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Evening star., 1941-09-14
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

Intense excitement was created in Eu-
rope so years ago by the reported Brit
iSh seizure Of the Island of Mitylene in
the Mediterranean. Mytilene, or Lesbos
"ee;,u,e" as it was known in an
tiquity, then belonged to
or LESBOS Turkey. from which power
it was to be taken by the Greeks in 1918
during the Graeco- Turkish War In a
dispatch from Constsntinople now Is
tanbul, The Star of September IA, 1891,
reports: "A detachment of uejacketS
accompanied by a battery of light field
pieces and several gatling guns. was
landed yesterday morning at Sigri. on
the Island of Mitylene. formally occupy
ing that place in the name of the Queen
of England. There is a good harbor at
Sigri and it is supposed that the British
naval officers at Mitylene intend to for
tify the island and TO make it coaling
station and rendezvous for the British
Mediterranean feet. Sigri is on the coast
of Mitvlene and is about 60 miles from
the mouth Of the Dardanelles.'
This all proved to be false alarm.
The next day The Star printed. in
cable from London. the following ex-
planation: 1T is now stated that the
Mitylene scare has arisen from the fact
that a party of British naval officers on
Saturday last picnicked on a desert islet
off Cape Sigri and that they re-embarked
the same evening on board their vessel
and sailed away Sunday
Another bellicose dispatch from Lon
don appeared in The Star of September
Il. 1891. under the heading, Germany
Ready to Fight-Only Waiting for France
to Knock a Chip Of Her Shoulder" >"
Both countries had held war maneuvers
and there was a spirit of tension, which,
however, came to nothing until 1914
X
From China there were reports of
further anti-foreign riots, OF the type
that eliminated in the Boxer rebellion
at the turn of the century. nine years
later. The Star of September IL, 1891,
declared: The Department OF State is
in receipt of a cablegram from Minister
DENLY stating that a riot had occurred
at lCIldIls, Ull JllC dAlstoC- AsAoAAS AeA'N'' >
in the province of Hoo-Pe, and that an
establishment of American missionaries
there had been destroyed. No particu-
lars are given.
THE gravity Of the situation in China
increases daily, and the Navy Depart
ment is lending its aid to protect Ameri-
can interests in answer to the repre-
L., sentations of the Depart
''ouo'e :" ment of State The Charles
Chino ton is now on her way to
China from San Francisco and the
Petrol. in the neighborhood of New
York. is under orders to proceed lmme-
diatelv to China to strengthen Admiral
Belknap's fleet, but they can hardly
reach their destination inside of two
months"
The account went on to relate that
MANY foreigners had taken refuge In
Hankow. farther down the river.
Of local interest was police parade
held in honor of the thirtieth anniversary
of the founding of the force. 1t extended
from the White House to the Peace Mon
ument. and included seven men who had
served the entire 80 years.
Evening star., 1941-09-14
Libraries in Wartime

Books are sensitive, and it often
has been remarked that modern war
Is particularly hard upon libraries.
A report from France to the effect
that the present struggle has cost
Tours $4,000 printed volumes and
5000 manuscripts serves but to sug-
geSt still greater and more costly
havoc in other towns and cities
throughout the length and breadth
of Europe. Beauvais, it is reported,
has lost 10000 books; Gisors merely"
5000 Particularly poignant is the
announcement that the library at
Abbeville has been wrecked by Brit
iSh bombardment since the armistice.
Similar damage is alleged to have
been suffered by the photographic
institutions of Brest, Dieppe and
Lorient, all unintended targets of
r. A. F. attack.
Meanwhile, far worse havoc has
been wrought by the Germans in
Belgium, the Netherlands, Yugo-
slavia and Russia. Louvain, burned
in 1914, was rebuilt, largely through
the generosity of American sub
scribers, only to be reduced to ashes
again-with nearly $4,000 volumes
given by the John Rylands Library
of Manchester and many additional
thousands contributed by donors in
the United States. Detailed infor-
nation from Rotterdam and Belgrade
has not been received. The de-
struction in both of those commu-
mites, however, is known to have been
so thorough that 1t is vain to hope
that anything Of value has been
saved. A like expectation Is Indicated
Evening star., 1941-09-14
Civic Cooperation

