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Mrs. Warner and the members of her Tennessee State Board who were residents of Davidson County assisted in all forms of World War work undertaken in David- son County, as well as the state at large. Officers and members of the Nashville Equal Suffrage Association were numbered among workers in every war drive. and were among the most patriotic women of the county, and held some of the most important offices in the state and county patriotic organizations.
Mrs. W. A. Overall. President of the Nashville Association. who offered her organization in every war campaign. appointed Mrs. Charles W. Baker as Publicity Chairman and Mrs. Lou Lusky as Chairman of War Savings Stamps and Tag Days. Mrs. James B. Ezzell. an ardent suffragist worker. served as Chairman of her dis- trict in practically all war campaigns. Mrs. Ira P. Jones and Mrs. R. L. Sawver. two local members, directed a sewing unit in the Garment Department at Red Cross Headquarters each week throughout the war.
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In the first Red Cross Campaign for funds. Miss Della Dortch. Chairman of the Nashville Equal Suffrage League for the drive. and her committee collected the sum of =2.700.
One of the most important events in the war work of the Nashville Equal Suf- frage league was the "big feed" given by them to the Davidson County soldiers who were in training at Camps Jackson and Kirkland. at Nashville. on the eve of their departure for a Southern camp. The feast was served on Capitol Boulevard, with Mrs. D. T. Kimbrough as General Chairman of Arrangements. The state and local officers and members of the Association acted as a committee to assist Mrs. Kimbrough. Mrs. John M. Kenny served as Chairman of the Serving Committee. Tables were arranged on both sides of the Boulevard. and a feast. ex- celled only by that given the Tennessee sol- diers of the A. E. F. upon their return from France, was served to several hundred soldiers. together with their families. Mrs. D. T. Kim- brough, Chairman, received many letters from the soldiers expressing their appreciation of the lovely remembrance, and also of the women who assisted in securing the bountiful supply of food.
In the Third Liberty Loan a patriotic rally was held at the headquarters of the Nashville Equal Suffrage League on Sixth Avenue. Mrs. Claude D. Sullivan served as General Chair- man for the rally. Mrs. R. S. Maddox. Chair- man of Program. and Mrs. Edwin S. Gardner, Chairman of Decorations. Patriotic speeches were made by Mrs. Leslie Warner. Mrs. W. 1. Overall. Mrs. Lyon Childress. Mrs. Claude D. WAS LOU LESKY ( Lettir Nassauer) Sullivan. Mrs. John W. Kenny. Miss Mary Lipe. Mrs. Guilford Dudley. and Miss Della Dortch. Mrs. Adair Lyon Childress. an officer in the Nashville League. was Chairman of Nashville for the Third Liberty Loan. Miss Mary Lipe served as Chairman of bond sales for the Nashville Suffrage League in all drives. At this meeting $86.000 was raised for the Loan. One thousand dollars in bonds was pledged at the meeting personally by Mrs. Leslie Warner, State President of the Association.
Mrs. Lou Lusky. Chairman of the Nashville League for the War Savings Or- ganization. participated with much success in the various drives for the sale of stamps. Mrs. Lusky also served as Chairman for the League in all war relief tag days. and her corner's sales were always one of the best.
Mrs. Charles Baker. a prominent Nashville suffragist. was the only woman of the state who was chosen as a member of a noted corps of writers, who used their pens only for World War work. Mr -. Baker also issued a number of beneficial state bulletins which kept the various county leagues in close co-operation with the State Department. Miss Della Dortch and Mrs. George E. Blake, who were suffrage Traders, were each successful war workers. Among other Nashville suffrage lead- ers who did exceptional war work were:
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Mrs. John Barksdale, Mrs. James S. Frazer, Mrs. Miles Williams, Miss Daisy Gunn, Miss Katheryn Allen, Miss Cornelia Barksdale, Miss Elizabeth Binford. Mrs. John Kreig. Miss Fer- mine Pride. Mrs. Alex. Irving, Mrs. Frank Carl Stahlman, Mrs. R. A. Henry, Mrs. W. J. Mor- rison. Mrs. Reuben Mills, Mrs. Ittie Kinney Reno, Miss Madge Hall. Mrs. Jordon Stokes, Jr .. Mrs. Elizabeth Frye Page. and Miss Lutie Corrinne Jones.
