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La gaceta., 1942-05-19

habian pasado, habian arrojado sus
bombas, y hablan azuzado q los
~aviones japoneses del tipo Zero.
Dieciocho de ellos atacaron a nuestra
solitaria fortaleza ~volante. A pesar
de este ataque en- masa, nucstro
avi6n prosigui6 en- su mission, y
arroj6 todas sus bombas sobre scis
transportes japoneses que estaban
atracados a los muelles.
Su vuelo dc regreso fue una foroz
lucha trabada a toda volocidad entire
el bombardero v los dicciocho ayio-
mes de persecution japoneses, lucha
que Sc continue por setenticinco
millas. Cuatro aviones de per8ecu-
cion atacaron simultGneementc por
oada lado, y fueron derribados oon
las ametralladoras l~atorales. En- 81
curse de esta batalla, 81 telegrahsta
del bombardero perdi6 Ia vida, al
mecanico 10 volaron la mano derccha,
~ fue herido gravemente I'm artii,cro,
quedando solo un hombre para
manejar las dos amotralladoras late
rnles. Aunque con n mano hefida,
este artillero hizo fu|ncionar alter
nativamente las dos ametralladOras
l~aterales, y dcrribo otros tres aviones
.iaponeses tipo "Cero". Miontras SO
desarrollaba esta lucha al bombardcrc
lie volaron IN motor, le porforaron un
.dep6sitO dc combustible, lie dcstro-
aaron ell apArato de In radio, y 10
destruyeron por complete Ia instala-
ci0n de OxfReno. DE los once cables
de control lie volaron todos menos
cuatro. Desaparcci0 Ia rucda do
aterrizAie trasera, y las dos del
frente perdieron 81 f0rma.
La lucha continue hasta que a los
aviones de persecution japoneses
que quedaban Sc les agotaron las
municiones y tuyieron que rcgresar
a sus bases. Con dos motOres memo
" o oil ayi6n practicamcnte fuera
de control, el bombardero americana
rcgres6 a su base va de noohO c hizo
un aterrizaie dc emergenoia. Habia
rcalizado su mission.
Else photo So llama ell Captain
Hewitt T. Wheless, del Ei6rcito dc
los Estados Unidos. Naci6 en-
Menard, Texas-poblaci6n dc 2,375
almas. Sc le ha otorgado In Cruz
del Servicio Distinguish. Espero
que me este escuchando.
La gaceta., 1942-05-19

ESTAS narraciones que os he hecho
no son excepcionales. Son ejemplos
|tipicos do heroismo y habilidad
individualea
Mlentras aqui en- nuestros bogares
nos enfrentamos con nueftros deberes
" con nuestras responsibilities,
pensemos, y pensemos ~hondamente,
en- el ejemplo que nos est4n dando
.nuestros soldados.
Nuestros soldados Y marines son
mlembros do unidades bicn disci-
pllnadas. Pero son AGn, y serdn
.siempro, lndlviduos ibres. Son
agrieultores, obreros, hombros dc
negocios, PROFESSIONALS, artistas,
escribientes.
Son los Estados Unid ~ de America.
Por ESQ es que ellos ualean.
Tambi6n nOsotrog sOmOs los
Estados Unldos do America.
Por ESQ o. que n05otrOs dcbcmOs
|trabaiar y sacrifearnoe Ea por
Iellos. rs por nosotros. rs por 70
Victoria.
La gaceta., 1942-05-19
DIVORCIOS
'arenos mas detalles,

Decretos: Conchita Jordan
contra Raymond Jordan; Jose
Fernandez, contra Beatriz Fer
nandez.
Nuevas demandas: Jeanette
Grayson contra Pirrong Gray
SON.; Frances Blanton contra
Lawrence Blanton; Clyde Irene
Davis contra Donald Arthur
Davis; Mary E.. Mitchell contra
James A. Mitchell; Marylin
Cooksey .sntra o. D. Cooksey.
La gaceta., 1942-05-19

