davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-03-20
v We TRETf NAROD.
Nj ODVODNf LOTERII.

z Baltimore je &c "prvnich'
= muzl to, jejichz c1sla prvne
tazena v tretl narodn1 odvodni
loterii. Tito jsou prvnfmi vstou-
pitt do sluzby v jejich castech.
V casti {. 5 tazen byl James r.
Lhotsky, 817 N. Port I'll. (441.)
Pc uvedomeni rekl: "Jsem
zcela okay o tom, ale mann tTi
dftky a ty die vseho budou dr.
yeti mne z tOho."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-03-20
1000 DONG
PRO SEKCI.

Vice nezli 1000 dom1 posta-
veno Dude ma Eastern avenue a
Dundalk obranne sekci. Nekte-
re domy staveny budou pro
rent, jine ma prodej.
Domy budou mfti dive lozni-
&c, kuchyn a koupelnu. Stavba
pocne asi Is. dubna. Domy
prodavany budou cd $500 do
$4,000 anebo rentovany budou
cd $35 do $40 mesicne.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-03-20
General Douglas Macarthur nejvysslm
velitelem pozemnich, vzdusnych a ma
mofnich sill spojeneckych armad v cele
oblasti Australia.

We stredu bylo oznameno z
War Department. We Washing
tonu, re general Macarthur
byl ustanoven vrchn1m velite-
lem veskere branne moci v il
hozapadnlm Pacifiku. Jeho We
len1 podlehajf veskere sbory
australske, anglick6, holandske
a americke jak ma zemi, We
vzduchu tax i ma mort.
General Macarthur prelozil
svGj hlavn1 stan z Filip1nskych
ostrov1 do Australia, kde Sc jiz
Cd stTedy naleza.
Jmenovani generala MacAr-
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-03-20
CIZINCI
CHYCENI.

Zatceni dvou nepratelskych
.cizincG, zmocnenf Sc rucnic,
ruenlch del a nabojG spolu S il
.nymi pfedmety ma Eastern
Shore, Maryland, hlasil v sobo-
tn E. A. Soucy, zvlastnf agent
v Baltimore distriktu.
Jmena zatcenych nebyla u
dana.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-03-20
PENfZE MA ZACLONY PRO
VOJAKY " CAMP MEADE.

Tuto stredu tri Baltimoran-
ky usporadaly Card Party v
Sears domu, ma North a Har-
ford avenue. Vsechen vytezek
venovan ma koupenl zaclon pro
hosty vojak1 v Service Kubu,
{. 2, We Fort Meade. Card par
ty pocala We 2 bod. odpoledne.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-03-20
NEPRISLI v NEDELI Do
PRACE.

Skorem $50 muzd bylo v
pondel1 poslano domG z lode
nickeho zavodu ma Key High
way, ponevac v nedeli neprisli
do prace. Jest to poprve co Be-
tlehem ocelarna uzila trestu to-
no. Uredn1ci vysvetlujf trest
tim, re neprijitfm muzd techto
do prace, produkce poskozena
byla.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-03-20

thura vrchn1m velitelem v il
hozapadn1m Pacifiku stale sc
ma rozkaz presidenta Roosevelt
ia, kdyz tento byl o to pozadan
vladou Australia.
Posledni zpravy 2 Australia
hlasf, Re We stredu americko-
australasia letecke silly prepaid
ly invasni zakladny JaponcI "
Move Guinei pTi cemz % lodi
bylo potopeno nebo tSzce po-
skozeno (vcetns IL valecnych
lodi.)
Ztraty spojencI byl pouze
jeden aeropIan.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-03-20
BODNUTA.

Dvakrate bodnuta byla Nj
nou Trebler z E. Eager ulice v
noel z pondelf ma dtery, kdyz
vzkfikla ably odstrasila cerno-
cha, ktery napadl il kdyz sla
pc Greenmount avenue u Mo
nument ulice.
Mlad1k ash II rok1 starry DO.
dl il nozem do leve ruky kdyz
n6kolik muzd spechalo il ku
Ipomoci.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-03-20
DIVADLO.

