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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
CHECK-RE!M APPEARS
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tPalO Alto 1lMeS)
The house ways and means committees
pigeonholing Of the Presidents proposal
that he be empowered to suspend immi-
grafton and tariff laws, and the cOnse-
quent postponement of consideration of
that issue until the next session of con-
gress, have vast symbolic Importance.
The decision appears to mark quite
definitely the end of the decade of do
Gle surrender of legislative authority to
the executive. 1t may seem strange to
many that this turn should be made dur
ing wartime when the chief executive has
more than normal reason for requesting
latitude for personal discretion. But the
alacrity with which the President has
overreached himself in his seizure of per-
sonal authority by utilizing the war
emergency to issue arbitrary DEGREES to
achieve ends unrelated to the war effort
is in part responsible for the stiffening
of the legislative background.
When the new Congress meets, the
President will have lost the yes man"
support that he has had in the past.
While there is no doubt that the new
Congress will be willing to award to the
executive whatever grants of authority
may be necessary for war purposes, the
prospect is that the needs for the increas-
ed power will have to be made convinc-
ing, that the powers be specific in pur
pose and limitation, and that the time
limit Of their effectiveness be clearly es-
tabliShed.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
80 Decorated In
Southwest Pacific

WASHINGTON. Jan. 2-CUP1
The war department announced TO-
day that it has received word from
the southwest Pacific area Of tho
decoration for gallantrY in action
md distinguished service of 80 Of
ficcrs and enlisted men. Nine Of
the awards were posthumous.
Mel. Harold n. Willsie. Asher,
okla. was given the Silver Star
from a bombing attack on d jap
anese CONVOY il Milne Bay which
cost him his life Five members
Of Willsies creW vino died With
him in a flying fortress also were
awarded Inc Silver Star. They
we're 2nd Lieut.. Philip d. Reece,
Indiana, Pa. Sgt. John Tomini9Fl
Woonsocket II. T. sgt. Carl T.
Roberts Hale ondalc Ga. Corp
F. J Antoine, Kansas City Mo.
end pvt Harold W. Davis A6ina-
Qon. III.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
NSKA AND THE
SOLOMON ISLANDS

The other day we read for the imp
teenth time that the Japs have been SO
efficiently blockaded and blasted at kis-
ka that there is no longer any real dan
ger of an invasion from there OF Alaska
or any other part of the North American
continent
Reading it, we wondered if the Nippon
csc columnSts in Tokyo might not now
be saying that the Americans are so eff
GENTLY confined to Guadalcanal in the
Solomons that there Is no danger Of an
Allied invasion from there of the Japa-
nese-occupied lands to the north.
1t is remnant of defensive thinking to
view Kiska as a spear pointed at our own
Threats, and to see it in no other light.
Actually, there is a lot Of similarity
between the japanese position on Kiska
and the American position on Guadal-
canal.
As long as the Americans hold Quad
alcanal. the Japs cannot strike efficient
ly at Allied supply lines and at the con-
tinent Of Australia.
AS long as the Japs hold Kiska. we
cannot strike efficiently at the northern
Japanese supply lines and directly at
Japan proper from America.
Kiska battered and torn though it may
be, is vital to the Japanese 1t is vital
as a defensive outpost for Tokyo itself.
AS long as the Japs hold Kiska, they
will be in an important strategic posi-
ton to intercept long-range bomberS bas-
ed on Alaska, which might be headed for
Japan Their submarines at Kiska will
be in favorable position to spot, report
and possibly hamper any Allied shipping
move to the westward from Alaska.
Let's forget about Kiska as place the
Japs cannot use for an invasion spring
board against America. Let's start think
ing of it as an impeachment to our own
possible future offensive plans.
Our job now is to blast the Japs, even
more than to keep them from blasting
US. It's time we started not only offens-
i've action, but offensive thinking.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03

