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Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-31
THEY GAVE

slightly more than $1,000 a year. The
sacrificial giving of the elementary
teaching staff should be, he felt, an
inspiration to other community
groups.
R P. Moore, chairman OF the Ell
Centro chapter, in appealing to Ell
Centrans to give to the fund, quoted
Norman H. Davis, chairman of the
American Red Cross, as follows.
The bombing of Pearl Harbor,
Honolulu. Manila, the invasion of
the Philippines, the submarine at
tackS in the Atlantic and Pacific
have dramatically brought home
to us the crueltieS of this war
Wherever our soldiers sailors. and
airmen arc SO yaliantly defending
our soil there also will You find
the flag Of the Red Cross unfurled
alongside the stars and stripes. Red
Cross men are Oh every front. Funds
are urgently needed to keep intact
these front lines of mercy. The
enemy respects neither holidays nor
Weekends. The Red Cross war fund
should be pushed TO rapid over
! subscription. Partnership in TINS
tine of need gives all the people
an opportunity to participate Tile
Red Cross is a peoples partnership
in a time OF need. 1t is patriotism
in action to give TO the Red Cross
MiSerieS of war cannot be measured
by quotas and mathematical yard
sticks. nor personal inconvenience
The President, the American people
and our fighting men expect much OF
lis An avalanche of giving now will
help the Red Cross deliver the
goods
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-31

Churches
CALENDAR
WEDNESDAY

WEDNESDAY,
Watch night program, 7:30-1 100,
Presbysterian church.
State guard, 80, stadium
Eagles, 200, 500 Broadway.
New Years Eve party, 9-l2, high
school
New Years Eve party, 9:30-12:0 100,
Second Baptist Church.
New Years I've n@rty, 10, Elks hall.
THURSDAY
Union services, $50, Presbyterian
church.
Union Services, $50, Second Baptist
church.
Holy Mass, g and 10, Veterans hall.
New Years services, 10. st. Paul's.
New Years service, 10:45, Grace
Lutheran.
FRIDAY
Defense registration, 10 :, 10000
club.
Sewing day, ga, Red Cross head
quarters.
o. f. S. Sewing hae, j. E. Burns
ranch.
kiRanis club. II. Barbara Worth.
Junior AUXILIARY, 4, Veterans hall.
Auxiliary Red GrCss, 7:30, $50 San
dalwo0d.
Painters. 30, Labor temple.
Lab0rerS, 7:30, Transfers office.
Old Time dance, $50. Imperial Vet
Grams hall.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-31
Family Gatherins
At Wilson Home

One of the largest of the Christ
mas day celebrations was that at
the j. A. Wilson home on South
Eighth street where members of
the family relatives and friends
enjoyed the day together.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Vaught, Mrs Lucille Swarth-
cut, and her children, Mrs. Valley
Wilson and children, HELEN Shuts,
j. Morgan, Tom Floyd, Bill Morti-
mer, Marion Wilson, Clifford Ben
son, Jr., Dairy Mr. and Mrs. Jake
Suringer and Patsy, Mr.. and Mis-.
Bill McFarlin and Belinda. all of
San Diego; Mr.. and Mrs. Bernice
Wilson and children of El Monte.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Bennett and
Lenord of CaleXico, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Riddles and Billy.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-31
New ye ar S Eve
Dance G at amp

Camp Secley il to have q Nv.
Years Eve dance through the CO.
operation of ofl.,ors OF tie camp
the chamber of commerce and var
ious valley residents.
One of the mess Ea1l@ Is To DE
transformed into dance hai.. aaJ
various men and women Of tie
community are inviting %oan6 slri.
to be partners for the men also
arranging for adequate chaperonase
Those girls who ard to attend the
dance are to meet at the Mayan
hotel at pm. New Years eve.
where transportation will be avail.
able. While the dance will be we'll
chaperoned those parents who wish
to attend are invited to do Sc as
we'll as any other adult ehaperones
that the girls may wish to bring
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-31
Five New Members
In Motor Corps

Five new members enrolled Tues
day night in the Red Cross motor
corps at its regular weekly meeting
in Wilson schCsl: Mrs Mary Printz,
Carol Iubarsky. Lillian Fleming.
Mrs. Ruby PinkneT, MIS-. Ere d
Smith.
In addition to their motor corps
activities MANY iii the eronn bo1a
signed up as lookoutS at the var
ious air raid warming pests IN ,..s
valley, and mar4 are furnishing
transportation tor leokouts.
Those women Who have not had
their physical 2yaminatiAas and
have net bad their blood typed
may have tins done Friday night
at pm. at the county health de-
partmClt offices in the court house.
Both the physical examinations and
the blood typing are prerequisites
tor membership in the corps.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-31
News Items About
Valley Re siden+s

