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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-26
Oil Well on Downtown
Street Proves No Dummy

KILGORE, TEXAS. People who
never saw a real oil well on a
downtown street may be skeptical
of this story, but East Texans will
not be surprised.
There IS one oil well in front of
a tire company here. and others be-
hind the building, ali operated from
a central pumping unit. Many per-
sons believed that the well in front
Of the building was an advertise
ment for the gasoline station.
Such persons were surprised re-
Gently when the well blew out"
its packing and ran wild for sew
eral. minutes. Oh blew across the
top of the building and covered two
parked automobiles Fire trucks
rushed to the scene, because a care
less smoker could have started a
disastrous FIRE
But the well Vas closed in. and
the uniformed were taught that the
oil well was real and not a dummy.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-26

forth on relish trays or as garnlSh
on meat platters and they'll make a
delicacy of the most humble meal.
Harlequin Conserve.
(Makes Is 6-ounce glasses
Is ripe peaches
10 red plums
l fresh pineapple
pound white grapes
/ orange
Sugar
"a pound Walnuts or pecans
Wash fruits thoroughly. Prepare
peaches, plums, and pineapple; cut
IN small pieces. Halve grapes and
remove seeds. Slice whole orange
very thin. Cook fruits slowly over
low heat until soft. Measure, ado
81 cup sugar for each cup of fruit.
Cook over slow heat for 20 minutes,
then add nuts Cook slowly, stirring
occasionally until thick and clear,
about IL hours. Seal in hot sterl-
Lied glasses.
IRE leased by Western Newspaper Union
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-26
PLACEMENTS BY STATE
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE

Placements 10y the Michigan state
Employment Service i'll the past week
ru<4. To- 3.C4I. the highest W ekly total
since the week of July -. an increas'.
IF 26 per cent over the ISIS obtained
in the preceding shortened week. Ii
was also an increase Of 10 per cent
over the corresponding week of 1910.
Initial production of 1912 model
automobiles with the attendant eXlEln-
sion of buSiIR ~ activity WAS largely
responsible for the increase in the
number of placements. Wendell l.und.
executive director of the Michigan
Unemployment Compensation Commits
sion. said.
New applications for work rose I'll
per cent over the. ~ of the prect a.
Ing Sevcn-day period. thus reversing
the trend of recent weeks This al>'
represented Il marked increase (91 per
Cx-nt) over the sam week of last year
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-26
3 Americans Tell
Of Escapes From
German Jailers
Two Ambulance Drivers and
Priest Have Thrilling
Experiences.

NEW YORK. young Amer
leans who escaped from the Nazls
in occupied France related their ex-
periences on their arrival here re-
Gently from Lisbon.
Two were volunteer drivers with
the British American ambulance
corps who had been seized by the
Germans after their ship, the
Egyptian liner Zamzanl, had been
sunk in the Atlantic The third was
the Rev. Joseph Trahan, 81 years
old, of SWanton, VT, who was as
signed by his order, the Fathers OF
St. Edmund, to the Roman Catholic
church of ST. Martin, at Saint
Florentin, 10 miles east Of Paris.
The ambulance drivers were
James Stewart. 35, of Oneonta,
N Y, and Thomas o. Greenou5h,
80, Of Profit, Va Mr. Stewart at
tended Union college and operated
an ice company before volunteering.
Mr.. Greenough, who has received
degrees from Amherst college and
Cambridge university, was an as
sistant headmaster at the LakemCnt,
n. Y, academy.
Set Course by Stars.
They were aboard a Nazi prison
train from Bordeaux when they
made their escape. After gle days,
during which they hid by daylight
and traced southeast course by
the stars at night. they arrived in
unoccupied France, as they had in
tended. From there they went to
Lisbon and boarded the ship.
When they arrived, a representa-
tive of the corps informed them
that a new unit was being formed
to go to Suez, leaving August 20.
Asked if he would care to join, Mr..
Stewart signified MS willingness in
one word
Wow" he explained.
Mr. Greenough said:
That's one reason we tried to
escape-so we could get back and
try again.
Mr. Stewart, who Tecounted their
adventures, made them sound most
ordinary.
The train was supposed to take
us from Bordeaux 10 Paris" he
said, but in a conversation with
guards Tom found out that we were
going to be taken to Mulhouse, a
German border town, and then to
the Black forest.
Decide TO Get Busy.
After We had chance to let this
sink in little bit, we decided to do
something. So when the train came
20 a stop, We just stepped out a
window"
They took a small amount Of
bread, two tins of sardineS and a
can of German bully beef, he dis
closed.
He estimated that they had
walked about 10 miles las the crow
flies, and much further than this
when detours were included, before
they asked cyclist what section of
France they were in. He informed
them that they had reached unoccu-
pied territory
Father Trahan escaped from
Saint-Florentin by carrying golf
clubs and posing as a sportsman.
He grew a beard also
After fleeing the town and reach
ing unoccupied territory, he was
aided by United States consular Of
ficlalS.
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makes 6 pints)


