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| ave. n.w. 1) ‘ work. Phone Columbis st. nw. | store. 1210 H RAIN THREAT PERLS MISSISSIPPI DIKES linois, lowa and Missouri ‘Lowlands Menaced by Storm Possibility. By the Assoclated Press. . QUINCY, IlL. April 2 rain in the watershe north of here held the greatest potential danger today for nearby Illinois, Jowa and Missouri lowlands, after prospects of a decline in the Mississippi River yesterday had brought hope that the levees might withstand the highest waters in 78 years. i Rain today, in the opiniomof veteran | observers, would mean that every levee in this region, from Keokuk, Iowa, to Louisiana, Mo., would be in imminent | danger. Levee Develops Leak. A rise of another foot here probably | would send the river through or over | all the dykes'in this vicinity, it was pre- dicted. The water reached 21.5 feet on the Quincy gauge at midnight. South Quincy last night faced its most serious situation since the high water began in March. A hole developed in the levee and workmen were kept busy all night to prevent a break. It is estimated that there are approximately a million dol- lars’ worth of homes and improved farm buildings in the district, which is one of the most fertile ih the endangered sec- tion. National Guardsmen remained on patrol duty there. Concern was still felt today for the Gregory district, north of Canton, Mo., which was partly flooded Sunday night. Hopes that the crest had been reached were based on reports from Burlington, Iowa: Keokuk and other points to the north that the river had either remained stationary or dropped, and that the Skunk, Cedar, Jowa and Des Moines Rivers had fallen since Sunday, when they overflowed their banks. The Fabius River Rises. ‘The Fabius River rose yesterday, but no special corcern was felt since this stream was the one which broke through in Marion County, Mo., last Saturday and its damage already has been done. The present flood s the most men- acing that has swept this section in three-quarters of a century. 1851, when the great flood of that year sent the river to 22.5 feet, has the level risen so high or remained high for so long. : The Mississippi first passéd the 1. foot flood stage this year on March 1 suddenly rose 2 feet a couple of days later; and had reached the danger stage by St. Patrick’s day. A levee broke in the Indian Graves district March 21, flooding 7.000 acres, and another went through the following dav, inundating more than 12.000 additional acres. The water has not vet receded there and is still up to the second stories of some homes. CANTON WATCHES RIVER. Missouri Town Isolated as Mississippi Breaks All Flood Records. CANTON, Mo., April 23 (#).—Isolat- ed except for truck service in one di- rection, Canton watched the Mississippi River break all flood records. The crest was expected. There was no acute suf- {rring reported and local agencies were distributing relief, The city was without mail or papers yesterday, while schools have been sus- pended because of the floods, which have covered practically the entire city. Many families have been forced to move from their homes for the fourth time in the past five weeks because of high water. 5,000 ARE MADE HOMELESS. _Arkansas Levee Crumbles Before Steady | Pounding of River. SNOWLAKE, Ark., April 23 (#).— More than 5,000 persons in Phillips and Dezha Counties were homeless today | and at least 14,000 acres of rich farm- ing lands were inundated, the result of a break in the Laconia Circle Levee and high water around the main Mis- sissippi River Levee at Knowltons Landing. High water from the White River, banked against the circular dyke for several weeks, yesterday forced a gap in the levee more than 200 feet wide. Residents, after receiving warnings by telephone and farm bells, gathered part of their belongings and hurried to safety. No loss of life was reported. All live stock was saved. The onrushing waters today had in- undated Snowlake, water in some places being nearly 15 feet deep. eThe refugees have been housed in box ars, At Knowltons Landing, engineers with a force of 500 laborers today be- lieved they had won their fight to prevent a break in the levee, SPECIAL NOTICES, oNNUAL MEETING OF STOCKI Hashinglon Permanent Building. Atsorimioe formerly Washington Six Per Cent Pe nent Building Association, will b the office. No. 629 F st. n.w.. May 1st, 1929, Hiregions > olls pen, Trom 10 0 TEers Sa E rom . t . HERMANN H. BERGMANN. Secretary. bl aEnee an thoce soNEokey FOR ANY 0se contracted by, myself. 2 R RUEHLMAN, 3123 G st. se.,or;éfl{ G st se. THE OFFICES OF DR. FRAZIER CO. 