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Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-09

Officials hoped to bring farm
laborers who would stick to the
soil and help build up Mexican
agriculture. But soon it was ap-
parent that the great majority were
lawyers, writers, teachers, journal
lists, and intellectuals, since such
were always in the most immediate
danger of Franco revenge.
AGRICULTURAL COLONY
MODERATELY SUCCESSFUL"
Agricultural grants for refugee
colonies had already been provided
by the Mexican government, and
many Immediately left for. such
projects, to carve themselves homes
in the desert. .-. q. .~=.se.
Typical in Santa Clara, south of
Ell Paso in the state of chihuahua,
where 1900 have. gone. asque
Woodsmen felled trees, built houses.
A fleet of trucks and tractors was
bought; an office, hospital, restau-
rant and general store were built
Ploughing and irrigation projects
were soon under way on the one
time hacienda. Some 1000 acres are
under cultivation on the vast 3O0,-
0O0-acre tract, and 1000 head of
cattle now. flourish ON the land
bought for the refugees.
The colony today is regarded as
moderate suc.c eSsful" and as
standing a chance to become self
sustaining. But it has not all been
smooth sailing. Many of the anti
pathies of the Spanish struggle
came along with the colonists.
Sub-groups insisted on making
politics" within. the group, and.
carrying on endless meetings, ex-
hausting and disgusting others who
wanted only to farm and get a
living. Some actually left the COL
ony to get little peace. The
women and children tended to
drift back to Spain, and about
two thirds of them returned.
Also many OF the men with urban
backgrounds, ill-fitted for the strug-
gle against desert and Indian COM
petition on the soil, went to the
cities. Of the 10000 Spanish refu-
gees in Mexico, perhaps 5000 are
in Mexico City. The capital is
dotted with new coffee houses and
rdstaurants established by such
refugees. ...
Despite fears that an influx of
leftists would influence political
affairs there is no evidence that
the refugees took any active part
in the recent presidential elections.
None was ever netted in active
political demonstrations and the
general belief is that they have
largely abstained from active poll
tics. Article % of the Mexican
constitution gives the president ab-
solute power to expel any foreigner
who becomes active in politics, with
out hearing or appeal.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-09
Financier Sent to
5 Years inPnson
For Mail Fraud

NEW YORK, Jan. 9. tUP)-HoW-
ard C. Hopson, who ran $500, 900 OF
borrowed money into $1,000, ,OOO,-
900 utilities empire, was sentenced
to five years impris today
for looting the Associated Gas &
Electric system of nearly $20,0O0,-
900.
The short, fat, bald 58-year- old
master of bootstrap financing was
sentenced by Federal Judge Alfred
A. Coke in the same court where,
just a week ago, he heard a jury
pronounce him guilty on II mail
fraud counts. ....
The indictment. on all but two
counts of which he was convicted,
charged that the former Fort At
kinson, Wis, high school honor
student began looting the far-flung
Associated Gas g. Electric system
with its 200 subsidiaries almost
from the day in 1922 when he and
a partner founded it,, mostly with
borrowed money. -.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-09
BY WILLIS THORNTON

NEA Service Staff Correspondent
The first connected and detailed
account of how 10000 Spanish war
refugees are making out in their
new homes in Mexico are now be-
ginning to trickle into the United
States.
In nation of 20 million popula-
tion 10000 refugees are no negligible
factor And Mexico has some les
sons for the U. S., now about to
open the gate just crack to 1000
European political refugees. -
The first large delegation of
Spanish refugees, 1920 of them, ar
rived in Mexico in midsummer of
1889 on the ship Sinaia. They were
supporters of the Republican re-
gime in Spain, blacklisted and in
danger from the triumphant Franco.
They had all been selected by
Mexican consular officials in France
or. Spain; their expenses were paid
either by Spanish Republican Of
ficials in exile who had access to
credits of the defunct Republic, or
by committees set up to aid refu-
gees. They we're enthusiastically
greeted by the Mexican government
and people. More have been COM
ing as fast as ships and money to
carry them have beenvevailab4e.
The political complication ranged
through nine or 10 shades from
mild liberal to Communist, though
there has been criticism that the
Mexican officials abroad who did
the choosing were extreme left
wingers, ana slanted their choices
that way.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-09
Calf. Income Up
To Record Peak

