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BREST LITOVSK, LAS
HAS FAUEN UNDI
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Warsaw, Aug., 3.?Brest Litovsk,
the last great fortress guarding Warsaw
from the east, has apparently
fallen before a tremendous assault by
the Russian Bolsheviki. North of
that place, Soviet forces have smashed
their way forward in their drive
westward to a point only sixty miles
east of this city. Over a front of
125 miles, Polish armies are being
pounded to pieces before the rush of
Bolsheviki hordes which are being
hurled into the battle in a desperate
attempt to capture Warsaw before
the conclusion of the armistice conference
at Kobryn.
Reinforcements are being hurried
to the front by the Russians to complete
the defeat of the Poles before
hostilities are halted.
An * official statement, issued -late
last night showed the Soviet armies
had reached a line running from
Koshaki to Ciechanowicz, which is
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vimy uu uiiicB iimu mm city, wim
which it is.connected by an.excellent
automobile highway.
Great masses of Bolsheviki have
been flung .against the Polish breastworks
defending the part of Brest
Litovsk cast of the river Bug. Fugitives
who arrived here last night
from that city reported the Soviet
forces were in control of the eastern
half of the town. It Is officially admitted
the Russians have reached
Mielnika, northeast of Brest Litovsk.
Far to the southeast, near Brody,
the Bolsheviki have rushed reinforcements
into the line and is expected
a terriffic attack Will^ be launched
there for the purpose of capturing
Lemberg before an armistice ia declared.
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On the northern sector Soviet
troops have advanced and have reached
the region of Ostrolensk, which ia
but 60 miles from Warsaw.' Cavelry
regiments from the extreme tip of
the right wing of the advancing Bolsheviki
line and here, too fresh forces
ai c uciii); urougni, up. Apparently
it is planned to carry the dnve much
nearer this city before Wednesday,
the earliest date, set by, the Soviet
plenipotentiaries for reaching a decision
.relative to an armistice with
Poland. . T *3^
s tar\t, has'not yet been takeB The
defensive works were captured Monday.
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The first Polish army, defending
' Warsaw, is retreating, notably between
the Bug and Narew rivers, the
advices show. The fourth Polish
army, defending the Brest-Litovsk
district, also is retreating.
Warsaw, Aug. 3.?News of the progress
of armistice negotiations between
Polish und Russian Bolsheviki
representatives was awaited impatiently
by Warsaw today, but at 6
o'clock this evening officials said no
reports had been received.
In the meantime, reports from the
front were not as encouraging as
, they had been for several days, and
many foreigners continued to prepare
to leave the city in the event of
its imminr-nt mnt-iirn K,? fVin O?.riof .
armies.
Word was passed around Americans
here, upon advice from Washington,
that those desiring to remain
in Warsaw should it appear the Bolsheviki
would take the capital, would
do so at their own risk. It was said
the American authorities would request
their passprots, which will be
returned afterward if individuals requested
them. It was said the indications
were that few, if any, Americans
would remain, although some
naturalized citizens might desire to
stay in Warsaw.
All advices today indicate that the
situation in Poland, from the Polish
allied standpoint, is approaching a
crisis.
The Polish delegation which went
to Baranovitchi to negotiate an armistice
not only failed to obtain terms
from the Russians, but was sent
back to Warsaw by the Soviet authorities,
who demanded that the emmisaries
obtain a mandate to take up
peace negotiations. This will delay
even the beginning of the armistice
negotiations until tomorrow, at the
earliest.
Meanwhile the resistance of the Polish
army, which apparently had been
stiffening, has again relaxed under
the tremendous pressure of the Bolsheviki
armies. Warsaw, from which
the Russians now are only 60 miles
distant, seems critically menaced, if
not (InnnioH to cuntni-n A
?v? ii?|/buiv. nmui l^aus
remaining there have received official
intimation that they stay at their
own risk.
Coincident with the serious military
^ developments comes an announce
ment from Moscow that a Soviet government
has been set up in the portions
of Poland which the Bolsheviki
have overrun.
Applications for passport vises by
persons wishing to leave Warsaw
have more than doubled at the American
consulate since the beginning of
the Soviet offensive which now is
hammering at the gates of Poland,
ty Consulate employes worked all day
Y Sunday and did not leave their desks
until late at night, and today it was
stated that upward of 3,000 vises are
passed upon each week. Most of the
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INVESTIGATING
011*0 AVUTBRS
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Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 3.?An in?
vestigation was Btarted today by thp
Coroner's office of the deaths of
Lieut. Omer Locklear and Iieut.^
Milton Elliott, aviators, whose airV
plane last night crashed to the
ground near >Hoi 1 wood without havring
righted from a tailspin started
at a height of 1,000 feet.
