Confession Reveals 140000 Life Insurance Plot
Brooklyn police report confessions from Henry Greenberg and Irving Rubinzahl detailing a murder for life insurance on 22-year-old Benjamin Goldstein. Rubinzahl allegedly arranged the killing with Lefkowitz, who is named as beneficiary. Greenberg says Rubinzahl pushed Goldstein from a Coney Island boat. All three, Greenberg, Rubinzahl, and Lefkowitz, are jailed for homicide after a 24 hour inquiry sparked by Goldstein’s father’s suspicions.
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New York
Brooklyn
Henry Greenberg
Irving Rubinzehl
Benjamin Goldstein
Joseph Lefkowitz
East Side
Coney Island
Rubinzahl
Lefkowitz
Greenberg
Samuel Goldstein
Gravesend
Rubinzah
Benny
Goldstein
Stagehands Quiz Movies to Force New Wage Boost
Minneapolis theater wage dispute escalates as 58 cinemas may close and 6 000 to 7 000 workers face job loss if demands for a 10 to 28 percent wage rise are not met by midnight Thursday. Des Moines talks avert a strike after union hiring rules confusion and a lull in tension.
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Minneapolis
Minn
INS
International Alliance of
Theatre Stage
Des Moines
Bienk Theatres
Publix
Musicians Union
Wes
William J. Kerngood
Chicago
Bus Queen Called to Court Twice on Low Rate
Des Moines reports Mrs. Helen Schultz Brewer nicknamed bus queen, Mason City, summoned to district court twice this week for contempt of a temporary injunction against bus rates not approved by the state railroad board. Judge Lester Thompson previously dismissed contempt after a mis understanding about the rates being enacted.
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Des Moines
Helen Schultz Brewer
Mason City
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Lester- Thompson
Brewer
Railroad Commission
Cole
Nevada
Thompson
Cohan's Daughter Elopes and Weds Orchestra
New York reporters confirm Mary M. Cohan 18 eloped from Spring Lake home in New Jersey and married Neil Litt 29, orchestra leader, in Elkton Maryland. The couple traveled by a friend's car and were wed by Rev. Irwin F. Wagner. The elopement was a surprise to the Cohan family.
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New York
Broadway
George M. Cohan
Mary M. Cohan
Spring Lake
N. J
Elkton
Neil Litt
Irwin F. Wagner
Elkton Presbyterian Church
Cohan Famly
Drowned in Galicia Storm Reported in Galicia
Reports from Warsaw describe a hurricane in the Markowce district of Poland with heavy rain and large property damage. A Telegraph Union dispatch from Lemberg said 150 persons were drowned in Galicia.
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Berlin
Warsaw
Markowce
Poland
Galicia
Lemberg
Telegraph Union Today
Temperatures and Weather Notes for Wednesday and Thursday
Temperature details appear garbled with Wednesday highs around 88 and lows near 65. Thursday shows 78 for the day, 65 at night, with scattered numbers and unclear units, including 84 at 3 pm and mentions of hurricanes.
Farmer Survives Poison Snake Bite But Reptile Dies
Baker's Chapel Alabama September 1 In a Holy Rollers revival John Rice a farmer allowed a cottonmouth moccasin to bite him He survived the venomous strike while the snake died after struggling for a few moments The incident drew interest as a test of faith in the community The story notes the snake measured about five and a half feet long and the farmer remained unharmed.
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Baker's Chapel
Ala
John Rice
Rice
Sigler Fights Removal to Ohio on Fraud Charge
Des Moines financier Vernon A. Sigler and his attorney Claude R. Porter prepared to contest removal to Ohio before Judge Martin Wade. He faces a government fraud charge and was ordered to stand trial in Toledo with seven others over a 1925 conspiracy to organize subsidiaries for the Joint Stockland banks to acquire depreciated holdings and sell stock.
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Des Moines
Vernon A. Sigler
Claude R. Porter
United States
Martin Wade
Ohio
Piper
Sigler
Toledo
Joint Stockland Banks
Barber Loses 225 to Three Holdups
Des Moines police seek three men after barber James Hopple lost 225 in a daytime robbery. Hopple was patching a tire when a car stopped and occupants aided him. They then drew guns, took his money, and fled, describing themselves as "most accommodating."