The move, initiated by the Wash
ington Board of Trade, to bring
about a better coordination of civic
activities among kindred trade Or
ganizationS of the District and
nearby Virginia and Maryland is a
sensible step in the direction of
intercommunity cooperation for the
common good. The rapid develop
ment of the Washington Metropoli-
tan Area has resulted in a coaleSc-
ing not only of community lines. but
of community problems. All of
Washington suburbs have a vital
interest in the orderly expansion of
the National Capital and in specific
plans for improvement and extension
of highways, preservation Of parks,
construction of bridges, Zoning Of
business and residential areas, trade
practices and restrictions and null
titude of other problems affecting
the public welfare. Because of their
common concern in such problems,
citizens associations of the Metro
politan Area already have found it
to their advantage to work together
in interfederation conferences.
With view to effecting similar CO.
operation among organized business
groups, William H. Press. executive
secretary of the Washington Board
Of Trade, arranged a conference
Thursday among representatives of
the local board and of trade bodies
in nearby counties. The response
was enthusiastic, with the result that
second meeting has been called for
next month. Fred A. Smith, presi-
dent Of the board, pointed out that
better understanding of mutual
problems is becoming increasingly
imperative with the growth of the
Nations Capital. The proposed adap-
tation of the good neighbor" policy
to all of the communities in the
Metropolitan Area holds promise of
worthwhile benefits for the citizens
Of the three Jurisdictions involved.
especially in the emergency period
through which they are passing. 1t
is to be hoped that permanent
program of unified effort will grow
out of the preliminary conferences.
Evening star., 1941-09-14
Sweet Music

Music is an ancient art, with It's
beginnings in the beat of primitive
tom-toms and its ending-or so,
many genuine music lovers earnestly
hope-in the 25-piece swing orches-
ira of jazz saxophones, banjos,
cowbells, derby-hatted trombones
and bazookaS. 1t has also been
found possible for certain gifted
composers to get along without these
instruments. and merely by using the
piano, the violin, the cello, the flute
and an occasional drumbeat, turn out
pieces which will last forever. Such
were the three B's-Bach, Beethoven
and Brahms.
This trio came from Germany, the
home OF sweet music. The noises at
present coming from Germany are
not intended to be harmonious, but
they are undeniably sweet music.
They will not last forever, but are
most entertaining while they do. An
especially pleasing symphony is COM
posed of the squawks about the
barbarity of bombing sacred Berlin,
on the anniversary of Germany's
sixty-day blitz against London.
Curiously enough, to the German ear
the notes sound raucous; but the
composers simply cannot go wrong,
no matter what they broadcast. 1t
automatically becomes melody for
the sensitive London ear.
Evening star., 1941-09-14

one. It is in that role as recognizer OF
problems that he has made his mark IN
this Government. After recognizing
problem, he has the courage to try 10
tackle a solution if given chance. he
does not dodge responsibility.
Mr.. Henderson saw what was wrong
with the Presidents defense machinery
from the very first. He recognized the
attitudes and the actions that were fore
runners of the days of slow motion and
of inside squabbling that resulted IN the
wasting of nearly year and the loss OF
opportunity to be ready now with the
weapons that half the world is crying for.
However, the strange part Of it all Is
that, while Leon Henderson is able now
to point to reorganized defense ma
chine for which he largely is responsible,
he is without the machinery or the pow
er to do the job of price control to which
he has been assigned. His ability to get
results in Congress-where group inter-
ests are affected-is not proving as ap-
parent as his abilities in other fields.
Even 50, Mr. Henderson now Is moving
to the top Of the list Of New Dealers who
retain their influence in this period
Evening star., 1941-09-14

A friend. an aged person, recently said
to me: "As We grow older, We have
stronger desire for spiritual comfort and
refreshment. 1 have been in search of
a prayer or prayers adapted to the needs
of those who find themselves physically
impaired by the multiplying years, but as
yet I have failed to find in devotional
literature such help as 1 seek. Can you
furnish me with such a prayer?"
1t was a reasonable request and it
prompted me to give it consideration.
was reminded of what spiritually
minded Iayman once declared TO me-:
The clergy press with all inSistence the
need of prayer have listened to many
sermons urging us TO pray without ceas-
ing. but I do not recall that I have ever
been instructed as to how to pray. Prayer
is an art and 1t needs direction and cul-
tivation."
In both these appeals there was deep
consistency and logic. Thinking in
terms of my own experience and needs I
prepared for my elderly friend a simple
prayer that expressed my own desires and
aspirations. | realize that in each in
diyidual case there are circumstances
and conditions that are peculiar TO it,
hence the following prayer may prove
inadequate. It contemplates the mood of
one who faces the inevitable realities Of
life and who seeks through reverent
reflection to attain the peace of mind
and serenity that come from an earnest
and sincere desire to see in life its real
purpose and ultimate objective. 1t is true
that age often dimS the vision and
through physical infirmities lessons the
capacity adequately TO express our deeper
emotions and yearnings. When Christ
taught men to pray He gave them a
short prayer that in simple language
sums up the universal longings and de-
Sires of all sorts and conditions OF men.
In stately phrase, it recognizes the
Fatherhood of God and His overruling
providence. 1t sets forth mans utter
dependence upon Him and reckons with
the weaknesses of his mortal nature. It
is climaxed by a recognition OF God s
Evening star., 1941-09-14

