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VOLUME 22 BRYAN, TEXAS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1938, (By Associated Press) NUWRER 135
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OFFICiIALS ItS OUESTIO
THE NATIONAL COTTON • S•
COUNCIL
By Walter Parker 0
Chairman Oscar Johnston, of the: 0"il'IffOr COUPLE SLAIN, 2 DAUGHTERS HACKED,
National Cotton Council, is deN-
termined that that organization1l. Le
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shall function effectively and per•
manently in reopening lost mar-'
kets for cotton and in developing!R
I'SO0
new uses for the staple,
Never before has the cotton'
South had a spokesman so fully T0 r.
representative of all phases of the t�tY
raw cotton producing, processing �r n y;•
L� ... and distributing interests, or one so' --"—
capable of representing the best in-: Is Dangerous Political
terests of all.
The organization is now being i
Gesture, Foreign
perfected in all its angles, each in-,
Office Says
terest is carefully selecting , its !
representatives; the organization;
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expenses are being provided, and
the
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T O PROLONG W1'R
machinery necessary for et-
fective and coordinated action i�
being set up.
This first essential step corn_
Regrettable B e c a use
pleted, the organization will nextUS
Has Acted So Far !
take up the matter of accomplish-
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Understandingly
THIRD
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CHIEF ILLICIT
BOOZE DEALER
AXE VICTIMS IRULING T
GIVEN LITTLE 0 BE
MOPE OF LIFE
SOUGHTASTO
1` EXiCAN SLAYER OF '1 "0 ELIGIBILITY
WEST TEXANS HELD
AT AUSTIN i
Attornev Says Drafted May Jeopardize Salary
Contract to Buy SAN ANGELA, Dec. i9. 4M- I From State If The
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Hospital attendants reported today ,
Rifles that Fay and Imogene Kennedy i Take Office
- I remained in a critical condition. -
STANDARD OIL PARTY! anThe sirntrude rs weredinjurtheed when TO APPEAL TO MANN
hoe
I Thursday night and shot their par -
US Attorneys Delving eats to death ar-d abducted an older Unofficial Opinion
sister,
Into Affairs Of The younger sister, Fay, four,) Cannot Serve A
Drug Firm ! has "only a slight chance to live"
( and Imogene, 13, has a fair chance i Draw Pay
{ to recover, attendants reported.
TOKYO, Dec. 19. -(All) -Foreign I NEW YORK, Dec. 19. -1P) -I1 Frank Salazar, farmhand, is held Whether or not recently elected'
Minister Hachiro Arita today do ,g an. ,.; t." �r7w �'"'" ?- s 'C Frederick Winger sky, Boston law- for safekeeping at Austin where he officials of College Station, all of
Flared the $26,000,000 loan granted i %fib °1 a was arrested yesterday. Salazar is whom are connected with Texas .
yer, swore today he drafted at the
�� charged with murder in connection A. and M. College in some capac
t'hina by the United States Export j e ,p /' "' behest of Donald Coster -Philip with Kennedy's death. ity, car. serve as officials of the
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Ind Import Bank "wouldbe a ver " " �-� ¢t <::: Musics a contract for the ur-. y,
dangerous q ` P The kidnaped sister, Wilma Ken- newly incorporated municipality•:
g_ political gesture." ; ' ?tom:., yi, chase of Lee -Enfield rifles by Mc nedy, 16, was taken to the home of and continue to draw salaries from
The Lasa necessarily will lead rstf X t xa,.' Kesson and Robbins, Inc., and an uncle near Mites rods She the state as em to ees of the
to prolongation of the Chinese-' "'' '� ' rz �": Standard Oil of England. Y• P 5
Misses Ruth Gordon and Anne' P g begged to see her wounded sisters. College, is a question that has bee
Japanese conflict and naturally to • He made his statement to As- � raised within the past day or two.'
