Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 117, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 27, 1949 Page: 2 of 8
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Einstein
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Cecil & Helens
Leis Green Kites Today
Detective
thene detail* of
MAN DIES, TWO HURT
IN WILD GUN BATTLE
For Prompt Removal
Ot Fa’llen and
Dead Animals
CALL LD 758
DALLAS 'FxAS
Two GIs, Ready For Discharge,
Get SNAFU’d, Placed In Jail
I the
Richard* etopped the taxi.
He wis bound with a tow rope
found in the cab and gagged with
• handkerchief
Trout aaid the aoldlera then took
$17.25 from Richards, threw him
in a field, and drove off to Cam-
den in Die cab.
Richards got loose and walked ,
to a nearby factory to report th
theft to police.
VICTORIA Dec 27 UB— Sheriff
W F Crawford said today mur-
der charges would be filed in con-
nection wdth a gun battle during
winch one man was killed and two
the I
in I others wounded.
The gun battle occurred yeater-
dav with Bryan Wilson Messick,
28-vear-old oil field worker, dy-
ing from a stray bullet
Chester Cawthorn. 3«, who
Sheriff Crawford said fired pistol
| shots into a house on the outskirts
I of Victoria, and Rov Ear ke’.bary,
41, were wounded The latter was
reported in a critical condition in
! a h spital.
that Einstein could not think of a
physical test for it
• Einstein himself was not pre
I sent at the public announcement,
which was made at the opening of
the aiuiual meeting of the Amerl-
| can Association tor the Advance-
i merit of Science
| The Princeton University Press
presented the paper It is publish-
ing it JTebruary as an added chapt-
er in Einstein's own book. The
Meaning ot Relativitv" Einstein is
now professor of mathematics at
institute for advanced study
at Princeton, a non-universlty group
for fundamental research.
Several times before, Emst< m
I has thought he h ad the answer, then
: discarded his ideas as faulty. But
i now his friends think lie has ac-
1 tually discovered it, the .♦na' .izine
1 Scientific American said In a par-
1 allel article
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DALLAS. Dec 27 Funeral
•services will be held today tor Hol
hs Delois Green. 31. Dallas un-
derworld figure, while Sheriff Pill
Decker seeks the identity of the
j man of men who blasted Green to
eath near a night club early
MT. HOLLY. N J„ Dec . 27 —(#i I Thinking the bottleneck was a
—T"o soldieis with 30 months - gun,
service overseas tn Trieste were
to be discharged today at Fort
Dix. Instead they aie hi Jail charg-
ed with bcv,' p, robbery and auto-
mobile theft
Pfc Joseph Pritchett. 27. of
Port Arthur. Tex . and Pvt. Nor-
man Smith, 28, of Louisville. Ky.,
were arrested in Camden, N J., ,
early yesterday by Delaware Riv- 1
er bridge police
They were taken to the Burl-
ington County Jail here and held
withold bail after arraignment
before Magistrate Joseph McHugh
j of nearby Florence township
Camden Detective Sgt John
' Trout gave these details of the
arrest
Pritchett and Smith hired
cab of James Richards, 31.
downtown Trenton and told Rich-
ards to drive them to Camden.
A* they drove to Camden, one
of the soldiers thrust a soft drink I
bottle against the back of the cab
I driver's neck and said "This is
stickup."
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RIO'T. HERE COME TWO ALREADY/
Tne •»- A'cy
HAIR SHAP’MG METHOD
For
P«rf3:t L?njt!»
$1.50
1 Ask for Cetil1
one 5" ’ Fry
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[cOMPLErFbEnUTY"jLIWICE
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AS LOW AS $125.00
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Evers Hardware Co.
67 Years in Denton South Side Square
Buy it at Evers' and You buy tha Best
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- It pays for SPEED QUEEN • the biggest value
hc know of in Washers, fast, elean,
easy on clothes.
As Low as SOO 50
Electric Irons - Percolators - Toasters, etc.
Community Silver - Fine Cutlery - New Dishes
Guaranteed Quality - Easy Terms - No Carrying Charge.
(LIB Al.V.MINI M
Itself as you use It. The finest of
all Cookware. LIFETIME GUAR
ANTEE. POPULAR PRUES.
the finest of all
electrical Cleaners.
