Prohibition Crackdown Targets Bootleggers in New Orleans
Federal actions seek $2,000 in liens against four bootleggers and their wives as IRS collectors pursued unpaid taxes on illegal liquor profits. indictments loom from raids that seized $80,000 in cash bonds and jewels and 7,000 gallons of alcohol in marsh and plant seizures amid a sweeping campaign led by E. C. Yellowley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New O
Associated Press
New Orleans
Gulf
Toda
E. C. Yellowley
Prohibition Agente
D. C. Lines
William Walsingham
Anton Gravelet
Walsingham
Arthur Battistella
Alonzo Patterson
Patterson
Grand Jury
Standard
Rowery
Point A la Hache
Dry leader held for threats to Mellon
Will K. Reerge, an insurance man and longtime prohibition advocate in Kansas City, was arrested and confessed to authorship of an anonymous letter threatening Treasury Secretary Mellon. The missive accused Mellon of treason over prohibition enforcement and hinted at action. Police linked handwriting to suspects, narrowing to Reenie, who reportedly swore to continue Carrie Nation's work after Nation's death.
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Kansas City
Will K. Reerge
Prohibition
Secretary Mellon
The
Treasury
Mellon
Carrie Nation
Reenie
Missouri
Help ers Are Selected by New Highway Head
Columbus Aug. 13 8 Appointment of Harry J Kirk of Defiance as his assistant director was officially announced here today by G F Schiesinger new State Highway Director George E Carr of Marietta was appointed to Kirk s old post as chief engineer of the Bureau of Maintenance O Merrell of Marietta formerly assistant division engineer of Division No 10 succeeds Carr as the head engineer of the division
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Harry J. Kirk
Defiance
G. F. Schiesinger
George E. Carr
Marietta
Kirk
Bureau of Maintenance
O. . Merrell
Afsistant
Carr
Earthquake Shocks Felt Across Gallatin County Montana
Slight earthquake shocks were felt in Bozeman and nearby areas at 3 30 this afternoon. Manhattan Three Forks and other areas along the June 27 path reported several shocks overnight and during the day with no damage reported and less intensity than last night’s tremors.
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Associated Press
Bozeman
Mont
Aug
Gallatin County
Manhattan
Three Forks
Missionary William Turner Reported to be Held for Ransom
Greenville South Carolina August 13 Representative McSwain telegraphed Secretary Kellogg requesting State Department investigation of a report that American missionary William Turner is being held for ransom by Chinese bandits.
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Assoc Press
Greenville
S. C
McSwain
South Carolina Today
Kellogg, King
State Department
Willam H. Turner
Open season on grouse as English society heads to moors
London notes declare hunting begins at midnight August 12 as the annual Festival of St. Grouse opens. Wealthy followers flock to moors, with markets selling birds before dawn and restaurants serving grouse from lunch onward. King George and Queen Mary’s circle, including Princess Mary, are highlighted among top shots and social movers.
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John L. Balderston
New York World News Service
London
St. Grouse
England
George
Sandringham
Norfolk
Balmoral
Duke of Devonshire
Bolton Abbey
Yorkshire
King George
Queen Mary
Princess Mary
Viscount Lascelles
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World
Press Pub
Pastor Drowned While Trying to Save Three Girls
In Warren Ohio a 30 year old pastor Rev Ernest Newton of the Community Church Johnsons drowned at Crystal Lake while aiding three girls during a Sunday school picnic. Norman Cook 17 aided in the rescue but Newton died. two girls were pulled to shore. The minister leaves a widow and two children.
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Associated Press
Warren, O
Ernest Newton
Johnsons
Crystal Lake
Andover
Ashtabula County
Norman Cook
Pauline Sunbury
Mary Clapp
Evelyn Wuertz
Miss Wuertz
Mr. Newton
Cook
Amundsen Offers Maude For Sale To Pay Debts
Roald Amundsen offers to sell his ship Maude after a year in Arctic ice. The vessel, freed from ice near Bear Island, is heading to Nome, Alaska as creditors press for payment.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Roald Amundsen
Arctic Ocean
Bear Island
Bering Strait
Siberia
Nome
Alaska
Desecrator Must Learn Poem and Visit Shrine
Newburgh New York August 13 Recorder Jacob A Decker imposed an unusual sentence on Morris Marks after finding him guilty of desecrating the American flag The man was seen using a flag to clean his car and was ordered to visit Washingtons Headquarters weekly until Thanksgiving learn the history of the flag and country and recite a flag poem Judge Decker suggested The American Flag by Joseph Rodman Drake
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New York World News Service
Newburgh
N. Y
Jacob A. Decker
Morris Marks
Morris
Washington
Judge Decker
Joseph Rodman Drake
Rockefeller Rewards Oil Truck Drivers With Dimes
John D Rockefeller rewarded two oil truck drivers in Pompton Lakes New Jersey after they helped him with directions on the Riverdale Bloomingdale road. Harold Riley received three dimes one for each family member and Charles Stout received two dimes. Stout is newly wed. Five year old Harold Riley Jr plans to spend his dime on lolly pops.
