Di¥isJ.HixAid
kM Nkhok Are
Aceidait Vktins
Local Men KUlcd When
Trucks Crash Saturday
Near Summerfield
USTls J. Hlx. ot MorsTlsn Falls,
' ana Allen W. Nlciols, of Crtcket,
were klUed SatarOar when the
truck which they were operating
crashed with another truck at a
* highway intersection near Sum-
marfleld.
Hr. Hlx, who was said to have
been drlTlng the truck, was in
stantly killed when the accident
happened at 10:30 a. m. The
1 . Mtchols youth died at 4 p. m. in
^ a ureensboro hospital.
Harry W. Odell, of Greensboro,
driver of a Uoldston transfer truck
from Greensboro, was badly In
jured. The ffnck occupied by the
two Wilkes men was owned by J.
B. Greer, of Moravian Falls, by
whom they were employed. They
were returning from Baltimore
when the accident occurred.
State highway patrolmen said
the accident occured about 10:30
a. m. at Ogbum Crossroads, three
miles north of ■Summerfield. Hlx,
the otncers said, was driving his
truck west on Highway 158. The
truck OdeU was operaUng was
moving north on Highway 320.
Cabs of both trucks were al
most demolished In the wreck
Neither of the truck trailers were
badly damaged.
An eye-witness to the accident
said that neither truck wa» trav
eling at a high rate of speed. The
accident occurred at an Intersec
tion where all road approaches
were clearly visible and the cause
of the oolUslOD was dinteult to
determine.
Mr. Uhc was a son of the late
' w. K. Mix, and Mrs. Hlx, of Mo
ravian Falls. He is survived by
his mother, one brother, Sgt. W.
K. Hlx, In the army, and five sis
ters, Mrs. W. D. Trader, of New
York City; Mrs. Dot Hendren,
Misses Frlsollla, Hatred and Mar
garet Hlx, of Moravian Falls.
Mr. Nichols, age 17, was a son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Nichols, of
Urlcket. Surviving are his father
and mother and the following
brothers~and sisters: Mrs. Ruth
Warren and Miss Mary Nichols, of
Urlcket; Sgt. John D. Nichols, in
the army In Italy; Cpl. Howard
Nichols, recently discharged from
•the army and now at home; and
J. M. Nlehols, Jr., seaman first
' class In the navy and who is now
f home on leave.
Funeral service for Mr. Hix
will be held Tuesday afternoon at
four o'clock at the Moravian Falls
Methodist church. Rev. 8. J.
Brawley, pastor, will be assisted
by Hev. J. C. Gentry, a former
pastor. 'Fhe body will He in state
at the church from three until
four o’clock.
LAst rites for the Nichols youth
were conducted today at Friend
ship Methodist church by the pas
tor, Rev. J. li. A. Bumgarner. A
large crowd attended the service.
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Club to Meet
Muiberry-Falrplalns home dem
onstration club will meet at the
home of Mrs. Grady Miller Wed
nesday, 11 a. m., for a picnic
dinner. Members are asked to
bring their families and visitors.
RATION
NEWS
PKOCSBSSD rOODB: Bine
Btamya T8, U3, Y2, W2, X3 ex
pire July 81; T8, Z2, Al, BJ.,
01 sotplra August 81; Dl, Bl,
ri, Ol, HI expire September
: ,S9: Jl, Kl, lil. Ml, N1 expire
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Oetober 81.
MBATS a TATS:
Red Stamps
VTja, la, M8, P8 expire July II;
4 & RS, 8». W, U* expire An-
nat 81; T8, W8. X3, T3, S3
?ryira September 88; Al, Bl,
Cl, Dl. Ml expire October 81.
|§8UOAJt: Sugar Stamp No. 88
PSoed for 5 Iba expiree August
81.
iOBS: Airplane Stamps No.
1, No.. 8, and No. 8 now good.
fUaOUNV: A-ll eovpons va-
MS Om Osstembar 81.