As Low-
Ask for
A NEW MAGIC < HEE RANGE,
Vote Mourn rook on Magic (lief
i than on any other Range
Texas Power & Light
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Arthur L. Herriott, Lo:al Representative
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Office in Shrader Pharmacy, Denton
Doy Phone 49, Night Phone 1666
Denton, Texas
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If Santa Claus
Brought you o Check
or some Money
Wouldn't you like to invest pert
of if in one of our fine and very
popular all-year-round household
helps?
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*1 Mod that chocolate to frost a oaks for my okib—don’t
cross ths strsst tgalnst ths lights!”
MARKETS
SOUGHT IN ALABAMA
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27
He [
Stock Market Lethargic
of the state.
Allen
Public
place, or what was left of it after
4
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See Us For
Mrs.
Cook** Paints
and
Builder's Hardware
Foxworth-Galbraith
Lumber Co.
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Former TCU
McMakin Funeral
Rites Conducted
for them, however, I don t go in tor
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Posse
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DENTON DAV CHAPTER
WILL MEET TONIGHT
I MOPE WE GET THE
nomination
Mrs. Penn Heath of Argyle, Mrs.
Roy Turnbow of Lamesa,
HOURS AND lot and J
Located 1M1 Bolivar.
Cub Gray should teel quite at
_a Lake
Dallas on the Old McKinney Road.
ty, having bought the farm in the
early 70s
NEW YORK Dec. 27— IP-Stock
traders operated in low gear to-
day and prices scarcely budged.
were
in
M'"'"
VICTII
MATBRE
FOR
BIIU
1411 .J
RKNT
paid
Regtilar Conclave Denton
Commandnry No 45 to-
night. 7 o'clock. Flection
of officers Ail Blr Knights
urged to come
C. W Lee. t'omni
Looney. Recorder
IIT1
RAYWBRTH
Okla.,
McMakin of Denton.
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1 near Amarillo spent the holidays
COTTONSEED PURCHASE
PROGRAM IB EXTENDED
lands had opposed the time of
the transfer ot the sovereignty.
“But at this moment, and hi this 1
nlaA* T «ar<-vitl«4 . tine ll.i
| research now and I only assemble
gaJ 1 the ideas and information furnished
--- by those for whom I do the gbost-
u-rltlno * "
believe an injury the great right-
hander suffered in 1908 in Indian-
apolis when he was struck bv a
GROVER ALEXANDER
AGAIN IN HOSPITAL
in which they escaped built his home there. Hi* parents.
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showed that the break had been Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Gre.
j well planned and carefully execut- ; early-day residents of Denton Coun-
*d'
ptiched ball is partly responsible
for his condition.
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10 00-14 00:
and choice
common to
x . I
Denton Memorial Chapter IN
of the Disabled American Veterans
will meet at 7: JO tonight above
the Yacht Oafe, 2N West Oak.
The DAV .meets the second end
fourth Tueadayag^vach month.
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"KAZAN"
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* Pallor Sciatica *
Not counting Australia, which
is regarded as a continent, Green-
land 18 the largest island in the
world
I any we’d better cover it up and hide it or the govern-
ment will be using it to store dried eggs in!"
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1 mnton
place, I would taie emphatically
that in The Netherlands one and
all concur with the principle of
the transfer of sovereignty."
On the other side of the world,
dark - skinned natives celebrated
the Independence for which they
fought four years ot sporadic
guerrilla warfare. U.8.I. leaders
took over control of the Indonesian
capital of Batavia. Java, from
Dutch troops.
Alnughtrr
and med-
two-
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million turkey*
the United States
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Temperatures I p
In Most Of C. S.
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Humphray'Mtflrt
• T«4«y Only •
StephM Dimm
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PUBLIC BUILDINGS ADMINISTRA-
TION, General Service Administra-
tion. Washington. D. C.—Proposal*
are hereby solicited for a alto for a
new P» <t Office, etc., at Denton, Tea-
se, to be opened publicly tn the ot-
flee of the Postmaster, at Denton.
Tessa, a S o'clock a. m. on Monday.
