davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1944-01-28

mat the Germans can maintain them.
selves anywhere in the vicinity of Lenin.
graz. The line from Narva to Pskoy An
previously suggested, seems to- be Dkelv
70 form the spinal cord Of their new
defensive position in the north. And
even that Is none too secure. The fort
reSS OF Staraya Russa, south OF Iaka
LINEN, is almost isolated and can hardly
be held.
To say that this change in the situa.
tlon around Leningrad must be viewed
with anxiety IN Finland. must certainly
be an underestimate. It was one thing
Tor the Russians to hold Leninsrad
while that great city was cut of from
the rest OF Russia save by precarious
routes. while 1t was, in fact, practically
IN state OF siege. It is quite another
thing, from the Finnish point Of view,
Tor Len1ngrad to become the spearhead
OF the full power Of the Soviet Union.
aimed at them across the Karelian
1sthmus.
The Firms know very well that they
can hardly look to the Germans for
much In the way Of help. The Germans
have troubles Of their own; they can
hardly now do other than throw Fin
land to the wolves, II 1t Is . matter OF
doing that or sparing . dozen more
divisions to save Finland. The Ger
mans do not have dozen divisions to
spare for the defense of Finland; the
Russians have ample reserves to In
wade Finland. and every reason to do
so-since II they can emplace their sub.
marines and aircraft in the Finnish
ports on the Gulf Of Bothnia as soon
as the Ice breaks up. they can Just about
put stop to the German iron trafiic
with Sweden-a crippling blow for
Germany's war industry. These RUS
sian victories in the north are Of much
more than local significance: they are
bad news even for Berlin, which is say.
ing good deal In these days.
toeeyrsshA 1914 n. :. Tribune 1nsA
Evening star., 1944-01-28
Constantine Bro1Vn

the next rs years or more cannot b.
answered.
From the African bulge 1T Dakar 10
the Brazilian bulge Is such short hop
that until the day We entered North
Africa the possibility OF the Naxis using
. serious menace to the safety Of our
hemisphere. After the war North Africa
again will be In non-American hands.
What was vague possibility two years
ago may become . definite reality IS
years from now.
In the years preceding the war there
was . good deal Of suspicion In most
Of the Latin American republics as to
the actual purpose OF the United States.
Foreign propaganda, worked out by the
representatives Of many European ma
tions, has kept 1t alive. Now 1t begins
TO dawn on our neighbors in the South
that after all their best security lies In
. close and wholehearted cooperation
With the colossus" in the North.
kAN
1t is doubtful that the Argentine eov.
ernment was moved BY such considers.
tions when 1t decided to break with tho
Axis and join the rest Of the American
family. It Is more likely that economic
and moral pressure caused her TO come
into the United Nations coalition. But
Argentina's gesture Is likely to bear
fruit If all the nations Of the Western
Hemisphere play their cards intelli.
gently.
In some responsible military circles
which take q long-range view about
the future Of the world, 1t is believed
that whatever the political picture may
be in the future, it Is a must" for all
nations in this hemisphere, regardless
Of their cultural background, to stick
together. The present hemisphere Asso-
ciation eventually must be cemented into
strong grouping Of the nations Of the
North and the South in order to face
all possible dangers Of the future.
Evening star., 1944-01-28

Of the Axis who have broken with the
Axis in Argentina. after clearing the
enemies Of the Axis out of public life.
X X
All genuinely anti-A9xis instruments
have been broken up; labor unions have
been smashed; all political parties ex-
cept the government gang have been
dissolved. We might say that all those
who really believe in the new policy
of the government are held to be enc
mics of the government, while those
who do not believe in the new policy
Of the government are the government,
Evening star., 1944-01-28
MAJ. George Fielding Eliot

next three or four days, the German
armies OF the north would indeed be In
a desperate condition. Meretskov ALSO
Is pushing down the western shore of
Lake linen toward Shimsk, at the
southwestern extremity, Of the lake. pre-
sumably IN order to protect the flank of
his western push against q German
counterattack from the direction Dno-
Staraya Russa.
While the Russian wings are thus
making excellent progress, the Russian
center actually the right wing elements
OF Meretskov's army are battering away
at Chudovo, on the Leningrad-M Moscow
main line
The only part of that line still in Ger
man hands is that between Chudovo and
Iyuban, and the troops which are hang
ing on to it have no line of retreat which
remains open to them except across the
marshes to the west. They are hemmed
in between Meretskov's forces around
Chudovo, and the left wing of Gen.
Govorov's Leningrad army southeast Of
Tosno. Their rear is threatened by RUS
sian forces which are slowly pushing un
the Novgorod railway. Il
seems impossible that these German
troops can be extricated; on this part of
the front, the German forces would seem
to have no alternative save surrender or
death.
i AA
Taking the broader view, the whole
German position in the Leningrad area
definitely has deteriorated. The Lenin-
grad-vologda and Leningrad-K -Kirishi-
Moscow railways are wholly in Russian
hands; the main Leningrad- Moscow
line and the Leningrad-N -Novgorod line
almost certainly will be open very
shortly. The terminal functions Of the
other railways into Leningrad are all
held by the Russians; the Germans have
only the disconnected sticks OF the fan,
which can be broken OF one By one
unless they withdraw from them.
Hence there new c.ems no possibility
Evening star., 1944-01-28
Approves Letter
OF "Dry" Advocate.

