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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-28
BY CHIP ROYAL
AP Newsfeatures Sports Editor

New York.-When little new
year 1945 daWned on the athletic
horizon, it appeared headed for
a gloomy IL months. Baseball
men didn't kno wifi they would
have enough players to start a
season. Horse racing vas ban
ned. All the other sports had lost,
or were losing top performers to
the war.
But the little fellow moved
the safety pin up another notch
on his white pants, gave a pat
on the back here and there, whis-
pered a word of encouragement
on this and that ear drum, and
the athletes went to work.
The result is that 1945 will al
ways have a special place in that
part of the heart where sports
memories are kept to be discus
sed around the fireplace or the
pot-bellied stove.
BOYS and girls in and out of
the armed forces combined to
give record-breaking throngs in
horse-racing, trotting-pacing, foot
ball boxing, basketball and base
ball the best performances they
could in all sports. Champions
won and lost their crowns-and
fans lost their voices voicing their
approval.
Taking the sports from w to B,
Just to be different, here are the
outstanding performers and per-
formances, starting with wrest-
ling.
The pro mat Champs are so
numerous it would take columns
to tell about them. But, Navy re-
tanned the Eastern Intercollegiate
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-28
Football

OF course Army and the Cleve-
land Rams ruled football. The
Cadets beat all opponents to make
it Is straight in two years and
placed five men on the 2lst Asso-
ciated Press All-American team.
The Rams copied their first pro
title by edging the Redskins 1914.
Doc Blanchard of Army and
Bob W~aterfield of Cleveland were
the grid stars of the year. Nays
Dick Duden won the Knute
Rockne trophy for exceptional
line play.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-28
Boxing

Rocky Graziano probably was
the greatest athletic discovery of
the year. The native East Side
New Yorker hit the boxing fans
Imagination harder than any
fighter in many years. He scored
five knoekouts, never lost a bout,
and drew two Madison Square
Garden houses il excess of $780,
600.
Willie Joyce of Philadelphia had
more main events in the Garden
(seven) than any fighter. He
won four, but all his fights were
thrillers. Ike Williams, also OF
Philly, who won the MIA nod,
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-28
Pocing

Titan Hanover, who vas so
good that they wouldn't let the
fans wager on her at the Handle
tonian, easily was the best of the
trotters and PAGERS. Adios led the
aged PAGERS with a 1;57h mile, a
new record.
Sep Palm of Indianapolis was
the leading money winning driv-
er but one-legged Edward Jones
of Franklin, Mass, again had
more winners.
All harness tracks broke at
tendance records and in turn
passed out bigger purses. Roose-
welt Raceway, Westbury, N. Y,
ran continuously from June until
| October, six nights a week, and
attracted more than a million
fans.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-28

BE ALVAREZ Just because
we're endavoring to make a
living from our business is
not a reason we should not
be touched with the finer
sentiments of lie. Quite on
the contrary -. we hope to
succeed because we have
learned the needs and
wishes of the people. of this
community and know how
to cater to their best inter
estS.
The more Joy you gather
from the ensuing year, the
better we are pleased. HAP
Ply NEW A
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-28
Horse Racing

Busher was the horse of the
year as well as the leading money
winner, bringing her earnings up
to 1894, $50. Stanley Pipiec was
the leading trainer, supplanting
Hirsch Jacobs. This was the sec
ond time in 13 years that Jacobs
took second honors.
The horses didn't start running
until Nav but they attracted rec
n -breaking wagering of $780,
SABA. New York had seven
DAYS when the mutuels topped
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-28
u. S. Sports Thrived In l945 Despite Gloomy Outset

four million dollars and one S.
016,745 card.
Hoop, Jr., won the big Kentuc-
ky Derby held a month late but
pulled sp lame a week later ir
the Preakness. Stymie. a horse
Jacobs bought for $1,000, was the
leading handicap racer. Mrs, Eliz-
abeth Graham, Maine Chance
Farm, led the money winning
stables. Job Dean Jessop, a little
fellow from Nibley, Utah, was the
top Jockey.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-28
Basketball

