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INTERESTING SESSION OF CATHOLIC
DAUGHTERS COURT HELD JULY 9Th

The regular monthly meeting
- the Catholic Daughters OF
Americs. Court ga. Mary Star
n fhe Sea-. was held at the
r.fI<h Hall Tuesday evening. 8
e'flock. IN Windsor Lane.
The newiy-elected Most Wor-
NJ Grand Regent Mrs. Blanche
H<wrft presided and sixteen
members were present
The meeting opened with the
usa&l ritual Of Prayers and AL
1eEisrsce 10 the Flag pledged,
follo~ed by the opening ode.
-Am<ric2 accompanied by Mrs.
Josephine Plodella. organist.
Msnutes were read and sp-
prusxd. Reports Of the treasur-
81. hrs. Adelaide Ellsworth. and
<.n&ncisl secretary. Mrs. Herman
DxmeFitl were submitted. Com
munlcnfions were read.
TIE Motor Chapel Trailer Car
10 he presented to the Paulist
FATHERS in commemoration Of
fhe c. ID. of AS 10th anniver-
s&Fy Of the founding of the or
der. has received a generous
response and the Key West Court
RS nokkx contributed its share.
Results vim be announced at the
Aaxust neesing-
Tn< Most Worthy Grand Re-
xrnf then presented her selec-
tsonS Cor the committees to serve
for 1919:
Duvzl Street Women's Division
of fhe USO-NCCS-Chairman
Mr2 Herman Demeritt. Mem
b1rs 10 serve on this committee
are. Mesdames Charles Topino.
kl3lne Mccoy. Rose Crusoe.
keIiie Sawyer. Dorothy Cremata.
Margaret Dion. Mary Miner,
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sponsored by the Woman's Club
of Key West Bingo prizes. re-
freshments.
Friday, July l6. Dance Instruc-
ZION, Mr.. Pinder: do As You
Please Night" Bridge. games. in
formal dancing.
Saturday. July IL. TOO. n. B. C.
Broadcast For This We Fight:
Food and Health in the Future;
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JESUS SANCHEZ BUYS
SIMONTON ST. LOT

The Tropical Land Corporation.
on Saturday, sold the lot on the
northwest corner of Simonton
and Petronia streets to Jesus San
chez for $4,000. The lot is 80 feet
six inches by 100 feet.
The trustees of the company,
acting in the conveyance. COM
prise William v. Albury, Leland
B. Duer, Harry w. Grell. ]. Lance
lot Lester. George w. Rogers and
Edward H York.
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HISS yACQUELINE DOUGHTRY WILL BE
CROWNED QUEEN OF CARNIVAL TUESDAY

Miss Jacqueline Doughty,
dsughier Of Captain and Mrs.
william 7. Doughty. will be
eru~n-d Queen of the Carnival
temorrow evening in Bayview
Para by Stephen c. Singleton.
The three other sspirants. in
tne contest for queen. Miss Va
nezss Collins, Mrs. Andrew e.
wood and Miss Jane Moore
Thompson will be maids of hon.
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JUNIOR CLUB TO
MEET ON TUESDAY

There will be a business meet
ing of the Junior Woman's Club
Tuesday at 500 p. m. at the club
house.
All members are requested TO
lie present
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WORLD WAR |

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vice IN China IN the thirties and
may see more there before this
war - over. The latest report from
his hospital Is that old Lou has
taken over command of his ward
and no fellow patient seems dis
poscd 10 challenge his leadership.
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900. Dance Orchestra. DESMOND
Murphy. NJ. {.
Sunday. July ~. Same sched-
uie as Sunday. July H. Classical
Recording Of Tschaikowsky's Sym
phony No In r
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United States is held equal TO
the tasks of postwar period.
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"OPATOV
PRAPOR$CAK"
SPISAL FIR. RENEE