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Main 9220, DAVIDSON TRANSFER GE do-" Call TORAGE 1 WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BILLS contracted by_anyone other than m: 1t Edwin A. Gus Kenner, 1416 Ingral st G TO SOME OTHER CITY Get_our return-load rates. Full and, oad shipments to Philadelphia, New. ints Special Tates, Bhone. Mein. 1480, g ates. one . RATIONAL DELIVERY ABSOCIAYION, Inc. rt ork, Possibility of l Not since | MRS. E. PEARLE WINDSOR, | President of the Rebekah Assembly of the District, who tonight pays her of- ficial visit to the Brightwood Lodge. LONONTOTAE LP NAVAL LAGH PLE Cabinet Expected to Study U. S. Proposal at Session Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. S LONDON, April 23.—It was authori- tatively learned today that disarmament proposals advanced at Geneva yesterday by Hugh L. Gibson, American Ambas- sador to Belgium, will be given immedi- ate closest attention by highest British officials. The situation raised by the Ambas- sador's proposals, representing as they do the attitude of the United States Government, is expected to be pre- sented the cabinet officially at its regu- lar Wednesday session in Downing street tomorrow. General Approval Given. It was pointed out here today that there was not a single discordant note in the welcome which the British press accorded Mr. Gibson's suggestions and that there seemed universal rejoicing that Lord Cushendun, the British rep- resentative at the preparatory commis- sion parley, where the suggestions were broached, had risen to the occasion and pledged Great Britain's whole-hearted co-operation. British opinion was itclined to ascribe to President Hoover personally ad- vances made yesterday at Geneva in the interest of world-wide agreement on_naval ‘disarmament. There was a feeling that on its im- plied basis of disarmament among friends rather than among potential enemies a genuine friendly chord had been struck which might easily presage naval disarmament conference among the powers. Technical Side Stressed. As unqualified as was indorsement of the spirit of proposals, however, there was in evidence an element of caution in acceptance of the methods prescribed by Ambassador Gibson for reaching an agreement, that is, the French pro- posals of limited tonnage, specified ton- nage of categories and comparative freedom of construction within each category. Since the failure of the conference at Geneva in 1927 naval disarmament has meant little to the average Briton. Unquestionably since Mr. Gibson's speech yesterday it has assumed a new importance, with the entire press stressing it in front page displays and leading editorials. ECHO OF VARE CASE IN SUPREME COURT Senate Authority to Arrest Phila- delphia Sheriff Is Involved. By the Assoclated Press. One phase of the controversy over the election of William 8. Vare as Sen- ator from Pennsylvania was before the Supreme Court today in a case in which the authority of the Senate to arrest Sheriff Thomas W. Cunningham of Philadelphia for refusal to answer cer- tain inquiries during the Reed inves- tigation is questioned. 2 Cunningham refused to disclose the source of his income after he had tes- tified that he had contributed $50,000 to the Republican State committee in 1926, at the time he was clerk of the Quarter Sessions Court at a salary of $8,000 a year. He was arrested by a deputy sergeant at arms of the Senate in compliance with a resolution adopted by that body, requiring his appearance before it. He insisted that if he was wanted as a wit- ness he should have been subpoenaed and not arrested, and challenged the power of the Senate to punish him on the charge of contempt. The Federal District Court at Phila- delphia refused to release him on habeas corpus proceedings, but the Circuit Court of Appeals held that the arrest was illegal. The Senate appealed to the highest court and was represented by former Attorney General George W. Wicker- sham. He will contend that the Senate had power to make arrests to bring per- sons before it, and will urge the resolu- tion under which the arrest was made to support the argument that the Senate wanted further to examine him and had not sought to hold him under arrest for contempt. 3y D. C. HEADS ANNOUNCE “CLEAN-UP” WEEK DATES Tepaired, painted: guttering, ROOFS spouting, waterproofing walls: reasonable prices. A 2038 18th st. North 5314, day or.night. WANTED ~To haut van loads of furniture to or from New York, Phila. Boston, Richmond and points South. Smith’s Transfer & Stora%e Co., 1313 You St. ___North 3343, " Don't wait for big storms to force The Toof question! Let lis make things o , ard tight now. 