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Libertyville Independent, 28 Jul 1927, p. 1

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f fi"'" them shutting off their vis Of the rogd.~ > _ § The girl met instant dealth. ~Bsth «.. legs were fractured, Dr. Struthers E. said, "and the body crushed. The ac k. cident must have happened at 9:35 ¢ o'clock Saturday night, as her wrist watch stopped then. ¢ Reed suffered severeo lacerations .. about the head and hands but Dr. t Struthers stated that he would live. ¢ Shelton Was hurried to his home in --~' MceHenry, where Dr. Wells attended him. His injuries were slight. Channel Lake but this could not be weritied. The accident happened at ~3+46 o'clock Sunday morning. Don't See Turn ,m-ecmuuvmunuum death ot Sailer, who is single and an employe of the Tire and Bat-- tery shop, happened at 1 o'cJock this morning at Wedges Corners on Grand Valgnta stated that Jack O. Shit veock, 4019 Bary avenue, Chicago, was the driver of the Marmon touring car and that it struck the tree at a rate of 65 miles an hour after careening an uneven one, it was reported at the La&ke County General hospital where MHoyne avenue taken 1 It was doubtful that the-- w would live. through the morning. died at 3:30 p. my _ _* nat the hospital showed that she had anftored a ftracture of the right leg, Into the oak. Antioch The body was removed to the Lee Strang undertaking rooms at ed into a culvert, rolled --over . times, tore up rods of feacing Injured Arbin Sailer. 26, of 37 Bo. Genesee street, so he will die. m Scheuer, 25, of 136 Juniper with minor injuries. He has figured n three accidents in three weeks 3--'4 18 stitches removed _ Miss Agnes Sorensen, 18, Gray» Jake, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sorensen, Grayslake, was the j to lose her life near Lily Lake. accompanied by Kenneth Reed, $1, Grayslake, an employe of the Ili}-- ¥ Bell Telephone company, col-- ¥with a car driven by'Theodore * ton, McHenry, on Belvidere road a mile west of Volo and near Lake. & s crash, according to Chief her senges only for a moment while sisters, Margaret and Helen. The deceased was a home girl. : Both Sheiton and Reed, it was re-- ported, would be available upon call of the sheriff, if further questioning would be necessary. ¢ Car Hits Tree George Smith, 26, 3105 North Og dan avenue, Chicago, met death in y Fred Brown, and Dr. Herbert Struthers, of Grays Lake, came hen the two cars, which were ap 'hing each other, wore thrown be verifiecd. The body was taken to the Strang undertaking .rooms in Grayslake. The girl left, besides her Other a speeding car slammed into & tree while traveling 65 miles-- an Another apeeding failling to fol-- hmmu%m slanfmed into a culvert, rolled --over =tu-u.m|pro«orroncht Injured Arbin Sailer. 26, of 37 Bo. Genesee street, so he will die. Walter Scheuer, 25, of 136 Juniper street, who. was with him, escaped with minor injuries. He has figured pflmgmi«nuhMmh and 18 stitches removed Reed and Miss Sorenson were on their way to the Fox pavilion, a ball-- room. They were driving west. Shel ton was driving east. The drivers were not held by Coroner'J. L. Tay-- lor, at an inquest to be held today, will determine if this step will be -- Reports that Reed and the girl were to have been married could not 3 KHLLED, ONE ~DYING FROM VOLUME XXXV--NO. 30 -- _ Life at Lily Lake; 2 Killed / :» ---- Near Loon Lake. . abhnbonmmofld ee more victims to the rising death toll from autos in -- the county over the week--end. In one instance there was a head--on collision and in an : ~DYING FROM TWO c "CRASHES SUNDAY ~ Esther Koetke, 19, 3131 No. Moyme avenue, Chicago. The Dying Arbin Sailer, 26 37 So. Genesee was reported that the three peo-- concussion of the brain and has a chance to live but The Injured P eiiiie i nSoenipawnriee 0 se onl s old s mitee : A6ii c Em e omm en en 4919 *i% of Loses bring back a number of new Chevro-- let cars, sold by the Libertyville Gar-- northeast there which Sailer did spip more than $1500 ¥ M aue «* n e ie portmet o oo Aurglt clared, turned © 2 into a o"e:: was m'm mg" h & 'nu ws 'i ';r' "i\fi _'T-----,---"_---: o $ se te" o e' hA V T e in dhan who attended him at the® _ /)/A . Dr. Gindick acle but had 18 stitches taken in his| Association is sponsoring the event. scalp. A'ulmunwmdmmm,gn,m fMde -- po turtle twice on Waukegan race tracki|fixed races. --It is strongly competi-- :urw-dn Nkmnml-flw_ummummo K. nmer hn * enmlice c Blks ; pmeme !