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Evening star., 1944-07-28
General Lesley J. McNuir

The soldiers OF the ground forces
knew Lieutenant General Lesley J.,
McNair better than they knew other
top-ranking officers of our Army
because he made a point of knowing
them. In training camp or on
maneuver he was determined to see
the life they led as they saw it, to
go where they went and to single
them out and talk with them.
On the other side, in the Tunisian
campaign in April of 1943. he went to
observe the battle behavior of men
whom he had known not long before
as raw recruits from civilian life.
He was wounded then because he
went where other men were being
wounded. And he was killed in Nor
mandy because he went where other
men were being killed. His death
has cost the American Army one of
the men chiefly responsible for its
creation.
General McNair was a soldiers
soldier. The general public knew
him mostly as name. for his
appearances among civilians were
rare. He was unassuming, inclined
to -effacement, but fortnight,
courageous and firm. He had no
illusions about war. Such Illusions,
he felt, were dangerous. He reduced
war, in talks to his men, to the stern
fundamentals of kill or be killed"
For he felt that If his men could
learn that lesson. more of them
would live.
General Marshall pays him. a SOL
dier's compliment in suggesting that
had he had the choice. "he would
probably have elected to die as he
did-on the battle front" That is
peculiarly apt, in the case of Gen.
eral McNair. To man of his char
acter and philosophy, he would find
some compensation in the thought
that his death at the front would
bring home to the lowliest, weary
foot soldier a new realization that
rank confers no immunity from
danger or hardship in the battles
which must be fought to win this
war.
Evening star., 1944-07-28
A Program Ends

The resignation of Rubber Di-
rector Bradley Dewey and the deci-
sion to liquidate his agency mark
the successful conclusion of one of
the most remarkable undertakings
In our entire war effort.
When Mr.. Dewey and his prede-
cessor, William M. Jeffers, came to
Washington to translate the recon-
mendations of the Baruch report
into new synthetic rubber industry
this country was faced with a crisis
of the first magnitude. The jap
anese armies in their sweeping ad-
vance across the Pacific cut us off
from our sources of natural rubber
IN the first few months of the war.
Our Stockpiles were inadequate and
we had no synthetic rubber industry
worthy OF the name. Something
had to be done. it had to be done
quickly, and it had to be done right
the first time. Bungling and failure
could easily mean defeat, and every
body knew it.
1t was in these circumstances that
MIR. Jeffers and Mr.. Dewey, then his
principal assistant, arrived in Wash
ington to bull through" the new
industry that had to be built. At
that time Washington was the ulti-
mate in confusion, but Mr.. Jeffers
and Mr.. Dewey, knowing what had
to be done, buckled down to their
JOB with the single-minded purpose
of doing it.
The brilliant record of what was
accomplished Is too we'll known to
require elaboration. Red tape was
slashed, political interference was
brushed aside and competitors in
the scramble for scarce materials
got the shock of their lives. But
the job was done. With the ground
work laid, Mr.. Jeffers departed last
year, leaving Mr.. Dewey to carry on.
Today we are producing synthetic
rubber at an annual rate about
250,000 tons in excess of our i'm
portation of natural rubber before
the war
In other words, the synthetic
rubber problem is no longer a prob
lem. From now on, 1t is a question
of manpower and raw materials, and
these are the responsibilities of
others. So Mr.. Dewey is going back
to his own private business. And
he leaves In the knowledge that he
Evening star., 1944-07-28
Musurion Background

