U S Seizes Teuton Ships Held Here In War Action
New York April 7 The seizure of German merchant vessels that sought refuge in Atlantic ports at the war’s outset began this morning after Congress declared a state of war. Federal officers in Boston New London Baltimore and New York moved quickly to take charge of ships ranging from the Vaterland 54283 tons to smaller vessels. The ships are held for safety pending future decisions about government ownership and compensation. About 91 German vessels totaling roughly 600000 tons are affected including many at New York Philadelphia Boston and other ports with several interned. The Waterland and other giants are tied up along with 27 ships in New York harbor. An armed boarding party seized vessels on the Hudson and at piers near 135th Street while crews were moved aboard Ellis Island pending orders.
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Germany
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Honolulu
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Ore
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Seattle
Norfolk
Charleston
Jacksonville
Fla
San Jean
Porto Rico
Hoboken
Waterland
George Washington
President Grant
Lincoln
Kaiser Wilhelm
Firet Weasels Taken Over Were the Naamburg
Koenig
Wilhelm II
Prinze Fite Frederick
Prinz Joachim
Allemania
135Th Street
Seizure Dilemmas Over German Ships in American Waters
Washington reports that seizures of German merchant ships in American waters are framed as safety measures for vessels and nearby property. German crews are treated as reservists. Government options include impressment payments after the war or outright confiscation under a 1828 treaty. Officials debate whether to seize in retaliation for submarine attacks, and initial steps may fix ship machinery damaged by German orders when relations were severed.
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Washington, D. C
Moore says militia units will be in federal service within five days
Des Moines Iowa April 7 Lieutenant Governor Moore declared that the Second and Third regiments and all other organizations in the state's quota of militia men will be in federal service within five days He said he was not in position to disclose the source of his information during the war fund debate in the senate
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Des Moines
Moore
Senate
Nebraska Senate Bills Get Fresh Life in House Action
Lincoln April 7 The house revived stalled senate bills on Saturday night reading to readjust its machinery. It backed passage for a barber shop Sunday closing bill, a credit fraud penalty measure, and expanded sheriff powers to probe law violations. Governor Neville urged against reimbursing a missing permanent warehouse fund loss of 214000 from a 20 year old defalcation.
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Lincoln
Neb
House
Senate
Neville
Wyoming Senator War ren to retire at term end
Senator Warren of Wyoming announces retirement from the Senate at term end. Representative Mondell, a Republican, will seek the seat. Warren has served since March 4, 1504, with earlier terms from December 1, 1540 to March 4, 1593, and was born in 1544.
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Washington
Warren
Wyoming
Senate
Mondell
Winve Maroh
Chancellor sells out in Waco to cotton man Colvin
German chancellor J von Bethmann Klouwes and Hin have sold part of their longtime Waco property to A Colvin a cotton man The transaction valued at 7700 dollars was completed this April in the Texas city
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Waco
J. von Bethmann-Klouwes
A. Colvin
Medal for Courage Awarded to American Relief Figures
Rome announces Bold medals for courage to Ambassador Luge Rev. Walter Lowrie rector of American Church and Andrew Carnegie for relief work after the 1016 earthquake in the Turkish region.
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Rome
Paris
Haron Bonnine
Luge
Walter Lowrie
Andrew Carnegie
Bernstorff to Sweden Minister Controversy Surfaces
Stockholm April 6 reports Dagens Nyheter states Count von Bernstorff, former German ambassador, will be made minister in Sweden. The item notes changes in German agents and the potential impact on Swedish politics as London dispatches unfold.
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Stockholm
London
Dagens Nyheter
Count Vonneraner
Ngion
Sweden
I Fh
Reports of War Plans Confirmed in Gulf Mystery
Washington reports persist that German submarines may be in the Gulf of Mexico or Mexican waters awaiting U.S. entry into war. Neutrals and investigators cite supposed Berlin arrangements, with German subs possibly supplied from Mexican shore bases, tied to Zimmerman and Carranza communications.
