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NEWSPAPER
Entered It the South N
gunman 1870 ‘ ‘ mum,
Office as Second-Glass Mull flutter;
KENYON Blll I
MIGHT INCREASE
COSI 0f [WING
This Is the Claim Made by
L. D. H. Weld, Who Op-
poses Bill to Regulate and
License Packing Industry"
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,,... Troopers Give Up the
t‘hase of Bandits Who
tlold Two American Air-
E'lcll for Ransom
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ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS FROM ALL PART. OF THE maul EV A CPECIAI. WIRE AND OUR OWN OEIRATOI ‘
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Hits Chimney, Knocks Shin-
gles From Roof, Wakes
the Baby and Bores Hole in t
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General Hines and Others
tlcular damage. in either of the heavy.
showers during the night. but in a1
comparatively light one at 7:45 this!
morning. cut the quecrest kind of a
caper at. tile home of Dennis Suitivan.‘
flliiiAWS’ TRAILS;
lidml‘t That Jesus Renteria,;
bandit Leader, Was Killed, %
A Not Verified .
z EENlSjtl lllllllli
Government Reports Full of 3
Inaccuracies and Misstate-
ments, He Says
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. Vl'ASHlNGTON. Aug. 25.—~Further!
inflation of foodstuff prices would rc~
suit from the passage of the Kenvon
bill to regulate and license the. [lack-
inE'fiilldustl-y. L. I). H. \i'eld, manager
of the (lomlllercinl Research Depart
nlent of Swift & Company, testified to-
n.‘
an.
'..l\:l.<, Aug. *Tlll'l‘f‘:
-l-venty—five American
l.l--t Tuesday entcrl-d .
,.. .u the bandits wllo':
. ii i: l‘d G. Peterson
‘lvl' ransom. were
'l on! today, follow-
. \.
i. l ,. 1“ ol the chase yester- day bf'fm“ ”‘0 SPDUU‘ Agriculture
huh). resumi‘d pa-.(‘0“"}“ltt’9. Where the bill is under
N. ; consideration.
“The main objection to the bill." he
said. ”is in the. fact tllat~it was based
upon reports‘ol‘ the Federal Trade
('onllllission which are saturated with
glaring inzlccul-ncies and lnisstnte
meats. This would be serious enough.
but llit' matter does not rest there,
because the bill. if passed. will fur-
thcr inflate the already high cost of
. living.“
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. :vicl‘dfly which ohl‘il-‘
l wk of the bandits
' it'll to abandon pursuit
', .«t llm-n made with Car-
~l\' days the American
' ihill was below the bor-
.4 '- were killed by the
writer by airmen. while
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.ltltlilltll-ERS‘ lllllilllllllllltli
lull. STATE
______ WEflfllNfififitREMflNY‘
:lltitlll' Department to PrOSE- I Mios Bessie
lun- .\ll Suspended Chaufa b
Hill's Detected Evading.
t‘lr lam
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”iris Pohlman Be-V
comes the Bride of James
Kelley, of East Norwalk
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A very pretty mid-summer wedding
A? K 'i‘. .‘luu. 25.«-“'hile invwfi was solemnized at Christ church. East
- l:Lllllllt‘l‘ of "leaks" in the Nor am, Saturday evening at eight-
tll-lnll-tment, and the thirty o’clock. when Miss Bessie'lria
I’ohlman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.
M. Pohlman, of 3 Gibson court. South'
Norwalk. became the pretty bride 0!
James Merritt Kelley. son of Mr. and'
Mrs. Samuel \V. Kelley. of Seasidei
place, East Norwalk.
Rev. Franklin Miller. of Larchmontl
N. Y.. performed the ceremony inthe
presence of the relatives only of both
bride and groom. The double ring
service was used. and was .very ilu-.
' pressive and pretty.
The bride was charming in a dark
blue satin and georgette dress with
hat to match. and carried a bridal bou-:
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
! in til-t‘ratlding tho state.i :
‘ t‘nllllllissioncl- Robbins
' illlll that lie state has
' .4‘ .t'liI the law evaded by
't'illiltllJllt‘ drivers whose
lv-cn suspended by the.
plurmcnts of the vari-
>IIIIV‘ have been noti-
- « won of the law, and le
- tm-u made for a roundup
The penalty for t‘ail
l lilt‘ license to the. dc»
. .l 1v.“ than a fine of $50.