Dramaticky Odbor Telocvic-
ne Jednoty Sokol Belcamp
sehraje vypravnou hru o city,
Tech dejstvfch "Kde domov
MGj", v Baltimorske Sokolov-
ne, dine %. brezna 1912 We 3
hodiny odpoledne. Hodnotna
dramaticka prace Bohouse Ne
jedleho vydana nakladatel-
skym druzstvem Maize.
Namet hry jest skutecne IL
dovy a vlastenecky, prfstupny
nejsirs1m vrstvam obecenstva.
Nejedly dovede vystizne kres-
lit svoje figurky, vybavene do
konalou Characterization s nej-
presnejsf psychologickou a re-
alistickou vernost1. Del polo
zen do povestneho "sudetska"
nebo jak my start vlastenci
jsme byli zvyklf T1kat do "uza-
vTeneho uzemf" kde v roce
1914 zije a pGsob1 ma maticnl
skole cesky ucitel Novak S ro-
dinou a starou matkou, vlasten
kou kristaloveho charakteru.
Novak a jeho kolega ucitel Je-
rabek, kousava skepticka po-
vaha, ale vlastenec vzacnych
kvalit, jsou povolani vyhlase-
MIN valky branit jejich "sirs1
vlast" - Rakousko. Mezi tim,
co oba nasi cesti vlastenci okou
Isl slastf ceskych ucitel1 ma
|fronte, renegat Kraptischka v
|jehoz dome rodina ucitele No
vaka bydli, snazf Sc premluviti
ODE zeny, ably pouzily who'd,
ktere otcovske pece c1safska
skytala nemeckym detem a po-
s1laly d1tky do nemecke "pfe-
Ilejvarny''. Co Kraptischka Sc
marne namaha zfskati dive ces-
Ike detske dusicky pro Nemce,
ucitel Novak nastrceny do ne
navidene rakouske uniformly,
veil jake cetaT pfedn1 hl1dce,
postavene proti ruskym zako-
pun v Halici. Usek ruske from
ty pred kterou Novakem vede-
ma hlfdka stoj1, je zvlastnf sho-
dou okolnosti obsazen tez j ces-
kymi starodruzinlky v ruske
armada. Jeden re starodruzi-
nik1 prichazi v pfestrojeni pol
skeho b6Zence k hlldce a w.
pravuje Jim o ceske druzine.
Novak a ostatni ceSti vojfni /:
Ludvfk, Vavra, Svoboda a Kon-
valinka mali rakouske sekatu-
ry az pc kirk, uveri a jsou ocho-
tni nasledovati starodruzinika
k Rusnm. Pr prebihani jsou
zpozorovani a pTi prestrelce
starodruzinfk je zabit a Kon-
valinka zIstane ma bojiSti sire
len do nohy. V zaverecnem
jednani Novak vraci Sc jake
rusky legionar pc %pfevratu do
osvobozene vlasti. S %politickym
prevratem "pTebarvuje" Sc i
pan domacf Krapitschka ma
observation-disclosures" Krapic
ku, ktery uleva zluci poctive-
mu, zmrzacenemu uciteli Je-
rabkovi, pravem 81 nepravem
Sc domnivajfclmu, re mimo pre-
vratu jeste nutno "bflit" a ocis-
tit narod cd bezcharakternlch
vlastencic1ch ~chameleonG.'
Nejedleho hra ukazuje ma
velky prfklad malych lidf, KITE
II s neomylnym pudem hned
cd pocatku prijali a zvedli my
slenku odboje a Gin pc GNU u
skutecnovali zazrak osvoboze-
nj maleho naroda pr1boji sve-
toye vojny a socialn1 revoluce
a dovedli slouzit svemu idealu
bez velkych SLOW, Sc samozfej-
most1, jez doj1ma. Ma MAJOR
mem pT1kladu cisteho a nena-
rocneho vlastenectvf zalozil
dramatik svoji jak sam v pred
mluve ffka "prostinkou a ne
narocnou hru' a pri tom teple
lidsky dojfmajfc1 divadlo Was
tenectvi naSlch malych lid1.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-03-20