Each member of the Nashville Equal Suffrage Association. led by Mrs. William A. Overall, took a prominent part in all public demonstrations for war purposes. and in the Carnival in March. 1918, for the sale of Thrift Stamps, the League maintained an attractive booth, of which Mrs. Charles W. Baker served as Chair- man. assisted by a committee of local members. Mrs. Lou Lusky served as treasurer for the booth.
At the Automobile Show, in June, 1918. Miss Mary Lipe had charge of the sale of Thrift Stamps, and 8850 worth was sold at the suffrage booth.
In April, 1919. presidential and municipal suffrage was granted to women of Tennessee, the work being under the leadership of the State President, Mrs. Leslie Warner, and this culmination of success was largely due to the efficient manner in which the enormous volume of war work had been conducted. and the result of the ability shown by Mrs. Warner and members of her Legislative Committee, who had worked so earnestly and intelligently to bring about this result.
Tennessee's vote on the suffrage amendment was the controlling factor in the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, a fitting climax to the banner record of the women of the grand old Volunteer State in every call for service during the greatest war in history.
Mrs. Leslie Warner. War President of the Tennessee Association, was appointed by Governor A. H. Roberts as Chairman of the Democratic Ratification Committee in Tennessee. Mrs. Warner also served as State Vice-Chairman-at-large for the Woman's Committee. Council of National Defense, and was one of the first Southern women chosen on the National Board of the Fatherless Children of France Com- mittee. She was one of the most impressive and eloquent women speakers in Ten- nessee during the World War, and personally visited practically every county in the state, addressing large gatherings in the interest of some one of the many phases of World War activity. Later, at the State Convention of the Suffrage Association. Mrs. Warner was unanimously voted as the "Victory" President of the Equal Suf- frage Association. Mrs. Warner is a descendant of a prominent Davidson County family. who were distinguished for their service rendered in other wars. and she is an active worker in the U. D. C. and D. A. R. organizations of the state. She was one of the four women leaders of America who was chosen as a member of the International Relations Committee of the National Organization of the Daugh- ters of American Revolution. this honor having been conferred upon Mrs. Warner by the National D. A. R. President. Mrs. Wayne Anthony Cooke. just as this volume went to press. May. 1923.
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Davidson County Women Who Served Overseas
MRS. ANNETTE BROCK BANTER arrived in France in July. 1918. and immediately reported for duty at the Canteen of Bar-le Due. one of the foremost canteens near the front line trenches. Mrs. Baxter was transferred to the "Y" Hut at the famous letty Casino at Nice, where she was regarded as one of the most popular and of- ficient workers in the overseas service, and was the first Davidson County woman to witness actual fighting at the front.
MISS CORNELIA ELIZABETH BARKSDALE was accepted for service with the Ameri- van Red Cross in the summer of 1918. She was later transferred to the Y. M. C. A. Canteen Service and sailed for France in January. 1919.
She served at Brohl- Ans. Reihn. Germany. with the 301st Engineers, and was one of the few canteen workers who were reassigned for duty after the signing of the Armistice. Mis- Barksdale was assigned canteen duty in the Army of Occupa- tion. which was a very coveted field of service by the overseas girls.
Miss Barksdale served in the canteen at Telegraph Barracks. Coblenz. Germany, until September. 1919, and was again reassigned as director of activities for the Second Battalion. 8th Infantry. Hospital Barracks No. 19. where she was stationed until April 10. 1920.
She was included in the small number of American girls given the privilege of decorating the graves of French and American soldiers in Germany on Decem- ber 11. 1919.
In June. 1919. she witnessed the removal of American troops to the neutral zone. after the Germans had signed the treaty of peace.
One of Miss Barksdale - duties was the serving of wales at the hostess house every afternoon. and these proved such a delight to the boys of the A. E. F. that she was given the name of "Tennessee" by the hundreds of boys who were fortunate enough to enjoy them.
