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VOLUME 64
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN.    -THURSDAY, SEPT. 18, 1941
NUMBER 5C6
Boystowii To
Be Located
Near Saline
'"'V Boystown,  Mich.,  is no longer
just a dream. Tes! That's
right! Michigan's own Boystown
—not its world-famed namesake
in Nebraska.
Tes, it's a reality with a site
and buildings and some of the
necessary equipment. Everything
but 20Q boys, in the place and
there are -plenty of them waiting
to emigrate there.
His Eminence Cardinal Mooney
and Edward, J. Barrett, state
deputy of the Knights of Columbus, Thursday jointly announced
completion of negotiations for
purchase of the site for an undisclosed sum.
This  new vocational  school,   a
project of the Knights of Columbus  of  Michigan  in  co-operation
with   Cardinal   Mooney   and   his
. fellow bishops of the state,  will
ty ** he set up  on  a  130i-acre .site in
Lenawee county, eight miles
south of Saline and about 15
miles from Ann Arbor. The
tract has a 2,000 foot frontage
on the Macon Clinton highway.
The property includes a- two-
story administration building,
machine and, wood shops each
135 feet long, completely equipped, and an electrical shop with
radio and a short-wave radio station ready for broadcasting. An
auto mechanics shop will be installed in another building.
Boystown's high school will be
fully accredited and will offer a
complete academic course as well
as a vocational program of drafting, machine shop, auto mechanics, electrical and radio training
and woodworking.
«k An athletic program, is includ
ed in the setup. A gymnasium
with several baskeball courts,
two baseball diamonds and three
softball diamonds and a football
field will be arranged.
In addition to mechanical arts
the schools program will offer
specialized courses in home gardening, farming and training in
animal husbandry. According to
the school ^authorities, students
will raise all the vegetables and
meats for the use of the school.
The faculty; not yet named,
will consist of a religious community of brothers trained in vocational .guidance. Instructors
from industrial and technical
fields will complete the teaching staff.
The school will be administered
by a board of trustees composed
^ of   the   bishops'    representatives
h and the Knights.
Plans are made to open the
school in September, 1948.
among   her   personal  -friends
throughout the state.
Since 1900 she made her home
in (Detroit and Saline, where she
spent the winter months at the
home of her oldest son, C. Graydon Everett,
The survivors include the son,9
C. Graydon and Robert P.
Everett of Lakewood, Ohio; three
daughters, Mrs. Mary Myrick
Herbold, of Hollywood, Calif.,
Mrs. Ruth Wareham of Montrose,
Calif., and Mrs. Dorothy Johnston
of Detroit; thirteen grand children and seven great grandchildren.
Funeral services, were held Saturday afternoon at 1:30 at the
Van Valkenburg funeral home in
Detroit with the Rev. Warner
Cole, D. D., officiating. * Interment was made at the Grand
Lawn cemetery, Detroit.
Eight Male
Quartets To
Be Heard
Lady Buried
Mrs. Ardo Clark-Bassett, 1986
iFairway Drive, Birmingham, died
Tuesday morning following a long
illness. She was born in Saline
on July 11, 1866, the daughter
of Albert M. and Mary Edmond
Clark, spent her girlhood in Saline and graduated from Saline
high school. She was also a
graduate of the University of
Michigan of the class of 1891.
The deceased was married to
Lavern Bassett of Ann Arbor
and she and her husband had
lived in Grosse Isle previous to
their removal to Birmingham 17
years ago. While iri" Saline she
took an especial interest in the
Saline Library.
Funeral services were held this
morning at the Bell funeral home
in Birmingham and interment
will be made at Forest Hill ceme-
ter in Ann Arbor at 2 p.m.
Survivors are one son, Clark
L. Bassett, Grosse Pointe Shores;
one brother, Robert L. Clark, Sr.,
Ann Arbor, and four grandchildren.
One of the most interesting
events of this season, in musical
programs," will be that of Friday
night this, week, when eight, anfl
possibly more, male quartets wall
compete for honors here in the
high school auditorium.
The program is sponsored by
the Junior Chamber of Commerce, and Chief Pontiac, of Royal Oak, in full regalia, will act
as master of ceremonies. A beautiful trophy will be awarded the
winner of the competing quartets.
