Agriculture Secretary Wallace to inspect Iowa corn hog conditions
Des Moines AP Henry Wallace secretary of agriculture left for an inspection of Iowa crop conditions with Leslie M. Carl Iowa corn hog board chair. He planned talks with Senator Louis Murphy in Dubuque before returning to Washington.
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Des Moines
Henry Wallace
Iowa
H. C. Wallace
Wallace
Dubuque
Louis Murphy
Washington
Leslie M. Carl
Higher Milk Price Granted Producers In Davenport Area
Washington AP reports an amended dairy license raising class 1 milk price to producers in the Quad Cities Davenport Moline Rock Island and Erz Moline Illinois. Effective Sunday the price rises to 1.80 per hundred pounds about 3.9 cents per quart with higher minimum resale prices. Officials say the increase may be absorbed without raising standard retail prices for consumers beyond 9 cents per quart.
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Washington
Quad Cities
Iown
Illinois
M. L. Wilson
Davenport
Moline
Rock Island
Erz
Inl
Farm Administration
Olin Auto Collides With Truck Of Hogs
Special to The Gazette. Five people escaped injury when a car driven by A A Cole collided with a hog truck driven by Dean Sarby on the Weseman corner. Sarby his wife and young son were in the truck. Cole and his son Ray were in the car. The hog truck rolled on its side spilling 38 hogs but no hogs were harmed. Mrs Sarby received cuts and bruises.
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the Gazette
Olin
A. A. Cole
Dean Sarby
Sarby
Cole
Weseman
Ray
Former Yale Dean Set as Vesper Speaker at UI
Dr. Charles R. Brown, formerly dean of Yale Divinity School, will be the first vesper speaker at the University of Iowa. The event is announced for October 7 with other speakers Dr. Robert Reed of Columbus Ohio and Charles C. Morrison editor of the Christian Century in Chicago.
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Iowa City
Charles R. Brown
Yale University
Divinity School
University of Iowa
Yale
Robert Reed
Columbus
Charles C. Morrison
Christian Century
Chicago
Viola Watermelon Day Set For Sept 14
VIOLA The eighth annual Watermelon Day will be held September 14 sponsored by the Parent Teachers association led by Clarence C Petty as chairman and Mrs Ellis Koppen haver as vice president. Fair directors include Joe Bingham concessions Delancey Butler watermelons Fairy Smith advertising William Seceist sports and Albert Rotert exhibits and grain judging. An all day entertainment is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola
Parent- Teachers Association
Plan Celebration At Toronto For Labor Day
Special to The Gazette Wheatland Toronto Ind will hold its sixteenth annual Labor Day celebration Monday sponsored by the Volunteer Fire company and the Cooperative Creamery company. The program includes a 1:30 p m concert by the Lost Nation High School band vaudeville by the Bob and Mae Morris troupe a 2 p m baseball game between Oxford Junction and London a 7 p m band concert an exhibition drill by the Lost Nation national championship marching band at 7 30 p m address by Jim Poole Morris troupe vaudeville free outdoor movies dancing in the coliseum.
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Gazette
Wheatland
Toronto
Volunteer Fire Company
Co-operative Creamery Company
Lost Nation
Bob and Mae Morris
Oxford Junction
London
Lost Nation National Chamonship
Jim Poole Morris
Rule of Two and Three in Contract Bridge Bidding
Abridged bridge note explains that bidding above 900 is seen as bad, with Culbertson rule capping overbidding to two tricks with partner’s hand if vulnerable and three if not. The article discusses safety against optimism and cites a hand with North dealer and both sides vulnerable to illustrate the point.
Openings and penalties in a bridge rubber clash
A two suited hand leads South to bid game and rubber, a double by West and a diamond opening by West set off a costly penalty for South. The play shows how opening lead choice shifted 1200 points and how eight tricks fell short of the expected game in this bridge contest.
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South
West
Dunn Favored for U S Attorney Post in Iowa
Ed G. Dunn of Mason City is favored to become United States district attorney for the northern district of Iowa, succeeding Harry M. Reed of Waterloo. Reed’s resignation was accepted by President Roosevelt. Dunn’s appointment likely within days after Senate support from Louis Murphy.
