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wild animal narnG and direction as the
~ o of Africa intensified daily
saw he flushed with Sedan and
before other officers He the Pour
highest order bestowed by Imperial Germany the last
still a best and his element Munich
policeman Whenever there brawl between the Nazis
He
by simple cxpeden of cracking Communist skulls
Despite beating he suffered takes
like Romme whose Afrka
merged with Col Gen. Jugn Anims But fox lion
Of
when devastating blows without
o give Rommel is
report a n Raj line
we blasting the old
effect is terrific
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-07
Plot TO Escape Fails

GRAVENHURST, Ont. April Z
.UP)-A bizarre attempt 10 es-
cape from an internment camp for
German soldiers was at an end
today when 1t Siegfried Schmidt
of the Luftwaffe answered roll
call for the first time in four
months.
During that time he had been
concealed in the camp by fellow
prisoners and had converted his
pleasant. oval face 10 one with a
pointed chin by crude but efficient
plastic surgery.
Schmidt refused 10 explain his
method.
But II was evident that 'hc
prisoner used A KnlTC 10 carve
flesh from his ample fowls graft
il 10 his chin and nodded it there.
He spoiled il all, however. by
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-07
Low Level Raid
Fires Jap Base
In New Guinea

UNITED NATIONS HEAD
QUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA,
April Z QNS)-Allied planes, con-
tinuing their daily attacks against
Japanese bases north of Australia,
raided six targets yesterday, strlk-
ing their heaviest blows on Sala-
maua. New Guinea, an official
communique reported today.
Medium attack bomberS. In A
co-ordlnated low-level sweep, heav-
lily bombed Salamaua, starting
number of large fires and Silcnc-
ing anti-alrcralf batteries Later
a heavy bomber blasted The ioftv
area dcmohShng supply ware
houses
No enemy aircraft was oncoun-
tered during the days operations,
the Communiquc said
Farther up tho northern New
Guinea coast. the enemy airdromc
AZ FinSchhafcn was Strafcd by 4
heavy Allied bomber no "A Low
altitude attack that started >ov-
cral fires
Other heavy bonberS raidcd tho
enemy alrdromo al Gasmata New
Britain. bombed and Strafcd 4
japanese coastal vessel near Mon
tagu harbor and Sirafcd THO
waterfront area Of Cape Glou-
CeSter
Medium honberS attacked tho
Aru and Tenimber islands north
OF Australia IN the ArafWa Sea.
One plane bombed and S'rafed
enemy installations AZ Wokam and
Kenari in A low-al,tudc raid IN
the Aru Islands. while another
blasted the village Of Alut on
the Tenimhcr Islands
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-07
Texas Irishmdn
Wins Transfer

LONDON, April 7 CUP)-Thir-
teen young Americans Of Polish
ancestry and their pal of Irish
extraction from Texas transferred
today from the Polish TO the
United States air forces in cere-
n1ony al the u. S. recruiting Of
flee in London.
All in the group came TO Eng
land 20 get into the war early.
Robert 0. Berry, Port Arthur,
Tex. said he first tried Canada
but then went into the Polish air
force so / could get overseas a
little quicker
Included among the others were
Alex Kurachenko, 1889 Allen St,
Flint, Mich: John Kurowski, 1891
East Milwaukee. Detroit. Chester
Dabek. Abs 3lst ST. Detroit and
Anthony j. Booza, Grand Rapids.
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Registered U. s. Patent ONCE

Yielding to'the temptation TO test
his appearance by emerging from
the building IN which he had been
concealed
As he mingled in the outside
enclosure with other prisoners a
guard spotted a strange face He
did not recognize the stranger As
Schmidt but reported tho man $
presence 10 hI> SuperlorS. a search
revealed Schmidt hiding in the
building housing the prisoners.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-07
4 State Men Wounded
In Pacific, Decorated

INDIANAPOLIS. April 7 CUP
One officer and 81 enlisted men
including four from Michigan. who
are recovering from wounds T..
ceived in the South Pacific wal
theater have been awarded tht
Order OF the Purple Heart
Among those decorated were
Ssts. Stanley Hallock. Sheridan
Mich: Richard Neumann. Detroit
George Vishers. Detroit. anC
Robert p. Smith. Muskegon.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-07
Desert Fox RommeI Transformed to Gagged Animo

