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La gaceta., 1941-01-25

obligados a retirar Y reorgani-
Ear siete divisiones, entire elias
la de los famosos corredores
"Lobos de Tuscania." FL ge-
neral Hugo Caballero efectGa
la reorganization.
Roma, ehero 25.-La nota
del mando dice que "impor-
tantes" posiciones Sc han are
batado a los griegos; pero no
Sc menciona ell lugar donde es
tan situadas.
Cairo, EgiptO, Enero 25.-
Las tropas mecanizadas brita
Meas han hecho hoy c%ontacto,
a tres millas de Derna, con ell
ejercito fascista en- retirada.
Contingencies ingleses, avian
zando desde Kenya, acaban
de penetrar en- Ethiopia. Nuevos
levantamientos de los etiopes
contra los italianos han ocurri
do en- las utimas horas.
Singapore, Enero 25.-Arri
DO hoy ell general Charles Be-
nett, jefe de Estado Mayor en-
Australia, siendo recibido por
iefes y Oficiales de la guarni--
ci6n. Tnglaterra Sc propone
convertir esta base naval en- la
mas fuerte del mundo.
Washington, Enero 25.-Pa
ra evitar nuevos medicines
con la escuadra inglesa, dice
Sc que ell Uruguay propOndra
que la iona americana, ahora
de 800 millas por acuerdo de
la conferencia de Panama, sea
solo de % millas.
Washington. enero 25.-
Lord Halifax conferenci6 con
ell secretario Hull Ell la mana
ma de hoy. Creese que acOrda
ron la fecha de presentation
de credenciales al p~residente
Roosevelt.
Ante ell comite de relaciones
exteriores de la Camara, Will
liam c. Bullitt, exembajador
en- Francia, declare que Esta-
dos Unidos, velando por su
propia existencia y actuando
con espiritu de conservation,
debe impedir la derrota de In
glaterra.
Washington, Enero 25.-El
senador Ellender, del Estado de
Louisiana ha %presentadC u1
proyectO de ley para que
sea disminuida la Quota azu-
carera de Cuba y otros PASSES.
Colaboran con 81 un senador
de Utah y otros legisladores.
Bucarest, Fnero 25.-El je-
fe de la Guardia de Hero,
Horia Sima, fue arrestado hoy
Ell primer ministro Antonescu
dijo a los peri6dicos que du-
rante la noche Sc trat6 de ase-
sinarlo, pero que los crimina-
les fracasaron. Una guarida
de la Guardia fu6 registrada
y so de ellos detenidos. Sc les
ocuparon granadas de manos,
armas, cigarrrillos y licores..
La gaceta., 1941-01-25
Noticias importantes de aver y de hoy

Tampa mandara 335 hombres = Aprobado ell
alcantarillado. - Arrestos en- Paris. - Roose-
welt recibio a Lord Halifax EN- su "yate." Pa
sa de 5000 ell numero de muertos. - Los nazis
bombardearon la escuadra ~inglesa. Los grie-
Cos a una milla da Valona. - Contacto con los
fascistas en- Derna. - Lego a Singapore ell ge-
neral Bennett. - Halifax visito a Hull. Pala-
bras del exembajador Bullitt. Sima arresta-
do en- Rumania.
La gaceta., 1941-01-25

