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Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-23

We'll, it was bad news that Secre-
tary Knox brought back from Ha
wall Bad. But the whole truth was
not nearly as bad as the rumOrS
which had b2en circulated
Our principal Pacific base Pearl
Harbor, is itself intact. We have al
ready. in one week, eXacted meas
urc of retaliation Our fleet - still
contending for the Pacific in no
UNEQUAL terms. We are a nation of
l33.0000OO united people. We have
taken our blow rocked with 1t, and
are still punching The saga of per-
sOnal courage and discipline written
at Pearl Harbor matches the best
traditions of our Navy, We are
proud
There was bad news l65 years ago,
too. Back through the bitter cold
winter days and nights reeled the
dWindling Continental Army, us
hunger and cold heightened by inc
loss of 300 tents in a surprise at
tack BY the British at Fort Lee.
Nothing succeeded. Everything Went
wrong. Even the great commander
himself was discouraged. He wrote:
Il am wearied almost to death
with the retrograde motion OF
things. and I Solemnly protest that
"a precuniary reward OF twenty
thousand pounds q year would not
induce me to undergo what l do E
Only the bitter winter weather
was holding back the enemy. wash
ington had at times lever than a
thousand effective men. never more
than 1000, to hold back at least
5000 British. At Newark their pur-
suit was so close that the British
were entering one side of the town
as washington ragged Contlnen-
tails were leaving the other On Dec.
II washington wrote to his brother
Your imagination can scarce eX-
tend to a situation more distress
ing than mine. Our only depend
ence now is upon the speedy enlist
ment of new army. II this fails,
think the game will be pretty
we'll up,
His soldiers, the few that were
left, were almost literally naked III
the snow; few arms, little food, no
supplies. the disheartened men
melting away in the shadow OF ev-
cry night And at night, after the
days march, Tom Paine sat writ
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-23

The submarines have been epera.-
.ae of re Ca.:oru.7 coast for al
NOS, a week. TIE first attack was
OF lie Samoa last THURSDAY The
Azw.w2r.a and Em:dio. $50 mile,
apa:,. vere at-acked a. about the
same hoa~ Saturday.
A, the attacks were similar. The
submarines were first sighted oper-
a.ire on ;3e surface. From Point
Blank raHee ley Sholled the vessels
BIT H-I>>sG = A.. cases except that
c. ..e E.r..a.o. T.er they submerged
a~d fired .o"pedoes. which also
missed a. vessels except the Emidlo.
Three seamen were lost when the
Japanese submarine shelled the En-
idlO's ..:eDoa.s as they launched over
the s.5e. sp..,.!lc the crew members
ln.O TIE sea. Two were killed n the
-M-ine :eom bN the enemy torpedo.
The Nav also announced the sink
in 1v a Japanese submarine of the
tw5!-hte. LaHaIEa Dec. !. near Ha-
wau VIA the loss Of Two lives.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-23
Who Ordered Who?
Axis Can't Agree
By UNITED PRESS

Axis propagandists turned their
talents TO the Washington confer
ence between Prime Minister Win
sion Churchill and Presi d n :
Roosevelt Tuesday, but their lines
crossed in confusion somewhere be-
tween Berlin and Tokyo.
Berlin radio reported that NJ
Roosevelt had ordered" Churchill
10 report to him.
On the other hand, a Japanese
broadcast said Britain had order
ed the United States TO recon-
struct its Hawaiian and Philippine
tefenSeS abandon the battle of the
Atlantic and send reinforcements to
MalaNa.
Although they differed about who
was issuing orders for the democ-
rac!es. It was apparent that the
Germans hoped to spread resent
ment n Britain while the japanese
sought similar results among Amer
lCanS.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-23
Two Enemy Subs
Believed Sunk