January 0, ISSO. for th* tai* or
donation to Ah* United State* or a
'Iha ooawoateiUy located. Approsi-
tnate dimension* Corner lota: no
toot frontage. 170 loot depth, In-
terior lot*. ISO foot fro lag*. 170 foot
depth. Site* having different street
frontage (Hmenslone will be eoaald-
er-d provided the area la approsi-
mat v the a«m* In all ca*e* «her*
possible, bid* Should be aubmlttod
by actual owner* of properties and
not by agents. Documentary evidence
Of authority must bo attached to
propoeaia aubmlttod by agents. Upou
application, tha Postmaster will sup-
ply prospective bidder* with proposal
blaaka and a circular giving partic-
ulars as to requirements and instruc-
tions for pre ration of
data to
Reynold
Buildings.
aioo CAHH and *.3d * month «III buy
3-rooni houee with bath Phone
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TLP WANTED First class Aoetylne
welder. Must he *ble to ma lubr
met*! Call 141 Hanger
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i FOR RENT Five room *n«rtm*nt
434 W*et Hycamor*. call 880 dev.
15I»-W at night
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FIRE SCENE—This is a view of an apartment house enveloped in flames that swept
through three blocks of this small business community of Hyndman, Pa.. Christmas
• night. Fire was believed to have started from a Christmas tree in a jewelry store.
(AP Wirephoto).
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Funeral services were held at
2:30 p. m Monday in the Jack
Schmiti and Bona funeral chapel
for Mrs. Mary Gora McMakin.
75, lifetime Argyle resident, who
died Bunday in a local hospital
Services were conducted by Rev.
—or—
. 62.
greatest pitchers tn
u>* m*vvji y '»* v*ac**». Is in a
hospital to learn if he is suffer- I
ing from cancer
Two years ago in St. Louis his
right ear was cut off in an at-
susplclous ■
leaving the vicinity of the : the city,
flee that
were 1
outside prison wall.
Ellis said the men must have
spent more than a week digging
their tunnel, punching their way ' hOple' U1 p)ac; oul
About 41
grown in
1MB.
MeiS^tyM°rilXrrbfr^ LtoiifaSe ‘ BrOOM °f Ju“tln' MrS' John‘
County m an habitual criminal. | Fultmi
The seven convicts only recent- I gons, Richard of Paradise. Grover
ly had been released from the Iso- j of Marietta. Okta . and Randy
latlon barracks, where they had
been confined for breach of prison
discipline.
It was one ot the biggest breaks
from the main state prison in re-
cent years. .
The seven w|Jked away without with Denton relatives and friends °r?v*r.
a shot being fired at them while I Bill owns and operates an imple-
the picket In the sentry box on : ment business in Amarillo.
WABMINOTON, Dee. 37—UB-
Tte niriod tn which the govern-
ment Will purchase IMF crop cot-
tonseed under Its price support
program has been extended to
M. 1».
msd A1 The man-hunters theoris-
ed that the armed man was Tho-
mas W Tucker. M. serving M
yea re for murder from Braaorla
and Tarrant Counties.
Ellis identified the other convicts
Weldon Oreen, serving life
an habitual criminal; Walter
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bid* and
aoeompany same.
Con* mini on ar of
bulla 14.00-17 00:
fat calv*s
m*dlum calves 1800-
10 00; cull* 13.00-18 00; «lo< k*r calVA
18.00-24.00; »tocker 18.0U-24.00; mixed
* stock-
nixed steera
Stocker
; TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY j
UNFURNISHED BRICK duplex apart- I
ment. Floor turnacw Phone 1484
or 220-X
FORT WOR1H, Dec. 37-Ufi-Dr.
E. M. Waite, who iu*u served *ex-
a» utnsuau university »a preu-
uent ana pieaiuent emeritus iur
more than JU years, died last
sight.
Dr. Waits, 31, had been ill for
over four years. He died 01 a heart
ailment.
Funeral services for the iMxed
educator, one 01 the leader* ui
building the senool to it* preani
iiign puce, will ue held tumurrow
aiteriKXHi al 3 o’clock wlUi burial
in Greenwood Cemetery here.
He was ordained in 18«« to the
niuuauy in tne Diacipies oi unnai,
accepting the pastorale ot a enureu
of Fulton. h.y., which he filled un-
til 3V01.
May 33, JHH. he married Mias
Sarah Wooten of Bowling Green,
Ky., and In 1903 they moved to
Texas where the young minister
had accepted the pastmate of the
Christian Church at Ladonia.
