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Evening star., 1941-01-20
Sailors Who Ripped
Nazi Flag Had Been .
Psychopathic Cases
Pair in San Francisco
Incident on Liberty
From Hospital
Sy the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
The Navy said today it's two en-
listed men involved in the tearing
Of Nazi flag at the German Con-
sulate in San Francisco lately had
been under observation in the
psychopathic ward" Of the Naval
Hospital at Mare Island. Calf.
They were at liberty from the hos
pitsl, it was said, at the time Of
the incident.
The sailors, Harold James Sturte-
want, %, of Haverhill, Mass, and E.
G. Lackey, %. of Charlotte, N. c.,
who had been held by San Fran
cisco police on malicious mischief
charges. were released from jail on
writ of habeas corpus after bail
of $50 had been posted for each.
The Navy took the men in charge.
New Demands Made.
Meanwhile, renewed, although un-
ofhcial, German demands for salts
faction raised the question of
whether the State Department
would 60 beyond its written express
sion of regret over the destruction
Of the swastika emblem.
The State Department expressed
its regrets over the incident yester-
day in response to protest from
the German Embassy Hours later
authorized sources in Berlin an
nounced that the German charge
d'affaires here had been instructed
to ask punishment of the two men
arrested in the case, as well as as
surances that the Consulate would
be permitted to fly the flag.
The note the State Department
sent was not an apology because,
diplomats here explained, govern
ments customarily do not apologize
formally for acts which they attri-
butte to individuals
The State Department informed
the embassy disposition of the case
would be made by San Francisco
authorities
Legionnaires Effect Release.
Two American Legion officials who
obtained the writ for the release
Of the sailors argued that, in
stead of being punished. the pair
should be commended for preventing
violation of the military and veterans
code of California. The code makes
1t felony to display any emblem
which is an invitation of a stimulus
to anarchistic action or as an aid to
propaganda Of any organization that
Evening star., 1941-01-20

difficulties caused by delay in acting
on the enormous mass Of applica-
tions received since December 20
for licenses to export iron and steel
products" but declared it was not
possible to postpone the application
of the licensing requirement to the
products.
The association has urged post
ponement to February IS on the
ground that more than $1,000 appli-
cations had been filed but few Ii
censes had been issued, resulting
in a very serious situation with
Evening star., 1941-01-20
Health Group to Meet

Dr.. N. P. Nelson, executive secre-
tary-treasurer of the American As
sociation for Health Physical Edu-
cation and Recreation, will speak at
the dinner meeting of the D. C.
Physical Education Association at
7 pm. Thursday at the Admiral
Club. Officers will be elected.
Evening star., 1941-01-20

manufacturers, particularly with
steel mills"
Mr.. Hull said an effort was being
made to expedite issuance of licenses.
Evening star., 1941-01-20
Reynolds and Downey
Recovering From Flu

Senator Reynolds. Democrat, oi
North Carolina and Senator Dow
ney, Democrat, of California are
both resting comfortably at Naval
Hospital today, where they were ad-
mitted Friday, suffering from in
fuenza Both Senators are ex-
pected to be released in a few days
Evening star., 1941-01-20

Seven carloads of tomatoes were
in train leaving Mexico for the
United States recently.
Evening star., 1941-01-20

Mineral production in Yugoslavia
broke records last year.
Evening star., 1941-01-20

EOR many year your taste and your tongue
i told you there was something distinctive
about Camels. something you just couldn't
seem to find in any other cigarette.
Then scientific research told you Camels
were slower.burning. You learned that this
slower way of burning meant more mildness,
more GOODNESS, and more favor in the smoke.
Now, newtests-impartial laboratorytests
ofbe smoke itsey-con6rm still another ad.
vantage of Camers slower burning: Less
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-02
TURN ON LIGHT
Annual Contest Starts Up

Let there be light Nay, myrlads
o. lights.
You can bet your bottom dollar
there will be light because the cat
out of the bag.
The annual Post-Press Christ
mas lighting contest is definitely
on the fire for 1911
Your Lighting contest editor knew
it all the while, Oh course. but he
wasn't quite ready to flash it.
Then Tuesday morning his job
of setting the stage and arranging
for suitable prizes became an easy
pushover aftcr two telephone Gals
and letter he received IL the
space OF a lew minutes.
Willis Johnson. manager OF Cali
iornia Electric Power company
wrote the letter. Il said. in effect
"How's about the Christmas light
ing contest2 Will the Post-PreSa
hold it again TINS year? And if you
do, count us in tor $50 III prize
money"
With the letter still in his hands
the contest editor answered the
telephone and heard the voice of
Stevens H, Harris, head of the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-02
Hoober TO Push
Plans at ParIey

