SUBSCRIBE TODAY! HELP A CLUB MEMBER SUBSCRIBE FOR YOUR HOME TOWN PAPER $2.00 YEAR 4 $2.00 YEAR VOL. XXXVI, NO. 11. PATTON, CAMBRIA COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 1st, 1930. (5¢) $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. OF TRAVEL CLUB IMPORTANT! Real Hustler Can Enter And Win Any of Big Prizes! Mrs. Callahan Retains Lead for First Prize; Just Hangs On to Second I Mrs. Sylvia Kuhnley and M Gains In Mid Week Returns and Are Setting Hot Pace for Others; Many Upsets and S ing Week; Honor Roll Now I Enter Today and Win—Whj BIG CREDITS WILL DROP AGAIN MAY 12 Only nine more days— Count Just remain est The more ‘em yourself— week and two days in which to secure the high- credits of the second period in Courier's Travel Club. Just nine days in which to redeem and collect on all promises; nine more days in which to get enough sub- scription to cinch the prize you most desire. This is your last chance for the Big Credits! After the next nine days the credits again decline and never again will they be as high as they are at present—between now and May 10. Remember that date —May 10th—let it make an indelible impression on your mind and let it put into you the enerey that you did not think was possible. These last remaining days of the second period will have a tre- mendous bearing on your final stand- ing in the campaign. Make every min- ute count! Get out every day and hus. tle! Don‘t pass up a prospect! Keep on the job from morn ’till nght and on May 24th you won't have to say “I wish I did this” or “I wish I did that at such-and-such a time.” The time for action is now—not later. Start working bright and early in the mor- ning and keep at it till late at night. Every minute counts as the cam- paign draws to a close. one more If you have enough ambition to win | that $1,300 automobile of the $1,000 in Cash you will have to think cam- paign, talk campaign, sleep campaign; in fact make “campaign” your topic of daily conversation. It's the result that are obtained during the next nine days that count if you want to be at the top when the finish flag falls. Race Very Close—Chances Even All of the Club Members are pretty fairly bunched at the present time, but the next few days will show some radical changes, as did the First Peri- od. Some startling developments will come to light and those developments wilk come from thg Club Membery who get out and work and exeri ev- ery effort to make their credits mount higher. Any one of the candidates can win—even someone entering to- day—but is means effort and plenty of it. You will find it hard fo get subscriptions—but that’s part of the game. If it had been an easy task, these wonderful big prizes would not “Bud” Stoltz Still Jacobs Make Winslow Third; Huge lace; Mrs. rs. Anne urprises Looked for During Com- n Effect; Some Live-Wire Can y Not YOU? |have been offered. This is an oppottu- | nity for you to make big money or to own your own car. The result de- [pends on no one but YOU. It's not what you have done in the past—but what you are going to do that counts. Stay on the job every minute—make them all count! What's Your Time Worth? matter what you have been ear- heretofore you can make your worth hundreds of dollars a throughout the next nine days. You can win the prize you most de- sire if you put in the proper time with the proper effort, while the cred- its are highest. No one is going to place a value on your time. That is up to you and it all depends on how you use that time for the next nine days. As a Club Member in this race you are in busi- nes for yourself and you will get paid | according to the way you figure, plan and work. Each Club Member is the appraiser of his or her own time— you can either make it worth many dollars or only a few «ents. All it takes on the part of a new entrant is in- tiative and energy to go ahead and a desire to do something BIG in his No ning time week COUNTY TREASURER IS DIRECTED TO SELL Court Renders Opinion Lands on Which Are Unpaid Judge Evans Monday morning filed an opinion in the case of the County Commiss: and the County Con- troller against the County Treasurer, in which the Court directs the latter to sell on the first Monday of August all seated lands which have hereto- fore been returned for unpaid taxes for the years 1927 and 2 The Treasurer some time ago fied the County Commissioners according to his interpretation