Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (1912), 11 Sep 1940, p. 5

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I :..: ~ FtYING. LOW ·oVER· BERLIN ;- :it~A~F. BOMBERS ·sEt FIRES . ·sHATI'ER· STATE BU_ILDINGS British Planes Drop Flares :.md Hit ·Heart of City' With Bomba Gun Ownera Keep . Chief Buay· Making OUt Arma Permits •. \ :.·: ... ~ . :, • ....!" · · ·: :....~ -~- .. · Berlin, sept. n.-sweeping over Over -200. ·permits for guns have krlin at· altitudes of oniy s,ooo been Issued at the Whitby polloo station by Police Chief J. w. Elio.tt ~·an4 ~hUng their targets with 1n the past nine. days .. 'This Is In l!IAChute ~ Brlttsb bombing connection with the national regis· llilies raided Berlin :tor .three hours tratlon of · all firearDili required by D~ th€ earlY hours of Sattltd&Y . the Government as ·a result of the nOmina, 'dropping high explosive \Yar regulations. uid. lli~ bombs. . . Chief Eliott estimate~ that o~er · ~' · eie staried at' 'various . 6:(K! g1.!ll&· have been regiStered Wtth · l!OIQ.tfiml tiie CitY, inCluding a :.hlllie" lllm. as between two and three _guns ~ and a swble a few blocks ar.e entered on each certificate. ~"of•.•trnier Den Linden, ·munl· .And ·the end Is. not in sight. The ~bull~ In the Welsensee chi~ expects that there will be an ~ -ui.·Northwestern Betlln, the a«!!Ht;t~al two hundi'ed guns· at ,}ct ciiln1naJ cOurts bUilding in the leas't· In -~e town and surrounding *'tH' of thli'clty, a:· store liouse and dl~trlct which will have ,to be reg· . iioUce.:: StaUon In . the. diplomatic lstereil. t~!a lew blOCitS southwes' or -------'-------- tJntel'Den Llii~en. and a radio fac- · · · .. · -· tre 'of the city: · The Wllhelmstrasse loq • .&nd:'ct~l(s in the Weddin~ and .Adolf BlUer's ornate chancel- 1i.tlrlC~ In N~ Berlin. ·' lory, sltu£.>ted. on lt, must have vls- ~'i;balloons· were · raised in lble to the flyers, In the blue-white lOme a~ -;tor, the first tline. · l· glare. ' - . AD. .'~ary · bomb· set fire to . ·n was evident that the planes ~·~$~bit court J:iou5e, ·scene wete 'ttyfug .back ·and forth across 3f)nany,~~ famous· trial, Including the city on the' sariie paths. tba\•" of ' the·· Evangelical Lutheran Elude J4hts pali~~--.r~ i;ten:locll~r. 1 Danngty;· the planes came down ·. , -; 'PriSoners awaiting investigation to about 3,000 feet, ·· but not once .-- lounil safety' In a celli.T, but an were they picked ·up.'.by searchlights. otilcer ·was· killed by a falling wall. The British planeS seemed to be &· ddctOr ·and one other were In· disregarding entirely the he1;uy fire Jured. . •-~ from the ground. One plane drop- . . 'Jn' aiiother part of the city, two ped a string of parachute flares bombs .fell ·.fO . yards apart In o. across the · centre· or the city from ... -met~ in. a 'workers' residential &re6!, west to east, circled and drqpped ~7i. .:workman aiill injuring another series ·farther south from ~Pen others· and blasting out a sec- · east to west. Uoa ol the street car line. As soon as a fhi.re dropped, guns ~ ' · · · blazed into' furious · ~tlon, trying to . • · ·' _.· · :Milltar'J Tarceta shoot them down. Pom-pom and :l tour: :o~~ Uu! ·city .showed that machine guris Joined in the fire, un- bO!Db&· had struck near legitimate avalllngly. alm~.~b)ecuvea .t.t most points. Seveial iimes, It was observed ~'.-Yi!:-atM~·f~ ~e :~~ from tpe Unlte!f ~ss BUilding, as ~~Widlnt . ~:. I! 8ft!llt :JXilll~ . 500n as a flare vioul<:l go out a Brl· ~ · · · . · .. ' ":. • : tlsb plane ·would· return to the spot ' .~.~:ttf!ick 'the•Teael ~ct and drop another at dmost exactly ~~\ilxl til. .