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Ed G. Dunn
Mason City
United States
Harry M. Reed
Waterloo
Roosevelt
Louis Murphy
Dunn
George W. Clarke
Iowa
Reed
District Court
Cedar Rapids
Maurice Cahill
Cahill
Oscar M Hartzell
Hartzell
Drake
United States District
Reed, Beers and Graham
Issue Pension Blanks From Delaware County
Applicants for old age pension in Delaware county will be interviewed at multiple locations and dates. Interviews occur in Manchester, Hopkinton, Earlville, Delhi, Edgewood, and Greeley with specific times. The blanks are issued by local officials including Fred W. Hermann, Mrs. William Hunt, James Kehoe, A. L. Schemmel and others at designated offices and banks.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Court House
Hopkinton
Leader
Earlville
Delhi
Bank
Edgewood
R. J Bixby
Greeley
Fred W. Hermann
William Hunt
James Kehoe
R. J. Bixby
Ryan
A. L. Schemmel
Colesburg
Farmers State Bank
Deficit Plagues Iowa State Fair in 1934 Exposition
Des Moines Iowa reports a preliminary deficit of 18 750 for the 1934 Iowa State Fair due to lower attendance. Ten day attendance was 259 883 versus 300 268 last year. receipts were about 177 000 against a 195 750 budget after a 7 000 wage increase. Deficit to be covered from existing fair board funds with a small balance remaining.
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Des Moines
INS
A. R. Corey
Corey
Fair Board
Killer Flees After Shooting Cab Driver
Des Moines police investigated the killing of 27 year old cab driver Charles Marvin who was shot after picking up an unidentified man. Marvin held about four dollars. He ran about thirty feet before dying. investigators suspect he was ordered to drive at gunpoint and that an accomplice fled in the cab.
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Des Moines
INS
Charles Marvin
Marvin
Lonnie Johnson
Cafe Employe
Calamus Farmer Killed By Auto
Albert Lange a 50 year old Calamus farmer was killed Friday night in Davenport after being struck by an auto driven by Burton Hanson 27 of Wheatland. Lange suffered a broken neck and died en route to the hospital Hanson is employed on a newspaper in Clinton.
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Gazette
Calamus
Albert Lange
Davenport
Burton Hanson
Wheatland
Lange
Hanson
Clinton
Elgin
Ll. B. Carter
Agnes Crowe
Clermont
C. 8. Whitney
Britt
R. C. Jorgenson
Minneapolis
Gilma Olson
Soldier
Mary Frances Hoyt
Fayette
Wilma Steinmetz
Riceville
Jeanette Lindeman
Applington
Harriet Peterson
Essex
Heleen Scholz
Guttenberg
Delmar—Howard Allison
George Allison
Howard
Jane Lamb
West Liberty
B. J. Oostendorp
Henry and
Johan Oostendorp
Netherlands
Nebraska
Kansas
Corolna Forbher
Clarence School unit nears completion with new auditorium gym
Construction on the Clarence Consolidated school adds a brick two classroom unit linked to the old building by a corridor. It features a combined auditorium gym, soundproof stage and classrooms, with emergency classroom use. Architects Cer vin and Stuhr of Rock Island. General contractor O W O'Dell of East Moline. Plumbing and heating by J W Darragh. Bond financing of 20000 dollars and 6000 dollars from general funds. District remains out of debt and the levy will rise by one mill.
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The
Gazette
Clarence
Clarence Consolidated School
Cervin and Stuhr
Rock Island
O. W. O'Dell Construction Company
East Moline
Ill
J W. Darragh
Cedar Rapids
General Fund
Mrs Culbertson Opens Bridge Advice via Gazette Inquiries
Mrs Culbertson invites readers to send bridge questions with a stamped self addressed envelope addressed to Josephine Culbertson in care of The Cedar Rapids Gazette.
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The
Gazette
Josephine Culbertson
Culbertson
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Winneshiek county relief payments reported
Since May 10 23 310 has been paid to unemployed by the Winneshiek county emergency relief committee. Weekly payments ranged from 1 042 to 1 940 with the peak for the week ending August 23. Spillville has the fewest relief cases in the county with three.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
Church of Christ To Hold Benton Buchanan Meeting
URBANA The sixty sixth annual county meeting of the Churches of Christ in Benton and Buchanan counties will be held at Brandon Sept 7 8 and 9 J E McMillan of Prairie Creek is president of the convention with Mrs Mina Bain and Mrs Nellie Porter committee on entertainment. The opening service Friday evening at 730 features a program by the young people led by Rev Loren Jenks. Saturday 10 am round table on Know Your Church with reports by secretary Mrs Clara McCuffey devotion by Rev Willard Smith. Saturday 2 pm topic Pioneering In Our Churches with speakers Mrs A Davin chairwoman and others. Saturday evening missions program led by Mrs D C Knupp devotional by Mrs W W Williams address by Miss Myrtle Furman India missionary. Sunday 10 am children's hour led by Alberta Weatherwax assisted by several. 10 am adult program by Rev Glen Moore Rev Loren Jenks and Myrtle Furman. 2 pm memorial service by Mrs W W Williams followed by communion by local board. 7 45 pm closing sermon by Rev Frank Andrews with Myrtle Furman speaking choir led by Mrs James Clime and Edna Lane at piano.
