davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-04-26

dober ameriski drzavljan, DO z
vsemi silami podpiral marsala
Tita in njegove partizane, ker Sc
zaveda, da lie ako oni zmagajo,
DO incl narod v starem kraju ia
ko svobodo in demokraciio, kot
10 imamo V Ameriki.
Glede napadov ma Louisa Ada
mica bi JAZZ vprasal: KIDD je ME
mu pomagal do spoStovania in
slovesa, katerega uziva med
ameriskim narodom? Ali slo-
venski narod V Ameriki, ka-
teremu SO morali Amerikanci
povedati, da je Adamic Slove-
nee? Pripoznajmo, da ameriski
Slovenci nismo pomagali Ada
micu, in da MEGA nj ljubi slo-
venski narod sprawl do kru-
ha. Mi smo MEGA spoznali Sele.
ko SO nam ga pokazali tujerodci.
Louis Adamic je s svojo zmoz-
nostjo in trudom priSel do ugle-
da, katerega uziva v Ameriki in
pc drugih krajih sveta, in kate
rega mu ne bodo we'll tisti, ka-
tere mas ljubi narod tukaj Sc We
dino placuje. Vsak lahko vidi, da
IL vse kritike prot Adamicu I'VE
nj edino nevoscljivost in ozko-
srcnost nekaterih samopostav-
ljenih ameriSkih Slovencev. We
lika vecina mas ameriSkih Slo-
vencev 81 pa steje v veliko sreco.
da imamo moza, kot je Adamic.
Ma naSi zadnji sell je bio Is
zastopnic neznega spola, in to ie
zelo ~razveseljiv znak, ker lie ka-
dar slovenska matt in dekle
vstopita ia delo "a dobro stvar:
potem je uSpeh zagotovijen. Da-
rove pobirajo vsi zastopniki dru-
stew. Ma knjizice bosta ma vese-
lici oddana diva vojna honda 20
$25. Vsi rojaki ste proseni, da
darujete kolikor YAM je najvee
mogoce. Mi Sc vedno ne cutimo
pomanjkanja in imamo vsega
dovolj. Dajmo, da drobtine z ma
Sin miz dobijo ii revezi, kateri
umirajo gladu. Ravno v casu, ko
Sc DO vrsila nasa veselica, DO v
Jugoslaviji najvec pomanjkanja
in trpljenja. Ne zapustimo roia-
kov, kateri bodo sli skozi mai
vecjo krizo, kar 10 je Sc dozivel
slovenski narod. Odprite srce,
odprite roke, citrate vaSemu
narodu solze.
Anton Krapenc, predsednik
st. 8 JPO in SANS st. go.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-04-26
OSEMLETNlCA
~DRUZABNEGA KLUBA

Chicago o. 80 Druzabni klub Slo-
venskega delavskega centra OBJ
haja osemletnico svojega OBJ
stanka, cato prireja domaco "a
bavo "a svoje clanstvo in Nth
prijatelje dne 90. aprila ' vseh
prostorih Contra in ma vrtu.
Slavic Sc pricne re popoldne ma
baliniscu, pies pa zvecer. Igral
DO poskocne polkice in valcke
mas dobroznani harmonikar De-
bevec, XII vedno pridno vlece
mehove V rajsko veselje plesa-
zeljnih IL vseh letnikov in ko-
lenskih kvalitet.
Zabava DO "a vse vstopnine
prosta; raznovrstna pijaca in pa
okusen prigrizek DO pa tudi pc
zelo zmernih cenah. NaSe clani-
&c obetajo, da bodo \ kuhinji
servirale izredno dobre Woke il
donna nasoliene in prekajene
svinjine, XII Sc V okusu razlikuje
cd navadne Sunke kot noe in
dan. Tudi potica in kava bosta
ma razpolago.
Mas tajnik, John Rak, DO po-
blral clanarino "a leto 1914, XII
je samo en- dollar "a cello leto. Ii
sti, XII Sc niste letos placali, ste
s tenn p~roseni, da clanarino OBJ
novite pr tajniku ma tel veseli-
ci, in pa, ce YAM je mogoce,
predlagate kakega novega clana
ali clanico "a sprejem ma prihod-
Mi sell.
Ma svidenje torej V soboto
zvecer 20. aprila V Slovenskem
delavskem centru, 23O1 South
LaWndale ave-, in pa ne pozabi-
tie pripeljati s seboj svojih prija-
teljev in priiateljic.
Frank S. Tauchar.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-04-26

