St. Louis Post-Dispatch
February 20, 1930

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2 LF WG N MG 4 GEE: aa 2 Me 7) 4 tell 4 1 * vs st and Complete ‘Tables wes UI. Pages Hic. bec. — 8 VOL. 82. 467. = Si. LOUIS, THORSDAY. FEBRUARY 20, mn PAG ae 5 5 IL STR f PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY LATE STOGK | BREAK 18: ONE}. Of SHARPEST) - OF THE ES ——_— Sies for Both Lone sal HOUSE bre Set at ie 2 OF GHA w Into Market * 2 W den Union and Would 1 Au. . 3 SELL POWER HOUSES 10 REDUCE BANK ‘LOANS Hopes to Realize $3; 000,000 or Mork Conaid ering Offer Solicited From Union Electric — — Now Buys 90 Per Cent of Power Used - be St. Louls Public Service ‘Co. Lee tthe e Ot fits power generating plants and substations to the Union | Biectric Light 4 Power Co,, to get money to make a; substantial reduction in the amount * | of its large collateral bank jean. At the request of the Public Serv- 5 — IL 1 INST. LOUIS, HOUSE ‘COMMITTEE HEARS 4 We. Testi- “wv. “a GRAND JURIES; -: HESITATE TO ACT”) Residents of County Dis cus Bootleggers and ScHoor Bece! —, E Appears in One of the TWO s of the Sunday Post-Dispatch Fine | NOW WE'LL BREAK OUT OF HERE AND PUT DOWN THE ty 1 , 22 A e eee, ee. ost- Dispatch GET HYSTERICAL, : * MAYBE HE'S AT HIS E WORKING---. 7 772 22 * inn. ö few a ays, I'M SO PLEASED-L JUST ENGAGED THE EXCLUSIVE DE LANCEY AND CO. annem de DO THE PAPER-HANGING- YES- eve) yD . L DION'T THINK THEYD shee 2411 TAKE (T [ * of | and 130, Hour. e 1 cen oF Atlan. will Be | See ds. the Unien mlectrie Co. has |” — made an ofter for th rties, | DECLINE IN wiht’. | One of First Witnesses — 1 9 | 3 1 pode. ae Before agi | by the directors of the street car AMONG FACT ORS ae, company. A directors’ meeting to W act an the matter will be held nett live Shares Generaly |» Driven Down 2 to 13 Points — Radio eo New he Associated | or nw YORK, Prem. 20,—Stocks ated one of the sharpest breaks ince the first of the year today, as heavy selling for both long and short accounts swept into the mar- ket in the last hour of trading, driving active shares generatly down two to 18 points. Operators for the rise made a few efforts to turn the list upward during the day, but met with increased offer- ings on rallies and finally. * drew. Sales in the last 50 minutes ‘ex- heeded 1,100,000 sheres, sending the total sales for the session up to 3,661,070. 5 The market has found progress | aittientt sinee the first of the month, after the sharp upturn in late January, and there has been & growing feeling in conservative cir. cles that the imprevement in bas ness has been theroughly discount - ed for the times being “Fiess break in the grain warkets yester- ee. day was a blow to speculative con- fidence, and farther @eclines in the Chicago Pit today resulted in re- newed unseti7a in the share markot. Profit-Taking Advocated, Several commission houses N heen advocating the taking ot profits in preparations for @ tech- nical reaction for more than «@ week, and although bulls ~ have D continued to lift individual shares higher, speculative sentiment - has crown highly uncertain. ihne confidence in the ability of leading shares to show further apprecias’ tion over the next several months remains unimpaired, market ob- servers are veering to the opinion that tangible evidence of gnharked business recovery must appear be- fore the upward trend can be ro- sumed. Credit conditions were e a factor in the trend of the mar- ket. Call money held at 4% der cent at the loan post, but wee. in ample supply. . Loans to brokers. and dius held by New York Federal Re serve member banks for the week ending Feb. 19, were anhounced by the Federal Reserve Board aft- er close of market as $3,494,000)- (00, representing an increase of’ $44,000,000 as compared with the preceding week. Analysis of the report shows loans for own account increased $38,000,000, loans for account Of out-of-town banks decreased $2. (00,000, and loans for ageount of others increased $9,000,000... Rails Are Neavy.. Selling of the rails was: particu- larly heavy, The January earnings reports are to appear i the next The report yesterday of car loadings for the hie week: ot the year, shows a fair-sized decline. New York Central lost 7 points and Norfolk and Western Chesa- peake and Ohio, Wabash, Delaware | 12 Hudson and Lackawanna, § 5 20 National Lead elosed 18 