Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, January 5, 1940 Page: 1 of 6

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«I DKWITT MAl KKNZII-:
President Roosevelt'k i eferent e
i II IiIh UllllUUI message III lili'
hotly debuted question tir A morí
huí "Issolutlon" coméis ut a lime
when the Kuropeiiu conflict
threatan* to expand ¡uní present
un already burdeued western
hemisphere wlib fresh worries.
The fiction ha grown Iii inuiiy
utiitclK I hat thin loplc Ih ussoelul
Ied solely with whether we «el Hi-
lo ll«' F.uropeun wur or sluy out.
Naturally mention or the subject
[ordinarily Ik a challenge to eom-
l>Mt. and tor that reuson a lot.
I of rolk are inclined to side-slop
It.
However, the Issue in much
broader than that. O real upheav-
al abroad in any category do ef-
fect the American, and create
problems which can't I"' evaded
liy hiding behind th<' rain barrel.
Ttaoie problems ttrtvii'l due to
'itir Intrusion ill foreign fields,
i.ut to the intrusion of foreign
mutters In whut we renard a our
own preserve . I take it the pre«-
iilent believe the smart thing
to do Ih to face 'em.
Majority Waul I'cace
Mr. Roosevelt said that the
overwhelming majority expect
the United States to stay out of
the war. ••ut that there is u "vast
difleri'tice between keeping OU<
of war and prHendiug thai ibis
war Is none of our business." lie
julso referred to "those who wish-
fully insist, In itiiiocence or Ig
noratice or both, that the rolled
States of America .ih a self-con-
tained milt can live happily and
prosperously. II (uud„ secure,
inside a itIkh wall of isolation
while, outside the rest of civili-
zation and tbe commerce and < ul
ture of mankind are shattered
Having agreed tllat we dotl'l
want to nn to war, and don't lu-
leufl to uo to war. let's wash
that out and look ui the other
aspects I'm reminded of a re
mark French finance minister
Paul Raynaud made to me in
I'aris Just over a year ugo. I auk
ed him how lie regarded Ameri-
ca's tendency to confine Its ac-
tivities to the western lietnii-
ptieri lie grinned and shot back
"There was a time when líusí-
latid thought «he • , an ishinil '
I waited for more, and when It
didn't come, inquired) "I that
your complete answer?"
Hull Orives For Trade
"That." he chuckled. "Is my
answer."
The root of almost all of us
are deep in one or another of
; the foreign lands Our imcesterii
wore KnglUb or French or Qw-
j nuin or Scandinavian or Italian or
what will you. Our customs, luws,
! institutions our whole culture
I Ih closely Identified with the for*
j "Ikii fields.
We have an Important trade
; with the old world Throughout
the present administration secre-
tary of State Mull hx:: mude u
i drive to lower trade barrier In
I Europe and obtain trade
Not much isolation In that.
The covering of Isolation
prelty thin when foreign
conduct warlike operations
j in swimming distance of Ameri-
¡ can shores. As M. Keynaud Indi-
cated. England no longer I an
island.
One could make a list as long
as hi^ arm showing how close
(Continued on PAGE FIVE)
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Risks Life To Save 7 Men
Loeked In Steam Room By
Gangsters Who Steal Siik
NEW YORK, Jan. 5—(AP)—Six armed men
locked seven silk company employes in a room charged
with live steam last night and made off with $15,000
in silk—but only after the auoerintendent had risked his
life to plead that the steam be turned off.
Several of the employes of the Supreme Skein Dying
Co. had dropped under the intense heat when the super-
intendent, Louis Wachter, burst from the chamber
shouting:
"For God's sake let me turn off the steam or we'll
all die "
''Okay," one of the men grunted. ''Turn off the
steam—and get in there quick.
Wachter did as he was told—under the muzzle of a
sub-machine gun. The silk was loaded in a truck at
the building's rear.
As soon as the trapped men heard the truck leave,
they fled from the rteam-filled room to call pólice but
the robbers had disappeared.