PFO. RAIiPH OSBOBNB
arrives in francs;
Pfc. Ralph Osborne, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Bryan Osborne, of North
WHkesboro, formerly of Ashe
county, has notified bis parents
of his arrival somewhere In
France, where ha Is stationed in
an engineering company. He has
been in service for two years. His
wife is making her home In Galax,
va.
ks )« vre
liT. A. D. BRZOSTOW8KI
NOW FERRYING TROOPS
Lit. A. Li. BrsostowsU, husband
of the former Miss Jeanne Moore,
is now sutloned In Puerto Rico.
He is engaged in ferrying troops
from New Guinea to Puerto Rico.
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C. CLINTON ELLER
HOME FROM ENGLAND
C. Clinton Eller, specialist sec
ond class, has arrived from Eng
land, where he served several
months In naval postal service,
and is spending several days leave
With nis family near this city. Be
fore entering the navy he was
mral letter carrier on North
WHkesboro Route 3.
WM. M. PRUITT NOW
AT SAN PEDRO, OALIF.
wuilam M. Pruitt, Jr„ fireman
first class, who was recently
moved from Coronado Island to
Camp EUlott In CaUIornla, haa
been transferred again to Harbor
craft Baaa, San Pedro, Oallf. He
is getting along line and says to
tell everyone “Hello.”
of
of
NEWS or nwims
BROTHERS IN SERYIOK
upi. Arnold Q. Pmltte has re^
tamed to the convalescent hos
pital at camp Butner after visit
ing his wife, the former Miss
Kathleen Walsh, of Boomer. Cpl.
Prultte returned from service In
the pacific In May. T. Sgt. Wil
liam J. Pruitt Is on his way home
from Germany. He has spent 22
months overseas. Hla wife Is the
former Miss Faye Lovette, of
North W?l>re8boro. The Prultte
brothers are sons of Mrs. A. C.
Prultte.
to liK
PFO. ROBERT J. LAWS
HOME FROM OVERSEAS
Pfc. Robert J. Laws, son
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Laws,
wilkesboTo Route 1, has returned
to the States after seven months
In the Bnropean theatre. He
fought in the Second dMelon
through the area of Germany and
Into Csechoslovakia. He Is to re
port back to Camp Swift, Texas,
Aug. 23. He Is enjoying his fur
lough at home with an old friend,
Pfc. Koo J. Wood, who haa been
overseas 11 months.
CAPT. RA^H^TOHAN
AT ROBINS FIELD, GA.
Robins Field, Ga.—Capt. Ralph
1. Bowman, air corps, of North
WHkesboro, was assigned to Rob
ins rield, headquarters of the
Warner Robins air technical serv
ice command July 24, where be is
In charge of air corps reclama
tion.
Captain Bowman came to Rob
ins Field from WllUams Field,
Arlsona, following a year over
seas with the 8th air force. He
holds the Dlstlngnished Flying
Cross, the Air Medal and has 8
oak leaf clusters.
Before entering the service he
was employed by Lockheed Air
craft Corp., Bnrbank, CaUf.
Robins Field Is part of the
giobe-girdllng air teebnleal serv
ice command, largest single com
mand In the army air forces, ro-
^nsible for the design, engi
neering, manufacture, supply and
maintenance of all AAF planes
and equipment thronghont the
world.
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Quincy McNeill Now
With Motor Service
Sales Company Here
Uuincy McNeill, who has been
connected with the dutomoblle
businees here for a number of
years, and who Is well known In
tnis sectlcin of the state, has
purchased an Intereet in the Mo
tor Service Sales Co. la this city.
Mr. McNeill has joined the per
sonnel of the company and wlU
devote his fnU time to the husi-
S.SGT. JONES MABliEV
V-r
St Sgt Marley
Gets Silver Star
And Bronze Star
Fergusm Soldier Is Also
Awarded Purple Heart;
Has Excellent Record
S. Sgt Jones Marley, 22, son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Marley, of
Ferguson, has been awarded the
Bronze Star medal for heroic
achievement with the Ninth In
fantry division in Germany.
He entered service In January,
1343, received training at Camp
Croft, S. C., went overseas In
June, 1943. He served in North
Africa, Sicily, England, France,
Belgium and Germany. He was
wounded In the right temple In
France In July, 1944.
