THE NASSAU POST. PREEPO RT, N. Y., FRIDAY. .TUNE 21. 191.<< Pa<re 6
EXPLOITS OF FLEET OF BRITISH SUBMARINES IN THE BALTIC SEA
little Squadron Long the Terror 0/ German Warships and Trans¬ ports—Sinl< Mine in One Day—Three British Craft, Since I Self-Destroyed, Attacl( a Whole Hostile Armada—Entered and Charted Every Harbor on Baltic.
Describing the work of British snh- marlnes in the Baltic and their de¬ struction to avoid captyre by the Oer- msna, the Petrograd correspondent of the London Morning Post says:
"Under all the dronmstances it la perhaps rather a marvel that the Oer- mana did not make a glorious cap¬ ture of nearly every submarine we had In the Baltic. They captured none, and they destroyed none. There is not a Oerman harbor In the Bal¬ tic that our submarines hnve not en¬ tered and charted for their own con¬ venience, creeping under mine fields ar/d through channels so shallow as hardly to admit of this hazardous ma¬ neuver.
"We never had more thim nine Rnhmarlnos In the Baltic, mid we still hnd seven when the end cnme. One of our boats put down nine enemy transports In n single day. Russia knew nnd openly admitted Inst sum¬ mer thnt It wns the British subma¬ rines which held I'etrogrnd Intnct.
"When Revnl went It wns obvious that the f-nd was near. The British subroorlnes, still seven In number nnd all In fighting trim, hnd by this time moved over to Finland, nnd ultimately concentrated, with their stores and workshops ashore, and a huge barge for floating mechanics In the harbor of Bclsingfors.
Sunk to Checit Foe.
"With three or four warring pnr^ ties Jenlou.sly eyeing the British ships and stores nnd the Toovarlstchl (comrades) airing their new gospel to the British crews of the subma¬ rines on every occasion, and with the absence of law nnd order In Helslng- fors, opportunities for every kind of trouble were plentiful, and extreme tact and firmness -were needed to
nnder a dreadnought and came np on the other side, still within tho encircling ring of destroyers. Turn¬ ing, he rapidly selected another ob¬ jective, nnd then dived to get It. This time he put down a transport carry¬ ing hydroplanes—n particularly useful shot, for these hornets, besides bom¬ barding our traft, which were, of course, quite visible at fighting depths nnder water, also kept the ships In¬ formed where deep-sea bombs would best serve the Oermans. Bealey dam¬ aged a cruiser so badly that he was able to chase her for many hours, but could not overtake her.
"All this time hydroaeroplanes were dropping deep-sea bombs upon all three boats, while every ship was pumping shell and deep-sea bombs In their direction, according to the sig¬ nals of the hydroaeronlane spotters. Whether by good luck or more artful dodging Beta 30 got no more than a few tremendous jerks from these deep-sea bomb explosions. Beta 33, though never actually struck, suf¬ fered so terribly from these repeated shocks that she was left helpless, unable to tell anything about her¬ self except that her skin was un- plerced. Smashed gauge glasses left her Ignorant of her depth, her margin of buoyancy, what power was still available to move or lift, sink or drive her, and she was absolutely blind besides. She simply carried on and Anally beached herself and was blown up by her own crew after all her valuable fittings had been re¬ moved. Beta 29 had the extremely bad luck to get aground In a tight place and suffered Injuries which would be suinmurlzed In the case of an ordinary .ship as 'In a sinking con¬ dition.' Coiiiinander Downle, how-
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bring things to a successful Issue. As ever, stuck to it and got off."
n result, not n single ounce of any kind of metal—British property, some of It priceless nowadays here— will ever fnll Into human hands, either those of the Huns or the White Guards or the Finnish Red Guards, or Russian Toovarlstch. All seven submnrlnes, the repair-shop barge, und every.scrap of stores lies safely in minutely disintegrated form at the bottom of the Baltic.
"In charge at Helslngfors was Lieut. Commander Downle. The task of destroying some £3,000,000 worth of British Government property to save It from ihe Germans, who had already landed at Hango, was his last sad duty. Plans for the private sale of enormously valuable stores of all i kinds—metals and composites, elec- |trlc fittings, etc.—were canceled when It was discovered that arrangements existed whereby all such matters of pricelei^ value to the enemy were to be handed over to the Germans wher¬ ever found. It was decided to put 'British property to the bottom.
