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NORWJ‘LI'I TIBET NEWSPAPIR
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN., ,FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1925.
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Local
To Col
Representatives of
Station Early This
The alleged representative of the
Holy Ghost AsSOcintlon. who has
been soliciting funds in Norwalk,
was taken into custody this morning
_ at the South Norwalk railroad sta-
‘ tion. as he was about to board a
3; train for New York city.
"‘ The man gave his name as Alvin
t". La Breehe of the Arcade liotcl,
“‘Brldgeport, and stated that he was
an official representative of the As-
sociation. sent out from the New
York office.
The police communicated with the
. . Holy Ghost Fathers at Ferndale, who
in turn communicated with the New
York address given by La lirct-he,
It was stated at New York that
the man was thought to be an of-
ficial representative. The police are
going to hold the man until an agent
from the New York office comes to
this city and identifies him.
He will belbrought before the lo-
cal City Court for questioning. and
the representative of the New York
office will appear at the same time.
At the home of the Holy Ghost
Fathers. lin Fcrndalc. it was stated
R that no notification that the man was
. 3 sanctioned to collect funds in this
i territory had been given them by
the New York office.
He has collected a large sum of
money in this city, it is reported. and
has also solicited in Bridgeport.
where he is said to he wanted by the
authorities of that city. -
The downtOwn police received a
, tip at 6:15 o'clock this morning from
' the west-bound South Norwalk sta-
tion, stating that the man sought
was there. Patrolman John Reyn-
olds made the arrest.
HATIER, HURT
BY AUTO, ASKS
$15,000 DAMAGES
A. BRIDGEPOR’I‘. July 31 (AP).—
~ The Crane Company, Bridgeport. is
made defendant in a.’ $15,000 suit
' brought to Superior Court today by
* Robert Gates, Norwalk. hatter.
Gates was on a sidewalk on Fair-
field avenue, Norwalk. he sets forth.
when :1 Crane Company truck ran
upon the walk, knocked him down
and severely injured him. The acci-
dent occurred October 28. 1924.
The Weather
Showers tonight and Saturday
morning followed by clearing Sat-
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Police
Says He Has Right
lect Funds
Will Be Held Here Until Arrival of New York
Holy Ghost Association
——Taken Into Custody at South Norwalk
Morning
0 Also An Oi'ator
l-IDMUND"BHEEM
lOSES PIPE; HE .
STARTS WAR; is
nun) BY tors
Body of Philadelphia
Man, 7 0 , Riddlcd
After'He Chases His
Wife With Gun
TEAR BOMBS FAIL
H u n t e r Barricades
Himself in Home—
Rains Bullets on 40.
Policemen
PHILADELPHIA. July ill—(AP)
Riddled by ten bullets after he had
held 40 policemen at bay for two
hours in his home last night. Jos-
eph Marino. nearly 70 years old.
died early today. He became in-
censed at missing a favorite pipe.
his wife said. and chased her to the
street with a revolver. firing wild-
urday afternoon or night.
. Conditions: The disturbance of:
off the far Southwest has incrvastd in;
energy and advanced rapidly portly
eastward. centering this morning
". over Indiana and adjoining States.
.Jt has caused light to heavy showers
ifrom the upper lake region south-
‘ "eastward to the Ohio valley and
eastward to the southern New Eng-
land coast, and from the Ohio valley
.45" south and west to Louisiana and New
§.Mexico. Pressure remains low over
1?. the Gulf of St. Lawrence. A long
flirldgc of high pressure overlies the
tgél‘lains States from the Canadian bor-
.‘der southward to Mexico. Tempera-
‘ Itures are generally below the sea-
isonal average from the Rocky moun.
itains eastward to the Atlantic coast.
5 Conditions favor for this vicinity:
,IUnsettied. showery weather. proba-
3bly followed by clearing Saturday
" afternoon.
MILK AND CREAM.
How important they are indeed.
