The Johnstonian-Sun
VOL. 25
SELMA, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1942.
Single Copy 5c
NUMBER 38
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133 Johnston County Men Sent
To Fort Brags On Last Saturday
Board Number 1 At Smithfield
Sends 65 Men and Board No. 2
At Selma Sends 68—Went To
Fort Bragg For Examination
Saturday.
There were 133 men sent to Fort
Brag^g from Johnston county last
Saturday for physical examination.
All who passed the physical test were
given the customary two weeks’ fur
lough to return to their homes to
wind up any unfinished business
matters. Just how many passed the
physical test has not been made
known as yet.'
Draft Board No .1 at Smithfield
sent 65 men and Draft Board No. 2 at
Selma sent 68.
Smithfield Group
Those going from Draft Board No.
1 at Smithfield were:
Milton Daniel McLamb, Benson, Rt.
2; John Henry Rhodes, Four Oaks, Rt.
2; Noah Elijah Honeycutt, Angier,
Rt. 1; James Alonzo Parrish, Smith-
field; Clarence Calvin Coley. Angier,
Rt. 1;
James Millard Pleasant, Angier, Rt.
1; Lynwood Ivanhoe Powell, Smith-
field, Rt. 1; William Millard Smith,
Smithfield; Asa Fuller Rice, Smith-
field; Darius Green Raynor, Benson;
William Earl Barbour, Smithfield;
James Hunter Benson, Fout Oaks,
Rt. 1; Luby Hayes, Four Oaks; Rt. 2;
Alexander Dan McKenzie, Smith-
field, Rt. 1; Robert Thomas Mitchell,
Pour Oaks, Rt. 1; William Furman
Brinkley, Selma, Rt. 1; James Alford,
Brock, Dunn, Rt. 2;
Henry Lester Creech, Smithfield,
Rt. 2; James Worth Westbrook, Rt.
2, Four Oaks; Joel Edmond Norris,
Benson, Rt. 1; James Orrell Massey,
Arlington, Va.; Sherwood Barbour
Creech, Four Oaks; Garland Barefoot,
Dunn, Rt. 2;
Grover Alva Taylor, Benson, Rt. 2;
Cleveland L. Hockaday, Four Oaks,
Rt. 2; William Elwood Britt, Pour
Oaks, Rt. 1; James Truman Lee, Four
Oaks, Rt. 2; Arthur Noble West, Jr.,
Pour Oaks, Rt. 1; Abraham Phillips,
Smithfield;
Gardner Dixon ,Benson, Rt. 1; Wil
liam Henry Worley, Smithfield; Mar
vin Henry Capps, Smithfield; Junius
Preston Johnson, Pour Oaks, Rt. 2;
Thomas Ruffin Lee, Four Oaks, Rt.
2; James Westbrook Lee, Benson, Rt.
Liquor Arrests Made
By Johnston Officers
2;
Johnston County officers have been
after bootleggers for the past few
days with considerable success in
finding liquor and making some ar
rests.
Deputies M. J. Whitley, D. M.
Strickland and Lester Hales and As
sistant Jailer Will Barber made a raid
on the premises of Frank Smith, Ne
gro resident of Graytown, a Smith-
field suburb, and found 53 pints of
ABC liquor concealed in underground
traps, eight pints in a lard stand bur
ied under a shelter and 45 pints in
tow-sacks buried in a chicken yard.
Dates on the bottles showed that it
had been purchased in Raleigh on
Friday.
Smith was not at home at the time
but a warrant was issued for his ar
rest. Officers stated Monday that ef
forts to apprehend him over the week
end had failed.
Saturday afternoon, a few hours af
ter the raid on Smith’s place. Consta
ble Joe Royal! and an assistant locat
ed 49 pints of ABC whiskey concealed
in a wooded area on the edge of Gray
town. The liquor had been purchased
on Saturday, according to dates on
the bottles.
Earlier in the week, the sheriff’s
men found two barrels of beer, sever
al molasses and syrup cans and other
auxiliary equipment for making liq
uor at a still site four miles south
west of Smithfield, but the still had
been moved. Constable Royall and
deputies ran into a similar situation
in Ingrams township Saturday when
three barrels of beer and other signs
of a' still were found, but the still was
gone.
