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Evening star., 1940-11-03
ACTION CAN DEFEAT TTALY-HORE-BELISH
BHton Calls for Immediate Move in Aegean Region

LONDON.-Britain may not have
many more opportunities in this war but
she has one now. Her seizure of 1t would
lead to the downfall of Italy. Her neg
lect of it might lead to the loss of her
sway in two great continents.
This time she has not been taken by
surprise. She is confronted with chal-
lenge long foreseen and now only to be
accepted.
1t was August last that Mussolini
initiated the usual totalitarian prelimi-
naries to aggression. He torpedoed
Greek ships and whined about persecu-
ton of Albanians in Ciamura. Since
then his troops have been stamping on
the frontier. Fortunately, he afforded
time to Britain in which to prepare her
counter-measures before he gave the
order to march.
When he did so, his majesty's govern
ment with promptitude reacted and
promised military aid in the widest
sense of the term" to Greece. We must
bear with the delay to furnish a clear
explanation of the character and extent
of this military aid, at any rate until
Parliament meets-and we must bear
with it in the hope that virile strategy
is being pursued.
Italy on Several Fronts.
What is the situation in which Italy
has placed herself? She has under
taken war on several fronts. Apart
from her operations in Northern Greece,
she is endeavoring to consolidate her
new lines of communication into Egypt.
She is constructing road and water
pipeline from the Libyan frontier to
Sidi-Barrani, distance of 60 miles. 1t
is bold engineering enterprise, but it
is hardly conceivable that Britain will
allow the work to continue with i'm
punity.
Italy's outpost at Kassala in the Sudan,
to which she has advanced out of Erit-
rea, is vulnerable. The British, by bring
ing forces to Port Sudan from India,
could reinforce their present strength
an advantage denied their enemy except
by the use of troop-carrying planes
Any contemplated attempt to advance
on Atbara and Khartoum and capture
the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan could thus
be checkmated. In the south, the Ital-
ian expedition into Kenya is even more
precariously placed.
Strategy in the Aegean.
The enemy could be distracted from
putting the full weight Of his pressure
upon Greece If Britain were to abandon
the defensive in favor of attack in all
or any of these spheres. So long as we
have naval power the enemy is en-
barrassed in supporting his armies over
seas. 1t is, however, on the new battle
ground in Greece that Britain is pre-
sented with more illimitable prospects.
So far there have been denials that
our troops have landed in Corfu, Cepha-
lonia, or Crete: 1t is impossible to say
what the British intentions may be, but
that these islands occupy important
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Der 100000 Southwark from Rumania
across Bulgaria is Salonika. Have the
Italians and the Germans a rendezvous
in Salonika? Metaxas talked by tele-
phone with President Inonu Of Turkey.
but Inonu is prudent and hesitant. He
told the Turkish National Assembly:
1--WE have decided to act for the interests
of our nation without harming anybody
else" Turkey is England's ally, but over
Turkey, Russia holds the reins. And
German circles in Rumania asserted
that negotiations for new Russian
German agreement chiefly concerned
with the knotty Balkan and Near Eastern
problems are under way. At Constanta,
the Rumanian Black Sea port, Rumanian
Iron Guardists met the German Lorenz,
chief of the Nazi S. S. Corps, the elite
guard. King Boris of Bulgaria told his
country's Parliament that his govern
ment would continue by all means to
keep the peace and defend ''her vital
interests"
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Battle for Britain

