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Show JINGLING THE NEWS TEN FOR ITT . The latest rumor "en tne street -Well help equip a Chinese LAND-BOUND, the Chinese LAUNCH their pies, kT Boiled down. It's this LONG TDIE NO SEA. ' Stan Arnold TOE WEATHER 4 UTAH: Partly cloudy this after aeon, tonight and Thursday, witk widely scattered f light showers: this afternoon, Slowly rising aXn ternoon temperatures. " 47 n - J : com, pgs PROVO. UTAH COUNTY. UTAH, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 3. 1946 p?1 PRICE FIVE CENTS -"SIXTIETH YEAR NO 217 telegraph news service tw, wa : : : .. 7 . - aaaaaa a - f m m -. m ma m i - - - . i L; M i h r h U iwi r LrO iri uiiui Lroi II iu J 1" JAAjpVI UUUUUUU wwmmmm .- - - 7 Salt Lake To .De Mecca For 7LDS Throngs 116th Annual General Conference To Open s In Tabernacle" Friday By MURRAY M. MOLER United Press Staff Correspondent SALT LAKE CITY, April 3 c Faithful members of the church of Jesus Christ of Lat-ter-dav Saints converged on Salt Lake City today for committee meetings held in Drenaration for the 116th annual eeneral conference that will start Friday. - Housinz facilities in Salt Lake City, usually well filled anyway. were jammed as presiaems u missions in such areas as New England and the souttiern states joined scores of other Mormon leaders on the semi-annual trek to the Salt Lake tabernacle for guidance for the next six months. The mission presidents met today with the church presidency presi-dency to talk over programs with President George Al--.-bert Smith and his two coun-Ujfcelers, coun-Ujfcelers, J. Reuben Clark, Jr nd David O. McKay. Car Washed 200 Feet by Giant Wave - , in n I - I f - j. ' IS ?Sj?'5iP rT-V viwss X" -,,1 X' Sk Automobile carried 200 feet by tidal wave which struck Cali-. Cali-. .nAcitaii oirainst norch of beach home at nail rrr& CW&. Arrow indicates wheel of trailer jammed underneath house, which was battered and dam aged by impact of the water. Hawaii Faces Emergency In Pacific Tidal Wave Disaster BY WILLARD D. EBERHART United Press Sun corresponaeni TMemberj of ward and stake hkhnnrirn will meet with the HONOLULU. ADril 3 (U.R) church presiding: bishopric in two Goy ingram stainback said to- apecial se"f-rrow ifcC1 day he would caU a special ses-noon ses-noon and Friday night. tf5eia,,r.. Church welfare. culai-ly esf to vote emergency aid to needy Mormons in war- fQr relief of 10 000 per. ravaged lands overseas, win De dg homeless by disastrous discussed at a special meeting of u j waves the church welfare committee to- r toll of dead and morrow evening. missing was 167. Unofficial esti- Welfare is also xpecjed,.- to mates placed theTiroperty damage form one of the major themes at m HUOj capitai of Hawaii island, the twice-aaiiy general uKi- t between sio.ouu.wu ana tv, ence sessions r riaay, caiuruajr qoo.oOO, and unaay. Church authorities would not gay if a new assistant to the council of 12 apostles will be named at this conference to succeed suc-ceed the late Nicholas G. Smith of Salt Lake City. Jospnh Anderson, secretary to the church presidency. dltUIpted an that there are no set numoer oi . fe . f rom Wasnington to council assistants, and selection hJs telephoned request for emerg-of emerg-of a new assistant would be op- e assistance in obtaining build-tional build-tional with the presidency. materials and supplies to be- Heber Meeks. president of the in reconstruction work, southern states mission at At- wrieht said he asked Franklin lania, Vja.; nuuam xi. nccuu, i. New England states mission pres- . . ident at Boston; Roy W. Doxey, IJllCTPr HPfirinO Eastern States mission president VUalCI I ICUIIIIIJ at Philadelphia, and Octave W. Ursenbach of Toronto president of the Canadian mission, all reported re-ported that church affairs in their jurisdictions were progressing satisfactorily. On the island of Maul, property prop-erty damage was estimated at $1,000,000 and similar destruction de-struction was reported on the main Island of Oahu. J. Stowell Wright, Hawaii fed eral housing director, told the Iran Offers To Drop Charges If Russians Pull Troops By May 6 Iran, Russia Present Conflicting Kepiies To the UN Council,; Session Adjourned To Give Delegates a Chance to Study. Replies By R. IL SBACKFORD United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK. Arjril 3 Iran offered today to with draw its chareres acrainst the Soviet Union if the Russians