These necessities of life—the source
from which they come. the parti-
cular cure exercised in the handling,
pasteurizing and bottling and final-
ly in tho delivering of the some to
your door-4i: carried on by The
Norwalk DairyACou is well and ere-
ditably done. Office and plant 83
Center avenue. Norwalk. Phone
1664-2.—Adv.
—DONT HAVE WAS]! DAY.
in your home there warm summer
darn—save all the fuss. mass and
bother b ylctting Brophy's Laundry.
184 Water Street. do your family
Washing for you. It will be called
for and delivered. The minimum
charge for nhmily washing hero 1.
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was rough and choppy. the wind
strolls. and the Dibbics were un-
able to get alongside the sailboat.
They circled around several times,
Iy.
He retreated as police arrived.
.le barricaded himself in a pool-
room in the basement of his home.
With half a dozen weapons. he kept
up a‘ rain of bullets at all who ap-
proached. . ._
An effort to rout him with tear‘
bombs ended when he throw one
back. dispersing the police tempor-
arily. Two patrolmen were slightly
wounded before several policemen.
by exposing themselves. drew Mar-
ino's fire as other officers raised a
cell, door and shot him down.
Neighbors stated Marino had
hitherto been a model citizen.
known to be fond of hunting.
Rowayion Couple
Four small boys of Collender's
Point today owe their lives to I.
timely rescue staged by Mr. and
Mrs. 8. Edward Dibble of Rowayton.
i nthcir power boat “Rowahahal'
The Dibbles. accompanied by
Mrs. Edgar Raymond. also of
Rownyton were enjoying a trip on
the Sound Wednesday afternoon
when they noticed a sailboat in dis-
tress, some distance from land, off
Collehder‘s Point.
A squall coming up. the water
75 cents. Just phone sec and give
your mum‘ ‘ '
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meantime culling out words of cheer
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* Detain? Charity SOlicitor
BREESE MAKES
HIT. AT LUNCH
0r KlWANlANS
He Tells Members All
About Stage Fright
And How to Down It
In His Address
MIN STREL SHOW
J o h n Cavanagh I s
Hailed As Norwalk’s
Next Mayor By
Noted Actor
Edmund Breese. prominent actor
and resident here, famous for his‘
characterizations in the stage suc-
cesses. "Welcome St ranger." “So
This is London." "'llell's Bells,"
“Crucitci‘jack.” and many other suc-
cesses was the principal speaker at
the Kiwanis club luncheon in the
Royal James Inn yesterday.
. Discussing "stage fright" and
“stage right." Mr. llreesc prmcd
very entertaining in his after lunch-
eon dinner diseourse. lie rendered
advice to Klwanians regarding pub~
lie speaking. .
“Stage fright." he said." is merely
lack of assurance and confidence.
and is easily conqucrable.”
He showed the general course ink-
on by after dinner speakers. In full
detail he expianed just how it Would-
bo orator acts. He said that notion-
alanco must be affected even though
inwardly a man is entirely obsessed
with nervousness. Ilo prescribed the
exact number of customary coughs;
the-amount of gracious nods; sips of
water; and puffs of a cigar.
Audience Enjoys It.
Mr. Brcese had his audience in
penis of laughter. when he said that
instead of an after dinner cigar.
:Uromo selzer should be served the
guest of honor.
"The chairman's words: “I take
great pleasure in introducing so and
so,” he said. "sound to the speaker
like a prosecuting attorney handing
out a verdict of hanging by the
neck."
Personality was stressed by him
as a necessary qualification of an
actor. 0 said that individuality, it
it is t e right kind. makes a stage
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HARBOR VIEW
REIDENT S WANT
3 SPECIAL COPS
Residents of Harbor View have
requested Mayor Thomas Robins to
appoint three special policemen for
that section.
The Mayor will probably make the
appointments in the near future. The
officers appointed will all be resi-
dents of that section and will have
jurisdiction in Harbor View.
