The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week Odd and CURIOUS in the SECOND SECTION dhe Cenifre Democrat NEWS, FEATURES NEWS VOLUME 61. BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1942. NUMBER 12. pr Random | [tems J ——— — — | ——— MODERN SOLOMON A year-long fight by two New York matrons for possession of a four-year-old Germon Shep- herd dog was quickly settled In court. “Call him,” said Magis- trate Ambrose Haddock, a prac- tical man, “Here Prince! Here Price!” called Mrs. Susan Resko. The dog backed away growling. “Hello Rex,” said Mrs. Helen Eberhardt. The dog ran to her wagging his tail. She put her pocketbook in his mouth and he trotted proudly about the court- room. Rex and Mrs. Eberhardt left together. Mrs. Virginia E. St. Clair, 61, wid- ow of W. H. St. Clair, was fatally FAST DELIVERY When T. B. Rinehart, grocer of Gastonia, N. C, calls at the door of his customers each morn- ing, he carries a basket of pid- geons on his arm. Writing a grocery order on a piece of tissue paper, he fastens it on a pidgeon and releases the bird. Back to the grocery store it flies where Mrs. Rinehart wails, Before Rinehart returns to the store, the orders are filled and on their way to the customer. night when she automobile while cross- clock Friday struck by an ing the street near her home, East Walnut street | The victim suffered a fracture of | the left leg. fracture of the left arm, | fracture of the skull, deep lacera- | tions across head and possible in- ternal injuries, She was dead when brought to the Lock Haven Hospital | Police offifficers, investigating, sald { the driver was Ray E. Crissman, of Lock Haven, R. D. 1. Crissman Is | said to have been traveling west on | Walnut street and is quoted as say- | ing Mrs. St. Clair stepped from be- | hind a parked car in front of De- | Marte" s Restaurant into the path of his vehicle. | She was street to her 1, 105 Junked Cars In Centre County | Survey Shows Enough Scrap in State to Build Ten Rattleshive recent survey of Centre county reveals 1,105 abandoned ucks, which when con- usable steel would build of a huttiest ip USES FEET FOR HANDS Joan Whisnant of Tulsa, Okla., was born without arms, but has overcome her handicap by using her feet for hands, Now at 18, | she plays a gultar, does embrol- I dery work, drives a car, writes, | swims, and rides horseback. Such tasks as dressing, putting up her | the acci- apparel ntly cros Sing home when the hair, feeding herself and wash- ing dishes she considers com- monplace and not worth men- tioning. TAXING POETS, TOO? The internal revenue collector is finding new evidence of the broad scope of this year's income tax law-—poets are paying teo. “Come little ten-spot, shoulder arms; we'll prove the Japs are false alarms,” read a note at- tached to one report. Another pinned to a $5 bill: “Here's a fin—to help us win.” LONG NAILS OUT Women's finger nails this spring will be shorter, less oval and perhaps even slightly squar- ed, according to beauty experts, who declare that “women can’t wear long nails while dressing the wounded, driving ambulances and working with machinery.” MUST WOW EM Richard Vernon Denny, Cicero, Ind, admits he's a lady's man, His thirteenth wife recently hel- ped him celebrate his 10st an- niversary. Denny declares, “I suppose 1 could have been mar- ried 100 times during my life.” FOUR QUEENS Mrs. James Stallings, of Cen- tralia, Il, gave birth to four children during 1941. A set of twins was born on January 2 and a second set arrived Novem - ber 30. Al four were girls. A scrap yards cars and tu | verted | two-ti into In reality enough { bulld ten 35.000-ton battles ships has been found in Pennsylvania auto- | moblle graveyards, a state-wide sur- | vey shows In 1223 scrap yards, the U. S. de- | partment of agriculture and the work projects administration found [88,754 wrecked automobiles and | trucks. Federal spokesmen estimated | each averaged a ton of metal, { “During recent months” sald | James E. Walker, chalrman of the | agricy ulture department's state war | board ‘furnaces having an annual capacity of severh] million tons have | been forced to shut down solely due l{o lack of iron and steel scrap. The {iron and steel scrap shortage for, {1942 is estimated to be a minimum | tof six million tons” The number of vehicles found in nearby CORNY surveys included: Blair county 1273; Bedford 2.086; Cambria 1 763: Clearfield 