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Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-02
Two More Years
Of War Forecast
By Italian Press
Might Indicate Waning
Faith in Germany's
Invincibility
BY ]. w. T. MASON
United Press War Expert

Predictions of two mora
years of war which are being
made by Italian newspapers
indicate waning confidence of the
Italians in German invincibility.
The Roman Ralists are really point
ing to Hitler by their comments on
the wars length, implying that the
Nazi air attacks over Britain have
failed and an invasion is not ex-
pected.
When Mussolini carried italy into
the war, France was tottering and
the Italians believed they would
have to hurry to join the combat
before Hitler began debating peace
terms. They believed before the
first year of fighting was over that
the war would be finished and they
would have their pickings consoli-
dated under the italian flag.
Last week Rome reports admitted
that the italian fleet was unable
to challenge the British Med,ter-
ranean squadrons, this being an ex-
cuse for the delays in starting
military offensive in North Africa.
Now Rome is beginning to envisage
hoStllities being prolonged into
1912. That is to say, the italian
people gradually are being taught
to expect heavy sacrifices over
prolonged period.
trust in Hitler and Mussolini to
dominate Europe by series of blitz-
krieg blows now has vanished in
Italy. Uncertainties about the out
come must begin to arise. Italy is
out for gain and is not fighting
defensive war. Mussolini wants
territorial expansion.
The conqueror type Of leadership
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-02
Roosevelt Calls
On nU.S.fo Harden
Self for Attack

NEW FOUND GAP, N. c., Ten
nessee Border Sept. 2. CUP)-Pres-
ident Roosevelt warned America
today to tougher and harden itself
to defend its way of life against
the rushing menace of history's
greatest attack upon free men.
Against a background OF mile
high mountain pass, Mr.. Roosevelt
told Ame{icans that they have
grown soft in many ways; that their
way of life is menaced. He called
on the nation to establish absolute
national unity for total defense.
The president voiced his warning
as he dedicated the 100000 virgin
acres of the great Smoky Noun
tains national park to the free
people of America.
"The greatest attack that has
ever been launched against freedom
of the individual is nearer the AM
ericas than ever before" Mr.. Roose-
yelt declared.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-02
Peasant Uprising
Against Ceding
Property Dies
Rumanians Moving Out
OF Territory Given
Over to Hungary

CLUJ, Pennsylvania, Sept.
2. (UP)-The threat of peas
ant resistance to the Ger
man-Italian-dictated cession
of Pennsylvania to Hungary
died out today in a funeral at
mosphere.
The city of Cluj, capital of the
area ceded by Rumania, was ner-
vouS, but RumanianS were moving
out rapidly. There was no panic
The people were glum and the pre-
viouS threats of disorder or reSis-
tance apparently were broken.
Arrivals from Arad said that
troops had been used there to dis
perse demonstrators, but that resis-
tance generally seemed to have
failed because the property-loving
Transylvanians we're eager to save
what they could from the wreck.
There was no disorder here. Re-
ports circulated abroad of demon
strators' attack on the German con-
sulate at Cluj were denied by the
German legation at Bucharest which
said 1--WE have been in constant
contact and there has been no hos
tile demonstration or attack on the
personnel or property of the con-
sulate at Cluj.~
Keen disappointment was caused
here this morning by the failure Of
Juliu MANU-, the Transylvanian
peasant leader who opposed the
cession agreement, to arrive in Cluj
as expected. He was reported to
have halted at Brasov, enroute from
Bucharest.
The Italian consul laughed heart
lily this morning when asked if he
had been slapped by demonstrating
mobS.
mo demonstrators even entered
the courtyard of the consulate" he
said.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-02
BY UNITED PRESS

The crash of an airlines plane,
torrential rains and the usual holi-
day weekend traffic fatalities
brought the total number of lives
lost by violence to more than 272
as the nation observed Labor Day.
At least l57 died on the highways,
% drowned and II were killed in
miscellaneous accidents.
Twenty-Five persons, including
u. S. Sen. Ernest Lundeen of Min
nesota, were killed when Penn
sylvania Central Airlines plane
crashed near Lovettsville, Va. At
least five more were killed by a
hurricane that swept up the eastern
coast and disrupted communica-
tions, flooded railroads and high
ways and burst dams in New Jersey.
A mother and her baby daughter
were drowned when the dam near
Mickle Lake, N. j., gave way, two
men were killed in an automobile
accident during the binding rain
at Camden and another man was
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-02

