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Evening star., 1942-05-24
BY the Associated Press.

AKRON, May 23.-America, here
it is, straight from the horses
mouth: You can forget all about
tires, golf balls, tennis balls, hot
water bags and anything else made
of rubber until at least 1944-be-
cause there just is not going to be
any
That is what the men who know
told correspondents on the National
Association of Manufacturers PRO
duction for Victory tour OF war
industries-men like Harvey Fire
stone, jr., of Firestone, Thornton
G.. Graham of Goodrich, P. w.
Litchfield of Goodyear and William
O,Neil of General.
Not the Slightest Hope.
They know a lot more about rub
ber than any one in Washington,
and they held out not the slightest
hope of relaxing any of the rubber
restrictions for the rest Of 1912 and
all of 1943.
But-they said-the whole in
dustry is going to bat to make all
Of the tires, treads. insulating wire
and anything else the Army, Navy
and Air Force need.
A great deal of the facts and fig
ures they gave are and must remain
military secrets. If you were told
how many tons Of crude rubber
Evening star., 1942-05-24
Berlin, Rome Show
Dissatisfaction With
Policies Of Laval
MussoIini's Press Cries
More Loudly for Cession
Of Lone-Coveted Areas
BY THOMAS F. HAWKINS,

BERN, Switzerland, May 23.-Ex-
pressions of growing dissatisfaction
with Pierre Laval, Vichy Frances
collaborationist chief of state, came
from both Rome and Berlin today
with Mussolinis controlled press
crying more loudly for long coveted
territory from France.
Fascist journals implied that II
Duce was ready to take action soon,
if necessary, to carry out his aspira-
tions toward territorial unity"
From Berlin came dispatches sug-
gesting Germany still is waiting"
and wondering where are those
tangible notifications" of policy ex-
pected of Laval.
Doubts Charged to French.
The Italian weekly, Relazione In
ternationale in which italian
Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo
Ciano has an interest, charged that
French doubt in the victory of the
Axis is apparent
IF it were possible, she France
would hinder the spiritual birth
(see FRANCE. Page A-SD
Evening star., 1942-05-24

fantry and three cavalry divisions
and Is armored brigades. The great
battle - hitherto defensive" - vas
joined May IL by the Axis forces
commanded by Gen. Field Marshal
Fedor Won Book.
Planes Credited for Turn.
Strong forces of planes were cred
tied with helping the Germans shifs
to the offensive. The Germans
claimed 452 enemy aircraft were
destroyed in week ending May 81
at the loss of only As German ships.
(Quite unconflrmed from any
other source, the Vichy radio
broadcast that the Nazi armies
had hurled the Russians back to
their original positions before
Kharkov.)
Northwest of Moscow on the Lake
linen front, the high command said
the Russians continued to attack
stubbornly with heavy losses" and
without success.
German and Finnish successes
were claimed in the far north re-
gion of Lapland.
German planes were said to be in
f1icting heavy losses on the foe, raid
ing his rear and communication
lines. Vessels in the besieged
Crimesn port of Sevastopol were
bombed, the Berlin radio said, and
hits were scored on naval barracks
Evening star., 1942-05-24
Army Taking Steps
To Put Mexico on
Full War Footing
Nuvy Controls Lighthouses
And Squods Of Troops ,
Petrol Capital
BY the Associated Press.