SACRAMENTO, Jan 9. (UP)-
The total income of California res
idents during 1910 is estimated at
SIS, 400, 900, ,000-the highest in his
tory-and further increases are in
prospect for 194l, Director of Fin
ance George Killion reported today.
In a year-end report to Gov.
Culbert Olson, the finance director
said the total income figure should
exceed the record level of 1929,
when the total approximated S.
390,0O0,oOO.
He added that under the stimu-
lus of national defense, the wave
of prosperity should continue
through 1941.
California has received approx
imately II per cent of the national
defense orders awarded to date"
Killion stated, "and the tremendous
volume of business generated by
the armament program will sus-
tain economic activity at new high
levels throughout the next IL
months 4. :"
Other highlights Of Killion's re-
port are as follows:
l. The earnings of 100 corpora
tions with extensive and widely
diversified operations increased &c
per cent over the previous year.
2. Factory employment for l94C
exceeds the 1929 record.
3. Retail trade -or the year vii
exceed the previous year by at least
IL per cent.
4. The income of California cit
izens for 1941 should total at least
S5,85O,OO0,000 and may reach &c..
zoo, 100000, which would be nearly
a billion dollars over the 1929 fig.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-09
Sidewalk Project
Success Noted

Completion of 3ll4 square feet Of
new sidewalk in FL Centre, con-
structed under the cooperative plan
whereby residents supply materials
and the city furnishes labor, was
noted Thursday.
Clarence Harris, foreman, report
ed there is twice that much mere
yet to be constructed but definitely
arranged.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-09
Jurors Will Quiz
Peace MESSENGER

NEW YORK, Jan. z. CUP)--Maur-
ice j. Milligan, assistant U. S. at
torney general, today obtained SUBJ
penas requiring william Rhodes
Davis, international oil operator
reported to have carried German
peace agenda" from Berlin to
Washington, and Henry w. Wilson,
his business associate, to testify
before a federal grand jury inves-
tigating campaign expenditures.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-09
FALSE teeth
That Loosen
Need Not EmbarraSS

Many wearcrs of false teeth have
suffered real embarrassment be-
cause their plates dropped, slipped
or wabbled at just the wrong time.
Do you live in fear of this happen
ing to you. Just sprinkle a little
FASTEETH, the alkaline mon
acid) denturc powder on your
plate. It's a real aid to thousands
in holding such plates more firmly
in place so that they feel more
conf ortable. FASTEETH checks
bad, plate odor" (denture breath 4,
because it's alkaline. Get FAS-
TEETH at any drug store.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-09
MEXICO WILL ADMIT
STILL MORE REFUGEES

The Mexican government con-
tinues highly sympathetic with the
refugees, aiding them whenever pos
sible. There are headaches. AL
most daily some committee from
among them is knocking at the
door of the Chamber of Deputies or
some committee thereof, with pro-
tests or complaints. Two principal
committees aid and guide the refu-
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-06
LECRAND MEASURE
PASSED BY HOUSE
Provides Punishment for
Fifth Column or Subver-
sive Acts Within State

RALEIGH, Feb. 5.-RNThe
house tonight passed and sent to
the senate the LeGrand bill to pro.
vide punishment for fifth column
or subversive acts within the state.
The measure, passed on a vocal
vote after considerable debate,
would provide that the first viola
ton of its provisions would be a
misdemeanor and that the Sec
ond would be a felony. It would
make unlawful for anyone to teach
or advocate the overthrow of the
government by force, or to use
state buildings or institutions for
such instruction.
Both houses met tonight because
of the funeral this morning of Sem
ator T. W. M. Long of Halifax, who
died unexpectedly Monday.
The house did not take up, as
scheduled, the bill to provide a re-
tirement system for state employ
IS. The representatives unanimous
ly passed a motion by Representa-
tive Arch T. Allen of Wake to place
the measure on the special order
calendar tomorrow because of the
late printing of the bill.
Immediately after Allen m . d e
his motion, Speaker Null re-
marked, "T'd like to remind the
house that it's got to work some
time"
Before passing the LeGrand bill.
the house defeated two efforts to
amend it. Representative Whitener
of Castor introduced an amend
ment to make the measure apply
only to subversive activities
against the federal and state gov
ernments Git now applies to local
units as weld; Representative Gal
loway of Pennsylvania sent in one
to make first offenses felonies also.
Arguing against Whitener's
amendment, Representative Taylor
of Wayne objected to weakening
the bill lin any respect"
"If anything. he said, it ought
to be made stronger" He was sup
ported by Representative Allsbrook
of Halifax.
Whitener's amendment was first
passed, and then was tabled on
motion of Representative Withrow
of Rutherford.
However, the representatives did
CONTINUED on Page Twelve; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-06
Wendell Wilkes Attack
On NaZi Rule Broadcast
Willkie Is Returning
On New Plane Route

