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LOUISBURG, N. CAROLINA KRIUAY, SKIT KM 1JK K 3, 1043
(Eight Pages)
NUMBER SO
MALONE ELECT
ED PRESIDENT
MATTHEWS MADE
SECRETARY-TREAS.
Of the Seventh Judicial Dis
trict Bar Association In
Raleigh Monday
A regular meeting of the Sev
enth Judicial District Bar Aeso-I
ciation was held in Raleigh on |
Monday. The attendance was 1
reported good. Those attending!
from Loulsburg were Messrs.
G. M. Beam, Hill Yarborough,
W. L. Lumpkin and E. H. Malone.
After eke discussion and dispo
sition of many questions of busi
ness that were of Importance to
the meeting, the regular election
of officers for the ensuing year
was announced and resulted as
follows:
Mr. James E. Malone, Judge of
Franklin County's Recorder's
Court, of Louisburg, was elected
President,
Mr. John F. Matthews, Attor
ney for Franklin County and
Prosecuting Attorney for the Re
corder's Court, of Louisburg, was
elected Secretary-Treasurer for
the Association.
The meeting developed many
Interesting questions and many
delightful social contacts.
J.. R. Pearce Shot
Mr. J. Robin Pearce, of Youn
gsville, was shot Saturday after
noon about 4 o'clock by a negro
named Joe Mitchell, the bullet
taking effect in the back thigh
of Mr. Pearce's right leg. Mitch
ell escaped and at this writing
had not been arrested.
According to the information
received here it seems there had
been no trouble between the two.
Mr. Pearce had just a short while
before changed a i It). 00 bill for
Joe, and wan putting drinks in
his cooler with his back to the
counter when the negro shot.
The bullet passed through the
side of a counter before strik
ing Mr. Pearce and caused only
a small flesh wound. Had the
gun been raised a little higher it
would have caused an abdominal
wound that would have been ser
ious.
There were others in the store
and to secure his escape the ne
gro demanded all not to move.
His pistol was later found in a
house, it was learned that he had
hidden under the night of the
shooting.
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Red Cross Report
Mrs. R. W. Smithwick, Pro
duction Chairman of Louisburg
Chapter of American Red Cross,
" has the following report to make:
Our quota for June 1942
through June 1943 has been
shipped to headquarters at Sea
Girt, N. J. It consisted of the
following:^ 62 mufflers, 32 hel
mets, 43 wristlets, 95 sleeveless
sweaters (38 short of quota al
lotted), 155 bed shirts, 24 kit
bags made by Baptist Bible
School, 68 children's gowns, 63
women's gowns, 34 petticoats, 75
women's slips, 53 men's shirts.
Thanks to every person for help
ing in this project.
Please knit a sweater!
We have on hand over 225
pounds of yarn to be knitted Into
sweaters for our boys in service.
Let's not make them wait too long
fop them. Come now ? and knit
a sweater.
We are expecting materials to
make and equip 144 Kit Bags to
give our soldiers as they are sent
abroad. Please keepr in touch
t with us and help when these ma
terials arrive. Our boys are ea
ger for these bags and we should
be proud to have a share in the
project.
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Germany orders evacuation of
3.00,000 civilians from the bomb
blasted Ruhr, and it is hardly
likely that force will have to be
employed by the Nazis in seeing
to it that this order is promptly
obeyed.
PROGRAM AT TH?
LOUISBURG THEATRE
The following is the program
at the Louisburg Theatre, begin
ning Saturday, Sept. 4th:
Saturday ? William Boyd in
'Hoppy Serves a Writ' and Eve
lyn Ankers and John Carradine
in 'Captive Wild Woman', also
'Secret Service in Darkest Africa*.
Sunday-Monday ? John Weis
muller, Johhnq 'Boy' Sheffield
and Frances Gifford in 'Tarzan
Triumphs.'
Tuesday ? Warner Baxler and
Margaret Lindsay in 'Crime Doc
tor', also 'The Secret Code.'
Wednesday ? Melvyn Douglas
and Ann Sothern in 'Three Hearts
For Julia.'
