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SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1944-12-21
N O T l., / cE
JUNIOR CLUB
SECRETARIES

Several months ago you wer>
requested to send in the nemes o
all your local club officers witt
their addresses and telephone
numbers. By the time | received
all the lists. it was time for elec.
ton OF officers for the coming
year, 1915. 50 will YOU please sen,
me your new list of officers. a,
soon as possible. so we can revis,
the Club Calendar in the NolI.s
blatt. Thank YOU ior your kind CO
operation.
SaNonaIly yours,
Katy Gotzmeistcr, Asst. Sec'y
OF the +. s. !. \.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1944-12-21

t''S last SlCdl
Christian II o Ii
day Season?
What a year of
tragic destruction
it has been all
over the world I!
War seems to be
pyra III iding OH
top of itself, rather
t h an subsiding.
As the enemy is
dispossesSed, civil
wars begin. How
could we expect
it to be other
wise? The blood
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1944-12-21
Corporal
HENRY w. SCHUYLER

son Of MIR. and Mrs. Mike Schuller
West Grant Street. New Castle,
Pa, a Saxon boy. nov fighting
somewhere in Germany, has writ
ten this poem.
The Good Old u. S. A.
] hope the day will soon be here
Whcne everyone will yell and cheer,
And all the boys will be on their way
TO the good old land of the U. S. A.
| hope that we'll be able to sec
The women and children all be free,
Aud everyone be happy and gay
Because they live in the L. $. 4.
The Stars and Stripes will always fly
It's colors will wave but never die.
And that is why want to say
That live in the land of the T.. S, A,
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1944-12-21

probably be plenty OF excitement
so come one and all and get your
share OF "smooching".
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1944-12-21
ST. JOHNS
LUTHER LEAGUE
By Dorothy Foisel.

Tonight. Friday. Dec. p, al
at 80 pm. in the gym the Luther
League is ha,-ng gala Christ
mas party. Refreshments. gifts,
and games are included. Come
and have good time.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1944-12-21

MY very dear Friends:
A'A Christmas again! Does it seem
possible that a year has passed since
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1944-12-21
SALEM NEWS
Bv Sue Herman

Salem. o., Dec. 2l-Our month
ly meeting rivivcd some of oul'
memories OF those good old time
meetings we used to have for the
discussion proved that the spirit l.:
there. Again We took in iour mem
berS, two new ones. Christine
SChell and Florence Botschner.
and two re-instatements. Loretta
Bodcndorfer and E.ldred Bodcn-
doricr. We hope they prove to be
faithful and active members and
help to keep the ball rolling till
our boys come home. Cornmunica-
tions were read. having received
letters from Herm Linder in Italy.
Butt Konncrth in Florida and
Christmas greetings from the
Cleveland East Jniors, Albert
Under and Simon Spack. It's nice
to be remembered.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1944-12-21

- I'm nit leidtem Sir:, Sic Grcii.
Sen oes Taieins au penleben. braudt
mn,t niht leihtii,lnie SM isin.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1944-12-21
Christmas Dance. Dec. %

From the way tickets have been
selling and town talk, our dance
will be well represented. If YOU
have a chance. get your tickets
early. The facts by now should
be known by all but here is last
bit o. information. Dancing will
begin at 9 go, and not Saxon time
either and last until -: As a Gus
tom, the musicians will probably
play a march downstairs and lead
the dancers upstairs. Polkas, walt.
zcs. and standard popular pieces
will be played. After the dance
those who are able may find
amusement i'll singing around the
! Christmas tree. The committee is
a, follows: Sue Herman. Mary
Ratscher. Gertrude Girscht. Wal.
| ter Weber. Minnie Schuster, He.
len Huber, N Weber. Heinie
Wickman, Marty Poldcr, Bill
, krauss, Rudy Bodendorfer, Doro.
thy kekel. Mary Iunk. Mary
| Nogelhubcr, Gertrude Bodendor,
! fer ErpIa RAT Srher Minnie C,reIi
Hiida Toust and Betty Schuster
New Years Dance
The mems lodge is sponsoring
the New Years Eve. Dance dowr
the club Dec. 81 and they car
count on the Juniors being wei
represented. They have obtained
Bill Schulier's orchestra and hi.
musicians play very well.
Evening star., 1944-03-11
BY the Associated Press.

