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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-16
Jefferson Highway Officials IL fown,

J, D. Clarkson. manager and Her
bert +. McDougal, publicity agent Of
the Jefferson Highway, passed
through Butler Tuesday morning on
ar inspection tour of The highway
from St. Joseph TO New Orleans.
When the officials Of the highway
make trip over the road they take
their, office will, them. They are
travelling in Chalmers sedan which
IS li.ted up as an office, with two
iypewriters and the necessary letter
tiles to take care of the correspond
ence while they are on the tour.
Tie Highway Association has pur-
chased 50 gold medals which will be
awarded to the men maintaining the
best two miles of road in each county
The county committee to decide who
IS the winner. In addition to the
county medal there will be one for the
state and three International medals,
all to be awarded for the same two
miles of road. The winners of the
International medals will so to the
general association meeting as the
guests of the association. To COM
pete for these medals it is not neces-
sary 10 register OR go through any red |
tape proceedings, merely drag the
two miles OF road and the committee
will do the rest
On July 5 and will be held the
annual meeting OF the directors of the
highway at Joplin and it is planned to
have sociability runs from the north
.rn part OF the state and as many as
are to join along the way. Another
-un will be from the north part of
Kansas and will be made over. the
Kansas road. There is considerable
,ivalry between the two routes and it
will be contest to see which will
AVE the largest number of cars make
he run.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-16
AN AERIAL VISITOR
Major Hugh c. Knerr, Of the United
States Aviation Corps. Flies
Over Bates County.

Butler folks were treated to a
rather unusual spectacle Friday morn
ing about, 9 when huge Curtis BIZ
plane, piloted by Major Hugh c
Knerr, of the army aviation corps
passed over the east part of town
Major Knerr is an instructor at an
aviation camp near Memphis, Ten
nessce and was enroute to Kansas
City on trial flight. He left Mem
phis about 7 o'clock Thursday morn
ing intending to make Kansas
City before night, but about E
O'Clock in the evening he ran
into a severe wind storm which
turned his machine over several times
and he was finally forced to land in
wheat field on the farm of Henry
Thomas, few miles southeast OF
town. The machine was tied up to
fence posts and the Major retired for
the night when some one noticed that
strange device in red, white and
blue was painted on the tail rudder OF
his machine. and installing the blue
for black, at once suspected it was a
German plane that had been blown
there by the storm. Sheriff Baker
was telephoned for and about mid
night went to the Thomas farm,
where Major Knerr soon satisfied
him that he was not a German and
that he was on peaceful visit. He
started on the last lap of his journey
Friday morning about 9 O'Clock and
at Kansas City some time be-
ore noon. He left Kansas City Sat
friday morning for Bellville, Illinois,
where he stopped at the flying school
coated there before returning to his
station at the aviation school near
Memphis. Major Knerr S parents,
Or. and Mrs. f. B. Knerr, reside at
Kansas City.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-16
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

J. B. Brown ct al to G. w. Brown
400 acres section 80 Grand River
$Ioo.
T. C. Baker to Geo. w. Baker
tract section II Usage $4,000.
A. Deffenbaugh to H. E. Murphy
40 acres section 80 Grand River
SI6oO.Oo.
Adam Blackwell to w. J. Mead part
block 20 Waltons addition Rich Hill
$4,000.
Geo. B. Sproule to M. J. Groves S.
acres section West Boone $552o.oo.
G. w. Brown to A. w. Deffenbaugh
40 acres section 80 Grand River
100000.
w. J. Chitwood to H. R. Chitwood
81 acres section sc East Boone
$4,000.
NJ. E. Hutton If Adam Blackwell
part block 20 Walton's addition Rich
Hill $4,000.
c. M. Gray to T. H. Good 600 acres
section II Prairie $500.
J. w. Wise to A. c. Fairman 1870
acres section 10 Mingo $1176s.oo.
]. H. Beaman to w. w. Beaman 40
acres section 26 Spruce $500.
w. w. Beaman to T. M. Atkinson
ct al undivided 4-6 interest 20 acres
section 26 Spruce 10000.
6. M. Galley ct al to Carl F. Hall
lots I, 2, 8 block 20 Amoret 100000.
Flora Nelson to Theo Bamford 50
acres section "a and IS Deer Creek
$4soo.oo.
w. w. Rubel to ]. B. Wise 2oo
acres section and Charlotte
$Io5oo.oo.
]. b. Wise to ]. w. Wise 200 acres
sections and 8 Charlotte $I4212.oo.
Geo. L. Herrell to IS. A. Penley lot
8 Illusions Ist addition Adrian
$4,000.
S. "A. Fitzpatrick to Eunice Me-
CURE lot u block 81 Rich Hill $500.
7. H. Barbee to B. T. Haskins %
acres section % Deer Creek $sooo.oos
w. ]. Buck to r S. Buck Ii8 acres
section s Homer $rzsoo.
Geo. w. Han to F. F. Smith lots
II, II, II tloez :. NerNin $las.oo. !
s. - Uavie % coonneeeial Ststd
na1k pefs lct s hloek n Rich Hin
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-16
Army Chaplain Convicted of
Disloyalty.

