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Th«  Only  Sunday   Newspaper Covering  the  Wyoming  Valley
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JANUARY 7, 1934
Kntered   at   WIIket-Barre,   I'a.. As  Second  Class  Mall   Matter
PRICE TEN CENTS
STATE
SEARCH
OPENED
AS TWO LOCAL GIRLS DISAPPEAR
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Chairman Of U. S. Labor Board Fixes Tuesday For Hearing Witli New Union
MALONEY PLEASED
President 0 f Anthracite Miners And iVIonsignor Curran   Leave   Monday
MAY MEAI\I PEACE
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Stabinski, Tetroskey Await Their Execution
Criminal Careers Of Young Ashley Slayers
Will End Monday Morning—
Victim's Brother
A Witness
OfflclaU of the iJnltPrt Anthracite Miner* of Pennsylvania last night announced they hail been stimmnned to appear before Uniird StateK Sen¬ ator Robert F. Wagner, chairman of tiie National Labor Hoard Ip Wash- Instofi on Tuesday morning at 10 oclock.
Audience with Senator Wagner— Incidentally the first direct contact with the labor board chieftain since the new union was orsanlzed lii August of last year—was promised last Monday by John D. Moore, the board's technical advisei, when delegates to the special convention here agreed to withhold general strike action \intil January 13, pending settlement of complalnt.s against anthracite operatora and the X'nlted Mine Workers of America.
Thomas Maloiiey, new union president, received the summons laJit night shortly before 8 oclock as  he  was  preparing   to  attend  a
eetlng  of  the  (lien    Alden    Coal
ompany general grievance com- 'mlttee In Tiilon Ha)l, Wlll<ea-Barre. The telegram was signed by W. H. Davis, deputy NKA administrator, and instructed Maloney to have his committee present in ^Washington in Tuesday momlns at 10 oclock. Maloney said that wltli Mon¬ tr J. J. Curran, pastor of St. church, and Martin Petrinl of Old Forge, executive board mem¬ ber, he will leave here tomorrow atternon at 1 oclock. With them they will bring the ultimatum i)t last week's special convention that unless the federal government of¬ fers some immediate solution of the regional mine controversy a general strike will be called Jan¬ uary 13. They were delegated by the    convention    to    represent    tlie
ank and llle of the new union after the issuance of a general strike call had been averted la.st M..nday only by the urgent peace pleas of Monslgnor Curran, Mr. Moore, Colonel Krnest ti. Smith and  President  Maloney.
Board Opposes Tie-Up
Just what .Senator Wagner will propose to the new union repre- [aenutlves was a matter of conjec¬ ture last night, it wag known thai tlio National I^abor Board does not Intend to permit a general tie-up )f mining in Luzerne and Lacka¬ wanna counties similur to th^it last November when thousands of men K'ere idle for a week while violence flared on picket lines throughout >iili counties.
A responsllile NBA official In \iiMhington, wlio declined to permit li" name to be used, yesterday de- :lai>d "We will be able to halt the ilrllis before Januar.v 13, 1 am sure."
J'rom this utterance if was gatli-
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(Special to The Independent)
Rockview I'enitentlary, Jan. 6.— An electric clock, hlgii on the wall of the gatehouse of the Rockview penitentiary liere, tonight ticked off a portion of the few remaining liouis of life fur two condemned Luzerne  county slayers.
Shortly before 7 oclock Monday morning. Deputy Warden W. J. .MacFarland will glance at this clock, admonish as.sombled witness¬ es to silence and then escort them to the penitentiary death chamber where Frank Stahinski and Antlionv Tetrosky, both of Ashley, Pa., will be electrocuted for the murder of Mary Mallnowslil. member of a Iioltticaliy prominent Hanover Township family.
Tension that alw.-iys precedes electrocutions here was felt tonight as the "graiievine wireless" broad¬ cast through cell tiers the word that two of the four death row celis were occupied by men who must forfeit their lives in expiation for the   slaying  of   a   woman.