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Pompton Lakes
N. J
John D. Rockefeller
Riverdale
Bloomingdale
Mr. Rockefeller
Marcellus Hartley Dodge
Madison
J. Harold Riley
Charles Stout
Garfield
Rockefeller
Riley
Stout
Harold Riley, Jr
Schwartz SLEW Himself Coroner Juries Rule Multiple Murders
In Oakland on August 13 a coroner's jury found Charles Henry Schwartz a suicide. The Walnut Creek chemist, husband of Mrs. Schwartz, was implicated in the wanted murder of Gilbert W. Barbe, an itinerant laborer slain in a death hoax to collect more than 100000 in life insurance. A separate Martinez jury identified Barbe's charred body at the Pacific Cellulose Company plant July 30 and ruled Schwartz murdered Barbe before killing himself in an Oakland apartment.
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Associated Press
Oakland
Cal
Charles Henry Schwartz
Walnut Creek
G. W. Barbe
Barbe
Schwartz
Head of Miners Opens Philadelphia Office
John L. Lewis president of the United Mineworkers arrives in Philadelphia for an undetermined stay. He tours the Belle vue Stratford headquarters and notes the move is mainly for mechanical convenience to improve communication with the anthracite coal fields.
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Philadelphia
John L. Lewis
United Mineworkers of America
Bellevue-Stratford
Lewis
Atlantic City
Shake-Up In Dope Force Forecast After Raid
Federal agents recovered ten cases of narcotics cached by Colonel Beach in a warehouse at 907 Ruhr Street. They opened safety deposit boxes to inspect merchandise, jewelry, and curios linked to Beach, with testimonies from dope addicts and detectives expected to fortify the case at trial. The anti narcotic unit in the Middle West faces a possible reorganization, with N G Nutt of the Internal Revenue Bureau observing ahead of action.
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Colonel Beach
Federal
Middle West
N. G. Nutt
Internal Revenue Bureau
Ruhr Street
Secret Service Watches Dope Deals Exposed
New York World News Service reports secret service agents used a hotel adjoining Beach and three assistants to observe drug exchanges. They cut a door opening and watched for weeks, witnessing the head of the revenue narcotics division and aides handle stolen goods in suspected trades.
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New York World News Service
Chicago
Secret Service
Will Gray Beach
Narcotic Division
The
Revenue Department
Baxter
Dietrich
O’brien
Beach
Collar Button 55 Years Worn in New Canaan
Middletown Conn Aug 13 Visitors at a New Canaan village store discuss age of a collar button. A Woodson claimed fifty year wear, while George Hoffman shows fifty five years with the same collar button. Hoffman notes a boiled shirt bought in 1870 for dress-up occasions.
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New York World News Service
Middletown
Conn
New Canaan
A. Woodson
George Hoffman
Mr. Hoffman
Two Injured by Autos in Separate Incidents
Joseph Emery 25 of 2331 Columbia avenue was struck near Eastern avenue and Stowe place after alighting from a street car. He was taken to General Hospital with a possible leg fracture and head cuts. A second incident injured Magdelena Leeogar 60 of 940 West street near 1671 State avenue. driver Harold Drick ner 2886 Schaefer avenue took her to Dr DeCourcy and then home.