As a result of a raid the previous
week, A1 Sanders, Belmont Negro,
will face trial for possession of ille
gal whiskey; Lee Love, another Bel
mont Negro, is in jail awaiting a
hearing in court on a charge of pos
sessing three gallons of moonshine
liquor.
DAMAGED TOBACCO
REPORTED ON MARTS
Farmers Described As Panicky
and Glutting Market Because
They Fear Result of Ceiling
Prices On Farm Products.
PROMOTED
Telephone Manager
Visits Editor Stancil
Roby Lee, Four Oaks; Leonas Hum-
pries, Raleigh; Bertis Norris, Benson,
Rt. 2; Leo Tyner Lassiter, Four
Oaks, Rt. 3; Daniel Webster Childers,
Smithfield; Howard Ennis Bridges,
Benson; Nevie Naylor, Smithfield;
Herman Raynor, Benson, Rt. 2; Ed
D. Norris, Benson, Rt .1;
Joseph Franklin Jones, Clayton, Rt.
2; William Boyett Blackman, Four
Oaks, Rt. 1; David Clarence Johnson,
Jr., Four Oaks, Rt. 3; Milton Hender
son Martin, Princeton, Rt. 1; Ray
mond Milton Wiliford, Dunn, Rt. 2;
Marvin Andrew Denning, Dunn, Rt.
Justice Johnson, Four Oaks, Rt. 3;
William Lenon Barefoot, Benson, Rt.
2; Paul Jackson Wood, Clayton, Rt. 1;
Melvin Parrish, Benson, Rt. 1; John
Allen Edwards, Smithfield; Delton
Jernigan, Clinton. Rt. 3;
James Walter Weaver, Four Oaks,
Rt. 3; Harding Williford, Benson, Rt.
1; Calvin Alpheous Smith, Benson,
Rt. 1; Albert Sherwood Johnston, Jr.,
Smithfield; Thurman Williford, Clay
ton, Rt. 1; Lester Earl Gilbert, Smith-
field; Charles Craig Suggs, Benson,
Rt. 1; Leonard Branch, Smithfield.
Selma Group
Those going from Draft Board No.
2 at Selma were:
Robie Renfrew, Kenly, Route 2;
Thomas Henry King, Princeton; Hugh
David Stewart, Kenly; Johnnie Bailey,
Princetin, Rt. 1; Lenard Britt, Prince
ton, Rt. 2;
Luby Marion Sasser, Clayton, Rt. 2;
Oliver Joseph Wall, Clayton; Marvin
Washington Coltrain, Clayton; Jerry
Myrh Fleming, Selma; Berry Daniel
Woodell, Clayton, Rt. 2;
Walter Collins, Pine Level; Archie
Gray Collier, Kenly Rt. 2; David
Massengill, Princeton, Rt. 2; Garvin
Ennis Tart. Princeton, Rt. 1; Ralph
Vernon Godwin, Selma, Rt. 1; Earl
Baker, Princeton, Rt. 2;
Willis Champion, Clayton; Marion
Ernest Parker, Selma; Sexton Alford,
Wendell, Rt. 1; Zeb Vance Hales, Ken
ly, Rt. 2; Joe Turner Barnes, Clay
ton; Hardy Elwood Royall, Princeton,
Rt. 2; Elmer Carlton Pittman, Kenly,
Rt. 1;
William Monroe Abbott, Selma;
Herbert James Little, Kenly, Rt. 1;
Gurvis Lester Wall, Clayton, Rt. 2;
Junior Edward Eason, Selma; Albert
Willie Woodard, Selma, Rt. 2; Bob
Glenn Barnes, Clayton, Rt. 2;
Richard Paul Murphy, Smithfield,
Rt. 2; James Herman Davis, Selma,
Rt.2; Willard Harding Pearce, Prince
ton, Rt. 1; Jefferson Bailey, Middle
sex, Rt. 1; Thomas Holland Woodard,
Selma;
Gamaliel Duvoil Batten, Selma, Rt.
2; Joseph Hardin Hinton; Middlesex,
Rt. 1; Tommie Norman Roberts, Ken-
J. W. Campbell, manager of the
Southern Bell Telephone Company,
with headquarters at Goldsboro, was
a visitor at the office of The John-
stonian-Sun Monday while here on
business.