The Russians have a particular
reason for wanting to make good
showing in the Masurian Lake
region. 1t was there that they
suffered one of the most notably
catastrophe defeats of the First
World War. The opportunity to
wipe out the shame of Tannenberg
must be dear to every Russian heart
without regard to other considera-
tions than those of national pride.
To understand the psychological
issue involved in the present Soviet
campaign against East Prussia it is
necessary to know what the latter
territory has meant to the Germans.
To say that it has been an outpost
against Muscovy is to understate the
fact A much more accurate de-
scription is that it has been a door
repeatedly slammed against Asia.
But the Russian view, naturally. is
different. Under Stain as under
the Cars the official attitude of
Moscow always has been that the
eastern thrust of the Germans has
been an arrow aimed at Russia's
heart.
And there is history behind this
view. East Prussia is part of the So
called North German plain" It
has been fought over many times.
The Teutonic Knights, founded at
the close of the twelfth century, con-
quered the pagan inhabitants in a
series of crusades during fifty years
prior to 1243. Uladislav II, the first
Polish King of the Jagellon dynasty,
halted their progress in the original
Battle of Tannenberg in 1410, but
they rose again in 1447 and the
ensuing struggle did not terminate
until 1855 with Poland the winner.
The Knights thereafter were vassals
in name If not in fact until the rise
of the Hohenzollerns. Albert OF
Brandenburg, grand master of the
order, proclaimed himself hereditary
duke in 1925. The weakness OF the
Polish sovereigns from that date
Evening star., 1944-07-28
Everything Clear Now?

To the Editor of The Star:
great ado was made by a corre-
spondent in your issue of July Is about
the formula proposed for the distribu-
ton OF moneys to be allocated for air.
ports. The truth is that this forbidding
formula is very simple one and is
easier to explain and to understand
than the formula used by our bankers
in the calculation of mortgage pay
ments.
A short explanation of the principles
involved would have taken only quar-
ter of the space George Kennedy de-
voted to his ironical banter.
Put in simple words. the formula
means that each third of the total sum
allocated for airports would be divided
between the States proportionately to
the squares OF the numbers represent
Ing population, area and the quantity Of
civilian planes licensed. respectively, and
in the inverse ratio to the number of
already existing airports. Any State, for
instance, having the double Of the popu-
lation, area and the quantity of civilian
planes licensed found in another State
would get four times as much money as
would be allocated to the smaller one.
provided both have the same number of
airports in operation. This seems logical
enough! 1t also follows that both States
IN the above example. would get the
same ALLEGATIONS If the larger one has
already four times as many airports
built as the smaller one.
AS to the mysterious Greek letter
sigma, you can see for yourself that it
does not even enter our explanations; it
is only used as means to effect the
above distribution of funds. Letter
sigma, not unknown in our college fra
ternities, is only symbol like the signs
plus or minus. Z, for instance, stands
for the sum of all numbers from one to
seven, and as you can see for yourself
saves us whole line of text. No, the
formula is not plot by the New Deal;
it Is advocated only as logical way for
proper ALLEGATION Of moneys according to
certain needs. in preference to the usual
political wirepulling methods.
WILLIAM S. MORRIS.
Evening star., 1944-07-28
Child Listening to q
.Conch She'll

He has to take the t,Do OF his small hands
To hold the shell so closely to his ear.
While a familiar ,Dorld shrinks into space,
Wonders of new horizons to him
appear.
He stands so still, and on his face are
Expressions OF astonishing surprise;
A sudden and illuminating glo,D
Lights the blue-spdrkling iris OF his
eyes.
Euen ,0hen he has laid the great sheH
doDn,
A hush still cltngs to him a. though
he'd heard
Something 80 mighty, something far too
Udst :
For such thing a. trivial a. por6.
ROSE MYRA PHILLIPS.
Evening star., 1944-07-28

onward gave his successors repeated
chances to expand-and they were
not slow in exploiting them.
At the outbreak Of the conflict of
1914, it was Entente strategy to make
the Germans defend themselves on
the East at the expense Of their
operations In the West. The
Russians sent two armies into the
Masurian zone in August. Both were
beaten with heavy loss. The Cars
general. Samsonov, allegedly COM
mitted suicide. His mortification--
and that of his country-currently
is being COMPENSATED for.
Evening star., 1944-07-28
Letters to The Star
Wants international Exchange
As Aid To Peace

