CA IVNO on in THE TANK IS BORN IN THE VARGAS PARK IN THE BASKET OF THE WEEK (Continued from ast issue. The happiness of a rich man ought not to consist in The concert given by the Mu numbers and insrumental inter the good things that he possesses, but in the use he can military authorities. The mercy keep pace with the battle, and nicipal Band under the direc pretations were marvellous; but make of them.
was that the German enemy at forfeited a grand opportunity of tion of Colonel José Quesada in our amazement ascended the Be not proud of riches, but a friend of them; so underrated it. year later, rolling up the entire German the Park Vargas on the night of dizzy height when the thirteen Less they be a silver bar to cross the way to happiness on November 20th, 1917, at Cam line.
Saturday, eight days ago was a years of age boy, Rafael Angel One must answer for riches for it cannot answer for the brai, the tank justified the faith Another year passed, and one swell triumph; a triumph which Hidalgo plnyed efficiently the rich.
of all its disciples. On that day more the chance was offered. At is the child of a competent mu Carno: accompanied by profess Brigadier General Hugh Elles, Amiens August 8th, 1918, sic master and an inspired dior Claudio Jiménez with his commanding the Tank Corps British tanks shattered the front rector.
flute in the rendition of the serMANY ARE WITHOUT FLAG led nearly 400 of his fighting and the heart itself of the enemy Our humble taste in the fine enade by Titl. By the performcrews in direct assault against in what Ludendorft described profession is nothing in compar ance of this TOT there is evthe Hindenburg Line. From the as the Black Day of the Ger ison to the high degree of praise idence that Colonel Quesada has THERE are many scriptural injunctions that turret of his own tank, Hilda, man Army. That night the vic that was expressed by a large not only directed the Limon are left on the sands of time for us to follow heading the centre division, flut torious British counted 16, 000 number of front line musical Band to the peak of success but tered the brown, red and green prisoners and two hundred Ger talents: persons whose musical ne has made a musician almost in our individual as well as political life; in colours of the newly created man guns, and the Kaiser told sense we dare not question fact all human endeavours.
out of the cradle Tank Corps, the foundation of a confidant, We must sue for What a pity Limon will soon The programme wa entirely We are desirous at this writing to quote the tank soldiers motto, peace.
be chastised by the leaving of melodious and with the Bolero that of our Blessed Master when nailed to the Through mud and blood, to the The tank had crashed into its such a musical genius as Colonel CIELO LIMONENSE a com Cross and pierced by sintul men, yet in forgigreen fields beyond. The tanks own. Five thousand tanks and José Quesada said a high rank position by Director Colonel Joveness and tenderness of heart. He appealed to of Cambrai smashed through a then ten thousand tractor caring authority and we say so tov. sé Quesada ranging in the Sup. His Father, saying. Father forgive them for defence zone five miles deep riers were ordered for the next The setting of the musical erb grade.
Between dawn and dusk they year offensive, and if the one they know not what they do.
captured 9, 000 prisoners, and a my had not suddenly collapsed On the surface we might say that the Rohundred guns. It was the pre on November 11th, 1918, British WAR IN THE SAND mans were quite comprehensive of what they birth of the blitzkrieg. So aston tanks would have arrived in were doing; they knew that they had bruised ishing was the tank success on Berlin in May, 1919, in exactly TANKS IN THE DESERT, Corps and their comrages of wounded and scourged Christ but there was a that they that the infantry the same style that German said General von Ravenste all arms and services serves massed in the rear to ex tanks reached Paris 21 years in, when we captured him, the proud Axis armies the not comprehended at that moment.
save higher and more genuine conception that was ploit the break through failed to later. make a tactician paradise thrashing of their lives, the and a quartermaster hell. first of many thrashirgs.
Our preface in reference to that marvellCOLONEL JOSE QUESADA IS TO LEAVE This briefly and accurate y ous lesson of forgiveness, is to petition the Na sums up the mtter.