While the Italians and Germans were
trying to get into formation for pincer
movement against the British Mediter-
ranean Sea power, the British carried
out two extraordinary feats of aerial
battle. From England they sent an r.
A. F. raid against the Skoda arms works
in Pilsen, Czecho- -Slovakia, one of the
chief Nazi war factories, 750 miles from
London. And from England they sent
another r. A. F. raid against Naples, in
Southern Italy, more than 1000 miles
from London.
The weather in the areas where the
Germans, now aided by the Italians, VINO
have air bases in German
Bombino occupied France, and the
Weather British fly to trade bombs
on each others territory
has become cold murky and snowy al
most constantly now. The German as
sault on London has diminished in It's
intensity, although the Nazis send their
planes against the British capital every
night. The British have established an
anti-aircraft protection for London that
extends now almost from London to
the mouth of the Thames, whose course
the German planes follow to the capital.
The English censor let pass the informa-
ton last week that Leicester Square was
among the famous London landmarks
which the German bombs had injured.
The German pre-occupation at the
present in the battle for Britain is with
the submarine and airplane blockade of
the isles On one day the DNB, official
German news agency, claimed that Ger
man Stukas raided British convoy of
Sheerness and sank nine vessels, total
ing $1,000 tons. Whether the German
claims are exaggerated, the fact is un-
doubted that they have. sunk enough
vessels to cause Britain concern. Brit
ish agents in the United States, it was
disclosed last week, are trying to arrange
for the construction of a great number
of 10,000-ton freight vessels in this coun-
try in order to insure enough bottoms to
carry to England the supplies she needs.
The British admitted that the Germans
had sent the Empress Of Britain, the
pride of the Canadian merchant fleet,
to the bottom. She displaced ~ ,348 tons,
and on her King George and Queen
Elizabeth of Great Britain returned to
England last year from Canada. She
was sunk by bombs from the air and
two torpedoes. OF the 643 persons
aboard only IS were lost.
The British government has grown ap-
prehensive over the intentions of the
French government chiefly
French because of this very ques-
Attitude ton of Englands vulnera-
bility from the sea. Eng
land and the United States tended to
believe that the conversations reported
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If Britain does not strike at once and
powerfully on behalf of her ally, consider
what the axis can attempt. The attitude
of Turkey is OF critical importance. In
making her decision, she is bound to
be affected by the extent and success of
British aid to Greece Her situation in
the event of an italian triumph would
indeed be unenviable. Already Germany
stretches out fist toward her. Italy,
were she to dominate Syria, could give
her stab in the back.
Syria Is Important.
Let it be recognized that Syria is as
important to the British position on the
Middle East as Ireland is to the position
of Britain in the Atlantic. The Italian
forces in the Dodecanese Islands are
ready at propitious moment to slip
around the southern coast of Anatolia
into Syria
The greatest moral calamity of all
would be if the little country of the Hell
lenes, which has had the courage to re-
sist the might Of an invader, were to
feel the odds too great to bear in the
absence of military aid in the widest
sense of the term" from Britain. But
none Of this need be.
If any doubts have supervened about
the decisiveness and promptitude of
British policy-and it is hoped they will
in due course be removed-they are ex-
plainable by the fact that although
prito in, iS nd ~.
war to save it, the public has not had
that opportunity of enlightenment about
the issues which can only come from
frank debate in Parliament. Indeed
that assembly, from the day when it was
called upon to renew its life for another
year. has stood adjourned upon a mo-
ton Of the government.
Criticism Needed.
Recollecting the errors which con-
summated the capitulation of France,
would it not be wise to restore to the
House of Commons its full constitutional
function? This it cannot discharge if
in these critical times it does not remain
in continuous session, to provide that
stimulus and where necessary to proffer
that criticism which in free countries
are the best assurance Of good admin
istration. v,
From the people through their elected
representatives and through press
which can speak its mind can alone
come the spiritual force by which the
empire can be sustained, our institutions
upheld, our cause indicated and our
victory won.
This is no inappropriate reflection at
time when the United States, greatest
of all democracies, is about to elect q
President and thereby reafirm its faith
In that principle of government Of the
people, for the people and by the people
which has perished over 80 vast .
region Of this earth.
(copyrisht, 1o40)
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ians held to their compact. One Italian
seaplane was shot down. Italian airmen
raided Patras again, the Lepanto naval
base, a barracks at Metzovo Pass in
Western Greece and highway junction
in the battle area of the Kalamas Valley
A whole new geographical lexicon is
being opened up for students of the war.
From Salonika thousands Of Greek rein-
forcements moved westward to fight.
The r. A. F. made reconnaissance flights
over Greece, and the British took Corfu
well-placed island on the Greek and
Albanian coast at the mouth of the Adri-
attic Sea. p
Yugoslavians living near the Greek
border could hear the rumble Of artillery
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fire. This campaign, indeed, is a sort
of manmade earthquake shaking not
only Yugoslavia, but all the Balkans. If
the Italians win their way to Salonika,
then Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Rumania
will be caught in a vice by the axis
powers. From this point, it appears
that they all will become seats of opera
tion for the axis war against the British
Mediterranean feet. II all the Balkans
are held by the axis, the position of
Turkey becomes perilous. Each of these
countries knows what the future might
bring, and diplomatically they all were
active during the week.
The British heard in London that the
German troops in Rumania now num-
Evening star., 1940-11-03
Far East Front

