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Evening star., 1946-09-06
Bethesda Loop Opening
Heads BowIina Card

Tops on the early season bowling
bill Of fare tonight will be the open
ing of the Bethesda Thousand
Dollar League at Bethesda Bowling
Center at 7:30 with Lake Construc-
ton Co. pinspillers as defending
champions.
Johnny Stewart, crack Silver Spring
pinman, is the new president Of the
20-team loop, while Johnny Ressa
again will serve as secretary and
scorer.
Evening star., 1946-09-06
FelIer' S Fierce Slump
Hits His Chance for
Strikeout Mark
By Joe ReichIer
Assoeioted Press Soort, Wr;,.r

Time rapidly is running out on
Bobby Feller's hopes of setting
major league strikeout record as
the Cleveland Indians great pitcher
wallows in the worst slump of his
baseball career.
The speedy Highlander, who has
figured good bet to become the
first pitcher since Dizzy Dean of IL
years ago to notch 80 victories when
he registered his Goth win last July
81, has hit an amazing decline since
then, losing six of his next eight
starts, including his last three.
Feller's sudden reversal of form
also practically has ruined his
chance of overtaking Rube Wad-
dell's 42-year-old listed record Of
343 strikeouts.
In his last eight starts, Feller
has whitfield only 40 batters to in
crease his seasons total to 293. He
Is expected to make five more starts
which means he must average 10
strikeouts a game to equal Wad-
dell's mark.
Bullet Bob suffered his most hui
initiating defeat yesterday in De-
troit at the hands of the Tigers
who clubbed him for eight runs in
the fourth inning, the most runs
ever scored against Feller in one
frame since he joined the majors
in 1896. The previous high was
five by the New York Yankees.
In all Feller was tagged for nine
runs and II hits in the 31s innings
he worked with the Tigers beating
him for the third straight time, 10.
Fred Hutchinson hurled the shutout
for the Tigers.
The heated National League pen
nant race continues unabated as
the front-running st. Louis Car
dinals and runner-up Brooklyn
Dodgers both won, the Cards shell
lacking the Chicago Cubs in a night
game at st. Louis, 10-1, and the
Brooks shading the Braves In Bos-
ton, 10. The Cards retained their
two-game bulge over the Dodgers.
with % games remaining on each
teams Schedule.
The Yankees protected their two
game margin over the Tigers by de-
feating the Athletics in Philadel-
phia, 60.
After tying the score at Sail with
three runs In the bottom half of
the seventh, the Chicago White Sox
defeated the visiting st. Louis
Browns 4-3 in II innings.
Jack Graham's second home run
Of the day, with two mates aboard
in the ninth inning, gave the New
York Giants a SIS victory over the
Philadelphia Phillies at the Polo
Grounds.
Held scoreless for eight innings,
the Pittsburgh Pirates got to
Johnny Wander Nicer for three hits
and two runs to defeat the Reds 81
in Cincinnati
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Brown Gets Chance
For Davis Cup Spot
In Facing Parker
BY the Assoeiossd Press

FOREST HILLS, N. Y. Sept. g.
Tom Brown, .jr., the excl from
San francisco who fiared suddenly
across the tennis armament at
Wimbledon = few months back, gets
his big chance today when he faces
frankie Parker, the well-known
mechanical man, In . quarter-final
Of the national championships.
II he should trim the defending
champion, Brown would ind him
self In the same exalted atmosphere
with long Bob Falkenburg, the COL
legiate champ who yesterday ousted
Bully Talbert, jr., in flve strange sets.
Brown and Falkenburg have been
named by Walter Pate, captain Of
Uncle Sans Davis Cup team, as the
leading candidates for the nth, or
spare, position on the squad he ex-
poets to take to Australia in an
effort to bring back the big trophy
this winter.
Falkenburg and his furious serv-
Ice went q long way toward clinch-
ing the extra berth yesterday. In
scoring his So, 81, 2-e, e2
IS triumph over the 1914 and 1915
runnerup. Falkenburg piled in 1s
clean service aces, six of them In
the deciding set.
Today's other quarterfinal will pit
Gardnar Mulloy Of Miami, third
seeded star, against Pancho Segura
OF Ecuador, the game little Latin
with the two-fisted forehand.
While the men are clearing the
decks from their semifinal struggles,
the girls will reel OF one of theirs,
between Doris Hart of Miami and
Mrs. Mary Arnold Prentiss of Los
Angeles. The winner will play Sun
days final against either Pauline
Betz or Mrs. Patricia Canning Todd
OF La Jolla, Calf, who yesterday
defeated Louise Brough, SO, 60.
Mrs. Todd and Miss Betz will play
in tomorrows other semifinal.
Evening star., 1946-09-06