bS VIC hSsOCidleO fItSS,
MOMOTE AIRDROME, Los Ne
gros Island, Mar. l1.-Eighty-six
weary cavalrymen sat at the top of
a revetment. At the bottom were
heaped and discolored bodies OF $50
japanese.
Drink-crazed enemy soldiers, some
of them Japan's finest, had dashed
and crawled up the revetment slopes,
shouting, singing, then killed them
selves with their own grenades.
When it was over, the cavalry
mems captain, Frank G. Mayfield,
Saltwater Okla, said simply:
I'VE did our best"
Capt. Mayfield's men, numbering
l39. part of the famous 5th Cavalry
Regiment, had stopped the last great
charge of japanese troops trying to
regain Momote Airdrome on Los
Negros Island.
The unorthodox charge started
with drinking bout and ended in
military hara-kiri. 1t was hard for
these Americans, men from Texas,
Arizona, Pennsylvania, Georgia and
other States, TO understand. 1t was
like crazy dream.
1t started at 2 am, February 3.
|Cavalrymen were spread out on top
Of an airplane bunker. They had
fortified their position with coconut
logs.
Evening star., 1944-03-11
$50 Drink-Crozed Jops Killed
In Horu-Kiri Churqe at Momote

Beneath them in the jungle, they
could hear the japanese getting
steamed up for the charge. They
could hear the sons of Nippon drink
ing toasts of saki rice Wine) and
beer.
When rain clouds swept in, the
japanese started coming. Those
among them who could speak Eng
lish were singing Deep in the Heart
of Texas"
Then they charged madly. Some
OF them wore the priced dragon belt.
Others were common soldiers with
nothing to boost their spirits but
the saki and beer.
American gunf1re hit the Japanese
like an avalanche. They piled up
at the bottom of the revetment
slope. The live crawled over the
dead, only to die. The crazed YELL
ing continued Wave after wave
came on The slaughter continued.
japanese officers in conspicuous
white uniforms dashed up and were
killed or took their own lives. One
after another, by sword or by gre
made. the japanese killed them
selves
And so 1t went until 9 am. Then
it ended. Weary. dazed cavalrymen
climbed down the revetment.
Evening star., 1944-03-11
Wives Given Positions
OF Post Office Draffees
BY the Associated Press,

by the Associated Press.
HARTFORD, Conn, Mar. lift
the Army takes pre-Pearl Harbor
fathers, I'll take pre-Pearl Harbor
mothers" Postmaster William j..
Rankin declared yesterday in an
nouncing that the wife of each pre-
Pearl Harbor father in postal en-
ploy here will be offered a Post
Office job If her husband is called
to the armed forces.
The first woman to take advan-,
tage of such an offer will be Mrs.
Helen Bennett, whose husband,
Oscar H. Bennett, will report for
military service March 81. Mrs.
Bennett will be a mail sorter, Mr.
Rankin said.
Mr.. Rankin declared he was pre-
pared to offer jobs to wives Of all
u pre-Pearl Harbor fathers en-
ployed at the Post Office. Those
who accept, he said, would be placed
in clerical positions.
The postmaster said he believed
| 1t was the first time such a plan
had been put into effect in post
Office.
Evening star., 1944-03-11
LOST RATION COUPONS.
" GASOLINE RATION BOOK,

