—— a ee —— The Greatre Aemocvat, If the American people have thelr way-- Democracy will win this war, BELLEFONTE, PENNA. Congress knows what Hitler wantd, Tt knows Te nal ets vce sy ir pAb IY ET SS hr se ee what our people have shown, over and over, that they want. BO DBR. vasisoivissivensssrnessdbive vous Biiton It's now up to Congress PAUL M. DUBBS............c0000. 0. ASsociate Editor THE OrrFice CAT “A Little Nonsense Now and Then, LOUISA’S | LETTER democracy ~The p- Congress must decide-—for ee AE CE . Entered in the postoflice ’ class matter. Issued weekly, every Thursday morning. at Bellefonte, Pa., as second Philadelphia Record, ECONOMIC PERILS IF ENGLAND FALLS (Harirsburg Patriot) | Ii all the discussion as to the prompthess and | amour of nid which the United Statés should give England in its battle against the Axis Powers, not | GRRE TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 per year......... $2.00 per year............1f not paid in advance de Ee The date your subscription expires is plamly printed credits on the label bearing your name. All by a change month. We send no receipts unless quest. Watch date on your label after you remit. Matters for publication, whether news or advertising, mist reach The Centre Democrat office not later than Tuesday noon to insure publication vertising copy received arter Tuesday morning must | run its chances, All reading notices marked (*) are advertisements. Legal notices and all real estate advertisements, 10 eants per line each Issue. Subscribers changing postofiice address, and not no- tifying us, are liable for same. All subseriptions will be continued itrected. WITT CIRCULATION OVER 7,000 COPIES EACH WEEK BE = — EE A Sr IS IE IST NATIONAL €D on the date of label the first issue of each ITORIAL $SOCIATION motigh emphatls is given to the economic disaster which this nation: would suffer if Germany Knocked sit the British feet and took control of the Atlan- tie Ocean It 15 not Nuppropriate to point out the possi bilities of the alr attacks on American coastal cities ahich might follow. Nor is it impossible that the power-mad Hitler might seek to land troops on American shores. should England fall, but this na. tion after running over 3000 miles of ocean is a trifle to nebulous to Cause major COncern, Hitler would not have to do things to paralyze (he economic nerve of the United States, All he weds is control of the Atlantic. In that event, the United States foreign trade would be conducted as Hitler ruled or not at all. The consequences of such situation would be ultimately as devastating or than a “blitz” along the Atlantic seaboard The United States cannot live unto itself alone V0 shrvive prosent level it must export its uroluses of wheat and cotton and of many mann. The four Kreat wheat production na- 1 of world United States, Canada, Argen- tina and Australis, have reserves and exports of 1« 120 000.000 bushels of wheat above domestic requires with Hitler in command of the Atlantic x or through Japan in control of the Pacific, his wheat will be exported on Hitler's terms or they will not be exported at all If surplus crops and surplus products of the mil] _.— are given upon special re- that week. Ad- LOTS on of 0 tha factured unless otherwise wort nent HRD AL. Hitler knows what he wanls The American people know what Who's going to win? If Hitler has his way— Congress will debate the Lease-Lend bill until becomes Dependence thé Fourth of July—until it Day instead of Independence Day If Hitler has his way— Every member of Congress will sioendment to the Lease-Lend bill, and every other sich member will offer a substitute, Taft's plan to grant Britain new war pian which nearly everybody elie doesn’t want If Hitler has his way— Congress will devote itself to arguing about the denger of giving President Roosevelt instead of the danger of giving Hitler more time to songuetr England ang prepare to deal If Ritler has his way— A wedge will be driven between States and England by just such tact Senator Wheeler and other appeasers, to Britain will be put off until it is worthless, If Hitler has his way- Hitler will win. If the American people have their way— Congress will exert the utmost {ease-Lend bill, debate jt the Senate, If necessary-—and make modificationg such as Wendell Willkie has courag- pously urged; preferably modifications limiting the lo duration of the president's powers and limiting value of existing armaments he may lease or lend If the American people have their way- Congress will then pass the bill and