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Libertyville Independent, 11 Sep 1924, p. 9

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W "EIIERTYVILLE ttipDiEPENINii:tihii' '%?iiNilili" ARE SENTENCED Bf JUDGE CAVERLY Smile Broadly " the Sentence Is Imposed on than by the ' BY CARL W. HARM! International Nun um" Btntt Garment-n. Criminal Court Chicuo. Sept. Mt.--- Nuhlu kt Donald. Jr., and, Richard A. Loco, Hamper- ind "an" at " your old Bobby Franks. today were sentenced by Judge Caverly to "to imprisatment in the Btttttt peninsula " til "'ul1et--saved trom the gallow: by mum. STATE CANNOT APPEAL "They a." were sentenced to Lem. ot ninety ulna years In the peanut. um, on the "unplug charge. it "as (he verduct which the state has no appeal. And the gay young deleudunu ham " nth a mule. . smile they but worn tram the tune they ttnrt qitusced into the courtroom crowded with new-paper men, baiihty mu photographers today. The brief decision which. ti1etr judge and Jury--Judge Caverly hand- out down traced the legal phases ot the use through all their deans. He did not review the testimony, tiisF mlulnx that with the statement that tt was I "crime ot singular atrocity" executed with every tenure at cal-4 tonnes: and cruelty." , VOL. He then took into cognizance their plan ot guilty, and brought out his wish that he had had the counsel of others in was the penalty. "It would have been the path ot but resistance to impose the ex- treme penalty of luv," he aid, "and the court ia moved chieny by the con. lmerauon at the use ot the defend- nnu. boy: of " and 19_ yarn. "A" u . factor in the penalty tor crimes he held in in accordance with the women of criminal law xii aver tho world and with the dictates ot oniizhiened humanity. "Lite 1tityrioortment." the decision rows. "may not at the moment strike the public imagination u (grub), as would death by buzzing but to the onenden particularly at the type they are the prolonged suffering ot years ot Coeuutement may well be the avg-o tom of retribution ttttd it. than pronounced senieace, his word: Almost toat In the confusion ot the courtroom. N Throughout theereading, the young "an" time-bed with rapt "Lennon, but' without exhibithn the slightest content. Its they (and their lives would be forfeit. they did not show It. and when the lite Imprisonment verdict III read. they (an no out- ward sign of rellel. Thet were smiling when they on» tered the courtroom ad the an". In still present as they were buried out. "ettper-men" they proved them- aelws to be to the end. Almost as Boon as it no pronounc- od. word of the verdict spread to the thuuunds gatheged in the narrow arm-ts outside the criminal court buihhnz, but tho-re was not damon» Btration. And in " decision, Judge Csverly arm-d that no parole be granted. "ht tlie case ot such strocious crimes it is entirely within the discretion ot the department of public welfare nev- er to admit these defendants to ptr role to such a policy the court urges them strictly to adheres if this course is stun-red to the punishment of these defendants will both satisfy the ends ot justice and "term"! the inter- can: or society." Nathan Leopold, Br., on uncle. and Allen Loch. s brother, were the only members of the defend-aw Iamllles who were in court when the verdlct van read. At their summer home st ('harlevoix. Mr. and Mrs. Loch heard their son's tate by long dEstsnce tele- phone. Both are In such poor health' that their physlclsns . warned them that It would be almost" certsln death tor them to attempt' to stand the strain or the brief court session. Today'." proceedings orcupied mm ly ten minutes. Arrangements Ind been so carefully mode that not the slightest halt occurred In the routine. It was over almost before those in the court room realized It nnd Judge Cav- erly had left the bench. In: career as a rule! jumce omchny ended. Clarence Darrow, chief of the de- fame eounsel whose pk. that It would only augment the crime to hung the two deter-cant! was until- Fd. also left tho court we: Immedi- ately. Ila_hnd (mt-avid a chtlr close to the trench and not! 1h. young tslayers but ho gave them only I bidet glance when thoy "and by him. This cane also ondtt " lost! can»: - a career drrliratrd to defonu and at wiggling "a? the brilliant cllmll. Trl, r til-11)" no client ot in! in. ever lung for murder-remain' Int. blomlnhed Ind he Is now ready to n- tire. UNCLE MAKES OTATEMENT Chlcaqo, ftrpt. Io.