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o PLANE FORCED DOWN 0
After a narrow brush with several
small trees and a wire fence, the Piper
Cub above was landed safely in a wheat
field about four miles west of Athens
early last night. The two occupants of
AIDED BY RADIO TOWERS
Landing N
ing Near Here
BY ED THILENIUS
Three blinking radio towers and a small opening in the
dense fog proved the difference between a possible air
tragedy and a safe forced landing for two young pilots
near here early last night.
Bernie Bell, Wayecross, and Bob Pearce, Moultrie, land
ed their Piper Cub plane in a wheat field about four miles
west of the city after fog kept them from landing at local
airports.
Mayor, Council
Adopt Sewer,
Water Plan
The ordinance officially author
izing issuance of water revenue
certificates in order that extension
of city water and sewerge system
both inside and outside of the city
limits to be continued, was adopt
ed by Mayor and Council in-a re
convened meeting last night.
Public Works recommendations
as follows were passed. A street
light be placed at the intersection
of Tabernacle and Branch streets;
that Elizabeth street be graded
and opened so as to give a direct
approach to College avenue bridge
if the eost is not too great: that
the petition for water lines exten
sion to Gaines School Community
be held in committee until lines
are extended to rural areas; that
beginning January 1 there be paid
a minimum bill for each residence
served by a city water meter and
that no water system of any type
shall be Interconnected with the
city system.
Brought up for the first reading
was an ordinance ansking the pro
hibitlon of parking on north side
of Cloverhurst avenue from Mil
ledge avenue to Cuyler Trussell’s
driveway,
Recommendations of the Finance
committee on the fee for business
licenses for 1950 was adopted. The
fee will be the same as 1949 with
the exception of a few items.
A communication from Veterans’
Cab Co. asking for free parking
space on the west side of College
avenue from the Palace Theater
to the intersection of Clayton
street was referred to the finance
committee.
The count of votes in the recent
general election showing the elec
tion of Jack R. Wells as mayor;
Councilmen Luther Bond, first
ward; Owen Roberts, jr., second
ward; W. N. Danner, jr., third
ward; Kenneth Guest, fourth ward;
and Roger Hazen, fifth ward, was
accepted by Council and the six
were declared elected.
ATTENTION DADS!!
Last - Minute Xmas
Rush Begins Here
It might just as well be spring!
Athens’ Christmas shoppers, un
mindful of the weather conditions
and shopper-crowded streets and
stores and smiling radiantly as
they clutch their purchases, rush
from store to store trying to beat
ihe Christmas deadline.
One mung fellow, eight years
of age but exhibiting a poise be=
yond his tender years, was ob
served in a local newstand, his
arms filled with the day’s pur
chases and his right hand brim
ming with loose change, inquiring
as to the price of a particular pipe
which he desired to buy for his
father, On asking the price and
being assured that it exceeded the
evtent of his resources, he said,
“Haven't you a pine cheaper than
that?” When the clerk answered
in the negative the little fellow
again queried, “What can 1 get for
this much money?” Th:zal&slady
suggested ctganttesi ereupon
our young hero, with a worried
grin, said, “But I don’t know what
~ ma smokes.”
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
‘Aconrirtar] Drace Carvira
~eSOTITIRC FTCSS Service
the plane were not injured. Shown exam
ining the craft for damages is Banner-
Herald reporter George Abney, jr.—
(Banner-Herald Photo by Ed Thilenius.)
The fliers, who are University
of Georgia students, said they
were returning here from Elber
ton when the fog blanket closed
in quickly with the setting sun.
The airmen said that they were
unable to see the lights of the
ity through the fog but after
circling the aréa. for about 25
minutes they spotted “three radio
towers. .
A short time later, Pearce no
ticed a small field through a hole
in the fog and Bell piloted the
ship into it. The plane struck two
small trees in its landing ap
proach but the impact was not
enough to cause a bad landing.
The Cub barely missed a wire
fence in its landing, hitting the
ground only 60 feet from the ob
stacle, The plane was stopped
within 130 feet from its first con=
tact with the ground.
mvdniy ~ damage suffered by the
plane was 2 section of the wind
shield presumably broken out by
tree limbs. 5 %
Both fliers said that through
the kindness of Lady Luck they
avoided & ground loop after hit
ting in the soft, and muddy field.