get that aid to Britain, Thete will not be any delay. any filibuster and there will not ment. the bo ———————————— - Aive SHambor EDITORIAL IF HITLER HAS HIS WAY briefly —under cloture in ge not sold abroad, then the United States is as nearly Hitler's territory as though Nazi troops were warming over it. It would mean loss of Jobs, Wide- pread and permanent unemployment hrinkage of he national wealth and an inescapable lower level i existences Should England fall, the economic consequences to the United States would be incalculable. Hitler knows this. It could make plausible his ¢laim that he has no military designs on the Western Hemis. phere. With the world trade routes in his hands, Flitler could achieve an economic conquest of the Western World a his W vaded It they want ’ ugh troops in : tie 5 Fale bi a“ ane veeping as The gravest America js not necessarily ir bombs and troops, but in prostration of its trade, hould England fall, The United States has at Stake in the struggle its economic life, the loss of which | must loss of that other life as we know an it now. The military perils the lation faces ought not minlinized but its economic perils are even graver if Fngland falls and « the Allantic to Hitier perd Ww lead to the introduce Senator loans—the one as ontrol nf Hn Passes A GREAT AMERICAN Young people who think there {8 little chance for them to get places of usefulness should study the life of Benjamin Franklin, who was born 235 ago--January 17, 1706, He not only found jobe, we créated jobs and laid foundations for job mak- ing that affect the prospect of young men and wom- n today. The outlook for Franklin a 0 be gol, He was the fifteenth of the seventeen hildren of bis femily, There wasn't much talk of orbiding child labor in those days. Franklin waz a resular worker in his father’s tallow chandier's shop when he Was eleven. The following Year hw was apprenticed to his brother, a printer. He learned the trade but tired of It aller five years and ran 1way. He tried New York but could not find employ ment. He made his way to Philadelphia and began y career which brought fame to that city and glory tis conntry in a y maney was scarce opportunities few, Benjamin Franklin became a rinter, a publisher, a scientist, a founder of a col« lege, a prime mover in founding the American Phil. wophical Society, a renowned diplomat, a founder the first public Hbrary In America, and a states fan and | man of letters Young people should review the life of Franklin (in ay and take courase more power with us onl United those of real aid the ics as and S$ a boy didn't appear speed on the a few simple wile ioneer fociely where ang re will not be any appease- e first baseman, 8. Jan 20, 1M! § The law prohibiting loans nations in default on debls due Lhe United States, HOW TO KEEP FIT The sanscientious physician is the only professional man who is al- ways laboring to train people to dis- peniSe with his services, By pains taking educating the public in the! principles of hygiene and healthful liviig Be renders humanity an in- estimable service, but at the same time he is bikily engaged in reduc- ing hig own income, for the knowl edge which he so generously imparts enables many people to keep well and to dispense with the services of a doctor, to persuade people to cultivate their | a8 the same time Wo show them how | : practiced deep breathing. The teach. | i fire does 10. He will be 50 on Jan. 30, 1941, So—— a. bodies along with their minds, and | even the East Indians and Chinese 4 ers belonged to the priestly orders | They taught that the retention of | the air in respiration produced much the same effect upon the body as, pon matals, Hamely, BH] eaty TREASTIRER® purifies then We kiwow that oxen | MY TREASURES cleanses the Blood and that through | There are stains upon the carpet, deep breathing we can obtain the There is mud upon the floor, préatest amount of if | Tiny footprints in the hallway, Another exercise that j= pecially | Fingerprints upoh the door | beneficial is produced by tensing the | Yes. 1 know the wills are spotied muscles. Standing erect, extending | With the touch of baby hands, ] Is Relished by the Wisest Men” - Lissen to This'n Johnnie held her hand, And she held his! And then they hugged And went to kissm They didn't know That Pa had rim Awful mad And nearly sis'n And down the stairs He came a-wis'n An' hoy, oh, boy, Didn't Johnnle get his'n, * & 0 Beating the Hotel Man Dear Office Cat: T want to tell you about a funny hotel 1 stopped [at up in Canada Inst fall, They weigh you before you go into the dining | room and they weigh you when you come out, They charge by weight, | The first time I went in for dinner they weighed me outside the dining room. but I couldn't eat anything for thinking about the cost | They put me on the scales again and weighed me and charged me thre | dollars That was robbery, But 1 was bound to get even, Next day 1 loaded my pockets full of bricks. 