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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-11-07

tied Tuesday in Yakima with their
daughters, Mrs. Bob Nixen and
Mrs. Roland Fenton and their
families.
Frank Lincoln, coming from
Hood River, was calling on
friends Tuesday, leaving in the
evening to visit his daughter, Mrs.
Lee Wood and family at Cusick,
Wash.
Mrs. Jessie Mcclure returned
Friday from Portland where she
had been visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Harry WadsWorth and
family for two weeks. She also
visited at Carson, Oregon, with
her son and wife, Rev. and Mrs.
Ralph Sprague.
The Pasco-Kennewick Mems
bridge club met Tuesday evening
at the home of E. H. Behrman.
The Young Peoples Society of
the Nazarene church were en-
tertained at Halloween party
last week at the Don AmanS.
Mrs. w. S. Walters went Thurs.
day to visit her SON Harry and
family in Auburn, Wn.
A Walther League Rally will
be held next Sunday at the Beth
lehem Lutheran church, attended
by Leagues from SunnySide, Ell
lensburg, Yakima, Richland, Walla
Walla and the local group. Special
services in the morning will be
conducted by Rev. M. G. Kauth.
A light lunch will be served
at noon in the parish hall and
a business meeting held in the
afternoon. In the evening there
will be a banquet in the dining
room of the Methodist church
with an outside speaker giving
the inspirational address.
Mrs. John Sawyers and Mrs.
Reuben Gest visited friends in
Walla Walla on Friday.
A daughter was born to Mr..
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daughter, Mrs. Sarah Britton and
daughter, Martha, of Taylor, Neb.,
and NJ. and Mrs. Lloyd Slaugh-
baugh of Oakland, Calf.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Bowers
left Tuesday for Nebraska. They
plan to be gone for three months
and will visit with their son,
daughter and grandchildren.
Mrs. Russell Blair and Gary
Mrs. Austin Schubert and Sharon
Mrs. Della Dye, of Hover were
callers at the Mrs. w. M. Britton
home Tuesday. The ladies quilt
ed. .u5 r..
Mrs. Hazel Atwood, Mrs. Harold
Hack and daughter and Dolores
Hack were in Walla Walla Mon
day where Dolores received den
tai care.
Art Evanson visited at the
Nickel home one evening this
week.
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Council Passes
Big Budget
lContinued From Page u

taxation. With an assessed valua-
ton of $2,447, 915 in the city, taxes
have been set at is mills.
The council set December 3 as
the date for public hearings on
the assessment roll for Local Inn
provement District rs which will
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Thursday. November /, :.

provide for sidewalks a,s
on Kennewick Avenue wes s cub
canal. est Of n
General discussion Wac
several subjects with No neld o.
taken. Included in the dis v 'actia
were city coming, airport Ssusslos
ment, improved fire suevelop.
regulations and other spb;aoIectie
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RELAPSE
Raymond Hack was brought
home from Kadlac hospital at
Richland Tuesday and was taken
back Wednesday night very Ill.
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BUILDING SLOWS

Building construction in r.
wick, at its lowest ebh ,heant
year, still totaled to S27.22si ~ u
ober, Building inspector I" ".
Malchow, announced TO-DAY DEF
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-02-26
Primorska predpustna
domaGa veselica

