ATLANTIC VOICE a to Union no are THE THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK He is a wise man who treats his friends of today as is possible enemies of the Morrow.
DONT BE DISMAYED The Curfew has tolled for the Banana Industry in this EDITOR: JOS. THOMAS BOX. 199 Atiantic Zone of our Republic; and one of the consequences has been the retirement of several employees of the YEAR VII Limón, Sep tember 19th. 1942 NO 342 Fruit Company, many of them dating from the days when this Division was an outstanding factor in the activities of WITH THE FIGTING NATIONS THE SURRENDER the United Fruit Company. These men will, undoubtedly The outstanding feature ka, six others damaged, six OF MADAGASCAR swell the ranks of our unemployeds and create further of the war activities dur air planes destroyed and economic difficulties. very large number of our agricul ing the week in course has 500 of their man power ki With the view of elimina turists, who have devoted long years of their lives to this been the tenacious and he lled. Two cruisers were al sranch of cultivation, are also now faced with set backs roic defence of the indus so reported sunk in the Sa ting suspected anti. Allied trial center of Stalingra lomon Islands area and activities it is said, the Bri of the most serious nature. The non disposal of their fruit represents immediate monetary losses, but they are further de which has kept it in the 450 troops taken prisoners, tish Command initiated mi possession of the Soviets up on the Island of Guadalca litary operations to place confronted with cultivations which must be cared to to this time, notwithstand nal. British bombers also them in full control of the ertain extent to avoid complete deterioration. This might, ing the incessant Nazi at caused heavy damage French Island of Madagasto assisted by means of catch crops, but unless a reliable tacks with heavily re infor enemy bases in the Burma caz located off the eastern arket were assured, with quotations reasonably remunecoast of the South African med aircraft and tanks. Iv region, while the Chinese tive, the expediture in this respect would only result in the Caucasian regions the are said to have added German advance is repor their previous gains by the ditional losses to the producers.
ted to have been practical capture of other important have met with little or The activities are said to How then to lend a helping hand? By what means can ly delayed during the past points.
e gloomy prospect be relieved? The creation of one or of few days.
The Royal Air Force con opposition on the part ore mills in this city and other suitable points throughout In the North African sec tinue their intense raids the civil populace, in fact, e province, for the extraction and making of Banana Flour tor, the British and Allied over Germany and the the advancing forces dother food items, might assist. With the carcity of air units continue to harass Nazi occupied European supposed to have been glad ly welcomed in various The great inthe enemy. The important territories.
léet flour, a ready market would, we think, be always naval bases of Tobruk and dustrial and naval bases parts, and on their approd for the flour properly milled from both the Yuca and the Benghasi were intensel y of Breman and Wilhelmsha aching the vicinity of inana plants. Then, too, there is the matter of Pig bombed heavy opposition is ven were among the week Island capital, the Commander in Chief of the Coaring. If this were taken in hand and conducted on a stated to have been encountargets Both suffered outs operly established commercial basis, we certainly believe tered at Tobruk where the tandingly. The Russian pla Tony reguested an armistice to negotiale. ne industry would be found a very profitable one, in view British lost arrangements naval nes have also pursued their two for the of of there being so much food available from the constantly surrender units.
attacks over various GerNorth American and man districts, as well as on to negotiate requested an ripening bananas. There is a splendid demand, we underllied air craft have inflic the oil fields of Rumania.
armistic for the arrangenstand, for pigs for butchering purposes in the interior.
ted additional losses to the Another large contingent the Island. It has since been dents for the surrender of Lastly, we suggest that the recently organized Planters Japanese. Two of their of North American troops Committee or some other representative group approach ships sunk stated that the were conditions off arrived in England Yester the Management of our Railway with the request for a spethe Aleutian Islands of Kis Iday.
imposed by the British have been rejected, and the cially reduced tarrif for the transportation of our locally grown bananas to interior points for disposal by the vulti CIRCULATION OF NORTH AMERICAN BANK BILLS fight resumed.
vators directly interested.
PROHIBITED IN COSTA RICA Let us not become too dismayed because of the existin Costarrican territory.
ing disheartening conditions; the gloom will disappear, if Travellers arriving in only we do not sit idly by and indulge in usteless lamentaUnder the provisions of, te, the circulation of the the country are obligated to a Decree published in last Bank Bills of the United Sta declare before the immigra tions.
Thursday Official Gazet tes of America is prohibited tion authorities the amount of such bills in their posse ssion. They will not be per THE FIFTEENTH MAGNIFICENTLY OBSERVED mitted to retain more than two hundred and fifty dollars per person. This With the dawn of the Military, Judicial and Ecclehistroic Fifteenth. our citi siastic Authorities our Mu mount must subsequently be presented to the zens, like the early rising nicipal Fathers governThe lark, were up and ready for School Committee ment Banking authorities Kinder the patriotic exercises arran garten for conversion into colones.
Girls and Boys of With the view of facilita ged for the day official ob the government Schools servance. Were there any Next followed the ting travellers in transit, the teachers who did not voluntarily bud and pupils of the Banco Nacional and its bran Private ge, they were, no doubt, fore Schools, headed by the Saiches will make daily exchan ed to do so by the enchant vation Army Band. Much co partir de esta fecha y a causa de ges for such persons, ing notes by our city Band. lour was added to the proces though these will be limiand the marching of the sion by the participation of la situación anormal, cualquier informe ted to fifty dollars per perschools personnel, the scho the seamen of the respecto a reservaciones de pasajes y esson.
lars and others San Pablo with Banner pacio para carga, no pudiendo atender For the purpose of effecThe procession was head bearing the words The ting these exchanges, the ed by the scholars of the Seamen of the lo telefónicamente, deberá ser solicitado San parties concerned must sup Girls School, under the com Pablo in honour of Costa personalmente en nuestras oficinas en ply the Bank with their namands of our esteemed Di Rica Independence Cele los bajos del mes in full, their sex, natio ceetress and the Musical Ins bration.
nalities, profession or trade, tructor, don Juan Cardenas.
The exercise, demonstrat place from which they proJarvellous was the scene, ed at he Park, was very im GRAN HOTEL COSTA RICA ceed and where going, num as the Republic national pressive. The National Anber and date of passport.
Emblem, displayed in them precedded the prograshape, was carried in lines mme, and in its singing donde nos esforzaremos como de costumof two sets of Blue. two well as in the other hymns, bre por llenar sus necesidades.
ce has benn forced to agree white four of red and the melodies of the youngs to supply him with no less final close in white ters were soul lifting.
E: than 350. 000.
On followed the Boys of qual charmwas evidenced e Tomas Guardia School, with the partiotic tribute to HITLER NOW NEEDS MEN Secretary Cordell Hull of the risdized by don Juan Bta.
Washington The Flag in which His Excegovernralta, our widely regarded llency the Governor of the In our last week impres ment. We are now advised ment has warned the Vichy the conse rector.
Province participated. Dee sion we carried the informa he is in such dire need of government of The march from Plaza ply penetrating was the dis tion that Hitler, being in industrial workers to take quences which the supplyglesias to Park Vargas was course by don Guillermo great need of ships, had de the place of those dispat ing of these labourers to the following order Amador the Inspector of manded a number of them ched to the Russian fronts Germany will produce for The Military Band Civil, our Schools.
from the French govern that. Pierre Laval of Fran the French nation.
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