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Established 1878
GLARE MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 30, 1936
New Series Vol,45, No, 3
HUNDREDS THRONG CITY HALL
5ATURDAY NIGHT TO HEAR GOV.
FITZGERALD GIVE ADDRESS
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Seating Capacity  at Hotel
Doherty Taxed at
Banquet
Speaker Urged Voters to Send
Dependable Men a_ State
Legislators
One of the greatest political rallies^
if not the greatest, ever to be .held in
Clare came to a successful culmination Saturday evening when our il*
lustrous Governor, Frank D. Fitzgerald, came to, our city. At six-thirty
o'clock there occurred a fine banquet
at the Hotel Doherty with the entire
dining room occupied and tables set
In 'the halls and entryways and following this a mammoth torch light
parade led to the Clare Community
Sail-dins where Governor Fitzgerald
delivered one of the finest address-)
ever to bo heard in Central Michigan.
The Governor's first appearance
was at the banquet where men and
women from this part of Michigan
were occupying every available
place.
Following the Invocation by Mrs.
Lulu Murphy, of Harrison, everyone
present enjoyed a fine dinner set
forth in the fine style for which the
Doherty is knownj. Following this
the County Republican Chairman,
Kyle L. McKlnnon, called the meeting
to order. He introduced all the distinguished guests, also all the County Republican Nominees and the present County officials.
Chairman McKinnon asked Clare's
Assistant Attorney General T. Carl
Holbrook, to arise and in a few well
chosen words he complimented Attorney Holbrook upon the fine record
he has made at Lansing and stated
Ci, ihat the people of Clare were follow-
«-? ing his career and were   proud   and
' happy at his success.
Chairman McKinnon then introduced Mayor Jesse Hampton who in turn
introduced the Governor. Governor
Fdjtzgerald. spoke briefly concernin-:-
, the fine work being done by repres-
.-#--. "entatives of the Republican party
throughout the State and Nation; he
thanked the people of Clare for th.-1
fine reception and for giving him this!
opportunity to be present.
■ Following the banquet a Torchlight
parade cf Junior girls and boys led
by the Clare High School band playing "Oh Susannah" formed its way
to the Clare City Hall where the Gov
ernor was scheduled to deliver the
Address of the evening.
At the City Hall every seat in th<;
auditorium was taken and the room
was crowded to its fullest capacity
with men and women standing ir
the aisles and the anteroom. This
was the largest crowd to be accommodated within the walls of the Citj
Hall since the building was erected
and the reception given our Governoi
there is one of which he may well bo
proud.
Again Chairman Kyle L. McKinnor
took charge and called the assemblage to order. He stated that the
Governor had bestowed upon tliis
city, this county, and this part of
Michigan a signal honor by coming
to our community at this time. He
then introduced Mayor Hampton who,
he stated, would have* charge of the
balance of the meeting.
t  Mayor Hampton    introduced      the
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WALTER LEONARD ESC APES
ISABELLA COUNTY JAIL
DURING SATURDAY NIGHT
Farwell Lad Sought Again by
Officers.   Wanted on
Forgery Charge      •
Walter Leonard, 19 year old lad
from Farwell, again gives officials oi
this part of the state trouble, having
escaped from the Isabella county jail
during last Saturday night,' where he
was placed only the afternoon before.
Leonard was' recently apprehended
in Florida on charges of forgery and
.robbery and returned to Clare coun-
£y, being turned over to Isabella authorities last Saturday under warrant
also for forgery charge. -
The lad made his escape from the
jail by removing a single bar from
the window, the opening not being
more than ten inches square, which
released him from his cell. He then
dropped about eighteen feet to the
ground. He apparently was unassist-j
ed in the act as no traces of anything
heavy to break the bar was discovered
by the jailer who found the cell empty
^Sunday morning" as he went to* serve
■/Leonard his breakfast. He was the
oply prisoner on lh_ second floor,
AMERICAN EDUCATION
WEEK TO BE OBSERVED
NOVEMBER 9TH TO 15TH
Since 1921 American Education
Week has been an annual event,, challenging the attention of parents,
pupils, and teachers.