San Agustin, Enero 25,-La
cficina general del servicio Sc
lectivo ha ordenado que 1886 j6-
nes d. Tampa Sc presenter Ell ell
eampamento Blanding, en- Star
Ike, el dia II de febrero, con ell
fin de comenZar un ano de entire
namiento militar. FL total del
eoniado d. Hillsborough, inclu-
yendo a Plant City, sera de 39S.
Washington ,Enero 25.-E
Presidente Roosevelt aprob6 Il
yer ell proyecto de alcantarillado
&c Tampa, que sc efectuara por
mediaci6n de la WPA. Depende
la ejecuci6n de la obra del dine
70, los hombres y los requeri-
mieentos de la defensa nacional.
Paris, Enero 25.-Porque rea
lizaban una campaha "de viva
voz', pero al dido, EN- restaurant.
ties y otros lugares, la policia
detuvo a cincO individuos. Sc les
acusa de difundir rumores alar-
nantes. Tn bando del p%refefec-
to Roger Langeron prohibe la
circulation de rumores Y CHS
mes.
Washington, Enero rs
Rompiendo los precedentes di-
rlomaticos el presidente Roose-
welt recibi6 aver en- ell mar, fren
tie a Annapolis, en- Maryland, al
nuevo embajador de Inglaterra
en- los Estados UnidOs, Lord Ha-
lifax, que para aceptar el puesto
en- este pals renunci6 la cartera
de negociOs extranjeros. El yate
Potomac, llevando al jefe de
Estado, hizo contactO, en- la ba-
hia Chesapeake, con ell pOdero-
so Y nuevo acoraZadO ingles
GeorgeV, que trajO al embaIa-
dor. Lord Halifax y su esposa
pasaron al barco presidential,
donde Sc cambiaron los prime
ros saludos. Bajo la lluvia re-
gresaron los tres a Washington.
Con el p%residente embarcaron
en- ell Potomac, el ~secretario de
marina Knox, el almirante
Stark Y otras personalidades.
Trenton, New Jersey, Enero
estados de Nueva In
glaterra estan hoy cubiertos por
la nieve. La ola fra prOcede de
los estados de Vermont y Maine
Y Sc extiende por los grandes La
Cos y ell vale de Ohio.
Bucarest, Enero 25.-El ge-
neral Antonescu ha ordenado SO
intensifique la persecution de to
dos los miembros de la Guardia
de Hero, acusados de TRACTION.
Demostraciones de la Guardia
de Hero tuvieron hoy lugar en-
differences lugares. Calc1lase
que el nGmero de muertos, a con
secuencia de los recientes mott
mes, pasa de 5000. La nota Off
cial acusa a Sima de haber pre-
parade la rebellion. Custodian
las GALES los tanques del ejerci-
to.
Berlin, enero 25.-La avia-
con nazi bombarde6 la escua-
dra inglesa al oeste de la isla
de Creta y ell mando asegura
que dos de los acorazados y
un crucero fueron alcanzados
por las bombas. I'm comunica
do italiano confirma la noti-
ella. Aseguran los italianos que
uno de sus submarines hundio
un barco ingl6s.
Atenas, Enero 25-Noticias
de Yugoeslavia indican que
los italianos Sc proponen mi
ciar una ofensiva contra Go =
ritzit. Las tropas griegas Sc ha
Ian a una milla de Valona, la
importante base de los fascis-
tas. Los fascistas Sc han vlsto
La gaceta., 1941-01-25
CHUNGAS Y NO CHNJNGAS
Las "burradas" de un senador. Precedente'
despedazados. = Rumania y los nazis. Elec
clones. - I'm periodico.

litico y sin Hbertad, los ruma-
nos acarician la misma esperan-
"a que los espanoles leales y re-
publicanos, los franceses, pola-
cos, checoeslovacos, holandeses,
noruegos, belgas y dinamarque-
SEES: ell derrumbe del nazismo y
ell fascismo y la reconstruction
de Europa.
Evening star., 1941-05-25

parent endeavors was improved upon
in the United States largely perhaps
because of the availability of facili-
ties necessary for success. Good but
inexpensive printing was required.
The demand was met by the publish
ing industry of New York. Since 1915
the number of books and booklets
distributed has exceeded three hun
dred million. The society is sole
producer of the Scriptures in sixty
five different languages and dialects
employed by peoples scattered in the
most distant parts of the globe. Re-
cent translations have been made
for the Indians of Guatemala and
for remote Filipino tribes. Special
editions are being issued for the
Army. the Navy and the Air Force.
Due to the fact that British and con-
tinental agencies are inactive, the
burden of the labors of their collabo-
rator on this side of the Atlantic is
vastly increased. The Washington
City Bible Society, with the Rev. DR..
w. L. Darby as president, is cooper
ating in the emergency. Its inspira-
tion has the Endorsement of Abraham
Lincoln, the Beloved Emancipator,
who said to himself in the hour of
his ordeal Take all this Book upon
reason that you can and the balance
on faith, and you will live and die a
better man."
Evening star., 1941-05-25
Bible Society Anniversary

Never before in the history OF the
world has there been such poignant
need for the Word of God. The cata-
clySnlic experience through which
the race currently is passing might
have been avoided had the lessons
of the Scriptures been learned by
national leaders. Nothing in the
prevailing horror is new in the
light of Revelation. Rather, the sins
which have brought forth the sor-
row and the suffering which now
aff1ict the earth are none other than
those the Hebrew prophets inveighed
against in their time. The correc-
tion for greed and fear, incontro-
vertibly, may be discovered in the
teaching represented in the New
Testament. With faith in the Cos
pels as a practical medicine for the
ills of the whole human family, the
American Bible Society is celebrating
the one hundred and tWenty-fifth
anniversary of its mission.
1t was natural development that
an enterprise intended to popularize
the study of the Word should be Or
ganized in America. Similar efforts
had been launched in England as
early as 1880. The example Of the
Evening star., 1941-05-25
Oldest Inhubitunt

