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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-07
PRESSURE:
France Ciues In

The yielding of the Vichy govern
ment to Hitler's demands brought
the war to new crisis, as Britain
prepared for a possible naval on
slaught on the French fleet at Tou1on
and other bases. 1t was believed
the new fight might make the 10
minute battle at Oran seem like
picnic.
Pierre Lavaps star was in it's
ascendancy, Paul Baudouin leaving
the French cabinet, move in which
British statesmen could find little
comfort as Laval is even more anti
British than was his predecessor.
Russia continued to teeter on the
brink of trouble in the Balkans. So
Wet leaders were invited to partici-
pate with the Axis powers in an
epochal conference over the final
disposition of the lower Danube in
consonance with Europe's New Or
der. Yet Britain continued diplo-
matte pressure on the Soviet in the
hope of keeping Russia a potential
aid to Turkey and Greece in the Bal
kans.
New critical point of the war shift
ed to Syria as the people of the Brit
ish Isles continued to hold firm, and
to smile cheerily as pieces of Lon
don and other cities fell about their
ears.
Nazi air pressure relaxed for a
couple Of days. Londoners got a
little holder about their shopping,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-07
GREECE:
Invasion

War came at last to Greece.
Trouble had been looming for this
country ever since the government
rejected Italian demands for terri
tory and for free and unham-
pered passage of Fascist troops over
Greek soil.
Italian motorized units first thrust
themselves over the Greek-Albanian
frontier. in the mountainous border
land that stretches between the two
countries. Then came two AFRAID
alarms for Athens, the Greek CAPT.
tai, and the war was on. Two of
the city's major airports were
bombed by the Italian planes in the
first raids
The Greek government officially
announced that Great Britain was
sending her unlimited support" in
her resistance to the Italian inva-
sion. From London came word that
England's pledge to back up Greece
would be Immediately fulfilled and
special session of the British war
cabinet was quickly called to con-
slider the outbreak of this new war.
Italian sources claimed that the
Greeks had been guilty of ''provo-
cations" and before the outbreak Of
actual hostilities, Rome had issued
an ultimatum demanding the right
for Italian forces to occupy Greece.
England's aid for her new tally"
would logically come in the form of
air and naval forces operating from
Egyptian bases, informed sources in
London said. British men-of-war
were Immediately steaming out of
these bases toward Greek ports,
early war bulletins indicated.
What effect this new theater of
military operations would have on
the decision of the Turkish and Rus
sian governments to cast their lot
with either side thus became an i'm
portant diplomatic question. Tur-
keys attitude would more than like
ly depend on how much aid Great
Britain would give Greece and upon
news of Russia's behavior in the
present crisis.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-07
POLICY:
u. S. Stands Firm,

Successive steps of the peace Of
fensive" against Britain were (first)
the boiling of the Balkan pot; (sec-
onO the effort to get Spain to bottle
up the west end of the Mediterranean
or to lend herself to it; (third) the
inducing Of France to complete her
surrender and to hint that the Unit
ed States would be asked to act as
intermediary.
Counter-moves in this foreign pol
icy war were these: (frsD Church
ills talk in French to the French
people urging them to stand firm,
and assuring them that Britain
would win the war; (second) the
United States warning to France
that if she lined up with the Axis
she need look for no help in case
of famine; and (third) the fiat state
ment of Secretary Hull that the Unit
ed States will take part in no such
peace move.
Thus it was made plain to Europe
and Americans alike that there is
to be no softening of the United
States foreign policy. Pan-America
added it's bit to the picture by an
nouncing itself ready and equipped
to take over French colonies in this
hemisphere.
These include French Guiana,
Guadalupe and Martinique, the lat
ter interesting because French naval
vessels are sequestered there; also
an undetermined number of Amer
lean planes shipped there earlier in
the war and intended for French use
on the continent They're still in
their crates.
Britain had swiftly, while this for
eign policy ''test-tube" work was GO
ing on, declared herself as sin the
war to stay and ''ready to listen
to no peace talk" from any quarter
ION German terms
In the meantime, contracts have
been let, and work has started on
the new American naval and air
base at British Bermuda, first of a
series.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-07
CAPSULES:
Lottery Party

