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assocmren peasant-ms venom ALL PARTS or THE ma, IV A SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN 0P ERM'OR
Oiled as Second clan Manor.
mmuuoammwkimt
nmm mnifix.mim,
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Emily Cloudy Tonight and Saturday
I- HAS BIGGEST
AIR IIRII“
Service Flag Raised With
Appropriate Ceremonies,
Followed by a Parade and
in Athletic Games “I, W
huuiiiiitul
lliliiNllii CLUB .
filliilliiiiilllll
Grounds and. Buildings in
Good Shape and Music by
Bromfieid’s Orchestra En-
joyed
JANIltll suits
NilltiNli Pilli
0m , 0i HAIL
State Convention Has to Ad-
journ to Workshop in
. Hartford When the Time
Is Up
The Knob Club members gathered
at the popular resort yesterday, when
the formal opening for the season took
place. There was a large attendance
both in the afternoon and evening.
During the afternoon there were se-
lections on the piano and by victrola,
and in the evening Bromlield’s orches-
tra of Glenbrook furnished music for
dancing. at large number of the. young-
er members of the club enjoying this
pastime.
The bus service was inaugurated
and the regular service will be oro-
IlllAl’SililAltlil
Long List of Names“ of the?
Town’s Young Men in the
United States War Work
Once more. has Georgetown demon-
started that the only way to celebrate
the Glorious Fourth is safe and sanely,I
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and the fourth annual field day of that I
enterprising community furnished tun-i
pie proof that the good old days of the
firecracker and blank cartridge are
obsolete, and that what the people
want is good patriotic speeches, fol.
lowed by a hearty" lunch and stirring
sports, iowiud up the festivities.
The exercises started at 9:30 in
front of the Gilbert 8; Bennett Mfg.
Co’s office, with fully 1,500 people pre-
sent.
Service Flag Unfurled.
ii}. H. Pinkney acted as toaster of
ceremonies and, after a prayer, by
Rev. Dr. Tate, the singing of the "Star
Spangled Banner.” presented livv.
Father Shorten, who delivered one of
the host, speeches heard in George-
town in muny'a day. it was received
with rapt attention and frequent
bursts of. applause.
lv‘niher Shorten spoke as follower.
"I appreciate exceedingly the better
you have conferred in asking me to be
tCoutlnued on Sixth Page).
NiiililALii’S liliiillH
UNUSRALLlljiIlEl
Busy City Almost a Deserted
Village After ,Noontime—
Local State Troops March
in Bridgeport—K. of C.
Have Big Benefit at Re-
gent . "
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Those of our residents that crave
the quiet life certainly sltouldltave
been satisfied with conditions in Nor-,
walk yesterday, for even the usual!
Sabbath stillness was surpassed. the!
contrast from the bang and bustle of
the. “Glorious Fourth" of even a few
years ago‘was striking. Once in
awhile some lucky urchin. who had, in
some way got hold of a paper cup pis-
tol, or’a package of torpedoes, would
.AUTRSCRLLIIIE
vided for the members from 12 o‘clock
titanium
illHEll PARTIES
next Saturday evening. starting at 8 RBfllSCS Nomination for 01"“
”t ‘li I
otlot . {ice and Frank G. Macom-
llettry Wilkens is again in charge of;
the confectionnery stand and dining- ber 15 Named for Governor
1'00 Ill.
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party, which is out for the blood of
everything vested and corrupt, held its
Estate. convention yesterday at Nathan-
ridl Lyon Post hall until the janitor bad
its come in and sWeep the-hall for an-
lother meeting. The convention then
iadjourncd to the workshop of L. H.
m i’i‘rieschmann, at .\'o. 120 Main street.