Mr. Campbell has an announce
ment in this issue of The Sun calling
on the people to curtail long distance
calls as much as possible in order to
help the war effort. Mr. Campbell
said he never would have thought the
time would come when he would have
to ask telephone patrons to curtail
paid telephone calls, but that time is
here, and despite repeated efforts to
get people to do less telephoning, the
decrease in telephone calls has been
negligible. He is now asking the peo
ple not to use the telephone except
when absolutely necessary.
The telephone manager said some
people had a habit of going visiting
over .the telephone and would keep a
line tied up for several minutes and
frequently for half an hour at a time
and that this kind of abuse of the
service would have to be stopped or
he feared .the Government would take
over all telephone service and force
the people to deny themselves of
these luxury privileges.
Wilson, Sept. 15.—Thousands of
pounds of damaged tobacco have been
reported on this and other Eastern
Carolina markets during the past
week. I
Warehousemen said the spoiled to-1
bacco is attributed to the rush by i
farmers to sell their crops because
of a fear that the OPA’s tobacco price '
ceiling might lower prices more than
they are now. This rush, they said,
has resulted in a glutted market.
Some farmers have had to wait as
many as five or six days after they
put their tobacco on warehouse floors
before it was sold, and the intense
heat of the past week hag greatly
damaged the weed.
A great deal of damaged tobacco
showed up on opening sales of Mid
dle Belt markets Monday.
At one warehouse alone in Wilson
it was estimated that 20,000 pounds
of .tobacco had; spoiled, resulting in a
loss of around $3,000 to the farmers
in the past 10 days. ?
75,000 POUNDS SPOILED
N. G. Blackman, Jr., gupervisor of
sales, would not estimate the amount
of weed spoiled in the last .ten days,
but other tobaccoTrists unofficially es
timated it in the neighborhood of
75,000 to 100,000 pounds. Spoiled .to
bacco brings, in a majority of instan
ces, about half of what it would bring
normally.
John D. Gold of the Wilson Daily
Times telegraphed Senator J. W.
Bailey of North Carolina that the
farmers in the section were “panicky,
and rushing their tobacco to market,
fearing the ceiling on prices” as hp
sought Bailey’s help in seeking some
“relief” from the OPA ceiling. The
Wilson editor wired Leon Henderson,
OPA price boss in Washington, point
ing to the high average paid for to
bacco in the Middle Belt opening of
around $40 and pointing out .that
“they are selling lowest grades. Our
average last week was $34.67, and
our farmers are selling their best
tobacco.”
Farmers Very Critical
Gold said in his wire to Henderson
that the “ceiling you have placed on
the sale of Eastern Carolina tobacco
greatly disturbs producers who are
panicky and don’t know what to ex
pect. The largest part of common to
bacco has been marketed and now
selling middle plant or best tobacco
at the same price received for medi
um and common tobaccos. Farmers
are very critical of your ceiling. Ad
vise raising ceiling four cents per
pound as indicated in your letter to
Senator Bailey in justice to farmers
who are due premium o» care and at
tention given fine tobacco. There is a
glut on the market here with tobacco
damaging on the floors. It takes a
week or more to sell.”
State Senator J. C. Eagles, local
warehouseman and one of .the tobacco
group who met in Washington recent
ly with OPA and Commodity Credit
Corporation officials on the price ceil
ing question, said that he was “troub
led” by the situation and felt that
something should be done about it
quickly.”
Selma School Faculty
Named For 1942-43
QUITTING
Mrs. Aaron Lassiter has been no
tified of the promotion of her hus
band, Lieut. Aaron Lassiter, to Cap
tain in the United States Marine
Corps. Capt. Lassiter joined the Ma
rines in February, 1941, and was sent
to Iceland, where he remained for
several months. He is now somewhere
in the southwest Pacific.
Before entering the service Capt.
Lassiter held a position with the
First-Citizens Bank of Smithfield. He
is a son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Lassi
ter, of Smithfield R. F. D. 2.
Several Injured in
Wreck Sunday Night
Mrs. J. A. Edwards suffered several
broken ribs and other injuries; Mrs.
Robert McRae bruises about the right
hip and both lower limbs, and the in
fant child of Mr. and Mrs. Edwards
received bad facial injuries when the
car in which they were riding was
struck by a truck Sunday night about
8:15 o’clock at the intersection of An
derson street and Highway 301.