407: ingdon 150 wrap metal to Karthaus Youth Dies of Injuries LANCASTER MAN IS HELD BY JAPANESE | 16-Year- old Vietim Run Over EE | By Truck While Walking |! A Lancaster missionary, his wife and a woman whose family came on Highway from that section are included on TE | the first list of Americans interned Badly injured on Tuesday of last] by the Japanese, i week when run over by a truck near | They are Robert H. Gerhard, 38, his home, Lawrence Rees, 16-year- son of Dr. and Mrs. Paul L. Gerhard, old Karthaus boy, died in the Phil-| of Lancaster; his wife, Mrs. Helen | ipsburg State Hospital TY L. Gerhard, 38, native of Kansas, ‘night. and Mrs. Alfred Ankeney, daughter Clearfield County Coroner E. 8! of the late Dr. D. B. Schnader, a | Erhard, of Curwensville reported native of Lancaster, that the youth was run over by al + ‘They were listed with 218 other truck operated by Lawrence McGov- | American civilians through the In- ern and owned by Lloyd Hoover, ternational Red Cross. Rees was said to have been walking . | along the highway after dark when A Navy survey shows that 20.1 per | he was struck by the truck. The cent of its recruits are high school | driver testified that he did not see graduates | the youth and was unaware of his —— presence until he felt the bump and stopped to see what he had run (Continued on Page Siz) pti ———— Help your country: Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps! ra— ‘Star Spangled Banner’ in A-Flat A streamlined version of “The Star | {the nation and it will be given a Spangled Banner,” easier on the ton- | {formal premiere before a national sils of the man on the street, in the | conference of 6,000 public school mu- camps and on the high seas, has been | sic directors in Milwaukee, March 26. suggested at Penn State by army | The community band at Port Ma- and college experts. tilda has pledged itself to conduct Try A-flat and you won't be flat 8 local campaign to raise the $160 on those high notes, say Captain | necessary of the scores and distribu- Howard Brownson, in charge of mu- | ton. sic for the army's morale division,| “At times like these the inspired and Dr, George Sallade Howard, as- | Words of our national anthem take soclate professor of music in exten- | ON 8 new meaning.” sald Dr. Howard, sion at the Pennsylvania State Col- | “It Is a song which every American lege. {wants to sing and in this new form They have collaborated on a new | Pro sing it 7y. American will arrangement of the national anthem | y putting it In the lower key of A-flat | penn State's department of music, w I ! by es orl by I. 1 ASE 2 Sally singable |) direct the first public civilian | Mrs ge citizen.” f f th But they didn't | per ormance o e new arrange- stop there. ment by the Charlotte, N. C. High To popular their arrangement, | School's 100-plece band, at the op- | copies will be distributed without | {ening convocation of the National charge to every army samp band in | Conference of Music Educators. ——— SE a a Caught In Trap, I Dog Chews Paw “Mac,” a Scottie owned by Mr. |W | which the owner did not visit daily and Mrs. PF. A. Montgomery, of Tow- | as the law requires, and effected its anda, is home again and minus one release only after it had chewed off pav. The Waa caught in a trap,’ the paw which was gs a Eats, Sleeps Himself | Into Navy {dent occurred injured at Lock Haven about 11 o'-| was | heard the impact as the car hit her, {but knew 318 | | found land Charles Hunt. | {changed hig Lock Haven Woman Struck | By Car Near Home; Dies Before Reaching Hospital ¥ Impact Tears Shoes from Victim's Feet; Driver, % of Car Says Woman Stepped from Behind Vehicle Parked at Restaurant for pleces of broken | from a bottle were strewn in Neighbors in that area | glass the street nothing of the accident until one of them, Mrs, R. L. Rine,! her shoes in the street. She took them into the restaurant where they were tentatively ldentified Mr. Crissman picked up Mrs Clair and rushed her to the hospital where her three son Roy, Harry all of Lock Haven, were called Mrs. St. Clair spent her entire life in Lock Haven and was a meme ber of St. Paul's Episcopal church. | In addition to her mother and her | sons, she is survived by one brother, Harry H. Packer, of Lock Haven; three sisters, Mrs, Mary Schnell, of Brooklyn, N. Y.: Mrs, William Gard- ner, of Erie, and Mrs. Carrie Poor- man, lock Haven: and four