Apple Butter.
makes 6 pints)
4quarts cooked and sieved apples
2 cups sugar
l teaspoon cloves
l teaspoon allSplce
~ teaspoons cinnamon
cups sugar
cups cider vinegar
Combine apples, cups sugar. and
spices; cook until thick. Add remain
ing sugar and vinegar Cook un-
til thick, stirring constantly. Pour
into hot steriliZed jars and seal inn
mediately. This may also be cooked
in a pressure cocker or in the oven
to prevent STICKING
Since some fruits do not convert
into jelly easily. commercial pee
tin is usually employed to make the
fruit jell properly. Often fruits
which jell easily, that is, those which
have sufficient pectin in themselves
are used in combination with fruits
which do not. Crabapples. unripe
grapes, currants. gooseberries, cram
berries, ounces, huckleberries, and
blackberries jell we'll If enough of
them are not used in the combina-
ton, better use the pectin and play
safe.
Here's bright and quivery jelly
which you'll like to have on hand for
fair weather or foul rs grand
accompaniment for chicken or hot
breads:
*GOOseberry and Raspberry Jelly.
makes II medium glasses)
quart ripe gOoseberries
y cup water
quart red raspberries
6l2 cups sugar
! box powdered fruit peCtin
Crush and grind thoroughly the
goOseberries, add water, bring to
boil. Simmer, covered, for 10 min
utes. Crush thoroughly the raspber-
ries and combine with gooseberries.
Place in Jelly bag and squeeze out
juice. This should make about Az
cups juice. If there is slight short
age of juice add small amount Of wa
ter to the pulp and squeeze again.
Put juice into to 6-quart sauce
pan. Place over a hot fire, add
! fruit pectln, mix well and continue
stirring until mixture comes TO a
hard boil. Pour in the sugar. Let
boil hard for a half a minute. Re-
move from FIRE. skim, and pour into
Jelly glasses. Add hot paraffin I'M
, mediately.
Conserves ought to have place Of
honor on the canning shelf for
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-26

comes you'll glow with deep salts
faction over your canning efforts Of
the summer.
Since a record breaking peach
crop, the third greatest in the his
tory Of the country, is expected. plan
to put up many, many jars of this
golden ripe fruit, not only as jam.
jelly, or marmalade, bat as con-
serve combined with other fruits.
Ripe Peach Jelly.
makes medium sized glasses)
2i2 cups juice
3l2 cups sugar
box powdered fruit pectin
To prepare juice. pit and crush
thoroughly edo not peeD about 2l2
pounds fully ripe peaches. Add ]
cup water, bring to boil and SIM
mer, covered 10 minutes. Add few
peach pits, crushed, to mixture
while cooking. Place fruit in jel-
ly cloth bag and squeeze out juice.
Place the juice over a hot fire,
and add fruit pectin. Mix well and
continue stirring until mixture
comes to a hard boil Add the sug-
ar, stirring constantly. Bring to a
fully rolling boil, boil hard | min
ute, remove from fire, skim, pour
quickly into glasses. Paraffin a:
once
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-26
Fresh Water SaIty'