-northern Berlin, not far the same P.Q1Dt despite deafen- tram· the Borslg arDili factory. Qne 1ng grotll\d fire. wu tilled and 10 were wounded After an hour :and a . half reddish THE WHITBY GA ZEITE. AND CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMB~R II, 194 -I BLAME TWO IN WAR 11iMMITIEE FATAL A~tiDENT PL.ANS ID~HAVE (COlltinued frcm Page 1) . strlklng lil(,iey•s light coupe, smash- ing in the left side and shearlne off the. top, crush1Iig Ripley badly In the process. After .tb15 crash In which stones from the. truck apilled into Rlpley•s·= car, · the - latter ·cOn- tinued across the pavement intO. the guard raU. · The;-~.- swene ~ tbe truck's ~ti~ . ~Mnwbll~ '· had ca ust\d lt . to uilset on the high way spUllng the ent!J:e load of stoni Allen dlsagl'ee!d Wl.tb· Pjeklli)g'li version with r'esPec:t fu ,"cuttlng In" on the truck. He ciatmect th~t . he . gave the truck ample room and Utat lie <lid not "cut in." The truck driver stated that he did niit notice the Ripley car frO!n· the time he first sl!:htect it at Thornton's ,road as he started down the' hill until he founct It crasbe\1 lnto_ tb_e_lfllard raU. He claimed his a~tentlon had been drawn to the Dodge car which · bad passed him and with trying to7control his truck. Could S&op In "30 Feet" An unusual view of one of Britain's famed· machine-&Un with multi barrels that have proved of greatest value In dealin&' with dive bOmbers. Tars aboard a man'o'-war are loading the weapon here. ShellS, welghlnc about ··a pound, are Dred with the raplditty or a machine-&UD· 'the run ls a dangerous hazard &o the plane comiDc down head-on to~ the tarret. He 't:lalmed that his truck Wll.ll In goOd condiUon with the brakes In good working oider. H~ exptes-' sed the opinion that he could stop his truck loaded with over five tons of stone, plus the truck's weight of three tons, In 30 feet. A gafaie mechanic who repaired t!Je tnJck stated that I! the brakes were ln first class condition that the driver would be able to .!top the loaded truck within a N'J..•"'nnN!! distance but he QuoteC:. no flgurea. POLICE COURT NEWS The Sun·day School Lesson Officer Wau<.:~ exouerated all drivers of fast driving. Fielding estimated his s!)eed at 35 mllell per hcur, while Allen estlmatect his speed at .clm;e to 45 miles per houn If I say: Surely the darkness snall Ripley was credited with driving aE B;y NEWMAJ!l CAMPBELL., overwhelm me. a reasonable !pee<l. (The International unfform ·Les. And the light about me shall be I Crown. Attorney Allin F. Annis son on the above topic for Sept. 15 night; questioned the wl~. Present Is Psalm 139, the Golden Text ~ Even the darkness hldeth not from 1 as observers were A. W. S. Greer, John 14:23, "If a man love Me,' he Thee _acting for Mrs. Ripley and counsel · ror Allen and Fielding. Charged with possession of beer will kee!l my wo1111s: and My Jl'a.t,her But the night ~hlneth II.! t-he day: SAL VAfiE DRIVE Seek -Articles From Resi- ~ta To Assist & In War Work The Jl'lnance' Committee Fund Raising Branch of the Whitby War Effo~t"Commlttee, sat In session last Jl'rlday noon to hear Mr. King's re- port on the White Elephant and S&lvage, Campaign which was .con- ducted l£.'3t month. Mr._ King announced, that the sum ol forty dollars had been realized and. that there still remained on hand quite a few odds and ends to be handed on 'to ·the next drive. Mr. King was 'very confident that an even &i-eater response would be given u second e&!Il})Bl8n . It·was.dec!4ea· that .Gl.cond cam- paign· would be cond~f.td during the las~ -Week of September and the first week ol October. Mr. VIcker.;, a local ·sah'age man has been ap- pointed ' ti) look after the collection. In· the next Issue of the Gazette E.ond Chronlcle the citizens of Whitby wUl be advised when to expect Mr. VIckers. The White Elephant Fund, es tilL; salvage campaign Is known, will ac- cept all kinds of waste material wltll the excepUon of garbage and tin cans. It will be of gre~;.