With elaborate explanations that
brought sneers from their Chinese enc
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-06-06
Troubled Waters

The war-troubled waters of Eu-
ropes North and Baltic Seas are
stirring up squa,ly season for
American cotton farmers. Ship
loads of cottonseed and its com.
petitor of soya beans. formerly ex.
ported to Scandinavian and other
north European countries. are be-
ing forced back upon the markets
of America.
Even at home the cotton farmer
finds hog lard hogging his largest
fat market, while the greatest i'm.
pending domestic soya bean crop
in history makes the prospects for
cottonseed prices on his years
crop low indeed.
Here is a situation which calls
for united defense on the part of
cottonseed producers Cotton men
must defend themselves by hold
ing their purchases to cottonseed
shortening instead of hog lard for
other vegetable shortenings.-Ex.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-06-06
Dionne Quints
Celebrate Sixth
Anniversary

The Dionne quintuplets, who
were born with almost insuperable
odds against their survival was
six years old May 28th-healthy,
normal children, financially inde-
pendent and just beginning to be
aware Of their strange position in
life.
They are emerging from a shell
tered infancy to face problems
which no other childhood has en-
countered. The five little girls are
close to reunion with their parents
and their seven brothers and sis
ters Some time soon Olivia (Papa)
Dionne will build a huge house to
shelter the IA members of the
Dionne family and the staff re-
quired for the care of the quints.
DR.. Alan Roy Dafoe. the country
doctor to whose skill Is credited
the lives OF the quintuplets, has
agreed with Dionne on the ad-
visibility of such a move from a
psychological STANDPOINT. The rest
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CHURCH OF CHRIST
Each Sunday afternoon 2:30.
Woman's Club Building.
You are cordially invited. Visit
Ing members welcome.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-06-06

to put up cabin that will begin
to rot in a short time, but many
are built in such a way that early
decay Is almost certain, says the
Q, S. Forest Products Laboratory,
Madison, Wis.
Of first Importance is the foun-
dation. The easy thing to do. and
too frequently the thing that is
done. Is to lay the bottom logs
directly on the ground. Placing
wood in direct contact with the
ground is one Of the surest ways
to hasten its decay. The soil mois-
ture has direct access to the wood
and keeps 1t damp, making condi-
tions very favorable for the
growth of the fungi that cause de-
cay. Logs Of some species. such as
cedar. are very decay resistant and
their heartwood will last a long
time even under unfavorable CON.
ditions. Such the decay resist
ance Is only In the heartwood
longest life can be expected from
logs containing the least sapwood.
Aspen, Is one of many species that
have little resistance to decay
either in the heartwood or sap
wood.
Good practice requires that the
bottom logs or sills be kept a foot
or two above the ground On foun-
dations that will keep the wood
dry. Stone or concrete Is excel
lent Good ventilation beneath the
floor is important because it keeps
the soil and the wood dry. Foun-
dation posts or piers allow good
ventilation unless the spaces be-
tween them are filled solid. In put
ting up the walls and framing the
window and door openings care
should be taken to avoid forming
crevices where water can accumu-
late and soak into the wood.
Storm water does little harm to
the building if 1t an run away
quickly.
Peeling the logs as soon as they
are cut avoids the attacks OF bark
beetles and most other insects, but
there are few insects that will
attack peeled logs. especially hard
wood logs. after they become dry.
Light coating of coal-tar creosote
applied to all surfaces before the
logs are built into the cabin are
more effective than other kinds Of
coatings, but they cannot be count.
ed On to protect the wood very
long under conditions that favor
decay.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-06-06
CENSUS TAkER STUNNED
BY HOUSEHOLDER DEBT

Toledo, Ohio, April 30-Mrs. Ar
thur Cline, whose husband Is q
lawyer, told the census taker to-
day that the mortgage on her home
amounted to $45,OO0,O00,00O, which
sne said, is the national debt. So
,he row started.
The census taker was indignant.
Mrs. Cline called her husband.
who advised her that the answer
was correct. Then he called
Richard NARROW, also lawyer,
VINO Is supervisor of census here.
Mr.. NARROW said that Mrs.
Cline's answer amounted to a re.
fusal to answer. Mr.. Cline warned
the census supervisor to put down
Mrs. Cline's reply.
Mrs. Cline declared that the s45,-
900 100000 which the Government
owes is lien or mortgage on his
home as well as others in the Unit
ed States. The census taker will
call again when the lawyers get
the question threshed out-if pos
sible.-New York Times, May /.
1910.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-06-06
June Is Dairy Month

