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Evening star., 1941-03-26
Will U. S. Convoy Supplies?
Navy Men Prefer This to Alternative
Of Lending Our WorshiPs to Britoin

THE ocean is q big place" as
naval officers are given to saying.
A superior British force will have
to locate the Gneisenau and Scharn-
horst and be fast enough to run
them down if they refuse to give
battle.
Germany also still has two pocket
battleShlpS of the Graf Spec class.
She may have the new Bismarck in
commission. The Bismarck, of 35 900
tons, speed 30 knots, and a ma jor
battery of eight 15-inch guns, is in
the same class as the British King
George V and our own new North
Carolina.
Since there is no chance that Hit
Ter can build surface fleet to chal-
1enge that of Britain in this war,
he will make the best use possible
of the surface WarshipS at his COM
mand He will risk all of Germany's,
any French captured in the ports
OF occupied France, and the Italians,
too, with Premier MuSsolini's per-
mission, to serve him in the only
way the war can be won this sum-
mer-and that is by starving Brit
ain out.
Shooting Would Result.
Britain has the gun power to
put off the sea any surface war
ships Hitler can muster, if she can
get at them, but the danger is the
amount of destruction they will do
before they are sunk.
The belligerent zone limitation
under the neutrality law does not
permit us TO send ships under our
flag as far as British ports. Con-
voylng clear across the Atlantic
would surely mean we should have
to do some shooting at the Ger
mans, who inevitably would be
shooting back at us.
Working from our own bases we
can keep a zone clear to the mid
Atlantic. 1t is generally agreed that
Hitler does not want war with us
and would avoid it until our aid was
reaching Britain in such decisive
quantity that the only, and the des-
perate, alternative for him would be
to use all the force at his command
to cut 1t off. And he would not
bother with declaration of war and
would make the most of attack by
surprise.
tReleased by North American Newspaper
Alliance, lnc.)
Evening star., 1941-03-26
Defense Program Is Seen
Cutting Living Standards

Declaring the national defense
program at present is a "godsend"
to this country's economy, DR..
Arthur A. Werner, professor of
economics at the Georgetown Uni
versity Foreign Service School, last
night predicted its continuance
would result in a reduced standard
of living for the United States as
a whole
Speaking at the monthly dinner
meeting of the District chapter Of
the Controllers Institute of America
at the Carlton Hotel, DR.. Werner
asserted that in the future "weu
have to tighten our belts and spread
the butter little more thinlv."
The program has started out on
the basis Of voluntary sacrifices bv
the public, but these sacrifices must
become compulsory before the Ma
ton can achieve its goal of all-out
aid to the democracies. he said.
Evening star., 1941-03-26

and we, the generation alive IN l94l, are
in on the greatest revolution of all human
history, and therefore in some ways the
luckiest generation ever born.
There have been all sorts of slogans
used to rationalize wars but behind them
is the plain fact that most of them have
been for markets. That's one of the things
that this war started to be about, and
that's what our left-wing friends mean
when they say it's "just another imperial
ist war" But in the course of the war
we are going to learn something if we
keep our eyes peeled-every last one of
us, and every last nation-namely, thai
1t isn't for markets but for way of life
and that our markets are in our own back
yards, and that our own back yards are
every one elSe'S.
The reason we've got this war is that
the human race always learns its lessons
in the most painful possible way. 1t takes
a war to wake people up to the facts of
life. When people are scared they throw
Evening star., 1941-03-26
Poet and Biologist
To Speak at M. u.

Robert Frost, noted American poet,
and DR.. R. Ruggles Gates, we'll
known British biologist, will speak at
the University of Maryland on Fri
day under the auspices of the uni
versity's Committee on Nonresident
Lecturers.
Mr.. Frost, who at present is teach
ing at Harvard University, will speak
at IL 20 am. in the university's audi
torium and DR.. Gates will talk at
AIS pm. in the arts and sciences
auditorium. DR.. Gates is head of
the Botany department at Kings
College in London and is the author
of several books on botanical SUBJ
jects
Both lectures are open to the
public.
Evening star., 1941-03-26

