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Evening star., 1941-05-04
Cut in Overtime Pay HoIts
Saturday Work in Shipyord

Council, said the refusal of the men
to work was not violation of the
recently adopted master contract
for Pacific Coast shipyards, because
Bethlehem had never signed 1t.
Bethlehem has been paying
double time for Saturday work. the
corporation spokesman said, but re-
ceived instructions from the Mari
time Commission that, in accord
ance with the ship stabilization
agreement, overtime should be paid
of at time and half.
Henry Hook, union business agent,
said the men would return to work
as usual Monday and would con-
tinue working the five-day week.
but would not report for work on
Saturday unless double time is paid.
Evening star., 1941-05-04
Roosevelt Prepares
New Enunciation Of
Nation S Policy
President Will Speak
At Wilson Birthplace
Shortly After Noon
BY JOHN c. HENRY,

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. May
3-In a setting rich in the lore Of
American presidential history, Pres
ident Roosevelt today prepared a
new enunciation of this Nations
intentions in the present period
of world crisis.
To be delivered tomorrow at the
restored birthplace of woodrow
Wilson in nearby Staunton, it will
be an utterance expected to re-
feet clearly the deep and linger-
ing influences left in American his
tory and political consciousness by
the World War President and by
Presidents Jefferson and Monroe.
Today Mr.. Roosevelt dictated his
address in a mountainside guest
cottage which looked upward to
the stately Monticello residence of
Thomas jefferson, signer of this
Nations Declaration of Independ-
ence. a few hours before he had
ridden through the spacious grounds
of Ash Lawn, the old home of James
Monroe, on whose doctrine of West
ern Hemisphere mutuality all, our
good neighbor" and defense poll
cies of today are founded.
Little Advance Information.
White House aides have volun-
teered little advance information
on the character of this address to-
morrow, but it is considered signifl-
cant that from an original plan for
the President to speak extempo-
raneously and informally for only a
few minutes there has been an an
nounced revision to the effect that
he will talk from prepared text to
be drafted tonight and made avail
able to the press just before the
time of presentation.
(The radio chains had made no
arrangements to broadcast the
ceremonies and officials said the
Presidents decision to deliver a
formal address instead of ex-
temporaneous remarks would not
cause them to change their plans.
A Columbia spokesman told the
Associated Press that C. B. S.
would broadcast the address "if
the White House says it is of ma
tional Importance" but that no
such word had been received so
farD
Assisting in preparation of the
speech tonight were Harry L. Hop
kins, principal assistant and conf
dant of the President on the defense
and aid programs, and Secretaries
Stephen T. Early and Maj. Gen.
Edwin NJ Watson, the latter the
host to the Chief Executive.
Expected to be present when the
address is delivered tomorrow, the
occasion being the formal opening
of the Wilson birthplace as a ma
tional shrine, are Secretary of State
and Mrs. Cordell Hull and Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson. widow of the
World War President.
Speech to Be Climax.
Against this background and COM
bination of circumstances specula-
ton has been encouraged that the
speech will be climax, first to a
week which has recorded a marked
intensification of our defense and
aid efforts and, second, to a 20
month period which has seen the
Nation move steadily from a posi-
ton of aloofness into one of active
and aggressive resistance to the
sweep of totalitarianism.
A retracing of this trend toward
(See ROOSEVELT, Page A-6.J
Evening star., 1941-05-04
Three Killed, One Injured
tnlocomotive Boiler Blast
Picture on Page A-3.)

NJ the Associated Press.
SALINAS, Calf, May 3.-Three
men were blown to bits and another
injured today in the explosion OF
q boiler on a locomotive pulling a
e4-car freight train.
A woman, identified only as a
Mrs. Patrick, was hurt by pieces OF
the boiler that crashed into her
home near the right Of way. The
dead:
p. Y. Jolly, tine engineer.
Floyd X. McKeen, fireman.
Herb Horan, brakeman.
Southern Pacific ofiicials said the
men were coast division trainmen
but their addresses were not i'm
mediately available. A student
brakeman named Schoendeller was
injured. - g.
Twenty box cars and oil cars were
derailed and main line trafic was
tied up. The freight was en- route to
Los Angeles.
Evening star., 1941-05-04
Message of Hope Sent
To Poles by Churchill
By the Associated Press.

by t0e ESSOCldleQ STesS.
LONDON, May 3-Prime Minister
Churchill, in a message of hope to
Polish people all over the world"
said today the presence of the
Polish government and its armed
forces in Britain has enabled us 70
build the foundations for Anglo
Polish relations after common
victory and the restoration of your
freedom"
His broadcast address marked the
l50th anniversary of adoption of
Polish constitution.
Mr.. Churchill told the Polish
people that Germany's brutal at
tack" on Poland in 1889 resulted
from the German alarm" at the
success of the Polish nation.
Evening star., 1941-05-04
By ROBERT ST. JOHN,
Foreign Correspondent of The stars
Special News Service.


ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, May s.
After travelling four weeks night
and day by almost every conceivable
method of transportation, I finally
have arrived in safe port" with
the bloody story of the invasion and
fall of YugoSlavia and the eyacua-
tion of Greece.
Here are a few things which hap
pened along the way after that
gruesome dawn of Sunday, April s,
when Nazi bombers rained terror
on sleeping Belgrade.
With Russell Hill OF the New
York Herald Tribune, Leigh White
of C. B. S. and the Overseas News
Agency and Terence Atherton Of
the London Daily Mail, ! left Budvs,
on the Yugoslav coast. In . 20-foot
Evening star., 1941-05-04
U. ). Can Wage War
Abroad Successfully,
Lindbergh Asserts
America Con Win Victory
Defending Itself on Own
Shores, Flyer Says
BACKGROUND

! BACKGROUND
Charles A. Lindberqh, noted
aDiator and critic OF the admin
stration,s foreign policy, resigned
idst Monday his commission as
colonel in the Air Corps Reserve
after President Roosevelt Hkened
him to Revolutionary War "ap-
pedsers" ana CiDl War Copper
heads"
By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, May 3.-Charles A.
Lindbergh declared tonight America
was not prepared to wage war
abroad successfully, but pleaded that
we must and can defend our own
Nation.
He stressed particularly, in q
speech prepared for an America
First Committee rally, what he said
was our inadequacy in the air.
He said that no matter how many
planes we built and sent to England,
we could not make the British Isles
stronger than Germany in military
aviation.
Not only is the performance of
some of our vital types Of service
aircraft inadequate, but our total
air force in the United States today,
including both Army and Navy, both
modern and obsolescent types. is
not more than Germany can produce
in a few weeks" he said. 1T is a
small fraction of her present air
force. To enter a European war
today with our air force would be
almost as great a folly as that COM
mitted by France when she declared
war on Germany in 1882
Says U. S. Lacks True Facts.
Mr.. Lindbergh, referring to his
resignation this week from the Air
Corps Reserve, said:
II resigned because I felt that
the statements of the President left
me no honorable alternative. This
situation arose because I, together
with millions of Americans, believe
that our country should not enter
the war in Europe, while the Presi-
dent, and many with him, believe
we should take part in that war"
This is the third great nation that
I have watched being led into war
without adequate preparation and
(see LINDBERGH, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1941-05-04
IA Lost in SINKING

LA CORUNA, Spain. May I (Sun-
day9 yP.-The entire crew of IA
fishermen aboard the bark Turkuesa
was lost today when the vessel sank
OF Cedeira near here.
Evening star., 1941-05-04
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
VICHY, France, May s.
Usually reliable diplomatic in
formants said tonight they had
circumstantial reports that 2e
American erch ant ships
stacked to the tunnels with wal
materiel for the British Neal
Eastern armies and accompanied
by American warships, had
reached the Suez Canal.
The word used by the informant.
to describe the reported presence oi
United States naval vessels was thai
they were conveying" the mer'
chant ships.
In Washington. the Navy De-
partment stated Immediately
upon receipt of the report: mo
United States Navy ships are en-
ployed in convoy duty"
Maritime sources, however, said
it was quite possible that the
merchant ships reported at Suez
had left United States shores
with rs nm. cannon and other
materiel intended for Greece and
Yugoslavia, and while it had
been understood that these vessels
were mainly Yugoslav and Greek
freighters, some informed sources
suggested that American vessels
also might have headed for Suez
via the Cape Of Good Hope.
The report that the ships hat
arrived created great stir il
vichy, where United States willing
ness as well as ability to convoy al,
to Britain has been cor1sidefet
doubtful.
However, the fact that Presiden
Roosevelt recently suspended tn
neutrality ban on American ship
entering the Red Sea and proceed
ing to Suez had been considere'
the forernner of just such NOV
as reported today.
The accounts of the ships arriva
in the canal obviously could not b
confirmed in Vichy. but they raj
swiftly through neutral as well q
French circles.
These accounts said the vessel
were loaded with light tanks, anti
tank and anti-aircraft guns, an,
the infermants insisted also tina
American warships were in evidence
In Cairo Friday British source
said new equipment arriving in tn
Near East. much of it American
made, is offsetting the British ma
terial losses in Greece.
Evening star., 1941-05-04
WiIIkie Calls Patrol
System Inadequate;;
Favors Conveys
Tells British Aid Buckers
To Avoid Personalities
With IsoIotionists
BACKGROUND


