate for the above of- suit | township, claiming that Lee's car swerved to the left of the highway sbout 1'% miles east of burg last Christmas day and col- lided with the Deoker car. Damage to the Decker machine is estimated in the statement of claim at $400 The $650 represents a towing charge. To Look After Damage Claims L. A. Conrad, Stale dog law en- forcement agent, has been assigned temporarily to take over Center, Clinton, and Lycoming counties All live stock and poultry damages should be reported to his residence at 519 Queen street, Northumber- land, Pa. Hublers- | which caused a shortening of (Contintied from Page 4) hin Hip Howard Residence Damaged by Fire Damage estimated at $1500 re- sulted at noon Tuesday when [ire destroyed the roof and upper por- tion of the Harold Betz residence in Howard. The loss is covered by insurance According to reports the fire wa discovered on the roof shortly after some rubbish had been burned in the furnace of the home, and it is believed a spark set fire to the wooden shingles. The Howard Fire Company was Immediately sum- moned, and firemen got the stub- born blaze under control after the roof and part of the attic floor had been damaged The home had been remodeled only last year. Mr. Betz conduets a farm implement business at How- | ard HELEN SCHAEFFER WITHDRAWS AS CANDIDATE - mn Miss Helen M. Schaeffer regrels that circumstances beyond her con- trol compel her to withdraw as a Democratic eandidate for the office | of Register of Wills of Centre coun- | ty 8he grateful to her | given her solicitation, and takes this meins to ask that they continue their support for the successful Demo- deeply in fice. H. J. CRUMLISH NAMED TO NEW STATE POSITION Welfare Secretary E. Arthur Swee- | i ny has appointed H. J. Crumlish, | | of Pleasant Cap, as liaison official | { between: his department and state authority assiened to the new state | industrial school at White Hill “to | | avoid repetition of the costly errors! in planning and construction that | now are appearing in other welfare department buildings.’ Crumlish, who has been in the em- ploy of the state since 1923 was con- struction and maintenance engineer at Rockview penitentiary. i Contractors expect to complete the £3500,000 White Hill institution by | November |B | Country {tion and understanding { and H oclie of the al 4 in n 1, Alsbama 8g mn | preparation he Belle! widely of mite High known in the county His tives reside in and whoal central the past rea aptain Bodie is in Als Bodie and VOUung California with Cap- Max Bodie ————— A ——— — DAISY B. HENDERSON 15 COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER their brother Mis the commercial Daisy B. Henderson, head \ department Bellefonte High school, was speak- er and of honor at the sev. énth annual commencement of the Altoona Boehool of Secretaries, held Tuesday night at the Blairmont Club. There were 31 mem- the graduating class of 2t the guest bers Mr the in Henderson's address was on The Business Girl and was masterfully through three main Preparedness, leading to efficiency—a vital doctrine.” "“Co- operation—an absolute essential in the progress of society.” “Contribu- tion—the real factor of life” Mrs Henderson's training and exper- jence have given her an apprecia- of young people, and she has 8 keen interest in them. w————— ubject and Society developed points | PAYS FINE FOR USING BAIT IN FISHERMEN'S PARADISE Fimer Seckler, of Kantner, Som- erset County, paid a fing of 829 Priday afternoon, when arraigned before Justice of the Peace Harold D. Cowher West Bishop Street Bellefonte, on rOSts { charges of possession of bait while angling in the Fishermen's Para- dise Fish Warden A 8. Snyder, the prosecutor, claimed that Seckler had meat in his pocket when ap- prehended on the Paradise grounds “He was the only angler who was | catching fish,” Snyder said | STATE COLLEGE WOMAN AWARDED AUTOMOBILE A Pontiac deluxe sedan given away | {by the Alpha Fire Company, State i College, as a feature of the July Fourth celebration, was awarded to street and Holmes avenue, in front | {onte on May 30 Miss Betty Turner, 230 South Allen street, State College, Other awards were as follows: May | Bvey, State College, R. D., girl's hi- | aycle, W. P. Lime, 520 South Pugh street, State College. boy's bicycle; measure, any person on relief who or 4 4 Aasxkra i ublic quasi-public | and whe fs baw. 4 fuse on odo mmodiatel iricken from the relief! roils. If he Weep Iw VI & orerd yiment ofiered Retires After 42 Years’ Work W. Rabert. Snow Shoe. Established Unusually Fine Record —— H. Completing a of faithful seldom equalled for the past 32 years agent at Snow Shoe. and 42 years an =wploye of the Pennsylvania Railroad, was retired from service effective July 1 During the more than four de- tades thal he was employed by Lhe Pennsylvania Railroad, Mr Rabert never had a day's suspension for any reason and there is no mark of any kind against him. An official of the railroad ls