How
Did
Life-Jacketed
Remains
of
Calgary
Man
(let
on
West
Coast
Of
Queen
Charlottes?
Mystery
attaches
itself
to
the
finding
on
the
beach
at
lonely
Henslung
Day
on
Langara
Island
to
the
northwest
of
the
Queen
Charlottes
of
the
body
in
a
life
jacket
of
a
man
'believed
to
have
been
David
Alexander
Robinson
of
1919
Third
Street,
East
Calgary.
The
finding
of
the
body
was
reported
to
the
provincial
police
here
by
a
man'
named
Nesbltt
and
the
police
boat
P.
M.
L.
15,
with
Con-
-1.1.1.
1
Tl
I
.
U
n
1
.
n
flUnfnA
wai
j,
dispatched
,,,,,
,
to
,i,,i,
bring
It
,t
in.
,
rru'
The
boat
is
expected
back
in
Prince
Rupert.
How
the
body
chanced
to
get
there
is
so
far
entirely
unex
plained.
A
message
from
the
police
boat
,.r
operations
take
definite
precau
suggested
.
j
.u
that
inii
identity
must
have'.'
v,,.,
tlon
to
protect
its
workmen
nn
Whii,
while
been
established
toy
papers
found
in
the
clothing.
A
military
discharge
certificate
showed
Robinson
as
being
4G
years
of
age
and
born
in
Manitoba.
He
was
a
member
of
the
Canadian
Legion
at
Calgary
having
scived
from
1914
to
1918
in
the
Thirty-First
Dattallon
and
being
discharged
in
May
1919.
R
blnson
had
been
employed
by
the
Premier
Gold
Mining
Co.
and
last
fall
by
the
Ryan
Construction
Co.
on'pnrtcd-atatr?Engifiter1n?
Department
projects
at
Prince
Rupert.
The
police
have
no
reports
of
miinr
fonats
or
men
In
the
area
where
the
body
was
found.
OPERATIONS
IN
CANNING
racktrs
to
Operate
Sunnyside
and
Claxlon
Salmon
Plants
and
Port
Edward
Oil
and
Meal
Factory
J
M.
Buchanait,
general
manager.
G.
M.
Ferguson,
.comptroller,
and
Dr.
C.
R.
Elsey,
processing
manager
of
British
Columbia
Packer
Limited,
have
been
in
Prince
Rupert
for
four
days
Inspecting
the
company's
plants
and
property
on
the
Skeena
River,
and
ore
leaving
tonight
for
the
south.
They
report
It
Is
their
intention
to
operate
Claxton
and
Sunnyside
Canneries
and
the
meal
and
oil
plant
at
Port
Edward.
The
herring
season
to
date
has
been
a
failure
in
the
northern
area,
the
first
in
many
years
and
the
regular
date
of
closing
of
fishing
Is
fast
ap
proaching.
It
Is
possible,
it
seems,
(here
will
only
be
herring
taken
for
bait
this
year.
The
officials
intend
to
spend
some
time
at
their
Namu
plant
on
their
return
trip
to-
Vancouver.
lt
Is
confirmed
that
B.C.
Pack
crH
had
arranged
to
lease
part
of
thePort
Edward
plant
machine
shopmd
housing
facilities
to
Nel
son
BrDihers
Fisheries
Limited
un
til
July
l
during
the
period
of
construction
of
the
latters'
can
nery
on
a
site
adjacent
to
B.C.
Tackers'
iort
Edward
property,
URGE
OF
THE
RAND
JOHANNESBURG,
Feb.
25
Cft
Business
m;n
of
the
Rand
have
urged
that
every
effort
be.,
made
by
the
Union's
director-general
of
supplies
to
Import
raw
materials
and
enable
th?
Union
to
produce
ai
many
mantfactured
commodl-lcs
as
possible.
BUDGET
O.V
TUESDAY
OTTAWA
Finince
Minister
J.
'
Ilsley
will
present
the
budget
next
Tuesday.
Increased
income
taxcs
arc
a
foregone
conclusion.