pelate 8 lower, despite the declaration of & $3 extra dividend: Such eat issues as American. Can, American clephcne, Johns Manville, West- lnghouse Bleetrie, Ue & Steel American he and Eastman eg closed about 4 to 1 nts 4 ‘cel the influenee of large stocks ‘broad. Reports of Russian ¢x- Ports, weakness Of foren war kets and favorable weather over?) ‘he winter wheat area, combined „send futures to new low: levels for the season, although the de- ‘'e was less drastle than yestet= di „ closing prices showing osses ot about 1% cents. CORB. on the other hand, rallied. slightly 'eflecting” smaller receipts and better demand. Closed steady. Stock prices, with other lables and market Swill | 4. be tound on Pages 110, 180 ah 1g The wheat market continued 1 Ootton futures | WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—-An in- vestigation into group, chain and branch banking will be started by Committee next Tuesday. the Treasury Mellon or one of his assistants, and J. W. Poole, Comp- troller of the Currency, as the first sion, décided to meet on Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday ot each week until the study is completed. Other witnesses will be the Goy- ernor, r m bers of the Federal Board. representatives of Fed Reserve banks and other indiv vals from the banking in- dustry. | The inquiry is expected to have a bearing on whether concentra- tion and ¢entralization of banking resources should be limited by law, as has Been demanded by sme members of Congress. td FOR INQUIRY INTO FUTURE. SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN BILLS Norris xan gigs mea. fo Get Detafis of and Election. — 7 Press. 3 ine 1 WASHINGTON, Febs . Tuesday. The net that negokla- tions are under way was confirmed by Louis H. Egan, president ol Union Electri¢, but he would not | disclose the details pending . con- summation of the deal. the Public Service Co. expects to It is understood, however, that Prices Freely, He Avers, r sal * the Associated Pree. | WASHINGTON, Feh. 20. — The wets confinued their assault on the : -| prohibition. laws before the House Judiciary Committee today witn testimony that the dry laws aré hot realize between 53,000,000 $4,000,000 from the sale, of the loan is, $9,.844,663.33. year and when it came due on It is understood that it has Similar , n will be recalled that & other street railways. ; 2 — cares’ of ‘senatorial candidates’ in the approaching ‘primaries ‘and election was proposed in a resolu- tion introduced today by Senator Norris (Rep.). Nebraska. The resolution was reterred to the Senate Elections Committee. It called for a. far reaching examina- tion into the expenditures and in- fluences” employed in Senatorial! primaries and conventions. MRS. LINCOLN’S SISTER ‘DIES Special | to the Post-Diepatch. LEXINGTON, Ky., Feb. 20.— Mrs. Ben Hardin Helm, widow of the Confederate General, and only surviving sister of Mary Todd Lin- coln, wite of Abraham Lincoln, died at her home near here today. Mrs. Helm, who was in her ninety- fourth year, had been in apparent- ly good health until about 10 days ago, when weaknesss of: the heart developed. 2 Her three children, Ben Helm, Miss Katherine Heim, and Mrs. Walter Lewis, were at her pedside. Mrs. Helm possesssed many heir- jooms, personal letters and his- torical records connected with the martyred President and his wife, and for several years ner home has been a mecca for literary people and tourists interested in in Lincoln traditions, - NAMED SOLICITOR - ~ GENERAL WASHINGTON,~ Feb. 20. — Thomas Day Thatcher, Judge of the Southern District. of New York; was nominated by. President Hoover today to succeed Charles Evans Hughes Jr. as Solicitor -Gen- eral of the United States. CLOUDY TONIGHT: TOMORROW COOLER POSSIBLY A SHOWER ‘TEMPERATURES. ness tonight, be- coming unsettled tomorrow, with rain in west and north portions; eontinued mild, IMinols: In- vreasing cioudi- teas tonight, de- coming unsettled tomorrow; I * unued mild. on sarge 2 oa +} con- * Cor ApaDy Elects! The have no. €ffect : Uh * 4 on the Service Co. already buys 90 cent of its power from Union, ducing only 10 plants it proposes to sell, The Public Service Co.“ lartze bank loan was incurred in connec- tion with the purchase of property by the promoters from the receiver in 1927. moters, 3 Committee, he selves $6,000,000 of Railways 4 per cent first mort These bonds, part of a total issue of $36,000,000 due July 1. 