ZvlaStni dix patti Dramatic
kemu odboru Sokolske Jednoty
"Blesk" "a vyborne pTedvede-
nj divadelni hry "Deti MAST Re
voluce', dale panu FIR. Korano-
vi "a napovfdanf, panu r. Pa
rfzkovi Ia malbu pr vyprave
jeviste a panu FIR. Kilianovi Ia
kvetinovou vyzdobu. Tez dix
nasledujfcfm "a darby:
Mrs. A. Smrha, kolacky; A.
Ceska, kolacky; M. Luksa, ko-
lacky; M. Steiner, koblihy; N.
Karpenko, jablkove tycinky ;
o. Martfnek, bort; pf. Riha,
housku; M. Kraft, housku; B.
PaTfZek, housku; r. Legro, 2
babovky; A. Marek, sisky, ko-
blihy a obraz; B. Bouda, NILE
ko; FIR. Kilian, kvetiny.
Ma Card Party poradane 5.
1nora 1912 venovala obnos 81
pf. Barbora Hejduk mfsto omy-
lem uvedene pf. FIR. Hejduk.
- c. N. S. porada " pondeli
dine 80. brezna Card Party " 8.
hodin " Sokolovns. Vstupne je
jake obvykle 28c i s vladnf da-
nj. Bude Sc hrati Country Bin
go a karetni hry u stol1. List
ky sc budou losovati O deset
door prizes. Vedle toho Sc jiz
nynf prodavaji chance ma W.
hru petit dollard. Apelujeme
ma dobre krajany, ably prispeli
vhodnymi Diary ma door prizes
a ma ceny v Bingo a v kartach.
Dobre ceske hospodynky neza-
pomente ma kavovy stanek,
ktery nam vzdy tax dcinne po-
maha zvysiti vytezek podniku,
Nezapomente ma tento den
Card Party, prijdte v nejhoj-
nejslm poctu, pfivedte svoje
pTatele a zname.
Zabavn1 Vybor.
- Demokraticky Klub Ces-
kych Mladik1 7. wardy Dude
poTadati "Poslednf Ustficove
Hody LetoSnf Sezony' v nede-
Ii, dine %. bTezna v klubovnfch
mfstnostech, 2100 Ashland A
venue cd l do 6 hodin vecer.
Danny vftany. Poplatek $1.50.
UstTice, music, hoveZi pecene,
atd.
= Tel. Jedn. Sokol Curtis
Bay a Sokolska Mladez budou
poradati V nedeli, dine 5. dub
ma v Sokolovne, 1927 Cherry u
lice, Curtis Bay Easter Egg
Dance. Zacatek v 8 hodin We
Ger. 2 orchestry: Jana Svita-
ka a Moonlight Melodiers''.
Vstup soc.
- Csl. Pomocny Vybor pora-
da vystavku a prodej rucnich
praci Is. brezna, We stredu 3D.
poledne i vecer, We prospect ST.
rotkG a valecnych bszencI.
Prijd'te vsichni do vecerni sko-
ly Augustin Herman, Ashland
Ave. a Glover ulice.
Dairy a prfjem v tonic tydnu
"a zbozf: - Mrs. Mizerovsky
|$6.05; Weekly $3.50; Samy 81;
Mrs. Seidling 85c;Mrs. Pavlov-
sky 40c. Dairy: Mrs. Aloisie
Janata 81; Mrs. M. Stehlik 81;
Mrs. Maglov, 2 polstaTe; Mrs.
Mizerovsky, 80 praden Why ;
Mrs. Hrabanek, hackovanou
taSku.
Prineste prosfm vsechny pro-
dane losovacl kn1zky. Deku-
jeme vsem "a podporu nasf We
CT a prosime vytrvejte s Mani
az do v1tezstvf. O to Vas prosi
Csl. Pomocny Vybor.
Ma vystavku jsou pozvany
danny z Washingtonu.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-03-20
ZMENIL MAILED v u

Phillip Kenner z Providence,
R. l., udany re Sc medal regi-
strovati ku odvodu, v 1tery u
dial soudci, re mezitlm registro-
van byl a re chce do armady
vstoupiti jake dobrovolnlk.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-03-20
Z ULIcNf RVAcKY.

George w. Hunt, 55lety, pro-
davac magazinG a 19lety Leo
Gable z Aberdeen, pokutovani
byli SIS pro rvacku ma ulici ma
PAX avenue a Lexington ulici.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-03-20
PRADELNA

Ohnem znicena byla pradel-
ma North Baltimore Laundry
Spolecnost We $500 blocku Hic-
kory avenue. Rada move zTi-
zenych pomdcek znicena byla.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-03-20
MlStni ZprdVy.
z ~krajanskych kruhI.