ma mas. Huda nam je predla in
eden nasih tovarisev je tudi
moral odriniti v krtovo dezelo.
Bill je dober decko in skoda je,
da je moral tako mlad v pekel.
- A kdo SO bill napadalci -
ali mar razbojniki? je nestrpno
vprasal grof.
= Kdo so bill? Razbojniki
ze ne! Eden je bill hlapec graf
Seine Svibno. lZdi Sc mi, da so
mas napadli, ker so vedeli, da
ina Rowan vazna pisma pri Sc
bi. Posebno Rovana so Sc lotili,
a decko Sc je branil kakor med
we'd. Veste, svetli 'gospod grof,
JAZZ mislim, da so tolovaje po-
slali ma mas tisti, XII bi radi ma
Sega premilostnega ygospoda O.
pata izpodrinili. Teh sovrazni-
kov ina gospod opat prav veli-
tko - tudi med zatiskimi me-
nihi.
- Tako - tako, je mrmral
sceljski grof. In v tenn boju je
bill tale decko ranjen?
- Sc prav hudo. Nagovarjal
sem ga, maj Sc odpocije, a OBJ
ljubil je opatu, da vam pismo
osebno izroci, in zato Sc nj zme-
nil "a moja svarila.
Rowan je prisel v tenn nekoli-
ko k sebi. Odprl je oi in Sc ozrl
okrog sebe. Ko je zagledal Ma
TITO, je ustne ubral v rahel
usmeV.
- Ali 81 Sc xiv? je veselo
vprasal Malta. Oh, ko bi bill
zdrav = kar pod zebra bi te su-
nil, da 81 mi napravil. tax strah.
In robati MOI je kar mogoce
memo pogladil Rovanu goste
dodge lase $ celia.
Ma grofov ukaz so pripravili
Rovanu posebno soho in pokli-
cali ranocelnika, XII je bolnika
obvezal in ga potolazil z zago-
tovilom, da bo cez dober teden
re toliko zdrav, da pojde lahko
domu.
Zatiski opat je naslednje dni
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(Nadaljevanje)