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Des Moines
James Hopple
Hopple
Fair Settles With Paper for Printing
Receivership proceedings against the Carroll County Raid and Driving Park association, started by the Carroll Herald, were settled out of court over an unpaid printing bill. The fair remains scheduled for September 19 to 23, secretary L. C. Wright announced.
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Carroll, Ta
Carroll County Raid and
Coaltrain Fireman Shot Down in Cab
A. J. McKee, fireman on a B and O coal train, was killed as the train passed Lafferty Ohio a mining village en route from West Virginia nonunion fields. Several shots were fired, and authorities suspect union and nonunion conflict in the coal fields.
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Bellaire
A. J. McKee
Lafferty
West Virginia
U S Ship Anacortes Ashore On Irish Coast
The United States shipping board steamer Anacortes sailing from Boston to Glasgow ran aground at Ballyquinton Point in fog near Belfast. The crew was landed safely and refloating efforts are under way. The ship departed Boston on August 12.
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Belfast
INS
United States Shipping Board
Tacoma
Wash
Ballyquinton Point
Cardiff
Glasgow
Boston
Lindbergh Heads to Pierre in Spirit of St Louis
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh departed from Denver in the Spirit of St. Louis at 8 22 this morning bound for Pierre. The historic flight marks another milestone in long distance air travel as Lindbergh continues his pioneering journey.
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Lindy
Pierre
Denver
Coln
Charles A. Lindbergh
St. Louis
His 500 Stolen Miner Ends Life With Dynamite
Logan West Virginia dispatch reports Andy Andres killed himself with dynamite after a $500 theft. He seated on a dynamite box and ignited a fuse at the Braeheim mine clubhouse of Amherst Coal Company, wrecking four rooms. His roommate narrowly escaped death trying to intervene. Despondency over the stolen money is believed the motive.
Labor unions join bar in hunt for strike care
Buffalo press reports AFL and American Bar Association joining to draft a national code for resettlement of labor disputes. President Green of AFL and former Gov Whitman of the Bar lead preliminary talks with hopes for national labor peace legislation. Cohen chairs Bar Association panel with Green naming committee members Frey and Olander.
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BAR
Hunt For
Buffalo
N. Y
INS
American Federation of Labor
American Bar Association
William Green
Labor Organization
Charles 5. Whitman
New York
Bar Association
Chester I. Long
Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Green
United States Supreme Court
Labor Committee
John P. Frey
Cincinnati
Moulders’ Journal
Victor Olander
Illinois Federation of Labor
Julius Henry Cohen
Bar Association Committee
Hill's Daughter to Intervene in Big Rail Merger
Clara Hill Lindley daughter of James J. Hill was allowed by the Interstate Commerce Commission to intervene in the proposed merger of the Great Northern Northern Pacific and Spokane Portland and Seattle railroads. She opposes some aspects of consolidation and argues the Burlington and Northern Pacific parts should be the basis. Her husband Erasmus C. Lindley joined the petition. she holds large stock in the involved lines.
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Washington, D. C
Clara Hill Lindley
James J. Hill
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northwestern
Erasmus C. Lindley
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Spokane
Portland & Seattle
Great Northern Pacific
Mrs. Lindley
Burlington
Cedar Rapids Youth Faces State School Return
Cedar Rapids Iowa Sept 1 Ralph Sherman 19, who has a criminal record here, faces return to the state reform school from which he was paroled three months ago. Sherman is accused of stealing an automobile and abandoning it after driving to Davenport. He was previously sentenced for robbing a hardware store at Marion.
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Cedar Rapids
Ralph Sherman
State Reform School
Sherman
Davyenport
Marion
Anamosa to Make So. Dak. Auto Plates
Des Moines Sept 1 A state board of control closed a contract with South Dakota to manufacture 200000 automobile plates at Anamosa Prison The contract will run between 20000 and 25000 dollars plates to be delivered in December.
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Des Moines
INS
State Board of Control
South Dakota
Anamosa Prison
A. M. McColl
Rare Magna Charta copy acquired by Iowa University library
The University of Iowa library secured a rare 1587 English Magna Charta imprint from the Totten collection. Irma L. McCloud, a 1888 graduate of the university, donated the copy along with a 1684 volume titled A Book of Entries. The law college already houses several Totten imprints.