"That fraction of the British navy I which was under Bussian orders In Ithe Baltic consisted of submarines, Iwhich I will call (because these were Inelther their letters nor their num- Ibers) Ali)ha 2, 10, 11, 20, nnd 21 and iBeta 29, 30,v33, nnd 36. The Alpha jclass wns fairly large, cnrrying thlr- jty-odd men. The Beta wus an older itype, with about half thnt number. Attacks German Armada.
"The biggest, thing the Germans have done In a naval way in this wur iwas the landing ou the Islands of Messel und Dngo. Certulnly the only effective opposition thoy mot ut sea icanie from British vessels, thr*-© In number; Of the four Beta bouts one wus undergoing repairs nt the time. Heaving three avullablc—29, 30, and 88. Tlu'so three went Into the thick of things uud guve the tJenuans u iVery unwekuiue surprise. Fulllntj an .adequate lutelllgeuce service, the 'British siibuiarliR's took sight for themsflvos of the oiicoiulug unuudu of dii'iidnounlits, ccuistT^. destroyers, aud trun^ports, uud i>lunge(i Into their midst. Kverjthlug wns uKuiiist our isubiuiuiufs, but they ull cuuie out of 'it alive, luul the eueiny did not.
"Cuptuiu Si'uley,'^u Bi'ta 30, wus of the true British typo, tin- lluisiied ur- 'tlde of the British navy. Hi'ta 21) was couuiuuuled by. Coiniuuudt'r iDowole, whose re<:ord proves bliii perfeiily true to typt'; but It wus his first couimuud.
"Tho Geruuius, uotwithstaudlug {couveuieut arrungeiueulM umde for tho imaxlmuui uf hiiuuuiity, were uiis- ^trust/ul of the British bouts, uud tlie iarmadu moved luside a ring of de¬ stroyers uud other suiuller cruft. 'Sealey, taking It comprehensive glance at their dii>po8ltlous, dived under five 'of the destroyers nearest to hiui. the same tactics being Imitated by Com¬ mander l>ownle and by Beta 88. Tbey came up Inside tbe protective ring, to be immediately assailed from air¬ craft and ships with a ralu of nUs- •Uea—in particular' with so-called deep-sea bombs.
^ "iSettley leuued his objective—oue of tbe dreadfuuugbts—dived and ttrsd two torpedoes ut a range probably too short for the run of either tor- psdo, tiMt the dreadnought umanpitd. Bat one of the torpedoes paased oa aod put dwwu • deailruyer oa tht •ide of the enclrcUug ring.
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CANADIAN/'BULLDOG"
RESTING IN KENNEL
Y. M. C. A. Orders Fruit Flavors
for One Million Summer
Drinks.
One million ice cream sodas.
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Snfflrlent to cool ths throats of a flock of glralTes—Ice cold, fizzy, flavor¬ ed with "strohry," "razbry," "cherry," "peach or pineapple."
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They may not seem so Imposing here, with »o<ln fountains on every Impor¬ tant business corner, but—oh, boy ! won't they be sample packnges of heaven to the American boys over In the war zone? Over there where. If reports be true, drug stores, masquer¬ ading as chemists' shops, try to get by with nothing but drugs.
France's pet drinks, champagne and red wine, are going to turn nn nbslnthe green -with Jcniousy this summer when the great American drink begins fizzing along the battle front and going over the top of the glasses. And the as¬ surance of at least a million fruit-fla¬ vored drinks as n starter Is found in the cabled order Just received by C. V. HIbbnrd, general secretary of the over¬ seas department of the Y. M. 0. A. war work council, from the organiza¬ tion's official in France. The mes¬ sage follows:
"Send quickly concentrated fruit sirups for one million summer drinks."
And the Y. M. C. A. war work coun¬ cil has a. way of sending quickly any¬ thing ordered sent quickly. So Ilf Is a sure thing that when the heat begins to give the American soldier boys nn awful thirst, they will turn gratefully from the trenches to the "Y" huts where they received hot chocolate last winter, and there they will clamor for a "strobry," or a "razbry sody."