1934. which | they pledged for a loan of $4,100... v00 to be dsed in retiring certain other bonds in the process of me, the a Earnings 1 5 Per Cent, _ 1 the new company over the property on Dec: 1, 1927. it obtained possession of 39.000. of ‘the first mortgake 000 more bonds by offering for them cash and a gold note for $275 for each $1000 bond. The cash to pay for these bonds was borrowed from banks with the bound. as security, loan being 66 2-3 per cent of the face of the the amount of the. ‘ponds, ‘At the time the bonds were ing around 86. . Since then have declined and recent quotation being 69%. This latter loan was with the one for $4, tionai Bank in St. Louis. being ticipated. in by a number of banks in St. Louis and New York. present market value of the bonds. based on bids, ts very little above the amount ot the loan. Whether reduc on of. the | was suggested by the bank could President W. W. Smith of the bank would not dis- not be learned: cuss the transaction. of the Public Service Co. deficit in current earnings. company a revenues alt terest on all loans and notes, of 18 per cent on the cash the chasers paid for the J. K. Newman, X. T. Perkins, Greenland, H. 8. Priest, A, L. Shap: leigh, J. sheppard Smith, W. W. Smith, Mark G. Steinberg, F. oO, Watts, George W. Wilson, Wurdack and H. V. Stephens. Three of these, Watts, Stephens and W. W. Smith, also are directors of the First National Bank. 3 5 = te 25 2 3 * 5 Pye oF ey 1 i iy * which would make a substantial reduction | in the bank loan if it were all ap- plied to that purpose. The amount was originally made in 1928 for one 4, 1929, was renewed for one year. again been renewed pending com- pletion of the sale of the power properties which would enabie the borrower to make @ payment on it. | in Louisville. days ago the Louisville Railway Co. aided the refinancing of tts (bend indebtedness by the sale of iis power plants and substations for $3,000,000, The same expe- Gient bas been made use of by In consideration of the purchase lot the plants Unien. Blectric deunbfea would require ndert — Pune through rates, since the Public per cent in the as the Reorganization; had issued to them- the United sales have been around 70, the latest bid lidated |. | 00,000; for which 86.000.000 bonds were de- posited as security, and the whole was handled through the First Na- The present. financing . problem js a ‘direct outgrowth of the obligations: sumed by the promoters in buying the company. and 18 not due to any paying out of current its bond interest, in- | ferred stock dividends, taxes and. common stock over and above these Items. were $660,400, or at the rate common stock, which was 812.50 a share. Directors ot the Public Service Co. are Stanley Clarke, president, © * * 2 ~ eo he * 7 2 i 2 ae N > a 5 8 3 ry * 5 aie 2 . N 4 es n 2 7 Ny wr 5 - 8 0 n * * 1 1 N 3 3 ee 4 * N N 0 > sak et 82 > 2 33 ay A * 7 — and or in St. Louis County. it Feb not few The witness explained 80 un⸗ por pra- the the juty and excused it. pro- the eighteenth amendment. gage Williams asserted that buy. took $400 tion was tolerated. sell- they Not Bound by Law. par- ed. The that the echteenth loan pie of their richts As- | were personally wet. The lagainst the dry laws. pre- ernment Pur - ned, “to S. W. Hugo adoption by state lcgistatures. ehforced in the city of St. Louis George H. Williams, a former United States Séhator from Mis- sourl, told the committee, which is congidering a number of ‘bills for modification or repeal of the pro- hibition laws, that the Circuit At- torney at St. Louis, in announcing. his eandidacy for officé; said he would not enforce the Volstead act. It made no differeiice What was said about prohibition; Williams continged, nullification was a fact to be observed and not discussed. the jo committee that through hit con- nection with the Board od Chil- dren's Guardians of St. Lotis, which has full charge of matters affect- ing the delinquent young; he had been a close observer of the ¢ffécts of rag in re te furtes Shale — quick te m- diet“ on prohibition cases, ee “The foreman of a recent Eastern Mis- souri District Federal grand jury had declared that indictments. for violations of the eighteenth amend- ment wouud not be returned, he said, and the. Judge had thanked It was