'.l lb» custom of the tie,
'lltl out letters to those
7!:"ll‘ licenses suspend,
llwul to scntl them to;
motor vehicle com? I qw l3 MAnE
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l >Hlllt‘ cases, as many as
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twill‘lls‘lliin .l
llllllsnilldlssl
}d'i‘ht‘l' Sends Two Sons t0! According to Town Clerk Gleason!
f ll ) , - ‘ ' and Republican Registrar Nystrom. of,
\, . ”1 Id anon for Clogged; Hartford, it‘seems certain that, even
- i“ (1‘. Then FOHOWS Them: if the required thirty-six states ratify
. . . .- I the sutfrage.amendment, Connecticut
Aug. 25.—-l
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Special Legislative Session2
Needed for Women to‘
"I l y” M-ls:
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HM his 30m Patsv 3 ,ballots for President in 1920 unless'
I'vs‘epll 12 were killedl the Governor calls a special session of
”.1 fl Ces-i'lool on the; the Legislature to amend the elector-
i! home vl-sterday Ca-l al laws. At the present time women,
Mun: Hm- into the'cess- , could not be “made" voters unless the;
, hm gms clo gin the laws were changed, even if the Feder~2
hm f'tiledgt' g I at amendment had been adopted and
‘. ‘ ‘ 0 come] ratified ;
nil-«i llllll. Casnle then! ‘
“ were Overcome. by'.
‘ tit-ad when taken
(Continued on Page Eleven)
Aviator Falls 300 Feet;
Dies in Governor’s Auto.
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H t i! No Chili—W
. ‘iN COLLI I N ~-- -
, ' . -, S 0 SEA GlR'r, N. J.. Aug. 25.—-—13ieuten-’
' 5* 7 Aug. 25.——The Yar- ant a. Howard Montieth, ms. N., or
""“m‘l‘ Francis A.. EastOn, Pa., died in Governor Rum.
WW)’ Ross. and five yon's automobile yesterday following
. ’f'nrl‘r-en men. went the crash of his airplane from a height
, , ’t With the Britishlof- 300 feet at theistate encampment.
. if“ I10rd Downshirein ' here. ' Lieutenant Pod; woolly for-l
T 3 hundred miles south merly a French ace butuninapector,
_‘ itturday night. .
,. ’ - bOund from Balti- since 1917 felt with
‘fff‘ 583‘ word by wife nema- ' ‘9 '
'~$an-: " “it“ She was
Jog. here. ‘ .
. tilc nearby window casing.
$7119 little boy lay but not, entering the
5 room, and then running to the kitoh.
' or crack.
women will not be able to cast their"
of aviation in the United mm}, Elk’
:Mlllii sullen
ARE llama
Dissatisfaction .With High
Cost of Living Causes
45 North Fairfield avenue. and gave.
the biggest kind of a scare. to every-f
body in the house. '
Mrs. Sullivan was busy about her
household duties in the kitchen when
there came a flash of lightning and a'
crash of thunder alums-t at the same.
instant with a blinding flash as thei
bolt struck the iron. sink. passed
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scum 'xoawn’x, ova-1.. xoamlv.
l. l. shill
. Ammon' ' ‘ I
e. ‘3 Bottle {The Presxdent. Cancelled
Lightning plaved man ' rank‘s in: several Eng .elnents TO‘
and «about-this town but) did no‘par-l. day to Talk It“ DlreCtor‘
I AUGUST 25, 1919. Fair, with little eel-i...
”W 3MB I" BEllilAN Alllllflflfllis IAKE
“‘“cll'i'l’l‘lll'h omen POSSESSION ‘
Washington Believes Presi.l
dent Will Act‘ on Account:
of Financial Crisis
. - __ m s “l Treaty With Austria Will Be Considered by the Sum-end
un§§rfiirmifii‘n%‘a?5in3mo ‘eooa‘ Council This Afternoon and Will Likely Be Handel!
to the Austrian Delegation Tomorrow
.. ....... .. SILESIAN SITUAllilN IS llsltllsnutlll.‘
°°mama-:22:limit:‘ h ANI] lillllls SEEK ll REIfiN ll lllltll
lanes of travel over persistent reports
from “'aahington that “the lid" is to
be lifted on October 1. in plain
words, it is reported that the Presi-
laald to have been exerted. with the
! result that permission for the sale of!
i liquors may be permitted until Consti—i . . .
ltutional prohibition becomes effective, Rumanian Forces RequlSltlo
" Attention to the Warnln
ning Goods and Paying No
g From the Supreme Council
dent will by firoclamation release the
. next January.
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- . ‘ "am m .