The so-called fresh water spring
off the coast of Florida, is, in reality,
not so fresh, according to samples
analysed by the geological survey.
The spring is located about 2l2 miles
east of Crescent beach, near st. Au-
gustne. So much water comes from
the spring that it makes noticeable
boil in the ocean.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-26
Catastrophe Units

The formation of catastrophe
units" in each hospital in New York
state was advocated recently by DR..
Frederick j. McCurdy, president Of
the New York State Hospital asso-
citation. Each hospital should have
a unit that can 60 in event of any
emergency, military or otherwise"
he said, adding however, mot that
we should think in terms of catas-
trophe."
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-26

To preserve eggs, put the eggs in
an atmosphere containing 2.5 per
cent of carbon dioxide and having a
high but not saturated humidity.
The temperature must not be al
lowed to rise above SO degrees F.
Such eggs are still fresh enough to
pOach after TO 10 months storage.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-26
Policeman's Kind Deed
Brings Suspects Ares,

NEW BRITAIN. CONN.-Police-
man Benjamin Huck's good nature
not only wins him many friends but
II helps him catch suspects.
Huck was driving a police cruiser
about 2:3O a m. when he Giscov-
cred a mCtCrist in distress. ALWAYS
the good fellow, he obligingly Of
Tered TO push. While sitting in the
cruiser pushing the hapless motor
lst. Huck noticed that the marker
plates were those of a car reported
missing. He stopped pushing and
arrested the driver.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-26
Lunch Box Filters

Crackers with Jelly filings make
good lunch box filters, when the
cookie jar is empty. Try apple but
ter mixed with few chopped raj
sins for graham crackers and some
grape or currant jelly mixed with
soft butter for white crackers.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-26

defense prOSI am.
you III want to
make a thought
full selection for
stocking a shelf
of extra good
jams and jellies
for later use
w hen winter
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-26
He Names 3 Articles of
War but Omits Artillery

CAMP ROBINSON, ARK.-Lieut
Col. Alexander o. Gorder, regular
army training director. was quiz.
eng new soldiers on military regu-
lations.
What are the Articles of War;"
he asked.
There are three" replied a re-
cruit, rifle, pistol and bayonet."
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-26
WydndOtte in
Years Gone By
40 YEARS AGO


Two new WyandOtte pastors We're
welcomed To WyandOtIe 10 years ago
-4lUev. H. L. Nickborn. who became
rector Of 81. Stephens Episcopal
church. and Rev. W. j Balmcr, who
WAS assigned to the Methodist pulpit.
Council PASSED The annual Beard OF
Education appropriation ordinance,
calling for tn raising If $l2,OOO for
school purposes
Charles f. Gcmuhe. one of the oldest
residents of Wyandottr. died al the
age of ~ years. ii lett seven child
ren-MrS. Minnie Brophy. MIS-. Mar
garet PHI Mrs. Mar! Girardin
Charles H. Henry c.. Conrad +. and
Edward f. Gcmthe.
The Michigan Alkali foot bail team
was To open the 1901 >chrdul in Il
iunc with Walktrvillr.
The Tuesday Afternoon study club,
furerunn,r uf TN" present Ia, >day
Study club opened the 1901 ~ season
with meeting at The home Of Mrs.
{. f. Babcock
y largely ait, ndcd memorial ser
Vice. for President Mckinney WAS head
al the Wyandnttc hi.u school. NJ L.
Bacon delivered The address.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-26
Window Treatments

