Weather and public notices in daily record April 23 1949
Fridys high temperatures across cities show a mix of warm readings with cool nights. Iowa forecast predicts partly cloudy skies, sun, and winds 0 to 25 mph with highs 68 to 74 Sunday, turning cooler Monday then warmer by Tuesday. Local notes include precipitation totals, normal April rainfall, wind at Municipal airport, and astronomical times. Divorces and local obituaries follow with names and locations in Cedar Rapids and nearby towns.
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Bismarck
Miami
Chicago
Denver
New York
Duluth
Phoen
L. Angeles
Sioux City
Iowa
Big Pridey i
Municipal
Inaugural Mainliner Flight Delights Cedar Rapids Crowd
Nearly 100 Cedar Rapids residents joined two preview runs of the Mainliner DC-4 as regular daily service starts Sunday. Captain C. W. Chaney and First Officer M. B. Stolley led tours to the cockpit, explained instruments, and answered questions during the 30 minute hops.
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Cedar Rapids
C. W. Chaney
M. B. Stolley
Chaney
Municipal
Greek Guerilla Peace Bid Told
Radio Moscow said Greece guerrillas sent a message to the United Nations offering to make maximum concessions to end the Greek civil war. The report added the bid was disclosed Saturday from London by the UPI dispatch.
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London
Radio
Moscow
United Nations
Pioneer Woman Steamboat Pilot Mary Greene Dies at 80
Cincinnati AP reports Capt. Mary Becker Greene, 80, the only licensed woman steamboat pilot on the Mississippi-Ohio river system, died Friday after a lifetime of cruising the river for 59 years showcasing a pioneering career in river navigation.
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Cincinnati
Mary Becker Greene
Sure Pregnancy Test Is Reported
CHICAGO. A doctor reported a pregnancy test that he says is 100 percent accurate. It is cheap, requires no animals or injections, and can be done in 20 minutes in a doctor's office. Dr Garwood C Richardson of Northwestern University disclosed five years of research. Early detection enables prenatal care and an immediate result. A positive reading can be predicted within two weeks of conception.
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Chicago
Garwood C. Richardson
Northwestern University
Richardson
Executives Club Elects Directors
Three men were elected Friday to three year terms on the Executives club board of directors. They are Sutherland C. Dows, Dr. Wayne J. Foster and President Russell Cole of Cornell college. Those three succeed Byron S. Hollinshead, retiring president. S. E. Coquillette and William B. Quarton. The nine man board of directors will meet soon to elect club officers for the coming year.
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Executives Club
Sutherland C. Dows
Wayne J. Foster
Russell Cole
Cornell College
Byron S. Hollinshead
S. E. Coquillette
William B. Quarton
Beardsley Praises Legislature as Session Nears End
Gov William Beardsley sent a greeting to the house and senate praising courtesies while noting public concerns and unfinished goals. In a final session moment Speaker Gus Kuester received five buckled overshoes and a new steel desk, as House members and clerks presented Chief Clerk A C Gustafson with a monetary gift.
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William S. Beardsley
House
Senate
Gus T. Kuester
A. C. Gustafson
W F Sarset's Condition Reported as Fairly Good
W F Sarset of 1829 Blake boulevard SE was reported fairly good by St Luke's hospital officials Saturday after a Thursday night crash on highway 30 near Lowdon. His car hit an abutment when he swerved to avoid an animal. he sustained head cuts and several broken ribs.
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W. F. Sarset
Blake Boulevard
St. Luke’s Hospital
Highway 30
Lowdon
Czech Family Takes Over Minnesota County Jail
In St. Cloud Minnesota the Czech brothers Herman Bernard Frank and Sylvester Czech seized control of the county jail Saturday as they awaited trial in pairs for charges including first degree robbery and car theft. Bond totaling nine thousand dollars remained unmet.
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ST. Cloud, Minn
Herman
Bernard
Frank
Sylvester
Buol awarded 10000 in Cedar Rapids accident case
Friday night a jury awarded Robert Buol $10000 for injuries from Sept 30 1946 when Arensberg's gravel truck driven by Turner struck a Fruehauf tractor Bud Buol operated on Highway 30 four miles west of Cedar Rapids. Fruehauf brothers won $970.12 for tractor damage. Both sides sought higher totals. The trial began last Monday and concluded with a sealed verdict opened Saturday.