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 3 II
AyHT ana NJ 3-a:b2~> ~.3% &ayc
sunk I'VE 4. t-.e J.aaaa-a -.bn. erInos
prc!ng or .5S.7a-7 sh,rY.n- With
IN sight O. - California shore.
witroez-o ..5...-z5 rC1.T.
Se.-ac. '.'.a s2~.lytd .hc attacks
on TO-: u"..3..t aru:-,eC,cG hip
and q .Gs'@e... .s'.- W.;,.-oG ne =
the a;:a,h. .:ola Icy sca"-1.. toace.
reyG@. ( ... - V. go ~. re
bCu3..- WC--a pleas -1!
help a!..5gS @...I.e tie Submarines
still wcre - tie vicinity and tha.
in tC.a cases their depth bombs
prot.c-l -c...tlc explosions. indlcat-
ing that ,. s-a.z hey had .oaad
their mark.
The Navy ara Army. however,
kept mum On their activities and
gave out no information regardln5
possible success OF their night and
day hunt 70: tie submarines which
approached within two miles o.
shore to attack American vessels.
NO SHIPS SUNE
They 1a..ea 10 sink any but they
severely caa.ageG the tanker Emldlo.
killed five &. = seamen and III
Jured five.
The suryuors sid that two Arn2l
bombing plane. were overhead 10
minutes after the shIp issued its
first SOS - !. Was 20 miles of
Cape Mcudo1.H9. Cal. Saturday.
The submarine must have heard
or seen them To- !, ceased firing
and submerged. they said. One Of
the planes flew over the spot and
dropped a depth charge TIE
planes wheeled ard came back and
one of them dropped another depth
charge. That produced another eX-
plosion BIT We couldn't tell whether
the chay-e - tae Submarine.
The woman a Point Conception
who witnessed tie unsuccessful at
tack Yesterday morning on the SIS.
HIM. storey. d Standard OIL tanker,
said that NaYy borbcrs arrived
overhead on q few minutes ATE!
the submarine. lE.ng less than two
miles of shore tired its first tor
pedo. The planes dropped depth
bombs she salc.
BLAST SHOOK GROUND
The bombs Were 50 heavy hat
when they exploded they shook tie
ground wAc,c vas standing. % sic
said. THE explosions raised BIZ col
umns Of Wate.
Defense a-,ao..ucs withheld hcE
name
Besides the G.9I2-ton General Pet
roleur. tanker Emldlo and the 1888
ton STOREY. ne attacked ships were
the 6.77I-tou R.chtelG Oh tanke.
S S A2wIw0rld and the l.l72-tor
lumber Garner S. s. Samoa.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-23
Legislature in Recess
After Porins Governors
Request to One Million

0.,. .r ard h,l errm $1,000
a.a .r 5'oga22a and earmarking
- GDa@ .s. lie .u3d in lhc emer-
..s rnf appropriation.
r. I.mt interim budget COM
a.tte consisting of As,cmblyman
>ose.c Clark. Don Field. Gordon
Ga.Jud. Ssth Aullington, Norris
Fs..,.u and Sens. William P. Rieh,
ArfWr Breed. II. T. II. Dclap. Jcr-
sait \ wei and Ed Tickle. Will
t.'a ,ac naeleas ol the recess de
$3.50 mmlttee.
N,embnrs Of tn assembly rules
semn,ttoo net en- the interim bud
-. a'NuO also Will serve on the
sts.>. |-n'g!ttee. They are Charles
] Hn uUAh N Burns. Harrison
6. El.. desmond. Gardiner john
#.- od frest Q Noigt. The sen-
-. .Uics committee named Robert
!. s.'' harry Parkman. John
iat.N {. {. Ward. Jesse Mayo
I'D Fr.og Myhand to the recess
a.=l
r." LEGISLATURE rtdraft2d the state
ard act with the MCCollistcr bill
- H'rmlt guardsmen to resign.
I.-ater restrictions were imposed
n th' Pfaft bill requiring state
-uard Officers who handle state
property to be bonded, requiring
IL 9ualdsmen to be citizens. re-
taSne enlistment to guardsmen who
43}s botl members Cf subversiye
a2d.ss and requiring tingerprints
an0 personal histories OF guards
len.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-23

