davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1942-01-02
Chicago Livestock
DOMESTIC

CHICAGO, Jan. . lF, 10 3 Dept Agr).
-Salable hogs, 5000; total 10000: ac-
tive, 1925 higher than Wednesdays aver
age, top, so; bulk, 160-24O pounds.
l1.25-50; most 24n-300-pound butchers.
1920 30: few 130-16O-pound under =
weights. / COLL .35; good 360-5Oo- pound
sows, largely a.S5-10.35. with lighter
weights. 10.40-10.60.
Salable cattle. 1000: calves, 500: gen
eral trade active. strong instances 1918
higher on steers and .yeariinss; medium
grades .predominating; 1918 up; medium
to good steers, 11.25-1300; choice l ,222
pound topped at IA %: next highest prices,
l 3 SO common kinds under 1000 scarce:
all interests in market and trade sub
stantially improved over. week earlier,
especially on medium weight and weishty
good to choice cattle; no choice heifers
here; mostly medium to good GRADES at
7.75 down; very few Gamers under $50;
beef cows, 8 S.00-90 90, with good to choice
offerings ZIP TO $50: heavy sausage bulls
again sold up to 1000. and choice vealers
to 1880; stockers and feeders slow; steady
salabe sheep, 5000; total $500: to-
days trade; fat lambs closing active. 1923
higher: yearlings sharing in advance: bulk
good and choice fat natives and fed range
lambs. 12.35-50; strictly choice deck.
1265; few lots medium 10 good lambs.
12.On-1225: best fat yearlings, 1918;
most fed range ewes. 5.5O-6.5O.
Evening star., 1942-01-02
International Shoe
Reports $7,207,o37
Net for Year
Result Well Above
$6,473,6ll in Previous
Fiscal Period
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-Interna-
tional Shoe Co. today reported net
profit for the fiscal year ended
November 30 of t7,207,037 after pro-
vision of $2,484,042 for Federal In
come and excess profits taxes, equal
to $215 a share. This compared
with $6,473,6ll after $1,648,506 for
taxes, or $195 a share in the pre-
ceding fiscal year.
Bank of America.
Bank OF America reported that
earnings after reserve provisions to-
tailed S19,044 900, or $4.76 a share on
common stock in 1941 after provi-
sions for dividends on preferred
shares. That compared with ST.
750078 or $427 a share in 1910. Re-
sources climbed $278 100, 900 during
the year to reach $2,095 ,635 900.
Marine Midland Trust.
Marine Midland Trust Co. re-
ported earnings for the quarter end
ed December 81 we're equal to SO
cents a share, compared with 81
cents a share in the corresponding
quarter of 1910. For the year ended
December 81, earnings were reported
as s201 a share against S2.15 in the
preceding year.
First National IN. ".
The First National Bank of New
York reported net income for the year
ended December 81 was $10,057, ,764
equal to slOO58 a share, compared
with $1O240,647, or $l0240 a share
in 1910. Indicated fourth-quarteI
earnings were $50 a share, against
s32.93 in the like period Of 1910.
Evening star., 1942-01-02
London Bonk Report

LONDON, San. 2 Rl.-The Bank Of
ENGLAND statement as of December 81,
1941. showed note circulation totaled
E751.726 900 compared with f615.s55 900
the same date the previous year. The in
crease for the year was over f135, 900, 900.
Last weeks increase was among the
smallest registered since the uninterrupted
rise started last September.
Private deposits increased more than
fSl 100000 last week and government
securities rose more than f75, 900, 900.
Ratio of reserve to liability was 10.1
per cent compared with the record low
of so per cent established the same date
the previous year.
The detailed statement rs Of December
81 follows Gn thousands of pounds:
Curculation. 751,72e, increase 4s1:
decrease 606: public deposits IL ,227. in
crease 1,241; private deposits. 273,937,
increase s1.129; government securities.
24O603, increase 1880: other securities,
33,59S, increase 7,479; ratio of reserve to
liabilities. 1O.l per cent compared with
14.5 last week. Bank rate. per cent.
Evening star., 1942-01-02