Cleveland, O. - Clevelandskl
Primorci prirejamo po starem
obica ju naso pustno zabaVo, ka-
terra Sc vrsi V nedeljo g. marca
v Hrvatskem domu, 6314 St.
Clair Ave. Program Sc pricne
OBJ $50 popoldne in pies pa Oh
8. uri zvecer.
Kot druga leta, tako tudi le-
los Primorci prirejamo n naso
pustno zabavo "a dobre name
ne. Da letosnja pustna veselica
uspe cimbolje mogoce, smo "a
kljucili, da gre yes cisti dobicek
v pomoc nasemu narodu v start
kraj, kateri je tako potreben
nase pomoci.
Zato apeliramo ma vse Jugo-
slovane V Clevelandu, kot tudi
na nase primorske kolonije, kot
Bessemer, Akron in druge, da
mas ob;scite ma ia dan, da bono
skupno cimvec mogoce naredili
Ia pomoc nasemu narodu v do
movEi.
Ma programu imamo vprizo-
ritev smesne igre "Posa po vra-
gu'', katero bodo vprizorili sta
rejsi igralci. Kadar Sc Kuzma
Puz pokaze ma odru, Sc navzoci
pricno smejati. Prav tako je do
bra igralka Anna Hunjadi. V
tel igri ina emo glavnih vlog.
PRAY tako mas mladi Walter in
Anna Vlah bosta zadovoljila OBJ
:instvo. da Sc DO NINA goyo-
rilo do prihodnjega pusta.
Ma to prireditev pride il Ka-
made eden izmed nasih Primor-
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-02-26
Velik napredek Cleveland
Electric illuminating druzbe

Elmer L. Lindseth, predsed-
mix Cleveland Electric Illumi-
mating Co., je v svojem porocilu
"a leto 1945 podal delnicarjem
sledece podatke: Da je Illumi-
aating druzba postregla v letu
1o45 najvisje stevilo svojih od-
iemalcev v vsem casu. Druzoa
je imela oh koncu leta 1945 mic
mani kot 362,051 odjemalcev
2lektrike. V .teku IL mesecev so
&c odjemalci pomnozili "a Abb.
Radi konca vojne in znizanja
obrata v tovarnah, je druHba
zn.zala produkcijo elektrike "a
1925 odstotkov. Oh koncu leta
1915 je druzoa oddajala okrog
80 odstotkov mani elektrike,
kot v letu 1914.
Dohodki druzbe SO Sc v letu
1945 skrcili "a 81 odstotkov cd
prejsnjega leta in so znasali
$601 900 mani kot pa leta 1885.
Lastniki Common stock so
dobili "a leto 1945 po $1.95 "a
vsako delnico dobicka.
Priblizao devet miijonov do
larjev sc namerava porabiti v
letu 1916 "a razsirjenje in IL
boljsanje elektrarne. Namerava
Sc postaviti podruznico poslopje
"a $4,000 voltov transmisijske-
ga sistema pri Canal Rd. tovar-
nj.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-02-26
Druzinski koledarii
so dospeli

Cleveland, o. - Spodaj pod
pisani, mnogoletni prodajalec
Ameriskega druzinskega kole-
1arja "a Cleveland in okolico,
mammalian vsem starim in no.
vim odjemalcem, da tt koledar-
il "a leto 1916, so ravnokar do
spell " Cleveland. Sicer malo
bolj pozno, toda ia knjiga ina
vseeno svoj pomen. Ker pa jih
mann ma roki vec sto, ne bonn
nogel vsem narocnikom v krat-
KEN postreci. zato prosim vse
one, kateri bi radi to knjigo brz
citali, da Sc osebno oglasice ma
spodnjem naslovu,
Anton Jankovich,
14214 Westropp Ave.
(zgoraO
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-02-26
Nasa knjizevnost

Cleveland, 0. - Pc zakljuc-
ku druge svetovne vojne je po-
leg eksplozije atomske bombe,
siknilo v ozraeje tisoce proble-
NOV. Narodi Sc dvigajo v neiz-
prosni borbi "a osvobojenje in
neodvisnost Vrsi Sc borba med
vladujoeimi in med vladanimi.
VISA ia vprasanja SO premno-
GIN ljudem neznana. Zato je
velike vaznosti, da ne samo mi,
XII smo vec ali mani prizadeti,
ampak da nasi tu rojeni otroci
to vedo, kaj smo mi Slovani. Od-
kod prihaj jamo in zakaj smo pri-
sli v Ameriko.
Use to je povprecnemu Glove
ku nemogoce razloziti, tn rojeni
mladini. Zato je potrebno "a mas
Slovence, kakor tudi "a vse Slo-
vane, da 81 nabavijo ali narcotic
knjige, XII take stvari pojasnju-
jejo. TO je moralna dolznost
vseh starsev in najvecje sred-
stvo, da naso mladino seznani-
mo $ samim seboj.
Predvsem je priporocljiva
knjiga ia namen "A Nation of
Nations, spisana po nasem pi-
satelju Louisu Adamien, kate
rega ne bono nikdar dovolj ma
gradili "a njegova velika della
v korist JugosloVanoy. r
Druga zelo priporoAjiva knji-
ga je Two Hundred Fifty Mil
lion and One Slavs", spisana po
Vlaho S. Vlahovic. v tel knjigi
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-02-26
UREDNlKOVA PO$TA