will promise unconditional withdrawal of all its troops from Iranian territory by May 6. Iranian Ambassador Hussein Ala made tne ojier just before the United Nations security council adjourned a half hour meeting after hearing Russia's and Iran's replies re-plies to the council's request for clarification of Soviet- Iranian negotiations, Reconversion Threatened By Coal Strike Long Coal Strike May Give Reconversion a Knockout Blow Truman Sent To Union Officials To Release Coal Appeals Is Continued Until Monday Hearing on the petition of three Provo ex-policemen against Provo City was continued until Monday by District Judge w. &xamey Dunford yesterday afternoon. The continuation resulted after Judge Dunford ruled on several ob- iections to the pleadings brought by Provo City Attorney Dallas H. Young. Judee Dunford overruled the general demurrer to the pleadings brought by the city, and also overruled a special demurrer and motion to make more definite and certain. He denied numerous nhases of the motion to strike Provo will observe Army day brought by City Attorney Young fioturriav in h iff leaeue stvle. fea- ana suswiueu i. turing an exhibit of modern army AH told of construction of new ward chapels at various cities and a renewed emphasis emphas-is on missionary work, now that the war is over and more young church people are returning re-turning to the mission field. Army Equipment To Be Shown In Provo Saturday nr. I equipment under the direction of Capt J. M. Schneider of the army recruiting service. The exhibit will be placed on the Orem depot grounds at First West and Center street. The exhibit will include 16 pieces from the ordnance depot at Tooele as follows: Two-high speed 18 ton M-4 tractors, one M2 90 MM gun. one Ml 155MM Howitzer, one 2V2 ton 6x6 amphibian, two M29C am-nhibian am-nhibian cargo carriers, one 4x4, i T truck, one M55, 50 caliber tnm mounted with trailer, one Mtfi multiDle eun with motor and carriage, one M24 light tank, one MS lieht armored car, one 4x4 Y4 ton truck, one 45 ton tank trans- worter M-19 with truck and irau er, one M2A1AA, 40 MM gun on carriers, ieens and other vehicles. The exhibit for Army day in Provo has been arranged by Capt. Schneider and Capt. R. C. Hend erson who are stationed at Provo in the army recruiting service ana is sponsored by the rrovo cnam her of commerce. On Saturday afternoon officials of the Provo chamber of commerce, com-merce, city commission and -others will be taken down to the boat harbor on Utah lake and given a ride in the sea-going weasels and ducks. These are amphibious am-phibious machines that can travel with equal efficiency on land or water. The exhibit will be in charge of LL Charles Cannon and Lt. William Hutcherson who are at- .(Continued on Page Eight) ticulars. Provo city's formal answer to the petition brought- by the men is exDected to be neard Monday. Throutfh an alternative writ of mandamus granted by the court, the citv is called upon to reinstate Georse Erkman. Arnold Steere and Ralph Mercer, or show cause why it should not do so. D. Richards, assistant commission er of the federal housing admin istration. for broad authority to grant priorities for housing and xnmmprrlal construction in the islands. He was also seeking to obtain immediate release of sur plus military supplies "regardless of previous priorities." The great tidal wave, churned up by a submarine earthquake off the Aleutian islands, hit the Ha waiian chain early. Monday. The same temblor caused other tidal waves which lashed at the Aleu tians near the Alaskan coast, the United States mainland, as tar south as Chile and west to the shores of Janan. Army commanders at Dutch Harhor. Atka and Adak reported that the latest wall of water had not damaged their installations Naw Dilots reported another sec tion of the tidal wave romng slowly along the north edge of the Aleutian area into Bristol Bay in the Bering sea. However, weather stations in the area said the only evidence of marine disturbances dis-turbances so far was a slightly higher than normal tide. ... . 