grand- children. Funeral services were held at 2:30 Tuesday al the home of her Roy St, Clalr, by the Rev. FP. Graham Luckenbill. Inter- ment was made in Highland ceme- tery P. m SO, Ralilroader Loses Arm George F. Martz, Jr, 25, lost his left arm in an accident in the yard of the Pennsylvania Rallroad at Northumberland while setting off cars of an extra freight, of which he was brakeman. He was removed to the Mary H. Packer Hospital, Sun- wury, by ambulance Amputation above the elbow was neces - - - — First to Pay Tax Darius D. Holllday 102-year-old Civil War veteran was again the first person In Wellsboro to pay ! borough taxes, ary f i! expe —-—" L The New Tenant 8t.|’ DON'T CRY, LITTLE DANDELION, YOU'LL BE A TIRE, BY 'N BY little dandelion ir well-groomed Don't cuss that when it takes over you lawn this spring t might help produce before the war Is over Belentists are urging the Federal House Agricultural Commitlee tO make available funds for experimen- tation in the use of plants and weeds in the belief a certain type of dandelion, properly cultivated and developed, can be a source of much- needed rubber Their offic is “kok-sagyz."” other dandelion The Russians, who developed the kok-sagyz” type of dandelion found it superior to the United States weed, and Congress may be asked to riment it a new Li re that Lal for the variety like ial name but it looks any have with | Ax to the economic factor « ry iT V in large scale produced could be four i0r development, record LOW ed natural rubber made from the dandelion about 31 cents per pound - Six Co-eds Nominated co-eds have been nominated for offices in the Women's Recrea- tion Association at the Pennsylvania State College. They are: For presi- dent, Ann Drivas, Philipsburg, and Pauline Crossman, Girard; for vice- president, Margaret K. Ramaley of Springdale and Lucille D, Weinstein, Philadelp for treasurer, Frances M Ar Spring, Md, and Grace L. Judge, Mt. Lebanon, Pittsburgh The losing presidential candidate will become WRA secretary Si Big gle i. Buy De- We've got Axis Bonds and Stamps {ense Blair County Farm Wife Seeks Permission to Prove New Cure for Bangs Disease Mrs. Suzanne Caum, Operator of Sunny Mead Farm Belicves She Has Found Method of Isolating Germ of Bovine Disease A Blair County farm wife sought permission of the state agriculture department Monday to experiment possible cure for Bangs disease, Mrs. Buzanne Caum, 300-acre Sunny Mead farm, R. D 3, Altoona, conferred for three hours with Dr. C. P, Bishop, director of the a! industry bureau, and al- 0 with Agricultural Secretary John H Light, and other departmental officials in Harrisburg The Pata withheld the an- nouncement of whether she could be allowed to have in her herd of 75 cattle an animal infested with Bangs disease-contagious abortion—during her experiments. The state buys and destroys cattle found in state tests 10 be Infected While commenting that “it is im- possible to foresee outcome of the experiment,” Becretary Light said, he doesn’t have anything on which we can base any hopes He added Mrs. Caum had been offered state laboratory facilities for her experi- ment and had refused “The test and slaughter method of eradication is not the answer,” Mrs Caum said after the conference “The experiments I have made at home lead me to belleve I have found something other than a live culture to isolate brucellosis-—the germ that causes Bang sdisease Mrs, Caum would not say whether hes means was by injection of rium, but added “I have a specific token by which an develop the germ. And by this same token I also can de- What I want to do is own herd a a a I-¢ Using stroy try I've worked year and have had it in on m it out on "RECALLS HISTORICAL EVENTS —————— } (By Henry W. Shoemaker) | The report (current during the hunting season) that Loganton squirrel hunters back of the old Herlacher place of the “summer side” of heastiful Sugar ted’ had seen what undoubted! patither: tracks, pi many nl? Rg of the iking of Perihsylvania beasts, not only in that valley but elsewhere Yet it seems extremely dublous for the Pennsylvania lion to return (o his oldtime haunts unless he has habits and become sil- ent Old Sugar Valley hunters as- serted that the panther was his own worst enemy, disclosing his where- abouts by his nocturnal roaring The Rev. Emery M. Deitrich, for- merly of Hublersburg, Centre coun- ty. and well known in Altoona, tells the following: ‘My great-grandfather, John White, lived in Heg¢la Gap, which marks the dividing line between Rag and Green Val which con- tinues westward from Hecla Gap to leasant Gap between the first and second ranges of Nittany mountains I think I could And the site of the old cabin foundation which I have known from childhood It was not far from Logan's Path which led this Hecla Gap across the mountains southward to Penn's Cave “The story is told of my great. grandfather going to Sugar Valley to help a pioneer family butcher some years following the Ameri an Revolution. As the custom wag he was given a mess of fresh meat to take along home He carried hi rifle always. Coming along the path he was suddenly confronted by a panther which probably smelled the meat and decided to attack. The ac- was quick. My great-grandfath- er drew his gun and shot the pan- ih range in the breast, just as he made a mighty Valley ley Lite tion er at close eyed orivyer springing Fire Chief Held On Arson Charge Berwick Official Claims He Was Drunk When He Set Fire to Church Fire Chief Herbert Fish, 42. of Berwick, nearly missed Sunday school at Holy Trinity Lutheran church on Sunday g@ Week ago, for the first time in 12 years, The reason was that he nearly succeeded in burning the ehurch in . la drunken moment before dawn that ” | day, State Fire Marchal Donald Un- ger disclosed Saturday. Fish stopped a passerby outside the church and asked if he didn't smell smoke. Told no, he led the man to an alley leading to the church basement and repeated the question. This time the man sald yes, 50 he and Pish sent in an alarm Fish then directed his firemen in putting out a paper blaze in the | basement. Later that day, hair slicked back and neat as a pin, Fish was on time as usual for Sunday school in the smoke-stained church. But former Fire Chief Hudson Mulehof, whom Fish succeeded in January after a | write-in campaign for fire chief, had his suspicions, Mulehof summoned Marshal Unger, 1 According to Unger, Fish confessed to starting the church blaze and also a fire that destroyed an outbuilding belonging to his brother-in-law and neighbor, Harry Setzer, a few days earlier, And he admitted ringing two false | alarms before he became chief—one | in December, 1940, and one last] November “on the wager of a beer, hl | Unger said. “I did things like that on the te of the moment when 1 was drinking,” | Fish was quoted as sa x Fish has been a mem of the | Berwick volunteer firé company for | 20 years. Becoming fire chief was one | of his big aspirations. For the last two years, he has been | employed as a truck driver and lab- Seaman Max E, Casperson, of Em- , month because he was 13 pounds un- porium, literally ate and slept his derweight. But a three-weeks' train. way into the Navy. The son of bor- | ing routine of bigger meals and more | ough secretary C, A. Casperson, Max | sleep made up the difference and he was rejected by the Navy doctors last | reported for service, Priday. orer by Berwick township, A bache- lor, he lives with his mother, Not many employers worry lest an | employee works too hard, | Berry does all her own work, 57th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. W. Grant Berry Observe Event Quietly at Their Home Mr. and Mr: Ww Grant Berry mer well known residents of Logan- ton, observed their 57th wedding anniversary Sunday at their home in Lock Haven Burrounded by their children and families, the event was quietly observed without formalities ‘Tie couple, 77 and 75 years of age, respectively, are in good heaith, Mrs and always finds time each summer to have an enviable flower garden, Mr. and Mrs, Berry were married by the Loganton Evangelical pastor, the Rev. T. M. Morris, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Heller, Loganton and went to housekeeping in Loganton, where for ih i they resided until the disastrous fire. of 1918 swept away their home and contents, and they moved to Lock Haven, While a Loganton resident, Mr, Berry had been assistant postmaster, filling the post of Justice of the Peace through appointment, and later was elected to the office for two consecutive terms; was school director, secretary of the Board of Health for many years, master butcher and huckster. After he went to Lock Haven, Mr. Berry tried his hand at raising tobacco, for several’ years, to his sorrow, he says, and | returned to Loganton in 1620 to op- (Continued on