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2. UP)-
War Department officials prepar-
ed today to induct 60,5OO national
guardsmen from 26 states into the
army Sept. l6 for one year of
training.
President Roosevelt issued the
call-the first of series that
probably will bring all available
members of the guard into the
army within a few months-late
yesterday under the national gtNrd
mobilization law which he signed
Tuesday.
The first guardsmen called for
service will be the vanguard of the
preparedness army of 100000 SOL
diers planned by the high COM
mand. Under the law the guards
men can be used for service any
where in the United States, its ter
ritories or possessions, including the
Philippines. But there was no indi-
cation any of the men called would
be sent beyond the limits of con-
tinental United States.
Mr.. Roosevelt announced that he
plans to increase the 60,500 called
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-02
WiI|kie Promises
ToFree Unions

RUSHVILLE. Ind, Sept. 2. CUP
Wendell L. Willkie today promis-
ed to enlist the cooperation of Ia
Dor, industry and agriculture to
overcome the nations present
economic stagnation" and to arrest
what he described as a trend to-
ward placing labor unions Under
government control.
I'VE must rely upon the compul-
sion of the law only as a last ex-
tremity,' he said. Il shall lend ev-
cry Influence to establish forth
right collective bargaining between
management and men upon a basis
of good will, cancellations and eco
nomic voluntarism and free from
interference" ......
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-02

dieli LII III CiiC CdPiIcl olilCc uGWI,
ended with at least nine German
pilots floating in parachutes to the
ground as their planes were added
to probably a score of German
craft previously shot down.
Official figures gave the days
score as Is German planes shot
down and seven British fighters
lost. -
Thirty heavy Nazi bombers and
about 60 escort fighters were en-
gagged in the attack on London's
defenses near the end of a day of
heavy aerial operations over the
British Isles.
The planes met a terrific anti
aircraft bombardment, after which
British fighters sliced in between
the Nazi fighters and bombers to
counter attack and break up the
formation. Some bombs were re-
ported dropped miles from any mil
tary objective as the British pursuit
ships chased the Germans home
ward.
southeast were made earlier.
The armada was the second large
force sent across the channel by
the Luftwaffe today. The first
gave London 44-minute air alarm,
the first after l7-hour lull in
which only small and isolated
German air units appeared over
the. British countryside. -
German planes today ran into
fierce opposition both by the Royal
Air corps and anti-aircraft bat
teries whose aim has improved
markedly as day after day of mass
air warfare goes by.
The air ministry reported nine
German planes shot down and four
British aircraft missing with one
pilot safe up to l p. m. G a. m.
EDT. Unofficial reports placed
the German losses at more than Is.
German raiders today appeared
to be concentrating on the Thames
Estuary. The days first mass at
tack was directed to objectives in
that region but was beaten off by
British defenders.
Shortly after noon another flight
of about so German bombers was
spotted in the Estuary. Heavy anti
aircraft fire forced the planes to
veer from their course and they
finally were chased out to sea by
British fighters without dropping
any bombs.
About 300 German raiders cross
ed the southeast coast at several
points this afternoon.
British defense forces noted the
German bombers flew in more ex-
tended formations than recently
presumably as precaution against
anti-aircraft fire which has recently
been taking heavy toll of the
raiders. The formations numbered
"a, Is and smaller groups of eights
and fours. Fighter escorts flew
above. below and on the flanks.
At all points anti-aircraft bat
teries gave the Germans a hot re-
ception. The bombers twisted and
turned as shrapnel burst among
them.
British fighters soon zoomed up
and broke the German formations.
Fierce air battles took place over
a wide area and the din of machine
cunning and cannonading was ter
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-02


ended abruptly.
The brief deluge came just three
days short of one year after the
disastrous storm of 1899, which
began on the night of Sept. 4 and
continued for almost a week until
highways were flooded, streets ran
water from curb to curb, bridges
were washed out and crops ruined.
No damage was reported from
Sunday nights rainfall.
The Ell Centro weather bureau,
reporting that O9 of an inch OF
rain fell Sunday night, said it was
the first heavy rainfall since the
storm of last September, and the
first rain of any kind since April l.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-02
- AMBlINe
4AEpoRTER
Self-DefenSe--