OF DRY" Advocate.
TO the Editor Of The Star:
The dry" advocate in January "A
issue of The Star who tells the .awets"
not 70 hide behind the soldiers, strikes
a fair and telling blow, and many a
cocky wet rooter will gasp with the
impact.
Hundreds Of thousands of our younr
people" says the correspondent, who
In the air, on the land, on the sea and
under the sea are helping to write some
OF the most glorious pages in American
military history, come from homes
where they have been taught that alb
stlnence from alcohol is the better way
OF life and service to God and coun-
try"
There will be plenty Of amens to
that letter and thousands OF your read
ers would be proud to have produced it.
few days ago a soldier, with hand
torn apart in battle, sat at lunch with
me. In answer to my inquiry whether
the boys went into the German gun
nests at Gafsa, North Africa, with
curses and fresh from drink, he replied
I'D say three-fourths Of them went in
praying"
There are boys going into battle for
their homes, their Christian faith and
for the sacred soil Of America that 1t
may continue to be free-boys falling
IN battle, worthy successors Of those who
were martyrs for their faith in ages past.
These heroes Of ours today are dying for
q faith, God rest them, and not for
booze. SAMUEL IRWIN.
Evening star., 1944-01-28
SoIvuging for Victory

Wednesday set a new record for a
normal days collection OF waste
paper in the Victory for Salvage pro-
gram sponsored by The Star and the
Parent-Teacher Association, sending
the total collected since the cam
paign began in October to over two
million pounds. AS more children
enlist their services and as more
schools participate. the daily collec-
tions grow like snowballs. The chill
dren Of eighteen schools took part in
Wednesdays collection. There are
now about 125 schools participating,
and they already have earned over
$4,000 for the purchase OF extra
equipment. help for underprivileged
children and other worthy causes
Endorsed by the parents and teach
ers. Some Of the schools have been
outstanding. At Petworth, for in
stance, an elementary school, the
pupils have collected thirteen pounds
per capita for eleven straight weeks.
Shaw Junior High has turned in over
a hundred thousand pounds, while
Jefferson has set a record of 139
pounds per pupil. In schools where
there is sound leadership from the
teachers, the enthusiasm Of the chill
dren has taxed the collection facili-
ties and made available to the school
association many items not pur-
chasable from public funds. More
important still, the children taking
part in this campaign are helping to
supply the Army and the Navy with
the Number One critical material now
needed in fighting the war. Nothing
is in such demand by the War Pro-
duction Board as wastepaper for
manufacture of scores of necessary
military articles. Washington school
children are doing fine job in pro-
viding it.
Evening star., 1944-01-28
The Service Vote MESSAGE

