PAGE SIX
MONDAY. MARCH 23. 1931.
Let Bids for
Road Projects to
Cost 9 Million
Nebraska Pio
neer Resident
Dies in Omaha
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
I was at Deerfield Academy visit
ing my boy, and on the way back I
had an hour between trains at Nort
hampton. It was Sunday evening.
The main street was almost deserted.
I walked into a side street and past
the little two-family house where
Calvin Coolidge lived until a few
weeks ago.
I went around to the old building
in which he and his law partner used
to have their modest offices. I stood
in front of the square town hall. It
was interesting to think of the days
when he was mayor. One could pic
ture him coming slowly up the street
after breakfast.
" 'Morning, Cal." people would say.
" 'Morning.'' he would answer.
And a stranger in the town would
probably have exclaimed: "Is that
your mayor, that quiet little fellow?
He doesn't look like much."'
If any one had suggested that the
quiet little fellow might one day be
President of the United States, the
laughter would have echoed from
one end of Main Street to the other
A few years later, when Coolidge
had become governor of Massachu
setts, a merchant in Boston named
Frank Stearns began to make the
presidential suggestion. He came to
New Vv.rk and persuaded a few of
us Amherst graduates that the tiling
was not impossible.
Even then the idea was usually
greeted with smiles, especially by
folks in Massachusetts. "That's all
right for you fellows in New York,"
they said. "But distance lends en
chantment. We are his neighbors;
we know him."
And one of the wisest men in the
Commonwealth remarked to the son
of Frank Stearns: "Calvin Coolidge
is nothing but a figment of your fa
ther's imagination."
Nazareth is the immortal illustra
tion of the attityde of the home
town. After Jesus had gone out into
the world and become famous: after
He had performed His miracles in
Capernaeum and even in Jerusalem,
He went back home.
A crowd of His old neighbors
greeted Him in the synagogue, but
there was no pride or confidence in
their attitude. Their skeptical ex
pressions spoke louder than words.
"You may have fooled them in those
other towns, but we know you. You
are only the boy who used to work
in the carpenter shop." And the rec
ord says Badly; "He could do thero
no mighty work, because of their
unbelief."
It's a wonderful thing to realize
that Creatness is growing up some
where around us all the time that
the most unprepossessing freckled
boy may be a future conqueror. Un
fortunately, niosr. of its can never
believe that the home town could
possibly produce anything better
than ourselves.
Contracts for Paving Lowest Ever
Submitted; $3,173,000 in
Jobs Awarded.
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SOUTH BEND
Ashland Gazette
i. 4.
and son spent Friday evening at the
Oscar Dill home.
Mr. and Mrs. Fay Nelson and
daughter spent Sunday afternoon
with Mr. Nelson's parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Neison.
Miss Ksther Kupke spent the week
end with her aunt, uncle, and cou
sins. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Gake
meier and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Reinke and son.
Paul Eugene, were Sunday dinner
guests of Mrs. Reinke's mother, Mrs.
Ida Thieman, and daughters.
Mr. and Mrs. Y. M. Garber went
witli a crowd from Ashland to a
house party north of Lincoln Satur
day evening end report a good time.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Garber and
Mrs. Gather's sis'er. Miss Osia Trib
ner, visited at the Henry Ileitis home
Mrs. Win. Blum and children spent
Thursday afternoon with Mrs. J. La.
Carniele.
Herman and John Gnkemeier were
transacting business in Piattsmonth
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Yerle Livers spent
Monday evening with Mr. and Mrs
Oscar bill.
Y. M. Barbar attended a main
tenance of way meeting in Omaha,
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Oliver spent
Friday evening: at the Herman Cake- in Chako, Nebr.. I hursday evening.
