Local
Tides
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i
vuh"
Thursday,
Feb.
21
High
:
1:40
31.9
feet
41
13:39
33.7
feet
4
Low
7:40
4.0
feet
imam
LlBKAfi
20:08
0.6
feet
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WEDNESDAY,
FEBKUAKY'Zi,
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PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
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of
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23
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fir
i'i
er
German
troopSftA
r;i
if
r
lo
'pr;
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announceu
louay
mm
iw
r
r
id
tiit
territory
tney
occupied
since
f
it
tho
ku
miner
of
1!M1.
The
RpfJ
.id',
nncr
I
westward
as
ikI.
..-
t-
are
being
Rr
A'
:ny
buth
In
the
north
i
f
to
Pskov
be.ond
Krlvot
Dl
Hick
Sea
and
,
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r
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and
guns
r
!
:w
t'Xlay
in
ob-
4-
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twenty-sixth
4-
.
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i
.
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4
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rininrr
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ur
con
i
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a
lar?e
ftci'.ed
in
!
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s.
mi,
the
Ua.
lie
hospital
,im
nbjht
In
(,on
side
it.
O
v
'ti.mlifALl
aXO
'
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I
4.'4
coauasrra
i
.
The
number
the
'43
trt
J
-
.'.
in
194I1
While
to
reuUnent
.
;milnt
3t.-were
24
:p.tn)r
opers
a
'here
were
21
in
1943
ray
fllmk
ed
-Ml
.-.
tiiiuefl
the
-
"Xtraortfin
n
a
Tery
dtf
'
n
the
staft
1
Jomstlc-
irrsona
be
!e
yenr.
In
ipprlntend
l
.i
ist.
had
re
.rded
by
Miss
.
:iv
whom
the
:...:railon
was
..
IH
Cl
N'CLS
IN
siiapi;
the
balance
.iiutlon
to
be
-aid
the
re-
(
m
umstances
ui
set
ssldr
i
.
.
i
.
i.
.
iiiit.rit.
ill
uii"
j:
T:..s
sum
reure-l
'
v
of
the
bond
.(I
in
August.
-'
i.iid
have
be-
Mucnt
In
Aug-i
it
was
made
1
:
ii
o(
this
bonU
h
l
prtnclpn
':
iut
n'.st
at
any
In-'
-t
il,i;e
alter
Augus
J
nl
;,
n
of
the
IMnci
Oe.icvai
HDspttal
Assoc
t
'V.!
ii'
I
would
advise
l
IL.
a
i
j
.
.been
ciatd
t
t'
'
m
a
poi.Unrv
l-'fi'"
f-
tif
it
the
w;n
fn
1
'
very
one
addltloi
e
hr
""a5
built
by
thf
Vt
nenf
r
U.i'mnal
Defence
'
f
i'
me
tn
anv
tYtn
It
Vl'a
matter
n.
I,.
ui.u,
a
very
important
one
"
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neeount.
shows
xum
of
;v.!T
tionnn
.
......
'
-
-
"
"
V.
L
x-rayfe
the
m
Monty
of
"
lor
Wl"'k
dnnn
iti
this
th
arm
1
1
fnrcps
0?
Sj
.
v
ib
past
year
from
almost
much
as
1,000
miles
in
-
cral
t
Q
ff
i0
OlffnS
Ul
rmn
reace
-
8TCX-KH01.M,
Feb.
33
Oi
-
Juhu
K.
Paak!vl.
former
inetr.li
r
c.
tbi-
Fianlsh
can-
lnrt.
.eturnrd
to
Ueliiinkl
today
without
Indications
that
Finland
was
any
nearer
getting
out
of
the
war.