In 191t Mrs. Waits dieo. a lew
months later Dr Waits resided
to accept a church In San Diego,
Calif., and was arranging to go
there when he was elected presi-
dent of TCU. He assumed the
presidency in Septomoer. 1918.
In 1929 ho published a volume of
hla philosophical writings under
the litis "A Collsge Mans Reli-
gion.''
During his administration as ex-
ecutive head of TCU the Institu-
tion mors than doubled in enroll-
ment. seven departments were
added; three buildings and a
stadium erected, full scholastic and
i academic recognition obtained an<>
endowment increased by nearly
88.000,000.
Dr. Walt* relinquished his posi-
tion as president of the university
in 1M1. Dr. M. E Sadler suc-
ceeded him.
OUR PLATFORM
'GOOD HOME.
5ANITAIL?N /
ate pilots were doing tfre Search-
ing. The plane wax believed lost
between Columbus, Miss , and
Bristol, Tenn.
The plane left Houston Dec
bound for Bristol. It was last
ported that afternoon at Columbus.
Anderson refueled there taking
on 32tf* gallons of gas The plane
took ofl at 1 30 pin
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FOBT WORTH LIVEHTOt k
FORT WORTH. Dec 2< — 1AP1—
Cattle 1 'JOO ealvM 700: trade un-
even: mon Lclasae* about steady ex- |
cept beef steers weak to 35c or more
below last Friday, medium grade
beef steer* and yearling* 17.00-23.00.
good fed yearling* and helfera 25.00,
common eteere and yearling* 1400-j
17.00; beer eoyva 14 00-17 00; very!
few aale* 18 80: canner* and cutter* j
: good
30 X)-'J4 00;
calves
QEI VH.US VYCIC UUUUUV VCVI MV AVV. V .
R. E. Cook, assisted by Rev Joe
I Copeland. Interment was in the
Prairie Mound Cemetery.
Pallbaerers were Ray Crawford.
Melton Jones, John Thompson.
Will Smith. Walter Thompson. Roy
Wallact. Frank Gray and Howard
Clark.
■urvlvora are alx daughters.
, Mrs. Maude Dunwoody of Pampa,
as an habitual criminal; w"Jt*r Mrs. Penn Heath of Argyle, Mrs.
Throp, serving 25 years from Dal Turnbow of Lamesa. Mrs.
las r^Aiirvaw wj-iHKaw I XI
BIRMINGHAM. Ala .w.Dec 27-
'.F A plane piloted by John An-
derson of Houston was sought in
1 northwest Alabama today. State
Highway Patrol officers and priv-
I The temneratuies appea d head-
< 1 for normal or above marks over
most of the country today, with
only a few areas reporting sub
aero readings. There were several
wet spots.
A fresh mass of cold air moved
into western North Dakota auO
northwestern Minnesota tc send
the mercury below zero
A moderate aln fell in the
eastern New York area putting
some water tn New York City's de-
pleted Catskills and Croton reser-
voirs, but the levels continued to
fall.
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steer* and better ctlvee 'J3 00,
er yearling* 17 00-21 SO: m.—,»
and heifer yearling* 2180:
cow* 1400-18.00.
Hog* 600 butcher* and hows bOc
higher; feeder pig* unchanged good [ _ __
and choice 160-100 lb and 288-360 ■ g TVV tc |»|
lb 14 78-18 75; »ow» 1300-14 00. feed- : LUni I r..\.W I LAAh
tr pig* 18 00 down
Sheep 800; (laughter lamb* 80* or
more above la«t Friday. Slaughter 1
yearling* steady; other claaaea scarce;
good and choice 105 lb wooltd
•laughter lamb* 23.>0; good alaugh- !
ter lambs 22.50; good
yearlings 19 00; common
turn slaughter yearlings and
year-old wathera 15 00.
Furnished apartment.