wartime experience In the big
league.
In this class I would place our
own Dave Ferriss, truly great
pitcher, Mickey Vernon, the WASH
ington first baseman and presently
leading our league in hitting, and
George Kell. the excellent third
baseman Of the Detroit Tigers.
OF all the first-year players I've
seen, I'd have to rate Gil Coan of
the Washington Senators as the
most promising prospective big
league star. I mean a real outstand-
ing player. He's impressed me more
than the rest. Actually, I've seen
only little of Gil this year. But
what I've seen him do has been
terrific. He's fast and he can throw
And 1t looks like he's going to be
q good hitter.
My opinion about Coan may be a
little unfair to another rookie out.
fielder I'm thinking about Hoo
Evening star., 1946-09-06
.Toledo's Witte Is Voted
Most Valuable in A. A.
BY the Assoeiofed Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio. Sept. g.
Jerome (Jerry) Witte, Toledo's
home-run- hitting first baseman, to-
day was named the American AS
sociation's most valuable player for
the 1916 campaign by the loops
baseball writing fraternity
Playing his first year of baseball
after three-year hitch in the
Army, Witte Is regarded as the best
major league prospect in the loop
and is headed for the st. Louis
Browns, parent club of the Toledo
Mudhens.
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Bromwich, Brown Gain
Austruliun Net Semis
BY the Assoeioted Press

SYDNEY, Sept. 6.-Jack Brom-
wich and Geoff Brown won their
way into the doubles finals of the
Australian hard court tennis cham
pionships today by defeating Colin
Long and Max Bonner, ST, 6-3
81, 81.
Another experimental Davis Cur
pair, Dinny Pals and Billy Sidwell
were leading Jack Crawford and
Lionel Brodie in the other semi.
final when rain halted the match
with the score Ga, 6-5.
Evening star., 1946-09-06
FIGHTS Priest TONIGHT

BOSTON, Sept. 6 R.-Durable
Coley Welch of Portland, Me-, will
defend his New England middle
weight championship title against
stid punching AL (Re0 Priest OF
Cambridge, in . 12-round bout at
Boston Garden tonight and the
odds-makers are quoting Priest at
2-1 to win.
Evening star., 1946-09-06
330-Pound Tackle
Is Tough to Outfit
BY The Assoeiofed Press

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. g.
Willow Groves American Legion
football team has a 330-pound
tackle-and a man-sized problem
on its hands.
The team welcomed the ac-
QUESTION of 6-foot-6 Fred
Broecker, 18-year-old former
high school star, a few weeks ago
but today teammates are fran
tically trying to find gear big
enough for him before the season
opens September 20.
Evening star., 1946-09-06
WMAL Airs Game

The Redskins Rams game to-
night in Los Angeles will be
broadcast over The Evening Star
station, WMAI., starting at HOS
o'clock, with Harry Wismer and
Jimmy Gibbons manning the
mike,
Evening star., 1946-09-06

o u t S t a n d ! ng
p ! ay RS. At
least, such has
been the case in
I h e American
League this sea-
son.
I ere a ar e
some players in
our league who
have been per-
forming b ril
liantly who are
new to me but
who can't be
G las 81 he d as
rockies as they
have had a little
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Dickinson Signs Knapp

CARLISLE, Pa, Sept. 6 oR.-Ron-
aid E. Knapp, Penn States 1885
All-America back, is Dickinson Col
lege'S new assistant football coach.
Evening star., 1946-09-06

CHAMPIONSHIPS.
He is Arthur Cook, 105-pound wisp of lad
who has the worst case of hay fever and pretty
close to the keenest shooting eye Of approximately
1000 of the Nations top shooters who are gathered
here to split the spoils in the World Series of the
firearms game.
Already the lad known as Cookie" has
clinched for himself coveted place on the United
States team in the Dewar international match,
which will be shot in competition with England
and Canada, and he is all but assured of ranking
among the top 10 rihemen in the land on the
strength of his performance in the show.
Cookie" is by all odds the sensation of the
championships. Never has younger performer
won Dewar berth, nor been so close to taking it.
all in the National. The working pressmen love
him and the older former champions take him
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Brucker Rejects Offer