Seven-foot Bob Kurland led the
Oklahoma Aggies to top basket
ball honors. George Mikan, an
other giant and the player of the
year, set a new Garden record
by scoring SO points in one game.
He also notched 100 points in the
three games here.
The Philips Oilers of Bartles-
vile, OKLA. won the National
AAU honors and the Vultee
Bomberettes of Nashville, Tenn,
ruled the women. The Fort
Wayne, Ind, Zollners again were
the best among the pros.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-28

title as did Richard Vaughan of
Lancaster, Pa, the AAU heavy
weight.
In trapshooting, 1t. Vic Rein
ders, Waukesha, Wis, was the
male champion of champions and
Mrs. Ruth Knuth, Indianapolis,
repeated for her sex.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-28
S. and Canadian titles.

U. S. and Canadian titles.
The biggest upset on the green's
was turned in by Amateur Fred
Haas, Jr., New Orleans, who won
the Memphis open by beating
stars like Nelson and Sammy
Snead. It was the first amateur
win over the pros in nine years.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-28
Coli

Byron Nelson was master of the
links. The great golfer won S66,-
900 in war bonds the top figure
for all club swingers), 10 tourna-
ments up to Christmas, and the
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-28

The first LID. of Harvard col
lege was conferred on Professor
John Winthrop in <1773.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-28

was the only one ney champ
crowned.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-28

quist distributed the gifts.
The meeting was closed with
prayer by Mr.. Campbell.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-28

Harvard college was expanded
into Harvard University under
the charter of 1850.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-28

In the Germany of the Middle
Ages, Gothic buildings wer gem
orally initiative of the French.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-10-27
CAROL BRI(E GIVES SERIES
OF Obs SONG RE(ITAl5

NEW DIRK, Oct. q (ANP).-
Carol Brice, outstanding young
contralto who last spring won the
Naumber Foundation award, began
series of song programs over CHS
Monday, Oct. % (WABC-CBS,
6:30-6:45 P. NJ, EST. The dates
scheduled for her programs were
Oct. % and 20, accompanied by the
pianist Bertha Melnik; and Tues
days from Nov. 27 to Dec. 18 inclu-
sive, when she will be accompanied
by the Columbia Concert orchestra
under Bernard Herrmann's direc-
ton.
This series resulted from an ap-
pearance with the Columbia Broad
casting symphony during it's recent
summer series. Miss Brice did the
vocal part when Fritz Reiner con-
Quoted de Falla's Gel Amor Brujo"
on Sept. z. She was so enthusiastic
cally received that arrangements
were Immediately begun for the
present series of broadcasts.
Miss Brice was born in Indian.
apolis, reared and educated in Sc
dalia, N. G.. Before winning the
Naumberg prize, she had won a
number of awards including a sill
yer cup in a statewide musical fes-
tival in North Carolina, and five
year fellowship at the Juilliard
Graduate school.
Miss Brice's first program was
made up of songs by three German
composers, Franz, Schubert and
Brahms.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-10-27
OPENING OF PALMER INSTITUTE
Many ATTEND FORMAL

SEDAL1A, N. c., Oct. II
(ANP) ).-Commemorating the
44th anniversary, the formal
opening of Palmer Memorial Insti-
tute was observed by hundreds of
friends of Greensboro and other
nearby towns, including so Ben
net students.
AT IL a. m. a message was
brought by DR.. Benjamin Mays,
president of Morehouse college, At
lanta, on "Who Will Be the Most
Outstanding Man or Woman From
Palmer 80 Years From Now"
The speaker declared that the
student most likely to succeed will
not necessarily be the most bril-
liant, not the wealthiest, not the son
or daughter of the parents who en-
Joy the most social prestige, and not
necessarily the most beautiful girl
or the most handsome boy, but the
most useful, and the most helpful,
and the most influential boy or girl
for good.
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-15
'ARY lo44