C. o. Hoober, Imperial Valley
rancher and vice president OF the
California Farm Bureau, will leave
"Wednesday for Chicago carrying /
resolution urging for Americans the
right to work.
Hoober will ask that his resolu-
ton. first passed by the ImperIa.
County farm bureau and next by
the California farm bureau. be
adopted 4 the American Farm.
Bureau Federation at its annua.
meeting December Q to Il at Chi
cago.
The resolution concerns trade un-
ion practices throughout the Unitee
States and declares that no mai
should be forced to pay dues to any
organization to hold his job.
Hoober has also indicated thai
he will make a stand against re-
ciprocal trade agreements now be
ing carried ON between the United
States and South America.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-02

Tony Angona, the soldier, mace
his first thrust at SherWoodS res
taurant, following which engage
ment he pushed on extensively 10
the Rice Bowl cocktail lounge, where
he met his Dunquerque in the per
son of City Patrolman Leslie Conn
Admitting defeat for the moment,
Angona was taken prisoner and re-
moved from the cocktail bar to po-
lice headquarters. There the battle
instinct asserted itself again, ano
Angona ripped off his uniform and
roared:
II hate the United States. I hate
the army. I'm going back to Italy. y
He got only as far as the city jail
Some time after being bivouacked
there, the vanquished warrior re-
Volted against his conquerors and
tried a bit of sabotage. He ripped
out a water Spigot.
Angona was herded into police
court Tuesday morning to face
Judge Lee Nuffer, hut it is doubtful
recognition purposes later, what
with a beautiful hangover and a
number of adhesive plasters stuck
criss-cross here and there.
Angona, in answer to Judge Nuf-
ferS questions, said he had been
in the regular army two years, four
months of which he served at Camp
Seeley. He said he had recently been
transferred from a camp in New
York.
He reluctantly pleaded guilty to
being drunk and disturbing the
peace. maintaining at first that Il
was just feeling good.
Judge Nuffer fined him $40, Will
the alternative of serving 10 days
in Jail.
When Police Chief Ronnie Voyles
heard the sentence, he requested
the court to transfer the prisoner
to the county Jail.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-02

power division of Imperial Irrigation
district
"HoWs about the Christmas light
Ing contest, Harris wanted to know
Count us in for $50 in prlzi
money" he said
His voice had hardly died away
when Harold lummis of Ell Cen
tro chamber of commerce called.
"HoWs about the Christmas light
ing contest he echoed.
Count us in for SIS in prize
money he said,
The contest editor had sort ol
counted on all this. But he never
expected it to come like an avail
anehe
So YOU sec. the old town like
these lighting decorations you tolk.
put up at your homes last year
And when a fellow knows thai
others like what he. is doing, hf
wants to do more of the same
Continued on Page .; Column Il
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-02
y AMBLING
X EPORTER
Seeing Double

Seeing Double
There are advantages and diSad-
VantageS in being twin. 1t ali
depends on just how one utillzes
ones double.
Eddie and Terry, The fiVeyear-old
carbon copies Of the H. l.. Bush, il,
family, are SO much alike they can't
tell each other apart.
AS a reward for being good little
boys, their mother promised them
a maraschino cherry each. Within
a few moments she popped couple
of cherries in little mouths opened
like little bird bills.
At dinner that night the boys
had no cherries on their dessert.
One twin demanded his cherry,
tearfully insisting that he never had
received his reward for being good.
The eyes of the other twin were
full of mischief.
Il gave you your cherries this
afternoon" Mrs. Bush said. Then
she looked carefully at the twin.
king twin.
u know. You got both of them,
she said to the tWinkler She was
right.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-02