Mrs. Carlos Worrall, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard P Meyer
returned Wednesday to her home
i'll san Pedro, leaving her daughter
Parmela Ann, to enjoy a longer visit
with her grandparents
Mr. and Mrs. j. D. Adams re-
turned Wednesday from Los An
gelcs where they enjoyed among
other things. a visit with MI. and
Mrs. Leroy Holt, pioneer residents
OF Imperial Valley.
Mrs. F, w. Peterson has returned
from Pomona where she made a
brief business trip and is delighted
to be at home again as Pomona
has been SO cold and rainy
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-31
O.E.S. RED Cross
Day This Friday

Members of the Eastern Star will
resume their Red Cross sewing
activities ON Friday of this week
having an all da~ meeting for that
purpose at The J. E. Burns home
Those who attend are to bring
sandwiches for the noon luncheon
and those Who have portable sewing
machines a1e asked TO bring them
for the days work
Directions for reaching the Burns
home arc as follows. west on the
San Diego highway to the Date
ranch, then south three -fourths Of
d mile.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-31
High School Junior Auxiliary
Group Organized tuesday
and Alberta Hanson as their seere

and Alberta Hanson as their seeIe-
tary.
Mrs. Fred [. Riddle. Auxiliary
unit president, with Mrs. Norman
c. Deaton, member of the unit,
taught the girls to knit and to cut
cut blocks for baby quilts from
scraps of old flannel
The business meeting was pre-
ceded by a tempting pot luck din
ner, places being marked for: Kath-
leen Kieffer, Janet Thompson,
Rosemary Rice, LaVelne ZaVala,
Lois Vogt, Betty Ann Smith, Mary
e claire Kieffer, Alberta Hanson,
Marjorie Roberts, Norma Lee Box,
Sharon MeNeece, members, wi t h
Jeanne Delp of Les Angeles and
Dorothy Moose o. San Diego, as
guests. Jeanne with her mother,
Mrs. Charles P. Delp and her
brother, Logan, is visiting the
Charles A. Brattons, and Dorothy
is the Kieffer's house guest.
This group will meet again the
second Tuesday in January
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-31
T exas Re sidents
Visit R Relative S

Mrs. F. M. King OF Amarillo, Tex
visited her daughters, Mrs. C. E.
Wise of the Cudahy ranch and
Mrs. r. w. Samples of Mesquite
Lake. over the holidays. Mrs King
is the great grandmother of Janice
Jewell Robbins. daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Robbins.
The valley relatives this week EN- :
joyed q visit from a brother, w. d.
Cecil. and Mrs. Cecil who are en-
route to Amarillo from Ontario and
Pomona where they spent Christ
mas with frienGs and with Mrs
Cecil's son. David Phillips. David
IS q CADET at Cal-Aero flying school
in Ontario.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-31
Franklin Moon
Gives Lecture G
ForHoI+vile

HOLTVILLE, Dec. 81 - Franklin
Moon, head of Centrals art depart
mtnt will be guest speaker at the
meeting of the HOltYille Women 5
club on Wednesday of next week,
jan. T. at 2 pm in the civic center.
Mr.. Moon will speak on the Bel
gian Congo. his parents having been
missionaries in that region. He will
display articles from his collection
o. native arts and crafts.
Mrs. Clark Butler is chairman Of
the program committee and Mrs.
Tom Sawyer, of the tea commit
tee. Mrs Lee Williams, president,
will be in charge of the business
r.eeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-31
Memorial Service Sunday for
First EI Centro War Victim

Sunday afternoon at / o'clock in
the Methodist church
The boy. former student at
C.mtral unicn high school, was
killed when the Japanese attacked
Pearl harber ON Dec T. Billy Joe
Was sailor and had been in the
United States navy for a little over
year
American Legion members Will
attend in full force to pay tribute
to this sirst FL Centran To lose
his life IN the defense of his
country in this war and the Rev.
Mr.. Hayden S Sears. pastor of the
church has asked all friends of
the family as well as members of
the church to be present for MEN,
crial service.
Appropriate music by the choir.
with Mrs. Eugene Waterman and
Eugene Moore as soloists. and a
memorial meditation by the Rev.
Mr. Sears will constitute the high
lights of the service.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-31

