U
ro'
"LETES
FACT-FINDING
TOUR-Henry
Wal-
TV
h
Br.
Va:
.1
Rr
arrived
in
Rome
Irom
Palestine.
Wallace
a
private
fact-finding
tour
of
Palestine
and
..M.1
to
the
United
States.
suing
On
sian
uanKs
it
America"
Says
lit
Ruble
Value
Feared
-v7
v.C
f
The
:
artment
of
:
t
'Voice
of
''M
seas
i
i
v,'
night
a
,
:.
uhlans
had
'
:tis
'm
banks
;v
and
other
:
1
.1
icur
that
;
t
in
vaiue.
.
.
'.ributed
to
1
trued
from
i
immediately
il
!.:
t.v
news
dis-
HEY
NOT
lii't
to
Seek
Liberal
flhip
llet
ween
Wismrr
Johnson
Hun
E.
T.
i
lands
and
mentioned
as
(
ir
the
leader-
!
..
:
J
cart
v.
will
action
at
the
in
Vancouver
It
'
was
learned
on
.:r
x
on
Wedncs-
1
Tuscd
to
discuss
c."
iald:
"I'm
too
t
:d
forests
to
crovince
looking
-
"
.
contest
be-'
Gnnrrul
Gordon
'
1
8-
Boss
1
John-U.
(jrw
Westminster.
7
"
t
developing.
An
4
d
in
the
Van-
Wcrtnesday
fa-.:
with,
the
'1
'.imson
Endorsed
that
Mr.
if
British
Co-iir
tests
which
nvmtion
should
w
11
(.ho
selection
"'
iliimbia
leader
ad,
had
all
the
a
personality
to
N
WLATHER
lr.a.
-
Hit
1
1.
tr.;;;t
Synopsis
d
moderating
rxpected
over
tonight.
Over
-:
il
the
province,
:
:
vrather
will
con-
U
fir
ia
i
uight
a
few
de-were
reported
nd
through
the
wud
Cariboo
dis
urcs
dropped
to
Forecast
Ruper.
Queen
:
1
Nor;
HALIFAX
COD
PRICE
IS
UP
HALIFAX
Cod
is
going
up
at
Halifax.
Recently
there
was
announced
by
the
National
Sea
Products
Ltd.
and
General
Sea
Foods
a
jump
in
the
price
to
to
$3.25.
It
could
not
be
stated
just
how
soon
this
would
be
felt
by
the
consumer.
At
present,
tne
retail
price
of
cod
fillets
in
the
east
is
30
cetns.
GYRO
CLUB
OFFICERS
Formally
Elected
Yesterday
ActiviliesJ'.latineil
f
Sponsoring
Piano
Recital
Orme
Stuart
was'
formally
elected
president
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Gyro
Club
for
the
year
1848
at
the
regular
monthly
business
luncheon
of
the
club
yesterday.
E.
D.
Korwara
was
elected
secretary
and
M.
C.
Brydges
was
re-elected
treasurer
Newly-elected
dirctors
are
Jack
Lindsay
jr..
W.
M.
Watts
and
W.
J.
Scott
with
Dr.
R.
G.
karae
continuing.
The
Installa
tion
of
officers
will
take
place.
probably
In
January,
with
Lieu-tenant
Governor
Wilson
Hand
of
Pentlcton
coming
to
conduct;
h
nrncredinES.
The
mcomin
make
arrangements
for
the
in
stallatlon.
The
usual
New
Year's
Evci
party
of
the
Gyro
Club
will
be
held
in
the
KnighU
of
Columbus
Hall
with
W.
F.
Stone.
Robert
McKay
jr..
Allan
Armstrong.
Dr.
A.
W.
Large
and
C.
P.
Balagno
comnrlslng
the
committee
In
charge
of
arrangements.
On
December
29
the
club
will
crwtnsnr
a
nlano
recital
by
Marie
nlnnn.t.nnHnlllst
Of
Seattle,
daughter
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
C.
P.
Balagno
of
this
city.
DISTRICT
SCHOOL
TRUSTEES
NAMED
II.
A.
Robins
of
Port
Edward
And
D.
E.
Alvcy
of
Digby
Island
At
a
recent
meeting
of
attendance
areas
of
Prince
Rupert
school
district
H.