DEATH
BY
ACCIDENT
Evidence
at
Coroner's
Jury
Tells
How
Two
Men
Were
Fatally
Struck
by
Train
Hendrickus
Van
Oendt
and
John
Tapio.
rock
drillers
for
the
Tom-llnson
Construction
Co.
on
the
building
of
the
Skeena
River
Highway,
came
to
their
deaths
near
Skeena
on
the
Canadian
National
Railways
by
accident
as
a
result
of
being
struck
by
ah
extra
train
on
Friday
afternoon
last,
according
to
the
verdict
of
a
coroner's
jury
last
night
at
the
conclusion
of
an
inquest
Into
the
double
fatality.
Van
Oendt
was
killed
instantly
at
4:10
that
afternoon.
Tapio
died
at
1:25
the
next
morning
in
the
Princp
Rupert
General
Hospital.
Lacerated
brain
and
fracture
of
the
skull
were
given
as
the
cause
of
Van
Ghent's
death.
Tapio's
death
was
....
.
.
,'.
directly
due
to
suffocation
as
a
re
sult
of
lung
puncture
from
a
fractured
clavicle.
The
Jury
added
to
its
verdict
a
.
.
..,.
working
in
dangerous
situations.
The
Jury,
which
took
an
even
hour
to
reach
its
verdict,
consisted
of
John
E.
Davey,
foreman,
J.
H.
Malr,
R.
A.
McLeod,
Carl
Zarelli,
George
W.
King
and
Samuel
Wlk-dal.
Coroner
Dr.
R.
J.
McDonald
pre
sided
over
the
Inquest
and
the
ex
amination
of
witnesses
was
con
ducted
by
Sergeant
O.
L.
Hall,
pro-
The
first
witness
was
C.
C.
King,
conductor,
who
told
of
the
compo
sition
of
the
train
which
had
three
cars
in
front
of
the
engine
and
four
behind.
Two
brakemen
were
at
the
front
end
of
the
train
keeping
a
look-out
and
sounding
an
air,
whistle.
They
had
an
unobstructed
view
of
the
track
ahead.
They
had
control
of
air
brakes
and
signal
appliances
to
the
engine.
The
air
whistle
was
penetrating
although
not
loud
as
the
ordinary
englns
as
....
.
.
.
.
.
jtutn
whistle
nut
snouia
De
ruiiy
uuuimu
to
people
for
a
good
aisiance
ahead;
The
point
of
the
accident
was
Mile
80.5
west
of
Pacific.
The
train
blew
Its
whistle
repeatedly
In
passing
along
this
part
of
the
line
where
men
were
engaged
on
road
construction
work.
The
train
was
travelling
about
seventeen
miles
per
hour.
Men
htrucK
l.ee
Rossi,
trainman,
from
a
dis
tance
of
about
800
or
900
feet,
could
sec
two
men
working
In
a
cut.
He
kent
sounding
the
air
warning
whistle
which
he
assumed
the
men
heard.
At
a
distance
of
aoout
wa
feet
he
perceived
that
they
were
operating
a
drill
ana,
as
mey
seemed
to
pay
no
attention,
concluded
that
they
had
not
heard.
It
was
then
he
pulled
the
emergency
valve
to
apply
the
'braKcs.
nowever.
the
men
were
struck.
The
men
were
working
on
the
outside
of
the
track.
.
Cyril
G.
Bailey,
another
trainman
it-ivp
evidence
corroborative
f
nt
nf
Rossi.
Tire
heads
of
the
two
men
were
bowed
over
their
drill
and
witness
said
u
was
pos
sible
they
had
never
heard
or
seen
Ihn
train.
Edward
A.
Nix,
engineer,
reu
uie
locomotive
and
put
air
go
on
the
the
brake
in
emergency
poslUon
as
the
train
was
brougni
w
a
siop.
The
train
had
been
stopped
lit
the
possible.
At
the
rate
fastest
way
travelling
n
wou
u
the
train
was
tot
two
or
three
hundred
feet
to
stop.
The
engineer
was
of
the
op-
lnlon
that,
wnerever
v,
engine
should
be
on
the
front
of
a
train.
Men
wouia
nave
a
w-ter
chance
of
hearing
the
engine
whistle
than
the
air
whistle.
Capt.
Norman
P.
Gateson
expressed
doubt
If
the
men
could
L
vp
heard
the
train
owing
to
the
noise
of
their
drill.