Britain's greatest problem is
maintaining ocean supply lines,
particularly those bringing lease
lend aid from America. American
republics hare maintained neu-
trulity patrols seperal hundred
miles at sea and President Roose-
pelt said last ,Deek United States
,Udrships mould ertend this Wdtch
,Dhereper necessary to protect the
Western Hemisphere. Meanwhile
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee poted to pigeonhole
anti-conpoy resolutions.
Evening star., 1941-05-04

In one OF the most dramatic
stories to come out OF the Euro
pean ,oar, Robert st. John, tDar
correspondent, tells for The Stars
Special NetDs Serpice OF his flight
from Yugoslauin and Greece one
step ahead of the Nast inoaders,
and OF the British evacuation
under a terrific aerial lombard
ment. st. John ,Das ,Dou1aded in
the leg by q machine gun bullet
and narrowly escaped death from
bombs.
Evening star., 1941-05-04

sardine boat we got in trade for an
automobile as the italian occupa-
ton force was entering that ancient
walled city.
We set out with no compass, with
automobile road maps In lieu Of
Evening star., 1941-05-04
Planes, Artillery
Beut Off Attack
In Busru Area

BACKGROUND
Fighting bettDeen Iraq and
British troops broke out Friday
as Gilman OF landings of English
troops at Bdsrn at head Of Per-
stan Gull. IrdQ government,
headed by pro-Nazt Premier
Rnschid Ali Al Gdiidni, Dho came
to poUer month ago in coup.
1rnq rich in oil and may be OBJ
jecttve of merit Nazi noDes in
Near East.
Evening star., 1941-05-04
|raqis Repu|sed, British Declare;
70 American Aid Ships Reported
Observation-Disclosures
Ships Said to Be
Heavily Loaded
With Munitions

BACKGROUND
With completion OF British Of
fensiUe against Italians along
coast OF East Africa, President
. RooseUelt recently reopened the
Red Sea to traffic by American
merchantmen, and it tDas indi-
Gated that American merchant
men ,Dould lose no time in utilis-
ing this route to carry American
tDdr materials to British fight
ing in the Near East. President
Roosevelt also recently asserted
that American tDar peSsels ,oould
carry on their neutrality patrol
wherever it tUds necessary TOR
them to do so.
Evening star., 1941-05-04

Radio Programs. Page F-5
Complete Index, Page AZ
Evening star., 1941-05-04

(See WILLKIE, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1941-05-04
Weather Forecast

Mostly clear. slowly rising temperature
today; tomorrow fair. somewhat warmer
Temperatures yesterday-HigheSt, SO, at
$50 pm: lowest, Al, at 6:fb am.
Fror- the United States Weather Bureau report
Full Details on Pare AZ
Evening star., 1941-05-04

(See IRAQ, Page A-5o
Evening star., 1941-05-04
By the Associated Press.

(See LINDBERGH, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1941-05-04

In Cairo Friday British sources
said new equipment arriving in the
Near East, much of it American
made, is offsetting the British ma
terial losses in Greece.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-30
Berlin Says Reds
Face AnnihiIation
In Moscow Sector

! LONDON. Dec. 80. (UP)-Majol
Soviet formations have been encir-
cled and face "annihilatiOn' in the
Moscow sector of the Russian front
Radio Berlin claimed today. The
broadcast, heard by the Exchange
Telegraph agency, said counterat-
tacking Germans had reoccupied a
number of heights held temporarily
by the Red army
After three days fighting in an
unnamed sector of the southern
front, italian forces were said to
have hurled back an attack by d
Russian cavalry division and three
infantry divisions.
With assistance from German
troops, the italian divisions counter
attacked and the Soviets were
thrown beyond the original posi-
tiOnS," the broadcast said.
Two thousand Russian officers
and men were said to have been
killed and 1000 prisoners captured.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-30
Dutch Commander
Deeply Impressed
By Help Promise

