Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-19
ASIA MOST CRITICAL


ASIA MOST CRITICAL
Mrs. Ford said size was frankly
worried over the japanese situation.
which She described as far more
threatening TO ;he United States
than anythng tha. might happen III
Europe.
I nave no teag that Hitler IS
golng 10 set mo our hair. was
her eo,oytW way Of putting il. Bu,
Japan, she thinks. coyetS things
much closer 10 home.
SO ietS Wa;ch Japan" she said
( E. Norwood. Imperial grocer.
Vas impatient 10 set into the thick
OF things.
7 went through the last one" he
said, and I saw things then that
convince me that We have waited
too long already
Norwood IS = loyal American Leg
.onuaire, ana He agrees 100 per
cent with The Leg!ons policies III
tbs crisis. Those policies. As eX-
pressed at the iast national corven-
ton. include sending another AEF
to eXtrlcate England. II necessary.
7 only wish I We're able 20 go
again, NORWOOD SAID. ard added
tha; # someone should "dra- & rope
leading to war Gown he streets Q:
Imperial every LegIOnnare III town
would grab hold
II either fight now. or bacG
down and admit that We are afraid
OF Hitler he declared
ONE QUIT READING
Mrs. Corda Fields. Holtville mo-
tlc!an. who witnesses death and
sadness almost every day is oppos-
ed to war because those are the
on!r things that var brings. She
doesn't want the United States to
have to back down. and hopes for
some miracle that Will enable Us
TO escape involvement.
I had TO quit reading the papers.
because all that gloom would have
driven me crazy. she said.
SIZE believes, she SAID, that We are
already actually in the war. and
based his on something she heard
Saturday morning.
D.. Vera Wayman ZinXe Of Holt
vile tod Mrs. FielGs that the Tor
me.s husband. Dr. Ernest Zinke.
had 1ust had his iurlough spoiled
He s n the army medical corps,
stationed in Honolulu, and a few
aa%s aso ne was given a leave OF
aDSence. b.: Saturday mornin-. the
va. department cancelled his leave
and ordered nm back 70 duty in
VAR WITH JAPAN?
D.. William Clarke Of Holtyiile
SAD tie United States IS definite
y near war with Japan" and the
actual start of hostilities Will be
go}erned BY future successes OF
Germany in Russia.
A. 70 the incidents in the Allan
&c, including the submarine attack
IN tie Kearny, Dr. Clarke believes
taat both sides are at fault
Germany he said, has no right
o - 20 MOnOpOlize the oceans, and
ia. country IS playing "outside rs
O"n BACKYARD" ." America. on the
otaer aand, has a right TO freedom
ot .he seas blt in exercising thav
right, OF ships are a.so outside
the!g own Backyard
=. EOI can ma" anything out
Of tnat you haze the way I feel
aDoa: Tie whole thing Dr.. Clarke
saIc. and adCed that we'll never
know who was rlgnt. or, more cor
!ectl%, who IS a. greater fault, until
after is an over, and the hlstor-
ians have access TO all the facts.
LOYAL
S MatSumOto, japanese -Ameri-
can rancher near Mount Signal
store, sald he was too busy being
q good American and caring for
his ranch % pa. much attention
% "tha, bunch oter there. He
meant. ot co'.se. the Tokyo GOV
ernmtnt.
But whatever happens between
the Two nations Matsamoto sad
ac TC4.G know tnat the Un!tcd
Sta.es AL be II thc night. be
cause his i ufy country
Mals.mot1 ,hIs Hear pu. IL 70
ac.cs .. fi1H-tLr tl!at Tcar lie has
GO s.o". 10 81 n on the
god p:lce. ,nat commodity has
beer bringing Came then thr trade
tyeatg Min Argentina, ana The re-
sG.tln2 seen and onc-half CEN
reduction H. flax prIees
b, hats al right too he
i.hIlsoptizcc, because I understand
- tlcaty VIII AID goodwill with
Argentina which intun "iIi help
America AcMlspAcric GctenSrs +