fAS fAlO o S0CS
To the Editor Of The Star:
Wealth consists not of money but OF
goods, money being merely the medium
by which such wealth Is acquired.
Therefore the true measure Of mans
wealth Is not the amount of money he
has, but the amount of goods he Is en-
abled to acquire.
1t has been argued that American in
dustry and standards of living must be
preserved by excluding or penalizing
foreign goods which could undersell
American productions, but this simple
statement does not give the whole pic
ture.
Let us take concrete example:
Assuming that man has 500 to
spend and finds that the items he wishes
to purchase come to $3.50. He then must
spend his 500 for the items he most
urgently needs and forego the purchase
of the rest
Now assume that the items of do
mestic manufacture for which he paid
500 could be duplicated with equal
quality foreign-made goods at $50.
This would leave our purchaser with
$50 to buy that amount of domestic
goods which, under the first set of con-
ditions he was compelled to forego.
He would then have for his 500 all
the goods that he needed, while the
foreign firms who furnished their portion
of the items would have $50 with which
to purchase American-made goods or
raw materials.
1t might seem, at first sight, as if this
were taking bread out of the mouths of
the American manufacturers and work.
ing men, as they would be receiving,
from the American purchaser. only $50
instead of the former 500.
True, but on account of the decreased
price Of foreign goods as outlined above,
the American manufacturer or working
man could purchase as many goods for
his $50 as he formerly could for his 500,
and further would be added the purch-
asing power of the $50 paid to the
foreign firms for their products which.
If expended, either wholly or partially in
the United States, would enable the
American manufacturer or workman to
obtain more OF the goods he needed than
under the system of closed American
economy.
There are many items, particularly
those OF low price or requiring a max
lmum OF hand labor, which very profit
ably could be purchased from the low
cost countries while America specialized
on the items which best could be pro-
duced by mass production and with the
minimum Of individual labor.
Under this suggested system of inter-
national exchange every one would
prosper and, best Of all, the economic
stresses which lead to war If not entirely
done away with would be greatly mini
mized. COL, w. E. HASEI TINE
Evening star., 1944-07-28

Once more we come to a moment
when we must hold our breaths and
hope that the news from Normandy will
continue to be as good as the indica-
tions now seem to suggest.
powerful American striking force
perhaps an entire new American Army
has broken through the German de-
fensive lines west of st. Lo, employing
for that purpose the first large con-
centration of American armor yet seen
in France. backed up by strong infan-
try formations.
from st. Giles apparently is to con-
solidate the American position around
the important highway center of st.
Lo. This American thrust will outfank
the German positions on the high
ground just south of st. Lo, from which
German artillery has been keeping the
roads around that town under constant
harassing fire. This high ground con-
tinues westward in long, narrow ridge
which crosses the Lessay-Coutanees
highway north of the latter town and
then slopes of into the fiat waste land
Of the Landes de Lessay.
South OF st. Lo, at LIE Mesnil-Her-
man, the Americans appear to be on
this ridge, and the American armor
penetrating southwest from Marigny to-
ward Coutances has crossed the middle
portion of the ridge 1t is therefore
possible to assume that the whole of
this ridge will be occupied by Amer
ican troops. Should this prove true,
the effect will be to cut of the re-
treat of the whole German left wing
between st. Lo and the sea, along the
st. Lo-Periers-Lessay road.
The possibility that seven German di-
visions have been cut of by this sud-
den break-through and its swift ex-
ploitation must therefore be considered.
The total German force thus involved
may be from $4,000 to 75,0OO men all
told. If the destruction or capture of
the whole German left wing in this
fashion is actually accomplished, the
German Army in Normandy will be
unable to remain in its present posi-
ton. 1t will almost certainly have to
fall back behind the Seine unless strong
reserves can be rushed up to hold new
line stretching from somewhere around
Caumont southwest to the sea in the
vicinity Of Avranches.
This would not be o much longer line
than the Germans have been holding
for the past few weeks. but the Inn
Evening star., 1944-07-28
Praise for Editorial

To the Editor of The Star:
I want to congratulate you for your
excellent editorial on "Wilkie and WAL
lace" in yesterdays issue
Columnist Mellet should take special
notice. His recent article on Wallace
and Wilkie was just about on par with
his defense of Wallace's slaughter of
little pigs and old brood sows.
z, =. RANKLIN.
Evening star., 1944-07-28
Platforms to Burn

From the Toronto Telegram.
Despite the wood shortage, there Is
always enough for . candidate to con-
struct . political platform.
Evening star., 1944-07-28

richly deserves the Thanks" and
"Well Done" which Bernard Baruch
has expressed to him on behalf Of
the people Of this country.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-06-23
Lepsf spanek nez krasa.