oS luc ASSOSldlcC EEcSs.
MEXICO CITY, May 23.-Gen.
Salvador Sanchez, chief OF the
Mexican Army's general staff,
said today that "all measures
have been taken" to meet a war
crisis and other measures have
been taken or are planned to put
the nation on full war footing.
This action came soon after the
Governments decision late last
night to declare war on the Axis.
The Navy Department has taken
over all lighthouses and other aids
to navigation to operate them in the
interests of national security. Squads
of troops patrolled the capital and
other cities of the republic and Gen.
Sanchez said the army is now re-
sponsibile for public order.
Meanwhile President Manuel
Avila Camacho prepared other
measures to place the country on a
defensive war basis.
Congress to be Called.
Congress is expected to be called
next week-probably Thursday
formally to declare war on Germany,
Italy and Japan in a move that
would place every country in North
America in battle against the Axis
All property of enemy nationals
is expected to be seized.
Troops already were reported mov-
ing to strategic zones to protect rar-
way bridges, tunnels, communica-
ton lines, war factories, air fields,
Evening star., 1942-05-24
|ncendiary Torpedoe,
Fire Two u. ). Ships
In Gulf; 81 Die
Girl, II, and Boy, 8,
Rig Up Roft and Cling
To 1t for II Hours
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, May %.
First use of apparently new
type incendiary torpedoes by
Axis submarines in the Gulf Of
Mexico was reported by the Navy
today in disclosure of blasting
of two American ships during
the last week with loss of ST
lives by fire and by being trap
ped below decks of a swiftly
sinking ship.
Although set afire instantly, list
ing and abandoned by the remainder
of the crew after 81 persons were
burned to death, one ship attacked
last Saturday later righted itself and
was towed into a Gulf port.
Thirty-six persons died aboard
the other ship, the worst disaster
yet reported in the Gulf attacks
which began 18 days ago and which
have caused the loss Of nine ships
and IA lives, with damage to two
other ships.
Plucky Children Praised.
Surviving seamen were loud in
praise Of plucky 11-year-old Betty
Lucille Downs and her 8-year-old
brother, Raymond Downs, jr, of San
Antonio, Tex, who, with their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Downs,
survived the sinking of May 10.
Carl j. Leclere, en- route from the
Canal Zone to see his stricken
mother in Dandy, Mo, said he
found Betty Lucille swimming nom
chalantly in the darkness. With
the captain and first mate they tied
together wreckage with an Ameri-
can flag and made a raft to which
they all clung for more than IL
hours.
Their ship sank in three minutes
from effects of three tor pedoes fired
simultaneously from two or more
submarines at am. There was no
time to summon help or don life
belts, as the crew survivors said ap-
parently the bottom of the ship
blew up.
Two Torpedoes Hit Vessel.
The Navy said the vessel, in which
81 men were killed or fatally
burned, was struck by two torpedoes
at 4:l2 am. last Saturday and i'm
mediately burst into flames, lending
support to belief that an incendiary
torpedo was used.
Gun crews were aboard both
ships, but had no opportunity to use
their guns. Five of the six-man
crew aboard one was killed by the
first torpedo, and the seven-man
crew aboard the other couldn' t
function because the gun was en-
veloped in flames. Fuel bunkers
were ignited and radio power failed
Ten minutes later the submarine
surfaced and fired 20 rounds within
10 minutes, then departed as day.
break came.
Evening star., 1942-05-24

along the whole southern front.
Suffering the heaviest bloody
and material losses, the enemy was
completely broken up" the high
command communique declared.
Celebrating this high. command
announcement, semi-oficial state
ment published by the commentary
Dienst aus Deutschland said:
The initiative now is in German
hands The second phase of
the battle-German counterat-
tacks aiming at encompassment and
annihilation of the Soviet forces
now is in full swing.
Nazi Offensive Not Begun.
"The counterattacks launched by
German forces after checking the
Soviet attacks in the Kharkov sec
tor is an operation of considerable
scale, but the German general Of
fensive in the eastern front, ex-
pected by all the world, has not yet
begun, judging from reports thus
far at hand.
Further intensification of Ger
man attacks, which is bound to lead
eventually to the launching of a
general attack on the Eastern Front,
still is to be expected >. -
The Russian force commanded by
Marshal Semeon Timoshenko was
declared to have numbered around
100000 electives, including 20 in
Evening star., 1942-05-24
Gen. StilweIl Reported
To Have Reached Indio