$10 weekly Phone
one of the
the history of baseball, is in
(T»Kl BCUORD emtONMXB-Mroday. Dec. 98. 1949
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We met Mrs. Arthur Anderson
■ uptown during the holidays, but she
| doesn't often come to the busineaa
. section of the square. Ahe Is as-
1 sociated with the Rural Electrlflca-
I lion, a position she has held since
| 1937, when the REA was first
1 brought to Denton. She was for-
? merly aMistant In the county
: clerk * office
• • • •
Mrs. Paul Simpson la another
Denton woman we met uptown do- |
ing Christmas shopping. She isn't 1
seen uptown much in recent
months, as she’s busy doing ghost’
writing. She said, "The writing
keeps ne pretty busy at home and |
you’de be surprised where 1 get |
orders to put together information
for people. Quite a few out-of-state
people give me the Job of writing
the wall telephoned the prison of- , said, "We don't live In Amarillo. |
flee that seven suspicious men Our home is about 40 miles out of I
■ , .. .. .. | that * Just a little
I distance in that part of the state. . , . . „ .
j tempt to halt a cancer. Physicians
kwllao a«4 4n4nv>e» th* orv-Ae 9 vioht.
through 21 feet of hard clay and
washing it out through the etorm That was his parents' place and he
eewer. grew up on that 100 acre farm.
The inveatlgatkm now underway, most of which was sold to Dalia*
he said, may involve trusties, since when th* lake was made.
the escapees must have b«en given Reed, a nephew of Cub's, owns the '
aid tn preparing for their break place, or what was left of it after
They did not have access to the the sale to Dallas. Cub moved from
discharge Khaki clothes tn which there a good many years ago but
I they left the prison, EUis said. The he bought just a lot from Allen and
manner in which they escape built hla home there. Hl* parents,
• Now ond Wed. •
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DICKS
Oldsmobile
115 Soufh Elm
"Your Red Cho
Dealer"
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FARM SUP
111 Industrial
••Madrid clover for
pasture during 1M9 at
300 pounds of milk pr<
day compared to graz
manent pasture.” says
der, a cooperator with
Wise Soil Conservatii
Crider, whose dairy ii
the Hawkeye Conserve
found out the true vi
drld when he took his
58 acre field of the ch
eral days during a 1
last April. The milk pi
the herd dropped aroun
per day before the fl
enough to permit gra
clover.
The experience ot Ci
ly typical of the re.su
by other district coc
the use of Madrid do
porary pasture, soil 1
ists say. Since this
biennial it remains on
a two-year period and 1
able for production
from 10 to 14 month-
34 months period A
feature of the clover
Mil provide green gn
July. August. Septemt
tober when permanent
producing a tninimun
forage and should be
ly grazing comment it
of the second vear <a
obtained
As a hay crop \
pares favorably with i
at the proper tune
nlantings will yield t
two tons per acre fr<
tings. Better quality
obtained if the clover
the crop is from 12
high Second year ha
is similar to the first
Protein content is at>
that of alfalfa
There has been a r<
for Madrid clover see<
average from 3C0
per acre Where
yield Is desired
to
a int
a 1
not harvested during
year It is possible to
early grazing and a
yield the second year
have been obtained
clover was windrower
ed to cure and then
completed with
.» pickup attachment
A' a soli and \iatc
crop. Madrid clover
When drilled this < top
losses tu a mlnimui
deep t-n root system
excellent penetration
Water infiltration test
J McMurrev Ranch
Bolivar In the Deiitt
Conservation District
land following two y
drid there was nme
inches of water stoi
hour compared to a o
age tn one hour on ad
stubble land Tills ra
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fMPORTAN
THAT I EA1
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low $ F«
H£CHOW ,
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D. H. I Dave) Hester
General Paint & Wallpaper
Contractor
Telephone 506R
Phone 101
Caruthers Motor Co.
106 W. McKinney
Oe lure that the brakes of your cor will work
properly. Continual "stop and go" it bound
to wear on the linings. Let us check period-
ically and make repairs when needed.
"For PURR-tect Motor Repairs"
When you depend
on them . . .
HOMER CURTIS
INSURANCE
Office Radio Cantar
Phone 304
Bell Ave.
—announcement-
mark HEATH
Will continue to operate the Texaco Bulk Plant and will
hQhdle Texaco Products for Farm, Commercial, ond Con
sumer use ONLY!
Phone 425
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Stewt: “Che*ti»g ta OMsblhsg.**
FRISH . HOT POPCORN
a* Conceetion Stand
In Our Lobby
GIVI US ORDERS FOR
CORN FOR YOUR
PARTUS
•PLAZA«
Today and Wadnosdoy
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Robert PRESTON
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Yoh Can't
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LIT US H?LP YOU
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