--" wists or you ntrotchlnx andteuly ahead tmed only with despair and trttrroqr-thu In the unlock for tho tamllln at Nuthn P. lpopotd Jr.. and Nahum A. Loch. sentenced todly to "to Imprisonment at Jollot- 'tttte penitentiary tot the murder of Robert "can. u outlined tn a gunmen mum tor than "III nttarnoon by Jacob . Loch. net. ttt Dicky. It readu: "Oh behalf " the much! and boob familial, there In rat little to 9.1. We have been "and tho "tron. nutty. In? what In" the" nut- ltn to took tornea" to! "Mr. unpaid. It. I. " um old. in in amt "an": In -ttre In. In ('th m - m- In» LAKE COUNTY INDEPENDENT ar,etsuiieet', td,1h 25tttlt WAUKEGAN WEEKLY SUN Court N0. 37 WOULD MAKE T. B. TESTS COMPULSORY 'rlu head ot Invention - won and to job with more" may in s row-tum) to It" a. tum of mu. tot "WI b. I". comm " or In" con:- tug at the out. which no m on- county bu but gum. urn- tor about a you. Re D., C. Grunt". The bond voted to reNe we mt- tor to the committee en "solutions. 20,000 T0 IE AT KLAN INITIATION 0F Ku Klux of Lake and Cook Co. Said to Plan Big Affair on 20th at Deerfield. According to reports there will be held on the 20th ot thin'month Just off Waukegan road between Highland Park and Deerfield, the biggest gathering ot Kn Klux Klaus- men ever held in this county It in reported that Lake nnd Cook county Klaus had Joined forces for an enor- mono initiation on that any. The ceremonies will Mart " noon and will continue through until midnight. According to one report they m going to initiate 1 cm- ot About 5,000 or 0,000 members from Cook land Lake county sud 20,000 men are lexpectod to "they TO HAVE SPECIAL TRAINS it ia aid tnat Quins are to be run out from Chicago to Highland Park and then bum will convey the members over ttt the farm when the ceretttottitttt are to take pine about a huge cros- which wft1 be erected. _ gun u . boy. He has been an exem- plnry citizen. His youngest non-- I1iekr-r"." his npeclnl prid-o. a lovlng an. H. honored him with bl: on) name. He hoped this boy of 19 would make " martin the world, he a eomtort and a solace in his old age and accompllsh tasks for the hon- Mt ot humanlty. Now Mr. Leopold is crushed in splrlt m bl: declining years. I, "Hie Just), believed the boy wu n genius, t mostAprmhm {taint e!' "Albert Loch. my brother, hag spent his life ot 56 yarn In this city. He came froth the ranks; he worked his way through when. he became a Inner of repute, then a great busi- BEE". tii, one hobby v" his wife Ind his chndren. A "T'ilewgorisidered Dickie. his thirty boy partieu1a'riv talented. Thh Ion entered the t'rtiverety of Michigan at " and can the younS'eat Rradttatr of that colYezl'. He was always n most affectionate and loving son; never known In his home "In to be disobedient but dlstlrtgttishr.sd by his thoughtful and considerate treatment of " parents until this terrible trastMr.overtook them, "Whnt have these two (amines, whose nun" have stood for every- thing that is good and reputable In this community to look forwnrd tot Their ttttfortunate boys, mate" your! at age. must spend the rent of tha lives In the penitentiary. - "37613:? {hire m do mm. but grip! and sorrow. darkneu and " Spay?" -- __ ------ MUST SERVE " YEARI Chicago. Sept. to-Nathan Loo- pold. Jr.. und Richard Loch. cannot under the law of Illinois. be freed from prison before " years under the sentences Imposed today try Judge John R. Cuerly. sméx TWO timtamrsrttaal, LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1924 The Illinois criminal code prort- elone for parole provide that no per- son sentenced to life lmprleonment tor murder can be released on parole until they have served at least twen- ty your: ot their sentence. The taw also provides that no per- son sentenced for n definite term ot you- tor I eapltal caenee cnn be released on parole nnlll at lent one third of fut sentence he been serv- ed. ' T One third ot the " year sentence imposed on Leopold end boob in " were. " Jud" Cererly'; sentencee do not run concurrently but "ee".. ively. the ieut time that 'ir will be eligible to'perole wiii.tie ' yeere --ao on the life sentence. end " yeere on the .'tqer sentence. Both on now I. not: old. Tiny my. Ttdt they an". on than ot ptllon mo baton they an eligible to parole. The on. hem ot freedom tor the any." "on In tho governor of the not. of Illinois, who under the not- ntu In no - to pardon any prisoner. ' ' JUDGE mun WARMNO Chicago. but 10.