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Urbana
Churches of Christ
Benton
Buchanan
Brandon
J. E. McMillan
Prairie Creek
Mina Bain
Nellie Porter
Loren Jenks
Clara McCuffey
Willard Smith
A. Davin
D. G. Knapp
Ed Miller
Robert Daugherty
O. T. Cumberland
Leta McQuillian
D. C. Knupp
W. W. Williams
Myrtle Furman
India
Alberta Weatherwax
Lotta Mae Weart
Marjorie Hilton
Bertha King
Thelma Healy
Flora Rouse
Glen Moore
Mr. Harris
Waterloo
Frank Andrews
James Clime
Edna Lane
Cedar Rapids Woman Seeks $2500 Damages in Accident Suit
Vinton district court filings include three damage suits. Patricia Tighe, a minor, acting through her mother Mrs. W F Tighe of Cedar Rapids, seeks $2500 from Lyle Woods of Belle Plaine for injuries claimed after a car collision in Cedar Rapids on April 9.
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Vinton
Patricia Tighe
W. F. Tighe
Cedar Rapids
Lyle Woods
Belle Plaine
Iowa farmers face $9.90 tax refund per 160 acres
Des Moines reports that state property tax replacement will average about $9.90 for every 160 acres of farmland. Ray Murphy, state tax board chairman, says eliminating the property tax levy in the second half of 1934 should offset sales taxes paid by Iowa farmers, amid a 2 percent Iowa sales tax.
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Des Moines
Ray Murphy
State Tax Board
Murphy
Iowa
Michigan
Iowa Woman Near Death After Highway Crash In Iowa
An Iowa woman is near death and five others badly hurt when a sedan hit a heavily loaded truck whose lights were out on highway 65, six miles north of Albert Lea. Victims include Mrs. Harry Goodman and her husband, plus Mrs. Henry Jacobs and the Lipton family, with Clyde Whipkey driving the truck. Rescue was performed by L. W. Frost after the crash was heard in Clarks Grove.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Iowa
Here
Harry Goodman
Shell Rock
Henry Jacobs
Brooklyn
N. Y
Morris Lipton
Elizabeth
N. J
Shirley Lipton
Clyde Whipkey
Lake Preston
S. D
Goodman
Clarks Grove
L. W. Frost
Albert Lea Hospital
Funeral Held At Tama For Car Crash Victims
A double funeral for Leo A. Morroway 29 and Michael J. O'Connell 34 former Tama residents killed in a Wednesday night auto crash near Niles Center Chicago. Rev A P Meyer presided at St Patrick's Church Tama burial in Tama Catholic cemetery.
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TAMA
Leo A. Morroway
Michael J. O'Connell
Niles Center
Chicago
A. P. Meyer
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
200 Men To Be Employed On Louisa Co. Road Jobs
In Louisa County about 200 men will work on road projects this month. A grading and bridge job on road No. 2 in Columbus Junction, about 53 miles long, will begin around Sept 1 with 100 workers. A grading project of one fifth of a mile at the east edge of Columbus Junction will hire 30 men. Additional crews will handle graveling tasks across the county.
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Louisa Co
Columbus Junction
Louisa County
Build New Barracks At CCC Camp In Palisades Palisades CCC camp to get 20 by 60 foot barracks for twenty five men now in tents
Mount Vernon reports work starting this week on a new barracks at the Palisades CCC camp. The structure will mirror earlier buildings but be half the size, measuring 20 by 60 feet, and will house twenty five men currently quartered in tents.
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Mount Vernon
Palisades
Jailed for Refusal to Evict Family in Rain
Des Moines area constable George Kelly spent a night in jail after refusing to serve an eviction on a Mitchellville family of seven children. He said he could not provide food and shelter and was found guilty of contempt of court by Justice J. V. Lingenfelter and sentenced to 24 hours. Arrangements were made for the family to move Tuesday.