About Seated Taxes noti- that, of a | recent Act of Assembly, it was not his duty to sell such lands for returned taxes, but that the Commissioners] could levy tax liens on the properties | The Commissioners and County Control en petitioned Court for a writ of mandamus, which a | demurrer was filed by County Treasure resulting in opinion the Court. | the the to the the ti of LAWRENCE HOOVER WEDS LORETTO GIRL Miss Martha Rudolph, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Rudolph of Loretto, and Lawrence Hoover, son of Mrs. Mary Hoover, of East Carroll township, were united in marriage on Wednesday morning of this week in St. Michael's Catholic church at Lor- <tto at a nuptial high mass celebrat- ed by the Rt. Rev. Mons. James P. Sass, pastor. Their attendants were jor her own way. Ask your friends and acquaintances for their subscriptions —there are still a great many sub- scriptions to be had. About the Daily Honor Roll | Starting April 28th the Club Mem. {bers making the highest cash report daily are being given 50,000 additional credits. To the Club Member making the second highest cash report daily, [25,000 additional credits will be giv- en. These single honors convey to {your friends ad boosters just how worthy you are of their support and tel them just what kind of a race you are running. Do not fail to take advantage of these additional ere. dits, as they will go a long way to- wards the winning of the $1,000 or $500 prizes. If you are a little behind in the credit standing, this is a sure way of catching up. Report each and every day as per instructions of the Club Mana . The winners of these ex- tra credits are posted on the window of The Travel Club office each da it is certain proof whether you | working conscieniously or laying down on the job. are Miss Maria Lamb, of Barnesboro, and Joseph Rudolph, brother of the bride. The bride was attired in a gown of orchid satin, with slippers and hat to match and carried a bouquet of roses and lillies of the valley. Upon their return from an eastern trip, Mr. and Mrs. Hoover will reside in Loretto where the bridegroom is employed. MRS. ANNA WEAKLAND IS CALLED BY DEATH Mr. Anna Weakland aged 72, widow of Isaac Weakland, died Sunday mor- ning at her home near Baker's Cross Roads, after as illness of a complica- tion of diseases. She was born Carroll Township August 10, 1858. She survived by the following children: XE. A. 'Weakland of Adolph Weakland, of U 1 Weak- land, of Ohio, and Charlotte, at home, and Bertha, of Altoona. She was a sister, of Mrs. Thomas Peach, of Ebensburg. Funeral services were conducted yesterday morning in the old St. Joseph’s Church, near Carrolltown. Interment was in the church cemet- ery. 1S ar nionvy East Carroll Still Leads ror: ris convmrns Mrs. Frank Callahan Hangs onto her lead with “Bud” Winslow trailing. Mrs. Harry Stoltz loses some ground during past week. Miss Marie Jack- son of Glasgow, Miss Julia Tober, Mrs. the leaders Leaders are gain ground on the week-end. Jacobs ing over some of you lower club members to get few days of the second BIGGEST Credit Period. maining Watch the Daily Honor Roll—the w ners of the BIG prizes. MRS. FRANK CALLAHA “BUD” WINSLOW .... MRS. HARRY STOLTZ ......... MRS. M. M. SCOTT a MRS. SYLVIA KUHNLEY HARRY C. WARNER ..... MISS JULIA TOBER MISS JANET HARROWER (Bruneau) .. MRS. ANNE JACOBS . MISS MARIE JACKSON, Glasgow .. T. H. WIRTNER . : MISS LAURA MERRILL: Don’t forget that first each day is as good as a five-year subscription. HERE’S HOW THEY STAND (An Actual Comparative Standing.) N, East Carroll ....... Sylvia Kuhnley and Mrs. Anne Watch for a big change in the stand- slowing up—here is a fine chance for | the jump on them durnig the re- inners of the Honor Roll are the win- place on the Honor Roll | Credits | 472,400 | 467,500 | 462,200 | 460,400 457,000 456,200 455,400 454,800 453,600 450,000 138,000 402,400 NOW IS THE TIME TO WORK AND WIN! GET A BIG LEAD WITHIN THE NEXT 1 The race is extremely close, the clu for even one individual to be idle an hour. E DAYS! 1b members are too closely -grouped There remains but nine days of the second BIGGEST credit period—what are you going to do about it? Are you going to pass it by as you every effort to get to the top and stay there—if not, why not? every minute count—because every minute between now and May Use your time to the utmost advantage and making 24th is of