Possibly to assure plenty of foam, the same cablegram ordered the wnr wock council to send one ton of shaving soap, while the other creature com¬ forts for soldiers, among the Items re¬ quired, were four American pool ta¬ bles, ten tons chocolate bars, ten tons granulated .sugar, ten tons flour, ten tons Hssorted cigarettes and five tons smoking tobacco.
ANZAC HERO'S SIGHT RESTORED
--¦¦¦ - Australian Soldier, ''Blinded for Life,'' Can See Again.
STORY READS UKE nCTION
GIRLS TO RAISE PIGS
There Are 500 Youno People Enrolled in Contest.
Seven girls will raise thoroughbred pigs this year in Tuscarawas county, C, to compete In state and county contests. Five hundred boys and girls are enrolled in corn, pig, poultry, cloth¬ ing and food clubs under the supervis¬ ion of Miss Minnie Porter, county lead¬ er of boys' and girls' dub work.
Poultry raisers already have set 8,- 750 purebred eggs for hatching. The seven girls who will mtse pigs are Thelma Shoemaker of Tuscarawas. Phyllis Hoopengarner and Grace Me* Cullough of Winfleld, Margaret Schlem- mer of Strasburg, Mary Streb and Mary Lleser of Parrall and Zelda Wiegand of I Sugar creek township.
These girls will try to bring the pig raising champlpnship of the state to this county. Two years ago the cham¬ pion pig grower in Ohio was a girl. It was said her success was due to the fact that she gave her pig a bath once a week.
The CaiuidluD "bulldog" seeius to be a very harmless creature In his "ken¬ nel," but when he is let loose on the Germans he lives up to his uume.
COOLS OFF IN JAIL
Party by Name of Chill Gets Kleated Over War.
August rhlll of rine Bluff, Ark., un¬ dertook to chill the efforts of the United States to whip Germany. Now CliUI I.s oodllng off in Jail, awaiting nc- tlDU of the federal grund jury. Chill, despite his worldly prosperity, remain¬ ed loyal to the Fatherland, and when the United Slates entercnl the wnr ugnlnst Germany Clilll got busy, lie is spi^clfically charged with obstruct¬ ing the draft, fulling, to register as un alien eueniy und dt'claring publicly thnt the Gerniuns would win the war und that within two yeurs Amerlcuns would be llvluf under Oerman rule.
POTATO BREAD
FORBIDDEN
Shortage of Tubers Results in Change of Swiss Order.
The Swiss military department haa rescinded Its order to bakers com¬ manding them to use potato flour or potatoes, either raw or boiled, in mak¬ ing bread.
The potato supply is ve»y scarce In Swltserlund. While the bakers for¬ merly were coninMinded to mix pota¬ toes with bread flour, they uow are ex¬ pressly forbidden to use auy potatoes In making bread.
Knittlnfl Honors Claimed. Holding a rei;ord of having knitted fosr dosen sweaters, three dosen bel- mets, several doaeu wrijibauds, knee¬ caps, abdomen ttauds aud other aeces- aary articles, Mrs. Amelia Delporte of 8t. LiOUls. Is belif ved tu be tbe chaui-
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HUNTERS DISCOVER UKE
It Was In Their County but They Never IHeard of It.
Tbe Sallna Gun club has found a large lake near Sallna, Kan., for the fall and spring hunting seasons, and has leased the property for a term of years as a private reserve.
The lake is • In the southern part of the county, and mnny of the old-time hunters never knew of its existence until this spring. The lake covers SO acres, and when It has been-improved. Including a large dnm, the surface covered with water will be about 40 acres. On one side of the lake there Is a sandy beach with the water run¬ ning from shallow to deep water and it mny be mnde a bnthing place.
It Is also filled with flsh of several varieties. Lumber Is now being shipped to the place for a house which will be erected at once. The Gun club will have the exclusive use of the property.
WESLEY IS FIGHTING MAD
Because Ha Was Rejected by Marines on Account of Defective Teeth.
John I'uul Wesley, a patriotic young man of St. Paul, Minn., is mud. In fact he Is not only fighting mad, bat greatly disappointed.
The cause for John Paul's sad an¬ ger and disappointment is tlmt he was rejected for the U. 8. marine corps be¬ cause'of defective teeth.