Thursday-Friday ? Judy Gar
land, Van Heflin, Tommy Dorsey
and Band, and Bob Crosby and
Band in 'Presenting Lily Mars.'
ELECTED PRESIDENT
JUDGE JAMES E. MA LONE
who was elected President of thel
7th Judicial District Bar Asso-]
ciation at a meeting held in Ral
eigh on Monday.
ELECTED SEC.-TREAS.
MB. JOHN' P. MATTHEWS
who was elected Secretary and
Treasurer of the 7th Judicial Dis
trict Bar Association at a meet
ing held in Raleigh on Monday.
Masonic Meeting
Possibly the largest and most
interesting Masonic meeting held
in Louisburg in many years was
the one on Tuesday night when
Louisburg Lodge No. 413 A. F.
& A. M. raised five candidates to
the Master Mason's degree. Three
of Raleigh's outstanding Lodges
furnished a degree team that
put on the work in a most inter
esting and instructive manner and
gave evidence of their knowledge
and teamwork In Masonry. The
lecture was given by Mason W. R.
Smith, which with the projector
scope made a most impressive
impression upon all present.
The meeting was largely atten
ded not only by local Masons but
by visiting Masons from most all
nearby points all of whom ex
pressed delight and great benefit
The local committee directing
the meeting are entitled to the
commendation for the wonderful
success of the meeting which was
composed of at least one hund
red and fifty Masons.
Recorder's Court
Franklin Recorder's Court held
regular session Tuesday morning
and disposed of case9 as follows:
Samuel Perry West found
guilty of no drivers license, was
discharged upon payment of
costs.
Jimmie Young was found not
guilty of unlawful possession of
whiskey, guilty of resisting an
officer and was given 60 days on
roads, suspended upon payment
of $10 fine and costs.
A Nolle pros was taken in the
case of speeding against Jack
Everette Budgers.
Robert Duck was found guilty
of speeding, fined $5 and costs.
J. J. Jackson was found guilty
of trespass after being forbidden,
and was given 30 days on roads,
suspended upon payment of $10
fine and costs. Appeal.
Otis White, no drivers license,
continued.
Frank Otis Perry received a
Nolle pros for speeding.
Oti3 Wilbert Epps, .Tolman
Epps, Oliver Epps. Junie Dun
ston and Willie B. Green were
charged with disturbing religious
worship. Oliver Epps and Willie
B. Green plead guilty. . Court
found Tolman Epps, Oliver Epps,
and Junle Dunston guilty and
Imposed a sentince of 60 days on
roads, to be suspended upon pay
ment of costs.
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? On r?jr Day, Bay MoiMto ?
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THIRD WAR
BOND SALE
Mr. G. M. Beam has been ap
pointed Chairman of Franklin
County for the Third War Bond
Sale Campaign and the County
has been allotted a quota of
$327,000. To assist him Mr. W.
P. Shelton has been appointed
Chairman of the Publicity Com
mittee. In discussing the new
drive Chairman Beam stated that
jyhile the allottment is large he
entertains no trouble in going
over the top with this allott
ment. He is enthusiastic in his
opinion of the strength of the
patriatism of Franklin County's
people and feels sure they will
sell the entire amount on time.
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John Williamson
Wins Johnson Cup
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With a uet score of 63. Johul
Williamson won the much desir
ed Johnson Cup for the 1943
golf season of' Green JH'1 Coun
try Club. This is one of the low
est scores ever made in this
tournament. Last year Bill Boyce
won with a net score of 67 and
before that the winner Was
'Snooks" Collier.
Joe Barrow Was runner up
with' a net score of 67 ; tied for
third place were Dr. Paul Bagby,
Gaither Beam, Sr., and W. B.
Joyner with a score of 71 net.
Other scores made in this handi
?;\f> tournament were: Billy Moon,
74; Ernest Thomas and W. B.
Barrow. Sr., tied at 75; I. D.
.Moon. B. N. Williamson and \V.