always understood, wil. liams added. that neither the. Cir- cult Attorney nor the Prosecuting Attorney would attempt to enforce | in St. Louis County there had developed a business whereby wealthy manu- facturers of alcohol were hiring farmers and others to take the rap” for them in the Federal Courts when confronted with charges of violations ot the pro- hibition laws. He accused the Fed- eral authorities of permitting this condition to continue, and added that public opinion against the dry law was so strong that the situa- The former Senator said that the people in his neighborhood openly discussed their bootleggers and the prices demanded for liquor without feeling in any way that they were doing anything wrong m violating |° the law. Many of these persons, he testified, were substantial elk zens. Williams sai@ the people in his part. of Missourt felt they were not bound by prohibition taws because they were not consulted and ‘their consent was not sought when the Eighteenth amendment was adopt- alley. He was asked by Representative Sumpers (Dem.), Texaa, to expiain what he meant and he deciared amendment was the first and only one that m- creased the power of the Federal Goverument and deprived the peo- Wunams then charged that there were a lot of members of Congress who were politwally dry but who Sumner questioned Wullams as to Whether he found among his cand an attitude ot redbatinent The witness replied. that ‘muny of them violated the prohibition jaws as a protest ard because of operating. expenses. In 1929. as their resentment to them, 854 was told in the Post-Dispatch Jan: ' Never Submitted to Owners. 31, the company’s earnings for; Williams said it the were sound that the national gov- only the powers the people give it, “then the eighteenth amendment was never submitted to the owners of this Governmen “Tf it was necessary.“ he conti ‘to submit the original con- stitution of the United States to the people then tt was just as nheces- gary to submit an amendment of the Constitution to the people.” He sald he would challenge any member of the committee contend- ing the amendment was valid as & result of its submission to and * Asserting that the purpose of ths the e om Page 6 Colts &.! 9 th — ~ * 1 2 Se ys ay tee a EE eee: + , a rds Pas. Seared 2 2 ’ — Po’ pe K Ps * „„ FT 1 L . . ~ vd eo 1 2 . Ar TORS BOARD MEETING HELD UP: nent Business Men at 117 | WHEN THEY LEAVE, VCS 83 After. Several Shots Are Fired — Say: They Are Selesmen Out ef Work and Desperate, Ne und business . executives directors, meeting at the; office .of the Associated. Motor Terminan. 117 South Broadway, were ae interrupted, cursed, lined against a wall and searched by two armed * masked men today. The robbers, two unemployed soap salesmen, had an ane so closely by several entployes and directors they had to pase tip: tae vehicle and continue on feot. Twe policemen joined in the pursult, several shots were fired, the rob- bers were captured and part, of the loot was recovered,. .~- Among thoas hala up tthe ai rectors’ meeting were Oliver J. Anderson and Harry F. Stix, Reads Porter | Reys; Graham 1. 1 Wierhetien, A. 8. Heuman. u. Jonés, ‘William King Robbers 2 and Ward are nent and president of the Associated * E. Mote ote) 6 ‘Dy King: adjoins thé office. The other ga- rages are the Seven-Wal, Sev- Mor, and Jefferson-Ptaza. “i Unwittingly. the soap salesmen* robbers ‘stum into the ‘special directors’ meeting at 11 o'cleck. Entering the front office ther demanded the previous day's ga- rage receipts, much as did two men who obtained $769 in a holdup there last Nov. 29. The cashier told them the money had been banked. ‘directors’ meeting was in progress, the robbers seemed surprised to find thé 13 directors and financial advisers in earnest discussion. Trembling with nervousness as they pointed revolvers and held hand- kerchiefs. over their faces, the robbers demanded money, Got About $200 in Al. Director Myers, who had 8116. handed the did not ask him for more. Vice | President Ward hid his purse and $20 behind a radiator. After lin- ing the 13 men against a wall and making a half-hearted Search of several, the robbets backed out. They took $80 from four employes parting. Altogether, they stole sbout $200, Ward estimated. The employes held up included two who, were taking notes at the directors | meeting. Hotly