-I.-h o TECT A'.A._'.._al_'..._nl ,'. .I Scheuer had 16 stitches taken in: ... ~. _ ~ 00 .( _0 and 5th, botq:nunnou his leg. He stated that be was just . hncSunfi 4, new : time, the vacan! eut up a bit. Twonobmflchu-i 7 on V "Jul,sl north of the Spring Catfe Qt.lnd:z'm.m the steering «pg--tomat« . thing must be clean and in wheel of his--car break at the Aurora| Sport enthusiasts who enjor good|ready for immediate wear. races where he left the track and auto racing will fihd & §000 CATE Of | .______....nnn n n ns mnmmmwm,m'ummmummm He escaped death through some mir-- next Aunday. The Lake Shore RaciDE || mreran _ @nr« »woue a 177, SIHRuICE Wl qLCECREMETSTE AMARE . M . MT CC EiTE IS\A # Victory Memorial hospital. A% R.m .l.. Schonear had 16 atitches taken in;: . _ _ C "r.-._'a.'t ? ie * Lieut. Ben Fisher of the Zion police department, who has beén a member pf that force for the past seveun years, bas been let out by the council with Overseer Wilbur Glen Voliva furnish-- ing the information that Fisher, in the company of a woman, attended a motion picture show at Libertyville June 24. ® Voliva stated that Fisher was call-- ed before a tribunal of five judges in his office last Friday and the evidence presented against him. It was all denied by the police officer but the judges recommended the ouster. maber of the 'Christian "Cathottt ) Pfra®Daving' or this road witt be o member the 0o The pa of this )# Apostolic church, has been appointed tremendous benefit . to I;omrt::fl?: to succeed Fisher who is 48 mlmmmmmmmm old. should be no at all in nra. Corporation Counsel Josaph Bishop declared that Figher was ousted and that he continued reporting for duty until the council took its action Mon-- day evening. Fisher denies that he was at the theater and brands as false the entire story.. He claims that he tendered his resignation to the police department Friday and that he was not let out. R. J. Lyons Procures Relfie of Right--of--Way _ ; Papers for Paving of North Milwaukee Avenue Lieutenant of Police Out; Vol-- iva Says He Went to Movie Along With a Woman. FISHER OUSTED AT TION; CLAIMS . HE QUIT OFFICE Gilbert Luce and a corps of --drivers tate Bo _The paving of this road is one of the big things that the new i Gouceg. W can ~point -- to As . & , Ti of: 'on its part. ine > of this road will be a great--benefit to Libertyville, as u,wlltmuu two.roads fromthe north, to divert part of the heavy traftic over Route 231 to the lake resorts, and at the same time will open up a splendid territory tor the merchants and business men of mmm»mam:vil- lage will be greatly benefited also. M.mmMMM the road 'to be paved is closed to all g:mdumd':h:"tmnd shin 'of Mivertyyile more than $1500 Association is sponsoring the event. fixed races. --It is strongly: competi-- LIBERTYVILLE, LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1927 ed, and the contrac twill then be lot at an early date, making it possib!e that the stretch of road will be paved of that stretch of north Milwaukes avenugy from the Petersen corner to its junction with Grand Avenue at :f,""',"" ts;mi;g. when he i ived from--the ;'Efl Highway De partment all the of that stretch af nm-t?: tlhn.t-':.'lfi Friends of Dick Lyons know him :fi: l;:"ter of 'the first hx:nk, and a starts anything usuailly finishes it. This was forcibly. demon-- strated last Saturday, when he ivw-- ** d et Milwaukee to An urgent call came this week from the Red Cross for light weight sum-- m:m.m%mmulm lt!oulttfieul::timthu.'ho--be- ' Th w time, vacant store came : popularly h¢ / "Sam * + north o:" fl:. m"('x!t: Allo °£r 'Gompers of Lake &?it;"' f ' _Clncago P eople in Auto thing mi clean. good or. Mr.: Stanley is member 'Of th & ready for immediate wear. : Community .(,'mut'abhu r..t:'t th: Crash Tue'd'y Night Ipmmntomnmmmmnfiaitioasereineaememecteac----r._. [ BAOFrObhEy Oof ~the Mmg!uht mean w _ ' mew» club, * Lou Protine, 6956 Eberhart Ave., rAnr In taking over .this position -- Mr.