In 1936 it is certain to create a
more widespread interest because we
are coming to realize that the public
schools system of the United States
is one of our greatest economic en-
terprizes.
The major problems for consideration during! that time might well include: the changing curriculum in
education, the school's service to the
community, education for physical
fitness, education for character, and
financing America's schools.
It is the purpose of American
■Education Week to give the public an
opportunity to think about and -discuss these problems.
Plan to visit your school. Water.
for announcements concerning the
action of your school during Ameri
can Education Week.
NINE NEW OIL
WELLS TO APPEAR
IN VERNON FIELD
Success of Currie Well Extends Field Into Wildcat Territory
The oil industry in central Michigan
is bringing definite activity to Clare;
county's borders. The large producer
of the widely know Currie farm has i\
record, we believe, unequalled in the?
state, as it continues to flow its 920
barrel every twenty-four hours under
a 450 pound back pressure. Its exact
capacity is unknown and many comments are being accredited the Chart-
ler Oil Company in their manner of
caring for this wildcat venture. Every
effort is being made to preserve thei
gas which is so vital in this game. An
active drilling program is underwaj
with four offsets now under construction. This new pool which border.'
Clare county to the south is believed
to be independent of the Vernon fiele:
laying southeast. Clare county lias-
faith and is hopeful of having its own
field. A wildcat well is now underway
in Lincoln township "which formations:
will be closely watched.
On Wickland's Beatty No. 1 three
miles south of Glare, the Dundee was
struck Wednesday and the five inch
casing run. Drilling was resumed and
Thursday afternoon a showing of 90C
feet of oil was in the casing, but as
the well was not completed the pro
duction is not known as we go to
press.
The drill on the Fetters No. 1, three
miles south of Clare, has reached a
depth of 2700 feet.
The Stewart Beatty Well*, on the
east side of section 21, has reached s
depth 1590 feet.
Drillers on the Slentz No. 3 and the
House No. 3, four miles south of Clare
have reached a depth of 1090 and 149C
respectively.* The drive pipe on the
Slentz well was landed at a depth of
410 feet, while on the House well ii
was landed at 396 feet.
In the above vicinity derricks are
being completed on the Louis Thayer
Jos. Crowley and Marceilles farms. In
the vicinity of the Currie, 1 mile south
and three west of Clare, derricks are
being erected on the A. J. Archbold.
Wilson estate, Ivan Mcintosh and
Andrew Eschenbach farms, while
further north and east one is being
placed on the Wilson farm now owned by Mr. Currie, and Frank Robison
on section 31, Grant township Clare
county a location is sited.
Roy B. Comer, one of the pioneer**
of the Vernon oil field is moving material on the Regan-Mahar farm Nl-2
of NW 1-4 section 36 Vernon and will
spud in next week.
NEW DRESS SHOP OPENS IN
CLARE SATURDAY MORNING
The ladles of Clare and vicinity will
have another place to shop, for their
wares in our local area tomorrow as a
new style shoppe is opened for busi--
ness in the Doherty building at'the
Fifth street entrance. Mr. Bealie
Cumings and sister, Mrs. Gladys
Gould, of Ithaca, are the new people
coining to Clare in this venture and
their business experience assures
them a portion of .our readers patron*
age. They Will carry a line of ladier
dresses and other garments Which
they invite all to inspect, An announcement is made in this newspaper.
DEMOCRATIC RALLY INCLUDES STATE CANDIDATES
AS SPEAKERS TONIGHT
A Democratic rally will be held at
the Clare City Hall this Friday night,
October 30th at 8:00 o'clock. Adrian
C, Barr, candidate for state represen-
atlve, Isabella district; Orle J. North/
candidate for state representative in
Osceola-Clare district; T, George'
Sternberg, candidate for state sena-,
tor and the Democratic candidates for
county officers will all be on the pro1
gram.
TJhe public is Invited to come and;
hear these several    candidates    pre
sent their issues and qualifications.
HEAVY VOTE PREDICTED FOR NOV.
THIRDJLECTION
Nine Parties Appear on Ballot. Amendments are
Also Vital Issue
General election next Tuesday will
again bring out a large vote of tht;
Republican aud Democratic forces interested in the National, State and
County offices, drawing to a close ono
of the keenest races on record.