A.
Robins
of
Port
Edward
and
D.
W.
Alvey
of
nirhv
Island
were
while
in
the
j
succeeds
H.
J.
Brown
who
has
Char-
j
Coast
Cloudy
it"
In
northern
Jill-
hf
m
1
uu
v
iuuuy
Willi
1.1
20
m.p.h.
to-
mii.'ht
and
hlehs
pjr
Hardy.
33
and
and
47;
Prince
moved
from
Port
Essingion.
me
district
trustees,
whose
principal
concern
will
be
local
problems
and
expenditures,
join
the
mem-bers
of
the
city
board
as
a
dis
trict
board.
HOCKEY
SCORES
Toronto
4,
New
York
1.
Chicago
4,
Boston
4.
r
.t
Hunter
is
sailing
tomor
the
Catala
for
a
I
row
night
on
br!p'
biHne
trip
to
vancouvr.
ROME
(CP)
Rumors
of
an
imminent
shake-up
in
the
cabinet
of
Premier
Alcide
de
Gasperi
continued
to
circulate
today
and
the
independent
newspaper
11
Messagero
reported
talks
had
been
conducted
by
the
premier
with
Republicans
and
Labor
Socialists
and
had
reached
a
"decisive
stage."
Both
parties
have
de
clared
that
they
would
go
into
the
government
only
If
their
participation
means
an
end
to
the
government
swing
to
the
right.
Meantime
new
strikes
have
started
in
five
Italian
cities
and
traffic
between
Naples
and
Rome
has
been
Interrupted.
NAZIS
ARE
CONVICTED
Former
Lieutenants
of
Hitler
Found
Guilty
of
War
Crimes
NUERNBERG
P
Ten
former
ninennen
""""-r:
state
secretaries,
prosecutors
and
the
Halifax
wharves
from
$2.75
.
.
.
.
mln.,trv
Judges
In
Adolf
Hitler's
ministry
of
justice
were
convicted
today
by
the
United
States
tribunal
on
war
crimes
charts.
Four
others
were
acquitted
those
convicted
death,
will
be
announced
later.
The
convicted
Include
Franz
Schlegelberger,
former
acting
German
minister
of
justice
and
the
main
defendant;
State
SKc-
1
..-11
A
Y
1
J
and
Kurt
Rothenburger,
who
j
smashed
windows
in
spite
of
ef
forts
of
the
police
to
stop.
them.
No
one
was
injured.
Earlier
in
the
day
other
demonstrators,
protesting
at
the
recent
decision
to
divide
Palestine
Into
two-separate
states,
one
'Arab
and
one
Jewish,
marched
In
a
mile-long
parade.
Students
ignored
for
a
second
day
orders
from
the
Ministry
of
Education
to
get
back
to
their
studies.
Meanwhile
In
Jerusalem
a
shipload
of
Jewish
Immigrants
evaded
British
naval
patrols
and
slipped
Into
the
Holy
Land
last
night,
an
Hagana
spokesman
satri
todav.
The
spokesman
said
fhnt
the
immigrants
scattered
immediately
among
Jewish
settlements
In
the
Tel
Aviv
area.
Hagana,
which
said
disembarkation
was
carried
out
under
its
i
direction,
identified
the
refugee
;
ship
as
the
Haportzzim
("Break-:
crs
Through")
and
reported
that
lit
came
from
Casablanca.
The
ship
had
left
before
security
ae-tachments
reached
the
spot.
Throngs
estimated
at
15,000
riniPH
in
central
Cairo
today
elected
as
j
against
the
partition
but
broke
..
-fin-
riamnirlne
sno
US
UUU
trustees
for
two
ana
-
-
-u
-
of
pol.
terms
respectively.
Mr.
1
"
mobile
guards
arA.
brandish
brandish
ice
and
ing
whips
and
clubs.