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Washington
Gulf of Mexico
United States
Europe
Germany
Mexican
Atlantic
Gulf
Zimmerman
Carranza
Zeuburan
Berlin
Huge Fleet Seized in United States Harbors
Washington April 7 German owned merchant vessels laid up in American ports at the war’s start are being taken by American authorities. Vessels listed include Vaterland and George Washington in New York, Kiel in Wilmington, Grosserhurst at Savannah, Liebenfels at Charleston, and many more across Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Honolulu, and other ports, with tonnages ranging from about 1,000 to over 54,000.
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New York
Vaterland
George Washington
Alser Wilhelm
President Lincoln
President Grant
Eres
Grosserhurst
Wilmington—Keil
Nicara
Savanah
Hohenfeld
Charleston
Liebenfels
Penencots
Eedlen Blamberg
Vogesen
Jacksonville
Frieda Londehardt
New Orleans
Breslau
Andromeda
San Francisco
Seraphia
Neptun
Ottawa
Portland
Ore
Dalbek
Beattle—Saxonia
Winslow
Wash
Steinbek
Astoria
Arnoldus Vinnen
Kurt
Honolulu-Pomera
Prins Waldemar
Betos
Holsatia
Locksun
Long Moon
Staatszekatarkraetke
Jasesche
Hilo
Cjahlers
San Juan
Grosser Kurnfurst
Barbarossa
Princess Irene
Friederich Dir Grosse
Hamburg
Koenig Wilhelm IL
Bohemia
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Prinz Joachim
Prinz Eitel Friederich
Philadelphia
Allemenia
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Lyeemaan
Mark
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Rajah
Sachsen
Sambia
Buevia
Tubingen
Seamboanga
Porneo
Marudy
Darvel
Spare Rooster Save Chickens From Slaughter
Bloomington Illinois resident H B Patton argues poultry supply suffers from excessive rooster slaughter. He laments reduced central Illinois harvest and January 1 stock levels, urging restraint to improve poultry availability and bolster feed for workers.
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H. B. Patton
Bloomington
Lil
Mratton
Central Ilinois
Plan to build a million man army within two years
Washington reports a war effort plan to rapidly expand the regular army and national guard to war strength, draft if needed, and begin selective conscription to assemble 1,000,000 troops within about two years. It calls for extensive officer and noncommissioned officer training and universal service for ages 19 to 25, with phased mobilization beginning next months.
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Storf
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United States
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Arso
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War Department
Washington
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Senate Military Committee
Congrees
Ex Senator Jones Fully Exonerated Says Hayner
Des Moines April 6 Former State Senator F F Jones and his son Albert were practically exonerated on murder or complicity charges in the 1912 Moore family slaying at Villisea after a Montgomery county grand jury report. Attorney General Havner returned from Red Oak after directing the probe and repudiated the case built by detective Wilkerson of the Hurt agency.
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Des Moines
F. F. Jones
Albert
Moore
Villisea
Montgomery County
Grand Jury
Red Oak
Havner
Wilkerson
Montgomery
Ax Herrer
Fragmented Rhode Island weather tease and nets update
Fragmented OCR text mentions Narragansett area and apparent weather passge notes with nets priced and eastern western passages. It reads like a tide and shelter report with unclear dates and actions. Main entities uncertain due to garbled source.
Mexican Spits On Flag Sentence Leads to Six Months
In Trenton New Jersey a Mexican man faced a six month sentence in the workhouse after a court found him guilty of an act described as spitting on a flag. The defendant pleaded not guilty but was convicted after testimony in a period of April court proceedings.
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Trenton
N. d
Wilson Hopes for an End of Armies
President Wilson voiced hope that when the European war ends, arrangements will settle questions that now seem to require arming nations. He approved the army bill presented to Congress by the War Department. The statement emphasizes reducing armed force as a world aim.
