davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1942-12-21
'B0JI v AFRIkI; AMERI5kI
B0MBNIkI MAD FRAN(IJ0
Francozi zavzeli tunisko mesto Pichon. -
Ameriski bombniki sestrelili mad
40 nemSkih letal.


vzhodno cd velike libijske baze
Tripolija.
Osma armada dosegla Sirte
Alzirski radio poroca, da je
angleska osma armada dospela
do Sirte, kateri kraj je oddaljen
'240 mill vzhodno cd Tripolija.
Izguba sestih bombnikov
LONDON, 20. decembra. -
Ameriski bombniki so poleteli
danes globoko v vzasedeno Franci
jo ter izvedli svoj najvecji ma
pad oh belem dnevu, toda utr-
peli so tudi doslej svoje maj
vecje izgube, ko SO jate nem-
Skin bojnih letal sestrelile il
zraka sest ameriskih bombni-
kov. Cd svoje strani pa so anne.
riski bombniki sestrelili mad &c
najboljsih nemskih letal.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1942-12-21
Angle Ii prodirajo
vedno globlje v
BurmO
v zadnjih bojih je bill ubit
japonski general Tomato
re Harii, XII Sc je pojavil
meseca novembra ma Novi
Gvineji.

NEW DELHI, India, 10. de-
cembra. - Del armade genera
la Archibalda Wavella, XII steje
million MOI, je preset po dolgo-
trajnih in temeljitih pripravah
V napad ter je prodrl 40 mill
globoko V Burmo V prvi fazi o.
fenzive, katere namen je, zopet
odpreti Burma cesto, po kateri
hi lahko dobivali Kitajci vojne
potrebscine.
Komunike generala Wavella
Sc glasi:
"Tekom preteklih dni So ne
katere nase cete prodrle JUNO
Cd meje drzave Arakan v "a
padno Burmo ter zasedle Maud
gaw-Buthinaung okraj, to je 60
mill severnozapadno cd Akyaba.
"Sovraznik, XII je incl Ease
den ia okraj, odkar smo Sc mi
umaknili IL Burme, Sc je brez
boja umaknil il svojih utrjenih
pozicij.'
NEW DELHI, India, 20. de.
cembra. - Sluzbeno porocilc
naznanja, da angleske cete '
Indiji nevzdrzno napreduje il
da so oddaljene mani kot 81
mill cd Akyaba V Burmi, katerc
Sc mora osvoboditi, ako Sc hoGf
ueinkovito pomagati Kitajcem
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1942-12-21
ZADEVA Z GASOLINOM

WASHINGTON, 10. decem-
bra. - Leon Henderson, admi-
nistrator cen, je naznanil, da sc
bo V ponedeljek (danes) oh 1901
popoldne zopet dovolilo prodajo
gasolina. Henderson je povedal
casnikarjem, da DO kolicina ga
solina ma B in c kupone V II
vzhodnih drzavah in V distriktu
Columbije reducirana cd stirih
ma tri galone.
"a" kuponi bodo V Is 'drza-
yah Sc vedno dobri "a nakup
treh galonov gasolina, v West
Virginiji pa bodo znizani cd sti-
rih ma tri galone.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1942-12-21
Ofenziva zavzema proporcije nem$<e katastrof@
Zavezniki napadajo
mission pri BUM
Angleske 6ete so oddaljene
mani kot 60 mill cd Aky-
aba " Burni, XII Sc jo mo-
ra osvoboditi, &c Sc hoce
pomagati kitajcem.