Complaints from the wife of an
FL Centre tavern keeper that the
RR column never deviateS from a
half dozen selective persons for its
jibes, almost brings tears to our
eyes.
We probably wouldn't feel so
much like weeping on day when
there was raft of material, but
on Labor Day it is positive tragedy.
In the first place, we repeat on
those "selective persons" only out
of dire necessity. That's a confession
we probably shouldn't make, but it's
true, anyhow. Gathering the ma
terial for this column-as thread
bare as it is, sometime-is no slight
chore, despite a wide acquaintance
ship.
So .. if you know any RR items,
give us ring in the forenoon, any
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-02
Stranded Nazis
To Get Site for
Camp in Texas

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2. (Up)
Capt. William Daehne, master
of the scuttled Nazi liner Columbus,
will go to Texas this week to in
spect several campsites proposed
for the 45l stranded members Of
his crew, it was learned today.
His trip will be made in connec-
ton with Department of Justice
plans to transfer the Columbus
crew from the Angel Island immi-
grafton station where they have
been guests of the federal gov
ernment since last spring.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-02
Noise Language

There was a big dog" outside
the house of Walter Pollard Sunday
evening and the Pollard spaniel
wanted out the worst way to do
battle or at least have a look at
him.
Every few minutes when the "dog
roared' the spaniel raced to the
door and put his nose to the crack,
sending forth stream of invective
in dog language:
Come in here and fight like a
dog. you dog!" he seemed to be
barking.
But it was no use. The Pollards
wouldn't let the spaniel out and
the "dog" outside wouldn't come III.
1t was just thunder, anyhow.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-02
Burglars at inland
Loot Cash Boxes

An undetermined amount of cash
taken from two cash registers was
the loot of burglars who Sunday
night broke into the Club cafe at
inland, deputy sheriffs said Mon
day.
Thieves entered the cafe through
window in the rear, a report at
the sheriff's office said. They broke
open the two cash registers in their
hunt for money.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-02
Baseball
NATIONAL
GERMAN PLANES FLY
OVER SWEDEN FIRED ON

NEW YORK, Sept. q (UP)-A
British wireless report heard here
by Columbia Broadcasting system
said that German planes flew over
the west coast of Sweden yesterday
and were fired upon by Swedish
anti-aircraft batteries.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-02
BRITISH TURN BACK FIERCE AIR THRUST
Senate Inquiry
Into Air Crash
Accident That Killed SoIon May Become
Subject for Probe if McCanan
Gets His Way-25 Lose Lives

WASHINGTON, Sept 2. (UP)-The senate will be
asked ask to take investigation of the nations worst
ca apane tragedy out of the hands of Civil Aeronautcs
Authority inspectors who searched pile of broken wreck
today for of the crash that killed 25
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-02
Hour Of Rainfall With Lightning and
Thunder Breaks Dry Spell Lasting
Since ApriI.. Precipitation .09

Petng rainfall that lasted than an hour, but
dropped O9 of inch of rain Imperial Valley, Sunday
night broke dry spell that had lasted since April L.
Lightning, accompanied by heavy peals of thunder
preceded the first light shower which quickly took
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-02
rs German Ships
Shot Down i'm
Power Attack
Aerial Armada Appears Concentrating
On Thames Estuary-EnsIish Score With
An+i-Aircraft Guns Improves

LONDON, Sept 2. (UP)-Squadrons of British fight
ing planes sashed through huge formation of German
craft southeastern England Late today andaided
by anaircraft guns-broke up powerful thrust toward
London. The aerial battle during the second air raid
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-02

Butter: Los Angeles 30c; but
terfat, Imperial Valley I. o. b. ranch,
grade A, 39c; manufacturing milk
33c; route gathered cream 29c.
L. A. Hay: U. s. No. I $12.50-13;
u. s. No. 2 Ieafy $11.50-12; u. s. No.
2 1O-1O.50, Mpls. September flax.
S1.5O1a.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-30
LOWER OIL PRICES
SOUGHT In ACTION
Continued From Page One)