~ assistance If the ma terlals are placed ip a·n orderly fashion, particularly papers: bottles, rags and magaZines. Any articles Q.t ValUe SUCh ES fur- ·nlture, old pictures, tires, etc., will be moot appreclat~. We believe that people have white elephants L'l their homes that they would only be too glad to dispense or. especially to !ur~er Whitby War Effort. So clean up the next two weeks, and then we'll pick up! FORMER -RESIDENT PRIZE GHI~KENS in an !Uegal place, Manuel Mlnaker, will love him, and We will come unto The darkness and the light are both ,uxbridge section forem£.>.'1, was as- him, and make Our abode with alike to Thee ." sessed $10 and costs by Magistrate Him.") This shoul-:1 be a comforl!ng F. S. Ebbs In district court here yes- thought. not a frlghtenL'lg one. GOd terday afternoon. He pleaded guilty. THIS IS our last l~n - on t,he made us. He knows us - our weak- Evidence was given by P. 0., W. H. psalms for some1 tin:le, and · tltls ness and strengt-h- and He Is with Clark, Oshawa, that he had searched 139th psalm Is a beautiful one with ·US always, In darkness and light, in accused's car following a raid on an which to close this series · ol. lea- Joy and :;orrow. I d b t1 In t bllshm t t sons. We dO not know when tbii Suddenly the psalfnlst turns from al ege 00 egg g es a en a psalm was written, only, from 1~ this h d f 1 h t Uxbridge on September 6. title we know It to be ln the UJDe ap)Jy an peace u thoug t 0 "The assused was inside consum- 1m one, seemingly or anger and hatred. of David; and nothing in the P51i urging God to slay the wicked and 1ng beer and playing cards, and his Indicates at what place It was writ- asserting his hatred for the enemies ten. · . ' of . the Lord. Thinking or God as car was parked outside the door," the officer testl!led. "Upon search· lng the ct~: I round a· case or 22 empty bottles and one fUll pint bottle of beer." .DIES IN SMASH-UP tA_P'f.URE MANY Leo V. Coff~ of Cobalt Was EmPloyee In Old Standard -Bank Here AWARDS .AT £.N~E. (cOntinued fn>m Page 1) They did not, howe\-er, measure up to the .Standards or their canadian As the result or an automobUe competitors. · ~- ,. bomb struck near m auto- nares began to appear in the north- ~ dlassls plant. u was ad- 'em and northeastern sky. Two fires, ilil~~ that· 911e ~ht of 'a lt .eould'be seen, were put out qulck- lla_, had ·' been destroyed at ly. Ji. third burned for two hours. BijDaebburg, 55. miles west south- Windows rattled bd bUlld1ngs • ·9f ~er~: wbere a number of trembltld in the din of gun fire. The ~ were kllled and Injured. E.'ttack ·on Berlln was part of a gen- :. 'fili. ·raid wm the noisiest and eral raid on German)' In which ~~tic ·yet.· Heavy anti-air· Royal Air l"orce bombers . have ::cr.h~ run"' fire startect lmmediately crcissed the Netherlantls border In ~. the first · aiann. Flashes of waves, 15011le 1101Dg into the indus- .~~ ba,ttert~ lighted the sky to trial Ruhr. and others continuing Jl!e ~t; north and emt. ~bout 15 eastward to Berlin. ~ later, the hum ofl\~lane They ctropped. :numerous flares Clark told the court that accuSI!d It Is written In a devout mOOd, love, justice, truth , righteousness. when the psalmist realized , li9w It ·l.s e~y to !eel intense anger at omnlscent - all present - la God; the wicke-dness, hatred. falsehood. that the creator of man mus~ ~ cruelty, injustice we see on every everything about him, his ' bodily hand. We can be filled with Jove, makeup, his nature, his soul .. an_d s)rmpathy and understanding to- spirit. · · ward all men. but !rei stU! a burn- accident at Kingston oD Prida,y last, A'yeia" ago, COnstable Thomas was Leo. V. CoUey, 112, Manager of the honouled 'by being selected Cana- Canrol!m Bank of commerce/ co- cl1ail . repn.'