Witness
was
on
board
the
train
and
.aided
ln,plck-i
r
ho
two
men.
Capt.
Harold
Young,
an
Army
doctor,
found
the
one
man
dead
(Continued
on
Page
Two)
fee
Lot
riperMurje
k
Tonight's
Dim-out
(Half
an
hour
aftar
sunset
to
L
Maximum
49
half
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
1
Mlnimur.
:
1
32
'7:37
p.m.
to
8:11
ajn.
NORTIIEKN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
VOL.
XXXII,
No.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
FEBRUARY
24,
1943
PRICE-
FIVE
CENTS
Hitler
Is
Becoming
More
sper
FINDING
OF
BODY
MYSTERY
Retreat
of
Axis
Forces
Through
Kasserine
Pass
is
Being
Kept
Up
Today!
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
Feb.
25
(CP)
Combining
a
three-pronged
attack
in
the
north
with
armored
car
advances
by
the
British
Eighth
Army
into
the
outpost
area
of.
the
Mareth
Line
to
the
south,
General
Sir
Harold
Alexander,
had
the
enemy
.in
trouble
on
two
fronts
today.
As
British
and
American
itroops
swarmed
into
Kasserine
Pass
near
the
Algerian
border
for
mopping
up
operations,
strong
Royal
Air
Force
and
American
air
squadrons
sprcajl
their
assault
through
the
pass
and
deep
in
the
enemy's
rear,
blasting
airdromes,
roads,
railways
and
strafing
troops,
vehicles
and,
outposts.
,
As
Rommel
retreated
he
was
again
leaving
Italian
infantry
behind
as
a
rearguard
as
he
did
in
V"vt
and
hundreds
of
crack
Italian
troops
were
taken
prisoner.
FUNERAL
OF
THREE
Triple
Burial
Here
of
Victims
of
Highway
Construction
Accidents
A
triple
luneral
seivice
took
place
from
the
chapel
of
the
B.C.
Undertakers
to
Falrview
for
the
victims
of
recent
accidents
on
road
construction
work
on
the
lower
Skeena
River.
They
were
Hendrlkus
Van
Gendt
and
John
TaDio.
who
train
near
Skeena,
and
George
Balberchak,
third
victim
of
the
slide
which
recently
demolished
a
road
camp
near
Kwinitsa.
Rev.
C.
A.
Wright,
pastor
of
First
Baptist
Church,
officiated
and
acting
pallbearers
were
associates
of
the
dead
men
on
the
road
work.
The
body
of
Balberchak
was
found
at
the
end
of
last
week
underneath
the
floor
of
the
camp
bathhouse
which
was
among
the
buildings
which
had
been
carried
b
th(J
avaiancne.
He
had,
apparently
sought
shelter
h
behind!
keep
up
the
work
of
packing
prls-thc
ibulldlne
end
was
caught
be-
oner
of
war
food
parcels
which
the
nrnth
It.
His
death
was
attributed
ts
cnffnrnt.inn.
Ralherchak
came
from
Edgerton,
Alberta,
and
was
44
years
of
age.
He
is
believed
to
have
had
a
wife
and
family
m
Czechoslovakia
in
which
country
he
was
born.
Van
Gendt
was
a
Dutchman
forty-seven
years
of
age
and
had,
served
in
the
Canadian
Scottish
in
this
war.
His
home
was
in
Vancouver,
John
Tapio
was
a
Finn,
came
here
from
Gerafdton,
Ontario,
and
was
thirty-six
years
of
age.
SANITATION
i
IN
SCHOOLS
Unard
Receives
Lengthy
Report
From
Inspector
C.
K.
Stonehousc
A
lengthy
report
from
the
sanitary
inspector
C.
R.
Stonehousc,
dealing
with
conditions
at
the
various
schools
was
received
at
the
meeting
of
the
board
of
school
j
trustees
last
night.
Recommendat
Ions
for
improvement
In
certain
cases
were
made.
The
sanitary
Inspector
was
par
ticularly
critical
of
conditions
at
Seal
Cove
School
for,
which,
how
ever,
the
board
could
not
be
held
responsible.
The
report
was
referred
to
the
attention
of
the
various
school
committees
concerned.