advantage while we are faced by
common enemies"
No group, and he might have add
eel, no individual.
THE YOUNG MEN
ARE ALL RIGHT
Some time ago We remember writ
ing piece by that title at time
wien Army morale was being .4eavily
criticized and it was feared tha4
tho young men of the juke-boX gen
Grafton had become soft mentally
/ morally and physically.
We're glad we wrote it. for It
al been written much better since
= written in blood on tie sands of
Hawaii and Luzcn.
The only trouble there's ever been
with the voting men nov in tac
Army camps is the same trouble
that lay in the minds of the whole
nahon--We couldn't quite take this
'hln9 seriously; We couldn't quite
believe it could really happen.
The Navy. caught off base a
much h. the national habit If
complaccnre as by any specific peg
lect showed at Pearl HarbOr that
It's men of today are fit to have
sailed with Jones or Lawrence. The
air pilots have already shown thai
they can flv with or against the
worlds best. The Marines at Wake
are ut comrades for their prede-
ce&SorS at Derna or Chateau Thier-
ry, and the Army is proving daily
Its klnship with the men of Leying-
ton, Gettysburg. and the Argonne.
HOPE DEFERRED
Hope deferred maketh the heart
sick. So runs the old provcrb, and
il 1t be true, there must be a lot
CT people il Germany who aren't
greeting he ncW Year 200 cheerily.
A year ago in a new year mes
sage, Hitler said
Soldiers. the year l941 will bring
conSummation Of the greatest vie
tory of cur history
So the year l94l came and went,
and as it closed the great Ger
men army was in disastrous with
draWal on the Russian front, while
his eHpeditionary force in Ncrth
Africa was nearing complete an
limitation. Having added Japan as
an ally. he has added the United
States as an enemy.
Complete victory, which seemed
almost within Hitlers grasp in mid
1910, ana again in mid-l941, has
nov receded farther than ever, and
dances like an Elusive Will-o- the
wisp before the tortured eyes OF the
German people
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-31
Auxiliary Red
Cross Might

Members Of Boyce Aten unit,
American Legion Auxiliary. Will
meet Friday night at 30 o'clock
for Red Cross work. this meeting
being held at the home of Mrs.
Charles a. Bra...,n. $50 SandalWood.
All women interested in joining
the group for this work will be
welcomed.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-31
Lutheran Church S
Service Thursday

New Years day services will be
conducted Thursday at Grace LII
theran church. starting at 1915 an.
The church is located at Eighth and
Holt streets and the service Is open
to the public
The Rev. Mr.. Paul Neipp, pastor,
has chosen for his sermon subject,
SO teach us to number our days
they we may apply Our hearts unto
wisdom" Psalm 90. y.12l
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-31
Willis Thornton's
Personal
Observations

Down the road swings a column
OF men in khaki. At their head a
small bugle corps blasts jauntily
Into the air a march simply put
together of bugle notes. One after
another the men take IN the tune
and begin to sing:
You're in the army noW,
You're not behind the blew.
You'll never get rich
BY digging a ditch,
You're in the army noWl
Men marching, singing, doing
things together Men united in q
common effort. with none stand
ing to gain ANYTHING but honor.
nc profit to any, cCmmon chance
OF losing all.
All America is marching to that
tune today. We are all in the Army
row. Soon every man up to 81 years
OF age will be registered, his every
talent and strength thus placed at
the disposal of the common govern
ment
shall get rich, whether it be b.
digging a ditch or building airplanes.
The man at the lathe or in the
Shipyard is in the Army, too, not
merely because he will be registered
for service, but because his products
are part of the fight. The woman
taking a mans place, the Red Cross
oir
arc all in the Army now, all serving.
all marching.
That part of labor which is Or
ganlzed has agreed TO settle disputes
peaceably without strikes. The gov
ernment will act as umpire in its
disputes, but will expect compliance
with its decisions. If this is loes
than military discipline for labor.
il is because labor still works for
private employers, while the soldier
serves his people directly. Tie
greater discipline applied to en-
pioyeS, the greater discipline must
be accepted also by employers. In
sofar as organized labor accepts in
good faith the decision of govern
ment agencies in matters of dispute,
1t also binds employers to comply
similarly
We are all in the Army now. nd
there can be no advantage for any
except in the victory on which the
future advantage of all depends.
President Roosevelt spoke to every
man and woman of this great Army
when he said:
"T have full faith that no group
IN our national life will take undue
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-31
Farewell arty
For Jim Cason

