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Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-12
Frenchn1on Delay
British Advance

colonies, said that the British. high
command in Egypt appealed vain
ly to authorities of French Somal-
iland, on the east African coast, tc
join the Free French cause, Of
fering them preferential treatment
Platon said Somaliland authorl-
ties rejected the appeal
In a message of congratulation
to the Somaliland leaders, nc said
1T is in the British power to re-
duce Somaliland to famine by
siege and blockade but Britain will
find Somaliland the same as Syria
and the rest of the French empire
opposing its coalition of Anglo
Free French. l also confirm that
There are no Germans in Syria
and the British know it,
Dispatches from Syria said that g
French battalion suffered terrible
losses in holding back the Austral-
ians advancing on Beirut. The bat
TALON stopped the Australians or
the Litani river early this week anG
vas dislodged only when warships
went close inshore and bombarded
the French positions, it was said.
Dispatches said that the allies
hao considerably reinforced theiI
main coastal column and it was in
dlcated that the eventual loss OF
Beirut was regarded as likely.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-12
by WALLACE CARROLL

' LONDON, June IL (UP) - Adolf
Hitler has massed troops along the
Russian border from the Baltic to
the Black Sea and is in position
10 strike at any time, according
to reports reaching London today.
Weight was given to the reports
by responsible London quarters.
which in the past have dismissed
similar reports as of no signific-
ance.
But only the Germans knew
what such a concentration of from
80 to 100 divisions of troops-be-
tween 100000 and 100000 men
really meant.
According to reports here, Ger
man armored divisions used in the
Jugoslav- Greek campaign had been
Withdrawn. refitted in Austria and
Bohemia and sent to eastern Po-
land: infantry divisions had been
drawn from France and Germany
and concentrated in east Prussia
and Central Poland, and three
army corps, comprised of from 90,
900 to 10000 men, had arrived il
Rumania TO reinforce the Bessara-
ban frontier. 1t was asserted that
Germany had built more than a
dozen air fields and eight strategic
roads IN Slovakia,
Significance was attached to the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-12

that the nominal leaders of some
occupied and neutral countries had
been told that Germany was going
to invade Russia. AS usual there
were rumors that a date had been
set-June Is, June 30, or certain
ly late this spring or early this
summer" These reports were OF
credited.
There were reports that Hitler
was putting extraordiady pressure
on Russia for new concessions, eco
nomic, political or military; that
he intended to march into the
Ukraine to seize the ripening wheat
fields; that he intended to march
through to the Caucasus. with OF
without Russian consent, to gain
control of the oil fields there ano
TO strike at the British rear in the
middle east.
There were even suggestions that
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-12
BY RALPH HEINZEN

V1CHY, France, June IL (UP)-
French troops have thrown back an
allied attack in the Kissoue area
10 miles south of Damascus and
have halted the Australian advance
up the coast toward Beirut despite
an all night bombardment by
British warships, official dispatches
from Beirut asserted today.
Gen. Henri Dentz, Syrian COM
mander in chief, reported that a
British battleship or battle cruiser,
two cruisers and five destroyers
were shelling the coast heavily and
that French losses were heavy.
But We are ceding very little
ground and are holding all posi-
tions,' he said.
The reinforced French air force
In Syria has broken up numerous
allied troop concentrations by aerial
bombing and machine cunning at
lacks, the dispatches said.
In their thrust for Damascus, ac-
coruing to the dispatches, the al
lies attacked to the east of Kissoue,
apparently seeking to flank the
strong French positions.
The French, it was asserted,
stopped the attack and for the
moment the situation was static.
French lines were organized
north of Merdjoyoun for a new de-
tense after an allied advance in
that sector southwest of Damascus,
II was said.
Admiral Rene Platon, minister of
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-12
Turkey Believes
Nazis Eve Russia

ANKARA, June IL. CUP)-Tur-
kish belief that Germany is shift
ing attention away from the Dard-
anelles and toward Russia and the
British Isles was growing today.
Persistent reports here state that
German troop concentrations along
the Soviet frontier IN Moldayia are
growing.
Speculation as 10 the possibility
of a direct attack on Britain was
revived by Germany's action in
turning Greece over TO Italy and
the sharp reduction in the number
of Nazi troops in Bulgaria.
Turkish opinion was encouraged
by assurances which the Turkish
Anatolian news agency said had
been given By Germany that she
has never demanded and has no
intention of demanding the right
to march through Turkey.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-12
Allies Pledge War
Until Hitler Gone