Few residents of the area heard
the plane land and very little ex
citement was caused by the inci
dent.
However, much more anxiety
was probably caused residents in
that area in the wee hours of the
morning as two Banner-Herald
reporters. groped their way
through surrounding woods and
fields in search of the plane in
order to make a picture.
After nearly four hours .of
searching the plane was spotted.
Bell said that the plane belong
ed to him and was housed at
Cherokee Field.
600-Pound Croc
Swallows Bottle
CINCINNATI, Dec. 21.—(AF)
—Mare, a 600-pound Nile croco
dile, is the center of attention at
the Cincinnati Zoo these days and
all because of a bottle.
It isn’t that Marc has been hit
ting the bottle. Zoo officials are
afraid he swallowed it and it may
kill him.
“Why don’t ‘you run and ask
your mother?” was the clerk’s
next suggestion.
Rising to his full stature the
young man announced, “I am
shopping alone, and I've already
spent too much money.” The dig~
nified young shopper finally se
lected three cigars for his father
at a cost of forty cents. Father
should appreciate this gift.
Special gift shelves in local
stores are rapidly being relieved
of their Christmas glamor as eager
shoppers spy just what they are
looking for and bear it away tri
umphantly.
All in all, Christmas season in
the Classic City is proving both
profitable and joyous for retail.
ers 4iia pancns aiime Deswinwn
business houses are filled o ca=
{)aacity from early morning till
ie atterncon when dcors close
.and stores are prepared for the
succeeding day’s bustling shop
pers, while patrons return to their
%%mu to cache gifts till Christmas
e.
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
.
YEAR FOR JOE
NEW Y(gu{, Dec. 21—(AP)
—Some of America’s top astro
legers took a 70th birthday look
at Joe Stalin’s stars today, and
told the western world:
Watch your step.
Or, as they say in Siberia,
watch your ‘steppe.
It seems that the sun and the
planet mercury are in the sign
of sagittarius, among other
heavenly goings-on. and Uncle
Joe’s red star was never brighier
—for the first part of 1950, at
least.
Hellene Paul, ‘“confidential
ladviser to executives,” says
Stalin’s_sar shaws him tfo be
“humble when it suits his pur
pose, very proud and very dic
tatorial by nature.”
96 Gallons
Nabbed In
Liquor Raid
. Two negroes were captured to
day along with 96 gallons of non
tax paid whiskey in a swift raid
by Clarke county police.
Sheriff Tommy Huff announced
the arrest of L. S. Shortridge and
Willie H. Hawkins, Both are
charged with possessing moon
shine.
Shortridge was released under
a SI,OOO bond and Hawkins was
expected to make a similar bond
late today.
The two negrces were arrested
while carrying a case each to a
hiding place in the woods off the
Commerce Road. The location
was about three miles from Ath
ens, Sheriff Huff said.
Today’s raid makes 182 gallons
of non-tax paid whiskey confis
cated and three persons arrested
in the past five days by county
officers. A negro, woman along
with 86 gallons of moonshine was
nabbed in a raid iast Friday.
Charges resulting from today’s
raid will be heard in the next
term of City Court.
Accompanying Sheriff Huff on
the raid today were county offi
cers, Captain Bill McKinnon and
Jimmy Williams. The raid follow
ed information that a large load
of whiskey had been placed in the
woods off the Commerg road,
Sheriff Huff said. g
Elect DeMolay
e -
Officers Tonight
Election of officers of Frank
Hardeman Chapter, Order of De-
Molay, will be held tonight at the
regular weekly meeting. The
meeting will open at 8 o’clock in
the Masonic Temple on Meigs
street.
Present officers are J. Y. Nash,
master councillor; Nick Chilivis,
senior _councillor; and Alva
Mayes, junior councillor.
A cordial welcome is extended
to all old members of DeMolay
who have been away at school
and are home for Christmas.
FIRE CALL
Firemen went to the corner of
Cobb street and King avenue yes
terday afternoon where they read
ifly extinguished an automobile
ire.