1t will cost money to defeat
the Axis. Your Government
calls on you to help now.
Buy Defense bonds or stamps
today. BUY them every day,
if you can. But buy them on
a regular basis.
Bonds cost as little as $l8.75,
stamps come as low as 10
cents. Defense bonds and
stamps can be bought at all
banks and post Offices, and
stamps can also be purchased
at retail stores and from your
newspaper carrier boy.
Support your Government
with your dollars.
Evening star., 1942-01-02
Bank C|earings Hold
20.9 Per Cent Above
Same 1910 Mark
Holiday Cuts TotoI
From Levels of
Previous Period
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan 2-Bank clear
ings In % major cities declined in
the holiday week ended December
81, but were substantially higher than
a year ago, Dun & Bradstreet re-
ported today.
The total for the five-day week
was $6,966, 1859 900. up 200 per cent
from $5,76l ,046, 900 in the compar-
able short week of 1910, but down
1895 ,493 900, or ia per cent, from
the preceding full week.
New York City check transactions
totaled $3.7OO, ,123 900. or 1873 per
cent over $3,278, ,752 900 in the final
week of 1910. In the % outside cities
transactions amounted to $685.
046, 900, or 316 per cent more than
50 ,482 ,294, 900 a year ago.
Bank clearings at leading cities,
with percentage changes from a
year ago. follow: also, the daily aver
age bank clearings for the months
Of October, November and Decem-
ber:
Evening star., 1942-01-02
California Is First
In Defense Awards
Special Dispatch to The Star.

cpeCidl DibphtCn to 3ne otAf.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 2.-On No
vember ! California was first among
all the States in defense awards,
having received approximately
1854 ,092 900 in contracts since June
1910, or IL per cent of the total for
the Nation, says the Business Out
look published by Wells Fargo Bank,
San Francisco.
New York was second, followed by
New Jersey and Pennsylvania. OF
the California total, aircraft ac-
counted for So per cent and ship.
building for 80 per cent.
Evening star., 1942-01-02

model light truck or any light truck
which has been used less than one
thousand miles 0,000 miles.
(b) All communications concern
ing this order shall be addressed to
Office Of Production Management,
Washington. D. c. Ref. L-3-e.
tc) Effective date. This order
shall take effect Immediately. . .
DONALD M. NELSON,
Director of Priorities.
Mote: Separate orders. vprded
almost identically, were issued for
light motor trucks and for medium
and heavy motor trucks and truck
trailers)
Evening star., 1942-01-02
CHICAGO Produce

CHICAGO, Jan. . lP--Poultry, live
Q trucks: weak; hens, over pounds, 2ll7
5 pounds and down. 2l1 Leghorn hens
Is: broierS 2Is pounds and ,.i,y down col col
1sl2: springs, 4 pounds UP, colored.- 90
Plymouth Rock, 2l; White Rock, GOA
Rock, 10: White Rock, 1Si2: bareback
chickens Is; ROSTERS, Is; Leshorn Ioosters
white, 1917 small, colored, II: white. rs;
geese. II pounds down, Is; over II pounds
99lsd, "a: young, 20; capons. : pounds up
Dressed poultry-Easy: turkeys, young
toms. A grade. under. Is pounds, 271a; A
grade s pounds and over. 81; B grade
"a: young hens: A grade. - pounds and
down. %; over 12 pounds. 90: B grade, %;
old hens. 25: old toms, 22l2.
Butter-Receipts. 746,030: firm: cream.
cry, 90 centralized carlots, 1894 other
prices UNCHANGED.
Esss-Receipts. 1915; nrmer: fresh
graded. extra frsts. local, 33s4: cars. 33a4
firsts, local. 33i2: cars. 33la: current re-
ceipts. 31l7: other prices UNCHANGED.
Evening star., 1942-01-02

I'm bankruptcy or receiveYship or being
reorg anized under the Bankruptcy Act. or
securities assumed by such companies.
Rates OF dividends In the foIegoing table
are annual disbursements based on the
last quarterly or semi-annual declaration.
Unless otherwise noted special or sxt-a
dividends are not included. q Ais6 extra or
extras d Cash or stock. Paid last year
Payable in stock. Declared or paid 20
far this year h PAYABLE in Canadian funds
K Accumulated dividends paid or declared
this year WV With warrants. XIV With
out warrants. war Warrants. s Unit OF
trading less than 100 shares: sales are
given IN full.
Evening star., 1942-01-02
Baltimore Livestock