LONDON, June l2 CUP)-Great
Britain, the British dominions and
the representatives of eight allied
countries today issued a joint dec
laration pledging determination to
fight together until Europe is freed
of Hitlerism
The declaration was approved by
Britain, Australia, Canada, New
Zealand, and South Africa and the
eXiled governments of Netherlands,
Belgium, Norway, Poland, Czecho-
slovakia, Greece and Jugoslavia and
by a representative of Free France
at st. James Palace.
1t constitutes the first mutual
statement by all tire allied powers
and its adoption at this moment
was regarded as TN effective an
swer to peace rumors allegedly cir
culated by the Germans in the
United States and Europe.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-12
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-12

by confronting Russia with a for
nldable army, and spreading be-
lief that he intended to attack
Hitler hoped to catch Britain nap
ping to try to invade it.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-12
Nazis Menace Red Border

current visit of Gen. Ion Anton
escu, Rumanian premier, to Ger
many, Immediately after a visit to
Germany by King Boris of Bull
garia.
There were unconfirmed reports
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-12
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Evening star., 1941-05-12
Chattanooga Club Slated
To Be Mats Farm Aqain
Earlier Story on Page A-12.)
b the Associated Press.

Earlier Story on Page A-12.)
Bs the Associated Press.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, May IL.
The fan-owned Chattanooga base
ball club, its financial resources al
most exhausted, appeared today
headed back to the Washington
Senators for operation as q farm.
Major details for the proposed
transfer were worked out today at
a meeting attended by members of
the executive committee and Presi-
dent Clark Grifith of the Senators.
Griffith will meet with club direc-
tors tomorrow when contract will
be submitted providing for trans
fer of the properties to satisfy q
$4,000 mortgage held by WASH
ington.
1--WE have told the Washington
club that we would like to work out
q plan for them to take the club
back" said a spokesman for the
executive committee. "a meeting
of directors has been called for to-
morrow to consider this or whether
to continue to operate"
The spokesman said Grifith was
not interested In taking the club
back, but would act to protect his
mortgage remaining from the $780,
900 purchase price in 1887.
He said the club had nothing more
than "just prospects" Of finishing
the season under the present setup.
Evening star., 1941-05-12
Baseball
Continued From First Page

Suder famed. Cramer came In
fast for Moses looper. No runs.
WASHINGTON Babich now
pitching for Philadelphia. B. Chap
man fouled to Siebert. Early flied
to S. Chapman. Babich tossed out
Leonard. No runs.
Washington. S; Philadelphia, l.
SEVENTH INNING.
PHILADELPHIA singled
to left. johnson took a third strike.
Siebert popped to Bloodworth. S.
Chapman flied { oCramer. No runs.
WASHINGTON-Case doubled to
left. Cramer sacrificed, Babich to
Siebert. Vernon famed. Babich
tossed to Lewis. No runs.
washington, S; Philadelphia, /.
EIGHTH INNING.
PHILADELPHIA-Hayes doubled
of the left-field barrier. Brancato
flied to Case. Hayes taking third
after the catch. Collins batted for
Babich and flied to Cramer. HAYES
holding third. Suder flied to Case.
No runs.
WASHINGTON-Rankin johnson
now pitching for Philadelphia. &C.
Coy threw out Travis Suder threw
out Bloodworth. B. Chapman went
out the same way. No runs.
Washington. S; Philadelphia, /.
NINTH INNING.
PHILADELPHIA-Moses doubled
to right. Mccoy flied to Cramer,
Moses holding second. Bob johnson
singled to left, Moses stopping at
third. Siebert fouled to Vernon.
Lewis made a spectacular stop of
s. Chapman's grounder and threw
him out. No runs.
Evening star., 1941-05-12
Motions-Justice James w.
Morris.

Assignments for tomorrow:
Councillor VS.. Hay ct al; attor-
neys. Clephane, Latimer & Hall
King & Nordlinger; Bastian;
Thompson. Clagett, Wainwright.
In re. Theresa Dorothy Grace
Clark; writ.
Lightfoot VS.. Dobbins ct al; at
torneys. Coe 81 Richards; Hoy
OLeary.
Politz VS.. Lucid ct al; rule.
Sokolin VS.. Estes; attorneys, Hal
pern-O'Shea g. Goldstein.
In re Estate of Nils Chalmars;
attorneys, Halper-Goldstein.
Salisbury VS.. Sieber; attorneys,
Rhodes; Halper-Mason.
Spiggle VS.. Spiggle; attorneys,
Snyder-Adams.
Commission on Licensure, etc, VS.
Allen; attorneys. Curran; Long
Biggins.
In re Estate of Edward M. Cum
mings; attorneys, Keefer-Norris.
Drury VS.. Lawson ct al; attorneys
Drury-Halper; Chaplin; Kamerow;
Miller; Sears; Lawson.
In re Estate of William L. Robins;
attorneys, Kellogg-Ward.
Pollock VS.. Hazen ct al; attorneys
Groff-Corporation Counsel.
Doehler Metal Furniture Co. VS.
Warren: attorneys, Williams-Cur-
ran: Laskey.
Wolfes VS.. Hull; attorneys, Piller
United States attorney.
In re Estate of Elizabeth C. Ham
mar; attorneys, Douglas, Obear &
Campbell-Cromelin; Brooke.
Evening star., 1941-05-12
| Raid Protection
| Plans Made for
Lice Mansion