}|Chicago, was in Libertyville Tuesday M INVIT A'flON Stanley p:'bm "Pott:: GNc'rlnn., i'% visiting rohu:m:.nd .;ztetmilsd t k ue e former Tays. Lake ines athried i PREsENT This at THeatre | e "slie, newepaper, _ Mr. |oclock Whonjutmth%bmt:ovfl- + mommenmesnid house took over position :of| lage, near the Hecht place, their car, ~Mr. and Mrs.: R.:G. Kf 1 Wh e 3, h nfin'. was in collision tice Bartlett he paid a fine of $10 and egosts, a total of $15.. Mr. Castell! i a prominent real estate man of the city, producing a two--color card show ing that he was a member of the Na: tional Anochtiz of Real tfigo tate Board and member Cook County Real Estate Board. Y mer clothing for men, women ° and children, for the flood sufferers, The Libertyville: Woman's Club ~will re-- ceive such donktions .on August 4th mdith.botg::nthohomdlmd 4, new : timeé, the vacant store just north of the Spring Cafe. All clo: thing must be clean and in good oriler was in ahurry. In the court of Jur States Attorney Smith offered ~no further statement today other than the fact that he special grand jury will convene again Wednesday morp-- ing. ~A this time, it is presumed, in-- dictments will be repcrted against the five defendants, Bracher,.. Ira The finance commitice. that will ask Auditor Sims to go over <he books "breparatory .to the board's acceptance of the Bracher resignation, did not There will be no successor go into the office.until an audii has been accepted by the county beard This protodtg may take from two to three weeks, Thompson stated. * Supervisor -- Bert --C. Thompson, of Zion, said that they would hold their session Monday in all probabilities. Treasurer Roy Bracher today was completing his plans to resitore the $100,000 to the county treasury with the hope of finishing his task late to day or Monday. He believes that his pledges reach $100,000 but he has not been in a position to make an accu-- rate check. Attorney Ralph J. Dady, his co sel.dochreduutuuruhofl learned the deficiency would soon be, restored. 4 Preparing to Restore Money to Treasury: Believes Amount Has Been Reached. BRACHER WORKS 0UT THE FINAL SETTLEMENT PLAN > s KR at the Postoffice at Libe & ies ' About the same timec Mrs. May E. Charzat. Chicaro, saw the plight of ltho Woman and she went to the res-- , cue. -- By herculean efforts she man-- aeged to draw the woman to the beach. It was then that she no'tcoed the man's head just under the water. He was bprought out and a lungmntor applied but it {ailed to revive him. He had been under about five minutes. Springtield, HL, July : 21.----0%L. Stanley of Waukegan, today was ap-- pointed by Governor Len Small as qublic administrator for Lake 'counnty. for position, has been a nm of Wa many years. For' ake County Building Tfi:::'c:'fi:f. He is a steamfitter by trade, and al-- ways has been one of the most ag-- ';t:;nin labor leaders in the commun-- At one time Mr. Stanley was head of the 'Buillding Trades, the Central Trades, and was business agent of the Steamfitters and 'Chauffeurs' 'unions, all at the same time. -- It was the fact that he held all--these executive pos ie «Eeer se e o. 52| eND YOUTH DIED ------------ _ | OF BLOOD POISON 0. L. STANLEY IS -- | STARTING IN FOOT NAMED PUBLIC AD= | areo sonneider, 3r., Ageq i3 MINISTRATOR OF C0.| * "si8 2 5 Pt"° his family and nine friends to the Zaldoda cottwte on the uom Fank ~t. Loon lake. According to Strang. Antioch undertaker, and Motorey»~}» Policeman Frank -- Valenta, Prvc'va saw Mrs. J.. Rezabeck, of Chicas», step into a hole made by a droadze. BShe appeared to be drowning and h went to Ifter aid. In someway bhe was pushed under the water. % Cardinal was brought to the boat-- houee where police gave first® aid. Sheriff Lawrence Doolittle and Chief Deputy Fred Brown also reported to lend »assistante if neceesary but re-- ;::ted after finding the police on the The point at which, the bathers had chosen for their ewim is Odut of the jurisdiction of the life guards and has been argued against as a beach under present conditions. Two girls drowned there last summer under al-- most similar clreumstances. They were pushing a log out over the sandbare thinking the water: was shallow for considerable distance, Chief of Police Thomas E. Kennedy, who went to the beach, reported. ,-- After passing the sandbar Cardinal let loose his hold and sthrted swim-- ming for 4 ladder on North pier. Mis-- tratta, a weaker swimmer, was being ecarried toward the lake. Cardinal stated that he called out to him to break his hold and come for the lad-- der. 