-9ttitttqrirq tho mum of In daemon and!" No- un: hoopla Jr. on mum to» to when tttr lite, has. Conny wand manly. new - vapor-u. not to "new bl- nut! noon "at. "I In! no on. not "" I." pawn-n. to MM no wig t In" an. M.'t',tt - will be "and «on no at on. no" urtou «was In: to the fault. I MI to mutual, to n loo) tom, til I." Mn Newman-annulus" wax-u...»- _ 5,000 CANDIDATES if "ml- ll Dr. lliOfli Ill) PUT UP $250,000 BON0 ISSUE '10 COUNTY The recommendation ot the county term and the building committees wu submitted to the board of super- visors into Tneedey afternoon propon- ing the erection of . building to colt: not to exceed $250,000 on e home for the-poor ot the county, and a spirit- ed discussion followed concerning the ndvisnbiiity of selling the present site of the poor term and locating elsewhere. Supervisor C. M. Wilcox ot Liberty- vilie. declared that no actnel one" have been received for the [and on which the present buildings are lo. cated, and that while Iome pereone chimed the part facing Milwnukee IVOIIIIO might bring no much on $1,700 an acre. no hard of no such ottee, .but did hear that 1 men eeid he would give mo on ecu. This otter could not be "ritied. however. He declered that therefore e winner-not Supervisors Receive Recom- mendation to Build New Poor Farm; May Keep Old Site. GET 'PROTEST PETITIO_N buns smoother bulldiul, nod walls. which will be serviceable for 20 or " $000. and that It the county were to who. them " would represent on expense equivalent to 8300 an acre. Therefore. even it the envy: trot 8600 "not. it'oud not be ahead, on it would an halt that mm to out up buildings And equipment other than the residential building. A pinion waa enbmitted, signed by a more ot Libertyville property owners aaltlng that the poor farm be moved ea the present. site is being encroached upon by residential " velopment of the village. It was claimed however that a number ot the 'alxnera are pereona connected with real estate activiMee and that theae probably were actuated by the ponibility ot developing anbdivieione in can; the poor home building: were locate elaewbere. The petition aietee that the present tam la being managed in a very creditable manner and that there is no objection tron that standpoint. - The committal report Mated that the president quarter- nro a are but uni. no Ian-minty. badly In need of extol-Ive repair: and lnndoqunto. And that In their common it would be mu economy to attempt to "model them. Leopold and Inch, murderer: of Little Bobby Prank: continued to tit, broadly today when notiihid that they must spend the rest of their ves behind Platte worn "hunted to the board todny by nrchltecu Ian I" Bun tor s new structure costing approx}. hutch 3250.000. In case the board do can to construct I new and"... the matter ot votlln a bond Issue to that uncut will be put " to tho voters " the m! alum: Nov. 4; The auction of nrchltoctt "a left " to tho hard " I whole. ttter.rMttg nt- llttd by In. no an" tteine only tntutln. an. an. What'- the ttthe they no "In" on tho but] _ no and a Mm convided_ Act "will. Am I. beertgtttrttt more new "gthnged, in lo. Io Rot an tet"' (In. an an" who mien " M" "It and new" dt. "I not I boon cur SMILE M THEY GET LIFE SENTENCES I To what do you attributi" your Mr. - an? "led the city Vhilor. ot t"' "and" In- "an". ta I on't n: In. "non-d Urn-dun dt. t..atttFtr. They'- .0va puma . 