Among other awards of S. Sgt.
Marley are the Sliver Star, Com
bat infantry badge and a Presi
dential citation which reads as
follows:
"His gallantry in action and
disregard for his personal safety
June 16, 1944, durteg tho opera-
tteps .on the Imh
reflect highest credit upon himself
and the armed forces of the Uni
ted States.”
A ibrother, Pfc. Vester Marley,
Is with the army In Italy.
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Members Local
Klwanls Club
At District Meet
North WHkesboro Klwanls Club
was well represented at the Ki-
wanis division 3 meeting held Frl
day at High Point.
Lt. Governor Nat Harrison pro-
sided and the principal addjeaa
was by Sam Bundy, of Tartoro,
governor of the Carollnas district
of Klwanls.
Among the 275 attending were
the foUowlng from the North
WHkesboro club: President Paul
Usbome, Secretary T. T). Story,
Gwyn Gambill, P. E. Forester,
Kev. Howard Ford, A. F. Kilby,
Sam Winters, Arthur Venable, L.
M. Nelson and J. B. Carter.
At tUe third division caucus At-
tornee Giles G. Hudson, of SaUs-
bury, was nominated for Uenten-
ant governor of the division.
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8,000 PLANES
TO HIT JAPS
HEAVY BLOWS
Washington.—^The all-out air
attack on Japan wiU he waged by
at least 8,000 army planes.
The bomb load of B-29’s taking
off from the dose-ln base of Oki
nawa “very soon” will be triple
the load carried by Bnper Fort
resses now operating from the
Marianas.
These facts came to light yes
terday In a series of Army Hour
broadcast addrMses hy high air
forces commanders.
The. gigantic force of army
pianee—ranging from huge bomb
ers down throngh fighters—does
not include the thousands of
planes launched from the navy’s
carriers, currently hnrltng re
peated attacks at the enemy home
land.
General George C. Kenney,
commander of the Far East Air
Forces, said that airplanes n^er
bis control **wUl soon number ov
er 6,000." F.B-A.F.’s Complement
of pianee does not Include B-39’s,
Which are operated by the 30th
Air Force, bnt It doee have B-38's
nearly as Mg.
Paragnay haa retli^
tone ot ootna rMontly. :
18,200
Mieinim«rajtolK
Says Hh Overlooked Baddy. Wis
Best Soldier h Blmle Sam's Aiiy
T. S*L Church ReMlea* Aft-
' er Brilliant Carew; May
Enlist Again
'recbnleal Sergeant McKinley
Church, who went from the hills
of Keddtps River community of
WUkes county to Europe and
there personaUy accounted for a
large hatch of Hitler’s Nazis,
stoutly claims that his buddy was
the "best damn soldier in the
army," notwithstanding the fact
that his buddy received only one
medal for merltortous service.
When tbe record books are
complied, they should show that
T. Bgt Church, small in stature
but magnanimous In achievements
against the enemy, should he a
record holder.
If nis decorations don’t merit a
top place In the records, he still
has another distinction—he was
"busted" 17 times during his
army career, but at the time of
his discharge held the rank of
technical'sergeant, and any en
listed man will tell you "that
ain’t hay."
UlB decorations include the
Sliver star, the Bronze Star, Pur
ple Heart with oak leaf cluster,
American Defense S e r v-
ice medal with one bronze service
star, EAMET campaign medal
■with three bronze stars, Good Con
duct medal, American Theatre
medal and distinguished unit cita
tion badge.
But T. Sgt. Church is perhaps
more disturbed about the neglect
of'bis buddy, Sgt. Mitchell Cllnce,
Of Detroit, Mich., who got only
the Bronze Star, than he Is proud
of his own large ooUectlon of de
Jap
ueBlion‘;"^wis Hiw^teg. Sia
Eaybiinx ntfiraed
nrdgy and la ani^lnterni^vWld
peace oTertnne. have ,tMaa .madg
by Japan bnt be ItF no UMU-
tu^ modtlleatten
oHginal demand for unopnditiab-
al annpader. ^' ^ '
He said he .did not know de
tails of the peace feelers, explain
ing they. were military matters
with which he was not fsmllter.