- V nedeli pc IL iodine Cd
pol. %pOkTtena byla v dome p1.
Kruml,. {. 8O4 N. Castle ulice
ma jmeno Patricia Ann, dcerus-
ka rodicG: Kenneth a Melva
Bartleson. Narozena byla %.
ledna 1912. Kmotrou a kmo-
trem d6tatka byly: Alma Ann
Masek a Joseph Mako.
- Radostne udalosti dostalo
Sc manzelGm Charles a Anna
Senger z cfsla 1923 E. Monu-
ment ulice v sobotu, dine IA.
bTezna, kdy obdaTeni byli sy-
nackem vazfcfm jedenact Ii
Der. Jak maminka tax i detat-
ko jsou o%SetTovani v Mercy ne
mocnici a jsou ma ceste k u
Zdraven1.
Minute pond6li, dine 16.
bTeZna narodila Sc v nemOcnici
sv. Josefa manzel1m Franku a
Kvete Hubbard z cisla 1921
Chesterfield Ave. zdrava dee
ruSka. PAM Kveta Hubbard Sc
jmenovala Ia svobodna Rad
kOva.
Ma hTbitove Mt. Carmel
pohrben byl V sobotu Oswald
Warsland, namoTnik, {. Is S.
Broadway,jenz zemrel IL. bre-
INA ma zapal Pile We start 80
rokG. PohTebn1 obTady vyko-
nal Rev. Schaefer.
PohTeb konal Sc re Schimun-
kOva PohTebn1ho Domu.
= Ma hTbitove Nejsv. Vyku-
pitele pohTbena byla We Ctvrtek
Ella Pulls (roz. Fowler), man
zelka Charlese P:ls, {. 146 N.
Ellwood Ave-, jez zemrela Is.
brezna. Narozena byla Bal
timore. Pohrebnf obTady vyko-
nal Rev. Childress. PohTeb W.
praven z domu smutku.
- Ma Narodnfm hrbitove
pohTben byl We ctvrtek Joseph
Joska, manzel Antonio Joska
(rozene Nebohy), jenz zemrel
is. brezna, &. 22O0 E. Eager
ulice. Zemfel Johns Hopkins
nemocnici. Narozen byl V &C.
chach. Nalezel ku radu Blank
a Jaroslav z DUDE.
" 1tery, dine II. bTezna
zemTela nahle Barbora Neu-
schaefer V Bethesda, Md, We
start 90 let. Narozena byla v
Baltimore. Pohreb Dude Sc ko-
natl re Schimunkova Pohrebni-
no Domu V sobotu, 81. bfeZna
S:15 bod. rano do kostela sv.
Andresa a odtud ma hrbitov
Nejsv. Vykupitele "a assistance
Rev. Sabastiana.
PohTby tyto vypravil Karel
f. Schimunek.
PEPIcKY A PEPfCI PO-
FOR! - Dslnicky Vzdelavaci
Spolek Odd. bu-
de poradati v sobotu, dine FL.
bTezna v DGlnickem Dome, rob
Madison a Rose ulic "JOSE-
81 ABAVU Hudba
pana Jana Svitaka. Zacatek "
$3.50 hodin vecer. Vstupne 45c
DAM. o zabavu a obcerstve-
nj postarano.
Kazdeho uctivs I'VE Vybor.
-/Ceske Narodnl Sdruzenl
d6kuje vsem pratelGm "a pod
poru a spolupraci pri oslave 90.
narozenin T. c.. Masaryka,p pre-
sidenta Osvoboditele poTadane
dine 8. bTezna 1912 v Sokolov-
ne. Financni vysledek byl ma
sledujfcf:
PT1jem:
ChSI,L4 COG AK
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-03-20
Celkem
PTfjem
Vydani
STOPS
$171.2O
1925
Cisty zisk $1OO.95

Pr schulz Odbocky G. N. S.
II. bTezna konal Sc tab ma pc
no a tuzku darovane manzeli
CeskJch, ktere vyhrala pi. Brill,
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-12-29
DARLAN'S DEATH

(OntarlO Daily RepOrt)
The assassination of Admiral Darlan
on Christmas eve settled the most diff
cult diplomatic situation into which the
United States has been thrown during
this war. When General Eisenhower
found it expedient to appoint him chief
of the French civil administration in
north Africa Washington received valid
protests from Russia and other A bed
Nations.
There was no question but that the con-
troll which Darlan was allowed to assume
was a matter of eXpediency-a fact which
Russia chose to ignore. Many American
lives were saved by his orders to the
French to lay down their arms and well
come the Yanks. Yet his record Of col
liberation with the NaZis left a bad taste
in everyone's mouth.
Whether Darlan will go down in his
tory as a traitor or a hero we don't at
tempt to say. He was never sincere
democrat, and his power under our lead
ershp could at best be only temporary.
Let us hope that the new leader will
represent democratic ideals better than
did Darlan. If the French can revert
to democracy they may achieve freedom,
not only from the Germans but also from
their venal leaders.
AS one commentator said, If the Allan
tic Charter means anything at all, we
can do no more than create political vac
uumS which the axis victims will fill
with governments of their own choice.
Our duty and our privilege will end
when we have made this possible.
We have used Admiral Darlan and
others like him as weapons. We must
continue to use such men. But by so do
ing we must mot become confused and
favor traitors at the expense of our own
ideals.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-12-29
By BEYDON TAVES