LISBON, Feb. 6-(Thursday)
-(R-Wendell L. WiIlkie, after
a Today Investigation of war
time conditions in England and
Ireland, left Lisbon last mid
night as a pioneer passenger on
a new transatlantic plane
route to New York by way Of
Portuguese Africa, British
Trinidad and the U. S. Island of
Puerto, Rico.
The new route avoids the
stops at Horta, and Azores,
where groundswells have ham,
pered operations at times, and
at Bermuda, where British
censors have taken mail from
the Pan American clipper
planes.
However, the censors operate
in the British Port-ofSpain,
Trinidad.
The first port of call is Bo-
lama, Portuguese Guinea.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-06
DataCathered
Inn New River
Land
Similar Survey Under Way
In Wilkinson Point Area
Of Pamlico County
PLAN TO MAKE MAP
s.,viice Interested in Estab-
~s3O,oOO,OO0 Base
For $4,000 Men

Work Of gathering data on land
Etlps in the New River area OF
orslow county in connection with
tbe proposed U. S. Marine base
n the vicinity of Marines W a S
stsrted in Jacksonville yesterday
BY Lieut.. Raymond P. Murphy, OF
toe Civil Engineer corps of the U.
s. Naval reserve, it was learned
here last night.
A similar survey is now under
way in the Wilkinson Point area
Of Pamlico county with a view to
a site for the possible
establishment of an air base to be
used in connection with the F.1arine
base.
Tentative Work ..
Lieut.. Murphy emphasized that
10 area has yet been definitely
approved for the proposed base
md that all preliminary work is
entative.
There is no need for people
Getting excited" Lieut.. Murphy
aid. He was reluctant to make a
statement because of his official
but requested that the
,eople in the sections involved live
heir normal lives until something
about the proposed project
S known. All the work now being
lone is tentative.
The work involves making up a
map, finding out h o W
much the property would cost if
as a base and determin-
ng the water supply. Lieut..
said no wells had been
lug yet.
All the New River area on both
sides up to jacksonville from the
'Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-06
NAILS MAKE RAID
ON LONDON AREA
Hotel Is Set Attire and Mum.
Der of Houses Are De-
molished by Bombs

LONDON, Feb. ga hotel hit
by incendiary bombs burst into
flames and a number of houses
were demolished by Nazi explo-
sives tonight during a short but
bitterly-contested air raid on the
London area.
The hotel fire was controlled
quickly without casualties. There
we're some casualties, however, in
the houses on the city's outskirts
because many people had not gone
to the shelters.
Waves of bombers, taking ad-
vantage of good visibility over
Dover Strait, passed over a south
east coast town headed for tn e
raid.
After losing four bombers in
daylight clashes over the channel
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-06
British Army
Speeding Up
.Bengasi Drive
Main Body Of Italian Troops
Pushed Within 20 Miles
Of Fortified Base
MANY GAINS REPORTED
Full Power of the English
Forces May Be Turned
Upon Bengasi Soon

CAIRO, Egypt, Feb. s. Up -
The main body of Italian troops
in Libya, falling back upon Ben
gasi just ahead of the pursuing
British armored battalions, was re
ported tonight to have been pushed
to a point so to 70 miles from
that strongly fortified base in a re-
treat proceeding at the rate of 80
miles a day.
Elsewhere over the whole vast
area of the African struggle new
successes were claimed for British
arms and a military spokesman
thus summed up:
Tempo Speeded Up
1.-THE tempo of our advances on
both fronts in Libya and in Ital-
ian East Africa has shown a mark
ed speeding-up."
In the running rear guard Ital-
ian action along the Libyan coast,
the British high command an.
nounced, 400 fascist stragglers al
ready have fallen captive, and
there were indications that the full
shock power of the British forces
soon would be turned upon Ben
gasi itself-an important port ly-
ing 1926 miles from the Egyptian
frontier.
Far to the south, in Italian Erit-
rea, Italian Ethiopia and Italian
Somaliland, the British land often
sive went on in cooperation with
a British bombing offensive over
thousands of miles which was said
to have destroyed "a Italian
planes, aside from the damage
wrought to many a fascist base.
Press Italians
In Eritrea, British field forces
pressed the Italians to the east
from the region of Cheren-which
is but 40 miles from the Eritrean
Continued on Page Twelve; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-06
May Modify Time Period
In Which War Supplies
May Be Sent to Britain
DEBATE IS CONTINUED
House Scheduled to Start
Consideration of Amend.
ments This Morning
BY RICHARD L. TURNER