Zavezniski glavni stan v Av-
straliji, ponedeljek, q. decem-
bra. - Glavni stan generala
MacArthurja naznanja, da Sc je
pricel zdaj splosen 1apad ma ia
ponce, XII so utaborjeni okoli mi
sijona ma BUM, in lda je bill v
dosedanjih bojih ubit japonski
general Tomatore Horii.
Vojni komunike sc glasi: "Mi
smo priceli S splosnim napadom
ma mission ma BUM. Nase cete
so pricele prodirati V varstvu
tankov in artilerijskega obstre.
ljevanja.
0 bitki, v kateri je bill ubit
japonski general, nj natancne.j.
sih porocil. Ia general Sc je po-
javil ma 'front.' v Now Guineji v
mesecu novembru.
Pod pritiskom ameriskih ir
avstrijskih Get so Sc Japonc
stalno umikali, in to kljub po
velju japonskega cesarja, da ST
ne smejo umakniti, temvec vzdr.
zati ali umreti.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1942-12-21
V0litve 0 sprejemu
ali OdklOnitvi
davkov
Pri posebnih volitvah Sc bo
morale odlociti, ali Sc
sprejmejo relifni davki ali
ne.

Mestni in okrajni volilci bo-
do jutri, v torek, pri posebnih
volitvah odlocili, ali maj pride
mestna in okrajna vlada pri-
hodnje leto v veliko vojno kri-
20 in ali maj odpovedo vse do
brodelne organizacije ali ne. Vse
to bo odvisno cd izida volitev,
pri katerih Sc DO glasovalo "a
sprejem ali poraz 1.3-tisocinske-
ga mestnega relifnega davka in
1.9-tisocinskega okrajnega dav-
ka "a financiranje dobrodelno-
sti.
Oba davka, XII bosta predlo-
zena volilcem re drugic tekom
dveh mesecev, bosta potrebova.
la 65-odstotno vecino, da bosta
sprejeta.
Oba davka sta prav "a pray
samo obnovitev davkov, XII so ze
uveljavljeni tako v mestu kako1
v okraju.
Ako bodo volilci glasoval
proti sprejemu teh davkov, bo'
sta mesto in okraj izgubila vso.
to $6,478,OOO, $ katero sc vzdr
zuje relif, dobrodelnost in po
sebne vojne ustanove.
Sprejeln teh davkov priporo
cajo sledece osebnosti in orga
nizacije: Nadskof JOSEPH
Schrembs, Clevelandska cerkve
ma federacija, Asociacija orga
nizacije veteranov, Cleveland
ska delavska federacija, Cleve
lanska unija uciteljev, Cleve
landski industrijski unijski kon
Gil, Clevelandska in okrajn;
zveza odvetnikov kakor tudi O
be veliki politicni stranki, - de
mokratje in republikanci.
Mi priporocamo volilcem, d:
glasujejo "a sprejem teh dav
kov.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1942-12-21
Rusk voditelj Josip Stain praznuje
danes 63, obletnico svojega rojstva
Rojstni dan bo praznoval dolgostranim trdm delom
oh psalni mzi, kjer studira r1sko obrambo in daje
direktive ruskim ofenzivam.

MOSKVA, 20. decembra. -
Josip V. Stain bo jutri 63 let
star ter bo praznoval svoj roj-
stni dan dolgimi urami "a pi-
salno .mizo, "a katero Sc ukvar-
ia vojnimi problemi ter s Sc
danjo rusko zimsko ofenzivo
proti nacijskim nasilnikom.
Stain - glavni ruski strateg
Ia sin podezelskega cevljar-
ja, XII je bill rojen Josip Visari-
jonovie Dugasvili ter je dobil
svoje ime Stain - to je moz
jekla - cd Nikolaja Ljenina -
je smatran pri Rusih ne samo
kot njihov drzavni voditelj, tenn
vec tudi kot glavni ruski stra-
teg v boju proti Nemcem.
Voditelj obrambe
Stain nj nikak pisarniski VOL
nj poveljnik. On je silno skro-
men, cato so Rusi prvikrat IL
vedeli O njegovem aktualnem
vojnem sodelovanju sele lansko
zimo, ko so videli fotografije, XII
kazejo Stalina v pogovoru z
ruskimi vojnimi poveljniki po.
leg neke kolibe v blizini Moskve
Resnicen vodja ruske armade
Stain je resnieni vodja SOW
jetske armade. On Sc sicer po'
svetuje nacelniki ruskega Sta
ba, toda kljub temu je on glav.
nj mojster strategic ruskit
vojnih potez. On je sprejel svo.
jo odgovornost "a ruske pora.
ze, kakor tudi "a ruske image
Misterija je izginila
Mnogo misterije, XII ga je dol
60 casa obdajala, je izginilo, od-
kar je razpravljal z angleskim
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1942-12-21
ONDON, 20. decembra.