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 6 P.-
Earle Brucker, coach of the Phila-
delphia Athletics, has rejected an
o1er to manage the Pacific Coast
Leagues San Diego club.
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Williams Figures Coon as No.
Prospect for Major Stordom
By Ted WiIIioms

Postwar baseball, which was
supposed to bring out dozens of
brilliant rockies, thus far has failed
to produce any great abundance of
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Red Sox, 1:Nuts, 0

'Batted for scarborough in seventh.
Boston (lO 600 OOO-1
Washington ------ 600 900 OOO-O
Run-Doerr. Errors-Doerr, Wynn.
Runs batted tn---Russell, Two-base hit
Wynn. Thrss;bass hit--Pos,I s.sri-
Vernon to Robertson to SCARBOROUGH,
Iriddy TO Vernon. Doerr to Pesky TO York.
Ssses~Boston. 8: Wssninston. 10. BssMss M
on hslis---On ScarboTough, q on Ba9by.
Q. Struck out--By Bagby, 2; By Wynn, l.
on Wynn. ] In 2 innings. Passed ball
Early. Losing pitcher-Scarboroug um-
pires-Messrs. Rue. Paparella and Hub
Evening star., 1946-09-06
In High Wind He Outfoxed Veteran

his youth WaShngtonan capable holding
older every Early during Matches
while high played with
note the number of buey in Cooks target
focused his sighting black
circle others which
indeing purposes Normally
the sighting bull before during the firing check wind
by sighting
The youngser explained way get
20 sighting
to about 4 seconds for each target round need only to
minutes shoot 20 target rounds when the wind high
shot the sighting bull either waited the wind
die adjusted my sights to compensate for it."
number outfoxed grumbled majority
the kid his dues Hes smart Thurman Randall former
national champion land he's stamina finds
hard lie with sling acting like tournique fire 56
rounds from heavy gun. He's real shooter, that kid"
Evening star., 1946-09-06


pnning keep flying straight
talk the kids and their morne
but this when a flashes the front
He's Aereic, but Not to BuIIs-Eyes
Cook of the countrys crack shots stretches the
Imagination the firing line Dressed
baggyneed light blue trousers and wearing ngbled he
appears the ranking
sharpshooter when his In
these matches become incredible.
Cookies" almost long and his red
watering I've always had hay fever he explains land right
than alergic pillows
timothy household Sometimes bsye
blur but I've lucky The winds just been taking those
bullets and putting 'em in the right spot"
He's been shooting only taking at
Boy camp couldn't hit prone feet" he
laughs years"
High Washington
tereSted ball. abscess
developed had this operated six times he added pointing
his crooked
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Win, Lose or Draw
Caution: Boy ot Work
By FRANCIS {. STANN
Ssor SteH Correspondent

CAMP PERRY Ohio Sept GA s-yearod boy
Washington D. c, who looks Is built jockey
ing sensation of rifle shooting here at the SD national rife
Evening star., 1946-09-06
He's AIIereic, but Not to BuII's-Eyes
Summer Corning Pays for His Rifles

He next tried track but developed heart and switched
to shooting serious scale He's got 2o sight in both and
recalls that fellow
memong the chart But close much
Young Cook graduated from Tech High School, becoming the
only competitor win the Circle he plan
ming enter the University Maryland this His chief
shooting his
he wants to study mechanical engineering II specialize
shooting he explains. I've got ideas
father, Secretary
Wilson and last three
claims that he's spent of his earnings
which consists of three rifles telescope argetscope
This modest with that belonging
shooters but only Dewar berth
national ranking but also the famed 400 Club and
Junior national with perfect 400 points
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Major League Standings and Schedules
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER g. 1s4s
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Yesterday's Results.
Boston, /; Wash, 0.
Detroit, 10; Cleveland, 0
New York, 6; Phila.. 2.
Chicago, 4; st. Louis, 8.
Games Today.
Boston at Wash, $50.
New York at Phila. I'M.
Cleveland at Detroit.
Only games scheduled.
Games Tomorrsw.
Wash. at New York.
Chicago at Detroit.
st. Louis at Cleveland.
Boston at Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1946-09-06
NATIONAL LEAGUE,

NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Yesterday's Results.
Brooklyn, !; Boston, O.
New York, 8: Phila., S.
Pittsburgh, 2; Cine, /.
st. Louis, 10; Chicago, /
Games TsAay.
phila. at New York.
Pittsburgh at st. l.. IN,
Only games scheduled.
Games TsnsRfew,
New York ut Brooklyn.
Cincinnati at Chicago.
Phila. at Boston tn).
Pittsburgh ut st. L. tn).
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Zymus Pop koncertas
Birzeiio 20

Septintas sios vasaros Pop Kon-
certas, vadoyaujant DR.. utudolph
RingWall, kuriuos teihia Clevelan
Summer Orchestra, se3tadienio Va
kale, Birzelio 70. Cleveland Public
Auditorium. solistu lures pragarse-
juai pianista. Jesus Maria Sunroma.
Sanroma. kuris yra taip populia-
rus Bostono Pop koncentQ lankyto-
juose kaip Larry Adler cionai, pa
sirojyS CIeHcIande pirma karta, if
tai gal bus paskutini karta. Jis
yfa kilcs is Puoerto Rico, muzikos
mck#Ia igjjo Naujos Anglijos Kon-
selV&toriioje Bostone, ir veliau stu
dijavo prie Artur Schnabel Berline
ir su Alfred Cortot Paryziuje. Jis
yra padares kelias koncertines ke-
liones Pietu Amerikoje ir Europoje.
Treciadienio vakare, Liepos 3, So
listu bus Beryl Rubinstein.
LiepOs dainuos The Singers
Club, ir Janet Schumacher, sourano.
Koncertai treciadienio ir Sestadie-
MO vakarais. tikietai isanksto gall
ma pirkti Taylor Arcade, $50 Euc-
lid avenue.
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Lietuviu Moteru Klubo 20
Metu Sukaktuves

Clevelando Lietuviu Moteru
Klubas Birzelio 26 d. ninejo
savo 20 metu gyvavimo sukak-
tt, surengiant Luncheonq savo
narems ir ju viesnems ar sve-
CLANS, Hellrigels Inn, Paines-
vile, Ohio. Dalyvavo apie 40
noterQ.
Ona Mihelichiene, klubo pir-
mininke per visa ta 20 metu
laikotarpi, Shame susirinkime
pasake savo paskutine kalba
kaip pirmininke, ir nuo sios
dienos pirmininkavimo parei-
gas pereme Mrs. Blanche Ar
buckas.
Per 20 metu gyvavima klu-
bas zymiai prisidejo prie Lie
tuviSku reikalu darbu ir pini-
gals. Klubas uoliai darbavosi
ir aukavo irengimui Lietuvir
KuIturinio DarzeIio kada tan
tikslui buvo reikalinga visu pa
rama.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1946-06-28
BUK GYVAS LIEPOS
5 DIENA

Ateina Amerikos dideji die
ma, iskilminga svente, Liepos
4-ta. Tai garbinga diena, bet
il bus paskutine diena simtams
zmoniq. Nors karo kanuoles
nustojo zmones zudyti, taciau
Liepos a Amerikos zmones ras
daugybes kitty priezasciu sau
gyvasti be laiko atimti.
Daugybe Mrs is priezasties
neatsargumo ta diena. Daug
bus suzeista, kiti ant visados.
1945 metals per Liepos me-
nesi nelaimingai zuvo $500 as
menu sioje salyje.
1941 metals - musu pasku-
TIM Liepos menesi prizes istoji-
ma i kara, nelaimingu mirciQ
skaicius sieke 9,70O.
Bandykit islikti gyvi Liepos
5-tai dienai.
Saugokites bendrai visada ir
nebukit nelaimes priezastimi
savo neatsargumu kittens.
Vasaros menesiai isSaukia
zmones is namu j laukus, ] ke-
lius, j miskus, j ezerus - II
ten zmones sutinka mirti, no
redami rasti sau smagumo ar
poilsio ar ivairumo.
National Safety Council pa
! tiekia kelis lengvus patarimus
1. Vazinejantis, ar vykstant
toliau atostogoms, vaziuoti ne
skubejant, atsargiai.
2. Pc valgio, butinai palau-
kit valanda laiko Xxi eisit + van
deni maudytis. Neikit giliai
vandeni vienas, bukit reikalin-
game gilume, ir nebandykit
nereikalingQ sposQ.
3. Saugokites nusivarginimc
If persideginimo saule, nes pc
keliu karo ,metQ gal esat jau
nusidevejes.
4. Neuzsiimkit jokiais sau
dymais ir ugnimis per svente
Jeigu norit eikit pamatyti vie
Sus fajerverkus.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1946-06-28
Newly Ordained Priest
Is Feted