"Sherman snid wur is h 1," storm¬ ed John Paul, "but I think your exami¬ nation is even worse. Just because I'm uot able te bite the kaiser, I'm rejected. What do you want me to do, kill 'em aud then eat 'em too?"
"Sorry, old man," said Hergt. Frank B«ick. **Go see a dentist and then come back. Maybe thtre'll be a chaoc« then."
Stop. Combination 8al««. "Combtaatlou salts" are forbidden nndsr a sew ruling of the Maasacho- ¦etts food administration. "Combina¬ tion sales" are. according t.* the defi¬ nition of the food addilulatratlou, any ¦ales of two or more eomutodltletj, or different klnda or slses, at a price ef¬ fective only If they are ^ught at tlk«
Tvra Years ef Darkness Ended Abrupt¬ ly When Washington Specialist DIs- Mvers That Dislocated Vertebrae Caussd Trouble—Now Anxious to Rejoin Hl^ Ansae Comrades In ths Trenches.
The gas-cloud, the bayonet thmst. and the bullet wound have caused many a repetition In the war of the familiar story of the "Light that Fail¬ ed." Exit, among the thousands of combatants whose blindness wiil ever through thelf lives prove a poignant sacrifice is one who almost miraculous¬ ly has recovered his sight. And, as an inspiring sequel to the story of his physical rehahllltntion, the victim has announced his Intention of going back to the trenches.
It wns in the fierce fighting before Oalllpoll in 191.5 thnt Thomas Skey- hlll, a signaler In the Anzac forces, wns Instantly blinded by the blast of an exploding shell. Months of service had given Skeyhlll a deep Insight Into the motives thnt hnd Induced his com¬ rades to sacrifice gladly their lives. In¬ capacitated for further fighting, he sotight to preach the gospel of the al¬ lied effort from the lecture platform and through the press. Although bare¬ ly over his majority—he hnd enlisted at the age of nineteen—he soon be¬ came known ns a powerfully effective lecturer.
In America to Aid the Red Cross.
Recently he left Australia, where his name had become a hou.sehold word, to come to America for a series of lectures In the Interests of the Red Cross. His flrst addresses at San Fran¬ cisco were heard by more than 150,000 people. He met with similar successes In Reno, Snlt Lak(» City, Denver nnd finally In the national capital.
Although sufferlnji from his physical dlsnbllltle.s, Skeyhlll announced his In¬ tention of Inaugurating an Individual
Thomas Skeyhlll.
drive with the object of raising a mil¬ lion dollars for the Red Cross. He hud been aflllcted with violent head¬ aches for more thnn a month. In San Francisco he hnd been obliged to go to a hospital. In Reno he had bled nearly to death with hemorrhages, and In Washington he suffered greatly from pulns lu his nock.
When Hla Sight Returned.
A Washington specialist found that the vertebrae at the base of Skeyhlll's neck hnd been dislocated In three pluces, presumably by the shock that had blinded him. A simple operation was undertaken, nnd ns the vertebrae were snapped back Into poalticm the sight returned to the soldier's eyes.
As the realization came to Skeyhlll thnt the darkness that hnd hung over him for more than two years had been dispelled, he became seized with an ecstatic Joy that nearly unhinged his mind. His mind became a blank con¬ cerning the years that hud elapsed since bis injury, und he Imagined him¬ self back in the bayonet charge iu which he ha^d b«en wounde«l. His (Hin- dltlon became 90 acute thnt he ,was re¬ moved to a hospital, but nfler a sight's sleep he regained his mentui poise.
The soldier-poet'wlll,try to rejoin his Anzac cumradeti in the treaches over¬ seas.
BAN ON FOREIGN SIGNS.
Ohio Town Rules All Mutt Bs In Engliah Languags. A ban on furelgu signs hut* beeu placed by the city council of If artens Ferry, O. At a meeting of that body members declared there were several places abont tbe olty where signs u^i peared in foreign laaguages and au ordiuauoe was pa/*iM:d making it un¬ lawful to put u|i signs iu auy ulh«r ttaa ttM> Amertcaa laagooge.
CATTIE INDUSTRY IS aOURISHiNII ON CANAL
Large Areas of Forest Cleared
and 100,000 Head Soon Will
Be Grazing.