Stabinski aiul Tetroskey were renvovofl today from the Lu«J!rn« CoUiity Prison at WllkesiBarre where they have held for the past fifteen months. .Slate troopers and deputy sheriffs, who brought the killers here under heavy guard, re¬ ported the tiip was maile withoui incident and tliat both former "bad men" "behaved like b.abies.' Follow   Usual   Routine
Routine of Monday's ixecutions will be the same as the other 300- odd electrocutions recorded on Pennsylvania's crime annals, Wit- nes.ses will assemble at dawn .Monday morning at the gatehouse where their credentials will be ex¬ amined .'ind seareli likely made for concealed «'amears.
From the gatehouse. Deputy Warden MacFarland will escort the witnesses b^jtween cell buildings to the Isolated electrocution laillding. There the second registration wl'l be made and the witnesses escoi-ted
up a winding stairway to the death chamber on the second floor. Just before entering the cliamber, wit¬ nesses on the alert will be able to glimpse the colls of the killers where Stabinski will likely be re¬ ceiving religious solace. Tetroskey, it was stated here tonight, has steadfastly refused to accept any spiritual counsel but will have op¬ portunity to do so up until the end.
Assigned to siats on a concrete liench running around tliree sides of tlie chamber, witnesses will watch a test of the electric chair by Robert J. Elliott, official executioner for four States.
Only a few moments will elapse between the test of the chair and tlie entrance of the first of the two coiulemned youths. Who will go first was not known here tonight l>ut it was expected they wOuId be electrocuted In the ol'Ser of their convicticn, with Stabinski in the lead.
Witnesses  Picked
A cosmopolitan group of wit- ne.s8tta.<will wflfcli" fHl3 double e!ec- J.rocutlon Monday morning, accord¬ ing to a check of records here last night. Newspapermen will be out¬ numbered bv professional men, among them two physicians, a col- lego professor, banker, reaUor, ct.uncilman and assistant district attorney. The partial list includes John Mallnowski, Nanticoke banker and hrotlier of the woman wim was murdered; Dr. John A. Hugo of Nanticoke, her physician who testi¬ fied at the murder trials; Albert W. Johnson jr., assistant district attor¬ ney of Luzerne county; John Nobel, Wilkes-Bane clly councilman; Pro- fes.sor R. E. Page of Bucknell Uni¬ versity; Leo B. Stout, a printer of the Times-Leader; Llewellyn N. Richard.s, repot;ter of the Evening News: Dr. E. J. Kielar, representing the Nanticoke News and Fred Goeringer Jr.,  Wilkes-Barre realtor,
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Earle Bailie Joins Ranl<s Of Assistants Who Quit Under New Administration
SEEN STOCK CERTIFICATES
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KILLED BY COPS
"Handsome Jacl<" Klutas, College Boy Gunman, Is Shot Down Near Chicago
IS AMBUSHED
Much-Sought Kidnapper Is "Beaten To The Draw" Upon Return From Store
TWO PALS CAUGHT
First Inkling Of Case Is Given After Grand Jury Indicts  Alex  Blumenthal
ANOTHER MAY GO
Washington, Jan. 6.—UP—Earle Bailie, bond salesman of the 1929 Wall street boom days, resigned his high post in the Treasury Depart¬ ment today after a service of only two months.
A close friend of Secretary of Treasury Morgenlhau, Bailie was appointed as his assistant in diarge of fiscal affairs last October follow¬ ing the departure of Secretary Woodin on a leave of absence. Bailie was to fill in the position of uruler- aecretar.v made vacant by the resig¬ nation of Dean Acheson.
He was the fifth important Treas¬ ury ofllclal to resign since the start of the new ailmtnistratlon.   AVoodln
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Police Report Suicide By Hanging In Death Of Nanticoke Ice Dealer
"iieath  by hanging"  was the re-» ort of authorities that investigated^ the finding  of  the  body  of Arthur Hoover,   30,   of   125   West   Church itreet, Nanticoke, yesterday morn- ng.