ON OFFENSIVE
Tie offensive spirit and growing
strength Of the Allies was reflected
in Gll ;car-end reports and state
roeuts of leaders.
We've passed the worst .
you've seen forces moved into this
theater for the establishment of an
effective fighting machine. We are
prepared to move forward in the
new year" Brig. Gen. Clayton Bis
sell, commanding United States
Army forces in India, Burma and
China, said.
Brig. Gen. Claire l.. Chennault,
commanding United States Army
air forces in China, revealed that
his command had destroyed 101
Japanc"c bOmberS and fighters and
probably destroyed 81 others since
TIC American Volunteer Group was
diSbandcd last July 4.
FIVE PILOTS LOST
The total did not include planes
which Chennault's men have de-
stroyed on the ground, the number
of which it is impossible for the
Allies to ascertain.
The Americans lost only five
pilots killed in action, and a num-
Der were shot down, but escaped
to their bases, giving them a 20-1
superiority in air fighting.
Chennault's b m Der command
carried out 60 raids since July 4.
One of the last in 1912 blasted
Mengmao, japanese base in west
ern Yunnan province. 30 miles west
of the SalWeen river. off the map
The Americans lost no planes,
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
Germany Admits
Cuiser Sunk

LONDON, Jan. 2-rUP)--A Ger
man official news agency bulletin
aid today that the German auZ-
Hilary cruiser Atlantis had been
SINK b. British cruiser Of 10
$3.50 ton DeVCrsaire type.
The snip is rot listed /" Jane S
fighting ships or by Lloyd's Regis
ter Of merchant shipping
The admiralty announced last
night that the destroyer Blean, a
new ship not yet listed, had been
sunk and said that next of kin Of
casualties had been notified,
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
THE UKRAINE

Probably no other single Russian cam
paign in this war has had the Importance
of the current drive to retrieve the Tx
raine, or part Of it, from the Germans.
1t is not so much the vast German
losses of men and materials in the cam
paign which make it important, as it is
the possible effect on the morale of the
German people if the Russians gain back
a considerable portion of the bread bas-
ket of Europe"
1t may be the thing which crumbles the
perilous NaZi structure in Germany, set
ting off greater popular unrest and
bringing Hitlers day of judgment closer.
Hitler started the Russian war to get
the Ukraine. Secondary detectives were
the remaining oil fields Russia still holds,
but the rich Ukraine region was the great
est prize. The German people were
pleased when their troops took over the
Ukraine.
Since then, however, Germany has
poured more and more men and greater
and greater quantities of arms into the
seemingly bottomlesS nav of Russia, and
the people at home must be getting res
tive
Now, if they lose the one great prize
they gained from Hitler's biggest gamble,
it is liable to go hard with der fuehrer
All those months of suffering and lose
all for nothing, 1t will be hard for the
German people to take.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
Allies Attacking
Deep into Burnu

NEW DELHI, Jan. 2. CUPD-Thc
Royal air force, striking in . series
Of heavy raids, has heavily bombed
the village of Kalenlyo. in central
Burma, the British Indian COM
mand announced today.
Advancing British forces in west
elm Burma were believed to be with
in less than % miles of their main
objective AkTab. An earlier COM
nunique had reported clashes with
japanese patrols IN the vicinity OF
Rathedaung, which is 25 miles
northwest Of Akyab.
BCmberS of the United States
army 10th air force were partici-
pating in The Gaids against Japa-
nc5C Installations in Burma.
AiRDROME BOMBED
American bombcrS on wednesday,
bombed the japanese airdrolnc at
ShWcbo. 230 miles northeast OF
Akyab and 80 miles west Of Man
dalay. The next day American
planes bombed railways i'll northern
Burma.
British Blenheim bombers attack
ed the airdrome at Shwebo on
Thursday. On Wednesday night
they had attacked Akyab itself.
Bursts were seen we'll in the target
aera at Kalemyo, today's commune
que said, and fires were started.
Elsewhere in Burma, British fight
ers attacked japanese river craft
with their cannon, and Hudsons,
on offensive patrols, bombed and
machine gunned shipping off the
Arakan coast One British plane was
missing.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
.veIikie Luki In
Hands Of Sow ct