BY the Associated Press
LONDON. May 23.-An Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Dinapur
today said Gen. Joseph Stilwell,
American who commanded Chinese
forces in Burma, had arrived in
India.
The British news agency said he
was accompanied by a party of
104, including Dr. Seagraves of the
American Baptist Mission in Burma,
and a number of Americans,
Britons, Chinese and Indians.
Evening star., 1942-05-24
Reds Evacuate Kerch h Peninsula;
Kharkov Drive Broken Nazis Say;
Japs Occupy Island Near Foochow
Enemy Increasing
Threut to Chinu's
Eastern Seubourd
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, May 23.-The
Japanese have occupied Chuan-
Shih Island at the mouth of the
Min River below Foochow, in
Fukien Province, after the
Chinese once chased them back
to their ships and wiped out
more than half their landing
force, the Chinese announced
tonight.
The Japanese thus increased their
threat to all China's eastern sea-
board while contending armies were
locked in a bloody struggle along
45-mile front in Chekiang Prov
ince, adjoining Fukien on the north.
The landing on Chuanshih was
made Wednesday under cover of an
intense naval and aerial lombard
ment after part of some $4,000
japanese troops attacking the
Fukien coast under protection of
10 warships had been repulsed.
The same day the Chinese re-
pulsed another attempt to put
troops ashore on Pingtan Island,
less than 20 miles to the south.
Planes Bomb F0Ochow.
The communique said 81 warships
were shelling this island and Nam
jisii Island to the south and that
planes bombed Foochow and Mamoi,
Min River port on the mainland,
just across from Chuanshih.
In Chekiang. on an arc extending
from the north to the east of
Kinhwa. the japanese scored a 35-
mile advance with their right wing
and were hammering hard with
their left.
Advancing from Tunelu. on the
north side of the Chientang River
IS miles southwest OF Hangchow,
the japanese were approaching
Kienteh, about 80 miles north of
Kinhwa, with the support of bomb
ing planes which attacked the de-
Tending forces in relays all day.
This column obviously was aiming
at Lanchi, on the south side of the
river and only IL miles northwest of
the provincial capital.
Northeast OF Kinhwa, at Pukiang.
Yiwu and Tungyang, triangle of
towns which form the outer defense
line of the provincial capital, the
Japanese were definitely slowed
down with the Chinese hurting back
assault after assault
1000 Reported Killed.
Two thousand Japanese were re-
ported killed in sanguinary battle
north of Yiwu, 80 miles northeast of
Kinhwa, but the invaders were
rushing up assistance. CThe Japa-
nese claimed they had stormed into
Yiwu.)
Tungyang was besieged.
The far southwestern front facing
Burma was comparatively dormant,
although the Chinese reported
further success in driving the Japa-
nese back from their positions north
Of the Burma road and west of the
Salween River. The communique
said Chinese troops. after captur-
ing Kanlanchan, continued to ad-
vance and took several strategic
positions east Of Tengyueh.
Evening star., 1942-05-24
Judy Cunovu Is Hurt

HOLLYWOOD. May % (P).-Judy
Canova of the hillbilly movies suf-
fered a minor conclusion and 20
minutes of unconsciousness today
when ton of loose hay, dumped
on her as part of the script, caught
her off balance and floored her.
Evening star., 1942-05-24
British Honor U. 5. Flyer

NEW YORK, May e R.-Fly-
ing Omcer James Peck of Berkeley
Calf, has been awarded the Dis
tinguished Flying Cross for parti-
cipating with i've other r. A. r.
flyers In destroying 33 Axis planes
over Malta, the B. B. G. reported IN
a broadcast heard today by G. B. s.
Evening star., 1942-05-24
Crash Of Army Bomber
On Coast Kills Five
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
TACOMA, Wash, May 23-Two
officers and three enlisted men were
killed today in the crash of an
Army bomber on nearby McChord
Field during a routine training
flight.
1t was the sixth bomber crash in
the Pacific Northwest this month
with a total loss of life of 30.
The Army said those killed today
were:
1t. Col. Eugene Nall, 80, of At
more, Ala, mother, Mrs. Frank
Sprague, North Arlington. N. ].
First 1t. Charles E. DAILY, Tacoma.
Mother, Mrs. Ruth DAILY, Cleveland.
Master Sergt. Delana A. Sheppard =,
56, McChord Field.
Corp. Quinn N. Murdock, 10, Den
ton, Tex.
Pvt. First Glass Walter r. Rude
sill, 20, Hot Springs, Ark.
The plane burned.
Evening star., 1942-05-24

troyers, their pilots asking no quar-
ter and giving none
The flyers fought in the air until
the fabric was ripped of their wings
and they were flying skeletons .
then they landed and fought their
sinking ships until Jap bullets sawed
their machine guns in half.
They swan ashore, while lead
from enemy planes fell in the water
Continued on Page 3, Column %
Evening star., 1942-05-24

