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IStreet Commissisioner H. R.?
f llN_E_ll_l_ElllNl}E
nig of Men_ in the 26th
Division Which Includes
the Two Regiments of
the Connecticut Nation-
al Guard
I'Despatches Tell of Wound-
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that many Norwalh
youths have been on the firing line
and in actual battle on the battle-
fields in France, are contained in a
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tdespatch from the War department
omciais mentioning injuries to sol-
ftllerll in the 26th division. which is
lcornprised of New England National
leuard unitsn Among the units in-
cluded are the First and Second rest--
mentn of (‘onnecticut infantry. in
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Fair tonight; Tuesday partly cloudy.
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President Declarm Allied:
“Unity of Plan and Con-l
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”Charles Johnson. and Who was driv'l
High Speed Into Frank?
Varrick and George Veno
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A man who said that his name was;
ing to Maxwell car, this morning at
11:45 o'clock, draw at a high rate
of speed from Chestnut street into
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Concord street, knocking down Frank.
Varrick. aged ten. of Raymond street,t As FURlfluu" ENDS
an bruising and scratching the Vellanorwalk Man From Ayer
in ~
Johnson kept rittht on going at the‘ and Fort Terry WRVC'
Farewell As They Leave
and George Veno, aged seven. 3 pu—i
pil of the Knudsen school. who was:
too scared to tell where he lived}
injuring the Varrick boy somewhat:
same rate ‘of speed after‘ he had.’
struck the boys, and only the quick.‘
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Believed That Both Werethe t Visit of Corporation Counsel
Work of an Incendiaryt
«Familiar With Locality l
SlMSHIlRY, Nov. 19~Tw0 fires. om"
of which destroyed the western span‘
or the Central New England railroad
Orl'vdge over the Farmingion river
near Hoskins station. about a mile.
and one half north of Simsbtlry last
night, are causing the railroad olh“
rials of this section some alarm. as
lt appears that they Were of incen-
diary origin. What makes it appear
particularly as the work of an M7
cradlary is the fact that the first}
was discovered in the freight yards
or the railroad shortly before the'
larger om. Was noticed. anti it is the.
linili'f till stunt-my fits: :the “'l:
all! was started to "cover up" the
I‘ltt’J‘l' blaze. 'which had gained areal
lietdway before it was noticed.
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Draft Elicibies Deliarred
From Volunteering- After
i’l'cscrlbed Date ~ Navy-
Remains Open on Fixed
Conditions —— Men With
High Serial Numbers May
Enlist in Sea Force
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‘.\'.\Slil.\'t‘.'l‘l).\', Nov. 19. \'llltltl
xy l-niistrz" n7 of :lll lilt'll ht’il'n'l‘l'i
. ages of :21 and 3] years in titr-
l'nitl-tl Stall-a alnly will on
Dec. 1.7. Thin is the filth! drastic
orange lltfttic by the new selective-
dr-lft resolutions announctd by Pro-
mat letlrdlztltlen‘ral t‘t‘owder today.-
lilivcycr. mcn betWel-n these (KID'S
.y enlist ill the Navy or the lilar-'
,it- l‘olttgf, upon presenting satisfac-
tory violence that their serial nnnlz.
t. «s at ‘ «'Il high lhat they will not be
.t.‘;'t-clld by the mound draft. 3
to other the regulations prohibit-
ing the loiuntary enlistment of men
l‘f draft. age after Dec. 13, provisions
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l't’lh'ol
‘éll" tirade for the special induct‘nn‘
.iri-o service of spacinlized wo:kers.
:Wcrrtary of War Baker is given pnw—'
...l to invoke the classification order
n: any registrant. l'herefore, il’ thr-
o {gleam-general sends out a call for
35,00t'l rll'.lcllilll'.-t.-i for military dutyp
Secretary/flair:- will revoke tho-
elimination of machinists and the
‘lt-ral boards will be instructed. The’
"Hoot-'15 of each local board will then-
‘w drawn from the machinist regis-
i'ints, When the required number
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TOBACCO GROWERS i
THREATEN TO STOP 1
PLANTING THE WEED!
[MST HARTE‘OIIH. Nov. Ike-The
twat-ct- industry in this section is in
dint-"r of being abandoned duringI
the “(Ni year. owing to the high it
m“ fertilizer. the scarcity of labor 1rd
the danger from Mill and hail. One
m“ the List» closers it. this town says “mum“ up N0"”‘"‘
first it Il’fi bet-n estimated that about
$2 per cent of_ihe 3917 crop was iii-t
lived by lull. or frost. and that the.