Bridgeport Car Runs Head.;to complete the work of nominating
- candidates for Congress. The con-
0“ Into Touring CRT 0f volition was calléd for 10:30 a. m., but
George Kecler, 0f south'it was well towards noon before any-
thlng was started. The afternoon ses-
Norwalkfl ,-_ ysion was delayed on account of the
While returning front Brltlgi‘lim‘il“Pigummsfl-efis 0f- the big parade.
hm evening at “.15 0.0",“ B nj _.\\htch persisted tn passing by the
‘ e 3 Iplaccs where the delegates went to
ll 1’ . ' ., .,.,
n n “filer 0f “ asbington Sum" “Mvtakc lunch and lure them front their
struck head-on by a car going in the , . .
direction of Bridgeport and driven bytigiusgep 1322273: 0:113:26 {I‘fifel‘gf‘psiig
Joseph Let‘setz of 25.3 Beardsley street. . .
Mr. Kecier was coming in the direction i meeting.
of .Norwalk and wait about one mile?
outsideof Westport when the Leftsetxi
car came along and when passing film"
entervcd suddenly and collided square-
ly with the Norwulk car.
Leftsetz was driving the Bridgeport
car and had but one passenger. Missal
Stella Jacoby. aged 16 years, of 769
Grand street, Bridgeport. who was?
seriously injured as a result of the col-i
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U-‘BRATSRR THERIIN,
SCHWAR TELLS MEN
“If You Stand Up to Your
.Job, We'll Make the Kaiser
Take His Medicine Lying
Down," He Sal's at Cali-
fornia Launchings
(continued On Page Sin
fAiliiiiN s. BETTS’
. Cliliifii-ZURIIAS
unwilling
Ernest Theodore Edward Fisclter.’
30, son of Brig-Gen. Carl licinz FlSCil-I
er, of the German army. was sent from
the enemy alien bureau to the intern-'
ment camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Georn building program.
gia. yesterday. Under examination by! Mr. SChWflb “’85 speaking at the ln-
Capt. Hull be concealed his t'oeiingsldeuendence Dnv‘launchlnur of merchant
for a time. but finally admitted that he ; ships here. Which was part of the na-
hoped Germany would win the WDI'.IIIOIIHI program in which probably a
No hostile acts or utterances were revhundred ships-hand possibly more—-
ported against him and, in the lib-I‘VOFF being sent truth the ways to the
sence of these, internment was recom. seas front yards all over the country.
SAN WRANCISCO. July 5.~"ltb you
stand tip to your job, we'll. make the
Kaiser and take his medicine lying
down." , "
That was the message delivered to
the shipworkers here yesterday by
Charles M. Schwab, director general of
the Emergency Fleet Corporation. in
the first public speech he has deliver-
ed since taking charge of the ship-
ahoot one off, and the noise amid the
solemn stillness, would make even the
cop on the corner jump.
Local State Guards in Bridgeport.
niaocal Companies I. K. and In of
Norwalk and Company M of Westport.
under Major Weed, asembled at the ar-
mory early yesterday morning. and
were conveyed in a number of big
trucks to Bridgeport where they made
a. fine appearance in the big parade
there. Nearly 200 men were in line,
and they speak very highly of the cor-;
dial greetingthey received from the;
parade committee and from the;
crowds that lined the streets.
(Continued On Page Twelve)
WHAT l8 THE '
' * literature
The. Journal of the American instl-,
lute of Architects for June.. 1918.»
prints the following: . I
How should an architect be paid
when employed by the Government in
war construction work?
There is no answer!
g’l‘here should ‘be an answer if we
could convert ourselves into a com-
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plate and perfect democracy, if only.
for the period of the war.
What is the price of a life? How
can there be any other standard of
payment for any human service in war
than the price of a life? . .
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SMALL CCUNTRY ’
.is issued. Persons now holdingnli‘ood
mended. , "l venture to predict that the num-
Fischer denied information given to her of ships launched today is .the
the Government that he was a member" greatest record of launchings for a
of the German imperial Flying Corps. single day in the history of the world,"
He asserted he was exempted ft'otitzsaid Mr. Schwnb.«
military service because of a broken
arm. lt shows evidence of having been
severely fractured.
(Continued on Page Four.)
nunu AMICIS ‘
MEMBERS PARADE
The members of Court Edmondo tie
Amicis, No. 173. Foresters of America.
turned out strong yesterday morning
for their parade and observance of In-
dependence Day. The loml ltalians
presented a very fine appearance with
their order\v marching and uniforms.