American principles.
The United States also renewed
its INQUIRIES regarding the move
ment of japanese troops in French
Indo- China, which might serve as
gateway to an attack ON Ihanand.
The American request was made
at IL 35-minute conference between
u. S. Undersecretary OF state Sum-
ner Welles and two japanese diplo-
mats, and brought the terse state
ment from Admiral Kichisaburo
Nomura, japanese ambassador, that
"he talked and we listened
Meanwhile Chairman Andrew j..
May, D., KY, of the house military
affairs committee asked President
Roosevelt to tell the japanese people
that unless they renounee their
ambitions for an empire lii South
Asia the United States will blast
them off the land and blow them
Off the water
JAPANESE BELLIGERENT
At almost the same time, III To-
kyo. Seigo Nakano, pro- Axis leader
of the Tohokai nationalist Organiza-
tin, attacked the TOXIC government
for sending Special Envoy SaDuro
Kurusu to the United States and
said that any compromise settle
ment with the United States would
invite Japan's downfall.
Addressing a public gathering in
Tokyo's great Hibiya hall Nakano
demanded that Japan resort to
force, such as sinking American
transports, in event the United
States refused to accept Japan's
terms for peace in the Far East,
which include cessation OF Ameri-
can aid to China.
But in Shanghai a japanese Mill
tary spokesman said the weekend
bombing of the Burma road had
nothing to do with U. S Japanese
tension.
Japan will continue to bomb the
Burma read, China S lifeline supply
route. whenever weather conditions
permit Col. Kunio Akiyama. Japa-
nese military spokesman III Shan
ghai, said today.
SHIPS TAKEN OVER
1t was learned the Japanese were
Communicating ali Japanese pri-
vate shipping IN China coastal and
interior waters for the movement
Of military supplies and troops. The
present southwark movement was
described as too great for existing
facilities Necessitatins command
eering program similar to that which
occurred in japanese waters shortly
Continued OH Page 2, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-02
Dies Charges 1000
CI0 Leaders Have
Criminal Records

WASHINGTON, Dee. , tUP1-
Rep. Martin Dies D, Tex. today
presented to the house during de
bate on anti-strlke legislation, 4
photostat document which he said
contained the criminal records OF
20 officials of nine C1O unions.
Lies said the record, We're col
lected by investigator Tor Ills spec
ial committee investigating ,m-Am
erican activities lie also presented
the names o. l. CIO leaders whom
he previously has charged With
Communist connections.
Time and time again Dies
charged, we discovered that Go
leaders had both Communists and
criminal records.
Arguing for enactment ol legs
lation to curb defense STRIKE. Dis
said that such u2ly facts eon-
cerning the backgrounds ol Go
officials piled up IN our recofda
until they began TO make pattern.
L have taken more or less at
Continued On Page 2, col. Il
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-02
kriz. Lettuce Shed
WaIkout Called in
Wage Hike Demand
1000 Packers, Trimmers
Strike in Salt River
Y alleys Harvest

Imperial county lettuce
growers and shippers, pre-
pairing for the beginning OF
their harvest late this month,
Tu esday heard with forebod-
ing that shed crews had walked out
ON strike in Arizona's Salt River
Valley.
Two thousand union lettuce pack
erS and trimmers at Inc TolleSon
and Fowler sheds near Phoenix walk :
ed out late Monday, seeking thell
second l0-cent-an-hour increase OF
the season.
1t was generally believed here
that wage rates, as established III
the Phoenix area, will have a direct
affect on rates in Imperial county
The harvest will begin here perhaps
the middle Of this month. agricul-
tural experts said, but will not be-
come "important' until about the
first OF the "ear.
Arizona packers said the strike
there threatened movement Oh Ileil
heaviest shipments of the season
and they feared it would spread to
the Mesa district and along ths
Santa Fe railroad.
If granted, the wage increase
would give packers 81 an hour and
trimmerS 80 cents an hour.
Three labor organizations, the
Congress Of Industrial Organizations,
the Employees Committee of Salinas
and the American Federation OF
Labor. all claimed jurisdiction III
the field and Arizona packers said
they were uncertain with which TO
negotiate.
An estimated 2000 men were pulled
cut on strike but l75 carloads OF
lettuce were packed Monday despite
the curtailment.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-02

On the war fronts, the Axis armor-
ed forces battled their way out OF
a British trap in the Lib%an desert
recaptured Sidi ReZegh and Biz f,
Hamed and renewed the siege OF
Tobruk.
The reversal of the trend of battle
i'll Libya was described by the Bril-
ish as temporary until reinforce
ments rushed into the fighting zone,
but it was acknowledged that t,2
Nazis had scored an important Vie
tory for the time being.
REDS TRIUMPHANT
On the eastern front, the Red
army reported smashing triumphs
on the RoStov, Moscow and Lenin-
grad fronts. In the fighting soutG
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-02
Farmer Kills Self
With Fatal Potion

j. A. Littrell, 81, Imperial Valley
rancher. killed himself early Tues
day by drinking carbide solution
I'm going to end it now," lit
trell told his wife as he sat beside
her. He then drank from a glass.
He drank the poison at Gas am.
and died in about Is minutes, Dep
uty Coroner Herbert Hughes said
Littrell lived on the e9rockmm
ranch half a mile north of the Mt
Signal store. Hughes said he under
stood Littrell had threatened to
take his own life several times be-
fore. The material Littrell used to
take his life frequently is used III
old fashioned lamps and stoves and
is easy to obtain. Funeral arrange
mentS were pending.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-02
70 Draft.Age l.V.
Youths 10 UNDERGO
Newest Type Exam
Revised Procedure " i'll
Eliminate Uncertainty
Pending Induction