1 says to the proprietor, “Weigh me. He put me on the scales and made a note of it, and 1 went into the dining room. And did T eat? After I was through 1 took the bLricks out of my pockets and slipped then ne jer the table. Then I walked out to the landlord and said, “Weigh me : Th seven dollars and a half UNCLE EZRA lundiord owed nu * 4 Something Like That the story of the stern old judge who was sehiencing a big who had been found gullty of murdering a There is Wose- jointed colored man neighbor It was the first death sentence the old judge had been called upon | * experience and he had made quite came for the judge 0 to pronounce in all his thirty {a big to-do about it ali. The time finally the colored man. “Mose Johnson,” iis Honor began gravely, “you have been found by a jury of twelve men tried and true to be guilty of murder in the first degree, for having killed in cold blood, Lish Jones, and it is the sentence of this court that on the ninth day of February the high sheriff of the county take you to a place near the county jail and there afd then hang gou by thé neck until you are dead, dead, dead And may God have mercy on your soul. Have you anything to say for youreslf?" The dusky defendant shifted from one foot {o the other and Twisted and untwisted the old felt hat he held in his hand, All eves in the court room were upon him Finally, rolling his eyes up at the judge, he said: “Looky heah, Jedge, you-all sholy don't mean dis comin’ February, does you?” * & oo Questions and Answers Dept. Dear Office Cat—1 an just learning to drive and wonder if you would me what to do If 1 suddenly discover that 1 have a flat tire Als. ~Relcase your clutch Dear Office Cat We've got eight kids al owr house now, Do you (rink that's too much for a family nowadays? Ans We'd say with conditions as they Dear Office Cat—Do you think soft dangerous {0 motorisis? Ans Not if you Reep your eyes on the road and your hands on the wheel Year sentenoe " it le * " are, you're trifle over. A shoulders on he highways are ® & 4 9 She Knew the Truth Mandy Jones had been called as 3 withess in a reoent trial and she took the chair as though fully impressed with the imporiance of being in court | “Now. Miss Jones,” queried the lawyer during the questioning, “tell gs just what you saw." “Both ob dese gents.” sald Mandy, “was standin’ on de corner con. versin' with each other pretty hot an’ pointed lke” “Relate the conversation.” sald the lawyer “Ah don’ jes’ remembah, sah,” said Mandy, tach other whut dey 8.7 cept dat they was callin’ * 4 & 9 Just a Little Rusty A colored woman presented herself at the church for confirmation and was asked to recite the Aposties Creed and the Ten Comnmand- ments, She got through with the first, but bungled the Ten Command. menu After trying several times she finally whispered in the parson’s ear | "Yo' got to ‘scuse me, pahson, Ah haint been practicin’ the Ten Come ! mandments lately.” ! * % ¢ 9 Motherly Pride Mrs. Mulcahey, did ye hear about my boy, Michael?" asked Mrs { Flaherty of her neighbor. “Sure, he was sint up for Un years, ‘but by { good behavior he is out and back home in less than eight years. Isn't that {2 boy to be proud of?” * & oo 9» She Needed Help They tell about a woman who stepped Into a Judges office of 3 near. by county eal and said to his honor, “Are you Judge of the retrobate” “Well, 1 am Judge of the probate, if that 5 what You meen” ree plied the Judge “Yes, 1 guess that's U7 continued the woman, “My husband died s detested and left me three little Infidels and I want to be appointed their | executioner ! ! i * & 4 Brain Teaser If three cats calc thee mice in three minutes, how many rats will | { 100 Kittens catth In one hour, provided a rat is twice as Bard to cateh | a —— + | er down | Detar Louisa: | I am a boy of eighteen and I have two more years In college before 1 graduate. After that it will take me | at least a year or two to get start. | ed In my profession, So you see there | Is no chance of me geiting married for four years at the very earliest Of course, my sweetheart and I [could get married just after I fin- | ish