Viss Barksdale married Captain Andrew Zerbe while they were both serving with the Army of Occupation.
VISS ROBERTA TARPLEY served in France From November. 1918. until Angust. 1919. Miss Tarpley was stationed at the Red Cross Recreation Hut in connection with Base Hospital No. 9. at Chateaureaux. Indre. France.
MISS CATHERINE WALLACE HALL was a member of the canteen workers of the American Red Cross and served in France from November. 1918. until June. 1919. Miss Ilall was stationed at Red Cross L. O. C .. care Montparnasse. Paris.
MISS VIRGINIA CANNON served with the Y. M. C. A. canteen workers from De- cember. 1918. until September. 1919. The first two months of her service Miss Cannon remained in France. after which she was transferred to the First Engineers of the First Division. on the Rhine at Coblenz. and at Engers.
MISS A IRGINIA NELSON Failed for France in October. 1918. and served ten months with the American Expeditionary Forces, stationed at Mont Dore and Monte Carlo. Miss Velson was a canteen and leave area worker until June. 1919, when she was reassigned and transferred to the Record Department of the Y. W .C. A. in Paris, in which position she assisted with the history of the war work of the Y. M. C. A.
MISS CORNELIA DISME KES. as a member of the Y. M. C. A. Entertainment Corps. served in England. Scotland and France from January, 1919. until July. 1919. Wiss
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Dismukes gave performances at many of the huts in England and Scotland before going to Versailles and Chateau Thierry. She also visited the largest S. O. S. Area at Le-Mans.
MISS ALICE ANDERSON left New York in December, 1918, and was stationed at the Business Headquarters of the Y. M. C. A. in Paris. where she served until May, 1920.
MISS LUCY BONNER COOPER served in France from November. 1918. until July, 1919. Miss Cooper was assigned to the Base Hospital No. 8, at Savenay, France, and transferred to Base Hospital No. 69. She was a member of the Department of Reconstruction as an Aid in the U. S. Army Medical Department.
MISS KATHERINE LEWIS served at the Embarkation Camp at St. Nazaire. France. from January. 1919, to July, 1919. Miss Lewis was a member of the Y. M. C. A. canteen organization.
MISS SUSANNA WEBB served in England and France from September, 1918. until July. 1919. Miss Webb spent the first two months at a U. S. Military Hospital at Tottenham, England, after which she went as a nurse aid to St. Denis. France. She was transferred to the Canteen Service and assisted in organizing the line of Com- munication Canteens, her assignment being No. 2, Gare-de-Lyon. Paris.
MISS MARY STEADWELL went to France in January, 1919. for a course of inten- sive training. Miss Steadwell was in the Y. M. C. A. Canteen Service at Vals Les Bains. from which place she went to Marseilles. After being honorably discharged from the service at Paris. she volunteered for hospital service and was assigned to the Military Hospital at Belfort. France, as chief dietitian.
MISS ALICE CARROLL sailed for France in January. 1919, where she served as a Y. M. C. A. canteen worker in the Le Mans Area of the American Embarkation Centre. Miss Carroll was stationed at Chemire-le-Gauden and La-Fleche. at which place she opened and closed a hut. She has the distinction of being the first Ameri- can girl to go into this town. Miss Carroll served for a period of six months.
MISS ELLEN DUFFEY. as a canteen worker for the Y. M. C. A .. served in the Brittany leave area at San Malo for a period of five months.
MISS MARGARET GLENN served from February 1 to July 1, 1919, at Grenoble, France, in the leave area of the Y. M. C. A.
MISS RUTH HUNTER joined the Y. M. C. A. corps of entertainers. and after working with the Southeastern Division for several months, sailed for France on February 2, 1919. where she visited every camp of the American Army of Occupa- tion and did an important work in helping maintain the morale of the boys with her beautiful voice and charming manner.
MISS RUBY MINOR. a graduate of the Woman's Hospital in Nashville. joined the Red Cross Nursing Corps in May. 1918, and after serving some time at the Walter Reed Hospital in Washington. D. C., was transferred to overseas service with the Memphis Hospital Unit.