MOSCOW, Jan. 2-CUP)-Rus-
sian armies pressed forward on all
fronts today against an enemy
partially disorganized because of
loss of KEY communications center
Of Velikie Luki to the Soviet fight
ers.
Velikie Luka, vital railroad
center, fell to the Russians yes
telday during one of the most glor-
icus days Of the war It's loss I'M
hinged the German communica-
tions system on the central front
and paved the way for extended
Red offensive operations.
Other victories we're scored by
the Russians yesterday.
They captured Elisha, capital of
the Kalmyk republic ITO miles
south of Stalingrad, the biggest
German base on the south Stalip-
grad front. and 20G miles to the
south in the Nachik area of the
Caucasus along the Terek river,
they took Chikola and three other
lloy towns.
SPOTLS TAKEN
puling the night R'ssltG? on
the central front continued their
drive in the Velikie Luki sector,
repeliod some weak counterat-
taclls and the noon communique
reported, started to assemble the
enormous amount of war spoilS
of all sorts they captured with
that city. anchor of the German
position in the Latvian frontier
area and the junction of two
railroads whose loss endangered the
front.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03

peace is the most vital single nee
essity in the lives Of each and all
Of US
The world situation at hat
moment was grim indeed he said.
yet on that last New Years day,
these nations, bound together by
the universal ideals of the Atlantic
charter, signed an act of faith that
military aggression, treaty violation,
and calculated savagery should be
remorselessly overwhelmed by their
combined might and the sacred
principles of life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness be restored as
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03

cherished ideals Of mankind. They
thus created the miehtiest Coali-
tor in history Mighty not only
for its overwhelming material force
but still more for its eternal spirit
ual values. Three other nations
have since joined the cCa"t,..?.
NEED FORSEEN
The unity thus achieved admit
dire danger has borne rich 1rtllt.
The United Nations are passing
from the defensive to the Often
Men recognize the need of carry
iue the battle line unity into the
postwar world to work for peace
Mr.. Roosevelt said
Our task on this New Years
cay is three-fold: First, to press
on with the massed forces of free
humanity till the present bandit
assault upon civilization is COM
pletely crushed; Second, so to Or
eanize relations among nations
that forces of barbarism can never
again break loose; Third, to CO.
operate to the end that MANKIND
may njoy in peace a nd in free
dom the unprecedented blessings
which divine providence through
the progress of civilization has put
within OUr reach.
MANY O8JECTIVES
When the prepared statement
bad been read, Mi. Roosevelt was
asked to amplify it. He PERMITTED
his eXtemporaneous comments to
be quoted directly:
of course. as ] think has been
intimated before, there are great
many detectives when peace comes,
SO hat we won't go back to the
old menace of the pre-War period
\ great many things the United
Nations ought to and I think will
remain united for.
However, there is one thing
which at the present inc stands
out as the most important War
objective, and that is to MAINTAIN
peace so that all of us in going
through this war, including the
men on Lilc IlSillliS llOIlto diil'
on the seas, will not have to 60
through a world cataclysm again
that they will have some reason
able assurance that their children
won't have to go through it again
Almost all the other things we
hope to get out Of the war arc
more or less dependent on the
maintenance of pcacc-all kinds
Oh planning for the future, CO.
homie and social, and so forth
and so on. 1t isn't much use il
there is going to be another world
way in 10 years, or Is years or
70 years. All the planning for the
future is dependent obviously on
peace"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
War Dept Gives
New Casualty List

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-CUP)-
The War Department today re-
leased the names of 407 us. SOL
diers killed in action in the South
west and South Pacific, African
and European war areas.
Forty-two states are represented
on the list, which includes the
names of q officers and 1877 en-
listed men killed in action in At
RIGA; Is officers and SO men in
the European area IA officers and
85 enlisted men in the South Pa
cific: 10 officers and 81 enlisted
men in the Southwest Pacific, and
five enlisted men in action at sea,
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
By EDWARD w. BEATTIE