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Washington
Congress
War Department
Wilson
Pacifist Educator Patten Fired by Penn
Dr Simeon N Patten, professor of political economy at the University of Pennsylvania, announced that his relationship with the university will end this fiscal year. He says he was served notice after presiding at a pacifier meeting last Friday and allowing his name to be listed as a speaker at a similar meeting scheduled for Sunday, which police had forbidden.
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Philadelphia
Simeon N Patten
University of Pennsylvania
Patten
England in Peace Move Rumors Denied by Berlin Dispatch
A Berlin dispatch to the Haandelblatt cites the Vossische Zeitung saying the German Austrian monarch and statesmen meeting at German HQ does not justify peace offer rumors. It claims Britain floated peace negotiations through Austria to Germany, but Britain’s strength remains unbroken and such a move should be viewed with distrust.
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London
Haandelbladt
Berlin
Vossische Zeitung
Great Britain
Austra
Germany
Forty Men Trapped After Coal Mine Explosion
Fernie April 7 reported explosion in No 4 mine at Coal Creek trapped forty men. Rescue efforts underway as details unfold. Local officials confirm incident and ongoing search.
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J. C
Mina
Coa! Creek
Americans in British Army Cheer War Declaration in London Camps
News from London on April 7 reports American soldiers in three Canadian battalions near London greet the U.S. entry into war with heightened zeal. The 700 Americans, training since January, vow to fight Prussian militarism under the U.S. flag. Lieutenant Colonel William Lace notes the decision electrifies the troops as training continues with renewed vigor.
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London
Wilson
Addrena
United States
Germany
New American Legion
England
Canada
America
Actin
Willian Lace
New York
French Soldiers Cheer U S and Wilson Speech
British Front in France reports cheering from front line soldiers upon learning of President Wilsons Congress address foreshadowing U S entry into the war. American volunteer aviators and ambulance units earned high esteem as Wilsons decisive utterances became the main topic among troops.
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Feance
Wilson
Congress
United States
Germany's Death Knell Seen in U S Action
Tokyo April 7 Japanese press hails America entering the war as the death knell for Germany praising President Wilson's motives. A high official says Japan will cooperate with America, and submarine presence in the Pacific is not expected to trigger U S naval operations there.
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America
Germany
Wilson
United States
Japan
Pacific
Austria to Fight U S as War Looms
Vienna reports Count Tarowowski, newly named Austro Hungarian ambassador to the United States, has been instructed to break diplomatic relations with the United States if Congress ratifies President Wilsons war recommendation with Germany. He seeks passports for himself and his suite.
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London
Vienna
Tarowowski
United States
Congress
Wilson
Germany
Miss Wilson Gives 41000 to Red Cross for Soldiers Aid
Washington April Ming Margaret Wilson daughter of the president presents a personal check for 41000 to the Red Cross for the fund aiding American sailors and soldiers. The dated April 2 coincided with the president's congress address. Wilson plans another tour in the south for the same purpose.
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Washington
Ming Margaret Wilson
Congress
Mira Wiles
Nebraska Capitalists Will Prospect for Oil
Harrison Nebraska April 6 The oil excitement spreading from Wyoming reaches Nebraska Two prominent Slowx county ranchers have agreed to back two different oil companies Geologists report favorable ground prospects as spring opens investigator signs point to promising booms in oil exploration
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Harrison
Neb
Nebraska
Slowx County
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Navy Takes Over Grounds for Recruit Training Expansion
Washington April navy moves to seize properties around reservations to expand recruit training. Recruits to be housed in tents while new buildings are built at Newport Norfolk and San Francisco sites. Funding to come from general appropriation, with expenditure to be approved.
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Washington, D. C
Navy
Newport
Norfolk
Fierce Attack on Russ Army in Galicia Reported
Petrograd dispatches describe heavy fighting in northern Galicia near Brady with Nuveen and Teuton troops exchanging artillery and infantry assaults. The war office reports a Husnian line breach followed by intense bombardment, but the sector was restored by evening.