The policy of raising cattle tor th« nse of the employees of the Panama rnnnl and the mllitncy nnd naval forces there hns transformed the ap¬ pearance of the canal zone.
L.argc areas of forest and Jungle along the railway and the canal have been cleared aft and planted in guinea grass, and the big herds of cattle mny be seen browsing In the valleys or on the slopes of the marry. hills. Many thousands of acres have/been cleared already, and the work Ifi/still going on. A big dairy is al^ overated, and in time all the beef, i»nlk snd cheese needed on the isthmus may be pro¬ duced there.
The guinea grass originally was an African plant, but haa been establish¬ ed in the West Indies and parts of the continent for a long time. It is 'a heavy, rank grass, often reaching a height of ten feet, stooling freely and rooting deeply. It Is particularly val¬ uable, as It destroys almost any other vegetation, a quality of great utility in the tropics. It propagates both from seed and roots and spreads quite rap- Idly.
T'he para grass Is grown In a limited extent also In low and wet soils. It is not as desirable as guinea grass, but is eaten hy both cattle nnd horses. Para gratis is the great prevailing plant of the ICwer Amazon valley, as It Is not injured by the periodic inundations.
The cattle Industry In the canal zone Is especially favored by the fact that Gatun lake supplies plenty of Water during the dry senson, its branches ramifying through the many hills nnd mountains nnd making fresh water avllable In all the pastures. The zone may support a herd of 100,000 head of cattle without trenching upon the areas used for agricultural and horti¬ cultural purposes.
PIG CLUBS FOR PORK
Boys and Qlrla in One State Will Pro¬ duce 10,000 Pounds This Year.
and girls' pig "clubs throughout the country are expected to produce at least 10.000 pounds of dressed pork this year.
To stimulate interest In these clubs and Increase pork production In Ohio, ^he Ohio state fair will this year offer a number of prizes and give demonstrations in mixing of feeds, making self-feeders, making hog houses and other subjects of Interest to pig raisers.
These pig club members have been termed "junior soldiers of the commis¬ sary."
If Is expected that every boy who can do so will raise one or more pigs for Uncle Sam this year and help fur¬ nish the meat supply for the soldiers.
U. S. AIRPUNES ACTIVE IN t01|l
Pursuit Squadron Engages I||| Number of Clashes.
MORE VICTORIES ARE SCORED
Tennetse* Aviator Aehlevea Sueeest In I Unequal Combat—Brings Down On* Hun and Evades Three Enemy I Planes When Hla Machine Qun ¦cl came Jammed—Auto Raesr 8eorsa| Another.
An American aerlnl pnrsnlt sqnad>l ron Is operating over the American I sector northwest of Toul It is per-1 mitted to announce. All the pllotsi whose air exploits hnve been reoordedl up to this time belong to this sqaad-l ton, which has a special Insignia. The] sqimdron la fiying In NIeuport chnslng] machines.
The flrst victories. In which thai American squadron brought down twol German mnchlnes, were gained the dayJ after they took up flying on this sec-l tor. The occupants of the German ma-| chines were mnde prisoners.
Other machines, aside from those lal this squadron, alan are flying on thel Toul front. The fnct that nn Americtnl squadron wns there could not be men¬ tioned previously because it was notl desired that the Germans ahould know! of the fact.
But after there have been so manyl fights at close range and two Amerlcanl machines have fallen it is believed cer^l tnin the enemy knows an AraerlcanI squadron Is operating on this front.! There is also the fact that Capt. James| Norman Hall has fallen behind tb« German lines and been made a pr oner.
Downa German Airplane.
Lieut. Edward Buford, Jr., of Nash-] vllle, Tenn., was officially credited wltli shooting down a Oerman airplane ove St. Mlhlel on May 22.
Buford while patrolling encountered two German pursnlt planes. The Ing continued only a few minutes
The Ohio war board says: Boys^ Lieut. Buford attacking one of the Ger-
RED CROSS TO GET TIPS
Society's Workers May Talce Placa of Cloak-Room Bandits. A new method of raising hundreds of thousands of dollafs annually for the Red Cross and other worthy war causes has been advanced In Cleveland. It Is suggested that Red Gross girls be plnced In charge of hat and coat checking rooms at hotels and other places where such privileges net thousands of dollars annually. It Is pointed out that the continual seeking of tips and charges In such places IB annoying, but that no one would feel that way about a Red Croas represent¬ ative and would be more than apt to give generously. Whether the sug¬ gestion will be followed up Is not yet known, but Influential persons here are said to be strongly In favor of the plan.