LONDON, Jan. 2. (UP)-Dis-
patches from Tunisia said today
that Allied bombers had practically
destroyed the major AXis-held ports
of Bizerte and Tunis, and the des-
perate Germans had been forced
to divert most of their shipping to
the southern ports of Sousse, Sfax
and Gabes, which are under con-
slant attack.
Allied bombers rounded out a
week of around the-clock blasting
of Sousse, SfaX and Gabes, and it
appeared that the Axis would soon
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
All Future Depends on
Type Of Peoce Says FDR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2-UP)-
The United Nations are enter
ing the second ear of their common
effort b. passing from the de-
fensive to the offensive, and must
carry their common aims into the
postwar period to maintain and
safeguard the peace of the world.
President Roosevelt said at his
press conference.
Recalling that on Jan. l, 1941,
26 nations signed the declaration
by the United Nations in Wash
ington. Mr.. Roosevelt said that
they have come to see that the
maintenance and safeguarding of
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
Japs
Blasted
By BRYDON c. TAVES

GEN. MACARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Australia, Jan. 2.
UP)-American army bombers Gel
ebrated the New Year by turning
three big Japanese supply ships into
roaring furnaces and damaging a
submarine while ground forces
slashed through the enemy lines to
reach the north New Guinea coast
at a new point, it was announced
today.
Giant Consolidated Liberator and
Boeing Flying Fortress bombers
made a dawn New Year day raid on
the great Japanese base of Rabaul
in New Britain island northeast of
New Guinea and northwest of the
Solomons.
ZEROS DOWNED
They planted 1,000-pound bombs
on supply ships of 10000, 5000 and
| 5000 tons and shot down two of
! five Zero fighters which tried to
intercept.
1t was the third big raid within
a week on the most important Jap
ancSC base in the Australian Solo
mons zone.
Another force of four-motorcd
bombcrs machine gunncd and cam
nOnaded a submarine in wide bay.
on the northeast New Britain coast
60 miles from Rabaul.
At Gasmata, on the south coast
of New Britain, Allied bombers
dropped 1000 pound bombs on the
airdrome and destroyed park Zero.
Medium bombers bombed the air.
drome at Bum the big japanese
base on Boueainvi''c at the northern
end of the SolCMC.- LANDS.
JhPS ATTACK
The japanese. in TIL sole Of
fcnsive operation of the day, at
tackled the town of Merauke on the
south coast of New Guinea 200 miles
north of Australia.
OF the land fighting in the Buna
area on the north New Guinea
coast, the communiquc said:
ON the right, our ground troops
with tank and artillery support
launched an attack which drove
through the enemy defcnscs to
reach the coast, further splitting
tic cnemy'S forces in this section.
Fighting is savage and despcr-
ate and is continuing."
SECOND WEDGE
The Allied column which had
been operating north Of the main
Buna airplane landing strip drove
a new wedge through the japanese
lines, tightly hemming in sthcir
forces from the east as well as the
west. On the west the Americans
had previously driven a corridor
between Gairopa Point and the Bu-
ma Mission area.
Now on their right or eastern side
the Allies had reached the coast
near Gairopa Point.
Extremely heavy fighting contin-
ued on the left side of the corridor
and the Allies were hopping up
on the right side toward Cape En-
daiaderc. where a few japanese re-
manned in the coconut groves.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03
Axis Hurbors i'm
! uniSiu Blasted