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BORGER, TEXAS. FRIDAY. JANUARY 5, 1939 Associated Press PRICE FIVE CENTS
ftüitalloifi i wurViCTORiEf
VOL 14—NO 87
NEA Service
AGENCY PLANS TO
AID EX-CONVICTS
START NEW LIFE
Prisoners Who Earn
Freedom To Earn
Honest Living
SAN FRANCISCO. .Ian. I
(/Vt A newly-ronned agnttefr
undertook tody to father friend
lilie>K felon." who liare Her ved
their prison terms, and to wive
them their daily bread until they
can earn It liy the honest sweat
of their brown
Km ultimate rtlliiH are to end
the fool|m11 round of the pri-
son '' by ex-eon vlets.. and to len-
non the resultant crime cost bur-
den of (lie public.
A group of prominent Califor-
nium . Including five eollege pres-
idents and many religious lead-
ers. who have been sturtyltiK tite
problem of the released eon vie t
organized themselves into a new
and n o Vol corporation thin week
to launch a rehabilitation pro-
gram.
Active direction of the cam-
paign will lie in (he hunda of
Julian II. Aleo, former member
of the «late board of prison di-
rector*. who «aid:
"We propone to raise a fund
and lodge these restitute con-
victs In worklngmen's hotels, feed
them from day to day by meal
tickets, and try to get them Jobs.
"He can't legally associute
with the only people he known —
convicts or ex-eon', lets themselv-
es and he bumps Into many
problem he can't discuss with
the parole officer or the police.
"Although he lias bought bin
freedom by serving his term, lie
can't uso It. and the foolish round
of the prisons starts for him.
"We propose to do something
about It."
HOI'MK (¡ROM' CONSIDKItS
RAINING IIANK INSl'llANCF
WASHINGTON. Jan. 6 — (/P)
A proposal to authorise fed
eral Insurance of bank deposits
up to 110,000-dcuble the present
amount Is under consideration
by members of the House ttaink-
lllg committee.
Hitler's Girl Friend
Suffers Illness,
Unaware Of The War
LONDON'. .Ian. R (flp)
Home from (¡ermuny whose gov-
ernment and Fuehrer she Ido I in
ed |tnHy Valkyrie. Freeman-Mil
ford rested today uuder treat-
ment for a mysterious Mines,. i
Injury still unaware, her father
wild, that (ireat llritain is at war
liaron It ed esdale, who met the
25-year-old 1'nlty with an ambu-
lance at Folkestone where she
landed Wednesday from a f'har-
nel trip, said:
"My daughter, poor child does
not even know that ECiikIuihI in at
war."
The father would not disclose
the nature of Unity's ailment
Some British proas reports wore
that she was suffering from a
gun shot wound In her neck, sus
tallied five days after the Kuro-
pean war started.
Tax Office Will
Be OpeRed Here
A temporary tax collector's of-
fice will be opened In Ilorger for
the last tw0 weeks of January,
I'M ii I Rirherson. tax assessor-col-
lector announced yesterday at
Stinnett.
Poll tax receipts und exetnp-
tlona will be Issued at the of-
ílce. Pnyments on current ad val-
orem taxes will be accepted.
Ry yesterday afternoon 100
persona had paid poll tuxeH and
2 had received exemptions at the
office in the courthouse in Stin-
nett.
About 4 5 00 receipts probably
will be Issued in the county.
Deadline for paying poll lax
Ih Jan. 81,
JAPANHHK PRIVAT
HHííT 11V I'M HKN'TOV
8IUNCIHA1. .Jan. fi —Í/P) -
A United States Marine sentry
shot and slightly wounded a
Japanese private in the American
embassy compound In Peiplng
early this morning, according to
a joint communhiue issued by
Japanese and American Military
authorities at Pelplhg.
The statement failed to explain
the Incident, lint predicted "an
amicable settlement after ttego
Uation*."
Woman's Body Found
Crammed In Trunk
liE'iifs
OHIUAtlO. Jan. B f/Pi The
body of a woman about 46 years
old. the fine ami head showing
signs of a heating, was round
wedged in a trunk today In a
south side alley.
first reports to police said
the body hrd been pressed Into
the trunk with the lega drawn up
to the ehegt.
The trunk found ln *n
alley near Went worth Avenue
and thirty fifth
Policemen I Vomer Johnson
said the body appeared to he ful-
ly clothttd and that the garments
wore of better than ordinary
quulliyi One foot was protruding
from the trunk. The leg appeared
to have been • broke,, when the
body was crar "led Into the
trunk.