THE cumulative effect the enemy morale SCATTERING For
bombs that size actually falling In occupied
confusion by
They know be their turn next
How bad this the enemy is shown by what squad
when asked what damage 4000pOunder
Well after the is hit by these big fellows
he said III exist We know that for
just of swallows everything around for quite distance"
pretty evident that Romme has been left the
Berlin the could do ago
poorly disguised herring through
evauate Tunsia longer valuable mitary.
1t has become known that Romm, his
wild ANIMAL given orders that attempting
the line and surrender will be summarly shot.
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Continued from Page One)


ton edged forward in the Max
nasSy sector and east OF E
Guettar capturing half Of the
strategic Diebel Chemsi mountain
and renewing a hard battle for
key hills south OF the Kebill road
junction.
Allied air forces again ham
mered the enemy meTcilesSly IN
front and rear areas, sinking seven
ships from one convoy en- route
TO Tunisia, hitting many Others
and shooting down 81 Axis planes
Al Trapani. one Of the principal
supply ports on the west coast of
Sicily. Allied AIR fleets sank many
ships Of all classes and started
fires IN the dock area, the COM
munIque reported.
Wellington bombers straddled
shipping and the dock area of
TuniS with demolition and fire
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-07
ROmmeI FleeS. Loses 5000

bombs Monday night. Many hits
were scored in the target area and
a large fire was started.
In daylight yesterday. Flying
FortreSseS were tia c k . d by
enemy fighters while bombing a
convoy off Bizerte. Turning on
their tormentors, the FortresSes
shot down Is.
Altogether, Allied planes shot
down u enemy planes in daylight
Yesterday in addition TO an unas-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-07
Legion Poppy Sale OK

SAGINAW. April Two-day
sale Of Buddy poppies will be con-
-fuCtrd ny BTOWn-N vernon american
Legion Post here May l4-15, Per-
mission was granted last night by
CIlN council.
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certaincd number destroyed on thc
ground IN repeated bombing at
tacks on German ajr6eldS al L.
Fauconnerie and elsewhere II
TuniSla.
Four-engined Consolidated Lib
orator bomberS from the middle
eastern command Joined in the Of
fenSive with a successful attach
on MeSsina, another Sicilian sup
ply harbor, last night. All plane.
returned safely.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-07
Tells Cost Of Absenteeism

NEW YORK April : up
AbsenteciSm cost The nations war
effort i22,7O0OOO man days during
1912 tho national industrial con-
ference board ronoricd TODAY.
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BY PIERRE J. HUSS
international New, service stan Corresponds

stan Correspondent
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IL CENTRAL TUNISIA April =
Tine Romme truncheonwicdne Munich
policeman some justification have been called the desert
foN.
description alone aTr1Cz. hdot fftofs pet field
marshal Africa high commands
al4stoclal rucary,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-07
500 NAZIS KILLED

Nearly 500 German troops were
killed in the fighting below Izyum
in the last "A hours, the high
command said. In one sector Rus
sian StormoviX assault planes dis
pcrScd two German infantry bat
taionS preparing TO attack and in
the resulting confusion, r d
ground troops COunterattaCked
and gained new ground.
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~
THE BRITISH BREAK-THROUGH NORTH OF GABES
A map of the Tunisan front showing Wadi e Akarit,
20 miles north of Gabes where the British Eighth Army
cline arrow smashed through German deenses reached
open country and is in close pursuit of Naz Marshal
Rommel and his Afrka Korps Prime Minister Churchill,
announcing the victory to Commons today, indicated
the break-through, under of a 50O-gm barage,
promised early junction with American forces driving
in from the west black and other Allied armies.
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Reds Big Guns
Crush Assault
Near Leniingrdd

MOSCOW. April 7 OuPl Rus
sian artillery smashed a two
pronGed German attack on the
Nolkhov front southeast of Lenin-
grad today while Red armies en-
.trenched along the DonetS River
hurled back wave after wave of
reinforced AXIS troops
The Germans sent two columns
against the Russian positions in
the Nolkhov sector presumably in
an attempt TO narrow the Russian
corridor to Lcningrad, but a con-
ccniraled artillery barrage broke
up the attack and the enemy fen
back 10 ITS original positions with
heavy losses, the Russians said.
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Ydnks Wipe Out
Ndzi Pockets in
Battle for Sfdx

