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Evening star., 1942-10-09

] Sc m y o n ~
tube Of tooth
paste and my
lone tub e 0 I
shaving cream
and faced q
bleak, brushless
existence, the re-
sponse has been
amazing.
Americas big
heart opened up
for me, and I
am being bun
dleized" just as
Evening star., 1942-10-09

TIE opinions OF the rters this page their on not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented IL The
Stars effort to gue all sides OF questions OF interest to It's
readers although such opinions may contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1942-10-09
BY FRANK r. KENT.

The more it is viewed the more
the recent reorganization within
the War Production Board, seems
about the best thing that has hap
Evening star., 1942-10-09
|McLennore
AvoIonehe Of Empty
Tubes Sent to Scribe
Rv HENRY McLEMORE.

BY HENRY McLEMORE.
Tiny Tim McLemore cries. Bless
you, every one. :.
Since I mentioned in one Of these
dispatches that while on q trip I had
Evening star., 1942-10-09
NovyNctor
.ByA'leu!tio!ns Nj
q ,aectics
Cool Heods ,FoiIed :
To Foil Into Trop
!. As Jops Hoped
BY DAVID'LAWRENCE.

by DAVID LAWRENCE.
The judgment Of the high COM
mand of the United States has been
vindicated IN the western Aleutlan
Islands. When, four months ago,
Evening star., 1942-10-09
On the Record
Promise to Divide War r-GuiIH Goots From Sheep
Seen os Hard Blow at Nozi Home Propaganda
BY DOROTHY THOMPSON.

The Presidents statement
warning that persons responsible
for crimes against international
law committed during this war
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-18
Krajan Civis obSti zbesile
iixdy.

Policie z Chicago patra 1si-
lovne pc ridici automobile,
ktery smrtelne zranil 43 roxy
stareho krajana Ant. B. Civil
Sc a zbabele ujel.
Civis prisel domI z prace, a
pc pate iodine vysel z domu.
Crystal Sc pfejiti kTizovatku
Wolcott a 48. ul., a sestoupil
s chodnfku. V tom Sc primal
silenou rychlostf ujfzdejicf au-
tomobil, zasahl Civise, a dale
ko jej odhodil. Rfdic Sc ami ne
pokusil O vyhnutf, ami o zmir-
neni rychlosti, a policie die to-
no soudl, re povoz, ktery rfdil,
byl ukradeny.
Jeho neocekavanou smrt1
byla bolestne postizena jeho
matka pf. Anna Granova, BY
vala Civisova, s n1z zal jejl sdl-
Ii bratr Clarence Civis, pi. Eli
zabeth Karaskova, sestra, p.
Karasek, svagr, teta,
a ostatni pratele.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-18
OPILYCH.

Uveznen1 pro opilstvf v Bal
timore stale Sc zmaha cd po-
catku tohoto roku. V prvnich
osmi mesfcfch 4,439 osob pro
toto zatceno bylo. z poctu to-
no bylo 211 zen. V teze dobe
pred rokem zatceno bylo 81
1856.
Devadesat procent zatce-
nych nalezeno bylo tax spitych
re lezeli ma ulicfch.
Nejvice zatcenych bylo po-
del morskeho brehu a ma Mar
ket Space. Soudce Hammer
.rekl: "Je to zle dosti pro mu:
re opfti Sc a zavreni byti ma sta
nici. Gin vsak to horst nalez-
ii p6kne odenou zenu, mnohe z
Mich vdane S rodinami We sko-
ZACH, lezfcfch v. rdznem stupni
opilych ma ulic1ch." 4n.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-18

V cervnu roku 1861 pTihla-
sill Sc Francis Hunt z Hillsdale,
Neb., jake dobrovolnik k sever
nj armada a byl We Fort Lea
venworth, Kans., odveden k
patemu pluku nebraska jizdy,
S kterou prodelal obcanskou
waikiki. PAX v cervenci roku
1917 vstoupil do armady jeho
vnuk Vern Hunt a byl take Cd
veden We Leavenworth, ably bo-
joval v prvni svetove valce. Po-
sleze v cervenci roku 1912 ma
sledoval pTfkladu veterana z
obcanske valky jeho pravnuk
Francis Hartzell a take byl We
oFrt Leavenworth vraden do
americke armady v druhe sv6-
tove valce.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-18
| otcove rodin budou odvadsni
ma nresrok.