at Tallinn in Estonia and in a num-
Der of Soviet cities now held by the
Nazis.
But there also is another peril to
which modern war exposes libraries
of every useful sort. In times of
ruthless conflict it is inevitable that
the elemental fabric of civilization
should be injured. Sc long ago as
1885 an American Journalist asked
Adolf Hitler, When the major
energies of nation are devoted to
strife, what happens to the arts and
the sciences by which the nation is
accustomed to live?" Der Fuehrer
did not reply. The question was too
searching, too revealing for him to
be willing to face the challenge of it.
No literature worthy of the name, no
scholarship deserving of universal
recognition, no culture of character
qualified to survive can come into
being in an atmosphere of tyranny
and contention.
Perhaps the historians of the
future, looking back upon the first
half of the twentieth century, will
find in libraries destroyed and in
libraries never filled the most con-
vincing evidence Of the ordeal
through which humanity now Is
passing. Beauty and truth and the
hope for peace have been m2rred by
the heavy hands Of men who have
been taught not to care for sacred
things.
Evening star., 1941-09-14

people are in no sense pro-Nazi, and
the German occupation Of Norway
has been strongly resented. Only
stern necessity, coupled with SYM
pathy for Finland, has motivated
complaisance to German pressure
during the last two years. Events in
Norway may result in a more inde-
pendent Swedish attitude, especially
if German rule should be weakened
or challenged by British invasion.
The Scandinavian peninsula thus
offers interesting possibilities.
Evening star., 1941-09-14
Norway in Revolt

The mounting wave of unrest
throughout Axis dominated Europe
was bound soon to reach crest of
foaning wrath in one of those I'M
happy lands. 1t has now happened
in Norway, which is obviously in
state of incipient insurrection. Even
heavily censored German dispatches
reveal the gravity of the crisis which
suddenly has arisen during the past
two days.
The immediate cause Of the trouble
seems to have been an effort to gain
control of the trade unions. made by
the puppet regime of Major Vidkun
Quisling, the Nazi tool whose very
name has everywhere become by
word for betrayal of national life.
In no country has labor been more
solidly organized. Indeed, the Nor
wegian Labor party long has been
politically dominant. When the Ger
man invasion in the spring of 1910
put an end to parliamentary govern
ment, it had an impressive plurality
of the Storting, numbering 10 men,
bers as against II for the other three
Conservatives Liberals and
Farmers.
QutsEng attempts to disrupt and
dominate the trade union organiZa-
sions were fercely resisted from the
drSt. When vain appeals to Joseph
Ferboven, head of the German occu-
patton. proved that Quisling was
acting with Nazi approval, the labor
leaders resolved on heroic measures.
Plans for a general strike, revealed
by Quisling spies, caused a brutal
crack down by Terboven Virtual
martial law was proclaimed in Oslo,
the capital, and is being extended to
other parts of the country. Normal
life is suspended, and wholesale
Rrrests already have resulted in the
execution of two prominent labor
leaders, with warnings of worse to
come. All pretense of running Nor
way by the QuiSling regime seems to
be abandoned by the Germans, who
have been compelled to step in and
rule by sheer force.
Beneath an impressive show of
military power, the German occupa-
tional authorities obviously are ner-
vous. The temper of the tradition
ally stiff-necked and liberty-loving
Norwegian people has been growing
more ominouS for months, especially
since the Russian war, which report
edly has caused a sharp reduction of
the German garrison. 1t is i'm
probable that a popular movement
which has acquired such momentum
will be quelled even by fresh eXecu-
tions and Gestapo brutalities. Large
German reinforcements may have
to be sent to Norway, not merely to
hold down the country but also to
guard against possible British land
ings, of which the recent Spitsbergen
raid may be previeW. Norway is
certainly danger point in Hitler's
European structure.
Another interesting development
OF the Norwegian crisis is it's effect
on neighboring Sweden. Despite res
olute efforts to maintain a precari-
Gus neutrality, Swedish public opin-
bon is being stirred to anger by the
campaign of drastic repression waged
by the Germans just over the
border. Except for small and I'M
representative minority. the Swedish
Evening star., 1941-09-14