IAHORA voy n relataros otra
historic on la que el protagonista o.
un barco y no un hombre.
Sin duda recordar6is el tragico
hundimiento del submarine Squalls
frente a la costa de Nueva Inglaterra
en- Ell veranO de 1899. Parte dc su
tripulaci6n pereci6 pero Ell resto pudo
salvarse gracias a la accion rdpida y
efciente de las cuadrillas de saliva
mento que acudieron a su socorro.
Mas tarde, tras ardua tarea, logr0
ponerse a foto al SqudIus, arrancado
del fondo del mar.
Algdn tempo despues volvio a
hacerse a Ia mar, con ell nuevo
nombre de Sailfsh. Hoy es un
arma potente y efectiva de nuestra
hota de submarines.
Miles de millas o las que lleva
recorridas el Sdilfsh en- aguas del
lleiano Pacffico occidental.
Durante operaciones ba hundido a
un Instructor japones.
Ha torpedeado q un crucero
~japon6s.
Ha hecho'b lanco con dos torpedos
en- I'm buque portaviones iapones.
Tres de los marineros que sc en-
c~ontraban dentro del submarine
lSqualus cuando Sc hundi6 en- 1895
estan prestando servicio en esta
guerra, a bordo del mismo subma-
rino, Ell SaIfsh.
rs alentado saber que el Squalls,
al que sc di6 por perdido una vezl
Ise elev6 desde las profundidades del
oceano para luchar por su patria on
horas dc peligro.
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A Ia 1:30 de la ma1ana % o.

A 10 80 de la maIana % O.
frecera una recepci6n en- la sala
de sesiones. Han sido invitados
los Representatives. de las socie-
dades hernlanas, chicos de la
prensa Y otras personalidades.
Como en- todas ~nuestras fies
Gas, actuaran como madrinas las
Senoritas Alicia Gonzalez, Chela
Perez y Deltina Diaz.
La gaceta., 1942-05-19

UNA historic mas; AcRbo dc oirla
.esta mahRna:
Sc trata dc una de las fortalozas
yolAntes del ej6rcito que operan on 81
Paciico occidental, III piloto dc
este ayl6n o. un joven modesto,
orRulloso de ~ tripulacion por ~
eomportamiento durante uno de los
.eombates mas rudos en- que un avi6n
de bombardeo jamas haya tornado
parte,
IN bombardero despegd de 81
base, fernando parte dc una escua-
.drilla de cinoo, para a tacar q los
trAnsportes japonesos que estaban
desembarcando tropas On Las Fill
.plnas. Apenas hRbian recorrido Ia
.mitad del trayceto hacia VI objective,
.ouando oeso de funcionar uno do los
motores de este bombardero. vi
.joven photo perdld Ell oontaeto con
los otros ayiones. Sin embargo, Ia
|tripulaci6n puso Ell motor a funcionar
de nuevo, y 81 Avlon prOsiguio solo
a oumplir gu mid6n,
Cuando aloanS6 "a objective, "a
las oaFaa euAtfo t~ogtaleSaa VolAntei
La gaceta., 1942-05-19

1ltinos reciboa puestos d 90
bro y Ell Garnet de ~Identifica-
ci3n.
Para los hHilables Sc contra
taron los servicios de las orques
tas Bob Portion, que tendra a
su cargo Ell complacer a los a.
NANTES de Ia m1sica. en- Ia sala
principal Y la Sonora" dirigi-
ia por Ell professor Victor Con-
zalez, en- la sala Bar, para las
pleas latinas.
La fiesta comenzara a las
1880 de Ia noche, continuance
haSta las 1870 de la mahana de
domingo.
La gaceta., 1942-05-19

Raae de Jas FlcrV

ED Ia tarde &c aver recibinos
la- vista del ioven Manuel Ar
duengo. amalble prestdente de
Ia Secci6n de Recreto del Cen
tro Asturiano, quien nos di6 los
detal.es para Ii -iesta bailable
de las Flores, que Sc e~fectuara
A pr6ximo Sabado en- Ell edi-
ficio de las avenidas Nebraska
" Palm.
ESta fiesta tiene caracter So
Icial Y a la misma pOdran aSistir
Ilos asociados del Centre, median
te la presentation de uno de los
La gaceta., 1942-05-19