Major general Lewis B. Her
shey, feditel selektivnf sluzby,
naznacil, re i zenatf muzi, kite
Fl mali deti, budou odvadeni
do armady v r. 1913.
Pravil: "Neni dostatek re
natych muzd bez d6tf, ably by
10 mono mobilisovati 10000
900 az 100000 muz1 We
Spojenych Statech. Neni "a
kona, kterym byli by vylouceni
zenatf muzi S detmi z vojenske
sluzby. Je to pouze provade-
no v praksi."
Hershey ucinil tento projev
v Teci ma zaverecne schulz A
mericke legie We state New
Jersey.
Predpovedel, re mobilisace
muzG prfstf rok stoupne vyse
nez bylo ocekavano a snad do
SALINE i $4,000, 900.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-18
RUDY DUSEK ZAPASITI
BUDE " COLISEUM.

Pffstf dtery, dine %. zari '
krlzkovych zapasech pofada.
nych v Coliseum Mr.. Ed Conto.
sem v hlavn1m zapase kterJ
urcen ma dobu jedne porazky
Rudy Dusek, 218 Id. z Omahy
utka Sc S Johnny Long, 205 ID
z Baltimore.
V nasledujfc1ch 4 zapasecf
ktery urceny ma dobu 80 minut
aneb l porazky 1cinkujf:
Michael Leone, 218 ID. TIA
II Detroit VS.. Joe Millich, 215
Id. re ST. Louis.
Mike Heller, 215 ID. z Bos.
tonu VS.. Maurice LaChappelle.
200 ID. z Francie.
Milo Steinborn, 235 ID. z
Memphis VS.. Tony Milano, ESQ
10. Ital z New Yorku.
Dick Craddock, 200 ID. z
Washington, d. c.. VS.. Morris
Shapiro, 21O ID. z Montreal,
Canada.
Muzi v evojenskem stejno-
kroji mali vstup volny!
zeny v prdvodu muze mali
vstup volny pouze v "ringside"
sedadlech.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-18
Predbezne Ornament krajan-
skych podnikHG.

- 20. zaTf = nedele = v
Belcamp, Md. T. J. Sokol -
Prvnl Vefejne Cvicenf spojene
s uvedenlm do Amer. Oboe So
skolske.
= 4. f1jna - nedele = v
Auditoriu Osady sv. Vaclava
Ochotnfci poTadajf divadlo sc
zpevy "TaboTeni ma Sazave".
= 28., 49,, 80. a 81. rfjna -
BAZAAR, v Katolicke Budove
)Lyceum( {.
= IA. listopadu = sobota-
v Sokolovn6 Rad Free State
Tanecnf Zabava.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-18
starry HASIC SLAVIL


Emil c.. Heise, jenz pc 81
rokG byl clenem hasicskehc
zdejsfho sboru a jenz odstou.
pill pred % roxy, slavil v nede.
Ii 83lete narozeniny sve. By
kapitanem ma Paca ulici. Pra.
coval ma haSenf tis1cH ohnn "a.
hrnuje v to i veliky Baltimor
sky pozar.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-18
MA PRODEJ

dobTe jdouci a dobre zasobeny
Obchod Grocerii a Masem Sc
6 svetnicovym domem, blize
BeIair Road. Jsem nucen pro-
dati rychlemu kupci "a cenu
levnou! PTfjmu mensi domek
v severovychodni casti CO cas-
tecny dill prodejni ceny a zau-
CHM obchodu. Opravdove ma
bidky pod znackou "Zajistena
Budoucnost" do Telegraph.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-18
PTistrachy.