Selective service officials in Wash
ington put all the numbers from one
to several thousand in opaque blue
capsules; trotted out b1indfold that
had been museum piece since
the World war, and the notables of
the nation drew them out of fish,
bowl, just as was done in 1917.
Every effort was made to make
the capsule party as near like it's
ancestor as possible.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-07
Weekly News
British Rush Aid Greece Resistance of Italian uasion
by Edward e.. WAYNE

DR.. Murray and his associates,
using heparin, have:
l. Grated bits of vein in DAM
aged arteries.
2. Removed blood clots surgically.
3. Aided cases of thrombosis in
the lungs.
The first two have been hardly
possible previously because Of for
nation Of new blood clots at the
site Of operation. The third is still
mystery to doctors. Heparin, they
say, does not dissolve blood clots,
just keeps them from forming.
Murray and his associates believe
heparin may be the answer to pre-
vention of thrombosis in old age.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-07

It was the identical blindfold; sup
posedly the identical fshbowl
Though there was some uncertainty
about this) they were the same cap
sules, the same numbers.
And just to make everything per-
feet, there also was Lieut. Charles R.
Morris of Elizabeth, N. j., who
dropped down to the nations CAPT.
tai to complete the picture.
He is the man who blindfolded
Secretary of War Baker at the time
No. 258 was drawn in 1917.
Lieutenant Morris even stirred the
capsules with the same paddle that
they were stirred with before.
Selective service headquarters an
nounced the classification of the en-
tire group would proceed, but that
the first roll call would probably be
small-about 20 per cent of the
quota Of trainees being summoned in
the first draft
National Guard generals, after
they'd talked things over in Wash
ington, agreed it was improbable
that trainees would 'get off, with
just one year in the army. Said
one:
''The emergency probably will not
be over in year-and if it isn't,
the army is going to find that they
can't make real, efficient shock
troops in IL months. I don't expect
either guard or draftees to be back
home after a year."
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-07

and suddenly daylight raiders
damned sticks of bombs into crowd
ed streets. There was great slaugh-
ter. Italy proudly announced her
planes were taking part in the Lon
don bombings.
Radio and press reports from Ber-
lin admitted heavier raiding by Brit
ish bombers. Chief development in
the air was the use of the new type
Nazi dghter-bombers, and the report
that the Raj. was going to bring
out new model plane to combat
them. Air losses by both sides were
far below those reported in previous
attacks, however, and ground casu-
alties also were diminished, al
though property damage was heavy.
British photos showed much destruc-
ton in their own country, and
meager German reports admitted
that Hamburg was hard hit.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-07

Now, Prince Roger is serving Eng
land. He is lieutenant of De Gaul-
les. He was being, amid storm,
investigated by parliament. Prince
Roger is close friend of Fritz
Mandl, former Austrian munitions
king, who was one of Hedy Lamarr's
husbands.
Funny things happen in Reno.
John E. Lichtenberg tried to fix up
a mistake in his registration for the
draft. Now, he finds he has two
numbers-a pair of them. They
misspelled the Lichtenberg name,
so on the second try, he got second
number. He has a number with
each card. They said he had two
shooting-irons in the fire.
Meanwhile, Clarence A. Dykstra,
new director of the selective mill
tary service, assured the country
there would be mo possible favorit-
ism" in calling up 100000 men for
military training. Dysktra had been
city manager of the reformed Gin
cinnati, and then president of the
University Of Wisconsin, following
the late Glenn Frank.
An attendance record was estab-
lished in the national parks during
the 1910 travel year. Visitors num-
bered Is, TAI 1855, a million more than
last year.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-07
'Denocracity'

Harvey D. Gibson, board chair.
man of the New York Worlds fair.
closed the place up The finale of
this "democrac city" conceded with
the finales of long list of unfor-
tunate 'democracountries," and
their democracitizens. Admiral
Giuseppe Cantu, Italian commission
er general. died suddenly of heart
attack, and Grover Whalen, presi-
dent of the fair, commiserated. Can
tu's son, Giovanni, is commanding
an Italian submarine in the Medi-
terranean.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-07

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Here
is Major General George FL.
Brett, aUho has been made acting
chief of the U. S. Air Corps to
succeed Major General Henry III.
arnold. General arnold has
been advanced to the ne,UIy cre-
ated post Of Deputy Chief OF the
aUar department general staff.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-07
ART:
$5O,OOO,OOO Gift

