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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2008 : Issue 165
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


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                                 Today's Topics:

  7-2 births/deaths                     [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
  Re: Benny TV Alternating With Others  [ mbiel@[removed] ]
  Robert Lewis Shayon obit              [ mbiel@[removed] ]
  Mayor White                           [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]
  Superman!                             [ James H Arva <wilditralian@[removed] ]
  I love a mystery                      [ eric hardy <latriv@[removed]; ]
  World War I radio propaganda          [ <vzeo0hfk@[removed]; ]
  Re: Truly, STEEL                      [ Michael Hayde <mikeh0714@[removed]; ]
  radio book sale at BearManor Media    [ Ben Ohmart <benohmart@[removed]; ]
  Radio Propaganda                      [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ Jerry Haendiges <jerryhaendiges@cha ]
  Why are these hard to find nowadays?  [ Chargous@[removed] ]
  Best way to clean cassette heads?     [ Chargous@[removed] ]

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Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:17:59 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  7-2 births/deaths

July 2nd births

07-02-1892 - Jack Hylton - Great Lever, England - d. 1-29-1965
bandmaster: CBS 1935-1936 Sundays at 10:30 PM Standard Oil
07-02-1910 - Earl Robinson - d. 7-20-1991
composer: "The Pursuit of Happiness"
07-02-1910 - Jeff Alexander - Whidbey Island, WA - d. 12-4-1989
conductor: "Amos 'n' Andy"; "Light Up Time"; "Tums Hollywood Theatre"
07-02-1914 - Clint Alley - d. 3-9-1994
sportscaster: WKOY West Virginia
07-02-1916 - Barry Gray - Red Lion, NJ - d. 12-21-1996
talk show host: "Barry Gray on Broadway"; "Scout About Town"
07-02-1916 - Ken Curtis - Lamar, CO - d. 4-28-1991
singing cowboy: "Hollywood Barn Dance"
07-02-1921 - Paul Atkerson - d. 5-16-1988
newscaster: KPHO Phoenix, Arizona
07-02-1924 - Bryant Arbuckle - d. 6-xx-1976
disk jockey: WAIR Winston-Salem, North Carolina
07-02-1927 - Brock Peters - NYC - d. 8-23-2005
actor: Darth Vader "Star Wars"; "Earplay"
07-02-1928 - John Timpson - Harrow, England - d. 11-19-2005
presenter: "Today"
07-02-1961 - Maria de Lourdes Hinojosa - Mexico City
radio journalist: "Latino USA"