Lithuanians of The Baltic Scan
dinavian Society of Washington, ID.
c., and their friends honored FIR.
Alphonse Gailevicius, o. p, at
luncheon on Thursday, June 9th, at
noon at Bonat's Cafe, 1922 Vt. Ave.
Fir. Gailevicius, o. p, is a native
of Lithuania and was sent to this
country to study for the priesthood
by American Dominicans who were
stationed at Raseiniai, Lithuania.
FIR. Gailevicius' parents are living
in the present occupied land of his
birth. He said his first Mass in
South Boston, Mass, on June 9th
where he has relatives. He was in
class of 16 Dominicans who were
ordained by Bishop Shehan in st.
Dominic's Church, Washington, D.
C. The ordinations were attended
by members of the Lithuanian and
Latvian Legations.
The luncheon was arranged by
the founder and president of the
Society, Mr.. l.. j. Esunas. Among
the guests who spoke briefly in
felicitation to the newly ordained
were: Mr.. Juozas Kajeckas of the
Lithuanian Legation, FIR. Cheatham
of the Holy Comforter Parish, Rev.
Mr.. Anthony Cepanis of Chicago,
Mr.. Vincent Gillis, cousin of the
newly ordained, and the Major Al
bina Shimkus of the Women's Army
Corps.
In the evening Mr.. and Mrs. Val
entine Matelis of 2043 Park Rd.,
were hosts at buffet supper for
FIR. Gailevicius, and his relatives
from out-of- town.
HI. v. S.
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PADEKA

Hipolitas Kadis (Kadisa)
mire Birzelio II, savo namuo-
Sc. Palaidotas is Sv. Jurgio ba-
znycios, Kalvarijos kapinese.
Velionis paejo is LietuVos
Ginaitu kaimo, Raudondvarlo
par, Kauno apsk. Amerikoje
isgyveno Al metus. Velionis
buvo linksmo ir draugisko bu-
do, mego skaityti laikraScius
ir gerbe savo kalba bel tauta,
tat budamas geras tevynainis
taip if savo Selma iSaugino.
Dar iaunose dienose yede
Marcele Samaite, SUI kuria is
augino rimta bel patriotiska
Selma is triju, kurie visi gerai
LietuviSkai kalba If didzluoJa-
81 esa Lietuviais.
Lai ilsisi ramiai antros te-
vynes zemeje.
Nuosirdziausia padeka vi
stems geradariams, draugams,
giminems ir visiems kittens uz
grazias geles, uz sv. misias II
uz gausu palydejima kapus.
Ypatinga padeka zebriu Sci
mai, kuri taip daug mus at
jaute lake sermenQ, taipgi D.
if P. Useliu seimoms, IL. Sa-
mui ir jo maloniai seimai u5
gilia simpatija, taip pat NJ. P
Samams ir ju Seimai, Kaziui II
Paulinai Staupams uz simpati'
jas ir pasitarnavima sermeny-
Sc ir visus dar gyvam vellonlu
esant teiktus patarnaVimus.
Pagaliau aciu Welcomes pus'
broliui Pr. Samuoliui ir seimai
grabnesiams, kunigams If lal
dotuviu direktorei Aldonna
Wilkelis.
Liudinti velionio Selma,
Marcele Kadisiene,
dukte Albina,
sunai Albertas If Jurgls
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1946-06-28
TENTACLES REACH
OIIT For LITHUANIA

In 1889, the Soviets demanded
shat Lithuania grant it garrisons
in all key positions of Lithuania'
At first, Lithuania refused it, but
upon the advice of England, France
and other powers, and with the as
surance of a treaty of Mutual as
sistance of Oct. 10, 1889 (it assured
Lithuaria that its sovereignty anf
node of government would not be
hampered), the Lithuanians as well
IS the 1Estcnians and the Latvians
-ielded. while Finland held out.
In less than q year after this
-reaty, the Russians sent these coun
tries an ultimatum, demanding that
in less than "a hours, "friendly
governments to the bolsheviks be
established. This was a physlca
mpossibility. TIE Soviet armle'
7ere already pouring into thesf
,ountries, and hordes were Waitln
1t the borders. Thus, in June 1910
'ithuania was occupied. It's presl
dent and many members of it's cabi
net, advocated resistance, but arm
leaders advised against it as use
less blooodshed. In view of thl;
situation, President Smetona anC
others escaped to Germany, wer
detained as prisoners, and eventual
ly made their way to other coun
rics. President Smetona reside
the U. S. where he worked faith
lily to SECURE aid for his stricke}
ountry, but found all doors locker
bv that time, the Soviets hat
become our GLORIOUS allies; NJ
matter what dastardly acts they
had committed in the past, they
had to be hushed up, and the Bol
sheviks had to be white washed un
ler the name of honest, gallant
and democratic people, and, whose
ever opposed them, was immediate
! branded as a "facist" and almost
outright enemy. Just over two
ears ago (Jan. 9, 1944), President
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1946-06-28
JONAS DE RICHTER
PALIUOSUOTAS