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Towa City
University of Iowa Library
England
College of Law
Irma L. McCloud
Washington, D. C
Name Duplicate Sparks Car Collision Dispute
Council Bluffs residents Mrs L Bennett and J W Bennett collided in an accident and argued over names and addresses. After notes were compared they realized they were related by surname but decided not to involve police.
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Council Bluffs
Bennett
L. Bennett
J. W. Bennett
Oil mogul Julian's vow shakes big oil power
Los Angeles reports M C C Julian, founder ousted from a major petroleum firm, now leads a wide fraud inquiry. He broadcasts on a major station claiming others in the oil industry overissued stock and wronged investors, while he broadens into five Arizona mine prospects. The grand jury indicts 55 businessmen as part of the probe.
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Los Angeles
Cal
California
M. cC
Julian
The
Petroleum Corporation
Julian Pete
Nno
S. C. Lewis
Arizona
Fear for Safety of Flying Princess and Two Companions
The Princess and two companions fear for their safety as their speed may have been slowed by head winds or zigzagging. The Canadian government stands ready to assist if needed on this side of the ocean. At 10 30 this morning St Raphael had enough fuel for 12 hours of flight.
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St. Raphael
Room for Watson Started in Indiana
Noblesville Indiana September 1 600 Hamilton Republicans formed a booster club to back James E Watson Indiana senior senator for the Republican presidential nomination in a concerted effort locally through the party activists.
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Watson
Indiana
Noblesville
Ind
James E. Watson
Building Permits Recorded for Several Homes
J W Childers files for a residence addition at 1017 Mobile valued at 150 dollars. J Q Page receives a heating plant permit at 424 Sunset Road. H L Greene secures a heating plant permit at 1314 Jefferson. L F Bedard obtains a heating plant permit at 302 Fowler.
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J. W. Childers
Mobile
J. Q. Page
Sunset Road
H. L. Greene
Jefferson
L. F. Bedard
Fowler
English Channel swim abandoned by Mrs Weidman
Mrs Jack Weidman an English woman swimmer abandoned her attempt to cross the English Channel after starting from Cape Gris Nez. The endeavor began today and ended midway due to unknown reasons.
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Never
England
Jack Weidman
Cape Gris Nez
English Channel
Revival of polo in Germany attracts notable backing
Berlin hosts an international polo tournament at Frohnau with teams from England Egypt Vienna Hamburg and Berlin amid a diplomatic and cultural elite. The English four led by Sir Jan Walker dominated play as Berlin's scene expands.
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Germany
Berlin
Frohnau
Hamburg
Jan Walker
Diplomatic Corps
New obstacle to Levine's sea flight arises in London
London on September 14 a temporary obstacle to Charles A Levine's planned trans Atlantic flight emerged as Imperial Airways said it had a contract with Captain W G Hinchcliffe the pilot Levine chose for the Columbia and would require 10000 dollars from Levine to lease Hinchcliffe Levine signaled the sum was steep but offered to back a 10000 insurance policy on Hinchcliffe Imperial Airways said the amount covers training a replacement pilot given Hinchcliffe's experience and value
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London
Charles A. Levine
Imperial Airways
W. G. Hinchcliffe
Levine
Columbia
Hinchcliffe
Bank Debits and Mortgages Report for Waterloo Week
Waterloo bank debits for the week ending August 31 1927 total 4 130 700 while the 1926 week was 4 229 447 Debits by day are listed as Thursday Friday Saturday and the week’s total For mortgages and chattel mortgages the week ending August 31 1927 shows 19 73 011 73 and 131 8 177 52 respectively with prior weeks and year figures noted Official data from the Waterloo Clearing House association includes instruments recorded totals and year over year increases
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Black Hawk County Abstract Co
Waterloo Bank
Waterloo Clearing House Association
Thuysday Ea Anaencsa
Scccceges
Air express launches nationwide private mail and parcel service
New York Sept 1 commercial aviation makes a leap with government air mail ending and a country wide air express system using four private carriers. Coast to coast 32 hour express, Chicago to Dallas under 12, Boston New York Chicago Dallas trunk line, Salt Lake to Los Angeles link. Express firms say service outpaces Europe and will pay for itself, rates 25 to 75 cents per 0.25 lb, min $1, max 290 lb, insured up to $5,000, materials restrictions apply.