Lhroilgh an ammonia bottle on a near-’ Much Unrest In LIbOl‘ CIT-9 “A. u. m.” ' .‘J l - '“ _., - ' PARIS AI'G "3 (liavasl ———B€l-
y ta 10, without upsetting it or s ill-I . i . - _ ' . - w- . ,- _
in}: the contents. and then passed pour ‘ cles E glan authorities today took oflictll
of the window. spllmm-ing the casing? l . . possession of the district of Mal-
Mrs. Sullivan was uniniurch and. “'ASHINGTON, Aug, 25.—Prestdent . medy. which was ceded to Bel-
hearing a startled cry from her little
son whom she had left asleep up-
stairs. she rushed up to find the lit-
tle chap sitting up in his crib without
a scratch on him. but the bed cloth»
in: well covered with splinters from
\‘l'ilson cancelled sex oral engagements
today in order to con." " with Director-
General Hines ind :‘t‘ltrisematives ot’
the railroad shopmcn. who are do
manding a 2.3 per cent increase in
wages.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 25.»l):rcctor-
General Hillcr‘ decision on wage de~
mantis recently presented by railroad
shopmcnt. was expected to be made
and announced today He was in con-
ference during the day with officials
of the railway cmployes‘ department
of the American Federation of Labor.
It was generally expected that the
shoplnen would be gmnted an in-
investigation showed that the bolt
had hit lllidWay between the top of
the chimney and the root. making a
hole ill the bricks. and then, on strik-
ing the. roof. had followed a pracvi'
cally straight course to the caves, rip
ping the shingles off for a width of
about a foot. Then it had followed
down the side of the house splinter-
ing the window casing near where
the amount.
A 25 pi cent. (chance
was asked. .
ell window wherewitplayed the tricks
described. '
The amnloniaiflottle was of the ordi
nary “lltlusehOld” shape. and was
about half full. The hole goes clean
through it, about an cqual dislancn
from the ammonia and the cork. and
there is not the least sign of a brPak;
it will doubtless bc treasur- ‘
ed a long time by the Sullivan family
as a memento of an exciting expeli.
ence and a narrow escape for mother
and child. a“
All loss is covered by instlratlcc
carried by the 1-2. (1'. Stuart agency.
(Continued On Page Six)
8i..lllllN’3illllliE
MAY BUY llllilll
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.Special Communication Call-
! ed for Tomorrow Evening
! ' to Consider the ’Matter
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Mfl‘iflRClEilSTS
lNMElDENT
Whie on their way to visit a wound-
ed dougllboy friend in one of the bane
hospitals in New York city, John Toot-
hill. Jr.. 1 State street. son of Officer
John H. Tootllill of the local police
force. and Francis (‘orcoran of G Ham-
ilton avenue, riding Toothill's motor-
cvclc. were crashed into by a Fort: car
driven by Robert F. Owen of Mt. Ver-
non. at the. corner of Boston Post road
and 'Divyer avenue. An ambulance'
from the Fonlllam Hospital removed,
Corcoran to the accident ward with a;
dislocatedshoulder and lacerations on!i
the face. He is still in the hospital.I
but expects to be discharged today”.
Toothill fortunately escaped with a'
few minor bruises and scratches. and,
was able to return home. He is nowi
in bed getting over the effects of the‘
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A special communication of St.
John’s Lodge. No. 6. is called for to-
morrow evening to consider the im-
portant matter of purchasing a perma-
nent home. The proposition to be
considered is one that has been pre-
viously considered. both formally and
informally. and concerns the purchase
of the building best known as the
Berkeley street chapel. recently sold
by St. Paul's parish to Charles D.
Barker. A proposition has been made
to the officers of the lodge and, at
their request. a number of members
of the lodge have looked it over and
will report.
The building will be open for the
inspection of members of the lodge at
7 o‘clock tomorrow evening.
OLD WELL HOOKS
HAVE A CLAMBAKE
mishap.’
it appears that the Ford machine.
coming from New York. suddenly
dashed out from in back of another
machine. and without any warning.
smashed headlong into the local lad's,
machine. The impact threw both rid-
ers from their seats, and reduced the
machine to a mans of twisted wreck-
The outing and Clambake of the Old
Well Hook and Ladder Company was
held yesterday at Nauvoo island. A
large number of people attended and
they all reported that it was one of
the finest bakes that they had attend-
ed in years. A very appetizing meal
{was arranged. which was cooked by
age. lthe captain of the company, William
It was found that Owen carried n0_ A. McPherson, whose ability at cook-
operator‘s license. and he was sum- ing for these occasions is well known
moned to appear in court this morning. in this city. Games and sports of all
He has agreed to pay Toothill for the kinds were participated in. and, from
damage. ‘ | all reports. one of the most enjoyable
_ l times was enjoyed buy as. The trip to
' the island was ma 8 y a specially
NORWALKEJODGE‘ E chartered boat for the day. which left
OF ELKS CLAMBAK the steamboat dock at the intervals of
9:30, 11 and 12:15. -The bake was in
charge of the entertainment commit-
The annual ciambake of the Non; tee. which-m composed of Howard
walk Lodge. No. 709. Benevolent and t Finch, chgim‘n; Harold pm“ and
Protective Order of Elks, was held in Clifford CromMY- _
Burchard's Woods, yesterday. and. ’
from all accounts. eclipsed anything
of its nature held in this city before.