Locklear, known as a daredevil!
aviator, was performing by searchlight.
in an exhibition when the accident
occurred. ' 4]
Five Searchlights played on the air-'
plane as it started into the spin, and!
Lieut. Locklear, the pilot, dropped a
rocket which he followed with the
nose of his machine.
Spectators sai&^Ldcklear attempted
to right his machine at a height
of -200 feet, but failed as the machine
buim into flames. TheStolan%was ignited
by the rocket, it wait; said.
Both aviators were dead when
motion picture employees reached,
them a few seconds after they struck,
the grohnd. , The bodies were burncn
and mangled. ;
COX ARRANGING :i
CAMPAIGN ITINERARY
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Dayton; Ohio, Aug. '3.?State ^nd
personal affairs had precedence .tod^y.
before^fj&overnor Cox, following
completion1 of arrangements for next
Saturday's ceremonies- to notify him
fpnWlr'of his'Democratic presidential.
nomination. No visitors had en
gagpment before the latter part of
the week and by that time the governor
hoped to have all state and personal
business out of the way, and
to devote himself to the Democratic
campaign organization and conferences
with many Democratic leaders
coming for the notification.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, the vice
presidential nominee; is to be Governor
Cox's guest for the notification.
Although the governor had hoped to
attepd Mr. Roosevelt's-, notification,
August
nmovyiSf^^feking" iffnerary-may preclude
the trip to the Roosevelt event.
The presdierttial nominee plans to
spend' most of next week here planning
up party, and personal affairs, to
start his first extensive speaking trip
week after next, probably in northern
New York and New England a?ter
addressing the Ohio Democratic
convention at Columbus, August 17.
Today was the first registration
day for the Ohio primary elections
August 10, but having a residence in
a country township, where Trails
End is situated, Governor Cox is not
required to register.
YOUNG WOMAN
l?i FYftMPDATCn
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Chicago, Aug. 3.?Samuel T. A.
Loftis, head ujf the jewelry house
bearing his name, who died under
mysterious circumstances in his apartment
last Friday, came to h?s death
"from injuries suffered in a violent
fall on the floor of his apartment after
hitting against a door," a coroner's
jury decided today.
Miss Ruth Wood, a 25 year old
bookkeeper, who was alone with Loftis
when he died, and young Shayne,
her fiancee, were released from custoday
after the inquest. Miss Wood
fainted twice during the hearing.
"censusWashington,
Aug. 3.?Ashtab"'a,
Ohio, 22,082, increase 3,816 or 20.0
per cent.
Michigan City, Ind., 19,457, increase
430 or 2.3 per cent.
Mount Vernon, N. Y., 42,726, increase
11,870.
Wyandotte County, Kans., including
Knasas City, 122,218, increase
22,150 or 22.1 per cent.
Cleveland Heights, Ohio, 15,236, increase
12,281 or 415.6 per cent.
Newark, N. J., (revised) 414,216.
Previously announced as 415,609.
Error due to duplication.
weather
- *w? muuvii vaiuuua. J ill Ily
cloudy in interior; probably showers
near the coast tonight and Wednesday.
applicants are women and children
who have friends in America.
Crowds jammed the streets near
the consulate on Sunday, and extra
gennarmes were stationed there to
maintain order and to divert traffic to
other streets. i
As a war measure, the military authorities
have prohibited the sale of
alcoholic beverages, with the exception
of beer, in the Warsaw district.
Meanwhile at various distances to
the north, northeast and east of the
Vistual, in a great semi-circle, the
wor kof building trenches and erecting
barbed wire defenses is beinng
carried on with great haste.
It is estimated that already about
120 American women and children
have left Warsaw, most of them proceeding
to Danzig.
MUG WARSAW
RUSSIAN BOlSHEVlKl
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MEE1IIG II MM
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i*' The meeting in the interest oil bottom
marketing scheduled to h* hejd in*
tJrfion at 10 o'clock this morning;#** ;
hot largely attended, but developed <
vonside^ahle enthusiasm. >.' ~t
y> Speeches, Ijrief, but with * vie# ?
explaining the phases of <;ottou nlar- '
keting were presented. Hon. JjOwndes
J, Browning spoke briefly and .announced
the three committees oontem- ]
plated in the campaign. The -commit- :
tees are as follows:
Cotton grading: J. A. Wijbqpi,'
chairman; Hayden Smith and Qnpr T,
Belue. t? 1
/Cotton /Association Mem be Whip:
L. M. Jordan, Chairman; Sam Vaughaja
and J. D. Hancock.
