davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
La gaceta., 1937-04-26
Ell hefoismo derBsallon Lincoln
zen Ell frente de Madrid
De los 45O9M amos solo queds
Otros americanos estan siendo entrenados
una tercera parte

yardas de la carretera antes de
que las brigadas mixtas les con-
tuvieran v les hicieran retro
ceder. Pero 10 peor vino des-
pu6s, esta vez en- una tangente
del vale del Tajuna hacia Mo-
rata, Y ALI tuvo lugar la mas
fiera Y sangrienta batalla de la
guerra civil. Todas las briga7
das mixtas disponibles fueron
mandadas a la vanguardia.
En- un sentido fue una lucha
decisiva, porque haber perdido
aquella batalla significaba cast
la perdida de Madrid. No habia
tempo que perder y todos los
Ihombres disponibles fueron
mandados.
Los americanos, verdes. toda-
via como soldados, pero madu-
ros en- espiritu y Ell battalion Lin
coin fueron mandates a unirse
al battalion ingles de la 15a bril-
gada mixta, con la que recibie-
ron su bautismo de fuego en- un
lrgar a pocas millas al suroes-
te de Morata. Era una acci6n
de retirada con ell objective de
retardar a los rebeldes hasta
que pudiera hacerse una mas
fuerte resistencia. Los america
nos peleaban en- campo alberto,
bajo ell fuego de la artillerfa,
pero probaron a sus oficiaEes
que en- ellos podian depender.
En- los dias siguientes, cuando
las brigadas mixtas Sc mantu-
La gaceta., 1937-04-26
ACTUAR ASOBRE Ell
PRECIO DE LA Vol

Haban ,abri l26.-Acusan-
do a las companies inglesas y
americanas de actuar de mala
fe por haber aumentado en-
centavos el precio del gallon de
gasolina, ell consejo de secreta-
rios autoriz6 al p~residente La
redo para reducir Ell precio por
medic de un decreto.
Hace tres meses ell gobierno
fij6 Ell precio de Ia gasoline en-
2 7centavos Ell gallon. Las COM
panias dijeron que Ia orden era
arbitraria.
Para lograr I'm aumento las
companies lie ofrecieron al GO
bierno sus 1ibros. Con mucha
raz6n ell gobierno no les hizo
case y entonces ell precio salt6
a 20 centayos.
Las compahfan, acostumbra-
das q cobrar en- Cuba precios
exorbitantes, dicen que tuvie-
ron grandes perdidas con Of pre-
cio DO Ct cnnf4auoc f"
La gaceta., 1937-04-26

Londres, Abril 26. - En- ell
mes de diciembre $50 j6venes
americanOs, con unos pocos
homhres de edad, v%eteranos de
la guerra mundial, llegaron a
Espana con ell prop6sito de pc :
lear bajo la bandera republica-
ma Y ell nombre de battalion Lin
coln". Actualmente menos de u
ma tercera conservan la vida y
estan libres de cicatrices.
Los americanos tenian salud,
cello y valentia; pero NADIA sa :
bfan de la vida del soldado y tu-
vieron muy POGO TEMPO para
aprenderlo. No habfa soldades o
material que apartar y era en-
los dias crfticos cuando parecia
que Madrid iba a ser rodeado.
Ademas, los americanos esta-
ban impacientes por entrar en-
combate Y hacer su parte en- 10
que consideration eran una cru
zada contra ell fascismo. Sc les
di6 entrenamiento intensive en-
una poblaci6n cercana a Alba
cete, donde la mayor parte de
ellos aprendieron a manejar ell
rifle y ell resto q manejar amer
tralladoras, que es 10 que los yer
daderos internacionales estan
hacienda de parte de los leales.
Vino despues ell peligroso a.
vance contra Valencia, a media
dos de enero. Los insurgentes
lpenetraron a 10 largo del rio
Jarama y llegaron hasta a 500.
La gaceta., 1937-04-26