Mr. Edwards was driving the Ed
wards car and a man by the name of
Sullivan was driving the truck. Ed
wards was going east and Sullivan,
whose home is near Micro, was trav
eling north.
The injured were taken to the of
fice of Dr. E. N. Booker, where they
received the necessary medical at
tention.
Smithfield, Sept. 15.—Some
weeks ago R. A. (Mack) Mc
Lamb of Johnston County an
nounced to the world on his re
turn from the Federal peniten
tiary that he was through
with making liquor and asked
that all his old customers quit
pestering him.
And now his brother, Frank
McLamb, 42, of near Benson
who is at present serving a
term on the Johnston County
roads, has announced that he,
too, is through with the boot
legging business.
McLamb said he will go home
soon to his \yife and eight chil
dren “to start life over” and
“meet all officers with a
smile.” He said he started ma
king liquor at the age of 12
and learned “to make good
whiskey.” In all, there have
been 62 warrants served on
him for liquor violations, and
he claims he has made liquor
in 42 of the State’s 100 coun
ties.
“I want to begin life anew ”
he said, “because it has been
a failure up to now.”
Lone Star Quartet
Coming To Selma
Johnston Negro Held
In Gas Coupon Theft
Miss Margaret Kirby returned to
Norfolk Wednesday, after spending a
few days here with her mother, Mrs.
W. T. Kirby.
Dan Carmichael, 45-year-old Negro
employe of the Smithfield Salvage
Company, posted a $500 bond Sunday
after being held in jail charged with
stealing gas rationing coupons.
Carmichael, it is alleged, stole in
ventory coupons authorizing the pur
chase of 2,500 gallons. , Officers ’Said
the coupons were taken from an oil
transport truck driven by E. A. Par
rish of Raleigh. The truck was left at
the Smithfield Salvage Company’s
place of business on the Selma road
during the week-end of September
5-6. Officers received tips later that
Carmichael had made efforts to sell
the coupons to oil men. He was ar
rested by Jailer G. C. Uzzle, who is
chairman of the county rationing
board, and Deputy Sheriff M. J. Whit
ley.
Selma will be in the lime light
Saturday night September 19th when
the Lone Star Quartet will bring
their Saturday night program to the
Sel»»a High School, from 9 until 10
p. m., the program will be broadcast
direct from the High School auditor
ium through Station WPTF, North
Carolina’s 50,000 watt Station which
is heard by millions of people in
several states.
Besides the Lone Star Quartet there
will be several groups competing for
the three cash, prizes given away
every Saturday night.
The two men responsible for bring
ing this group to Selma are H. H.
Lowry, advertising manager for The
Johnstonian-Sun and Dr. William H.
Carter of Goldsboro, a native son of
Selma who is pastor of the widely
known Tabernacle Church of Golds
boro. Dr. Carter is a personal friend
of Milton Estes who is master of
ceremonies for the program.'
The Lone Star Quartet are an
nouncing the program each day this
week over Station WPTF in Raleigh
at 11:45.
The man with the small body and
the long legs, Phill Ellis, one of the
best radio announcers in the South,
will be here Saturday night. He will
help to keep the people applauding as
the many groups sing those gospel
hymns that all of us like to hear.
Several Replacements Of Former
Teachers Will Be Here This
School Year—Schools To Open
Thursday, September 24th.
C,
N.
N,
Former Coach At Selma
High Making Headlines
There will be several new faces
among Selma’s schc*)l faculty for the
1942-’43 term when Johnston county
schools open on Thursday, September
24th, according to a list of Selma
teachers just furnished The Johnston-*
ian-Sun by Superintendent H. B.
Marrow. They are as follows:
High School Teachers
Rebecca Livingston, Silverstreet, S.
C.
Sara Bain Ward, Kins.ton, N. C.
Maude Creech Barnes, Selma, N. 0.
Jack McGee, Arapahoe, N. C.
Mary Huff ins Griffin, Selma, N,
Mary Chandler, Walnut, N. C.
Helen Blue, Carthage, N. C.
O. A. Tuttle, Selma, N. C.
Elementary Teachers
Neolia McCrummen, West End,
C.
Eula Mae Massey, Youngsville,
C.