Arizona Is Playing an important
role in June Dairy Month, as the
states annual milk production is
valued at nearly s4,000.000.
"On January l, there were $4,000
milk cows reported in Arizona
valued at s2,sSs. 900, says the Milk
Industry Foundation in a staten
ent urging nationwide support for
the Dairy Month campaign. PRO
duction in 1899 equalled 107. .o0o.0 900
quarts.
Arizona is an important state
to the dairy industry" the Foun-
dation declared, "and this June
program win benefit consumers by
emphasizing the food value of milk
and dairy products. and enable
producers and distributors to pro-
mote increased demand for excess
farm milk production.
'In addition to fluid milk which
brings the farmer his highest
price. Arizona in 1888 produced g..
54S,000 pounds of butter. /, H.
900 pounds of cheese, $4,000 gal
Ions Of ice cream, s,860ooo pounds
of canned milk.
'In 193S milk was the third larg-
est single source OF farm cash In
come in the state. topped only by
cattle and cotton. Milk was 10 per
cent larger than the combined
farm cash income from all grain,
fruits and nuts. IA per cent greater
than the combined income from
hogs. sheep. chickens. and eggs.
over 4 times wool.
Estimates for the nation as a,
whole show that milk production
on farms this June will reach q
new aE-time peak. Last June farm
milk production in the U. S. total
ed 5,332 100000 quarts Of milk"
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-06-06

Of the Quints' board Of guardians
have come to the same conclusion
and the undertaking will begin
whenever Dionne Is ready.
Hitherto the children have lived
in specially designed nursery
erected soon after their birth to
provide them with the utmost in
care. Their segregation has been
pleasant, as well as secure, but to
assure nomal development as they
grow older it has been thought ad-
visable that they are reunited with
their family.
Another experience for the quints
will be the learning OF English to
supplement the French upon which
t h r French-Canadian parents
have insisted. This will assist
them financially, especially in the
fields Of radio and moving pic
lures. Because they speak only
French their guardians have been
forced to reject many lucrative Of
fers.
1t had been DIR. Dafoe's plan to
have them taught English at meals
and he started the educational pro-
gram year ago but Papa Dionne
protested so strongly that the idea
was dropped. Now he realizes the
financial importance of the Ian.
guage to five girls who must al
ways be in the public eye.
The five little girls are COM
fortably wealthy, In the nine
months from April, 1899. to Janu.
ary, 1940 their contracts paid
them s110.266.66 and investments
in the same period brought them
23.672.48. Freak offers W h / c h
promised another $500.000 were
turned down and in their six years
Of life 1t is estimated that the
guardians have rejected offers
worth $500, 900.
Probably they know less about
the war than most Canadian chill.
dren OF their age. Even so, and In
spite Of the fact that they have
been permitted to see no soldiers
and hear no talk of the war. their
official guardian. Perry D. Wilson,
and their board OF guardians are
anxious to employ the children
and their resources in some at
tempt to assist the Allied cause.
What form this will take not been
determined.
AS a minor war effort along
constructive lines which follow
the general plan of their education
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-06-06
The Low Down From
Hickory Grove

For years Congress has been
befuddled on relief-and spending
for prosperity-and putting Cow.
into this and that. But never any
lens Govt. in anything-always
more. And our highways are
crowded with Govt. men in Govt.
cars-using free gas.
So far as | can see into the
crystal ball. she looks like less
and less for the ordinary person
to do. and more and more for the
Govt, and unless you are in
politics, the day is In the offing
when you will be on limb-un-
less you get elected TO something.
But there is one dubious angle
about everybody working for the
Govt. | cannot savvy who will
then furnish the free gas-or even
make it-or If there will be any.
These same fellers there on the
banks of the Old Potomac, who
have been getting us into the
mire for years versus getting us
out. they are showing signs. of do
ing likewise about getting us into
war. If we let them do so, we
won't need to furnish any further
proof that we are an even 100 per
cent simple-and need a guardian.
Yours with the low down,
10 SIERRA.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-06-06

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
w. L. Dicus. Pastor
Sunday School ...............9:45 AM.
Morning Worship .............11 AM.
Evangelist Services .....7:45 PM.
Midweek Prayer Meeting
Wednesday eve at ..........7:45
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-06-06
Making Log Cabins
Endure