Detailed plans for protecting Lee
Mansion in Arlington National Gem
etery in case of air attack have been
made by the National Park Service.
Dr. Waldo G. Leland, member of
the Advisory Board of the service.
said plans include sandbagging
around the base of the house and
its portico columns, a reinforced
attic floor covered with 3 inches of
sand in case of incendiary bombs,
and steel mesh over windows.
Personnel at the historic structure
will be given emergency fire fighting
training also, DR.. Leland said. The
Park Service, he continued. has
worked out similar plans for a
number of national shrines in its
care.
DR.. Leland. as chairman of the
Committee on Conservation of Cul-
tural Resources. has been directing
general study on best methods of
protecting museums, libraries and
monuments in case of air attack.
Evening star., 1941-05-12
S5% Loan on Crops
To Stabilize Prices
Voted by Conferees
Senote Figure Accepted
Instead of the 75%
Approved by House
Earlier Story on Page B-S.)

Earlier Story on Page B-s.)
Bs the Associated Press.
Two House members announced
this afternoon that Senate and
House conferees had agreed to rec
ommend to Congress a mandatory
Government loan of IS per cent Of
parity on basic farm crops as q
means Of stabilizing farm prices.
Chairman Fulmer of the House
Agriculture Committee announced
that the conferees had agreed to
accept that figure, written into the
bill by the Senate, instead of the
IS per cent level approved by the
House.
Representative Doxey. Democrat,
of Mississippi. another House con-
fierce, said that this agreement
would pave the way for a compro-
mise on other sections of the original
Senate and House bills to increase
penalties for marketing above quota
surpluses of the basic crops-wheat,
corn, cotton. rice and tobacco.
This means that the Russell
amendment calling for $3.50, 900 900
in parity payments is out the win
dow" Mr.. Fulmer said.
He referred to the annual cash
appropriations designed to raise
farm income to the 1909-1914 level.
The House voted $4,000, 900, but
the Senate accepted an amendment
by Senator Russell, Democrat, of
Georgia, raising it to $3.50, 900, 900.
This was part of billion dollar
Agriculture Department appropria-
ton bill for the year beginning July
l. which the House passed. The
Senate added a total of s45O, ,OO0, 900
and no effort has been made to
reconcile the differences.
Evening star., 1941-05-12
Court Assignments

Blumenberg vs.. Federal Storage
Co., Inc; attorneys, Lindas-Sabine.
United States VS.. Brice Gabriel;
sentence.
Jury Actions.
1560-Martin VS.. Capital Transit
Co.; attorneys, H. H. Bettelman--
e. l.. Jones.
692-Levine VS.. Washington Ter
minal Corp; attorneys. Lester Wood
Hamilton & Hamilton.
1861-Bressler ct al VS.. Lamond
ct al; attorneys, Irwin Goldstein,
Myer Koonin-C. C. Collins, J. J.
Carmody.
1524-Conrad vs.. Altman ct al:
attorneys, r. H. Yeatman, Newmyer.
& Bress-Wilbert McInerney, Nesbit
& Pledger.
1470-Gaegler vs.. Capital Transit
Co.; attorneys. c. z. Foster, A. r.
Murphy, M C. Toomey-E. L. Jones,
Howard Boyd.
1l20, 3l01, 31o2, 3O66-Howell. etc.
VS.. East Coast Freight Lines; attor-
neys, Albert Brick-H. I. Quinn.
14S5-Decatur Corp VS.. Friedman:
attorneys, Arthur Lambert, Warren
Magee-Albert Schwartz.
11-Wadhams VS.. Mclean; attor-
neys. Lambert 81 Hart-Neil Burk-
inshaw.
1763-McCarthy VS.. Fidelity Stor-
age Co.; attorneys, Joseph ]. Mall
loy-C. B. Bauman, John II. Bur-
nett
4621a-Keeler VS.. Fisher Co.; at
torneys, D. K. Offutt-H. I. Quinn.
627-Roche VS.. Blankenship ct all.
attorneys, w. H. Northumberland
F. Keogh.
602-Harder VS.. Early ct al: att
torneys. Newmyer Il Bress-Walter
M. Shea.
800-Long ct al. VS.. Klein; attor-
neys, Newmyer & Bress-H. I.
Quinn.
431-Hill VS.. Capital Transit Co.;
attorneys. D. K. Offutt-E. L. Jones;
Howard Boyd.
1053-Downey VS.. Pennsylvania
Greyhound Lines; attorneys, H. S.
Rhoade-H. I. Quinn.
1275-Lyche VS.. Romm; attorneys.
]. j. Malloy-H. l. Quinn.
1407-Harris VS.. Capital Transit
(See COURTS, Page Aid
Evening star., 1941-05-12
Ships
fContinued From First Page }