vieron firmes v las fuerzas de
Franco Sc estrellaron contra
UNA desensa inexpugnable, los
americanos sc hallaban todavia
en- la Inca del frente.
.El sector de Morata Sc COM
Lpone de una masa de colinas cor
tantes-faciles para defender y
suicidas para ell ataque, porque
cada pulgada de terreno puede
cubrirse con fuego de ametralla
doras. Todos los corersponsa-
les que iban al frente y aipre-
ciaban la moral de las tropas. es
taFoan convencidos de que los
facciosos no pasarfan.
Sc hallaba ell Quartet america
no en- Una pequena casa no le-
jos de la plaza central de la al
dea, Y era como una esQuina del
hogan para los periodistas nor
Eteamericanos. ALI habia hasta
un negro del sur, Y excelente
comida y camaraderia. Ell bata-
|ll6n no habia sufrido aun gran.
des perdidas. Quizas quedaban
unos 400 de los $50.
Entonces Sc decide lamar
un ataque por parte del gobierr
no. Los estrategas a no dudar7
10 conocian su negocio. Quer1an
tomar Ell cerro Pingarrop,, que
domino la llanura q srroeste
de Morata. La 15a brigada man
tenia ese sector y recibi6 la Or
den de atacar ell caro- 0 colina.
Hubo de seguirse Ia tactica nor
NAL de. fuego de artilleria, carga
de tanques Y despuss 81 avance.
Avanzaron sobre un terrified
'fuego de ametralladoras.
Subieron, subieron y llegarop
hasta un lugar en- que la colina
era cast suya. Mas era una car
ga sin esperanto, repetida du-
rante ell dia y Ell siguiente. Guam
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BENEFICA
PARA DEL
CENTRIC ASTURIANO

Por orden del Presidente CT
to a Junta General Ordinaria
perteneciente al primer trimes-
ire, que Sc celebrara Ell Mierco-
lie %, a las 8 P. NJ, en- ell lugar
de costumbre.
Sc recuerda a TODD as0ciad0
que percibi6 dieta ell deber en-
que esta depasistir.
J.. Garcia.
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EN-
LA

Compramos cast TODD. Los
mas altos precios por sus mue-
bles Y enseres. Muebles de Off.
Gina.
DIVERS TRADING POST
1919 Franklin So.
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; q 1885. q si,, q !:
dinamita, mas ode
&ombinaciones UsuS enemigos
v deben ser perdonados, segdn
inform6 a la asamblea del esta-
do un comite especial investiga-
@dor.
La recommendation de perd6n
Sc hasa en- que James F. Scrud-
der, principal testigo de la de-
fensa, a iuicio de los investiga-
dores es m~egalomaniaco capaz
de traicionar a su hermano q
mejor amigo por satisfacer su
egoismo personal.
Ell comite pudo descubrir que
Scrudder v Hal Marchant, otro
testigo de la acusaci6n, dijeron
al fiscal del condado de Estanis-
lao, despues del arresto de los
siete hombres, que NADIA sabfan
de la dinamita.
!. Los condenados Sc nombran
Reuel S~tanfield, Victor H. John
son, Oatsy Ciambvelli, Robert
j. Fitzgerald, John Sousa, John
Burrows y Henry Silva.
Evening star., 1937-05-30
Harvard Scientists
Measure Heat of
Suns Atmosphere
Temperature Drop of
1,5OO Degrees Found
BY Ne,U Method.
0y the Associated Press,

~ the Associated Press.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, May 90
-Four Harvard astronomers today added
. new complexity to study of the sun,
announcing they had found a tenn
perature drop of $500 degrees cent?
grade between the surface Of the body
and its overlying atmosphere.
The discovery, which they said was
unexpected, resulted from the perfec-
ton Of q relatively new method of
measuring the heat Of the suns gas
envelope by spectrum analysis.
Using this theoretical device, the
scientists placed the temperature OF
the suns atmosphere at about $500
degrees centigrade. Earlier measure
ments Of the amount and quality OF
solar radiation had given astronomers
. value of 5000 degrees centigrade for
the temperature of the suns surface,
where the sunlight originates, the
Harvard astronomers asserted.
While anticipating that there would
be a slight temperature drop between
the surface Of the sun ball and its outer
atmosphere, the Harvard research
students said astronomers had not
3oreseen such large fall as the new
measurements show.
The research was done by DR.. Dom
aid H. Menzel, associate professor of
astrophysics; Leo Goldberg, Bemis Eel
low of the Harvard observatory, and
James G. Baker OF shelbyville, KY, a
graduate student In astronomy at
Harvard.
Evening star., 1937-05-30
BLUM IS HOPEFUL
Of DISARMAMENT
Indicates Geneva May Be
Scene of Movement In
c|uding Reich.
BY the Associated Press,