.. l ist.-eia¢sold.ovliadbeensoid.
- verybtgh prions. One large grow-i
in the may...“ section of the: form. yet the old/armory never pro-l
‘.ll’ll sold htsorop the last few days
.u 50 cell. per M the film
fill”? «or reported in this town.
Quinlan and Mr. Minor to
Hartford Proves Success-
ful‘
City Engineer Henry it. Minor, who,
on Saturday had appointment with.
Commissioner Bennett. of the State
Highway Department, in regard lo‘
the matter of genius an appropl'ia‘
lien for the state highways here. was
successful in his quest. he said, this
morning. i
The. city engineer's ollicc is quite
ll busy place since Mr. Minor enter-
edxit, and he is keeping a record of
Hull" of the work that be has done,
in the form of pilotolrraphs of solltci
of tile lill‘t‘i'iw‘ that he has fixed my
illlirll-ly Ely avenuv. ”road 'a' el'.
road. Knapp slicet and other llama-x-i
-'I'l.e photographs show how the mild
,looltetl “before" and "after" they!
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Simon Lake Fears U-Boat
Campaign Against Am-
crica
:‘il‘Ivi' ‘l‘ltltlx'. Nov. 10 Predictions
that t‘fii'llt)‘ stitillzar'ines itill soon
lllllkt their appearance off American
pl’il'ls. that lit“ subroutine will be
founJ to be the best antidote for tip-
sublrlarine. and that till- art-at \vllriti
powers in the near future will have
llotillas of "contrnnsubinarlnesfl eel
peclaliy bltill for operating against
under-sea craft. were made by speak-
ers who addresmd the annual con~
velltion of the Society of Naval Ar-
cliitl'cts and Marine Engineers hci’e
yesterday. E
Simon Lake. the Bridgrport inven-i
tor. pointed to the fact thill only one.
British wave] of more than 1,600
tons was reported sunk by German:
submarines last Week as an indies-i
tion of possible danger to American:
shores from the submarine rmnace,‘
lie cited the transatlantic trips of;
the merchant submarine Deutschx
land and the activities of the IP52 of;
the north Atlantic seaboard as ere,
limpIPii_ of what is possible with the;
submarine.
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. EUNNERS’ ltltllt
Captain Galiaher Gratified
at the Response and Show-
ing Made by the Young
en
Even the most phlegmatlc person
armory last
Saturday afternoon would have been
thrilled by the first drill of the Gal-
laller Gunners. - ‘
Totally lacking in frills or feathers.
without the slight-st hint of a use!
seated a more impressive slats
Promptly at 2:30 o'clock. the me! be-‘
gas tom-rive. the majority of them
A mm)" of buyers "8 in a," in the prison of young manhood. with
“a, week. but west‘of the 9M has a fair springing of older In. a
”an a”. M ”m, are . few 0‘ number of wbdaéhad had prolimtaaryl
(Mum to suit- M).
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Continued “to!” up
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‘the army or navy inscribed thereon.
\‘lI.lf'Il several Bridgeport young men}
enlisted. -
As far as could be learned here
ceived about any of the local sol-
tContlnlied on Sixth Page.)
lllJlSlliElii till i
Nfll WElEflME;
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Bridgeport Hoping the Po-f
lice Commission Will PutI
Up Bars Against Them—i
New Yorkers Have Eyes
on Park City—May At-I
tempt to Invade It to Pick'
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Up Some “Easy" Money t
nutpttttmnr. .\'ov. 10—13mm boa!
lnn'wns given the otllclal count iul
‘it’ll in New York. followers of the
garlic in Bridgeport are blinll)’ wan-
dering I'he'lil'r promo'ter:l from Man-
hattan will be allowed to (‘Olllt' her.-
ilntl flIl'Ii the lam by the staging of
boots which will not It‘lllilf" s'nr
boys. but witch‘will ho pllt on with
(Ill‘ftllt‘ tttllposc oi al‘nhllilt: Ill" loin
.iolln l‘. Stanley. pl'esi‘liell‘ of the
board of police l‘illillllliilllftilt’l'fi. stat.
ed that the board had taken no at"
Hull concerning the situation its it
concerns le York light men, it _it
probable that 'h-* matter may bo- dis-
cussed ill full at ilil' next lllcetirl'l: of
illi' (*llililllifiilttn‘T‘. which w.” b:-
ltl-lll within a melt or two, (‘llancl-s
Sore that the l'tinlrllisuloners will take
no dcfinit-n s'and uni i an outer-town
promoter apploacllt them for a per-
mil .\lr. Stanley did not care last
night. to prophesy what reception.
would arm-i the protrlotcl's when they
s'art let-low to find otlt how theyi
Hand ill Bridgeport to pet a lot or
lltolll-y “lllllllii Luring a lot of until
it; fif‘liilllffl. for it.