'The youth complied and started stroking his way. Of a sudden he loet heart and started to flounder. Car-- dinal swam to--his side, and Mistratta, in desperation and fear, clutched him about the hips bearing him under the water. Two swimmers lost their lives over the week--end, the ,.waters of Lake Michigan claiming iIts tl&s't: victim of the year in Louis Mistra 19, of 509 W. North avenue, Chicago, and the waters of Loon lake closing over Joseph Prucha, 3908 W. 29th street, Chicago, who was trying to eave a drowning ~woman. > Mistratta nearly carried a friend to his watery grave. He was Louis Car-- dinal, 25, of 635 Christiana avenue, Chicago, wh#@ was carried down into the lake when Mistratta got a firm hold around his body. Cardinal manr eged to break this grip under water and exerting his ebbing . strength fought® his way t© the Waukegan north pier alone. Ihtrlttli.'C'rdill!. the latters fath-- er, Frank, his uncle, Tony Saloz za, had driven to. Waukegan Sunday morning for an outing . They went to North beach and the two, youths decided on a swim. Feeling that he too would be grown-- ed Cardinal broke the grip and made bis way back to--the <~ladder barely reaching it. Mistratta's body remain-- ed under water. The undertow*there is heavy and swings south around the pier. Gar Leaf, Hfe guard stationed at the municpal: beach, was rushed out in a motorboat and began drag-- ging for the body with -- grappling hbhooks. -- The undertow mide his task an almdst hopeless one. DROWNING YOUTH ALMOST CARRIES RESCUEFR DBOW N Louis listmfla" 19, Loses Life O ff North Pier; Another Drowns at Loon Lake. Pruchea, 50 years old, had gone with He m a -- 90 h i a ( M It had -- been believed that the blood poison which caused the death of the boy had arisen from an in-- fection in the wound caused when the boy scratched the mosquito bite. It -- was ~also believed that poison accrued while swimming in the lake might have infected the wound. The poison <having: its origin in the foot quickly spread to his leg and . then to his body. The boy died in the--Victory© Memorial > hos pital at 3:30 o'clock Moanday morn-- _ He is survived by his parents, one brother and--:three sisters. * came to Waukegan years ago and for a long period was employed by the late W. P. Higley, veteran mer-- chant. In late years he hbhas been €oing only odd jobs about town. He is--survived by three sisters, The deceased remained on the farm until he reached manhood. He The farm, one of the first de veloped in that kection of the coun-- ty, is lotated on Milwaukee avenue and is still held by members of the family. % * Orlando Burris was born in Ben-- ton township, this county 73 years ago. He was the son of Mr.=and Mrs. Samuel Burris, who settled in that township in 1850 after coming east from California where they had gone in the gold rush of 1849. The building is to be rebuilt, ac-- cording to Jacob Blumberg the own-- er. Work will be sctarted immediate-- buildnig of beauty and convenience? Members of other lodges who have recently constructed new temples will be present and relate their ex-- periences. The' chief purpose of the meeting Spnday is to 'lnlgv the mas-- ons and their families what prog-- ress has been made on the new tem-- ple, and what is hoped to accomplish. There will be no admission charge . Burris trapped in the burning build-- inz felt bhead formost to --a concréte sidewalk just as a ladder was being@ placed against the window on tne sec-- ond floor in which he was standing. The other 35 occupants of the bulld-- ing have found lHving quarters, most of ~them living with friends .while some of them found that their rooms in the building were habitable. ture, early Saturday morning, died of burns and a fracture of the skull, it developed at the inquest held in Hol-- land funeral home, Saturday after-- and no solicitation will be done at the meeting Sunday. It is believed that either of the in-- juries sustained by the aged man would have been sufficient to cause his death. Vocal selections will be furnished by a male quartet from Chicago, and Alfred Allen will give a talk on the new temple ploject. Mr. Allen