quoted ss having said that Rabert's record is one of the finest he's ever seen Mr. Rabert was born at Berwick and has attained his 65th - year which is the reason for his retire- ment. Before becsining agent at Snow Shoe he served in similar (Continued on Page Eight) record which is Rabert SeTvice HW station for ‘Grange Fair Feature Trained Oxen Exhibit With July Pourth celebrations now past events, we realize that the Grange Fair is less than two months away. Plans for program and entertainment are almost com- picte. A new atiraction will be daily performances by four teams of trained oxen ranging in size from a pair of more-than-a-ton | Holsteins to two B00-pound Jerseys oalled by their owner his “babies.” | These oxen, popular performers for several years at New York and) northern Pennsylvania fairs, do 8 tug-of-war, a see-saw and balance | (Continued on page eight) £500 DAMAGE IN CRASH NEAR COUNTY HOSPITAL Damage estimated at nearly $500 resulted in a two-car collision at {the intersection of Willowbank! {of the Oentre: Coufity Hospital | {early Monday morning. No ope was | {injured i The cars were Griven by C. Wi [Tigen, of Bellefonte, and W. E | i Smull, of Williamsport, an employe ers In ” —————— Drys Seek Vote on Local Option Friday Last Day to File Peti- tions For Referenda on Taprooms Das - ow - al | ” i 1s asking f local option nf perpnn a ’ ¥ sis aa rine ] J referenda at the primaries on Sep- tember 12 " mi office until on Friday, July announeomd busines 14, it yesterday asking f iretiated in he 3 ke or A being A num- Centre county boroughs §4 date petitions reported and Harris township nite the question of srooms. have been filed Commissioners. Dry ing for a banning ts with ¢ simi- there circulating night to what tn he but no indication as being made petitions must of at least one-fourth as voters as voted for the high. candidate at the last (Continued on Dade seven) CENTRE HALL WOMAN GORED IN SIDE BY COW Mrs. Alda Bloom. aged 65 years of Centre Hall R. D. 1, is reported to be recovering slowly at the Cen- tre County Hospital from Known pet lant tions The ures was gored by a cow Aconrding to reports Mrs. Bloom was engaged in tying cows in the | stable on the farm about 1% miles west of Centre Hall early Friday morning when one of the Cows tossed its head, and its horn struck the elderly woman in the side Mrs. Bloom was able to walk 10 | the house unassisted and a physi- 1 oan summoned to the home recom- mended that the victim be brought to the hospital for treatment Wondycrest 4-H Club The following officers were pres- ent at the meeting down at Belle- President, Leda Rinehart; vice president, Madeline Rinehart; sing leader, Louise Gill; game leader, Eunice Wolford, There Vere nine present at our meeting on July 7. Al the club girls Planning to take their breakfast and Mrs. Ray Baird, 410 West Foster | of Swift & Co. Mr. Iigen was driv- [out on July 12 at the Verndelph avenue, State Fire Company deep appreciation for the splendid patronage accorded the celebration. | pital antrance when the crash 0C- curred. , 8 quilt. Alpha | ing to Bellefonte and Iigen was in! Park, with games planned by the expressed | the act of turning toward the hos: Bame leader. All the elub girls are planning to attend the county pics ific on July 21 al Hecla Park. may be filed in the Com- | the close of | was | vole this! 14,793 Anglers Fished and: from Milesburg | ask- | | season lead. | Bellefonte and State College | previous | {caught {of | years, reports that injuries | "CASON were about on a par with As 3 received Friday morning when she | are | County Gets Check For $23.- 197 From Federal Gov- ernment Reaching the pelted mark stration uel Longe end ingigent three-quarter the Public Work: financed new home for in Bellefonte another payment of n accordance with signed with construction started ouncement the the terms of the Administration Recovers . hich made 8 45° outright Federal grant available to the com- munity for the construction of the received Federal the oon- the Government on the project of payment 1938 Public { much-needed project, was made bY PWA Resident Engineer Inspector { Howard F. Meixner The check for $23.197.00 sents thirty-five per oeni Federal grant and covers work al- ready completed on the project. Under the terms of the contrac: between local officials and the Fed. (Continued on Page 7) repre- of the in ‘Paradise’ in 1939 mba dn the close of at With the Fishermen's near Bellefonte, Baturday, of the Fish Commission that new records for angling officials attendance {and the number of fish taken were i established pro- | During the season a total of 14.- | 793 persons angled at the Paradise, bear the sig-! exceeding last year's record of 12.