The victim was a member of the lirm of the lloover-Warlleld bo ompany. His body was found lii JP^/ompany's office by Mr. AVar- "Wd, according to a report filed bv " "'ere Joseph Naguis and Stanley R'gwalski of the Nanticoke police •epartment.
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Mr. Hoover delivered a quantity of Ico to Meeker on Friday after¬ noon and did not return to his home during the night. Early today an investigation was launched which led to discovery of the dead body in the office of the Ice com¬ pany.
Surviving are his wife and two children, Nancy and Arthur Jr.; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hoover, and these brothers and sis¬ ters: Howard, diaries, Harold, Stanley and Catherine.
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Stock certiflcates of the Cuban- American Sugar Company valued at $6,000, stolen in New York City more than two years ago have been recovered in this city, it was re¬ vealed In the Indictment returned yesterday by the grand Jury against Alex Blumenthal, of West River street, city, now serving a term in the Eastern I'enitentlary after con¬ viction, with six others, in attempt¬ ing to pass iiogus checks upon local banking  institutions.
The story of the stolen bonds were unravelled by the district at¬ torneys office. The bonds were lilaced as eollateral for a loan by liliimenthal in one of the local banks, it is alleged.
First knowledge of the stolen cer¬ tificates came in a confidential tele¬ gram from Chief Police Inspector John O'Brien of New York City, to Police Chief J. Russell Taylor on July 27th, last. The local chief was asked to make an investigation of local stock exclianges and banks. The telegram also Intimated that a Wilkes-Barrean attempted to dis- post of these stock certificates, list¬ ed on the New York Stock Ex¬ change. It was then that it was discovered, through the aid of local banking officials that the certific¬ ates said to have been offered by Blumenthal  were stolen.
The gland Jury also returned In¬ dictments against "John Doe" and "Richard Roe" Indicating that tlie district attorney's office is biding tini» that may bring others into tb* COS*.
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Chicago, Jan. 6—UP—Jack Klu¬ tas, college boy gunman nicknamed 'Handsome Jack" by his desperate confederates, was shot und ki'led today by police gun fire at a subur¬ ban   cottage  hideaway.
The killing added another triumph to police in their fight to rid the nation of a new crop of outlaws whose criminal exploits have made bloody  history  in recent months.
Klutas was shot down by a po¬ lice squad which forced its way into his hideway while he was al3_- sent. The oHlcer,^ opened fire oil Klutas when he drew his gun as he entered the house, suspicious that all was not well.
Two other men were captured :( the raid which came as t/¦ resiiu of a mysterious tip to t'ai^^ajn Dan Gilbert of the State's Attorney's olllce.
Gilbert led a squad to the cot¬ tage home in Bellwood, a western suburb. The oflicers forced their way into the house and captured two men they foond there. One of the pair was in bed. Both men, police said, were "tough charact¬ ers." They gave their names as "Paul Stroud and James Glennon." In the cottage, police found six mac:Iiine guns, four high powered rifles and eight revolvers,
Gilbert posted OfJlcess Joseph Healy and Pat McNainar.a inside the house with machine guns trained on the door. After a wait of an hour and a half. Klutas and two other men appeared. The three had packages in their arms and ap¬ parently were returning from a grocery  store.
"Were police officers." Healy shouted to Klutas who was first to enter the house. Klutas immedi¬ ately Reached for his rear pocket and pulled out a .45 calibre auto¬ matic revolver.
"Give it to 'em, Pat," Healy ordered and both men opened fire with machine guns. Nearly 50 shots were fired, most of them striking Klutas.
His companions who Identified themselves as Anthony Anzone and Earle McMalton, 45, put their hands above their heads and surrendered peacefully. Examination of Klutas' body disclosed a second revolver In another pocket.
AUM,alion was understood to be wanted in Jlllwaukee on a bank robbery charge. State's Attorney Thomas .T. Courtney said the hide¬ away lias been under close police watch for nearly ten days.
Victims  of recent  kidnaplngs  In¬ cluding  John   ("Jake   the   Barber") (Cuutinueil   on   Page  O — .'Jec.   1)
Philly Folks
Given A Scare
Philadelphia, Jan. • —UP — Two 26,000 gallon tanks of lubricating oil In the storage yards of the Atlantic Refining Company on the west bank of the Schuylkill River exploded tonight with a terrific roar. In¬ jured 12 company employees and shook windows In homes throughout the city.