Seale arirved Sunday from New' inconvenience of third owers"i This _roup shows the Paul Kennedy family, parents of which Mr, and Mrs, Paul Kennedy, were sistant State Attorney General A.111 A',ISTIN, Dec. 19. -(A') -Frank g g
Orleans where they are students! Arista said P ' slain supposed) last Thursday b Frank Salazar, 24, a Mexican laborer, at their farm home at Miles, i hat mi ht be regarded as an
this year at Sophia Newcomb Col- I I y y y V. McCall, conducting the inquiry Salazar, enamored young field unofficial opinion, it is said, has -
He termed the loan, granted by, near San Angelo, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy were shot to death, their daughters, Fay 3, and Imo- into the affairs of the $87,000,000 hand who slew a West Texas farm
lege and will spend the holidayA t been received from an assistant'
the American government agency gent, 13, seriously injured by an axe. Wilma, the third daughter, aged 16, was kidnaped b the slayer, drug firm. I couple, hacked their two daughters to Attorney General William Me -
with their parents. Mrs. J. M. Gor- i last week, an "inopportune and re- who was charged with murder. (Associated Press Photo g p y y At the same time, Brien MCMa-� and kidnapped another daughter,
don met her daughter, Miss gr act on the art of the __—. _- ____ } hon, assistant United States att-or was nabbed Sunda by officers who Craw, which held that they could
Ruth, upon her arrival, and Miss! United States, which thus far has ney general, described Coster -Mu_ surprised him at his sister's home not serve as officials of the in
r nicipa.ity and continue to dra
Anne was met by her parents, Mr. , acted with understanding."II `a e" sica as salaries from the College.
IIT r p I probably the biggest il- near here.
and Mrs. H. C. Seale. +�► Pt ��.E.t VV It L To Continue Good STRONGER SSA licit �� liquor dealer in the coup- The girl with whom he was in; The ruling, it is said, was as
-6#- ! 1BARRA SCHOOL CHILDREN s
Miss Catherine Parker, daugh-I A Cheer Drive' All I try' love, Wilma Kennedy, pretty 16- ed by College officials after the<. ,
PLAN PROGRAM 'TONIGHT n e , TO BE SOUGHT
��.� �!''��•r"Ax�O � si i . year-old Miles, Texas, high school
ter of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Park -1 Children of the Ibarra Mexican' � question had been raised by W.
y ' Mexican school will stage Not Solicited Yet lr�edreal lien Of Student, was with him, unharmed H. Holzman, comptroller ignorant of the
Edgewood Park College, New i gram at 8 o'clock tonight under ATTACKED.B 1( �i O�e T college, whose interpretation of
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tThough last week was official -_.off_ can had shot her parents and chop- ,the law was said to have been tha
York, and will enjoy the holiday the auspices of the Parent -Teach- ped at her sisters' heads with an
season at home. er association, to which the pub-' ----- I Good Cheer week, the Good Cheer' California Vote � they couLl not serve in both ta-
BONNET' SAYS ENGLAND IS ax before he forced her to flee pacities and continue to reeeiv,
-� lit is invited. drive will continue during the ALSO EXPECT MESSAGE ON
Mrs. J. W. Brost of Navasota This will include son I EXPECTED TO DO � Socialized Plan j with him, compensation from the Collo e.
g gs-solos Christmas season, according to NATIONAL DEFENSE Salazar confessed, Sheriff Lee O. } P g
was a visitor. in Bryan yesterday,'and choruses -and readings and; LIKEWISE Drive Chairman Lamar Williams. ISSUE In view of this situation, non
Allen said, to the slayings of Mr.
s
coming with her niece, Miss Kath-; dialogues, on which the children] Not all the solicitors have re-! i Y g of the newly elected officers, wht;
erine Sangster, who spent Satur- have been practicing faithfully in PARIS, D. . 19.-(A�-Foreign ported yet, and most of those WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.�(1P) LOS ANGELES, Dec. 19,--(A' -- and Mrs. Paul Kennedy, but said have not yet taken the oath o
he didn't remember using the ax
By an overwhelming standing vote office, will do so for the ore
day at her home in Navasota. i event weeks, under the direction Minister Bonnet told the chamber who did made only partial reports, White Ho -un officials said today on Fay, 4, and Imogene, 13. The `
-Pv- of Miss Philippa Stoneham. I of deputies today that "in the, case not having completed their can- the California Medical association ent, nor will there be any efior
Ur. and Mrs. Henry Grammrr y sass. The solicitation will be con- the Roosevelt intends to ask) plan of social- girls were critical) ill Sunda in long the line of municipal opo
+ �� Sunday approved a y Y
of unprovoked aggression all the a San Angelo hospital. !
of Fort Worth will arrive the lat- Father of Mrs. W. K. ' P tinued in ar. effort to see ever congress to extend and strengthen ized medicine costing residents of tion.