The first group of lmpe-
rial Valley youths to be civ
an army physical eXamlna-
tions under the new pre-ln-
duction rule Of the selectlVe
service act will be transported to
san Diego from Ell Centre Wednes-
day, it was announced Tuesday a
local draft board No. 159.
The boys, numbering about TO
will fill two chartered buses.
The new rule is expected TO eX-
pedite administration of the draft
and will be welcomed by the draft
ees themselves as definite lm-
proVement over former procedure
it was said.
Heretofore, men whose numbers
We're called we're not given tlnal
examination until they reported tol
induction, resulting i'll considerable
confusion and inconvenience 10.
those who, believing they were al
ready in the army, and having Sc
Yered their civilian ties, found them
selves left high and dry when army
medical officers rejected them a,
unfit.
Under the new procedure, the
physicals are given prior to a giver
forthcoming draft call, and the reg
istrants. not even knowing the dale
# the call, are not led to belieYt
that service in the army is newt
able until the results OF the exam
nations are known.
These who pass the examination.
can, however, count pretty detin-
itely on being called into servic,
and are thus given more time il
which to prepare For the adyanct
examinations are final
The army claimed 10 additional
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-02

persist I believe III labor rish 70
organize but Leaders III labor
use every method 10 breaf. inde-
pendent unions.
"Nlnety-liye out Of every 100 IN
ion members are honest. Ciod-tsuIn..
Americans but they lave nothing
more tG do With running their anloG
than anyone i'll this room, and l
can prove II.
Parsons, who prosecuted Sit down
strikers at tie Douglas Aircraft
Plant and other labor cases. eited
various instances OF how the hot
cargo practice worked in the Los
Angeles area.
Such things couldn't have hap
penod 10 years ago.9 he aid. @Sucu
lCoatinued on Pase = Column =
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-02
More CIoudiness
Coming in Valley

Increasing high cloudiness il
Imperial Valley Tuesday afternc:n
with considerable cloudinesS We'd
nesday but temperatures as high as
80 degrees forecast Weatherman
Roy Simpson Tuesday morning
However, Simpson declared that
a storm of moderate intensity is
entering Washington and Oregon
causing heavy rains in central and
northern California. The rain are,
is expected to extend as far south
as Los Angeles by Wednesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-02

torial assembly than Modoc county
supervisors flatly announced they
would not ride the secession band
wagon.
The counties of Del Norte, Siski-
you, Modoc and Lassen, California,
and Curry County oregon, have
announced they will secede from
their respective states every Thurs
day until their state officials recog-
nize their acute need of roads TO
tap valuable mineral deposits of the
region.
The secession" move, started
mostly in fun, was designed to at
tract attention to the regions al
legged "Cinderella treatment but
to many supporters of the move it is
meant in earnest.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-02
Labor Rackeieers Control Men Who
Produce, Associated Farmers Told

SACRAMENTO. Dec. ,. up
Racketeers III labor's ranks We're
denounced today by Russell Parsons,
Los Angeles attorney. in his speech
supporting the antl-hoJ cargo ana
secondary boycott law before Tn
9th annual convention OF the Asso-
ciated Farmers of California.
Parsons urged farmers To help
defeat the referendum against the
hot cargo measure next November
citing that AFL and Go groups IL
California were assessing member
for a campaign fund.
we stand today at the cross
roads, Parsons said. We have Z
powerful group OF racketeers con-
trolling the men who produce "
cannot l3n9er survive if these thinss
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-02

A self-styled Northern Counties
jefferson committee muSh
roomed yesterday and addressed a
pamphlet 10 Gov. Culbert Olson of
California, pledging down with the
49'erS.'
If this movement is allowed TO
continue, it may not stop at Sacra-
miento and Salem capitals of Cali
fornia and oregon respectively, but
the shame of it may be whispered
throughout the nation" read the
pamphlet.
People of Siskiyou, Curry, Del
Norte, Modoc and Lassen counties
take steps to diSoWn those who seek
to betray u.s. Citizens, this is treas
On! Down with the 9ers!'
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-02

of the California Highway patfoi
aw The little eirl fall from Jha
bacI. seat OF n sedan tIs4t &as
approaching them. They rushed the
child to an emergency hospital III
Yuma where she was treated tof =
deep cut on the back CT her head,
minor cuts, and scratches.
As terrorized as the child Was her
mother. Mrs. L. A. Fry, who was IA
the front seat of the sedan driven
by Goldie's uncle, Leo Fry.
The accident occurred AT l. pm.
Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-02
Groebii Faces
Charge Of Arson