Some «me hundred and twe ty—flvel
members of the local lodge an pearl}
byeiodges took part in the big time.-
Uusic was furnished‘by Svecs orches-
tra, while most of the vocal selections
were
Splan.‘
was canted by
/
.HIGHWAYMEN HOLD
UP TWENTYPERSONS
sloux ferric. lows. Aug. 25....1
highwayman holdup a crowd of more
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The piano {or the orchestra g the cits: Intel-dag and compelled them
onto truck from the § to turnover shell- money. He-
mm we“ in an m. m fiat).
we
5 in...
crease. but tlmre «vagina indication at
rendered by the popular Jacki than twenty persons in the center of ,
m”
gium by Germany under Article
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34 of. the peace treaty.
ga-
llllillgillils; I8 WRITE". , W
Norwalk Military Officer with Austria will he considered by
blade 3 Chevalier 0f the the Supreme (‘ollllcli this after-
Legion Of Honor IllOOll and probably \leI be handed
to the Austrian delegatloll tomor»
frow. Five days will be given for
l'erlltoerfcet 3:3- Sray~t;:‘°“?:'i§?d 3“ 3 consideration. lllllt‘Ss‘ the Austrian-
I .an it n r 8 ar, ,-,‘ H ..~
has been llOlifiPdg by the American 381‘ “I “ hm“ r dud)”
Military Attache at Athens. Gleecefl
that he has been made a Chevalier of
the Legion of Honor. by a decree of
.thc FrenchmGove. nt. dated 18
Jnne,“1916. ille tins ;also received a
registered page e containing wetn-
signia of. Chev 'cr. The following
letters expres'u the sentiment of the
officials upon his being honored with
this distinction:
U. S. S. Galveston.
Flagship.
The Knights of Columbus want to
have a finger in the pie and to assist
in the entertaining of the \N'orld \Var
veterans at the conclusion of the
palade on Labor Day morning and ac-
cordingly when our boys arrive at.
the Green they will be greeted by
mEmbcrs of all the organizations who
Were with them at the front, as invita-
tions have been extended to me
Knights of Columbus. the Y. M. C. A..
and the Salvation Army to join with
the Red Cross in the feature of enter.
tainment. "
The service flag presented
'clty will be used in the parade.
‘ There is to be an important meet-
ing of all officers of the -.world war,
- both army and navy. at 7:l.'l this even-
ing at the city hall. and an equally img
portant meeting of the American Le
PARIS. Aug. 23. Jiermapy has
dcclincd to illvitc allied troops to
police Silesia before they have?
that right under the treaty, «which;
stipulates that they are to safe.
guard the plebiscite there. The
Silas-inn situation is unsatisfactory,
’and the Germans are reported to
‘ bc bringing about a recrudenccnco
to the
gion will follow at 8 p. m.. The m'st' Constantinople, Turkey. offlw “loom rclg'tl 0f “inm- in that
thing will be the reception of new 21 July, 1919. lprovincc.
members and all senicc men ate in Mr. Horace M. Gray. 1 ' __
vited. ,_ No. 3 Morgan avenue, . ‘ _ .
The Sixth company and the Fifth» Norwalk, Conn. I PARIE. Aug. -2.l.«—I:ttlnlalllnn
Division of the Naval Militia are to en- Sir: forces still \vcrc rcqurntlomng
A registered package has been sent
to you. containing an insignia of Chev-
alier of the Order of the Legion of
Honor (French) decoration conferred
upon you in the name of General
Fl‘anchet d'l-Zsperey. for your brilliant
. services during this war. Please sign
the enclosed receipt and return samel
to me.
I wish to congratulate you on re-
ceiving this decoration.
MART. L. BOVVTOL.
Rear Admiral [7. S. Navy.
Senior L'. S. Naval Officer.
Turkey.
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. goods at Budapest on Saturday
and paying no attention to the
warning from the Supreme Coun-
cil. according to advices reaching
the Council today.
PARIS. Aug. ‘25 (linvas).——-Tho
Rumallian (‘abinct has refused to
accept the Pcacc Conference ‘5 de-
cision regarding division of Banat
‘alld Tclncsvar between Romania
'and Serbia. says the Echo dc Paris.