DM ier home. m- ana Mis. Will Schnelke of
Mrs. W. M. Garbar and her I -istet Ashland, sp-nt Saturday evening at
spent Wednesday at the home of the home of Mrs. Schuelke's sister
Myra Hendrix. and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Orville
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Dill and sons Richards
spent Thursday evening with Mr. and ; Mrg critekfcM. who has been
.Mis wm mum. attending to business matters in
.Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Brooks ol Ldn- mana retUrned Monday. Mrs.
coin spent Saturday night and Sun- Critt.htkld is now making her home
day at the Oscar Dill home. w-.h her daughter Mr8. c;eorge
Mrs. Henry Stander and son. y0fre
Charles, spent Mondav evening with ....
Mr. and Mrs. George Vogel. Mr and Mrs. Hert Winget and
Mr. and Mrs. John Kupke and children, Mr. and Mrs. Fay Nelson
familv Wi re Sunday dinner guests at aml duhter" Mr- and Mrs- Waiter
the Herman Gakemeier home. , McCi.iness and son. and Elya Win-
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Wlnget and Set wore Sunday dinner guests at the
Lather Win-re- visited at the Elza wnL Wlnget home.
Winget home Sunday evening. Mr. an:! .Mrs. John Sweeney and
Bert Mooney. who ha been re- son, Donald, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
modeling his barn, has it completed Haswell and children, Mr. Willis
now, making it look like new. : Richards of Omaha, nid Charles
Charley Walker, formerlv of ouis- ! Richards of Meadow were Sunday
ville. moved into oue of the F. T.
Graham rental houses Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Blub were Sun
day dinner guests of Mrs. Blum's
parents, -Mr. and Mrs. Jolmson.
Mr. and Mrs. Garbar and sister
were Sunday evening dinner guest?
at the home Of Mrs. Myra Hendrix.
Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Graham have
again moved from their city home to
their farm a faw miles west of South
Bend.
Mrs. Floyd Haswell and children,
Ila and Harold, visited at the home
of Mrs. W. M. Garber, Friday af
ternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Blum spent
Sunday evening at the Ed Ran home
J. L. Carniele was an Omaha vis
itor, Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Carniele and
son and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Haswell
guests at the Will Richards home.
Mr. Graham's sister and husband,
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. McConnell, who
have been visiting at the Graham
home the past three weeks, returned
to their home in Central City Sun
day. Mr. and Mrs. Graham accom
panied them as far as Lincoln.
VELMA CREIGHTON GETS
BANK ROBBERY HEARING
Hastings, Manh 20. Sheriff Rav
Crosson accompanied by his wife and
two special deputies left Friday for
j Lincoln to return Mrs. Velma Creigh
ton to Hastings for her preliminary
hearing Saturday morning on charges
of kidnaping and being an accom
plice in the $27,000 Hastings Na
tional bank robbery last month.
Fine Worsteds
Never before have we shown finer
worsteds and it's been years since
prices for quality clothes have
been so low.
$22S0
Our $22.50 suits are not surpassed in value
or price by any chain or group buying store
in the country. See them and prove this fact.
Kirschbaum 2-Pant Worsteds, $35
Men, you can buy any suit in our entire line
of Kuppenheimer quality clothes for spring
at $35-00
nrn i law i i rmtiirm
Lincoln, March 20. The lowest
paving bid ever seen by State Engi
neer Roy Cochran was among those
received Friday at a $:5,000.000 high
way contract letting at the state cap
itoL The lettings formed Nebraska's
largest road program.
The letting was part of a $9,400,
000 highway building program made
possible in part by federal emergency
appropriations.
Bids averaged 10 per cent below
the state's estimated cost, Cochran
said. One bid was for $1.22 Ms a
square yard, submitted by the Abel
Construction Co. of Lincoln for 11.5
miles of paving between Central City
and Clarks, on the Lincoln high
way. At this rate, a mile of concrete pav
ing 20 feet wide, would cost about
$14,T00. Fight years ago, Cochran
recalled, contracts were let for pave
ment at $2.77 a square yard.
The offer of the Abel Co. was the
lowest ever submitted for pavement
in this country, Cochran declared.
Bids were received Friday on 90.0
miles of pavement, 265 miles of
gravel and 53 miles of grading.
Work is already in progress. Mr.
Cochran said, on the 163 miles of
gravel and 50 miles of paving con
tracted for last Feb. 27.