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Rev. it. J. Carroll. ol st. Joseph's;
R. C. Church made an announcement'
that was quite interestln': to his
parishioners yesterday‘whmt he said
that he was going to have a tablet
with the names and branch” of t‘le
services of all of the young men of St.
Joseph's parish that run serving in
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placed in the vestibule of the church.
so that all might see how many from
the parish were doing their hit and
also so that in case anyone wished
to find the address of the person they;
cupid do so. Father Carroll said that!
he hoped to have this tablet inst-rib
ed and framed and ready for display
by next Sunday. lie is how now
felting the names of all of the young
men of the parish for this tablet.
FIRE IN ARTIST
HUTCHENS’ STUDIO
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Fire which broke out this morning;
about 10:30 o'clock, in the studio of
Frank T. Hutcheus.;of Perry avenue.
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3 last night no information has been r'-'
Istruggie. save an alarm, and
General Bliss Designated As;
His Military Adv'ler att
Conference i
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_i.0NDON, Nov. law/Colonel Ed-
ward it. House, head of tile Anion-i
can Mistrial. has received a cable 1
message from President Wilson stat-i
ing emphatically that the United
States government considers tilati
‘unlty of plan and contr " btth’el‘l'
all the Allies and the United Sta'es;
is essential in order to achieve a just
and permanent peace.
President Wllilon emphasises the;
fact that this unity must be accom" .
plished if the great resources of the
l'nlted States are to belsed to the‘
best advantage. and he muesli- Col-'
ont'l House to confer wifi the hendn'
of the Allied gtlveriimonts with it3
view to atllievintz tllc cluest possible
cooperation.
President Wilson has asked l‘oloncl
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MASKEll titttttt 9
VlillNEil lJANlAN,
Biltd Owner and Sister to a,
Bed, Cut TelephonetWires
and Ransack the House,1
Securing 3400 t
NEW CANAAN. Nov. 19. «Four
masked burglars in the home of Mrs.’
Anna Feiner, here. last night. tied
Mrs. I‘eiflcr and her sister, Mrs. Kal-
ser, to a bed. cut the telephone Wires.
ransacked the rooms and upon leav-
ing‘ took silverware. jewelry lnclud-f
the some with diamond settings. and
$400 in cash. which had been drawn
from a bank on Saturday to be used
in purchase of realty. ‘
The women released
from their bonds after
two liours'v
then
collapsed from a nervous strain. They
had not recovered today and the pol-
ice :ould get little assistance from
their narration of the incident. The
four men Were armed. drove to the
house on Ponus street. two miles
from thb village center. broke into
,the place and departed WIL'MII leav-z
lng any visible clues.
THE CHARITY TEA
BIG SOCIAL SUCCESS
The charity tea at. the reside-acct
of Mrs. Thomas I. Raymond, Flax!
Hilltlload. Saturday afternoon. was
largely allmdetl and proved to be a
delightful social adair. Toe giving
away of K. Anderson picture was the
important feature of the ab‘air and
was under the supervision of ex May.
or Carl A. Harstrom. Parker Set-icy.
of Bridgeport. was the recipient of
the valuable work of art.» .
Mlss‘Whiting. of New York city. an
aunt of Mrs. Gordon Tamer. of New
York. who has charge of a French
hospital. containing 5.000 beds. spoke.
very interestingly of the work which
’her neice is doing in that place.
ASKS 310.000 Eon
srcrrr or AN EYE
Allexlng that he was rut; down by
» nlsht.
wit of Eugene J. Charlott, of Chest.
nut street, stopped the man. Re bad
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Willi] ANll
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Mstteco Fiiardi, of 25 Con-
cord Street, Blackjacked
by Two Men Late Satur-
day Night
Shakespeare wrote the following
lint»; "He who steal! my purse
steals trash." but )ialteco Filardi. of
25 Concord ,streou thinks lthat «his
purse was more than trash, especial-
ly as it contained 850. of which he
was robbed at about 11:30 Satyr-day
Two men. who. it is thought, Were
tn the Grand I'nion Hotel on!» with
llr. Filardl on Saturday Dllthi, and
who saw the “roll" that he carried,
held him up and filter black-jacking
him in from of the store conducted
by Luigi Giodani. on Wood street,
left him unconscious While they ran
away with their spoils.