Colonial rooms furnished in Chip
pendale, Sheraton or Hepplewhite
mahogany require damask, silk or
satin draperies If glass curtains
are used they should be Of sheer
wolfe, celanese or rayon.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-26

cha lily nice for
children S lunches
OF snacks when
h ey com e in
from playing or a
hurry-up batch Of
filled cookies.
Thick and deli
cately spicy, APP
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-26

there s nOthln 6
quite so yummy
as these sweet,
jamllke mixtures
Of several fruits
delightfully."- en-
HANGED by nut
meats and rails
ms. Serve them
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-26
Juggernaut

The Juggernaut was a heather de-
ity of India 1t was taken out in
procession periodically, and many
of the faithful Frustrated themselves
before the gods car, which was very
heavy, and were crushed.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-26
FOR YOUR JELLY SHELF

ripe Peach Jelly
Peach Marmalaue
Pear Chips Apple Butter
'Gooseberry anG Raspberry Jelly
Harlequin Conserve
Recipe Glven'
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-26

seal, label and store r. cupboard
Apple buffers have long been'tam-
lily favorites since they re so espe-
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-26
Peach Marmalade.
makes IL small glasses)
4 cups prepared fruit
7l2 cups sugar
! bottle fruit pectin

(MaKeS IL small gldSSeS)
cups prepared fruit
7l2 cups sugar
bottle fruit pectin
To prepare fruit, peel off the yell
low rind of l medium orange and
medium lemon with sharp knife,
leaving as much of the white part on
the fruit itself. Put rinds through
food chopper twice. Add 81 cup wa
ter and ID teaspoon soda. bring to a
boil and simmer covered 10 minutes
Cut off the tight skin of the peeled
fruit and slip the pulp out of each
section. Add pulp and juice and the
Juice of an additional lemon 10 the
rind, simmer. covered 20 minutes.
Peel ~ pounds of ripe peaches.
Pit. grind or chop fine. Combine with
fruits. Mix sugar and fruit, place
in a large kettle Bring to a boil.
boil gently minutes. Stir constant
~ while boiling. Remove from fire.
stir in bottled pectin. Then stir and
skim by turns for minutes to cool
slightly and prevent floating fruit.
Pour quickly and paraffin at once.
Preserved pears make a good &C.
compartment either for the meat
course or for mullins and rolls
served at luncheon. You'll like:
Pear Chips.
pounds pears
pounds sugar
Il pound ginger (preserved)
lemons
Wipe pears, remove stems. quar-
ter and core. Cut into small pieces.
Add sugar and ginger and let stand
overnight. Add lemons cut in small
pieces, rejecting seeds and cook
slowly hours. Put into glasses,
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-26
IT'S CANNING TIME
:MHz>s.s Gha>,s1es4

With food taking on greater than
ever Importance under the national
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-26
p YEARS AGO

City Assessor f. W. Iiddh WAS au-
thuriZcd tu prepare preliminary plans
Tor bcaulifyin% The CitN~ river front
lark. ia tine way Of building u pier.
planting trees and ~hlubhrry. laying
"ut walks. putting in Il fountain. bath
IHg b ach ,dr Mr. liddle volunteered
To do this work without expense. 10 the
city.
Concentration To Mr.. aud Mrs. y.
W l'ardo. who were married at the
LONE of the brides parents in Iron
Mountain. Mich. - years ago y >jcr-
day.
Norman L. Lacy we'll known for
ncr Wyandottr mason contractor died
at Seattle. Wash. Oh September -.
1916.
James Stack. father of Roy Stack
died ut Cl vrlaud. ohio.
Steve I.ybick. traffic officer. WAS
severely injured when his motorcycle
skidding crashed in1O Il hur>e and
buggy.
Their, were 700 miles of good ruad>
i'm WAYNE cuunty-lJo of concrete. tn,
balance of other hard surface mater
ialS.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-09-26
apple Butter.

pie butter fills the bill and uses much
less sugar than jams and jellies.
Evening star., 1941-12-08