GEN. MACARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Australia, Dec. 30.
CUP)-The japanese have lost an
other cruiser to the Allied air force
in New Guinea, and failed in an
attempt to shell Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur's ground forces out Of Buna
village it was revealed today.
While LiberaCor bombers of the
Allied force we're blasting the cruis-
er in the harbor Of Rabaul, New
Britain, and boming japanese air
bases at Finsch-Hafen, New Guinea,
and on Timor Island, MacArthur'S
ground forces deepened their wedge
in the japanese beach had blow
Buna.
A headquarters spokesman said
that in the beach head fighting
Sunday night and yesterday, the
Japanese suffered considerable
casualties" in their first attempt
to meet the Allied forces outside
prepared positions since the siege
began.
ms desperate sally from strong
points and plllbOXeS around the
western end of the main japanese
air strip, south of the Buna mis-
SION, came as enemy naval craft
probably submarines shclled tho
Euna village from just before MD
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-12-29
YES SIR, IT'S
INEXCUSABLE

Maybe OPA has a lot of criticism COM
ing for announcing Its ratlonlng plans
so long in advance; maybe not. As for
us, we'd rather refrain from criticiZing
OPA when other folks mixed up in the
same mess deserve a hundred times more
criticism.
1t seems to us bit out of line TO aim
all the barbs at OPA on the contention
that previous announcement of rationing
plans gives the consumers an opportunity
to rush to the stores and stock up with
boards of the to-be-rationed goods.
Sure-maybe OPA deserves condemna-
ton for over-rating the patriotic coop
Grafton Of the American public.
But where does that leave the public?
OPA thinks the people have sense en-
ough to avoid boarding. Maybe OPA'S
judgment is wrong, but if it Is, any crltl-
cism that is made should ricochet from
OPA and strike the buying public with
full impact-for that is where the blame
lies.
The man or woman who criticiZes OPA
for trusting the people, then PUSHES to
his neighborhood store to take advantage
of the advance information he has been
given by filling his pantry shelves, is
something like the prohibition era drink
er who bought out his bootlegger's stock,
over to the law and felt righteous about
it.
Ratoning is an attempt to see that
everybody shares equally in the oppor-
tunity to purchase available goods. We
are not in a position to argue the neces-
sity of the newest rationing program,
and so must accept the premise that it is
necessary Since that is the case, the
man who tries to beat the rationing pro-
gram is trying to get for himself a spe-
cial privilege in the most undemocratic
way of abby taking advantage of the
democratic institution under which the
government is supposed to keep the peo-
pie informed of its acts and plans.
We cannot blast censorship in one
breath, then criticize the lack of it in the
next, if we are to be consistent.
Neither can We criticize the fact that
information has been given us, then make
unpatriotic use of that information, with
out ourselves undermining our morale at
home.
We're all in this together Let's act
like il
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-12-29
Editorials and Comment
ONE SOURCE
OF MANPOWE
Nevada State JOurnal)

Nevada State JOurnal)
Will the next congress have the cour-
age to throw the 40-hour work week law
out of the window until this war is won?
That question is disturbing quite Il few
people i'm Washington because of political
pressure being eXerted by some labor
leaders and heads of some of the federal
bureaus who are afraid so called social
gains. born in the depression era, will be
upset.
Every day government officials issue
statements concerning the manpoWer
shortage and talk about cooperation. They
discuss rules and they dwell at length
on the necessity for ending boarding OF
manpower. A few members of congress
have criticized the Prospective 100000
man amy and say the country cannot
properly arm and maintain an army of
that size by the end Of next year.
Yet the average work week in war in
dustrieS, according 10 government figures,
is less than 43 hours per week. The work
week, set at 40 hours by a peace-time. de-
preSsion-born law, is depriving men in
our armed forces Of the equipment they
need. If it is necessary to adjust wages
in order to take care of the time-and-one-
half provision for work exceeding 40
hours. such adjustments can be made,
but as long as 40 hours is the work week
set by law, it will measure Americas
production.
The law should be amended immed-
lately to AZ hours by the next congress.
There is no argument favoring the pres
ent law that will stand up in face of the
needs of the day. Millions of hours would
be added to war production without dis
turbing the lives of a single American
war worker or civilian. Many industries,
now short handed, would have sufficient
help to produce around the clock at cap
acity.
Members of the armed forces of the
United States, whose faith in their coun-
try has not been shaken by discOuraging
incidents on the home front, limit their
efforts when necessary, to l68 hours per
week.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-12-29