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littlttttt RATES
mmmr
Ten Per Cent. Increase in
Fire Risks Annouced To-
day by the New England
Exchange
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'hpmsplws Local insurance agents were today
nolillcd of a general advance in in-
surance rates of 10 per cent. effec-
tive on November 19. This advance
does not effect the risks rated by the
improved risks department, or the for.
tory improyement committee of the
New England Exchange and does not,
therefor-._ affect factory rates or
those known as improved risks,
sprinklertiil. etc. The increase has
been expected for some time.
C. M. Goddard. secretary of the
New England insurance Exchange. in
a letter slated that "The insurance
business is-no different from any
other. and conditions which demand
a general increase in prices. affect-
ing all lines of business. because of
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Ell AVENUE lillll
Miss Rost- Havesy. of 51 Ely ave-
o'elock. underneath the Washington
street bridge. when she stepped back
‘from in front of Leva's car, the ruli-
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line. was struck by an automobile.'
owned and operated by Abraham;
Inn. of 18 Rose street. New Roch-'
elle. Saturday afternoon tit about 3130‘
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: Nearly every Sunday night at the
,east-bouud depot of the South Nor-
Britisli Troops Are HOW
the Passchcndaele Ridge
After Heavy Bombard- .
ment by the German Artilv
until-tints "7
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SEVERE
attrition
i walk railroad station a crowd of anyv‘ ' Back Q".- U
3 where from 150 to 300 gathers to mlDflVfll Near St. '
ltlie men who have come home from:
' Camp Devens and from Ft. Wright offi
.agaln to their qulT-ters after {they
t be e enjoyed a fur ough of from 24
to 48 hours with relatives and
. friends.
They anther there shortly after 7:
t p. m.. and they don't leave until welll
‘ ?ltt‘-r 8:30 o'clock, when the last train
has gone for these men.
The farewells ring out as the boys
climb aboard 'the coaches. each clad
in a warm army overcoat which by
'aome mysterious reasoning of the.
,camp quartermaster hangs around
the man's heels if he is a short. or
reasonably short man. and' which
'Il'di'tli)’ forms a vest for a tall man.
‘iflld each lugging a paper wrapped
. parcel. that contains sandwiches. fruit.l
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Resignation of Capt. Field
Is Announced in State-9
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The military emergency board. in;
a report to Governor .‘ilaicus l1. llol-i
vcomb yesterday gave high praise to
ithe Home Guard organization. it
was called valuable because, for one
thing. its ranks are filled with the
best of the citizens and msidcnls,’
rankins with the highest in business.‘
in the professions. in industrial purij
suits. and in personal character. ‘
In the matter of expense, the board
said. the original estimated expense;
was not less than 300.000, though‘
the r- 000 men were provided for at a
coat of about 8260.000. The addition-=
al titpense. not proVided for in the,
estimated expense account. his been
to date "65.000. These amounts in-
clude all the large items of expense;
for uniforms. firms. ammunition and
equipment. and all the cost of main-
tenance for 'eight months.
The point is made that in March
tin After Shelling German.
Positions For Several
Days ‘
In the 'I‘rclltiiio anti along the .
l’iave the Italians have the Austro-
Germans ill check for the moment J
and there are indications of a re}
awakening of fighting. activitiee ‘
oil the western front, especionx
.in Flanders and around St. Queue
tin. i .
East and northeast of Ypres,
the British are now well-establish-
ed on the l’asschendaele ridge.
These positions have been under
heavy bombardment by the Ger-
mans for several days. evidence
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lewd
that the Germans are nervous and ”“4,”
hope by their artillery fire. to
check a new British thrust.
Around St. Quentin, north
northwrst oi' the Ailelte, where the
French gained a notable sitcom
rl-cclilly, (it'l'llliill and Allied pa.
trols have been busy. Norfli of St.
Qllcilliri both the iritisil and
Germans carried out raids. French
artillery has been shelling: heavily
the German positions south of the
town for several days and thrust
by French troops evidently as 5'
fecler, wash-pulsed by the lIe-_'
fenders, Berlin reports.