The ballot which will be presentee]
each Clare county voter is a blanket
size of 19x24. Nine parties are in the
field, making it the largest in years to
accommodate the scores of candidates. The Republican and Democratic
being the major parties and lead in
interest In this locality.
Polls will be open here from seven
o'clock in* the morning until si?
o'clock in the evening.
Columns of space is taken up in this*
issue by both parties giving the voters
the opportunity to make their choice
and come to the voting precincts pre
pared to place their crosses for tha
best interest of the county, state and
United States.
The amendments will appear on e
separate ballot and we have agair.
made an effort to assist our readers
by an explanation of these issues sc
vital to each voter. These will be*
found on page nine of the second sec*
tion, also an explanation on front
page.
REPUBLICAN WOMEN
DEFEND GOV. LANDON
IN SCHOOL PROBLEM
Joint  Meeting  Announced   for
This Friday Afternoon
at City Hall
Mrs. Kate English, of Saginaw, was
well received by the Clare County
■Republican women in all county rallies Wednesday, October 28th.
It was proven to the satisfaction oi
all that Gov. L andon, of Kansas, had
no more to do with the regulation ol
the teachers wages and consolidation
of the schools in Kansas than he had
iu raising the dust storm or causing
the depression, the article printed ir
these columns by our Democratic
'friends to the contrary notwithstanding.
Professor Smith of the State Teachers College at 'Mt. Pleasant and whq
is at the head of the Rural school ene',
of the work had a similar job in
Kansas before coming to Michigan
and flatly denies that Landon had
any thing to do with the closing of
some of the little schools there.
Mrs. English is a member of the Re,
publican State Central Committee and
this is the ninth campaign in which
she has worked for Wilbur M. Brucker. Her approach to the subject of
the issues Of this campaign was that
of the average mother and homo
maker. She said "How long would
our husbands keep us on the job lil
we continued to borrow to spend as
our Chief Executive has done?"
Harrison entertained at the home oi
Mrs. Lulu Murphy at 2:00 o'clock;
Farwell at the Library, Mrs. Lamb
acting as hostess, at 4:00 o'clock and
Clare at the home of Mrs. E. A. Andery
son at 8:00 o'clock. Refreshments
was served at each meeting.
Friday (today) October 30 at 2'.: 30*
o'clock we will have a joint meeting
of all Republican women for the purpose of electing officers and transacting other business with open forum
afterwards, At the Clare City Hall, Be
sure and be there.
Publicity Chairman.
CONSUMERS POWER USERS
For prompt ana courteous service,
pay your light and power bills at the
Citizens State Bank.
Congregational Guild Rummage sale
at the church Friday and Saturday.
SECOND ANNUAL
COMMUNITY FAIR
NOVEMBER 12TH
School   Departments   Busy
Planning Exhibits Puring
American Edu, |\feek
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The second annual Clare Community Fair will be held,at GJare High
School Thursday, Novembelf12, ■'
This fair Ib given under the auspices of the Future Farmers, Home
J_ce»nomics Clubhand the Qlare Board
of Education. ;
There will be exhibits j, of .. grain,
beans, potatoes, fruit and vegetables in.
the Agriculture Division, ; 'Everyone
is eligible and invited to'exhibit in
this division. The awards are fifty
cents and twenty five cents and first,
second, third and fourths prize ribbons.
Officers of the fair arfe William
Moline, general manager* Frank Poet
business manager; Kenneth Haines
secretary; and Donald David, Treasurer. James.Murphy is superintendent
of the grain exhibit, Duane Archbold
has charge of the bean department
Jarvis Kapplinger is superintendent
of the corn department. Alton Arnold has charge of the potato exhibits.
Emil Leis is manager of the fruit exhibits while Dale Schug will head the*
vegetable department. A feature oi
this year's fair will be the rural schoo"1
exhibits.
The Home Economics division will
have exhibits of canned goods, baked
goods, clothing, etc.