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-(R-The
with but a small fraction
of its membership present, droned
through an evening session on the
lease-lend bill tonight, while ad-
ministration leaders considered
the possibility of new amendments
designed to increase support for
the bill.
In prospect was a modification
to limit the overall period of time
in which wal supplies could be
delivered to England. But. after
studying the question, the leader
ship was veering away from pro-
posals that the bill restrict the
cost of the program to a stipulated
figure.
Proposed BY Wadsworth
Both these changes had ben
proposed by Rep. Wadsworth (R-
N.Y., an influential member of the
minority, who although ready to
vote for the measure, thought his
amendments might allay appre-
hension lest a dictatorship emerge
from the operations of the bill.
The house itself was at the rag
ged end of three days general de-
bate. To give all who wished to
talk an opportunity to have their
say, a night session was ordered.
It found some 30 of the chambers
435 members present.
These spoke pro and con on the
measure for from S to 20 minutes
each, with few of their colleagues
paying them any heed. AS each
concluded he was rewarded with
a brief and perfunctory flutter OF
applause from those whose side of
the argument he espoused. Most
of the speakers, after concluding
their remarks, sauntered on out
and homeWard.
In the galleries, where seats had
been in demand during the day,
broad stretches of emptiness ap.
peared.
To Consider Amendment
The session ended a little before
IL and the house recessed until
II a. m. tomorrow. At that time.
meeting an hour earlier than usu-
al, the chamber will start consid<
Continued on Page Five; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-06
British Bomb Germanv's
War Factories, Airports

LONDON, Feb. 5.-R-After
sweeping offensive actions that ran
around the clock, the British tabu-
lated tonight a series of aerial
blows at Germany's war indus
tries, transport, airfields, potential
invasion bases and facilities for
the counter blockade of Britain.
It was the RATS major action
in recent weeks. Through darkness
and daylight, heavily laden Wei
lingtons and Blenheims crisis
crossed the English Channel, the
so-called invasion coast of France
and Belgium, the northern French
interior and a vital industrial Sec
ton of western Germany, empty
ing their bomb racks and t.
demonstrating with their guns.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-06
BARTON EXPLAINS
MINISTER'S STAND
Discusses Clergy's Attitude
Regarding Hiking
Practices Here

ut seems to me that every far
sighted, not to say patriotic, citi-
zen will prohibit against all kinds
of p%rofiteering and will strive to
keep prices where they ought to
be-" DR.. Arthur J. Barton, pastor
of Temple Baptist church, said in
a statement yesterday in which he
sought to explain the attitude of
the ministers of the city in regard
to price-hiking practices.
DR.. Barton's statement in full
read as follows:
1T ought to 60 without being
said; but let it be said here for
emphasis and with emphasis. The
Continued on Page Two; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-06
M
Ordered To
Washington
Succeeded by Captain Pat
tee as Camp Construct
ing Quartermaster
NO OTHER CHANGES
New Building Chief Comes
From Cantonment Project
At Camp Edwards