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Petrograd
Nuveen
Teuton
Galicia
Brady
War Office
Hus Nian
Attigok
Senate approves emergency war fund appropriation proposal
Senate appropriations committee attached a 100000000 for an emergency war fund to the general deficiency bill. The fund would be drawn by the president at his discretion, mirroring the 10000000 program used to prevent the Spanish war, as part of the Washington state appropriation for Wilson.
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Washington, D
Meinley
Senate
Consuls Depart Germany Arrive With Families from Havana
Ban Jung Porteleo and nine American consular representatives recently stationed in Germany arrived here with their families from exile after passage through Havana. They were among the later Americans to leave Germany, and their arrival signals renewed ties with home amid the ongoing displacements from European events.
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Ban Jung
Porteleo
Cermmany
Adit
Havana
Germany
Blues Release Infielder Kaneau City Me April
A player identified as Kaneau City was released by the Blues on April 14 to join the San Sabeanto team of the Yexsas league, per Sunsge sehr Cursed.
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Kaneau City
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Kafmane City
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Sunsge Sehr
Spies Posing as Ministers Suspected in South Axis
Federal agents arrest a white man and a Black man in Birmingham as they pursue a move by German agents to stir Negroes in the South. The agents, active mainly in Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, the Carolinas and Mississippi, posed as Bible salesmen and ministers to urge migration to Mexico aboard trains planned for April 15. A Birmingham railway arrest alleges a speaker urged Negroes to denounce the government and aid Germany.
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Alabama
Louisiana
Carolins
Mississippi
Cooper
Mexico
Birmingham
Germany
Promised Black Republic Rumors Stir Texas County
Marshall Texas April 7 A report says a white man is using threats to excite Negroes toward revolt. They are alleged to be promised Texas if the United States and Germany go to war, forming a "black republic" in the state. Nashville Tennessee April 6 A Columbia Tennessee dispatch reports Andrew J Armstrong a negro is held on rebellion charges with $20,000 bond default.
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Tex
United States
Germany
Texas
Nashville, Tenn
Columbia, Tenn
Special Dispatch
Andrew J. Armstrong
Mexican armies move on border near Juarez
El Paso April 7 reports say de facto troops from Nuevo Leon Coahuila and Chihuahua are moving toward the American border. Firing from across the line prompted street curbs and alarm, while official notes cite false alarms. Villa forces were reported closer than expected and a courier crossed from Marfa to share word of Villa partisans.
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Juarez Run
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Nuevo Leon
Coahuila
Chihuahua
Washington
Margulas
Carranza
Villa
Francisco Villa
Marfa
Juarez
Villas
National Lumber Makers Seek Freight Pool to Ease Car Shortage
In Chicago on April 6, traffic experts pressed Washington to pool all freight equipment to relieve the lumber industry car famine. Resolutions pledged industry loyalty to the administration and offered full resources. Also reported, 852 vessels fished herring in Turkish waters with a total catch valued at 14.8 million dollars.
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Chicago
Washington
Tuteh
New President of Congressional Club
The Congressional Club of Washington, formed by wives of Congress members, has elected Mrs Horace M. Towner of Iowa as president to succeed Mrs Atlee Pomerene. Mrs Towner is noted as one of the club’s popular matrons.
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Washington
Congress
Mra Hlorace M. Towner
Iowa
House
Mra
Atlee Pomerenc
Brazil to join war on Germany after Parana sinking
Rio Janeiro reports anti German excitement rising after the Brazilian steamer Parana was sunk. The foreign minister warns the situation may require war declaration, with Brazil expected to seize interned German ships. Cherbourg notes the Parana was sunk overnight and three crew members are missing.
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London
Rio Janeiro
Parana
Buenos Aires
Germany
Brazil
Cherbourg
Cuba Joins In Big War Decides State of War With Germany
Havana April 7 President Menocal sent a message to congress urging declaration that a state of war exists between Cuba and Germany. He requests authority for Cuba to join the war effort as alliances shift in Europe and the Caribbean region.