A collection of more than 100 mas
terpieces by the worlds leading art
lists has been presented by the mil
lionaire sportsman, Joseph E.
Widener of Philadelphia, to the Ma
tional Art gallery at Washington.
The National gallery was the gift
to the nation of the late Andrew w.
Mellon. The Widener collection,
valued as high as $4,000, 900, is the
most important gift of paintings to
date.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-07

EDITORS NOTE-When opinions
are expressed in these columns, they
are those of the news analyst, and not
necessarily of this newspaper.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-07
SALESMAN:
Hitler BUSY

The armored train that carries the
Nazi Fuehrer on his travelling sales
man job of talking France and Spain
and Italy into his way of thinking
has been making more mileage.
It has rolled into France, also
somewhere in the Pyrenees' and
its chief passenger has had his talks
with Franco and Laval.
The result of the French trip is
known, but not it's details, which
were withheld from publication, and
twill not be given to the PRESS
according to both British and Nazi
sources.
Few photos of the meetings were
made, but they show the same pic
ture as that at Brennero-long lines
of helmeted soldiers presenting
arms on both sides of the steel
armored train; batteries of anti-air-
craft artillery training guns and
binoculars aloft; blinds of the train
windows pulled down; Hitler and
his conferee striding up and down.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-07

MCHTO whic is
production of
commission,
the production
right E. Wilson, president of General Motors
Motor
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-07
MISCELLANY:

Prince Roger Starhemberg used to
own 80 castles in Austria. He over
threw the little Austrian democracy
in early 1884. First, in 1923, he
served Hitler. Later he fought him.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-15
Turkey Teeth?
Olson Not Sure

SACRAMENTO, Nov. Is. CUP)
- The governors office tele-
phoned the department OF agri-
culture today, in all seriousness.
to find out whether turkeys nave
teeth.
Senator John Phillips of Riv-
erside county wrote Gov. Culbert
Olson inviting him to attend Z
turkey show on November %,
stating that the event was to be
utility" shOw-the only one
of its kind in the country.
BY utility show, Phillips ex-
planned, was meant one in which
the entries are judged by the
teeth rather than the feathers.
DIR. ii. A. Hoffman, livestock
pathOlOgist of the department of
agriculture agreed the testing
probably would be made on the
basis of teeth-the owners set,
however, not the birds. II seems
that turkeys i'm utility show
are judged dressed and ready for
market. In other words, by their
"eatability."
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-15
hi|lman Confers
On vuItee Strike

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Nov. Is.
(UP)-Sidney Hillman, president of
the Amalgamated Clothing Workers
of America, conferred by telephone
several times today with his CO.
members of the national defense
commission at Washington regard
ing the strike at the Vultee Air
craft Co., at Downey. Calf.
The Amalgamated elecutive board
is in session here prior to next
weeks convention of the Congress
of Industrial Organizations.
Hillman declined to comment un-
til he had learned full details of
the walkout.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-15
600
Die in
Rd iid S
RAF Re+aIiates by
Gre ate st Attack
AGAINST Berlin
BY UNITED PRESS -

German Blitz b o m b e S
hurled an Earthquake" at
tack at the important Brit
ish aircraft center of Cover
try Thursday night and early Fri
day morning in what might prove
to be a possible opening gambit in
new multi-front Axis offensive
against the British empire.
The Coventry attack lasted 1012
hours and cost at least 1000 casual
ties in killed and wounded. Dam
age to Coventry's major aircraft fac
tories was not specified by the Brit
ish but Nazis claimed plants vital
to Britain's air arm had been Grip
Fled or devastated.
At the same time British bonn
berS we're carrying out what was
believed to be their strongest raid
Of the war on Berlin, and ranging
from the Arctic port of Narvik to
Lorient, France, where Germans
have built new submarine base.
Fires started in Berlin Thursday
night were visible 30 miles away,
the RAF said.
There was no tangible develop
ment TO indicate that the Coventry
raid was the curtain-raiser to new,
shattering efforts by the Axis
against Great Britain. But ripple
OF events and reports from the
censor bound capitals of Europe
trickled through, which-taken to-
gether- indicate new Axis
offensive is in the making.
Several Of these events centered
around Spain and France Both Of
these nations are vital 10 the Axis
if the long g-awaited drive by Ger
many and Italy against British con-
troll of the western Mediterranean
anG the important fortress of Glib
raltar is about to get under way.
Ramon Serrano Suner, SPANS
foreign minister and close friend OF
Benito MusSolini and Adolf Hitler,
was en- route to Paris. In Madrid
Gen. Francisco Franco called in
for an audience high officers of
Spain's army, navy and air force
Continued on Page 8, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-15
Lasf-Day Crowd Jams u. A. Theaier
For Final Performance of Free
Electrical Appliance Exposition