H.9
Strmec je grof priskocil in
videvsi, da lezi Rowan kakor
mrtev ma tleh, je poklical svoje
ljudi. Prihiteli so z vseh strani,
hlapci in dekle, ter mocili Ro-
vana z vodo in mu drgnili SEN
ce octom. Tudi Malta, Rova-
nov spremljevalec, je pristork-
ljal v 'sobo in dal s krepkimi
hesedami duska svojim cutilom.
- Kaj pa je S tenn mladeni-
Gem? je vprasal grof. Kar ma
enkrat je padel ma tia, kakor bi
ga bila strela zadela.
- Tezko je ranjen, je odgo-
voril Malta. Napadeni smo bill.
Pet jih je prislo ma tri, a. zma-
gall smo. Dva sta odnesla pete,
trem sva pa pomagala tega
sveta. V nebeskem kraljestvu
iih ne bodeva srecala.
- Kdo vas je napadel in "a
kaj? >je izpraseval grof.
- E, ko bi to vedel. Temnilo
Sc je ze, ko so v diru prihajjali
"a nami in kakor volkovi planili
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nestrpno cakal, kdaj da pride
jo Rowan in njegova spremlje-
valca in ker jih le nj bilo, OBJ
.sla ga je slutnja, da Sc Jim je
ma potu primerila kaka nesre-.
ca in da sta vazni pismi, XII jih
je Rowan nesel celjskemu grofu,
prisli v roke njegovim nasprot-.
nixon. Opat je bill vsled tega
vedno jako slabe wolfe, tako da
Sc mu je vse strahoma umikalo.
Opat je sploh lie redko kdaj
zapustil svoje sijajno stanova-
ME, ker je vedel, da ina med
samostanskimi prebivalci polno
sovraznikov, XII vsi podpirajo
one plemiee, kateri bi ga radi
izpodrinili, da bi enega svojih
ljudi spravili ma njegovo mesto.
Kranjsko plemstvo je bilo tako-
rekoc razdeljeno ma diva tabora.
V enem so bill opatovi prijatelji,
ma celu jim celjski grof Her
man, drugem pa opatovi ma
sprotniki, XII jih je vodil Viljem
pl. Kozjak, podpiral pa mogocni
grof Ortenburski. Zatiski meni-
hi so bill vecinoma ma strani
opatovih nasprotnikov. Zvesti
so bill opatu .pravzaprav samo
samostanski vojaki in pa VOL
vodinja Virida, XII je opata we'd
no z vsem svojim vplivom pod
pirala in mu tudi dostikrat po-
magala liz denarnih stisk, v ka-
tere je razsipni opat, XII je vca-
sih incl kar po petdeset gostov
v samostanu, prav pogostoma
Easel.
Ker Rovana in njegovih
spremljevalcev lie nj bio ma
zaj, je opat sestavil move pismo
ma celjskega grofa in Sc v
spremstvu nekaterih zvestih vo-
iakov odpravil v sentlamberski
grad, prosit vojvodinjo Vidi-
70, maj tudi ona sestavi novo
pismo.
Ko je vojvodinja pisala pi-
smo, Sc je opat svojo sestro
setal po vrtu in il razlagal svo-
je skrbi.
- &c Rowan nj prisel pravo-
easno v Celje - je pripovedoval
opat - Sc mi INA slabo goditi.
Moi nasprotniki so napravili
grozno obtozbo proti meni. Sa-
mo &c celjski grof opata Rel
nu in vojvodo Viljema pravo-
easno ma to tozbo pripravi,
smem upati, da zmagam tenn
boju, zato me tako skrbi, kaj
da je Rovanom.
Zatopljena sta bila tako v
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blizevala grajscini in spoznav-
81 opata in njegovo sestro OBJ
stala oh ograji.
= Hvaljen Jezus, premilostni
gospod opat, je zadonel z globo-
kim glasom izrocen pozdrav.
Opat Sc je ozrl in radostno IL
nenaden zaklical:
Rowan! Malta! Hvaljen
Jezus, da sta prisla.
v.
| V zatiskem samostanu je "a
vladalo veliko veselje. Celjski
grof je bill sporocil opatu, da so
ga pri vizitatorju, opatu Ange-
lusu liz Reina, tozili razlicni We
likasi, pa da sta vizitatorju in
pa vojvodi Viljemu pisala tudi
iva zatiska meniha, vsled cesar
pride opat Angelus v kratkem
v Zaticno, da izvrsi tam uradno
revizijo.
To porocilo nj bilo veselo, kajj-
tt opat 81 vizitacije nikakor nj
zelel, a zadovoljen je bill re, da
vsaj nj bill sklican kapitelj, nego
da Sc pref vrsi vizitacija. Ia to
Sc je incl zahvaliti vojvodinji
Viridi in celjskemu grofu Her
manu-.
Opatova prva skrb je sedaj
bila, da 81 pridobi med samo-
stanci in med samostanskimi
kmeti nekaj prijaznosti. V ia
namen je postopal jako zvijac-
no in premeteno.
Razglasil je, da bode v nede-
ljo oznanjeno nekaj prav poseb-
mega, vsled cesar so kmetje cd
vseh strani hiteli v cerkev. In
res je dial opat oznaniti nekaj
posebnega. Dal je razglasiti, da
je papez Bonifacij TX. il poseb-
ne milosti "a zatiski samostan
in IL posebne milosti "a zatiske-
ga opata dovolil, da Sc prosce-
nje cd dneva sv. Nikolaja pre-
mesti ma nedeljo V oktavo Kri-
stusovega vnebohoda. To so 81
kmetje re davno zeleli. Do leta
1877, so proscenje vedno obha-
jail poletnem casu. A kmetje
so bill v tistih cash lie po ime-
nu kristjani, " resnici pa pravi
pagani. Vpeljali so pri obhaja-
nju proscenja vsakovrstne pa
ganske navade in uganjali ma
dan te cerkvene slovesnosti mai
vecje nemarnosti in razuzdano-
sti, katerih so Sc veliko vne-
mo udelezevali tudi menihi. TIE
nemarnosti in razuzdanosti so
bili vzrok, da Sc je proscenje
preneslo il poletnega ma zimski
cas-, eimur Sc kmetje MISC mo-
gil nikdar sprijazniti.
Opat Albertus plem. Lindek je
dobro vedel, da Sc kmetskemu
ljudstvu mocno prikupi, &c do
seze, da DO proscenje zopet v
poletnem casu. Zaraditega Sc
je tudi zavzel "a to pri "agen-
tu," XII ga je incl zatiski samo-
stan vRimu. Kardinal Kristof
de st. Ciriacus je bill neke vrste
diplomatieni zastopnik zatiske-
ga samostana pri sv. stolici. Do
hivsl je "a to IS cekinov ma leto
in seveda rad. ustregel vsaki ze-
iii zatiskega opata. Izposloval