be deprived of the use of every port
in Tunisia.
SUPPLIES HIT
Furthermore, Allied submarines,
surface units and bomberS were
taking a heavy toll Of Axis ship
ping before it got to port. The
British admiralty announced yes
terday that British submarines had
sunk two more large supply ships
off the Gulf of Tunis and probably
had sunk a destroyer off Bizerte.
Allied North African headquar-
tiers announced that American
medium and heavy bombers had
made a series of devastating attacks
Thursday on docks, roads and rail-
roads at Sfax. Sousse and Gabes
Allied bombers of the Middle East
ern command, based east Of Tripoli,
raidcd Sfax both Wednesday and
Thursday night: lifting power
stations, WarcaC' ,C3 and buildings.
FRENCH DRIVE NORTI7
Brig. Gen. jacques - ClcroC'S
Free French forces from the Lake
Cndd region were QrlVlilS SJCdully
northWard. lie Clerc reported that
his men had put to flight another
enemy motorized column around
F'ezzan, some 500 miles from Tuni-
STA. French losses were negligible
but the enemy suffered casualties.
In Tunisia, heavy rain confined
land action to patrols The Middle
Eastern command said there was
nothing to report from our troops
vest of Bel Ell Chebir,' which is
1870 miles from Tripoli. There we're
indications, however, that Field
Marshal Erwin Rommcl intended
to rally the remnantg of his Afrika
KorpS and fight it out-or at least
throw part of his forces into de-
laying battlc-before he reaches
Tripoli
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03

Tie Russian offensive was so unexpect-
ed and 50 crushing that it shattered all
the plans OF the -Rumanian high
command. We learned about RuSsia's of
fensive capacity last winter, but we did
not think the Red army could do it now
on such large scale. The preparation
and execution Of the operations We're claS-
sical-Capturd Rumanian general.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03

One of the most urgent factors upon
which the outcome of the war depends
is our ability to train men and women in
the performance Of specialized skills es-
sential to the maintenance Of large
armed force.-U. of Michigan Board of
Regents.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-03

cherished ideals of mankind. They
thus created the miehtiest Coali-
tor in history. Mighty not only
for its overwhelming material force
but still more for its eternal spirit
ual values. Three other nations
have since joined the cCa.tt.-?
La gaceta., 1943-09-18
TIRANDO FL BALON
Los TiRres AplAstadOs POr los
Terriers

Ell fuerte equipo de los Terriers
derrot6 aver, en- Ell terreno dc
Phillips, como habian pronostica-
do los peritos, al "once" de los
Jesuitas, llamado los Tigres.
Los %jovenes de la escuela cato
lea de segunda ensehanza Sc que
daron en- blanco, mientras los vi
gorosos muchachos de Seminole
Heights hacian "a puntos.
Varias "penas" Sc lie impusie-
ron a los Tigres en- ell curse del
partido y en- total montaron a 157
yardas.
Los ganadores anotaron en- los
cuatro periodos, en- esta forma
Z puntos en- ell primero, Is en- ell
segundo, Z en- ell tercero y otros
en- ell Gltimo.
Pasaron la meta con ell balon
Eckart, Wingate, Rushing, Will
liams Y Hughes. Sc acreditaron
los puntos extras a Hughes 8, y
Perricone.
Iniciaron la lucha por los Ter
riers, hacienda despues algunas
substituciones, Rushing, Lorenzo,
Stansel, Ritter, Jackson, Peril
cone, Eckart y Hughes.
Defendieron ell pabell6n de los
Jesuitas, tambien con reempla-
EOS, Carter, Dorta, Jones, Bor-
bidge, Blount, Glover, Stalnaker,
Littleton, Sutlenfuss, Torres y
Puglisi.
La gaceta., 1943-09-18
BELL DERRoTo A FARRELL

Worcester Mass, sep 49,
Con un peso de 14S libras, Tom
my Bell, de YOungston, venci6 a
Buddy FARRELL, ell favorito, lue-
go de ocho asaltOs de acci6n vio-
lenta.
La pelea Sc efectu6 en- ell Sa-
lon de los Mecanicos y ell derrota-
do pesaba $50 libras.
La gaceta., 1943-09-18
LIGA AMERICANA

"Buck" Newsome lanz6 aver por
KEGS, limitandolos a tres carreras
los Senadores y domino a los YAM
y seis "hits". Fue la septima VIC
toria consecutive del team" de
la capital.
New York &c, Oh, 2e; Wash.
ingtOn &c, 10h, 2e.
La gaceta., 1943-09-18
NO Sc DEJE |NTIMDAR