VOY a contaros algo acerca de los
hombres que forman parte de nues-
tras fuerzas Rrmadas:
Tenemos, por ejemplo, al doctor
Corydon M. Wassell, misionero bien
conocido en- Ia China por u buenas
obras. Es un hombre sencillo, mo
desto, tranquilo, de cerca de sesenta
amos de edad, pero no obstante in
greso en- ell servicio armada de 81
pals y obtuvo Ell grado de teniente
en- Ia marina de guerra.
Sc lie destino a Java, donde asistio
. los ohciales y marineros de los
cruceros Houston y MdTblehedd que
sostuvieron violento combate en- el
mai de Java.
Cuando los japoneses a%yanzaron
a~travesando Ia isla, se decide eva
Guar q Australia tantos heridos como
fuese possible. Como dOce de estos
estaban tan malheridos que no se
les podia mover. III doctor Wassell
% qued6 con estos hombres aun
sabiendo que seria hecho p%risionero
por 81 enemigo. No obstante, de-
eidio hacer I'm esfuerzo d~esesperado
para sacar do Java q estos heridos:
10 pregunto q eadA uno de ellos 81
Guerra correr Ell riesgo, y todos con-
testaron afrmativamente. 4
PHmero tuvo que trasladar q Jos
doce hombres herldoa hasta Ia orilla
del mar, a cincuenta millas de dis
tancia. Para llevar este q eabo inn
proviso unas camillaa para ser utili-
sadas durante esta penosa jornada'
Los hombrea sufrfan grandementel
mas 81 doctor Wassell les preserve
"a vida con 81 pericia y les sirYio dc
inspiration con 81 vaior.
Conforme Teza FL informe ohciali
81 doctor WAssell fn6 "casi lguA qus
an pastor De Cgisto dsdiesds . ~
SMhNAaaA
La gaceta., 1942-05-19
Sc g3aduGrdn

Sc g1uduGrdn
En- los ~ejercicios de gradua-
ci6n que 81 pr6ximo Viernes ce-
lebrara la Academia "El Sagra-
do Coraz6n", Sc entregaran di-
plomas a estas bellaS mucha-
chas:
Norma Cuervo, Betty Jane
Galmard, Norma Ramentol,
Faustina Rey, Elba Iglesias,
Virginia Herbert, Irene Ball,
Yvonne Grace, Mary Claire An
kerson, Mary Pat Weldon, Gail
Reed, Betty Strothern, Betty
Jane Weisenn, Shirley Rogers,
Florence Cooper, Jacqueline Tu
cker, Jeanne Everett, Peggy Mo
ran, Doris Palaveda y Olga
Dfaz.
Ell Coro de la Academia can
tara unas selecciones. Oficiara
en- ell acto Ell Rvdo. Josepr Pat
rick.
La gaceta., 1942-05-19

I'm SGludo
Muy cordial Sc 10 enviamos al
Sr. EliSeo Perez DiaZ, que en- el
dia de aver entr6 a formar par
te del Consulate de Cuba en- es-
ia ciudad.
FL Sr. Perez en- otra OCCASION
presto sus servicios a este con-
sulado, con ell beneplacito de to-
dos.
All consignar la noticia, 10 fe-
licitamos y le deseamos muchos
exitos.
La gaceta., 1942-05-19
Rec07'da1nos

Para el dia 7 del e%ntrante mes
de JUNO la Logia Castillo Crist6
bal Colon No. 7, de la Orden Ca
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j NOTAS. SOCIALES
(PoR MARIO R%oDRIGUFz)

luego de haber sIfrdo una deli
cada operaci6n q m1nos del illus
tire Nr. Winton.
En- Ia residential de 81 mama
permanecera haSta su total res
taI5lecimiento. {.
S6panlo asi sus amistades.
Santos del dtd
Pedro, Celestino y Te6filo.
La gaceta., 1942-05-19
TrGSladGdG

En- la tarde de aver fue tras-
ladada desde ell sanatorio del
Centre Asturiano a la residen-
ella de su mama, 1906 Columbus
Dr., la Sra. Ofelia Ciaravella,
La gaceta., 1942-05-19
Recue1do

Recuerdo
Hoy Sc cumplen dos amos del
fallecimiento del apreciado ami
go Charles NJ. Jim&nez, que fue
"a veterano de Ia guerra mum
dial Y mas tarda ostentara ell
puesto de Comandante del pues-
to Marcelo Gonzalez, de la Le-
gi6n Americana.
Al recor1ar Ell fatal desenla-
ce, nos unimoS al dolor de su a.
.tribulada madre y hermanos.
La gaceta., 1942-05-19

Una vez en- Ia costa, embarc6 a
sus hombres en- un pequeho barco
holandes. Ola tras ola de aviones
japoneses les lanzaron bombas y les
ametrallaron. El doctor Wassell
tom6 el mando del barco, y manic
brando cor gran pericla pudo evitar
su destruction, refugiandose en- pc
quehas bahias y ensenadas.
Pocos dias depues 81 doctor
Wassell con su punado de heridos
.llegaba a Australia sin mayores per-
canoes.
FL doctor Wassell ostenta hoy la
Cruz de la Marina.
La gaceta., 1942-05-19
CUe 'fo~o.o> penosI y songre serd
f! precio de nvestro civiizocion>
Declare Ell Presidente Roosevelt