Paasklvl's
arrival
here
on
February
13
led
to
rumors
that
the
linns
are
trying
to
contact
Moscow
for
a
separ-
ate
jace
rWn,rH-nn'
Man
Dies
Here
in
The
rt
v.i
iKcurred
tn
th
Privet
Rtr,Krt
Oeneral
Hospital
tilKht
of
Vlartm
Joaenb
OU-
-"ASSESSMENTS
m
a
MaUonery
steam
-
i
various
const-uc-
8
companies
in
the
dU'.rtc1
,ftf
n
tfinesa
whtel)
forced
hiir
top
wortdag
atwn
six
weeK
'
M,.
lMZJrSL.mm
W
1
,v
Coast
Constnietton
Oompany
until
late
in
Dteewbet
and.
prior
that,
he
had
worked
for
the
k
Rvan
Construction
Company
i4
'he
B.C.
Bridge
and
uredg
at
Company.
He
was
s
widows
and
was
born
In
Nova
Scotia.
Before
coming
to
Prince
Rn-
oert
ehrnteen
months
ao,
th
late
Mr.
OIUIs
had
been
employ
at
Zebauos.
vaacouw
inano
.ifiUes
and
Is
likely
to
cease
ny
time.
Anions
new
euutHment,
oraers
,m
which
haws
been
placed,
but
.ol
yet
delivered
arc:
a
new
;
eiluzer.
case
room
table,
port
bie
suction
and
ether
appara
tusthese
Items
will
Involve
an
xt-endlture
In
excess
of
$3,900.
The
renort
of
the
president
In
timated
that
the
Woikmen'aj
Compensatten
Board,
as
a
tem-nnrarv
measure
due
to
the
In
creased
cost
at
hospitalisation.
has
Utcreated
its
P"r
aiem
rai-from
$3
to
A0
which
was
the
prevaUIng
rate
for
public
vara
accommodation
iu
hospitals
lrt
.he
south.
,
Mr.
Tinkers
report
recoiaea
witn
sincere
rerct
the
death
of
m
ii
itrown.
a
oast
president
oi
the
Association,
who
had
served
an
the
board
for
over
iiiieon
vears.
In
June
the
services
oi
r.
lost,
he
hav-
at
trm
n
n
It
rlaifi
heen
tg
resigned
from
the
ooaio
on
i
t-ount
of
leaving
me
w.
An
outstanding
event
of
the
ar
In
the
hospital
had
bec-'
m
visit
of
Princess
Alice
tn
Sep-,
.ember.
The
report
referred
to
me
i
uiii
nt
thn
Women's
Auxiliary.
w
.
a
mmtmm
lU.
.xi
m
i
a
nG
v
ai
m
fa
.
c
-
V
Cox,
which
han
aone
ork
in
providing
crib
frames
for
the
nursery,
baby
blanket,
curiam
material
fm
he
Auxiliary
ward
.and
fruits
andles.
cigars
and
cigarette
toi
the
patient
at
Christmas.
ana
oru.
Act.vit.es
s
.
i
itocno
rn
combed
S'lOCKHOI-.M.
I
1.
Z-i
.
unnll
i"
.n
ifr
or
h-h
iph
r
r:al"
tii
v.
ovtr
S.'aci.l.iil
Tnesdsy
ni'il
-.tul
sevi
twiiii
t
It
it
,.(
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!
!
wcie
r;-)""!
i!
ami
il
I-
r-'e
be
v
.....
.
jetii-uautg
c.tplof
rvr
fore
ttyii-r
to
la
iti.
'!
v
Urie.a
-lij
asency
m
'
Kuwiaa
li
ttrrl
'v
m-
fou.i
'
liecab
frac.ii'-utj
at
Stimn
-.s
.
wrt
frf
8te4ih.lni.
all
die
plane
dropped
epli;vr
Signal
letters
indicating
lli-y
were
try.ni
to
land
.e
bj
drafited
by
tiir
phi
tr
thK
teadla
U
the
belie!
b:
they
were
damaxel
alrcm
M-h
Jftli
toned
their
evplw
re
Ivfere
atleniptlnf
einer-t-ncjr
lauding.
Ituv
tan
lumbers
raUkl
1
1-ruu,
Hnland.
IM
lailes
i"tn
Stockholm,
last
night.