WITH AMERICANS OK TIL
CENTRAL TUNlSIAN FRONT
April 6 Delayed lUP)-Amer.
Ican forces IN a local attack seven
miles north of MaknaSsy on the
central front have captured Dlebel
Maizila on the road to Sid BouZid
The American push IN the Max.
nasSy sector is aimed in the dIrec.
ton of the Tunlsian port of SfaX
toward which Mars a Erwin
Rommel is retreating from Gabes
on the FL Guettar sector, south
Of MaknassS, Americans arr fight.
ing with tanks and infantry IN the
kchIl road junction area They
have been under sharp artIllcr!
fire.
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CLING TO SLOPES

Germans have been Ciinging
tenaciouSly 10 slopes of Djebel
Berda. several miles behind most
advanced American positions on
the right flank
These pockets haye kept l. :
forces from breaking through 10
the coast. They are being cleaned
out but II IS slow. nasty Job.
Every soldier here IS testimony
TO how tough the Job is Most of
them are wearing ragged pants.
Their field Jackets are IN tatters
and their shoes are worn through.
MUST CONTROL ROAD
The Keblli road junction ard
hills Just south OF that junction
hold the keys 10 the entire
situation in this area. The in
fantry has advanced a consider
able distance beyond the junction
on the left side and they now
hold half of Djebel Chemsi, a
mountain toward MaknasSy.
In the local attack north of
MaknaSSy. American troops ocCu-
pied high ground regarded as
their first objective IN winning
control of the 34-mile dirt road
between Maknassy and Sid Bou-
Zid to the north.
The chief Job remaining is win
ming complete control Of the 90
mile macadam GafSa-GabeS road
The mission of today's main at
tack IN the It GuettaT sector was
TO clear out the AXIS Kebili juno
ton positions. south of the GabeS
road. As long as the enemy holds
those spots, an overeXtcnSlOn
eastward would be dangerous.
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War Today
No Early Victory
Possible Unless
U-Boa+ Is Beaten
BY LOUIS = ktEMlt
Trl,ea rr,n We AnaI,.t

WHILE TIE great A.l07 7r
offensive continues its smashing
blows AT the ANS from '''
North sea and The Baltic to the
nid-Medlterranean, no encour.
asine news is boinE received OF
progress IN the equally inPor-
tart battle 81 t7e Atlantic
Prospects al early victory over
the Axis in Europe viii be much
brighter when there IS ar indl-
cation that the intensified sub
marine warfare against allied
shipping has been checked.
No such indication Is YET m
sight. Secretary OF inc Navy
Knox announced that the sltus-
ton ~ serious and that the
rate Of sink.nCs IN March was
considerably heavier than Do
February. This, he noted was
accompanied by increased J-h07'
activity and a change IN sub
marine tactics.
PREVIOUS STATEMENTS
on the subject have been gen
eralized. the most specific beng,
one. that Allied ship replace
ments 10 date have been keeping
ahead Of losses: two. that Ger
many is building submarines
faster than they can he sunk
That IL not enough If our
shipping strength merely re-
mains static. there i question
OF whether il wilt be sufficient
10 initiate ana maintain the vast
network OF supply needed for a
full-scale invasion anywhere IN
Europe.
No matter where Europe is
attacked. supplies and additional
men for invading forces must
be carried across the Atlantic,
and kept coming in q steady
stream.
In the invasion OF northwest
Africa five months ago, 900 ships
were required. 600 of them
transport or cargo ships and 300
warships. This great expedition
landed on poorly defended shores
and met with only slight resist
ance.
THE COMPLEXITY Of the
problem when il comes 10 land
Ing an invasion force of the size
necessary to establish itself in
heavily-fortified Europe and Of
maintaining il against the full
land might Of the Axis is all TOO
apparent.
Destruction from the air Will
progressively weaken the Axis
ability TO wage war, but il can
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BRIDGEHEAD HAMMERED