1m Mm gteterte with no. RELEASE 3 IN "BUM BOAT" CASE Charles Bitter ahd Joe Miller. of: Pox Lake. charged with assault with In deadly weapon, and Mrs. Hildegarde. the farmer's wife, charged with disorderly conduct in attention with an alleged hat with the Sponge Squad and Chicago deioctivea on a "Bum Boat" in Fox Lake, which reunited in the ar- relt of several Fox Lake otticiatt, on charge. at conspiracy to obstruct Jtutieet were releaaed trom the county jail today. A, 7 n is has": tint Ritter and Mil- let "evoked the ttttht which re- sulted in 1 battle with the cancers. WOULD M01,Blf ' TOWN ASSESSORS The bond ot supervisors Tuesday discussed the proposed abolition ot the position ot township assessors in Lake as well as other counties in the state, and the creating of the position county nssessor instead. . The mat- ter val reierred to the committee on resolutions as to the adviashility of getting other counties to Join in a progrsm to ask the state legislature to change the state tax laws. which are considered antiquated by many. It was contended that township " aeuorl are apt'to he guided in their :ppnjsemeuts by friendship. or other reason. with the result that much personal property and real as- tato in undervalued. It w" brought out that not a single radio get was lined by Lake county "sensors. so ,m u the Board ot Review has been this to check " - Local Board' of "Supervisors Consider Law to Create County Assessor, Instead. OTHER COUTIES INVOLVED l Thoma: Stow: of Cudahr, who wu iound bound, glued "a II- - dead in 3 Winthrop Humor and with tho letters "ELK" traded "to" his client, In m- ad from tho Lake County - hospital may to his home. not!!! Edwin Mai-tram - " mm a "t in contamination with the and lo! "lice u Cudahy I'M" but an I,rptite.etettf A minty hot ch. ,picted a, in Keno-h by police than. Ii: ear-rid ll "other comm. minibus. yoritrr, um! musical In- ltrumontu In almost extinct. BO tar u Hating: show. 7 _ _ _ _ 'Dtt Page is "other county which in considering such 1 move. the Latte county board in advised. The retaliation: committee in to re port back during the menu! see-ion. BRANDING VICTIM IS TMNME IN THE COUNTY $2,000 FIRE AT- l TACKS SCHWARTZ BUILDING HERE The fire broke out in the electric (aeter mom on the third iloor. It banged up way down through. the floor and In Attacking the ceiling ot the would floor when discovered. Fire of undetermined origin but believed to have been due to epon- tgneoue combustion, broke out on the third titMtr ot the Schwartz banding. Genesee and Washington street. Tuesday night ebout twelve o'clock and resulted tn damage ot perhaps $2,000. The not that the tire we; dlecovered before It had received much at e etert lived the building from n heevler loss. per- haps evn total destruction. - _ C. A. Bohl, 1 driver tor the Tanker Tux! company, was. passing the build. Ing " 12:10 A. m. and saw the re tlocuon ot the m'e through a win- dow. Ho summoned the tire depart- ment Immediately. SEEN IN NICK OF TIME Fire Is Believed to Have Start- $1.000. The C. G. Gusutuon book store on the first floor muttered I heavy "In." from water. Mr. Gustafaon today estimated his loss at between $600 and $1,000. Emanuel Schwartz. son of Samuel Schwartz, owner ot the building. ea- Umated that the damage to the building would not be in excess ot The Big Three Clothing company which occupies the principal part of the second floor had a close es- Mn- lrnm dnmnga, hut the tire did can trom damage. but the fire did not break through a partition which was all that separated the blazing portion ot the building from this store W.R.C. ENTERTAIN COUNTY OFFICERS The Woman's Rene! Corps thte afternoon entertained tor the Board ot Supervisor: end other county otnei" with a dinner in the new hudquertere of the Grand Army I9 the courthouse, as I token of Inroctnton for the quarters. Be- olden the members at the board Ind officials there were " Grand Army In Ittendence. therein being shout 100 persons at the event. A In. dinner wed served. ", Perry Hum. Commander" of Wnuhettipoet, G. A, R. presided. In. Emmi Hort, representinx the W. . C., pronounced the Invoca- "on Attorney Benjamin Parmnleo de. - m "are. of thanks to the - for the quarters, in behalf ttt the Grind Army and the Relief Corp. Supervisor A, W. Vance. of Rum." Park, "and the " mule organisations (or the an (Inner. on behalf of the other men- bon of the bond. "fluff"?mlcnn