Entries include the Cleft Dwellers, Bedford; Lloyd. LeBaron's
quartet, Wayne;,, Centerline quartet; T. P. Broadcasters, Tecumseh;. The Four Knights of Harmony, Tecumseh; Five Men of
Note, Adrian; Saline quartet, and
Ann Arbor.
The program is to begin at
8:15 p.m., and tickets can be
secured from any member of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce or
at the school tomorrow night.
Raymond Burkhart, G e o"r g e
Martin, Aaron _irbach and the
Rev. R. S. Hocking compose the
Saline quartet.
iven
Corn Harvest
Under Way
In Thumb
RECORD FISH ... Alois Hanser,
Milwaukee, Wise, displaying; his
world record 64-pound mnskie,
caught in Favel or Halfway lake
in the western part of the Lac Dn
Flambeau Trflfan reservation. The
fish was 58 inches long with a
circumference ef 24 inches.
Child Study
Fair Premium
List Now
Mailing of the premium list
for the Saline Community Fair
was. started yesterday and will
cover the rural routes out of
Saline, and neighboring towns.
Persons in Saline and others
desiring to enter exhibits can
secure a copy, of the premium
list from either Charles Osgood,
Fair secretary, or at The Saline
Observer office.
The first fall meeting of the
child study group was held
Tuesday evening in the school
auditorium. Members and friends
present saw a demonstration on
visual education given by Floyd
Smith, -> principal of Woodruff
school,  Ypsilanti.
Using our sixth grade, Mrs.
Smith conducted a class in nature study. After a class discussion on birds, two ten-minute
films were shown on birds and
other things in their natural
habitat, then another discussion
followed about the films.
In the question and answer
period following the class period
Mr. Smith said that films are
often used as a review, on the
subject the classes have under
study.
Refreshments were served by
the hostesses for the evening,
Mrs. Clarence Johnson, Mrs.
Harry Anderson, Mrs. Leonard
Hutzel, Mrs. Delmar Schrader
and Mrs. Harold Brown.
About 300 seed growers and.
elevator men and tlieir wives attended an annual meeting and
banquet at Bay Port in the
Thumb, district, Tuesday evening.
It is an affair fqr growers in
Tuscola, Sanilac and Huron counties put on by Wallace & Morley,
chair elevator proprietors.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Finkbeiner
attended as the guests of. -Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Sturm of Pigeon.
Speakers included E. E. Downs,
plant breeder of M.S.C.; F. Hilde-
brandt, secretary of the Michigan Crop Imp't Ass'n and R. V.
Ballard, head of Michigan County
Agents.
Ballard's interesting talk was
on the world food- problem, and
he pointed out- that "34 per cent
of the World-wide diet was from
plants and six per cent from animal products, and that but seven
per cent of the surface of the
earth's dry land was available
for food production. '"
The Finkbeiners stated that
corn-picking had started at Fair-
grove, that the crop was much
more advanced than in this area,
and that if they had had more,
rain their crops would have been
the best in year's. Beans, which
are a light crop in the Thumb,
are also being harvested, they
said.
Dean Gordon ,a former Saline
resident, now with the Land Conservation Department at Caro,
was also present at the gathering.
Sodt-Steeb
ling
Reception For
Teachers
Pioneer Of
igan
Passes
According to Erwin Schmid,
chairman of the Sister Kenny
Foundation drive, a portion of
the money being collected this
week by milkman, merchant and
solicitor, will be used to start an
institute in Michigan modeled after the original at. Minneapots;
so, BE GENEROUS in your contribution!
' The American Le-gion Auxiliary
Mrs. Minnie Reed Everett died will   hold   their   regular   meeting
von Thursday night,  Sept.  11,  at Tuesday night with installation of
the Marie Maire Home in Lake-  officers.   A pot-luck lunch will be
wood, Ohio, where she had, resided  served.   Mrs.   Betty   McCullough
for the past six months. of Blissfield, newly elected Second
Born October 26, 1866 at Ban- District, president, will ^be the
gor, Maine, she was the daughter installing officer. All yearly re-
of John F"riend and Mary Myrick pQrts mil be given at that time.