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Des Moines
INS
George Kelly
Mitchellville
Justice of the Peace
J. V. Lingenfelter
Kelly
New Rural Teachers In Iowa County Announced
A Gazette report lists 103 rural teachers hired for Iowa County this year. Names include Marguerite Ax mear in Dayton township and Mildred Cover in English Middle English, with many others across Greene, Marengo, Williamsburg, and surrounding areas.
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Iowa County
Tao
Gazette
Marengo
Alice DeSpain
Dayton Township
Marguerite Axmear
North English
Bunkerhill
Ruth Phillip
Deep River
Dayton
Mildred Cover
Dorothy Barker
Millersburg
Sherman
Fillmore
Mary Walsh
Hickory Ridge
Faye Harris
Webster
Oakridge
Iska Campbell
North Engsh
Yankee Point
Greene
Ethel Yoder
Parnell
Franklin
Hartford
Patricia DeSpain
Naomi Mohr
Victor
Honey Creek
Gretchen Mumby
Ladora
Marjorie Walter
Doris Fetzer
Iowa
Gladys Christie
Oxford
Lenox
Louise Ahrens
Homestead
Lincoln
Virginia Putnam
Margaret Murrin
Williamsburg
Geneva Brown
Pleasant Valley
Mary Ablard
Pilot Center
Edna Brady
Keswick
North Pilot
Virginia Smith
Sugar Hill
Margaret Murphy
Row's Hill
Sumner
Marjorie Langlas
Washington
Regina Brown
Irene Boucher
Draw Grand And Petit Jurors For Buchanan
Independent Gazette reports jurors drawn for Buchanan district. September session convenes with Judge A. B. Lavejoy presiding. The list includes 32 petit jurors such as Clarence Agnew Rowley and Mrs Ralph Bender, along with a grand jury roster naming community names from Independence Masonville Winthrop and Jesup.
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Aes
A. B. Lavejoy
Clarence Agnew
Rowley
Ralph Bender
Brandon
Carroll Bettle
Independence
James Bloom
Jesup
Thos. Burke
Charles Combs
G. Corcoran
Hazleton
Ben Deke
Max MuBois
Winthrop
Ernie Fenner
George Finley
Raymond Gates
Leslie Gissel
Henry Hawkes
Masonville
P. J. Herman
Walker
William Kayser
Mary Larky
A. McAlien
Margaret McClure
Lawrence McFee
W. H. Merrill
Orville Meyer
Henry Necker
C. H. Rehberg
Lola Schrader
Joe Shannon
Fairbank
S. Stewart
E. J. Sullivan
Fred Thompson
Lamont
Seth Timm
Stanley
Ben Wade
Quasqueton
L. O. Weaver
Grand Jury
John Bowden
John Duggin
H. 8. Fowler
E. D. Frantz
Ivan Hesner
Aurora
J. D. Hill
Harry Holt
Martin Michael
D. C. Prior
Forrest Short
Hazicton
Clarence Spaight
W. R. Wills
Three Murder Cases on Louisa Court Docket
Wapello county opens September term with Judge Oscar Hale. Tony Thompson of St Louis faces three murder counts in the Wolz case and will be arraigned opening day. Charles James of Cairo to be tried on a charge of shooting Myrtle James, likely to plead self defense. Paul Hake also indicted for Wolz murder. Forty-nine new cases listed. grand jury convenes Wednesday. petit jurors report Monday.
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Wapello
Louisa County District Court
Oscar Hale
Tony Thompson
St. Louis
Martin Wolz
Oakville
Charles James
Cairo
Fort Madison State Penitentiary
Myrtle James
James
Paul Hake
University of Iowa psychologists study art ability in children
University of Iowa researchers under Prof Norman C Meier will study possible links between artistic ability and general intelligence in children aged six to twelve. Cedar Rapids and Des Moines pupils participate as subjects in a $12000 Carnegie foundation funded project. The team will also assess whether interests influence creativity and how imagination aids child artists development. A miniature studio with stage lighting will be built for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Norman C. Meier
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Carnegie Foundation
Mount Vernon Kolache Day Parade and Events Monday
Plans are set for Mount Vernon Kolache Day under Hahn-Howard post of the American Legion. A parade at 11 am features, followed by a Mount Vernon versus Seselvenenriie ball game at 2 pm and a Bataan at 4 pm. Chileega speaks at 7 20 pm, Coffee from 3 to 7 pm, a 8 pm Legion hall dance, with a local band playing all day and an afternoon evening exhibit in the Kepler building showing quilts rugs flowers and dolls plus drum corps vaudeville acts.