The President, proud of the sue
cess of his court fight of few years
ago, says the old court was dead
hand laid upon the whole program
of progress" The truth of this de-
pends somewhat on what is meant
by progress" and what is mean by
program"
Evening star., 1941-09-14

The Nazis in France presumably
never have heard of that fable of
Aesop in which the wolf complains
about the lamb muddying the water
downstream. Innocent hostages are
being executed for the sin of being
innocent.
Evening star., 1941-09-14

Harold Ickes says the President
wants the Bonneville Grand Coulee
power project under the direct su-
perviSion of the Secretary of the
Interior. One hardly gets the i'm
preston that Mr.. Ickes is out Of
sympathy with his chief.
Evening star., 1941-09-14

A colonel distinguished In the
realm of mechanics declares that
horsepower In the end will settle
this war" And that is no "horse-
teatherS." either.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-12
Brook yn Again
In Favored Spot

NEW YORK, Aug. ~ CUP) - A
general improvement in the Brook
lyn Dodgers play and an injury
to Enos Slaughter, heavy hitting
outfielder of the st. Louis Cardi-
mails, installed the Flatbush Fusi-
leers today as favorites to win the
le4l National League pennant.
The Dodger synchronization, so
notably lacking in the last western
trip when Brooklyn at one time
floundered through seven losses in
nine starts, has produced 10 vic
tories in II starts and given the
club a league lead of .003 percent
age points.
Brooklyn's pitching, formerly hand
led in relays, has experiences an
amazing renaissance. In the last
eight games, six pitchers have come
thru with full-time performances
and in the 10 out OF II stretch,
Dodger moundsmen allowed total
of only SO hits for an average of
slightly over five game.
But best of all, the hitting has
kept pace. Including yesterdays Is
7 defeat of the New York Giants,
the Dodgers have scored nine runs
or more in six of their last II
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-12
Smallest Field
In Years Slated
For U.S.. Amateur

NEW YORK, Aug. Il. CUP)-
The smallest field since 1937-643
entries-will try to qualify for the
1877 remaining places in the 45th
national amateur golf champion
ship Thursday.
Seven players were exempted
from qualifying by the United
States Golf association, and six
places were decided at Denver yes
terday. The starting field for the
championship proper at the Omaha
Field club Aug. $3.50 will number
$50.
Three places are open in the Los
Angeles district where Ellsworth
Vines is one of II entries. Two arc
open in San Francisco with six
entries.
The seven exemptions are De-
Tending Champion Dick Chapman,
former champions Chick Evans,
Johnny Fischer, Johnny Goodman,
Willie Turnesa and Bud Ward, and
former British amateur titleholder,
Charlie Yates.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-12
Z. Al. PRODUCE
LOS ANGELES, Aug. II CCl

LOS ANGELES, Aug. L 'Cf) -
Trading rather slow.
Bunched vegetables: beets 5O-65c.
carrots 5O-75c. Celery root S0-90c.
dixon 70-80c. green onion $3.50;
leek 1.75-2. mutard SOL; parley
lilo; radihe 1.2O-1.50; spinach 90
10; turnip 75-9Oc. dill 100; mint
30c. Watercress 30-35c.
Cantaloups: Hales best 1928 So
75c. 2ss 40-5Oc. ass 50-65c. Tip Top
local std 8-16s 65-75c. 23-27s 35-50c.
New Workers 1O-16s 1850. Honey
dews jbo 10-16c 65-75c. Casabas San
Joaquin Wy jbo 4-6s ISL. japanese
melons. Riverside jbo 12s 85-1.
Squash: white summer local and
san Diego lugs 5O-75c. Is 25-30c
Italian local and San Diego 65-S0c.
No. 2s $3.50. Yellow crookneck To-
cal and San Diego 50-65c. Table
queen Pismo 5O-65c Banana ihc.
Tomatoes: tSones local and San
Diego 4x5s rs; 5x5s and 5x6s SOL,
6x6s 65-s5c SKIS 50-65c. Earlianas
local 5x5s and 5x6s 60-75c. 6x6s So
65 6x7s 5Oc Stems San Diego flats
players 5x5s and 5x7s 1.25-1.35 6x
Is and 6xss S5-1.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-12
Vichy Ministers
Reorqanize