July 2nd deaths

01-17-1875 - Minetta Ellen - Cleveland, OH - d. 7-2-1965
actor: Francis 'Fanny' Barbour "One Man's Family"
01-31-1927 - Norman Prescott - Boston, MA - d. 7-2-2005
producer: Boston radio
03-27-1914 - Snooky Lanson - Memphis, TN - d. 7-2-1990
singer: "Snooky Lanson Show"; "Your Hit Parade"
04-11-1893 - Pat Flanagan - Clinton, IA - d. 7-2-1963
sportscaster, announcer: CBS Network, WBBM in Chicago
05-05-1915 - Ben Wright - London, England - d. 7-2-1989
actor: Hey Boy "Have Gun, Will Travel"; Nicholas Lacey "One Man's
Family"
05-08-1910 - Nathan Van Cleave - Bayfield, WI - d. 7-2-1970
music: "The Man Behind the Gun"; "This Is Your FBI"
05-15-1910 - Walter Cassel - Council Bluffs, IA - d. 7-2-2000
baritone: "General Motors Concerts"; "Calling America"
05-20-1908 - James Stewart - Indiana, PA - d. 7-2-1997
actor: Britt Ponset "Six Shooter"
05-25-1929 - Beverly Sills - Brooklyn, NY - d. 7-2-2007
singer: "Major Bowes Capitol Family"; "Uncle Bob's Rainbow House"
05-30-1920 - Franklin J. Schaffner - Tokyo, Japan - d. 7-2-1989
writer, director: "World Security Workshop"; "The March of Time"
06-03-1927 - Boots Randolph - Paducah, KY - d. 7-2-2007
saxophonist: "Grand Ole Opry"
06-09-1905 - Martha Boswell - Kansas City, MO - d. 7-2-1958
singer: (The Boswell Sisters) "The Boswell Sisters"; "Woodbury Soap
Show"
06-10-1919 - Hal Simms - Boston, MA - d. 7-2-2002
announcer: "The Steve Allen Show"; "Stop the Music!"
06-15-1905 - James Robertson Justice - Wigtown, Scotland - d. 7-2-1975
actor: "Star Bill"
06-23-1884 - Marley R. Sherris - Toronto, Canada - d. 7-2-1956
announcer: "Midweek Hymn Sing"; "National Vespers"
07-09-1910 - Alfred Kreymborg - NYC - d. 7-2-1991
writer: "The Columbia Workshop"
07-10-1926 - Fred Gwynne - NYC - d. 7-2-1993
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
07-21-1899 - Ernest Hemingway - Oak Park, IL - d. 7-2-1961
author: "NBC University Theatre"; "Columbia Workshop"; "Screen Guild
Theatre"
07-23-1936 - Don Drysdale - Van Nuys, CA - d. 7-2-1993
baseball announcer: California Angels, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles
Dodgers
07-24-1898 - Amelia Earhart - Atchinson, KS - d. 7-2-1937
aviatrix: "Amelia Earhart", "Cities Service Concerts"
08-29-1927 - Marion Williams - Miami, FL - d. 7-2-1994
gospel singer: "Soundstage"
09-08-1906 - Orlo Bagley - d. 7-2-1986
sportscaster: KOMB Cottage Grove, Oregon
09-30-1896 - Howard Wright - San Diego, CA - d. 7-2-1990
actor: "Lights Out"; "Mystery is My Hobby"; "Ma Perkins"
10-04-1916 - Jan Murray - The Bronx, NY - d. 7-2-2006
emcee: "Songs for Sale"; "Meet Your Match"
10-13-1926 - Ray Brown - d. 7-2-2002
jazz bassist: "Bands for Bonds"; "Here's to Veterans"; "White House
Jazz Festival"
11-09-1909 - Kay Thompson - St. Louis, MO - d. 7-2-1998
singer: "Fred Waring Show"; "Your Hit Parade"; "Tune-Up Time"
11-16-1890 - George Seldes - Alliance, NJ - d. 7-2-1995
journalist: His book "A Disease Called Fascism" adapted for "Words at
War"
12-14-1899 - DeFord Bailey - Smith County, TN - d. 7-2-1982
harmonica soloist: "WSM's Barn Dance"; "Grand Ole Opry"
12-18-1916 - Betty Grable - St. Louis, MO - d. 7-2-1973
actor: "Hollywood Showcase"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "So You Want to
Lead a Band"
xx-xx-xxxx - John Walsh - d. 7-2-1945
actor: Private Homer Stubbs "Dear Mom"; Chuck Blair "Romance of Helen
Trent"

Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:18:31 -0400
From: mbiel@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Benny TV Alternating With Others

Glen Schroeder wrote that he had been watching some Jack Benny Shows on DVD
and the end of the shows he talks about how he'll back back in three weeks
but only mentions Private Secretary.

I remember from watching at the time that Benny alternated with only Private
Secretary on a two week basis.  My suspicion is that the DVD is using the
same closing speech on each show, and the
week they are using came when there would be a pre-emption the week following
Private Secretary.  Check the DVD.  Is that closing exactly the same each
time?  The syndicator of the Benny radio shows has the same "We're a little
late folks, so goodnight" on EVERY show.

Michael Biel   mbiel@[removed]  (note new email address)

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Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:18:59 -0400
From: mbiel@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Robert Lewis Shayon obit

Robert Lewis Shayon, creator of the radio version of You Are There and FOTR guest passed away on Saturday June 28 at age 95.  He lived in Frankfort, Kentucky, and here is the link to his obit from the Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader.  I'm glad that Leah and I were able to meet him and chat with him at FOTR a couple of years ago when a re-creation of one of his scripts was performed.

[removed];PersonID=112565904

Michael Biel  mbiel@[removed]

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Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:20:15 -0400
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Mayor White

Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:15:45 -0400
From: <georgewagner@[removed];

     The editor of THE DAILY PLANET during Perry White's mayoralty
was very [removed] White. There is apparently no legal
requirement for a Mayor to entirely give up his regular employment
during his time of office, unless there's a marked conflict of
interest.

There may not be a legal requirement, but mayor of a large city is a
full-time job, as is editor of a large city daily.  Only Superman
could manage to do both jobs.