The $2,315,0OO,0oO second war time tax bill goes to the White House . Army takes over seven Fall River Mass.) textile mills Russian bear-hug connects with foe Swift-moving Uk- rainians encircle Nazis at Kiev Movie Star Jimmy Stewart now a major in Army Air Forces Tedder, pipe-smoking Scot, made air chief marshal-second in command to Eisenhower |. Star "Nova Pictoris' found flat tened at poles Supreme Sow jet provides autonomy for 16 re- publics of U. s. s. R. Deb- utante Lucy Sochrane's in Zieg- field Follies Adolf Hitler's Nazis anniversary speech less violent, less boastful .. "Gloomy Dean" Inge: Britain as great in-
 dustrial nation cannot recover from war; Britons will become agriculturists -. Sen. Hattie
 Caraway, on birthday, gives homegrown nuts to her Senator colleague, John L. Mcclellan,
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-15

from Arkansas Kwajalein Is- land captured by U. s. troops |. Tax bill vetoed by Roosevelt :. Krivoi Rog captured by Russians :. Wendell Willkie celebrates 53d birthday =. Martha Rave, comedienne, wins Mexican di- vorce from third husband |. Edgar Lee Masters, "A, of 'sSpoon River Anthology" fame, found destitute in New York Grow
 CT Cleveland Bergdoll, World War I. draft dodger, released from Leavenworth prison |. Raymond Clapper, columnist killed in air crash Soldier vote problem complicated by me-
 chanics and politics Predic- tion: Finland soon may make peace with Russia Stephen Hopkins, Marine son of Harry L. Hopkins, killed in the Pacific ;. :.
 Divorce. Edna Marie Skelton "dood it. to Red Skelton :.
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-15

'to London from Middle East Roosevelt: "We move toward
 complete defeat of our enemies by land, by sea and by air ]. Novgorod captured by Reds !. Gustav line hammered by Fifth Army Count Ciano executed for treason" Bidu Sayao cites Brazilian woman's mission in life. gro be beautiful and kind, to make music, to make life pleasant for man" Argen- tina breaks with Axis Army Navy report: 5,200 Americans died in Philippines of starvation and torture . Nation pledges to avenge victims Worlds greatest warship, 45,000-ton Mis- souri, launched U. s. ships and planes in savage attack on Marshall Islands Dimout lift ed in New York 'tTony"
 Anthony DrexeD Riddle, IT,, sheds civies for uniform Sec retary Stimson: s'We must accept the casualties which are bound to come" Congress sldetracks Presidents request for nation al service act President is 62 John D. Rockefeller, IT,, 70 Gen. MacArthur, GA F.. D. R. and Eleanor deed Hyde Park homestead and B acres to U. s. Hollywood motorist Josephine Lee, fined for speed ing, says she had to drive that way to keep sailors off Ty- phus in Naples Johnny CTar- zan) Weissmuller sued for di-
 vorce.
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-15
JANUARY lo44

NEW YEAR Looks auspi. cious for victory =. Invasion rumors Red army crosses old Polish border ;. U. s. suicide rate declines =. Roosevelt, bed ridden with grippe, says: "Our armed forces are gathering for new and greater assaults AL lied air fleets blacken German skies Tommies and GIs move forward in Italy Germans reel under hammer blows of Rus sians West coast motorists drain gas stations dry Great CT military tonnage movns over the Hump than ever did over Burma Road Mrs. Herbert Hoover dies in New York City at 68 Antanas Smetona, exiled president of Lithuania, dies in Cleveland Betty Grable's unborn child nominated t'Babe of the Year" Shall soldiers vote? Fourth war aoan drive "Winnie" returns
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-15
MARCH l944

NimitZ picks up another atoll Americans fight in Asia for first time in this war rolling up 25-to-1 score against Japanese in
 
 Burma =. Kherson captured by Russians =. FBI arrests 31 per- sons in Florida in effort to end black market in railroad res rva- tions .. 7. Gripsholm homeward
 Continued on Page 3
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-15

THIS PHOTOGRAPH iypifies the story of l944-the year of invasions. The peak amphibious operations were the preaching of Fortress Europe on June 6
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-15
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Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-12-19
Matt Sc ie oqIosiIo IL vosi Ponikve