. Warehousing? ' F. W. CarnoH* ;
(chairman; F. H. Gamer and Ci,
Anders, ' v y J"
35m codfcflnlttees are expected to.jUjokl ?
i?t(r thd^Wntter involved and t<t pW*S j
the movement:* i
(; After Mr. Browning annon
committees a brief speech ,was made
by Mr. Mills, explaining tho detail*,
or warehousing and related problems,
v 'Mr. MeKeown waS next introduce?
and spoke'briefly on the questistr?jdft
cotton grading. He followed the
line of his' speech at Santuc, andnriMT
that Uniorf County, through the cqop$
oration of rfll the townships in twk j
county, emplo? an official cotton.
er. This cost would be $8,000 f?r thfr j
The meeting will be held this a4$??S
noon at 3 o'cftck in. Jonestill^^pr
TWO YOLJNG MEN
admitted today that two young Wiefi, '
said to be employed in a local bank,
are being held in connection with the
theft of $53,000 in Liberty bonds, reported
several days ago to have been
stolen while in transit between Cleveland
and Toledo banks.
It was reported that the two men
had confessed stealing the bonds but
placed the responsibility on an organized
band of Chicago bond thiefs.
WILL REPORT
ON CONFERENCE
Mexacali, Lower Cal., August, 3.?
General Angel Flores and Senator
Juan Pratt, representatives of the de
la Huerta government today were on
the way to Los Angeles where they
expected to telegraph to Mexico City
the results of a conference held here
with Governor Estaban Cantu of Lower
California. An effort will be made
in the conference to compose the differences
whicht caused Cantu to break
off relations with the federal government.
EMBARGO ON FREIGHT
Cleveland, 0., August 3.?A one day
embargo on outgoing freight was in
eflFect on the four big railroads here
today. Campany officials declared
they were swamped with incoming
freight and the embargo was necessary
to bring about speedy unloading I
of cars. Ijack of labor and general
railroad conditions are said to be the
cause of the congestion.
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HARDING GETS BUSY \
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Marion, O., August 3.?Senator 1
Harding, the Republican Presidential ;
nominee, is going to prove to the pub- J
lie that he is a real printer, today he (
threw aside his coat, rolled up his 1
sleeves and "made-up" the first page
of his paper while motion picture ma- .
chines recorded his actions.
All work at the newspaper plant
suspended while the pictures were being
made and employes gathered
about to see their boss working while
they loafed. The Senator kept up a ]
rapid fire of conversation with his
foreman while at work. 1
J. O. ARRIVES ;
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"J. O." arrived this afternoon, all j
the way from Miami, Fla., to attend
the booster trip next Saturday. We
are glad to see J. O. and the flrirl correspondents
are mighty glad too,
judging from a conversation overheard
in the office vesterday.
Me mms cores
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^ wfa1o,'Au&'. '3.?Confessions made
tt uW district attorney here today by
tfi|wr,boys allege that Norman KellfcMplh
yeam old, was the slayer of
1 knrtfrd Pokgrant, a boy scout, who
o 'fl# hhot dead in the woods near
1 Ibehezer oif Sunday.
j( boys*, the confession alleges,
w?re<-4n camp when Pokgrant and a
toffirifcnion rede up on a bicycle. KelfeHjjU
is claimed, first shot the tires
offfPWc graft's bicycle and when the
ho|iurnod-> run, fired another that
r|ftMSj6F ALLIANCE
pjT. yWf MARSHAL FOCH
> yfaaVil^OB, August 3.?General
tejn^s qwBw defensive military alliatioe
between Prance and Belgium as
jfe W *>y Marshal Foch of the I
French Memy and the Belgian chief
hi 'staff ^rere received here today in 1.
official circles.
1 iMilitary support of France by Belgium
in^ future armed conflicts is
plfMfeed upon condition that France
tpyve not to have been the aggressor,
Belgium also Reserved the right to remain
neutral in all disputes between
the interest^of France and other nations
in'Frances' colonial possession^.
Details as to France's -pledge to Belfe^ia.have
not yet ben received.
The^lliance is to endure for a
pftr^d of from five to fifteen years.
lAttempts of Belgium to induce
Gript Britain to join with France in
d&jjlpfensive alliance, the official advices
stated,'have so far been in vain.
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^ITINERARY ANNOUNCED
York^ August 3.?The comAfcl
itinerary of the Western speakWTiour
of Franklin D. Roosevelt, I
Democratic Vice Presidential .nominee,
tailing ii\ Indianapolis August 31, was
Announced at- Democratic national
tekdquafters here today/-The tour .will
pi mfide in a special car.