DALLY DAWDLE
SHOPPING DAYS
E ' TO CHRISTMAS
B, wm A P
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“Mean to shop this very day"
Uaiiy says quite sadiy.
And if she doesn’t keep her
word
| fear she'll fare quite badly.
ATHENS, CA_, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1949.
RUSSIAN DELEGATES WALKOUT
OF 4-POWER COUNCIL FOR JAPAN
Tillers In Middle Of Struggle
Between Gov’t And Farm Groups
BY OVID A. MARTIN
Associated Press Farm Reporter
WASHINGTON, Deec. 21.—(AP)—The farmer — anx
ious over future prices and crop adjustment problems—
today finds himself caught in the middle of a bitter strug
gle.
The conflict is between top-ranking government offi
cials and powerful farm organizations, and involves two
issues: (1) future government farm program, and (2) the
question of who speaks for the farmer.
University
Demurrer
Substained
A general demurrer filed by
attorneys for the defendents in
the case of a gro? of Athens dry
cleaners and laundries vs. Univer
sity of Georgia Athletic Associa
tion, the Board of Regents and A.
P. Webb, general manager of the
University laundry, was sustajn
ed by Judge George S. Carpenter,
of Ocmulgee Superior Court, here
early this afternoon.
In the general demurrer the de
fendants in the case contended that
even if the platiff’s allegations
are correct there still is no legal
grounds upon which the plaintiffs
could base their case.
; Appeal Case
With the general demurrer be
ing sustained the case is closed
unless appealed. Ben F. Pierce,
sr., one of the attorneys for she
plaintiffs, said immediately after
the closing of today’s session that
he plans to appeal the case to the
Supreme Court of Georgia.
Judge Carpenter presided over
the hearing today to relieve
Clarke Superior Court Judge
Henry West, who disqualified
himself because he is a member
of the Uwmiversity of Georgia law
school faculty.
The petition filed by a group of
local dry cleaners and laundries
asked for an injunction against
the. operation of the University
laundry. Also they filed a SIOO,OOO
Suit.
The petition asked that the Uni
versity Athletic Association be
stopped from operating the Ag
Hill laundry and dry cleaning
plants, claiming the service is
monopolistic and charges that the
association is competing unfairly
with local dry cleaners and laun
derers in offering service at re
duced rates to students.
The petition said that the Board
of Regents is violating the State
Constitution by providing land,
buildings and machinery to the as
sociation, and a salary to A. P.
Webb, general manager of the
laundry.
Attorneys for the petitioners is
the firm of Pierce Brothers of Au
gusta. Handling the case for this
firm are Franklin Pierce and Ben
F. Pierce, sr. $
Attorneys for the Board of Re
gents are Arthur Howell, assistant
attorney general of the State of
Georgia assigned to the Board of
Regents, and Robert Forman, jr.
Attorneys for the University Ath
letic Association are Hamilton
Lokey, Howell Erwin, jr. and Abit
Nix. Mr. Erwin is attorney for A.
P. Webb.
Names of those signing the pe
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“THE KING’ TAKES A BLON DE
Gable, Bride Honeymooning
After Guest Ranch Wedding
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 21 —(AP)
—“The King,” has a new lady—a
laughing, lovely blonde reminis
cent in many ways of the girl
whose death kept him lonely and
distant for almost eight years.
Clark Gable is honeymooning
somewhere today with Lady Syl
via Stanley, the 39-year-old
widow of Douglas Fairbanks, sr.
They were married in a surprise
ceremony late yesterday at a lux
urious guest ranch 40 miies norin
of Santa Barbara, Calif, After the
wedding, they departed for points
unknown. :
Sometime today or tomorrow
they expected to return to Holly
wood, in time to sail tomorrow on
the Lurline for a two-to-four
week junket to Honolulu.
“The King,” so-called because
of his box-office drawing power,
and Lady Sylvia long have been
f-iends. She arrived here about 16
davs ago. bui ihere were 1o ru
mors of an engagement.