And as long as the other papers were given equal access to news
breaks and city information that wouldn't seem to be a problem.

Maybe things were simpler once upon a time, but it certainly wouldn't
be that way today.  I don't even think it would be that way then.

    In fact the other papers would probably have been delighted to
have "one of their own" in the top spot.

They might, if he were full-time mayor, but to be both mayor and
editor, besides the impossibility of it, would be seen as mayoral
favoritism towards one paper.

    Moreover, White functioned much more as a publisher than as a
workaday "editor." He had all sorts of deputies underlings for
that.

When?  I always thought White functioned more as a city editor, since
he was the one who assigned reporters to go out and cover stories.
There were a couple of scenes in the TV show where he seemed to be
functioning as publisher, worrying about newsprint supplies and other
company business matters, but we never saw any underlings, and he was
in fact the city editor, whatever they called him.

This puts me in mind of another Mayor White -- Kevin H. White, who,
as incumbent Massachusetts secretary of state (or Secretary of the
Commonwealth, as we call the office), was elected mayor of Boston in
1967.  He then began to talk about not resigning as state secretary
and simply letting his deputy run things day-to-day, and he would
take a walk up the hill once a week to sign papers.

Aside from the general criticism this engendered, it also upset a
number of people's political plans.  The Speaker of the House wanted
to be the new state secretary.  The legislature wanted very much to
get rid of the Speaker by kicking him upstairs.  And the House
Majority Leader wanted to be Speaker.

It turned out to be a political manuver.  Pending in the legislature
at the time was a bill for the state to take over welfare costs from
the cities and towns.  The bill was all but dead, sitting in
committee somewhere, but White wanted it to pass, since it removed a
major budget burden from the city.  As soon as he let it be known
that he might be willing to resign as state secretary if the welfare
takeover were to pass, the legislation acquired new life.  As soon as
the governor signed the bill, White resigned as state secretary.
That very afternoon, the House and Senate met in joint convention and
elected the Speaker as the new state secretary.  And by that evening,
the House had elected its new Speaker.

--
A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                           [removed]
 92 State Street, Suite 700                   Fax [removed]
Boston, MA 02109-2004           	         [removed]

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Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:21:13 -0400
From: James H Arva <wilditralian@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Superman!

07-02-08

In digest #163, Michael Hayde discussed an episode from "The Adventures
of Superman" called, "Dead Men Tell No Tales", comparing it with the TV
adaptation.  As a side line, I have a Charlie Chan movie entitled, "Dead
Men Tell", and the bad guy in it is none other than George Reeves, who
played Superman on TV.

At this time (1941), George was going by the surname, "Bessolo", which
was that of his stepfather, who had legally adopted him.

Jim Arva

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Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:49:25 -0400
From: eric hardy <latriv@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  I love a mystery

Hi all,
Ralph said:
Back in the late 1930's I was a Jr. High School student.  I recall being
a regular listener to an afternoon adventure program, "I Love A
Mystery".
I told my daughters that I thought it was named "I Love An Adventure",
but after Googling that I came up with "I Love A Mystery".

I'm sure I won't be the only one to reply to this, but your memory was right,
your timing was a little off. I love Adventure was aired in 1948 and was a
new version of I love a mystery.
  I will say that people I talk to who grew up in the late 30s, most seem to
remember I love a mystery. My Grandparents told me they would stop whatever
they were doing when it came on.

Eric

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Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 16:23:39 -0400
From: <vzeo0hfk@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  World War I radio propaganda

Kenneth Clarke asked,". . .  whether there were any broadcasts
made on OTR by "Axis Sally" or "Tokyo Rose . . . and did
America have [its] own version of them?

Since OTR is a collective term to describe a whole range of broadcasts made
in the 30's and 40's and perhaps into the early 50's- the answer is yes to
part I of the question - given that they were heard during that period.

Did the US use radio propaganda during the war? For sure. See my website,
[removed] which concerns WORDS AT WAR, (Scarecrow Press) my book on
that topic. The US government, various private agencies and the networks
sponsored a wide range of propaganda show. Most of them, however, were morale
boosting ones aimed for the Home Front. A fair number were also directed at
our armed forces - and a small number were meant for the ears of the enemy

Howard Blue

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Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 16:24:25 -0400
From: Michael Hayde <mikeh0714@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Truly, STEEL

Craig wrote that:

those postwar/last seasons of the
SUPERMAN radio show sometimes have a very 'adult' feel
for a 'kid's' show.