IL u " IL ~,
which would hold them together,
has been largely favored by naval
opinion, in the choice between these
two alternatives. There are many
reasons why it is the sounder of
the two.
Which, If either, we are going to
do or are doing, is justifiable mat
ter of secrecy. If we have not al
ready begun conveying, then we
had better begin, if that is to be
our policy. If we have begun, then
no one, of course, should publicly
designate the names. numbers or
movements of our ships on their
mission.
The small damage done to Plym-
outh docks and yards by the recent
terrific, large scale Nazi bombing
compared to the amount done to
the city itself, is encouraging, but
it is far from dissipating the inten-
styling concern over the British
shipping situation. Upon our aid
very largely depends not only the
security of Great Britains bread
lines and the transport of war ma
terials. but the maintenance of her
army in Greece and its reinforce
ment.
Strikes TO Prolong Ordeal.
Every cargo sunk, every day lost
in strikes in our country Weakens
the first line of defense and our
own, and will prolong and intensity
the ordeal to win victory and
security.
We may be sure the strikes will
not be overlooked in the conference
between Adolf Hitler and Yosuke
Matsuoka. Hitler wants to convince
Matsuoka he (Hitler) can and will
win the war this summer, before
American aid becomes effective. He
can stress the enormous prepara-
tions he has made during the win
ter for smashing the British
blockade and replacing it with one
of his own. His bombing planes.
with 1,000-mile range beyond French
and Norwegian bases, are striking at
conveys and spotting them for sub
marine attack.
We know that the German battle
ships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst,
each of $4,000 tons and % knots
speed, with major battery of nine
11-inch guns, and also, evidently,
some cruisers and armed merchant
men are loose on the Atlantic as
commerce raiders. Under the threat
of the fire of the two battleships
any merchant convoy is helpless,
even though it has a destroyer or
light cruiser escort.
Might Elude British.
The two are as fast or faster
than any British ship of equal or
superior gun power, except the three
British battle cruisers, and the new
King George v and possibly a sister
ship which may already be in COM
mission.
Evening star., 1941-03-26
Passenger Service
To Nogusuki Suspended

BY the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, March 26-Japanese
steamers and air services have
ceased accepting foreign passengers
from oriental ports bound for Naga-
saki, Japan, until April 10, it was
learned today.
No explanation was Forthcoming,
Evening star., 1941-03-26

attempt any major military operations Reports from Berlin indicate
that confident
will collapse before The end of spring and thus terminate
might
backed by the military shown much foresight
handling typical local situations This
statement made high
interpreted Washington quarters referring
million dollars
and possibly other countries
Evening star., 1941-03-26

after the signing
of the lease lend
bill, was whether
our Navy should
turn over some
of our Warships
to be manned by
British crews, or
W h e t er We
should under
take to do the
conveying our
selves.
The first would
S e p n a t e our
naval units from
our command.
T h q second.
Evening star., 1941-03-26

GeaPo
are working in close cooperation with appointed
Advised the Geapo
Belgrade where department
ammnltonS
headquarters The has not been dmobzed
oeg dispersed sections
government The subsevent
to north
AS far gathered gumbled
orders But this
troops
Evening star., 1941-03-26

I6lOIIll- DIS - us
ual' point of
vie W notWith-
standing the fact
that America is
facing the most
critical year in
the whole his
tory of the Re-
public.
At a time, for
instance, W h e n
the Nation is
asked to exert
itself for the ma
tional defense
program by in
azz;x, ,@,oL-a
Evening star., 1941-03-26

for more facts
with which to
prop up the orig
inal lie; he can
say n o t h i n g
more about it
and rely on his
readers to forget
the blunder; or
he can frankly
admit his mis-
take and correct
the injustice.
I have always
pre- f red the
latter course, be-
cause I cannot
cae hOuy tho nJ1b-
Evening star., 1941-03-26

could have its hands free for major
operations against Britain and pos
sibly in Spain. The Balkans are
important only because of their
wealth of food and raw materials.
They are also important militarily
because the German general staff
had to avoid the risk of a second
fighting front. Once this is done
the high command will maintain
only enough forces there to prevent
a SIIrOriSe moVnment h1It il uoro't
Evening star., 1941-03-26
YugosIovio Was the Key