cev, XII bo pozdravil navzoce V
irnenu Primorcev in ia je Edo
Jardas, glavni tajnik vseh hr-
vatskih klubov v Kanadi. V Pc
tju nastopi tudi skupina Pri-
morcev. Mali George Hunjadi
pl DO igral ma harmonike.
zelimo sporociti, da nastopi
tudi primorski pevcc Rudi Vi
c;c, katerega vsi radi poslusa-
mo. Pa da ne pozabim omeniti.
Me Primorke smo sc zavzele, da
pripravimo dober bakalar in po-
lento. Poleg bakalarja in pollen
te bo pa Sc nekaj drugega. "a
to nikar ne zamudite te prilike
in obis:ite naso predpustno "a
bavo, da Sc razveselite v Veseli
druzbi, kot je obicaj ma nasi pri-
morski pustni veselici. Vstopni-
ce stanejo v predprodaji SO ecu
tov, pri blagajni 60 centov; -
vstopnice samo Ia pies pa 30
centov. Ia pies igra Pete Srnek
Orkester.
Katarina Lucich.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-02-26

je tudi nekaj novega. v njej je
ma splosno opis razvoja SlQva-
nov, njih horbe in odpira bralcu
vse prilike, da mu postane jas
no marsikaj, kako tiranskp so
bill do sedaj vladani Slovani.
Taxa znanstvena della vzame-
10 mnogo casa in napora. Ne sa-
mo znanje, tudi mnogo dobre in
neupogljive wolfe je treba "a
;ake izdaje, XII vcasih Sc stros-
kov ne pokrijejo. 1ato Sc odlo-
Cite sedaj in narcotic knjige L.
Adamica, in &c je lie mogoce, tu-
di ono drugo.
Ia tax denar Sc nikoli preje
nismo dobili tako obSirno popi-
sano zgodovino, tudi v sloven-
scini ne. Posebno Sc, ker Sc je
Louis Adamic potrudl raziska-
tt nekaj mas, kar bi imelo biti
pozabljeno. Njegov naslov je:
Louis Adamic, Milford, New
Jersey. line knjige je: "A
Nation of Nations.
Druga knjiga je: Vlaho S.
Vlahovic, Beekman St., New
York Z, N. Y. Knjiga Sc imenu-
je: 1.-TWO Hundred Fifty Million
and One Slavs''. Ia kniiga sta
ae So; v mehko vezana pa samo
81.
Ogromni razmah k preporodu
slovanskih narodov je dvignil
njih tirane V obupno gen 10 pro-
Il razvoju casa. Da vzdczimo ia
naval, moramo poznsti naso
oreteklost, sedanjost in delati "a
naso srecnejso bodocnost.
M. I. Lab.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-02-26
"a krotek :eas

Trgovec z zeleznino je incl V
.oknu razstavljene potrebscine
"a ribolov. craven je bila ta-
blica znapison Fishing Tickle"
Kupec Sc ustavi v trgovini in
opozori ma doticni napis, ker je
napaoen, kar.: Sc tice sloynice.
HAli to nj ma tisto tablico Sc nj
hGe opozoril 2" prayi kupac.
f0, seveda SO me he opozorih,
mnogo Ih je prislo be pnvedati,
da je besedilo napaeno zapisa-
no in kadar so ustavijo znotraj
trgoYi1e, da me onozorijo ma
napako, vsakdo nekaj kupi tu-
Aai' 0dgoYori trgovec. ... !.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-02-26