BALTIMORE. Jan. up Omitted States
Department Of Agriculture) Ill a m quo
tations
Cattle, 125. Mostly cows on offer. SELL
ing steady with Wednesday; Gamers and
cutters largely 6.OO-725; fat cows, 7.25-
500 or above; few sausage bulls, steady
from a.15 downward.
Calves. IS. Steady with Wednesday;
good and choice vealers. 15.50-16 90:
common and medium, 12.5O-15 90; culls,
9.00-12 90
Hogs, $50 Mostly higher than We'd
nesday on 21O pounds down: steady on
weighter butchers and packing sows;
practical tops IL 95: good and choice
140-210 pounds. II ,70-95; 13o-14
pounds, l. 50-75: 120-13O pounds, IL 40
65 22O-24O pounds 11.35-55; 24O-26O
pounds. 11;10-35; 100000 pounds, 1890
Ills; packing sows. 9.5O-1O.00.
Sheep. 300. Fat lambs steady to %
lower than Monday: good and choice 72-
s1-pound ewes and wethers, 14.00-25;
other classes nominal.
Evening star., 1942-01-02
New York Produce

NEW YORK. Jan. 2 (FN.-Eggs, 13. $50;
frmer.
Mixed coIors: Fancy to extra fancy.
35l4 extra, 35; graded firsts, "a;
current receipts, 32ia; mediums 81;
dlrties, No. 1, 31lz; average checks,
30L L-l2
Whites: (Resales of premium marks.
3Sa4 41H) Nearby and Midwestern pre-
MUM marks. 36'.-3sA; specials, 364;
standards, 35A; Cresales of exchange to
umS 3334-34
Browns: Nearby and Mdwestern fancy
to extra fancy, 3534-3614; specials, 3512
STANDARDS, 34ha-'4 mediums. 33Ha.
Duck eggs. 34-37.
Butter. 665,272; steady. Creamery
higher than 90 score and premium marks,
35l4-36h; % score tcash market. 3454-
35; 1891 score. 32A-34A; s5-s7 score,
31-32
Cheese, 12o.I31; flrm. Prices UNCHANGED
Evening star., 1942-01-02
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK, Jan. 2 R.-Late foreign
exchange rates follow (Great Britain in
dollars, others in cents).
Canada-Oflcial Canadian Control Board
rates for o. 8. dollars; buying, 10 per cent
premium, sening II per cent premium.
lars in New York Of buying 9.9l per cent,
selling 900 per cent. Canadian dollar in
New York open arket. IA per cent discount
or SO 900 u. 8. cents.
European-Great Britain, oficial Bank
ers' Foreign Exchange Committee rates),
buying, 4.O2: selling. 4.04. open market
cables 4.04..
Latin nAmerica-Arsentina. ofiieial 2p.77:
free. 1886. up .O5 cent: Brazil. oficial.
6.O5n: free, b.1SAn: Mexico. 20.70n.
!Rates in spot cables unless otherwise
indicsted.)
uNominal
Evening star., 1942-01-02
U. S. Treasury Notes
NEW YORK. Jan. 2 UP.-Prices quoted
In dollars and thtrty-seconds.
Pct. NJ Year. Bid. Asked Approx
L. & N. Places Order

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Jan. 2 (P.
The Louisville &, Nashville Rail-
way co. announced today it had
placed an order for 1.475 cars valued
in excess of 100000 with the
Bessemer plant of the Pullman
Standard Car Manufacturing Co.
Evening star., 1942-01-02
inventories Boosted

Wholesalers have reported to the
Census Bureau that their inventories
at the end Of November were "a per
cent larger than at the similar time
In 1910.
Evening star., 1942-01-02
Washington Exchange
SALES,
AFTER CALL,