LONDON, 20. decembra. -
Danasnja poroeila naznanjajo,
da so francoske cete S pomocjo
ameriskega letalstva zopet "a
vzele tunisko mesto Pichon, do
cim dalec ma vzhodu vojaki mar
sala Rommela nadaljujejo s svo-
Jim begom ma vrat ma nos proti
Tripoliju.
Kraj Pichon lezi 60 mill "a
padno cd Sousse in 62 mill juz-
no cd Medjez-El-Baba.
Romnelove prednje straze beze
Zavezniski letalci, XII razbija'
jo po bezecih Rommelovih &c.
tab, poroeajo, da so Rommelo
We prednje straze ze pasirale na
svojem begu Buerat, zadnjo u
godno obrambo postojanke
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1942-12-21
ADAMIC v "SATURDAY
EVENING POST"

"The Saturday Evening
Post, >velik in zelo razsirjen a.
meriski magazin, ina v svoji IL
daji z dine 10. decembra Adami-
cev clanek "Mihailovitch: Bal
kan Mystery Man," kateri cla-
mex sta ze pred tenn v slovensci-
nj objavila "Cankarjev glasnik"
in "Enakopravnost". - Clanek
krasi vec zanimivih ilustracii.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1942-12-21
ItoIiionske izgube V SIoveniii

veniji imeli takozvani bandit g.
654 mrtvih in 1,625 ujetnikov.
Dodatni tisoci civilnega prebi-
valstva pa so bill ubiti.
Robotti je primal naslednje
italijanske izgube: 478 padlih in
324 ranjenih. Te stevilke je tre-
ba primerjati 2 uradnimi Sc
znani izgub teku zadnjih sest
mesecev v Libiji, ki navajajo
povprecno ngubo Cd priblizno
400 n1rtvih ma mesec.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1942-12-21

LONDON, 18. decembra Co.
MAJ - Jugoslovanska vlada v
izgnanstvu je izjavila danes v
Londonu( da je v preteklih
sestih mesecih v teku bojev z
partizani v Sloveniji padlo vec
Italijanov nego v enem mesecu
istega razdobja v Libiji.
General Bobotti, poveljnik teh
Cd Italijanov zasedenih prede-
Low Jugoslavije, je izjavil, da Sc
tekom operacij ciscenja v Slo-
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1942-12-21
NEMCI BEzE Y PANIC
Mem STRAHu Pred TREM|
RUSkIkiI 0FENzIvAMI
V sestih dneh so imeli Nemci Al 500 mOz
izgub. - Hitlerjeva juzna armada
ogrOzena.
RUSKI TANK TAREJO BEZECE NEMCE