AGED EGGS STALE
Were Laid Many Yeara Ago and Are Now Seized.
Eggs Is eggs, but fifty-year-old eggs, although still eggs, are not the proper kind of hen-fruit for Philadelphia, in the opinion of Mr. Simmers. The whole proceeding ran In fifties. There are 50 cases of eggs, they were fifty years old, and It took Simmers Just about 50 seconds to taboo them.
The consignment was packed In air¬ tight iCaus and was to have been put In cold storage at tbe Reading terminal plant until bakers needed them for cake. They were "canned" all right
mnn planes, which tried to lead hli Into the fire from the other. Suddenlj Lieutenant Buford looked overheat! and saw two more Germons coming down from out of the clouds for 1 He took a dive, all of the Germans Ing at the same time, and when h« cnme up he had one of the enemi planes In front of him. Buford begnr firing with his machine gun, causing his adversary to disappear In a nos dive. Although he was sure he had ! the German, It was not until later tl the victory was confirmed.
A few minutes later Lieutenant Bt ford by m"aneuverlng managed to ged behind two of the remaining three mn\ chines and opened fire, but his chine gun Jammed. As he was unablfl to use his weapon he started In a rles of skilful dives and turns and v successful in shaking oft the three e my planes.
Lieut. Edword Rlckenbncher, th« former automobile racer, has added other aerial victory to his record, nouncement was made that it had be confirmed that the lieutenant down a German biplane In the 1 borhood of Thiaucourt on May 22. Thi fight took place 5,500 meters in thi air.
Gets en Enemy's Tall.
With another pilot Lieutenant enbacher engaged In a long flght wit two enemy machines. Rlckenbache flnally got on the tail of one machlnfl nnd fired more than a score of shots ad short range. The enemy machine went Into a spinning nose dive, but it win| uncertain whether M: hit the ground so the lieutenant was not credited wi a victory nt the time. Positive co firmatlon that the machine crashed the ground has since been obtained.
No confirmation Is obtainable cerning the German report that thre American airplanes have been sho down In the Lys region.
FAMILY IN SIX WARS
FOE PERSECUTES AMERICANS
Indiana Qlri Tails of Treatment by Qcrmana After Wilton's Speech. Americans in Germany have been subjected to bitter persecution since President Wilson's Baltimore speech was publiahed In German papers, ac¬ cording to Mlsa Bouventura Splnik of Indlanapoila, who returned on a Dan- isb liner alter six years' residence in Berlin. She aaug there with an opera company. Miss Splnik declared that children are starving so that food may be provided for soldlera.
Amish Prove Patriotism. The Antlabmeu have at last deddsd not to allow their reMglous scruples to interfere tn aaalatlog tu wlu the war. Metnbers uf the aect iu fenuaylvaula are ttodeavtjring to raise a bumper caopt aud uaariy |5,000 of libsrty bonda w«s« aaUt asMNtg tbe Isadewi
Unit
Some Member Has Served the Unl States In Each One.
When F. Levi Dees, aged fifty, listed recently In the engineer! corps in St. Louis, a record of years was perfected, a member of Dees family having served In evei one of the six wars in which tbe ed States has participated.
His great-grandfather served in Revolution, furnishing his own 1 clothing, etc. His father, Justti J. H.(Dees of BdwardsvUle enlli for the Civil war at the age of i teen.
Levi Dees is an expert engineer. Us age, which la other brand would be considered a drawback, regarded as an asset. After paaali tbe examination he wan sent Wllmlngtun, Del.
COAL ALLOWANCE REDUCEI
No Fuol for Hsatlnfl Being SoM Paria.
Tbe allowance of coal In Paris la 1 ing reduced in view of the auaHer qnlrements of .the summer. Coal be Muld during tbe aunimer only for kitchen ujm» aud the which panolt »ne to purohaao a tahi fuautity fur the heating of tag NMM will not ba awllsMo
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