The blast, which was heard within a radius of 30 miles, disrupted telephone service throughout Philadelphia and sent more than 60 fire engines to the scene as a result of a four-alarm fire following the e.xplosion.
Company ofUcials refused to comment on the blast, pending an Investigation. The cause was said to be unknown. The In¬ jured, who were taken to St. Agnes hospital, suffered from burns  and shock.
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Missing
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WOMAN HELD FOR IILING
MILDRED   OSTROSKI
Fifty-Two-Year-Old Troy Resident Charged With Attempt Against Brother
FIND FINGER PRINTS
Philadelphia, Jan. 6.—UP—A 1)2- year-old woman was accused by the Federal government today of send¬ ing poisoned candy, wrapped as a Kift package, to her brother who Is .sick in the 'Veterans' hospital at Coatesville, Pa.
The startling accusation was re¬ vealed when a Federal grand Jury here Indicted Mrs. Sarah R. Hobart. 52, of Troy, N. Y. She was arrested In Troy, where she has lived for eight years, and held in default of ?10,000 bond.
The brother to whom the candy was sent was Harrington Fitzgerald .1r., son of a general manager of the former I'hiladelphia "Item." He re¬ ceived the package November IS and after opening it in the presence of a nurse, shared the candy with two nurses, two attendants and a follow patient. The six persons Im¬ mediately became critically ill but all  have recovered.
The grand Jury's Indictment was returned secretly and no Intimation was given of the specific charges against Fitzgerald's sister. She will be given a hearing liefore a United States commissioner in New York .State. It was learned, and Is ex¬ pected to be brought here for trial.
The story of the investigaiion leading to Mrs. Hohart's arrest was learned from liostntal attaches and government agents liere. Immedi¬ ately after the candy was found by chemists to conttain poison, the Veterans' Bureau at Washington turned the case over to .1. ICdgar Hoover, chief of the bureau of In¬ vestigation,   Department  of Justice.
Federal agents visited the hos¬ pital and recovered the bits of paper in which the candy had been wrapped. The package was found to have been mailed from the cen¬ tral postoffice in IMiiladelphia on November 17. A return address on the package was tlie address of a five and ten cent store In Norris- town. Pa.
An envelope and cai'd were en¬ closed with the candy but tliere was no Indication of the Identity of the sender.    Believing  at   first   tliat   the
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ANNA CHE8ICK
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Truck Smash, Mines And Home Mishap Bring Fatal¬ ities — Dozen   Are   Hurt
PARAGUAY RENEWS WAR WITH BOLIVIA
Asuncion, Paraguay, Jan. 6.—UP —The war in the Gran Cliaco was renewed at midnight with the ex¬ piration of the truce with Bolivia.
A few minutes past 12 oclock saw the I'araguayan troops again on the march.
Continuation of the war, liovvever, does not imply immediate renewal of ho.stilities, since there are no Bolivian tioojis neat' the iiresent Paraguayan positions.
I'araguayan troops, however, with wiiom tlie truce was never jiopuiar, arc now happy to continuo their camiiai«a to Musfa Uiv UuUviaiui b«-
yond the line wliicli prevailed be¬ fore the present hostilities broke out 18 months ago.
The United Press was informed ofllclally by the I'araguayan gov¬ ernment that it did not intend to break oft peace negotiations now conducted at Buenos Aires under auspices lit tlie League of Nations Chaco  commission.
Paraguay will alwajs be willing, officials said, to suspend liostilltles the moment Bolivia accedes to the Paraguayan demand to withdraw from tlio Cliaco and give ample se- ctu'iUui nad suui'auless.
IQllfi? TRAFFIC
Four fatal accidents were report¬ ed in this region last night and iiospitals were giving treatment to more than a dozen persons who figured in minor mishaps.