SACRAMENTO, Dee. s3. OCP P'-
TGr California legislature was
j. YsgsS- t..l.u JAN. u after voting
. >taT- sap appropriation Of $1,000
eco - ". t.H,c defense needs, in
,.,l.a4 temporary .iaaaclne Of lho
state zaard
Tne senate and assembly after
four GaES Of wranslns among
themselves with COY Cuibert /
O.saH. azreed on the recess to Glvo
'o.ut committee time to inveSu-
safe additional emergency tnauc-
mL =. The -uard and various state
departments
\ Yga.e ssed assembly deadlock TO-
tine threatened the proposed re
cs>> However, a yote-SWltch III the
.ar.r MORNING hours on a free con-
..c.s.# eo'',Hli.tee recess report
..s #.s..-C. ar. leaders victory.
~tG@&.s STCP1-D
c.. E" 'r.H ..y.:~es were stop
nd = -. ~a - = n. deadlirc
-. =. .rr ".Is>. The senate
.m,a Yssee zen. ."eo s.2pped since a
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-23
Boy Who Attacked
20 Women Says He
Is Social Problem

CHICAGO. Dec. %. CPf David
? S.cffey III. 18. who's Intellectual
growing pains were blamed for his
criminal assaults On more taan %
women. hoped today Ms case would
be considered { social problem
Assistant STATES Attorney julius
EAerTin planned 70 present char1es
against the youth 70 Grand july
.oday. Sherwln said he would sees
indictments Oh three rapa charges
and sevara. charges q. raHs.
S.ettey. q freshman = Wrigh,
junior college. was cleared by au-
thor!-.es Ct correction With the
a.,ack-slaylng 0: NJ. Berg. KyyIH
10, De- =.
Although = had admitted attacks
e.. 3 vzmen. S'ettC- insisted hC
nas 10, nG,cerar He submitted
Yesterday o q lie detection test
which corrooorated hIs assertion.
S,cItev confessed the attack
Sunday rizh. and explained 10 po-
lice at length how he had st4dlcc
philosophy II an effort t. eXplair
his "abn0rma!lty.
He was yIslbIv nervOus when hf
took tao lie de-ector test bit wa.
more cHeertal a. the END Uaer
She~W.-l referred TO the case a. a
social problem.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-23

recess was taken before midnlEh.
until 10 N. today.
&c free conference "op'rt -
sisted to the laSt ditch b. admin
iStrauon forces. empowered the il
semblv speaker and senate pie
der. pro tcmuore i cs2 the ita.s=
lature back INTO session before j. E.
u i the Joint committee cen
pletes It's study before that Us
or an emergency afsss
The recess resolution was tAro".
INTO free conference atter IN" a.
enbly refused = ,aa,ar IL ~
Ed FlctcherS amendment tenn
mating the recess jan. =.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-23
SIX POINTS LISTED

He listed seven basic facts which
cannot &c ignored in establish
in souAd peace time relationships
after this war
!. The universal necessity Of ac-
cess to raw materials and the need
ior an economic arrangement 10
protect the raw material producers
OF Tie world from such violent
fluctuation in income as followed
the World War I
.. The indispersability of mar
kets for goods produced
8. The present existence in all
countries of tariffs and other bar
,!ers % imports.
!. TIE use OF gold as a base for
natiCca. currencies as means
Of citing international trade bal
anCaS
). TIE place of credit in slim
u,a.lng international trade.
6. The close Of relationship be-
tween stable national currency and
the exchange Of goods and SER
Wees.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-23
Willis Thornton S
Personal


ing. writing. by the light of watch
fires blown in the bitter wind:
These are times that try men $
souls. The summer soldier and the
sunshine patriot will. in this crisis
shrink from the service of his coun-
fry Heaven knows how to put a
proper price upon its goods; and II
would be strange indeed If so ce-
lestical an article as Freedom should
rot pc highly rated.
A tiny land without resources.
baset by a highly trained and we'll
equipped army, the best Europe
knew Nothing but failure and re-
treat-nothing that is but Tom
Paine'S defiant pen, and Washing
tons indomitable courage, and the
doeged stubborneSs of couple OF
thousand plain, ordinary people who
blew their frozen breath on their
cracked and bloody fingers, and
muttercd. and went forward to win
the Battle of Trenton.
In so far as 1t serves 10 prevent
repetition. let us find out why we
lost today's Fort Lee at Hawaii. But
let us 20 forward to win todays
Battle of Trenton, tomorroW's York
town.
FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS
AS WELL
1t is hard to see how anything is
much more important about the war
than to bring the children through
in as normal and healthy a condi-
ton as possible. The Office OF Ci-
villain Defense has issued q state
ment warning parents not to talk
too much about the war in the
presence of children. Give them
tasks, worth while things to do, by
knitting for the Red Cross, collect
ing scrap material and home duties
Keep them busy, the OCD advises
at real tasks that they feel are I'M
portant
1t sounds like good advice for
taking care of children during the
war. but it's better than that, The
parents themselves can take little
of the same advice:
Keep busy at worthwhile tasks,
and don't listen to too much talk.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-23
THEY CAV