The trunk Itself was relative
ly new but Inexpensive, and was
in an old blanket,
lacovered by a junkman
hrough the alley.
m MSK'wil
MURPHY GIVES
EDR MAJORITY
IN HIGH COURT
New Appointee Has
Lontf Record Of
U. S. Service
WASHINGTON. Jan. 5
Klevtttlon of Frank Mtirpby to
Hie supreme court will give Roos-
evelt appointee!- majoi liy control
of the tribunal tor possibly two
dwadi.T, lurrini! deaths, refig-
nations or reniovais.
Nominal ion of the Ml-yeai-old
gltorney general ye-ierdity ¡m Mr.
Hoosevelt K fifth appointee oil llir
nine man court may well iuiiirlnt
the New Deal hallmark oil its
opinion)', for iiiatly years after
the president's own retirement
ft out offli.e.
Dim ussitiK Mr. Hoosevelt s low
er court appointments. Murphy
himself Naid yesterday thilt "for
years the country wi'l watch the
work and receive tile houellts ot
the wisdom of those men of learn
lag and integrity."
Senate comment indicated that
Murphy would be confirmed
promptly but he may not lake
his seat for a month In order
to eh an up bis work in the Ju*
tice departtnenl.
He will be the second young-
est member of the court. The
oldest Hoosevelt appointee is Felix
Frankfurter, f>7. who would serve
2(I years more If he remains un-
til he Is as old an Chief Justice
Hughes and Justice MeReynolds.
The youngest Is William O.
Douglas, 41, Slum id he remain
on the bench only until reach-
ing the average age of the four
(Continued on Page TWO)
Pardons Requested
For Convict-Heroes
In Earthquake Area
ANKARA. Jan. fi ífí>, Par
dons for 15 convicts who scorned
escape and risked their lives to
rescue more than 1,000 women
and children buried under wreck-
age by the Anatolian en it loiuuke
of Dec U7 were recommended
today by the government ut a
special parliamentary sostdnn.
The men, all serving lour sen
(enees in barnnKs at the Krzln
can prison, displayed what the
government culled "magnificent
courage "
They organised rescue «quads
.UN I d ii a for days in the ruined
building!- of the town, apparently
bit! les I hit by * 111" quake that
caused an esiiututed loss of 45,
non lives
The convicts administered first
itiU to those they rescued, and
housed the victims In whut re-
mained of t.helr prison
A rampnlgn for adoption of
disaster orphan by wealthy fam-
ilies waft begun ill Ankuru an the
first truinloud of ÜI" children
arrived
Damage wiik reported today
Irons new earth shocks (hut lop-
pled buildings In lite Smyrna re-
gion anil Sanistin and Amasia,
bill no new losses of life were re-
corded.
A special hospital train of 100
beds financed by the American
Red CroBf. left Atvknr today for
Kriilncun The irain will be in
ehui'Ke of Dr. Dorrln Sliepurd •
head of the American hospital
al Ankara, who already is at
Krsiiican In charge of a mobile
HIT-AND-RUN
WAR CARRIED
INTO
Favors Resigns Austin Post,
Kesumes Pampa Law Work,
Comments On State Politics
MARRIAGE liK'KNHK ISSt KD
A tnairluKo license was issued
yesterday at. the county clerk's
office at Stinnett to Julius N
Wattr. and Clara Marie Kastwood.
Flora Finch, Famous
Nickelodeon Partner
Of John Bunny, Dies
Convict Brothers,
Recaptured, Quizzed
About Escape Aid
SAN Lt'lS, Arte.. Jan. 5 (¿p)
Two convict wot hers, whose
efforts to evade the World Win-
dfall In 11 1 k resulted In the
death of throe peace officers, will
be grilled today by Warden Gene
Shute on assistance believed to
have been given I hem in their
encape from ArUonu Stale pri-
son lust week.
The pair. To.n and John Pow-
er, were captured last ttlglit by
a posse of American and Mexi-
can officers led by Sheriff T
II Newman of Yuma county.
Their («amp, Newman report oil
was heavily ..locked with provi-
sions, they had more than sSOO
In their possession and wore
armed with slx-shootors und a
rifle.