as consulting adviser 10 the court
when it is constituted.
Allied authorities, desiring to
avoid the situation which arose aft
er the last war, when DESIGNATED
war criminals escaped without trial,
want The war criminal court for
this war TO be set up we'll in adj
vance, With carefully drafted
code Of international lew, so that
il will be ready to function as soon
as the war ends.
LIFTS DRAWN UP
Experts have been studying plans
for months. Several Allied govern
ments already have drawn up lists
of war criminals, il'iuding Miller,
MuSsolini, Heinrich Himmlcr, chief
of the German Gestapo; Vidkun
Gfli,lirg, TIE Norwegian traitor,
and Pierre Laval and jacques Do
riot, collaborationist leaders of
France.
Dedaer told the United Press that
there were from 100000 to H.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-12-29
.SomoliIond Goes
Over to Allies

road on Djibouti, the capital, and
had reached the vicinity of the
Fibele railroad station after oc-
cupying fortified points of Bouet
and Magada.
GERMAN VERSION
The German controlled Paris "a
dio said that there had been MOTH
ing new since numerically
stronger British force was attacking
the small garrison at Djiborti last
night"
over the weekend Vichy had
made it known that negotiations
were in progress between British
military and diplomatic authorities
in Ethiopia and French officials
at Djibouti.
On Sunday Axis broadcasts said,
Fighting French planes dropped
leaflets over Djibouti announcing
that the Allies we're going to oc-
cupy French Samaliland, and soon
afterWard the march into the ter
ritory started.
Announcing the invasion, Axis
radios sought to make it appear
that Britain was trying to take
over French Somaliland before the
United States did.
Vichy announced last night, soon
after statement by Marshal Henri
Philippe Petain denying that
French leaders in Africa were act
ing for him, that Gen Henri Honore
Giraud, new French African lead
err; Gen Louis Barre. commanding
French troops in Tunisia, and Gen.
Jean Marie Bergeret former Vichy
air minister who escaped to Africa,
had been deprived of their citizen
ship.
In transparent attempt at cOer-
cion, Berlin broadcast that Petain s
statement was serious warning"
to Gen. Auguste Nogues, resident
general of Morocco, and Yves
Chatel, governor general Of Algc-
ria, to disavoW Giraud or them
selves be deprived Of citizenship.
Unity of all French empire
forces was brought a long step
nearer when Gen Charles De
Gaulle, Fighting French leader,
lnreservedly praised Giraud in a
broadcast to the French people last
night and expressed the hope AL
hose who carry the arms of the
fatherland unite, as they ought to,
in one single army. in one single
navy in one single French air
force.
De Gaulle said that in the last
days before the collapse Of France
in 1910 Giraud would have been
made generalissimo OF the French
armies had he not been captured
by the Germans Calling Giraud
"a worthy French officer De
Gaulle said he already had won
glorious victories in Tunisia and
would multiply them in future.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-12-29
Planes Sink jap
W ship in Ruid

night Sunday to just before dawn
Monday.
The Smelling failed to damage AL
lied installations and the sally was
beaten back with the net result
that American units deepened the
wedge which, at Gairopa Point, sep
arates the japanese forces at the
mission and around the enemy haa
left OF its last air strip.
GUNS CAPTURED
The charging japanese were met
with machine gun and AUTOMATIC
rifle fire. Then the Americans coun-
terattacked with artillery support
and captured a number OF dual pur-
pose antiaircraft and antitank guns
AS usual, the Allied air force was
active everywhere, backing up the
cleanup operations on the New
Guinea coast and ranging far, as
a striking force, to wreck bases on
other islands from which enemy re-
Inducements might come.
Attacking Rabaul early yesterday
for the second day in succession,
Consolidated B-24 Liberators found
a large cruiser in Kervia bay If
the southern part of Simpson har-
Dor. After three direct hits with 500
pound bombs, the cruiser was OBJ"
served burning fiercely and Allied
pilots elieVcd it was destroyed.