A. a ga GASOLINE 2al's RATION BOOK, issued to
Ro6e 81 Petes So BAILEY; Seat Pleasant, Md.
Taylor ter. Hyattsviile. Nd, ''''e' T. 'o'i
se"efS a%a NSs ! p Ban & d. $sYed sYe 70 Lois B.
B" GAS BOOK 10. 5sI3SSST, M sssT oS Issued e9@n to
PaqSe PaqS Md MRrown 19d auburn St. Takoma
COUPONS OF No. 3 RATION BOOK. issued
70 Jennings B. Craig 35-C Ridge I'd,
GAS RATION BOOK, TT. for Chevrolet
tuck tTa us issued to Louis Stone, Huntingtown,
Gas Gas KAriqS A S,s BOOK "A" Issued to Ed
a59fs2a aAs RaTroS os BOOK Gs cH $3.50 issoeo to
Mslo' 22ao2 Bunker Hill I'd, Nj. Rainer,
GAS RATION BOOKS "A" AND &c" issued
District Helehts, Nd. washington ~. c!.o
GAS RATION BOOK, A. issued to Henry M
herte,; de- n, 4!l3 Drummond ave. Chevy Chase,
GAS RATION "A" AND B." issued ia
rnatTlck = J. O'sullivan. 1915 sth st. n W.
GAS RATION BOOKS, "A' and .Br books,
issued TO Carl F; Erbach, 4506 Maple ave,
ss.ffsGS RAffoS Books 30 w z .yn 5I5l ,ssraa -
James and Robert Jones Robert Jones
RATION BOOKS 3 AND 4, issued to Frank
RATION COOK NO. 3, issued 10 Coileen Col q
M sullivan, 1922 Sutherland rd,, Sill
RATION BOOKS, 8; Nos. 3 and 4, issued to
MIS- NJ D. sC,urran Kempsmlll road, K.
R.PioN /, p N9' to6kS 4 siiyer Sa Spring Md, j..
Gladys John, Wallace, William and Clai.
oorme Wadh ,S3SsLerSs 422i Banner st. Brent
RATION BOOKS Nos, 3 and 1, issued TO
haTrlet K. HORNE. 1900 H st. NV, Apt,
j x n tan leather case.
RATION BOOK No. /, issued to Hester
DAVIS, : Stuyvesant road, Asheville N C;
IN blue pocketbook containing glasses and
money Reward. Phone EN- 1881.
Ration BOOK NO. 3, issued to Diana Rae
Shaf, 47l0 Woodberry I'd, Riverdaie. Md
LOST n vic Of Hyattsvile shopping district
RATION BOOK 4, issued to Lillian j,
Burllng: 30 35th ST Sc.
RATION BOOKS. Nos, to 4. eight, in
leather folder; marked "E j Brennan" !"
Call Adams 9252 or HO 975s IL
RATION BOOK No. 3, issued to Martha j.
Mor1ison, N 360o Conn, aye, II.
liam Merwin Heminsway. ir. OF 20 Bryant
st. ne. DE. b376.
Evening star., 1944-03-11
LOST

BEADS, amber. small strand. lost Wednes-
oWner 72 eiens;Ios 70 ss;Io an intrinsic value to
B,ILLF9LD. BIZ, brown leather, car registra-
pons IS Pafnt ST obe4 la44 gas
n money, nS.. return to ASS st. NV. John
BRACELET-Gold chain bracelet, With
ieweled barrel pendant; lost tuesday in in
shopping district between Woodward's and
18th st. Reward. DeWind Warheid 47o5.
DOG, scottie. black, male. answers to
Rews1e RTSle s5Tayed ST edst from home in Bethesda
Sherman aye. NV; childs pet, answers to
1850. Reward i returned to Jas. Jas H.
Washington, 1910 v st. NV. CO. 1856. 49,
DOG nTse spstSdst soGseh sheep; black with white
Gay; Maryiand tag. 1866 Northampton St
EsppISc ET, GR 1852 ewes. and sunday Reward
ENGLISH SETTER white, about about months
EvERsHARP TWo-DASH PENCIL: RI LOST 1'ps on
samPuS sard cal Gi & wy S' 1fg F5jday March 10 Re
RRouN9' RsHaSg Plaf es tfb 19 2st in ne, section
books, issued 10 Lee Taylor; ring keys S35
eaShi .D ,sE iost on Mount Pleasant car. Reward
HANDBAG, black, with permit and keys;
lost in or near Republic Theater Wednesday
fnight, March 8. Liberal reward. AID. ll99.
WATCH: lady's, Hamilton; lost bet Cali
Reward. MA. 5000, Ext 217s or NO, 4G0T
HYDRAULIC JACKS, 4 lost from truck. in
vicinity 18th and Michigan ave. ne Finder
cal Fleet TRANSPORTATION Co, Lexington
$3.50. Baltimore. Nd. reverse charges.
KEY l,j;l.oa CHAN bearing tag license No.
l39G2a Call OR. 1911 after 630
Friday, March 10, in vicinity OF Garfinck
eiS eGT or Sonn ave, Reward, sH. 4729.
notiEBoOk; no1iaI @ black composition, with, i'm
ERaTYard Cail AID, 2s34, 4'' UNS'e'
ppt ppIPEs e.. in package addressed to Foster
EstuTn address; Reward. Wo O42o
KING, pearls. set in diamond-studded
PiSatdlnum Liberal reward. Phone Ma
RING, diamond engagement with dia-
rionaS pes on the side; lost Tuesday night
= -NALLET' n[i' brown, belonging to girl Govt
employe. containing money, social security
SSaTd No, No 434-32-1974. Liberal reward,
WALLET, identification. in o'Donnell's,
SS2ntalnlng S registration card issued to
eCall Morton Salt, Ma l4S7, -
q WATCH. lady's, sterling silver platinum
Win emerald studdins and rhinestones
viii vii pay Fay FIVE DOLLARS for return o,
brief case left in taxi Thursday morning
WRIST WATCH, Hamilton, between 18th
.ws1s1 rh1ne M AEs ll9s' Trying Trying D, Plant: II.
Dc luxe; lost on l4th st. NV, Phone foi EN- EN-
s216. Reward.
Evening star., 1944-03-11