1 A 1. Only a quirk 01 -nature ana xne fact that the tidal waves struck on Monday morning rather than Sunday prevented even greater loss of life and property damage in the Hawaiian islands. While smaller, less populated beaches were left a shambles of uprooted live coral heads (some of which weigh nearly half a ton and uprooted trees, crowded beaches such as Waimanalo, Kailu and Waikiki took practically practical-ly no damage. Many beach homes that would have been occupied on Sunday mornine were vacant when the waves struck last Monday and as a result many lives were saved. Had the waves hit 24 hours earlier at these beaches, where small cottages are jammed wall to wall almost up to the water's edce and inland for several blocks, loss of life and property would have been fearful. The createst depth of water over land on Oahu apparently was on the beach just beyond Koko Head Blow Hole, where rubbish and debris can be found a good 30 feet above the normal water level. Of all the districts on Oahu, Kawela Bay took the greatest damage. On the bay proper, of about 20 homes I saw, only one was not badly Smashed. Replies Conflicting The Soviet and Iranian replies to the council were conflicting. The Russians claimed the ques tion of withdrawal 01 soviet troops was settled. And as to other oth-er questions, the Russians said oil concessions were proposed to Iran in 1944 but "independently of the question of evacuation of the Soviet troops." The Iranian reply charged that the Russians had offered on March 24 to remove their troops within five or six weeks but had attached to the promise the question of oil concessions and autonomy for Azarbaijan. The Russian reply was read in the absence of Soviet Ambassa dor Andrei A. Gromyko who is still boycotting the security coun cil. It claimed that Russia's request for oil concessions were not con nected with the withdrawal of Soviet troops and contended that agreement on troops already nad been reached with Iran. The Iranian reply revealed that as late as March 24 the Russians had raised the Question of oil concessions as well as autonomy for Azerbaijan. It asserted Iran could not accept any conditions on the withdrawal of Soviet troops an assurance the Iranians said had not yet been given by Russia The council adjourned to give delegates a chance to study the Iranian and Soviet replies at me request of Secretary of State James F. Byrnes who, however, first called for any further state-1 ment Ala wished to make. "If "a representative of the Soviet Union would be willing to withdraw the conditions attached to withdrawal and assure us that the Soviet withdrawal of troops will be completed unconditionally by May 6, then I would say that mv eovernment would not press its charges further." Ala told the council. After adjournment, Ala told re- (Continued on Page Eight) Russian Troop Withdrawal Jn Full Swing TEHRAN. April 3 (U.R) Offi cial Iranian and British reports today said the Red army's with drawal from Iran was in full swing with Soviet troops crossing cross-ing the frontier back into Russia and embarking on Caspian sea steamers for transport home The withdrawal by land, the renorts said, was going on con tinuously from Meshed in north east Iran across the soviet iron WASHINGTON, April 3 ra President Truman said today that reconversion is "over the hump," but warned that a long -coal strike would give it a knockout blow and' that progress thus far would be "completely nullified" by failure to maintain price control, The president issued a state ment at his news conference com menting on a quarterly report in which Reconversion Director John W. Snyder said the country is in the middle of a boom and must beware of inflation. Departing from the text of his . . . - - i J At A statement, xvir. iruman saia if the strike of 400,000 United Mine Workers (AFL) is protract-4 ed it would constitute a knock' out blow to the progress of re conversion. The strike started Monday and negotiations cur rently are deadlocked. Snyder's report said production pro-duction is now at the annual rate of $150,000,000,000, an all-time record. But he warned warn-ed that reconversion still is Jeopardized by the threat of inflation. The president said that al- thoueh "we still have large, crm tier toward Ashkhbad, 125 miles leal nroblems ahead of us" the to the north in the Turkoman country is "over the hump of re Soviet republic. conversion." Long columns of Soviet troops, bu he added, "Our progress the reoorta said, were pouring! to date will be completely null! northward. Other detachments fs-d u we do not have an early formerly stationed at Shanrud, extension of our price control 200 miles norxneast ox xenran, and tabilization laws. were going aboard Caspian steam- without these laws, the