II the PRESIDENTS message on the
service vote had been couched In
temperate language, If the facts it
contained had been recited dispas-
sionately, 1t could have been hailed
as the most forceful and convincing
argument yet made in favor OF the
revised Green-Lucas bill. Unfor-
tunately, however, for reasons diff
cult to fathom or justify, Mr.. Roose-
velt's words were at times petulant
and sarcastic, going so far at one
point as to describe an alternative
measure-already approved by the
Senate and now awaiting action in
the House as an out and out
fraud"
The measure in question, a resolu-
ton leaving 1t up to the States to
handle the whole problem of the
service vote, was adopted early last
month by Senate vote of AZ to 81,
in which the majority was made up
Of "a Democrats and 10 Republicans.
Immediately on its passage. it was
criticized in many quarters as
largely. ineffective piece of legisla-
ton, and this view-as the straight
facts in the Presidents message
made clear-is wholly justified, the
simple truth being that if the House
approves the same leave-it-to-the-
States procedure. the overwhelming
majority of the millions in our armed
forces will have no chance to take
part in the elections next November.
But to say this is one thing, and
to cry fraud" is quite another.
The fundamental fact is that the
Senate adopted this resolution on
the claim that the original Green.
Lucas bill was full OF several grave
defects. The first of these defects
would have arrogated to a Federal
commission right which the Con-
stitution reserves to the States-the
right to establish the manner and
qualifications OF voting and to deter
mine the validity of such voting. On
this ground alone, the Senate was
wise and far-seeing in rejecting the
proposal. Another key defect was
that the Federal commission, as set
forth in the bill, was left open to
political manipulation because no
careful provision was made to insure
the impartiality OF its membership.
For these two reasons, If for no
others, the measure, if it had been
allowed to become law. might easily
have led to serious constitutional
snarl in the event of close election.
Actually, far from being fraud
the Senate resolution. despite its
virtual ineffectiveness, can be de-
Tended as being more in conformity
with the basic law of the land than
the bill 1t replaced Further than
that. 1t may be credited with having
forced Senator's Green and Lucas to
work out their revised proposal, with
the result that Congress now has an
excellent compromise measure upon
which it ought to be able tosagree.
In any event the Presidents mes
sage was right in declaring that the
new bill, with its provision for a
uniform Federal ballot. its careful
limitation of the Federal commits
sion's power, and its specific guar
antee of the election prerogatives OF
the States, not only would facilitate
large-scale voting in the armed
forces but would resolve every i'm
portant constitutional doubt as well
Evening star., 1944-01-28

they recommended
this step. The jailer
adopts the foreign
policy Of his prison.
ers, but he does not
open the doors.
The Ramirez goy-
ernment has savage
ly repre- S Sc d all
newspapers which
recommended that It
do what it is now
doing. It has fired
schools teachers and
public officials for
the offense of favor
ing the policy which
Evening star., 1944-01-28
nent as Moscow would presumably

nlent as Moscow would presumably
wish.
Even more serious, however, is the
implication behind Moscow's rejec-
ton Of Anglo-American offers Of
mediation, because it calls in ques-
ton the principle of Four-Power
consultation regarding matters of
common concern which was stressed
at the Moscow Conference and at
Teheran. II Russia insists on uni
lateral action regarding Poland. the
very basis Of United Nations CO.
operation is compromised. This is
an issue which must be faced. It
can be neither evaded nor postponed.
Evening star., 1944-01-28

Argentina s break IN
relations with the
Axis.
There is q good deal
Of controversy in
regard to the popu-
larity of the United
States south of the
Rio Grande. Some
returning observers
claim that we enjoy
the highest consid-
Grafton and respect.
Others say that by
our lavish expendi-
lures we are regard
ed as suckers"
Evening star., 1944-01-28

officials only and
under Federal su-
pervision. is greater
than 1t has exhibit
ed for any other leg
islative propose ]
since we entered the
war.
The President has
put his full personal
strength behind it,
as witness his violent
a nd denunciatory
message to Congress.
II he would do half
as much for his ma
tional service recon-
Evening star., 1944-01-28
The Smith Report

The recent Smith Committee re-
port attacks the War Labor Board
on several counts, but the principal
complaint is directed against the
boards maintenance of union men,
bership clause. This complaint does
not run to the merits or otherwise
OF the clause, the committee simply
contending that it is In violation of
the National Labor Relations Act
and that the board has no constitu-
tional power to compel employers to
accept it.
In its customary form the clause
subjects union workers to the pen
atty of discharge If they fail to
maintain their union status during
the life OF contract. It is general
ly accompanied by a fifteen-day
escape clause. during which period
workers may resign from their union
II they do not wish the clause to
apply to them. Nonunion workers,
OF course. are not affected. and the
employer retains his freedom to hire
any one he pleases.
1t is the contention Of the COM
mittee that this encroaches upon
the constitutional freedom to con-
tract and that it violates that sec
ton OF the Labor Relations Act
which forbids employers either to
discourage or encourage membership
IN labor union.
These are legal questions which
have not yet been. but which soon
will be, tested in the courts. Mean
while. there is this much to be said
for the boards position: When the
Smith -Connally Act, which gave the
board legislative standing, was being
considered in the House, an amend
ment was proposed which would
have specifically denied the board
the right to order maintenance-of-
membership clauses. At that time
the clause was well known and all
OF the current objections to it had
been fully presented. Nevertheless
the amendment was beaten by a
vote OF 2o4 to 70. II the board con-
tends, on the basis OF this record.
that Congress has implicitly sane
toned the clause, 1t would be diff
cult to say that there is no basis for
the conclusion. And If this is not
the case. Congress has had and still
has full opportunity to ban the
clause by legislative action.
From the layman's point of view.
the main objection to the con-
tinued granting of the maintenance
clause does not rest on strictly legal
grounds. Shortly after Pearl Har-
Dor union and industry represent
atives, at the request of the Presi-
dent, entered into a mo strike-no
lockout" agreement. For reasons
which are far from clear, the board
felt that unions, in giving up the
right" to strike, were entitled to
some compensation, and the main
tenance clause was worked out for
this purpose. Without going into
the question Of whether, in time
OF war, any such right exists, it is
worth noting that no one thought
1t necessary to compensate employ
ers in any way for giving up what
might be construed as a collateral
right to lock out their employees.
Be that as it may, the fact re-
mains that at the outset the main
tenance clause was conditioned upon
the relinquishment Of the right to
strike. But, as the Smith report
points out, there have been 5,43S
strikes since the pledge was given,
Evening star., 1944-01-28