NeZmenl-ll Sc pOmofy, SnaQ
Sc jiz v dohledne nobe docka-
me, re zmizf vetsina automo-
bilG z mestskych ulic a venkov-
|skych silnic. Nebude dostatek
kaucuku ma automobilove ra-
fly, ably molly byt stare nahra-
zeny novymi a az stare nebu-
dou vice k potrebe, prestane Sc
jezditi. DIE nahledu znalc1
nebudou automobilove gumy k
dostanf pred rokem 1914 a je-
Ii tato predpoved spravna, mo-
Emo 81 snadno pfedstaviti, jake
asi procento automobile z1sta-
ne do tie dolby v cinnosti, nebu-
deli vyroba syntetickeho kau-
|cuku tax r~ozs1rena, ably .privo-
dila zlepsenf pomerI.
Mnoho majitelG aut pohlfzi
ma tento nedostatek lhostejne a
pravf, re budou jezditi tax
dlouho, dokud gumy vydrzf a
pax DAFT auto ma odpocinek,
kdezto JIM 81 auto setTf omeze-
MIN jfzdy, ale konecny vysle-
|dek Dude stejny. Az nebudou
gumy ,pfestane Sc jezditi. Pred
lety nebylo aut a Tide take by
Ii zivi a spokojeni. Chodilo Sc
pesky, jezdilo Sc pc zeleznici a
poulicnf draze a velmi male
procento obyvatelstva melo ko-
ne a buggy. To je ovsem prav-
da, ale zapomfna Sc, jakou
zmenu automobil pfivodil Ii
vote temef kazdeho cloveka.
Ma autu zavisf wrist tisfcn
predmestskych osad We vsech
|castech spojenych Statd. Do
kud Sc takove venkovske osa-
dy musely spolehati ma zelez-
nicnf dopravu, jejich obyvatel-
stvo z~Gstavalo stejne, ale jak-
mile nastala automobilova do
prava, zacaly Sc probouzeti re
sve ztrnulosti a rychle vzrdsta-
ly a move Sc zakladaly.
Bee automobilove dopravy
byla by existence takovych O.
sad vazne ohrozena a jejich O.
b~yvatele by museli hledati il
ny domov blize dopravy. Kone
a buggy nemohou jiz auto ma
hraditi, protoze nevyhovuji
zrychlenemu tempu americke-
no zivota. Meststl obyvatele
by spfse zvykli novym pome-
rum, neb Sc vetsinou mohou
bez AUTOMOBILE obej1ti, ale pro
lidi We venkovskych osadach a
ma farmach by to znamenalo
ztratu takTka nenahraditelnou
Pred lety arci nebylo ma far
mach automobile a muscle Sc
farmariti, ale dnes jsou zcela
jine pomery a farmu bez gaso-
linovych vozidel nelze 81 ami
pTedstaviti.
Kdyby nastalo 1plne zasta-
vent automobilove dopravy pro
~nedostatek gumy, melo by to
dalekosahly vliv ma zivot v me-
stech i ma farmach a jedine
mono doufati, re to Dude Cd
vraceno. Pro pr1tomnou dobu
nelze nez veriti, re Dude v nej-
vetsi mlfe a nejrychleji prikro-
ceno k vyrobe syntetickeho ka-
ucuku a to jedine NIUE situaci
zlepsiti.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-18
POKUTOVAN $1,000.

Harry Sunderland, znamy v
Baltimore jake Hugh Ross, po-
kutovan byl $1,000 a 1tratami
"a to, re pokusil Sc ukryti prij-
my American Conditioning spo
lecnosti zat1m co spolecnost v
roce 1910 byla v bankrotu.
Sunderland, 33lety, z Bosto-
nu, doznal, re predal titul ma
automobil pritelkyni.
Zatcen byl v Chicago a pfi-
vezen do Baltimore.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-18

Tisice muzskych lekarn v &C.
lie zemi volany byly do arma-
dy. Prakse jejich nechany hla-
vne v Tfzeni lekarek. Jedna
mlada doktorka pecuje O ne
income tr1 lekarG, kteTi ted
slOuzi v armada.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-18
zALUJI o $4,000 KAzDA.

Tvrd1ce re utrpeli 26. unora
kdyz elektricka kara, v niz je-
ly, Sc srazila S motor truckem,
Katherine Walinski a Helen
Chrystie, ODE z Dundalk, po-
daily zalobu O nahradu v obno-
SUI $4,000 kazda. Ku srazce
doslo ma Dundalk a Williams
Avenue.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-18
MASo PRY BUDE DELENo.