great value to you. take the most of every opportunity j tion in your territory. They al coun PLAN YOUR WORK AND WORK YOUR PLAN BEFORE THE 12th. May! LONG TERM SUBSCR To date there have been mighty A few of these long-term subscripti would raise even the lowest on the I talk for these five-year subscriptions ask for them. EXTENSION S Those people who have already sul did the first one? Are you making Are you resented to you. Get every subscrip- tBIG between now and May 12th. of IPTIONS COUNT BIG. few rive-year subscriptions turned in. ons right now from any one member ist up amongst the leaders. It pays to You can get them—but you have to You'll never get them unless you TRY for them. UBSCRIPTIONS, bscribed to the Courier and who wish to help their favorite win the First Prize are urged to add another year or two to their subscription. Or, better still, subscribe for five years. Extension or “second payment” subscriptions count BIG and will help your favorite immensely | the ARCHABBOT ELECTION A cablegram was received Monday at St. Vincent Archabbey, Latrobe, from the Rt. Rev. Fidelis Von Stotzi- gen, O. E. B., Abbot Primate of the Benedictine Order in Rome, announc- ing that Pope Pius XI has approved and confirmed the election of the Rev. | Alfred Koch, O. S. B,, fifth Archabbot of St. Vincent, Father Alfred succeeds late Archabbot Aurelius Stehle, who died in Pittsburgh February 12. NGLER HIGH DOES WELL IN MUSIC MEET SPA The Music students of the Spangler High School were at State College on Saturday last where they were entered in the riendship League” for High School Music Students in a competitive contest at the college. The Spangler musicians were entered as competitors in District 5 which comprises eight counties of the Central portions of the state. Spangler won first prize in the Girls’ Quaretette and second place in Piano | Solo, as well as making high grades in a number of other of the contests. The Spangfler musicians are under the supervision of William D. Simpson of [ this place, who feels justly proud of the showing they made especially when it is considered that quite a number of larger schools were ent d. Cambria county schools took 13 first places in | the meet. Spangler High School has a string quartette and a violin quartette that is privileged to attend the meeting of | the state high school musicians in the ‘near future. THE PHOTOGRAPHS Being taken by | STUDIO, Worrell |avenue, are certainly pleasing the | Patton public. The studios are open | Saturday and Tuesday of each week {from 9:30 A. M. to 5:30 P. M. Com. | mercial work; ‘interior and exterior | views made to order. (adv.) | | The McDOWELL Building, Magee James Warren Litzinger of Patton, and Mattie Jane Sophia Nagle of Xl- der township, have been granted a mariage license at Ebensburg. 'AN OPPORTUNITY TO | HELP THE HOSPITAL Ford Car Being Chanced Off To Raise Fund to Buy Much Needed Equipment, | already purchased one or more tickets, there is still ample time to do so. The car will shortly be displayed in all of the north county town and tic- ket solicitors will also be with it. It is a chance to help a worth while cause, and it should not be overlooked or avoided. The funds raised in this manner will be used in purchased much need- ed equipment for the new children’s ward at the hospital. Do your share when you are asked to help. MOTHER OF PATTON LADIES SUMMONED Mrs. Cecelia (Sheehan) Gettings, aged 80 years died Thursday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Cupples, of Altoona, following | an illness of apoplexy. She was born April 15, 1850, in Ireland, a daughter | of James and Joanne Flannigan. For many years she resided on a farm near | St. Augustine. Surviving are these chil- dren: Mrs. Cupples, with whom she made her home; Timothy Sheehan, of Altoona; James Sheehan and Mrs. Fa- ber Kaylor, of Cresson; Mrs. Winifred | Fitzpatrick and Mrs. Nicholas Anstead | of Patton, and Mrs. Thomas Baker, of Dysart. She also leaves 37 grand- children and 23 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Mon- day morning at 10 o’clock in St. Augus- tine’s Catholic Church. Interment was in the church cemetery. A solemn| mass was sung, the celebrant being| The Father Joseph Farran; the Dea-| con, the Rev. Pollard Farran, and the the sub-deacon the Rev. James Mel-| vin. i = | | MARITAL TROUBLES LOCAL AND STATE NEWS OF INTEREST | Condensed Items Gathered