SERVICE
MEN
HOME
OTTAWA
A
group
of
service
men
from
Britain,
including
senior
,
officers,
returned
home
from
Britain
yesterday.
They
include
Brigadier
J.
P.
M.
Archam-bault
and
Col.
Arthur
II.
,
Fraser,
D.S.O.,
who
led
the
Royal
Regiment
at
Dieppe.
'
KING
BACKS
RED
CROSS
i
I
Indorsation
from
the
Prime
Minis
ter
of
Canada
for
National
'
Appeal
OTTAWV,
Feb.
25
The
Canadian
government
has
declared
that
March
will
be
recognized
as
"Red
Cross
mJnth"
throughout
the
DomlnlonS
Prime-
Minister
Mac
rk?nzi
mcnt
supporting
tncuanaman
nea
Cross
national
campaign
for
$10,-800,000
which
ODcns
Ma
ch
1.
The
Prime
Minister's
announcement
is
as
follows:.
"I
am
deeply
gratified
to
learn
that
on
March
first
the
Canadian
Red
Cross
Society
is
launching
an
appeal
to
tht
people
of
Canada
for
ten
million
dollars
to
enable
it
to
continue
In
'
its
beneficent
work
In
the
relief
of
human
suffering
in
this
critical
years
of
the
war.
"I
am
pleased
to
know
that
ovet
half
of
this
amount
will
be
used
tj
Canadian
Red
Cross
is
now
produc
inc
at
the
rate
or
one
nunarca
thousand
a
week,
of
which
the
Society
Itself
donates
the
cost
of
thirty
thousand
a
week,
and
that
the
remainder
of
the
sum
raised
will
be
expended,
partly
upon
hospital
supplies
and
upon
forces
and
civilian
war
victims
in
Britain,
partly
for
aid
in
disasters
and
emergencies
and
for
blood
donor
service
and
other
aims
of
similar
worth.
,
"In
this,
the
fourth
year
of
the
wa:,
It
is
particularly
Important
that
we
give
the
utmost
measure
of
our
aid
to
the
Canadian
Red
Cross
Society.
As
I
remarked
at
the
beginning
of
the
year,
'As
the
areas
of
conflict
close
in,
the
fighting
will
Increase
In
intensity
and
ferocity.
Hie
coming
year
will
see
nil
nnr
nrrnprl
forces
in
action.
We
,.
u
caiipH
unnn
t.
nass
through
j
the
greatcst
ot.deai
jn
0ur
coun
try's,
history.'
Bearing
this
thought
in
mind.
the
people
of
Canada
will,
I
am
confident,
give
a.
generous
response
to
this
appeal
of
the
Canadian
Red
Cross
for
the
fund3
so
urgently
needed
on
Its
vitally
essential
work."
Reconsidering
Its
Estimates
The
board
of
school
trustees
has
had
its
estimates
for
the
year
1943
returned
to
it
by
the
civic
finance
committee
which
desires
a
further
breakdown
of
various
Items.
The
finance
committee
also
questions
the
estimated
government
grant
for
teacher's
salaries
as
shown
by
the
"school
aboard.
At
last
night's
meeting
of
the
school
board
the
estimates
were
referred
back
to
the
various
committee
of
the
'
boards
concerned.
MUST
STAY
IN
CUSTODY
No
Release
for
Gandhi,
Prime
i
Minister
Says
LONDON,
Feb.
25
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
gave
assurance
yesterday
that
Mohandas
K.
Gandhi
would
be
kept
in
confinement.
To
release
him
would
b?Ho
iiscriminate
against
others.
Forcigin
Secretary
Anthony
Eden
today
promised
the
House
of
Commons
an
early
statement
on
the
circumstances
of
Gandhi's
fast.
BUILDING
CANNERY
Nelson
Bros.
Fisheries
Tutting
in
New
riant
at
Port
Edward
Nelson
Bros.
Fisheries
Ltd.
announce
the
building
of
a
three-line
cannery
in
Port
Edward
Harbor
to
replace
the
former
Prince
I.
Rupert
plant
on
the
Ocean
Dock
which
was
taken
over
last
spring
by
government
authorities.
The
Iocp'.
manager,
II.
F.