The return of the Premier and his foreign secretary will tell the
to whether the Serbs willing
leaders whether they will
IN military and diplomatic frankly
nation does not the Vienna
outbu curtains for the Balkans
short
The British material
in the hope that the Yugosavan
the defense
Yugosavla the the Balkan he I
the finally pockeed
Greeks and the British will be able
Official quarters have received with the usual official relief the
of the Russian bother Turkey
independence behind official
regarding
bothered the prevented
turning the Greek flank German through
arda Valley In order to ubdu the peninsula Germany would have
compelled 100000
nest But with Yugaa out of the picture Turkeys chances of fighting
in Europe reduced to a minimum
admitting the possibility
possible the Turks the transporting
difficult
Transporting
destroyers at Constanza Varna and Burgas.
Evening star., 1941-03-26

nshed in any OF the newspapers, but
reaches the population iE Belgrade
by word OF mouth. And these re-
ports are not encouraging for the
forgerS of the Berlin-Rome-T Toxic
Belgrade pact.
The unrest centers chiefly in the
army, but whether the officers and
the men under their command will
be able to undo what was done
yesterday in Vienna is another mat
Evening star., 1941-03-26

HE opinions OF the oers this page their on
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented in The
Stars effort to gpe all sides OF questions OF interest to its
readers although such opinions be contradictory
| themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
Evening star., 1941-03-26
'$1-u-Yeur'
Tale Off on
Wrong Foot
Little Business Due
To Get q Break
From O. P. M.
BY JAY FRANKLIN.

When somebody sells q coIumnist
a "pup'-a story based on distorted
facts, half-truths, or inventions
the writer can follow one of three
courses. He can hunt desperately
Evening star., 1941-03-26
On the Record
If We Would Produce for Peace the Way
We Produce for Wor-AII Would Be Well
BY DOROTHY THOMPSON.

that
of people
If smart, tell US"
That's fair enough, SO l am going to try.
Briefly think ought to this
is
peared Imperialism the age of
Evening star., 1941-03-26

tance to the New Deal as well as
the Nation if the international pro-
gram is to succeed.
Reproduction Rights Reserved)
Evening star., 1941-03-26
Reich Wanted Its Hands Free


territorial integrity
looking westward for their principal
it is unlikely they will bother with adventure
German high command
Evening star., 1941-03-26

but observers believed military
movements in the Nagasaki area
were responsible.
Evening star., 1941-03-26
BY COL. FREDERICK PALMER.

1t is for President Roosevelt to
say just what shall be the nature of
our all-out aid to Great Britain. The
most vital decision he had to make,
Evening star., 1941-03-26
This Changing World
Only Popular outburst Can Save the Balkans;
Berlin Expects Greece to Collapse by Spring
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN

According to confidential reports
to be possibility of revolution
the government and of the
disturbances in Southern Serbia mot ,h
Evening star., 1941-03-26
S. E. G.. Picks
A Bad Time
For Red Tape
Reform-os-UsuuI'
Attitude Out of
Joint With Crisis
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

There is nothing so disheartening
nowadays as the unrealistic atti-
tude assumed by those Government
agencies which still maintain their
Evening star., 1941-03-26

the
their
Now, what this S
II would produce for
all be rich Croesusa
they things
When they produce for peace forget learned
Evening star., 1941-03-26
Production on Reasonable Basis

When all
Frenchmen
all others
a sheepsh grin and have perfectly good time
The easeend blu
It's reasonable because when produce
everything that
They forget for instance they things Imagine
what would happened
all
butter for all the folks
tractors instead of tanks
would have
screamed, where will
With Hiters
created
lot moaning did we
get out of the last war? Nothing but unpaid debS"
We nothing insisted on having
debtors There
money, didn't they" They didn't. They hired
Now isn't to et
symbols things prove time that it is more
blessed than and that than
Ricardo Adam
observed We might have learned hen by spending
the Government
Evening star., 1941-03-26
Blind to the Answer

We used the labor make materials
then
for do The word normalcy populared incidentally
Gamaiel Harding)
We'd found the only
had have another
that
the peoples
collective in
broke but
produce
the hope of selling
corner You bet it is eternaly around the corner
the
the
because of We going rich have
going to discover that the process of doing
And it. after that anybody rises power who
time be normal" hope will him display piece
y
Evening star., 1941-03-26
Might Elude British.