Killed
in
Motor
Crash
on
Island
DUNCAN,
Vancouver
Island
ff
Ted
Shaw,
aged
50,
of
Vancouver
was
killed
Instantly
and
his
four-year-old
granddaughter,
Gail
Croll
of
Port
Albert,
was
severely
Injured
when
an
automobile
In
which
they
were
riding
crashed
into
the
rear
of
a
parked
gravel
trucK
iour
niuca
LORD
COLWYN
IS
CASHIERED
British
Officer
Dismissed
From
Army
for
Gross
Indecency
LONDON
Captain
Lord
i
Colwyn,
aged
33,
was
today
cash-
lered
from
the
British
Army
after
pleading
guilty
at
a'
court
martial
to
five
charges
accusing
him
of
gross
Impropriety
while
serving
as
an
officer
with
the
Gordon
Highlanders
in
Italy.
The
first
three
charges
alleged
that
Lord
Colwyn,
while
on
the
Island
of
Ischia
last
April
and
May,
committed
or
attempted
to
commit
acts
of
indecency
with
male
persons.
Two
other
charges
alleged
he
committed
Sentences
of
i
acts
or
indecency
with.
Italian
which
may
be
!
males
in
July
and
Augus
at
Tu-
irln.
FINE
MILITARY
reianes
neiDen
ncimui,
"lc"a
i
(rrtl
f
ltf
rAni
of
the
missing
Martin
Bormann,
Vl-Uu
II
h
UM
1
1
Ml)
rose
'to-legai
Importance
under.
OTTAWA
Behind
the
new
the
Nazi
regime;
Ernst
Lautz,
;
Minister
of
Fisheries,
Hon.
Mil-chief
prosecutor
in
the
notori-;
ton
F.
Gregg,
stands
a
notable
ous
people's
court
of
Berlin,
and
record
of
military
service.
In
Wolfgang
Oettgenberg.
German
j
1915
he
went
overseas
as
a
pri-
authority
on
international
law.
Near'East
Troublous
vate
in
the
Black
Watch
and
was1
;
wounded
three
times.
He
won;
the
Military
Cross
while
serving
at
Vimy
Ridge
with
the
Royal
i
months
later
a
bar
to
the
M.C.
!
and
In
September
1918.
the
Vic-;
toria
Cross
for
single-handed
;
penetration
of
the
Hindenburg
j
1
Line.
I
Anti-Partition
Demonstrations'
In
1934
Mr.
Gregg
was;
in
Baghdad
and
Cairo
Jew
j
appointed
Sergeant-at-Arms
of
,
Refugees
Land
the
House
of
Commons.
Whenj
t
the
Second
Great
War
broke
out
BAGHDAD,
.
,
Iraq,
1'
W
-
Demon-
j
lit
e
Decame
un.amc
second
otw.u
in
...
command
ARRESTED
FOR
THEFT
VANCOUVER
Peter
Mclsaac
giving
his
occupation
as
'a
miner,
and
Frank
S.
White,
salesman,
were
arrested
here
after
the
finding
of
$3000
in
bonds
said
to
have
been
part
of
$100,000
loot
take
last
summer
in
the
robbery
of
a
Kel-owna
brokerage
office.
FOUR
YOUTHS
ARRESTED
VANCOUVER
Four
more
of
fourteen
youths
and
-young
men
who
broke
away
last
week
from
Okalla
prison
were
apprehended
in
Portland
yesterday,
-leaving
three
still
at
large.
MICHAEL
DENIES
IT
LAUSANNE.
Switzerland
King
.Michael
of
Rumania
yesterday
denied
Copenhagen
re
ports
of
his
imminent
engagement
to
24-year-old
Princess
Anne
of
Bourbon-Para.
There
is
absolutely
nothing
in
it,"
the
king
told
a
interviewer.
"I
hear
this
story
everywhere
and
everybody
knows
more
about
it
than
I
do."
FISHERIES
DOOMED
WASHINGTON
Department
of
Interior
officials
say
the
great
salmon
fisheries
of
upper
rivers
in
the
Northwest
are
doomed
due
to
the
construction
of
dams.
Albert
M.
Day,
Fish
and
Wild
Life
Serv-
ice
director,
said
reclamation
mission
which
will
travel
through
half
of
Canada
dur-
Canadian
Regiment,
a
f
ewj
tag
jts
sittings
and
deal
with
more
than
1000
cases
involving
$3,000,000
worth
of
property,
opened
yesterday
in
Vancouver.
Mr.
Justice
II.
I.