He' felt that unconditional snr-
render waa the only wte to deal
with the Japs.
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Join Panl Lieas
Speiker KIwails
Me^og Friday
“Home Coming’' Is Subject
Interesting Address by
Duke Power Executive
T.SGT. McKDTLEY CHURCH
Bricklayers, Railroad
Workers Are Needed
served decorations.
it was Bgt. c:
Church whed
Bricklayers are needed by
Stone & Webster Engineering
Corporation at Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Wage rate Is 81.62 1-2 per hour
with time and a half for over 40
hours. A representative of this
company will be In the USES of
fice from August 2 ttirough 4 to
recruit workers. •
Workers for the western rail
roads are badly needed. The ex
tra work load of transporting our
troops across the continent for re
deployment to the Pacific-Asiatlc
war theatre hhs necessitated the
need for additional workers. Mrs.
Kathryn A. Lott, manager of the
looal USES office, has steted that
no other njiUltary operetipa .Ip fid
North WHkesboro Klwanls Club
on hMOsy held an interesting
meeting, which was featured by
an address by John Paul Lucas,
public relations director of Duke
Power Company, of Charlotte.
Prior to the program, Uecretary
T. E. Btory read the report
brought forward from the board
of directors meeting held Thurs
day night, and compUmented
cnairman Paul E. Church for his
fine work in helping to get the
stock pens erected here.
'The president appointed E. O.
Flliley as vice-chairman of the
Education committee.
P. W. Ksbelman called atten
tion to tUe low grade of fruits and
melons that come to local market
and asked that the Agriculture
committee make some investiga
tion of the matter.
Program Chairman C. Arthur
Venable Introduced Jo3in Paul
RiiOElTO
oioinizE
Uaut.-—T&r Amwlcan and Brlt-
bUi loete fiheUed the Japanese city
ot Hamniaten and sent thetr car
rier plaaee in a new heavy as
sault bn 'the'Tokyo area today aa
Admiral Nlmits animnnced that
HatoMairs Inland Sea rajd
knocked out at least 198 enemy
surface vessels and 383 aircraft.
TUe onCe-mlghty Japuieee bat
tle fleet Whs now a ghost nayy, ita
heavy remnants wrecked for the
duration of the war by the Satur
day blow at Knre Naval Base
Which aeconnted for at least sev
en large warships.
swinging awsy from that blast
ed, charred area as If certain his
job against the enemy fleet was
complete. Admiral Halsey took his
Third Fleet and Its British Al-
Ues np to Hamamatsu in the dark-
nete today and poured more
tifan 1,099 tons of explosive shells
into that Indnstrlal center 120
mUes southwest of Tokyo.
UBERATORS
SMASH OTHER
SHIPS OF JAPS
on a road. FVnr-^nly four—of
tbe Germans got away. S. Sgt.
Church said, and no prisoners
were taken. T. Sgt. Church had
a tommy gdn and Sgt. CUnoe a
Bro'wnlng automatic rifle.
T. Sgt, Church was not trying
to be heroic when he won the
Bronze Star. He got mad. Yanks,
of which he waa one, were attack
ing a Nazi block house, when one
of Sgt. Church’s buddies was
hit. T. Sgt. Church charged
across exposed terrain to the block
house and pitched in some hand
grenades. He expected that only
a small squad of Nazis were hold
ing the house. When 27 Nazis
marched out with their hands In
tUe air, T. Sgt. Church was scared.
He hadn’t expected over three or
four. He called for help to take
care of them. He doesn’t know
yet bow many he killed before
they marched out.
The Silver Star came from a
very tough experience when T.
Sgt Church’s platoon was cut off
behind enemy Hues. With most
of his men eunaltles, he held out
until nelp nnaUy arrived. He
nimself received an abdominal
wound, for which he was award
ed the cluster to the Purple Heart
medal he had received previously
for a shrapnel wound on bis face.