One thousand dollars by Christ
mas.
That is the goal Of the El Centro
1napter Of the American Red Cross
which hopes to raise one-fifth OF
is quota for American war relief
y Christmas. having been asked
. contribute the sum of $4,000 for
.2at purpose.
To date the chapter has raised
992l.64 with total of $88.53 Mon
day, S25 OF which was the gift of
Howard p. Meyer, who has also
given tho Red Cross headquarters.
douglass school teachers, w. A.
Payne, Gladys C. Robinson, Helen
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-23
Canadian Officer
Dies at Honq Konq

OTTAWA, Dec. %. rUP Brig
adier l. K Lawson cOmm9Mdcr Ot
the CanadI&l units at Hong Kons
mas been Elllcd IN action, national
defense he&dquarter. announced to-
Ga
Canadian casualties q, Hong
Kong we're described in the atatc-
men, as very heavy.
Defense headquarters also an
Aounced tina, Col. Pat Hcnnessy Of
the military administrative staff
at Hong Kong had been killed in
action.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-23
Hit!er's Downfall
Only Half Battle.
Wallace Declares

BOSTON. Dec. %. up The
democ.acles under the leadership O,
the United States and Great Brit
ain "muSt bulld a world in which
our human and material resource.
are uSed TO the utmost" to achieve
all enduring victory and a porma-
uent peace. Vice President Henry
\. Wallace said toGay.
The overthrow of Hitler is only
na.t TIE battle" he Wrote in the
Atlantic Monthly in an article Ell
u.ied. Foundations OF Peace"
Al Allied victory. Wallace said
will give the world a "scccAC
chance to organize its affairs on :
basis Of human decency and mutua
welfare
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-23
Today S
War Moves
By Louis +. keemle
of the United Press
War Desk

Russia'S position in the genera.
war strategy against the ANlS na#
De canvassed in the preliminary
conferences on unified ell-I; 1.5
n progress in Washington.
Russia has the Job q bcatln.
back Hitler IN Europe and appar-
entity is making coed on the a.
signment. Unless Hitler makes C4a
Of the surprise moves for which h
IS noted and strikes in tu!l TO-
in some new direction. i appe@.s
that the Allies have the sltuatisa
in the western theater Of war IN
hand for the winter.
The chance that Hitler may strike
at Britain, through SPAN into Al
rica or against Turkey is net dis
counted in LondCn. There is a. Q
the possibility he may spend the
winter reorganizing his forces and
materials for a series Of knockout
attempts in the spring. Although
what Hitler says and what he may
do are not always the same thing,
he animated as much in his pro-
ClamatlCN 10 the army
FAR EAST CRUCIAL
That would leave the Far list
ern theater the immediate PROB
lem. While Hitler is considered the
primary menace, the danger in the
Pacific in these early stages II the
var there is very real. Both Slnga-
pore and Manila arc being hard
pressed by the japanese If one IS
lost. the peril of the other IN
creaSeS. If both 90. the resources
of the East Indies would fall into
Japanese hands That would mean
a long, hard war
One tactical va to offset the
Japanese pressure of Malaya and
he Philippines would be a
| counter offensive against Japan
.tself. That would be possible at
present only through Russia.
When Japan attacked the United
States. Russia vas described as
ully occupied trying TO beat Ger
many. Since then the Russian po-
ition in the west has improved.
POLICY STUDIED
Britain and Russia ncH arc dis
,ussing policy in MOSCOW After
President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Churchill have laid the
preliminary groundwork, u i, plan
led to include Russia. Cnma and
! he Netherlands in the united board
If strategy. The question o: Rus
las diret: participati3l in the
var against japan then could be
! disposed Of.
Russia has a large and we'll
rained Far Eastern army which
currently is reported TO be- going
through large scale tactical man
.uvers near the Manchu!;uan bord-
r. Even more important i" the
7ar EaSte.il air and Submarine
orce based at Viadivostcok The
II arm could be strongly REIN
0rced by bombcrs from the United
States, flown over the northern
cute from Alaska
L should then be possible 10 on
age Japan b. land, sea aJd al.
The Allies could aim at g"|o3ng her
ga communication VIII the ,1nti-
lent over the sea Of Jlpan, and at
blasting her industrial CENTER from
he air.
The United States Therefore may
strongly urge Russia's pa ! Iclpa :
ION in the Far Eastern campaign,
using as one strong argument the
lend-leasc aid which We Cal. pro-
VIde.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-23
OLSON SNUFFED