Administrator Sylvan L. Jo-
seph z New Yorku predpov6-
del zde v pondelf, re maso bu-
de v Americe rozdelovano kon-
Gem tohoto roku. Cena masa
stanovena Dude koncem pro-
since.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-18

Anthony Joseph Paplanskas,
namornik druhe trfdy pochval-
nymi listinami vyznamenan
vyznamenan byl pro hrdinnost
pri torpedovanf nepfatelskych
lodi.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-18
Dits zaduseno kamenem.

4leta dceruska manzell Bech-
toldovych v Lincoln spolkla
maly kamenek, ktery il uvfzl v
hrdle a to il privodilo smrt. By
la odvezena do nemocnice, kde
il lekar Size kamenek vytahl,
zivot il pTece nezachranil, neb
"a kratko zemTela.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-18
HOCH USMRCEN
AUTOMOBILEM.

Annie Mylo Koontz, 11lety
hoch v blizkosti Frederick,
Md, usmrcen byl v nedeli au-
tomobilem, kdyz sedel v det-
skem voziku ma kraji silnice.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-18
AMBULANCE DAROVANA

Baltimorske odbocce Cerve-
neho Kfize darovana ambu-
lance S celym zarfzenfm roze-
nymi
Baltimorany.
Darovana pri slaveni Dne
Obranci tuto nedeli We
Gwynn Oak parku.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-18
VLAKEM MUzI
HLAVA.

Muz ztotozneny jake J. Fred
Bussey, 58lety z North Linthi-
cum vlakem Baltimore and An
napolis drahy u Humphrey sta
nice by tfmto usmrcen. Hlava
byla mu odtrzena cd t6la.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-18

Lunde Dials, delnlk lode
nici, umackan byl ku smrti,
kdyz veliky posunovaci stroj v
Key Highways dilnach jej "a
chytil. Mlady delnik tento I'll
ma Eutaw Place.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-18
PRIME Sc
PRIME Sc

Geska zena ma domacf prace
do rodiny v ceske ctvrti. Prace
jest denni cd pondelka do So
boty. Haste sc v elsie 2414
T.. Madison St.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-18

V Ceske Ctvrti - 5 nebo 6 svet-
mic, "a hotove. Popis S udanim
ceny a vysi gruntu zaslete do
redakce "Telegrafu", 843 N.
Washington st.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-18
Maly OznamOvatel.
HELP SALE
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE


zeny pro sici dilny. NIUE u
strojH. Anglicka rec a zkuse-
most neni zapotrebi. Pro re-
nate name rodinne byty. Pro
svobodne pokoje. Piste ma:
BaTa Shoe Co.
BELCAMP, MD.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-26

There youn sleep That bed cost ten
thousand francs"
From pinnacle 90 pinnacle Josephine
ieat9tA- itrTels-+ sometimes gems that
a Rothschild wife had tried TO purchase Her
friends were adoring and powerful Yet, oc-
casionally, she had hUr anxious moments.
one Of these was in the earlier days when a
contract from the Folies Bergere was de-
layed.
Every time she met Monsieur Deval, the
Manager, he told her it was a pleasant after
noon Josephine always hated talk about the
weather when she was interested in something
else. Instead she expected such chit chat as
this
"Chere mademoiselle, please sign a con
tract with the Foles Bergere, naming your
own salary And don't pinch pennies about
the figure"
Well that was what Josephine wanted to
hear But didn't The offer seemed TO hang
balanced in mid-air Then she did a little
investigating And found out what was the
trouble
She had lost her rabbits foot!
Josephine said nothing. She just followed
clues, till one led her to the dressing room
Of an undstnguished actress who had
crossed TO Paris on the same boat with her
self Miss Josie We're dc We're was powdering
her nose with the Baker rabbit foot!
Josephine snatched it, forthwith.
The very ext day Josephine Baker
got her engag tent This was particularly
soothing. for il came after another battle at
arms But that goes back a bit. The actress
Mstinguettc, was for half a century pro-
claimed as the owner Of the most beautiful
legs In French vaudeville At sixty mature
woman, she owned a controlling interest IN
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-26