"That’s the medal no soldier
wants to get," T. Sgt. Church said
in looking over his decorations.
He volunteered for army service
In 1949, spent a long time on
Hawaii and was returned to the
States In 1943. He went overseas
In 1944 and served one year—
but what a year! He had been a
soldier that was a problem child
to commanding oftlcen. In com
bat he was a godsend. He went
to Bnrope as a buck private. He
was discharged 'with 133 demobl-
Usatlon points.
Now T. Sgt Church is restless.
He talks of returning to the army.
What for?—8168 I>w month, plus
longevity pay and any other hl-
lowances Vhleh nuty aoerna, and
for new ezpwienoee.
Only explanation T. Sgt Church
makes for'his record of being
"busted" 17 tlmee is that he Just
didn't give a
Edurthquake It Felt
By Early Ritert Here
'I’he earthquake Thursday morn
ing whioh shook the eastern parts
of North and Son^ Carolina and
Georgia was felt here by early
risers. Several have r^rted
feeling a mUd trenmr and alight
vibration of bnlldlngs. The ma
jority, however, were unaware of
the quake. ,
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Liberated Buropeaa areas need
eotton taxtilw. eofll and trneka
cruiCDieQt ad tlie pi
ot the rMlroads. She urges any
one Interested In these jobs to call
at the USES office without delay.
The USES announces that it has
many openings on the islands of
Hawaii, not only at Pearl Harbor
bnt at Oahu and other points.
Hawaii has been designated as
two places—one, the peacetime,
glamourized "Paradise of the Pa
cific"; tbe other, the crowded hub
of war activities—tbe crossroads
of the Paclfle. In this area our
armed forces are kept In fighting
trim—supplied, maintained, re
fitted and repaired. Those who
are interested In going to these
Islands for work for one year at
least are requested to come to the
USES office on August 6 and 7
when Mr. Deaton, civil service re
cruiter, will be there.
Horth WHkesboro
Schools Will Open
On Soptember 3
12 of 13 Vacsmcies in Facul
ty Filled; Home Econo-
mics Teacher SoagTht
North WHkesboro school sys
tem will open tbe 1946-46 term
on Monday, September 3.
Tbe school calendar shows the
opening date and the foUowlng
holidays: November 22 end 23,
'I'hanksgl'ving; December 20 to
31, Christmas; April 19 to 22,
Easter.
A total of 13 vacancies, ten
white and three colored, have oc
curred in the city schdbls facul
ty by resignations at the end of
the last term and during the sum
mer. With the single exception of
a home economics .teacher to fill
the vacancy cansed by the reslg-
nauon of Miss ^elyn Sharpe ten
days ago, all vacancies have beer
filled, Paul B. Cragan, superin
tendent, said today.
Miss Sharpe resigned to accept
a fellowship at Woman’s College
of tUe university of North Caro-
Una, Greensboro, where she will
take post-graduate work.
He i&ittdoned bid
people whb are coming back to
their destroyed homes in Europe
witn little or nolning ■with which
to begin anew their civil life
again. He pointed out the long
stream of Russians who are
marching victoriously home with
high hopes and ambitious plans;
but he sees above all of these, our
own millions of sons who are com
ing back to the land they love, to
a land not belonging to some
monarch, bnt to one of which they
can be a part. It la the land they
went out to defend and now they
come back to enjoy. It Is an ex-
perince that chaUenges those of
ns who hare remained on the
home front to fit it for a proper
Home-coming. There must be op
portunity for those coming home
to enter at once int^ an endeavor
of production, for they and wq
shall be happy only as we pro
duce those things that people want
In reality rather than in fiction.
No marking np of the record will
be sufficient. Here enterprise of
fers tfie best opportunity.
Guests Friday were as follows:
c. M. stone with Robert S. Gih|»;
J. B. McLaughlin with L. M.
Nelson; John Hayes with Joe Bar
ber; Sgt. R. C. Jennings with J.
a. Carter; Major Richard John
ston with A. F. Kilby. Klwan-
lans E. W. Smith and Howard
Powell, of Lenoir, were visitors at
the meetlug.