Syncopcton fur III-Ind the manic grub. "we'll one Jan-nu " lent It beiatt clown. Nobody noon would to m I." m If. dtriM. titrftttttt Spontaneous Com: M , bustion. it. 51m: 0FPERS ma 'lfil0iiMfi may or / sum 10 LAKE Ci) I FRANK now; PROBE m, eot,,,,v-"ic'"'T"cunc,, ot Eet- CAUSES or mam! Lake county bu I chance ot set» ting 83,000 e you tram the State Do. pot-talent or Public Health tor the {antennae ot heath promotion here. The department in: rude to dietriv hate in countie- when health promo. tieu work is being pushed. end the unity bond will out to get the 88,000 which ll eveileble under t'er' an: condition. USE AND ABUSE V 0F FLAG (ilVEN ' RR DEFENSE on FIRE WHISTLE TO BLOW With Defense Day celebration Fri. day and the public urged to display the national colors, it in tttting that the di- rections for the use- aud abuse-s ohhe flag ha re-printed, due mainly to tho fact that a few people, mostly through ignorance, fail to show the flag proper respect. " The Army and Navy have long Md a code prepared to show the use: ot the flag. Last spring a. confarence representing many tgtriotie organiza- tion's, called by the American Legion, drafted a this code, the contents of which were sent all over the country. Urge Proper Display of Flag for Patriotic Demonstration Friday. One thing, of the many points nude." that is often violated. is the use ot the; flag as a decoration, whether indoors or on the facade ot a building. There is one dtstirtite point which can be easily understood and kept in mind. it it that the flag should be the ttteat point of the scheme ot decoration. and that it should be kept straight out and clear. Either it should hang from a list! or, It placed against the wall. should has; tlat with the Union to the f1ag's own right. More than one flag can be used to decorate a hull or m. cade as long as this point is constantly observed. TV it would be put out " marine ttttd taken down at Iundown. For this rea- son the the whistle will blow on Fri- gay morning at 8:80 o'clock for the city to show their patriotism by trr. ing the flag. It will be blown again in ' o'clock to an the Colors in. For other decoration hunting ot the notional colors made up in any other form than the flag itself may banned. But in no one should the flu be mod on a par with bunting. _ Even more emphatically should it be remembered that the (It: would never be and to cover a table" or desk. n I: not tor n convenience or decon- tion in that lenselby all menus, and shauld never!» put in a pm; whine gt can be handled mole-I11. It I. only used to cover in one instance, and that In over the coffin of the dead. PLAN Ti) CARRY . Mi CROWDS TO STATE EXHIBIT i nu» runner urn-in: " becoming the runs: product!" business In the county from n tinahcittl standpoint. Tho elem men takvn " Sheri" Ahi- atrom murky tttortti" after A sun "at will 1lts " or 8300 and can " 'lon Janice Harry Hoyt Monday foe " coal ot 01.500 clear to the county. .Y'Ines. com nn' u, tor out any {mum In "mu-mint HIM ttt" in lloyt'l mm! at." our tbe Iron- and. Wankexnn and Luke county will be well represented At the lliinoin Products Exposition. Oct. F18, " the American Exposition building. 666 Lake More drive. Chicago, in ad- vance indication: count for anything. HG, -rar the committee, born but two days two. but: been given every promise that the clty_wlll {lave a large delegation It the show. Those who wlll lake churn for Waukegan at lhll place' will bp Franklyn R. Muller, C.t. we". who is one ot the state dlrectoro for the exposition, E. P. Bedgewfek, and Secretary E. H. Clifford. Ilvsldes the booth that the Watt. Committee Sees Hope of Large Waukegan Delegation to Exposition. OFFERS A FINE _ TRIP Iltrsldes the booth that the Watt. kegan and North Chicego Chamber at ('ommerce will heve there will be sevorel other firms from the city represented. They will ehow prod- ucts, end what Wining" offers to the world. This in the pin tor the exhibit: to show the people of the state what the auto supplies to the Union. " will cover everything from mineral products, crops end rew me- terials to the ratant.rfaetttred w'iclee. BEER RUNNERS PAY $2400 FINES have Warren