A full program, consisting of contests, demonstrations, and entertainment promise to make the afternoon,
and evening a very interesting one,
In addition, each class'' room in
the school will display the work completed this year.
The clubs sponsoring the fair wil
present the three act comedy drama
"Here Comes Charlie," in the auditorium at 8:00 p. m.
CLARE RECEIVES
BENEFIT BY4HE
STATE SALES TAX
Figures Show What Portion
*  is Returned to Aid
Schools
The defeat of at least two of the
four amendments to the Constitution
of the State of Michigan will be tc,
the advantage of every citizen in
this county and state. Two of tha a-
mendments were proposed by the legislature as joint resolutions and tc
be submitted to the voters, on November 3; next Tuesday. The amend
ments Three and Four as they wil7/
appear on your ballot were proposed
by apparently selfish organizations;
calling themselves the Taxpayer-
Protective Association, Detroit, Mich
igan, and by the. Michigan Property
Tax' Repeal Association, Jackson.
Michigan.
There are many reasons why these
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Kiddies, Spooks
and Goblins Party
Saturday Night
The Annual event
looked forward tc
with great antici'
pation by our
young people from
the preschool age
to those leaving
the teens will take
place this Saturday
evening. The City Fathers give this
jolly Hallowe'en each year as an
award for not damaging and molesting property at this sjtiasonal holida*-
time and with but very few exception?;'
the youngsters have been loyal to
their trust.
A theatre party will be given at the
Ideal from 3:45 to 5:45 o'clock. This
is free to all youngsters. Again at
7:30 all are invited to assemble at the
Hotel Doherty corner and they will be'
escorted to the City Tourist ground!
where a program of sports bas been
arranged. The chilly wind will soor
be forgotten as ail participate in the
tug-o-war and pole climbing contests*
and games. Sides are chosen by
grades for the contest-.
The Boy Scouts will assist the com*'
mittee appointed by the- City Counci.
in serving hot dogs and buns, and
there will be abundance so no yoiing*
ster should return home disappointed
Youngsters of Glare and vicinity are
invited to join in thl_ folly awird
party where fun for"'all will be the
first aim of the committees in charge.
CLARE GIRL WEDS
FLINT YOUNG MAN
SATURDAY EVENING
- Saturday night, October 24th, Miss
Alma Siel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.-
J. W. Siel, of this city, and Marvin
Tidball, of Flint, were married by
Rev, Charles Kleinhardt at his home
in Arthur township. The bride's
sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs, Bert
Jackson were their attendants. ,
'Mrs. Tidball graduated from the,
'-Glare high school with the class of
'35 and has been employed in Clare
and Flint during the past year.
The young couple left Sunday after*
noon for Flint to make their future,
home, where both are employed.
SINCLAIR REFINING
COMPANY BUILDING
ARTISTICJTATION
Wm. H-Caple Also Building Attractive Residence
on West 8th Street
The Sinclair Oil Company recently
purchased the corner site of Eighth
and McEwan streets from Wm. H.
Caple and perfected plans for one of
Michigan's finest oil. and gas service)
stations.
Contractor Bert Taft, of Alma, has)
workmen busy laying the foundation
Cor the building which will be completed of cement blocks with terrc
cotta face.* This piece of ground is
60x132.
Several years ago Mr. Caple re
modeled the residence on this locatior
but same was never entirely completed and in this deal Mr, Caple retained the west location of 39 feet ant
has razed the large house, building
himself a modern residence using p.
portion of it in this two story structure. Seiter Brothers, of Rosebush,
are the building contractors.
The grounds of these two location''
will be landscaped and with its set
tings of evergreens will continue tc
make this corner one of Clare's attractive locations*."
FORMER VISE TOWNSHIP
COUPLE CELEBRATE THEIR
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. EIry Gregory Now
of Leroy Entertained Guests
Saturday
Saturday, October 24th, Mr.' and
Mrs. EIry Gregory celebrated thei:
golden wedding at tlieir farm home
near Leroy. There were thirty-four
guests present to enjoy the occasion
with them.