Residents of Harbor View have ex-
pressed themselves as being willing
to have the cemmunity taken into
the Fourth district and pay the ad-
ditional taxes for fire and police pro~
tection.
At present Harbor View is in the
Flfthr district. Any action bringing
that section into the Fourth district
would have to be done by an amend-
ment of the City Charter and would
have .to go before the State Legis-
lature and also be approved by the
Boys in Sailboat Oii Collenders Point
voters of the city.
Rescues '4 Small
through a megaphone to the four
small boys who sat huddled together
in the stern of the boat which had
lost its rudder. its main sail and
one our. It. wa siisting badly and
seemed in danger ‘of upsetting be-
cause of the rough waters.
Mr. Dibble threw out a. heavy
rope. the boys in the small boat
vainly trying to catch it. A fourth
throw netted success and the dory
was finally hitched up.
In short time then, the “Rowan-
nha." chukxed into port bringing
back safely to land. four boys, not
one of whom could boast more than
fourteen years. but sll‘of whom
Judge Mnltbie was not bound to
these days waiting for orders to be
placed in your cool bin for use this,
coming winter am.
real trouble in the anthracite coll
field soon.
in now.
A curious tale of how the mis-
chievousnesu of small boys was re-
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sponsible for the accident to i-)’Cfll'-
old Dorothy llouion. daughter of
Clarence E. Bouton First Selectman
of the Town of Barton, just become
known. ‘
it was while her parents were ab-
sent 3 days ago that the child look-
cd from the window of her home on
Noroton avenue. In order to scare
her .some boys outside told her that
a strange man was at the door. Bf!-
coming terrified. the child ran up-
stairs, and looked from a window
there. The boys added to the tale.
and said the man had managed to
Boys’ Lies Cause Girl
To Jump; Leg Is Broken
get the front door open, and was
going in the house.
As they embroidered on the story.
the child. so afraid of the “unknown
man." plucked up courage. ahd
jumped fronf the second story win-
dow .sixtecn feet above the ground.
She was unable to rise. and neigh-
bors found that her left leg was
broken.
Dr. David Bryce has the patient
in charge. and she is now at her
home resting comfortably. Selectman
Bouton made no report of the mat-
ter, and as far as can be ascertain-
ed, will makeno movement against
the boys who were responsible for
the accident.
LEVY’S BEER
APPEAL DENIED
BY HIGH COURT
Compo Inn Proprietor
Must Serve Sentence
Judge Decides, Find-
ing N 0 Error
WMCESSIVQ.
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Merely a Plea for
Clemency
NEW HAVEN. July 31.—
’l‘ho sentence of from 21 months
to eight years in state‘s prison. and
a fine of 314.000, imposed upon
Jacob Levy. Conipo Inn. Westport.
for transportation of beer. was con-
firmed by the Supreme Court of
Errors in a. decision handed down
yesterday afternoon.
Attorney Henry Greenstein. coun-
sel for Levy. contended that the
punishment "was cruel and unusual
and unwarranted by law and the
fine imposed excessive" because "the
crime with which the accused was
charged was not one involving mor-
al turpitutle."
"Since it is conceded," says the
Supreme court in the memorandum
written by Justice John H. Beach.
"that the term of imprisonment was
less than the maximum prescribed
by statute, and the fine no larger
than the statute maximum. this rea-
son of appeal presents no question
of law. «
"it is simply an appeal for clem-
ency made to a court which has
no discretionary jurisdiction in the
matter.
"Considering the amount of
liquor transported. the number of
offenses proved. the total period of
time involved. the completeness of
organization and equipment display-
ed and the reasonable inference
that the seven convictions cover but
a fraction of a practically continu-
ous business. the penalty is not ex-
cessive.’ ' '
The decision says:
"The record does not justify any
suggestion that the state intention-
ally or negligently deprived the ac-
cused of the means of establishing
any claimed defense." ‘
It was claimed for Levy that he
could not be rightfully sentenced un-
der the Act of 1921 describisg
transportation of beer. because he
himself did not actually drive a
truck.