B. Tucker tied at 76.
Play for the club champion
ship will begin immediately.
Matches will be arranged and
players notified so that play can
start without delay.
Leave For
Service
The following white registrants
who left Monday, Aug. 30th for
Fort Bragg after 21 djiys fur
lough:
I>orenza G. Catlett.
Martin L. Hagwood.
Elmo T. Edwards.
Julius H. Joyner.
Hugh W, Perry.
Franklin S. Dickens.
Numie L. Snyder.
Joseph B. Dickerson.
Unlocated
Registrants
The following is a list of De
linquent Registrants as of Sept.
1, 1943, who should report be
fore their names are sent in to
enforcement officers:
White
Grover Johnson Horton, Frank
linton, N. C., Route 1.
Colored
George Wright. Youngsville,
N. C.
Jessie Parrish, Ilunn. N. C.
Theodore Roosevelt Alston.
Newport News, Va.
James Dunston, Bunn, N. C.
Sam Jordon, Louisburg, N. C?
Route 1.
Frank Arrington, Castalia, N.
C? Route 1.
Linwood Moore, Louisburg, N.
C., Route 1.
William McKinley Johnson,
Louisburg, N. C., Route 2.
William Ellis Johnson, Louis
burg, N. C., Route 1.
Spencer Harris, Louisburg, N.
C., Route 4.
Robert Wilson Jones, Franklin
ton, N. C., Route r.
Harden Jones, Louisburg, N.
C.. Route 3.
James Joe Hayes, Louisburg,
N. C.
George Tellfalr Allen, Spj;ing
Hope, N. C? Route 2.
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Quartette
The 8th Co., State Guard,
Franklin County's military unit
is announcing an engagement of
the Lone Star Quartette to ap
pear in the Armory at Louisburg
on Saturday, Sept. 4th at 8:00
o'clock, p.4 m. The proceeds will
be used for the benefit of the lo
cal State Guard Co.
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RECEPTION
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Jernigan.
Mr. pnd Mrs. Wiley F. Mitchell,
the local school board and new
teachers of Mills School will be
honored at a reception at the
home of Mrs. G. M. Beam Friday
(tonight) September third from
eight-thirty until ten, given by tfife'
Faculty of Mills School. The:
public is cordially invited.
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THANKS
We wish to thank our friends
for the help rendered us during
and after the fire which destroy
ed our stable and packhouse.
Mr. and Mrs. J.. P. Griffin.
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FOR LT.-GOVERNOR
skx. ii. v. I!M,i.i:mim:
Varina, Sept. 1. State Sena
tor Li. Y. (Stag) llallentine, Wake
County farmer and dairyman, to
day announced his candidacy for
Lieutenant Governor in the Dem
ocratic primary next spring.
"I am a candidate for the of
fice of lieutenant governor of
North Carolina, subject to the
Democratic primary." said Bal
lentine. "It is entirely too ear
ly to begin an active campaign;
however, I feel ihe people are
entitled to know that 1 am a
candidate. At 'the proper time I
hope to visit all sections of the
state and see as many of the vo
ters as possible.
"In announcing my candidacy.
I pledge all that I have in abil
ity. capacity for service and
knowledge of public problems
In support of- tliis pledge. I sub
mit my record and experience as
a member of the Wake county
board of commissioners for eight
years, as a member of the stutt
board of agriculture,, and as a
member of the state senate in
four regular and two special ses
sions."
FKRIMI) AY-HAYES MARHI.UilC
>? SOI. I:\1MZKD YKSTFRDAY
In a ceremony of dignified sim
plicity Mrs. Kafherine Bank Fer
ridav. of Columbus, Mississippi
was wed yesterday at five-thirtj
o'clock to Mr. John Cade Hayes
of Henderson ville. The marriage
was solemnized at St. James lCpis
copai Church in Greenville. Soutl
Carolina, with the rex- tor. tin
Rev. A. R. Mitchell, officiating ii
the presence of a few relatives
and close friends.