The two are as fast or faster
than any British ship of equal or
superior gun power, except the three
British battle cruisers, and the new
King George v and possibly sister
ship which may already be in COM
mission.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-04
by Peter Edison
The Inside Track in WASHINGTON

fore the trouble begins. or in
case of sudden flare-up should
these peace making bodies have au-
thortly TO put in effect compulsory
arbitration?
Supporters OF the democratic
theory of labor handling say that
compulsory arbitration, legal pre-
vention of strikes. will not work.
Opponents say they must be made
to work.
The fact that three out of the
first four defense labor disturb
aces certified TO the new media
lion board we're settled within "a
hours after the Department OF
Labor had passed them on should
not be viewed with too much op-
timism. Cancellation service had
them practically settled. The mere
fact that the cases had been certi-
fled to the board, with the threat
of public censure, may have has
tened peace, but the real test of
this machinery will come in the
International Harvester strike in
Volying 24.000 men at Chicago and
Rock Falls, H., and Richmond, Ind
WASHINGTON PASSES
C.C.C. is eight years old on April
s. Veterans administration has
written S970 million worth of new
insurance on selectiye soldiers.
Maritime Commission is on the
lookout for private capital that
wants to go into the shipbuilding
business, supplementing the 45 ship
yards now In existence. Dried skim
mix powder at three cents a
quart is being boosted as a food
for low income families. Members
of the new Labor Mediation
Board get $25 a day, plus travel,
when they work on board matters.
Rumors Of big overhaul in the
defense organization still persist.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-04

Picture the scene recently enacted
at Marseilles. A French ship Is
ready to sail for Martinique. Aboard
are 348 Spaniards, refugees from
the savage civil war that recently
shook Spain. They are on their way
to Mexico and a new life, with valid
exit yisas and tickets for which
they have paid the last cent they
could scrape together.
Suddenly police swarm aboard.
There has been a new order by the
Vichy minister of interior-no
Spaniard of military age is to be
allowed to leave France. In tears,
many of them. the refugees file
back down the gang -plank-the mi
rage OF freedom has been snatched
away.
Why2 Are such men likely ever
to be Loyal to Vichy? You might
think that Hitler would be glad to
be rid of them-and such an act
is clearly Hitler's act: no French
man would do such a thing except
under compulSion. But no. they
must stay where they are not want
ed. and where they do not want TO
be
Why Why? Why? A free mind
accustomed To reason might well
topple in trying TO Grasp the an
sWer. We in America can not un-
derstand it. and pray God we never
Shall.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-04
Did You Know?

The northenmost point in the
United States is Lake of the Woods
Mimi.
German is spoken in Switzerland
more than any other language.
During 1899, Canada's exports of
lumber exceeded two billion feet.
Laboratory tests show that hu-
man speech is made up entirely of
buzzes and Kisses.
No one ever has explained sat
iSfactorily the purpose of the bell
on the throat OF a moose.
Hudson zeal is dyed mlsskrat
fur.
The word gin" is a corruption
of Geneva, one of the names Of
the juniper berry.
Fort Andrews is located at Bos-
ton Harbor, Mass.
Draconids, leonids. geminids. and
aquarids, are the names of meteoric
showers.
The bullfinch, am European bird.
is member of the family to which
the English sparrow belongs.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-04
ANOTHER AGREES THAT
IT'S A PRIVILEGE

Editor, the Post-Press:
After 81 years of my life given to I'M
perial Valley, on homestead on the
beautiful white sand dunes, helping to
create and build it to a place we can now
call Home, Sweet Home" I can now
truly say it has been a privilege to live
in Imperial Valley.
Imperial Valley is the justification Of
every effort, the fulfillment of every
promise and the reward of every strug-
gle.
There are so many good things to see
and say of our great valley that one
could go on and on.
Imperial Valley is the grandest place
TO live the year round Joy in the
spring, fall and winter-with the priv
ilege in midsummer of getting a free
Turkish bath,
l have proved it by remaining here the
year around for % years out of the 81.
Mrs. S. E Robinson.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-04
by Willis Thornton
National Borders and Prison Walls

There are certain things which
we in free America can never m-
derstand about the totalitarian
countries of Europe One Of them
is Their tendency TO make of their
national borders a prison wall.
We in the United States find it
hard to imagine a condition in
which we would not allow anyone
to leave The country who wanted
to 60. Our difficulty is in getting
rid Of those who keep insisting that
it S a terrible country. but who
have to be pried ont of it with a
shoe-holn if it is suggested that
they go anywhere else. For those
who are dissatisfied. and who
think they can better themselves
somewhere else. the American way
is TO say. %. X On your way and
good rddanee!9
1t is not so in Europe today.
Russia was the first 10 draw a
tight line around her borders. Why
on earth border patrols should have
been stationed with leyeled rifles
to take pot-shots At all who tried
so desperately to get away from
their own homeland. We do not
know, but it happened All the to-
talitarian countries set UP similar
rules. We were accustomed To find
situations in which it was hard
to get INTO a country. but To find
it hard TO get OUT Of one-that is
product of the last 30 years.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-04
Uranium Crackers
Secret Codes