Lieut.. Col. Albertis Montgomery,
ONO, constructing quartermaster
at Camp Davis since the start Of
construction operations there, has
received instructions to report to
the office of the Quartermaster
General in Washington, D. c., for
a period Of temporary duty, it was
officially announced last night at
the constructing quartermasters
office.
He has been succeeded by Cap
tain Karl M. Pattee, ONO, who
assumed his duties yesterday.
Comes From Camp Edwards
Captain Pattee was transferred
here recently from Camp Ed
wards, Mass, where he, as con-
structing quartermaster, built a
cantonment for a square division
of the National Guard and three
Coast Artillery anti-aircraft regi-
ments similar to those that will
be stationed at Camp Davis.
Before that assignment, Captain
Pattee was constructing quarter
master for the Civilian Conserva-
tion Corps of the First Corps area,
in Washington for about five years.
Colonel Montgomery, who ar
rived here on December IL. will
probably leave for Washington this
afternoon. It is expected that he
will be later assigned to an Ord
nance depot construction project in
Alabama. 1t was pointed out last
night that Colonel Montgomery, a
native of Oklahoma City, was
never definitely assigned here on
a permanent basis.
Officers said that no other
changes in the constructing quar-
termaster office at Camp Davis
are contemplated at this time.
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-06
VILLAGE CAPTURED
BY GREEK TROOPS
Italian Prisoners Say Their
Nation Has Abandoned
Valona as Base

ATHENS, Feb. 5.-RH G r e e k
soldiers fighting brilliantly under
very unfavorable weather condi-
tons" drove the Italians from po-
sitions of great strategic impor-
lance" and captured a village by
a bayonet charge and hand-to-hand
fighting, the Greek spokesman re-
ported tonight.
Italian prisoners told their Greek
captors that the fascists no longer
we're using the port of Valona as
a base because of repeated bomb
ings, but were unloading supplies
at Krionero, south of Valona.
Despite three days of torrential
rain in the Tepeleni section, Greek
troops continued mopping-up oper-
atoms and launched new attacks
with success, it was reported.
At one point the Greek artillery
was said to have moved to points
from which they pounded positions
newly occupied by the Italians.
Many prisoners were reported
taken in the Tepeleni sector, with
148 prisoners, including officers,
seized in one fight.
Machine-guns, mortars and a
large number of rifles were seized,
the spokesman reported.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-06

Work of clearing the 7O-acre site
on which will be located the ship
yards of the North Carolina Ship
building company at Sunset Park
is expected to be completed some
time Saturday, J. E. Dennis, re-
preventative of the associated con-
tractors of Lofts, Underwood and
Orrell, said last night.
About 400 workers were engaged
in operations yesterday, part OF
the men being employed on clear
ing the site and others engaged
in grading and erecting temporary
Dennis said that the contractors
expect to move into their office
on the site Friday. Half of the
building will be occupied by the
contractors and half by the office
force of the shipbuilding company.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-06
GREEN
TO VISIT CAMP
lhlef Of Coast Artillery Is
Scheduled to Arrive Here
This Morning

;, MAJ Gen, ]. A. Green, chief of the
:. D. Army Coast Artillery, accom-
palieo by Col. Hugh Herrick, will
~ iiiS llrst visit to Wilmington and
~o aHl'alrcraft firing center now
-o e0
"ofo Of Gen, Green's arrival this
ls was announced by the of.
vs u Col. James Crawford, com
Nd, ,ranoer.designate of Camp Davis,
al .e1'ly headquartered in the base
wi pos'lA''e
cr AZ cnief Of coast artillery, Gen.
VT will have under his command
HAIL. Sqll,alrcraft firing center at
IN my hlose and its complement of
''', Wo men and officers.
In 4sn'ush no word vas received as
,i,i t4e length of Gen. Green's Local
,Da n' II was expected that he would
MINI u probably two days in Will.
---slon and at the camp site.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-06

(The intensity of the daylight
phases of the assault was empha-
sized by a German report that II
British bombers were shot down
in a stab toward the French coast
in the Calais region-15 by fighter
planes and two by anti-aircraft
batteries.)
Shore watchers in Kent, Eng
land, reported seeing a thick col
umn of black smoke rising near
Calais some time after a strong
force of bombers, protected by
heavy formations of fighting
planes, scared eastward across the
Strait of Dover.
The British acknowledged tn t
five planes-and these fighters -
Continued on Page Two; Col. y.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-06

livery of planes already ordered
here by Great Britain.
The Chinese, he said, have been
seeking to buy 500 planes ordered
by Britain, and have succeeded in
arranging a deal for 100 of them.
Concerning the offer to Greece,
Knox explained that while the 80
planes from the Wasp could be
considered "obsolete for the pur-
pose of this transaction" they were
good for use either as trainer or
combat planes.
While the navy did not say how
old the planes were, it was noted
the Wasp was the latest American
aircraft carrier to be commission
ed.
Continued ON Page Twelve; Col. y