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Joseph Emery
Columbia Avenue
Eastern Avenue
Stowe Place
Emery
General Hospital
East End
State Avenue
Magdelena Leeogar
West Street
Harold Drickner
Schaefer Avenue
Fred DeCourcy
American Aviators in Rif War Form French Squadron
Casablanca Morocco August 13 American aviators who volunteered to fight for France in Rif War have become Squadron 19 of the Thirty seventh French Aviation Regiment. The unit is led by Colonel Charles Sweeney of Spokane and includes Lieutenant Colonel Austen Parker of Helena Captain W G Bullen of Miami Captain Paul Rockwell of Asheville and Captain R H E Weller of Fond Du Lac Major James Sussan of Daytona in charge of French mechanics. Dr W Sparks of Indianapolis joined as a medical officer and will train as a bomber pilot.
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Associated Press
Casablanca
Morocco
France
Abd-el-Krim
Thirty-seventh
French Aviation Regiment
Charles Sweeney
Spokane
Austen Parker
Helena, Mont
W. G. Bullen
Miami Fla
Paul Rockwell
Asheville
N. C
R. H. E. Weller
Fond du Lac
Wis
James Sussan
Daytona
Fla
W. Sparks
Indianapolis
Indicted Vice Consul Held In $10,000 Bonds
Former American Vice Consul at Vancouver, David Do Kerr, indicted for taking a $50 bribe to admit Chin Jan Yen to the United States in 1922. He posted a $5,000 bond and pleaded not guilty, then was re-arrested for five additional charges with $1,000 each, as a grand jury investigation proceeds.
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Washington
David Do. Kerr
Vancouver
Chin Jan Yen
Kerr
State Department
Pola Negri Pays Overseas Fines to Close Seizure Case
Pola Negri deposits 57000 with New York customs to cover fines duties and penalties for undeclared jewelry seized on arrival aboard the Berengaria May 2. Case announced closed.
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New York
Pola Negri
Miss Negri
Two French Flyers Hurt in Rhineland Crash
A Cologne dispatch reports a French military plane crashed at Nünmbrecht in the Rhineland injuring an officer and the pilot. The craft carried a machine gun bombs and photographic gear.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Cologne
Nuembrecht
Rhineland
Catholics in Cincinnati Observe Feast of the Assumption
The Roman Catholics of Cincinnati plan masses for the holy day of obligation. Rev. Henry H. Buse of St Louis Church has arranged services to accommodate downtown workers. Masses will start at 2 1780 8 and 10 o clocks morning.
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Cincinnati
Henry H. Buse
St. Louis
Eighth
Inut
Steamship News Roundup From York August Shipping
Shipping news lists arrivals from Bordeaux Hamburg Bermuda Trinidad St John Santa Marta and others with dates August 1 6 9 10 and 13. Vessels include Roussillon Arabic Guiana Silvia Sixacola and President Adams among arrivals and departures to Hamburg Antwerp Cape Town London and Pir Pir appears as port notes.
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Roussillon
Bordeaux
Hamburg
Ft. Victoria
Bermuda
Guiana
Trinidad
Silvia
St. John
Sixacola
Santa Marta
President Adams
Drottningholm
Kenburg
Itania
Sompton
Cris
Panama Canal
Mt. Clay
Fittsburgh
Antwerp
Wwmska Teen
Oinburgh
Cape Town
Braga
Pir
London
Birth notices list numerous area families by name and address
A long stream of birth notices lists many local couples with street addresses and infant gender. Entries include Adkins, Albers, Bowling, Dugan, Friedman, Morris, Noona, Schulze, and Watson among others, with various birth locales such as Eastern Avenue, Linn Street, Beekman Street, and Park Avenue.
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Adkins
Melvin and
Pearl
Eastern Avenue
Albers— — and
Marie
Linn Baldock
David Ieae
Minnie
Beekman Street
Billyter John
Jesse
Venue Avenue
Benjjamin
Dorothy
Findlay Street
Breier Edward Am
Ellen
Dixmont Avenue
Canter Mitten
Goldie
Blair Avenue
Davis Dein
Vernell
Cherry Delse Sa
Ohio Avenue
Lach
Katherine
Elm Libbowitz
Isaac and
Mary
Manss Nue Lytloe i Rozella
Strafer Street
Melzer
William and
Marcella
Davis Morris
Clibert
Ana Irene
van Ant- Newmeister
Ja B and
Rose
Edwin Avenue
Noona AN
Charles and
Ella
Broad- Pearegn
Jack
Nellie
Park Avenio
Antonette
William
Helen
Schulte
Charles
Hilda
Smith
Marion
Ruth
Fruman
May
Colerain Spene
Estion
Sarah
John
Bertha
Kel- Watson Tester
Bernice
Cincinnati Narcotic Workers Unaware of Chicago Reorganization
Cincinnati narcotic staff including A D Wetherwax deny knowledge of any proposed reorganization hinted after Chicago disclosures. The reports suggested changes in Cincinnati Louisville and Indianapolis, tied to Colonel L G Nutt visit, with Cleveland HQ expected to know first.