Po ilgoko tesimo bylos prizes
iona DeRighter ir jo zmona,
sarySyje su % Warde kilusiu
balsavimu suklastavimo skan-
dalu, kas iStiko 1913 metu ru-
deni, Jonas DeRighter tapo pa
liuosuotas nuo tolesniu tardy-
mu If kaltinimQ. Ju byla te-
sesi nuo pradzios 1914 metQ
Kit asmenys toje .byloje palei-
sti po prieziura penketui me-
tQ, pats James F. McCaffery,
kuris tuose rinkimuose buvO
isrinktas councilmanu, visai ne
uzkabintas, o poni Susan De-
RICHTER prizes pora savaiciQ
isvezta j Marysville MoterV
kalejima, kur il nuteista nuc
vienu Xxi penkiu metQ.
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SOVIET PROPAGANDA


AS the war progressed, the Com
munists, with their highly standar-
died propaganda, over the radio,
through the magazines and news
papers, created one argument after
another why these subjugated ma
tions should be under Russia. Let
us examine some of these argu
ments:
Cd Lithuania was part of Rus
sia and broke away when Russia
was weak:
The answer to this is the treaty
of:
az July IL, 1920, when, of it's
own free will, Moscow renounced
all claims to Lithuania forever.
b The Soviet Lithuanian trea-
ty of neutrality and aggression
of Sept. %, 1926 in Moscow.
g Soviet-Lithuanian Mutual AS
sistance Pact of Oct. 10, 1889.
d. Lithuania was free nation
long before Russia was organized;
for time, Russia was under q
Lithuanian Prince Algirdas, whose
headquarters were at Kiev.
CO Russia must have an outlet
to the Baltic Sea.
Lithuania's only outlet to the sea
was Klaipeda (MemeD, invaded by
Hitler in 1888. While Lithuania had
this outlet, it granted Russia free
access through the Niemen river
During all the years (1921-1939)
only / per cent of the entire ex-
port going through Lithuania was
from Russia. This proves that
Russia has all the outlet to the
Baltic Sea it needs, without going
through Lithuania. Even if she
needed the outlet, it would be
poor argument. Supposing tha'
Canada would demand New Yorl
City because it has good harbors
CD That Lithuania had an un
friendly government to the Soviets
Strange, this argument was useo
, against Finland, Latvia, Estonla
| Poland. Now against Bulgaria, Bes
arabia, Iran, Greece, and soon
will be used against France, England
and America.
(4) That Lithuania had Fas
cist regime, for it overthrow a duly
elected government in 1926.
This was necessary, for this re
zine allowed all elements to do as
,hev pleased. Shortly after Presl
dent Grinius came into office, the
minority, representing the Bolshe
yiks, began openly demonstrating
against and denouncing free Llth
1ania, and advocating the overthrow
If the government. Army, civilian
eaders, and the decent element
,oon realized the danger and end
ed this regime by a bloodless couI
Petat. The new regime formed
'abinet consisting of equal numbers
rom all parties, and ruled until
it felt that the people were suf
ficiently prepared for full democracy
In 1886, it presented new consti
ution, similar to that of the US.
md new elections were held.
Realizing that all these arguments
were too shallow to convince Great
Britain, the U. S. A. and othe'
powers, the Soviets devised a new
scheme-elections Thus in 1941
all the Lithuanians were compelled
to vote. Before the voting tool
place, the Soviets exiled or liqui-
dated all the leading Lithaanians
so as to deprive the nation Of able
leadership. Later, they sovietizet
banks, railroads, farms, manufac
ture, and crippled all industry. II
1941, they liquidated and exile
,ver 10000 people, separating wo
nen and men and children. Whe'
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