1935-Japan denounces the
Washington naval treaty. Naval
race resumed with its terrhina-
nation of end of 1896.
193S-Japan forms her first
Axis tie, the anti-comintern pact
with Nazi Germany.
1937-Japan makes war on
China: United States interests
harmed; the Panay sunk.
l939-European war begins,
opens new fields for Japanese ex-
pansion; United States de-
nounces commerce treaty with
Japan.
l94O-Hitler crushes France:
Japan moves into French Indo-
China, proclaims her greater
East Asia" program. Japan be-
comes alley Of the Axis with the
treaty of Berlin, aimed ut United
States.
l94l-United States extends
lend-lease to China and Russia:
Japan tightens grip on Indo-
China; United States with
Britain and Netherlands, freezes
Japanese credits, halts war ex-
ports to Japan: Japan feels
pinch, cries out against economic
strangulation and military en-
circlement, sends Saburo Kurusu
to Washington in final effort" TO
prevent q break.
Evening star., 1941-12-08

Japan's mercy. And in the existing
crisis, with the United States
pledged to the defeat of the Hitler
world order, Americans have held
there could be no real accord with
Japan as long as she remained a
member of the Axis.
Thus events moved to a point
where break could be avoided only
If one party changed utterly its
fundamental policies. Two opposed
conceptions of what should consti-
tute the basis of international re-
lations, of the world order, were at
stake.
Racial Pride and Prestige.
Racial pride and national prestige
are elements not to be ignored: they
are as important as the Geld facts of
economy or strategy involved, per-
haps more so. The Japanese are a
proud people. jealous of their dig
Evening star., 1941-12-08

19l5-United States condemns
Japan's 81 demands on China.
1918 - United States be-
comes associate of Japan in the
World War; both powers send
expeditions to Siberia, where
friction arises.
19l8-22-United States and
Japan engage in great naval race.
1919-At Versailles Peace Con-
ference Japan wins over United
States on Shantung issue; loses
on racial equality.
1922-Naval race ended by
treaties of Washington, in which
powers also pledge hands of
China.
l924-United States Congress
passes Asiatic exclusion act;
Japan deeply offended.
1930-Japan. adhering to Lon
don naval treaty, agrees to ex-
tend naval truce, but this proves
her last major act of co-opera-
ton in keeping the peace.
193l-32-Japan invades Man.
churia; United States proclaims
non-recognition of fruits OF con-
quest; this proves turning point
of United States-Japanese rela-
tions, even of modern history.
1933-Japan quits League Of
Nations; turns back on occident's
peace-keeping efforts.
Evening star., 1941-12-08
u. S.-Joponese Chronology

1853-Commodore Perry, U. S.
N, opens Japan to foreign inter-
course.
1S58-United States Consul
Townsend Harris concluded d
western worlds first treaty of
amity and commerce with Japan.
1899-Japan subscribes to the
American doctrine of the open
door in China.
1e00-United States and Japan
cooperate with other powers)
IN ending Boxer uprising in
China.
l904-5-Americans gener ally
sympathize with Japan in her
war against Russia; Japanese
war loans f1oated in United
States; President Roosevelt
brings about the peace treaty of
Portsmouth.
1905-11-Japanese immigrat ton
becomes friction point; excul-
sion agitation arises on the Paci-
f1c Coast; Japan in "Gentlemen's
agreement" undertakes to keep
her people out of the United
States.
19l+Japan enters war on
Allied side; seizes Tsingtao in
China and German Pacific Is
lands.
Evening star., 1941-12-08