CHLES.
AFTER CALL.
Real Estate Mortgage & Guaranty
preferred-560> Dat IA.
Capital Traction 1St 5s-Sl 900 at
103.
Washington Gas common-100 at
15la, 100 at 1872.
Mergenthaler Linotype-42 at %.
Evening star., 1942-01-02

Nearly 100000 pounds Of cashew
kernels were shipped from Bombay,
India, to the United States in
three months.
Evening star., 1942-01-02
New York Bank Stocks

NEW YORK. Jan. 2 LN.-Investment
Bankers Conference, Inc. Bank and trust
companies opening bid and asked prices:
Evening star., 1942-01-02
PUBLIC UTILITY
PUBLIC UTILITY

Ex dividend Plus extras. Books
closed. e2sc extra. 90 extra. zoe
ys1ono extra. $500 extra paid Dec.
20, 1941.
Evening star., 1942-01-02
Odd-Lot Dealings
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
The Securities Commission reported to-
day these transactions by customers with
odd,lot dealers or specialists on the New
1872 purchases involving 2O5,513 shares;
S.466 sales involving 214.13S shares, in
cluding II short sales involving 1884
shares.
Evening star., 1942-01-02

Cinema owners in Mexico are
protesting that high taxes are in
juring attendance.
Evening star., 1942-01-02
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Stocks
BY private wire direct to The Star.

STOCK and Sales
Dividend Rate. Add 90 High Low. Clio
Evening star., 1942-01-02

comparable date q
December 80. l94G.
La gaceta., 1942-03-17
LEGO A AUSTRALIA Ell
GENERAL MACARTHUR
Sc hara cargo del mando SUI
promo en- los Antipodas

Washington, MARIO II. -
a Secretarria de la Guerra a.
nunci6 hoy la llegada a Aus
tralia, donde asumira ell man
do supreme de las tropas de
las Naciones Unidas, del gene
raj Douglas Macarthur, he
roe de la campana de Batan,
en- las Filipinas. Ell gobierno
australiano hizo la petici6n Y
ell presidente Roosevelt deci-
di6, ell pasado % de febrero,
que Macarthur fuse a Austria
liza. Con ell general hicieron ell
viaje, en- aeroplano, SUI esposa,
SUI hijo, ell mayor general Ri
chard K. Sutherland Y ell bri-
gadier general Harold H.
George, este 1ltimo de las fuer
zas aereas.
La region bajo ell mando de
Macarthur abarca los Antipo
das Y las islas Filipinas.
Aver Sc revel6 tambien, por
ell secretario de la Guerra, Mr..
Stimson, que habian llegado a
Australia numerosas tropas a.
mericanas Y aviaci6n. Simulta
neamente en- Londres sc anun
clio ell arribo a Australia de
los photos de aviaci6n que ha-
bian servido en- las campanas
de la peninsula Malaga y las
Indias Orientales Holandesas.
Los japoneses atacaron a.
yer a Darwin, en- Australia,
Dor tercera vez. Este bOmbar
dec fue de menor importancia
que los anteriores. Dos perso-
mas del elemento civil perdie-
IN la vida.
Los bien enterados asegu-
ran que ell convoy para Aus
tralia, compuesto por numero
SOS barcos, sali6 de Estados
Unidos en- ell mes de febrero..
La gaceta., 1942-03-17
Ell FISCA WORLIEY ACTUA-
RIA EN- LUGAR d EFARRIOR

El gobernadOr Holland desig-
no aver al fiscal del estado Geo.
A. Worley, con Residential en-
Miami, para acusar a dos ne
gros, Ernest Parker Y James
CASTOR, de asesinato en- primer
grade.
La designation sc hizo pOr
encontrarse enfermo ell fiscal
del estado en- este distrito, Rex
Farrior.
Esos negros matarOn a un EN-
pleado del hotel Embassy, Yer
non Long, en- la noche del 20 de
febrero.
Parker dispar6 contra Long
y lie rob6 35. CASTOR lie esperaba
en- la Gale, con un autOm6vil.
Nombrados por la corte del cir
quito, Parker sera defendido
por l.. A. Grayson y John j.
TwOmey, y Castor por Paul
Lake.
La gaceta., 1942-03-17
L OS JAPONESES TRASLA-
DAN A LA MANCHURIA
TROPAS QUE TENIAN EN-
COREA