announced yesterday that he had
Instructed the antitrust division to
proceed with the action.
A summary of the proposed COM
plant Was issued by the depart
ment and listed charges ranging
from conspiracy to maintain non
competitive prices" for crude oil
to agreement on uniform and ex-
horbitant price ~differentials be-
TWEEN various grades of gasoline"
successful prosecution of the suit
the departments statement said,
should provide not only ow e r
prices to consumers of oil products
but higher prices for independent
oil producers.
Lower prices for petroleum pro-
ducts" the statement added, are
of great Importance to the govern
ment in its defense program. FL
nally, the production of oil should
then be determined not on the
basis of price maintenance but on
true conservation principles"
The petroleum institute is an oil
trade association. The department
said the suit would seek its disolu-
ton on the grounds that it is an
agency through which alleged il
legal practices are carried out. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-30
AMERICAS TRADE
MILITARY NOTES
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academy, and Major fernando Mora
chief of artillery.
Uruguay:
InspectorGenera1 Marcelino Der
gala and his air force commander
Lieut.-Col. Oscar Gestido, left from
Buenos Aires last week, flying by
way of Rio De Janeiro, to Wash
ington.
Guatemala:
General Rodolfo Mendoza and Col
onel Enrique Peralta, chief of staff
and assistant director of the military
academy, respectively, enroute by
air, via Brownsville, Texas.
. On the schedule of the Latin Amer
lean delegates are meetings with
President Roosevelt on Tuesday and
subsequent visits to the Chesapeake
Bay defenses; visits to Fort Benning,
Ca, an important. infantry post;
Randolf Field, Texas, air corps train
ing center; Fort Sill, OKLA, artillery
center; Fort Knox, KY, armored
corps headquarters; a tour of the in
dustria1 areas of Detroit and New
York; and finally a trip to West
The missions are in conformity
with the Havana accord reached by
the 81 American nations which laid
the groundwork for a possible sys-
tenn of mutual assistance pacts
the western hemisphere,
including Canada although she was
not represented at Havana.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-30
Reality Is Discussed
In The Lesson-Sermon

REALTY" was the subject of the
1esson-sermon in all Christian Sci
ences churches and societies yester-
day..
The Golden text was from Luke
1892: "Fear not, little flock; for it
is your Fathers good pleasure to
give you the kingdom"
Among the citations which COM
prised the lesson-serrnon were the
following from the Bible: "And I saw
a new heaven and a new earth; for
the first heaven and the first earth
were passed away; and there was no
more sea. And I, John, saw the holy
city, new Jerusalem, coming down
from God out of heaven, prepared
as a bride adorned for her husband.
And I heard a great voice out of
heaven saying, Behold, the taber-
nacle of God is with men, and he
will dwell with them, and they shall
be his people, and God himself shall
be with them, and be their God.
Blessed are they that do his com
mandments, that they may have
right to the tree of life, and may
enter in through the gates into the
city," Grew. 81: 1-3; 22:14).
The l-esson-sermon also included
the following passages from the
Christian Science textbook, Science
and Health with Key ITO the Scrip
lures, by Mary Baker Eddy. THE
Revelator was on plane of ex-
istence, while yet beholding what
the eye cannot see-that which is
invisible to the %uninspired thought.
This testimony of Holy Writ sus-
tains the fact in Science, that the
heavens and earth to one human
consciousness, that consciousness
which God bestows, r spiritual,
while to another, the unillumined
human mind, the vision is material.
This shows Enthusiastically that what
the human mind terms matter and
spirit indicates states and stages of
consciousness. When you read this,
remember Jesus words, The king
dom of God is within YOU This
spiritual consciousness is therefore
a present possibility"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-30
ORCHID MARKS
ROYAL THEATRE zPRORAM

Little Caesar" is back in ac-
ton again. This time, it's as
Brother Orchid' that Edward
G. Robinson is heading the mob.
Adapted from the sensational Col
lier's magazine story by Richard
Council, Brother Orchid,"' which
opens at tn eRoyal theatre today,
is the story of an underworld big
shot who goes cunning for culture
"a tailor-made role for Robinson.
Members of his mob" include
the girl friend, Flo, a hat check
girl in a swank night spot. She
took, a good tip, and before long
she owned the night club. Blonde
Ann Sothern plays this role.
Then there's Jack Buck-no re-
lation to Frank. Jack always
brings them back dead. He is SO
adept at the double-cross that he
is even suspicious of. himself. Buck
is played by that master of men,
ace, Humphrey Bogard.
To round out a grand show Roy
al Varieties offers "An's Well That
Ends Well" a cartoon. A new Pop
ular Science subject and Movie
tone News. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-30
Chinese Not Upset By
Japs' Union With Ak,

CHUNGKING, Sept. % Up :
China feels no anxiety ove Jap
ans addition to the Rcme-Berlii
axis, informed political sources
declared today, because German,
and Italy already have shown thei;
inability to aid Japan's Asiatie
conquest.
The only reflection of oficia
opinion was an editorial in thu
Central Daily News which calle'
the tri-power pact a hollow pre-
tense, with Germany and Ita1i
seeking Japanese assistance in Ell
rope and Japan seeking axis SUP
port in Asia.
Neither is possible, it argued, be
cause of geographic distances an
the military weakness of the sigr
atOrieS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-30
ITALIAN DEMANDS ON
FRANCE MADE PUBLIC
II Duce Calls For Use OF Tripoli,
Syria, as an Italian
Naval Base