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Robert Buel
Frank Arensberg
Wayne Turner
Buol
Arensberg
Turner
Fruehauf
Cedar Rapids
Fruehauf Brothers
Buo
G. K. Thompson
Thompson
Four Firms Seek $4,417 in McCarthy Suit
Judgments totaling 4417.04 are sought by Cedar Rapids Block Company Heather Company King's Crown Plaster Company and Vetter May Lumber Company in a suit filed Saturday against L J and Otillia A McCarthy. The firms seek foreclosure of liens on 116 118 and 120 A avenue NW and 1210 First.
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L. J. and
Otillia A. McCarthy
Cedar Rapids Block Company
Heather Company
King’s Crown Plaster Company
Vetter-May Lumber Company
A Avenue NW
First Street
Rich Sues Wehde for 10000 Injury Damages
Melvin A. Rich filed a $10,000 accident suit against Allen Wehde seeking damages for injuries from a December 29, 1947 collision on county roads a mile north of Marion. Rich, a passenger in Wehde’s car, alleges Wehde drove into a ditch while trying a curve.
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Melvin A. Rich
Allen Wehde
Rich
Wehde
Marion
Three suits dismissed in district court on motions
Tipton State Bank versus T A Vale promissory note C A Seifert versus Wallmaster service appeal from justice court L and N Manufacturing Corporation versus Benjamin Wayne and John Schreck account were dismissed on motions by the plaintiff in district court.
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District Court
Tipton State Bank
T. A. Vale
C. A. Seifert
Wallmaster Service
Justice Court
The
L and N Manufacturing Corporation
Benjamin
Wayne
John Schreck
Omaha firm sues ex partners for 1203 dollars in account
The T. F. Naughtin Company of Omaha sued Edwin Matson and Gerald Lisk Saturday for 1203.01 alleged due on account. Louis Hand of Center Point sued O W Mull of Cedar Rapids Saturday for 1041.80 for damages from an accident on February 25 on Highway 151, one mile east of a location.
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T. F. Naughtin Company
Omaha
Edwin Matson
Gerald Lisk
Doughnut Partners
Louis Hand
Center Point
O. W. Mull
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Ferree Sues Neal for 418.90 on Promissory Note
F. S. Ferree of Grundy County sues Ray Neal of Linn County for 418.90 claiming due on a promissory note dated November 18, 1938, showing 217.30 principal and interest.
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F. S. Ferree
Grundy County
Ray Neal
Linn County
Fox Terrier Sprayed With Gas Set Afire
In Avon Lake, a small fox terrier owned by the Dean Minshall family was sprayed with gasoline and burned, dying from injuries. Iowa Humane Society executive Joe Moore cited reports of two cats also burned and four other dogs poisoned in Polk county since the dog quarantine ended. The dog was found in a chicken shed and was described as charred yet still breathing.
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Des Moines
Avon Lake
Joe Moore
Iowa Humane Society
Moore
Polk County
Dean Minshall
Four Take All Prizes In C A Kite Contest
Three Jones and Todd Stastny carried away all the honors at Ellis Park Saturday in the annual kite tournament sponsored by the Eagles and the Playground Commission. D. A. Jones won prizes for the most unique and most artistic kites and for getting his kite in the air first. Linda Jones took the smallest kite and looping contest prizes, Judy Jones earned awards for the largest kite and the 100 yard dash, and Todd Stastny won the altitude test and the best box kite. About 60 people attended.
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Three Jones
Todd Stastny
Ellis Park
The
Eagles
Playground Commission
D. A. Jones
Linda Jones
Judy Jones
Pupil collectors seize wreck car display mishap
In Portland Oregon the Highway Safety Committee used a wrecked automobile at a high school to illustrate dangers of driving. The plan backfired as students absconded with many parts including a radio set rear view mirror horn button front seat cushion clock taillights hub caps door handles wiper blades and a tire wheel.
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Portland
Oregon Highway Safety Committee
Eagle Lion Studios Sues Landis Estate for 7500
Eagle Lion Studios files suit against the estate of actress Carole Landis seeking 7500 dollars repayment claiming the amount was paid in advance. Landis died by her own hand last year, according to the report.