PARIS, May 29-Premier Leon
Blum tonight delivered cryptic pre-
diction OF important developments in
disarmament shortly. and authorita- :
tive quarters believed his statement
indicated groundwork for such 4 pro-
gram had been laid at Geneva.
The Socialist premier told the
National Congress of the Federation OF
Government Employees:
I'VE will throw our whole effort into
a movement for disarmament that
will become apparent within 4 few
days"
Press and political commentators
received this as evidence Of 4 favorable
atmosphere found at Geneva. It CO.
incided with the return here BY
airplane Of British Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden and French Foreign
Minister Yvon Delbos. who were be-
lieved to have investigated the disar-
mament question during the League
OF Nations Council meeting.
No ofncial indication OF what France
might propose was given. Premier
Blum said Frances efforts would be
made not only to save her from an
armament burden, but "aso to save
other nations which have been obliged
to embark on = policy Of excessive
armaments."
1t was known that Delbos and Eden
discussed negotiations for development
OF = Western Europe security pact
while At Geneva. Such an accord, It
was reported, would include Belgium
and be open to adherence by Ger
many. Any such pact, Delbos said
at Geneva, must be arranged to serve
general peace and not aggravate the
existing situation.
Some quarters believed France and
Great Britain again hoped to draw
Germany into such an accord az 4
stepping stone for revival Of disarma-
ment conversations.
Eden continued to London by air
after only brief halt here.
Delbos, speaking tonight on the 18th
birthday anniversary Of the late
Aristide BRAND, said true collective
security could be found in 4 plan SINH
lar to one advanced by that statesman.
1t provided for double accord" ;"
one considering the Rhine as 4 CON-
mon frontier of England, Belgium and
France and committing England to 70
to the aid Of the others If the frontier
were violated. The other would con-
sst Of 4 general nom aggression pact
to which Russia and Germany would
be invited to adhere.
Evening star., 1937-05-30
POLAR SCIENTISTS
SET UP HUT ONCE
Planes Will Take Off Soon
to Hunt Missing
Party.
BY the Associated Press.

MOSCOW, May 29-The Soviet
North Pole Expedition today set up
on q drifting ice foe an eiderdown-
lined hut which will be home for q
year to four explorer-scientists who
are to remain near the top OF the
world recording conditions on a pos
sible trans-polar air route to the
United States.
After drifting IS miles around and
away from the pole in a week. the
noe reversed its direction, the wind
moving 1t eastward slightly.
Prof. Otto j. Schmidt, the expedi-
tion's leader, reported by radio that
as soon as the weather clears one
OF the three planes at the base camp
will take off to find the fourth plane,
piloted by I. P. Mazuruk, down some
IS miles away.
When Mazuruk rejoins the party
with a plane load OF supplies the
four adventures who are to spend
next Winter near the pole will be
left alone
I'VE have no direct contact with
Mazuruk, but we know his location" !"
Schmidt reported. He landed suffici-
emily near for us to undertake q
flight as soon as the weather improves
and \ crew can clear the runway Of
rough Ice"
The expedition measured the depth
Of the Polar Sea today and found it
to be about az miles, deeper than
scientists had estimated The weather
was reported more unsettled, with
skies overcast and the barometer
dropping.
BAD YEAR. EXPERT SAYS.
Evening star., 1937-05-30
FINLAND W|LLPAY !
DEBT |NSTALLMENT
State Department Sends
Out Notice of Due Date to
II Defau|ting Nations.
B. the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
The United States received word
from Finland yesterday that 1t would
pay its semi-annual war debt install.
ment OF $l63,l43 when 1t falls due
June Is.
1t thereby recorded its intention to
preserve its reputation as the only ono
OF l3 war debtors to fulfll its obliea-
tions promptly.
At the same time the State Depart.
ment sent routine notes to the diplo-
matte representatives Of the IL de-
faulting nations reminding them Of
the payment date. A total Of ST ,520,-
l59,863 In current and unpaid In.
stallments will be due June Is.
This Government has received no
indication that any Of the IL default
ers will make a payment or begin
negotiations for a re-funding Of their
obligations.
In recent months there have been
expressions Of hope in Great Britain
and France, the principal debtors,
that some settlement might be ne
gotiated
Following is list of the defaulting
debtors with the amount Of their obli-
cations. The first figure is the amount
due June Is, the second figure pre-
viously due and unpaid and the third
is the total:
Belgium s9,242,453, $47,45,l77,
$50, ,567, 7,63l.
Czechosloy kia-s1 ,682,8l2, sl2949,.
IT'S, s14,632,o38.
Estonia-s322, $50, $3,3s3,5s7, So
706,437.
France - sS5,3l2,52o, s347.3ss.33o.
$432, 700 $50.
Great Britain-ss5, ,67O,765, s7s6,.
1896, s871.8l5,6Ol.
Hungary-s37,4l0, s37s,022, s4ls,.
433.
Italy-sle,34l ,5s3, ss5, 5,s3s,57o, $751;.
978,163.
Latvia-sl34,ss3, sl,2s4,2sl, SLAB.
IA.
Lithuania-sle7,531, sl,os4,22s, ST.
23l ,760.
Poland-s4,o3s, ,o3s, s42,la4,o os7. s4e,-
l73.1O7.
Rumania-sl,s4s, $50 s5,541,25o 81
100000.
Yugoslavia-s375oO 900, 81 500 900, ST..
875,oOo.
Total-s2o5, o5,175,6l1. H,314,s2l,los,
81 $l,52O,l5e.863.
Evening star., 1937-05-30
Virginia Hail Smashes Roofs
And Causes Panic in School