jo vsoto. Smo clani Prpsvetne
natice. SNPI farme in Fedora
cije drustev sNPJ. Dalje pod
piramo finanGno Slov .enski drN-
stveni dom, kot tudi vsa kultur-
ma drustva " =naselbini.
Ker je torej treba ojaciti bla-
gajno, smo sklenili, da v ia ma
men priredimo veliko plesno ve-
selico v nedeljo, dne 3. marca
oh 1880 zvecer v Slovenskem
drustvenem domu ma Recher
Ave, Euclid, O. "a Piles bo igra-
la znana in popularna Kusar or
kestra. In kdor Sc je ze kdaj vr-
til po njenih zvokih, ia ne bo
zamudil te prilike.>
Nase drustvo posluje ze 35
let, kar znaci, da je med pionir-
il v euclidski naselbini. Zato mai
Sc smatra ia veselica kot 35-
letnica tega agilnega drustva.
Vabljeni SO vsi "oldtajmerji"
kot tudi mladi clani, katerih je
po zaslugi tajnika J. Ivancica,
zelo veliko stevilo. Precej je tu-
di bivsih pohabljenih vojakov,
katerim je drustvo gmotno pri-
skocilo ma pomoc. Seveda vabi-
mo tudi clane ostalih drustev
SNPJ, kot tudi splosno obcin-
stvo. Zavedajmo Sc gesla, da:
roka roko umije.
Frank Cesen.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-02-26
Predpustni Gas gre
proti koncu

Cleveland, o. Samo Sc ena
sobota nam ie ma razpolago,
katero bi pa morali z veseljem
N dobro voljo zakljuciti V kro-
gu vesele druzbe. V vecini nasi
fantje in dekleta, XII so bill
vojasRi sluzbi, Sc sedaj nahaja-
jo donna, med nami. Nekateri iz-
med teh Sc MISC razveselili do
pet let in vsem tenn casu MISC
videh nobene vesele druzbe, pac
pa lie trpljenje in zalost, bob
nenje zrakoplovov in pokanje
bomb. Vedno jim je bila smrt
"a petami in riskirano zivlje-
ME.
.Zatorej, fantje in dekleta,
predpustna sobota je sedaj tu-
kaj. Porabite cas- z veseljem in
z dobro voljo. Pridite ma veselo
zabavo med svoje prijatelje, ka-
terih mogoee re niste videli ne
xaj let. Poveselite Sc mimi v
prijetni druzbi, katere ne bo
manjkalo pri clevelandskih fam
eih in dekletih.
Pa tudi starejsi SO veseli, ako
vidijo med seboj mladino. Torej
le pridite v soboto ma zabavo
drustva Cleveland st. 1875
SNIP Slovenskem narodnem
domu ma St. Clair Ave. Nase
kuharice imajo res neka.j poseb-
mega "a predpustno soboto. To-
saji imajo pa nekaj skritega pri
zidu re vec let. Samo tho bodi-
te, da Sc ne posusi preje kot bo
;as "a to.
Pridite v soboto. Ma svidenjje!
j. J. G, tajnik.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-02-26
Anekdo+o

Ebert Hubbard je bill nekoc
povabljen od nacelnika New
yorskega zavoda "a unobolne,
naj naredi emo predavanje boil
nixon. MOI Sc je res odzval. Sre-
ii njegovega predavanja vstane
neka starejsa zenska in zavpi-
je: Ia bozjo voljo, te neumno-
sti pa nemorem mic vec poslu-
sati,' in je odsla.
Ia dogodek je zelo skrhel
Hubbarda. Naeelnik zavoda pa
je hotel stvar ublaziti in je to-
lazil Hubbarda tako: "Akcija te
zenske je pryi znak, da prihaja
spet k pameti." ...
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-02-26
Zaihtel je clovek in odgovoril:


"Slovenec semi" NJ
Takrat e Jezus sam brdko razjokal in je Sci dale
po svoji poti
Ia zgodba Sc e vrsa, ko e hodil Jezus po cesarski
cest resnica je, da hodi Sc zmerom
Mexico Sc pomenkoval tovaris kako bi pac bilo
nami, &c bi vek potres razmaknil zemljo Koj bill
obraz hudo resn in zalostn Nsem oliko zacud obra
zom bolj besedam Vsi rabi svoiih savkih trpeno
oblko druge MISC poznai-"Kaj bodo nami napravi?"
-"Kaj nam e soeno?"-"Kdo nam bo gospodaril?"-Prav
nkomur pa nj sego msel da bi rekel bono namesto
bodo nnogoterimi krizi in nadogam je Bog obsencn
slovenske ud napuha Jim nj dal Janez Trdna ia Slo
do konca nohtu zarad ponznosti nesreeno pr
strgel svoo naepSo bako Vsled goega spostovana do
Janeza Trdine to bako spet ustanov kakor spo
dob -
-Nato pripoveduje Cankar bajko tujem grascaku
XII e salo upijanil kmetSkega fanta Maaza preob
lekel lido in zamet ga polozl gosposko poselo in
tako ured da DO Matjaz ko Sc bo zbud mis da je
grascak Pa e Mataz zbudil kot grascak ime
nom Anzelj, poklica valpta k sebi in odredil:
"Jaz Anzej, grascak te grascine, enkrat "a
vselej spokori Sc odpoveda posvetnm izkusnjam
pojdem kloser Grad in kar e notr in craven, zap
sem tism, katerh je: kmetom, XII h tepel-Zasuci
pero Vapet udari pecat-Kmetje zijai nastezaj,
zadnje pa zavp vprek: Bodi Matjaz mas grascak in
kralj!"
Matjaz XII je take besede ssal Sc je neznano razhu
dill:
Proketi kostruni Enega psa ste mei, da hi aja mad
vami re bekecete drugim Kostrun e kostrun!-Zaja
hal je konja ter jezdil ma hrvasko stran.-
Tako Sc je Ivan Cankar hudoval in zgrazal mad HAP
cevskim rojak In vendar je bila neomajna MEM
W nasih srch zapisano, evangeliju da vstajenje
PRIDE prt Pa bodi Sc vee bi6ana in ponzanja
bod pot Colgate Sc tako strma in strasnauprmo oc
solnce nase veiko jutro e blzu ca dina rosna
zarja njegova"
Kajti kolikor soeev jh e pablo bojiseh. kolikor
tisoeev ih e uro donna cd vsega hudega-ostalo h bo
Sc dovol da zgod eerner trdno in prepr
can: tenn ogromnem pokopalseu. teh cd soz in krv
bogato pognojenih teh 81 bodo zgradi sinovi in vnuk
svetles epsi DOM XII 81 ga bodo uredi po svo il trp
lenja vzkipel vo po svojem. novih spoznanjh dozo
relom razumu!
Ma meni. moh ple1h. pleeih delavca- proletar-
son bodocnost slovenskega naroda naroda proetar
ca"
MI kar mas je mi vsi te msli da je mas edin
cilj. da dosezemo jugoslovansko republiko.
Brez Trsta. brez morja b bila svobodna. sanostona
Tnno
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-02-26
TAX je mas protest


Cleveland, o. - V casopisih
je bila ze veckrat izrazena SUI
gestija, da hi Sc .poslalo nekega
g., kaplana, najveejega hujska-
ca proti danasnl JugoslaviI, "
RIM kjer hi nasel sebi enako
dr.uzbo: Nnake opazke' je slisa-
ii tudi po drustvenih sejah in
kjerkoli Sc zbirajo ljubitelji no
We federativne in demokraticne
rcpublike Jugoslavije.
pa, zelo zazeljiyo in priporoc-
1.-Two bi bilo, ,da bi sc res sam in
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-02-26
Veselica drustva 1t. l58