CLARE COUNTY STATE HIGHWAY
OFFICIALS ARRAIGNED WEDNESDAY BEFORE JUSTICE A. S. YOUNG
MRS, MABEL MULDER
DELIGHTFUL HOSTESS;
ENTERTAINS AUXILIARY
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Wednesday afternoon the '. Ladies
Auxiliary held their regular business
and social meeting in the pleasant)
home of their President, Mrs. Mabel
Mulder.
The usual routine reports of committees and future ways .and means
were given and'discussed. Roil call
was unique, in. that it took the form
of an old-fashioned- testimonial meeting, and the twenty-seven members
and guests responded, by telling of
various sick calls made the past three
weeks, many interesting accounts being given. Mrs. Geo. Stanford led the
devotions.
Our guest artist, little Donna Rao
Seeley, delighted her audience with
several readings. Donna Rae has outstanding talent and we can predict a
great future for her.
A current topic was enjoyed, given
by Mrs'. Art Damoth, also a reading
"Growing Old" by Mrs. Sternaman.
Our giiest list included Mesdames,
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The day was ideal and after a bountiful dinner the afternoon was spent
visiting and talking over old times,
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory were present
ed with a beautiful wedding cake and
also reci'eVed many other beauttfu",
and Useful gifts.
Late in the evening the guests de
parted for their homes wishing Mr.
and Mrs. Gregory many more anniversaries. v
Those present were 'Mr. and Mrs. J
D. Gregory, Monroeville, Ohio; Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Gregory and son, ol
Roscommon; Wm. Paton, of Hastings
Mra, Daisy McDonald and lady friend
of Grand Rapids, Mr* and Mrs, Gust
Neuman, Sr,, of Cadillac; Mr, and
Mrs, Dan Shanaf elt and daughters
Ddrisl, Dorothy and Vera, of Evart
Mr, and Mrs. Morton E. Tice and son
EIry, of Clare, Mr*, and Mrs. Gust Neil-
man, Jr.. and daughter, Carole Ann,
of Tustirt, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd McDonald and son, Irwin, of Evart, Mr.
and Mrs. John Lockhart and sons.
Robert and Brtice, of Leroy and Mr,
and Mrs, Bernard Gregory and sons;
Bernard, Jr., and Stanley, also Shir
ley at hoWe,
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JESS ALLEN SELLS
INTEREST IN
CO.JEWSPAPER
Rred   Wessels,    of   Flint,
New Editor at County
Capitol
Last week the Clare County Cleaver of Harrison, was edited under new
management. Fred T. Wessels, oi
Flint having purchased the papei
from Jesse Allen, who has owned and
published it for the past twenty-seven
years. *""...
We understand Mr. Wessels has
been connected with newspaper worl
practically all his life; and for th-
past ten years has operated a typesetting plant in Flint. We welcome
Mr. Wessels to our neighboring city
and into the newspaper field.
The Cleaver has a birthday on February 1, 1937, which will make it fifty-
six years old, having been established
in 1SS1 shortly after the city itseli
was. The first owners of the paper
were; John Quinn, and Joseph Rust-el, and the offices were located in the:
back room of an old meat market,
owned by William Harper, which
stood in the same location as the present market owned by Paul Moore,
ijhus the name "Cleaver." Since the
two years following 1881, the Cleaver
has changed hands six time, A. R.
Car-field, Marvin Hallott, William
Brothers and Reggie Waite, partners;
J. E. Dudley, Asa H. Aldrich, and iu
1909, it was purchased by Jesse Allen,
who has since been owner; and for
a few years Charies Roe being his*
partner.
The printing shop has moved bac'
and forth in the block where it is now
located since a few years aEter its-
establishment; the present building
being constructed in 1926.
Mr. Allen, who has served as Harrison Editor for so many years haa
also been employed as Rural Mail
Carrier there for the past thirteen
years . He will continue with this
work.
APPLEBL0SS0M CLUB
ENTERTAIN AT P. T. A.
The O'Connor school P. T. A. held
the first meeting of the year Friday
night, October 23. at the school house(
Election of officers for the coming
year with results as follows;
President—Gladys Schug.
Vice President—Cora Tice.