NOV, da bo roka dobra, da DO
kaksno sluzbo dobil. Donna je
vse V redu, kakor je drugod.
"Jaz sem bolj bolehna in ne
morem dosti delati. Ia obleko je
tudi hudo, &c bos mogla kaj po-
slati. Me veseli, da ste Sc vsi Ii
vi. Imas Elsie pri sebi? Use
bi rada videla. Kesam Sc, ko nj
sem prisla v Ameriko. Teta so
pisali TIM; skrbijo "a mas, da
nam bodo kaj poslali, kadar DO
mogoce. Emo leto sem bila pri
Zakrajsku, so sami gospa pa
Wanda. Moski so bill vsi pobiti.
PRAY lepo pozdravim vse, Te-
be; moza in otroke ter vse pri-
jateljice, posebno pa Tebe, mo-
jo ljubeco hcerko,
"Tvoja mamica
"Marija Francelj'.
ops. Trckova hisa je bila VISA
pozgana in Nemci so jim ubili
tudi njih edinega sina."
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-12-19

goce popisati. Ma vse nacine so
mucili mas ubogi narod.
"Tako I'll povem, da je tudi
sestra Francka umrla, je bila
ubita. Vidis, tako mas ostane Sc
samo pet cd enajstih otrok. Ma
SO hiso so tudi fasisti zazgali.
JAZZ mislim, da smo re zadosti
pretrpeli. v nasi vasi je tudi
veliko pomanjkanje mladine. Sa-
mo cd Krascevega Toneta dru-
zine jih manjka pet. Cd teh so
trije sigurno ubiti, pa tudi "a
ostala diva Sc mic Sc ne We. Po-
leg teh, pa manjka Sc vec dru-
9Th. Sc enkrat I'll moran reel,
da je nemogoce vse popisati, ko-
liko straha smo prestali, bomb
in vse vrste druge slabosti.
"Dragi France, zelo me DO
veselilo, &c bos I'll to pisemce
dobil in pa da bi mi potem takoj
odgovoril. Popisi mi vse natanc-
no, kako je S Teboj in Tvojo
druzino. Zelo me DO veselilo, po
tako dolgem casu spet kaj slisa-
ii cd Tebe, ker nimamo druge-
ga brata, kakOr samo Tebe.
"Sedaj maj to zadostuje, Ii
bonn pa Sc drugic kaj vec pisa
la, ako dobis to pismo in odgo-
voris. Sedaj ii posljem Sc maj
lepse pozdrave, Tebi, Tvoji zenl
in sinu. Ravnotako tudi cd mo-
/ lie druzine in ostanem Tvoja Sc.
stra
"Jozefina Brajkovic
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-12-19

enemu gestapovcu nekaj rekla,
da mu nj bilo vsec.
INA Jesenicah sta bila pa
brat Francel in sestra Pavla v
vedni nevarnosti. X Pavli SO
ljudje nosili zivez, da ga je po-
tenn Francel znosil v hribe med
partizane; delal je do zadnjega.
Njegova hcerka Francka je bila
pri partizanih in je sla tudi sko-
ri par hudih bojev "a Trst in je
Sc sedaj v vojni sluzbi.
'Res, da nam sedaj Sc marsh
kaj primanjkuje, pa to nj mic
cudno po TAXI vojni in razvali-
nah.
"Tisti, XII smo trpeli, znamo
tudi sedaj potrpeti, ker vemo, da
bo vsak dan boljse. So pa ljudje,
XII so med vojno dobro ziveli in
mic pomagali; tt pa godrnajo in
hujskajo.
"Te prosim, da mi pises, kako
ste vi ia strasni cas- prebili, in
tezko cakam odgovora.
"Polona.
Gertrude Fugger,
clanica drustva st. 68 ABB.
"Novo Doba," 'glasilo ABB.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-12-19
CUDNO NAKLJUCJE S
SEDMICO

j. L. Whorton v Memphis,
Tenn, hi 81 moral narediti udob-
no zivljenje, &c hi bill v igri S
kockami tako srecen, kot je v
sorodstvu. Sedmica je "a ME-
ga zelo znacilna stevilka. Ma pri-
mer: Njegov oce je bill eden IL
med sedmero otrek druzine, raw
notako tudi matt; on sam je
sedmi sin; ina sedem bratov
in sedem sester; ina sedem sva-
kov in sedem svakinj; njegova
zena ina sedem bratov in Sc
ster in zeno imata sedem 81
nov in sedem vnukov.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-12-19
PlSMA IL STARECA kRAJA
xiv ie bill sezeon v +oboris9u