aprila oh 3. popoldan v prostorih
Slovenskega delavskega donna.
Priredi 10 klub st. AT JSZ in Pro
svetne matice. Namen tie veseli-
&c je praznovanje prvega maja.
Ker nj mogoce vsled sedanjih
razmer izvesti kaj boljsega, OH
roma prirediti primeren pre-
gram, Sc DO vsled tega Vrsila lie
obicajna plesna veselica. Vstop-
nina prosta vsakemu, kdor Sc lie
zeli udeleziti in Sc nauziti dobre
zabave. Akoravno DO to lie obi
cajna veselica, Sc nam bodo vse-
emo obudili spomini il preteklo-
SIT 0 praznovanju re~snicnega de-
lavskega praznika prvega maja.
Torej somisljeniki in simpati-
carji delavskega gibanja, pridite
ma to prireditev, ker veselico Sill
cnega pomona je mogoce imeti
lie enkrat vsako leto.
John Gorsek, st.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-04-26
Ali DO Petrovi vladi ustavljen dohod
do denarja jugoslovanskega ljudstva?

Kmalu pc razkosnih Petrovih
porocnih svecanostih v Angliii
je jugoslovanski osvobodilni cd
Dor pod vodstvom marsha Tita
pc radiu Svobodna Jugoslaviia
spet apeliral ma ameriSko in an
glesko Waldo, maj Petru in njego-
vi vladi prepovesta razsipati de-
mar, nalozen ma ime Jugoslaviie
v bankah v.Severni Ameriki,
Angliji, Turciji in Braziliji, ker
nina do MEGA nobene legalne
pravice. To je denar jugoslovan-
skega ljudstva, ne pa posest ka-
ke klike, XII zapravlja, cas- in ma
debelo trosi vsote, XII so iztisnie-
ne il srag jugoslovanskega de-
lovnega ljudstva.
Pc Titovem viru je tega de-
maria vlozenega v inozemskih
bankah emo milijardo dolariev.
To je takozvana jugoslovanska
zlata rezerva, XII 10 bosta krali
in njegova klika kma1u zapra-
villa, &c vladi v Washingtonu in
Londonu ne Storita temu konec.
Omenjeni odbor dokazuje, da &c
je katera vlada do tistega de-
maria upravicena, je to sedai
edino jugoslovanski osvobodilni
odbor, XII vrsi funkcije Wade ne
kje v ubeznistvu, ampak ma svo-
il zemlji, v krvavi borbi S sovra-
znikom. 0 tel ponovni zahtevi
ma London in Washington je Tt
to obvestil tudi ~sovjetsko Waldo.
Jugoslovanska zamejna vlada
je imela, ko je bila Sc v Londo-
nu, ma svoji listi stotine takozva-
nih politicnih beguncev, kate
rim je ~placevala pc vec sto ma
mesec, dale potne stroske in ma
daljne stotake "a vzdrzevanie
njihovih zen in otrok. In Sc SO Sc
nekateri ten gospodov pritoze-
vail, da ne prejemajo nobene
place!
Proletarcev urednik je takim
jamrovcem storil konec z zalu-
citvijo, da kako morejo v VOL
mem casu potovati pc svetu in tn
krizem dezele, &c so brez denar-
ia in nimajo nobene place. Pre-
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-04-26
|SLOVENCEM V CHI
|CAGU IN OKOLICI