he decided TO 60 in for diplomacy Diplomats
don't have TO get up early in the morning.
And they are invited TO the incest parties.
Signor Abbatino became a student at the
School for Diplomats in Rome. Then he
dashed over to Paris for a little relaxation in
a music hall He saw Josephine, just arrived
from America In the chorus. One Of the
girls.
at once" Signor Abbatino explained, Il
knew there was nothing for me in diplomacy.
I could see great career as manager. in the
theatre"
He told Josephine the same. that night.
They were married. She became famous,
countess, eventually. He did manage her well.
But the title happened" a world tour.
When the Baker boat reached Buenos Aires,
the reporters mixed things up. They applied
the title of the boat-Count Verdi-to Joseph
ines husband, calling him Count Abbatino.
you are ennobled by letters patent of
the waterfront men, darling" said Josephine.
We'll, 1 always fancied the nobility"
Back home in France, later she bought
the fine estate Beautiful Oak Tree" and or
dcred an artist 20 draw map TO guide her
weekend guests TO her chateau. Josephine
then called in Paul Poret, that eccentric
genius to furnish her house. He raked up
from somewhere the bed Of Marie Antoinette
for his dusky client.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-26

sIeur Marcel Savage She told nm:
Dash me together an excellent auto
biography full Of wit and drama Something
TO gixe Old Granny Mistinguette the apoplexY.
And, mind you be sure my autobiography is
an undying work Of literature"
nGeFtaiHly mademoiselle," replied Mon
sieur Savage and, by the way, what shall
/ say in the book"
Good gracious, don't bother me with de-
tails Anything that will please my public"
The writer polished up his best sentiments.
But when the book was published, deputa-
ton of French War Veterans waited on Miss
Baker They told her it was only the fact
that she was a woman that saved her from
what she had administered TO Mistinguette.
They added that she had outrageously in
suited the wounded veterans in her book.
"Oh, but 1 didn't have a thing to do with
that autobiography of mine" she countered
hastily, land 1 have the fondest love and
respect for all the veterans"
Well in a measure, that soothed the
deputation. They went away saying it was
rather careless in an author not, at least, TO
glance over the book she signed
So. with ups and downs, like the rest Of
us Josephine Baker went along her dancing
way And then came the war. At once Miss
Baker reminded herself how Hitler had gone
on public record for Master Race. In short
order as she thought this, the Germans
frowned upon her, especially. They accused
her OF abandoning a theatrical troupe shortly
So they fined the American actress. And she
paid the fine To a friend she added:
The prospects for me are not so rosy
This war can't last forever And why .
why . with war on, did 1 have 70 go and
lose my rabbits foot again ?"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-26

dug. 10 come here and give YOU THIS
rabbits foot Honey chile. keep it and
youH wear diamonds Lose it, and you'll
be sued in court"
In the good years before this war,
a rabbits foot, or her own untrammoed
genius. made overcvlzed Parisans
lose their heads over the Baker un-
dressed dances. There was something
so honest and primitive about them Josephine
seemed artless about nudity, adopting II as
a symbol
An old French count with sad. wise eyes
said Josephine was great because she had no
fears She did not tremble at the bogies OF
the civilized a beginner from America asked
her about success
IT'S not caring a darn" said Josephine
Baker IF a girl has a furnished room. a
nice boy and twenty dollars week. she can
gamble for the rest And dance as she
pleases dance as she feels. regardless.
Josephine has always been a warhorse for
battle When she went TO dance at Prague,
the authorities called out the militia IN case
Of riot But the Prague students insisted
she ride on the roof Of her limousine to
her hotel They chcered her all the way
At Prague an honest carpenter, named Zagreo
committed suicide for love Of her
she is a countess, l am a carpenter. She
is far above me. yet 1 cannot live without
her. so / die"
In Paris sparkling ladies Of the stage spoke
up in a fare Of professional jealousy perhaps
La Baker a countess" they asked oh
is that SOL"
There WAS a story about how Josephine
got her title In fact, Sow she got her Alb
batino husband" This gentleman fought with
the French in the World War Mustered out,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-26