Hhute also plans to chock their
story Urni William Fulfill, it third
murderer, who escaped with
them, drowned In the nearby
Colorudo rl

West Texas: Mostly cloudy to-
Ight and Saturday, occuslonvtl
rain In south portion, and snow
In north portion; little change
In l.empernlure,
HOLLYWOOD. Jan. n (¿p)
Flora Finch, it famous film com-
edienne of the nickelodeon days,
Is dead after years of obscurity
An accidental arm-scratch led
to a streptococcus infection which
sent her last .Saturday to a hospi-
tal. She died there late yesterday
of blood poisoning and bronchial
pneumonia.
Death claimed her a full quar-
ter century after taking the ro-
tund John Runny, her starring
partner in mutty an uproarious
comedy In the mngic-iuntern per-
iod of motion pictures.
With the Finch and Runny
comedy team disrupted by his
death in 1 fi 15. Mls> Finch's popu-
larity declined and there were
years of slim earnings.
Bui for the lust decn.de she
back on a regular milary, pluyliu
bit and extra roles.
Never married, she kept her
personal history to herself and
was chary ubout telling her age
She must have been past 70.
IlKilfT I'l'RMONN HI KKKIt
FROM MHCAI'Mffl <!AS
INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 8 </P>
lt%hi persons were lit suiloati
condition In city hospital today a
ter lining overcome by gas seep-
ing Into their homes from a brok-
en main as they lay asleep dur-
ing the night
Police said the main Is be Mov-
ed to huW cracked a a result or
the coldest weather of the winter.
The munlolpal nlrport reported 0
below xcro at fi:lt0 n. m.
Skiing* Warriors Of
Finland Fight In
Bitter Cold
Hi: I.Si Ml, .lull. r. —,/pi—The
liiiiilftli liiuh command tonight
reported eon tinned siiccesso on
I lie eastern fronts, with (lie Finns
kiiliou ion Russian* ami taking
■In prisoners In two encounters.
The coni-munique covered events
of yesterday. Today Soviet liomh
Mrs resumed their raids on Fin-
land but did Hot attack Helsinki.
Nine planes, according to an
official report, visited Yollui, a
small Umn near Kovulu, and
{dropped 'At tioiubs, Killing n
IH-jeur-olil-ulrl null a man, in-
juring I ft women ami •« man n nl
setting ("'ll houses on fire.
Vllpnri also was bombed but
dumuReM were not uscortHinetl
1'Ulliediiitely.
IIY THOMAS I . HAWKINS
Willi Finnish Forces oh Hill
Dak i K lauta Front. Jan. I (iV i
The Finns apparently held
the Initiative in a roving, hit and
run war today deep 111 the brood-
ing forests along both side:- of
the frontier in this wild north-
land.
Skiing Finnish patrols were re-
ported to have cut the Murmansk
railroad at several place-, after
forays deep Into Soviet territory.
The railroad Is the only supply
Une to hnrrastied Red army for-
ces in the far north.
The raids against the rallro'ad
were said to have been purl ol
an encircllnt.'. drive by Finns pur-
suing remnant* of the routed
Ifl.'lrd Russian division.
The defeat or the Russian col-
umn on frozen Lake Kianta end-
ed, at least temporarih. the Red
army's Ihreut of splittiiiu Fin-
land ill two alld opened the way
for the Finnish sallies.
With the main bodies of both
armies lying back now, the fight-
ing ha« been largely hand to
bund guerrilla skirmishes be-
tween ski soldiers, mostly In Rus-
sia, and ambushes by the white-
clad Finns who sweep in sud-
den attacks and vanish.
There no longer Is a well-de-
fined buttle line in 1 ill ' mcaml
wring warfare in a zone that (tikes
Id hours to tour by automobile.
War and peace mingle strange-
ly close lo the embattled areas.
(Continued on Page TWO)
6 Persons 111 After
Using Anti-Freeze
As A Beverage
FORT WORTH. Jan, 5 (/!'
- Six Inmates of the United
Slates Public service hospital were
ill today front the effects of drink-
ing atit(-.freeze solution which, Dr.
W. F. ossenforl, medical officer
in charge, said, brought death
to lirnest Hltrley of Texurkunti,
TOX.. and H. F. Dare of Hec-
tor. Ark.