nresl ers at Bandar Shan, utner soviet d t said Drogress will be transports were reponea i "" turned into economic chaos levi, also loading nea army troops. Chinese Factions Spurn Peace Bid MUKDEN. ADril 2 (U.R) Chin ese Communist and Nationalist armies, scrambling for possession of the Manchurian capital of Changchun, turned a cold shoul der today on four Chinese-Ameri can armistice teams seeKing peace In Manchuria. -g"Z:Zt&.nttonl economy to President causHneyTe con'ress' Snder would interfere witn tneir mm- - nnomtions in the wake of "Total civilian production now withHrawlnff Soviet armies, stands at the highest level ever A Chinese Central News agen- reached by the nation, in war or cnotoh aatri the last soviet oeace: an annual rate 01 more troops would leave Changchun than $150,000,000,000." within one week. Underscoring Snyder's plea for extension of price control with his own, the president told Amer icans they must not be "compiae ent" about present industrial pro gress. He also warned against laws that might prove unsta-bilizing. unsta-bilizing. Questioned about the Russell-Pace plan before congress to raise farm parity prices, Mr. Truman said he was acainst it. This plan, he said, would up set the apple cart if passed In a quarterly report on the Hotels. ADartment Houses, Stores, Offices, Also Without Heat; Telegram Dispatched. To Washington For Relief In Emergency: ivsa ..tmnis rinsprf and hotels, apartment houses and most large buildings without heat, appeal was made, tv,t, t. Twia A. F. of L. President William. Green and the secretary of labor in Washington for Utattj county relief in the present coal sitikc ' Every, school in Provo iwas closed today with exception excep-tion of the coal-heated Maeser as dwindling commercial iras suDolies. caused by coke oven reduction at ronton. necessitated furthec reduction of gas heat throughout tne city. Springville high school closed this forenoon and students were to aswnhle after lunch to see if attendance would be possible in the afternoon. Spanish Fork Closed The Reese elementary school In Snanish Fork was closed today. and aitnougn opwusu anA nlannin .tiirianU m9 nM. me m prospect of closing tomorrow was commission was effected at the owtTTrtain city council meeting Tuesday- some Itoriav hv Mayor J. W. UUiman. the authority to dismiss classes if day by -Mayor J. tKo.r tau it nwsarv. -Tne iiciiiua ""-J . . ' .jjiti. n Mi- Print ar nmrn wSnout hea? OT WeuT Wank" WoofYnden Harry WithOUt heat. Ir,..., ' r -l Allan and T.H Every nubile building and bus- !.,, ! .a.h with Rov iness in Provo using commercial Gappmayer and Vern William gas was without heat today, as from the city council, in charge tne Mountain uei ouppjy 0f roads. pany was forced to cut off a to- M commlssion which haT tal of 123 of its largest customers. 71 its work & placing Actinc to relieve a bhuuuh Tni,in9 recommendation uiurw which is practically paralyzing) lhe people was released by th schools and businesses in three cjty council and a hearty vote 01 cities, a telegram was aespaicnea thanks extended lor weir uovra this morning by the chamber of m behalf of the community im- commerce, school, city and county provement. First chairman 01 in a Affinal and at least one A. r. rotirine commission was uni of L. official, to William ureen, Lange, who resigned some ww president of the American r ed- ago. other mempers were eration of Labor; John L. Lewis, Woof inden, acting chairman; Or- nresident of the A. F. Of L. Unit- son FreStWlCn, r w. oumuwiu, Orem Reorganizes Commission For Planning, Zoning OREM Reorganization of the Price Control Extension To June 30, 1947 Wins WASHINGTON, April 3 (U.R) The house banking committee today to-day voted to extend the OPA until June 30, 1947, and to give the president power to determine what price controls should be lifted before then. The plan for future price con trol onerations was offered by Rep. Paul Brown, D., Ga. It was adopted by a 20-3 vote. The committee previously nao But he warned that "pressure toward inflation" is a "most seri ous threat" to successful comple tion . of reconversion. He called for prompt extension of price control. Despite widespread shortages of consumer and business items American buyers found suffic . I Unt 0wt tn keen the Christmas defeated, w to , an uc"" "n t boom going into the first three JJtJltlmi:ot 1946, Snyder .mid. Approval One of Quadruplets Born to Washington Woman, Dies KELSO. Wash.. April 3 (U.R) The miracle of birth resulted in quadruplets here yesterday "Fatherless Quads" for Mrs. Leo Pierce. 