pursued as the office, the robbers separated, with police shooting at their heels. One. wearing u red sweater, made the mistake of running into a blind then attemptisig to hide him gelt in a closet on the second floor of a vacant building at Eighth street and Clark avenue. Arrested, he said he was Frank Storm, 24 years old, living at the Edne Ho- tel, Newstead. avenue and Olive street. Second Man Caught at Hotel. The second robber got away, but police went te the hotet and ar- rested another guest, James Maury, 28. who had just come in. Both men admitted the holdup. insisting it was thelr first crime, police re- ported. “They said they owed 4 1 bill and could not make a liv- Ing selling soap. Credit for their capture was given to Vice President Ward, Sec- Ward. a. salesman; Charies Bier- man. another employe. and Patrol- men Thomas Ganley and William Donohue. Althotigh several direc- tors besides Vice. President Ward credit for the Wasted TWO MARINE FLYERS Mile IN CRASH OVER QUANTICO, VA By the Associated Press, ~ WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. 00 Marine Corps avistors were killed this afternoon in what is believed to hart been. a midair over Quantico, va. Wag. Dur ere Leut. Joseph 1. Woite of the Marine Cerps and Lieut. William R. waning ; NUGBERS GET — Two Mashaad amd Anne ü . „ Thirteen . broken participating in a special board of} parked outside, but. were _chased, Forcing their. way: into- a .giass- |. partitioned rear office where the robbers $2 and they. end searched some desks before de- they ran from retary Howard A: Davia, J. W. followed the chase, they disclaimed es 4 Phe nwominstions had SS * es 1 — Ce, hien 8 rages inetud- . ing thé Broad - Wal Garage, which as er . 5 MAN. boohmaker, = Tocaday Peek Tuesday’ and vice — Ho? wie Broad 2 JUDGE RERUKES 26. MEN. ‘WHO AVOID WRY SERVICE Thinks Who Plead Conscien- ‘tous Scraplés Against Capital Punishment Were Sbammiig.~ Twenty men who escaped jury service in a murder trial to- day by asserting that they. had con- scientious scruples against capital punishment were rebuked from the bench by Circuit Judge Cal- houn after a man with an arm in a sling, suffering with blood pois- oning. waived exemptlon and volk unteered for service in orden to complete the necessary Sagat of)” men. Charles H. Sommer. 6002 Cab - anne avenue, president of the Qua- nah, Acme & ‘Pacific Railway Co., was the last availble man on the: panel of 78, .with done more man needed, 1 haven't slept for three nights, and [ might as well be on your jury as anywhere else,” he said. He was accepted with the assurance that he would be strick- en off when the trial jury of 12 men was selected. “T believe that some of vou have : for scruples,” Judge Cal- houn told the disqualifi men, “but my opinion is that you are merely shamming.” The trial. was that of Lyman; Wilbur. who shot his former wife at her home, 182904 8 ave- nue, last Sept. 25. RADIO COMMISSION RENAMED BY HOOVER FOR NEW TERM: | Robinson, Sykes, Starbuck, rie man and, Lafount n Chosen be President. By the Assdéciated Préss. - dent Hoover today nominated the present Radio Commission: in. its entirety to serve for another term. The Radio Comfnission,. which the President is retaining. is com- posed of Chairman Ira B. Robinson and Commissioners Sykes, Star- ‘buck, Saltzman and Lafount... . The terfns of the radio commis- sioners will expire at midnight on Feb. 23. - Under Jegislation extend- ing the fe of the comntigsion, President Hoover found it necessary to appéint an éntirely new com- mission. 172 rdly reached the Senate before Senator Wheeler (Dem., Montana, told the Senate “there are men there who haven't any right to be on that) commission.“ ns “They shouldn't be 8 said Wheeler, “because of their attitude toward. the radio. trust has been entirely on the side of the trust io trying to turn over all the clear éhannels to this trust.