1IIC UI5 oIOW cdPIoIIco' "If1Nff OffC
Navy calls Cold Turkeys, rose
ponderously to meet the Japanese
when the invasion began.
For 80 days the seaplanes fought
the roaring hordes of deadly fast
Zero fighters from Cavite to Los
Banos from Mindanao to Macas-
sar from the Celebes to Aus
tralia.
Their bomb loads were dropped
on Jap hattleships, cruisers, des-
Evening star., 1942-05-24
70 Die, II Missing,
As Floods Sweep
East Pennsylvania
War Plants Are Hit und
Domoee Will Run Into
Millions of Dollars
BY the Associated Press.

BY tne Associated freSS.
HONESDALE, Pa, May 23.-At
least 20 persons died and II
others were reported missing as
the worst floods in years devas-
tated Eastern Pennsylvania last
night and today, causing dam
age estimated in the millions of
dollars to homes and industrial
plants.
At least 13 of the 20 died as a
raging torrent of water hit this
mountain summer resort community
of 5687 population in Wayne
County in the northeast section of
the State.
Pvt. Vincent McNulty of the State
motor police said the Honesdale
death toll probably will go higher"
Honesdale was the hardest hit of
the communities damaged as the
Susquehanna, Lehigh, Schuylkill,
Lackawanna and LackawaXen Rivers
and many smaller streams burst out
of their banks. Hundrews were
made homeless, war plants damaged
and highway and railroad traffic
disrupted. Thirty bridges were
washed away.
Several thousands were reported
homeless in Honesdale and the sur
rounding towns of Waymart,
Prompton, Seelyville, Indian Or
chard, White Mills and Hawley. In
other homes residents had to get
along with little light, no gas, no
heat, no water and little food. Three
emergency food stations were
promptly set up by the Red Cross
and State agencies.
Rescue crews set TO work clearing
away debris in a search for bodies
as the flood waters ebbed.
Evening star., 1942-05-24
Axis Forces Counteruttockinq
In Ukraine, Berlin Asserts
initiative Declared in Germon Hands;
Second Phose of Bottle in Progress
BY the Associated Press.


BERLIN From German Broadcass) May 23-Adolf Hiters
declared officially today that Russas great offensive
against Kharkov had been smashed and that the Germans
ported by Rumanians and Hungarans
Evening star., 1942-05-24
40 Lumbering Planes Provide
War Legend for u. S. Navy
Only Two Remain After go Days Of Go|Iont
Fighting Against Jops in South Pacific
By ALFRED TOOMBS.

There 40 of them when the stared-40 sturdy
numbering Navy bombers floating complacenty the
beaten-slver waters of the Philippines.
Evening star., 1942-05-24
Pennsylvania Flood Crests
Are Awaited Today

PHILADELPHIA, May % R.-
Flood waters from mountains struck
Eastern Pennsylvania last night and
(See FLOOD, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1942-05-24

Rodio Programs Pose "a
Complete Index Pose Az
Evening star., 1942-05-24
Weather Forecast

Moderate temperatures today. gentle
to moderate winds. Temperatures yes
terday: Highest, "a. at $40 pm;
lowest, 59 at 6:l0 am.
From the United States Weather Bureau report.
Full Details on PAGE Az.
Evening star., 1942-05-24

(See MEXICO, Page ABB
Evening star., 1942-05-24

(See SOLDIER PAY, Page A-S
Evening star., 1942-05-24

BOARDING HOUSES, Page A-4
Evening star., 1942-05-24

The Evening and Sunday Star is
delivered in the city and suburbs at
75c per month. The Night Final
Edition and Sunday Morning Star at
85c per month.
Evening star., 1942-05-24