adopted by vote of to 7. Another
amendment which was adopted pro-
Vides for equitable treatment of
seamen on these foreign vessels
taken over by the American Gov
ernment. Such treatment will be
extended, however, only to those
foreign seamen who have violated
no American laws.
The testimony before the Senate
committee was to the effect that
"a foreign ships are now tied up
in American ports, with total of
100000 tons. These include ships
tied up in the Philippine Islands.
Before the committee went into
executive session today, Chairman
Bailey made public a letter from
Secretary of State Hull in which
the latter urged the favorable re-
port Of the ship seizure bill without
amendment which W uld tie the
hands of the Presider in any way
in the use of these ST ps.
Prediction was ma THAT the bill,
which has already p fed the House,
will eventually pas the Senate by
a substantial vote
Admiral Land was questioned
further by the co lnittee today re-
garding ships 81 TX by the Nazis.
He was asked i in the figures he
gave Senator ndenberg and the
committee last week, he had in
cluded clear ices for Halifax,
Canada uo ~ nIiod +loot he l,o y ~
He was also asked if ships that
cleared from New York to Halifax
had been ir Auded. His reply was
that he hs | included only those
clearing FRI n United States ports
for British forts. His letter to Sem
ator Vant Eberg created consider
able stir, br it said that only eight
merchan Ships clearing from United
States rts for British ports had
been su k in the first three months
of this year,
S Dip Sinkings Discussed.
Rep fts of these statements made
by tn British Admiralty on Satur-
day 61 ship sinkingS was put into
t'-/committee t. hearing today. Some
II the Senators, however. insisted
that the statement of the British
Admiralty did not contradict the
figures given by Admiral Land.
Senator Byrd, Democrat of Vir-
ginia, meanwhile, called on Lease
Lend Administrator Harry Hopkins
for information on the dollar value
of lease-lend cargoes lost at sea en-
route to Britain.
The people" he told reporters
last night, should know how much
of the equipment they have paid for
is being sunk They will then be in
a position to decide what ought to
be done about It,"
Evening star., 1941-05-12
Grand Jury Probes
Peonoge Law Charges
b the Associated Press,

6y the ASsoClateo FfeSS.
CHICAGO, May IA Federal
grand jury began an investigation
today Of charges that a wealthy
planter Of Oglethorpe County, Ga,
had attempted to place about a
dozen Chicago Negroes In a state
Of peonage.
Action was taken on the complaint
Of several Negroes who claimed that
members of their race, formerly EN-
ployed on Oglethorpe County planta-
tions, had been falsely arrested
here and taken South.
In some cases, the complaints
charged, Georgia debtor statutes
we're applied to take the Negroes
out Of Illinois. About 20 witnesses
have been subpoenaed for the in
quiry, which will determine IL any
sections Of the peonage statute have
been violated. :,
Evening star., 1941-05-12

Continued From First Page)
came Hitler's private secretary, and
often appeared at meetings where
Hitler could not be present per-
sonally.
During an internal party crisis
before Hitler came to power, Hess
cleaned house so efficiently and
ruthlessly that the Fuehrer named
him his deputy in party affairs In
December, 1888, after the NaZi party
had taken over all power in Ger
many.
Thought More Potent Than Goering.
Tall, bushy- -browed and dark, Hess
was reputed to exercise great power
over Hitler and was regarded by
many observers as one Of the
strongest men in Germany, perhaps
a more likely prospect to take over
actual power than even Goering in
the event of the death Of the
Fuehrer.
Hess was born April rs, 1894, at
Alexandria, Egypt, an area Of the
WOIlQ Toward WHICH NdIl dulOltiOtl
has been turning with increasing
strength. His father was a German
importer.
Later he studied in Switzerland
and at Godesburg, scene Of the
conferences between Hitler and
British Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlain in 1898.
Fought in World War.
He had specialized in economies.
The World War interrupted his
plans, however, and he enlisted In
the Bavarian infantry. He saw
heavy fighting, especially at Verdun.
and was wounded three times.
He was wounded fourth time in
the bitter internal strife which
troubled Germany In the postwar
years.
With Hitler, he narrowly escaped
assassination when the Munich beer
cellar was bombed In 1889, about II
minutes after the Fuehrer had left.
He married in 1927 Isle Proehl,
daughter of an Army doctor. He
had one son, born On Armistfce Day,
1887.
Evening star., 1941-05-12
Arnold Says 5.
Must Have Air Force
Second 10 None
Declares We Must Be
Able to Drop Twice as
Many Bombs as Foes