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Chicago
William Gray Beach
Cincinnati
A. D. Wetherwax
Louisville
Indianapolis
Coloniel
L. G. Nutt
Wetherwax
Cleveland
Double Rainbow Dazzles Cincinnati Amid Shower
A heavy rain shower yesterday afternoon forced shoppers and workers to seek shelter under awnings and in stores. A double rainbow appeared, visible from 3:41 to 4:04 p.m., peaking around 3:47 to 3:57, while the Weather Bureau logged 0.0052 inches of rain and the month’s total reached 3.0081 inches.
Public Printer Scorns Union Attack On Him
George H. Carter public printer of the United States rejects a Kalamazoo union resolution calling for his discharge. Speaking in Omaha during a printing convention he calls the issue closed and notes prior tensions over staffing cuts under congressional appropriation.
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UNION
Omaha
Neb
George H. Carter
United States
International Typographical Union
Kalamazoo
Mich
Carter
International Association of Printing House Craftsmen
Coolidge
Sargent
Rites Set for Mrs O Hara Wife of County Recorder
Funeral services for Mrs Mary O Hara 66 wife of John O Hara Deputy County Recorder will be held Monday at St Xavier s Church with a requiem high mass burial in the new St Joseph Cemetery. She died at her home 18 East Third Street after a three month illness. She was sister in law to Martin O Hara Sixth Ward Councilman and part of a prominent Cincinnati river history family. She leaves her widower five sisters and three brothers.
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Mary O'Hara
John O'Hara
East Third Street
St. Xavier's Church
New St. Joseph
Bees Drive Out by Boys Ignite Barn Near Victoria
After elders ordered removal of bees from weeds near 2904 Victoria avenue a group of boys chased the bees and burned the area setting a barn owned by Samuel Greatorex ablaze. Damage estimated at 300 dollars.
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Victoria Avenue
Samuel Greatorex
Obituary notices from Cincinnati area August 1925
A set of death notices and funeral details list residents and family ties in Cincinnati and Avondale. Entries include Brockamp, Brown, Burton, Crowley, Davenport, Neirouter, Rose, Schmidt, and Strauss with birth or death dates, addresses, and funeral times.
Fragmentary obituary notice from unnamed source
Fragmented text appears to reference cremation or funerary rites with partial names and rites unclear. The readable parts mention a cremation or disposal order and possible undertaker or location hints but lack complete details. No definite individuals, dates, or organizations are identifiable from the readable fragment.
Busse and Borgmann Co Funeral Directors Ad
Funeral home Busse and Borgmann Co announces Three Chapels at 1617 Freeman Avenue offering services and arrangements with clear guidance and contact points for the public.
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Busse & Borgmann Co
Freeman Avenue
Obituary of Charles J. Strauss 76 Cincinnati resident
Charles J. Strauss 76, a manufacturer's agent, died after a lingering illness at his London Court Building residence. He belonged to Avon Lodge of Masons and B Nai B rith. Born in Banberg Germany, he spent nearly fifty years in Cincinnati. He leaves a widow Julia Trounstine Strauss and one son Ralph J. Strauss. Masonic ring service followed at Cincinnati Crematory 535 Dixmyth Avenue at 11 this morning.
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Charles J. Strauss
London Court Building
Burnet Avenue
Avon Lodge of Masons
B’nai B'Rith
Banberg
Germany
Cincinnati
United States
New York City
Julia Trounstine Strauss
Ralph J. Strauss
Cincinnati Crematory
Dixmyth Avenue
War Veteran H Crowley Dies of Appendicitis
Henry R. Crowley 29 a World War veteran and Pennsylvania Railroad brakeman died early yesterday at St Marys Hospital from appendicitis He served as a bugler in the Fifty sixth Infantry fourteen months overseas He lived at 1431 Central Ave and leaves widow Mrs Gladys Crowley and two children Henry Earl 4 and Ray Donald 2 Funeral services at 2 this afternoon at the home of his brother in law George A Weber 835 Clinton St Burial in Evergreen Cemetery.