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He said that last year a considerable quantity of extra Dosited on-ihe “Bensing. and. Congrs on an 5~ sional Cemetery dump. As these dumps are now closed to combustible material, Mr. Hacker said, it would be impossible for the trash plant to ahsorb it in ad- dition to the normal recommendation for Clean-up w};\;‘h"wn adopted aty board of house- | ICOMBAT MEASURE 1S5, NAVAL GOAL Geneva Proposal Seeks Way of Deciding Actual Fight- | ing Strength. Agreement upon a vardstick for measuring actual fighting strength aside from the old formula of tonnage 15 the primary aim of Ambassador Gib- son at the Geneva preliminary arms conference. ‘While this phase of the situation may have been lost sight of in the consid- eration of the other proposals put for- ward yesterday by the Ambassador in | his address to the conference, it 1is known that the Hoover administration regards it as one highly essential to any further naval agreement. The old methods of determining naval strength by tonnage alone having failed of result, the United States proposes that there be a new formula, to-take into account guns, armament, age and speed in evaluating the fighting strength of ships. It was emphasized that in the present discussions at Geneva there is no in- tention of undertaking to compose old ideas; that the question is that of find- ing a new base for consideration in an effort to arrive at some agreement whereby there will be an actual reduc- tion of existing naval armaments and not merely “limitation” in the various categories which well might call for ad- ditional new construction. Britten Gives Views, “If Ambassador Gibson was proposing to establish the navat value only of fighting ships and was ignoring the “great military value of big, fast mer- chant ships capable of mounting six- inch guns,” said Representative Britten today, “he is overlooking an American opportunity and playing into the hands of shrewd old world diplomats to the tremendous disadvantage of his own country.” “Any international agreement which may humiliate our worltl position or which can only be obtained through great sacrifice on our part, might better be left unsigned,” he added. “Congress has indicated a real desire for a Navy second to none on the high seas and the secret unfriendly Franco- British naval accord of last year has not yet been forgotten. If oux Navy cannot at least be the equal of any other by written agreement, then we must become the first naval power on earth by right of our world position in commerce, industry, wealth and man- power.” Diplomats Are Hopeful, | Diplomatic as well as American offi- cial circles are inclined to view the | reception given Ambassador Gibson's statement as the most hopeful indica- tion yet received that the long-standing naval limitations deadlock will be broken. Prominent members of the diplomatic corps whose governments are concerned in the problems under consideration at Geneva, while refusing to be quoted, for obvious reasons, are known to hold the opinion that Mr. Gibson’s statement of the American policy has contributed Gesture Toward London. ‘The stress which he placed upon the desirability of the interested nations taking into consideration their renun- clation of war under the Kellogg treaty was regarded as especially significant, not only as a new approach to the dis- armament question but as a means of reassuring all the naval powers, and particularly Great Britain, of the Amer- ican Government's attitude. The ges- ture toward London was reinforced, some thought, by the American accept- ance in principle of the French thesis of naval reduction methods as modified in 1927. An_expression of dissent came from the Capitol, where Representative Dar- row, ranking Republican of the House naval committee, expressed his con- viction that the nations have not yet reached the point where they can settle their difficulties by the peaceful meth- ods suggested by Mr. Gibson. His view differed from that of Chairman Borah of the Senate foreign relations commit- tee, who saw the Gibson statement as wlacing “our Government in a more favorable position” and was “particu- larly pleased” with the reference to the Kellogg treaty. More Hopeful Feeling. Some American officials, who were understood only three months ago to see little chance for success of the Geneva meeting now in progress, are now described as inclined to revise their private forecasts and share in the more general optimism. Secretary Stimson said Mr. Gibson's statement was designed as a simple and frank exposition of the desire of the Uwited States for reduction of arma- ments. Sir Esme Howard, the British Ambas- sador, would only say that he found the speech “very interesting.” {COLORED BOYS “ARREST” THIRD ON THEFT CHARGE ‘Three very small colored boys came {Into police headquarters about noon to- day, the two larger ones escorting the third by either arm. “What do you want, boys?” a detective asked. He was informed that the smallest of the trio