Euclid. O. - Minulo je ze pet
let odkar nj imelo nase drus-
two nobene priredbe. In ce po-
mislimo, da smo med tenn Ca
som finaneno podpirali vse ko-
ristne narodne A.stanove. tedaj
nj cudno, da So je nasa blagaj-
ma precej posusila. Drustvo Ia
vedni sosedje' nina svojega
imena samo "a parade, temYec
je tudi dejansko zaYedno:, IA
SANS prispeva vsako leto vec-
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-02-26

HASoSSNNAJAN gSSOS1 Gill - SAS9
venske naselhine, kjer Sc je pri
syojih katolicanih ze zelo zame-
ril. Ali mar res pricakuje on in
MENU enaki, da bono verjeli
njihovi laznjivi propaganda, me-
sto resnici nash starsev, bratov
in sester, XII nam porocajo ravno
obratno? Ne! Glas nash maj
drazjih mas je dosegel in nam
povedal, kako Sc je drzalo in ka,
81 izvolilo ljudstvo tamkaj Pre-
prosti in bogabojeci kmet Sc nj
ma sile lagati in potvarjati res
nice. Use drugace je pa z witt
mi politikasi, XII 81 zelijo imeti
tudi v novi Jugoslaviji prvo in
zadnjo besedo. Toda videS, da
je igra zanje izgubljena in da
Sc njihov vpliv nikoli ne povr-
ne, tulijo kot obsedeni. Prosto
vam. Ali vsake muzike je en-
krat konec, tako bo tudi vase.
Vprasamo vas tudi: "Kdo
drugi je bolj upravieen odloee-
vati politicnem in gospodar-
skem ustroju drzave in O njeni
bodocnosti, kot to ljudstvo, XII
sc je borilo nadcloveskim ma
porom ter stradalo in umiralo?
In &c oni zatrjujejo, da so 81
izvojevali svobodo v pravem po.
menu besede, Jim bono mi tc
tudi verjeli. Oni donna pa so in
bodo sledili takim dusnim pa
stirjem, XII so bill YES cas- vojne
in so tudi sedaj ma domaci zem-
Iii in ma strani ubogega in Sc
vedno izmucenega ljudstva. Ia
XII duhovniki SO zanje in "a mas
zlata vredni.
Ne bono pa verjeli onim, XII
so vedrili izven Jugoslavije ma
varnem in spekulirali, kako bj
zopet zapravili po ljudstvu tez-
ko izvojevano svobodo.
Da pa boste vedeli, da stoji-
mo ma strani jugoslovanskcga
liudstva, smo sc cianice drus-
iva Naprednih Slovenk st. 137
SNPJ zopet izrekle podpreti te
trpine gmotno pomocjo v vso-
ii 200 dolarjev. Vidite, ia XII
protest. so najucinkovitejsi. tt
s.ejejo. Use drugo jezikovanJe
in prerekanje z vami ne more
prinesti nasim malckom nobene
utehe in pomoci. Ia bolna mia
dez potrebuje nasih dolarjev.
Me, kot matere, vse to razume-
mo, cato nam pamet in vest ma
rekujeta, da Jim pomogamo V
vseh ozirih. Prosimo tudi druga
drustva in posameznike, da po-
stopate po nasem zgledu in po
zgledu drugih pred nami in da-
ste tudi vi zausnici podobnim
hujskacem tenn, da prispevate
v ia najpomembnejisi in Maple
menitejsi sklad: "a otrosko boil
nisnico.
Clanice drustva "Naprednih
Slovek" st. 137 SNPJ.
Josephine Mocnik, preds.
Josie Zakrajsek, tajn:ca
To,ooI;,D Too+y,il> h1o0
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Pearl Hurbor
Continued From First Page.)