V spacfm voze, vyjfzdejicfm
z New Yorku, lezela mlada hez
ka DANA, ale nemohla usnouti,
protoze diva opili muzi naproti
nj stale hlucne hovorili. Kdyz
nebylo mic platne, zazvonila ma
cerneho portera, jenz Sc tazal,
co Sc prihodilo. Jeden z opil-
CD pravil:
"Nic Sc nestalo, ale zde je
krasna mlada slecinka a my
jen chceme, ably sla S nami do
klubovn1 kary jednu vyplti."
"Ale panove, co to mluvlte,'
konejsil je cernoch. ia jsem
il videl, kdyz sem vesla a mohu
yam rici, re nenf ami mlada a
nj hezka."
V pfistfm okamziku Sc opili
muzi potaceli re spacfho vozu
a DANA. kdyz trochu zapomne-
la, jak il cernoch urazil, spala
az do rama. Kdyz il cernoch
rano uvidel, pravil:
mic 81 z toho ned6lejte, re
jsem rekl, re nejste krasna ami
mlada. PTece YAM dobry spa
mex stojl "a to, abyste ma par
zapomn6la ma svoji kra-
su."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-06-23
HOVORf VOJAK.

dnes my, otcov naSich deti,
name v rukach Zbrane,
dnes name moznost znicit
priciny
preco valka planie.
A my ich znicime!
Lebo my vieme
precO v pred ideme.
"a co bojujeme:
Ably sase deti molly 1st do
skoly,
ably sa ucily jak donna sa hovorl
ably bolo prace a chleba
co kazdemu z mas treba,
ably sa vyrabaly stroje
ma obrobenie pody,
k zvyseniu 1rody,
stroje ma topanky ma puncochy
ma saty
a vsetko dobre,
co l'udom je treba;
to je nase prianie.
Vyuzijme dobre nase zbrane,
znicme pr1cinu milionov obetl,
ably SINE ich nevideli nikdy Wac
v rukach naSich deti!
A. F.
"Nove Ceskoslovensko"
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-06-23
Slo to DO vojensku.

Kdyz anglickemu generalovi
o. C. Wingateovi, jenz pred
kratkem byl zabit v Burme pr
aeroplanov6 srazce, bylo 80 ro-
kn, seznamil Sc ma lodi sc slic-
nou 15letou divkou, ktera mu
bez obalu rekla: "Vy jste muz,
ktereho 81 veZmu."
Wingate Sc usmal a pravil !:
Cobra - kdy?"
o diva roxy pozdeji obdrzel
dopis s pouhym jednim slo-
VEN: "Nyni." A wall Sc.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-06-23
SONET
e. Cervna 1944.)
L. J. Rychnov:

Dobre vojaku, jenz dobre veden.
Noc1 napjatou rad ceka do rama.
Hlavnf bitva Dude vyhrana
Will spolecnou, jiz ffd1 jeden.
Osud spravedlivy Dude spfeden
Sudiekami. kTivda smazana.
Nez ZEN zotrocena Dude %zabrana,
mnohy zapas Dude jeste sweden.
Nenf blesku, ktery media st1nu.
Media LEVINE drak svou zastavu.
V bouri nelze slozit ruce v kl1nu.
Hadi z~achranuji drzavu .
"Vsecky cesty vedou ku Berlinu!"
Zmiji nutno slapnout ma hlavu.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-06-23
Pricinliva zenuska.