V soboto II. maja priredi po-
druznica st. 8 JPO-SS in st. so,
SANS, veliko plesno prireditev
v dvorani SNIP ma Lawndale in
81. cesti. Pricetek OBJ 8. zvecer.
Vstopnina je prosta.
To vabilo je slicno stoterim
takim vabilom, XII jih citate vsak
dan "a razlicne drustvene prize
ditve. Nam Slovencem, kateri
razumemo, kaj pomeni JPO in
SANS, pa mora biti to vabilo
emo najbolj vaznih, kar smo jih
Sc kdaj citali. Vsak zaveden
ameriski Slovenec Sc mora odlo-
citi, da DO sci ma to veselico in
tako storil svojo dolznost ma
pram svojemu narodu. Denar.
katerega mi nabiramo, vsi veste,
kako je porabljen in kako DO DO
rabljen cd JPO, kadar DO mogo-
&c revezem v start domovini v
resnici pomagati. Kdor. ne more
in noce razumeti velevaznega
della, katerega vrSi SANS in cd
Dor Zdruzenih juznih Slovanov,
ia pac ne razume, kaj Sc godi da-
mes ma svetu. Ako trdim druga-
&c, je mogoce lie dvoje, MANFRED,
ola ne razumem, ali pa da sem
placan in pod tenn pogojem mo-
ram trditi to-, kar zahtevajo ii,
kateri sc me placali.
Partizani SO danes pripoznani
cd zavezniskih vlad, in cello ne
prijatelji Jugoslavije jim dajo
kredit, da SO oni tisti, kateri sc
boriio "a svobodno Jugoslavijo.
Mi, kateri pljujemo in zlivamo
gnojnico ma tie junake, katere
obcuduje yes svet, pac pripozna-
mo, da smo premajhni "a velike
stvari. Najbolj zalostno pri tenn
je, da ii, ma katere pljuiemo, so
naSa kri in mas narod. Vsak "a
vede.n ameriSki Slovenec, XII je
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-04-26
RAZNOTEROSTI

Bridgeport, o. Priredba po-
stojank SANSa in JPO " soboto
10. aprila je sijajno uspela. Nor
ola ne toliko moralno, kakor fl
nancno. Vreme je bio DEE in
solnce in potem spet naliv in
solnce. Pa Sc toca je padala IRA
ven.
Zelo me ie skrbelo, ker smo
lmeli veliko pripravljenega.
Kaj, &c nam ne DO vse poslo?
Ampak ljudje SO prisli, potro-
sill, darovali in tako preprecili
vse zapreke in pripomogli k
znatnemu prebitku.
Kot ~predsednik obeh posto-
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-04-26
Sejo JPO-SS Stew. s in
SANS Stew. 60

Chicago, Ill. = Prihodnja seja
st, 8 sloVenske sekcije Jugoslo-
vanskega pomoznega odbora in
st. so SANSa Sc DO vrSila V sre-
do 26. aprila v Tomazinovi dvo-
rani, 1902 w. Cermak Rd. Price
tex toCno OBJ osmih Zvvecer. Pol
nostevilna udelezba je zazelje-
ma, da vsak poda porocilo o ma
predku pobiranja prostovoljnih
prispevkov. Obenem Sc DO tudi
sklepalo 0 vsem potrebnem radi
naSe prihodnje prireditve dine
27. maja letos. Torej, udelezite
Sc vsi zastopniki in zastopnice,
kakor tudi vsi odborniki in Cd
bornice druStev in klubov.
Ma svidenje ma sell.
John Gottlieb, tajnik.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-04-26

jemali SO, in mnogi Sc prejema-
jo, pc $500 ma mesec, ministri pa
seveda veliko vec.
Najpotratnejse razpolaga z
vladimir denarjem "jugoslovan-
ska ambasada" V Washingtonu S
Foticem ma celu, pa tudi bivsi
Royal Yugoslav information
Center v New Yorku je bill zelo
draga stvar. Direktni vladni in
kraljevi stroski pa znasajo gla-
som necenzuriranega vira il
Londona osem milijonov dollar
jew ma leto.
Koliko Sc ida "a podkupnine,
subvencije casopisom in "a pro-
pagando, nj znano, ker nj iugo-
slovanska vlada nikomur odgo-
vorna, ceprav trdi, da je demo
kraticna".
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-04-26
POT v socioIizem

Socialist cd nekdaj uce, da v
novo uredbo, kakrsno propagi-
rajo, ne pridejo kot pridejo po-
vabljeni gosti v hiSo, kjer Jill
caka pogrnjena mia.
Ako hi bila ljudstva pametna,
bi 81 MILO sicer lahko pogrnila.
povabila drug drugega v vas in
vsega bi bio zadosti "a vse. Am
pax ker MISC, je treba to resnico
vzeti v obzir in Sc muciti dale v
naporih, da ljudstva pripravimo
k pameti.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-04-26
& POVESTNI d r. &