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New York
America
Chicago
Dallas
San Francisco
Boston
Salt Lake
Los Angeles
National Air Transport
Boeing Air Transport
Western Air Express
Altho
Express
Express Company
Air Express
Lions Hear Talk on Safety Precautions
Railroad officials urge careful driving at grade crossings. J D White of Illinois Central spoke to Black's Lions Club during lunch and led a tour of the safety car and a film shown to 37,000 people since January 1.
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J. D. White
Chicago
Illinois Central System
Lions Club
Black
White
Lions
Illinois Central Station
Chicago Cubs Sign Veteran Pitcher Art Nehf
Art Nehf, veteran left handed pitcher formerly with the New York Giants and the Boston Braves, was signed by the Chicago Cubs in Terre Haute Indiana. He joined manager McCarthy after conference and comes with Phil Weinert, boosting the Cubs to four left handers.
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Pittsburgh
Art Nehf
Terre Haute
Ind
New York Giants
Boston Braves
Cincinnati Reds
Chicago Cubs
Nehf
McCarthy
Cubs
Phil Weinert
Plan Cross State Road Gains Backing in Five Counties
Washington Iowa Sept 1 good roads boosters from Muscatine Louisa Washington Keokuk and Mahaska counties met to plan a cross state hard surfaced highway project seeking state aid and coordinated construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Ta
Muscatine
Louisa
Washington
Keokuk
Mahaska
McCray Returns to Indiana to Rest After Visit
Warren T. McCray arrives at Indianapolis and avoids crowds by exiting at Leota street station. He plans to rest at his son in law’s home with family while prosecutors consider summoning him as a grand jury witness over bribery allegations connected to James P. McDonald.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Warren T. McCrAy
Union Station
McCray
Leota Street
Evans
John Moorman
Marv
Benton Sheriff Severely Wounded In Pool Hall Attack
Sheriff R L Whelan of Benton county was severely cut in a struggle with Frank Honzelka 45 of Van Horne who attacked him as officers attempted arrest. Honzelka, described as insane, was taken into custody and later committed to the Mt Pleasant state asylum.
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Vinton
R. L. Whelan
Benton County
Frank Honzelka
van Horne
Honzelka
Mt. Pleasant
Pleads Not Guilty to McIntyre Killing
Fort Dodge report states 17 year old Frank Bittner pleaded not guilty to murder in the McIntyre slaying of May 1. Indicted with Austin Navin and Edward J. Watson, Bittner stood before District Judge Clock without counsel. Navin remains jailed as a key witness. Watson is at large.
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Fort Dodge
Frank Bittner
Austin Navin
Edward J. Watson
Omaha
George McIntyre
Navin
Bittner
Watson
Eight year old Mary Pappas improves after accident
Mary Pappas eight daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter Pappas of 1401 Falls Avenue was seriously injured when run over by a car near her home yesterday afternoon. Her condition has improved to fairly good at St Francis hospital with a fractured left thigh and extensive bruising. Doctors fear internal injuries could be fatal but have not become critical.
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Mary Pappas
Peter Pappas
Falls Avenue
St.Francis Hospital
Vasa Orden to Meet in Boone for Annual Convention
Boone Iowa September 1 delegates from Iowa Nebraska gather for three day Vasa Orden of America convention opening in Boone. Nearly 200 delegates expected to attend from surrounding states and regions.
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Vasa Orden
Boone
Vasa Orden of America
Towa
Nebraska
Seek Missing Man From Jewell to Ames Disappears
Police in Ames Iowa search for William Peterson 952 missing since Monday night after starting from his Jewell home. He was last seen boarding a Northwestern train, relatives report.
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Ames
William Peterson
Jewell
North Western
Coalmen in Secret Meet Discuss Jacksonville Wage Clash
Coal mine operators from the central competitive field held a secret two day session in Chicago starting today. The meeting is believed to address the Jacksonville wage dispute.