Washington, May 1o.-The case OF
a soldier in the American expedition
airy forces condemned to death for
deserving in the face of the enemy,
was sent to President Wilson today
for final action. The records of the
trial were carefully reviewed by the
Judge advocate generals office.
The president recently COMMITTED
the death sentences of two soldiers
for sleeping at their posts and of two
others who disobeyed orders.
Chaplain Franz C. Feinler, who was
sent back from France by General
Pershing and afterwards was sta
toned in Hawaii, has been sentenced
to a long term of imprisonment on
charges of disloyalty. His ease was
received at the war department today
for review.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-16
FOOD CHEAPER IN FRANCE
THAN AMERICA
Returned Officer Says the French
Are Great Savers.

Major Charles Gordon, who has re-
Gently returned from the French
'front.' arrived in Columbia yesterday
to begin duties here. He was in
france from June 10, 1917, to March
10, 1918. On the trip over German
submarine attacked the transports in
the fleet in which he was, but the at
tack amounted to little more than u
scare
According to Major Gordon, living
conditions in France are more salts
factory than are generally supposed.
The French are cultivating every
available inch of soil, and the pros
poets for crops this year are good.
Last year much of the wheat spoiled
on account of late harvesting and the
smallness of the plots made the crop
hard to harvest at all. Vegetables
are being raised in enormous quanti-
ties.
IF a chicken had to live on scraps
from a French table, it would soon
starve,' said Major Gordon. Moth
ing is wasted. Bread is placed on the
table and cut as required. There are
no left-overs because the French
housewife cooks only as much as is
needed for one meal. The allowance
of sugar for sweetening coffee and
other hot drinks is about one pound
per person per month. Candy, cakes
and cookies are scarce"
Practically all foods except meats
are cheaper than in America" said
Major Gordon. THE reason for this
is the profits of the merchants are re-
stricted by law."-Columbia Mis-
sourian.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-16
HOW TO DANISH HAIRS

Ugly hair srowths can be removed
in the privacy of your own home If you
get a small original package Of medol
and mix into a paste enough of the
powder and water to cover the hairy
surface. This should be left on the
skin about minutes, then removed
and the skin washed, and every trace
of hair will have vanished. No harm
or inconvenience can. result from this
treatment. but be sure you buy real
medol, which Is inexpensive. Mail
orders filled by American Proprietary
Co., Boston, Mass.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-16
KIDNEY DISEASE IS FATAL


When disease gets into the kidneys
1t is just as certain to take a person
off as leprosy, unless 1t is checked be-
fore 1t goes too far. II people Just
eases Of these delicate organs, they
would be as careful Of them as they
are of their eyes. People who have
sound kidneys should know how to
neco Is sure remedy for treating
kidney diseases because it removes the
poisons that collect in the blood
through the inactive kidneys.
Just go to any Drug Store and get
about a dozen Kidneco Tablets. They
are inexpensive and will relieve your
kidney trouble quickly. Mailed by
Kidneco Co., Boston, Mass.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-16
State Normal Drops German.