school but under such eireum- stances I don't think there would be much happiness for either of us | and 1 certainly would not be mak- Ing enough money to support two people and we would probably have to do without absolute necessities as well as Iuxuries | Now, my problem is this: the girl (I go with Is the finest and most {adorable girl In the world but since she has been going with me she has {given up all of her outside interests and absolutely concerned with {nothing but me, Bhe Is not interest. ed in her school work and just lve: for my and letters. Of course this distracts me 10 a certain tent, as I always 1 my first duty in her before 1 do any of my other work Bhe viv up 50 much for me that 1 feel that | eannot Jet putting her after any visit [be © el Lo by - hing ol Bul just where = all of thi mg me? I admit 1 am confused would Hke to hear from you Bincerely J.B. L can a Va 1 { Anse My leading and the halter | cially | up dear J. BL Lraight before ible or mature enough Lo take such responsibilities You are evidently an ambitious boy and want to sccesd In the world. You will not be satisfied to work at sm {il paying job all the rest of your le In order 0 marty young. So You [are getting yourself in a bad spot Now, while 1 am not such an ad- vocale of long engagements, they work out very well in some cases But the people who are so engaged have to use plenty of conumon sense To begin with, it is not a good idea to shut out the entire world and Ly to Hve to yourselves You got in a ut and your minds get In And beware of the girl who Is not interested In anything but you, for while this all seems very Satiering right at present, it will become Yer) boring if it continues twenty-five or {fifty years. One of the greatest assets Na happy marriage Is congeniaiity and people have fo be Interested In gther things beside and reactions of one | to nionable All of U to the wo vou altar oun are finan- a rut wy X the Aries Lo] 5) 0 #4 8 that you You s=ay that wi Teed cannot let the girl down by letting your work interfere with your at- tentions to her, Well, perhaps, by neglecting your work you are letting | her down in the worse kind of way | We have to get our perspective right before we can sec Uilngs as they really are. You want to fit yourself {50 that you can make a nice home and a good Mving for the two of iYou, and any possible children you {may have You have her best ler jest at heart when you refuse to take Jess on the Impulse Of the moment and work for happiness by ‘the longer, saler route ! Haz she your best interest at hetirt? Is she willing for you Ww {take the course that will mean de- {lay but more lasting happiness: 10 | you both? Or is she like the mother | | who denied her child a college edu- | {cation because she couldn? bear to! ihave her away from home? Some ‘of the people who profess 10 be =o iin Jove are in reality very se Mish They are thinking of themselves rather than the one they claim to be so in Jove with, just as this mo-| {ther did about her ehild’s educa-| { thon | Go on with your work. Bé faith. {ful but not so absorbed that you i neglect other things you should do | {Jf your girl 15 the right kind che Iwill realize that it 13 not wise 10 be go much, and if she | mem to be edging toward the altar ny tixhe soon you had betier take ‘cover. For when 8 girl gets mar {riage iM her head, a boy has lo be very wary, or he will awake some day to find himself completely ted (up and he will never understand {how 11 ail came about Good luck, AOULBA. PROBLEM What worm Is supposed not to be killed nor destroyed? Answer elsewhere in this department L. BTo settle an srpument will you please answey whether or not Oeorge Washington end Abraham Lincoln were born on the same day of the week? Ans. «They were not, George Washington was born on Tuesday, and Abraham Lincoln was born on Bunda) R. D.~What causes one’s hair to stand on end because of extreme fright? Ans. ~That is really an effect of adrenal chemical on hair, and goes back to a habit possessed by our animal ancestors many millions of years 1go-4 habit which still survives in cats snd dogs, When they get very angry they ruflle up hair on their bodies in order to make them ap pear larger and more formidable and therefore more dangerous. The cat ind dog ox this Just as we do when in extreme (right, by a discharge of the adrenal glands, the same chemical, in fact, which our own glands produce, When fright lifts your hair it means that the machinery of your body repeating automatically this device of making oneself ap- pear larger and more formidable which we and the modern cats and dops inherited {rom our mutual ancestors many millions of years wgo t he nave T. S.