ter ogroza celotno nemsko ar
mado, zasidrano V juzni Rusiji.
800 krajev zavzetih
Posebni komunike javlja "a
vzetje kraja Mankovo Kalit-
venskaja, XII lei samo 80 mill
severno cd Milerova, in stevil-
nih drugih krajev. Vsega sku-
paj je bilo zavzetih mad 800 kra-
jew V tel ekshibiciji sovjetske
moci, XII Sc izkazuje ma Stalinov
63. rojstni dan.
Glede nemskih izgub je raz-
merle sledece: $4,000 Nemcev
je bilo ubitih, 1880 pa zajetih.
Rusi prodrli 12O kilometrov
Prodirajoc proti jugozapadu,
SO Rusi tesno "a petami bezecih
Nemcev napredovali Is do 80
kilometrov. liza pocetka ofen-
zive SO ruske cete vsega skupaj
napredovale rs do 12O kilome-
trOv.
0gromne kolitiiIe piena 's'>-'
! V ofenzivi, XII Sc je pricela dine
16. decembra, so Rusi zajeli O.
gromne kolicine vojnega mate
riala, vstevsi SO tankov kakor
tudi en- eel zelezniski vlak tan
kov, 1920 topov raznih kali
brov, 800 moznarjev, 1869
strojnic, mad 100000 nabo-
jew "a karabinke, mad million
min in topovskih izstrelkov, g.
$50 trukov, $500 konjev, II
skladisc potrebscinami in 70
radio-postaj.
Samo tekom vcerajsnjih bo-
! jew je bilo 5000 Nemcev ubitih,
$500 pa zajetih.
"Nemska katastrofa"
Richard McMurray, vojni u
rednik Associated Pressa, pra-
vi, da je "ruska ofenziva zavze-
la proporcijo nemske katastro-
fe."
Rusi naznanjajo, da Sc ugod-
no razvijata tudi ODE njihovi O.
fenzivi ma obeh straneh Stain
grada.
Glas berlinskega radia
(Berlinski radio je V soboto
primal, da je ruska armada
vdrla Velkije Luki, odkoder
pa da SO jo pozneje Nemci 70
pet virgil ven. Dale naznanja
nemsko porocilo, da SO Nemci
"skrajsali svojo fronto").
Nemci pod kolesjem tankov
"Rdeca zvezda," organ SOW
jetske armade, naznanja, da be-
re Nemci V panienem strahu, in
da ruski tanki, XII sc vale preko
zasnezenih poljan, cesto tarejo
pod svojim gosenicastim ko-
lesjem nacijske vojake, XII "
splosni paniki ne vedo ne kod,
ne kan.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1942-12-21
NOVA STRELJANJA
TALCEV

LONDON, 18. decembra CA
P) - Angleska casniska agen.
tura Reuter- poroea danes, da
je bio v Ljubljani ustreljenih
SO talcev. Italijanska oblast je
ukazala izvesti te ustrelitve "a.
radi uboja nekega policijskega
podcastnika in nekega bivsega
laskega uradnika.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1942-12-21
USTRELITEV VOHUNOV
v ALzIRIJl

LONDON, 10. decembra. -
Radio v Maroku poroea, da je
bilo v Constantine, Alzeriia, ,da-
nes ustreljenih sest vohunov O.
sisca.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1942-12-21
zganja bo zrnanjkalo

Ljudje SO navalili v taken
stevilu ma prodajalnetz zganjem,
da je nevarnost, da bo slednjega
zmanjkalo, ker itak MISC bile
posebno velike zaloge. Prihod-
Mi naval pricakujejo "a bozicne
praznike.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1942-12-21
Kultura
Mladinski pevski zbor SID
Waterloo Rd. "

Nocoj, 21. decembra, oh 7::3O
uri Sc vrsi letna seja starsev
Mladinskega pevskega zbora ma
Waterloo Rd. Ker je seja zelo
vazna, Sc prosi, da Sc udelezite
v velikem stevilu. Citani bodo
racuni zadnje prireditve in vrsi-
lie Sc bodo volitve odbora "a Ie-
to 1943.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1942-12-21
K mornarici

Dne II. decembra je odsel !
mornarici John Fabris, sin MI.
In Mrs. John Fabris, 1920 w
1O4 St. Njegov naslov je: Avia.
ton Cadet John Fabris, U. S. N
R. Rollins College, Winter Park
Florida. zelimo mu sre6en po'
vratek!
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1942-12-21