Je premestitev proscenja in do
segel, da je bilo receno v do
ticni odredbi, da sc je to Ego
djlo il posebne milosti papeza
Bonifaciia do zatiSkega Opata,
In ljudje so res strmeli, da je
zatiski opat tako zelo v milosti
pri Kristusovem nasledniku v
Rimu, da nj samo dosegel pre-.
mestitve proscenja, nego da mu
je papez pri tt priliki Sc ma take
poseben nacin izrazil svojo ma
klonjenost. ..-
.(DaIie DrihodnW6) =.
ags., NJ. sses ~ LIZ. r.-. ..-..-. !. :. q
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MIR. in Mrs. L. Levin, Mr.. in Mrs.
Henry Sands, George Usalis, Mrs. J.
A. Novak, Mrs. ]. Soldow, Mrs. A.
Hauser, Theodore Petranic, Edward
Mchney, Mary Mohney, John Beres
Jr., MIR. in Mrs. Edward Zelenskas,
MIR. in Mrs. John Beres, MIR. in Mrs.
William Beres, MIR. in Mrs. John
Maxwell
Naso prisrcno zahvalo zelimo
izreci vsem, XII so darovali "a svete
mase "a n1irni pokoj blage duse, ker
je pa OBJ Gasu pogreba neznana oseba
vzela karte n ineni darovalcev "a
svete mase, nam je zelO zal, da vas
ne moreno imenovati po imenu, "a
to vas presimo. da nam oprcstite in
maj vam DO vsem skupaj izrefena
najprisrcnejsa zahvaIa.
Nadalje Sc zelimo tudi prisrcno
Zahvaliti vsem, XII so dali svoje avtO-
mobile hrezplacno ma razpoiago ob
priliki pogreba namrec: Mr.. John
kroraar Pcrtville, N. Y, James Nc
Voy, Anthony Jersan Jr., Edward
Strauss, Mr.. Frank Vidrich, Joe To-
nejc, Mr.. in Mrs. Matthew Dolence,
Willard LEBLANC, Mr.. i'm Mrs. Joseph
Okorn, Mr.. Joseph Kucharik, Mrs.
V. Homan, Matthew Jackson, Mr.. in
Mrs. Sam Caputo, John Culp, Joe
Zallnicl, Ursel Givens, Corporal in
Mrs. E. Wallace.
Nasa prisrcna zahvala mai velia
njegovim prijateljem cd Co. C 61st
Medical Battalion, XII so prisli il
Camp Pickett, Virginia, ter ga cast
no spremili k preranem pccitku.
Enako tudi prisrcna hvaIa vojakom,
XII so nosili krsto i'm ga spremili do
groha i'm polozili k vecnem pocitku.
Obenem tudi prisrcna hvala clanom
drustva Sv. Cirila in Metoda st. 1S S.
d. Z. Xxi so Sc udelezili svete mase
in "a spremstvO, do groba. Ravno
tako tudi iskrena hvala "a tocno iz-
placilo smrtnine.
Naso prisrcno zahvalo zelimo
izreci vsem, XII so nam izrazii SOFA
lie osebno ali pa poslanimi sozalni-
mi kartami, telegram ali pa pismeno.
Naso iskreno zahvalo maj sprej-
me pOgretni zavod Zakrajsek Fun
eral Home "a vso prijazne postrezbo
i'm "a lepo urejen pogreb.
i'm in brat, kako bridka je bila loGitev,
lski stan, Sc bolj so zalostna nasa srca
ldnje slovo ker smo sprejeli sporoeilo,
,nje. Toda bozja VOLTA je bila, da TIE je
ical k sebi. Ohranili TIE bono vedno
jeni III zelimo miren pocitek pre-
il in pri Bogu uzivaj vecno veselje.
ostali:
FRANK JERSAN, ose;
AL ANTHONY in HENRY, bratje;
MILDRED, pcrocena Mostar, sestre.
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mi ObredI pOlOZen K preranem Vecnel
vary pokopalisce.
Prisreno sc zelimo zahvaliti
Rev. James P. Brennan "a opravlje-
no sveto naso in cerkvene pogrebne
obrede in "a ganljiv tolazilni govOr
cerkvi.
Nas0 prisrcno zahvalO zelim0
izre6i vsem, XII so mas tOlazili in nam
kaj dohrega storili v teh najbolj tez-
kin dnevih, kakor tudi vsem, XII so ga
prisli pokropit, vsem, XII so nami
Gull i'm moliIi OBJ krsti ter Sc udelezlli
svete mase in pogreba.,
Posebno Sc prisrcno zahvalimo
Mr.. in Mrs. John Kromar, XII sta pri-
sla sem liz Portville, N. Y. da Sc po-
slovita cd pokojnega OBJ krsti in Sc
udelezila pogreba.
V glcboki hvaleznosti sc. zelimo
najprisrcneje zahvaliti vsem. XII so
blag spomin pokojnemu okrasili kr-
sto krasnimi venci in sicer: Mr.. in
Mrs. Vincent Kaucic druzina, MIR. in
Mrs. Anton Jersan druzina, Corpo-
raj in Mrs. Lou Schivitz, MIR. in Mrs.
Edward Strauss, Mr.. in Mrs. Frank
Zobec druzina, druzina MIR. in Mrs.
Tekaucic Barbert0n, Ohio, MIR. in
Mrs. Willard LEBLANC, MIR. in Mrs.
Joseph Tonejc druzina. Pauline
Louise-Augusta-S -Sylvia-Ernest in Lii
liam, MIR. in Mrs. Frank Dulzer, Mr..
in Mrs. Joe Vidmar drllzina, Mr.. in
Mrs. Henry Laurie Sr. Bonna Ave.,
MIR. in Mrs. Matthew Dolence druzi-
ma, Mrs. Mary nersic druzina, druzi-
ma Mrs. Mary Peterlin Yale Ave-, MIR.
in Mrs. Joseph Pozelnik in druzina,
Mr.. in Mrs. jackson in druzina, The
Verk Family, Culp Family, MIR. in
Mrs. Ernie Caputo, Mr.. in Mrs. Sam
Caputo, MIR. Edward A. Welch, En-
ployees of P. A. Geier Co., Clair
Doan Pals, Company c 6lst Medical
Battalion, drustvo Sv. Cirila in Me-
toda st.s1S S. d. T., Davis Paint Co.'S
Local No. 11S.
Enako tudi prisrcna hvala prija-
znim sosedom "a takO krasen skupni
yenec sicer: ]. Kline, A. Mack, F.
Matt, Mrs. Abdallah, Mrs. F. Wal
ters, Mrs. j. Mcdonnell, Mrs. J.
jackson, Marie Starrfurth, Mary
Gayson, Mrs. Victoria Homan, Mrs.
Metzel and Family, William Rabe
and Family, Helen Aboid, MIR. in
Mrs. J. Flynn, Mr.. in Mrs. F. S. Moss,
Preljubljeni in nikdar pozabljel
FkG 81 mas moral zapustiti in Oditi v
sedaj, ko pomislimo, da je bilo Ty0je
ida sismoral zrtvovati svoje mlad0 ii,
tako nepricakoyano nanagloma ze p,
sladkem sponinu in v s0lzah zat'
zgodnjem grobu v rodni ameriski ze
zaIujl
SERGEANT EDWARD, tCORPO
SOPHIE
Cleveland, O., IL. okt., 1943.
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Stanley Jer$af1