Florida has long been a winter
haven for the aged, but it is doubtful
if the State harbors a more diStin-
guished centenarian than Margaret,
129-year-old Amazon parrot. Maggie
is very feeble now, and cannot last
much longer, even in Florida, re-
gardless of what the Chamber of
Commerce may say. But she still is
garrulous.
Visitors to her Miami home say
that it is almost as good as a course
in history to listen to her reminis-
cences. It might be thought that
taxpayers could be saved some money
if she were given a position in one
of the public schools as history
teacher, but there is nothing to the
notion. Constant association in her
lurid past with slave traders, pirates,
beachcombers and politicians has
made her vocabulary too rich for un-
diluted use on the young, and suit
able only for hobo jungle.
Evening star., 1941-05-25
THE LIVING AND THE DEAD
By Right Freeman, D., D., C. L.,
Bishop OF Washington.

Memory plays large part in the life
of every man. Where it treasures rich
experiences and glowing personalities it
is an asset. Where it is the repository
of incidents or personalities that caused
disillusionment and misfortune it is
liability
The Nation reViVeS it memory once a
year, when it recalls the heroism and
self-sacrihcing service of the men and
women who, in critical days, responded
to their Nations call. 1t is well that
this is so, for the life of people is large
ly conditioned and its future determined
by its reverence for its traditions and
its devotion to the men who have signauy
served it. Possibly at no time in the
history of America has this kind of re-
Election been so urgently needed as now.
Despite the sweeping changes that char
acteriZe this period, America cherishes
and holds firmly to her tradition and
to her ideals. While she seeks to be
en- rapport with a progressive age, she
refuses to adjust the ways of her house
hold to patterns and systems wholly at
variance with her ordered life Alien
influences must not divert her from
her chosen course.
Memorial Day is fit time to take stock
of ourselves and our institutions 1t
would be of little worth that we pause
to pay tribute to our honored dead unless
We are prepared to maintain the cause
for which they sacrificed and died This
Memorial Sunday takes on an added
significance in the light of present world
events. We have summoned million
and half men to service; we are once
again Nation in process of preparing
for eventualities and we are subjecting
ourselves to highly costly undertaking
to meet any emergency that may arise.
Let us, in the light of this, remember
what we as Nation stand for and what
as people We represent. Our first duty
IS to the young men we have called to
service. AS yet the Nation seems re-
luctant adequately to recognize this. An
officer, high in the service, has solemnly
reminded us that, to conserve the moral
and spiritual Well-being of our drafted
men is primary obligation. He MAIN
tains that as yet there is a lack of re-
sponse on the part of our people. We
have excellent morale in the camps: the
situation contiguous TO and beyond them,
Evening star., 1941-05-25

and in the country at large, is wholly
unsatisfactory.
This is a grave situation and unless
it is speedily remedied we may find our
high aims impaired if not defeated.
The moral neglect, so widely prevalent,
must be checked and changed. We
cannot and We dare not neglect the
physical and moral well-being of the
men in training. These young men have
claim upon us that must be recognized.
We have chaplainS in the camps and We
have recreational facilities the Govern
ment has supplied, but beyond them and
in towns and cities contiguous, to which
in their free hours the men resort, there
is little in the way of adequate faciI-
tiles and agencies that can furnish them
with wholesome and proper recreation
and entertainment.
An effort is being made to correct this
condition and it deserves the ready and
generous support Of all our people. Our
young men must not be abandoned to
commercial and frequently vicious agen-
cies that are designed to lower and i'm
pair their moral tone. These young de-
Tenders of the Nation must not be for
gotten men. While We remember the
honored dead, let US not forget the hon
ored living sons Of the Republic. Here
is fit theme for Memorial Sunday.
Speaking recently in the old and great
ly beloved chapel at West Point I noted
on its walls the many tablets to some Of
the great soldiers who have served the
Republic. These tablets brought back
to memory the achievements of other
days, and We visioned something OF the
splendid story of the past The young
men who were now sitting in the chapel
were carrying on great tradition; they
were the logical successors Of those who
had gone before them.
So in the camps over the country
are thousands Of others, our sons Of the
present. who, with like pride and loyalty,
are fitting themselves at much sacrifice
and self-disCipline to maintain and per-
petuate American institutions and Amer
ican ideals. They, too, are guardians
of a Nations treasures They too, must
have the best we can give to keep them
strong and morally fit for the tasks that
lie ahead. Every city, every town must
be made clean and ready TO receive them.
Reverent remembrance of the dead: ade-
quate provision for the living. This is
fitting theme for Memorial Day.
Evening star., 1941-05-25