MOSkVA, nedelJa ~. decem-
bra. - Rusi so priceli V teku e.
mega meseca svojo tretjo veliko
ofenzivo, XII je zasekala re glo-
boko v nemske Cbrambne crte
OBJ Dohu in v okolici Voroneza
in V kateri je bilo 10000 Mem
cev ubitih, 10000 pa ujetih, ka-
kor naznanja specialni ruski ko-
munike, kakrsne 1zdajejo Rusi
samo Oh posebnih prilikah.
Stroke vrzeli V nemskih crtah
| Rusi so udarili pred stirimi
dnevi Cd severnozapadne smeri
ter odprli V nemskih obrambnih
crtah 60 mill siroko vrzel, do
cim je druga ruska armada pri
Voronezu zasekala II mill siroko
vrzel, skozi katero Sc izliva zdaj
proti zapadu.
I'll dive armadi sta v stirih
dneh napredovali cd 81 do 55
mill ter zavzeli mad 200 vasi in
ogromne mnozine soyraznikovih
vojnih potrebscin
Mad 200 krajev osvobojenih
Med 200 kraji, XII so jih osvo-
bodile ruske armade, SO tudi
kraji Novaja Kalitva, Kantemi-
rovka, Bagucar in okrajni CEN
ter Talija, Radcenskoje in Bo-
kovskaja. b
Tekom ruskega prodiranja je
bilo razbitih devet nemskih pc
hotnih divizij in ena brigada,
docim SO bile stiri druge pehot-
ne divizije in ena tankovska di-
viziia silno zdesetkovane.
Ogromne mnozine zaplenjenega
materiaIa
Med zasezenim plenom je 81
tankov, 1,1O2 topova, 5O8 moz-
narjev in 2,72O trukov. Unice-
nih pa je bilo GA letal, 88 tan
kov in 12O topov.
Ruski komunike triumfalno
poudarja: "Ofenziva nasih Get
Sc nadaljuje.'
Ma centralni 'front.', kjer po-
staja mraz vsakim dnem vec ii
zaveznik Rusov, pa so Rusi uda-
rili skozi zapreke il bodice zice
ter zavojevali nekaj nadaljnih
naprej potisnjenih nemskih crt,
Srditi boji Sc vrse tudi juznoza-
padno cd Stalingrada.
Ruski poveljniki
Preboj nemskih obrambnih
crt je izzvalo rusko vojastvo
pod generaloma Valutinom in
Golikovom. General Golikov ie
bill nacelnik ruske vojne misije,
XII je kmalu po izbruhu rusko-
nnmske vojne obiskala London
in Washington. Ia casa svojega
obiska v Washingtonu, je gene
raj Golikov razpravljal pred
sednikom Rooseveltom in a.
meriskimi diplomat ter voiaski-
mi nacelniki.
Boji Sc vrse tudi ma vseh osta-
lih frontah, kjer je povsod ini-
ciativa v rokaE ruskih armad. -
DANAsNJE POROGuLO
MOSKVAc ponedeljek, 81. de-
cembra. - Rdeca armada, XII vi
hra naprej povprecno po Is
mill ma dan, Sc bliza glavnemu
zelezniskemu spojiscu Milero.
WI oh Moskva-Ro zeleznicj
v silni ofenzivi, XII je povzrocila
Nemcem ze 41,5OO MOI izgut
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1942-12-21
Ma operaciii

Snoci Sc je podal v Glenville
bolnisnico poznani rojak Frank
Samsa, stanujoca ma 198O8 Ke-
vance Ave. Podvreei Sc bo mo-
raj operaciji in obiski zacasno
MISC Govoljeni. Kadar bodo O.
biski dovoljeni, Sc DO porocalo.
zelimo mu skorajsnje okreva-
ME!
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1942-12-21
K vojakom

, K vojakom je prostovoljno
odsel Rudolph Gorisek, sin Mr..
Anton in Mrs. Mary Gorisek,
Green Rd., Warrensville, O. Do
deljen je k letalskemu koru ter
je njegov naslov: Pvt. Rudolph
Gorisek, 1144th T. S. S. Flight
N, A F TIC No. 4, Miami
Beach, Fla.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1942-12-21
ZaduSnica