Springfield, Mo-, May 11.-Teach-
ing OF German in the Fourth District
State Normal school here was abol-
ished by action of the board OF
regents today. French and Spanish
will be substituted. The board also
adopted resolution by which every
graduate of the school will be re-
quired to affirm allegiance to the
United States government before re-
ceiving diploma. Similar oaths are
required of the regents, members of
the faculty and employees of the in
stitution.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-16

Joshua Barbee, of Marshall, has
been appointed private secretary to
United States Senator X. P. Whitley.
He formerly represented Saline coun-
ty in the state legislature.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-16
Soc Box Free

FREE TONOLINE COUPON
This coupon, with 10c in silver
to help pay postage, packing.
etc, and to show good faith en-
titles holder to one soc package
of Tonoline Free. Address the
American Proprietary Co., Bos-
ton. Mass
New-York tribune., 1918-05-11
British Newspapers
Are Diuided Over
Pren7ier's Victory

LONDON, May 1O.-The quick and
successful manner in which the Lloyd
George ministry in the House Of Com
mons yesterday dealt with an unpleas-
ant incident, which had caused more
political bitterness than any preceding
chapter of this troubled administra-
tion, was brought about by sudden
change Of tactics on the part of the
Cabinet.
Premier Lloyd George again showed
himself keen political strategist and
a strong pleader for his own cause. He
withdrew the Cabinets plan for court
of honor to deal with the charges of
Major General Maurice, which Andrew
Bonar Law on Tuesday said concerned
the honor of the ministers. The Pre-
mier made it clear that adoption of
former Premier Asquith's motion for
a select committee to investigate the
matter would be regarded as vote of
censure which would be followed by
the governments resignation.
The majority for the Cabinet was
even larger than newspapers had pre-
dicted and showed that the House of
Commons, at least, was not for a
change of government.
Personal feeling between the former
New-York tribune., 1918-05-11

s+Ioat pEvERAuX, nst,, Fra Frank Fred. 1856 Eleventh
rIELD, 4 T., Kenneth A., Rutland, Mass.
GRAVES. Edward H., Reynolds, Ind.
>, HITLER. Adolph. $40 Myrtle Avenue,
Brooklyn.
J,E57CH. Joseph G.. Romeo Mich
JoNESi I2Sr iS:;,li9I Richard d p, Trenton, H.
LOVE, James E., Lanham. Md.
MURRAY. William H.. Palmer, N. Y.
NYE; Dwight L.. Pomeroy. Wash:
OLSHESkl, Stanley, Princeton. Wis.
PHILLIPS, Walter c., Milan, Ga.
RA!NES, Dean. Whitehall, Ill.
REID, Neil E., penitentiary. Bismarck.
sCHOsKER. Paul. Dcphos. Ohio.
Slightly Wounded
KINDLER, Otto j. captain, Lancaster,
BELHoRN. William j.. lieutenant. Lam
FlsCUs. James H.. lieutenant. Green's
LOVE. Samuel G., lieutenant, Chester.
= ALEXANDER. Percy, sergeant. Forest,
WALSH. Kevin A., sergeant 80 West
Thlrteth Street, Indianapolis. Ind -,
MARTIN. William Saint, corporal. South
Manchester, Conn.
ROLLINS, Francis E.. corporal, Sherborn,
Mass.
EsTABRoON, Ezra W., musician. MARI
" ANDERSON, Patrick, whitinsville. Mass
BAKER. James S., Parsons. Tenn:
BRADLEY, Paul W.. Short Hills. N. j.
CUMMINGS, Virtus Pierson, Iowa.
GERKEN, Carl, Lancaster. Ohio.
HEWITT, Augustus e., 1lO9 East Four
teenth Street Kansas City, Mo-
MKINNON, John, Winchester. Mass
SHlPLEY. Herbert, Lancaster. Ohio
n u G.1ln Mace
ZoCCO. Thomas, 4o5 Baldwin Street,
Waterbury. Conn.
JENKINS. James S.. kimberly, Ala.
LUCIANO, Domnicko. 1928 North Wash
ngton Street, Bridgeport, Conn.
M'DOLE, Lyle F. Kingsley, Iowa.
MIRONIK, Alex, 1ll3 North Seventh
Street, st. Louis.
MOORE, Walter B., Schamberville Miss
PETERSON, Carl o., Palmer, Mass.
PULSE. Leonard f., Sykes, Mont
REMME, Gilbert. Kenneth. Mimi.
SHERMAN, Charles, SOC Simpson Street.
New York City.
BIENKER, Fred. South Olive, Ohio.
STOUT. Daniel B., Lancaster Ohio.
STRATTON. Ralph L., Thirty second and
Douglas avenues. Des Moines. Iowa.
Missing in Action
KISSEL. Gustav H.. lieutenant. IA Wall
Street. New York.
Lost at Sea
SCULLY, Carroll j.. Sl5 Magnolia Street,
Toledo, Ohio Tuscania victim; now identi-
| fed and buried.
Prisoners previously Reported Miss
ing)
ABBOTT, ]. S., lieutenant. 425 Dayton
| Avenue, ST. Paul.
JEFFREY, R. H., lieutenant, Uniontown
| Penn.
STRAUSS, Abraham, lieutenant. 1 West
| Ninety-third Street. New York City.
MARINE CORPS
Slightly Wounded
CARVER, Orie, 639 West McMicken Ave
nue.. Cincinnati.
DE SOLAR, Frederic Oliver. 1853 West
! Chicago Avenue. Chicago.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-11
Four Officers From
New York on New
Casualty Lists
Aviator Whose Brother-in-
Law Was Killed in France
Is Missing