"a coz iva zenuska? Jestli-
pax je ii trochu v necem napo-
mocna?"
ITO 81 myslfm! Ma pfiklad
dopisy dava mi uz vsecky otev-
reneI"
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-06-23
{ DrObne POvfdky a Obrdzky
Cd
Z Al. Jirdska.


milovane sve krajinky, sedriml
81 n6kdy. Ale tn bylo neco no.
veho. V ten cas- zmenil Adolf
pofadek. Hned jak otec Easel
do salonu k obrazIm, sebral
klobouk a ten tam. Pozadal
mne, abych mic nefikal,ze 81 jde
zahrat v sachy, re ma kavar-
ne dobreho spolecnfka. zadal
mne, abych otci mic nerikal.
Proc bych byl take rikal. Pfal
jsem mu tn zabavu. Jisto by
10. Vedel jsem, re ma tn hodi-
nu doktor k nam do pokoje "na
inspekci" nepfijde. Jen to mne
jednou napadlo a starosti napl-
milo, nehraje-li snad Adolf v
karty. Ale hned jsem to pony
sleni zamitl. TAX to chodilo
skoro den CO den.
III.
Pojednou vsak podezrenf me
sc obnovilo, ne Size stran karet,
ale re Adolf neco tail. Do ko-
leje jsme chodili spolu. Posled-
nj dobou vsak casem vynechal.
VySel Size sc mnOu z domu. ale
cestou Sc mi ztratil. My ten
krate bydlili ma Novem m6ste
v Kremencove ulici. Nekdy sc
mi vymluvil, re nema chuti, ne
dky re mu nenl dobre, nekdy
proste Tekl, re nepIjde do ko-
leje, ale abych donna mic neri-
kal. Take jsem neTikal. Byla
to chyba. Nez litoval jsem A
dolfa a pax jsem Sc bal take
stareho.
V nedeli wal jsem 81 obycej-
ne odpustenf ma cele odpoled-
ne. Sci jsem n~avstfvit kraja-
ny. Jednou v nedeli, bylo zrov-
ma pc Vanocfch, kdyz Sc jiz
smrakalo, vracel jsem sc z Wy
sehradu, kde jsem mel zenate-
no bratrance. Bylo blativo a
drobne prselo. ida kolem je-
suitskeho kostela, z nehoz O.
zyval Sc HAS varhan, vzpomnel
jsem ma doktora Pavlfka. Cho-
dfval tam skoro kazde nedele
ma pozehnan1. To bylo take v
jeho poradku.
Kdyz jsem dochazel ku Spa
lene ulici, Zastavil jsem Sc mad
nenadalym divadlem. Prede
mnou sc totiz razem zastavila
drozka, nebot kun sc smekl a
upadl. Bylo to ma svahu Ike Spa
lene ulici. Koci ma kozliku tr-
hal oprati, svihal bicem do ko-
ne, ale ten sc nemohl sebrati.
Kdyz jsem ku padlemu docha-
eel, koc1 jiz seskociv strhl 8 ko-
zliku houni nebo prikryvku a
chvatne il pred kone rozestfel,
ably, kdyz by ~vstavaje treba
snad opet klesl, prednf nohy O
dlazbu 81 nepotloukl.
To vse Sc stale marianne ry-
chile. Kolem bylo "a toho Ska
redeho pocasl skoro pusto. Jen
ash til Tide kolem jdouci zasta-
viii Sc re zvedavosti opodal ja-
ko ia. Jeden z Mich, delnfk,
jail sc kocimu pomahat a radit,
ably kone vyprahl. A v tom Sc
take ozvalo tukanf ma sklenene
okno povozu. Kocf vsak pro
samy strach O kone sc ami neo-
hledl. Novy zvedavec sc vedle
mne zastavil. Uzasl jsem. Byl
to sam doktor Pavlfk, jenz, jak
mi Tekl, odesel proto drive z
kostela, re mu nebylo n6jak vol
no. Chtel Ease jfti dale. v tom
Sc otevrela dvfrka povozu a z
mich vysel -"
adolf! -"
"Hadal's dobre. Ano, on.
Lekl jsem sc marianne, aniz
jsem vlastne vedel proc. Zpo-
zoroval jsem, jak to doktorem
skublo. Chtel jsem ma rychlo
pokrocit k vozu, k Adolfovi,
jenz uslysev cd vozky, re 81
kun die vseho nohu zlomil a re
nem1ze vstat, do vozu Sc obra-
til a k nekomu tam mluvil. A
lie doktor mne chytil "a ruku a
mad obycej ostre zvolal TUNE
nym hlasem:
"Ani krok! Pockejte!"
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-30
about the stars