Washington,
national debt was reduced a total of
$76,404,453 during July, according to
the Treasury statement today. This
leaves the public debt at $*24,222,917,013.
The reduction was accomplished
through the retirement of that amount'
of treasury certificates of indebtedness.
MAIL TRAIN IS WRECKED
Omaha, Neb., August 3.?Plane
number three of the mail trail blazing
rquardron on its way from New York
to San Francisco crashed into a house
wiuie cnucttvunng vu iiiuhe u ^cwtwrty
from Ak-Sar-Ben field here today and
fell to the ground. Aside from a
shaking up occupants of the plane escaped
injury. The plane was wrecked.
ROBBERS AT WORK
AT CAMPOBELLO
Spartanburg, S. C.p August 3.?The
postoffice and two stores at Campobello,
this county, wdre broken into
and the safes blown last night. Only
a small amount of money and a few
stamps were secured from the postoffice
and the thefts from the stores
were neligible. There is no clue as
to the robbers.
NO TRACES OF
POISON ON BRAIN
New York, Aug. 3.?The autopsy
on the body of Mrs. Eugene Leroy,
whose body was jummed into a trunk
here recently, showed no traces of
poison on the brain, according to a
report made today by Dr. Benjamin
Schwartz, deputy medical examiner.
Since all other vital organs were removed
from the body, medical officials
were unable to determine how
the young woman met her death.
ALABAMA RAILRADS
WANT RATES RAISED
Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 3.?Railroads
operating in Alabama asked
the Alabama Public Service Commission
today for a "temporary order"
making effective increased freight,
passenger and Pullman rates at the
same time the increased interstate
rates become operative. A telegram
from A. R. Smith, vice president of
the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Company, said that the commission
should permit intrastate rates to apply
at the same time with interstate
rates, and that the commission could
then issue a citation to fequire the
roads to show cause why the rates
should not be lowered.
The commission's secretary is permitted
to order the increase without
hearing evidence.
HO NEW EVIDENCE
IN KILLING OE RAY
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Graham, N. C., Aug. 3.?When adjournment
was taken for lunch; the
second days session of the investigation
into the killing of James Hav
during shooting around the Alamance
county jail on Monday night, July 19,
had made little progress. Ten witnesses
had been examined, but no new
evidence throwing additional light on.
the killing of Ray by the militiamen,
after a mob is alleged to have attacked
the machine gunners, had developed.
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Captain Jim Smith, who lives near
the jail, testified that he had heard a
faint first shot evidently fired fronv*
chaep pistol and not an army automatic.
The following shots, he b&lieved,
were fired from automatic p?i
tols. Many prominent citizens testified
during the morning, but few of
them knew anything connected with
the alleged attack on the jail or the
shooting of Ray.
FIGHTING IN *7 *
MESOPOTAMIA
London, Aug. 3.?Further troubles
for the British in Mesopotamia were
reported by the war office today. A
strong British column on the lower
Euprates were attacked and roughly
handled by tribesmen it was announced,
bnt succeeded in cutting its
,oa,T K.w.L- - Uill-L *
"?j va>.n iv iiumii, near trie site ot
ancient Babylon, after sustaining
300 casualties and the loss of one
gun and 12 machine guns.
ARRESTED FOR
^ ACCEPTING BRIBES
New York, Aug. 3.?Patrick Burke,
detective sergeant and Benson p. C.,
Laverty, a federal prohibition enforcement
officer, were arrested in
Brooklyn today by federal agents oh
the charge of accepting bribes from
saloonkeepers.
The arrests are said to be the forerunner
of others in which police and
authorized federal agents are involved.
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TWO INJURED IN FIGHT
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Sam Hunter, a colored "man employed
at the Bailey Builders Supply
Co.'s planing mill, cut and stabbed the
foreman of the planing mill, H. C.
Lancaster, making several ugly gashioacn_
the
Lancaster, the latter struck himon
the side of the head with a; piece of
scantling, and wounded him severely.
It is thought that neither has been
seriously injured.
The difficulty arose over some order
given the colored man by the foreman.
An altercation arose with the above
results.
STILL DESTROYED
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Rural policeman McDaniel and
Faucette captured a still and a couple
of barrels of mash?about 100 gallons,
on the Liinder place, in the Mt. Lebanon
neighborhood, fourteen miles
northwest of Union.
Boyd Gault and W. F. Sumner aid
ed the rural policemen in the raid.
The officers brought the "worm,"
made of copper, to Union and it is
now "in the Sheriff's office.