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Chicago
Jacksonville
Jail Leggers Who Tried to Fool Law by Carrying Water
Decorah Iowa Sept 1 R S Staunton and Loring Chamberlain Fort Dodge were held in the county jail awaiting trial for liquor law violations. Investigators found 43 gallon cans with a false bottom concealing a pint of liquor in each while the top portion held water, designed to fool officers.
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Decorah
R. S. Staunton
Loring Chamberlain
Fort Dodge
Altho
Travels Alone Through Persia for Rug Collection
Mrs Hope Stedman of a women run rug importers firm will journey solo through Persia visiting Bagdad Hamadan Kirman Shah Isfahan Tehran and Tabriz to collect authentic Persian rugs. She aims to purchase each rug at its place of manufacture to add to a Turkish collection already built by her cousin Miss Marie Youssoupoff.
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Wilkesbarre
Hope Stedman
United States
Persia
Marie Youssoupoff
Hotel Hanford Foreclosure Receiver Sought in Mason City
Minnesota Loan and Trust of Minneapolis asks for a receiver to guard bondholder interests during foreclosure on the Hotel Hanford in Mason City Iowa The petition says a $4000000 bond issue backed the hotel and taxes were not paid prompting a tax sale in December 1924 It states $50000 is needed to redeem and warns a tax deed could be issued soon and the property lost as security for the bonds The case will be decided at the September term of court
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Mason City
Mason City Hotel Company
Hotel Hanford
Minnesota Loan &Trust Company
Minneapolis
Amelia Bingham Dies After Illness at 56
New York actress Amelia Bingham dies at her Riverside Drive home of pneumonia at age 56 after eight months of invalidism. She rallied briefly this morning to view the Hudson before slipping away with sister Mrs Mina Leslie at her bedside.
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New York
Amelia Bingham
Riverside Drive
Miss Bingham
Hudson River
Mina Leslie
Englishman Launches Solo Flight to Cape Town
Lieut. R. R. Bentley left Hendon airdrome at 10:25 a.m. for a solo England to South Africa flight. He aims to follow Sir Alan Cobham’s route and reach Cape Town in about fourteen days. The voyage is the first solo England to South Africa attempt, flown in a De Havilland moth named Doris by his fiancée.
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London
INS
Lieut
R. R. Bentley
Hendon
Cape Town
Bentley
Alen Cobham
England
South Africa
Lieut. Bentley
Doris
Cee
Auto Roll Strips Clothes From Man
Keokuk Iowa September 1 Ben ton Wilson 44 Fairmount Mo employed here is in a hospital recovering from injuries suffered yesterday when his automobile went through a broken guard rail and plunged over a 50 foot embankment. The car rolled three times with Wilson inside his clothing stripped in the wild roll. Several bones were broken but no serious injury was sustained.
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Keokuk
Benton Wilson
Fairmount
Wilson
Marriage Licenses Granted in Cedar Falls and Waterloo
Martin N. Dayton of Cedar Falls and Verda A. McLaughlin of Cedar Falls. Henry Lemke with Juliana Hornik of Waterloo. Wayne E. Wilcox and Loyce E. Thornberry of Waterloo. William Wagner of Dunkerton with Pearl Trumbauer of Dunkerton. Ages listed as 21 for Dayton and McLaughlin, 30 for Hornik, 20 for Thornberry, 46 for Wagner, 26 for Trumbauer.
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Martin N. Dayton
Cedar Falls
Verda A. McLaughlin
Henry Lemke
Waterloo
Juliana Hornik
Wayne E. Wilcox
Loyce E. Thornberry
William Wagner
Dunkerton Oo
Pearl Trumbauer
Dunkerton One
Veteran Survives Wreck Near Oxford Iowa
William Summerhays, 80, the town's only living Civil War veteran, is recovering from injuries after the automobile he was driving was demolished by a Rock Island freight train half a mile east of Oxford Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
William Summerhays
Rock Island
Adlerika Relief For Stomach Gas And Sour Milk
Mrs. R. W. Brightwell testifies Adlerika relieves stomach gas and sourness in ten minutes. The ad claims the product cleanses both upper and lower bowels by removing old waste matter, promising dramatic personal relief. Robert Drug Co. and C. J. Miller advertise.
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Adlerika
R. W. Brightwell
Adherika
Robert Drug Go
C. J. Miller
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