Re*ed.  ,
She spent her" girlhood along Mrs; Jacob Bayha of 1043 W.
the Penobscott river in what 8th street, Santa Ana, Calif., re-
was then the ..leading lumbering news her subscription to The
center of America. „ Observer with a note, saying,  "I
While still a small girl her do enjoy reading the news from
father, a lumber camp operator, the old home town and vicinity-
struck out for the newly develop-  Thanks, Mrs. Bayha.
ing   lumber   center   of  Michigan     " —	
and settled at Big Rapids. ' The Ladies' Aid Society "of. the
It is known that Minnie with Federated church is sponsoring a
her mother returned for a visit clothing drive for the needy peo-
■to the Maine country when she pie in Europe. All articles fehould
-was about sixteen years of age. be left at the church on. or be-
Her mother was an active tem-. fore October 1st. Boxes will be
perance worker and aiso one of packed at their next meeting.
Michigan's minor poets.  _—-
Frank Reed*  her brother, was     Tlie Churchman's Brotherhood
the founder  of tpe  Reed \school group  of  St.  Paul's church will
- for  stammerers in Detroit.   Her meet tonight at 8 o'clock in their
brother, Jay, "was reputed one of Fellowship room.
•the fastest hand  type-Setters  in	
Michigan and at one time was Saline Lodge, F. & A.- M. No.
remployed as such by the Detroitl33, will exemplify the First De-
Free Press. gree in Masonry on Tuesday evsi-
Mrs.   Everett  was  married "in ning, September 23.
■ 1887 to Henry Cyruss Everett, at - 	
Big Rapids. • He preceded her in   A special meeting  of Eastern
, death  in  November  1924.       She Star will be held Monday night,
numbered  Woodbridge  N.  Ferris September 22, for initiation.
About 80 were in attendance
at the. reception for the teachers
given at the Federated church on
Thursday evening. The program,
in charge of Mrs. Henry McKenzie, was as follows: Welcome, given by Rev. Henry McKenzie; Introduction of teachers
by Superintendent Leo Jensen;
group of vocal solos by Mrs.
Ronald Tower accompanied by
Mrs. Harold Brown; group of
readings by Mrs. Luella Parsons; several mirimba solos by
Mrs. Grover Burgan. The program concluded with a sound
movie.
Hollis-Ames
Wedding
Frank C. Hollis of Bemis Road
was united in marriage to Mrs.
Mae Ames of Ann Arbor on Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock at
the home of her son, Milo Williams, in Aim Arbor by the Rev.
Henry McKenzie. Mr. and- Mrs.
Arthur J. Williams of Ann Arbor
were-their ■ attendants. There
were 3a relatives present to witness the ceremony.. Mr. and. Mrs.
Hollis will make their home on
Bemis Road.
Marriage vews were spoken
Friday evening at 7:30. in St.
Paul's church, Saline when Miss
Gretchen Rose Steeb, daughter- of
Mr. and Mrs. George Steeb of
Saline Route 2, became the bride
of Emanuel James Sodt, son of
Mrs. Emanuel Sodt of W. Huron
St., Ann Arbor.
The bride wore a white mar-,
quisette gown with an off-the-
shoulder neckline. A double row
of imported lace tiers formed a
bustle back.- tKer fiiigeitip veil
trimmed with matching lace- fell
from an orange blossom, tiara and
she carried an arm bbuquet * of
white gladiolus.
Lavender taffeta with matching
mitts was worn by the matron
of honor, Mrs. Stanley Maurer of
Machester, sister of the bride.
•Her picture hat was of lavender
net and she carried yellow gladiolus.
Miss Louise Feldhauser of Ann
Arbor and Miss Grace Steeb, sister of the bride, as bridesmaids,
wore apple green taffeta gowns
with matching mitts. They carried yellow and white asters and
wore  headdresses  of  the  asters.
Frank Carson^ of Pleasant
Lake was best man. Usners were
Raymond Steeb of Dexter, brother of the bride, Stanley Ma.\j -.
of Manchester, the bride's brother-in-law, William, Kommeuiar. ■;.
of Pleasant Lake, and Arthur
Seheller of Grass Lake, cousin cf
the bride.
The nuptial rites were read tiy
Rev. Alvin Siemsen of -St. Paul's
church.