Valeria Trondsen, Acme, N. C.
Annabel Jones Hendersonville,
C.
Edith Pride Harris, Kenbridge, Va.
Elizabeth Whitaker,. Littleton, N. C,
Vivian Griffin, Wilson, N. C.
Verna McGee, Arapahoe, N. C.
Martha Nelson, Vanceboro, N. C.
Rachel Moore, Battleboro, N. C.
Naomi Wood, Wallace, N. C.
Mildred Boyette, Kenly, N. C.
Bertha Mae Ammons, Roland, N,
Mary Lilly Watlington, Ruffin,
C.
Celeste Boyette, Kenly, N. C.
Nora Blackmore, Warsaw, N. C.
Hattie Perkins, Selma, N. C.
Roberta Spiers, Richmond, Va.
Irma Herring, Clinton, N. C.
Alethia Fan.t, Warsaw, N. C.
Ruth Ingram, Kennensville, N. C.
Rebecca Strickland, Selma, N. C,
N,
C.
N.
Dr. Petry To Preach
At Methodist Churdi
William Arthur Langley
Promoted By Navy
ly, Rt. 2; Marvin Glenn Peedin, Clay
ton, Rt. 2; William James Anderson,
Wendell, Rt. 1;
Leland V. Strickland, Kenly, Rt. 1;
Johnnie Edward Gurley, Princeton,
Rt. 2; James Winfred Jones, Pine
Level; Walter Gray Batten, Middle
sex, Rt. 1; Joseph Elbert Sullivan,
Selma, Rt. 2;
Nath&niel Dodd, Clayton; Jesse
Rudolph Creech, Kenly, Rt. 2; Edwin
Perry Raines, Selma; Fletcher Bras
well, Pine Level; William Gordon
Lynch, Selma, Rt. 1; John Marshall
Blizzard, Selma; Jesse Medlin, Clay
ton, Rt. 2;
Arthur Bass, Princeton; Paul Lee
Ballance, Middlesex, Rt. 1; Alfred
Lazette Smith, Smithfield, Rt. 2;
Charles Phillips, Kenly; James Gar
land Odom, Princeton, Rt. 1;
Donald Guy Sullivan, Princeton, Rt.
1; William Jennings Jones, Kenly;
James Furnie Lamm, Selma, Rt. 2;
Robert Eli Bridge,rs, Kenly, Rt. 1;
Nathaniel Joseph Puckett, Clayton,
Rt. 1; Thomas Jefferson Moore, Wen
dell, Rt. 1;
Robert Jackson Pilkington, Selma;
Kelly Crabtree, Clayton, Rt. 2;
Thomas Prank Parrish, Clayton;
Charlie Noble Cook, Clayton, Rt. 2;
James Albert Amos, Clayton; Charlie
Milford Rogers, Princeton, Rt. 2.
Mr. Ernest Langley, who lives on
Smithfield, Route 2, has been notified
of the promotion of his son, William
Arthur Langley, to Petty Officer in
the U. S. Navy.
Young Langley is on .the U. S. Ma
ryland, somewhere in the Pacific. He
has been in the Navy since last May.
A letter to his parents last week
stated that he was well.
Selma Parents Are
Asked To Meet Sept. 19
On Saturday afternoon, September
19, at 3 o’clock, all parents whose
children ride school buses are request
ed to meet in the Selma high school
library to discuss problems concern
ing school bus transportation during
the coming session. It is hoped that
all concerned will be present to dis
cuss and settle problems caused by
the war emergency.
Big headlines in the press a few
days ago (old of the raid on Dippes
by Uncle Sam’s flying fortresses in
which Frank A. Armstrong, coach at
the local high school in 1927, led the
raid, receiving much praise from the
press for his daring exploits.
Col. Armstrong, who is in charge
of Uncle Sam’s flying fortresses in
England, left Selma at the close of
the 1926-27 school year, going to
Langley Field. He has many friends
here, among them Tom Ray, who was
a member of the Selma high football
team during Col. Armstrong’s stay
here. “He made a fine coach,” Tona
says, “the boys liked him-and regret
ted to lose him.”.