vojasi sIuz Sica Sama Camp Pickett
aomotsk nezo da dve kaeje
poodbam izdn
sepembra najepsh madnlih leth star see 22 let.
Rojen je decembra 1920 Eldred, Pa.
opraveni pogrbni e mas cerkv Sv Philpa je bill
poctku
vary pokopaisce. ~
Evening star., 1943-11-24
Mr.. Hull in CONGRESS

From the New York Sun.
Strictly speaking, that was not a
"joint session of the houses of Con-
gresS to which Secretary Hull spoke
the other afternoon. Both houses be-
ing for the moment in recess, it was
really a mass meeting of Senators and
Representatives, gathered to listen to
what a distinguished fellow citizen
might have to say A "joint session"
is what takes place when the two
houses, each legally in session, come
together to hear, for example, an an
nual message on the state of the Union
presented by, or in the name of, the
President of the United States. Stick
lers for the rules were careful to make
it plain that no earth-shaking innova-
ton on the body of regular procedure
was in contemplation. Nor was what
Mr.. Hull had to say in any formal sense
an official report" to Congress. The
President. not Congress, is the entity
to whom the Secretary of State is
primarily responsible for reports.
All these little reservations having
been made, the fact remains that this
was an extraordinary occasion and by
every participant was duly looked upon
As such.
Evening star., 1943-11-24
The Patton Incident