Pouring at the reception which
followed in the church pariors
were Mrs. Adolph Stierle of Saline and Mrs. William Frey of
Ann Arbor. Miss Janice Hash-
ley of Dexter cut the wedding
cake, while Mrs. Raymond Steeb,
sister-in-law of the bride, was in
charge of the guest book.
After a week in northern Michigan, the couple will make their
home at 2565 W. Liberty Rd.,
Ann Arbor. For going away, the
former Miss Steeb wore a cherry
colored gabardine suit with black
accessories and a gardenia ccr-
sage.    .
The bride, a graduate of Ann
Arbor high school, is employed
with the University corresponds
ence study department. Mr. Sodt,
a Manchester high school -graduate, is with Hutzel Plumbing Co.,
Ann Arbor.
Representatives of the Michigan Milk Producers', Association
and the Detroit creameries have
agreed to an upward adjustment
in the price tc producers for
Class 1 milk from ?4.60 to $4.90
pe_- cwt., eirective beptemioer i*>:
Howard F. Simons, Secretary-
Manager of the Michigan Milk
Producers' Association announced
Thursday.
' "The offer of the producers on
a basis of $4.90 was contingent
on a freight rate increase of 1
cent per cwt., and that staltcn
charges would be increased 2
cents per cwt. to dealers receiving milk from our stations," Mr.
Simmons said.
"In accepting the price of $4.90
the dealers requested the privilege of discussing further the
question of freight rates and station charges," Mr. Simmons said.
■He added that the new price is
the outcome of negotiations begun last August, to cover increased production  costs.
"Grain feeds and labor costs
are at an all-time high and- feed
prices are still increasing due to
light corn and oat crops,". Mr.
Simmons  said.
"The amount of grain and animal feed, on Michigan farms,
iar beiow uomiai xov this time
of year and the unusually high
price of pork and beef make it
more attractive to feed this
limited quantity to hogs and beet
animals rather than to dairy
cows to produce milk, according
to Mr. Simmons. Then, too, increasing numbers of dairy cows
will be sent to slaughter for beef
unless milk prices are commensurate  with meat prices.
"Our records indicate that
total production of milk is down
6.84 per' cent from last month
and the sale of fluid milk has increased 3.2x5 per cent during that
time.
"Producers want to see Detroit
have an adequate supply ,of miilk
but   must  have   somewhere  near
"cost   pf   production   or  they, are
eventually forced out of business.
hand evidence. The place * was
then "knocked over" by state
police.
However, the raid (and there
were several others) all ocurred
in August. Critics implied to the
governor that the raids were a
mere formality, "token raids".
The governor smarted. He was
furious. He ordered two former
ace grand jury investigators to
investigate. And whom are they
to investigate? Well, state police
an.d State 'Liquor Control Commission investigators!
Gambling has been winked at,
under certain circumstances, by
some governors of Michigan. We
recall when we gpent a weekend at a Michigan resort hotel
at which the governor was a
guest. A friend invited us. to see
the hotel casino. "We had never
seen a gambling joint, and being a newspaperman, we accepted more out of curiosity then
a desire to gamble. In the casino
was the secretary of the governor and several members of his
office staff. The next day: The
governor requested, the prosecuting attorney to investigate "reports" of gambling.
No, we den't blame Governor
Sigler for being a suspicious man.
He evidently doesn't know whom
to trust. But we do hope that
his report on the state police and
Liquor Control investigators will
be widely publicized. At present
he has put these agencies under
public suspicion.
Discretionary
Powers Must
Be Granted
Governor Is
Suspicious
Says Alleman
By Gene Alleman
Roost Raiders
Active
Development ol Poultry
Ihe poultry industry, as it now
exists in this country, began to develop early in the last century, although in Europe and Asia, notably
China; eggs have been an important
business activity for hundreds *of
years. 'However, prior to the 1800s
wild fowl had provided a source of
food for the early settlers* and domestic birds served only to supplement them when wild fowl were in
short demand.
Noting a decline in the production of his pullet flock, Saturday,
B. Olson, Maple Road, eheekei
and discovered that someone had
stolen thirty of them. According to officers 140 birds were
stolen on Whittaker Road Monday night.
Consumption of Foods
Based upon laboratory and statistical studies and long-time practical
experience, Prof. Henry C. .§h"er-:
man, in "Foods," recommends a
per capita consumption of 750"_ to
1,000 pounds, of total fruits" and
vegetables per year, bf which at
least one fifth may well be potatoes
and sweet potatoes.