Una campana illegal y subterra-
nea Sc efect1a por algunos de los
"obrerOs politicos" de Chancey.
Los residences del Ponce de Leon
y otros departamentos estan sien-
do a~menazados con ell desahucio 81
no apoyan la candidatura de Chan
cey.
Estos son "Proyectos" Fedora
les y la administration de la ciu-
dad no los controla. No Sc deien
intimidar y no Sc dejen dirigir
NAL por los "trabajadores" poll
ticOs" de la maquinaria" de
Chancey.
Curtis Hixon libra esta cam.
pana para poner fin a tales tacti.
cs J tales menazas.
/ Los dias de comprar ell canine
para llegar a los puestos han pasa.
do.
La gaceta., 1943-09-18
Los Juegos En- Las
Grandes Ligas
LIGA
Victoria de los cardenales

Los Cardenales hicieron uns
carrera en- la decima entrada y
derrotaron a los Cubs. Ell exito sc
lie acredit6 a Mort Cooper, que
obtuvo su vigesima victoria de-
aho, y la derrota a Passeau.
Sc colocaron los Cardenales a
solo un desafio de distancia del
campeonatO.
Chicago 1c, 5h, lie; San Luis &c
Oh, De.
La gaceta., 1943-09-18
Lechada para Ell Cinei

Ell pitcher Butcher, de los Pira-
tas, ayudado por Alfonso Lopez,
dej6 en- ,blanco a los Rojos de Gin
cinati. De los cuatro "jilotes" de
su novena Alfonso 'dispar6" uno.
lie correspondi6 la derrota a Buc-
key Walters.
Cincinnati DC, Oh, 2e; Pittsburg
lie, All, De.
La gaceta., 1943-09-18
DerrOta de los EsquivadOres

Los Gigantes batearon diez
"hits" por cuenta de tres pitchers
de los Esquivadores y anotaron
seis carreras, ganando ell desa-
flo de aver. Sc la concedi6 la vic
toria a Chase y ell contratiempo
a Weber. Napoleon Reyes hizo
una carrera, pero no bate6 de
Brooklyn &c, 5h, 2e; New York
&c, 10h, 2e.
La gaceta., 1943-09-18
DerrOtadOs los Browns

Aprovecharon mejor sus "hits''
los Medals Blancas Y derrotaron a
los Browns. La victoria lie CORES
pondio a Grove.
San Luis 1c, 10h, lie; Chicago
&c, Oh, lie.
La gaceta., 1943-09-18

Steve Hamas, exboxeador de-
peso complete, es ahora teniente
en- ell cuerpo de aviaci6n del Ejer-
cito Y ha escrito un folleto IT,
tulado "Estamina en- la Estra-
t6sfera".
Sera repartido entire los cade-
tes.
La gaceta., 1943-09-18
CON Los GUANTEs

Tami Mauriello peleara con ell
rubio Lee Savold, ell dia 8 de no.
viembre, bajO la direction de Mike
Jacobs.
Los dos aspiran a la corona del
peso complete.
Mauriello es ell numero cuatro
en- la categoria del peso complete.
luego de Jose Luis, Billy Conn y
Jimmy Bivins.
La gaceta., 1943-09-18

Haga el favor de venir ell saba
do por la tarde 81 listed tiene TO-
tografias que ordenara aqui hace
algdn tempo, y 81 desea recoger-
las. ST listed ha hecho un deposit
to Y las f~otografias no aparecen,
Sc lie devolvera ell dinero.
Mrs. Walter S. Burgert
1912 Decima Ave
La gaceta., 1943-09-18
VencierOn los Tigres

En- un renido desafio los Tigres
de Detroit derrotaron aver a los
Indios de Cleveland. Solo tres
"hits" batearon los ~maltratados.
Detroit &c, 5h, Sc ;Cleveland
1c, 9h, lie.
La gaceta., 1943-09-18
DelegadOd a
Francia Lin

LOndres, Sept !
Russia Estado, !,
aver al Comiti y
de Liberation D,,,'
%delegado y assist,
sobre Ell armisti,i,'
Hace pocOs di,,
tar esta represe,s
ciando unas brew
general De GauI.'