Chungking, China, mario II
Ell ejercito republican, chi
no anunci6 hoy que dos divi-
stones japoneSas han sido tras
ladadas desde la Corea a la
Manchuria Y que los contingen
ties nipones en- la parte sur de
la isla de Sakhalin han sido
trasladadoS hacia ell norte, en-
direction de la frontera rusa.
terra rusa.
AL miSmo tempo, segun ell
servicio de inteligeniia chi
no, sc han efectuado conferen
cias entire los jefes de las d.
visiones acampadas en- ell Kan
chukuo.
Russia, sin embargo, conoce
ell peligro y Sc mantiene aler-
ia.
La gaceta., 1942-03-17
HESTER ~CONDENADO
A UN ANO DE CARCEL

I'm juradO encontr6 culpable
2 George F. Hester, un bOdegue
10. de asaltO agravado contra su
suegra, delito cometido en- 81
mes de noviembre Aver, ell iuez
Hines le conden6 a I'm ano de
carcel.
Los abogados de la defensa a
nunciaron que apelaria de la
sentencia y Hester qued6 en- Il
bertad bajo fianza de $500.
Asegur6 ell condenado que no
sabe 10 que sucediera el dia de
Ia aggression.
La semana que viene Sc lie
juzgara por haber agredido a
a Thomas Johnson, direc-
tor de una eompahia de presto
NOS, G1
La gaceta., 1942-03-17
ESTA NOCHE Sc EFECTUA-
RIA LA LOTERIA DEL SER
VICIO MILITAR
I'm tornado atraveso S Estados
v mato a 1873 personals

Washington, MARIO II. -
La loteria del servicio militar
obligatorio, que afecta a nue.
We millones de ciudadanos, Sc
efectuara en- la noche de hoy.
Ell primer numero Sc extraera
q las 6 de la tarde. La labor
durara, seg6n Sc calcula, unas
doce horas.
Extraera la primera capsu-
la con ell primer nGmero, ell Sc
cretario de la Guerra, coronel
Stimson.
I'm tornado ~atraves6 aver
cinco Estados de la naci6n,
Mississippi, Illinois, Kentucky,
Tennessee e Indiana, y prcdu-
10 la muerte a 1913 personals.
Llegara a mil ell nGmero de
heridos. Los dahos materiales
Sc calculan en- muchos Milo
mes de d6lares.
Mississippi sufri6 los mayo
res danos y ell mayor n1mero
de victimas.
La gaceta., 1942-03-17
Los R~EACCIONARIOS EN-
CONTRA DE LAS 40 HORAB

Washington, mario H.
Los elementos retardatarios
del Congreso, obedeciendo pre-
sion exterior, insisten en- extern
der a az horas la jornada de
trabaio, en- lugar de 40. ActGa
por los reaccionarios ell repre-
sentante "dem6crata" Smith,
de Virginia, especializado en-
servir a los capitalists y an
tagonizar a los trabajadores.
FL presidente Roosevelt Sc
ha venido oponiendo a las ma
niobras de Smith y otros con-
gresistas, por cuanto toda in
dustris, 81 asi % desea, puede
uahNiSr las "a horas del diaD
La gaceta., 1942-03-17
Los soldados rojos Sc apoderaron de una
importante posicion en- la Staraya Rusa
La semana pasada los nazis perdieron 215 aero
pianos y la aviacion sovietica solo 81. - Embar-
cara ell nuevo embajador, almirante Standley