!.entatlve at the World balt, lm;t li1s life. PoultrY. ~ Deld In Cleveland. Traffic officers and volun~ers OhJo. ·~e ot_. his prize birljls were LAD SUGGUMBS-IN OSHAWA HOSPITAl <continued mm Page 1) when the Cadi rUled that there was lnsuf!lolent evidence to warrant a conviction. The lad's parents had come with their family from Czecho Slovakia to Canada ~bout a year ago and reside on the former Bateman farm east of the town. Peter attended the Dundas Street school where, ac- cording to the principal, he was an apt pupil. MANY PRODUCTS M.4DE OF MILK Chemist's Magic Haa Tum· ed Casein Into Thousands of Uses Sklmmed milk, once e.lsfcff!NII only fit food for . pigs and poultry. has been converted py the cheMist Into a materlal ·ora thou.Sand uses. Present day chemists and food processors ht.'le wrought their alchemy on skim milk !Uld perform- ed wonders with It as a new raw material, says VIctor Baker, \1Dl1e-r · the heading or "Curds and Whey" in the current Issue of C-I·L Oval Used in plywood for aeroplanes, It helps man to fly. Used . In chemlcs.'l sprays, It helps Insects to lose all Interest in flymg. Playing cards and wallj)aper have It as an ingredient. Added to kalsomlne, It g!Yes walls and ceilings a durable and Wf.'.ihable surface. Found in cosmetics, shoe polish, water-paints, putty and rubber goods, It Is also fashioned Into plastics, artificial Ivory and used !or dressing cloth and coating paper. To name all of the industries serv• ed by casein, one of the moot use- ful or the mE.'.zy products of milk, would be quite a catalogue. Maga- zine paper, surfaced with casein glue and dusted with fine chlna clay, acquires a glossy fi.n.lsh. When it comes to plastics the list la -Im- pressive. Beads and frocy buckles, pocket combs and poker chips, pen- cil barrels and llpsUck containers, knitting needles and dominoes, cufl links !or the geilUeman and artl· flcial flowers for the modem miss and buttons for everyone ...:.. all .can trace their history back to the d&ary !arm. The output of central electric sta- tions in Canada during the first seven mont!!s Of 1940 totalled 17,· 583.735.000 ltUowatt hours as ap!M 15,950,096,000 In the first seven months of 1939. , ~es1 ha$1 bqun tO cruise ov~. " 1 .. ~~ • • • . case of "empties" to redeem them, I :Wu.'dJstin<:Uy ':udible. Brl- over J:'Ot..~ and .B~dau. had explained he ·had been given tht! · ·~;~~~! L.t.:...i' d..:.;;.~ ,.' '0· ! J;;;1].t, &.~011~.-~., . ,..:.. ~~-1.~-:Jaii8JI!~~ whUe they were actually the pro- "Thou knowest my downslttings 1 ing hatred of all this wickedness. and mine -uorlslngs; Triou uDder-=- Even Jesus showed a righteous standeat --Diy ihotigbt afar bff'i"' . ~; -iuiier· toward th<l!e whci defamed work~ for more than tWenty mlnu- ·on exblbJ.tlon tnere also. tes to remove Coffey, Wilson. ~~ct I----;-_.: __ _.:":---:----...:..---..:..._.::..::. _______ _ Miss Wes~ from thelr coupe, 'w.llJcb crashed Into· a tree on No. ·2 ·--h· way a uine \TNt ol Napan~. Oliff*~ died wblle bebic' tann to Itl1lptim ._...,,._ .,_ v-~~J - .... _ .... perty of Minaker's landlord. The ~uta oarei. one · drOpPed Lll1es In July Y&S Se? innea, aa com- landlord was in the bootleggers ~tOft!' the United Press bUild· _pared· with r ·' ... :11!11· In June A?d drln\dllg beer with accusea. · · lD Unter.Jleli LandeD, the ben· 651 ml1el ln IIQ. . "Have you E.'Ilything to say, on .