The new Mrs. Gable divorced
Lord Stanley of Alderiey 138
months ago Gable, 48, is her
fourth husband. She was divored
in 1935 by Lord Ashley, who nam
ed Fairbanks as co-respondent.
On the one side is Secretary of
Agriculture Brannan, with strong
administration support, and on the
other are such farm organizations
as the A.nerican Farm Bureau
Federation and the National
Grange. Only one major farm or
ganization —the National Far
mers’ Union — is backing the sec
retary. A fourth —the National
Council of Farmer Cooperatives—
is expected to take sides against
him at its January convention.
The battle may have far-reach
ing consequences for agriculture,
because of tl'e possibility that it
may interfere with future con
gressional farm legislation.
This situation is in sharp con
trast to the relatively peaceful
relations existing between govern
ment labor officials and labor or
ganizations. In general, both have
the same ideas as to government
policies toward organized labor
Congress Trapped
Caught ir the middle along with
farmers is Congress. Naturally
anxious to pass leflxlation desired
by farmers, the lawmakers will
be at a loss as to which side to
listen to — Brannan or the farm
organizations which oppose him.
A basic difference between the
secretary and his foes is the so
called Brannan farm program. In
genersl, t-¢ Bannan plan would
support farm prices at higher
levels than would the farm groups
that oppose him. But, the plan
would permit lower consumer
prices for perishables than would
the farm groups.
The secretary would use gov
ernment payments to achieve the
dual and apparent conflicting
goals of high farm returns and
low food prices. Opposing farm
groups argue that the farmer is
entitled 1o his &Il return at the
market Liace.
Both the Farm Bureau Federa
tion and the National Grange
adopted strong resolutions against
the Brannan plan at recent con
ventions. Differences in views
played a part in decision of Farm
Bureau officials not to invite
Brannan to its meeting. The ac
tion brought a charge from Bran
nan that the organization was
“undemocratic.” The federation
retorted that farmers did not need
a “federal appointee” to tell them
what to do.
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Gable’s first wife was Josephine
Dillon. They were divorced six
years later and in 1931 he married
Ria Langham. Their divorce came
in 1939.
Fun Capacity
Shortly afterward Gable took
his third bride, Actress Carole
Lombard. Both had a great capa
city for fun. Once she gave him
a ham as a tribute to his acting.
On another occasion, it was a
jalopy, painted white and deco
rated with red hearts, as a Val
entine present.
Gable, an addict of fine cars,
put a high-powered engine in the
ancient crate and drove it for a
year,
They clashed the first time they
met but the next day a cage full
of doves arrived at Gable’s apart
-nent. Thi. was standard proced
ure thereafter whenever they
guarreled.
Bles - Lommbara Was Eilled Tiw
1942. The piane cariying her home
from a war bond selling tour
Crashen e Las voassy e
carrying Carole, her mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth Peters, and 19 others to
their deaths.
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TANK BRINGS SANTA TO CHRISTMAS PARTY
Santa has arrived by train, plane and parachute—
and now by an M-26 light tank. As the kids gather
around, Santa is greeted by Brig. General Clayton P.
Kerr, commanding general of combat command B, 49th
Armored Division of the Texas National Guard. Party
was held for the children of the personnel in the unit
which is based at Dalias.— (AP Wirephoto.)
CIO Blast Attempt
Fails; Fuse Fizzles
Thirty-Nine Sticks Of Dynamite
Found Wrapped In Christmas Paper
DETROIT, Dec. 21.— (AP) —Dynamiters made an at
tempt to blow up the CIO United Auto Workers’ head
quarters last night.
They failed, but, only by a hair’s breadth.
A stack of 89 sticks of dynamite, wrapped in tape and
colored Christmas gift paper, was found at a side stair
way of the Union Building,
CHILDREN WATCH
Untamed Lion
Kills Famed
Lady Trainer
THOUSANT: QAKS Csalif, Deo,
21— (AP}—With a roar, & savage
lion sprang at a widely known
woman animal trainer and quick=-
1y killed her while her horrified
children tried to save her.
Mrs. May Kovar Schafer, 432,
was in the cage yesterday with the
lion, Sultan, attempting to break
him into training. The powerful
animal lunged at her, bore her
down and bit her in the neck sev
ering the spine.