MoScu, mario 17.-lAs tro-
pas rusas Sc apoderaron hoy de
una posici6n lave en- las alturas
situadas frente al campo de ba-
Italia donde Sc halla cercado Cd
ejercito aleman numero l6, en-
la Staraya Rusa. Esto permit
ra apretar ell lazo alrededor de
los SitiadoS. La nota del mando
senala con la letra IN" ell lugar
capturado y dice era uno. de los
mas fuertes centres de ~resisten-
cla del enemigo.
Creese que Ia posici6n IN"
pudiera ser la antigua amura-
llada ciudad de Novgocod, en- la
costa norte del Lago linen, uno
de los principles puntos de an
claje de la defensa nazi.
En- ell frente de lUkrania, los
alemanes siguen rindiendose en-
gran n1mero a las fuerzas del
mariscal Timoshenko, a las
'puertas de Kharkov. FL frio en-
Ia Crimea nego anteayer a so
grades bajo cero.
Berlin anuncia haber recha-
zado todos los ataques soviet
cos EN- la peninsula de Kerch y
haber capturado 1876 tanques,
con 1000 u 5000 muertos. En-
este sector, apesar de una noti-
cia fascista, las tropas rusas
mantienen la iniciativa.
La semana pasada los nazis
perdieron 215 aeroplanos y los
rusos solo 81.
La gaceta., 1942-03-17
T~ORPEDEADO UN VAPOR
EN- U
DE HAITI

Montevideo, Uruguay, mar
20 l7.-Alberto GUAM, ell mi
nistro de Relaciones Exterio
res, do hoy la noticia de que
ell vapor mercante uruguayo
"Montevideo" fue torpedeado
y hundido, en- las aguas de la
repdblica de Haiti, en- las An
por un submarine enc
Algunos de los 81 tripulan-
ties del vapor fueron salvados.
Ell "Montevideo" enarbol6
en- un tempo la bandera italia
ma y Sc llamaba "AdamelllO."
Creese que ell Uruguay re-
pHsarA = Il Aggression apoderan
La gaceta., 1942-03-17

FL 6rgano de la embajada del
Soviet en- Londres publica una
apelaci6n de 20 oficiales alema-
neg capturados por los rusos, en-
la cual Sc p!de al ejercito ale
man que derribe a Hitler. ia
paz debe ser hecha mientras ell
ejercito aleman sea 10 sufficient
temente fuerte para terminar
la guerra con honor.
En- los Gltimos seis dias, en-
varios sectores, la tropas rojas
sc apoderaron de 129 caiones,
113 mOrteros de trincheras, 400
ametralladoras, 173 rifles auto
'maticos, l27 pistolas, % canO-
mes antitanques, 10000 proyec-
tiles, mas de 5000, 900 de cartu-
chOs 1000 granadas de mano,
22,50O minas, 100 ca)as de mi
mas, dos tanques, q estaciones
de radio Y Ia almacenes para a
limentos. Las tropas destruye-
ron 40 tanques, SO canones, 142
ametralladoras, dos dep6sitos
de m~uniciones, $40 carros moto
rizados, un CARO- tanque y Id
puntos fortificados.
los alemanes admitieron a
yer una penetration de sus Ii
meas Y sup6nese que este sc rela
ciona con la noticia de hoy So
bre la ocupaci6n de "tN".
Saldra en- esta semana de Es-
tados Unidos, con direction a
Moscu, el nuevo embajador anne
ricano, almirante William H.
Stanley.
La gaceta., 1942-03-17
IDERECH0S DE ATERRIZA-
JE A LA NACIONAL AIR
LINES

Habana, mario l7.--El go
bierno ha concedido derechos de
aterrizaje a los aerOplanos de la
compania National Airlihes,
que haran viajes desde Tampa
a la Hsbana, ida y vuelta, via
Key West.
Los Wales comenzaT7an tan
pronto de SUI a~probaci6n la Jun
ia de Aeronautica Civil de los
f Jtados Unidos, G. T. Baker
preside esa corporation. Cada
dfa Sc efectuara por 10 menos
un viaje.
La gaceta., 1942-03-17