Although the Teutonic pressure
from Asiago east to the. Piavc con—
tinues very strong, the Italians
hold valiantly to their positions
and the invaders have been im-
ablc to make much progress. 0n
the Asiago Plateau the Italians rec
polled violent attacks and near
(‘tnlera recaptured an advanced
position, taking 100 ' prisoners.
Between the. Breiltn and the Plays,
the invaders have occupied potti-
tions from which the Italians
withdrew. ’ _ ,
AustrooGerman efforts "to force
the Italians back from the west-
ern bank of the Flow at Zenson
and Fagare have failed. 0n the
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of this year. the state had in its pos- right bank of the Piavc. the fish . .' . .‘1
session no militarysupplies of any
.kind and that such supplies as have
since been bought, will be serviceable
lo the state for years to come. The
following resignations have been an.
nounced. .
WAR WILL NOT
TOUCH TOY SALE
THIS CHRISTMAS
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. Santa Claus will probably descend
;upon the dreams of little ones as of
lyore this year. Local toy merchants
'do not believe that the war and its.
consequent need for rigid economy:
,wili materially elfcct, the Christmas
sale of toys/and satires. Many of the
smaller toy stores have already pre-
. pared fur the rush which they expect.
{engaging additional clerical and sales
.lisslstaut. The larger shops think it
is little early yet. although the win-
runs hard of 'hlfh ll“ “0" ! lllflc'l dew of one store‘wss screened from
the well-known artist. burned the an automobile owned by Minot 8.
building to the ground. and (test ed Smith. of Novwaiit. driven by Theo-
. number of very valuable pictures dart L. Smith. soil of the owner. in
and antlduev. The uptown In.“ Waldo avenue iii Westptm. Nov.
panics were notined of the blue. and 0. ”i0, and suffered more injuries.
the Hope Hose auto truck with I with! imllosoofsintoftberlcbt
number of men rushed to the scene 0!». E'tr’rtvw. mainly. of Waiver!
of «be Ire. The firemen were unable ills bronchi suit is the superior court
to extinguish the blue in the stud o. a-s'n-t in. Snil'hs. claiming has"
but they did good wall: is saying an. n' "0 m. . Blondie! was wall-Is
Hoteliers lien-to and garage. in Riverside am on the day lion-
Tbe exact origin of the bissols ”mm! with: clot-idle
inrblow, throwing her to the street. the public gnu yesterday to blossom
She was taken into the SiliuonPowvl forth 'nbin g a” or 'two with the
all pharmacy where Dr. Sulliv-n "'lfobled Kris Kringle and tin wond-
euded bar. Dr. Sullivan said that on“, pack—tile cumin... tree, with
the stick but aw her to hm left its lead or fascinating toys as a back-
room rather severely. but that be-‘ MIMI All my dealers report a
road that and a few bruises she was hose ”to of "may, antigen for sub
mule-ll: all fish!- There vim notation in France. '
many witnusea to the MON. "i This year the shops are lllied with
'tsvlns lime-«l so suddenly. .irmlcll. Swiss and American toys.
A mus collision took place in .uulte all incentives In their construc-
terdsy mils about it o'clock. - float. is the opinion of store iii-users
,alldfipmrm' as any formerly lab
ialis have taken nearly 1,300 prise
oners in two days.
Another army is reported
marching on I’elrograd to omit
|the Boisheviki from control there.
The vanguard already has had
several brushes with the Iialsbe- ~
viki forces. It is rumored that
Premier Kererlsky is returning
with the new force. All the re-
ports iack confirmation. ' '
There apparently is internal
dissention in Petrograd between. .
the Maximaiists anti the less ex-
treme Socialists, who have pm-
tcsted against acts of the Bolsbco
viki regime. In Moscow the revue .
lntiouists and the Provisional Gov:-
ernmcnt forces have reached 3
truce, after days of fighting is
which several thousand
Were killed and some of Basil’s .
religious shrines within the Krem-
lin were damaged “or destroyed.
The American embassy in Petro—
grad has asked for ll special trim
to take two hundred Americans to ,‘
Harbin, Haneburin, whence
t
can reach either Dslny or Wag ,1
vostok to take steamers home.
Jule, the ancient Jopps and M L
seaport on the Mediterranean lot
(W on list! Paul ported front dermal-y.
automobile.
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lee-tinned so will Pap.) raw-rs m._haeebod hh lows.
too-um 'Trssn rive) 1“
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