Jim Cason of the El Centre branch
of Bank of America, who has been
transferred to the Los Angeles Of
flee. was guest of honor Tuesday
night at a party given for him by
the men employees of the branch
at the Frank Onstott home.
Here games and refreshments were
enjoyed by the group attending this
farewell party.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-31

American Legion Auxiliary Jun
iors of high school age formed their
separate organization Tuesday night
at a meeting at the Glenn Kieffer
home, 1426 Olive avenue. electing
Janet Thompson as their president
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-31
Institute TO Be Of
Special Interest

A teachers n.sll.ute which vi
prove of decided interest moi o..
. the teachins profession b'a I
lay members as we'll is that seha-
duled for Jan, il the iia.tqi.a
high school auditorium wite MAJ,
Clifford Of t,'c state department Of
education as thc speaker
speech correction Is tie sabiezt
and Mrs. Clifford IS an expert II
that line. With so much emphaSi
today on public speaking. speea,1
correction will be of interest -
many and for this reason, tie t9-
Stitute has been opened to the puD-
lie according to the county sppes-
intendent OF schools office.
The institute va start promptly
at pm.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-31

Memorial services for Billie Joe
Dukes. son Of II. H. Dukes Of FL
Centre. and the eity's first victim
in the present war, will be held
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1941-01-02

TudOmasuNa hozta szokatla-
nul er6teljes szavakban, hogy
az Egyesiilt Allamoknak seer
zett jogai vannak a tavol Kele-
ten, t0bbek k0z0tt Kinaban is,
amelyekr6l mem fog semmi
szin alatt Sc lernondani, ha-
mem telies erejevel vedelmezi
azokat barHvel. szemben.
Mem lehetett ezt felreerteni.
Most mar veglegesen tudja Ja-
pan, hogy a tavol Keleten tor
ten6 minden er6szakos moz-
dulata szemben fogja talalni
az Egyesiilt Allamokat, ha
mindjart a harcteren is.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1941-01-02
MAGYAR AMERIKA

Az amerikai magyarsag vi
esztendeje sulyos problemaval
kezd6dik. Az a teny, hogy a
Szll6f0ld kenyszerhelyzete a
magyar nemzetet a tengelybe
sodorta, isnet eket vetett ko-
zenk es a hivatalos Magyar
orszag koze, inert a tengely az
vi hazank ellen Tranquil.
Miutan a magyar szarma-
zasu amerikai polgar csak
egy lojalitast ismerhet, teljes
mertekben, igaz sziveb6l hiise-
ges polgara ennek a hazanak,
a vilagpolitika isrnet ARA a
szomoru "spot" "-ra allitott ben
ninket, amiben mar egyszer
reSZiink volt.
Magyar Amerikanak nagyon
gyorsan meg kell ebben a ker-
deSben szolalni, es felreerthe-
tetleniil megnyilatkozni, hogy
az vi haza ellen iranyulo ten
gely ELLEN van minden er-
zese.
S ugy 2 sajat erdekiinkben,
mint a Sziil6f0ld erdekeben
fel kell vilagositanunk az Egye-
silt Allamok kozvelenenyet "a
kormany ugyis tudja), hogy
Magyarorszag csak a kenyszer
hatasa alatt csatlakozott a
tengelyhez.
Szerencseje az amerikai ma
gyarsagnak, hogy ma van
Amerikai Magyar Szovetseg,
amely teljes illetekesseggel
megszolal mindannyiunk ne
veben.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1941-01-02

Nemet repil6gepek ujra es
nagy erovel bombaztak Lon
don't es mas angol varosokat.
mig az angol repil6k ugyanezt
tettek a nemetek altal meg
hoditott teruletek felett. F6leg
a mem harcolo polgari lakos-
sag szenvedett ismet karokat,
ellenben a hare tovabb folyik
valtozatlanul.
Az angolok most a nemet
tengeralatt jar6 hajok kiko-
toit probaljak tamadni, anne
lyek azonban erosen alcazva
vannak es ICY csak a veletlen
munkaja lenne, ha egy ilyen
halo megseriilne. Ket tama-
das soran nem esett benniik
kar a nenet jelentesek szerint,
bar nehany hadiszer raktart
sikerult a partok menten dara-
bokra zuzni szet.
A tengeren most megenyhult
a nemet tamadas az angol ha-
jok ellen es csupan egyetlen
angol halo elsilyedeserol be-
szelnek. Ellenben a tavol Ke-
leten egy rejtelmes hadihajo
bombazott egy kis szigetet,
amelyen angol radio allomas
van a megfigyel6k reszere. Ez
a halo ugyan japan lobogo
alatt jart a wien, de AIT sci
tik, hogy nemet hadihajorol
van $40. =
A F0ldk0zi Tengeren az an
gol hadihajok teljesen saba
don jarhatnak es spanyol je-
lentesek szerint mennek is ha-
diszereket szallito hajok Egyip-
tom fele, ami ARA mutat, hogy
az olaszok aprankent a ma
guk vedett, kik0toibe szorul-
tax es oman mem mernek
t0bbe kimozdulni.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1941-01-02
A KARACSONYI
NYUGALOM