There is no ground on which the
action of Lieutenant General George
S. Patton, jr., in striking a she'll
shocked soldier can be justified or
defended. 1t was deplorable thing
for him to do, and it will follow the
general throughout the rest of his
career. The enlisted man was not a
malingerer, as General Patton had
assumed. He had fought creditably
throughout the North African and
most of the Sicilian campaigns, his
nervous system cracking only when
he remained at his post of duty after
being ordered back for a rest. In
accusing this man of cowardice,
General Patton simply jumped to a
conclusion which had no foundation
in fact.
So far as General Patton is con-
cerned, and while the thing that he
did is inexcusable, there may have
been some extenuating circum-
stances. He is a great fighting SOL
dier-a driver of himself and of his
men. Apparently Indifferent to per-
Sonal danger, he had been in the
thick Of the battle and probably was
close to the breaking point himself
when he struck the enlisted man.
Furthermore, after the rebuke from
General Eisenhower, the Seventh
Army commander freely acknowl-
edged his culpability and did his
best to make amends for the injus-
tice he had done the soldier.
But If there is this much to be said
for General Patton, there is nothing
to be said in mitigation of the
handling of the incident by Allied
headquarters in Algiers. 1t was
stupid, and there is no other word
for it.
In the first instance, there was an
attempt to prevent publication of
the truth by resort to censorship
This was successful for about three
months, and then, as was bound to
be the case, the story leaked out. But
the Army censors were not yet
through. After the American public
had learned the essential facts
through a radio broadcast, Allied
headquarters at Algiers issued what
apparently was intended to be taken
as denial of the report. This state
ment, while perhaps not literally
false, was nevertheless worded in
such deceptive fashion as to give the
impression that the broadcast was
untrue, and it was not until the fol-
lowing day that some one with
sufficient sense of responsibility and
proper regard for the truth per-
mitted all of the facts to be made
public.
The facts, it might be added, are
bad enough, but not as bad as the
Army's clumsy and disingenuous
efforts to conceal them.
Evening star., 1943-11-24
'lncomporobIy Cheaper

From the London Daily telegraph and Morn
ing Post.
Raid" Is no longer q correct descrip:
ton of these (air) attacks on Germany
They are battles, fought on the Allied
side with definite objectives. Recently
the objective was factories which pro-
duce about half the bearings required
by the German war machine. 1t can
not be denied that the destruction of
such an essential cog in the military
machine would be the equivalent of a
great victory. Schweinfurt was attacked
on August II and heavily damaged at
cost dncluding the losses in simulta-
neous attack on Regensburg) of 50
bombers. Later the job seems to have
been completed. "Schweinfurt," saws
an American airman who took part in
the battle, was a mass of smoke and
flame as we turned off the target" Com
pare the cost Of achieving this objective
-119 bombers-with the cost of the
American 1st Army of the battle of the
Argonne in 1918, which Gen. Pershing
puts at "about 117,O00" men, or even
with the 1000 casualties incurred by the
Americans in reducing the st. Mihiel
salient. The contrast both in terms of
human life and, very probably, in terms
of the strategic advantage gained, is
startling. The Prime Minister has often
rightly warned us not to expect victory
on the cheap, but at least these pre-
liminaries to victory are incomparably
cheaper than the last World War would
have led us to expect.
Evening star., 1943-11-24
No Time to FoIter
From the Topeka Capital.

FTom inc Topeka CapltAi.
Japan, according to Gen. Strong, still
has powerful navy, and We have not
yet reached the main lines of Jap
resistance. The Nips still have supplies
for long war.
Reports of this kind should have q
sobering effect upon Americans who
think the war in Europe will be over by
Christmas and that the defeat of the
Japs will soon follow. The military
leadership in which We place our trust
believes otherwise and calls upon us for
renewed efforts to step up production
and the training Of troops.