Serbia is reported to be consider-
ing the gcncral' mobilization of
her arm. it is added.
ter the parade as units and the other
service men of both branches will be
formed in companies of abobt 100 each.
and officers picked and assigned to
each company. The officers to be
placed upon the staff will also be
selected this evening.
it has been learned that many ser-
.vice men have not even gotten out
‘their first papers. The present iaw
makes it, easy for any service man to
become a citizen and the Legion will
"probably appoint a committee to 2001:.
these men up and help them become
‘ citizens.
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(Tianslated from the French.)
Lightning Strikes Tche Constantinople. July 15, 1919.
To His Lieutenant of Artillery.
In Same Place in Wilton
. Horace M. Gray.
. , Military Attache in Gleece.
a During the heavy shower about 9:30 Mv Dear Lieutenant:
: last night lightning struck one of the '1 have the honor to present you. in
. thlce ancient elm trees north of the the name of General Franchet d'Espe
Fitch homestead. in “'ilton. for lhi‘ I'QV. ‘he insignia of Chevalier 0f the
second time this season, but, as in 0,3er of the Legion of Honor. 3 de-
the former case._apparently did .but coration which you deserve for youl
little damage, aside from “99an 0‘ brilliant services during this Iwar.
considerably more Wk than 01} the The general requests me to extend
first visit and a number 05 dead “mm: his felicitations for this recompense.
A feature of this storm was one Qt which you so greatly merit. l
the biggest hailstorms in some years, 1 request that you accept, my dear
which is said to have done much dam- lieutenant, the expression of my sent-
age to tobacco and late corn crops. iments.
but did no serious injury to the fruit:
Orchards.
All of the electric lights and many.
of the telephones in the town were'g
put out of commission.
EXPECT TO RAISE
TROLLEY FARE!
NEW HAVEN, Aug. 25.-—Motormen ‘
and conductors of the Connecticut
Company today are casting ballots at
the request of their union executive
committee, on the question of accept-
ance or rejection of a voluntary offer
of the management of a. twelve per
cent. increase in wages. The result
may not be known before Wednesday.
The men receive from 39 to 45
cents an hour, and the increase would
give them live cents. L. 8. Stem,"
president of the company, says that it
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PARIS. Aug. 23.—-The resigna-
tirm of the Hungarian government
of Archduke Joscpth was un-
noullccd ill messages received by
‘lllt’ Supreme Council today.
'Tllc messages indicated that the
resignation occurred at 8 p. Ill.
Saturday and that the process
forming a new Cabinet had been
:begun.
In the new Cabinet. the dil-
tches state, Paul Carami, Minn-
Bler of Justice in the Peidll Cabi-
lnet, would be Minister of Con-
Imerce. while former Premier Jule.
gPeidll would be Minister of Food.
Karl Payer, Ministt-r of Home Ago
fairs in the Picdll government, I.“
designated as .Minister onaboI’
l pa
Sincerely yours,
PAUL AZAN.
Lieutz-Col. of Allied Armies.
in Turkey.
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on...“ -——-
At the Saturday evening dance, at
the heighth of the festivities. Harry
Brunell, chairman of the improvement
committee, and father of the club-
house, made the announcement that
the receipts of the evening hnd‘made
it possible to pay the last but owing on
the club house.
'Mr. Brunei! briefly stated that be
felt he had been fortunate in being
«bounced Oil Pan 'er lvo)
PICKPOCKETS BUSY
AT more N com“
The record breaking crowd that
thronged Roton mint Park yesterday
afternoon and evening to seek
min the stifling weather, 3mm
presented an unusual opportunity or
those gentlemen with the deft hum
for no less than tour theft: of m
roe no.
page ' ' Imus aggregating close to th
35:13:“ to :1de .12.?” 3'“ ammo give one year out: time dred dollars were recorded on u.
‘ ' l to the immense amount of dots: to police blotter this morning. M III) a.
reported the theft: were: I“ ,;
cm. 15 Ely avenue. $81: ash-I!»
Walling. 86 Wilton avenue, 8“: MM
scriptlonx. contributions and the to- under Why, :7 Railroad avg-n3
. ceipto from menu-nah, no nor-3:30; David Sanford, Burl-m ave-lob."
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u, 'e W ,jonthuwmhyothoflottbem
planning. ,
club house with .
one year. through
ennsnmn YOUTH .
, DIES or wolmos
New HAVEN, Au. 26.4mm
notified m
of ‘om.
,Ooroucr Wynne no
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