Robins,
ad-
;
In
vires
construction
will
commence
immediately
and
will
be
completed
for
the
1913
salmon
pack.
Machinery
and
equipment
from
the
former
Prince
Rupert
plant
will
be
used.
Herring
canning
equipment
will
also
be
installed
to
take
care
of
next
season's
operations.
c
paralleling
me
present
ron-
Edward
railway
siding.
Part
of
the
warehouse
space
will
be
leased
to
British
Columbia
Packers
Ltd.
for
this
season.
II.
F.
Robins
continues
as
man-ajer
here
for
Nelson
Bros.
Fish-erics
Ltd.
William
Fraser
is
coming-
north
frcm
Vancouver
to
be
come
accountant
in
succession
to
I).
C.
Stevenson
who
has
joined
the
office
staff
of
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital.
DENMARK
TROUBLE
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Nazrs
Authorities
In
Occupied
Country
LONDON,
Feb.
25
P)
The
Danish
radio
has
reported
that
"a
number
of
parachutists"
had
been
dropped
in
Denmark
tout
gave
no
indication
of
the
nationality
or
whether
they
had
been
captured.
Twenty-seven
persons,
the
radio
reported,
had
been
sentenced
for
helping
the
parachutists,
indicating
that
they
had
landed
some
time
ago.
The
ladio
said
that
some
Danish
residents
had
sheltered
tha
parachutists,
provided
facilities
for
erecting
radio
transmitters
and
supplied
money
and.
information.
Reports
indicated
that
the
parachutists
were
Danish
agents
working
against
the
Axis.
ILLNESS
IS"
PNEUMONIA
This
is
Clearing
but
Premier
Still
J
Has
Temperature
I
LONDON,
Feb.
25
It
was
re
vealed
yesterday
that
Prime
Min
ister
Winston
Churchill,
who
was
at
first
suffering
from
catarrh,
actually
had
pneumonia.
The
pneumonia
Is
clearing
but
temperature
is
not
yet
normal.
However
his
recovery
Is
progressing
rapidly
and
he
smoked
a
cigar
in
bed
yes
terday,
Must
Break
Terror
With
Ten-Fold
Terror
States
Fuehrer
In
His
Message
London
Sees
Possibility
of
Gas
Warfare
Looming-.Is
Not
Well
in
Occupied
Europe
for
Nazis
LONDON,
Feb.
25
(CP)
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
promised
"mobilization
of
spiritual
and
material
values
of
Europe"
such
as
never
before
witnessed
for
war
but
hinted
the
struggle
might
continue
for
years
and
there
are
still
difficulties
on
the
home
front.
Hitler's
proclamation
to
a
Munich
meeting
of
party
followers
was
read
for
him
because
he
was
still
"with
1
German
soldiers
fighting
in
the
East."
"We
shall
not
scruple
about
foreign
lives
at
a
time
when
such
hard
sacrifices
"are
exacted
from
our
own
lives,"
Hitler
declared
but
did
not
amplify
the
statement.
The
Fuehrer,
at
one
point
in
the
message,
admitted
"Germany's
future
will
be
decided
on
tie
battlefields
of
the
Soviet."
Indicating
that
all
was
not
well
occupied
Europe,
Hitler
said
that
the
Nazi
party
must
"break
terror
with
ten-fold
terror."
Distribution
today
of
gas
masks
to
the
people
of
Berlin
Indicated
that
Germany,
in
her
desperation,
expected
reprisals,
might
be
preparing
to
use
gas
and
Gas
can
and
will
be
scattered
from
one
end
of
Germany
to
the
i
British
British
Government
government
spokesman
says.
t
Liquor
Store
Closes
Down
The
local
government
ven-
t
dor's
store
ran
out
of
liquor
!
again
yesterday
and
this
time
1
it
will
not
be
opening
again
until
the
first
of
next
week
as
no
fresh
supply
is
expected
before
then.
At
that
time
sales
will
be
limited
to
forty
per-
cent
of
what
they
were
a
year
aco.
The
plan,
It
is
expected,
lT
will
"
be
uc
to
lu
have
"a,c
a
dally
ration
4,
reachc
the
stor
wili
be
.
closed
for
the
day.
This
should,
eliminate
the
long
late
afternoon
line-ups.