message to me Of February 26, 1912,
that there is not now nor was there
then the slightest thought or inten-
ton of invading the territory Of Ire
land or Of threatening the security
of the Irish" and added that this
attitude was unchanged.
The Irish government wishes to
express their appreciation Of this
assurance. They were indeed sur
prised that so grave a note as that
Iof February 81 should have been
addressed to them. The terms of
the note seemed to them altogether
out Of harmony with the facts and
with the traditional relations of
friendship between the Irish and
American peoples.
They doubted that such a note
could have been presented had the
American Government been fully
aware Of the uniform friendly
character Of Irish neutrality in re-
lation to the United States and of
the measures which had been taken
by the Irish government, within the
limits of their power, to safeguard
American interests.
They felt moreover that the
American Government should have
realized that the removal of repre-
sentatives of a foreign state on the
demand OF the government to which
they are accredited is universally
recognized as the first step toward
war, and that the Irish government
could not entertain the American
proposal without a complete be-
trayal Of their democratic trust
Irish neutrality represents the
united will of the people and Par
lament. 1t is the logical conse-
quence Of Irish history and of the
forced partition of national terri
tory.
Promise to Britain Recalled.
Already before American entry
into the war, the policy of the Irish
government toward Britain, Amer
ica's ally, had been directed toward
carrying out the intentions indi-
Gated in a statement Of policy made
by me in Dali Eireann Grish Par
liament) on May %, 1885, namely
that "our territory would never be
permitted to be used as base for
attack upon Britain"
That policy has during the war
been faithfully pursued. From. the
beginning, by the establishment of
strong observation and defense
Evening star., 1944-03-11
King Peter Reaches
London by Plane

LONDON, Mar. II LP).-Yugo-
slavia's King Peter, it was officially
announced, reached England today
and Britain speculated as to wheth-
er Prime Minister Churchill or Dan
Cupid was responsible for his COM
ing.
Although Peters arrival had been
variously reported during the last "a
hours, the official announcement
said he came by air, arriving here
at 8 O'Clock this morning. 1t was
understood that plane difficulty en-
route caused his arrival to be de-
layed.
His appearance in London
strengthened indications of a mount
Ing British determination to brins
about unity among Yugoslav fac
tions-probably under the fighting
banners of Marshal Tito (Josip
Broz), with King Peter remaining as
head of the government.
However, there's another angle.
Princess Alexandra of Greece,
Peters f1ancee, also is in London,
and on the outcome of the Kings
visit may depend the answer as to
whether the royal couple will marry
in exile or wait for postwar cere-
mony.
Evening star., 1944-03-11