Bird
constitutes
the
one-man
Japanese
Property
Claims
111C
lwvvw...o
1
1
,
.
-
f-
nrcsldent
with
W.
J.
Scott.
E.
D.
1
strators
set
fire
to
the
United
1
of
the
Royai
Canadian-
Regiment
OChool
Inspectors
Forward
and
w.
u.
L,amoiu
1
btaies
iniormauon
unite
hcic
and
jater
commanding
omcer
01
0:41-,
T.
V'JlIpJ
been
appoiniru
.v.vl
-
ine
wesi
nuva
oiu
hv6ui.i...
In
1941
he
returned
to
Canada
i
Mrs.
Aileen
Wilson,
wife
of
Dr.
to
become
commanding
officer
Floyd
Wilson
of
Trail
and
sister
of
the
Officers'
Training
Centre
at
Brockvllle,
Ont,
MOTHER
OF
AIMEE
McPHERSON
DIES
HERMOSA
BEACH.
B.Cl--Mrs.
Minnie
Kennedy,
mother
of
the
late
Almee
Semple
Macpherson,
was
found
dead
in
her
home
here
a
few
days
ago.
Death
was
due
to
nautral
causes.
Her
age
was
78.
It
was
in
1944
that
Almee
died.
Mrs.
Kennedy
and
her
famous
red-haired
evangelist
daughter
were
often
at
odds.
Yet,
In
the
midst
of
their
bickerings,
Mrs.
Kennedy
rarely
failed
to
reveal
how
she
really
felt.
Once,
she
told
reporters:
"Almee
Is
my
baby.
I
wish
her
well
and
pray
for
her."
Police
Officer
Is
Moved
to
Terrace
Brue,
Vancouver
and
Victoria
on
offl-
south
of
here
Wednesday
night
'da)
duties.
of
School
Inspector
E.
E.
Hynd
man
of
Prince
Rupert,
was
killed
In
an
auto
accident
recent
ly
on
the
highway
between
Ross-land
and
Patterson
In
southern
British
Columbia
when
a
car
In
which
she
was
riding
with
two
lady
friends
from
Spokane
went
over
an
embankment.
TALKS
OF
IMPORTANCE
May
Have
Important
Bearing
on
Big
Four
Conference
LONDON,
O
The
Big
Four
conference
appeared
making
I
little
further
headway
today
al
though
it
was
thought
that
important
talks
to
be
held
today
between
some
of
the
leading
figures
might
have
important
results.
Secretary
of.
State
George
Marshall
of
the
United
States
Is
to
lunch
tomorrow
with
...u
v,.
K
.rt,u.ifiPri
with
the
Russian
Foreign
Minister
Molo
tetaVlunen
To
7
the
John
Foster
Dulles
is
to
ciU
pln-tor.
?
f,
T,:l
.,,
..
meet
with
Premier
Schuman
and
years,
Is
being
transferred
to
Terrace
where
he
will
take
charge'
of
the
detachment,
succeeding
Sgt.
T.
D.
Bruntori,
transferred
to
Smlthers.
Constable
and
Mrs.
Brue
and
family
will
be
leaving
for
Terrace
next
week.
Staff
Sergeant
G.
H.
Johnson,
provincial
police,
Is
returning
to
the
city
on
the
Camosun
tomorrow
morning
after
a
trip
to
General
DeGaulle
of
France.
Scotch
Fish
Boats
Lacking
Engines
ABERDEEN
Scottish
fishing
fleets
continue
to
be
somewhat
crippled
by
the
continued
short
age
of
marine
diesel
engines.
Efforts
on
the
part
of
manufacturers
and
shipbuilders
to
cooperate
and
in
this
way
to
min
lmlze
the
problem
have
failed
to
drtte
ARCHBISHOP
I
OF
REGINA
I
Msgr.
M.
C.
O'Neill
of
!
Edmonton
Named
by
Pope
;
OTTAWA,
P
One
of
the
best
known
and
best
liked
padresi
In
the
Canadian
Army
during
the
I
Second
World
War,
Msgr.
M.
C.
O'Neill,
has
been"
appointed
by
!
Pope
Plus
XII
as
Archbishop
of
.Regina.
The
announcement
was
made
today
by
Archbishop
An-itonuitti,
apostolic
delegate
to
j
Canada
and
Newfoundland
!