The degree team of the court led the
(Continued On Page Six)
ERR BUYERSMUST
SECURE LICENSES
HARTFORD, July 5.—~Hundreds of]
small country merchants in Connecti-,.parade with the Italian band. ,
out, who have met learned that they! The United States Boy Scouts. under
must. secure a Food Administration lin command of Lieutenant Erode. were in
cause. if they wish to buy eggs and line next‘the band and were followed
poultry and sell them other than at by the members of the order. Molly
retail, are flooding the license division? favorable comments were made upon
of the Food'Administration at Wash. the appearance of the “degree team
ington with applications for lice‘hsest which was resplendent in fraternal
Because of this large influx of inunir- uniforms. At the head of the line of
ies and applications, a. special gppli. march were three members of the
cation form has been prepared to cov-I team costumed as the {Spirit of '76"-
er the emergency and to be used 0,01an were cheered along the entire line
until the regular form of application,“ march. -
The; marchers were assembled on
Administration liceiise covering, their, West-Washington street, at about 10
dealings in eggs and poultry‘are not o'clock and where .the ‘stirt was made.
required to obtain a new license.’ The line 0‘ march if“? 38 1911”“!
There are many Darwin in COBIIBCU‘ Washington street to WESI avenue, to
(cathodes qfim Ten) ,
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HARTFORD. July i3.~—'.l‘he National
IClosic at present is by Chicago, with
uwuumwrsi
Nlilllllii Print
The Improvement Associa-
tion Conducts a Successful
Affair on the Groundsof
Hugo Buck]
The. West Norwalk improvement Aa-
sociation held its fourth annual fete.
yesterday afternoon and evening on
the Spacious grounds of Hugo Ruehl,
in West Nomalk avenue. There was
a large attendance, and the affair
proved a great success financially and
socially. The grounds were attractive
.ly laid out with booths and decorated
‘with flags and otheli. patriotic emblems
while the big «barn was utilised
as a dancing hall. and was patronized
by the younger people,
In the evening. after the hard show-
er, which ratherput a damper on the
afternoon festivities. there was an at-
tendance of 200 people, and a program
of unusual interest was given. The
masterof the ceremonies of Benjamin
A". Cromwell, who purchased the
Charles S. Macomber property a year
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LlNCiliN hunt
illuminant
Branch Office to Be Estab-
lished in Every State of the I
Union, Director Belmari
Says 1
lléhry Belmur, president and di’;
rectougencral of the Lincoln Picture;
Clasic, has Just returned to South New
walk from a visit to tile headquarters
, and branch oilices of the company. The
.lteadduartega of tho ldncoln Pictures
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i branch offices in 'Pitteburg, lndian-
apolis. Milwaukee, Philadelphia. New
Z-New York. and Boston. The branch
offices will be. further extended to cov~
er the whole of the United States, as
it is through these branches that. us-
tion-wide campaign will be. made to;
distribute the picture, when finished to;
every city. large and small, tin-ought
the entire country. .Wben the picture
is ready to be shown there will be at
least one branch headquarters In every
state.
Mr. Belmont’s, visit to Chicago was
to attend a director's meeting, but his
iprlmary object was to remove the;
hoadguarters of the company to South!
Norwalk. His proposition met with
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JRIIN WESLEY RARE ~
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One of the Best Known Resi-r
dents of the City. and Con-
nected With Many Public
I . Institutions
John Wesley Duke, one of the but
known citizens of South Norwalk.died
at his home, 9 Elizabeth street, this
,-mornlng, after a long and painful ill-
ness. Mr. Duke was born in Green-
field, Saratoga county, N. Y., Sept, 15,
1842. He‘came to South Norwalk at
an early. age and has been prominent
in local activities. During his early
years he was employed in the hard-
ware store of Walter C. Quintard. in
the City Hotel block, on South Main
street. He then entered the post of~
flce as assistant postmaster, during the
administration of Postmaster Edwin
Adams. He became identified with
(Continued on Page Seven.)