It was the opinion of Narctional Congess to exercise that Christ like vir US SOON leon that desert was the most tue in behalf of the several thousand persons The Western Desert; a formidable of all natural ba born in the territories of the Repubilc of alien Limon has been struck a ter If Limonenses are grateful rible blow in its musical rib in they will always remember him triangle five times the size rriers. Mountains come sec parentages. Quite true they have not heeded sand ond, he said, and rivers the expected departure of Col. a man of hunthnity; free of of Britain, a land of onel José Quesada from the pomp and grandeur. We wish and scrub and store a deso poor third Napoleon cross the period for those reaching twenty two yea the warning issued by the Government that directorship of the Municipal for Colonel Quesada every pros ed the Alps to victory at Ma Band of this city. His labours perity in whatever new field of trees, where the wind lasnes rengo, but the Egyptian De ars and upward in order to become ligitimate have been without doubt hercul life he may be engaged, the dust of the dead earth in sert was the pathway to his nationals through the Constitutional privilege ean in having given us so high We also thank those citizens to a blizzard that howls and first defeat. The British fo they should have done so not later than the a type of musicians; men whose and others who have given the drives of 70 hors; where no ught him by Suez Isthmus 26th of August 1945. This negligence is now economical condition have for rightful thought in having so onday is and ove nend night and beat him there 140 resultant with wailing and lashing of the mind ced them to hustle other wonderfully recommended Don an ice box; a manoeuvre years ago, saving the Empi On the other hand we know of cases that sphere of bread line which au Jorge Bonilla, the immediate area fifteen hunderd niles re. In 1940 the Western De were submitted nauch in advance of that date tomatically robs them of that es Assistant to put on the mantle across, or as far as from Ca sert again guarded the apthe last minute rush There is lais to Kiev. Such was the proach to Suez, whose canal of expiration, but due sential entire material and cons of his great Master.
cientious devotion to the high every confidence that Don Boni chosen place where the sol now formed the imperial sea it was impossible to secure; in the first place calling which they represent ula will endeavour to follow in diers of the Royal Armoured (Continued on page 6) the Certificates of births from the Register Ge Then, on the other hand the the footsteps of his predecessor neral Office in San Jose; due prncipally to the aged old instruments add their We sound the same high notes COSTA RICA RED CROSS COMMITTEE fact that many of the applicants were not able difficulties, we are told. in favour of don Trino Jiménez to furnish intelligent data as regard their In spite of these set backs the who is to resume the role of Through the medium of our the National Red Cross Commit birth which would facilitate the Registrar to Colonel has brought Limon Assistant that which he had distinguished ex President Band to the front: ranking par. previously creditably served issue the Certificates. This, in many cases is the Limon Auxiliary Red Cross President, Francisco Co: excellent.
These two new leaders are well Committee don Alfredo Cañas dero Quirós; Vice President, dan traceable to the parents as well as to the oldtype We do not treat with the Di known by the bandsmen rector as only a reader of music, there is no doubt in our mind Vargas, we are able to present Ernesto Quirós Aguilar; 2nd representatives in the rural districts. The debelow the nantes of the men that they will pull harmoniously who were recently elected as Vice President, Don Nicolás serving import ance was not given in those ear but greater for his talent on mu zano Matamoros; Director Gen lier days.
sical compositions.
together.
ral, Don Alfredo Sasso Robles; Costa Ri ca area of 23, 000 square miles Sub Director General, Don can adequately take care of twice its present Adrian Vega Aguilar: Secretary legitimate daughters and sons and we believe General, Don Alfredo Cañas Vargas; Pro Secretary, Lic. Jorthat none biprn in the territories should be exge Martinez Moreno; Gencluded.
Treasurer, Don Aurelio Esquivel Those without the legal status of any coEditor: JOS. THOMAS BOX 199 Sáenz; Fiscal. Dr. Santos Quin untry are in a tight corner; they cannot travel Navino; ist Vocal, Lic. José beyond the UVITA whaif; if such journey is YEAR XI Limón, 2nd. March 1946 NO 503 Jiménez Granados; 2nd Vocal, to be effected outside of the RAT PASSAGE.
Dr. Manuel Alvarez Iraeta; 3rd Vocal, Don MarioSalazar Herre We appeal to the Chamber of Deputies to ra; 4th Vocal, Dan Jorge Zelegrant another extension; one over a more leng dón Venegas; 5th Vocal, Don theaed period.
By The Ri. Hon sumer goods throughout Africa haps sometimes envying the lot Claudio Castro Porras.