A complaint charging arscn WI
signed in FL Centro Tuesday against
Walter Groebli, whose cafe III See
ley was destroyed by fire last week
end.
House and furnishings We're un-
derstood to have been insured tor
approximately $1,000
Groebli was held III the county
jail while officers continued then
Investigations Tuesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-02
WAR DEMANDS ROCK WASHINGTON, TOKYO
&C. Wars Against Waste

FL Centro merchants Tuesday
subscribed to a California Retailers
association war against waste
which is to be prosecuted by charg-
ing for wrapping Christmas pack
ages, and by restricting deliveries
of purchases.
Because of the shortage of ma
terials and their increased cost dur
ing The emergency, there will be
a small charge to help cover ma
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-02

OF MOSCOW, the official Soviet news
agency said. the Germans failed n
their repeated attempts to break
through the Tula sector and were
driven back through several vii
lagos With heavy losses.
The Russian troops we're reported
still pursuing the Germans and at
tempting a flank drive to cut them
off, while other Soviet units recap
tured the village of BarbanoV,
northwest of Tula.
On the Rostov front, the Russian
eGanterotfenSiVe continued to threat
Ell the Germans falling back through
the Taoanrog sector with disaster,
the dispatches reported, while on
Continued on Page ., Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-02

division, adopted by the California
Retailers association and subscrib-
ed to by local merchants,
It is described as 4 phase Of The
civilian defense program, ant
calls for elimination OF such ira
ditional services as special de-
liveries. unno oce5salI deliveries ol
small packages. eXtraVaeant wrap
pings and returned goods
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-02

terial costs on gift wrappingS and
gift boxes, a paid advertisement OF
the merchants committee of The Ell
Centro chamber of commerce stateC
TuesrTy.
The Ell Centro merchants We're
following the lead of other cities
particularly those on the coast
it was said
The campaign was first Launched
by the United States consumers
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-02

These services were described by
the consumers division rs obvious
II wasteful.
In subscribing to the campaign.
tclmed as a "War against waste =
and having a its keynote the slo-
gan, the p.,rty l. over" FL Centre
merchants stated Tuesday that
thee is very little tissue paper
and cellophane' available here.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-02
The Good Old Days

Lee Nuffer had a stiff neck when
he showed up for coffee at a down.
town coffee counter.
He wanted sympathy from the
rest of the coffee drinkers but all
he received was a lot of heavy
handed advice.
Harry Horton, Penny Richmond,
Milton Zinn, and one of RR'S favor
ite secret operatives agreed that
modern remedies are a bit on the
sissy side, not drastic enough to
be truly effective
Il knew an old trapper up in
Oregon Penny related who had
one remedy for every ailment. Horse
linament. He used it internally and
externally. 1t did the work.
That old stuff was a lot better
than this new tangled DOPE Milton
chimed in. We used to have some
horse salve. 1t was the best thing
in the world for cuts and small
infections. 1t was potent stuff. 1t
took five men to hold us down so
it could be smeared on. But it
worked
This line of conversation went
on for some time with Lee suffer-
ing in silence, Still unconvinced.
They argued with him and told
him to be a man and submit to a
horse linament treatment for his
stiff neck. They offered to sit on
him while the linament was being
applied.
Lee half rose from his chair Then
sank back with a groan.
Forget it," he begged, this can't
be as bad as your treatment"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-02
Girl, 3, Pitches
From Moving Car

Godie Fry. s. WAS rocpyering Tuesday from injuries
suffered Monday when she pitched head first from an
automobile travelling along the road two miles north OF
Fort Yuma.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-02
u. 5. Asks Reply
I 70 Statement Of
Pacific Demands
Nipponese Rush New Troop and Naval
centrations; Administration Chief
In House SAYS Blow EN- Off Wafer
By UNITED PRESS

While washington and Tokyo fIared 7TuesdaN WITH
demands for shooting war; Japan rushed troop and
naval entratons into Far Eastern danger areas ana
the United States asked officially for immediate answer