ANOTHER VICTIM AT '
DEAD MAN’S CURVE
Dead Man’s Curve claimed another
victim yesterday, but this time the
long suffering telephone pole escaped
further injury. The accident was a lit-
tle different from previous mix-ups at
that point, and witneses say that the
driver of the big truck loaded with
- driven. by William A. Sullivan of 45
CRUNTRY CLUB .
RAISES TWR ELARS
One Contains Thirty-Four
Stars, Representing the
Number. of Members in
U. S. War Service
A beautiful silk flag and a service
flag, containing 34 stars, Were raised
yesterday at the Norwalk Country
club with a few simple, but effective
ceremonies. The flags were attached
to the poles in front of the club,house
and hereafter Old Glory and the Club‘s
reminder of its absent members will
be thrown to the breeze every day.
A wellattended dance was held at
the club house last evening at which
time Ban-Joe Wallace and his musl-
cians. who have endeared themselves
to Norwalk dancelovers, furnished the
music until a late hour. Another dance
will be held on Saturday evening when
the some musicians will be on hand.
Because of the inclement weather, .
it was impossible to play off the sched~
tiled tennis matches. The games were,
postponed until Saturday afternoon'
when, weather permissible, they will
be played. llaroid Baldwin and Bob-
ert Van Buren will take part in the
angles while Chester Meeker and Wilvt
liam‘iiauder will compose one team
which is to play in the doubles against
the George Fishvli‘red Fennel! team.
.iylrtually the entire divisionwitné’ssing
-‘ almost instantaneous.
BITCHES 0i GERMAN PRISlNiRS
3 Allen lilo Milli CAMP »
is no Gilli!) rum :
f“REERCRIIII ' Ariiihr.i.ii.tarin
SRLIIIERS HANRER
and Secure 1,500 of the:
Enemy South of the
Convicted by Court Martial
of Assaulting a Seventeen-
Somme ‘
Year-Old Girl at Camp
Dodge, Iowa
tin-iii on s
f ground.
Policy of Nibbling Mayne
Bowing Up Another Big “
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CAMP DODGE. 1a.. July 5.—'i'hree
negro soldiers, convicted by court-mar-
tial of "assaulting and outraging a
seventeen-year-old white ~"-i on the » .
cantonment grounds the night of May AttaCk on the Part Of the
24th, were hanged here today, with Germans
the executions.
The three traps were sprung simul-
taneously at 9:09 a. m., and death was
The negroes
marched onto the scaffolds singing
(By The Associated Press.) .
Harassing of the German line!»
in the west shows no signs of lab»
ting up and the Allies continue ta
wuniiiitiwr
up wmnsmr
Series of Auto Accidents
Mark Fourth of July on
l of Tuscamba, Aid;
"God Have Mercy on My Soul."
The negrocs were Nelson Johnson,
Stanley Tramble,
of Siroud, Ala, and Fred. Allen, of
Georgiania, Ala, all selective service
men.
Johnson and Tramblc were declared
.by military police officials to have
confessed their complete guilt, but
Allen, while admitting his presence
when the crime was comnNi, mun
gain ground here and there and
bring in large batches of German
prisoners. V
The game of striking the chem,-
a solid blow on a small sector not!
has been taken up on the BritisItyv
front, and an advance of a mill!
and a half on a width of four mild}
with the capture of 1,500 prisone "
Connecticut Avenue
There was a serious automobile ac-
cident on my Connecticut turnpike,
about 9:30 y ' satay morningmhcn A.
la. of ,3- Marion street, Brook-
'linc, Mass. drovehis machine directly
into the seven-passenger Stuta touring
car, driven by John E. Sltaiaer. of
New Rochelle. N. Y.. wrecking the left
front wheel, wind shield and running
board. and bending the front axle. .
Mrs. Schataer was thrown Ihrough
the wind-shield and badly cut by glass
“about the face and shoulders.