~,:; ' ; ' · . your own behalf?" the court asked accused. · "The only thing I want to say Is to have It kept out of the papers," Mlnaker declared. •·rm sure I have nothing to do with that," Magistrate Ebbs told ac- cused. He Imposed the minimum penalty. Have' you· ever tiled to re8a. an~· God's ho~e. and showed It by drlv. other person's thoughts? All ol lng the cheating money changers us have at some time when we'were trom the temple. very a.nxloua to get the other',ll re;- , i The last two verses of the p.o;alm a,ctlons to lOin4ithlng. · B!lmetlmea · are a prayer and an opening of the we can do It· very well, too. when heart to Jehovah : the minds o! both of · Ill! are occu- ~- •search me. o God. an-d know my pled by the same trend of thoug~t. •heart: try me, and know my But If the person whm;e thought we thoughts: are trying to read does not want ; And see If there be any wicked us to know w~~t he Is th~klne. he way In me, and lead me in the way can put on a poker face, a mask I!V'erlastlng:." of expr&slonl«;sness, and we c:.p· .our Golden Text Is taken !rom not tell what his thought!! are. ·JOhn 14:23, where jesus answers We cannot do that wl~ our ere. one Judas, not Judas Isw:iot. say- ator. He ~ade WI and He !mows Jne: If a man lo\·e Me. he will keep COUNCIL MEETING how our mln<ls work because He MY words: and My Father will lo\'e --- I created every bit of us. If our him, and We will come unto him WHITBY TOWNSHIP The council of the Township . of thoughts are not good. It Ia " .s:tarl· aDc:l. make Our abode with hlm." ' Whitby met at Brooklin on satur- ling thing to thlnlt that they are .. day at 1 p.m. known- a strong incentive to _lr.ee~ 'MANY-REfiiSTER The following accounts were au- pur thoughts on hlrher things. ., thorlzed to be nald: Roa~. $1.261.- The psalmist's thought goes. fur; i · :~~83General, $361.90, and Relief, ~~:r~rtohl~~gn;'!:'i~~t:..o:'=r.:;l •' :·. L'DIES roLL[fiL Th~ Council made a grant of can hide from our parents, fi'Oin our _ ,.' • .It (J I $25.00 to the Oshawa Fair and playmates and frleftds. we can of. $25.00 t{) t!le South Ontario Plough. , ten hide from t-he government for a , · --- men's Association. time, a~ least, If we have doRe, • (COntinued !rom Page 1 l The C!erk '1\'as authorized to do enough wrong to warrant poli:e Hendry, B.A., Lower S~hool. Mnsic, the necessary advertising regarding I search for us. But from ~he Makl'~ Q. , J?. Atkinson, ,Musical -~!rector . the closing o! a portion of the road of all we cannot hide. In !Ilqs~ - ~o, G. D. Atkinson. :l'l~s Ruth between lots :i2 and 33 In the 2nd beautiful languages the .~t.p, . . • A.T .C.M. Voice, Da\·ld concession. ,, lustrates this thought: ·! ~..,.\ , • • Sjaber, A.R.CM. Organ. G. A by-law was passed changing the "Whither shall I go from ' '1111 • A~n. Theory, Mi.ss Winnl- tlme !or taking the as.!el;sment &plrlt? · · scott, A.T .C.M. S ight Sing- from 15th of February to April 30th Or whither rolll I nee from . . O =-~:w Loc~e:d · ~ -T.C.M. to from April 1st to September 30th presence? . -: , · Mrs c' R ·· _g!Strsr. and another by-law wa_~ passed It I ascend up IntO heaven, Th(lll_ . · • -~ Vera . Mcrusca~~ adopting the assessment of 1940 for art there: :' • , \D6rothy d.ynor. Matr~no~~ed Die- taxation purposes !or 1941. It Is the I( I make my bed In Bheol (hell~, tltlan' Mba Rettr. Or th . 1 intention or the COuncil to establish behold Thou art t,here. ' ~ ;! lor JIOui ltoth ;;s ~at~ , ~un­ the payment or tues of 1941 In If I t-ake the wlnga of • the ~ blt• ' ~~L Be'ttyer, J rs. ·A ·t e><- t 1 t.al 1.<: ~~ ~:;-·\ .. -- aques. r De- wo ns men · ing · ' • ,... .. _ent. Public S ki d The tax collector wa.~ authorized And dwell In the uttermost ~ of !