DUTCH A r M Y HFADQUART-
ERS, N. f. l., Dec. 80. UP)-Licut.
Gen. Helm Ter POorJen. Dutch East
Indies commander. said today he
has been deeply. impressed by
latest indications f,oa Washington
that material support Will reach
thc Dutch East Indies in time to
stand Sff even a large ecala Jap
aneae assault on the vital Indies
positions.
Ter PooltCn said the support must
be given With the least possible
delay and in great quantities to
bring about a turn in the pres
ent events"
The Dutch commander revealed
that thus far no japanese troops
have landed on Netherlands Indies
teritcTy and that reports of Jap
anCSe farachutislS landing in the
Mcdan area Of Sumatra Sunday
proved incorrcc'. He said the re-
porJ5 probably arose Whcn japanese
airmcn bu!lcd 0ut OF g damaged
bomber in "a attack on The Mcdan
aird"CGe.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-30
Mass Raids Crush
Axis in Uruguay

MONTEVIDEO, Dec. 80. up
More than 30 raids on AxiS-con-
troled concerns were believed today
to have effectively crushed an active
Nazi-Fascist front in Uruguay.
Three judges and five members of
the congressional committee inves-
tigating anti-Uruguayan activities
led police in raids on leading Ger
man and italian firms.
TranSocean, the German propa-
ganda news agency, was raided and
its books confiscated. They showed
that the news agency provided its
services free to all Mintevideo news
papers and radio stations and re-
ceived nearly $4,000 monthly from
Germany.
The Italian Shipping company,
ltalmar, the Italian Gable company,
Italcable, and the contracting COM
pany of Guillermo Garbeta, an Ital-
ian prominent in Fascist circles, also
were ralded.
WAR FUNDS SEIZED
The investigators said war funds
for italy had been collected each
month from group of Italian world
war veterans with Fascist Sympa-
thies. A member of the congress
siOnal committee said the Fascist
party had assumed most of the Axis
activities here since the government
moved against Uruguayan Nazis last
year.
1t was disclosed that Prosecutor
Luis Alberto PouZa had demanded
long prison terms for eight German
subjects arrested last year for plot
ting to overthrow the government.
Arnulfo Furhmann, an Argentine
citizen named as leader, faced IT
years imprisonment and the others
were liable for shorter terms.
The defendants, who have been in
Jail for Is months, begin their de-
fense today before judge who
opened the case with the observa-
ton. Only the final word from
justice is lacking to show that the
laws are no myth in Uruguay"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-30
Quezon Pledges
Philippines Will
Stand with US.

In taking my oath of office I
make a pledge for my government,
myself ard my people To stand by
America and fight with her until
victory is Won
Macarthur WHO organized and
trained the Filipino defense forces
and then went into the field at their
head in the invasion threat, called
the inaugural AN act symbolic Of
the democratic prophesies as placed
against the background of a sudden
and mcrcilcSs war.
DECISION CONFIRMED
The whole country followed its
great leader in choosing the side of
freedom against the side of slavery"
. Macarthur said. We have just
inaugurated him tQuezon We have
Just thereby confirmed this decision.
Hand in hand with the United
States and the other free nations
of the world this basic and funda-
mental issue will be fought through
, to victory. Macarthur said.
/ Sayre said that although the last
three weeks had been hard, the
, real struggle is only beginning
There can be no question what
soever about its ultimate outcome as
long as humanity believes that nei-
ther Germany nor Japan can ever
conquer the world Sayre said.
Death is preferable to slavery"
President Roosevelt sent a con-
gratulatory message. wishing Que
zon a successful administration and
thanking the Filipino people for
their cO-ODeration.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-30

funcieS
By Paul Harrison

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 80. 1941. =
Along with the usual features and
shorts for entertainment, plus some
defense work, Walt Disney and his
artists are tackling Pan American
good will these days.
It's done for laughs, of course,
and through the medium of Dis
neyesque characters enlisted during
the recent South American tour by
Sketchers, writer's and directors, The
pictures now planned are just shorts
though a little longer than average;
and the stories they tell will be no
documents OF international whoop-
te-do or hands-acroSs- the equator
stuff.
Their very lack of pretenSion,
coupled with their good nature and
understanding likely will make them
the first Hollywood films with South
| American locales ever to be received
with complete approval below the
Panama Canal.
BAD BLUNDERS
The insulting blunders committed
by most of the studios against the
cOdeS, customs, costumes, traditions,
| languages, music of sensitive LatirS
are we'll known. Disney and his staff
couldn't see any reason for pic
turing the Argentine guachos on the
streets of Rio, or of using Brazil
ian scenery for background shots of
BuenoS Aires.
Their research, of course, went
lot further than such obvious
details. They observed, talked,
Sketched, painted and recorded
music and speech. They bought
samples of authentic clothes, uten-
sils and tools. The" went into hud-
dies with native artists, musicians
and business men.
Among the clearest lessons were
that South America would like to
be represented, for change, as n
continent with a lot of progressive
people and modern cities Brazil is
awfully tired of being shown as a
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-30
Imperial alley Press