Y I was crazy drunk on whisky
' ter part of the week to spend the forces of France" would be utilized one. the Social Security Act, the state about $2.50 each month. I It is planned, according to state
Gibbs Passes Sunda Approval was granted at a s and beer, the Mexican said.
holidays here with her parents, Mr. y for the defense of Great Britain. Those who are missed by any Officials said it was possible na- �- meats made today by College of-`
and Mrs. M. B. Parker. I Bonnet made it plain that France of the workers can turn their tional defense also would be the tial session of the medical associa- ficials, to hold the matter in status;
-'--•-��" w ! N%. as Well Known Pioneer Of East at the same time, expects Great money in to D. L. Wilson at the subject of a special message. tion's house of delegates, repre- Office Is Taken quo until after the first of there
rw Texas Britain to do likewise for her. chamber of commerce. Mr. Wil- I ---��� senting 7000 California physicians. year, when a formal opinion will.
rLAN TO MO k t.4 ' "The foundation of our di to- I The vote authorizes immediate for- r 11 be sought from Gerald Mann, at?
i I P linos points out the urgent need WOMAN BURNED D Dec:9-M mation of a subsidiary p By G Williams
� � ®®® JEWS ! Mr. and '.Kis. W. K. Gibbs were uratic action romains the Franco- I for pfeupnds and urges that all Bry- I GREENVILLE, c: 19. -Mrs. y cop oration R. G. + torney general -elect, who thea wi
called to Jefferson early Saturday British entew said. 1 an ole give a thought to the Sarah Truss, 75, paralytic invalid, to put the plan into operation, be in office.
i Nvause of the serious illness of "'�" I believe this is a distinct step At First State 1 In view of the fact that the new
Good Cheer when making out their burned to death Sunday as she forward in giving the
�'` �Irs. Gibbs' father, Willis Lemmon. M g people of ly elected officials of the music:`
F � ri C„ mss '►! a �ic Christmas budgets tried to direct firemen to her aid California a chance to a for
no compen.
TO y, 1'w ESTIt�iI.., Ile passed away Sunday afternoon, �'� c .�� Iby telephone. health service at a nominal cost" R. G. Williams, who recent) I i alitbeingwould
tdraw
e same class froml,
raid funeral services were held this j PERSHING WILL SPEND I ��� Y
fternoon at 2:30. •F' j� 1 ' said Dr. Charles Dukes of Oakland, resigned the position of city man- this angle as members of the Con
NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN, s 1 v e t .iunday WINTER IN ARIZON.1 resident -elect of the organization. ager to accept that of engineer solidated school district, there is
RUMANIA, BRITAIN Kir. Lemmon had far passed the: I donors Are Taken P � P �
three score and ten ears and like I,, i `The plan will guarantee the high- on the new waterworks system, considerable curiosity as to wheth-
UNDER WAY y j P�1 Local Choirs:TUCai;.7. Ariz., Dec. 19.-(A')- est type of medical service and will has taken offices in the First err the same rule would not applg
many other pioneer settlers, had
spent much of his time and efforts The man who kept the peace in the By Local Scouts I not interfere with private prat- State Bank and Trust Company in both cases.