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DAVIDSON COUNTY WOMEN WHO SERVED OVERSEAS
MISS ROBERTA TARPLEY
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DAVIDSON COUNTY WOMEN WHO SERVED OVERSEAS
MISS CORNELIA DISMURES
MISS VIRGINIA NELSON
MISS ELLEN DUFFEY
MISS CORNELIA ELIZABETH BARKSDALE
Miss MARGARET GLENN
MISS RUTH HUNTER
MISS VIRGINIA CANNON
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Davidson County Nurses in the World War
Next to the doughboy in the World War came the "guardian angels." as the American army nurses were termed. The compiler of this volume and the nurses herein recorded are indebted to Dr. William MeCabe, who served overseas with the Vanderbilt Unit "S." for this splendid record.
St. Thomas nurses who served during the World War were:
Miss Annie Porter- Entered British service in 1915. and served with the Duchess of Marlborough's Unit. Latter part of 1917 transferred to the U. S. Nurse Corp -. Nursed wounded from the front at U. S. Base Hospital No. 2. Paris.
The Vanderbilt Unit "S" entered service November 12. 1917. with eleven it. Thomas nurses assigned: Miss Catherine Glynn Sinnott. Chief Nurse: Miss Bertha Grunwell. Misses Lula and May Shanahan. Miss Jennie Denson. Miss Eliza- beth Beal. Mis- Kate Jones. Miss Jeannette Conry. Miss Alberta Mills. Mrs. Lena Wakefield. and Mrs. Anna Smith Eastland. Proceeded at once to. Ellis Island. \. Y .. Nurses' Embarkation Camp. Sailed from New York January 15. 1918. and landed Glasgow. Scotland. Proceeded to France via London. Reached France February 1. 1918. Assigned to Base Hospital 17. Dijon. France. Unit ordered to Camp Hospital 281. Nevers, France, leaving seven nurses. The St. Thomas nurses left were: Miss Jennie Denson. Miss Alberta Mills. Miss Lula Shanahan and Wis. Anna Smith Eastland. Base Hospital 17 had 2.150 beds. Nursing force. 70. Camp Hospital. 28.250 beds. nursing force 11. Reached France in time to care for first American wounded and remained to care for returning prisoners, both American and British. from Germany after signing of the Armistice. Miss Beal served as a surgical team under Lieutenant-Colonel Richard A. Barr at the front during the summer and fall of 1918.
The unit returned April. 1919. Miss Sinnott remained in France, and was ap- pointed second chief niuse of the Savaway Hospital Centres, Mis- Josephine Bart- lett served at Camp Logan, Houston, Texas, and went overseas with Base Hospital 67. Stationed at the Mevie Hospital Centre. France. Miss Mary Jane Vogle served at the Mars Hospital Centre, France, with Base Hospital 62.
Mrs. Annie MeDaniels. Miss Viola Gluff. Miss Gladys Leake. Miss Armelita Cherry served overseas.
Miss Robbie Lee Bennett served at Alexandria. Louisiana. Miss Leslie G. Free- man served at Fort Oglethorpe. Ga .. Camp Meade. Maryland. and Walter Reed Hospital. Washington, D. C. Miss Callie Downing served in New York. V. Y.
Miss May Phillips and Miss Lucile Landers made the "supreme sacrifice" as the result of the influenza epidemie. Miss Phillips and Miss Landers volunteered for duty at the Powder Plant and contracted the disease. Both refused to leave their posts until it was too late. Miss Phillips died October 26. 1918.
The following were located in Paris the entire time: Miss Lula Beard, Miss Minna Cherry. Mrs. Annie MeDaniel and Miss Lottie Minor.
Miss Elizabeth Beal was with the Vanderbilt Unit at Nevers, France. with the exception of four months at the front. Viss Iva Grogan was attached to Base Hos- pital 17 at Dijon, France. Miss Effie May Buchanan was with the unit, at Nevers until about three months before leaving for home, when she and Miss May Me- Merritt were transfered to a hospital train for two months. While Miss Jennie Conry was at Vevers with the Unit "5" she contracted meningitis, and as soon as -he was able to travel she was sent to a Base Hospital on the coast and thence home.