Morgenthau, therefore, has good rea-
son for satisfaction with the results
of the defense savings drive.
A major objective of the campaign
is to place brake on imitation by
tapping the savings of the American
people to help pay the Nations de-
tense bills, thus reducing the proper
ton of national income available for
consumer purchases competing with
the requirements of rearmament.
As curb against initiation, the Sue
cess of the defense savings program
is thus of vital Importance to mil
lions Of Americans, Commercial
banks, with their present excess re-
serves, could purchase $39,000,000000
of the new Government debt, it is
estimated. During the past ten years
the Government has borrowed
heavily from the banks. Though the
Treasury might easily have sold its
defense bonds to the banks, it has
wisely chosen to take the hard and
sound way, by offering its securities
to individual investors. History
shows that resort to borrowing from
commercial banks often has been the
initial step toward runaway infla-
tion," and its destructive aftermath.
At his press conference on Thurs
day, Secretary Morgenthau declared
his opposition to compulsory savings.
To help pay the cost of the war, and
to check inflation Great Britain has
adopted a planifor mandatory saw
ingS Clearly, there will be no need
for the adoption of such a plan in
the United States if the American
people continue to place a substan-
tial part of their savings in defense
securities las an investment to pre-
serve democracy" and the American
way OF life.
Evening star., 1941-05-25
Defense Bond Sales

The announcement Of Secretary
Morgenthau that sales of defense
bonds are running ahead of Treasury
expectations will be welcomed as an
indication that the campaign to mo-
bilize the savings of the American
people to help finance rearmament
has gotten off to flying start. Dur
ing the first seventeen days of this
month, sales of the new securities
totaled more than S257 100000 That
the minimum goal of $500, 10000 900 set
for this month will be attained seems
virtually certain, and in all prob
ability purchases will far exceed this
amount. On the basis of reports re-
eeived by the Treasury so far, Mr..
Evening star., 1941-05-25
Drastic Action Needed

Failure to settle the outlaw strike
of machiniSts at eleven San Fran
cisco yards engaged in work on naval
vessels involves plain threat to the
national security which calls for
drastic governmental action.
John P. Frey, president of the
A. F. of L. Metal Trades Department,
the union to which most of the
machinists belong xhas described the
strike as 1.-The most serious blow to
collective bargaining and the in
tegrity of agreements with employers
which has ever occurred in our in
duStrial history" But it is much
more than that. Clearly and un-
deniably, it is reckless and irres-
ponsible challenge to this Govern
ment in its effort to build up the
defenseS of the country.
In fairness to Mr.. Frey and other
responsible A. F. of L. leaders, it
should be said that they have re-
pudiated the action of the 1,400
machinists over which they have
nominal jurisdiction, and have
made determined efforts to break
the strike, which was called in an
effort to obtain wage increases in
excess of the rates fixed by contract.
In contrast, the leaders Of the c. /.
O., to which 800 of the men belong,
have remained silent and inactive.
Thus, it appears in this instance
that the leaders of one branch of
organized labor cannot control it's
members and the leaders of the
other branch will not make an effort
to do so.
Under these circumstances, and
in view of shipping shortage which
he has described as being serious
to desperation" Admiral Emory S.
Land, chairman of the Maritime
Commission, has urged the use of
Federal forces, if necessary, to re-
move the picket line set up by the
machiniSts so that other Workmen
would be free to return to their Jobs.
Ralph Bard, Assistant Secretary of
the Navy, has opposed Admiral
Lands suggestion, but indicated his
belief that the Government should
take over and operate the ship
yards, or, as an alternative, prosecute
the leaders of outlaw strikes for con-
spiracy to hold up the defense pro-
gram.
1t may be that the proposals
of both Admiral Land and the As
sistant Secretary are infeasible in
that they would carry no assurance
Of resumption of work But if the
wisdom of these particular proposals
is open to question, there can be not
the slightest doubt that the time
has passed for hesitation and
timidity on the part of Congress
and the administration in dealing
with strikes Of this character.
Virtually every defense strike to
this date has been settled by grant,
ing all or some of the demands of the
strikers, but, as Senator Connally of
Texas put it, we might as we'll
quit" If we have reached the point
where we have to give in to demands
like those the machinists are making.
Evening star., 1941-05-25
II. N. S. Hood