Justice of the Peace fins Brown
yesterday returned an Inquest
verdict of "accldeutul death by
wood alcohol self administered '
the death of Htiric.y.
One of the inmates was des-
cribed by Dr. Ossenforl toduy as
being in a critical condition. The
others i.re expected to recover.
"I believe they drank the con-
coction for a stimulant." Dr. Os-
senfort said. "I don't believe
they knew U was poison."
The hospital would nol reveal
the names of the six inmntos,
KtUti- C Favors this week gave
notice he was resigning his posi-
tion as attorney in the Depart-
ment of State at Austin to re-
sume private law practice in Pam-
pa Ills resignation becomes ef-
fective Jan. 15.
1,1 a loiter to newspaper^ for
litis area announcing his retire-
ment FuvorS wrote;
"It seems, to lie certain now
that (lovenior C'DuuicI will not
ira!I a special session of the Tex-
as Legislature lie feel^ It would
full to accomplish its purpose,
and Is aware that since we voted
the pension question into our
Stale Constitution on August 34.
liK'.B the ' 'xas Legislature has
met in seven / jedons at. a cost
to the tjixpayt W*óf this State
of about three1 and one-half mil-
lion dollars and still the matter
Is not solved: and In addition to
Ihl,, there i;; a deficit of about
twent,y three million dollars in
the (Jetieral Revenue Fund and
not one ceii1 "f tax money has
been raised to mulch the Teach-
er ' Retirement Fund, or to care
for the needy hilad or for the do-
pendent and destitute children
under fourieen years of age,
however, we voted lite latter
(Continued on Page TWO)
FREEZING MIST
Low Temperature
28-Sub-Zero In
Midwest
Is
Romeo And Juliet
Of New York Wed
NORTH CONWAY, N. J Jan. r,
iTP) The Rev Ruympnd
I'helps or the North Conway con-
gregational church said today he
Irad married 101leen Hertiek and
IJeorge Lowther, New York's Ro-
meo and Juliet, shortly after their
arrival Itere by plane.
The minister said lie perform
ed the ceremony ut his home at
1,:3(I a in. und that the young
couple then went to the nearby
Eastern Slopes Inn, popular ski-
ing hostelry, for a wedding break-
fast. The best man was Huns
Schneider, famous skiing inntrttc-
tor, Mr. Phelps said adding lie
did not know who the brides-
maid was who attended Miss ller-
rlck.
Only Six Now
In County Jail
The county's board bill bus
dropped sharply.
Jailor John Cameron yesterday
reported that the county j'ull tit
Stinnett confined the lowest nuin
bet of prisoners since he took
ofOee.
There were only six "guests."
rive white men and one negro
woman.
The highest number lite prison
or roll has feuchnd was 29. al-
tnliicd last March. Since then
the list h'.iH dropped lo eight sev-
eral times.
HltlTlHIl RKI'ORT ItKI/OtAN
CAlSIVHT HAS Itl^ltiM It
LONDON. Jan. 5 •- (fí>) A
Reuters (RrlHith News agency)
dispatch from llrussels today re-
ported that Premier Plerlot had
tendered the resignation of his
cabinet to King Leopold.
it said the king usked the pre-
mier to attempt to form a new
government,
Creeping curs skidded und ped-
estrians slipped on dangerously
slick streets and highways In and
around Borgur today as freesslng
mist sheathed everything ex-
posed.
The temperature held to a low
of S!8 degrees all morning.
A shower of the Icy particles
swept down upon this area be-
gititiilit; early last night, quiokiy
clouding windshields, glazing
roads, and whitening trees with
fuzzy coats.
The highway between here
and Stinnett temporarily was
blocked early tills morning when
several trucks and cars Stalled in
trying t0 clintb the high hills on
the north side of the Canadian
Rivet. Deputy Sheriff Dale Lane
went out about H a tit. and help-
ed untangle the traffic snarl.
Motorists without defrosters
were forced to stop frequently
and scrape the thin sheet of lee
that quickly collected on wind-
shields Many cars spun their
wheels, some had to bo pushed,
nil were hard to control.
Rasorhlade. came in mighty
handy for windshield scraping,
and most motorlsls who hud to be
on the road used tire chains.