Her children, Michael Kovar, 18,
and May Kovar, 14, were watching
their mother, who was working
with a chair and whip when the
sudden attack accurred. ;
The children, armed with short
poles, rushed through the cage
door. But the beast, with Mrs.
Schafer’s neck in his jaws, ignored
their pokings. -
Michael and May and three
year-old Sandra Schafer, who was
nearby, screamed for help.
Rudy Muller, 59, an elephant
trainer, ran to their aid.
“I grabbed up a pitchfork and an
eight-foot length of pipe,” the
frail man said. “The lion was very
quiet. I stabbed at him with the
pitchfork with one hand and then
brought the pipe down on his
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Last Message
His last word from her had
been a message from Amarillo,
Tex., which said, “Hey, Pappy,
you'd better get intc this man's
army.”
Gable enlisted, demanding com
bat action. He was awarded the
airmedal and rose from private
to major in the Air Force. He
made several missions over Ger
many as a gunner.
Vesterday’s ceremony was wit
nessed by a few close friends and
some ranch hands. The rites were
performed by the Rev. Aage Moll
er, pastor of the Danish Lutheran
church in Solvang, a community
near the ranch. Vows were said
in the ranch living room, which
was decorated with palms, white
chrysanthemum: and evergreen
boughs.
The bride and groom both wore
hlua Champagne flowed at a re
cention afterward and Mrs. Gable
cut a tour—}{iered wedding cake
Gable was nervous, Lady Sylvia
calm when they obtained a mar
riage license earlier in the day at
San Luis Obispo, Calif.
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
Two fuses had burned to with
in an inch or less of the explos
ives before they sputtered out,
harmlessly.
Except for.two night workers,
the Union Building was ompz
However, lives were imperiled
a neighboring General Motors
building.
As a result, authorities were
confronted today with & new task
in solving mysterious acts of vio
lence against the big aulc unicn
and its leadership.
Within less than two years as
sassins have tried to kill two of
the UAW’s prominent Reuther
brothers.
Walter Reuther, president of
the UAW, was shot by an un
known assailant in April of 1948.
He almost lost the use of an arm,
Victor Reuther, the union's ed
ucational director, lost an eye in
a similar shotgun attack last
May.
Both of the shootings still are
unsolved.
Police immediately linked last
night’s incident with the attempts
on the Reuthers’ lives,
There is “no doubt” of it, ac
cording to Inspector James A.
Krug of the police special inves=-
tigation squad. 3 ¢
One long-held theory has been
that a vengeful conspiracy is
ascot against the Reuthers and
the union.
Top detectives of the special
investigation squad were assigned
to the case. - .
An anonymous call to a Detroit
newspaperman led to what was at
first a vain police search at the
union headquarters.
Later two union employes came
upon the wrapped sticks of ex
plosive, tied up in gay red and
whife Christnras paper.
Krug said he was convinced i
was a deliberate attempt to blow
up the building.
“The dynamiter knew what he
was about and he meant busi=
ness,” Krug said. “This was no
scare attempt.”
WEATHER
‘B4
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Considerable e¢loudiness and
mild with showers tonight,
Thursday colder. Low tonight
near 50 and high Thursday 58.
Sun sets 5:27 and rises 7:35.
G EORGIA — Consider
able cloudiness and warm this
afternoon. Cloudy and mild
with showers Thursday and
over west and north portions
tonight, turning colder Thurs
day night,
TEMPERATURE
Highest o i ctavidini
DO ... i ik il
BSHE. asn cise wine sins nilll
Nomnal ... oaoios S 0
RAINFALL
inches last 24 hours .. .. .20
Total since Dec. 1 .. .. .. 189
Deficit since Dec, 1 .. ... 1.23
Average Dec. rainfall .... 457
Total since January 1 ....41.44
Deficit since January 1 .. 6.28
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EDITION
v . ® ;
Exit Avoids
Blast By
MacArthur
By TOM LAMBERT
TOKYO, Deec. 21_—(AP)—%
sia angrily stalked out of the
lied Four-Power Council for Ja=
pan today rather than discuss So=
viet failure to complete repatria
‘tion of Japanese war prisoners.