is the archietct of the new building, to be erected at teh corner of Milwaukee avenue and Church street. Orlando Burrisg; aged and long time resident of Waukegan who was the only 'occupant of the Purdy apart-- ment building to lose hise life in the fire which swept through that struc-- _ _Mr. Allen's talk will be illustrated by a number of lantern slides, show-- ing the new building in detail. Those who have witnessed a presentation of these pictures say that the new temple is made clear, and reveal a 'An organ recital 'will be given at the Auditorium Theatre next Sunday afternoon, starting at 2:30, dayligh: saving time, sponsored by the board of trustees of the Libertyyille. Masonic Temple Association.. The use of the theatre and the new $10,000 pipe or-- gan has been tendered by the pro-- prietor of the theatre G. C. Gridley. Organ Recital Sunday Afternoon for Masons BURRIS DIED OF > FRACTURED SKULL AND SERIOUS BURNS Hold Inquest Into Death | Aged Victim in Apartment That-- Alex Schneider, Jr.. aged 13 828 Lenox Ave., Waukegan, died --Septicemia which --arose in a House Fire. fvilleé@ | mass of bruises and lacerations and _was that her clothing had been torn to in | Started after it had stalled. At " that time he said that che noticed py | blood on the (driver's shirt and he )g. | remarked about it. _ . n. | _ He ssated that the man --yplied that he had a --girl in the «car' but ne | that© he had lost® her someplace. o t Beaten to a point of unconscious-- neses and left on a country road by | an assailant who had offered to take : bher -- home, Miss Margaret Judge, 26. maid on the Samuel Insull es-- tate at Libertyville, today lies under the care of a doctor while her a}> | Jeged assailant Clifford Chils:rom, 26, Libertyvilie, is in the county jail unable to meet the demands of $5,000 bonds. He was held to the grand jury late Saturday by Justice Lyell H. Morris of Libertyville, on a charge of attempt rape. To the justice Chilstrom denied all of the charges, even to the beating that the woman virtually 'a prisoner in the car from ng. when she ghtned her freetiom. Ot. ing when D er ficlals stated that her body was a ertyville at an early hour-- Friday morning, where she was cared for, and then taken to Hawthorn Farm. . Chilstrom stated iaat if the woman was injured she got it when she fell after getting out of the car at the farm. He denied with emphasis tha. he had launched an attack. ac cording to Deputy Thomas Tyrrell. Libertyville police were able to locate a garageman whd stated tha: he helped Chilstrom to get his car started after it had stalled. At that time he said that che noticed blood on the driver's shirt and he remarkeod about it. & He aated that the man --uplied that he had a --girl in the «car' but that he had lost® her someplace. Both made an unsuce-- .fuil search. Migs Judge, meanwuue, had start-- ed walking back. She came to Lib Chilstrom admits that he took the girl. to the home, officials say. When <they approached "the farm the youth is charged with driving on. The girl is said to have leaped out of the machine and falling with Chilstrom pouncing on her and draw-- ing her back into the car. From there, she is said to have told of-- ficials, Chilstrom drove her to a point. near Ha. lUay -- where he She hardly knew, she said, had taken place so great w: launched a savage attack on her for failing to meet with his demands. A great deal .of interest is being taken in poultry culling G@emonstra-- tions which are being held in various sections of the county. The men and women come out 'ng, listen to the instructions given by the Farm Ad-- viser and are given an opportunity to handle the birds and see for them-- selves just what the points explained by the Farm Adviser are in the indi-- vidual hens. It is only by this per-- sonal handling of these hens that you are able to learn the most about cull-- ing and get the various points fixed in your mind. Demonstrations have been held at Harrty Matthews, near Wauconda ; Anton Johnson's near Russell; Wim. Fink's, near Roung ued on Friday, July 28, at shrdluau Lake. The ork will be continued on Friday, July 28, at Henry Pfister's, and on August 2 at the C. J. Wrighi place at Gages Lake. Poultry Culling Being MAID IS BEATEN UNCONSCIOUS BY -- RAMST, SHE SAYS The -- girl stated that she was £ ccuses Clifford Chilstrom, Libertyville Man, Who De-- nies Her Charges. Done in' Lake County John Numsen Says: 'o ADMIRE "THE MODeSt CHAP yMO GOES Agour HIS BUuSmess with uo FuSss NOR BrusrEeR» JUST quiey, EFPIOGENT AuD HigHh--Powerept NOBIER 17 18\ 44 disqguss all matters pertaining to real estate. barucnhrgm'mwfl Mr. Kaping will be pleased to antwer o d onee e en t * j e A. J. Cermak, president of the Cook County Board, still has his on mm«mmmm%. even to ve village. Tuesday he went to Fox ILake, but@took the St. Pau! train It is an open secret that Dennis is wait-- ing for a chance to meet Mr. Cermak New Real Estate Dept. On Page 8 of This Issue there would be no trouble. tricts could have plenty of water both districts would be safe flooding." * Work on the dams has been held up until the argument is settled. Cermak Goes Through Libertyville on Train ronage of the railway company. donment of the highway, and his pat-- past ten years. That is of vit terest to©thousands of people represents an invéestment of hus of thousands of dollars. o '*Now this argument that J and .Pistakee Bay will be a crick and a mud 7 tirely false. The s there would be no argument. 2 '"We have the two appropriations," he said. "If we build the dam as planned at the mouth of the river and Pistakee Bay, the level of. the water in Fox lake, Grass lake, & lake, Channel lake, and all of the + er lakes in the chain, cean be ed and we will no longer 1 ' One resident declared that if the people along the river would refuse to listen to the boat livery men and Thg residents along the chain of lakes district, claiming a majority of 1,000 to 1 both in money investéd and in numbers of residents over the riv-- er district, will fight the placing of the dam below McHeunry to the last ditch. f Repair Old Dam ' °_ Through the efforts of Rep. William F. Weiess, two appropriations were made by the state legislature, one to repair the old dam which McHenry permitted "to be destroyed, and the other to build a new dam at the t of the river on Pistakee Bay. explanation is that the new dam will hold enough water in the chain of lakes to save the lakes property and give them a normal water level, while the repairing of the old deam below McHenry will give the river residents the chance to regulate the level of their river to any extent they desire. % "PBuild your deam where you want it," he eaid. "I got the money for you after al! these years and now you people in the lake and river district will have to ceettle your own argu-- ment." * 4. The above, as explained by a rest dent in the lakes district for Lifty years is the only solution to. the wat-- er level problem that would give a satisfactory result. & The fact that there is a drop of two feet from Fox lake to the river is conclueive proof that a new dam be-- low McHenry would not have any ef-- fect on the level of the water in the chain of lakes, and if the dam was so consetructed below McHenry as to keep up the leve] in Fox lake, the Fox River' residents would be flooded ont. When a committee from McHenry visited Rep. Weiss and asked that he intervene in behalf of the river resi-- dents and make them place the dam below McHenry, Rep. Weiss refused. Charging that boat Ivery owners along the Fox river at McHenry, are misrepresenting the wact because they do not want to have to go through the locks of the proposed nw at the mouth of the river on Pistak Bey, the~thoueands of people owning property along the chain of lakes and representing many more thousands of dollars than those on the Fox river, are now working to fill out a petition demanding that the new dam be con-- structed where placed, the old dam repaired and kept in working condi-- On page eight of this issue the first CHAIN OF LAKES : Point Out That Both Sides | Would be Saved if New _ Dam is Put in Soon. BULLETIN «[ State engincers have resumed their survey and soundings and Chain of Lakes people were as sured that the new dam will be built where they want it, at the point where Fox river runs into Pistakee Bay. .t was also am nounced today that temporary repairs on the old dam had brought up the water level by three inches. % DAM AT PIST AKEE $1.50 A YEAR _ in a #n2 $

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