In the Northwest Caucasus, the
Red army again hammered the
German brdgchead back closer
toward the Black Sea and the Sea
of AZov 10y capturing a hamlet in
fierce street fighting
Fighting along the DOnetS
spread from the Reds bridgehead
on the south bank below Izyum 10
the Chugucv area. 40 miles to the
northwest. with increasingly large
German infantry and tank forces
seeking TO blast through the Rus
sian defenSeS.
Front dispatches said the Rus
SLAMS were not only holding
firmly, but in some sectors were
also improving their positions in
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mo urejalo in pobiralo davke
ter skrbelo "a obrambo meje,
"ker gospoda po meji mic ne
vprasa. Pa tudi zahtevo po re-
formi duhovseine zasledimo V
nekem dokumentu, ces maj il
priznic oznanja bozjo besedo, o
dajatvah gospodi maj pa molci.
L. teh kratkin zgodovinskih
potez Sc dovolj jasno vidi vloga
obsotelskega ozemlja v obeh
najveejih slovenskih uporih. Nj
ii prvic, niti drugic nj obsotel-
sko ozemlje predstavljajo izho-
disca uporniskega gibanja, "a
to pa je pomenilo v obeh prime
rih bistveno vazno zvezo med
izhodiseem upora in pokrajina-
mi, v katere Sc je, ali maj bi Sc,
upor razsiril v svojem nadalj-
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sani glavarini, "a stare pravice
glede ribarjenja in izrabe goz-
da, "a boljso ureditev sodnega
postopka in "a zavarovanje
kmetov po ,koneu upora. V
vsem kmeckem hotenju torej vi
dino izkljueno, gospodarski mo-
ment brez kakega politicnega,
socialnega ali verskega koncep-
ia. ''. a, -,
V hrvasko sicvenskem upo-
ru pa zasledimo zopet vse stiri
momente. Osnova je bill brez
dvoma gospodarski moment, od-
prava razlicnih zemljiskih in
drzavnih dajatev ter mitnin.
Toda kmetje Sc MISC mislili pri
tenn ustaviti, marvec so mislili
ustvariti v Zagrebu samostojno
cesarsko namestnistvo, XII bi sa-
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sTRAN ).

MEM razvojl. Ma obsotelskem
ozemlju Sc je odigralo tudi do
volj bojev, ki 50 bill "a lid od-
loeilnega pomona. Znacilna je
tudi velika pripravljenost "a
sprejem uporniskih misli, stvar,
XII postane toliko bolj pomemb-
ma, &c pomislimo, da je bila tu-
di ma Kranjskem TAXA priprav-
ljenost znacilna prav "a Vino
rodne kraje. Kmeeki upori so
bill sicer po zgodovinski nujno-
sti obsojeni ma neuspeh, ven
dar pa imajo danes svoj veliki
pomen pri oblikovahju sloven-
ske narodne zavesti kot eden iz-
med mogocnih pojavov, katerih
Sc je v preteklosti uveljavil slo-
venski elovek.
(Konec.)
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OBSOTELSKO OZEMLJE IN KMECKI
UPORI

TEN primeru ga moreno tocno
datirati ma 6. H., gotovo pa Sc
je izvrsil vsaj pred 9. H., ko je
porocal MEM Grafensteiner IL
Pilstajna.)
Cena, XII so jo zahtevali kme-
tie "a pomirjenje obliki soci-
alnih in gospodarskih reform,
nj bila stalna. To ne velja samo
&c primerjamo med seboj "a
hteve kmetov po razlicnih drza-
yah ali pokrajinah, marvec tu-
di, &c primerjamo zahteve raz-
licnih uporov ma Slovenskem.
Predvsem .moranno lociti med
seboj razlicne vrste vzrokoV
(gospodarsko, socialno, polite
no in versko). Pri malih uporih
so bill vodilni navadno samo To-
kalni gospodarski vzroki, med
tenn ko je pri vecjih uporih ma
vadno prisla ma dan tudi kaka
druga stran. Dasi pri Slovencih
ne poznamo tako sistematicne-
ga vsestranskega zapisa zahte-
vanih sprememb, kakor ga po-
znamo liz nemskega punta 1925,
SO vendar tudi pri mas prisle do
veljave vse strani, in to ze pri
prvem puntu, 1478 ma Koros-
KEN, kjer so Sc borili kmetje "a
izboljsanje gospodarskega, po-
liticnega (obramba proti Tur-
kom), socialnega ("Sie. wollen
sich mach der treylosen Sweyt-
zer Gewonhayten halten") in
morda tudi verskega polozaja
(upor je bill naperjen "wider all
ir und ander Herrn geystlich
und weltlich"). -,
Vseslovenski upor zdaleka nj
incl tako obsezneza zarisa. &c
izvzamemo K6rosko, kjer Sc je
tudi tokrat pojavil klic pc "boz-
il pravici", je yes drugi upor
zajemalo izkljucno geslo ga
stare pravdo', proti gospodar-
skim novotarijam gospode. To
stanje Sc odraza vseh pritoz
bah |. 1915, tako v bohinjskl,
kot konjiski. Tako so Sc kme-
tie pritozjli v Konjicah protl
vel:kim izrednim davkom, XII jih
cesarjevem imenn pobira 60
50; da in morda del denarJa po-
nevvr.,a, proti nezmerni tlaki,
p'oti daJatvam ob gospodarjevi
snlrti. prot krlvicnim gioaam
rri sodiscu, prot nos.m vecjim
ali zvrhanim merai>: proti te-
nlu, da :ienlje gosEpia dajatve
v yinu namesto obliki mosta
tskrat, ko je vino Ze izcisceno,
proti novim mitninam in nena-
vadnim kaznim, proti prenizke-
mu zaracunavanju krajcarja pri
placevanju gosposki, proti wi
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(Nadaljevanje)