ARE
REDUCED
The
ctvir
court
of
revision
met.
it-.
econa
current
scisum
Tuesday
to
consider
appeals
against
the
asaeased
values
o'
and
and
property.
Constltuuns
he
cou
t
were
Mayor
H.
M.
Das
p.ett.
chairman,
and
Aldermen
J
Black.
W.
U.
Brett
and
Thomas
Elliott.
Assatn;nt
were
reduced
in
?:ed
a:
gaw
reaucca
to
A
Mitchell
lot
13.
Mock
IS
e:t!in
.
improvements
ass-'
j
$4,750
reduced
to
J.
P.
Cadg.
lot
.
bio
9.
see.
tion
S.
improvemenU
assessed
a
H.470
reduced
to
HM.
A.
UtLeod.
lot
A.
block
33.
tlon
9.
Improvements
assessed
at
ana
reduced
to
W.
L.
M
and
N.
Aasemlasen.
lots
1
and
2.
tfock
19.
secUon
1.
1m
provemcnt.'
aweswd
at
$6,000
re
duced
to
$.0.
A.
Blaln.
lot
34.
block
34,
see
tlon
t.
improvement
assise
at
$800
reduced
lo
$400.
The
assessor's
valuation
on
the
p
operty
owned
by
E.
C.
and
V
Cotes,
lots
31
and
23.
blocs
13
section
1.
was
sustained
by
th
jourt
The
land
was
asies?-a
a
$1130.
and
the
improve
men
is
a
$4,000.
Also
considered
by
the
court
were
the
assessments
on
im
provements
constructed
by
tr
American
authorities
on
aiu
dlan
National
Hallways
wite
front
property,
figures
pet
.air
in
to
this
construction
wer.
n
available.
A
tiu
the-i
sitting
of
the
.ou
w.ll
be
held
on
Thursday.
TERRACE
m
PASSES
AWAY
TFttnACB.
Feb.
23
A.
Head.
who.
with
his
wife
ar
fnmiiv.
have
lived
hre
the
rr
,
twenty
years,
paaeed
away
sue
.
a.
v-lu.
i...s
ufM..
rtniv
irtst
rTiimy
uctu
mirtniaht.
Funeral
service
p
the
Anpllcan
Church.
Rev.
E.
W
mnfr
officiating,
took
plar-
Mnnrtav
iftsrnoon.
Deceawl
was
born
In
Knglar
-
7i
venrs
nro
and
fervea
ir"
vears
with
the
Royal
Canadler
Mounted
POlke.
His
last
staUon
M!IT'H
TROOPS
STALK
JAPS
IX
nflt-MI
Ill's
bordering
on
the
Chidwln
riter
in
Burma.
The
e
n-.e:
ligin'n?
and
arp
now
bcatingTtne
Japs
at
their
;
l
OS.
Urtl
WW.
NEW
BUARD
(
15
tLttltD
i
tit
slewbeis
li.
1'.
Iwibsl
,
i.c-ektttU
President.
Foitowing
the
annual
general
oueuij,
jI
the
Pilnce
itapea
of
uwermi
aiwswuf
12
Ti1stlJs.k
xmnr,
nooexv
uoraon.
Arwio
fiaien
ana
W.
M.
Watts
wert
rcied
members
of
fhe
board
c
.lanaaement
to
serve
wiUi
AM
Qeorge
Hills,
representing
ih.
city;
Norman
A.
Wall
and
VS..
o
Fulton,
representing
the
provin
cial
government:
u..
k.
u.
large
.ince
Rupert
Medical
Assocla
:.n,
and
Mrs.
S.
A.
Klelback.
the
Women's
Auxiliary,
officers
toi
the
year
were
elected
as
follow
President
O.
P.
Tinker.
Vice-President
Robert
a
or
don.
Managing
Secretary
H.
v.
,i.cu.
New
members
of
the
boa.d
ihi,
-ar
are
T.
b.
Black
and
W
..