Mr. Greensteln claimed as error
Judge William M. Maltbie's permis-
sion to State's Attorney William H.
Comley. Jr‘.. to reopen his case of
prosecution, after he had "rested."
when the defense moved that ' the
case be dismissed because of the
state's failure to show that the beer
in question was within the statutory
description of intoxicating beer. Del"
mltting Mr. Comley to introduce ex-
pert testimony on that point. “The
ruling was within the discretion of
the court." comments the decision.
The Supreme court holds that
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Term and Fine 0. K.-—
He Calls Appeal‘
HURT m LINE
0mm, cor
MAY LOSE JOB
Clarence Scofield,
Traffic Officer f or
Town, W a s Badly
Injured By Track
1W“ ._...... Ass”
.N ‘e w Police Depart-
ment Will Not Ap-
point Him Unless He
Signs Waiver
'l‘lm Daricn Police Department is
issuing application blanks for the
post of one more officer. Eligible
candidates will be examined soon.
This fact is taken by some to in-
«Monte that the- department and
Clarence Scofield have not reached
an agreement, for it was understood
that Scofield was to have been ap-
pointed to the post now vacant. lie
had passed the mental test by the
Coinmlssioners.
Square Deal?
The crux of the trouble. as far as
can be ascertained. centers on Sco-
iieltl's injuries. sustained while he
was a traffic officer employed by
the Town.
Scotleld's friends maintain that he
has not been given a square deal
from the Town. Before the fortun—
tion of the present police depart-
ment. ho was the traffic officer upon
whom foil the brunt of all the police
work. Willie directing traffic. he
was struck by a truck. dragged forty
feet. several ribs were broken. and
his ankle crushed. He was con.
fined to the Stamford Hospital for
a month. lie is still convalescing.
Being injured about noon time.
Scofield's friends say he received
but a half day‘s pay for that day.
and then was paid nothing further
by the town. and that if it had not
been for insurance which he car-
ried. he would have faced hard times
financially.
The present department. they
say. has now told Scofleld that he
must sign a release for liability on
any physical disabilities caused by
this injury. before he can be taken
on the force. This. Scofleld has not
.done as yet. which has caused the
department to issue a call for one
more officer.
Chief Explains
Chief Harry Smith states that the
release applies only to his depart-
ment. '
“We did not exist at the time of
,Bcofleld's injuries. and we have no
provision- for such I. case. If Sco-
fleld. or any emcer. is injured in the
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"Learn-to-Swim Week.".will soon
"I-lenrned-to-swim week." for
more than I. hundred Norwalk
youngsters. according to H. H.
Longer. supervisor of playgrounds
here.
be
morn! FINE GOAL.
is at Alfred Brown's Coal Yard
1t. look: like
no put your cool
.Yestsrdny, was a scene of activity
at Calf Future. with dozens of kid-
dies learning the rudiments of swim-
ming.
More than zoo assembled in the
classes under Mr. Lnnget‘. and were
first coached in the “dry land" in-
struction. .Divlded then into 11
Bro" 'l Cool. Phone
were mighty glad to get on dry land
.m ' ‘
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‘ clonal, cub. under .c. gourmet
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AFTER CRASH ON
MORTUARY HILL
New York Car Skids
And Smashes Into
Church Wall—-— Man,
Wife, Friend Hurt
AUTO WRECKED
Woman Injured When
C ar Hits Pole on
Mill Hill— Goes to
Hospital
Four persons were taken to the
Norwalk Hospital. suffering from
injuries received in two automobile
accidents early this afternoon.
A sedan owned and driven by
\Villiam Zeiter of 1580 East Ninety-
fifth street. New York City. skidded
on the wet pavement on Westport
avenue hill about 1:15 o'clock and
slid half the length of the hill and
crashed into the stone wall at the
church.