nifty, quick to resent racial slurs
holding to an ancient code which
rated death in battle or by suicide
preferable to dishonor.
Men experienced in Far Eastern
matters say that a realization that
they cannot win war with the
United States is not enough to keep
the Japanese from going to war. 1t
will not stop them to point out that
this course would be national sui
eide. They, or at least the stiff
necked soldiers who seem to domi-
nate their national courses, are quite
capable of facing that.
The Japanese belief that their
national prestige and pride of race
have received affronts from America
is indiSputably a factor in this crisis.
They resent bitterly our exclusion
laws, which they say classes them
with other races they consider their
interiors. Many Japanese contend
that the whole course OF history
since the World War might have
been different had the white nations
ADMITTED them as full equals.
Here Is the Read Travelled.
Here is the road Japan and
America have travelled to their pres
ent collision:
In 1883 Japan, by her own choice,
had been shut of from the world by
two and half centuries. Her Sc
clusion was ended then by a flotilla
OF warships from the young and
growing United States. which, hav-
ing spanned the continent, was look
ing out from her new-won Pacific
Coast for new markets in the Orient.
Commodore Matthew Perry, U. 8. N,
reopened Japan to the world.
Japan's first treaty with q mod
ern Western power was concluded
with United States Consul Townsend
Evening star., 1941-12-08

markets in the world. Control in
East Asia, the japanese say, is a
matter of life and death to them
while to Americans it can be only
a matter Of national prestige or
minor economic interest.
Demanded End to Strangulation.
More specifically In the latter
phases of this crisis the Japanese
have demanded an end to the eco
nomic strangulations and military
encirclement which they say the
United States and her associates
have invoked against Japan. and
interference with the settle
ment she hopes to impose on China.
Washington has held that the
economic and militsry measures
taken to curb Japan cannot be lifted
until Japan mends her ways and
has said there can be no compro-
mise which would leave China at
Evening star., 1941-12-08
Attack by Japan Ends u. S. Friendship of 80 Years

defense and well-being of the United
States and the routes by which
they reach America. She wants
Japan to withdraw her troops from
Indo-China and China, where
American interests and citizens have
suffered hurt for nearly a decade
at Japanese hands. She wants
Japan to give pledges and sureties
against further aggression. She
wants the markets Of the East kept
open.
From Japan's point of view the
United States obstructs the fulfill
ment OF what many japanese con-
slider their country's rightful destiny,
to be the dominant power of ali the
East. to control far-flung sources of
the materials needed for her indus
tres and dominate the hundreds of
millions of Orientals who make up
perhaps the greatest potential
Evening star., 1941-12-08

Harris in 1858. For half q century
thereafter American advisers, teach
ers and missionaries aided Japan's
heroic effort to come abreast of the
Western World.
Japan subscribed in 1899 to the
doctrine Of the open door in China,
enunciated by John Hay, United
States Secretary of State. A year
later Japanese and American troops
(along with British, German, Rus
sian and others, fought side by side
Evening star., 1941-12-08

A-Sterlins silver tea
service. Five pieces, in
Colonial design, $lls.5o
Others, ~ to $3.50
e-Stsrlins silver sand-
wieh plate with the much
liked eodroon border, $40
c-StoteIy Sterling silver
vose. Bose is weighted to
ovoid tipping -----$s.95
D-SterIins silver sherbet
set-six accessories to
shining hospitality. Spark
lineIy pockoeed $40
E-SterIins silver bowl
proud pedestal for fruit or
flowers. Weighted base,
$40
F-SterIins silver bowl,
weighted bose -----S5
G-Sterlins silver eondeI-
obra to hold Christmas
candles high. Weighted
base. Pair ------S3O
H-SiIver-pIoted voter
pitcher. dignity and grace
in its design ------Sl0
I-Stsriing silver eondIe-
stieks-to grace q table
or montel on Christmas
doy and years thereof
ter. Pair --Sl2.50
1StsrIins silver sugar
and ereom set. From our
popular group Of eleom-
ing silver gifts at $3.50
k-SiIver-pIetsd ice tub;
vocuum-lined. Swinq
handle ---SIo.50
DIoted tea serviee. ton
L-Sterhns silver eends-
lobro. eodroon bordered.
Proportioned with excep-
tionol grace. Pair $50
M-Five-p;ees silver
plotted tea service; tea
pot, coffee pot, sugar
bowl, cream pitcher and
troy ----------$3z.50
Siluer.blafed tea ssrpjess,
up to SlIO
All prices plus l0% tex
snvrs Rooa1 Fnss ELooa.