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Los Angeles
Eagle Lion Studios
Carole Landis
MacArthur Sets Official 360 Yen Per Dollar Rate for Japan
General MacArthur on Saturday ordered the Japanese government to adopt an official foreign exchange rate of 360 yen to one U S dollar.
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Tokyo
General MacArthur
U. S
Chinchilla Spotlight At Emil's Place Prompts New Industry
Emil Henker in Boston reports chinchilla outdrew TV and radio at his Saugus ranch education display and tavern demo. He plans to tour clubs to spark a fur coat industry, noting chinchilla cost about 1650 per pair and a 129 pelts coat. Each pair guarantees a litter in eight months, with litters averaging one to four, tattooed for theft prevention. The hardy animals sleep by day and forage on hay and carrots, needing about three dollars yearly per animal.
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Boston
Emil Henker
Henker
Saugus
United States
Canada
Andes
M. F. Chapman
Chinchilla
British Plane Hit on Yangtze Front
British reconnaissance plane hit by small arms fire on the Yangtze front with damage to a main fuel tank. No casualties reported as it returned to Shanghai for repairs. Another plane delivering medical supplies to the Amethyst faced Communist fire but withdrew. Crews said the Amethyst remained anchored at a sheltered point.
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Shanghai
Yangtze
Nanking
Melons Flown by B-29 to Sick Boy in California
A B-29 crew delivered 21 ripe Florida watermelons to Ronnie Calvert, 4, at Hamilton Field California. Ronnie, ill with leukemia, craved the out of season fruit donated by Florida growers. Farther north in Woodland Washington Albert Wyman, 5, enjoyed four pints of melon balls from Spokane donors with more promised.
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Hamilton Field
Calif
Florida
Ronnie Calvert
Ronnie
California
Woodland
Wash
Albert Wyman
Robert Guertin
Spokane
Stickup at Leader Cleaners in Chicago
A gunman entered Leader cleaners and dyers in Chicago on Friday, held up Miss Louise Seier, 34, at the cash drawer and stole $25. He announced he was tired of hold ups, and Miss Seier noted this was the fourth such robbery this year.
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Chicago
Leader Cleaners and Dyers
Louise Seier
Daylight Saving Starts Sunday in Many Sections
Daylight saving time begins Sunday for about 50 million people across the nation, with the schedule running until September 25. Most areas set clocks forward at a.m., while railroads, airlines, and buses keep standard time, though some adjust commuter schedules. Major cities like New York, Boston, Washington, Cleveland, Chicago, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Indianapolis move their clocks ahead one hour.
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Washington
New York
Boston
Cleveland
Chicago
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Indianapolis
Ford Strike At River Rouge Voted By Workers
Ford River Rouge production workers voted heavily for a strike over claimed assembly line speedup. The tally was 32 290 for and 4 400 against, with executive board approval needed. The Bendix strike in South Bend disrupted brake equipment supply to major car makers.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
River Rouge
Bendix Aviation Corporation
South Bend
Thomas Thompson
Ford
CIO
United Auto Workers
Thompson
Kaiser-Frazer
Big Willow Run
Nash-Kelvinator
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Packard Company
Lincoln
Pontiac
Oldsmobile
Cadillac
General Motors
Bendix
Town Club stag event and local notices
City brief notices cover a Monday Town Club stag with dinner and a floor show, plus upcoming Antique Show at the Coliseum, hospital recoveries of Elsie Vapalka and W R Boyd, a Townsend Club meeting, two way radio service, savings bond sales totals for Linn County, an Iowa Engineering Society appointment, Mt. Mercy faculty writers conference with Robert Frost among speakers, Cub Scout pack activities, and Max Fineberg pleading innocent to petty larceny with April 28 hearing set.
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Mary Norbert
Mary Lorenz
Mary Carmel
Kathryn A. Roth
Mt. Mercy College
Grinnell College
Robert Frost
Max Fineberg
Third Avenue SE
W. A. Ball
Osco
Finding Money Is No Crime Judge Finds Money No Crime
CHICAGO INS A judge ruled it is not a crime to find money after a junkman and three friends recovered $15,000 and spent $5,480 before police intervened Judge John R McSweeney suspended fines of 1 and costs against Al Walker 57 and his companions Walker found the money near a currency exchange and briefly funded purchases including two horses Police recovered $9,520 of the windfall from Walker during the incident.