BUCHAREST, Dec. 19.-(A')- in helping to build good schools ! Philippines, put the fear of Uncle )J tic's'•', building, which will be his head- The officials are Dr. J. H. Bin`
The Rumanian foreign office said i The city of Bryan has never carters until this work is tom- tie
and places of worship, besides rear- Sam's army into the banditry of ! q y, mayor, and Dr. L. P. Gab
today the removal of 15Q0nd err enjoyed a greater musical treat s- In Annual Circus, Present Christmas feted, g
ins and educating a family of five Mexico and led the doughboys " P l bard George B. Wilcox, Dr. L.
manias Jews to Palestine and ter- daughters and one son. He was the Christmas season, in the pies-jei Saturday final approval and re- Jones, Alva Mitchell and Ernes
tain British colonies was envisaged, , g entation of cantatas and other mu- against the Hindenburg line settled Y PP
g widely known in his section. His down Saturday at 78 to enjoy a I Pageant at Lamar lease of plans and specifications Langford, aldermen, and J.
in diplomatic negotiations now in ' last years, after the passing of hid variosical prous rams,hurch than thichoirss
have been winter of Arizona sunshine and to ; The Second Annual Scout Circus) for the project was given by the Hopper, town marshal. ,
progress with Great Britain. I -wife two yeah ago, were spent in I consider liranchin out into an en- ; of the Sam Houston Area Council JPubhc incited This Evening At regional office of the Public A plan was disclosed which con-! busy several weeks, practicing al- g has come and one. Scouts from8 o'Clock r•,.
the home of his sort and family tire) new line, g Works Administration at Fort }
• templates the settlement of 50,0001 must every night on the Christmas Y 117 counties, includingBrazos, * Plan ClirlstmaS Tree
Jews annually in Palestine and near his old home 12 miles from offerings and man of them were General John J. Pershing is rest- Worth, and already copies have
Jefferson. Y gathered Saturday to put on their t A Christmas pageant which its been sent several contractin
British possessions. resented Sunda morning, after- ing in a cottage.on the edge of the g For Baptist M1SS10
1 �'„b P Y g' desert where he may show, consisting of 16 big acts. sponsors believe will be an out- firms interested in bidding
It was said wealthy Jews were REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS noon or evening, y finish his To quote just one parent, the fol- standing contribution to the sea- ort the
being asked to help finance the I Mrs. -Katie Hensarlin to P. L. At the First Presbyterian church,. autobiography and prepare the g work.
plan. ! Bal'C°H, Sr., 20 acres in D. B. Mc- I Sunday morning a Christmas mu- stirring events of a long life for lowing was heard, "It was the big- son for Bryan will be presented Bids will be opened at 3 o'clock I Will Be First Celebration In New{
resentation as a motion icture. , gest, most interesting, and most in- this evening at 8 o'clock at Lamar in the afternoon of December 27 I Organized Sunday School .
H'.P.A. WO1tiA UI'E Mahon survey. $1 and other con- ! sica] program was given by the ! p _ p + spicing show that I have ever seen. Junior High school.
SUPERVISORS sideration:. I I do not intend to miss another . g and work must be started on or
senior choir, which was a beauti- It is resented by the Dramatic ( A Christmas be g Tree Sunday ght
HOLD TRAINING SC 001, ... fol preface to the sermon given � +, P before December 31, to comply party will be given Friday night at`•<
• I Year p"f"I/ooeS one, Similar remarks were made club of the school, with Misses El- 7 o'clock at the Baptist Mission
i by the pastor, Dr. Thomas Gordon with the terms of the $200,339
g upervisors D r°" O by scores. liott Beason and Marguerite Swin- P
A training school for s Le,, io,. x,1,,1 Parle e Watts on the subject "The Coming err I grant made by the "PA. Sunday School, in the western part
' for WPA projects far women was �, - � ] g Bryan was well represented by son in charge, and a-ith Euell Por -
for j lof Christ." Mrs. Roy Danforth, li ens Its Cost I �of the city. The Mission was or -
held last week at Stephen F. Au- r �r civic director and the members of 'r JJ both Scouts and parents. Troop 79 ter directing the music.