Oliver Stanley, which has left the natives with of their more fortunate enl In the election of Don Altre tent for which he was famed, penalties of error will be great little of that which normally is leagues who had been allowed dr as Secretary we share a fext but which here is omitted) th at Before the election, the Socialist The reoccupation of Malaya their sole incentive to labour; to join the Services. Without ing of much satisfaction and the Colonial Empire gave him, Party proposed a solution, un and Hong Kong brings to a the boat successes in the Car their devoted labours the strus gratefulness to those who elce!
a new headache every morning qualified and uncompromising close the War chapter of our ibbean which at one time threat ture of Colonial administration ed him and we have the assur To understand what head sp lit which had more regard to vot Colonial history. Its high lights ened the West Indian islands which might have been irre ance that through his office ting problems today await liis ing strength in this country are well known, the bravery and not merely with privations, but trievable, damaged and the war stimulus will be given to our successor, let us go down to than to justice and reality in the skill of Colonial troops in Abys with famine.
potential of the United Nations Limon Auxiliary Committee.
Downing Street and into the Middle East. Since the electior, sinia and Burma, the heroic Nor should we fail to pay grievously impaired.
great room reserved for the Sec the Socialist Government hava stoicism of Malta under hom tribute to the men of the Co. But these war years, fulln nitude of its assistance.
As a retary of State, with Joe Cham asked for time to think, ant bardment, the Fijian corporal lonial Service, deprived of the they have been of dangers and result, despite the preocupation berla in maps at one end, and though it imight have been bet winning the by the sacri normal opportunities for leave difficulties, have not been with and stringencies of war, a new at the other, a portrait of George ter if they had thought before fice of his own life for the main those periods which in a tropical but their brighter side. In the spirit has pervaded Colonial ad Washington, tribute to the sar they spoke, is at least some ety of hs comrades, while tho climate are not so much recrea dark days of 1940, when the sur ministration, a spirit of prepara donic humour of a long dead thing that, ha ving spoken, they sufferings of those under Japan tional luxuries as physiological vival of the British Empire and tion, of planning and of proofficial in the Office of Works should now th ink.
ese occupation, hitherto little necessities cut some even the integrity of our own gress. So the chapter of wav, or the big tableyou will fint Next will be a file labelled more than guessed at, are now cases for seven or eight years shores were matters of faith which today is so happily closed a bundle of files, each of them. demobilization. the resette being fully revealed.
from their wives and families, rather than certainty.
Parliais not entirely without its marked with what ominous red ment of hundreds of thousands Less is known here of the pri increasingly short handed as ment passed a Colonial Wellfare achievements.
tab which means immediate lof men who have served in the vations and the labours borne to normal wastage created vacan Development Act, and for the But with the coming of peaca, action.
Forces overseas, sve seen a greater or less degree in all cies which there was no rernit first time gave some solid foun Colonial problems press with Today the file on the top will countries and Colonies; the rice eaters of Ceyment to fill, incesantly burdened dation on which those anxious new urgency on the present os be labelled Palestine. there have lived new lives and learn lon and Mauritius deprived of with fresh activities, as war. for Colonial development could cupant of that chair in which has hardly been any day is the ed new lessons. Rightly handled, their traditional diet and offer time stingencies necessitated build. In the bright days of a bewildering sucession of Sec last twenty years when the top, these men can be in ed in exchange the white flour new and unfamiliar extensions 1945, when the German collapse retaries of State have sat dur. file has not borne that title. But lage and which to us was an unobtain Government activity and was a matter of weeks, it not ing recent years. Some years be within the next few weeks a mo vigorous and progressive life able luxury, and to them an un Government control. Yet they days, Parliament not only re fore the war the then Secretary mentous decision must be taken wrongly handhed, the, will palatable and unsatisfying make carried on loyally, efficiently affirmed its intentions but great of State complained (with a on he future of the distressed everywhere the focus purpos shift; the grave shortage of con uncomplaininglycourthoughropietat de Weinsten edo hoberendimora sana Nacional de bibliotecas del Ministerio de Cultura y Juventud, Costa Rica.
Biblioteca Siste wealth of picturesque embellish and distressing country, and the (Continued on pag 6)
of tee: and ATLANTIC VOICE New Era for the Colonies off in net continents every vil town, the centre of of es