- 473 by 2320. number that were killed last year Art Snyder, Fish Warden, of Mif- | in charge | J and the chapter's junior organ- for the past Six! ization violations this! flintown, who has been the Paradise previous seasons, Only about 250 persons angled in the Paradise on the closing day, in conffagt with 1240 who jammed the nursery an May 10 when the season opened. -. HERBERT J. STOVER IS CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE Herbert J. Stover, of Coburn, member of the auctioneering firm of Mayes and Stover, this week an- nounced himself a candidate for the office of Register, on the Demo- cratic ticket. Until recently Mr. Stover was dog law enforcement officer in. Cenire county. On Vacation Trip Mr. and Mre Von B. Johnson and three children, of Snow Shoe, and Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Eckiey and child, of Mapleton, Hunting- don county, de Wednesday of last week for a ten days’ motor trip to Canada. They expected to go considerably north of North Bay before beginning the return trip. { mine Paradise. | that once famed enal mining town | are demanding action of some kind reveajed | § Terming iting on top of a volcano” Patton's : Residents advance ithe fire will were | sewers and force After sewage All be pumped i pate] has been back into the The frst tank, a gi- gantic and complicated concrete (Continued on page four) HOWARD FIREMEN TO HOLD FESTIVAL NEXT MONTH ihe the How- tival of ard Fire Company Friday and nd 26 at Howard, it day Fire sisal f nual jes Saturday, August 25 the [estival ground in Was announced yester- companies from a to be invited to participate in a firemen’s parade which will feature Friday's program Further details will be announced later Mine Fire Still Burning Patton's raging abandoned coal tll sweeping under- town and residents of fire neath the from the government and the state themselves tired of sit- 3.000 population is now up in arms the claim that ship of Elder W.CT.1 AND 1.7. 1. GROUPS TO PICNIC The Snow Shoe chapter W. C. T the will Loyal picnic at Temperance League, Hecla Park | on Friday, July 14. The L. T. L. unit { now consists of some 30 members The outing will be ip charge «of Mrs. H. W. Rabert. of Snow Shoe, president of the W. CO. T. U. and counsellor for the L. T. L CURTIN ARMSTRONG DIES Curtin. C. Armstrong. of Belle- fonte, for many years employed by The Keystone Gazette, died at 9.30 o'clock last night at the Centre County Hospital after a several months’ {liness with a heart condi tion. The funeral will be held at 2 otlock Saturday afternoon at the Widdowson Funeral Home, North Allegheny street. Interment will be made in the Union cemetery. C—O —— Logan Carnival Next Week The annual carnival of the Lo- gan Fire Company, Bellefonte, will be held on the high school come mons Friday and Saturday, July 21 and 22. Music and special enter. tainment will be featured every night. A mammoth firemen's pa- rade will be held at 6.30 Friday ght as the opening event of the carnival, : undermine a number | ' of properties within the borough of { Patton and some within Tie A total of 11,368 fish or 2020 more | 1 within the town {than the total for last year i Of this number, 5814 trout | { were killed, exceeding by 825 the | sion was the correct one, police last Friday took Williams from the Cen- tre county jall here to the Rock- view barracks of the State Motor Police where It John C. Punk of the Harrisburg homicide division conducted an examination with a lie detector. At the conciusion of the examination with the appars- tus, Privates James H. Griffith and Harold D. Ream reported that they could not shake Williams story that he had shot Winters in mis- take for a groundhog The mix-up in stories of the shooting occurred because of two different confessions Williams (Continued on Page 6) Milesburg Youth Hurt in Fall on Sharp Stone Friday evening when he slipped and fell against a rock while swim. »e will be held on! ming in Bald Eagle Creek at the | Weaver crossing, Milesburg, Mal- number | of neighboring towns and cities are coim Wetzler, Jr. aged 13 years son of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Wetz- ler, of Milesburg, suffersd severe cuts about the back of the neck and head In striking the back of his head and neck against a sharp stone, the boy received deep lacerations. One artery was severed and for a time it was feared that his skull had been fractured. An x-ray exAmina- tion st the Centre County Hospital yesterday morning, however, . indi- cated that the skull had not been Injured Young Wetzler's fall ended when he plunged into Bald Eagle Creek from which companions quickly rescued him and brought him fo the {offices of a Bellefonte physician fog | satment. ‘ | LEWISTOWN FAIR TO BE [HELD FIRSY WEEK IN AUGUST { Opening up with the most exien- live fair advertising campaign in | Peningylvania, this State's firsl ma. {jor 1830 is preparing for iis | week of J al to August 5. Cor. {ering an area made hy a sixty mile radius of Lewistown, the Mifflin {County Fair is again Jeminding | Pennsylvania fair fans of eXs { position that is by tradition always greater than the preosding year. posters will proud-
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