Governor Kim Sigler is a very
suspicious individual. His atti^
tude comes. naturally as the result of his grand jury experience.
The case at hand is his personal investigation into gahibiing
clubs at Northern Michigan resorts.
At the beginning of the 1947
tourist season, Governor Sigler
warned all law enforcement agencies that gambling was not to be
tolerated in resort areas or-~£lse-
where. No slot machines, no
roulette wheels, no dice games,
and no gambling other than
legalized betting on harse racing
at Detroit and Northville. With
a tough ex-prosecuting attorney
in the state executive offices,
Michigan was to re-main a nc-
man's land for organized gambling.
.ui other years a certain amount
of under- cover gambling was
tolerated at North Michigan resort towns. The idea was usually this: The "suckers" are well-
to-do visitors froom other states.
If they want to gamble, it was
their money to throw away.
Local citizens were not admitted;
hence local merchants never had
a chance to complain about nonpayment of bills. Sc-metimes the
local" prosecutor was induced to
serve as attorney -tot- the resort
business in handling legal affairs. The tourist season* was
short, and the hotels had to meet
expenses, etc. Why not let some
Chicago tourists contribute needed revenue, etc?
The Michigan season opened
this year, as usual, about the
Fourth of July. State police and
state liquor control commission
investigators promptly made
their check-ups on places' which
had opened in other years, off
and on. No, signs of activity
could be detected.
Late in July, however, reports
spread that gamblers were opening up, quietly of course, to »a
few selected customers. Attempts of police and investigators
to gain entrance were not successful. One hotel required credentials that the person was from
out of state; that he had $500
in bills on "his person as evidence that he could afford to
lose.
Reservations were received by
'thehotel from a Wisconsin business "man for a week in August.
When he arrived, he proved his
credentials. He displayed, money.
And- f&ally he succeeded in getting iriside ther casino -where he
played* games and obtained first-
Hillsdale Fair
Starts Next
Sunday
The 97th Hillsdale County Fair
will open .Sunday, September 21,
with religious program featuring
address by Dr. Dale D. Welch,
President of Alma College, preceded by band concert and special
radio broadcast "In Our Opnion"
by WJR directly in front of
.grandstand, free to ail. Monday
will finishing placing of all exhibits. Tuesday, as usual, will
be free school childrens' day—
Thursday home-coming day—Saturday free soldiers' and sailors'
day. The largest display of commercial and farm machinery exhibits ever shown on the Hillsdale-* 'Coiinty Fairgrounds will" he
enjoyed by the fair visitors. All
exhibit space in the buildings
has been taken and tents- will
house the overflow. The race
track has been reconditioned for
the five-day speed program.
Baseball fans will be entertained
Tuesday through Saturday. Other features will include: Women's Congress programs; 4-H
Club exhibits in the new club
building just completed; calf
scramble; 4-H Club auction; live-
stock cavalcades; /spectacular
stage production direct from Chicago in front of the grandstand
each evening. Teams have made
entry in the horse pulling contest from all parts of Michigan
as well as adjoining states. All
grounds and buildings have been
sprayed with DDT through the
cooperation of Dr. G. F. Moench
and the Hillsdale County Health
Department. See complete program elsewhere in this paper.
Friday Classic
League
The first scheduled bowling
match at the B & B Recreation
will be tomorrow night with
the Fireman-B & B; Standard-
Hartman Insurance and Gross
Implement-United Stove leading
off at 7 p.m. Lockwood-Lexgion;
Saline Hotel-St. Paul's and Ro-
tary-Haarer'S following at 9
o'clock.
Engagement
Announced
Announcement has been made
of the0 enxgagement of Betty
Louise Jones an<^ Owen G. Lambarth. Miss. Jones is the daughter of Mrs. Elsie E. Jones of
Baltimore, Md. Mr. Lambarth's
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Lambarth of Pleasant Lake Rd.
Miss Jones is a student nurse
at the Hospital for the Women
of Maryland in Baltimore. Mr.
Lambarth is employed with his
uncle, Alfred Lambarth, painter.
He served four years in the
Army with a year and a half
in the F3uropean theater of war.