Az or0k beke hirdetdjenek, a
kereszteny megvaltonak nagy
iinnepet, a karacsonyt minden
el6zetes megegyezes nelkul be-
kessegben toltottek el az euro
pai csatatereken szembenallo
harcfelek.
London es Anglia felett
egyetlen repul6gep Sc jart a le-
veg6ben, hogy nazi bombak
b0lesevel zavarja nagy
iinnepet. Es eppen ICY otthon
maradtak az angol repul6k is,
hogy kifejezzek erzeseiket a
karacsonnyal szemben.
AIT jelentik angolok Is ne
metek egyarant, hogy lelkeket
szorito hatasa volt ennek a ka-
racsony esti bekessegnek, nyu-
galomnak, anelyet sehol mem
vartak, remelni Sc mertek, de
boldogan fogadtak.
Mem ICY az olasz diktator. A
vilag legkeresztenyibb (ami
alatt ott katholicizmust erte-
nek) orszagaban, Olaszorszag-
ban Mussolini szivet6l meg
karacsony estejen is tavol volt
minden emberi erzes. Olasz
repul6gepek hada jelent meg a
teljesen vedetlen Korfu szi-
gete felett, ahol katonal ellen
allaSr6l $40 Sc lehet, inert ezen
a -szigeten nincsenek katonak
es bombazni kezdtek irgalmat-
Ian m6don az egesz teriiletet a
magassagbd.
Tizen0t polgari elet esett al
dozatul az olaszok karAcsonyi
bombs bazasanak. Enberek, akik
mex a haboruhoz, a hadviseles-
hez semmi k0ziik, de akiknek
artatlanul ki0nt0tt we're most
az eyre kialt Is megtorlast
var.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1941-01-02
NIT vARHATUNk
AZ UJ EvT0L?

lFolytatas az Ak oIdaIroD
vegrehajtasa liberalisabb lesz,
amilyen aranyban eek a k0z-
terhek ugy a kincstarnal,
mint az egyes allamokban,
megyekben es varosokban csok
kennek.
Kiil0n0sen meg fogjak a ja-
vulo viszonyokat azok az oreg
polgarok erezni, akik az
egyes allamokban keptelenek
voltak eddig az aggkori Sc
gelyliMtara keriilni, inert
nem volt eleg f0d0zet "a, hogy
minden jogos igeny kielegitest
talaljon.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1941-01-02
Az AFRIKAI HARC
MEG MEM D6LT Ell

Akarmilyen kedvez6 jelen-
tesek erkeztek Egyiptombol
Londonba es oman a klils6 vi
lag fele, meg korant Sc lehet
$40 arrol, hogy az angolok don
to csapast tudtak volna merni
az afrikai olasz hadseregre.
A helyzet az olaszokra nezve
nagyon nehez ugy Afrikaban,
mint Albaniaban, de viszont
ha a ne1netek nekimennek a
g0r0g0knek es leverik a kis
nemzetet, akkor egyik naprol
a masikra teljesen megvaltoz-
hatik a helyzet. Mem arat
ugyan abbol semmi dics6seget
Mussolini, de egy ideig meg
uralmon maradhat.
Pompas haditervek alapjan
nagyszeru tamadasokat inte-
zett az olaszok ellen az angel
vezerkar, de a baj az, hogy
nincs megfelel6 hadi ereje a
helyszinen es ICY hosszu ideig
tarto kiizdelemre van kilatas.
Az olasz vedo sereg csak ar
ra t0rekszik ugy Afrikaban,
mint Albaniaban, hogy kitart-
son addig, anig a nemet Sc
gitseget megkapja. A nemet
csapatok megjelenese vi lelki
er6t 0ntene az olaszokba is es
a vilag hamarosan tanuja len
ne annak, hogy a most mely-
segesen hallgato Mussoloni is
met megkezdene nagyhangu
es igazan alaptalannak bizo-
nyult hencegeset les ismet a
vilag jovend6 uranak fogja
kepzelni 0rmagat.
Egg nagy angol gy6zelem
azonban vegleg leszallitana a
magas pariparol es legalabb
egyet kiutottek volna a dikta-
torok k0ziil a nyeregb6l.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1941-01-02
ERTEKEK ES
BEFEKTETESEK