(. '!esidente hooIo a svs eoneiUdcdonos de duros renvncios
y sccrH6cios-Texto complete del sensational discurso
La gaceta., 1942-05-19

NUNCA en- los anales de la
historic ha habido una guerra en-
la cual hayan jugado una parte
tan importante Ell valor, la re-
sistencia y la lealtad de la
poblaci6n civil.
Miles de paisanos por TODD ell
mundo han sido muertos o heridos,
y contin6an siendolo por la aecion
enemiga. La fortaleza de la pobla-
ci6n civil de Ia Gran Bretaha baio
Ell fuego enemigo fu6 ciertamente 10
que hizo possible qle esa isla sc
mantuviese frme . impidiera que
Hitler ganase la guerra en- el aho
1910. Las ruinns de LOndres y
Coventry y otras ciudades constl-
tuyen hoy los monumentos mas
enaltecedores al heroismo britdnico.
la ~poblaci6n civil dc los Estados
Unidos actualmente q e%ncuentra
relativamente libre de tales desastres'
Nuestros soldados y marines, cada
dia en- mayores proporciones, luchan
con gran valor y pericia en- frentes
leianos para asegurar que continue
mos libres de toto peligro.
La gaceta., 1942-05-19

ESTA es Ia tercerd y dltiR1d pdrte del
sensational discourse del PresideRte
Roosevelt, en- eI eual meneiOnd las
duras medidds que 90 estdn Gdoptdndo
en- el pals para eOnquistGr 81 triunto
defRitiVO y sGlp0r nuesir0 eiValzGet6R.
The Ely miner., 1942-10-08
AIR OFFENSIVE:
Rene,Ued in China

After lull of almost a month, the
American air force in China re-
newed activity against the Japanese
with an attack on troop columns in
southwest Yunnan province and a
foray against Hanoi in French Indo-
China.
A communique from Lieut.. Gen.
Joseph w. Stilwell's headquarters
announced that 10 Jap troop trucks
and staff car were destroyed in
the strafng attack along the high
way between Lungling and Chefang
by fighting planes. The raid at Ha-
moi was on the Cal Lam airport.
Brig. Gen. Claire Chennault, COM
mander of American air forces in
China, stated that French and ma
tives of Indo- China were becoming
less cooperative with the Japs as a
result of American air successes.
Intelligence reports show that the
French are disillusioned, though the
japanese are now all-powerful in
Indo-China," Chennault said.
A new japanese two-motored, two
scatter fighting plane was encoun-
tered by Americans on the Hanoi
raid. The plane, an las, was re-
ported to be heavily armed with a
20-nIillimeter cannon and two 13-
millimeter guns forward.
The Ely miner., 1942-10-08
WILLKIE:
.No,U Is the Time

Before he left Russia for his con-
ference in China with Generalissi-
mo Chang Kai-shek, Wendell Will
kie took time out to tell the Ameri-
can people that in his opinion the
time for opening a second front was
not next spring, but right now.
He said that Nazi pressure on
the resources of Soviet Russia was
terrific and that relief was badly
needed. He urged a very definite
step-up in the amount of aid being
delivered to the Russians and point
ed out that almost a third of their
population had been subjected to
German rule.
After this statement was issued
Premier Joseph Stain held his fare
well banquet for Willhie, President
Roosevelt's emissary on his round
the-world check-up of the war fronts.
This event was described as being
most cordial.
Though Stain was joking and teas
ing him throughout the affair, Will
kie said later that the Russian pre-
mier demonstrated his clear, logi-
cal mind, and "a vital subject,
which cannot be disclosed" was
mentioned often throughout the eve
ming.
The Ely miner., 1942-10-08
MacARTHUR'S MEN:
DriUe on Japs

The first Jap withdrawal from
some outposts in the Owen Stanley
mountain range above Port Moresby,
New Guinea, was announced in a
communique from General MacAr-
thurs headquarters in Australia.
Strong allied patrols, aided by
light artillery, forced the Jap with
drawal, which came concurrently
with the start of heavy rains, the
communique said. Macarthur S
ground forces made gains in counter
attacks southwest of Salamaua on
the left flank of the Owen Stanley
line. Ground successes were teamed
with new aerial assaults on enemy
posts and island bases across thou
sand mile area in the southwestern
Pacific.
Allied dive bombing attacks on
vital japanese supply routes met
with considerable success. The Jap
Kokoda-Buna supply line on the
northern slope of the Owen Stanley
mountains was blasted while other
planes raided Dill, capital of the
enemy-held Portuguese Timor, and
| Ambasi.
Allied bombers also struck at Jap
| positions in the Solomons.
The Ely miner., 1942-10-08
RUSSIAN FRONT:
Nazi Toll Mounts