Actually, in researching my forthcoming book on the
subject, I've discovered newspaper blurbs for the
return of SUPERMAN over ABC in October 1949 that
assert this particular series was deliberately
targeting adults.  Certainly the timeslot of Saturday
8:30pm (7:30 central) was not exactly "kiddie show"
friendly.  Much like the first TV season, emphasis was
placed on Clark Kent as investigative crime reporter,
with Superman showing up at the end for the requisite
heroics.  Indeed, in at least one episode, "The Puzzle
of the Poisoned Pomegranate," we never 'hear' Superman
at all (although we're told after-the-fact that he
caught a woman that was forced out of a window by the
heavy)!

SUPERMAN enjoyed a 13-week run in this format, of
which "Dead Men Tell No Tales" - along with being
'Bud' Collyer's swan song as the Man of Steel - was
the final episode.

Michael

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Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 16:25:05 -0400
From: Ben Ohmart <benohmart@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  radio book sale at BearManor Media

25% off ALL radio books until midnight EST on the 4th of July! Discount is
automatic. (If paying by credit card you will only be charged 75% + postage,
regardless of what your shopping cart says. If using Paypal, you'll be
refunded 25% immediately.) Thanks, and enjoy a good book at the cookout!

By the way, I want to thank you all here for the nice reaction to my plea for
Fred Allen letters. I got some Wonderful things from some people that are
really going to help this project.

I'd also like to mention a few new books. Coming Very soon is Clair Schulz's
detailed log/history of Fibber McGee which will be out by the end of the
month.
[removed]

There's been a delay for Chandu and the 3-volume set of Yours Truly Johnny
Dollar, but both are still in the pipeline and will hopefully be out before
the end of the year.

It's not Quite radio, but we have a new, rather brilliant, book by David
Ossman of The Firesign Theatre called Firesign's Follies. Any fan of audio
comedy should like this one:
[removed]

And FYI, just 2 days ago I received a query from Carmen Dragon's daughter,
Carmen E. Dragon, who is writing a book about herself (a Great harp player)
and her dad. Of course I'm looking forward to reading this book, which she
hopes to complete next month.

Thanks for reading this "ad". I appreciate the support of you all.

Ben Ohmart

Old radio. Old movies. New books.
[removed]

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Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 16:26:16 -0400
From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Radio Propaganda

Kenneth Clarke asks about audio copies of radio broadcasts by "Axis
Sally" and "Tokyo Rose" as well as background information on them.

Almost everything one would want to know about "Tokyo Rose" can be
found in a June 2006 article in RADIO RECALL, archived at our web
site <[removed]>

Briefly, none of the half dozen women who broadcast for the Japanese
in WW II every used the nickname "Tokyo Rose"; this was just a term
coined by the GI's who listened to them. However, Iva Toguri, a
native born American of Japanese ancestry, was convicted of treason
after WW II, as was Mildred "Axis Sally" Gillars, who broadcast for
the Nazi's. Toguri was clearly innocent; Gillars was guilty, but both
served many years in a federal confinement. (Note: the nickname "Axis
Sally" was also coined by GI's; Gillars was "Midge at the Mike"
during her Berlin radio shows.)

Both women lived long lives in the [removed] after their prison release.
Gillars, at age 72, became Ohio Wesleyan's oldest graduate and taught
in a religious school until her death. She died in June 1988; she was
88.  Toguri was pardoned by President Ford in 1977 and lived in
Chicago until age 90 when she passed away in September 2006.

Nearly all of their broadcasts were on short-wave radio and surviving
copies, while some exist, are usually of poor quality. While these
two women, because of their distinctive nick-names, seem to remain in
the public's memory, there were more men who uttered treasonous
statements for the Axis powers in WW II and some were also convicted
in the [removed] of treason. Try googling Douglas Chandler, Robert Henry
Best, Frederick Kaltenbach, and Edward Delaney.