was under arrest for stealing motion picture slides and that his cap- tors desired a “paper” authorizing them to take him to court. Questions elicited the information that the two older boys had been run- ning a “movie” in their rear yard in the 2500 block of L street and that their prisoner had been seen to emerge from the shed with several “slides.” They gave chase and he was captured. With assumed gravity the detectives placed several sheets of blank paper in an envelope and presented it to the boy, who described himself as the “president” of the theater, with in- structions to appear in court tomorrow with their captive and the envelope un- opened. Hardly had they passed out of the door of the District Building, when all three came running back pellmell. “Hey, Mister, what you doin’ to us,” the leader indignantly inquired. “This here's just plain old paper,” exhibiting the contents of the envelope they had been told not to open. As punishment for their disobedience they were ordered to turn their small prisoner loose and go home. Will Rogers Says: BOSTON, Mass.—Say, it’s costing i me money to keep you all informed. | T had read so much about this word | “debenture,” and nobody here in | Boston couldnt tell me what it meant. I had to go buy a diction- | ary. I knew before I looked it up | that it was some camouflaged word that wouldn's do the farmer any good. “Debenture”—“A certificate serv- ing & voucher for a debt” That ain’t nothing but just a plain old | note, glving and taking, and going ; on friend’s “debentures” % what | makes the farmer need relief. Be- greatly toward the finding of a solution. | [ For Sale LINKINS FUNERAL HELD. Rites for Real Estate Dealer Con- ducted at Residenc Funeral services for Lin. kins, 82 years old, widely real estate dealer of this city, who died of heart disease at his home, 3615 Newark street, Sunday night, were conducted at the residence this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment was private, Mr. Linkins was a life-long . resident of this city and was a member of the Assoclation of Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia. He long had been active in the Masonic fraternity, being past master of Hiram Lodge, No. 10, F. A. A. M., and treasurer of Hiram Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, At the time of his death he was vice president of the Home Builders’ Association and was one of the organizers and former member of the board of directors of the ‘Washington Title Insurance Co. FIRING ON COLLIER BRINGS PROTEST Ship, Orders Complaint Sent to Treasury. By the Associated Press. Yale and president of a coal company bearing his name, attorney to”protest the firing on one of his colliers by the Coast Guard cutter Seneca. Capt, William J. Keating of Beacon, N. Y, master of the collier T. A. D. Jones, reported to his owners that the Seneca fired several shots across the bow of his ship 50 miles off the Jersey coast SaMirday night, then sent a boarding party aboard. Capt. Keating, who served in the Navy during the World War, said there had been no warming other than the shrieking of the cutter’s siren before the shells came hurtling across the collier, One of them, he said, narrowly missed Third Mate Robert Clark, who was on the bridge. When the T. A, D. Jones hove to, Capt. Keating said, a lieutenant and an ensign came aboard and subjected him and his officers to a series of indignities before they departed, warning him not to leave the spot until the cutter was out of sight. After reeeiving the captain's report and questioning members of the crew, Jones placed the matter in the hands of J. Frederick Baker, an attorney, with instructions to file a formal complaint and protest with the Secretary of the Treasury. ._The incident took place, Capt. Keat- ing said, while his vessel was 100 miles southeast 6f Montauk Point on her way from Norfolk, Va., to this port. . 'RIALTO REOPENED WITH GALA PROGRAM Future of Ninth Street Theater to Be Decided by Merits of ‘“‘Show Boat.” - The Rialto Theater on Ninth street, closed for many months, threw open its doors last night for the resumption of photoplay showing with a gala pres- entation of “Show Boat,” a film ver- sion of Edna Ferber's popular novel, or, perhaps more properly, of Florenz Ziegfeld's adaptation of the novel. The inauguration of the Rialto's amusement service, under the ensign of Carl Laemmle, was left to stand or fall by the merits of “Show Boat." There were.no “special exercises,” no speeches, though both Messrs. Laemmle and Ziegfeld in a talkie prologue hoped the audience would enjoy the picture. Flowers were there in profusion to mark the event locally. - An audience which numbered many distinguished persons was also present to celebrate the occasion, crowds hav- ing