~What An In som WGINATY PDUrpos farming? ry where there is too little rain for necial methods of cultivation have been { the possible and make this These methods are what Is dry ount evined HCH BEYe A water count loward the waler as POH fon ff Cron life? ries of Pasteur, the celebrated once that the ving open dishes of beef genereated there oroduced from om prev tL L Weg 11m we Lh Fas believed mtancously in actuals Were these were really ther J Al " | A~Why d¢ 1s Add JT wu when Whey rece? {res LZilig 4 ¥ - orf 11 pl IY poweriul pre 4 { g we Ji wet « waler s swells a Hite, This pro and causes them to burst wi be fastened to the x SUT N. C~Why must 1} radio water thai An pipes rather Becau Sometime i the ans vio not always connected electrically to inserted in the gas Pipes them and traveling along MY PU them H A~Wh Ar The clis so that they C. UssPlease give the Ans —8ome authorities to the ancient religious rite of touching a Crucifix when taking an oath: others 10 the touching of beads ff the Rosary when pray Among the ignorant peasants of Purope the custom probably began with the habit of knocking loudly to keep evil an ny hy irecues bursts the and Wiis die origin of knocking on wood ntti byry attribute it Cryt rie G. A 24s DD ~Whet VTA Christmas, or the ay of 1 Puerto Riso celebrated ihe in Puerto Rion? Three Kings, is clhoerved on Jane —lnl Wit Ye w Liu : The wreck of the Baltieship Maine wa 1912, was lowed mi N. E~How many | Ans ~The house fly has M. D~When did the Ang Congressman Johnson Hon Quota Bill in 1924. The act went into effect on July 1 of that year, assigning 8 temporary maximum limit of 180000 to the number of ime migrants admitted from Europe in any obe year E. C~What large U population since 18307 Ans Washington, D. C. with a 362 per cent increase in populstion has made the largest gain, In 1930 it was the fourteenth largest city In the United Blates and in the 1840 census i ranks as cleventh, with a RS Ans Malne ras 16 it to sel and Mm a fiv? six leg: mmigrasion aw go nk effect? introduced the Tmmigra. Guia Washington city in the United States has gained the most LY | population of 663.153 E. B.—What are the four humors? Ans ~-Aooording (oo an anuient theors fn the body: plhegin, blood there are four principal humor; choler, and Wack bile, name Galilee? ns ~Galliee is derived from the Hebrew word galil, meaning circuit, the Jews being In the habit of passing around the district instead of through ® because it was inhabited partly by Gentiles J. B—-Was the President's bod) formerly a football player? Ans Thomas E. Qualters, the President's personal bodyguard, &s a former Notre Dame halfback 8. H~~What Roman emperor api ns —Caligua made college A. C.~Is General Pershing’s name of German origin? Ans «General Pershing is a descendant of Prederick Ploerschin. bon in Alsace in 1724. The name was changed to Pershin in America, and ater the “g” was added M. S.~What is the origin of the guard te horse a consul? mem a piestly Ga Ns £ ef ] 3 Nic Taree g yy p Als HOTRC a i Ahg a os J. C~How many balldogs Marine Corps have ag mascots? Ans —TU Bas two bulldog mascots One is Jig: IV ai Quantico and the other i James Jolly Plum-Duff (Duffy) stationed at San Diego. J. S~In what kind of airplane was Quentin Roosevelt killed? Ang —Quenton Roosevell was flying a Nieuport, a French plane at the time of bis fatal crash goes Lhe Answer lo Problem-<A booksorm eosin dt siya op pe AC ee STUDEBAKER Prevent Leather Cracking Leather furiitute can be freshen. ed from cracking as follows: Put into a bottle ohie cup vinegar and | TRIUMPHS AGAIN IN GILMORE-GRAND CANYON RUN ~ Studebaker’s three great cars . . . President, Commander and Champion awarded two firsts and a second in gas economy test Clenrfleld section. At the Omceply Mills High Séhool, 75 of the 300 pupils were sbeent from theif classes. At Houtadale, D. | the schools have reopened. after | being closed for two days because | A ers of the mamber of pupils fil, } : : i “Weil, you see.” sald the keeper solemnly, “the giraffes head is so far away from its body that a Jong heck Is absolutely necessary.” * 4% oo Preparedness o Me. Peck—~Henry, do you think we até prepared for war?” Henry lartinds—"Wns1 1a Your Fat of coming to visit us sgain?” Having a Swell Time Whan the sehsick lady refused the steward's invitation to dinner and gratitude, Jo Relieve Misery or re : SBT hith 51. fala, Patt Revers Io the_Wresion iste , the world $43 ever his ¢ he spent the a and 4.5 Lasher, £0. Oreteaite, Pa {ay with It, soar? | The road to health, though pleas. | ant. is nol always easy. It requires! i. asme horizontally upon the Bay x 4 t 3 1 : nt. eql " 20M . ' ther vy toys are all forgotien, as a mouse and two-thirds of the kittens stop to eat the rats they have | ipower Hin fg ve Dysienis | shoulders, tense the Whole body and | Battered there upon the stand, | already caught fended. Neglect your exercise and. (un yong the ee jerime | Oh, T know my room's untidy, ’. 