The u0mlNi>,raue" ,o'hf sea-
artc large appropriations for l..
guard and emergency iund a2gs =
sating S16.75GC0a Aur-Oiscn -
semblyln. =. however. argued ,uco5s>-
0lllv the SIO2000u tomoncd -
preparation. II addition to S7@o&o
already in the emergency fund "u1
$500. 900 in the STATE guard fan
would handle any eneHr>uc-eS III :.
Jan. -.
Anti-OlSon strategy consisted 6.
temporarily shelyme Il SlC.C00Iaa
5uard appropriation voted by tas
senate. cuttins the senate approved
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-23
WHO ARE The MASTERS?

The Imperial Irrigation District has advised advertisements to
California Power Company
National Defense
Imperial Irrigation neglected in its advertisements
that the California Electric Power Company has made offers placing
Imperial Irrigation District for
surplus AAmelan the above letter
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-23
500 Civilians Die

BATAVIA. Dec. %. up The
offician Aneta News Agency report
ed today there were approximately
500 civilian casualties in japanese
air raids on the Dutch Indies thus
f,Y
Evening star., 1941-06-13

Lowell Thomas mine Old Men"
are mere striplings compared with
a quartet of mellowing Heurlch
Brewery vets who've been Juggling
the lumber plateward since their
first tumble from the baby buggy,
and Manager Ralph Bennie SWears
they're improving with age.
We have reference to Fee Col
lier, "Pepco" Barry "Huck" Stahl,
Dick Knight and Eddie Collif1ower,
who emphatically deny being pen
sioners of the Civil War, but are
finding it increasingly difficult to
camouflage their ages. All of EN-
played in old Union League Park,
near Fifteenth and H streets north
east, where Connie Mack broke in
with Washington, which gives you
an idea.
Stahl, patriarch of the group,
admits to 38 years-or almost
as long as his name has been ap-
pearing in box scores. He started
with the old KenilWorth A. c., but
how long ago even he can't remem-
Der. "Huck" spent a couple of years
in the hospital as the result of a
bullet wound inflicted. according to
legend, by a gentleman who simply
Evening star., 1941-06-13
Pastor Likely 10 Find
Tough Foe in Scott,
Hungry Fighter
Eoeerness to Earn Fame
Bound to Spur Buddy
Promoter Turner Says