~:::' .. · "-·!d t ~a hng an to tak t 'I 1 t a1 , ,• . ..,._..aNCS, ~ en ·~ac ~r . MIS! e cour ac. on aga ns sever the sea; · . , ·.• lBtHth 'HJll. B.L.I . Miss Eva J Kit persons who are in arrears of taxe~ . Even there 6hall Thy hand let¥l ',." , commercial De t t · i\ ·, - Two officials · of the Transport me, . ":HID' par men dt. s Deputmcnt had cer tain . ln!ormu· hand aliall h~ c _Ac~ :~/ ·· Household tion presented to the Council in re- And ThY right · -p t , · · rienne Adams, gard to the establishment of an air- me, · iPbJ.!!?l· J!:i!uc:at.lon. port In this municipality. The Clerk c • • • was authorized to notify these of!!. cials that the Council was willing to co-operate as far as possible In keeping the road to the proposed airport In proper condition . The Reeve and the Clerk werr authorized to lnl ervicw th e town· ship solicitor, Mr. Sinclair, regarding dogs killing s11cep. The Council adjo~rned to meet again at 1 p.m. on .Monday, 'o ctober 7th . LARGE TROOP MOVEMENT HANDLED BY RAIL\V A 1: in an ambul&nC:e. . . Mr. Coffey WI!! well ~~. ,in Whitby, where he Dved with ~ Grandmother anct·spent bla .bojh'oocf days. He was· t. cle~ student t.nd graduate of Whltb)'. Blah School ~­ later enteied the Standard Bank, now the Canadian Bsmk or Com· merce, under the mana~ement ol M. c. ·McClellan. iHis keen lmowledae of bankin8 brought him a: manaa~P at au e.arly age. · Mr. Coffey's many Whitby friends were shocked to hear ol his sudden pE.•.;stnc. The fUneral was held froll1 the home of his aunt In Toronto. ·' T raffle Officer Goea To Ho1pital Traffic Officer G. B. Waude was admitted . to the Qshawt. Genen.l Hm;pltal on 8\llldaY evenlnl and wUI undergo " aerlous Internal op. eratlon. Although~he has not been in good health for some time he 1\&11 been attending to hls duties as Ill!• ual untn:'Saturday. Officer waude Ia be1nK attended by Dr. R. T : MacLaren and his many friends In town and the surround· lng district .will wlah him a speedy recovery. · . The Attorney-General's Depart· ment hall ~ed Traffic Officer Mac~ald to take 'over tne hlrh- way patrol an4 dutlea of OffScer We.ude cturlna his absence. vessera entered inwards at eana. dian port& trom· the aea durlna the year ended March 31. 1940, totalled 30,648 with an anrel(ate toonare 0! 33,1123 ,Dell tons. • 'l'he three pictures a~ve were taken early Monday mornlnr as the bd battaUon of the Ontario Re(lment prepllnld to leave Oshawa for ~, Nlapra. In the upP.,r pleture Is seen Lt.·Col. ~· •B. Smith wav- ID$' •lor the two automobiles to come aboard. In the middle picture Is se~:t part' of the rerlment on the boat at O~hawa liarbor and the lower ·~~ shows the battalion marohlnr south on Simcoe street Just ' south el Bon. G. D. Conant's residence, where Hon. Col. R. S. 1\lcLau&'hlln 1,MII the lilllute. -Pho&o by B. Jones. St. Albans , Vt ., Sr.pt. 11-During 1 recen' National Guard manoeuvres ln Northern New York , the Central Vermont Railway , which Is part ol the Canadian National System. operates eight spe ~ i a l trains to carry Guardsmen through Vermont and en to t.he point of disembarkation a t Rouses Point. N.Y. These tra ins carried 4,500 citizen soldien . The return movemen' was also carrieq out over Cenlral Vermont lines the c ~~ movement bc'ing ca~ried on errr:lently and without incident. U l take the wings of the moniJJia', abd elwell In the uttennost paru of the .. .- ev~ there shalt Thy hand lead me, u4 'l'by right hard • '1nll hold -. decJanl. - · ~ pylmln! · '--' . • Tll.t ~~~ti!Ci tJI de Lord. "'fa- .. ft Me, lie will keep My lii'Ord: IUI4 My Fatller wiD lo~ ...._ ... We wiD ~ UD.IAI Him, and ""Ake OUr ~ Witll IDa~. - . . ~-· lt:Zt .

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