started their team in reverse: Ora
Gle was the straight man" or
feeder. When Oracle got more
laughs than Georges jokes, they
switched around. One way to
get on the radio as singer is to
become a model. Latest is Milena
Miller, warbler on comedian Johnny
Morgan's Monday night show
(CBS). She's Conover gal (placed
third in 1943's Miss America pag-
eanD. Georgia Carroll, Kay Kyser's
singing Mrs, was, of course, one
of the more successful cover girls
Cowboy Roy Rogers, on the
radio Tuesday nights, Mutual, likes
chic names for Riddles. His are
Linda Lou, Cheryl Darlene adopted,
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-30

Their jim Cor vice Win Hope
versa. The Crosby brothers used
to sound much alike in speech I'M
til the younger Bob, feeling he
should stand on his own, hired
a coach to help iron out resem-
blances.
Constant bugab0o of the enter
tainment business is a lost voice.
Throat experts have figured out no
quick cure. Comedian Joe E. Lewis
lost his voice while back, was out
Of action for a month. The strong
est voices sometimes are the most
sensitive. Paul Robson talks little
for several hours before each en-
gagement to rest his booming bar
itone.
VERY LITTLE THINGS
George Burns and Oracle Allen
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-30

Most persistent.
perhaps, was vio-
liniSt Fritz KreiS-
Ter. He succumbei
this season, viii
make his third
appearance on the
classy M on d a y
night (NBC) Tel
.ephone Hour jan
uary l. Another
who Stunned ra-
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-30
CHRISTMAS STARS

as at home, the
direct broadcast
will reach South
Pacific GIs the
morning Of the
26th-there's that
much difference
in the time belt
Emcee, as hereto
fore, will be Dor
Ameche, whom We
can't tell on the
air from his bro
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-30

Michigan's state park system was
established for the purpose of pro-
viding places for public recreation
and the preservation of natural
beauty and places of historical in
tereSt.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-30

Fried ice cream became o reality
at the Chicago Worlds Fair in the
Gay Nineties: dipped into thin bat
ter, it was doused in hot fat that
cooked the batter before the ice
cream melted.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-30
RY GEORGE LILLEY

NEW YORK, N. Y. - r a do
"holdoutS who considered
broadcasting an adolescent business
of which they'd have no part-haye
dWindled to virtual non existence.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-30
WITS SKIP SCHOOL

Burns and Bob
Hope g ave up
book larnin' dur
ing or before high
school. 1t is about
the same with the
n ew er "w { S"
faced Har-
ry Savoy, starred
on the Sunday
Kate Smith Hour.
closed his books
after ninth grade
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-30

dlO, JaScha Hell let en- HISS
fitz, has been Iured to frequent ap-
pearances on the same program
December 4; Second movement OF
Sibelius' Concerto in R Minor.
Heifetz (Music's No. l dresser
has gone SO far as to even suggest
a change in the conduct Of long
hair audiences who politely applaud
everything. Suggests Heifetz: Let
them applaud only If they enjoy
what they hear! If not, let EN- hiss
It."
WITS SKIP SCHOOL
Offhand we can't think OF any
topflight comedian who was grad
uated from college. Fellows like
Jack Benny. Eddie Cantor, George
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-30

:. closed books to enter vaude-
vile. BY 18 he was making $275 a
week.
San Fernando Valley citizens still
go in for electing stars local mayors.
Bob Burns is the mayor Of Canoga
Park; Andy Devine, Van Mugs; Bud
Abbott, Sherman Oaks; Ginny
Simms, Northridge. And we believe
Al Jolson is still the mayor Of En-
cino.
CHRISTMAS STARS
Bob Hope and Jack Benny get
together to head radios annual all
star show Christmas afternoon a
to 6, EWT over CHS. Aired inter-
nationally for AEF forces, as well