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GROUP OF NURSES WHO SERVED OVERSEAS AS MEMBERS OF THE VANDERBILT LNIT.
Those in the picture are: Miss Catherine Sinnot, Miss Elizabeth Real. Miss Iva Brogan. Miss Effie May Buchanan, Miss Jennie Conry. Miss Jennie Denson, Miss Mattie Dew. Miss Bertha Grunwell. Miss Bernice Hall. Miss Sue Henley, Miss Mayme Merritt, Miss Katherine Jones, Miss Annie Joyner. Miss May Shanahan, Miss Lula Shanahan, Miss Katherine Swager, Miss Beulah Taylor. Miss Fannie O. Walton, Miss Alberta Mills, Mrs. Anna Eastland and Mrs. Lena Wakefield.
Miss Jennie Denson was attached to Base Hospital 17 at Dijon, and returned to the United States with that organization. Miss Mattie Dew was with the Unit "S" at Nevers, but was transferred to Base Hospital 8. and sent home soon after- wards. Mrs. Annie Eastland was with Base Hospital 17 until her transfer to Unit 'S," in order to return to the United States with them.
Miss Bertha Grunwell was with unit "S" at Camp Hospital 28, Nevers. France. all during her service. Miss Bernice Hall was with Unit "S." except for four months spent at the front with a surgical team composed of two nurses, two officers and two enlisted men. Miss Sue Henley was with Unit "S" at Nevers. Miss Katherine Jones was at Nevers the entire time. She did not return home with the unit, but volunteered for further service, as also did Miss Henley and Miss Annie Joyner. These returned to the United States some time in the summer of 1919.
Miss Mayme Merritt was with Unit "S" except for about two months spent on a hospital train with Miss Buchanan. Miss Alberta Mills was with Base Hospital 17 at Dijon. France. Miss Mary Shanahan was at Nevers with the unit at Camp Hos-
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GROUP OF OVERSEAS NURSES WITH VANDERBILT UMIT "S"
Left to right. Miss Jennie Denson. Miss Benlah Taylor. Miss Mattie Dew and Miss Fanny O. Walton.
pital 28. Miss Lula Shanahan was with Base Hospital 17 for some time, but was finally transferred to Camp Hospital 28 at Nevers.
Miss Catherine Sinnott was Chief Nurse of Unit "S." and stationed at Nevers the entire time. Miss Katherine Swager was with Base Hospital 17. but returned home with U'nit "S." Miss Beulah Taylor was with Unit "S" at Nevers. Mrs. Lena Wakefield was at Camp Hospital 28 until transferred to Base Hospital 17 at Dijon. Miss Fannie O. Walton was at Dijon with Base Hospital 17. and was sent to Nevers to return to the United States with Unit "S." She was temporary chief nurse, being in charge of the nurses from the time they left Nevers until they re- turned to New York.
The following nurses went overseas with Unit "S." or the Vanderbilt Unit:
Mi -- Catherine Sinnott, Chief Nurse: Miss Elizabeth Beal. Miss Iva Brogan. Miss Effie May Buchanan. Miss Jennie Conry. Miss Jennie Denson. Miss Mattie Dew. Mrs. Annie Eastland, Miss Bertha Grunwell. Miss Bernice Hall. Wiss Sue tlenley. Miss Katherine Jones. Miss Annie Joyner. Viss Mayme Merritt, Miss Alberta Wills, Miss May Shanahan, Miss Lula Shanahan, Miss Katherine Swager, Miss Beulah Taylor. Mrs. Lena Wakefield, and Miss Fannie O. Walton.
The following were sent with a Memphis unit:
Miss Amelie Cherry. Miss Lottie Minor, Miss Inla Beard. Mrs. Annie MeDaniels.