Page Siz) Couple Celebrate jump over grandfather's head, car- r¥ing his fur cap off his head in hi paw Grandfather ran home un- hyrt, got his boys and a lantern, went back ang found the panther ag. Mill clasping the fur cap in his Paws. This occurred on the Hecla | road to Penn's Cave “This Logan Path Indians travel from the Bald Eagle Valley, through the Milesburg Gap. to the Penn's Cave region and on beyond to the Juniata Valley In- Claw “Rag Valley furnished oil for the furnaces 3 fonte and MeCoy' burg Hundred: of char stand in regular was used by the ne 18454 much char- t Hecla Belle- Gap and Mlles- oal hearths still lines and spaced regularly to accommodate the wood choppers, burners and teamsters “Four gaps lead into Rag Valley, Hecla, Fulton's, Markle's, and Lees One other path, largely used, Cross ~! the ‘low-place’ Just south of Hublersburg, leading to the Truck enmiller’s place in Rag Valley,” It Is generally supposed that the ed first sellers came to Sugar Valley {about 1810, which would story. Loganton, formerly Logans- ville, the principal town of this ele. vated and coal Clinton county val- ley. observed (88 centennial last year, hence was not lald out for several decades after the first pioneers, who were principally blg game hunters, moved nlo the valley, Recently several newspapers have been g leefully gloating over what they call the “exploding of the leg- end that Edgar Allan Poe visited Poe Valley, Centre county, to try and pry loose a legacy from wealthy rela- tives.” Pennsylvania has few enough of these oldtime traditions and folk- lore and no new ones are being cre- (Continued on Pepe Siz) Kylertown Girl Assists on Radio One of Research Committee of Which Bellefonte Girl is Member Avanell Welker, daughter of Mrs Elva K. Welker, Kylertown, a junior in the Home Economics Department of the Indiana State Teachers’ Col- lege, is assisting with the research work in conhection with radio broadcasts presented over CGCreens- burg Station every Thursday morn- ing These programs are presented by the Home Economics Department of | State Teachers’ College, Indiana, Pa, under the supervision of Dr. A. Pauline Sanders, director of the department. The purpose of the pro- grams is to help homemakers econ- omize during this national emergen- cy. These programs were planned and organized by a radio committee made up of faculty members and students, Dr. A. Pauline Sanders, di- rector of the Home Economics De- partment, Miss Ethyl V. Oxley, an instructor of foods, and the follow. ing students: Miss Audrey Bloom- quist, Bellefonte; Miss Eleanor Bam- ford, Midway; Miss Emma Lou Wet. zel, Pittsburgh, and Miss Kathryn Buckley, Youngwood, made up the radio committee, Be a regular on the home front! Make regular payroll purchases of U. 8. Defense Savings Ponds and; i Stamps. Three Injured In Accident Delaware Motorists Come fo Grief When Their Car Crashes Trailer Three persons were injured on the Port Matilda road late Friday night when a car traveling towards Phil- ipsburg crashed into a traller haul- ing a power shovel. The drivef, named Cooper, his wife and daughter were injured in the crash but the baby escaped injury { The new Philipsburg ambulance took the four members of the family to town for treatment. Mr. Cooper suf- fered a fractured cheek bone, Mrs. ' Cooper had a lacerated ear, and the daughter had abrasions of the back and a bumped head. They were from Deleware and were on their way to visit relatives in the northern part of the state. Commencement Date { President GG. Mokris Smith at Sus- i quehanna University has announced that Dr. Francis B. Haas, superin- tendent pf Public Instruction for Pennsylvahla and long-time leader in education, will be the speaker at ‘the university's 84th commencement, May 25. Because of the accelerated war-time program commencement | exercises have been moved up from. | June 8. Alumni Day has been shift. led from June 6 to Saturday, May fr Buy Bonds, For Victory: | scope {not claiming I have a cure or pre- on her own herd of cattle with a! operator of | {the mills, it was announced by the Com- some success slides) with in smears (miecro- recent weeks, I'm ventative until] my own herd.” I can try it out on ur. Ducks Keep Schedule Continuing a perfect 10-yea ord, a flock of wild ducks arrived on hedule Tuesday on dam at Mill Columbia county Holmes, wh checks every year r rec- the George aam rival y HUves