Even as Wendell L. Wi1lkie called
for a second front to aid the Rus
SLAMS, Soviet troops were battling
defantly for every foot of ground on
the Volga river front.
Russian gains were reported Off
cially on the long front extending
from the Moscow-Leningrad sector
to the deep Caucasus. Soviet troops
occupied several heights and VII
lagos southeast of Novorossisk, Ger
man-held Black sea base, killing
about 1000 Germans in one day.
In the Stalingrad area more than
1000 Nazis had been reported killed
in one days fighting. The major
battle had appeared to be in the
northwest of the city. In one sec
tor the Germans launched eight at
tacks against Soviet positions In "a
hours in an effort to check the threat
to their left flank. The heavy in
fantry attacks were supported by 40
tanks. Four attacks were reported
repulsed. Silence concerning the 9TH
er four indicated that progress had
been made by the Nazis.
The Soviet communique acknowl-
edged withdrawal in the Mozdok
area where it was announced that
numerically superior forces" had
captured a village. Between Mos
cow and Leningrad, Soviet troops
continued to mop up German forces
which had penetrated into the Rus
sian defenses.
In broadcast the German high
command announced that 'In the
northwestern part of the Caucasus
and on the Terek river the enemy
was elected from deep positions not
withstanding tenacious resistance"
The Ely miner., 1942-10-08
BALKANS BLASTED:
By u. S. Bombers

-Four Axis satellites in the Balkans
Croatia, Hungary, Rumania and
Bulgaria-are feeling the strength of
the American air arm as long-range
B-24 four-motored bombers deposit
their loads on the capital cities of
those nations.
Allied bases for the attacks have
not been named, nor has the nation
ality of the flight crews been re-
vealed, but observers assume that
American airmen are working with
Russian and British fliers.
The raids are more than token
gestures. The Allies have obtained
valuable information concerning
Axis troop and supply movements
across the Balkan railroads toward
Russia and Africa. According to re-
ports reaching Turkey, Rumania
now has sent approximately Is di-
visions into Russia. This is believed
to be all but five of her divisions.
Meanwhile, U. S. Army Bomber
Commander Eaker in London stated
that American and British airmen
will work together in day and night
raids to give Germany a long win
ter of bombing.
The Ely miner., 1942-10-08
WAR PRODUCTION:
Progress Report

Fright now," according to WPB
Chairman Donald Nelson, approx
mately 40 per cent of our entire pro-
duction is going for war. By the
middle of next year that proportion
has got to be around go per cent. |"
WPB Vice Chairman Knowlson is
sued statement about the same
time, in which he indicated that
present war production is 31s times
that of ten months ago.
Said he: "We're beginning to rec
ognize the truth of the situation, to
know we've been behind the eight
ball"
An estimate from the commerce
department revealed that the total
output of machine tools during the
calendar year 1912 would be about
$4,000 units, or almost double last
years production. These would have
a value of 81, 400, 900, 900.
Another report, this one by the
Maritime commission, showed that
in the past 12-month period 488
ships, aggregating about 5,450,000
deadweight tons, had been complet-
ed and delivered. Of this total, 327
were Liberty ships.
This report, made to the Presi-
dent by Chairman Land of the COM
mission, declared that: Scheduled
deliveries for the remaining months
of 1912 should bring us to the
5000, ,000-ton goal of your directive" /"
The Ely miner., 1942-10-08
PLAY A GAME

The "Emn,a" tUho ,Urites this
letter has a problem ,0e can all
understand. She must choose
bet,oeen hurting an old man ,0ho
Loues the "Fatherland he re-
members and listening to him de-
fend one of our country's enc
mics. Kathleen Norris advises
Emma and her children to play a
little game ,0ith him. 1t can do
no harm, she says, and it may do
lot of good. What is the game?
Just the light hearted practice
of good manners and the loving
kindness ,ohich is more conuinc-
ing than all the arguments in the
,oorld.
The Ely miner., 1942-10-08
FIGHTING FRENCH:
n Nod From MoscOtu