OSabno Je Stopll Andrea ma
prag. Ozrl Sc je pc Hostarjevi
Hist, kjer je bio vse mrtvo "a
okni. Dvakrat Sc je prestopil in
je bill cez cesto. Godezevka Sc lie
postavila "a zavese in Jill lie to-
like odgrnila, da SO Uncle preze-
&c ocl prost pogled. Veckrat je
potem stopila pred ogledalo, Sc
pocesala, zavrtela, ola Sc je vide
la cd vseh strani.
Strehar Sc je ozrl V Andreja
z neprijaznim ocesom.
Dos ii tudi??"
"Kaj Sc? Bono videlil" Sc ie
porogljivo smejal Andrei. $50
sed sem. Podkurim, da bodo
otroci vec dobili."
"Tako?" lie menil Strehar, ta-
koj je vedel, pr Gem ie.
Hrastar je bill re v ognju. Be-
Ri Sc je S Tomacevci. Andrea lie
hodil pc dvoriscu in ogledoval.
zupnik Sc ie "a hip ozrl, kako
gre. Pohitel je nato k Mariji, XII
je sedela z Luke v kuhinii.
"Andrej je TAM" je izprego-
voril zalostno, "zlobne namere
ina"
Oba hkrati sta vzkliknila:
"Andrej!!' Maria pa je zasepe-
tala: "Jezus."
"Hrastar Sc drzi," je pricel
Svedrac. mic ne DO hudega. To-
macevca sta popustila in kupila
konja."
"Pojdi nazaj!" je zapovedal
Luka.
Poldne je zvonilo, zupnik ie
cello pozabil moliti. Sam pri sebi
je Sepetal: "Vecni, Sc mar res IL
polnjuje Jergelceva kletev??"
Godezevka je p~ostala tako ne
mirna, da je prihitela ma prag.
Skoficka je sla mimo hise.
"Prodajajo!"
"A, tam! Re prav. Bog iih je
udaril "a napuh in grehet"
Godezevka je skrivnostno po-
mignila Skoficki.
Ko sta stall v vezi, Sc je zen
ska razjezila: "Nas zupnik je ku-
han in pecen tam. Kaksno hvalo
mu je pei IA grobu, temu samo-
pasniku. Kar videti iih ne no
rem, teh Zamejcevihl"
Ona il je pozugala s prstem.
"Skoficka, meme 81 hotela S ka-
menjem."
"Mamka, to je bila zmota. Oh,
ko bi bila vedela, da boste TAXA
dobrotnica naSi bratovscini!l
Zdaj pa ne morem drugace, po-
vsod pripovedujem, blaga zena,
boliSe nj mogel dobiti!!"
"Eh, skoficka, bog veliko Cd
pusti, da bi ljudje vsaj malo." z
resnim obrazom 10 je povabila v
kasco. Ko ie zenska zopet stopila
ma cesto, Sc je zadovoljno smeh-
ljala in stiskala pod pazduho To-
nee masti.
(Dalje prlhodnjic.)
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-04-26
SLAVNOST 4O-LETNICE
DELAVCA

So. Chicago, Ill. - Tu DO dine
30. aprila obhajalo slavnost 40
letnice obstanka druStvo Della
vec" st. 8 SNPJ. VrSila Sc DO v
Hrvatskem domu, 9618 Com
mercial Ave. Pricne Sc OBJ 8.
pop. Vstopnina 55c. Vec o tel
slavnosti je V oglasu V tel Ste
Wiki.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-04-26
Ko K:

Zeba Sc ie preselila k Mariji
II ten poletju je starka pesala
n Veckrat je tozila: "Tako male
ii vidim, da ii komaj denar presto
lem. Oci sem izjokala.' Marija
Sc ie bala .zanjo in il branila de-
lati. Toda trdovratno il je odgo-
variala Zeba: me DO bolje, do
H kler ne prezivim sramote, XII jo
II danes Sc vsi tajimo."
Rozman je pc Martini smrti
pogosto zahajal V hiso ter poslu-
\ sal kramljanje pozno v noe. Ka-
kor je bill v prejSnjih cash Ego
voren in radodaren z vedrimi
4 besedami, tako ga je zdaj trla
1 cudna molcecnost. Mexico ga je
] Maria V strahu vpraSala, kai
mu lei ma srcu. Nekam odsotno
10 ie pogledal: "Clovek sluti.
Maria! IRE Sc mi iztekajo. Zdi
/ Sc mi, da me klice Malta. Yer
\ iemi mi, da cez leto me ne DO
med vami."
Ko ie Marija te besede pove-
dala Zebi, Sc je starka vzneje-
voljila: "Kaj maj bi potem JAZZ
rekla? Kadar pride, pride"
V teh skupnih pomenkih nj
nikoli nihce omenil Aze. Zanje
ie navidezno umrla. zivela je lie
V pogledih, globoko V srcu. En-
KRAFT Sc je Zeba izpozabila: Bog
We, kaj je ono obsedlo?"
"Koga?" ie vpraSal Luka.
"Saj veS!"
Takoj je zopet molcanje izbri-
/ salo spomin.
Pred Vsemi svetimi je priSel
Strehar. Vsi SO Sc ga ustraSili.
ceprav SO vedeli, ola ne moreio
vec odlaSati.
Zavladal je duSeci molk, pri-
tajeni vzdihi so izrazali bolest.
"Kaj hocemo?" je izpregovo-
ril naposled Strehar. "Po praz-
nikih DO drazba."
Zeba Sc je razsrdila: "Eh, ii
jeziki me jeze, komaj jih krote!''
"Marsikaj smo re prenesli, ne
DO prvit, ne zadnjic!" je zavrni-
la Maria.
Mic ne recem, ampak tistih
trideset goldinarjev me jezi, XII
jim je pograbil ia potuha Sve-
draceva!!"
zupnik Sc je vmesal: "Matija
je re vedel, zakaj jih je zapisal.'
"Pravijo, ola ga je par dni pred
Smrtjo zvecer pri Pacu iskal," je
opomnil Luka, "kaj sta imela.
tega menda ne DO nihce zvede1.
oVedrac Sc mem nOce pOVedatl,
ceprav sem ga ma vse nacine IL
kuSaI."
Sal! Je re gotovo poste pre-
nasal" Sc je srdila Zeba.
Strehar je bill MOI kratkega
pomenka. Videl je, da Sc vsi IL
mikajo. "Pustimo to, priSel sem,
da hi skupaj premislili."
"Kupi ii, Marija," je prosila
Zeba.
"Teta, to nj bila njegova vo-
liza. Nocem. Proved je bridkosti
tiStih zidovih." Cez cas- je pri-
Stavila: "Tudi &c bi hotela, ne
zmorem, sal veste, kako je."
"Prosimo Ceninega. Bo ven
dar Cunjarjevim ostalo."
"Kje bi vel? Komaj Sc je po-
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JUs KOZAK:
Sentpeter