has tueovered tttat: the mosquito. horde an. 000' Been" to be equipped with M cum-qua.» mm ad M m to be - and with: an -. $1.50 PER YEAR. IN ADVANCE The body ot mu E. Dow, who died Aug. 30,1921, was exhumed to. day in Pine View, cemetery brcoro. ner J. L. Taylor ot Libortyvilie, with Robert 'H. Dow, local htattutaeorer. present. _ Family of Deceased Refuse to Discuss Reasons for Their A c t i o n . Rushing to 'Dinmond Lake where " maxed fight was in progress. De- ietr Sheriff D. A. Wale. driving the county cu, and a Ford machine driven by M. W. Jnremuu ot In!» hoe. collided on Milwaukee "on". near Libertyville lute Tuesday " ternoon, wrecklng "we - Inn- chlne 3nd slightly darnnginIt the ot. ticer'l machine. humus: receiving 1 lenip wound. STATE BACKS THE MOVE Slaleé Attorney Smith related that he had only given Dr. Taylor the " on nut-h cases. and had not been tatm en into the cotuidenett or the Down. Beyond that point tact: In the can are law. . pr. 't aqur stated that he had taken this eburse u the request or the states attorney and family. Frank Dow had been an nominally healthy person, according to Ml brother, and had been ill bat threo weeks when he died at the home ot, his mother in No. Park avenue. H. was " years old. The mother died recently. lowing three children, a son and two daughters. Ruth Wright. ot Waukegan. and Mrs. Howard Bout- well, ot Wttshingtott, D. C. Dr. C. E. Daniels was the doctor and signed the dentin eertitteatm which gave the cause as apleenlo lukemln. A _ Robert Dow stated that the move was made by the family. but he would not mention individuals. No one takes direct responsibility tor the un- usual course. The family. Mr. Dow stated reluct- antly, had not been ttatOtitrd with the death cause. He refined to mike comment, and suggested the matter be kept trom the public for several dun. This is the length or time that it will take doctors an mute I new to port on the "tttee of_dgat!3. - rr-, Mr. Dow would not sta'te why the family bud waited so long in urging the examingtion. It was (ti-cussed with Dr. Maurice Penney. deputy COP. oner, it is understood. while Dr. Tar. lor was in Europe, and it we: suggest- ed that the matter be held over un- til his return. Dr. C. A. Barnes, ot the Lots Coun- ty Clinic, and Dr. E. H. Fisher, of Chicago. were present " the grove. Dr. Fisher represents the manly. It Is understood. Vital organs. includ- ing the stomach. were taken for ex- amination. The report from this ,rilt be forthcoming within s week. it was predicted. - The test of the vlgu 0mm will be made in Chicago. __ Dr. P. A. Buley. at present with the Lake County Clinic. but who was ' practicing physician m Chicago " the tlmo ot the Frank Dow death, had been culled into consultation with Dr. Daniels. " . The GCiiriii%en uh: the uncen- sity of surgery, he said. Bayou! that print he refused _to numb". . _ . _ FA/ii bl,' had been "scented with Mr. Dow in the sub and door The sisters ot the deceased we" not: present when; the body was ex- humed. Mi. Dow was accompanied_ by his non-in-law. Justice Louis Eb strand. plant DEPUTY SHERIFF'S WN COLLIDES WITH FORD, l HURT OCCURS AT 1.l8tytTOll..LE Officers Rush to Stop Alleged Fight at Diamond Lake De- layed by Accident. . . "Bimini-s nu taken to the omen ot Dr. Martin at Lttsersrvitie, when his Injuries waning-ad, With Deputy Weak 'were Chief Deputy Lute: "they. and Once: Watson of Wanna. Deputy Wale claim- thet he be we- driving tooth he had the right ot wey end that human. driving north. attempted to turn to the right. setting into a path ot the omceer'u car. Jenn cu we: hurled Into a vacant lot. The officer: were on their ." to Diamond Lake. when Fred Knew. we: stacked by Hem" Kept-3 all non Hurry. Mantle-lac, u I. tttr mi. The alleged alteration [allot- od I "rnonatratior by 2rtg VIC. the lupin" drove new" I. my on, with 1 new naval. ' . . Kruuer Wu struck om. tt II . Icgod. and received . m on " llt Both lupin" were led." h county jail on charge- at dt.tsedqd. conduct Home funny new I nhowlu than" " benches. Jun nu "an. IQ do". .tttttFtire huh. m iG%seq I... vii m. Kiel-and m a" a...

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