Another letting will be held the
latter part of April and still others
may be arranged after the legisla
ture, now in session, fixes definitely
the amount of money available for
construction.
Governor Charles W. Bryan said
recently that low bids submitted at
the first letting had aroused hope for
completion this year of 900 miles of
grading, 1.000 miles of gravel. 210
miles of pavement and 100 miles of
oil-gravel road.
All the pavement bid on Friday
was to be constructed with federal
aid. Pavement amounted to $2,51 ,
000 under the estimates.
The 20 miles of federal aid grad
ing was estimated to cost $168,000
and the 79 miles of federal aid gravel
$197,000. The 1S6 miles of state
gravel roads, including several farm
to market roads, the state estimated
would cost $232,500 and 29 miles of
grading at $60,000.
These items totaled $3,173,000.
about a third of the sum estimated
by Mr. Cochran as available for new
construction work this year.
The legislature might yet add to
the $9,400,000 fund, he pointed out.
A proposal for a $2 5,000,000 bond
issue for highway construction re
mained Froday in the files of a legis
lative committee. Among the bur
dens keeping it there was an adverse
opinion by Attorney General Soren
sen. Of the $9,400,000 road program
approximately $5,500,000 will he
paid with federal aid funds.
Low bids tabulated Friday includ
ed: Pon ca-Wlllls, seven "miles gravel.
$7,548.
Tecumseh-Steinauor, 11 miles of
grading. Monarch Engineering Co.,
Grand Island. $45,150.
Hemingford-Crawford, 14 miles
gravel. Art Euning of Nebraska City,
$3,165.
St. Edward-Cedar Rapids. 15.9
miles of gravel. Western Bridge and
Construction Co.. Omaha. $16,744.
Beatrice-Hebron road, bridge, to
Blue Valley Bridge Co., of
$7,088.02.
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That's the way we do things.
You'll marvel at the low cost
of our expert service. We use
only those parts in your car
that are guaranteed by the
makers.
Drive in and let us give yon
an estimate on putting your
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hard winter's driving. No obli
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R. V. Bryant
337 Main Phone 197
Mrs. Anna Cockle, One Time Resi
dent of Avoca Passed Away
at Home of Son
5,300 EXPECTED AT C. M. T. C.
Training of more than 5,300 can
didates from Nebraska, the Dakota--.
Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri
and Arkansas is being contemplated
for IS 31 by Maj. Gen. Johnson Ha-
good, commanding the Seventh corps
area, through establishment of many
C. M. T. camps in this area.
According to plans, there will !
camps from July 30 to Aug. IS at
Fort Snelling. Minn.; Fort Crook.
and Fort Leavenworth, Kan.; from
June 16 to July 15 at Fort Lincoln.
N. D. ; from July 2 to 31 at Camp
Pike, Ark., and from July 7 to Aug.
5 tit Jefferson Barracks, Mo.
Travel expenses to the camps will
be refunded by paying candidates
upon arrival at camp, travel allow
ance being 10 cents a mile from their
homes to the nearest camp. The same
allowance will he made for return
travel. All necessary expenses will
be paid by the government and ther
is no obligation for future military
service of any kind by those who at
tend these camps, it was naM at head
quarters Thursday morning.
Mrs. Anna Cockle, seventy-two.
died Wednesday afternoon at Omaha
alter a very snort illness, passing
away at the home of her son, Albert
L. Cockle and family, where she has
been making her home for some
time.
Mrs. Cockle and her husband, who
died in 1S98, were two of the earliest
settlers in Grant, Nebraska, where
from 1902 to 1911. Mrs. Cockle was
the editor and owner of the Perkins
County Sentinel. Later Mrs. Cockle
moved to Avoca where she resided
for a number of years.
While Mr. and Mrs. Cockle were
residents of Grant they were several
times forced to leave their home and
seek refuge at Fori Ogallala because
of the Indian uprisings in that si c
tion of Nebraska.
The deceased lady is survived by
the son in Omaha and one daughter.