“ However, Wheeler indicated. he. favored Chairman Rebinson’s 8 ment tor a Mat term, * Aon Apen Ait. pT W. e Showmen’s Association, ost of WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. iat | ix on seized by five men af en 1142 -Nosth | l dead’ ot a. Granite * Adina ippeared 1a last night, we MERCHANT BANKER} REPORTED MISSING FEARED ABDUCTION Charles W. Parshall, Head | | of Granite. City Grocery Concern, Disappears on Wer to. Elks "Club. 5 —— a Cds W. Persal, 3 of the Tri-City Grocery Co. and vice president of the First Nation al Bank of Granite City, ‘disap- peared last night after leaving his home to go to the Elks’ Club there. Granite City police. expressed the belief he had been kidnaped and was being held for ransom. It that theory be correct, extor- tionists are expanding their field ot criminal operations, us hereto- tors only gambiers havé been ab - ducted, In the last three montds. abductions of four -ganibiers have been reported. The firet three, | "| setive in Bast Side gambling’ cir- cles, were released after . paying Jrausoms totaling $68,000, accord- ing to Information reaching. in- Vestigdtora:. The fourth. Jacob Hoffman, St. Lovie HSéo0kmaker. ‘kidnaped Tuesday night, ill is i missing? a Said to Ue Wealthy. Pershall is 62 years old and said to be wealthy. A man of meéthodt- eat -habits, he followed a daily rou- tine which varied tittle. As. was his custom, he lert hie home in ‘Granite City, 2019 Deimar avenue, “Jat 8 o’ctock, for a ro to the Eine Club. a few blocks away. friends. The club ta next doer: to police headquarters. When he falied to return dee bis fdmily became alarmed. In- quiry at the dub disciosed that te hed nét arrived there. A oha Samuel and Walter, as- sociated with ulm in conducting the grocery business and the 16 chain stores it operates in Madison County, are engaged. m a private search in addition to having en- i fisted the aid of police on both aides ot the river, amel anid a “substantial reward” would be paid for information in to ths acy of his father. The sons 5 i. — — good health | and t doubt- : * * — where he nightty played cards with) BYRD “SAILS FOR 3 LEAVES TWO BIG PLANES Es AT LITTLE AMERICA BASE = |IMENWORKALL. bn let * AOA THE BARK CITY OF NEW FORK, Ross Sea, Antarctic, 25 1 Byrd's ship. the © 3 York, lett the Bay of les at 9:80 o'clock this et ere entific tecords, beund tor home. The night Bad ben ra. and cold and the bay covered with a dispir- Hing fog. But withthe coming of ‘the zun, the mists were swept away band these who had lived for more chan n year on the barrier and those who had come to take thom heme had a final glimpse of the white cliffs gtéaming white and forbidding in the sun. The hours since the ship ar- rived have been 66 busy, so much has been going on in the rush to get materials aboard; that they Seem like days. It is really. only a short time since the ship masts ning: The 1 and ice- sheathed ship, glistening in the ‘¢daing sun, meant letters and home and. the way back te e¢ivili- zation. Landing of the Ship. 55 he ship came on up to the ‘tea Jeck at the west side of the l where a little group of men ion for it was far ahead of schedule ~ and as it neared dem an arm was waved, almost diffidently, and ship. Then, as the ship came closer A little nearer and we could dis- tinguish the faces of men we knew. Capt. Melville on the bridge, who nad taken his ship safely through one of the worst passages an Ant- aretic ship ever had; Bendik Jo- hanssen, mate and ice pilot, who had picked the leads through the pack; man after man who had been on the trip down last year and who had stuck to the ship to bring the expedition home, The ship was no sooner along- ide the lee than gear which had been piled there. was tumbled’ aboard. It came over. the side in a steady stream, records and seien - tiffe gear first, then personal bag- gage’ and finally the other things which were piled up in the ‘tween decks hold unt it was full te the hatch. All night the loading went on and by breakfast time this. morp- ing it was finished except for a few things whicn did not long e- lay ‘the ship. There was néed for haste for the season is getting late peared this year. Breakfast aad Mail. ed meal, bechuse thé mall was dia- tributed then. There wore bags and bags of it. {ft had been piled in Admiral Byrd's cabin, te. keep would be uo end to the letters and bundlen Seme of them bad dees sorted into bags and men staggered. could barely lift, never be another ikke M fer met of ux And #ven then there was not time at first te read: grabbed a “bandful of and then etuck them inte : - Continued on r somebody waved beck from tba a voice called across the water. r Breakfast was a sadly interrupt- it dry and M emed “ae tf there away from the door with bags . 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