oouple envelopment
Of the historic Can
nae" type with the
Russian wings clos
ing In from Orani-
enbaum and Nov
gorod, while power
full frontal attacks
drive in the German
center. The results
certainly have been
all that these sound
methods might lead
us to expect.
B o tn r uss q n
wings ave made
substantial advances
Evening star., 1944-01-28

Enemy Column Wiped Out" reads
many a news headline. The news
paper columns that have been wiped
out by the paper shortage are
mourned in silence.
Evening star., 1944-01-28
Flag Urged Flown
As Symbol Of Duties"

To the Editor Of The star:
When sit at my window and see my
flag flying, many thoughts come to me,
1t brings to my mind a suggestion that
would like to pass on to others, name
ly: Our boys are putting up with hard
ships that some of us cannot realize.
Possibly, If all Of us bought that nag
and flew it, we would not have to be
reminded of their hardships and their
duties to our wonderful country. Above
all, 1t always represents our duties to
our boys. CHAS. N. MERILLAH,
Evening star., 1944-01-28

The amphibious landing in Italy
behind enemy lines has been called
an end run. No one yet, however,
has seen At to describe the German
retreat as q home run.
Evening star., 1944-01-28
Classical Strategy

The battle in the Leningrad- -Novgorod
area has proceeded on those classical
lines which Russian strategists have
taught us to expect from them. 1t Is q
Evening star., 1944-01-28
The Great Game of Politics

The vigor and enthusiasm with which
the administration Is pressing the bill by
which 1t is proposed to have our soldiers
and sailors vote this fall for Federal
Evening star., 1944-01-28
This Changing World

The United States success by skillful
maneuvering in finally consolidating
South America into one solid bloc is
Of greater immediate importance than
Evening star., 1944-01-28

and yet the board continues to
grant its maintenance clause as
compensation for not striking. If
there is any equitable justification
for this, it would be interesting to
know about 1t.
Evening star., 1944-01-28
I'd Rather Be Right

Argentina has broken with the Axis.
But its internment camps and Pata-
gonian exile towns are full Of persons
who are imprisoned precisely because
Evening star., 1944-01-28

It is inevitable that there shall be
such wide points of view in respect to
our prestige. A happy medium might
be struck If it was said that while still
far apart culturally, since the South
Americans have strictly Latin civiliza-
ton, there is sufncient ground to hope
that In years to come the ties between
the south and the north will be con-
solidated II We play our cards intelli-
gently.
Evening star., 1944-01-28

Only few South Americans are yet
aware Of the Importance of close unity
between the English-speaking north and
the Spanish Portuguese speaking south.
Although all the South American re-
publics have broken OF diplomatic re-
lations with the Axis, and Brazil is
expected to send some troops to the
Mediterranean battle area, the war still
is far removed from the peoples below
the Rio Grande. For the time being
1t means to them large amounts OF
American money which brings forth
limited wave of prosperity and 1t makes
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-06-09
SpOrtOvn1 Hl1dka.
ZAPASY " COLISEUM.

Prfsti 1tery, v kffzkovych
zapasech poradanych Mr.. Ed
Contosem v Coliseum hlav-
MIN zapase ktery urcen ma do
bu jedne porazky ucinkujl:
Maurice "The Angel" Tillett
(The Human Enigma) 273 ID.
z Francie VS.. Sander Szabo,
228 ID. (ktery 81 della narok ma
mistrOvstvl.)
DVOJIC
enc Time Limit)
Michael Leone, 218 ID. (Ita-
lian Terror a Angelo Savoldi,
218 lb. (Ital z New Jersey VS..
Herman Rhodes, 218 10. ga
pasnfk z Camden) a Bill OAR
nell, PA ID. z Camden.
V nasledujicich 3 zapasech
ktere urceny ma dobu 80 minut
aneb l porazky ucinkuji:
The Great Don Evans, 235
Id. z Texasu VS.. Nick Campo
freda, 236 ID. z Baltimore.
Johnnie Long, 1877 ID. z Bal
timore VS.. John Vanskey, 218
Id. (Litv1n).
Bill Middlekauff, 22O Id. z
Floridy VS.. Maurice LaChap-
pelle, 1877 Id. z Francie.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-06-09
oznameni.
Pratelskou Zabayu q