V dolini Bistrice sc je med
pohodom Gregorica pod Brezice
in po stajerski samostojno raz-
vii upor, XII sta ga vodila klju-
cavnicar Pavel Sterc in kmet FL
lip Kukec il Kunsperga. Razsi-
rila sta upor v Podsredi, Koz-
jem, Pilstajnu in v Planini. z
vojsko, XII jo je zbral, je Sci
sterc nasproti Gregoricu. 6. II.
je prisla skozi Planino njegova
ceta v dveh oddelkih. Manjsi
(priblizno 12O) je odsel naprej
proti Jurklostru, z MIN tudi
sterc, vecji (600-7OO) pa je O.
stal v Planini. Medtem ko je bill
Sterc v Jurklostru, so Sc kmet-
je v Planini zaradi vesti, da so
prisli do Kozjega Turk, prepla-
Sill in razen okoi 60 domaci-
nov razbezali, Sterca, XII je hitel
v Planino, da bi pomiril uporni-
ke, pa so izroci1i domacini graf
skemu upravitelju S. Siebenai-
cherju. S tenn je bill stajerski
domaei upor koncan.
ice izvzamemo Stattenberg,
cd koder so uporniki odsli tudi
v JUNO Stajersko, je bilo ra-
zen upora v Bistriski dolini itak
vse mirno, samo v Konjicah je
neki Rosnagel zastonj poskusal
zbuditi upor.)
Ko je Gregorie prisel V
Jurklostev Is. IL in izvedel,
kaj Sc je zgodilo stercu, je. od-
Sci takoj, proti Planini, kjer je
prenocil in drugo jutro posku-
Sal dobiti sterca iz zapora, a
zastonj. V Planini so izvedeli
"a poraz pri Krskem tudi ostali
uporniki. Zato je Gregorie hi
tro nadaljeval svoj umik, Z. II.
je prisel do Pilstajna, 8.II. pa
Sc Re umaknil do hrvaske me-
je pri Sv. Petru pod Kunsper-
kom, a tn so ga napadli Jurij
Schrattenbach, brata Dietrich
stein, Maks Ruepp in Erazem
Tumberger, XII so v boju njego-
vo majhno vojsko popolnoma
razbili. 8. II. je sledil Sc poraz
pri Subici in tenn je bill ia maj
vecji napor hrvasko sloven-
skin kmetov zadusen v krvi in
nasilju. V prav istem casu, ko
Sc je Gregoric umikal preko
Bistriske doline so pa vpadli il
Hrvatske Sc pfemeniti roparji;
hrvaska plemica Ratkaj in
Dornberger sta udarila cez So
tlo in oropala kunsperske in
podsredske podloznike. (Nema-
ra je prav ia pohod povzrocil
katastrofalno vest Turkih. v
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Ako bode otrok, XII ga rodl
gospa Mileva pc moi smrti,
moskega spola, potem pripade
cello mole imetje, XII predstavlja
vec kot dvestotisoc, temu otro-
ku, a glavni varuh in oskrbnik
tega imetja je gospa Mileva. A
ko pa bode otrok zenskega spo-
Ia, tedaj mu pripade dvanajst
tisoc kron, ko Sc poroei. Gospa
Mileva dobi 'primerno vzdrze-
valnino," a vse ostalo dobe
bratje in ostali pokojnikovi So
rodniki.
Kot Sc torej ze il testamenta
vidi, bi bilo "a gospo Milevo
mnogo bolje, da rodi mosko ka-
kor pa zensko dete. z drugimi
besedami, njen porod DO loteri-
ia; OBJ tel priliki bo zadela CLAW
nj dobitek skupaj s premijo, ali
pa samo osmi del dobitka.
A ia porod ali loterija Sc ina
zgoditi najvec teden dni kasne-
je cd dine ko smo sc mi, bravci,
spoznali b gospo Milevo.
PETNAJsTO POGLAVJE
Porod, znamenje, plenice, rute,
babica. novo korito, pop, boter,
krst povitki in vse druge majh-
ne in velike stvari XII so lahko
v zvezi s tako intimnim dogod-
kom, kakor ga bono OPT
sail v tenn poglavju.
Ker je bill Re testament napi-
san in je bolnik umrl in bill lepo
pokopan ter so dostojno zalova-
Ii "a MIN, nj gospel Milevi nj
cesar drugega preostalo, kakor
da izvrsi samo Sc to formalnost,
da rodi.
Razume Sc, da je gospa Mile
va veliko vaznost polagala ma
to, da rodi mosko dete, to pa
najvec "a to, kakor je zaupala
babici, tetki Lenki, da bi MEM:
videla svojega rajnega moza, XII
ga Sc nikakor nj mogla pozabi-
ii.
Babica jej je dala tudi tale
zelo lep svet:
"Da bo dete lepo, Sc varujte,
da Sc ne zagledate v kakega gr-
dega cloveka, temvec glejte sa-
mo ma lepe ljudi!"
Zato je gospa Mileva sedela
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:Obcii1nsko; dete
ROMAN DOJENCKA
spisal =
Branislav Music