Mrs. Silva. who was riding with her
husband, suffered severely from
shock. but refused medical attendance.
The Dacosta car, after crowding the
Shataer machine well into the bank.
ran a short dislanse to an opening
into a field, where it Was finally
brought to a halt. Oillcers Murray and
Page. were summoned but no arrests
|were made. and a cash settlement was
made by Mr. Dacosta to Mr. Shatter
who, it is said, accepted the former'a
check for $500 in full settlement.
An immense truck of the Keiley~
Springfield type turned turtle on the
wet Warrenile pavement of the Con-
necticut .turnpiko, near the Reynolds
garage. early last evening and. after
making two complete circles, turned
bottom up within a few feet of the
rear doors of the garage and perilous-
ly close to a steeep embankment. .
‘ How A. Fien. of 12.325 llope avenue,
Brooklyn. the owner and driver. escap-
ed without injury is a mystery. The
truck was loaded, which is used in de-
livering goods to a chain of 5c and 10c
.stores in New York and New England,
with crockery valued at over $7.000,
and a large proportion of it was brok-
(Contlnu‘ed on Seventh Page.)
BOUTON FAMILY
SUSTAINS INJURIES
Winfield Scott Benton of A Quintard
Place, with his wife and little daugh-
ter Claire, started out for a holiday
drive to Bridgeport yesterday morn-
ing, in a two seated wagon. drawn by a
spirited horse, and when near the old
creamery building between Westport
and ‘Southport, the rear of the vehicle
was struék by a touring car owned and
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Gregory Boulevard, East Norwalk, who
had for the instant lost control of his
machine. Mrs. Benton and the little
girl were on the rear seat of the wagon
and were thrown out and quite serious-
ly injured. Mrs. Bouton being badly
bruised about the body, and little
Claire receiving» along cut on hei‘
head.
heavy drills. on its way from Worces-
ter, Mass. to East Orange, N. J.. was
in no Way to blame. lie was driving
verycarefully down the Westport avei
nue hill, and had almost made the turn
into East avenue, when the lead shift-
ed, and thenpper part of. the truck
slid to the roadway, blocking traffic for
some little time. Although the driv-
er of! another truck‘with a similar load
mantras close behind” shouted warn-
ings to other cars in the. rear several
'_ collisions were harm y averted. ,
Istruck another automobile, coming
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In his efforts to control his car Mr.
Sullivan turned sharply to the left, and
from Shelton, but did not damage it
‘ serionsdly.
A large touring car bound for New
York came along just then and took
Mrs. Benton and her daughter to West-
port, but when unable to find a physi-
ian'there, continued to the office of
.Dr. James G. Gregory on West avenue.
where the injured people were given
tained he had not outraged the girl.
Allen leaves a wife and ten-year-old
son.
.Solltll of the Somme testifies totbd
tinting powers of 'tbedAuntilI‘ahauat;
«, Three negro some“, among the aided by American etac mental,
spectators fainted when the then drop. iGcrman efforts to hold the attacker
”red mohair death. and Insurer ranjing Australians an ' ‘ ion
amuck. lie slatted one dead run di- ‘who imvefippwmwm this 11’
(conunuod oh pm MOVED) [the line f0? the fiffit time,
Willis PRINT will. Jilizriisrramcg;
RARRACRS RURNEIJ
Airplane Station 1
items himself with bombarding the.
new Allied positions. Between thy
fOisc and the Aisne where the 19th
FFrench blow gained considerabli
Iground and more titan 1,000 .prlap
otters, the Germans hale. might“
tempted counter attac s. cm
coaStal ~also the enemy artillery has been
Saved—Loss $250,000 ‘Ithc only means-of retaliation f0"
CAPE MAY, N. J“ July 5.___“,-hne.tllt‘ ground and prisoners lost. Eli;
the. men were. parading yesterday the Germans have given ‘up t e115 ,
barracks and other buildings at the counter attacks andheavy gunfirg-r
Sewell's oPint section base of the sub- against. the new American pomp
{fame gain“fatztignzez’ngfiggesg‘i’gffi tions west of Chateau-Thierry, but. *
' ll re 0 n 9 ~ . . .