ATatU.
The
attendance
at
the
annua
,i:etlng
was
one
of
the
laiscs;
t
n
ecord.
there
being
standhu
om
onli
let;
in
the
cou
i
chamber.
President
O.
P.
Tinkc
'
xoressed
gratification
at
th;
arge
attendance
and
the
Inter-
.
u-.'.t
.:owu
in
iiospaai
ai
ilrs.
Business
Included
thr
p:c
'
'.tlon
ad
adoption
of
.he
p
tlal
and
flngnelal
i
.'port
v
O.
L.
Rorle
was
:ea?i??l-':.
adltor.
The
me
UU?
parsed
a
vo
r
c'
tnnlcs
to
tie
"-ess
and
all
1
assisted
th?
hospital
In
any
vay.
PIONEER
WWW
PASSED
TOESX
f
Ased
I-adr.
Mother
of
Four
Loral
Pesidenbi,
tame
Here
In
1910.
Mrs.
Ilenrv
Cameron,
respect
cd
ed
early
early
rwldent
rwldent
of
of
Prince
Prince
R'i
Ru
pert,
passed
awav
in
ne
eight
v-
fourth
year
at
ih-
home
ot
her
daughter.
Mr.;
J
i
k
Anain
.
raeventn
Avenue.
iate
ve"
-
day
The
late
Mrs.
Cameron
came
Several
merchants
itC
also
remembered
patient
,
at
the
time
of
hit
teUrement
r
from
England
to
Prince
RuncM
Ehi
fMtlve
aeo
wag.M
Whltehorse.
in
1810.
her
hubind
havme
;c-
the
In
hospital
during
during
mc
,
j
years
to
.
nf
'ufaaneluiton
thank-
loss
W
wdw
and
three
dan-'-
tee
comti.t;
to
raana
in
the
repoit
J
Zto2
tad?
Way
!
supt
superintendent
MnW'
11
He
d
with
the
8hr
was
born
in
Essex.
EukI.uH
ed
dOfttou.
naAP.
WWnon'a
rjlvlM
.n.
nnd
In
1801
sectary,
wpll
,lll8lml1d
Is
lo
In
the
Air
Force,
name
was
Alice
Funnell.
was
irl
nm,r,cd
1,1
1837
,a
ims
i
...
i....Uil
In
nnV
WflV
'
H"'
"
I
"
Division
In
Legislature
B
-..::!
p.,-.;
s
.-ui'ik
Japs
the
hills
ha'.e
been
-jjtciahy
trained
in
jungle
r..c
Here
they
examine
a
dead
Jap.
Government
is
Upheld
29
to
17
On
C-C.P.
Amendment.
'uaisUUure.
In
its
first
division
the
uminn
vsteTdav.
retect-
bm
JLJ1to
lLaLli
wrrTi
rJr
mo
Uoa
b
Cameron.
C.CT.
member
for
Comox.
the
seconder
having
been
W.
W.
Lefeaux,
a
Vancouver
C.C.F.
member.
Tom
Uphill.
Labor
member
for
Fernte,
-vo
ted
for
the
amendment
and
T.
D.
Pattullo,
Liberal
member
for
Prince
Rupert,
voted
with
the
overnment.
Mr.
Cameron.
sneaMne
in
the
budget
debate
yesterday,
said
that
a
C.CJ1.
provincial
govern-
Bient
would
use
the
power
of
expropriation
If
It
deemed
It
necessary,
addinp
that
aware-
new.
of
the
situation
had
caused
'o':c
l-irsp
utility
corporation
to
co'isider
disposal
of
its
asscb-"
j
WAR
IN
ITALY
AIR
ATTACK
IIS
KEPTJJP
.
LONDON
Feb.
23
9
London
ilcyal
Aii
Force
mosqultos
main
tained
aeital
.
ullensive
aaasMi
target
in
Europe
last
night.
hit-
Jug
unspecified
objectives
to
Acs'
em
and
southwestern
Oer
aany
without
loss.
il,
COO
AIR
MEN
LOST
Navy
Has
Lost
U05
Men
Since
War's
Stait,
and
Army,
Unofficially
11,700.