Dobro poznani in aktivni dru-
stvenik Mr.. Frank Segulin,
20341 Arbor Ave, je prejel pi-
smo cd svoje sestre Jozefine
Braj jkovic, bivajoca v Trstu. Sc
stra mu sporoca razne novice il
domacega kraja, a zal so vse
zalostne. Brata Jakoba so Men,
ci po vec-mesecnem trpincenju
in mucenju, zivega virgil v gore
co pee, kjer je dokoncal svojo
trnjevo zivljenje.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-12-19
VKroniu SO live Iiudi zoprIi vgorece hise

Monessen. Pa. -- Cenjeni SO;
brat urednik :-Podpisana Ger
trude Fugger, elanica drustva
st. 6S ABB, sem prejela pismo
cd svoje sestre Polone Berton-
celj, XII zivi v Kranju, kjer je
tudi moi pokojni brat Flip Ro-
tarszivel svojo druzino. Mas
dom pa je ma Jesenicah.
Ker v Novi Dobi Sc nisem vi
della dopisa il Gorenjske, bi ra-
da, da ga priobcite. Pismo v ne
koliko skrajsani obliki Sc glasi:
"Kranj, 1.-1O. 1945.-Draga
sestra!
"Po dolgem casu I'll zopet pi-
sem z upanjem, da ste Sc zivi in
ma starem naslovu. Vem, da Sc
spominjas, ko sem I'll veckrat
pisala, da Sc mad nami zbira hu-
da nevihta. In res je bilo hudo,
da Sc lie eudim, kako je to minilo
in da je bilo Gorenjski Sc toliko
prizaneseno; Sc rece, glede zbi-
janja po Dolenjski in Notranj-
ski je bilo hujse.
"Nemci in domaci izdajalci,
bella garda, so pozgali vec vasi,
po bombardiranju so pa jesse
nice najvec trpele; ma tovarno
pa MISC mic metali. Cloveskih zr-
tev pa je toliko, da jih "a en-
krat niti presteti ne moreno,
ker sc DO Sc vedno kdo oglasil z
vprasanjem, kje je ia ali oni.
Nemci SO po cele vasi izpraznili,
ljudi so odpeljali v Nemcijo ma
delo, nekatere v lagarje, nekaj
pa so jih med potjo postrelili.
"Nasi izdajalci in 'belo-gardi-
sti' so, &c so imeli ma koga jezo,
Nemcem javili, da ia in ia pod
pira partizane, pa so prisli in
vse domace v hiso zaprli, okrog
hise polili benzin, V hiso pa ne
kaj zazigalnih bomb vrgli, po-
tenn pa pazili, da ia nj kdo il
hise usel, da so vsi zivi zgoreli.
"Gotovo tam citate, kaj so ii
tigri vse poceli z ljudmi, vem, da
to komaj verjamete, da so kaj
takega zmozni oni ljudje, XII so
sc tako S ponosom nazivali 'Kul-
turvolk.'
'Za osvobodilno fronto smo
delali vsi Slovenci, XII smo sc "a
vedali, zakaj je ia boj, in teh
mas je bila vecina.
"Podrobnosti I'll ne bonn po-
pisovala, je preobsirno in tudi
rane so Sc presveze, da hi clo-
vek neprestano dregal vanje.
Radi Sc malo zivcno odpocije-
mo, ker tudi naSi druzini nj bilo
prizaneseno, in smo veseli, da
mas je Sc toliko ostalo.
''Moj sin Marinko je bill 20
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-12-19