from | Various Sources for the Busy Reader. Folks in northern Cambria county | should bear in mind that the Miners’ | Hospital is chaneing off a Sport Ford | Coupe for the benefit of the insti- | tution, and that, if they have not John Bukowsky, of Beaverdale, ap-| peared before the Court at Ebensburg Monday afternoon, waived the finding of a bill by the grand jury, pleaded guilty to volating the liquor laws and was sentenced to pay the costs, fur=- ther sentence being suspended. Stephen Holupka, aged 14 years, of Vintondale, sustained a fracture of the | right ankle when he fell Monday aft- ernoon while on his way home from school. He was removed to Memorial Hospital, where his condition is re ed today as fairly good. ' The Northern Cambria Kiwanis | Club has invited the Ebensburg Ki- {wanians to attend an inter-club meet- {ing at Spangler on June 16th, next, the same being accepted. Hugh Meegan, age [than half a cent a farmer in Jackson township, died on Monday af- ternoon at his home. Pat MecDermottt, former Nanty-Glo resident, who i y [ at the Ohio Columbus, O., pation in crusading ed in the disartrous f whikct I a portion of the prison Monday aft noon. Word of the safety of McDer mott was conveyed to friends at Nanty- Glo in a telegram received. John Lesko, of Portage, charged with aggravated assult and battery, was leased from the county jail one day last week on a writ of habeas corpus, upon posting bail in the sum of $1,000 for his appearance at the June term of court. Lesko was committed on | March 24. John E. Huey of Gallitzin, aged 39,| »d 71, for more re | was admitted to Mercy hospital Satur-| ed in St. Brigid’s Church at Lilly day evening for treatment of injuries | suffered in an automobile acident bet- | ween Cresson and Duncansville, when | an automobile in which he and John | Brynes, aged 40 also, of Gallitzin,| i fective last Monday, Patton i but ‘NEW MAIL SERVICE IS VERY GREAT HANDICAP Removal of One Train Here Leaves Patton With Incon- venient Service, With the taking off of Daily train now and 1 el- has out from mor- the a one train connection in that is, a train coming Cresson after 10 o'clock in the ning, and another going out in afternoon at about four o'clock. This makes it might inconvenient for incoming mail in the afternoon. In fact we get none at all. The pop- ulation of the Patton territory surely justifies a service better than that Quite a bit of agita is manifest re- lative to influencing postal authori- ties to establish a star route between here and Altoona for afternoon ser- vice. That would give us prompt east and west mail connections and would at least help matter materially SHELDON YECKLEY 1r dail CALLED SUDDENLY : Sheldon Yeckley, a: his home in Altoona, af Illness. He is survived by h , Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Yeckley, of Chest Springs, his widow, Mrs. Emma (Whitman) Yeckley; a son, Eugene, and these brothers and sisters: Clinton, of Altoona; Merrill, Robert, Jerome, Isa- tore, Ordell, Francis, rman and Den- is, all of Chest Sp . The body was removed to the parental home at Chest . Funeral services were con Saturday morn at 9 o'clc a's Catholic Church. Inter- ment was in St. Benedict's Cemetery at Carrolltown. at L S. 1 PRETTY WEDDING TOOK PLACE THIS MORNING A very pretty wedding was solemniz- at 5 o'clock, this Thursday morning, the pastor, the Rev. F. P. Corcoran, offi- ciating, when Mary G. Thomas, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Thomas, of Loretto, and y BEFORE THE COURT | Stuck a abutment in attempting to | well known to many of our Patton rears At the regular nO session of | Domestic Relations Court, held at Eb- ensburg Monday morning, presided over by President Judge John E.| Evans andJudges John H. McCann and Ivan J. McKenrick, a number of l ns were directed by the Court to pay stipulated sums. for the support of persons dependent upon them. A number of motions and petitions were presented and the trial list for the May term of Civil Court, which con. venes at Ebensburg Monday, May 12, was called. Five persons wavied the finding of | bills by the Grand Jury, pleaded guilty to the offeneses charged against them and were sentenced as follows: Robert Howard, 18, of Johnstown, charged with larceny and receiving] stolen goods, was sentenced to pay the costs and to serve not less than six| months nor more than three years in| the County Jail. | George