Mrs. Hayes, daughter of Mr
and Mrs. George Banks, belongs
to one pf the old and prominent
Mississippi families, and her mar
riage will be of wide social inter
est. She has made a number ol
warm friends here during hei
stay in the city; for the past few
weeks Mrs. Hayes has been a
guest at the Kentucky Home.
Mr. Hayes has resided here for
about 13 jt?ars and is not only
widely popular but held in high
esteem. He is originally from
Louisburg and is a member of a
prominent family in the eastern
section of the state.
After a wedding trip of a few
days Mr. and Mrs. Hayes will be
at home at the Skyland Hotel. ?
Hendersonville Times.
War don't make much differ
ence to some people who are not
in It and who don't care what
happens.
REVIVAL
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RKV. K. C. CRAWFORD
Former pastor of the Louls
burg Circuit, and now pastor of
the Methpdist Church in Raeford.
will conduct revival services at
Leah's Chapel, beginning Sept.
5th and continuing through the
11th.
Rev. Mr. Crawford uses "facts"
and "pictures" in his sermons.
Each sermon *111 be preceeded by
a chalk picture illustrating the
main point of the sermon. Ser
vices will be at 8:30 p. m. The
public is cordially invited.
Death Trap At Taganrog
Warships and
Planes Taking
Part in Bold Drive
Toward Mainland
Of Japan; No De
tails Available
Yet; Tokyo
Breaks News
First; New Air
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Gains in South
Pacific
Washington. Sept. X. ? Ameri
can air and sea power struck a
body blow today at Marcus Island
1.000 miles from the Japanest
mainland, in a daring thrust thai
may herald another air attack on
Tokyo and the opening of a
mighty offensive across the Paci
fic.
The long-dormant Centra
Pacific exploded with fury ai
dawn when wave upon wa^-e ol
American planes and big guns
from an apparently huge carriei
task force blasted the heavib
fortified Japanese outpost in th>
<eiond attack on that base sinci
Pearl Harbor.
Radio Tokyo was first to breal
the news. It said the attack wai
?/( such a- nature that the Ameri
ans could have raided the Jap
Jiiese mainland.
The Navy in effect confirmet
tile assault a few hours late
when a spokesman said: "A car
. tier task force raid planned fo
.September 1 is presumably in pro
gress", but that no direct repot*
had been received from the war
ships involved. lie said it wa
presumed there would be non<
'until the need for radio silenc
^eases to exist."
Strength Restored
It was the first mention of :
' carrier task force in action ii
' the Pacific since the battle o
! Santa Cruz last October 26. I
. appeared that the ,Navy, (aftei
| having lost four carriers, lia:
. i)u iit up its flat-top strength t<
where it can afford to risk losses
The true magnitude of the rai(
? was not known except for the To
; kyo version, which suggested tha
1 the defenders were caught of
? guard.
; While the- Navy's use of thi
word "raid" indicated it was f
hit-run affair, some observers be
lieved the size of the force im
1 plied bigger game was at stake.
The thrust touched off a widi
' range of speculation ? that ii
might be an attempt to lure th<
Japanese fleet into the long
sought showdown battle; that il
might be the prelude to anothci
Tokyo raid, or that it might be
preliminary to an all-out Allied
onslaught against the Japanese
mainland as planned at the
Roosevelt-Churchill Quebec par
leys.
There was speculation, too,
that Wake Island might have
felt the fury of the task force be
fore it welit on to blast Marcus
880' miles to the northwest and
1,100 mileij from Tokyo.
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Tax Declarations
Washington, Sept. 1. ? Guy T
Helvering, commissioner of In
ternal Revenue, urged all income
tax payers tonight to determine
whether they must file a "declar
ation of estimated tax' before. the
September 15 deadline.
Declaration blanks together
with a "short form" instruction
sheet are being mailed to all per
sons who filed 1942 returns.
However, only about 15,000,000
of the 45,000,000 taxpayers to
whom the blanks were sent need
fill theni out. Among these are:
Single persons earning more
than $2,700 a year.
Married couples with a joint in
come of more than $3,500: ?