Secret Codes
In wartime. and in peacetime.
too. governments turn to codes for
the transmission Of important mes
sages to keep them secret from
anyone who might intercept them.
Here are some secret messages. en-
ploying three separate codes, for
you to decipher.
I. GSRH MZGRLM RH XIV
MWRMT YROORLMH ULI wv
UVMHV (Clue: try S for II, @
for j, f for V, etc.
?. SO THAT NOT ONE CENT
xxx AF OBJC EPQ SQJAVSF.
Watch out: a different code IS
used this timeD
3 FIRST ALL GIVE THIS
THANKS AND THEN HEAVEN
WILL TOO. fAnsWer IS a movie
titleD
ANSWERS
l. THIS NATION IS SPEND
ING BILLIONS FOR DEFENSE.
y SA THAT NOT ONE CENT
WILL BE PAID FOR TRIBUTE.
Code: A for B, C for D, etc.
8 ALL THIS AND HEAVEN
TOO. Code: every other word was
part OF the message)
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-04
LET THE UNIONS SOLVE
PROBLEMS AMONG THEMSELVES

There can be no moral justification
for iurisdictional dispute which closes
down defense factory Just because one
union seeks and another opposes the
right to represent the majority of work.
ers in the plant.
Yet most of the critical defense strikes
now current are based on the jurisdic-
tional issue
Legal machinery is set UP to make the
decision between unions. Only right to
demand that the unions be compelled by
law to abide by the methods set up by
law, instead Of resorting to violence and
intimidation to bring about result
which, under such circumstances, cannot
be fair
If defense strikes affected only the
laborers and the employers directly in
yolved, congress could be excused for
postponing action. But such strikes in
volve the employees and employers only
in minor Way-the biggest effect is one
harmful to The good of the entire ma
ton.
Defense strikes are strikes against the
people of the United States
TheV must end
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-04
IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO LIVE
IN IMPERIAL VALLEY

And still they come-the slogans from
people who believe that il Is a privilege
to live in Imperial Valley.
If you could see the great stack they
make, and some of the letters that ae-
company the slogans, you would know
that this is no surface thought, but a
deep conviction-thiS love Of Imperial
Valley as home, and for It's hundreds
of resources.
Judges in the Post-Press contest are
only sorry that more prizes are not
available for the writers of slogans. for
SO many of them deserve prizes. Even the
selection of a daily winner from among
the scores submitted is bound to be Il
difficult task, and one no two persons
could agree upon.
Here are some more of the slogans sub
mitted in the Post-Press contest. II
you're going to send one in, do il now
Remember, Saturday IS the last day
Imperial Valley, the Winters Won
derland.'
'.We're Proud Of Imperial Valley"
Mrs. N A Flower. Holtville.
Imperial Valley Helps 10 Feed the
Freest People on Earth.
Calvin Aaron FL Centre.
Imperial Valley was Always 4 White
Spot on the Dark Map Of Business De
preston.
Grace Dixon. FL Centre.
Imperial Valley, 4 Sun-Kissed Desert,
Smiles 4 Welcome From Its Ever Chang
ing Magic Carpet.
Elaine #Greenwll. E Centre.
Imperial Valley, Fairest of the Fair
Billie Rosson. e. Centro
Sunshine and Smiles are the Keynote
Of Imperial Valleys Perfection.
a F. Brewer Holtville
The Sun Shines East, the Sun Shines
West Imperial Valley Sunshine's Best
B +. PEBBLES Fl Cenuo.
Imperial Valley. Where Opportunity
Knocks Not Once, But Many Times.
-Carma Lyta Mcmahon Ell Centre
Imperial Valley, the Interesting Jewel
of our Nation
Enjoy Imperial Valley Now, You
Can't Take It With You
-Roy. Robertson. EI Centro.
Imperial Valley, the Quest of the
West"
David Maupin. El centro.
The Best Valley on Earth is Imperial
Valley"
Mrs. Milton Dearborn. FL Centro.
Imperial Valley, the Eighth Wonder
Of the World
Edgar Floyd Imperial.
Imperial Valley. Gods Chosen Land.
Gods Chosen People.
Jim Hand Imperial