Es un detalle realmente Gu
rioso y digno de ser anotado: la
balanza del mundo, la desgracia
0 la felicidad del c~onglOmerado
humane, eSta en- manos de tres
hOmbres que fuman y de otros
tres que Sc muestran reacios al
placer derivado de la aromatica
hOja. Roosevelt, fuma cigarri-
Hos; Churchill, tabacos haba-
nos, y Stain, hace uso ~constan-
te de la pipa. De otra parte, nos
encOntramOs con que Hitler,
MussOlini e Hirohito, aborrecen
.el uso del tabaco. Los tres pri-
meros entrahan, para nosOtros,
el simbolo de la libertad huma-
ma; los otros, encarnan la rapa-
cidad del buitre.
Diriase de los tres estadistas
que fuman, que hallan en- ell Ia
baco la inspiration, y, a MERGED
de ella, la gracia de la vida. Y
los otros tres, los que volun-
tarlamente practican la Austen
ci6n, que buscan en- el dominic
del hombre la valvula de escape
para sus p~ensamientos impuros,
presses en- mentes incapaces de
albergar ideas risuehas mien-
tras los ojos Sc entregan a la dull
co contemplation de las capri
chosas volutas aZuladas...
Ash como los indios aborige-
mes significaban, en- tOrno al RI
20 sagrado del tabaco, que era
un Quito que esclarecia Ell esprit
tu y purificaba 81 alma, dispo-
MENDOZA para visiones estati-
cas-; atribuy6ndole, i~gualmente,
IN poder particular para evocsr
los espiritus y obligarlcs a CO
municar y predisponerlos en- ia
vor de los pueblos, para que Gu
rasen sus Intermediates y los
socorriesen en- todos sus apuros,
asi, diriase, Roosevelt, Church
III y Stain parecen entregarse
a la delectaci6n del tabacO, pi-
diendole la inspiration deblda
para guar a sus pueblos pOr los
sendNros do "a victoria,
La gaceta., 1942-03-17
Los Estadistas y Ell placer de fumar
Tres hombres, contra otros tres: Roosevelt, Chur
chill v Stain, vs.. Hitler, Mussolini g Hirohito
PoR X. C. T. TAYLOR

Sea como sea, Roosevelt,
Churchill y Stain IA pasar de
su ~gravedad personal saben
sonreir. No asi Hitler, Mussoli-
nj G HirOhito, que han de mos
trarnos dia tras dia, al trav&s
de los "movietones", sus cehos
adustos, de hombres a quienes
ell rigado lie esta jugando STEM
pre- una mala partida...
Pierre Grignon, poeta y ma
vegante, escribi6 en- sus ME
morias'', en- 1925, que sc enconL
tr6 con un viejo marino que fu-
maba, quien hubo de manifes-
tarle que eel tabaco despejaba
las ideas y proporcionaba pen
samientos alegres". De 1925 a
1941, hay un abismo de tempo.
Pero segdn parece, no asi en- ell
conceptO ~existente sobre ell taba
co, va que Roosevelt, Churchill
y Stain, que tambien son mari
nos en- las aguas revueltas del
mundo actual, participant de la
idea de aquel viejo lobo. Y bus
can en- Ell cigarriho, el habano y
en- la pipa, la idea clara y diafa-
ma y Ell pensamiento libre de to-
da nube capaz de empehar Ia
decision feliz.
(Continudrd).
La gaceta., 1942-03-17
UN SOUDADO MAT0 A o.
TRIO

Camp Lee, Va, mario IT,
La policia busa a John W.
Stratchen un soldadoI yolunta-
rio. de 26 amos, que asesin6 a.
oui a un compahero de armas,
Charles f. Haas, de %.
lie ocasion6 la muerte PECAN
dole con un instrumental con-
tundente. Ell asesino fue mari
nero, en- la marina mercante,
durante 7 amos.
La gaceta., 1942-03-17

Ell general chino Hsiung
Chishshui llegara a Estados
Unidos, en- un future pr6ximo,
en- union de ocho militares de
su pals.
Els un chinito de SO amos Que
habla ingles, japones y ale
man.
Con el arribara ell cOronel
Wang Keng, graduado de la
Academia de West Point.
Los chinos reconocen la yer
dadera fuerza militar de los
japoneses, en- terra, mar y al
re.
Ellos no Green, a diferencia
de algunos "expertos'' norte-
americanos antes de Pearl
Harbor, cue la escuadra nipo-
ma es facil de hundir, los aero
pianos malos y pocos y ell eJer
cito deficientemente armada.
Sc calcul6 NAL la potencia
nipona, como Sc calculara NAL
tambien, con Lindbergh a la
cabeza, la formidable fuerza
del ejercito russo.