Hither single or married per
sons with income of more than
$100 from sources not subject to
withholding.
Persons not covered by the
withholding levy, such as minis
ters and farm and domestic help.
"I am confident," Helvering
said, 'that the cooperation and
understanding displayed by tax
payers when income taxes were
first withheld from their wages
? with a minimum of confusion
and difficulty ? again will be evi
dent during the carrying out of
this second step in placing the
nation on a current tax payment
basis. '.U.
Farmers may file a declaration
September IB if they wish, but
are not required to do so until
December 15.
i ANOTHER I:
ATTACK ON |
[BERLIN 1
Berlin Attacked by
I Huge Fleet Of |
J Planes; New Nazi
| Defense T rick!
Fails
L Loudon, Sept. 1. ? Hundreds o?
RAF heavy bombers tore through
a powerful German fighter screen
last night to rock Berlin with a ,
45-minute deluge of block-level- c
? ing explosive that again gutted t
i sections of the Axis military )
.j heart and left flames visible 70 | ^
? I miles away.
t The British Air Ministry indi- r
Seated that this second concentrat- ^
iled assault in eight days equalled,
- ! the 1,800-ton August 23 blow'
j which wiped out entire districts 1
I I in western and southern Berlin, ^
paralyzed utility services, and
ilsped the evaluation of thousands J
ij haunted by the specter of the 1
?blackeyed skeleton of Hamburg.!1
Serving notice that the new I1
?I year of the war probably will.be 1
? ; the bitterest for the Axis, Allied J
\ planes followed up last night's '
c | hail of bombs on Berlin with I
>' daylight attacks on railway yards !
- j in Holland and a big Nazi seago-|(
- ing barge off the Dutch islands. II
Bostons blasted the freight I
I yards at Hoosendaal. Holland, and i
i- U-scorting Typhoon pilots reported I
- that accurate hits were made on <
r the junction of four busy rail!'
- lines, the Air Ministry News Serv-ii
t|ice said. !'
-! The escort planes attacked the;<
s| barge on the trip home.
ej Bomber Loss
e Forty-seven bombers, eight of
| them Canadian, and one fighter
I were lost in the latest Berlin at
tack and iu auxiliary night as-',
rsaults on airfields and other tar- (
f gets in France and the Low Coun-jj
I I tries.
:j Today large formations of Al-|
s ; lied planes roared ""across" the ,
)j Dover Straits toward France. |
. I while German heavy artillery ini,
i|the Boulogne area hurled shells j ,
- across the channel.
tj The British Air Ministry said ,
fi"great damage'' was inflicted on
Berlin, although clouds and great .
;j fires set by the British and Can- j
i adian airmen prevented assess-j;
-intent of the full results. Berlin,^
- however, acknowledged "consider-!
able damage." |t
A two-hour parade of RAF^
t planes across the British coast s
? line preceded the saturation a;
. tack on Hitler's capital, where f
t j the word was given four years ,
? ago for the invasion of Poland.
. The first planes over the capital
I opened their bomb bays at 11:30 (
! p.m., and the cascade continued
> into the morning of another year
. of war. i
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I FIRST MEET OK FRANKLIN
COUNTV UNIT OF THE
jj N. C. E. A.
The franklin County Unit of
the N. C. E. A. held its first coun
ty-wide meeting Saturday, Au
gust 21 in the Mills High School.
The new and old teachers were
welcomed to the county by our
superintendent, Wiley F. Mitchell.
Mr. Mitchell appealed to the
teachers to stress the develop
ment of moral, social and relig
ious traits as well as the intellec
tual ? in other words to strive to
develop citizens instead of mis
fits, parasites and criminals. "The
well trained man conies from the
well taught child."
The teacher of today is con
fronted with" greater responsibil- j
ities, better opportunities, higher
obligations than ever before in
the history of education. The
future of America depends on
hew well the child of today is
taught self-reljance, respect for
the rights of others, care of pub
lic" property, and allegiance to the
one Great Teacher.