OTTAWA.
Feb.
23
B
Total
!
casualties
in
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
since
the
outbreak
of
the
war
now
exceed
11J0O0.
and
Navy
casualties
are
more
than
1.200.
an
official
spokesman
for
tho
services
and
Transport
De-
partment
said
Tursdav
Unoffi-
,-ial
army
caMialti
v
.ire
11.700.
I
4-
I
More
Beer
-
Coming
Up
"VICTORIA.
Feb.
23
9
Brttlfh"
Columbia
beer
par-
lors
will
have
more
beer
and
will
remain
open
longer
The
new
Killas
and
Christopher
building
on
Third
Avenue
across
from
the
Post
Office
Is
nearlr.g
completion
and
is
ex-ri
ted
to
be
ready
for
oceu-,
.'
(.
bv
the
end
of
March.
Twa
Wav.Ra!ds
Uon
London
Nazis
Over
Metropolis
Once
Again
during
March.
Liquor,
beer
LONDON,
Feb.
23
(CP)
Zd
Itot
rations
will
be
German
raiders
natic
announced
soon.
a
trvo-directi.onal
assaui
J
J
on
London
last
nnht
r
causing
casualties
and
Rinlin
sUrUn?
lira
?n
gewnl'WCW.DUIiamg
itHcts.
The
raiders
MM'r!v
Rfiadv
HCttXiy
IVUlll)
tnt-M
out
what
mny
termed
'the
heaviest.
Hr
of
tV
war.
Tpji
en
P'an
..
...ppp
"ere
vlpdrnv
ue?Tro
en.
vear.
In
fhe
enrlv
rirv
for
the
Westholw
Lnini'tT
There
were
fve
children
hv
the
marriage,
four
of
whom
Thv
ae
Pen-v.
Ffd
and
Frank,
and
a
daughter
Mar-
1
.1.
J
J
njl
,f
this
city,
A
daughter.
Mfuirii
(Mrs.
A.
O.
Franks)
passed
away
In
1925.
'
&S
t'
p
'".1
around
floor
offices
are
being
taken
by
the
Canadian
Fa-Mfic
Ra'lwav
and
National
Selective
Service.
The
apartment
iirwtairs
have
all
been
:
iiken
and
theie
is
a
lo.ig
wait-
ing
lUt.
EI
BI
TTFR
R
tRE
TRRAT
Butter
burled
seven
years
was
Britain
Calling
Upon
Canada
To
Rush
Ships
Of
4,700
Tons
Abroad
Hint
of
What
is
to
Come
Given
to
House
of
Commons
s
Uy
Minister
of
.Munitions
OTTAWA,
Feb.
23
(CP)
operations
"within
the
next
.;3,;
I
'"
h
.;as
given
m
the
House
01
Lomraons
intaaay
by
Minister
of
Munitions
C.
D.
Howe.
Mr.
Howe
said:
.
"I
can
say
to
the
House
that
.within
the
last
three
i
weeks
we
have
had
most
urgent
calls
for
help
in
de-
''
,
liverlng
4,700
ton
ships
to
Br.t-
kj
tttttt'ftt'ft
ain.
These,
are
urgently
needed
V
for
operations
within
the
next
j
l
II'
thres
or
four
months.'
j
more
jods
I
After
War
:
v
OTTAWA.
Feb.
23
9
When
peace
;e
turns
and
the
transition
from
war
to
peace
economv
is
completed
there
may
be
available
to
Cana-
dians
from
1,000.000
to
1.-4-
500.000
more
peace
time
jobs
tfctn
before
the
war,
said
an
Interim
reported
on
re-
hablUtatlon
tabled
in
the
House
of
Commons
today
by
the
postwar
reconstrue-
tlon
committee.
v
4-
.
.