The couple has set no "wedding
date.
Newest Basic Fiber
Rayon'is one .of the basic fibers in
the. world today. It is made from
cellulose—the basic substance of
wood, cotton and flax. The cellulose
for rayon is obtained from wood
pulp or cotton linters, the short
fibers left on the cotton seed after
the long fibers have been removed.
Editorial, by Ken&rick Kimball,
Outdoor Writer for the Detroit
News—reprinted rrom. the August, 1947 Michigan Outdoor Writers' Bulletin.
After viewing the Legislature
during a larse portion of its
recent session and appraising
what it produced we have reach.-
ed the inescapable conclusion, thai.
Q u r Conse* vation ComniisssiQrL
must have discretionary power tc
set up Michigan's hunung and.
fishing seasons, regulations and.
license fees without interference
ctrom. the law-making body if tha
interests of the outuoofsman are
to oe served.
The grant of power must be
broad ana absolute, as rt is in-
progressive states, for obviously
tne Legislature is incapable of
taking intelligent action on mat-
ters tnat involve the welfare of.
more than a million 'hunters and
fishermen.* It has demonstrated,
that enectively and with tragic
emphasis,  time   and  time   again,
The reasons for the need of
discretionary power are manifold.
The first and most palpable reason is that any small group of
men such as the Commission,
with at least an academic knowledge of the outdoors, and functioning with the aid of trained
specialists, is far more capable
of framng adequate and sensible
conservation measures than such
unwieldly, loosely knit and primarily disinterested bodies as the
House of -Representatives an<l the
Senate.
The second reason is that the
standard and conventional lawmaking process is too slow- and
cumbersome to meet emergencies
for a year or two years may be
required before legislative actiom
can be taken, while in the meantime the emergency shrieks for
immediate action.
A third reason, and a disturbing one to lovers of Democracy,
is that the average legislator, and.
that goes for the Senate as weii
as the House, is utterly incona-
jpetent to pass upon measures
dealing with the outdoors. The
"pfobateflities'--'are that he idtiWL
not distinguish between a ruffed,
grouse and a firkin of apple marmalade.
He does, not know the issues
involved, nor grasp their implications. He looks upon a con.-
servation officer as a sort of
"woods cop" created to spoil outdoor fun, and hence is extremely
reluctant to grant him wider
powers. **
Conservation is an unimportant
abstraction alongside such towering urgencies as the repeal of
the apple tax, which produced, :
least eight hours debate on ths
House floor and in committee.
It is a vague and nebulous-
something-or-other dealiSg with
gun-laden gents prowling around
in the underbrush in red shirts,
and other gents, sitting in punts
with fish poles and cases of beer„
so why take it seriously?
There are those of us who have
disagreed with individual mem=-
bers of the Conservation Coms-
mission on occasions, but none
has questioned any particular-
member's honesty, integrity or
desire to make the right decision.
But what can we say of the
Legislature, which still reeks with,
the effluvium of its jailed an<£
imprisoned alumni, who sol 61
their votes for such lofty considerations as a set of false teeth„
or a couple of rye highballs plus
$100 in Charley Heman's bathroom?
Any Legislature is polyglot
body which purportedly represents a cross section, of the people. The recent agglomeration,
contained such sincere and, able
men as Rejfc- Elton-. B. Eaton, o£
Plymouth, a member of this organization, and Sen. Jim.Milliken,.
of Traverse City, and then slig-
ped down, the scale, to. some wha
would, have difficulty in qualifying for a berth in the Lapeer
Home  and Training   School-
Every Legislature has its funs
and upstanding men, b_fc the
dross outweights the gold. Ifor,
sprinkled among the ranks -we
find opportunists and self seekers, demagogues, cloak: room
manipulators, politial serfs,
blabber mouths and windbag^,
and those to whom a conservation measure is merely a convenient pawn for vote swapping.
Yet these men in their entirety-
promulgate the rules prescribing
outdoors conduct and direct ou_c
outdoors destinies".
Do'es such a body discharge Its>
obligation to  the sportsman and
outdoors lover?   It does not he--
cause of obvious limitations and
omissions.      It does not because
it cannot.
No  wonder  then  the  creation''
of  one of the most stupid laws
ever  written   in   Michigan,   that
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