The guest Speaker. Dr. Walter
Patten, president of Louisburg
College, iurther impressed upon
the teachers the keen sense of
responsibility resting upon them
for developing the essentials thai
go into the making of the youth
of today who will be the citizens
of tomorrow. He stressed con
servation. The conserving of our
resources, our time, our energy
Unless the child is taught honesty,
integrity, self-reliance, loyalty
and respect, we have failed in our
greatest objective.
Short helpful talks were also
made by Dr. Smitbwick, county
historian, and Mrs. Mltchiner of
the Welfare Department.
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?On Pay Dtf, Boy Bond*?
Russians Say 5,000
Prisoners Taken
And 120,000 Ger
mans Routed In
Latest Smashing
Red Army Suc
cess; Entire 600
Mile German
Line Now Falling
Back
London, Sept. 1. ? Russia an
lounced tonight the liquidation
>f the Taganrog death trap whera
nore than 35,000 Germans were
willed. 5,100 captured and a to
al of 120,000 routed or mauled
)adly in the greatest single ene
ny reverse since the Stalingrad
lisaster.
German troops west of Tagan
og and in the huge Donets basin
Lbove appeared to be in precipi
ous flight? Berlin explaining
hat Axis fears of an Allied in
vasion of the west prompted the
withdrawal. Axis lines also were
lagging elsewhere on the 600
nile front between the Sea of,
\zov and Smolensk, on the cen
ral front.
. A communique recorded by the
Soviet monitor announced gains
)t from four to seven and one
lalf miles in three key salients ?
he Donets basin, below Bryansk
n the Sevsk sector, and before
Smolensk. Advances of undis
closed extent also were made
tvest and south of Kharkov as
nearly 300 villages fell to the
dctorius Russians during the
ilay.
The regular daily bulletin" was
issued without the fanfare of
two previous days In which Mar
shall Stalin issued his orders of
the day detailing the crumbling
of the German front originally es
tablished in the 1941 Axis invas
ion of Russia.
German Losses
It told of fabulous German
'quipnient losses in the Russian
jreak-through at Taganrog, in
vhich four enemy divisions were
?outed and four others suffered
leavy casualties. The toll as an
lounced by Moscow:
Destroyed ? 537 German tanks;
!12 planes; 494 guns of various
?aliber; 1,500 machine guns,
!,600 trucks, 10 fuel dumps; 29
immunition dumps.
Captured ? 95 tanks: 198 guns
>f various caliber; 217 mortars;
109 machine guns; 594 trucks,
ind 22 ammunition dumps.
These figures answered a Nazi
laini of a relatively bloodless
vithdrawal from Tanganrog.
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OPA Gets Orders
Against Dealers
Number of Suspension Or
ders Issued by Hearing
Commissioner Bell
The Raleigh District OPA Tues
iay announced issuance of sus
pension orders against a number
>f gasoline dealers in Eastern
?forth Carolina.
The announcement, made by
District Director Theodore S.
rohnso.n, said the orders were is
ued by Judge Daniel L. Bell,
:hief hearing commissioner of the'
fourth Region, and grew out of
harges that the dealers had vlo
ated the gasoline rationing regu
ations. The suspensions follow
d investigations conducted by
he Raleigh district office, which
las been seeking to stamp out
ljegal operations at service sta
ions in its jurisdiction.
The suspension orders. John
on said, were issued against the
ollowing in franklin County:
Graham Ball. Route 4. Louis
iurg, charged with transferring
asoline without exchange of cf>u
ons at prices, above maximum
irices permitted and transferring
asoline in exchange for invalid
oupous. loose coupons, and cou
ons with improper identification c
hereon, was suspended for six
lonths beginning September 1.
Johnson also announced that A
uspension order had been issued
gainst one individual ? Marvin
Lyscue, Henderson, Route 1,
harged with retaining coupons
ut of expired books, applying for
ew books, and using both the
ew supplemental ration an ? the
etached coupons, transferrin -
asoline from a 50-gallon drum
rlthout exchange of coupons.
Lyscue was suspended for one
ear, beginning September 1.
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