The car was wrecked and all three
passengers were injured.
Mr. Zeiter suffered a fracture of
the right arm andcuta and bruises
about. the“: d?
his wife. M'm‘hlily .Zelter. was
severely out about the face and
body. -
Miss Mabel Suffell of 1605 East
Ninetylfourth street. who was riding
with the couple. received a fracture
of a finger on her right hand and
slight cuts and bruises.
Mrs. Mary Dec of 1163 Teller ave-
nue, Bronx. aged 57 years, received
a frat-turn of a right rib. when an
automobile in which she was riding
crashed into a pole on Mill Hill in
front of the Hill Top lnn. at 12:45
o‘clock.
Two other women and a man who
were riding in the car with her were
uninjured.
All were treated by Dr. Wm. J.
Tracey.
STANDARD OIL
BUYS VALUABLE
WEST AVE LAND
Wm. H. McMahon Sells
Property at West
Ave. and Reed St.——
Price $20,000
The Standard Oil Company pur.
chased the property at the corner
of \Vest avenue and Reed street
yesterday.
The lot on which the gasoline sta~
tion of Louis Diamond stands up to
the.prcsent was owned by William
H. McMahon. member of the Board
of Estimate.
The price paid \is estimated at
about 320.000.
Mr. McMahon leased the property
to the Standard Oil company some
time ago for the purpose of estab-
lishing the station there.
The property included in the sale
extends 180 feet on West avenue
and 110 feet on Reed street.
TO SERVE AS CORONER
BRIDGEPOI'LT. July Sin—(AP).
Henry C. Stecenson. deputy coroner.
will serve as coroner during the next
month. while Coroner John J. Phe.
Ian is on his vacation. it was stated
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today.
Colored End Learns to fivim Full
Length oi, Beach after 1 Lesson
swimming instructor. the application
of methods in the water was be-
gun.
Dog. Paddle, Taught
First the arm stroke of the dog
paddle was taught. and then the leg
movements. The two were put to-
gether as each child tried them out
with an instructor at his side.
Fighting to overcome any fear of
the water that a child had. the in-
structors patiently coaxed and eojol-
ed. until the pupils gained the con-
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Wife Thought?”
To Be Unbalanced]
20-year-old Wife of Carl Beers Gives Statement" ,
To Sgt. Frank Raymond—Fire of Taylot. .
Property Destroyed 3 Buildings and Did:
Damage Estimated at. $5,000
Don’t Crowd Boys,
You’ll Get a Cigar
A broad smile greeted the
Evening Sentinel reporter in the
Benedict News store this morn-
ing. Despite the gloomy wea-
ther. manager Fred S. "Doc"
Byxbee was happy.
“What's the matter. ‘Doc"!"
an a boy.—whoopee." shouted
the stationer. throwing out cig-
ars to everyone round him.
“Doc" is a grand daddy again.
His son. Morris 1". Byxbec of
Westport avenue has brought a
new florist into the world. Cig-
ars are going fast. but. none can
be reserved by telephone.
Mother and son are doing
nicely.
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NAIlON’S FLAGS
AT HALF MAST
‘ FORW. l. BRYAN
Federal Government
Honors Sol dier,
Statesman, Legisla-
tor--Cr_owd See Body
SOLEMN THRONG
Widow Waits Till Last
Moment for Her
L a s t Farewell in
Church
WASHINGTON. July 31.-—(AP).
High above the little brick church
where mourning relatives and friend:
gathered today to say their last fare-
well to William Jennings Bryan
flags flattered at half staff from the
great government. buildings to mark
the nation's formal tribute to the
Commoner.
The drooping colors spoke of the
service he had given to the flag as
soldier. statesman and legislator:
the solemn religious ceremonies in
the church and at the grave were
keyed to recount his valorous chain-
pionslilp in public and private life
of the gospel of peace on earth and
good will toward men.