Sec.-Treas.—Frances Funnel],
The program was then .turned over
to Dr. M. L. Smith and "The Apple-
blossom Club" of the C. S. T. C. at
Mt. Pleasant. First we heard some,
vocal numbers by Ted Brenner. The
story telling lady then entertained,
the children with some interesting
stories while the cast made ready for
their one act play entitled "fri Doubt
About Daisy", which was presented by
members of the club and was enjoyed]
by all. They sure are royal entertainers so if you have a chance to see
and hear them do not miss it
Dr. Smith then gave .an address and
told us about some of the amendments to be voted on at the November election.
It was Voted to meet every four
weeks. Refreshments were served tc
a large crowd.
Secretary.
Fred Bingham,  of Fatwell
and Victor Finch, of Sur-
'<■'    rey Township, are
Defendants       ■'   •
Both   Men Charged . With  the
Violation of Michigan EI*_c- •
tion Laws. H-eariWg Ad-  "
journed to. Nov. 4th
Fred Bingham, state'highway de*
partment district superintendent, of
Farwell and his foreman Victor Finch,
of Surrey township, were arraigned,
before Justice A. S. Young, at Harrison
Wednesday "*on warrants charging
them with the violation of the Michigan Election Laws by allegedly in'
timidating three state road workers.
According to Prosecuting Attorney
Theo. G. Bowler, Alvin Wells, 38, Tom
Shilling, 32, and Glen Amy, 41 told
him that Bingham had dismissed
them with the declaration that "no
one could work for the state highway
department who will not entirely support Roosevelt and Murphy."
In a conservation of Mr. Bowler's
with the State Attorney General's office, James F. Shepherd, chief deputy
stated that he would send a representative from the office to make a
thorough investigation of state affairs.
The three men are said to have
signed almost identical affidavits, but
the warrants were issued by Justice
Young on the complaint of Alvin
Wells, an ex-service man who is married and the father of two children.
Both of the other men are married,
Shilling being the father of one child
and Amy of four, the latter also is an
ex-service man.. This part of the law
reads, "any person who shall directly or indirectly discharge or threaten
to discharge any person in his employ
for the purpose of influencing his
vote at any election or primary election in this state shall, on conviction1,
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor."
The maximum penalty is a fine $500,
!)0 days in jail, or both.
In a statement given at the hear*
ing, Mr. Bingham denied the accusation. Finch made no statement. Both,
however, stood mute before Justice
Young and pleas of not guilty were
entered for them.
Prosecutor Bowler requested that
the examination be set for Thursday)
but Justice Young scheduled the
hearing for November 4th, the day
after the general election, acceding to
the plea of James M. Kane, attorney
■for the State Highway Department,
who appeared for the defendants and
ask for more time. The defendants
were released on their own recognizance.
In a statement at the state highway
department office, G. Donald Kennedy, business manager, speaking in
the absence of State Highway Commissioner Murray D. Van Wagoner, a
Democrat, su'd Bingham and Finch
wou'd be discharged 'if they are
guilty, but if they are. being wrongly
accused the department will defend
them." |
The three plaintiffs had been work-,
Ing on the highway two weeks and
■are said to have been discharged on
October 2Gth.     "
MRS. EFFIE BUTCHER
DEPARTS THIS LIFE
OCTOBER 22ND
Deceased Was Cared for By Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Cleveland
During Illness
Effie May Simpson Butcher, daughter of Joseph and Rachel Simpson,
was born at Vaughnsville, Ohio, April
.17th, 1872 and departed this life at
the age of 64* years, 6 months and 5
days.
She was married to George Butcher
March 22nd, 1899. To this union
were born four children, Ira, of Gladwin, Alice, of Farwell, Rachel, of
Bertha Lake, and George, of Harrison.
Besides her children, she Is survived by two brothers, Jesse A. Simpson,
of Shepherd, and Joseph S. Simpson,
of Denisoh, Texas and eleven grand
children.
She united with the Methodist Episcopal church in early childhood and
later became a member of the church
of God and remained a consistent
christian until called to the church
triumphant October 22nd, 193G.
The funeral was conducted at the
church of God Sunday afternoon, Rev.
Van Hoose in charge, with commitment services at Surrey cemetery.
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