Jutri, v torek zjutraj OBJ $3.50
uri, Sc DO brala v cerkvi sv. vi
da nlasa zadusnica (sedmina)
"a pokojno Frances Habjan =
(Slapnik). Sorodniki so vablje-
nj, da Sc udeleze.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1942-12-21
Ma dopustu

Ma dopust je prisel cd voja-
kov Frank Lusin, $50 E. II St.
Tukaj bo ostal IA dni in prija-
telji so vabljeni, da ga obiscejo.
zelimo mu obilo zabave v krogu
svojih starsev in prijateljev!
Brata Joe in August Zakraj-
SEX, XII Sc nahajata pri vojakih,
ter Sc nista videla ze dive lett,
sta bila presenecena, ko sta Sc
v soboto zjutraj znasla donna
pri svojih starsih, 1882 E. II
St., kamor sta prisla nepricako-
vano ma dopust. Oba sta bila
pred lett zvesta raznasalca Ena-
kopravnosti. Tu bosta ostala do
jutri. zelimo jima mnogo raz-
vedrila ma dopustu!
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1942-12-21
Roiak " aytni nesreci

Preteklo sredo je dobil nude
poskodbe pri avtni nesreci po-
znani kovac John Glach, stanu-
joe ma 952 E. al St. Nahaja sc
v Emergency Clinic bolnisnici
ma Five Points. Upamo, da DO
cim preje okreval!
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1942-12-21
DANAsNJE POROGHO

MOSKVAc ponedeljek, Fl. de-
cembra. - Rdeca armada, XII vi
hra naprej povprecno po 16,
mill ma dan, Sc bliza glavnemu
zelezniskemu spojiscu v Milero-
WI oh Moskva-Rostov zeleznici
v silni ofenzivi, XII je povzrocila
Nemcem ze 41,500 MOI izgub
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1942-12-21

ter ogroza celotno nemsko ar
mado, zasidrano V juzni Rusiji.
The Valley settler., 1942-02-06


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possible.
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you 10 may glass Jars for
q
The Goverernaent Intends to he packers
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nov. Aver March,
PUT W, strictly cel1ophne
will entirely.
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Hacs bring again end
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.GAAI IE?L2H44T
Evening star., 1942-03-08

"ERE was news dispatch in the
papers few weeks ago. 1t was only
- a little item about farmer in up
state New York, and it was buried in the
back pages among the human-interest
sidelights in this war. 1t wasn't even a very
unusual story. In dozens - perhaps hun
dreds - of towns the same thing must
have happened.
But for what it symbolizes, that story
rates a lot of hard thinking. right here and
now.
In the town of Norwich, New York,
a man named Sam Schou, prosperous
dairy farmer, with a wife and two kids,
heard the news of Pearl Harbor; he went
out and sold his entire herd of 49 Ayrshire
COWS, sold his hay, his machinery, his
equipment, his furniture. He sent the chill
dren to the neighbors; his wife went to
work for the Red Cross. And Sam Schou
busted off his hands and headed for the
nearest recruiting station.
It made nice little story, comforting
on the face of it - to less impulsive
citizens like you and me. We could mur-
muir "Attaboy!" and reflect, as we turned
to the crop prices or market reports or
sports pages, that it is good thing Uncle
Sam has some fighting fools to end the
war quick before our lives get too disar-
ranged with taxes and scarcities and un-
certainties.
WE'D have done lot better to cut out
that article, paste it in our hats, 60 for
long walk and then reread it and think
hard about this fighting fool"
Because, in reality, it may be you who
are being the fool not Farmer Schou.
Evening star., 1942-03-08