vsako popoldne pri oknu, mimo
katerega Sc je. rad sprehajal
mladi sodni pisar Vasa Gjuric,
ne da bi slutil, da DO tudi on S
, svoje strani pripomogel, da bo-
de otrok cim lepsi.
Ko je tako bio vse priprav-
Ieno, da sc izpolni Sc zadnja "a
konska formalnost "a izvrsiteV
testamenta, so prisle nekega
dine cd sivilje Sc plenice, povo-
j, srajcke in vse druge malen-
kosti; prislo je tudi novo kori-
to in pripravljena je bila vsak
dan vroca voda.
Tako je nekega dine, ko je v
loncu kipela voda in je gospa
Mileva sedela pri oknu cakaje
ma gospoda Gjurica, potrkal ne
kdo tho ma njena vrata.
''Prosto,' rece gospa Mileva
z zalostnim glasom udovice.
Vrata Sc tho odpro, in mirno
in prijateljski stopi v sobo ad-
vokat Flea.
Bravci, XII poznajo vse Ficine
posebnosti in opravila, gotovo
ne bodo mislili, da je prisel k
gospel Milevi cato, da kupuje
koze, ali da proda stare koma-
te, ne, prisel je pc zelo vaznem,
cisto advokatskem opravku, XII
ga bodo izvedeli il spodaj raz-
.lozenega razgovora Ficinega in
gospe Mileve:
Flea: "Jaz yam nisem znan,
ali to mic ne menja ma stvari;
JAZZ sem advokat, znani advokat
Flea"
Gospa Mileva: "Drago mi je,
pa kaj hi radi?"
Flea: "Vidite, gospa, meni je
znana vasa stvar, XII S formaIne
strani nj tako enostavna: Ma
nasa Sc ma mnoge odnosece Sc
paragrafe, XII z ozirom ma vse
evropske paragrafe nasprotuje-
jo drug drugemu."
Gospa Mileva: "Ne razumem
vas, gospod!"
Flea: "Saj je tudi tezko ra-
zumeti, draga moja, ker kot
sem omenil, stvar nj enostav-
na."
Gospa Mileva: "Pa dobro; -
kaj torej hocete?"
Flea: "Takoj yam povem,
kaksna je stvar:: Meni -je znan
testament vasega rajnega mo-
a."
Gospa Mileva ma te besede
ne odgovori nicesar, ali Sc z
vsem obrazom obrne proti ME
mu in ga zacne pozorneje po-
slusati.
Flea: rs tenn testamentom
ste vi, moja draga gospa, pri-
moran, da rodite mosko dete;
ako rodite zensko, bi bila to "a
vas poguba. vi menda vsaj ne
nameravate, da bi rodili zensko
dete?"
Gospa Mileva: "Da, "a Boga,
ali odkod maj to VEN! JAZZ hi
rajsi fantka, ali to :je v bozjih
rqkahr'
Flea: "E, vidite, ravno to je
ono, da to nj v bozjih rokah,
temvec v vasih, prav v vasih,
gospa!"
Gospa Mikva Sc prekriza in
ostrmi: "Moj Bog, gospod, kaj
pa govorite ?"
DafJe prihodnjic)