entertained by a cake baking con-
test of four men operating on four
different ranges, a Hot Point a
Frigidaire. an Electroday and Il
Westinghouse. and the famous
General Electric House of Magic
program that shows the miracles
OF lighting.
District sponsors reported that
more than 900 women attended the
Thursday session and participated
in the giving away of prizes. Win
ners of cakes baked by the two ace
home economists for the district
were: Mrs. L. Osa, Mrs. f. S.
Strickler, Mrs. w. Jones, Mrs. S.
E. Allen, Mrs. S. C. Kendle and
Mrs. Sam Robertson.
Those who received gifts of food
cooked on the stage by Miss Alice
Robertson, economist for Hot Point,
We're: Mrs L. R. Hess, Mrs. H. c.
Cdell, Mrs. H. Rolandar and Mrs.
Frank Stall.
A beautiful floor lamp supplied
by the district was given to Mrs.
Florence Roberds.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-15

efS, aircraft ulVlSlOl, over IL ue-
mand for a 25-cent hourly raise in
minimum wages.
1t was the first to occur in the
vital aircraft industry and the ma
tional defense commission in wash
ington was in close touch with the
situation.
Picket lines were formed after
the overnight shift left the plant
at dawn. The day force of produc-
ton workers joined the pickets and
a Vultee official appeared at the
gates with an announcement that
the factory had shut down.
He told the several hundred nom
enter that "it was quite obvious
that the plant would be unable to
operate All employees were told
to collect their checks this after
noon, this being payday.
A Vultee official said the big
factory with its S8O,OOO,OO0 backlog
of untitled orders, was tied up
tighter than a drum" He said
production had been halted indef-
initely on the regular. turnout of
three basic training planes daily
for the U. S. army air corps and
of combat ships for this country
Great Britain, and South America
Any attempt to bring in other
men and operate the plant in de-
fiance of the strike "is not called
for at this time he said.
THE company's position is the
same as it has been," he said. 1--WE
are still holding ourselves open for
arbitration or negotiation.
A company statement declared
that sit is apparent that we have
been selected by the CIO as the
guinea pig for organizing the entire
aircraft industry in southern Cali
fornia. The company has offered
several times to arbitrate the situ-
alton and each time arbitration has
Continued OH Page 8, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-15

vestigation, Dies charged last night
in Chicago that millions of dol
lars" have been raised IN this coun-
try to support the Fascist and Nazi
regimes.
Committee investigator j. B.
Matthews is preparing wpat he calls
a white paper" on activities OF
German consular and diplomatic
officials. 1t is based on Information
obtained in recent raid of Ger
man organizations in Few York
and other cities. Dies has described
information he has as dangerous
and sensational" Other committee
members have said that Is disclo-
sure may force a rupture of diplo-
matte relations with Germany.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-15
One Fifth of &c.
Community Chest
Quota Now Raised
First Days Receipts
Indicate Hearty
Response to Drive

Money poured into the cot
fers of the Ell Centro Com
munity Chest fund Friday
in the annual drive to raise
$4,000 for character build
ing and relief agencies in the city
according to Judge Vaughn Thomp-
son, drive chairman.
More than one fifth of the total
amount was raised in the first day
of the drive, committee chairman
reported Thursday at daily re-
port luncheon, and many OF the
committees had not yet got under
way.
Warren Currier chairman of the
advance gifts committee, presided
at Thursdays noon meeting, and
pointed out to committee chairman
that the community chest drive, IN
which all organizations cooperate,
actually saves the El CentrO buSi-
nessman and citizen money, because
eight separate drives would be far
more expensive.
Committee chairmen who made
reports Thursday were John Ray
mond, Edna Morrison, Bill Outlook,
Bert Hamburger, Currier and drive
chairman, Judge Thompson.
One of the more important char
acter building agencies operating
under the chest is the American
Red Cross, according to officials
of the chest drive.
Among the important community
services of the Red Cross are, a
swimming safety campaign, veteran
relief, civilian relief, home services,
disaster relief and donation of cloth
ing for the needy
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-15
Defense Board in
Constant Touch
With Strike Moves
War Department Also in
Contact With Federal
Officials at Scene