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Gaczette
Mount Vernon
Hahn-Howard Post
American Legion
Mount Vernon m
Seselvenenriie
Bataan
Chileega
John Redmond
Cedar Rapids
Legion Hall
Kepler
Cedar Rapids Boyiz Drum and Bugle Corps
Martelle School to Open Monday With New Staff
The consolidated school will open Monday led by superintendent Donald Southard and principal Tracy McConaughy. Other teachers joining the faculty include Yule Mitch ell, Laura Sinclair, Helen Deitch, Grace Horn, Jessie Boxwell, T. Bower, and Elva Hoffman.
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Senator Murphy
Cherokee County
Wright County
Page County
Marshall
Olin Auto
S.U.S
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Harry Reed
Ek. G. Dunn
Killer
Conyrizht
Iowa News
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Newell
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International News Bureau of
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England
Republican County Central Committee
Winneshiek Hotel
Anamosa
Lora Houston
Jones County Emergency Relief
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Luther College
T. R. Roberts
C. J. Weiser
Decorah Girls Junior College
Ellison
Thomas Park
Sam Ellison
Martelle
Alice Chamberlain
Ottis Ellison
Florence and
Arlo
Milo Wolrab
Joan
Harvey Ellison
Robert
Lloyd
Nellie Plattenberger
Lisbon
John Fry
Mechanicsville
Clarence Oxley
Charles
Ralph Oxley
Myron
John
Marshall Oxley
Dorothy Schepple
Chester
Katharine Newhard
Springville
Margaret Moore
Whittier
Lesta Jean Pirie
Esther Hansen
Goldfield
R. E. Beall
Hilda Stentz
Mary Collins
Esther Straton
Central City
Gertrude Thompson
Buck Creek
Helen Crayne
Marion
William Secrist
Edd Wilds
Roy Armstrong
Delancey Butler
Joe Bingham
Neil Collins
Postville
Inez Hult
Swedesburg
Annette Rislow
Ridgeway
Miss Hesner
Irene Wagner
Elma Berkland
Inwood
Genevra Herwig
West Union
T. R. Collins
Cedar Falls
Segund Nius
Lawler
Wilma Trumbull
Belmond
Marie Tiesinger
Regina Sullivan
Teresa Naso
Laura Heddleson
Strawberry Point
C. B. Jessen
Garwin
R. J. Carroll
H. E. Irons
Lois Clay
Bessie Dusanek
Ruth Swartzell
Dysart
Zion Lutheran Church
G. F. Hansellman
Colo
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Clarksville
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Woodman Lodge
Wilfred
Moscow
Leo Sr
West Branch
Anthony
Vernon
Muscatine
Victoria Oostendorp
Aldia Hiebing
Helena Teppel
Nichols
Minnie Leopoel
Los Angeles
William
St. Joseph Church
Mt. Calvary Cemery
Ward E. Jones
Leona Wendland
Myrtle Mainquist
Villisca
Calmar
3. C. Iverson
L. J. Radtke
John Chittum
Wooster, O
Emma Arnold
Burma
Morgan L. Morris
Wayne Conrad
Louis L. Falck
Lloyd Rutland
Garland Lamb
Arnold Jones
Maxwell White
Helen Mitchell
Evelyn Mansfield
Pearl Reeves
Lucy Wilson
Francis Snitkay
Marion Yavorsky
Monzetta Marstellar
Longfellow
Leona Wilcoxen
Ruth Palmer
Beulah Gray
Josephine Brand
Hilda Marsden
Roberta Hart
Whittler
Thelma Gaskell
Mabel Kucera
Helen Potwin
Belle Plain
Commierce Club
Oelwein
Fayette County
First Baptist Church
C. C. Hall of
Maynard
Lester Martin
Clarence Wilson
Geneva
Wis
Louis Mellinger
Madison, Wis
Elsie Mae Wright
Free Methodist State Conference of Young People
Winnifred Ann Bevans
Harry D. Green
Harriet Cunningham
Bevans
Lewis Bevans
Morningside
Church of Christ
Benton, Buchanan
CCC
Mrs
Alexander George
Louisa Court
L. A. Downs
Raiload
Illinois Central System
Sanford Kerry
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