Police this morning reported
no accidents of any consequencc.
liy Tho Associated Pros*
Light snow, first of the wint-
er, started fulling in Dallas to-
day while i0 the northwest freez-
ing mist sheathed streets und
(Continued on Page TWO)
SOLONS DIVIDE
ON HARRISON
FISCAL ST0
Congress Making Up
Its Own Program
Advocated
WASHINGTON, tan. 5 — (fi>)
Chairman Dough ton (D-NC)
ot the house ways and means com-
mittee tentatively endorsed to-
day the Harrison proposal that
congress make up Its own bud-
get und tax program this session.
Alter a conference with Presi-
dent Roosevelt, who submitted
his budget yesterday, Dóughton
sold that for some time he had
In mind the same kind of fiscal
study which Senator HarrUwjfiT*
(D MIss). chairman of tho senate
finance committee, advocated fast
night.
Solon* gplit On Plan
Harrison called for creation of
u 24- member senate-house com-
mittee to investigate budget and
tux needs for two months while
congress was concerned with oth-
er problems. His recommenda-
tion drew somo qualified approv-
al as well as strong opposition
from other congressmen.
Dough ton said at the WMto
House he thought there "should
be close cooperation between
finance, ways and means and
propriations committees"
their various financial
are started through con
Asked whether he heU
appropriation bills should
layed until the Harrison
had been completed. Don
said that would be all right ''If
we could do it without prolong-
ing the session too long."
"I don't think It should take
long and ll looks as If sixty days
would be ample," he added.
Ground Work Laid
Much ground work, which
would be helpful, already has been
done, he expla ¿led, saying that
congressional tax experts have
been at work for many weeks
so that the tax problem now is
largely a matter of ugreelug on
the type of levy that would be
"most feasible and equitable."
Representative Tabor of Now
York, senior Republican on tho
bouse appropriations committer,
snld he would "welcome any study
Hint would tend to show what
the situation Is," but added:
"I'm sure we could get along
(Continued on Page TWO)
ÍM. fS
PIIKSBVTKHIANS
TO HAVK COVBUKD
DISH L< NOHKON
Members of the Presbyterian
church are advised there will be
ii covered dish lunch eon at tin
TRHBR CHILDREN
PFItlSH IN FIRK
ST LOP IS, Jan. 5 — (/p) —
Three children of Mr. and Mrs.
William Tate were burned to
death toduy in a fire which des-
troyed their one-story frame
home In suburban Overland.
The father had gone to work
and the mother was said to have
been visiting neighbors at tha
iltne the fire broke out.
BORGANS ILL
Among those reported HI th
Borger are Thelmu Smith, Jean '
church Immediately following ' Itenlck. and Mir. £3. R. Motttei*
I services Sunday morning. I lor.

Sanford Kiwanis Club
-jÉÉK
Installs New Ot]
Tin first set of officers of tho
year-old Sanford Kiwanis Club
wrote finis to tliolr terms and
a new group took over the helm
■list night ut an installation dlu-
ner ul ihe community hall.
As the prog rum ended retiring
president O, W. I.lpps turned over
to Ills successor, Wayne Sever,
the bop and the gavel symbols
of the presidency.
AplsHiijt Sever will be Clyde
T Page, vice-president, Max Page
secretary-treasurer, and the fol-
lowing directors Jewel W. Louy,
R S, "Tuffy'' Marshall, Johnnie
.1 Miller, Hershel L Palmer. Jack
F Shaw und Frank C Strech.
Sever ascends to the chief p\e-
cutlvoshlp of the club from hi
former position us vice-president,
.ftirk Stone is the retiring ser-
'
<■ «iwjfl a . I
Harold Teegerstroin
as louwlmaster nt tho
program, featured by
numbers und club
Mrs, c D. Richards
accompanied by Miss
lap of liorgor, was
In the singing of n group ¡
ular numbers. Tho
Sbaw quartet of Ar
% similar bit with tho
of about r,u persons in
appearances. The ilttartife.-
ing without ucoomp
composed of (L A.
ond tenor. We
tenor. Paul
BUI Armstrong.
H. A. Shaw led
bera. tbatr '
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SHtiMffiHi
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