Miss Ruth Cockle of Lincoln.
Easter
I III I MM I I t
is lust aronaatcl
tli sorner
A large Council
He Ha and Aweont
Monday. March 16
Auditorium for the
Fire of the To
groups was held
in the Library
Woman's club
and the public. The Aweont group
took in a new member. Jane Kebal;
two were taken in a month ago.
Velma Shrader and Betty Ann Mc
Carthy. A number of Camp Fire
songs were sung, then the honors
were awarded to tne girls of the
groups.
The To He Ha girls received their
membership cards as did Jane Rebal.
Those in the Aweont group taking
their Wood Gatherers rank were Mary
Katherine Wiles, Marjorie Ann Tid-
Iball, Mary Jane Mark. Edna Mae
Peterson and Rachel Robertson.
Wednesday. March 18 the To He
I Ma group atid Aweont group met in
the basement of the Library. We
Fairbury, j were honored with the company of
Miss Dorothy Laros, executive of the
DEBAT0RS SHOW UP WELL
The debating teams of the Platts
mouth high school had a very inter
esting experience on Wednesday af
ternoon and evening when in re
sponse to invitatons they visited two
of the Omaha schools and took part
in debates which were helpful to the
debaters of both schools.
In the afternoon the debators were
at the Benson high school and gave
a very interesting presentation of
their affirmative team and in the
evening at the Central high school
the Plattsmouth debators were as
signed the negative and acquitted
themselves with the greatest honors.
Those who heard the debates
warmly congratulated t lie local
speakers on their work and were of
the opinion that the local Bpealrera
had the edge on the Omaha c'.eiat"
teams alt ho the event was not a
judged debate.
The members of the debating squad
that attended the Omaha meeting
were Robert Bestor. Edward Wehr
bein, Madge Garnett, John Becker,
Paul Iverson.
The local debators are expecting
to attend the district meet this week
and where the Plattsmouth team is
rated as one of the outstanding en
tries and one that should capture
the honors.
The debating squad Is under the
direction of Gerald Kvasnicka, teach
er in History in tne tngn Bcnooi and
he has been very successful in the
work this year.
G0LDENR0D STUDY CLUB
Rising City to David City. 9.3 miles Omaha council of Camp Fire Girls,
of gravel. Abel Construction Co. of After the short business meetings of
Lincoln, $24,054.91. the groups Miss Laros told us what
Veterans hospital, Lincoln, a .2 the Camp Fire Girls of Omaha were
mile paved spur, Abel company $5,- idoing, and gave us many suggestions
814.94. for hikes and working.
The March meeting of the Golden
rod Study club was an all day meet
ing held at the Mvnud Cornniunitv
hall.
The tables for the luncheon were
decorated with St. Patrick's day pa
per clothes and napkins and the
flowers and candles were green and
white.
The business meeting was called
Ito order by the president. Mrs. Glen
i Wiles.
One verse of all of the songs given
the past year were sang and the lis
tening number by Victor Herbert was
played by Mrs. Roy Cole.
A report of organized agriculture
meetings was given by Mrs. Virgel
Perry.
Election of
result being:
Odell-Steele City, six miles of grav
el. $4,618.32. to the Murphy Gravel )
Co. of Fremont".
Steele City to Odell, Jefferson coun
ty, 5.7 miles of gravel, to Murphy
329.95.
Plymouth, nine miles
W. Nichols of Geneva,
RACHEL
Gravel Co. $4,
Pruning to
of gravel, to E.
$7,686.65.
Beatrice to
Dewitt. 7.4 miles of
ROBERTSON,
Scribe.
DOUBLE WEDDING HERE
gravel. Art Euning, Nebraska City,
$6,036.81.
Dubois to Pawnee City, seven miles
of gravel, to Abel Construction Co.,
$9,262.28.
Steinauer to Pawnee City, 6.8 miles
of gravel, to Abel company, $8.255.
70. Omaha Bee-News.
LEGION AUXILIARY MEETS
The American Legion Auxiliary
met Friday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. J. P. Johnson with Mrs. R.
