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had transferred him to the islands in 1935 after a contretemps with
Kühn's daughter Ruth, who had become Goebbels' mistress when she
was 16. In his signaling system, Kühn stipulated that numbers from 1
to 8 would mean such things as A number of carriers preparing to sortie
(which was 2) and Several carriers departed between 4th and 6th (which
was 7). Then he arranged that bonfires, house lights shown at certain
times and places, or want ads broadcast over radio station KGMG would
mean certain numbers. For example, 7 would be represented by two
lights shown in the window of a house on Lanikai Beach between 2 and 3
a.m., or by two sheets between 10 and 11 a.m., by lights in the attic
window of a house in Kalama between 11 and 12 p.m., or by a want ad
offering a complete chicken farm for sale and listing P.O. Box 1476. If all
these failed, a bonfire on a certain peak of Maui Island between 8 and 9
p.m. would indicate 7. The purpose of the system was to eliminate