Maj. Gen. Henry H. Arnold, chief
of the Army Air Corps. declared
today that regardless of what the
Army may be called upon to do
we must have an air force second
to none"
For every ton of bombs they
can drop on us, we must be able to
drop two on them" he declared in
an address before the Womens Ma
tional Democratic Club.
ut takes time to build up such an
cir force, but fortunately We had
President who foresaw the neces-
sity" Gen. Arnold added.
The Army air chief, who recently
returned from a secret mission in
Britain. where he observed latest
measures for air defense and offense,
told the women that world condi-
tions today are critical not only for
England, but for the United States" 4"
He gave the grave warning that the
American air force is rapidly get
ting ready for trial by battle" While
he assured that it is getting better
prepared from day to day. Gen. Ar
mold warned that we must live on
borrowed time"
Living on Borrowed Time.
"We need and we want all the
time we can get" he said in re-
ferring to the preparedness program
of the Air Corps. Every day we
can live on borrowed time means
we are one day nearer to complete
preparedness for our part in the
national defense"
Gen. Arnold disclosed for the first
time since his return from the
British battlefront that American
Bit oombers, the famous flying
fortreSSes. are being used in R. A.
F. air raids.
They have already won their
spurs by accomplishing very diff
cult bombing missions over Ger
many" he said. He also praised
the capabilities of other American
built planes.
That should give an answer to
our critics who claim our planes
cannot be used and are not used in
combat overseas" Gen. Arnold de-
clared.
I'VE know We face a hard task in
getting the number and kind of
planes we must have, but we are not
concerned over the ultimate ability
Of American ingenuity and Ameri-
can determination and American
energy to surmount either the
quantity or the quality problem"
Plane Output Hitting Stride.
Gen. Arnold asserted that the Air
Corps is lust beginning the job"
outlined by President Roosevelt in
asserting that the democracies must
and can achieve command of the air.
To make that command absolute"
ne declared, is the task the Army Air
Corps has set for itself.
He also assured that it is a "rea-
sonable proposition" TO assume that
the Presidents advocacy of a 50,-
000-airplane program for the United
States will be more than a dream"
erld possible of accomplishment.
The April production of l.427 mill
tary air planes announced by the
ONCE of Production Management,
he declared. was "a truly remark
able figure" considering the small
number of planes turned out last
year at this time.
ut means that we are hitting our
stride" he added. 1T does mean
that we are getting somewhere"
Gen. Arnold stressed the strategic
advantages in the newly acquired
Atlantic sea bases. These bases
are so located that we can concen-
trate our air force at any point
within "a hours he said.
Evening star., 1941-05-12
Baltimore Loon Firm
Is Robbed of $500
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. May IA bandit
robbed the Liberty Finance Co. Of
1880 at gunpoint shortly before
noon today, escaping into crowded
city streets.
The office was robbed Of about the
same amount six weeks ago by the
three bandits, two of whom escaped
with the money after running gun
battle with police.
Mrs. Alma Hall, an employe, said
the man forced her to open the safe,
keeping Allen Beam, another clerk
and customer standing with hands
raised.
Evening star., 1941-05-12
Railroad Strike Is Voted
On Atlanta Birmingham
Ey the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Mag 12.-Engine. train
and yard service men Of the At
lanta, Birmingham g. Coast Rail-
road have voted overwhelmingly to
strike, c. H. keenan,, vice president
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen, said today
Mr. keenan, said 90 per cent of
the 375 members of the brotherhood
Of Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men and the Brotherhood of Rail-
road trainmen had voted to call the
strike and all that remains is for
the Negotiation Committee to set
the date.
Engineers receive s5.37 to $3.50
and are demanding s7o9 to 1854,
and firemen are paid 1884 to s443
and are asking s5.51 to s6.72, he
said. Hostlers get s3.l2 and s4.36
and are demanding $5.51 and $3.50.