COLORED WOMAN SHOT
Eloise Sims, a colored woman who
lived on the Adams place, near Adamsburg,
was shot and seriously wounded
by Wilks Chalk, a colored -man, on
Sunday, at Mt. Rowell church. The
woman was seriously wounded and is
now in the hospital in Spartanburg;
her recovery is very doubtful. The
negro who did the shooting has been
lodged in jail.
PICNIC AND
FISHING PARTY
Messrs. L. G. Bishop and B. W.
Sparks and their families, had a picnic
and fish fry yesterday. The dinner
was served at Mr. Bishop's home. The
fishing was done on Tyger river.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Allison and son and
Mrs. J. B. Willis, Mr. J. B. Estes, wife
unu nuu, were guesis at tne dining
All report a good time.
NOTICE TO FOX HUNTERS
It has come to our notice that certain
parties in the county have been
hunting fox contrary to law. We
warn all parties concerned that we
will call the attention of the proper
authorities to this matter if the law
is not observed hereafter. The law,
says there is to be no fox hunting until
after September 1st of each year.
It. Fox Hunters Association.
A motor operated machine places
and drives screws as rapidly as material
can be moved to receive them.
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(EI Off WITH S2OJ0O
Mo^ine .111., August 3. Six men entered
the Commercial Savings Bank
here just before noon t'xlay, locked
WoprOKa escaped
witn #20,000 after a, running vevolver
-fight with citizens and police. Charles
Mohler, a barber, was shot and probably
mortally wounded.
five robbers fled in. an automobile.
SOUNDS KEYNOTE
FOR RENOMINATION
r Convention K(hl! ,Saratga Springs,
N. August, B.?Delegates to the
democratic unofficial state convention
mot at noon today effected temporary
organization listened to the keytpte
speech, of the temporary chairman, ,
Fraftk-H. Mott of Chautauqua, and adjourned
until eight p. m. It was on
the pragram that the evening" session
be turned into an old time lo^e fea^t
with all factions uniting in an enddorsement
of- "Governor Alfred K.
Smith's administration of state affairs,
and a ^suggestion that he be renominated.
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Renomination of the Governor was theonly
principle upon which all the delegates
were upited. Mayor . George R.. \
Lumn of Schenactady, candidate for
renomination for United'States sen
ator, but -whose aspirations do not revive
encouragements from the Tammany
Half and Up State organization
leaders has declared his intention of
vigrously opposition on the floor of the
convention to any attempt to "Suggest"
a ticket. He holds that "Reccommendation,"
"Designation" or
'.'Suggestions" of candidates would
Violate the'spirit of the direct priihary
law.'- 1
Lieut. Governor Harry C. Wolker
of Binghampton, wis reported today
tQ be the choice of the organization
leaders for the Senatorial nomination.
Declaring that no apologies are
necessary for the records in office of
Governor Alfred E. Smith ai\d? and
Prank H. Mott of Jamestown, paved /?
the way fo;r his renomination in his k<mp^speech
here today as tempor"6overnor
Smith, v*'
In the practical school of politics has
not been a partisan governor," ne
baid; "he has been the governor for
all the people."
"The purpose of the convention,"
Mr. Mott said, "was to ratify the platform
declarations and endorse the
candidates of the democratic national
convention. Prolonged as followed
his mention of the names of Governor
Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt."
"Prefacing his argument by a declaration
that hitherto American problems
have been largely local and provincial,
but have now become international,
and our destiny in separately
interwoven with that of all the free
nations." Mr. Mott devoted a large
part of his address to discussing the
proposed league of nations.
PERSONAL MENTION
Miss Mable Lawson, of Sumter, is
the guest of Mrs. M. D. Huiet on Perrin
Avenue.
Miss Sadie Barnado has returned
from Rock Hill where she attended the
summer school at Winthrop College.
Mrs. Frank Hough is visiting relatives
in Newberry this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Young, of Whitmire,
and W. J. Hanna, of Chesterfield,
were among the visitors in the city '
yesterday, returning from Hendersonville,
N. C.
Miss Pauline Milling of this city,
afrd Miss Jos5e Lee, of Columbia,
left this week for Philadelphia, Washington
and New York on a sight seeing
trip and will be away a month or
more.
Misses Sadie and Minnie SrhnfmM
of Davidson, are the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. George H. Oetzel at the Clifford
Seminary.
Mrs. B. F. Walker and Miss Iva
Walker, who have been visiting relatives
in Spartanburg, will return to
their home in coleraine tomorrow. ?
Mr. and Mrs. John McDow and Mr.
and Mrs. Tom McDow, of Lancaster,
motored to Union this week to visit* *
Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. McDow on
South Church street. *
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
1 he Christian Eedeavor of the First
Presbyterian church will meet tonight
in the parlors of the church at 8:15
o'clock. You are invited.
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