The sinking of the battle cruiser
Hood, Britain's biggest warship, is an
undeniably grievous blow to the
Royal Navy.
Time and again since the start
of the war the Germans and the
Italians have claimed the destruction
of this veritable floating fortress,
but in this instance all doubt is re-
moved by the Admiralty's announce
ment in London that the 42,000-ton
battle cruiser received an "unlucky
hit in a magazine and was blown
to pieces. Presumably, all or nearly
all of the 1341 members Of the crew
were lost with the ship.
The reports which have been re-
ceived so far of the Hoods fatal
engagement with the new 35,0O0-ton
German battleship Bismarck are too
meager to permit Of any final con-
clusions as to whether the Hood was
the victim of lucky hit in the
ordinary sense of the word or
whether she was structurally unable
to withstand the fire of her antagon-
ist. Some inferences may be drawn,
however, from the purposes for which
the two ships were built.
In the construction of battle
ship, the emphasis is placed on fire
power and defensive armament. 1t
is the present-day counterpart of
the old ship-of- f-the-l line, and is de-
signed primarily to take punishment
as well as give it. The modern
battle cruiser, on the other hand,
is designed to combine a maximum
of fire power, defensive armament
and speed Thus in the case Of the
Hood, whose guns were as big as
those of a battleship, it is prob
able that speed was obtained at the
expense of defensive armor since
these elements must be balanced in
relation to the propelling machinery.
Therefore, it may be true-although
it is by no means certain-that the
Hood was simply unable to match
the Bismarck in defensive strength,
and became the victim of her COM
manders decision to risk an engage
ment instead of using her probable
superior speed to escape and thereby
forfeit an opportunity to attack the
German ship.
Be that as it may, the hard fact
remains that the Hood Is gone and
there are very few ships in the
British navy which are capable
singly of engaging the Bismarck on
even terms. And as long as that
powerful Nazi battleship is operating
in the Atlantic no convoy will be safe
and the supply route between Amer
lea and Britain will be under a con-
slant and deadly threat.
Some weeks ago the President
cautioned the American people
against eXcesses of despair and
optimism as the pendulum of battle
swings from good to bad, and pointed
out that the war would not be won
or lost by one sea fight or one land
retreat. That was good advice then
and it is good now, but at the same
time we should not make the mistake
of Understanding the menace
which is inherent in this latest man
Hesitation of German power.
Evening star., 1941-05-25
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

Fifty years ago plans for the erection
Of a Washington diocesan cathedral
came closer to reality
Cathedral Plons by virtue of sub
Advance stantial private en-
dowment. Under date
of May %, 1891, The Star says: AN
indenture was recorded at the City Hall
today whereby Miss Mary Elizabeth
Mann conveyed in trust to the American
Security e. Trust Co. lands owned by
her in Lanier Heights, the primary pur-
pose of the trust being to devote the
property in question after Miss Manns
death to cathedral endowment for the
Protestant Episcopal diocese, of which
the District of Columbia may form a
part. After this object is accomplished
and the cathedral foundation is other
wise sufficiently provided for, the prop
erty is to be devoted to the support of
Episcopal educational institutions"
In its editorial columns, The Star also
says in this connection: The project
is worthy and inspiring one '''. This
endowment will doubtless operate by
way Of suggestion to those who seek for
the best opportunities for such good
works and will be the first in a series
of gifts that will speedily bring into
existence the perfected cathedral"
The pride of our Navy fifty years ago
was the White Squadron" a feet of
our best war vessels
Pride Of the manned by picked crews
Novv and commanded by Ad-
miral Walker 1t would
seem, from accounts, that other ele-
ments of the Navy were somewhat jealous
of it. Says The Star of May Is, 1891:
There has been an undoubted effort on
the part of certain naval folks outside
of the squadron to get the feet dis
solved, but the presence of Admiral
Walker in town for the past two or three
weeks has given him an opportunity to
convince the authorities at the depart
ment that the exercises of the squadron
in Tampa Bay have been productive of
better results as regards the instruction
of the Navy in modern maneuvering
than any series of squadron movements
ever held.
The White Squadron is not to be
dissolved =" but the wishes of Admiral
Walker are to be respected, and he is
to take his splendid ships around home
waters this summer for some extended
maneuvers that are intended to serve
as object lessons for other ships and
other commanders"
Half century ago there were rum
blings against unrestricted immigration,
no doubt famed by
Curb on the riots and lynch
Immiorotion ings of Italians in New
Orleans that had Just
occurred. On May Is. 1891, The Star
printed long editorial on the subject
In part, it reads: The people of the
United States wish to restrain immigra-
ton so far, and only so far, as it is
likely to operate detrimentally to public
interests in the United States. There is
very slight public sentiment here in IA
vor of checking immigration because no
more foreigners are desired in the coun-
try. But immigration from
Southern and Eastern Europe and from
Asia of persons of low intelligence and
morals - = incapable of becoming good
citizens = e has excited a determination
$50 to have the immigration laws greatly
modified"