!
'
BOMBS
BY
CANADIANS
.
Airmen
From
This
Dominion
Lead
Another
Attack
Upon
Wil-helmshaven
LONDON,
Feb.
23
(CP)
Royal
Air
Force
and
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
bombers
attacked
the
naval
base
at
AVilhelmshaven
and
ether
objectives
in
western
Germany
last
night
without
the
loss
of
a
single
plane,
it
was
announced
today.
The
bomber
forces
were
niad'c
up
mostly
of
Canadians
for
whom
it
was
the
biggest
operation
yet.
Ontario
Canteen
For
Portsmouth
LONDON,
Feb.
25
KP
A
mobile
canteen,
donated
by
the
Order
of
the
Eastern
Star,
Ontario
Chapter,
has
been
turned
over
to
H.
M.
Dockyard
at
Portsmouth.
Lt.
Col.
Unwln
Slmson,
administrate
secre-
It
has
been
suggested
that
a
war
tary
to
the
Canadian
High
Corn-council
should
be
formed
In
the
mlssloner,
made
the
presentation
possibility
of
the
Prime
Minister's
to
Rear.
Admiral
M.,
L.
Clarke,
ad-Illness
being
lengthy.
.
miral
superintendent.,.'
-All
BULLETINS
ROMMEL'S
ARMY
CRUMBLING
ALLIED
HEAPQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA
General
Sir
Harold
Alexander,
British
commander
of
Allied
ground
forces,
swung
his
British,
American
and
French
troops
into
a
fierce
counter-offensive
in
central
Tunisia
wheie
they
are
shaking
loose
the
last
grip
of
Marshal
Erwin
Rommel's
crippled
columns
on
strategic
Kasserine
Pass
and
menacing
two
other
strong
points
at
Sbeitla
and
Ousseltia
to
the
northeast.
REDS
SWEEP
AHEAD
-
MOSCOW
Soviet
troops
re
'sweeping
'along
the
entire
front."
in
the
face
of
increasing
enemy
counter-attacks
and
despite
deep
snows
In
Orel
and
Kursk
Provinces
and
thick
sticky
mud
in
the
Ukraine
and
North
Caucasus,
Held
dispatches
said
today.
NO
CHANGE
IN
GANDHI
BOMBAY
An
official
bulletin
said
today
that
there
was
no
change
in
the
condition
of
Mq-h'andas
K.
Gandhi
now
in
the
sixteenth
day
of
his
twenty-ono
day
fast.
NOT
MUCH
LONGER
LONDON
War
Secretary
Sir
James
Grigg
said
today
in
the
House
of
Commons
that
he
trusted
impatient
Canadian
soldiers
here
''will
not
have
to
wait
much
longer
for
mass
attacks
upon
the
enemy."
Sir
James
said
the
Canadian
Army
in
Britain
had
been
irked
by
delay
in
"engaging
themselves'
in
bulk
against
the
enemy."
MISSING
PLANE
FOUND
WASHINGTON
The
United
States
Army
Air
Force
announced
today
that
one
of
two
planes
missing
in
the
north
country
since
February
5
had
been
found
and
said
that
the
pilot
and
co-pilot
had
been
killed
in
the
crash
but
two
passengers
had
been
rescued.
CHAR
LOTTETO
WN
SHAKEN
ClIARLOTTETOWN
This
city
was
jolted
severely
last
night
by
an
explosion,
believed
to
have
been
caused
by
the
blowing
up
of
an
aircraft
which
landed
in
distress
near
here
and
blew
up.
TURKEY
AND
WAR
ANKARA
Premier
Inonu
declared
yesterday
that
the
Turkish
government
would
continue
to
do
its
utmost
to
remain
neutral
but
might
not
be
able
to
stay
out
of
.the
war.
The
country
would
fight,
if
necessary,
to
safeguard
its
rights
and
privileges.
BIG
SUBMARINE
ATTACK
OTTAWA
Rear-Admiral
V.
G.
Broducr,
Canadian
naval
attache
at
Washington,
says
the
Germans
may
concentrate
500
or
GOO
submarines
off
Nova
Scotia
and
Newfoundland
this
summer.
It
might
be
necessary
to
close
the
St.
Lawrence
River,
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