Yaniolis and Charles Gabrise | both of Garmantown, charged with | g the liquor laws were jointly | sentenced to pay the costs and Yan-| iolis to serve not les than four months | nor more than three years in the| County Jail and Gabrise not less than | two months nor more than three years in the County Jail. John W. Brady, of Johnstown char- ged with fraudulently making a writ- ten instrument, was sentenced to pay| the costs, to make restitution, and to serve not less than 30 days nor more | than three years in the County Jail | Owen Higgins, 27, of Johnstown, charged with fraudently uttering a check, was sentenced to pay the costs, make restitution, and to serve not than 30 days in the County Jail. pers to less NEW RECTORY WILL BE CONSTRUCTED BY DIOCESE FOR ALTOONA CATHEDRAL Announcement was made recently from the office of the Rt. Rev. Bishop John J. McCort in Altoona that a new rectory will be erected this year by the Altoona diocese for the Cathedral par- sonage will adjoin the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament and will be | town; pass a truck. i Election officials for two voting &is-| Mrs Margaret Car to succeed her hush han, former burgess, who resigned as minority inspector for the First pre- einct of Nanty-Glo, and Howard Cox was appointed to fill the va ated by Thomas Myers as regi sessor for the West precinct of C township. Cora Elizabeth Benden, daughter of | Lambert and Emma McConnell Ben- | den, died at the home on Dysart road, near the Buckhorn, Wednesday of last | week, death attributed to lobar pneu-| monia. She was born March 15, 1930. Surviving are the parents and these brothers and sister: Martha, Leona, James, Lewis and Louise. Funeral serv- | A rallitzin ices were conducted at the home Friday | morning, interment was in the St.| Thomas cemetery at Ashville. The Elder Township School Board | recently elected the following teachers | to serve for the next term: St. Boni face, No. 1 Miss Louise Hudson, of | Johnstown; No. 2, D. L. Weakland of Elder township; Nagle, Miss Mary | Kline, of Elder township; Webster 1, Miss Edna Kelly, of Hasting 2, Ted Ott of St. Boniface; Ki Miss Luella Byrne, of Elder township; Flan- nigan, Miss Margaret Melvin, oi Johns- Thomas Mills, Miss Kathleen | Donahue of Patton. MRS. FRANK McCLURE TO ENTERTAIN FRIDAY Mrs. Frank C. McClure, of Indiana formerly of Patton, will give an eve ning of readings in the Presbyter Church of Patton on Friday eveni May 2nd, at eight o'clock. Mrs. Mc- Clure has been giving entertainments during the past six years with tined success and her Patton frie are always glad of a chance to he | her. Ticket includes refreshments ved. con- nds 1S BARNESBORO MINER INJURED built at a cost of $100,000, cludes a garage. The new rector, which home of the rector and ests of the Cathedral ish, will be a three-story structure. The exterior walls will be of stone backed by brick and of thesame type as was used in the construction of the cathedral. will be the issistant pri- 3 COURT HOUSE ON All court house offices, beginning today, Thursday, will open at 8:30 o'clock and close at 4:30 o'clock, in- til 5 p, m, as heretofore. This ar- ber 1st. The court will be conduct- ed on the usual time, that is from 9:30 a. m. until 5 a. m. Standard time. COLVER POSTMASTER . Christian D. Doerr on Tuesday re- ceived notification if his nomination by President Herbert Hoover to be postmaster at Colver. Mr. Doerr has served in that capacity for the last nine years. His new term of office | will start the first week in July, | EW TIME ...| which in-| | i resting comfortably at the | hospital Spangler, where he moved on Saturday, followil cident at the Empire Coal Com {mine at Barnesboro. He fractures of both arms and |@bout the head and chest wl {was caught under a fall of rock FUNERAL OF MRS. MARY GRAY | Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Gray |aged 67, who died Wednesday of |stead of being open from 8 a. m., un- | Week at the Mercy Hospital, Jol | were conducted Saturday morning | . ’ ic Church | rangement will continue until Octo-|St- Bernard's Catholic Church at H tings. The body was taken [to Carrolitown for burial in St. Ber | dict’s Cemetery. OVerie HURT IN ACCIDENT { Albert Clark of Carrolltown, {patient at the Spangler hospital, s {fering from severe lacerations of (head, and a fracture of the shoulder {which he suffered last week in a: | accident at the Sterling Coal Co. mine at Bakerton. 