W. Knorr, Mrs. Max Vallery, Mrs.
C. A. Marshall and Mrs. P. A. Mei
singer, as the associate hostesses.
The Auxiliary voted to carry out
the plan suggested by the state de
partment of sending one half of the
receipts of the poppy sale to the state
department to be applied to the re
habilitation and child welfare work
of the state auxiliary.
The ladies also decided to attend
the naturalization ceremonies at the
court house on April 6th as a part of
their Americanization program.
The social chairman, Mrs. John H.
Palacek, had arranged two games
which were very much enjoyed by
the ladies.
At the conclusion of the afternoon
the hostesses served very dainty and
delicious refreshments.
From Saturday's Dally
Yesterday ajfternoon Rev. C. O.
Troy, pastor of the First Methodist
church was called upon to unite in
the bonds of wedlock. Miss Mable
Leona Courtney and Grover Cleveland
Edgell, and Miss Mela Larson and
Richard Alvin Pickens. The double
ring service was used in the joining
of the lives of these two estimable
couples and at the conclusion of the
ceremony the young people returned
to their homes at Omaha. Mr. Pick
ens was a resident here a number of
years ago while a boy and is known
to a number of the younger people
of the city.
officers followed, the
President. Mrs. How-
lard Wil.s; Vice President. Mrs. Glen
'Wiles; Secretary-Treasurer. Mrs. da
jCole; Parliamentarian, Mrs. Will
1 T i ti f irl
The meeting was then turned over
to the leaders for the study hour.
Mrs. B. W. Livingston. Mrs. E. H.
Spangler and Mrs. A. L. Huffer. who
had as their subject, "Food Facts
for Meal Planning."
nineteen members and one
tor, Mrs. H. A. McKelvey were
ent.
DE
PRIEST HITS G. 0. P.
'LILY WHITE' ALLIANCE
FOR SALE
Fresh Guernsey cows. Likewise &
Polock, Phone 3103, Murray, Nebr.
f26-4tw
Two Tennessee bankers whose in
stitutions went down in the financial
crash in that state committed suicide
during the past week. More and bet
ter suicides among bankers will save
the courts a lot of trouble.
New Orleans. March 19.- Repre
sentative Oscar De Priest, Negro
(R. ), Illinois .speaking at the First
African Baptist church here Wed
nesday night, took the Republican
party to task for "recognition" of the
"lily whites" and criticized Presi
dent Hoover.
visi-pres-
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Prompt Service
Bottom Rates
See
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Loans I n vestment $
Alexandra Montgomery Jardine
was born Aug. 15. 1866, at Cedar
Creek, Nebraska, and passed away
at his home near Greenwood on
March 15, 1931 at the age of 64
years and seven months.
As a young man he lived at Cedar
Creek and on December 19. 1894,
was united in marriage to Matilda
Bertha Busche of Cedar Creek, im
mediately moving to the farm home
at Greenwood where he made his
home until he passed away.
To this union there were five chil
dren: Earl of Lincoln. Vera Dimmit t
of Greenwood. Verna Bates of Mcin
tosh, South Dakota, Leonard of
Greenwood, Everett at home. He al
so leaves his wife and five grand
children and a host of relatives and
friends to mourn his loss.
SHOWER IN COUNTRY
FOR POPULAR BRIDE
Mrs. Louis Hennings entertained a
large number of relatives, neighbors
and friends at her country home last
Saturday afternoon at a miscellan
eous shower in honor of her sister,
Mrs. Glen Eager, a recent popular
bride of this vicinity.
An appeizing luncheon was serv
ed, one of the delicacies being home
made ice cream and Mrs. Eager re
ceived some beautiful and useful
gifts.
Those present from Louisville were
Mrs. Chester Eager and daughter.
Alive, mother of the groom, Mrs. El
len Ball and Miss Helen Larson.
Louisville Courier.
Need help? Want a job? You can
ffet results in either event by placing
your ad in the Journal.
With the prices of Men's Suits
and Top Coats so very reason
able, you certainly will want to
dress up for the Easter celebration.