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Chicago
INS
Saturday Land
John R. McSweeney
al Walker
Walker
Early Egyptian Water Clock Timekeeper
An early timekeeping device, the Egyptian water clock, operated on the principle of measuring hours by regulated water flow.
Deaths Anna Kudrna 69 Cedar Rapids resident
Anna Kudrna 69 of 1307 Third street SE Cedar Rapids died at home at 5 a.m. Saturday. Born in Czechoslovakia May 30, 1879 she came to the United States at 17. She was a member of St. Wenceslaus church and Anna Naprstkova No. 24. Surviving are three daughters Mrs J H Long Mrs Joseph Barton and Lottie Taylor Cedar Rapids four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Friends may call at Polansky chapel after 2 p.m. Sunday Funeral announcement will be made later.
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Anna Kudrna
Third Street
Cedar Rapids
Czechoslovakia
United States
St. Wenceslaus Church
Anna Naprstkova
J. H. Long
Joseph Barton
Lottie Taylor
Polansky Chapel
Ban by State on Robeson Sought
Hart ford AP The chair man of the state development commission wants to bar Singer Paul Robeson from Connecticut his home state Willard B Rogers said Friday night that he had made a formal request to State Police Commissioner Edward J Hickey to keep this man out if it develops that there is resentment over Robesons return to Connecticut Rogers said he was disgusted with remarks Robeson made at the Communist dominated world peace congress Robeson told the congress that American Negroes never would fight against Russia Hickey had nothing to say about Rogers request
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Hartford
State Development Commission
Paul Robeson
Connecticut
Willard B. Rogers
Edward J. Hickey
Robeson
Rogers
Congress
Russia
Hickey
Not a Burglar Just Conducting School Tour
Two juveniles entered Wilson high school through an open window Friday night and were caught leaving by the southwest door after a flashlight was spotted about 12 15 a.m. Saturday. One boy said he wanted to show his school to an out of town friend. Nothing was missing. An attempted break in at St Luke's hospital was reported at 3 30 a.m. Saturday. A nurse saw a man, about 20 to 25, fumbling through a broken window and fleeing. Damage limited to the broken window.
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Wilson High School
St. Luke’s Hospital
Man Killed in Police Chase Crash in Chicago
In Chicago a speeding car crash into a stalled street car during a wild police pursuit killed James Marchese, 32, and injured two companions Louis F. De Legge, 29, and Daniel Menkro, 30. Police fired three shots during the chase and found two five gallon jugs of gasoline and flaming rags tossed from the fleeing vehicle. The dead man was an ex convict and the survivors were treated and sent to Bridewell jail hospital.
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Chicago
James Marchese
Marchese
Bridewell
Louis F. de Legge
Daniel Menkro
Mrs. Dale Newport Hurt In Accident in Kansas
Mrs Dale Newport of 180 Twenty second avenue SW is in St Luke s hospital in good condition after an auto crash Monday night in Kansas. Her car left the road striking a bridge abutment on the way to Manhattan. her two children escaped injury and the car was badly damaged. Her husband has returned here by automobile this week and visitors are allowed.
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Dale Newport
Twenty-second Avenue
St. Luke's Hospital
Kansas
Chennault Leaves for U.S. with Family
Major General Clair Chennault and his wife and infant daughter departed Canton on Friday for the United States. Friends expect him to work to arouse strong American interest in China during his return.
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Canton
Clair Chennault
United States
China
Salvation Army to Visit 200000 Prisoners on Prison Sunday
New York AP reports Salvation Army workers will visit about 200000 inmates in 1200 penal institutions nationwide as part of the annual Prison Sunday outreach tomorrow.
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New York
Salvation Army
Army
Notice of Appointment of Executor No 20394 Iowa
State of Iowa Linn County notice announces that ROBERT E HENTON is appointed executor of the estate of a deceased person in Linn County. The signer requests any debts be paid immediately to the executor through Lawrence Attorney.
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Robert E. Henton
Lawrence
Angry Crowd Besieges Britain’s Top Communist Leader
In Dartmouth England an enraged crowd stone threw and shouted anti Russia chants as Harry Pollitt the British Communist party general secretary faced a hostile outdoor meeting defending wartime actions. He hid in Dartington home for nearly six hours before escaping unharmed.