Four young American officers whose
names figure in the casualty lists, were
residents of New York or its vicinity
Two were medical officers. All held
the rank of lieutenant One, Lieu
tenant Gustav H. Kissel, attached to
the British Royal Flying Corps. is re-
ported as missing since April II.
Lieutenant Kissel is twenty three
years old, a graduate of Harvard in
the class of II and son of Ru
dolph H. Kissel. of Kissel Kinnicutt
& Co., brokers, IA Wall Street. He
entered the regular armN in April,
1917, as private, went through the
ground school at the Boston Institute
of Technology and was one of the first
to be sent to France. After two months
there he was sent to England for
final training and went to the front
Just before the beginning of the big
German drive. R. H. Kissel, jr, the
missing mans brother, is an assistant
paymaster in the United States Navy.
brothcr-in-law of Lieutenant Kis-
sell, Captain James Z. Miller, also an
aviator, was killed in action in France
March 9, last
Lieutenant DR.. Harold Sydney Nor
ton, reported killed in action, was a
member of the staff of Bellevue Hos
pital when he received his commission
in August, 1917 His home was in the
State of Washington. He was a grad
uate of Johns Hopkins Medical College,
Baltimore, and held the tennis cham
pionship among the hospital doctors.
Lieutenant Abraham Strauss. report
ed in previous lists as missing, but now
listed as a prisoner, is ar officer in
the Medical Reserve Corps. He went
overseas in July, 1917. to serve with
the Connaught Rangers. He was a
graduate of Johns Hopkins and served
as ar inferno at Mount Snai Hospital.
brother, DIR. Israel Strauss, is a neu-
rologist at 116 West 59th Street.
Lieutenant Earl T. Williams. the
fourth officer mentioned in the casualty
list met death at NORTHAMPTON. Mass
New-York tribune., 1918-05-11
Casualties Among Our
Fighting Men Abroad