36. widow of a logging mill employe of the Long Bell Lumber Co., who was killed accidentally acci-dentally at the mill March 1. But little "C." the male third-born of the babes named only alpha betically in the rush of births died late last night in his incu bator at St John's hospital in nearby Longview. Wash. The quadruplets were born twenty minutes apart, beginning at 10:40 a. m. yesterday in the Kelso osteopathic hospital with Mrs. Pierce attended by Dr. Thomas Herron. They were taken across the Cowlitz river to neighboring neigh-boring Longview when medical authorities decided they would need special incubator attention unavailable at Kelso. Mrs. Pierce, a slender, attractive brunette, already mother of 10 year-old twins, gave birth to tne Quads in "twilight sleep." sne was thoroughly astounded when Dr. Herron told her the news However, she remained calm, for her sister in Stella, Wash., is also the mother of twins and multiple births are plentiful in her family. Mrs. Pierce is a calm person, about 130 pounds. She was given transfusions and is reported re covering rapidly. The other three babies, two boys and a girl, were reDorted doing well this morning, The Quads weighed 3 pounds, 7 ounces: 3 pounds.- 3 ounces: pounds 1k ounces; and 2 pounds 9 ounces at birth. They were taken to St. John's hospital and given intravenous feedings to strengthen them. Oxygen was ad ministered occasionally but the babies were described as perfectly per-fectly normaf, in no way prematurely prema-turely born. Higher Prices To Be Allowed Dairy Products WASHINGTON. April 3 (U.R) The eovernment is expected to authorize higher, prices for major dairy products within a week to end the growing numcer 01 mu "strikes" throughout tne country Dne official predicted the or der would raise the price of milk by as much as a cent a quart, with the increase Deing passed on w As for butter, he said an increase in-crease in Drices appeared the only way to cure the present anonagei but declined xo predict now mucn of a price hike, if any, would be authorized . - The new order will be Issued ir.ir.tiv hv Economic Stabilizer Chester Bowles, Price Chief Paul Porter and Secretary of Agri-miituro Agri-miituro Clinton P. Anderson. Their top deputies began drafting tho order yesterday. The official said the butter iinrtam wis due largely to the fact that present prices made it more profitable for milk with heavy fat content to be channeled into ice cream, whipping cream and coffee cream. ' R., Mich., which wouia nave given ..0rdinarily he added, "the industrial advisory commiueesi . . .nn.m.. .-w Ki,tn .. . . 1 I laic u. vviuwuw and the secretary of agriculture purchases together would have power iu 'o.u.uc """" " fallen by S 10,000,000,000 to$iz,- control should be suspended. nononn noo after a Christmas Under the committee-approved boom as jarge as that of 1945. nlan. the president would De re- r, tut. ..,- tt.a urvcro in quired to determine monthly ) What demand output WM 8Uch price conwoi. ."f- private expenditures in the first and certify tothe price adminis- uartep actuany equalled those tration that In sucn cases tne Christmas boom. domestic demand lor tne items ai- r.nnsum.. nurchases fell, but ieciea mu uc". thn.. hv business enterprise rose. The nrice aummisiraior meni , .. would be required to remove such r f . I -.. fSLL controls within 10 days 01 tne irUlU 1U LU VU ceniiicauon. oH Mineworkers. and Lewis B. Schwellenbach. secretary of la bor. The telegram follows: "Situation in Provo and Utah county towns is very serious due to strike in coal mines which has shut off gas supply tha" furnishes heat here. Schools and university are closed. Public institutions, business houses apartment houses and many Others are already suffering because heat has been shut off. Situa tion will get rapidly worse unless relief is provided. "We urge immediate action, permitting operation of the Columbia coal mine in Carbon Car-bon county sufficient to provide pro-vide an uninterrupted supply of coal . to ' provide gas for heating purposes in Provo and vicinity. This is in accordance ac-cordance with a promise credited to John L. Lewis in newspapers published March 31, that wherever there is a direct connection between a coal mine and a public utility, coal