Orphanage Singers To
Be Here Next Week
Ava Sues Mickey
SELMA MAN IS
WANTED BY ARMY
Camp Livingston, La., Sept. 11.—
Private Oscar F. Creech of Selma,
North Carolina, a soldier on duty with
the 28th Infantry Division here was
listed as being absent without leave
from his organization since Septem
ber 7, 1942, according to his Com
manding Officer..
Holding Camp Meeting
At Service Center
The Rev. Ida Artis i s holding a
camp meeting at the Service Center
Tabernacle on Route 1, near Four
Oaks this week, which began Septem
ber 13, and will continue for two
: week*.
Los Angeles, Sept. 15.—
Young, cocksure Mickey Roo
ney, at 21 a veteran of 19
years lon the stage and screen
was sued for divorce today by
his 19-year-old bride of eight
months, Ava Gardner. She
charged extreme cruelty but
made no definite allegations.
She asked “reasonable ali-
money” and her share of com
munity property, which she
stated amounted bo more than
$200,000. She said Rooney
earned $5,000 a week in the
movies.
The action was filed by Mrs.
Rooney’s lawyer, A. Laurence
Mitchell, with her mother
Mrs Beatrice Gardner, acting
as her guardian.
The Rooneys were married
on January 10th, 1942, and
separated September 4, when
Ava admitted “we were just
unhappy together.”
The Oxford Orphanage Singing
Class will give a musical program at
the Selma Baptist church on Wednes
day night, September 23, at 8 o’clock.
There will be songs, recitations, dia
logues and a rhythm band. There will
be fourteen highly trained children
in the group.
This program is sponsored by the
local Masonic Lodge. ' There will be
no admission charge, but a free \yill
offering will be taken. Come out and
enjoy the occasion.
Dr. Ray G. Petry of the Duke Di
vinity School, Durham, N. C., will
bring two messages each day to the
congregation of the Edgerton Memo
rial Methodist Church here, begin
ning October 4th and continuing
through the 9th.
On Sunday, October 4, Dr. Petry
will speak at the 11 o’clock morning
worship and at the 8 o’clock evening
worship hours. During the week days
the hours of service will be 9 o’clock
in the morning and 8 o’clock in the
evening.
For the morning worship hours Dr.
Petry will give a series of studies,
from the Book of Acts, stressing the
studies on the Spirit of Christ in the
Christian Church. He will deal with
the following subjects:
“Christ and His Spirit at Work in
His Church.”
“The Church of Christ and the Au
thority of the Spirit.”
“The Practical Ministry of the
Church Through the Spirit.”
“The Holy Spirit Unlimited.”
“The Holy Spirit Uncommercial
ized.”
“The Witness of Paul To the Spirit
of Christ.”
The evening services will include
such subjects as:
“Some Admonitions for Christian
Living.”
“Inside the Cup.”
“Who Is Truly Great?”
“How Much Can We Stand?”
“Whatever Happens.”
“The World, Christianity and
Youth.”
We are fortunate in securing one of
the outstanding thinkers of our day
to come to us and discuss the eternal
truth of Chris.tianity in the light of
our great spiritual needs in these very
troubled times. We have an opportu-^
nity to lay aside our work for a little
while and get a new vision that will
keep our faith alive in a Living God.
We invite every person of the com
munity to come .to hear the messa
ges that Dr. Petry will bring to us.
O. L. HATHAWAY, Pastor,
Floyd C. Price, Sr., Talks
At Fayetteville Banquet
Mrs. Aaron Lassiter
Sees Movie Stars Act
Mrs. Aaron Lassiter returned last
week, after spending some .time as
the guest of Capt. and Mrs. J. L.
Lamprey, Jr., U. S. M. C., in New
River. While there Mrs. Lassiter at
tended the performance by Bette Gra-
ble, famous star, for the Marines.
Keep .’env^ Firing!—With Junk!
Mr. Floyd C. Price, Sr., was a guest
of the Business Men’s Exchange club
of Fayetteville at a meeting held in
that city on last Friday night. Mr.
Price, who was called on for a talk,
told the members of the club and
guests something about Johnston
County’s Packing Plant, of which he
is president. He invited his listeners
to visit the plant and acquaint them
selves with the work being done a-t
this fast-growing institution.
Miss Juanita Williams, after spend- -
ing several days with relatives in
Princeton, left on an Atlantic Coast
Line train Friday evening for Balti
more, Md., where she holds a position.
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