A varhato gazdasagi fellen-
dules termeszetszeriileg hozza
magaval, hogy az ertekek es
az Arak altalaban feImennek.
Mint fentebb jeleztik, bizo-
nyos lakossagi atcsoportosula-
sok nehol az ertekek esetleges
kisebb cs0kkeneset, mashol
boomszeru emelkedeset hozzak
maid magukkal, de altalaban
szenzaci6s arhullamzasok mem
lesznek. Az arak es ertekek
emelkedese lassu, de allando es
biZtOs lesz.
Mem vonatkozik ez a meg
jegyzes ertekpapirokra, anne
lyek Anglia osszeomlasa eseten
nagyon sulyos hlengeseknek
lesznek egy id6re kiteve.
Akinek keszpenze van es
mem kivanja AIT ingatlanokba
fektetni, a bank-kamatnal va
lamivel magasabb jovedelmet
huzhat ugyanolyan biztonsag-
gal, ha u. S. bondokat vasarol,
amikb6l gyakran es sokat l0k-
mex a k0vetkez6 honapokban
piacra.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1941-01-02

Az tJNNEPI SZtJNET
VEGET ERT

Harom 1apig tartott az
iinnepi sziinet a harctereken es
akkor ujra kezdtek AIT a leve-
g6beli kuzdelmet, amelynek
alapjaban we've nincsen sok
hadaszati ertelme, inert ket-
segtelen most mar, hogy a 1e-
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erni.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1941-01-02
NEMET MOZDJJLATOK
A BALKAN IRANYABAN

Karacsony napjara varatlan
fordulattal szolgalt a nemet
diktator. Az els6 hirt a leg
ujabb Hitler rnozdulatro1 Ma
gyarorszag kor1nanya adta egy
szaraz hangu bejelentesben, a
mely a vasuti forgalom rend-
Xviii eros korlatozasat hozta
tudomasra akkent, hogy de-
cember 287ik napjatol kezdve
csak kivete1es engedely alapjan
lehet a vasutakon utazni, vagy
arukat szallitani. Mintegy
folytatasa volt ennek a ma
gyar kormany masodik rende-
lete, amely n1inden magyar
honpolgart utasitott, hogy ha
a karacsonyi iinnepekre rem
des lakohelyet elhagyta volna,
akkor oda haladek nelkti1 ter
'jen vissza. =
E ket magyar kormany-ren-
delet kiegeszitese gyanant az
utan csoportosan j0ttek a tav-
iratok Magyarorszagrol, anne
lyekb6l teljes bizonysaggal
csak egy tenyts lehetett meg
allapitani a kilf0ld0n es
Amerikaban.
Haronszazezer nemet kato-
ma megindult Romania fele es
ezeknek a kozvetlen szallita-
sara a magyar vasutakon
LOO vonat sziikseges, ami
ben meg nincsen benne a min
dennapos utanpotlas reszere
szUkseges vonatok szama.
A roman teriiletre kiildott
nemet hadsereg tiizersegb6l,
hidasz csapatokbol, haborus
tankokbol es motoros jarmli-
vekb6l al, amelyek reszere a
magyar kormany teljes k0zle-
kedesi szabadsagot engedelye-
zett magyar terileten at. Ne
met vasutasok, hivatalos nyel-
ven ne1net kozlekedesi szak-
ert6k vannak minden egyes
magyar vasuti allomason, hogy
a k0zlekedes gyors es sima le-
folyasat biztositsak. AIT jelen-
tt ez, hogy a NAV, a Baross
Gabor olyan t0keletessegre
emelt magyar kiralyi allam-
vasutak nemet kezekre keriil-
tex es elvesztettek szabadsa-
gukat. Lehet, hogy csak poll
tikailag, de nincs kizarva, hogy
gazdasagilag is.
A nemet csapatok egyel6re
mem mentek az eredeti roman
kiralysag teriiletere, amely
amugyis egy hatalmas nemet
hadsereg tanyaja, hanem Arad