stavil ma lastne nogel" je siknil
Luka.
TAX tuje roke, v tuje?" Ze-
ba je povesila glavo ter sklenila
roke v narocje. 'Zopet Cunjar-
jevo posestvo V tuje roke. Moi
Bog In to vse zaradi ="
"Molci, Zeba," je zarohnel
Luka.
"Seveda, tebi je vseeno, tebi.
XII 81 spinal svoje. Ampak TAXA
castita hiSa."
Maria 10 je tolazila. me tar
maj, tetka. Cele noci sem premi-
sljevala, ne gre drugace,"
PA maj vzame on, ola bi lie
drazbe ne bilo." Zeba Sc je ozrla
V Streharja.
"Posestva imam dovolj, de-
maria ne. Veliko sem prezidal.
drugace bi Sc ne pomisljal, pa
samo zaradi vas"
"Oh, tega ne prenesem. Tam.
kjer je hodil Malta, kdove, KIDD
Sc DO repencil?"
"Jaz mislim, da DO kupillHra-
star"
Zeba ie umolknila, kajti Hra-
star je bill dober Matijin prija-
tell.
Pozno V noe so vstali in Sire
har jim je obljubil, da DO Sc en-
KRAFT govoril S H~rastarjem ter
opravil vse obveznosti.
Tistega dine, ko je bio napo-
vedano, Sc je Zeba navsezgodai
poslovila. "Mene ne DO pri po-
grebu!"
Exam pojdes?" je vprasala
Maria, sauna VISA bleda. Zeba nj
odgovorila.
OdSla je, poveSajoca glavo.
Pred poldnem Sc je pricelo.
Godezevka je sedela poleg
Andreja. me pogledam tie vec,
&c prides domov brez Zamejce-
vine. Da DO Marija videla, kaj
81 til"
Andrea Sc je nekoliko obotav-
ljal: "Vsi bodo pc meni, radi Jill
imajo. Mogoce pojde previso-
ko?"
mic ne de. Nasa mora biti, pa
je. To podrtijo prodava in Sc ma
seliva V njihovi vrsti."
Andreju je zablestelo oceh.
me odneham!" je siknil.
"Zamejec Sc DO obracal v gro
bu, &c DO zvedel, da 81 Sc ii nase-
Ill tam, odkoder tie je sovrazil."
"Ha, ha, dan mascevanja je
prisel. Sc brno so najprej obrnili
V njegova vrata."
cato sem rekla," je pohlepno
govorila ona, ''tudi &c moran ia
koj prosjaciti, najino DO! Potem
DO tudi Maria ozdravila. Kak-
she oci DO delal dolgin?" Ozrla
Sc je skozi okno. "Prihajajo. Pc
cakaj, da Sc vsi zbero. Poglej.
Strehar prihaja S Hrastarjem."
"E, Strehar ne DO kupil."
"Kdo sta tista dva?"
"Tomazevca. Krcmar in ME
gov sim"
Ell so nevarni!"
"Bezi! Najbolj zopern je Hra-
star. Bi rad liz Kravje doline!"
"Poglej, trije IL mesta. LIE
glej, Andrej!"
! "Zdaj grem! Nase boz"
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jank V tenn kraju Sc vsem zahva-
linn, XII SO pomagali. Posebno DIR.
Kernu "a njegov govor in "a
predvajanje zivih silk. Koopera-
CHA je bila V splosnem mad vse
dobra.
Naslednji dan je bila seja klu-
ba "Naprej" St. IL JSZ, katere
Sc nj udelezilo kaj dosti elanov.
Ampak smo bill pa tisti boil pri-
dni, XII smo prisli. Navzoc je bill
tudi Anton Zornik, XII je bill V
teh krajih ma agitaciji "a Probe
tarca in Prosveto.
Ma tel sell smo razpravljali
tudi 0 konferenci Prosvetne ma
tice, XII Sc DO vrsila V nedelio %.
maja OBJ 10. dopoldne pr S. Sko-
fu ma Bartonu. Popoidne pc zbo-
rovanju pa DO zabava V prid klu-
ba "Naprej' st. II JSZ.
Nagla smrt sodruzice Ane Bar
bic V Clevelandu me je zelo pre-
senetila. Njenemu soprogu in 81
novom nase sozalje.
V nedeljo OBJ 3. pop. Sc vrsi
v Drustveni dvorani ma Boyds-
villu seja A N in JPO-SS.
Vabljeni vsi, XII Sc zanimajo in
hocejo pomagati v obrambi in v
pomoc naSega naroda.
Vsi rojaki V tenn okrozju so oh
@enem vabljeni, da pristopijo v
klub St. II JSZ, XII zboruie vsako
tretjo nedeljo OBJ 10. dop. v Dru-
Stveni dvorani ma Boydsvillu.
Klubova naloga je pomagati po-
vsod, kjer Sc gre "a napredek in
boljso bodocnost cloveSke dru-
zbe. = Joseph Snoy.
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WORKERS. BILL
STIRS CONFLICT

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.-F)- A
sharp conflict over postwar unem-
ployment compensation payments
to discharged war workers broke
out on the floor today Immediately
after the Senate got down to work
on overall legislation to cushion the
economic impact of any sudden
German collapse.
Republican arguments that the
Murray Kilgore bill to set up a SUI
per reconversion agency with au-
thority to require payments up
to $35 week would shackle labor
under government domination
were countered by Senator Wag-
ner D-NY) who urged:
LET us not be blinded by the
lobby of state bureaucrats who
come down here and tell us to do
nothing whatsoever that may at
feet them"
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SMALL JAP FORCE
REMAINS in BURMA

SOUTHEAST ASIA COMMAND
HEADQUARTERS, HANDY, Cey-
Ion. Aug. 8.-R)-Less than 5000
effective Japanese fighting men
were reported left in India today
and an Allied spokesman declared
that the japanese who INVADED
Manipur state ''have taken big
gests hiding they've had on any
front"
The Northeast India campaign
and Gen. Joseph W. Stilwelfs push
in the north Burmese mountains
resulted in the death of $4,000 Jap
anese and liquidation of four OF
Japan's nine Burma divisions, the
spokesman said.
He said the Allies planned to
drive the Japanese across the
Chindwin river and keep them
moving if we can" He suggested
the enemy might retreat as far as
Manda1ay, but warned of his IA
miliar trick of hitting back when
he appears to be in bao way
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BIG CLIPPER SHIP
CRASHES IN CUBA