Mrs. Rose Gerl, 1857 E. 81
St. je prejela pismo Cd svoje
matere Marie Francelj il vasi
Ponikve, st. 62, posta Videm -
Dobrepolje ma Dolenjskem. To
je najbrze prvo pismo iz te va
81. Med drugi1n matt pise, da je
Trckova hisa bila do tai pozga-
ma in da SO Nemci ubili edinega
sina te druzine.
Vsebina pisma je sledeca:
Ponikve
"Draga moja hcerka!
"Najprvo Vas vse lepo po-
zdravim. Pc. dolgem casu sem
zopet dobila glas Cd Tebe. We'd
no ste mi bill v mislih. Donna
smo dosti pretali, da smo zivi
in zdravi ostali. Adolf je Sc xiv,
samo ranjen je v roko. Sedaj je
Sc v bolnisnici v Dobrni pri Ce-
lju. Ga nj bilo Sc mic domov. Pi-
sal mi je, .da pride kmalu do
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-12-19


''Dragi brat!
"Po teh dolgih in slabih ca
sih, vzamem pero v mojo roko
in pismeno pridem do Tebe S
zaupanjem, po petih dolgih in
slabih letih. Sporocim I'll o ma
Sem zivljenju. Moran I'll pove
dati, da smo dosti pretrpeli tu-
kaj, ma vse nacine - strah in
bombardiranje. Bilo je tezko "a
prestajati, tako, da nismo mi
sill, da bono prenesli, ker to so
bill prekleti casi "a clovesko ziv-
ljenje.
"Torej dragi brat! Omeniti
I'll hocem malo moi druzini.
Moran Ii povedati, da kmalu
bonn skoraj sama. Povem I'll,
da moja hci Sc je porocila in tu-
di ia starejsi sin. Ia mlajsi, XII
ina sele Is let, je V Jugoslavi-
il. Donna imam Sc enega sina, XII
je 20 let star. Ampak zalibog,
vojska mu je pokvarila njegovo
zivljenje. Leta 1943, ko je prisel
razpad Italije, je bill ranjen in
izgubil ie desno nogo. Ranili so
ga hudobni Nemci. Tako, vidis,
ljubi moi brat. Bio je nepopis-
no slabo. Ia starejsi moi sin je
tudi zmeraj bolj pri slabem
zdravju. Bill je V bolnisnici> sest
mesecev, kjer Sc je zdravil in je
sele pred kratkim prisel domov.
''Ko je bill moi sin ranjen, te-
daj sem JAZZ ravno prisla IL boil
nisnice. Bila sem diva meseca
bolna, ker sem imela titus. Tako
81 moras misliti, kako sem mo-
gla prenasati tako veliko gren-
kost. Pa Sc nobeden mi nj ho-
tel povedati, kako je ranjen moi
sin. Vsi so zakrivali in dejali,
da je le malo ranjen. Pc pet
najstih dneh po nesreci sem ko-
maj izvedela, da je brez noge.
Bila sem tako slabotna in sem
mislila, da ne bonn mogla pre-
nesti tega udarca. Ampak dra-
gi brat, verjemi mi, da je clo-
vek zmozen vec prenesti kot Ii
val.
"Moj MOI sedaj della. Bill je
tudi on emo leto v Nemciji in je
izkusil tisti prokleti narod. Dra-
gi France, hocem I'll napisati
malo tudi mojem bratu in Sc
stri. Misli 81, da tudi mi smo
mnogo po3utili. Zato moran
povedati, da je bill Jakob prijet
zaradi komunisticne politike. Bill
je tukaj v zaporu okrog tri me-
sece. So ga ze tukaj tako pre-
tepali, da je bill yes crn po vsem
zivotu in po obrazu, potem so
ga poslali pa v Nemeijo, v tisti
prokleti tabor, tako da tam so
ga pa neusmiljeno koncali. Vr-
gil SO ga v tiste njihove grozne
peel. Ali 81 mores misliti, koliko
je mas narod moral pretrpeti
vsega hudega? Vsega tega ubi-
ialstva in muceniStya lie nemo-