Jack French
Editor: RADIO RECALL

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Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 16:26:27 -0400
From: Jerry Haendiges <jerryhaendiges@[removed];
To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK

Hi Friends,

Here is this week's schedule for my Olde Tyme Radio Network. Here you
may listen to high-quality broadcasts with Tom Heathwood's "Heritage
Radio Theatre," Big John Matthews and Steve "Archive" Urbaniak's "The
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Check out our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
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=======================================

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Independence Day Special

ESCAPE
Episode 45    7-4-48    "A Tooth For Paul Revere"
Stars: Harry Bartell
CBS Sustained

OUR MISS BROOKS
Episode 48    7-3-49    "Fourth of July Celebration"
Stars: Eve Arden
CBS Colgate

ANTHOLOGY
Episode 18    7-4-54    "July 4th Edition"
Narrator: Ronald Colman
Announcer: Gene Hamilton
NBC Sustained

COLUMBIA WORKSHOP
Episode 17    7-4-44    "Home For The Fourth"
Stars: Dane Clark
CBS Sustained
==================================

HERITAGE RADIO THEATER

CRIME AND PETER CHAMBERS
(NBC)    4/6/54  "Framed For Murder"
stars: Dane Clark

CRIME CLASSICS
(CBS)    6/29/53   "Colonel James Fisk, Jr." stars: Lou Merrill

BILL STERN/SPORTS NEWSREEL
(NBC) 8/9/46 Guest: Dinah Shore
====================================

THE GLOWING DIAL

Bob Hope Show - "Chico Marx"
originally aired November 8, 1938 on NBC
Starring: Bob Hope, Jerry Colonna, Six Hits and a Miss, Skinnay Ennis
and his Orchestra, Chico Marx, Bill Goodwin announcing.
Sponsor: Pepsodent

Bob Hope Show - "Basil Rathbone"
originally aired January 28, 1941 on NBC
Starring: Bob Hope, Jerry Colonna, Six Hits and a Miss, Skinnay Ennis
and his Orchestra, Art Baker announcing the commercials, Bill Goodwin
announcing the program.
Sponsor: Pepsodent

Bob Hope Show - "New Bandleader Desi Arnaz"
originally aired September 24, 1946 on NBC
(first show of 9th season for Pepsodent)
Starring: Bob Hope, Jerry Colonna, Carol Richards, The Starlighters,
Barbara Jo Allen as Vera Vague, Desi Arnaz and his Orchestra, Wendall
Niles announcing.
Sponsor: Pepsodent

Bob Hope Show - "Jack Benny"
originally aired November 9, 1948 on NBC
Starring: Bob Hope, Irene Ryan, Jack Kirkwood, Doris Day, Bill Farrell,
Four Hits and a Miss, Les Brown and his Band of Renown, Hy Averback
announcing.
Sponsor: Swan Soap

Bob Hope Show - "Jack Webb, Dragnet Parody"
originally aired February 4, 1953 on NBC
Starring: Bob Hope, Bill Johnstone, Jane Morgan, Margaret Whiting, Les
Brown and his Band of renown, Bill Goodwin announcing.
Sponsor: Jell-O
==================================

If you have any questions or request, please feel free to contact me.

      Jerry Haendiges

      Jerry@[removed]  562-696-4387
      The Vintage Radio Place   [removed]
      Largest source of Old Time Radio Logs, Articles and programs on
the Net

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Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 16:26:54 -0400
From: Chargous@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Why are these hard to find nowadays?

Why are the following series so hard to find in lo-gen?

Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator (except for the summer '54 ones,
hard to find a quality copy.  The '51 seem a little easier than the others.
-Hop Harrigan (esp. some of the '42-44 ones)
-Buck Rogers (impossible)
-Charlie Chan and the Landini Mystery
-Unsolved Mysteries
-Rudy Vallee (1932-and 30s ones)
-Kraft Music Hall (1930s versions)
Terry and the Pirates (esp. the 1941 libby version)

I've hard a lot of these in cassettes and mp3s over the years, but it's
impossible to locate a good lo-gen copy of them

It's really frustrating.  Radiogoldindex lists all these series.  Even
though prices were high back then, I still wish he sold.

The closest to a decent copy of some of the '55 shows of Barrie Craig were
on LPs of the Golden Age of Radio Victor Ives shows.

Most of these shows were readily obtainable in catalogs 10-15 years ago.  I
know that some collectors still have them.  They don't seem to be on most
of the dealers' catalogs, though.

Travis

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Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 16:27:08 -0400
From: Chargous@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Best way to clean cassette heads?

I so rarely use cassettes - what's the best way to clean the heads in the
machine?  I imagine those "cleaning cassettes" aren't too helpful.  Maybe
the ones with the pads, but I don't think the dry ones do much.

Travis

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