It's a glad and happy time and we
want to help you make it so.
New Easter Attire
in Suits, Top Coats, Hats, Shirts, Neckwear,
Hosiery, Kerchiefs in the very latest city
mode, at LESS than city prices.
WESCOTT'S
Sharp Drop
Noted in Tax
Collections
Early Reports Are Not of a Pleasing
Sort Borah Believes Rat?; In
crease Needed.
$5t0,8S0.G71. Other items also Show
ed sharp decreases. The tobacco tax
dropped oh" $6,384,893 in the ten
months and the cigaret tax declined
$2,000,000. The documentary stamp
tax. which includes salt of bonds,
stocks and transfer of securities,
dropped oft $22,878,37:?. - State Journal.
Washington Sharply decreased
income tax collections for the first
quarter were visualized by treasury
officials as they studied latest reports
and receipts from that source. Before
them the officials had the report for
Wednesday, the latest available,
which showed only $88,691.? IT, had
been collected that day Compared
with $214. 534.548 for the corres
ponding day last year
It was explained the figures to be
announced Saturday would show
more accurately what the treasury
can expect from the 1930 tax. but
officials described reports already re
ceived as "discouraging." Meanwhile.-
Senator Borah, said ho be
lieved an increase in taxes would be
necessary but he declined to say
when he thought it should 50 into
effect.
Great Drop Feared.
The report for Wednesday brought
the collections for the month to
$194,945,837 compared with $314.
200. 55S last year and for the fi;:il
year beginning July 1 to $1,366.
376.861 compared with $1,560,
S34.700 last year. Should the report
Saturday show an appreciable, drop
M will be accepted as indicating that
the total this year wlil not be nearly
as great as last year.
In some quarters fear was express
ed that the decline for the month
might be as much as $150,000,000
from $559,000,000 collected in
March. 1930. Last Wednesday the
treasury had a deficit of $301,045.
372 and statistics issued by the in
ternal revenue bureau showed taxes
of all kinds had decreased $121,631.
371 in the first eight months of this
fiscal year.
In that time corporations paid
$642,306,807 in income taxes as com
pared with $66,557,085 in the same
jeriod last year while Individuals
paid $533,988,593 compared with
FRANK RVTHBUN MARRIES
WESTERN NEBRASKA GIRL
The Louisville friends of Frank
Hathbun will be interested to learn
jof his marriage on Marc h 3, 193', to
Miss Etta O'Neill, of Irwin. Nebras
ka. The young couple drove to Mar
tin. South Dakota, for the wedding
and were accompanied by the groom's
brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and
Mrs. Dennis Gardner, of Merriman,
where Mr. Rathbun lias been making
his home for a number of years.
The groom is a son of Mrs. Ellen
Rathbun, of Louisville. He served in
the navy during the world war and
has a splendid record of service. He
was on the U. S. S. Vermont. He
spent his boyhood days in Louisville
and has many friends in this vicinity.
The bride is a former school teacher
and is highly esteemed by a large
circle of friends. Louisville Courier.
RED OAK R0TARIANS
TO BACK PIG CLUB
Red Oak. la.. March 17. For the
fourth consecutive year, the Rotary
club will sponsor a Pig club, it was
announced Tuesday by President
Raymond Ferryman after 1 1 bred
sows had b-en distributed to as many
Montgomery county farm lads.
Decision to continue the practice
was made when reports pointed out
a $400 profit tin past ventures and
the fact that through the club in
fluence one farmer in this vicinity
was getting "back 011 his feet."
Thomas Walling Company
Phone 324
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Plattsmouth
husbands wanted
who
their
still appreciate
wives!
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are one ana wani 10 maice
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your wife believe you, xaKe ner a
box of candy now and then. You
may whisper "Sweet Nothings" In
her ear quite often, but nothing
"registers" like a gift, and candy is
always a welcome gift.
We sell a variety she'll be sure to
welcome Julia King's delicious
home made candies easy on your
pocketbook 80c the pound.
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