Established April 20, 1901.
Published every afternoon except
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afternoon issue now succeeded
by the SUNDAY Post-Press, es-
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Paul jenkins, publisher; A G
Johnston, vice-president and gen.
eral manager; f. A. Fitzhugh,
secretary and managing editor.
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Advertising Representatives.
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paid-in advance. 3 months, $40;
months. s4.00: one year, $3.50;
outside California 81 per month.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-30
Nuzis Stiffen Lines But
Reds Continue Advances

KUIBYSHEV, Russia, Dec. 30
tUPl- Advancing Russian shock
troops met stiffening German re-
sistance on the Moscow front to-
day, but Red army dispatches re-
ported important gains near MOI
haiSk and BoroVSk.
A desperate attempt to stop the
Russian drive was reported we |
Of Volokolamsk. IS miles northwest
of Moscow, where the battered
Germans were said to have en-
trenched themselves IN the hills.
From these new defense lines,
the Russians said. the Germans
were shelling Soviet troops advanc-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-30
WEATHER BAD
French Gold Stock
Held at Dakar

VICHY, Dec. 30 up - The bank
of France disclosed for the first
time today that part of its $1903,-
100000 gold stock now is being held
for sarety' at the French naval
base at Dakar
The bank did not reveal when the
transfer was made or the amount
of gold stored at Dakar. Its Wee-ly
condition statement for the period
ended Dec. 4 stated only that its
gold stock arounted to 84597 593'- :
943 francs Cthe franc has a nominal
value of about 2't cents, lnclud-
ling bullion transferred to New YORK,
Martinique and Dakar,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-30
Sienos Do art
To Win War, Too

WASHINGTON, Dec. 80 tUP)--
Ships and tanks. guns and airplancs,
a top flight Army and Navy. yes.
It'll take those 10 win the war.
but it'll take girls, too.
The government breaks right
down and admits that it needs some
stenographers - honest-to-goodn
working stcnoeraphcrs.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-30
Canada to Cancel
British War Debt

MONTREAL, Dec. 80 CUP) -
The Montreal Gazette today car
ried dispatch from its Ottawa
correspondent that Canada will
cancel the Sl,5OO,OO0OOO war debt
Great Britain has piled up in the
last two years.
Rria1a$ Minister Mackenzie King
will announce either today or to-
morrow that the DominionS aid to
the United Kingdom lis without
money and with price, the Gazette
said.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-30
Brazil jaiIs kazi
Fifth CoIuls,nisfs

RIO DE JANEIRO. Dec. 80. OUP)
Th" newspaper A Note reported
today from Porto Allegro that "ele-
mcnlS connected with NaziSm" had
been arrested in three towns of the
state Of Rio Grande DO Sui.
The dispatch said the state secre-
tary of education Confiscated more
than 100000 German language bibles,
grammarS and readers in the towns
Of Santo Angelo NoyO HamburgO
and Cruz Alta. The books were
stamped: Never forget your Ger
man heart"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-30

ing along strategic highways. Heavy
infantry fighting was reported over
a wide area.
Increasing Russian pressure fore
ed other German troops to re-
treat from Naro FcminSk to Bovosk
60 miles southwest of Moscow on
the uncompleted Moscow KieV
highway North of BoroVsk, a
steady stream OF Red army ad-
vance was reported toward MOI
haisk.
VILLAGES RETAKEN
A Soviet communique said the
Red army drove the Germans from
"a settlements and prevented them
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-30

MANILA. P. L. Dec. 80 CUP) -
Manuel Quezon was inaugurated
today as President of the Philip
pines commonwealth for another
four-year term at ceremony high
lighted by pledged the United States
and the Philippines would stand to-
gether in their common fight Tor
freedom and democracy.
QueZon, is. High Commissioners
Francis B. Sayre and General Dou-
glas Macarthur. commanding Unit
ed States and Filipino forces resist
ing a japanese invasion, spoke at
the informal ceremonies. The inau-
guration took place at the secret
headquarters to which the govern
ment moved when Manila, the cap
ital, was declared an open city.
Sergio Osmena was installed sim
ultaneously as vice president. Que
zon and OSmena have headed the
Philippines government since the
commonwealth was established n
1885.
'MOMENTOUS PERIOD
Quezon, addressing his speech To
My fellow countrymen,' said that
the present is the most momentous
period in our history
We face the grim realities OF
war" he said. Let us rededicate
ourselves to our great principles ol
freedom and democracy for which
our forefathers fought and died.
The present war is being fought
for these same principles. 1t Gle,
mands of us courage, determination
and unity of action.