tin high school at which worker Of fa Y�"�e PV 0s1 - s with Ed Bluestein as Scoutmaster, The public is cordially invited Peace Of Europe ganized this year, and this will be
g , that choir gave the program. C the newest troopin the territory, P the first Christmas tree. More than
At the First Methodist. church, iloa;rtty Bi� 1Ja-IFn Y, to attend with no admission
from Brazos, Burleson, Robertsrn: � � I r'!�! 1100 have been enrolled to date
and Milani counties were resent. L a was there, as was Troop 80, Sip charged. IRe titres German pa
P het For Atlanta with Mrs. Albert Goodman as or- Jones, Jr., scoutmaster, and Ship q s this Sunday School with the
Among those who attended were ganist, the splendid to !80 the newest Se scout Ship, y g'
� p program of Year-end moves will cost Brazos � �• p, ATTEND FUNERAL OF tor, Rev. J. P. Brown, in charge.
Mrs. Grace Williams of San An-; the morning included a "Christmas PIONEER NAVASOTA WOMANCommittees have been a ointe '
tonin, Mona Jarrett, supervisor of ' COLLEGE: STATION, Dec. 19. g,. county tenant farmers more than Troop 81 under Scoutmaster Hi- PP
! Bell anthem with piano and or- ram Downard was well re resent- Be Made Partner! for the trimming of the tree, and
District No. 9; Mrs. Gene Williams +-(A&MC)-A southern regional gan accompaniment; Miss Ruth' $$b,050, and that is only the begin- P Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Goldsmith the occasion will be one of h -
area y i Agricultural ning of the cost to them and to the ed, Troop 83 with n B. Walker
area supervisor; and Mrs. Harr conference of the A Gordon Watts at the piano and had the best attendance of active went to Navasota on Saturday aft- LONDON, Dec. 19.--(M-Prime Pines: for the children of the
Moore, area supervisor, all of Aus- I adjustment Administration in Mrs. Goodman at the c,rgan, which' general public, 1, was stated by
ernoon to attend funeral services cion.
tin and Mrs. Ona L. Cooper of'Atlanta, Atlanta, Ga., December 19 and L. A. Machemehl, Jr., county su- Scouts, participating in several Minister Chamberlain told the®�
P was beautifully rendered. "Christ -I acts most interesting of which was for Miss Tinnier Greer, who died house of commons todayGermany
Georgetown. 20, will be attended by six rep- nias Carols" (new, yet old and pervisor of the Farm Security Ad- g there on Friday.
--+� --- 1 ministration, the animal parade, y. Miss Greer was must be taken in as partner -to Lima Conference
as, with he of the AAA in Tex- beautiful) was an enjoyable num-
Troo 102 with L. S. Paine as one of the pioneer citizens of insure Euro
T � 2 � I as, with headquarters here. bei. A reading was given by Miss The supervisor estimated that P + per's peace and pro-
f o Lei Contract 501 farm tenants of this county Scoutmaster, but in charge of M. Grimes county, and numbered her gress. 1Jetce �i
They are E N. Holmgieen, ad Ebbie Joe Cravens of Calvert C Hu hes art of the time owing friends b all who knew her. "• I/ s Plan For
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nistrator of the AAA in Te - "The Innkeeper's Storq of the move every year. The actual g P g y He acknowledged, however, it„ cash cost is around $50 per family,to the fact that Mr, Paine was un- TWO FIRES SUNDAYtakes two to make an agreement,
or Plost Ofico ; B. F. Vance, assistant ad- Birth of Christ , and the last mu -!he said but the final cost to the able to leave with the boys came as it takes two to make war. I 1
ministrator; George Hogan, nodi- ! sical number was "We Three Kings' out with an unusual honor. This Two fires, one of grass at Hill ! am still waiting for a sign from Ale= t nt on In Wa
tenant and to the public is much
' tor; Joe Storm; AAA editor-, of the Orient Are,” sung by Theo I Crest, and the other damaging a .
Next
�% eater, troop won the chariot race last r those who speak for the German
Early lac �t Year, � Ueorge Slaughter, chairman of Mahler, Lieut. H. H. Hughes and �• roof on a negro rent house at Ran_ ` .