Esverylhing was burned except the Y. Iarc bombardlng the village 0? St’
M. C. A. building. the hospital, ma—IPlt‘l‘l‘e Atglt, south of the AISBQ‘.
chine shop and powder masa'zine. fgained by the French Tuesday. .
1le" fiamfzdm n%threachithet 03“?“ In the thrust south of the Somme, 3
R ans 8 a. 011. e es ma e 053 - - .
{Show The men stationed at the All“? “Capt“;e‘lghe rug:
Sewell's Point were given quartersjn of flame an t e we V j
Wissahicken barracks nearby. \ aire Woods, south of the Village
______..__._______ The woods are on high ground... ,
The French gain at Autreches slaw
74 VESSELS takes elevations from the Germans;
IAIing the Ancre Australian troo'
progressed 500 yards on a tron
ARE MUN of 1,200 yards. ,
] Through theysuccessfuland an
."’-“"- . Icessivc thrusts in the past to
i PHI%?£‘EI;:§1I£6DSIYS£Q lfigntflIdays or more, the Allies oh thé
FPoEubrt‘h of July were reported at the ""95”!“ front .11?“ take? from Silk
Emergency Fleet Corporation here io-iGermaus positions which we .
day. raising the grand total to «'4- ‘ 0f have been very useful in future
these 42 are steel and 32 word. Thelfcnsive operations. Whether flab.
total deadweight tonnage was incrcaa-i p oli cv of nibbling-is h 01 ding'baek
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Ed by me add“ Ships to 400 1 ofin renewal of heavy enemy attac
which 287,464 is steel and 113.00 wood. .- _
Names of the wooden vessels art-us not known, but there can be no:
nounced today as having left the ways doubt that by pushing the Gem
are “Oi given. The” were 5‘3"“ 0‘ out of locally important positions
them The ”mam” three were ”Erhard and there between Yprcsani
W ter Stalin. . . . . . ..
Steel' They were the es n iRhctms, General Fochlsglvingfllg
transport of 8,800 tons, launched at the .
yards of J. F. Duthrie and Company.,Gertttntt command something ,
Seattle. Mrs. F. 0. Fisk was the consider seriously as to the: 533
31’0““ on German morale. The numb,
From the same yard the Western: . . ‘»
Cross. a cargo carrier of 8,800 tons. 9f prisoners taken 111 £119th Wag:
' nearly 6,000. ‘ ‘
also went overboard, Miss Florence‘ls . ". .-
christening the ship. i Almost Without exception, Beta-.—
Thefwga's G319”, another 13333;) CS]? lin has declared omcially that-tit
rier o 8, tons, was aunc e n e. , -, , .‘ , ~ ;
yards of the Los Angeles ShipbuildingiAHSLd athks “ ere rcpxlsffh
Company San Pedro. ‘ ’ ‘dalms that the Fret“? ' m
U ‘ snort-h of, the Arms Was broken.
PITTSBURGH, July s—wmte ship in the from line, While 4". d
yards on the Atlantic and Pacific scribes the thrust on theSommd
coasts and the lakes of the Unitednpat‘mL attacks,” gwhich»
States. were launching a record ton- frustrated ‘
page of war time shipping. as a not, 0 th ’ It 1. n front
of the Independence Day celebrations.‘ . n ‘ e a ‘3 I ; .
Pittsburgh was not outside the realm Dtaz has been equally anon
of “patriotism in this pursuit. One with his local attacks and
Fulfilling fill" the bgeakifu‘g finishes tures of prisoners since ”last ,
ayng wor 's recor ma e - ~ .. ’
here. This feat was accomplished in urday ’8 nowwell 0}: 01'} 00
seven andtone—ha‘lfminutes. The vita-Italians continue t euro _
every possible aldand later taken to
their home, . ‘ ' ' .
in...
4'43,
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record was seventeen, and onwball .. ‘1,
minutes. , - .....- _,IL___jconunnaa
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