gathered outside the door long be- fore the opening hour to witness the entrance of the fortunate holders of first-night tickets. In a brief entr'acte, punctuating the showing of the film, many of the spectators gathered in the lobby, in true theater fashion, to dis- uss the merits of the performance. It was nearly 9 o'clock, after the audience had been seated to the in- gratiating melodies written for the stage “Show Boat,” by Jerome Kern, when a curtain swept gracefully across | the proscenium and gave the evening over to the film. LIEUT. COL. D. F. CRAIC: BURIED IN ARLINGTON Field Artillery Officer Served In Four Wars—Cited for Gal- . hnt\ry. Funeral services were held at Fort Myer Chapel this afternoon for Lieut. Col. Daniel F. Craig, United States Pield Artillery, who died suddenly at Provi- dence, R. I, Friday. Interment was in the Arlington National Cemetery. Honorary pallbears were Maj. Gen. Fred T. Austin, chief of Field Artillery; Brig. Gen. E. E. Booth, assistant chief of staff; Cols. Frank H. Watson, In- fantry; H. M. Morrow, retired, and Mervyn C. Buckey, retired; Lieut. Cols. D. C. Cubbison, Field Artillery, and E. M. Wilson, Infantry, and Maj. Leroy P. Collins, Field Artillery. Col. Craig was from Iowa and served in the Spanish War, the Philippine in- surrection, the punitive expedition in Mexico and the World War. He was vited for gallantry in action in the Philippines and was awarded the Dis- tinguished Service Medal for con- spicuous service in the National Army during the World War, in which he was promoted to the grade of brigadier gen- eral and placed in command of 157th Field Artillery Brigade, 82d Division. At the time of his death he was on duty with Organized Reserves of the First Corps Area. He~is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Burt Craig, and a son, Daniel F. Craig, jr. A brother, Col. John M. Craig, D. S. C.,, was killed in action at 1918, and another in action in Luzon, Philippine Islands, in 1899, 01d Sermons Rap Styles. CANYON. Tex., April 17 (#).—Criti- cism of women'’s styles in clothing two centuries ago is revealed in a set of books containing sermons of the Rev John Newton, which have been do- ynated to the Texas Panhandle-Plains Historical Society. ‘The six volumes of sermons were de- livered between 1760 and 177 oo Per Acre| 53 Acres and 60 Acres, With Houses STATE AD—ELECTRICITY “Tad” Jones, Owner of Coal ‘?;"x'l:fcxu e e NEW HAVEN, April 23.—T. A. D.|will be doing their utmost to win the Jones, former head.foot ball coach at [coveted Star area prize of $200 and the has authorized his ( expiration of 10 minutes. KENEIPP WILL TIME ORATORY CONTEST! District ‘X’ Champion, James Highsaw, Jr., of Memphis, Visits in Capital. ‘The timing of the 11 district cham- plons ‘who will compete in The Star Area Oratorical Contest finals Thurs- day morning will be checked by a combination of two of the finest and most intricate stop-watches that sci- ence has devised. These watches will be in the hands of George E. Keneipp, manager of the District of Columbia Division of the American Automobile Association. Mr. ! "Kenelpp served in the same capacity in The Star’s fifth area finals Jast Spring. He is considered one of the most expert timers in the country, having officlated for the American Automobile Associa- tion at automobile races throughout country. The association is the e races in the Unived States. Mr. Keneipp's timing device will begin recording a contestant’s speech, not on the salutation, but on the opening word of his or her oration. The two watches, which will check each other as to sec- onds and split seconds, infallibly will record the time consumed by each of the eight boys and the three girls who three-month tour of South America. Mr. Keneipp will blow a whistle on the District X Champion is Here, James L. Highsaw, jr., 15';-year-old sophomore of the Memphis Technical High School, champion of the district X territory in the international high school contest, arrived in Washington today, eg route to Harrisburg, Pa., to participale in the zone finals to be held there Saturday evening. Young Highsaw is accompanied by | his father, James L. Highsaw, princlpali of the Memphis Technical High School. The champion of district X won his right to a place in the zone finals in competition with 287 other schools. He will compete against six champions of as many newspaper districts in the sec- ond zone contest to be held this year. ‘The winner of the zone competition at Harrisburg will have a place in the national finals and will obtain the South American tour as a prize. Hard-Fought Contest. ‘The district X championship was one of the hardest earned in the coun- try. Students like Highsaw in all parts of the United States who found them- selves outside of