NEW YORK, Sept. 29-R-The
British Broadcasting coporation,
in a broadcast heard here by NBC.
reported today Italian delegates
meeting with the French had made
the following four demands:
The use of Tripoli, Syria, as an
Italian naval base.
The grounding at Rhodes of all
French planes now in Syria for the
duration of the war.
The handing over Of two air
bases in Syria, including Alep.
The complete rehabilitation OF
all French armed forces, except
ing the police. The broadcast said
the French had rejected the second
demand and that no reaction on the
others was as yet forthcoming.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-30
SETUP TO CONTROL
PRICES ADVOCATED
Continued From Page One)

duction, the Walsh-Healey act and
the wage-hour law. The Walsh
Healey act specifies wage and hour
standards which must be met r.
firms holding government con-
tracts.
Minimum wages, designed to
protect the incomes of the bottom
strata of labor" would not be
harmful, the author said, 'but he
added that such measures as COM
pulsory payment of time-and-a half
for overtime should be suspended.
If labor is to make any ~-
nomic contribution to the cost Of
war;" he said, "the cost of living
(including the workers burden of
direct taxation) must rise more
than the wage rates though
it need not rise more than total
wage income as affected by in
creased employment" 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-30
BRITISH ATTACK
PORTS, BERLIN
POWER STATIONS
Continued From Page One)

rained down to add to the de-
struction..
Central London was lit up for
half an hour by a fire which was
soon extinguished. Damage W a S
confined to one building.
Tactics Changed
The start of the 23rd successive
night of Nazi air raids followed
a thinned-out daylight offensive Of
mere hit-and-run stabs by lone
raiders-a change in tactics after
Fridays massed assaults which
some military observers saio
would have heralded a weekend
invasion had the Nazis succeeded
in beating down the Royal A +
Force.
Despite the heaviness of the bar.
rage in the London area, however,
the number of bombs dropped in
the metropolitan zone appeared to
be no greater than on previous
nights, if as great.
Rooftop observers considered the
fire, which literally rocked build.
ings in central London for several
minutes, as the heaviest yet in
more than three weeks of air siege.
Guns blazed particularly against
two raiders high in the sky. Roofs
for hundreds of yards around the
Associated Press observation post
rang with the sharp clatter So1
glowing red-hot fragments of anti.
aircraft sheels.
AS usual, the night sky was lii
with the flashes of the guns and
bombs which seemed to drop CON
siderable distances in the suburbs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-30
COMMITTEE AGREES
ON NEW TAX Bill
Continued From Page One)

approved by the senate. setting
up a system of high income and
other taxes to become applicable
Immediately upon a declaration of
war. This would have increased the
present 4 per cent basic indivi-
dual income tax to 10 per cent dur
ing the war time.
Immediately upon committee
agreement on the bill, congression-
al leaders made plans to seek its
endorsement by the house Tuesday
and by the senate Wednesday.
The National Defense commits
sion has urged early enactment of
the legislation because of its de-
tense plant amortization provision.
This would permit government con-
tractors to deduct from their tax.
able income the entire cost of new
facilities completed, for defense
purposes, after June 10, 1910.
These deductions could be made
at the rate of 20 per cent a year
over a period of five years.
Under the excess profits tax pro-
visions, the first $4,000 of corpor-
alton income would be exempt.
Two systems would be provided
for determining the amount of cor
poration profits which were lex
cess and, therefore, subject to
the excess profits levy. The first,
would permit a corporation to count
as its untaxed credit IS per cent
of it's average earnings over a base
period, 1886 to 1889, inclusive.
The second, or Invested capt.
tai" formula, would grant a credit
of eight per cent of a corpora
tons current invested capital.
The tax -ates on excess profits
would be Is per cent on the first
$40, 900; 80 per cent on next $50, 900;
IS per cent on next $50, 900; 40
per cent on next $3.50, 900; As per
cent on next $25, 900, and so per
cent on over $50, 600.
Congressional leaders hope final
action also can be taken this week
OF the S ,469, SO, 636 defense appro-
priation bill which would provide
money for the initial costs of the
draft program.
The measure already has re-
ceived house approval and hear
ings will begin tomorrow before
the senate appropriations COM
mittee. 9