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Norfolk Navy Yard
Is Seekiiig Workers
A labgr recruiter from the Nor
folk navy yard will he at the em
ployment service oflloe here on
Thursday," Friday and Saturday of
Mh week interviewing persons
interested In employment at the
navy yard, iteay typea of workers
are ttadly needed.
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It takes three feet of sugar cane
to zsake oue lump ot sugar.
T. Barnes Campbell
Dies At Taylorsville
Manila.—^Uberator of the ar
my’s Far Bast Air Forces scored
four one-ton bomb hits on the
Japanese battleship Harnna —
previously reported damaged by
navy planes—and ripped It apart
amidships Saturday, General Mac-
Arthnr’s headquarters announced
today.
Admiral Nlmits Sunday declar
ed that on the same day part ot
hlB 1,699 plane-carrier air fleet
Ut the Haryma jn « at tlM
(it waa not clear from this dis
patch which of the Saturday at-
tacka came firat>.
An aircraft carrier also was
damaged in the Liberator raid on
Knre, while fighter pUota report
ed they probably deetroyed an es
cort carrier and a Ught cruiser
In a strike at the base of SaMbo,
on the west coast of the south
ern home Island of PCyushu.
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Appoiintments For
Vaccinations 1st
Dr. A. J. Eller, county health
Officer, wm fill the following ap
pointments Wednesday, August 1,
for giving typhoid, dlptherla,
Whooping cough and smallpox vac
cinations: Roaring River, 10 a.
m.; Honda, H a. m.; Coy Dur
ham's home, Ip. m.; Benham
school, 2 p. m.
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Senate Ratifies
Charter Formed
At San Francisco
T. Barnes Campbell, 45, died
suddenly at his home at Taylors
ville Saturday morning of a heart
attack.’ He was a son of the late
Ed C. and Mrs. Florence Camii-
beU, of Taylorsville. He was In
tne wnolesale lumber business.
Funeral service was held Sun
day afternoon at 6 o'clock at the
home, with Rev, G. R. SUfford
In charge. He Is survived by his
wife, the former Miss Helen Mar
low, daughter of Mri. J. R. Mar
low, ot North WUkeshoro, and one
son, two brothers and a sister.
Those trbm here attending the
funeral service Sunday were Mrs.
J. R. Marlow, Mr. and Btrs. W,
u. Marlow, J. K. Hlx, Mrs. B. B.
Fihvette, Miss Margaret Perry and
Mrs. T. O. Perry.
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SOT. JAY BBBWEB
x»ONO HOME aoom
. Zteeisr Sergeant Jay N. Brewer,
Who has been In aervlce In tbe P**
eiae area for 82 months, is ex-
peeted home within the next 80
days. He Is Ute ton of Mr. and
Mra. J. N; Brewar, df North wn-
keaboro roate two.
Washington. July 28—The sen
ate thnndered 89 to 2 approval to
day of the United Nations char
ter, setting In motion the machin
ery for a world organization
armed with force to keep future
peace.
In a history-making roll call
before jam-packed galleries, 89
senators voted loudly and clearly
for American partlctpaUon In a
69-natlon league founded pri
marily on the principles of united
acUon by the United States, Great
Britain, Russia, France and Chl-
Only two. Senators Longer, Re-
pubUcah, of North Dakota, and
BUpatead, Republican, of Mlnne-
sdu, said "No" to a raUflcatton
aeUon reversing the poUey of the
senate established 86 yean ego
when It rejected Woodrow Wil
son’s Leagne of NaUons.
senator Hiram Johnson, Re
publican, of California, aged and
ailing member who opposed the
league then and voted against
this charter la committee. He Is
ill In Naval hospital.
Four othera. Senator BaUey,.
Democrat, of North Carolina;
ttlasA Democrat, of Virginia;
Reed, RepabUean, of Kansas; and
'Thomas, BepobUcaa, of Idaho,'
wwe absent when the vote was
ttenm after zU: days of dlsenselon.
Jobawn was paired agitagt tto
latltHiatlon reeolatioa with Thom-'
■I’and toed».wbo tarered lt»
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