Joe Turner isn't making any pre-
diction on the outcome of Monday
nights lO-round bout between Bob
Pastor and Buddy Scott, which will
be presented under his auspices at
Griffith Stadium, but today he took
the liberty of pointing out that
Buddy likes to eat regularly and a
win over Pastor will keep him in
coffee and cakes for some time to
come.
It's the old story of a hungry
fighter against one getting three
square a day" he said. But don't
let anybody tell you it's gag. It's
one of the truest things about sport
and I should know because I've
been hungry and know some OF the
things it'll drive you to.
Hunger Made Turner Fight.
Il remember signing for wres-
ting match with Matty Kanzas-
yeah. spell it with z. He was sup
posed to be a light-heavyweight and
1 was middleweight. The purse
was S75, winner take all, so you can
see l needed some change badly and
quickly. Well, to make it brief, he
turned out to be a heavyweight, 100
pounds. so I tried to get him to split
the purse $3.50 if I stayed an hour
with him.
He wouldn't hear of 1t. All or
nothing, so I took him on. To make
it harder for me we wrestled on a
canvas that must have had mat
tresS underneath. would have
knocked out his brains on regular
mat, but he didn't even bruise on
this thing. Finally, he threw me
out of the ring on my head and
heard bells ringing and canarles
chirping and the referee counting
was through and knew it. Then
I thought of the rs bucks and how
badly I needed the dough and made
up my mind I had to get back In
there.
Scott Wants Luxuries.
st did and ended up winning the
purse when he broke his arm. But
If I hadn't needed the money l
would have been out of there early"
Scott isn't down to the lineup
level of poverty, Joe says, but he
wants money in the bank, a home
of his own, car and few Of life's
luxuries that only money can buy,
and he can't get them by winding
up on the short end of the count
Monday night.
Pastor was to drill at Turner's
Arena today at l pm, with Scott
coming into the ring an hour later.
The two also will have public work
outs tomorrow.
Evening star., 1941-06-13
Bantam Battle DELAY
|rks Forte, Choice
Over Champion
Shower Puts Off Title
Scrop With SoIico
Until Monday Night
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. June 13-Phil-
adelphias Tommy Forte must wait
until Monday night for his chance
to wrest the world bantamweight
title from Lou Salica.
Light showers around weigh-in
time yesterday and the presence of
angry clouds which threatened more
rainfall caused Promoter Herman
Taylor to postpone the l5-round
championship duel.
Il hate that postponement." de-
clared Forte. But I'm not goin' to
fret about it."
What can you do?. chartered
Salica. I'VE just wait. That's all u
There was a notable rush TO wager
on Forte prior to the postponement
with the Philadelphian rating at
to 5. He weighed in at 117l4, while
the Brooklyn champ hit III, one
pound below the bantam notch.
They'll have TO go through the
same procedure Monday.
Tommy whipped Salica in a non
title engagement last year, then lost
a close decision to the titlist in
January.
Evening star., 1941-06-13
Wood Strong Choice
Over Keen Field in
Mahoning Valley
Back Injury Completely
Healed; Course Suited
To Long Hitters
BY the Associated Press.


GIRARD, Ohio, June l3-It was
Craig Wood versus a field of l55
today as the IS 900 Mahoning Valley
Open got under way over the damp
ened Mahoning Country Club lay
out.
Despite the impressive array OF
stars allied against the blond bomb
er from Mamaroneck, N Y, the
dopesters and the early gallery fans
favored the National Open cham
pion.
Wood appeared to be in top shape
and said before teeing off that he
felt no trace of an old back injury.
Fred Corcoran, P G. A. tourna-
ment manager, picked Wood to take
top money of $1,000.
The 6,326yard layout definitely is
made for the long hitters.
In a last-minute move to bolster
staggered Mr.. Par, officials sliced
regulation figures from 72 to 10. but
most Of the boys predict the win
ner will finish near 270.
Ralph Guldahl and Byron Nelson
were among the late arrivals. put
ting virtually every outstanding
player in the field except the in
jured Sammy Snead and Denny
Shute.
Evening star., 1941-06-13
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, June 13-That old
Friday the 18th" jinx doesn't mean
a thing to the four semifnalists
in the 18th annual women's West
ern Open golf championship. ANY,
thing that occurs probably will seem
anti-climatic when compared with
yesterdays quarter-final activities
in the lower bracket.
The upper half of the draw rolled
along as expected, with Patty Berg,
the Minneapolis professional and
former amateur champion, winning
a semifinal berth opposite Betty
Jameson. the tWo-time national
amateur queen from old San An
tonic.
But in the other bracket, where
the galleryites had expected Helen
DettWeiler, the Washington profess
sional and winner of the Open in
1899, to meet Mary Agnes Wall,
the star from Menominee, Mich, two
newcomers to big-time golf were
found.
They are Mrs James D. Platt, jr.,
of Dayton, the Ohio medal play