William Hughes, 20, of Old Forge, sole support of a widowed mother ami three younger brothers, was killed at 5:30 yesterday afternoon at Towanda, wlien run down by. a heavy truck. Hughes had delivered a load of coal to the State Highway Patrol siib-slatlon and was loading chutes on his truck when the large vehicle of American Railways Ex¬ press, operated by F. C. Motcliell of Towanda. thundered along and ran him down. Mitchell said auto lights on a car traveling in the opposite direction impeded his vision.
Richard Dale of 103 Oak street, Hanover section of Nanticoke, was killed last night at Loomis colliery at 7:30 oclock while about his work. He was struck by a mine car on the surface. The remains were taken to the undertaking establisiiment of Tubbs & Harter, Nanticoke. Deceased is survived by his wife and  one child,
Charles Kowalewskl, 47, of 72 Penn street, Kingston, was killed yesterday afternoon in No. 2 sliaft, IClngston Coal Co. He was caugbt beneath a fall of rock. The victim was engaged as a miner. He leaves a widow and these children: Helen, Irene and Alexander. Three sisters, Mrs. Joseph I'jekutowskl of Pringle, Thelm.i and Andraka, both of Ply¬ mouth; a brother, Walter of Ply¬ mouth, also survive. The remains were taken to Grontkowskl's funeral home at Plymouth and later re¬ moved to the residence. Kowalewuki was a member of St. Hedwig's Polish church of Kingston and also was a trustee of the church. He was afliiii'.ted with the Polish Na¬ tional Allianio and a member of the mine workers' committee of Kingston.
Fall   Proves   Fatal
A Nanticoke man. Walter Panu- pzka, aged 42, of 712 South Chestnut street, died at 10:40 last night In .Nanticoke hospital as the direct re¬ sult of injuries sustained .N'ew Year's Day wlien J)e fell down the cellar steps at his home. A VVe.it Pitttiton woman, Mrs (CouUnued ou i'aaw V—Uec. 1>
DROP FROM SIGHT MYSTERIOUSLY ON FRIDAY AT NOON
15-Year-Old Duryea Girls Last Are Seen Leaving School—Police Fear Abduction As Both Were Without Funds And Motives—No Clues
TWO BOYS ALSO MISSING
A statewide search was Instituted last night for two Wyoming Valley high school girls who have disap¬ peared mysteriously. Kidnapping by "pick-up" hoodlums of a white slave ring was given profound considera¬ tion by authorities who began to check various angles that led Into the underworld of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Neither of the girls left a note Indicating the motive of their de¬ parture and a veil of deep mystery surrounds the dual disappearance, A message was sent on the teletype to all police agencies of the ttate laat night, requesting co-operation with local authorities In the exten¬ sive search launched for the missing pair.
The girls who vanished are Mil¬ dred Ostroski, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ostroski, 627 Main street, Duryea, and Arela Cheslck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cheslck, Chittenden street, Duryea. Both are 16 years old, rather attrac¬ tive and were neatly attired.
The case somewhat parallels the double tragedy In which two Wilkes-Barre girls, p;dith Fonzo and Jennie Jtonica, were principals, in¬ asmuch as tlieir mysterious disap¬ pearance sent police of the county on a 24-hour search before their badly-knifed bodies were discovered In a lonely section of Jenkins Town¬ ship. Underworld characters were Involved In the killings and have not yet been apprehended. The dual tragedy occurred In January, 1927, and the girls were sliot before being ripped by the assailants.
Mothers of both Duryea girl.s were partly hysterical early today, awaiting Information relative to the whereabouts of their children. Joseph Ostroski, father of one of the young women, told the Sunday ! Independent a complete checkup was made with relatives in New York, Sliamokln, Plymouth. Wilkes- Barre and Philadelphia by tele¬ phone and telegram under the be¬ lief the pair might have gone away to spend some time with tlielr aunts and uncles residing In the afore¬ said cities. Tlio inquiries yielded no results.