1 | 1 { | | 1€ MICHAEL MOMME | been readers, was united in marriage to John W. George, of Lilly. ‘The at- | triets in the county were named by the | tendants were Miss Eleanor Thomas, [court at Ebensburg, last Thursday to|of Carrolltown, a sister of the bride, i serve until the next municipal election | and Martin C. George, of sumptuous wedding breakfast rved at the Rectory by Father >oran, following newly left on a that will include St. Texas and Mexico, New Washington. Upon i will be at home to 609 Main Street, L Lilly. was the R which honeymoon Louis, poin Orel 1 C 0 i S DIED ON MONDAY Michael Mon resident of on Monday Hospital at a patient fering of a cor He is 7iy three Mrs. body nd o’cl ime, aged 65 ren Mz rem John was ORGANIZATION Jet was ng , | early Sat ELIGIBLE T0 TAKE EUROPEAN VOVAGE Twenty-Two In Cambria County Can Go With War Mothers Abroad for the war mothers’ and widov pilgrimage to the cemeteries of Europe, it is shown in the records of the War Department. Others the vicinity of County ble for the trip include one from Bedford County, 11 from Somerset and nine from Indiana. The pilgrimage is for the mothers and widow soldiers, sailors and marines of the American forces who their lives “over there” and whose bodies now in the war cemeteries of Europe. The trip can be made either in 1930 or later some of those eligible having indicated their intention of going this suminer, others preferring a later date rs unable to decide whether they ke advantage of the offer or not indicating definitely unable to take the in Cambria s of oO lost le others be from this section of Cam- ria Co wha according to the War Department records, are eligible for the trip with the relationship of the deceased so r, the name of the deceased, his rank, his organization and the cemetery in which he lies, as well as the desire of the eligible mother widow as to the time of making e trip, given in each case in that order, follows: Mrs. Seceilia McM. Davis, mother, Joseph McMullen, Company B, 145th Infantry, Meuse- Argonne; undecided about trip. Mrs. Alice McGough, Route 1, Dy- sart, mother, Robert T. McGough, pri+ vate, 112th Company Transporation Corps, Oise-Aisne; desires trip in 1930. Mrs. Matilda McMullen, Route 1, Gallitzin, widow, Joseph McMullen, private, Company B. 145th Infantry, Meuse-Argonne; desires trip later. Mrs. Margaret Phillips, Route Box 199, Patton, mother, Charles E. Phillips, private, Company I, 327th Infantry, Meuse-Argonne; desires trip later. Mrs. Elizabeth Sager, 417 Long ave- Patton, mother, Bruce E. Sager private, Company D, h Infant Meuse-Argonne; des in 1930. Mrs. Richard rson, Box 825, Spangler, mother, Lynn Wetherson, Company 320th Infantry, p e; make trip. 1105 Fourth John White 23rd Infantry > in 1930. Mother br o Ashville, private 9 nue, t mother, Company M. IS TO HAVE MINSTREL SHOW rican Legion, Eagan” in con- show to be 1leatre tonight and M. F. Durkin is master as t} Smith's hit “Show succes, HASTINGS HOME BURNS John Sibert in Hast- h most of the cc tely destroyed by fire for the second time . The first fire night. The / responded and , but ear- fire broke out house to the fire the fam- other house which broke out ne ing arantly put out the morning and burned After again ground. ily had owned the f t an by them. some person in Patton or the this paper. To date none of of the two big could get fifteen or twenty 1 Travel Club Manager, Gran the slightest feeling that get WANTED! feels that he or she can write a few five-year subse Tha Ds: 1 NSE ? » : to The Patton Courier and take the lead for the first grand capital prize in the subscription drive now under way done enough business to war srizes. Therefore, if you know where you Courier, you are urgently requested to get in touch with the d Theatre Building, Patton, Pa.. or phone 191 for an appointment. There is, without ques- tion of any doubt, a wonderful opportunity for YOU to make 51,000 for yourself within the next four weeks. If vou have GET IN TOUCH IMMEDIA’ Office. Someone who really means business is wanted in this campaign and wanted badly—are YOU that someone? $1,000.00 REWARD surrounding community who riptions on the various club members have rant them being awarded either five-year subscriptions to The some five-year subscritions FTELY with the Travel Club
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