WASHINGTON, Nov. Is.
(UP)-Members of the de-
fense commissions labor div
ision and war department
officials were keeping in con-
slant touch today with authorities
seeking speedy settlement Of the
Vultee Aircraft company strike at
Downey, Calf.
The labor departments concilia-
ton service was in immediate
charge of negotiations, working
through it's representative, Lyman
Sisley, at the scene of the dispute.
Assistant Secretary of War Rob-
ert P. Patterson said he was great
ly surprised to learn of the strike.
since he had been advised by the
defense commission last night that
the wage controversy at the factory
was about to be settled.
I'VE are vitality interested in all
developments in this strike - the
first in an aircraft factory working
on defense orders" he said. I'VE
diC UCAiS Coilotclioiy, dltiOlSA III
formally, advised of its progress. 1t
is, however, primarily a matter for
the defense commission and labor
conciliators to adjust
Members sof Defense Labor Com
missioner Sidney Hillman's staff
said they were making direct efforts
by long distance telephone calls to
the west coast to bring the dis
putants together. They would not
say whether they were dealing
through Sisley or union officials
and management representatives.
War department. spokesman esti-
mated that the Vultee plant was
working on more than $8O,OOOO0O
OF foreign and domestic plane or
ders.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-15

lNC llloAS, wiz 1cooAiStteb ~ 80 ~
quota, will take off for Los Angeles
Friday, Oct. %.
Northend Selective Service board
officials said Friday that the first
six men to volunteer for one-year
training had been selected. They
were Walter l.. Henry jr., %, OF
Imperial; Joe r. Hernandez %, OF
Brawley; A. A. Montana, 25, OF
INLAND; A. l.. McConico, 49, OF
Imperial; Sam Masami Tamura, 80,
an Hawaiian, of Ell Centre; and
George R. Parr, %, of Westmor-
land.
These men will leave Brawley by
bus Tuesday morning, arrive III Los
Angeles that afternoon and report
Immediately to, their commanding
officer at 106 West Third street.
The five southend men, who will
leave Ell Centro at 9:33 am. Friday
Oct. %, have not yet been chosen
from the Is volunteers. Selective
Service board members will make
that choice Saturday. The five
best suited for army training as
well as the five that can most con-
veniently leave will be named, they
indicated.
United Press dispatches from
Washington, D. c., showed that
similar miniature lotteries" are
going on in many draft districts OF
the nation where more offers of
volunteers have been received than
there are places in the first call
The first men were warned to
"travel light" and told to carry a
single suitcase. Complete equip
merit will be issued to them within
three days, instructions indicated
Aside from. personal effects, only
small articles may be taken with
them. mo automobiles " the
bulletin said.
Meanwhile, scores of question:
naires went out of both Selective
Service boafd offices in Imperial
county and more scores were turn
ed back, filled out. The southend
board reported about 300 mailed out
and so had come back Those that
have been returned will probably
be classified Saturday at the board
meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-15

A final day crowd virtually fill
ed the United Artists theater in
Ell Centro Friday afternoon as the
annual Electrical Appliance show
sponsored by the Imperial Irriga-
tion district and the Post-Press
reached a smashing climax.
Most thrilling events of the al
ternoon program-aWard of a S119.-
95 Westinghouse electric range, 500
in electrical merchandise and an
exciting array of valuable appli-
ances-was saved for the end OF
the program.
Earlier, however, housewives were
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-15


the committee prepared to begin
an investigation next Monday Of
activities of German and Italian
diplomatic officials in this country.
The German and italian diplomatic
corps have been invited by Chair
man Martin Dies TO attend.
Voorhis asserted that the COM
mittee, with only small staff Of
investigators, was not adequately
equipped to cope with such far
reaching problems as espionage and
sabotage. He urged congress to pro-
vide more funds for the investiga-
ton. but said the committee should
confine itself to investigating and
publicizing subversive groups and
organizations.
En- route here to conduct the in