Disappear Friday The young wniiiin were members of tlie soplioniiire class at St. John's High School of I'ittston. Dismissed at 11:30 Friday morning for luncli period. Miss Ostroski and her com¬ panion were last seen walking west on William street, Plttiton, toward the central part of the city.   Daily,
the pair lunched at the Colleen Restaurant. Investlgtion by Chief of Police Luke Keating of Pittston revealed that waitresses do not re¬ call having seen either of the girls In the place on Friday. Chief Keat¬ ing launched an investigation Into underworld channels to determine whether or not the girls were whisked out of town by a ring, allegedly afBllated with the white slave  "racket."
Police, in cruising cars, covered the outskirts of the upper end city late yesterday afternoon after being provided complete description of the mieslng pair.
The O.stroakl girl Is a brunett*. 5 feet, 4 inches tall, weighing ISB pounds. She was attired in a maroon tam-o-shanter, red scarf, brown coat and wore a pair of galoshes. In addition to her parents, the Ostroski girl has a sister, Florence,
Her companion. Miss Cheslck, wore a green turban, green dress and a light gray polo coat. She is a pronounced blond, weighs about 120 pounds, and Is 5 feet, 3 Inches tall. Besides her parents she has two brothers.
Inquiries made at the homes of the young women revealed that neither, at any time, mentioned a desire to locate in a large city. The stage bears no appeal for them and they were not keeping com¬ pany with young men, according to their parents.
Interrogated relative to whether or not disturbances of any char¬ acter arose in the homes recently that might have led to the disap¬ pearance, members of both families stated that nothing of that nature developed, and added their home- life was agreeable and pleasant. It was also stated they were anxious to seek an education and both lamilies and relatives last night were unable to even hint at a mo¬ tive that would provoke the act. Both Without Funds Mr. O.stroski st.ited that his daughter was without sufficient funds to take a trip and felt her companion was the same. The parents of the girls appeared be¬ wildered   when   questioned.
'i'lie di.sappearance lias baffled IHdicc and every "lead" is being run down with the hope that the gli'ls will be loc:ited as early as possible.
One theory held by authorities I* that the girls went for an auto rifl* witli stran.gers, simiiar to a venture (Continued  on  Page  6—Sec.  1)
Billings, Convicted With Mooney, Is Denied Parole In California
Folsom Prison, Cal., Jan. 6—UP— Warren K. Billings, convicted with Thomae J. Maoney fur murder in connection with the 191G Pieiiared- ness Day bombing in San Francisco, today was denied a parole from Folsom Prison' by the State Huard of  Prison   Terms   and   I'aroles.
The action was taken by the board after an extended hearing at which members listened to Billings' ple;i for rele;ise from prison. In ex¬ plaining the action the board said in   a   form.al   statement:
"After due consideration the members of ttie Board of Prison Terms and Paroles decided unanim¬ ously to d-ny the applicaliun for parole  of  Warren   K.   Blllngs."
"The law does not permit t'.ils board to pass u|ion the guilt or in¬ nocence of any prisoner; thlg is determined  by  the  courts.
"Warren K. Billings Is a second- term prisoner and was active in anti-feiH'iai activi.iis. He wu..j con¬ victed of tr::nsporting dynimiite for sabotage and in the piesent instance stands convicted of murder In the llrst degree which caused the death of It) persons and the maiming of many more.
"Because of his past record and the gravity of his offense this board believes that the application for parole should not be granted at this time,"
Billings, when notified, said: "There Is nothing I can say. I will go along and make the best of It, that  is all  I  can  do.
"I did not expect any other ac¬ tion, consequently it was not very much of a disappointment. I still think that if It were a matter left to the decision of the Parole Board, without dircetlon from higher sources, the board would have granted  a  parole."
He was asked If he had Governor Riilph in mind, considering he had denied Moouey a pardon. To this he reidled:
"Yes, I guess so. I think the gov¬ ernor's feelings on the Mooney cose would have some bearing on my case."
He also was asked If he thought he would have an opportunity to get a parole if a new governor took offlce.
"Yes, I think so." he answered. "I'm bound to get out If I live long enough. Tile •lUestlun Is Just tu liva iuus tiUUUgU,