- PratelskOu Zabavu a Ia
nee poTada Sbor Katolickych
Sokolu sv. Vita " Basementu
Sv. Vaclava v 1tery, dine
20. cervna. Zacatek v 8 hodin
vecer. Vytecna hudba.
- Sokol Curtis Bay porada
Vylet v nedeli, 25. cervna We 2
hodiny odpol. v Sokolske Ia
hrade, 1927 Cherry St. Hudba
br. j. Svitaka. Cisty vytezek
venovan Dude We prospect Ces-
koslovenskeho Sokolstva We Sta
re Vlasti pc valce.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-06-09
Noviny ma koleckach pro voJa-
XIV americke invasni armady.

Americti vojaci invasnl ar
mady nebudou bez pravidelne
dodavky novin AMI "a postupu
ma evropske p1de. Jejich ca
sopis "Stars and Stripes" Dude
pravidelne Vydavan a dodavan
do zakop1. V citovanem liste
sc O tom prav1:
"Kdyz jsme v roce 1912 "a
cali tento list v Anglii vydavat,
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-06-09
ze to tax dlouho vydrzel.

Admiral pozoroval mladeho
namornlka, jak Sc neohraban6
otaci ma paluDe a snad jej
chtel pokarati, ale prominul mu
to, kdyz hoch odpovedel:
"Jsem zde teprv diva mesf-
ce. Jak Wy jste tady dlouho?"
Admiral dobrosrdecne odpo-
vedel, re uz ie tricet rok1 v ma
moTni sluzbe.
"To je neuveriteln6", pravil
mlady namofn1k, "prosfm vas,
jak jste to mohl v tie psine tax
dlouho vydrzeti?"
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-06-09

Moskevsky rozhlas hlasil, re
Henry Wallace, mfstopresident
Spoj. Statd, pronesl rusky rec v
opernim dome v Irkutsku ma ST.
bfri, kde sc v minulych dnech
zastavil ma sve ceste pc ASH.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-06-09
Costa RIGA zavede anglictinu.

Vyucovani anglictiny Dude
cd nynejska povinne We sko-
ZACH republiky Costa Rica po-
die zakona ktery byl schvalen
parlamentem.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-06-09

slibili jsme hochGm, re pGjde-
me S mimi vsude, kan jdou oni.
Sli jsme s mimi do Afriky i do
Italie a budeme S mimi i "a in
vase Evropy."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-06-09
Bulharsko obdrzelo rumunske
lodi.

Rozhlasem z Moskvy bylo
oznameno, re 10 rumunskych
lodi, p~ocftajfc v to jednu ponor
ku, bylo pfedano Bulharsku.
Zprava pry pochazi re spoleh-
livych pramenI z Istanbulu.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-06-09
Vzpomfnka.

Dne 10. cervna Dude
tomu 1 rok co s Mani
rozloucila Sc nase dra-
re milovana manzelka,
matka a babicka
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-11

detectives and newspapermen were
close to tears. Chief of Detectives
Wencel handed the happy, cooling
child to Mrs. King in the women's de-
tention division at police head
quarters.
Denied Child Was King Baby
Held by police as the kidnaper is
Mrs. Eleanor Smith, 80 (the mysteri-
Gus Helen Rosman"), a Negress of
6348 Stanford. Prosecutor Bowling
and Chief Wencel announced that no
charge would be placed against her
Immediately, pending further ques-
tioning today.
A poised, well dressed, attractive
woman, Mrs. Smith is highly re-
spected member of her community
and is active in her church Sunday
school and choir. She denied vehem-
emily that the child was the King
baby, insisting he was her own, born
to her in Chicago in June.
<--
Suspicious Reader Notifies The Times
The break came when suspicious
Detroit Times reader called the Times.
Police Immediately were notified and
the investigation began.
Police and the King baby's father went
Continued Page)
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Information TO The Times Recovered the Baby

been given the Times by reader after the Times ofe
reward for exclusive information leading to the recovery
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-11

supplied to the police by The Detroit Times today led
ecovery of baby Robert King. The information had