will be produced during the strike if necessary to keep the utility going. "The need for action is. most urgent, and the situation wm eet steadily worse, un less the mine operates and coal is provided for the gas company." C. B. Holt, Mr. Price, Mr. Alien, Mr. Wells, Mr. Butler, and Verd Washburn. The first task to which the new commission has been assigned is to assist Mr. Price in the prepa ration of a new master road map of Orem city for use in further zoning and planning measures. ' The city council also instructed; Vern Wentz, city attorney, to prei the revised zoning ordinance; as recently amended following a. mass meeting, for enactmem ny the council. J Mayor Gillman also appointed committee to plan a suitable celebration on July 4 to honor the veterans of World War H in conjunction with a state-wide observance ob-servance proclaimed by the gov ernor. Members are B. M. Jolle?, Harry Butler, Ray Loveless, jess. Cordner, Ivan Farnsworth and Fred FJelding. Two Convicted Slayers Escape Death Row Cells ruiicauon. .f AAA P The amendment also provided 3D, UUU UUQ TO a a a lAI for restoring control 01 any new- 1 ri through certification by the presi-nfee jnOrtQge oem uiai toerc w u uiuauanswi domestic demand. DETROIT, April 3 (U.R) The It also provided that the price Ford Motor company announced administrator, on his own initia- Uoriav that 35.000 employes will tive could remove price controls k laid off for one week starting on anv item when he deemed suchltomnrrow because of. the steel action consistent with tne pur- shortage, poses ox the price control act. Riding Club To Offer Prizes SPANISH FORK Special prizes in the Utah State Junior t.r'-o!"ubUc lon. T IhamI. .hAU. Ti"k M nAin fl. ,mm.-..- . . accusvomea iu r nerves iroro WASHINGTON, April 3 Uir" Two convicted slayers awaiting execution overpowered two guards in the District of uoiumDia jail early today, locked them in ai ja.iu d11a anI rT The telegram was signed this - "7n r victims1 morning by the chamber of com- " . , merce, J. C. Moffitt, superintend- Pce Jose h ent of schools; Mayor Mark An- ,,J,v "JSSictedof slayiK derson, Chairman R. J. Murdock Medley. 4 fQJIJgS of the county commission, .rf. WJi'aS AFL leaders were being sought. I mU" .nvLm.nt Weather promised little tome- diate relief from the situation. A Jein0.r . . th occurred department of lculture fore- 5 w m Mid MedleJ- cast this morning said warmer Guard H. C Davis Wfdnwday . and imur o5 witoa 8 calibre Revolver when- Don't Worry - Plenty of Tires To Be Available -in me owmaungj be closed to- ' ..mnl.ml nrterlin "... t ntn i""- . . - morrow, ui land took his ceu Keys, rouw tne present aivuauou vuu, ""(said the revolver obviously naa consioerea lunvn, i . to warm .wiro "Kiif hmir mornin check. some ot tne ioaa on me uwinwunpr: - --Hed .nother gas supply. . .. - Uuard. D. C. Sanderlin. The two That schools wm AKRON, O., AprU 3 (UJDThe Livestock show to be apanisn xorit, may , , o u . fraved will be ottered Dy tne uiamona . - rt,.nnrMd tires Fork Riding V:lub. Members have recapped and re-recapped tires, decided to give away iDu. &ome an to nch events planned are m tne nature f. . , Vut in the ,h n.lindiEnities not soon, out in tne wild cow miking, roping contests, Predictable future. ... halt- hnn. The f uture" is 1947 tne, year show ind stock and saddle horse synonymous with the millenlum show. Full details will be an- m civuian proaui. Tnm nrraicur la wuu nounced later. Col- been smuggled in to the prisoner but they had no idea when or After overpowering tneir guards, Medley and Mcrariana escaped from the, jaU building by making, their way aown w w, vmund hand-over-hand on a ropo Iyer, president of the B. T'. Good- improvised from the bed sheets. 2t . niv he aaidlTiniiM aaiH the entire escape had iivu . v. .w ... I - - authoritatively, "by 1947 you wui been "cleverly planner be able to get as many tires zs . - .... . , ? - j a KMnrnnn .kizp vivvv - k am a .sf. . . . . mi eeaa?es-'J.t. - when you want tnem.-. - ixriius ttiucmui , There will, he said, be 90,000,000 TOKYO, April 3-01R Twenty-tires Twenty-tires produced in. 1946 a figure fifth, division infantrymen today lust about- double me largest emnatiiea 'ijnu jjiui tne vsaaa area unuiwu mm "largest typhus epidemic amoRS civiliansto confront: the army i 4Wa aaw emertfenV " " number ever produced for civiliao use before. 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