One of the Prizes Josephine Drew Down
Was the Historic Chateau at Vesinet in
the Suburbs of Paris; She Stocked 1t
With Treasures of Art and Was So Proud
of 1t That She Had Map Drawn Show
ing How to Get There; She Named the
Chateau lie Beau Chene," Which
Means "The Beautiful Oak"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-26

the Casino de Paris.
So she made Josephine offer Of the
second role-the role second TO her charming
aging self to Mistinguette. But ali, she left
out of the reckoning the dramatic tempera-
ment. For, no sooner had she made the offer,
than the battling fist of Josephine Baker shot
out And her voice also rang out
Not for nothing have l been the good
friend of half dozen prize fighters. Take
this-and ths-and this
From the floor, then, Mstinguette shrieked
Nobody ever heard of you in America.
Go back to obscurity in your native country"
Nobody ever went to see you when you
were in America" Josephine called back,
people haven't stopped talking yet about the
flop you were in New York"
Which was true. But it was not kind
in Josephine Nor did she go back to New
York. She went TO stardom at the Foes
Bergere. instead, where for several years she
made the largest salary of any woman in
music hall in France-or Europe. Josephine
divorced her count"
But" he objected Il made you"
VERY WELL" she said, I'm much obliged
to you - but now the job is done"
1T is excellent" he added,
.1.N
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-26

Josie Singing
I'm the Sketch
sugar Cane"
One OF Her
Hits in Paris
and Vienna.
And Further
Down, Josie
Glowing TO
the Delight of
Copenhagen.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-26

that l saved money while th'
saving was good"
Then Miss Baker married Jear
Lion, wealthy aviator, who pro
posed TO her up in the air. They
were married to a salute of re
volvels 10 lend a military note
At that time Mistinguette, mature
and sixty, was writing her mem
oirs. too. The Old Lady wouldn'
have thing on her. So Mis-
Baker summoned a writer, Mon
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-08
Invasion
Believed
TllWarted
BY SIDNEY j. WILLIAMS
United Press stan Correspondent


LONDON, May S.-The United
States and Allied naval and aerial
forces which challenged a power
full Japanese feet off Australia
may have smashed an attempt to
invade Australia, well informed
British quarters said today.
They thought the Allied forces
had struck at the moment when
the Japanese were massing their
fleet for a direct attack on the
Australian continent.
Now, they added, the Allies
seemed TO be developing a COM
bined naval and aerial offensive
against Japan's greatest strategic
weakness - its dangerously ex-
tended lines Of communication.
Naval quarters. eagerly study
ing reports OF the battle, said it
seemed obvious from communicates
OF both sides that it was the great
est naval engagement of the war
and might prove decisive in the
Southwest Pacific theater.
The story of the battle almost
swept Great Britain's lightning
victory in Madagascar off the first
pages of the newspapers.
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ing men.
Then in a special radio broad
cast to the nation. Curtin said
Invasion Is a menace capable
hourly of becoming an actually.
tell you bluntly that the whole
world may very we'll shake
within the next few weeks under
the blows full scale warfare will
strike. Australia cannot escape
the blow.
"The war has reached a stage
In which happenings Of great
magnitude are at hand. The
Australian government Is not
thinking, not acting and not
working In a defensive frame of
mind, but IL may have TO strike
first In the defensive and then
In offense." o.
Opposition Leader A. w. Fadden
said:
world shaking events are Oc-
curing. These events are such
that II decided In our favor they
will leave us a happier people
with the opportunity OF carving
out our own future In the days
- come. n they are decided
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Jap Losses in Great Battle

Japanese light cruiser two desroyers four gunboas
and supply vessel sunk and 9000-ton seapane
tender light cruiser cargo vessel and transport
damaged last Monday in the first phase of the battle the
greatest naval engagement of the Pacific
Yesterday MacArthur's planes destroyed Japanese
transport in the Louisiade Islands, off the southeast tip of
New Guinea.
Members of the Australian House of Representatives
who cheered wildly when Prime Minister John Curtin
Canbera read them the first reports hushed and anxious
when he said later speaking gravey and slowly that he did
not know how the battle would end and that he ask
every man and woman in the country to join in forming
second line of defense of their country behind their fight