904 you vite disease, hich POWIDHLY { The tending begine ith the logs | acl PALe POR Uiows L033. Some Credit Due accopts the invitation. Begii YOUT| below the knee and gradually exe | an ql €Y6r be a treasure Precher—-Well, friend, that's a wonderful farm you bave there” health training when you awaken In| tends below and pos 7 obi a ink Las they brought so many Joys Farmer—"Yos, parson.” : ; gs She morning. Drink a glass of Water | tire person. Rest and relax wien; 12 1 stand Shure - Joa Sede, Pivashyr-- hat a wonderful field of grain You have there” Hing. . tired. Drink ther glass of water. mn every Parmer—"Yes, parson.” Wash your face in cold water, | Aolkr Sum on va { Lisping out his baby prayer, : Preacher-You wust thank the Almighty for that” then stand before an open window | {By the yellow candlelight, : Farmer—"Parson, did you ever sce this piece of ground when the Al- ang take deep breathing. Rise on! WHO KNOWS? | He is sleeping fn the Beavens, j wighty had 1 all to himself?” your foes, raise the arms over your | Still 1 seem to hear his prayer, > 400 head and bresthe in inflating the | When did the British govern- | | gow that he Is happy, Slightly Embarrassing lungs to the utmost capacity, Slow. Ment relinquish naval bases in| with the Angels over there, 1 i Iv dedoend at the same time lower. | Eire? ' ~Leona Collins. Young Doctor—"T'm afraid T made a mistake In filling In a death ing the pion snd jreathing AAR. 2. Where are the Pindus moun- gn Soir Repeal or six times, t | tains? ¥ { Doctor "How was that?” relax a moment. Repeat as before. ! When di participate Five Hawke Caught | Yous Dootor-~1 absent-mindedly sighed my’ name pice only hold the breath for a moment! Rr bom a Aled Jastictpal In the program of protection of c.. aw of Death + n Ym my In Vie of ety while you percuss the chest and ab- ed? ’ ~ igame at the Loyalsock Game Parms | d 4 4 0 domen. Breathe out with resistance.| in Lycoming county from birds of | This is done by $#¥ying to hold the | 4 When did the Bolsheviks come | prey. five hawks have been shot or | + Grandpa's Escape breath back, lefting it out very| Dio power in Russia? trapped within reeent time. All are Little Willie took a Jong look at the old man and ssked: “Were you slowly while you are breathing out.! 5 When was Huwall sunexed to [On display at the [arm. Beeatise of | in the ark, Grandpa, when the flood esme?” = : y This is good exercise, though a lit- | the United States? the danger, trapping is necessary | + child.” Pebil tle difficult at first, it becomes easy| 6. Did Vice President Garner at all times, Oreatest hasards hn- | 0, ceftainly not, my child,” replied the aged man. with practice, This exercise brings | vote on Nov. Sth? cludes hawks, weasels, mink, skunks “Then why weren't you drowned?” asked Willie. the body erect, and the chest for- | : and rats. cond di wa The decp breathing invigor- | . The p eck ales the entire body. for 19407 | Girafte’s N The Writer's car was parked on| or A small boy at the clrets asked why the giraffe had such a long Main street recently. While she! 8 When will President Roose- waited she saw people marching by. Vent be inaugurated for hig third Men with humps on their backs and | term? curvéd in stomachs were slouching| 9 What is the Johnson Act? along, looking as M they were only! 10. How old is Franklin half alive. Some girls she saw walk- | . ing, or rather hobbling on shees Th with high heels. Thers were only a e fow men or women who swung ailobg | with straight spies and lifted THS-Yours 4go chests, Very few people went hy In Algania and Greece. looked well aesthetically or physical= | Nov, 8, 1923. ly. Their altitudes snd manner of 1917. bespoke habits of men 1898. No. “Hank” LINGENFELTER GARAGE "NORTH WATER STREET BELLEFONTE, PA. locomotion tal and physical laziness or dejec~’ NORTH tions. The purpose of these articles is! 1 2 3. 4. 5 6 7 Cireenberg, Detenit
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