The
52-year
old
native
of
Ot
tawa
is
at
present
rector
ol
St.
Joseph's
Cathedral
in
Edmonton
where
he
went
when
he
was
demobilized
from
the
Army
a
!year
ago
after
more
than
sven
I
years
in
service.
1
Archbishop-Elect
O'Neill
was
i
known
throughout
the
Army
as
"Father
Mike"
and
senior
officers
iand
privates
seldom
called
him
i
anything
else.
FRENCH
GOV'T
GIVEN
POWERS
Assembly
Passes
Schuman
Measures
to
Curb
Industrial
Strife
Rail
Strike
Ending
!
PARIS,
0
The
French
National
Assembly
early
today
ap-
j
proved
Premier
Robert
Schu-man's
anti--sabotage
and
strike
control
bill
after
more
than
five
days
of
bitter
debate
on
the
in
strument
designed
to
arm
the
government
against
the
growing
wave
of
Industrial
strife.
The
equipment
grew
to
alarming
proportions
throughout
France.
Most
serious
strife
is
again
reported
from
'
Southern
France
and
the
Riviera.
The
post
office
at
Cannes
was
seized
by
a
mob.
A
similar
attempt
was
made
on
the
post
office
at
Nice.
Trains
are
not
running
any.
further
than
Lyons
now.
However,
80
per
cent
of
railway
traffic
throughout
the
nation
Is
now
restored
and
certain
other
strikes
give
indications
of
an
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XXXVI,
No.
283.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
THURSDAY,
DECEMBER
4,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
K.
vernment
Change
In
Italy
Is
Near
Shal
e-up
In
Gasperril
Bulletins
Cabinet
Is
Impending
ROYAL
BANK
APPOINTMENT
J.
R.
R.
Gough,
C.B.E.,
E.D.,
whose
appointment
as
super
visor
of
bank
premises
for
the
,
Royal
Bank
of
Canada
Is
announced.
Mr.
Gough
rejoined
the
bank
in
1946
after
seven
years
active
service
overseas,
during
which
time
he
rose
from
the
rank
of
lieutenant
to
brigadier.
While
overseas
he
was
attached
to
headquarters
staff
of
the
Canadian
Army
in
Britain,
serving
under
General
McNaughton,
and
on
the
continent
under
General
Cre-rar.
As
a
member
of
the
headquarters
staff
of
the
Canadian
Army,
Mr.
Gough
participated
in
the
planning
of
the
Normandy
Invasion.
He
was
appointed
Commander
of
the
Order
of
the
British
Empire
and
mentioned
In
dispatches
for
services
in
northwest
INDUSTRY
IS
ENDANGERED
New
Trade
Agreements
Put
Salmon
Canning
in
Precarious
Position
projects
on
Ihelumbla
lfnIjfc
SnakeWrS
"m
WashtngKn.Ttions
and
damage
to
industrial1
VICTORIA
Wj
Ministry
01
fc
said
to
Oregon
and
Idaho
will
wipe
out
the
salmon
fisheries
above
the
proposed
McNary
dam.
COMMISSION
OPENS
VANCOUVER
A
Royal
Com
Fisheries
Leslie
H.
Eyres
day
that
British
Columbia's
$175,000,000
salmon
canning
in
Europe
Must
Be
Put
On
Its
Feet!
I
Speedily,
Premier
King
Declares
OTTAWA
No
time
should
be
lost
by
Canada
and
the
other
western
nations
In
helping
to
get
Europe
back
on
Its
feet,
declared
Prime
Minister
W.
L.
Mackenzie
King
today
following
his
trip
to
Britain
and
western
Europe.
If
the
European
situation
was
not
soon
remedied,
It
was
difficult
to
say
what
would
happen
but
whatever
happened
would
affect
all
the
nations
of
the
world.
Mr.
King
met
with
his
cabinet
this
afternoon
to
bring
them'
up
to
date
on
the
European
situation.
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BUILDING
Education
Department
Agrees
to
Pay
Half
of
$40,000
Needed
to
Repair
Booth
High
School
The
provincial
Department
of
Education
is
willing
to
grant
50
per
cent
of
the
cost'
of
rebuilding
Booth
Memorial
High
School
a
project
which
the
School
Board
expects
to
start
in
the
near
future.