With vacation time approaching,
building a log cabin is often In
cluded in ones plans Log cabins
in hese days are built mostly for
summer homes and recreation pur-
poses although in wooded sections
of the country the building Of log
cabins for year-long homes has not
entirely ceased. Few people care
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Page Three

it Is planned that they will fold
bandages for the Red Cross. They
already have been folding paper
during schoolroom periods and the
transition to bandages will be
simple and also have publicity
value.-Exchange.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-06-06
HOW LONG

Above the battles booming sound,
Above the roar that shakes the
ground,
Through the crash of foe on foe
Loans one thing that men would
know:
How long," a world in anguish
asks,
How long till Hitler's out of gas. )"
-Ex.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-06-06
METHODIST CHURCH

J. T. Redman, Pastor
Fifth Sunday meeting Casa Gran
dc and Coolidge charge at Casa
Grande March 80. IL a. m. Sermon,
1890 p. m. Lunch. Bring a cover
ed dish.
2 D. m. Bible Lesson, Tho
Pslams.
3 p. m. to Old fashioned song
fest.
All are invited.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-06-06

Coolidge is getting white div1-
sion strips on the main highways
and safety zones for pedestrians
which will aid some In preventing
accidents.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-06-06

FIRST BAPTIST CURCH
Lindbergh Ave-, at 4th Street
J. N. Campbell, Pastor
Sunday School-10:00 a. m
Training Union 1880 p. m.
Public Worship-11:00 a. m. and
S :15 p. m.
A cordial welcome to all.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-06-06

CHURCH OF GOD
Walton Avenue at 3rd Street
Charles Gross, pastor
SUNDAY
Sunday school, 1000 A. M.
Wrship. 11:00 A. M.
Children's Bible hour, 800 P. M.
Young Peoples meeting $3.50 P.
M.
Worship, 7:30 P. M.
WEDNESDAY
Prayer meeting, 1880 P. M.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-06-06
kNEESE is NIZE

Bill: Her niece is rather good
looking, Ell?
George: Don't say knees is,
say knees are.'
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-06-06
COMMUNITY CHURCH
E, IA. Ward. Pastor

Sunday scboo 46 u. N
Morning worship, 1900 o'clock.
Evening worship, 500 o'clock.
Junior Endeavor, intermediate
Endeavor, TOO p. m.
Senior Endeavor at 7 p. m.
Woman's Auxiliary, lst and 3r6
Thursdays of each month.
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Fashion Show On Tuesday

Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman, chair
man for Washington of the British
American Ambulance Corps, has an
nounced the sponsors for the bridge
party and fashion show to be given
Tuesday at the Mayfower to raise
funds for purchase of an ambulance
for Great Britain.
The sponsors include Princess Bur-
haneddin, Mrs. George Barnett, Mrs.
Breckenridge Bayne, Mrs. Neville M.
Butler, Mrs. William Byron, Mrs
Robert Hollister Chapman, Lady
Chalkley, Mrs. Sydney A. Cloman,
Mrs. William A. Culbertson, Mrs.
William H. Crounse, Mrs. Carlos Del
Mar, Mrs. Wade Ellis, Miss Janet
Fish, Mrs. George Garrett, Mrs.
Lewis C. Green, Mrs. Robert Giles,
Mrs. Clarence Goodwin, Mrs. Gilbert
Grosvenor, Mrs. Ralph Hallett, Lady
Leslie, Miss Lidia Loring, Mrs. Ives
Lowe, Mrs. Arthur Macarthur, Mrs.
Edward Morrow, Mrs. French Myers,
Mrs. George M. Morris, Mrs Harold
Mulliken, Mrs. John C. Mcclure,
Miss Mary McNeirny, Mrs. Albert
Niblack. Mrs. Bissett Norment, Mrs.
Rushmore Patterson, Mrs. Claude
Pepper, Mrs. George c. Pirie, Mrs.
George Rublee, Mrs. Lindsay Rus
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Arlington Bride>Elect
Be Entertained
Shower and Supper Arranged
By Mrs. Joseph Arnold
For Elizabeth Sawava

Joseph Arnold will bridal buffet
for Elizabeth whose
place
Church Included the so will be Mrs Afaga
the her Misses Josephine
Sawaya; w. Henry Miller
Joseph
William Mol Stone have their their daugh
George E. Yesterday
honor wedding of
evening
the wedding party a a a Room.
a luncheon N
will be members the Alpha
Sorority Mrs by Hayward L.
Brown and C. N Abel