WASHINGTON, May 1o.-The army
casualty lists to-day contained ninety
names, divided as follows:
Killed in action, g.; died of wounds,
5; died of accident, 3; died of dis
ease, 12; died of drowning, l; wounded
severely, 23; wounded slightly, 33;
prisoners, 3; missing in action, /; lost
at sea, /.
Names of two privates slightly
given out to-day by Marine Corps
Headquarters.
The lists follow:
(AU names not otherwise marked
are those Of p,Ivates.)
REGULAR ARMY
Killed in Action
DAY. Dugles. sergeant, Line Fork KY
DREL1CH. Alexander, corporal, 81 Fourth
Street, Passaic, NJ j.
SHAW, Stanley j., corporal. Wallingford.
Conn.
DURASKA. Karol, private. Washington,
Penn
LUD1NGHOUSE, Lester R., 1873 Moss Ave-
nue., Oakland, Cal.
BRYANT, David F.. Hopewell. Va.
CIANNI. Antonio, Geruce, Italy.
HACKETT, Fred E., Friday Harbor, Wash.
Died of Wounds
ROSENWALD, John P, first lieutenant,
9o2 West Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis,
FIFE, Charles G.. sergeant, Ga Milton
DZINSKI. Frank W.. cook, 20 Bannon
Street, Torrington, Conn.
STINsON. Rodney, R. F. D. /. stoning-
WELSH. Joseph. Greensburg. Ind.
Died of Disease
SPENCER. Joseph M, sergeant. Nevada
CURTIS, Harry L.. corporal, North STRAIT
M'MAKIN. Luther. corporal. Greer, S. c.
DAVIDSON, Harold, wagner. Clinton,
Mass.
BACKSTREM, Fred, 1858 Rosemont Ave-
nue.. Chicago.
CUCOTE. Lamar Paul, Cottonport. La.
JONES, Lindsey, Rocky Ford, Ga.
FIELD. Harry Arthur Little, Peters
Mi M'KENNEY. FL Everett NJ. Gorham Me
PETE, John. Holly Grove, La.
Apartments. Philadelphia.
ROGERS, William Ross, 1870 Broadway
Cincinnati.
Died of Accident
|. DOWNING, Denis, sergeant. 419 East
'137th Street. New York City
CLYDE. Wesley. WAGNER, 334 Fremont
Street. Waterloo. Iowa.
FRY, Clarence H.. cadet. Columbia. Tenn
Died, Drowning
TRAINoR., John j., civilian. West 147tt
Street, New York.
Wounded Severely
BUCKLEY, William H., sergeant, 81 Gran
Street. Newark. Ohio.
BUSH; John, sergeant. Monticello Ind.
1I7th Street, New York.
GERLACH, Walter w.. sergeant. Noun
Sterling. Ohio.
SMITH. Daniel r.. sergeant. DiMsburg
Penn.
GRAVES, Robert H., corporal. Ackerman
Miss.
ton, Ohio.
BELROSE. Henry j., II Summer Street
Franklin, Mass.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-11
Italian Hydroplanes
Make Daring Raids
Austrian Aircraft Lured Into
Trap and Three Ma
chimes Downed
tSpecaai Dispatch to The Tribune


!, ,WASHINGTON, May 10. During
se last few weeks the Italian hydro
p;usnes pua, have been very active, accom-
pushing daring raids" says an official
SMlspatch from Italy received here. "On
aednesday last three hydroplanes few
s'er trieste at low altitude for OBJ
fration purposes, while four Wisinest
ssufoplanes belonging to the enemy
Me chase. After completing their
Insion our machines pretended to
ss'te to escape. and drew the enemy
Esnes toward the Italian coast, where
oI our own chasers Immediately
Mssged them.
ine battle was short. One Aus
Haa machine managed to escape, a
s0nd Tell beyond Cape Pirano, and
~ esaer two fell into the sea, where
ss.. sasn destroyers picked them up in
eapturing the occupants.
.Ansother brilliant action took place
sla.iy when two Italian airplanes ex-
xeled the Gulf Of Trieste and saw two
,s.s ,sassports In the act of leaving the
IS They Immediately reported to
~ sscadriile of Italian hyiroplanes,
t'ss new over the transports, in spite
"a. sae wind and the rain, and pro-
~ W DON. Dard them.
vae of the conveys, an Austrian
,areyer of the Hussar type, was hit
eombs and was compelled to seek
if.ssss on the coast. Our airplanes
new to Pola, where they attempted
,s.iss .insesmbard the dreadnought Viribu-
Iss.. IN the Faona Canal. At this
nsns our machines we're attacked by
aaydroplanes of the Kappa type.
d. ser u short engagement one OF
Nt snemy hydropianes was hit and
INTO the sea. All of our machines
tAed safely to their base"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-11
By Arthur S. Draper
Especial Cable to The Tribune)