near the on the § of the ducks ways put in an 10. Although ducks may the and sald they al aopearance none of the J In the presen custom continue: HoutzdaleWoman Is Found Dead Circumstane 68 Lead to Belief Mrs. Yovorsky Had Been Murdered A woman, identified her purse as Mrs 46, of Houtzdale, Pa. was found dead Monday by police who broke her room in an East Liberty (Pitts- burgh) rooming house The body wi hich was had been QOors iocked The Coroner ordered a tem exam’ hiaiion to ath by Nellie papers in Yovorsky into ino as clad only in a slip, Lowe] All to the room wert partially torn, a stuffed into her mout and windows post determine cause of de William Bris e door to Mrs 82, who lived next Yovorsky, said heard what sounded like in her room Bunday last had been Saturday The woman had registered as Mr: Nell McDermott Police said they were told her husband operated an inn at Madera, near Houtzdale Dr J. W. Mc Means. coroner's a scream moming. She v the larndlars seen by the landlady phy sician, said after a preliminary ex- ‘amination, he believed the woman had been slain. “The towel was stuffed so far in mately date Rev. Deitrich's thrilling | De victim's mouth that she could not have done it herself” sald the doctor —— Yi ————— BELLEFONTE SCHOOLS TO GET 354. 11 FROM STATE State Treasure r G. Harcld Wagner announced that having received the Proper warrants, checks will be mail. Low Ng & Cis- for the follo Wing hool Purposes Bellefonte Borough Schoo] Dis- trict, $428 80, for national defense vocational education. and Bellefonte Borough School District, $225.31 for out-of-school youth S—— Er — Elk “County Lowery Tax The Elk county tax millage for year 1942 has beep set at 8% missioners, Of this amount 8 mills is county tax, 1 mill road bond tax and ': mill for the 1941 bond issue The county institution millage has been set at 6 mills, a reduction of 2 { mills over the year 1941. Too little: too late: too bad! There stil] is time to buy U. 8. De- fense Bonds and Stamps. | WRONG i i | the ~ TREE: tax collection bY the If the employed Board would take the trouble check on the tax records they learn that taxes they've been try out of a Bellefonte resi- paid, The they're collect is of the sa naine re few doors on the sau | resident they been We hope Lake 1 wrong nerson. It to watch agen Bellefon lo mace deny are ill ing Ww owed me Ve they | COC WASTE REPORT: The page 1 story day's FRR | of “ Phila paper regarding the Wolf Rock Phillipsburg, was cember, mnells by one of the porters date line relating appearing in aeipiila alleged waste Camp S-118 aoanconed last The story wri! NEwWspaper's sta id carrying a Phil qu py stories Jen near De. ten fT re- ar ote the ca er fa name even was in full possession of al) ities. For we know have been t. Orh mp tot rtion Ye 8 Lo nenuon n or to 82) all a Qoi Or kde >” wv part's Commissioner J. V Bru ngs : 5 spelled TIRES: Wonder going to be s00n invent People wii chances are tha eral store will meeting plac % pimmunity The new life which we seem about to enter will not all bad. In fact it may be beneficial in many wa {Most cars are sut-and-ort Juxsria BS, Bas weye Leen accustomed to © hem so long Wwe regard them as necessi- thes they aren't. WATCHMAN: The Watchman more week the weekly newspaper had been published here since 1855 gave up the ghost and became his- tory in the newspaper profession Probably because Lhe wide popular- ity it enjoyed for years as The Dem- ocratic Watchman was due to the writings of its former editor and Dublisiet, George R. Meek, it be- gan to lose color when Mr. Meek ret ired from the orga nization to be- come postmaster of Bellefonte CLOUDS GATHER: As Beliefonte's new Councilmen grow more accustomed io their new positions and become more sure of their ground in the Council] cham. bers, the differences of opinion exist. ing between various members is steadily becoming oonsolidated. In other words, We expect 3 prime ex- plosion any day, now, The boys, Monday night, had another little sparring match feeling each other oul like boxers in the first round When the gong sounds for the sec- ond round we expect te see both (Continued on Pope Siz) Con be ea for t Last which if Do PETER PUBLIC—A Nice Distinction Rn Ly A LITTLE TROUBLE | YES |-MRS. DEF TWIDDLE WE'RE IN IT—LET'S WIN IT! » PROVE YOUR PATRIOTISM—BUY UNITED STATES DEFENSE BONDS AND STAMPS NOW!
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