HAVANA, Aug. 8-(RAThe four
engined clipper used by Pan Amer
lean Always in blazing a trans
Pacific trail to China crashed while
taking off from the port of Antilla
today, and at least two passengers
were killed.
Fifteen other passengers could
not be accounted for on the first
check, and there was no way to
determine the full toll until the
plane could be lifted out of the
water.
Airline officials at Miami, Fla.
said it was impossible to learn
Immediately whether the passen.
gers not accounted for were mingl
ed with the crowd of spectators,
or whether they had been lost.
Nine passengers and five crew
men were safe.
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'NAZI RESERVES
USED IN FIGHT
Battle RACES All Along
Lengthy East Front;
Reds Claim Wins

LONDON, Wednesday, Aug.
9.-(P)-The Germans are
launching desperate counter
attacks along virtually all of
the 1,000-mile eastern front
but are being ''bled white"
Moscow reported today as it
appeared that the Nazis had
managed to stem the Red
army advance by drawing
heavily on their dwindling
central reserves.
A nearly-morning supplement to
the Soviet war bulletin underscor-
ed the German counter-blows in
nearly every sector but asserted
fatty that all were repulsed and
added, "our troops are stubbornly
advancing"
One such Nazi counterattack has
been smashed after several days
Of bitter fighting on the Latvian :
Lithuanian border and the Russians
have resumed their push toward
Riga, the regular Soviet midnight
communique said.
AL the while the Russians con-
tinued to mass men and material
for new steamroller eastern front
drive that may carry all the way
to Berlin.
Both Soviet and German commu-
niAues confirmed essentially that
the great Russian summer Often
sive now in it's 48th day, had lost
the sweeping mobility that marked
its progress during the first 40
days, but the German lines were
strained and creaking, and failure
at any point might spell disaster
for the Reich.
The Soviet pressure continued in
exorably, Eddy Gilmore. Associat-
ed Press correspondent in Moscow,
said, reporting that Marshal Kon-
stantin K. Rokossovsky' men gain
ed six miles against bitter resis-
lance in the northward expansion
toward Warsaw of their positions
on the west side of the Vistula
river and also edged slightly south
westward toward Krakow.
Similarly, in the south, Marshal
Ivan Konev and Gen. I. E. Pry-
TOW edged forward within 80 miles
of the old Czechoslovak frontier.
To bolster the lines and nipple
ment the desperation-born counter
attacks, the Germans are throw
ing into battle everything they
have, "even road building, air.
drome and other rear detach-
ments," Moscow said.
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Ei6ht German Officers Hanged

a story of vast intrigue against
Hitler and dissatisfaction tic
Hitler and dissatisfaction of
high officers over his military
ineptitude.
The rumor that Gestapo
Chief Himmler was dead
came from the British front in
Normandy said a newly-cap-
tured German intelligence
officer related that Himmler
had been killed and Goering,
Hitler's second in command,
wounded. Other prisoners Of
.fered to corroborate the Off
GERS story, but all the cap
tives' information was based
on what they had been told and
not what they themselves had
observed.
Gone German officer cap
tured in Normandy related that
he had made a pep talk" to
his troops and for want OF
something else had made up
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WAGNER TO FACE
6. 0. P.'S CURRAN
BY The Associated Press

New York Democrats renomi-
mated Sen. Robert F. Wagner to-
day, and Republican leaders of
that state agreed upon Secretary
of State Thomas J. Curran as his
opponent in the November gener-
al election.
Curran's formal selection by the
G. o. P. convention later in the
day was regarded as a formally
after Republican State Chairman
Edwin F. Jackie announced at
Albany that concensus of the ex-
ecutive committee agreed on the
45-year-old Manhattan attorney.
He was the choice of Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey. the party's presidential
nominee.
In Connecticut. the state Repub-
lican convention renominated Sen.
John A. Danaher and Gov. Ray
mond E. Baldwin.
In Arkansas predictions of a
heavy Democratic runoff primary
vote failed to matarialize up to
noon despite the bitterly contested
race between freshman Congress
man j. w. Fulbright and Gov. Ho-
mer M. Adkins for the Senate seat
of Mrs. Hattie Caraway. Reports
placed the vote at midday as
slightly less than in the first pri-
mary two weeks ago in which
Mrs. Caraway was defeated.
The days other political activity
included a Vermont primary.