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Dartmouth
England
Britain
Harry Pollitt
Pollitt
Lup
Dartington
Russia
Communist Party
Yangtze
Ernest A. Holtman
Holtman
Slash in Basic Price of Steel Called Unlikely
New York AP reports raw material costs for open hearth steel have fallen by about 10 per ton this year while billet price stays at 52. Despite cheaper inputs, most steel executives expect base prices to stay steady through 1949. Wages and other costs rose previously, and some analysts foresee prices dropping later, contending a steel shortage could be covered by existing demand.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Big Steel
H. G. Batcheller
Allegheny Ludlum Steel Company
Motive revealed in deduced executor appointment in Linn County
The administratrix of Ava Bostonia of Linn County Iowa has been appointed April 23 1948 and qualified. Creditors of the estate are urged to present their claims promptly and all claims must be authenticated in the Linn County Iowa Clerk's office. Tich E Bolton is named as Administratrix with Geo E Parmer as attorney.
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Linn County
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Opal Carey Roff
Cecil E. A Sr
Cleo I. Null
Fred Ull
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Roswell J. McCauley
Betty Louise Emerson
Donald Allen Emerson
Lois Esther Coe
Pervus Melrose Coe
Eleanor Klier
Edward Klier
Genevieve McEowen
John McEowen
Evelyn Maxine Holt
Elmore E. Holt
Dorothy M. Fleisher
William F. Fleisher
Roy Caldwell
Bernita Browning
Josef F. Hartl
Frances Pes2k
Paul Swalley
Selma Johnson
Robert Mullaley
Josephine Fiala
Edmond G. Stoltman
Minneapolis
Emma L. Melley
Robert Dose
Wyoming
Glendola Emerson
Waubeek
Leo D. Mooney
Virginia M. Cheney
Waterloo
Thomas Hubbell
Phoebe S. Beaty
Floyd Patterson
Violet Williams
James P. Gelski
Second Avenue
Ivan Studer
Central City
L. H. Kimball
Eighth Street
Donald Wilkinson
Tenth Street
Wilbert Gerbold
Atkins
Wallace J. Moore
C Avenue
Charles F. Walker
C. F. Keegan
Nineteenth Avenue
Thor S. Norland
First Avenue
Robert D. Miller
Franklin Avenue
Mrs
D. C. Oakes
Fifteenth Street
Howard Good
Seventh Street
Russell Preston
Thirty-first Street
Vincent Wrohlewsky
Monticello
Mercy
Harold Walton
Troy Mills
Francis Keneeny
William Taylor
Fourth Street
St. Luke’s
Frank Zvoboda
Solon
Edward Ellis
Thirty-sixth Street
Norman Amundson
Blaine Burkey
Springville
Donald Coleman
Fourteenth Avenue
Wayne Jeffords
Second Street
Peoria
E. C. Dean
Leota Dean
Fourteenth Street NW
Tracr
Henry J. Hagedorn
States Funeral Home
Oelwein
Pfc
Richard B. Sprague
Okinawa
Presbyterian Church
Williamsburg
Thomas Donahoe
St. Mary’s Church
Traer
Fred Prehn
Erwin Wachal
Sorensen Funeral Home
Edward Hoover
Hoover Church
Air Force
Minnesota
McCarthys
Landis Estate
Emil
Yangtze Front
Town Club Stag
Elsie Vopalka
Park Terrace SE
Dial
Adv
Townsend
Townsend Club No
Mary Moslander
Seventh Avenue SW
City Cab
W. R. Boyd
Blake Terrace
University Hospital
Iowa City
N. G. Alcock
United States Savings
Linn
Thomas H. Pirnie
Charles M. Fisher
Iowa Engineering Society
C. M. Stanley of
Muscatine
Fillmore School
Donald Blessing
Dickie Mills
Jerry Kurt
Michael Bucklin
David May
Don Wilson
Jimmy Dale
Tommy Cain
Richard
Robert Blood
Roger Morrison
Cub Scout Pack 5
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Ronald Schleder
Lance Dailey
Greg Wilson
John Helming
Billy McNiel
Bobby Predmore
James Whip
Larry Olson
Gene Out
Chennault
U.S
State of
Linnar
Sam Dawson
E. Bolton
Geo. E. Parmer
Lapes
Florist
Third Ave
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