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Havana
Menocal
Congress
Germany
Appeal for German revolt urged by U S Emergency Peace Fed
A New York report states the Emergency Peace federation sent a plea to President Wilson and Congress urging the German people to revolt against their government to end the war without U S hostilities. The message notes German liberals and social democrats rising to overthrow the Hohenzollerns and Hapebures after cabbage czar era.
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New York
Wilson
Congress
United States
Reichstag
Germany
Hapebures
Iowa Votes One Million For War Aid In 1917
Des Moines reports Iowa appropriated one million dollars for war purposes to care for dependents of servicemen and to support food efforts. The Senate and House moved quickly to pass the measure with unanimous support, while amending bills to fund armories and provide aid to soldiers’ families. The governor urged prompt action and the legislature debated increases and amendments amid wartime readings.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Commonwealth
Senate
Ames
Congress
Rogers
M. B Pitt
Epdaker
Russian Front Battles and Reconnaissance Reported
Incoming lines report heavy fighting on the Russian front near Stokhod and along the Diehe river with German efforts pressuring bridgeheads. War Office briefings note Russian retreat threats, German advances near Leendricourt and Pettorad, while Allied reports reference fresh actions and countermeasures amid ongoing offensives.
London Bombardment Reported Again by German Planes
London Apell Towne on the coast of Kent were bombarded last night by German aircraft. Casualties and material damage were reported, with official confirmation expected.
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London
Apell
Kent
President Signs War Declaration War resolution passed by Congress and signed by Wilson
Washington April 7 President Wilson signed the war declaration with Congress declaring a state of war against Germany. The action included calls to naval reserves, a proclamation urging public support, and swift naval broadcast notices to stations and ships. Speaker Clark and Vice President Marshall signed as the measure moved to the White House.
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Wilson
Congress
United States
Germany
Navy Department
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Clark
House
Thomas FR. Marshall
Thomas FR. Marshall.” Kennett
Champ Clark
White House
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Bacon
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Brownie
Purnett
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Church
Connolly
Kansas
Cooper
Wisconsin
Davidson
Davis
Decker
Dill
Dillon
Dominick
Kech
Frear
Fuller
Ilingis
Haugen
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Hensley
Hilliard
Hull
Iowa
Ixoe
Johnson
South Dakota
Keating
King
Kinkaid
Kitchin
Knutson
la Follette
Little
Londor
Flagrant Contempt for Safety Displayed in Report
Washington reports flagrant contempt for safety in naval actions near Queenstown. Consul Frost noted torpedoing of a British transport Cannadine and sighting of submarines by ship No. Y, with Americans aboard, amid wartime tensions and disputed claims.
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Frost
Queenstown
Newy
Feanth
Todas
Bubmaarinen
Pelo
Denitn
Washington, D
Ovetaibe
Ynassare
van Atperojn
London
Four New Insurance Measures Passed in Des Moines
Des Moines reports the Senate passed four insurance measures expanding coverage ranges. The measures extend fire insurance lines, permit life and negligent companies to invest reserves, regulate insurance sales, and create a framework for new public insurance practices.
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Des Moines
Senate
Wilson Ttl
Newberry Ti
Means
Fale Lidia
Des Moines Bank Vault Tapped by Burglars
A Des Moines bank vault was tapped in the early hours, with four men looting the premises. Reported details describe the break in as investigators probe the scene and seek suspects, signaling a bold daytime theft.
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the Moines
Drake
Alonday
Mayo Dames RO Hanns
Fire Rips Asbury Park Block District
Fire at Asbury Park New Jersey spread rapidly through a block, destroying multiple structures. Reports indicate several buildings damaged including a theater and the Hall, with estimated losses around 2 200 000 dollars. Authorities say a deroga tive wire caused the blaze.
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Eles Perk
N. J
Herria Patel
Seose
Theaer
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