Continued on Page 3. Column D.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-10-02
THE LOWDOWN
FROM HICKORY GROVE

l started to tell Henry the old
joke about where one gent said
to another gent, who was that
lady l saw you with down town,
and the second fellow said, that
was no -lady"-that is where
Henry stopped me. Alright, l
says, who is gonna keep the old
jokes from dying out if some
body don't tell EN-? There are 8
or 10 million offsprings under is
who have never heard the old
ones. Who will tell these young
sters', l says And further
more, nay old ones. which you
can tell around the fireside, they
are 100 per cent better than the
modern ones YOU will hear at the
Lion Tanners Grotto or the Hill
Top Bridge Club. And even on
the radio they tell some with a
Side-WiSe slant.
Well. says Henry, IF age has
anything to do with improving
joke, you sure get some good
ones. Well, l says, lit is bet
ter to know an old joke and rec
ognize it at Is than to wait until
you are q and go down to vote
and find out afterwards that you
have voted for one. and didn't
know it..
Yours with the low down,
10 SIERRA.
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CHARLEY king KONGl KEEL
LER got the first home run of
the 1912 World Series in the Sec
ond game yesterday. His circuit
smash into right brought home a
runner ahead of him in the eighth
to momentsrilY tie the score at
3-3 for the Yankees. Keller. an
cutfielder. also collected a single.
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COSTLY KISS.

DETROIT - A couple. Whom
Motorcycle Officer McNally hail
ed into court, were charged with
one-armed driving, he officer
testified that tney kL5,s and that
the kiss was a haif-Ea.c long. l
clicked il b" my speedonnc to-.
The driver V as fined So.
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JOHNNY HOPP. Cardinal first
ee-hcr. along with DINER Team
m ties. had the Yankees upset
wi a fas. base running in the AZ
Wo:l6 S-ries came yesterday.
HIP caused Buddy Hassett to
crrcr in the fourth when he
reiched a sindle into two bases
ard ha1 the fans taunting Yam
l-ea riqntfielder Roy Cullenbine
ir III seventh when the stage
WIS SITTER a like rlsY. Cullen
liz IN the fourth. threw to first
jr-t,7d OF Ike middle sack in an
sttemrt to nab Hopp. It was
then H ssett fumbled long enou7h
f.. Honp TO reach second. Gull
lent in relieved the ball to Cor
con when Hopp rounded first in
Tic ceventh.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-10-02

MANAGERS BILLY SOUTH
WORTH of the Cardinals and
Joe Mccarthy of the Yankees
wouldn't commit themselves on
the pitchers they would send to
the mound in the third game Of
the 1912 World Series at Yankee
Stadium tomorrow. Southworth
slid today he was undecided be-
tween his two souhtpaws, Ernie
White and Max Lanier. McCar-
thy just wouldn't venture who
would be his choice TO oppose
whatever hurler Southworth may
pick. However. experts predict
White will probably face Spud
Chandler.
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Now York (AL) 600 900 030-3
st. Louis (NL) - 200 900 11x-4
Runs batted in: w. Cooper 2,
Kurowski, DiMaggio, Keller 2,
Musial; tWo-base hits: w. Coop
or, Gordon, Rolfe, Slaughter;
thrce-bcse hit: Kurowski; home
run: Keller; stolen bases: Riz-
zuto, Cullenbine; sacrifice: T.
Moore; double play: Brown TO
Marion TO Hopp; left on bases:
New York (AL) T. ST. Louis (NL)
4; earned runs: New York (AL)
3, St. Louis NL) 4: bases on
balls; off Beazley 2 Rizzuto,
Bonham). off Bonham l Brown;
struck out: by Beazley 4 Cullen
hinC. Gordon 2. Rizzuto), by Bon
ham 3 (Beazley 81; umpires:
Summers (AL plate, Barr NL)
first base, Hubbard (AL) second
base. Magerkurth (NL) third
base: time of game: 1:57.
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T0dav's Birthdays