territories sponsored by newspapers, were allowed to compete in oratorical contests managed by their re- spective high school principals. Two hundred and eighty-seven of these principals submitted to the national headquarters the orations of their school champions. Each school so competing had to conduct a thorough contest with- in its student body, These orations were then fudged by the written manu- scripts by threg prominent Washing- tonians selected by the national con- test management. Their ballots were summarized under the low-point-total system, and Highsaw was declared the winner. The District “X” judges were Mrs. William Wolff Smith, lecturer and or- ganizer of Nation-wide civics and po- litical classes in women’s clubs: Harry C. Davis of the board of trustees of George Washington University and J. F. Abel, specialist in foreign education sy tems at the United States Bureau of Education. Highsaw's School Is Famous. Highsaw's oration is entitled “The Constitution—a Guarantee of the Lib- erty of the Individual” This afte noon he is availing himself of the offcs of Miss J. Coope, assistant and acting ! principal of McKinley Manual Training High School, to visit that school during the course of his ‘sightseeing tour with his father and to practice his oration ! in McKinley's beautiful new auditorium. | He will hear the Washington finals | Thursday. The “X” champion's father, who | founded the Memphis Technical High School 11 years ago and who has built it up to a membership of 3,400, has led his school into honors in other fields. Some years ago it won the national, thrift prize of the United States, in competition with all high schools in the country. It also has held the mili- tary drill record of the Southern States gr gegg cgnmtive years in the Junior A town house of un- usual distinction — con- servatively priced, " and one of the soundest values ever offered in this exclusive section. Stone construction, eleven rooms, five baths, first floor lavatory, back stair- way, butler's pantry, oil burner, electric refrigera- tion. Garagei for two cars. Your inspection in- vited. l TRACY PLACE Call Potomac 1372 LARGE RESIDENCE WANTED at Once Kalorama Heightg, Mass. Ave. Park. —A tovr:: house with ample grounds. Must have at least 4 master bedrooms, exceptionally large living and dining rooms suitable for en- tertaining; servant’s quarters, 3 or 4 car garage. Large grounds - particularly desired. Up to $300,000 Call North 8122 or Address Box 337-R, Star Office JAMES L. HIGHSAW, JR. —Star Staff Photo. CLASH ON SINCLAIR SHADOWING CASE Attorneys Address Supreme Court on Appeal of Oil Magnate. By the Associated Press. Owen J. Roberts of the Government's | special oll counsel and Martin W. Lit- | tleton, attorney for Harry F. Sinclair, | matched oratory today before the Su- | preme Court in the closing arguments | in the contempt of court case against the ofl man. | Yes‘erday the sentence of Sinclair to | three months in jail for contempt of | the Senate, growing out of his refusal to answer questions by an investigation | committee inquiring into the Teapot | Dome oil lease, was upheld. The case | at issue today resulted from the shad- | owing of the jury trying Sinclair and ! Albert B. Fall for conspiracy. | Roberts said that while tne evidence | did not show that Burns détectives ! actually gop in contact with the jurors, | their activities showed an unlawful in- tent. He insisted that the trial court should be sustained in its efforts to, protect itself against what he termed | was the improper conduct of Sinclair | and his associates. | Declaring that his emphasis was due to his zeal, after mature deliberation, ' Littleton denied that there had been any contact with the jury or any in- tent except to protect it against inter- ference. Justices Van Devanter, Mc- Reynolds, Sutherland and Butler seem- ed to disagree with this conclusion and Littleton with great vigor, sought to maintain his position. When he asserted that the evidence “was barren of anything except suspi- cion” and that it supported his asser- tion that it was merely jury shadowing for the protection of the jury, Justice Van Devanter asked whether the ap- proach of detectives to members of the families of some of the jurors sustained such an argument. i Littleton replied, “I do.” The jus- tice as promptly asserted, “I do not.” | 3 s, Sutherland and Butler took up the same line of inquiry, | advancing similar views, but Littleton | refused to yield. -. | Vanity Not a Sex Specialty. | CHICAGO (#).—Men are as vain as, women about their personal appearance. 2oing, however, to greater lengths to conceal that vanity, according to Fred Northstrom, officer of the Chicago Gar- ment Cutters’ Association. 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