The hailstorm, described as the
most severe ever to strike this area,
broke UNEXPECTEDLY at 2:30 pm. Friday
and threw the Indians crowded into
the one-story school building into .
panic.
Fearing for their lives as hail
stones, which Mrs. Kyle said were
nearly as large as base balls" tore
through the roof and smashed the
window-panes, the women and chill
dren ran screaming into q heavy
walled cloak room. Two children,
Gilbert Page, 9, and his brother Earl,
7, tardy to reach the cloak room, were
severely cut by flying glass.
Mrs. Kyle said the storm lasted
about three-quarters Of an hour and
virtually wrecked" the village.
Nearby sections also reported heavy
damage. particularly - WopA
Evening star., 1937-05-30
BUSINESS SESSIONS RECESSED
United Church Of North America
Meets Tomorrow.

CHICAGO. May 80 P).-Business
sessions Of the 10th assembly Of the
United Presbyterian Church of North
America were recessed until Mon
day after the selection Of Cleveland
as the 1888 convention city.
The $50 commissioners from the
northern half Of the United States
and several foreign nations, attend
ing the sessions which started last
Wednesday, were entertained over the
week end with visits Of points Of in
terest around Chicago. Many Of them
were invited to speak as guests in the
pulpits OF local churches.
Committee reports and resolutions
were scheduled for debate at the
Monday sessions and final actions
were to be voted Tuesday.
Former Representative Henry w.
Temple. Pennsylvania Republican
who served for 20 years in the House
OF Representatives and was a member
OF the Foreign Affairs Committee. was
scheduled to address the assembly at
patriotic rally Monday.
Evening star., 1937-05-30
BEAUTY SHOP STRIKE