Especial Gable to The Tribune)
LONDON, May 10.-1n and out of
Parliament the chief topic to-day has
been the Maurice debate. AS might be
expected, opinion is sharply divided on
the question Of the value of the debate
prosecution of the war
The Premier's large majority is in
terpreted in many ways. Some say
that it means the political rout of AS
quith, who may now be succeeded by
another Liberal leader; others that it
proves that Parliamen. is no longer
representative of the country's opinion,
and others that the government now
faces definite opposition.
Some Of the newspapers think that
the charges by General Maurice arc ex-
actly where they were before the de-
bate began, while others consider that
complete answer has been made.
Division Now Clean Cut
The Liberals are now in direct oppo-
sition to the Conservatives, with As
quith at the head of the former and
with Lloyd George leading the latter
Strong political opposition should
make for higher efficiency than could
be expected from what Asquith de-
scribed as a "mealy mouth" policy.
After next week there will be a
period of political quiet for fort
night The very gravity of the mill
tary situation precludes all thought
of political change, but military de-
&c h,,sx,
adjustment. just as the wars ex-
igencies of March resulted in Foch's
elevation.
The Home Rule measure will proba-
Dly bring another political test of
strength. 1t is unlikely that the divi-
sion on that measure will find the
composition of the opposing forces the
same as in last nights division.
Warns Against Irish Draft
George W. Russell, the famous "a.
F." contributes letter to "The
Manchester Guardian,' in which he
says:
q cannot expect many in England to
sympathlze with Irish feeling, but
tion to the veal of the empire. II
they persist in forcing military SER
vice in Ireland, if they insist on break:
ing the Irish will, there will not be
a parish here where blood will not
be shed. There will grow up a hate.
unextinguishable and lasting from GEN
Grafton to generation. 1t will be fed by
tradition everywhere, and our people
live by tradition.
Here this man fell.' There that
group made their last stand. No ex-
preston of regret after the deed is
done will wipe out these memories
The resentment will spread over the
empire. 1t will invade the great Re-
public where so many of our exiled
children have their homes.
"The Irish are capable of the most
bitter. as of the most gentle, speech
and the darkest side of that eloquence
shall be turned against you. Millions
Of the bitterest tongues in the worle
will be necessarily wagging, breeding
sedition in your dominions and hostil
ity against you in whatever alien state
they may live.
"There are already many burden:
laid on the weary Titan of the empire
Will this burden be laid on it also?
ask the English people to consider il
connection with this question wha
may be the effect on the dominions O
an unsatisfactory, inconclusive peace.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-11

is still awaiting the word to begin the
next attack The artillery duel on the
Somme presages an early resumption
Of artillery operations.
Amiens is now showing many battle
scars. 1t has been under fire for sew
eral days.
Expect Blow at Amiens
The Germans are making their
preparations cleverly, but there seems
to be good reason to expect n heavy
blow to the south of Amiens, Just as
the signs pointed to a drive south of
Ypres.
The clear weather of the last few
days has given the Allied airmcn an
opportunity to observe the tremendous
amount of work which the enemy has
done since his drive halted east OF
Amiens a month ago. Light railways,
bridges and corduroy roads have been
built; heavy howitzers have been
brought up and great quantities of am
munition and stores have been carted
across the devastated area.
Behind his lines there are the indus
try and activity Of million ants, "for
the next blow is intended to be a
mighty effort, equalling, if not exceed
ing, in power the March drive
The Germans know that on this side
VI tiS Illt, SiuI'ldi pICUoI dIlOuS d
going on, and that their task will be
much heavier than when they hit the
thin British line.
Allies Better Prepared
What is true on the Somme holds
good for Ypres, but in the north the
force is hardly half of that on the
southern battlefront.
Ludendorff's communications, one oi
his greatest assets in this gigantic
battle, have been bombed heavily fol
many nights. The Allied air service is
maintaining its superiority over ths
Germans, who sadly miss their star
Captain Baron Won Richthofen. Espe
f-cially in the preliminaries to the grea
struggle does air superiority count
pose of his forces to the greatest ad
vantage and to prepare for emergen
| cies,