There were many hours of the
simple rites of the faith he cherish-
ed so stoutly. of the slow. solemn
passing beside his bier of humble
folk. of mourlng for Bryan the plain
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—Fur storage. 2 per cent of
modeling. repairing. glazing at re-
duced rates. Croce Fur Co.. 468
Main St. Phone Stamford 869. Est.
—0'OONNOB TAXI 00.
Every passenger protected by
liability insurance. 83 Railroad avo-
hue. Phone 58. 3535 and 8538.
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The Weather
Showers tonluilt and Saudi! .
Continued Nol- "WEI" W
strong out winds. . .
High Title—4:22 A. Md 0: M P. K
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PRICE THREE cams.
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The 20 year old wife of Carl Bee?!
in a. written confession to Sargent} "
Frank Raymond last night admitgq
ed. starting the fire Wednesday on.
ning on the Taylor property no”
Beach road. East Norwalk. ":
The young girl was taken fats!
custody by the police on Wednel __y
night following an investigation an’
is thought to be mentally unbalang-
ed.
In her confession she stated thp't .
\she had trouble with her husbanl
on the previous night and that. his
had gone and left her alone. ' ‘,‘.
Gathered Rags ' '
In the house occupied by tlfi.
young couple. the husband had i
large desk which he valued highllp
It was in her desire to destroy m.
desk. she said. that she attemptufl .
to move it outside but was unabg'
to. ..
She then decided she said. thgt‘;
she would destroy the desk lan‘
way and went to the barn and sail;-
ered some rags. Bringing them .
back to the house she saturated them A
with kerosene oil. according to fly» .
police. , .. n
She then carried the rags to iii
store room near the center 0113.
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cluster of buildings. which ineliid i
two lieu-es and a barn. and set it . .
to the rags. according to her ”5,“.
fession. ' . .-
The you“ wife; then closed, th'l 2}
door of the am and ran away frolh ’
i the burning building to Calf Pasture
Beach Park. where she watched the
fire rage. until it had destroyed-the
luilding. ,
After the tire was out the young
woman returned to where her for-
mer homo stood. and it was-there
that she was taken into custody by
Patrolman James E. Eldridge.
Yesterday morning she was exam.
incd by Dr. Franklyn Brown and
Dr. Theron Bradley. he stated the!"
she seemed to be mentally unbalanc-
ed and recommended that she be
placed in some institution.
Desk Was Saved.
She was placed in a cell awaiting
a hearing before Judge of Probate
Henry W. Gregory and, last night
about 11 o‘clock. called Sergeant
Raymond and said she desired tit
make a confession. “1‘
When she was first taken into cus-
tody she informed the police that
she was visiting on Pine Hill road at
the time of the fire and did not knov
how it started. . "
The desk which she desired to day
stroy was not burned in the fire. but
was carried out of the house by some“:
of the spectators.
The fire did damage estimated at
about $5,000.
CRULLERS YOU'LL LIKE.
Mulligan's Home-made Crullerl ’
are the kind you'll like—been!"
they are made from the best of int-
terials and cooked in Crisco. They“
are tasty. wholesome and always '
the same. Stores all over this vieigo'
ity have them for sale—Adv. 2-9.
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now non. sroxons 1."
Sheep wool sponges. extra. lube
size and of this grade (for anti;
mobile uses) special at 96c: gril
sponges. just the thing for geneflq
household work. special at. me; an . '
assortment of fine bath *0!) '
(bleached) all sizes at 750 and
$1.00. The Clifford Pharmacy. flomlr -:
Main St. Wm. M. Paisley. Prdpr
-Adv. Ll
SERVICE '
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With - every
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MODNE’S
SOPENING
TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AT
MAIN STREET and DELI'uWARE AVENUE
uoawsnx, oouutonou'r
THE MAIN STREET
man: a
5 gallon purchase of gasoline one
quart of Texas'Oil free
STATION '
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