thrust on u.s." the outspoken officer
who was Rear Admiral Husband E
kimmel's chief of staff, replied.
why didn't we know what sort
OF war Japan was preparing for?'
Senator Ferguson asked.
We didn't have enough fighter
planes, the admiral pointed out
nor did we have modern anti
aircraft batteries.
The United States Fleet didn't
have modern 'radar equipment al
the time, Admiral Smith added.
He told the committee that In
December, 194l. the feet was
equipped with four -barreled anti
aircraft guns which proved vir-
tually useless in combat, because
they filled the decks with smoke
which blinded the crews.
We'll, hadn't those guns ever
been tested?" Senator Ferguson
asked
yes, many times" said Admiral
Smith.
He added that improved equip
ment had been ordered. But at the
time of Pearl Harbor the gear had
not arrived from the United States,
he explained.
Surprise Attack Called Mistake.
Staff officers of the Pacific Fleet
took the position before the wal
that Japan was too intelligent tt
undertake such foolhardy venture
as an attack on the fleet at Pear
Harbor, Admiral Smith testified
Il still think the japanese mad.
their greatest mistake in hittins
Pearl Harbor," Admiral Smith said
Admiral Smith said the possibilit,
OF such an attack often was dis.
cusSed in 1941 at staff meetings.
Admiral Smith referred sarcas
tically to the previous testimony O.
naval strategists" who had ex
pressed the opinion that the Japa
nese would have struck the feet i
it had been based on the West Coas
instead of in Hawaii.
Il have been impressed" he said
by the statements on naval strateg,
by officers who are not naval strate
gists. I do not claim to be one, bu
1 think it's ridiculous to believe (.
Japanese fleet could have ap
preached San Pedro, Calf, with
out being detected"
The admiral pointed to the larg,
amount of ship traffic in that area.
They would not have dared ap
proach the West Coast" he added
1T has been said they would hav,
attacked Panama-anywhere, and
suppose that included New York"
Admiral Smith was firm in tn,
opinion that Japan would not hav,
tried to attack the United States
without first taking Hawaii.
Evening star., 1946-02-01
Negotiations Under Way
For Ironion-Red Talks

TEHERAN, Feb. / (P).-A source
close to Premier Ahmed Qavam Es
Saltaneh announced today that ne
gotiations already were under way
for opening direct discussions be-
tween Iran and Russia on the
Azerbaijan dispute.
"Qavam has cabled Seyed Hassan
Taqizadeh Qranian Ambassador in
London) and Ali Soheily "a member
OF Trans UNO delegation) to confer
with the Soviet vice commissar
Andrei Vishinsky, in London on pro-
cedure and similar cable has been
sent to Ambassador Ahi in Moscow,
the informant said.
He added that the new Premier
was considering the possibility OF
naming an eight-man mission to
the Soviet capital.
Meanwhile, a further relaxation
in Russia's control over entry into
Azerbaijan, where Iranian troop re-
inforcements have been barred. was
announced today.
The 1ranian Ministry of Agricul.
ture said the Russian commandant
in Northern Iran had issued a per-
NIT for the Iranian Locust Control
Commission to enter Azerbaijan
Russian control of railways in North
ern Iran was relinquished to the
1ranian State Railways earlier this
week.
Evening star., 1946-02-01
| John |. CaInan Dies;
Former Vice Consul

John L. Calnan, 54, former Amer.
ican Vice Consul In Belgrade, Yugo.
slavia, died yesterday at the Eaval
Hospital In Bethesda after a LONG
illness. He made his home at 27ll
Blaine drive, Rock Greek Forest
Chevy Chase.
A native of Boston, Mr.. Calnar
attended Georgetown University ano
was graduated from Fordham Uni
versity. While at Georgetown he
starred on the football team. He
saw service In France during the
World War.
Mr.. Calnan was Vice Consul In
Belgrade from 1927 until 1941 and
was there when the city was bom-
barded by the Germans. He and his
wife got out of the country with
other American officials.
Before going to Yugoslavia, Mr.
Calnan was Vice Consul in Prague
Czechoslovakia.
At the time of his death he was
contact officer for the Veterans Ad-
ministration. He was a member OF
Sergt. Jasper Post, American Legion
Besides his widow, Mrs. Irma Cal
nan, he is survived by a brother
Roger S. Calnan, Washington. A
requiem mass will be said at ST.
Michael's Church, Silver Spring, at
$3.50 am. tomorrow. Burial will be
in st. Michaels Cemetery, Spring
field, Mass.