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Henry R. Crowley
Pennsylvania Railroad
St. Mary's Hospital
Fifty-sixth Infantry
Central Avenue
Gladys Crowley
Henry Earl
Ray Donald
Tral Christian Church
Ninth Street
Wharfboat ordinance to become law by default in city
Mayor Carrel announced the revised wharfboat ordinance would become law without his approval, favoring five year leases with possible additional five year renewals for companies occupying public landing spaces. He noted the measure avoids the monopoly issue of the earlier rule. He also weighed a separate ten year electric rate ordinance, with action deferred until next week.
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Carrel
Coney Island Company
Bis
F. D. van Winkle
Light Committee
Weather roundup for Ohio and neighboring states with readings
Fair to partly cloudy conditions across Ohio Kentucky Tennessee and West Virginia with warmer trends in the west. Temperatures show highs in the 70s to 80s and lows in the 60s, with scattered precipitation noted in a few locations. Also lists marriage licenses in the city with names and residences.
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Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
West
West Virginia
Indiana
Eastport
Chicago
Boston
Kansas C
Atlantic C
Omaha
Birm’ham
Denver
N. Orleans
Phoenix
Spokane
Venton
Beng Taper Ai l
Missing Brumley and youth disappearances alarm Carthage
Police seek Carey E Brumley 33 painting contractor of 126 West Sixty fifth street Carthage missing since Tuesday morning his wife reporting no motive for the disappearance He drove away in his truck the Brumleys have no children. Police also search for Anna and Addie Sanders Detroit sisters 15 and 14 believed hitching rides near Louisville A Marybell Calladine 16 Lombard Chicago office messenger vanished July 20 with suspect James A McGuire 40 left handed A Cornelius Freeman 12 missing from 665 Steiner avenue since Monday Elsie Owens 16 negro 554 East Eighth street reported missing since 3 PM Monday.
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Carey E. Brumley
West Sixty-fifth Street
Carthage
Detroit
Louisville
Anna
Cincinnati
Marybell Calladine
Lombard
Chicago
Marybell
Postal Telegraph Company
James A. McGuire
John Freeman
Cornelius
Steiner Avenue
Elsie Owens
East Eighth Street
River Stage Report and Ohio River Steamer Schedule
The Ohio River at Cincinnati stood at 11.8 feet last night and was falling. Vessels arriving and departing include the Queen City from Louisville, Tom Greene to Charleston, and Cincinnati from Louisville with a 6 am arrival and 5 pm departure. The steamer Andes will arrive from Madison at 9 am and sail back at 5 pm.
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Ohio River
Cincinnati
Queen City
Louisville
Tom Greene
Charleston
Andes
Madison
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Fred A.schmidt
Locomobile
Franklin Motor Car Cincinnati Co
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Double Rainbow
Shower
Brockamp—Frank
Nellie Brockamp
Mullen
Glenna Avenue
Price Hill
Church of Resurrection
St. Joseph German Cemetery
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Harley P
Martha Ginniss Brown
James Wilson Brown
Ala
Auburn Presbyterian Church
Burton
Robert Mitchell Burton
Wianno
Mass
Reading Road
Avondale
Crowley
Henry R
Gladyser (Nee
Neirouter
Louisa
Nee Hauser
Leonard Neirouter
A Avenue
Rose—Louise
Louis Rose
Fewlty Avenue
Schmidt
Max. Naesspers
Lillie B. Schmidt
Bath
Gus Gildehaus
Vine Street
Strauss
Charles J
Julis Trounstine Strauss
Ph J
H. Crowley
Max E. Hopkins
Mildred T. Venard
Oscar A. Spohr
Jefferson Ave
Mary L. Martin
Michigan~ave
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America
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Fountain Square
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Marion Davies
Harrison Ford
Zander the Great
Rex, Wild Horse
Dorothy Gish
Ernest Torrence
Night Life of
Lon Chaney
Antonio Moreno
Patsy Ruth Miller
Irene Rich
Matt Moore
Bert Lytell
Virginia Valli
Norman Kerry
COX- Mat
Stuart Walker Company
Keith
EU Eneck
Sky
Orpheum
Katerion
Lila Lee
Kinogram News
A Century Comedy
Fred Patton
Frank Waller
Canal
Dansant
John C. Weber
Outing
Bauer Auto Sales Co
Chester Park
Mammoth
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