The following were sent from Nashville as casuals to different camps before being sent overseas;
Viss Eleanor Abernathy, Miss Robbie L. Bennett. Miss Iva L. Barrett. Miss Josephine Bart- Wett. Wiss Martha Benderman, Miss Helen Boland, Miss Ruth Carter, Miss Margaret Casey, Miss Martha Cleveland, Miss Erastus Crabtree. Miss Sadie Davis, Miss Callie Downing. Miss Leslie Freeman, Miss Viola Gluff, Mi -- Laura Hamilton, Miss Leitha Hicks. Miss Margaret Harsted. Miss Birdie Hunter, Miss Gladys Leake, Miss Edna Long, Miss Fairie Long. Miss Gertrude Merrow, Miss Gladys Parham, Miss Helen O. Reilly. Miss Corabel Grimes, Miss Stella Sauls Terry. Miss Florence Watson Miss Lottie Williamson, and Miss Virginia Wvant.
Several nurses joined the Regular Army. Among these were:
Mi -- Kathleen Rives. Fort Oglethorpe. Ga., and Miss Eula Jennings. Fort MePherson. Ga.
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The Hostess House at Camp Sheridan
MRS. H. B. CARRE and Miss ELLEN WALLACE, Co-Chairmen
Every important branch of World War work that could be accomplished by women found some representative of Davidson County womanhood ready and able to undertake its accomplishment.
Mrs. Henry Beach Carre and Miss Ellen Wallace, of Nashville, were called to take charge of an Army Camp Hostess House at Camp Sheridan. Alabama, and from April, 1918, when they opened this house, until April, 1919. when it was no longer needed, Mrs. Carre and Miss Wallace fulfilled their duties there with the highest efficiency and the most inspired patriotism. Mrs. Carre was hostess in charge, and Miss Wallace directed the Cafeteria: and the acceptable manner of their service en- deared them to the thousands of soldiers and their families and loved ones with whom they came into such close personal relation.
Each of the 35.000 soldiers at the camp registered at this Hostess House, and an Information Hostess spent her entire time locating the men for the various relatives and friends who were constantly secking them. The Hostess Houses during the World War were almost as great makers of democracy as the army itself. Around their fireside sat officers and enlisted men as one, and under their roof the extremes
INTERIOR OF THE HOSTESS HOUSE AT CAMP SHERIDAN. ALA.
This picture was made "in action." Mrs. H. B. Carre ( Mary Vaughan). whose picture ap- pears in the upper left-hand corner. was in charge of the Hostess House. Miss Ellen Wallace, whose picture appears in the upper right-hand corner, served as chairman of Cafeteria.
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of life met on equal terms. each with his or her human interest story. sometimes comic. more often tragie, but always throbbing with interest.
The Hostess House at Camp Sheridan under Mrs. Carre's tactful direction amply met the need For which it was intended-a place for rest and refreshments, of as- sistance and protection to the hundreds of women who visited the tented city. and at the same time a Mecca for the thousands of soldiers who appreciated its home atmosphere and its welcome variation from the drab routine of army camp life.
In April. 1919. when her Hostess House was closed. Mrs. Carre joined her hus- band. Dr. H. B. Carre, in France, where she continued her patriotic endeavors with the Army of Occupation until the close of the war period. The Cafeteria. under Miss Wallace's supervision. gave the boys who had left their homes and American tables. "the best in the world." a taste of the things like "mother used to make." Miss Wallace's charm of manner especially fitted her for this line of work.
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Council of Catholic Women
MRS. FERDINAND E. KUIIN, Pioneer President MRS. P. A. MURRAY. President, 1923
The Nashville Chapter of the Council of Catholic Women is one of the most active and influential women's organization in Davidson County, and was the out- growth of World War activities. The chapter was organized in March, 1919, with a
MRS. P. A. MURRAY (Agnes Clare McDonald) Member of Advisory Council of this History.
membership of 1,100. Mrs. Ferdinand E. Kuhn was chosen as the pioneer Presi- dent. and served in this capacity from 1919 till 1920.
Mrs. M. M. Sanders was President in 1921; Mrs. Humphrey Timothy, in 1922, and Mrs. P. A. Murray was elected as leader of the Council in 1923. Each of these officers was chosen for executive ability developed during the World War, and all have creditable records in every phase of war work.
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