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MERRY GO ROUNDC ROUNDQ ROUND Q . Tennessee mountaineer mountalDeer Cordell CordellHull CordellHull CordellHull Hull never forgets torgets Recently he re retused refused refused tused fused a job jab to a prominent promment New NewYork NewYork NewYork York publisher because some years yearsago yearsago yearsago ago be he had s gned geed a petit on de- de demandIng demanding de demanding - - manding that the state department departmentstop departmentstop departmentstop , stop sending sendmg scrap iron to Japan JapanQ JapanC cr Q . . 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