forces. by a wide and rigorous CEN
sorship Of press and communica-
tions, by an extensive antiespionage
organization and by every other
means within our power, we have
endeavored to prevent the leakage
through Ireland Of any information
which might in any way endanger
British lives or the safety of Great
Britain.
Since the United States entered
the war the same spirit of scrupu-
louS regard for American interests
has been shown. American officials
have had an opportunity Of seeing
the measures which have been taken
they have indeed made favorable
comments on their effectiveness
and 1t is satisfactory to observe that
in the note itself not single in
stance OF neglect is alleged and no
proof Of injury to American inter-
ests Is adduced. Should American
lives be lost it will not be through
any indifference or neglect of its
duty on the part of this state.
Nazi Radio Confiscated.
AS was known to the American
officials, it is true that the German
Minister had wireless transmitter;
but he had been for a long time de-
barred from using it and it has been
in the custody of the Irish govern
Evening star., 1944-03-11
Spain Reported Ready
To Gust IS German
Diplomats in Tangier
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Spain today was reported to
be ready to oust from the inter-
national city of Tangier, across
from Gibraltar, the remaining Is
German diplomats of a group OF
II whose removal was requested
by the United States.
An American official who has
just returned from North Africa
said two diplomats already had been
sent from Tangier The II, he said
in an interview in which he refused
to be identified by name, are among
those most Objectionable to the State
Department. Requests for their
custer was made by the United
States shortly before this country
placed an embargo on oil to Spain.
There are approximately so per-
sons in the Nazi consulate headed
by DR.. Kurt Reith, the official said
Whether Spain will move the rest of
the Germans out of Tangier and
close the consulate is a matter of
speculation, he added.
DR.. Reith is described as one of
the smoothest and ablest Nazi dip
lomatic operators.
There is even a police attache in
the consulate who is nothing more
than Gestapo agent" the official
said. "All of this despite the fact
that there are no German residents
in the city and very few travellers" !"
ut is simple matter for them to
watch from their windows ships
moving through Gibraltar and radio
the ews to Berlin" he continued.
I'm addition they have girls who
frequent the few night clubs and
bars in the city and pick up all
kinds of information helpful to the
Axis"
British soldiers quartered at
Gibraltar used to spend their off
time in Tangier, he said, but when
it was realized that they were fall
ing victims to the girls, the British
had to declare the city out of
bounds for soldiers.
Evening star., 1944-03-11
Yugos|av Minister
To Russia A|igns
Himself With Tito
By the Associated Press.

MOSCOW, Mar. 11.-Stanojf
Simic, Yugoslav Minister to the
Soviet Union, has renounced
King Peters government and
placed himself at the disposal of
Marshal Tito (Josip Broz), it was
disclosed today in a letter pub
lished in Pravda.
In second letter 1t. Col. Meo-
drag Lozic, Yugoslav military at
tache here, announced similar ac-
ton. Both letters were addressed to
Tito.
Simic and Lozic accused the roy
alist government of failing to con-
duct a peoples war against the
Germans and of obstructing pa
triotic Yugoslavs who desired to
fight for liberation of the country.
Pravda, in an accompanying note,
said the two men asked that the
letters, which were dated March 10,
be published.
Evening star., 1944-03-11
Text of De Voiero's Reply
Reiectinu American Request

FOLLOWING is the tert OF the
Irish governments note of re-
lection to the American request
that German and japanese
agents be expelled from Ireland,
as 1Dritten by Prime Minister
De Valera and released By the
Irish Legation in Washington:
The note of the American Govern
ment was handed to me by the
American Minister on February 81
l Informed him at once that the re-
quest it contained was one with
which it was impossible for the Irish
government to comply. The Irish
government have since given the
matter careful consideration and I
now confirm the reply which I then
gave verbally.
The Irish government have also
received the assurance of the Amer
lean Government conveyed to the
Irish Minister at Washington and
later confirmed by the American
Minister here in an interview with
me on February %, to the effect that
the American Government did not
contemplate proceeding to military
or other measures because of the
reply which had been given.
The American Minister quoted in
particular the Presidents, personal
Evening star., 1944-03-11
e Enthusiastic Dublin Approval
OF De Volero's Action Reported

Irish Daily Telegraph said the
people Of Northern Ireland gen.
orally indorsed the American re-
quest because they know how easy
it is to collect information from our
camps and shipyards here and to
take this back into Fire for trans
mission to the Axis"
Publication of the American re-
quest and Mr.. De Valeras refusal
disclosed the reasons for the alarm
which swept Fire two weeks ago
when local defense units were sud-
denly modified and extra guards
were posted at bridges and airports.
The British press said Mr.. De
Valera ordered these measures
since lifted-after David Gray,
American Minister. presented the
note February 21.
There are no recent official figures
on the number Of persons employed
In the German legation and the
Japanese consulate in Dublin, but II
Is known In London that the Ger.
mans had about 40 employees, sew.
eral OF them press attaches, in 1941.
Belfast sources say the Japanese
consulate has personnel Of two.