Most of the tenants who move year, and there was much specula- people. LIMA, Dec. 19. -(�1' --- The
'the Texas Agricultural Conserva- ; M. S. Fisher. The singers were in dolph and 23rd streets, called out
g g could be stabilized through leasing tion as to whether they could re- P ��� I Pan-American conference's steer -
The contract for the remodelingtion Committee of the AAA; and costume, and marched down the g firemen Sunday. The latter fire MARRIAGE LICENSES
methods which would encourage peat this year. When the smoke was caused by a defective flue. W. F. Haynes and Rub - Pearl I in committee today killed the
of the Bryan oat office building, H, H. Williamson, director of the aisle of the church, bearing the cleared from this event, Troop' 3 S g Y
Y P g i on Pae 3" them to remain upon the same I P --���— Cuban proposal for mediation by
for which an appropriation of � Texas A. Bc M. College Extension I (Coutin+;�.,,g 1 I Copeland. j
P I ! oaf farm and to improve it, the sutper- troop
was victorious again. This American republics in the Spanish
$103,000 was made some time ago, Service and a member of the visor stated. He said that the (troop participated in all events for Find Bodies Of Frances O. Amlre�c; and Myrtle: P P
civil war b a vote of 13 to 3.
will be let on or before Jan. 1, ac- TACO. I which it was scheduled. Green. Y
A similar conference was held:
Explosion Fatal FSA flexible lease form, now -being The proposal would have sought
cording to advices received by Wil- i distributed by his office is winning IP
Troo 148 with Joe White as Steel Official WEATHER an immediate armistice after which
„ son Bradley, postmaster, from in Fort Worth in September.
. favor with both landlords and Scoutmaster was at the circus in
Washington, Holnigr'een said officials of the p 9 the American nations, chiefly the
g I ® Texas Y��oTTt.an tenants and that a considerable charge of D. C. Jones Jr., as Mr.
nine southern states will take ' Spanish-speaking states, would
The remodeling will result in a number of farms in this county !White was unable to go. Troop 179 , Daughter. In Sea NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec_ 19.- j have offered mediation.
considerable increase of space for stock of the 1938 program, tom- i will be operated under it during the with R, C. Green as Scoutmaster I Frost in interior except in Lower �_—
boxes and in the lobby,as well as fare notes and line out work for R®ase Set Afire was also represented. Rio Grande Valle tonight. ( ADDED TO C.T.R.C.B. STAFF,`"
coming year. P Y g
more work space for postal em- 1939. I. W. Duggan; director of -I "A tenant who stays upon a giv- All boys going report a good( MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Dec. 19. East Texas -Mostly cloudy to -i Mrs. Bess Daniels, well kno
ployees. In addition a number of the Southern Region, and Walter HAMILTON, Dec, 19.-(A') en piece of land for only a year has time. Parents and friends are al- I (A') --The bodies of Charles Rye, ! night and Tuesday. Warmer in the Bryan resident, has been added
offices will be added, for the use of Randolph, assistant director, will, Mrs. \l. L. Moore, 32, died today of no opportunity to build up that ! ready insisting that a Circus be 50, United States Steel Corpora East and South portions except in the staff of the Central Texas R
Federal officials who :have busi- be in charge of the meeting and burns suffered Saturday in an ex- land and no incentive to do it," ! held in Bryan, as the value of tion official of Pittsburgh, and Rio Grande Valley tonight. Cooler tail Credit Bureau in charge
tress in Bryan from time to time. take recommendations from the plosion at her home. I Machemehl continued. "Instead he Scouting can best be brought home his six-year-old daughter, Dorothy,in the northwest Tuesday. the collection department, acid b
It is possible, too, that offices will states for the national farm and! When she switched on a bath- is inclined to take out of it all he in this :canner. Scoutmaster and missing since they started on al We'st Texas Cloudy and unset- gall her wort` tuday, according
be added for the use of county and range programs of 1939 and room light an explosion rocked the can. The land owner may be strug- Scouts are enthusiastic concerning fishing trip Thursday, were found tled tonight and Tuesday and an announcement by Jeff Hefl
county home demonstration al;'ents. 1:1,10. House; setting it afire. (Continued on Page 3) such aattempt. in y. s. n.0
Biscayne Bay today. cookiater.
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