By the walkout, the eight-man
Russian delegation avoided hear=
ing General MacArthur’s conclu=
sion that 374,041 Japanese have
died in Soviet prison camps from
brutal treatment.
The dramatic Russian exit cli
maxed a bitter argument over
council procedure.
Russia’s Lt. Gen. Kuzma Derev=
vanko argued the Four-Power
group—the United States, Britain,
Russia and China—had ne busi~
' niess discussing repatriation. Amer.
’ican chairman William J. Sebald
overruled him.
White with anger, the stocky,
bull - necked Russian Generai
stalked out. His delegation fol
lowed him.
“I don’t deem it possible to dis
cuss the question,” Derevyanke
said.
Repatriation has long been a
sore point of the occupation. Rus
sia has returned some 1,800,000
Japanese prisoners in four years,
American and Japanese authori
ties have been pressing for the re
turn of more than 300,000 others.
As Supreme commander, MacAr
thur himself has roundly seored
the Soviet attitude.
War Criminals
The Russians sent 94,000 home
last summer &nd announsesd ihat
wag all except 10,000 “war erimi.
nals” who would not be returned.
The U. 8. placed the matter on the
council agenda at the request of
the Japanese government, which
has been besieged by relatives of
S S, et
e et stand on
has been damaging in Japan to the
prestige of Russia and the Japae
nese Communist party. '!m
walkout will knock it down
er.
Sebald, head of MacArthur’s
diplomatic section, didn’t raise his
head as the Russians left the
council chamber. Instead, he
launched straightaway into a pre
pared statement detailing Amerls
can views on repatriation.
It cited repatriates’ reporis of
“disease, exfosure and malnutri
tion” while in Russian hands “to
gether with a callous disregard g
the welfare of war prisoners
civillan internees In attempts ie
maximize their labor.” -
~s- e e
Services For
Mrs. Catlett
Set Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs. H. i
Catlett, 80, who died in & loc
hospital Wednesday morfl fol«
lowing a short {llness, be
conducteg f:rox‘g :r}xi'inco Avenud
Baptist Churc Thursday afters
noon at 2:30 o'clock, Rev, T. R
Harvill officiating.
Mrs. Catlett, a native of Come
merce, moved to Athens pgeven
vears ago to reside with her son.
She was one of the oldest mems=
bers of Oconee Baptist Church as
Dry Pond, near Commerce. De«
voted to her churcel:l l:;i mmg;
nity, she was lov W
kneyw her. Prior to hcr%eu
which necessitated removal to “
hospital, Mrs. Catlett resided
175 Pulaski street.
Pallbearers are Edwin Chane
dler, Worth Brock, Claude Cat«
lett, Jimmmie Pullen, Ernest Broclk,
and B. N. White,
Surviving Ll\//rlrs. gatg!tt are five
daughters, rs. J. C, Garrison,
Bradenton, Fla; Mrs. M. A,
Chandler, Atlanta; Mrs. R. A.
Doss, Atlanta; Mrs. A. M. Hardy,
Jefferson, and Mrs. H. L. Logan,
Athens; one son, R. P, Catlett,
Athens; daughter-in-law, Mre W,
O. Catlett, Atlanta; one brother,
Hugh [Edwards, Atlanta; 1"
grandchildren and 13 greate
grandchildren.
Interment will be in Oconeg
Baptist cemetery, Jackson eounty.
Bridges Funeral Home im charge
of arrangements.
PEACE FEELERS
70th Stalin
® ¢
Birthday Is
UCIT DL diLcu }
MOSCOW, Dec. 21 —(AP) —
Russian leaders hailed Joseph
Stalin on his 70th birthday today
with a massive celebration, and
the Soviet leadership took the oc
casion to renew Russian g¢laims
that Communism and Capitalism
can exist together in peace. f
Georgi Malenkov, deputy prime
minister and considered close ia
Stalin, sounded the peace Keruvie
in Pravda the offitial new 2 :
of the Communist party, bym :
heavy siress on previous Siates
ments by the prime minister that
peace was possible between the
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