Secretary of State Cordell
Hull, born Pickett, Tenn, II years
ago.
Bob Burns of Canoga Park,
Cal, actor humorist, born Van
Buren,, Ark, 46 years ago.
Mrs. Ruth Bryan Rohde of Al
derson, w. Va, onetime envoy,
born Jacksonville, Ill, 81 years
ago.
u. S. Senator Carl Hayden of
Arizona, born Tempe, Ariz.. 65
years ago.
B. Edwin Hutchinson, Chrysler
Motors vice president, bora
Chicago, 54 years ago.
Bud (William) Abbott of Alb
bott and Costello. actor, born
Asbury Park, N. j., AZ years
ago.
Mahatma Gandhi, leader in
India, born 70 years ago.
The bagpipe, also kown as du-
delSack and cornemuSe, was in
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-10-02
CARDS EVEN
SERIES WITH
,YANKS, 4-3
ROOKIE PITCHER PEAZLEY.
IN@HoT WATT kosr OF
WAY. WENT RoUTl ST.
LOUIS
lsnecial 20 The Gith

ST. LOUIS, Oct. q. pit
and their pitcher in troy st
of the way, the St. IneliS
als yesterday after3bo aeo t
Sportsman's Park eked out AZ
victory against the powerful New
Y rk Yankees to even the 1912
World Series at a game apiece.
Today, the teams travel to New
York, where the third. fourth ana
fifth contests will be played in
Yankee Stadium, beginning. to-
= Otr0W.
NJ r tan $4,000 fans saw the
tional League champs pull
themselves out of one hole aft
a"1ther md come back in the
eighth to shove over a run that
broke a 3-3 tie created in the
rrevicus half A laSt-minute
bid for the game by the Yankee
was smashed without any dam
&c.
Johnny Beazley, 23-year-old
rookie pitcher of the Redbirds,
went all the way but it took stel-
lar fielding by his teammates to
Roep him on the mound.
After Charley king Kong
Keller had blasted his two-run
homer in the eighth that knotted
the count, Beazley snapped back
to strike out Joe Gordon and end
the threat.
The young mound sensation
found himself in ''hot water"
again in the ninth when Bill
Dickey started the round with
single and Buddy Hassett poled
another into right. Then EnoS
Slaughter produced the best field
ing play of the series to date
when he pegged the ball to third
in time to nab Tuck Stainback
who was running for Dickey. at
that bag for the first out.
Billy SouthWorth, pilot of the
Cards, had his doubts about con-
tinuing Beazley on the mound
but after a conference with the
pitcher, he decided to let him
continue. Johnny proved he was
capable of mastering the situation
by forcing pinchhitter Red Ruff
fling to fly out and Rizzuto to
ground out to end the game.
Except for the sixth and sew
enth innings, Beazley found him
self with men on bases and with
less than two out. But, aside
from the three-run eighth, he got
by without damage In the eighth
two men had gone down before
the Yanks began to score. Gull
lenbine hit a grounder that JIM
my Brown couldn't handle. Joe
DiMaggio sent a long single into
right that scored the runner ahead
of him. Keller then produced
his two-run homer. That was
all.
ST. Louis took over the lead in
the very first round with a two
run outburst, They added an
other in the seventh and won
with lone marker in the eighth
New York outhit St. Louis but
I fast base running overcame that
disadvantage.
The Yanks miscued twice
The Cards played errorless ball
Ernie Bonham, the Yankees
best pitcher this year, WIS or
| the mound against the Redbirds
He gave up only six hits.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-10-02

The bagpipe, also kown as du-
delsack and cornemuse, was in
popular use throughout Europe
in the 18th century.
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BOX SCORE

Box score of the second game
of the 1912 World Series. played
at Sportsman Park in St. Louis
yesterday afternoon. follows:
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New York Yankees
St. Louis Cardinals

N-Nan Tor DlCKey m 9Th.
XX-Battcd for Bonham in 9th.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-10-02

Bob Burns of Canoga Park,
Cal, r-humorist, born Van
Buren,, Ark, 46 years ago.