Europe has lost to the Axis. The smartest
man at getting his" - or keeping it -
while his country is at war will have moth
ing left, not even liberty and self-respect,
if the nation loses.
But we can win. We can win this war
50 overwhelmingly and decisively that
our Ayrshires and universities and Liberties
will be safe 50 long as the memory of man
endures. We have got the stuff to pin
back Axis ears for keeps.
But the only way we can win is to
understand n0s0 - and not in some des-
perate later fix - that nothing matters
but winning. Literally nothing: not prop
erty or prospects or position or anything
we counted on before.
WE HAVE got to write off every material
thing - mentally. at least - and to reach
that stage of exaltation where there is all
to gain and nothing to lose. The British,
bombed from hell to breakfast, have
achieved greatness in adversity. The in
vaded Russians have. And the Chinese,
and the Dutch ... Are we any less men
than they, either as a nation or as indi-
viduals? Are we bright enough to see in
their fiery rebirth an imperative example
for ourselves?
We can't all shed everything as liter
ally as Sam Schou. But spiritually we can
clear the decks and dust off our hands for
the one job above all Others. This is no
time to think about possessions or plans.
If those things come through with us, we'll
and good. But the important thing is for
us to come through as Americans 1t is
time to stop thinking about what we haze
and begin remembering who we are.
Evening star., 1942-03-08
slDEllAEs

PATRIOT. Norwegians are becoming
more optimistic. They feel the day
of Nazi defeat is coming closer. Evi-
dence is the news that many are glad
to be arrested just to prove they were
on the right side when the day of
reckoning comes. Even the children
of Bergen share that feeling.
Recently they were ordered to attend
a Hitler youth exhibition. Instead of
entering the hall, they marched past
the door. singing their national an
them, yelling Long live the King!"
Every one of them was arrested except
a little six-year old. Chagrined. he ran
up to a policeman. shouted:
Long live the King! l want to be
arrested, too!'
INDEX. One thing about this war: it
seems to make people talk lot. Look
at the record of the phone company:
An average of IS million calls day
were made in l94l -6 million more
each day than in 40. Long distance
calls increased Is per cent. Total: more
than a billion during the year.
Clearest index to defense and war
productions effect on talking are the
Evening star., 1942-03-08

There are some significant points in the
later lines of the story:
Schou was born Dane, came to Amer
ica as boy. Such people, being maybe
little closer to what has happened abroad,
do not undervalue the freedom of the
United States.
k1E WAS well-informed man: graduate
of the University of Minnesota, scientific
farmer, leader in agricultural improve
ment, well-read in world affairs. He had
clear idea of what we are up against.
And he was veteran of the Ameri-
can End Division. in which he had en-
listed in 1918. Old soldiers are nobody's
fools about war.
Sam Schou - like many. but still not
enough, Americans-knew instantly what
we are all going to know sooner or later.
And the sooner the better:
1t is a desperate war. There is no posi-
bic halfway about it. We are on side
which, 50 far, has never secured more
than lettering position of equality in the
fight. We went in only half prepared.
We are up against fanatical peoples CON-
mitted - every last one of them - to our
destruction. They can count on their citi-
zens giving every scrap they own and
every breath they take to knock us out.
We can lose this war - and the surest
Wav to lose it is to think and act as though
we could not lose We should know that
from Pearl Harbor
We can lose it - and if we do. we lose
everything we have or hope to get: Ayr
shire cows and well-paid jobs, savings and
careers, universities and security in old
age. Those are among the things that
Evening star., 1942-03-08

Washington figures. Calls to the capi-
tai in Al were SO per cent more a day
than in 40. Now, as we really swing
into action. Washington calls are al
ready 70 per cent above last years.
SnPATIC0. Groundwork for the
recent Pan-American alliance was laid
as far back as 1888, the year of the
Montevideo Conference. Cordell Hull
Travelled to South America, found many
of our southern neighbors suspicious
and hostile.
Promptly, with no fanfare or for
mality. Mr.. Hull started calling on the
delegates. Some he found at lunch.
Others were in conferences. One he
visited in his bath. To all. he said he
had come just to get acquainted. to
talk over common problems, to learn
how they might be helpful to each
other. BY the end of the Conference,
some of our most bitter foes were max
ing speeches in defense of the U. S.
And 50, because a simple, modest
gentleman had shown himself true
good neighbor, the foundation was laid
for one of history's most important
alliances. M.