NEW YORK. May 20 LP.-Just as
New York's 5000 striking BARRIERS
reached agreements with their en-
ployers yesterday the Hairdressers and
Cosmetologists' Union called general
strike Of $500 operators in 5000 beauty
shops for next Wednesday.
The cosmetologists are demanding
q 4S-hour week and minimum wages
in various classified tions.
BARRIERS on strike in four sectors Of
the city will return to their chairs
as soon as contracts are signed with
individual employers. John Tarta-
mella, international representative Of
the Journeymen BARRIERS Union. an
nounced that the strike would be
extended next week to outlying Sec
tions Of the city.
Evening star., 1937-05-30
u. s. MAY CHANGE
|. EMBASSY |NSPA|N
Considers Second Move to
Avoid Menace of Rebel
Air Raids.
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
The State Department may move
its Embassy in Spain for a second
time to escape the menace Of insur-
gent air raids.
Sumner Welles, Acting Secretary OF
State, voiced this Governments con-
Germ yesterday over the perils con-
fronting the six American representa-
tlyes in Valencia. the Spanish loyalist
capital. He received word Of Fridays
hsurgent aerial bombing attack on
the city, in which more than 200 per-
sons were reported killed.
No Americans were injured, and
the Embassy's temporary Offices were
not damaged. Welles said, however
tho situation appeared to be so dis
quieting that the department was con-
sidering moving the Embassy to some
other place. It was transferred from
Madrid to Valencia last November
when insurgents intensified their seige
Of Madrid.
Welles indicated a definite decision
might be reached over the week end.
A1CeE Lne department. mas had an Op-
portunity to consult with Walter C.
1hurston. counselor in charge of the
Embassy.
The department said there are only
about half dozen Americans in VAL
encia besides the official staff.
Besides Thurston, whose mother
Is listed here as resident of the
Plaza Hotel, New York City, the ofri-
cial American staff in Valencia is
made up Of Col. Stephen O. Fuqua
Of Washington, military attache;
Capt. Francis Cogswell, Portsmouth,
N. H., naval attache: Capt. Townsend
Grifds, Buffalo, N. Y, assistant mill
tary attache; Milton K. Wells, Bris-
tow. Okla, Vice Consul, and William
Krieger, Chicago, Embassy clerk.
Evening star., 1937-05-30
WAR BAN DEBATED
|BYPRESBYTER|ANS
Dispute Flares Over With
drawing Sanction ct
Fighting.
By the Associated Press.

COLUMBUS, Ohio. May 29-Con-
troversy over proposal for the Pres
byterian Church in the U. 8. A. to
withdraw its sanction Of war fared
again today with launching Of q new
paciflst movement.
An overture introduced in the
church's general assembly by DR..
Graham Hunter Of Fullerton, Calf,
requested that all sanction OF war be
stricken from the confession Of faith
and catechism. DR.. Hunters overture
followed defeat by four votes Of an
amendment to delete these words from
the confession:
Christians may, lawfully
under the New Testament, wage war"
The amendment. initiated by the
presbytery Of Cayuga, whose seat is
Auburn. N. Y, failed to receive ap-
proval by two thirds Of the church's
276 presbyteries.
The approximately 900 commission
ers Cor delegates) constituting the
general assembly proba bly, will vote
on the Hunter overture next week
when the Committee on Bills and
Oyertures proposes that it be referred
to the Committee on Social Welfare.
The assembly later would have to
decide whether proposed amendment
embracing DR.. Hunters request should
be sent down to the presbyteries for
ratification.
A fundamentalist group headed by
DR.. Clarence E. Mccartney OF Pitts
burgh, former moderator Of the as
sembly, made known 1t would oppose
the overture.
The assembly voted 1872 to 295 10
establish 13-month church calen-
dar. then reconsidered its action and
decided to submit the question to the
Presbyteries.
After the Presbyteries have studied
the proposal. the assembly may vote
on 1t again next year.
BUSINESS SESSIONS RECESSED.
Evening star., 1937-05-30
MILL WORKER is FOUND
SHOTTO DEATH IN HOME
Victim Discovered Sitting Up
right, Knees Crossed-Gun
in 4 Closet.
8y the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
WELDON. N. c., May 2e.-stanley
Waters, 34-year-old textile mill
worker, was found shot to death in q
back room Of his home here this aft
ernoon.
Police Chief J. F. Robinson said
Waters, shot through the temple, was
sitting upright in chair, his knees
crossed and his arms folded.
A pistol, the chief said, WAS found
IN = closet about 3 feet from Waters
chair.
Coroner T. NJ. Cooper studied the
ease, said 1t had peculiar angle" I"
and set an inquest for tomorrow.
Both Robinson and Cooper said
Mrs. Waters told them she was in the
yard 1t the time Of the shot and that
she moved the pistol from the floor
Ito keep it away" from her child. She
said the weapon lay near the body.
Evening star., 1937-05-30
BAD YEAR, EXPERT SAYS.
Sunspots Are Blamed by Authority on
Arctic Radio.