Soviet Russia became the first Of
the United Nations to recognize the
Fighting French" movement as
"the only body entitled to organize
participation of French citizens in
the war;" when it was announced
fror Moscow that Gen. Charles de
Gaulle had been accepted as the sole
representative of this group.
Thus the Vichy government of
Pierre Laval and Marshal Henri
Petain received its first official dip
lomatic slap in the face. It had
been almost year to the week be-
fore De Gaulle received the recogni-
ton he had been seeking from the
United Nations. For late in Sep
tember last year he organized the
Fighting French as a political ad-
ministration as well as a fighting
force and through frequent appeals
has sought to replace the Vichy gov
ernment as the official agent of the
French people.
This recognition by the Soviet
came just two days after Fighting
French air unit arrived in Russia to
fight on the eastern front against the
Germans. Known as the Normandy
squadron, this unit is being made a
part of the Soviet air force.
The Ely miner., 1942-10-08
MISCELLANY

BENEFITS: Headed by Joseph
E. Davies, the Presidents War Re-
lief Control board has prohibited
army or navy relief benefit shows
or solicitation of funds after Novem-
Der Is unless organized by the serv-
ices and participated in by service
personnel. The order will not pre-
vent private agencies or individuals
from staging benefits for the USO
or other war charities.
STRIKES; The War Labor board
has reported a total of 229 strikes
involving 79,414 men on war work
in August compared with 224 strikes
involving 80, ,722 men in July.
EXTRA: u. S. newspaper boys
have sold 445, ,594, ,298 ten-cent war
stamps totaling $44, 4,559, ,429 during
the past eight months, the treasury
department has announced.
ALLOCATED: The War Produc-
ton board has placed castor oil un-
der complete ALLEGATION control-ex-
cept that used for medical purposes
Children will not be forced to re
duce their consumntio~
The Ely miner., 1942-10-08

has taught himself or herSen TO De
at home in water.
Well, this particular beloved boy
was in the Midway sea battle and
at Midway. A hot still day came
when he found himself in the Pacific
ocean, with only a plank between
him and death. Death indeed was
all about him; waves of smoke and
oil washed over him-but he had
been trained to dive and float and
stand on his head and save his
breath, and he could hold out where
other gallant boys could not. He
was battered and blackened and
slippery when they picked him up,
but his first remark was that he
could have stuck it out for another
six hours.
The moral for you in this story
is that you have an opportunity now
to teach your five children mental
and spiritual diving and swimming
and endurance, and you must not
miss the valuable chance.
Tell them that because Grandpa is
old, and because he remembers so
fondly the Fatherland of his youth,
which he has not visited for more
than forty years, and because he
DID emigrate to this country with
a good father, when he was only H.,
you are going to humor him in his
delusions. Be sure to make it a
game.
Grandpa Will Be Delighted.
1t is a game of smiles, agreement,
attention, good manners. They will
enjoy it tremendously, once they are
well into it. Grandpa will be first
delighted and fiattered, and then
inevitably-softened. Their courtesy
will lead him to speak Of his child
hood, of the old days of music and
gardens and home, and he will grow
less assertive and truculent every
day. Nobody can argue with him
self, and a smiling nod and pleasant
assent will daunt him as no vitu-
peration could.
What harm will it do? 1t won't
make the boys one whit less loyal
to America; it will teach them the
mighty power of good over evil.
And when once boy or girl has
learned that lesson he or she has
been given a greater treasure than
anything else you could wish for
him. If the nations had learned it,
far back in the past when nations
were young and small, poor old
Grandpa would not have to be vio-
lently defending the policy of a
murderer, liar and robber today.
Yes, / mean Hitler.
Silence, love and service are ir-
resistible weapons. Your children
will soon find them so strong that
they will be almost sorry to use
them. It will be almost cruel to
battle Grandpa by gentle rejoin-
der, friendly glance. Impress upon
them that what man of 83 says
is colored by his happy childhood in
the old country, of the music he
loves, of the pain and nervousness
and anxiety that he is suffering now
with the rest of us.
We're all talking too much, get
ting excited, saying more than we
mean. Everyone wants victories,
wants peace to come in sight. Until
the worst Of this is over we are
somewhat like patients whose fever
rises easily, slightly distorting ev-
erything that they say. But we must
try to be calm.
If each woman can make her
home secure little center of seren-
ity and peace and unafraidness, 1t
will merge into the little rivers that
will rush in from everywhere, after
the war, and help to build new
world.