A
letter
from
F.
T.
Falrey,
read
at
last
night's
board
meeting
said
that
50
per
cent
of
the
reconstruction
cost
would
be
available
If
estimates
for
the
work
were
submitted
as
a
single
project.
The
letter
was
one
received
in
reply
to
a
letter
sent
by
the
board
to
th&
department
seeking
such
aid.
Estimated
cbst
of
rebuilding
the
school
was
$40,-000,
which
would
give
the
27-year
building
another
20
years
of
usefulness.
Estimated
life
of
the
building
without
repairs
Is
five
years.
'
!
The
board
heard
reports
from
members
responsible
for
the
various
schools,
outlining
maintenance
work
that
was
done
during
the
inonth,
or
which
requires
doing
shortly.
All
reports
listed
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work
of
a
minor
nature.
The
board
will
seek
to
obtain
an
estimate
of
replacement
value
of
the
school
buildings
in
the
district
for
insuring
them
against
fire.
The
former
Wartime
Housing
staff
houses,
situated
on
Hays
Cove
Circle
in
Booth
High
School
grounds,
came
up
for
discussion
after
the
reading
of
a
letter
from
War
Assets
Cor
poration
which
the
board
mem
bers
felt,
might
saddle
them
with
responsibility
for
restoring
the
building
sites
to
their
original
condition
after
the
houses
arc
been
sold
to
Francis
Millerd
Cannery
Co.
for
demolition
or
removal,
are
on
school
land
expropriated
by
the
Crown
during
dustry,
employing
ten
thousand
the
war
The
board
passe(i
a
mo
persons,
had
been
placed
in
a
tlon
by
Trustee
A.
B.
Brown
ad
precarious
position
by
the
Ge-jvismg
War
Assets
Corporation
neva
trade
agreements.
.
that
it
is
willing
to
allow
the
The
provincial
government
has
j
canlnery
company
untlll
next
asked
the
federal
government
to
March
31
for
removal
of
the
prevent
flow
of
fresh
salmon,
ordinarily
processed
In
the
province,
from
British
Columbia.
The
movement
is
encouraged
under
the
Geneva
trade
agreements
by
the
50
percent
reduction
In
the
United
States
duty
on
fish.
buildings
but
that
it
is
not
willing
to
release
War
Assets
Corporation
from
Its
responsibility
to
restore
the
site
to
Its
original
condition.
The
land
is
expected
to
revert
to
the
School
Board
in
the
near
future
when
the
federal
government
returns
to
its
owners
land
which
it
expropriated
for
wartime
use.
Representative
D.
E.
Alvey
of
Dodge
Cove
reported
that
re
pair
work
had
been
completed
on
the
Digby
Island
school
and
that
the
building
was
now
In
satisfactory
shape.
ENROLMENT
IS
INCREASING
Reports
of
principals
in
tho
city's
four
public
schools
showed
an
enrolment
of
1,141
students.
Enrolment
for
November,
1946,
was
1,121.
Attendance
at
all
schools
was
high
during
the
last
month,
the
reports
indicated.
Enrolment
at
Booth
Memorial
High
School
was
475,
with
261
in
the
Junior
High
School
and
214
in
the
"senior.
There
was
92
per
cent
attendance.
A
request
from
Principal
A.
M.
Hurst
that
the
board
reimburse
the
Student
Council
for
a
moving
picture
projector
bought
a
year
ago,
was
turned
down
by
the
trustees.
The
board
felt
that
the
Student
Council
could
raise
funds
by
projects.
At
Borden
Street
elementary
school,
enrolment
was
198
and
the
attendance
92
per
cent,
Principal
John
S.
Wilson
reported.
Conrad
Street
elementary
school
had
an
enrolment
of
200
and
an
attendance
of
90
per
cent
for
the
month.
Principal
T.
G.
Batemen's
report
stated.
At
King
Edward
School
there
was
an
enrolment
of
268
during
the
month,
and
the
attendance
was
92
per
cent,
according
to
Principal
R.
O.
Moore.
LOCAL
TIDES
Friday,
December
5,
1947
High
Low
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feet
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feet
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feet
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