I
Raise
3)15
ror
Red
Cross
T
lilifFT
HP
Tk
23
At
a
.
v.-
...
t,h
4
vllle.
Solomon
Beaver
took
the
(opportunity
to
collect
the
sum
of
$15
for
the
Red
cross,
me
party
was
attended
by
practl
cally
all
the
villagers,
and
a
good
time
was
enjoyed.
A
visitor
at
the
party
was
Fred
Johnson
of
Kitwanga,
who
came
to
Kitselas
to
go
with
chief
M.
O.
McKay
on
the
lat-ter's
trap
line.
RUSSIAN
FROST
KILLS
In
the
Russian
winter
s
votinH-ri
oi
lier,
if
lyln1?
in
the
oien.
v.iil
die
nf
frost
In
ten
minu'"s
to
half-an-hour.
y
ILEUM
133
NAZIS
DOWNED
LONDON
No
less
than
133
German
fijhters
weie
shot
down
yesterday
in
one
of
the
greatest
air
battles
of
the
war
They
were
offering
opposition
to
Urge
Allied
bombing
and
fighting
aircraft
forces.
AtTEAL
TO
SPAIN
LONDON
Foreign
Secie-
tary
Anthony
Eden
told
the
House
of
Commons
today
that
Great
Britain
and
the
United
States
had
asked
Spain
to
take
a
stricter
view
of
her
neutrality
obligations,
particularly
in
regard
to
espionage.
BIG
GUN
EXCHANGE
LONDON
There
was
a
heavy
exchange
of
big
gun
fiie
across
the
Straits
of
Dover
today.
A
German
convoy
be-twee
Calais
and
Boulogne
was
scattered.
PRESIDENT
DENOUNCED
WASHINGTON
There
was
a
sensational
Incident
lit
the
Senate
today
when
sentor
.ih.n
Barker
denouncea
Hint
of
major
Allied
.
three
or
four
months
f
Nazis
Are
Being
Held
General
Kesselring
Regroupinr
Ills
Forces
for
Another
Assault
on
Beachhead.
NAPLES.
Feb.
23
tf
Thfc
Fifth
'
Army
threw
back
two
locahzd
Oerman
attacks
west
oJ
Ciste:
:ia
today
as
General
K2:;elring
ironabt
svvsa.
bi3
Jyn.
Jaae
artillery
jlnto
pi
rd
his
iorces
mpt
to
drive
the
aiut
u..
Anz.o
beachhead.
A
lull
continued
in
the
f
i&hiir.s;
on
the
Casstno
front
There
is
normal
patrollistg
on
hoth
fronts
with
snowfall
'n
the
mountains
hampermg
i
m
o
v
c-
Th
tnrc-
k
nairi,inln5
eady
preamre
on
the
neacn-
BLOOD
DONOR
CAMPAIGN
BRISTOL.
England
'
?
t
A
:ampalgn
for
59,000
blood-donor
volunteers
has
been
launched
hire
in
preparation
for
the
Second
Front
To
save
deterlotatior
the
blood
will
be
taken
tresT
from
the
volunteer
when
th.
fighting
opens
and
flown
to
thi
front
Immediately.
Hockey
Scores
Chicaeo
8.
New
York
4.
It.CN.
SERVICE
STRIPES
For
the
tust
time,
toindiar
naval
personnel
will
wear
chevrons
to
indicate
their
length
of
war
service.
One
red
chevron,
with
wings
three-quartets
of
an
inch
long,
wV
Indicate
a
complete
year
service.
After
four
years'
ssr
vice
the
four
chevrons
will
be
consolidated
Into
one
gold
one.
For
the
first
year
of
the
war
the
chevron
will
be
silver.
Picture
illustrates
the
chevrons
as
the.
appear
on
Frcsldent
Roosevelt
for
his
veto
of
an
Important
fiscal
h'll
and
announced
that
he
(Batkley)
was
resigning
the
r,
i
K-,
n
(ha
liowc.
V
1
-i.
L
1
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i
:
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K
At