VICHY, France, Aug. IL. tUP)-
The council of ministers was dis
closed today to have approved a
plan under which Vice Premier
Admiral Francois Darlan becomes
minister of national and empire
defense, in direct charge of the
ministries of air, navy and war
The cabinet changes, described
as a technical reorganization, were
approved at the councils meeting
late Monday, when Darlan also was
awarded the seventh star of an
admirals rank-the highest possible
official honor
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-12
BY UNITED PRESS

The old adage about teams for
teams" gets another tryout this
week when Sacramento, sporting
an 8la game lead in the Pacific
coast league, plays at San Fran
cisco.
Although the Seals have played
seventh-place baseball most of the
season they have a $3.50 record with
Sacramento in their Is encounters.
Last May, when Sacramento was
running away from the rest of the
league, San Francisco jolted the
Solons with a So series defeat and
the Cardinals haven't been quite
the same since.
Sacramento, apparently deter
mined to start the series right,
planned to use Tony Freitas, their
star Seal smearer, in Tuesday
nights opener. Freitas almost never
loses to San Francisco.
Seattle, only half a game out of
second place, plays host to fourth
place HOLLYWOOD. Runner-up San
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-12

He finally got up and lost the
match to Hunt, but in the good old
DAYS Kovaes didn't care so much
about winning so long as he had
some fun. His greatest performance
was in some obscure tournament
against an obscure opponent. He
raced toward the grandstand, hit
a shot across the net and kept on
going. BY the time his opponent
got around to returning the ball
Kovacs' court was empty. Our hero
was sitting up among the spectators
beside a doll. leading the applause
for his opponents shot into the
empty court.
Tennis officials. coaches and
friends tried for years to make Ko-
yacS forget the clowning and settle
down to business. They told him
he could be another Bulge. and that
probably is true for he has better
shots than any of the amateurs now
playing. But he had the same phil
as Walter Hagen had in
golf: Have some fun and if you
lose. what the hell, it's only game. =
With Mrs. K. in the stands and
the eastern grass courts title at
stake. Kovacs smothered Wayne Sa-
bin in straight sets. But if you
wanted a laugh. lou had to bring
your own joke book and that's the
way it's going to be at Forest Hills.
Love. ah love!
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-12
l.. A. LIVESTOCK

Los ANGELES, Aug. II UP) -
CFederal state Market News Serv-
ice.)
Hogs $50; steady top 1850 on
17O-204 If truckins; bulks medium
to choice 1926 ID 11.90-I24o; few
medium 16O-245 lb 11.5O-11. .75; sows
$3.50: odd $50; stays 1908; feed
er pigs 11-13.5O.
Cattle $50; slow on Mexican steers
other classes about steady; med
ium steer 1850, few grass heifers
SO; common to medium COW 1875
7.75; Gamer and cutter ST; odd
bulls to 9.15 feeder steers S-9.25;
heifers $50; late Monday good to
choice 1925 ID fed steer 11.85; calves
75 steady few vealers to IA; calves
HIP: odd head TO 1850.
sheep 500; practically no sales
good to choice wooled lambs quo
table 10.85-11.10 and good ewes to
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-12
Chicagoan Faces
Net tFayorite

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi, Aug. 12
CUP) Charles Shostrom. Chicago
tournament favorite, faces Ward
Parker, ST. Louis today in the Sec
ond round of the National public
parks tennis tournament.
Shostrom reached the second
round by defeating II year old Joe
Pickering, youngstown, O., Sc, GA,
GA.
Parker won the toughest match
of the day when he defeated Nor
ton Stern, Philadelphia, in five
sets, 2-6, SO, Us, 63, 6-3.
Willis Anderson, Los Angeles,
seeded No. 2, defeated Joe Arm
strong jr., South st. Paul, Mimi,
8-6, 6-3, 8-6.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-12
j. 5. Unfreezes
Portugal Assets

WASHINGTON, Aug. IL (UP) =
The treasury today issued gen.
eral license "unfreezing" approx
mately s16O, 100000 in Portuguese
assets in the United States.
Portuguese assets were frozen
along with those of all other Eu-
ropean nationals in presidential
order June IA.
At that time. Mr.. Roosevelt in
dicated that he would unfreeze the
holdings in this country of six Eu-
ropean countries provided they gave
assurances that the funds would
not be used to aid the axis.
Portugal, treasury officials said,
has given appropriate assurances
to this government consistent with
the general license and the purposes
of the freezing ORDER