OTTAWA, May 20 R.-Canada' S
foremost authority on Arctic radio
communications said today the Soviet
Unions North Pole expedition chose
a bad year for its venture from the
standpoint Of radio facilities. Sun
spots are the explanation. Six years
from now will be much better
This year, said Comdr. c. P. Ed
wards, chief of air services in the
Canadian transport department, the
11-year sunspot cycle is at its worst.
1t will improve gradually for the next
five years, he said, with the best con-
ditions for radio in 1913.
Comdr. Edwards, who has been in
charge OF communication with far
northern outposts of Canada for a
decade, said he would need additional
information before he could express
a definite opinion on why q stranded
Russian pilot was unable to COM
municate with the North Pole expedi-
tion's base, IS miles away.
Evening star., 1937-05-30
ALUMNAE WILL MEET

The annual banquet and reunion
OF the Notre Dame de Namur Alumnae
Association will be held at Z pm.
June IA in the Willard Hotel.
Miss Kathleen Cagney, president,
announced that Mrs. Albert MAY
would act as general chairman, as
sisted by Mrs. George C. Denny, Miss
Elizabeth Healey and Miss Regina
McGivern, with Miss Catherine Grey
cling acting as toastmistress.
Evening star., 1937-05-30
REBEL AIR ARMADA
BOMBS SBARCEL0NA
70 Killed and 100 Hurt as
Raiders Fly in From
Sea at Dawn.
BACKGROUND

BACK hGROUND-
Since insurgents seized most of
Bdledric Islands of east coast of
Spain early in civil wdr, Lovalists
hdue expected air raids on popu-
Ioas east coast cities, uhere co.,
ernment sentiment is stronoest.
Government has accused Insurgent
Gen. Franco OF planning to cede
Bdledrics to Italy in return for
help in ciDil ,oar il the rebels
are pictorious.
BARCELONA, Spain. May 29-Ar
1nsurgent air armada like that which
struck viciously at Valencia yesterday
roared In from the sea today to attack
Barcelona and 10 persons died in the
rain of bombs.
More than 100 were injured as Z
heavy bombers scattered their missiles
As at Valencia yesterday. the raiders
struck just before dawn and they
came from the same direction. ap-
parently from Mallorca Island in the
Balearics, where the insurgents have
established formidable air and naval
base.
Anti-aircraft batteries were prac-
tically impotent. The heavy tri-
motored insurgent craft, Is il to show
contempt. dived At the batteries.
machine cunning the emplacements.
However. AZ the escradrille roared
away one ship Jagged. evidently in
difficulties.
The insurgent base At Mallorca was
causing the government anxiety at
another point, on Minorca. the
Balearic Island which remained In
government hands when Mallorca was
seized.
Col. Jose Barda~is modified all
able bodied men on the island be-
tween IL and 80 to man the coastal
defenses. All between 81 and so were
pressed into service to build roads,
trenches and bombproof shelters.
The government believed an in
vAsion from Mallorca was imminent
The Valencia government today an
nounced location Of = security zone"
in the hArbor Of Palma, chief city OF
Mallorca, In which British warshipa
will be safe in the event Of further
air raids on Palma.
At Paris the ofncial CATALAN delega-
ton issued = statement today charging
the bombing Of Barcelona was effected
by Italian airplanes.
Evening star., 1937-05-30
NelU York Loses
Champion of All
'Eo1 Pop Writer'S
Charles Hooper Turns
Back on City for Vest
He LOnthed.
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, May 29.-Remember
Charles Hooper? Charles Hooper OF
Occur D'Alene. Idaho, writer Of 5000
letters to newspapers in every coun-
try in the world on every conceivable
subject under the sun? Remember?
Charles Hooper, who was born in
New York, but went West for "a years,
reading and writing letters and loath-
Ing every minute Of the time he spent
away from New York, until finally he
came back last November.
Well, Hooper wrote another letter
today:
Gentlemen:
You may care to publish q short
item stating that intend to leave
for San Francisco next week to settle
permanently In the West.
L suppose I'm still remembered as
the worlds leading newspaper letter
writer
THE New York papers published
lengthy articles about my return to
New York City. my home town, after
"a years sojourn in the West. But I
suppose they will not devote so much
space to an account Of my departure
(though that Is . bigger story than
the other)."