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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24
Unusually Quiet

A typical story about Martha
is back several years ago when
Dave Rose (now married 10
Judy Garland) was counting her.
Dave is a musician and a very
cgiet boy himself and love had
rlade Martha equally reserved.
One night they attended a
..ollyWood party with Martha
being unusually quiet and re
fined in corner No one
could get her 10 sing or clown
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24
LamOur's Cooperation
Wins Friends Among
Writers, Cameramen

mothers diamond ring, that he,
as far as she is concerned. is
the perfect escort that she is
happy with him and unhappy
away.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24
Top Stars
Repeat
Yesterdays
BY NEIL RAU
Special TO THE DETROIT TIMES

HOLLYWOOD. Aug. %.
DIRECTOR JOHN NJ. STAHL.
- the first man TO popularize
the bedroom as a focus of Gin
ema drama. predicts that we're
in for a cycle of domestic COM
edies. And being a believer in
cycles, Stahl goes so far as to
say that your favorite stars are
types which come and go at in
tervals.
Long His Forte
When trade previews Of his
latest Columbia picture, Our
Wife" starring Melvyn Douglas,
Ruth Hussey and Ellen Drew.
commented with surprise that
Stahl had directed a happy-go-
lucky story, he gently rejoined
that bedroom farce had been
his forte long before Denille
glorified the American bathtub.
"And why not" said the di-
rector. people live, die and
spend so per cent of their lives
in their bedrooms and you can't
beat such a locale for sure-fire
human interest"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24

Sunday, August "a. l94l
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24

PART 8. PAGE 2
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-24
DEADLINE NEAR
FOR COUNTY FAIR

Imperial countys annual midWinter
fair will open Saturday, less than week
from now If advance interest Is any
indication the fair should be an improve
ment even over last years exposition,
which was an all-time high mark in in
terest, efficiency and scope.
It may be too late now 10 urge poten-
tial exhibitors To make their reservations
at the fair but II Is not too late 10 urge
those who have already made their reserv-
ationS to extend every possible effort to-
wards making their exhibits as attractive
as possible.
The county fairs success depends al
most entirely upon the exhibitors, in the
final analysis Shoddy exhibits, poorly
presented. can ruin attendance for the
closing days Of the fair, as we'll as for
the next year. Good exhibits, interesting
ly presented can have the exactly OPP
posite effect. It is that effect for which
everyone should strive.
The fair this year has increased physi-
cal properties which will assure the Wis
itor more comfortable, more interesting
stay at the fair grounds. A new roof on
the grandstand. a new exhibit building,
Improvements including a pergola for the
elaborate fish pond-all these things will
combine to continue the county fair in
its program Of progress, that has been
evident every year since it started.
The Imperial Valleyite who misses the
county fair this year will miss the oppor-
tunity to get better acquainted with the
community in which he lives, for the fair
is after all only reflection in miniature
of the valley itself.
Plan now to get in as many days at
tendance at the fair as You can. It will
be worth your While-and it will help
improve an institution that does lmpe
rial county much good.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-24
THE TEXTBOOK VIEW
OF AMERICAN LIFE

American educators everywhere should
be thankful to the American Association
OF Manufacturers for the survey it has
sponsored Of school textbooks in the
realm Of civics. economics and kindred
subjects, in spite of the blacker aspects
OF the report.
Prepared by = committee of leading
educators, and not by merchants or man
ufacturers. the report pointed out that
great many textbooks in common use
in American schools continually play up
the worst side of life in this country, and
play down the best side. They give the
pupil the idea that the poorly fed poorly
housed one-third Of our population is
practically the entire population They
indicate, without saying so. that Ameri-
can wealth is concentrated in the hands
of very few, without pointing out that
wealth in America IS more equally dis
tributed than in any other country in the
world They stress the evil" of large
corporations, without reporting that
there are more small corporations in
America than anyplace else on the globe.
With such textbooks, it IS no wonder
many students 90 into community life
with a warped view of American social
and economic problems
What the shoots need-and they should
appreciate having the need pointed out
TO them-are textbooks which give fac
tual picture as true to life as is humanly
possible, without stressng either good or
bad. Nobody can complain if things are
presented as they are.
But everybody should complain if our
schools consciously or unconsciously,
give their pupils 4 warped picture of the
American scene.
Textbooks should deal with truth, not
theories
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-24
More Australian
Troops in Orient

SlNGAPORE, Feb. "a. CUPJ =
More Australian troops are coming
to reinforce those who arrived last
week and already are training for
jungle warfare, it was said authori-
tatiVely today.
On a four-day tour Of the Malay
an defense positions, the United
States correspondent found the
Australians who had already al
rived, digging in along the frontier.
They has established a hospital.
staffed by volunteer Australian sur
geonS and nurses, with 200 beds.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-24
HAWKS AND
OWLS INDICATED
(St. Louis Post t-DiSDatch)

Are hawks and owls harmful 10 wild
life and poultry, or are they friends OF
the farmer and hunter? The question
has long been debated, and now an actual
test in Missouri produces evidence in IA
vor of the big birds.
Members of the Macon County ConSer-
vation Federation, believing that quail
were being killed by hawks and owls,
staged a tWO-Week drive against them last
month. The campaign. in which the Mis-
souri, Conservation Commission cooper
ated. netted 195 hawks and Is owls. An
examination of the birds at the Cooper
atiVe Wildlife Research unit at the Uni
verSity of Missouri produced the follow
ing data:
Remains of field nice and other small
animals were found in 1S3 Stomachs,
bird remains in eighteen, traces of insects
and grass in nine, and fOrty-three stom
achs were empty. UnmiStakable signs OF
quail were found in only one specimen,
marsh hawk. and feather or two that
might have been those of quail IN two
others. The Conservation Commissions
report points out that marsh hawks and
red-tails feed on carrion, that neither Is
capable of catching a healthy. vigorous
quail. so it is likely they eat only dead or
crippled birds.
The case is plain enough, the commits
sion concludes, that hawks and owls are
mostly mousers and should be protected
as valuable allies to the farmer OF
course. it is pointed out the farmer has
right to III any marauder which is
taking his chickens, but any widespread
campaign against the two species would
be harmful both to wildlife propagation
and to agriculture.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-24
Japan Nervous as
Truce Expiration
Deadiine Nears

SHANGHAI, Feb. "a. CUP)-Jap-
an showed signs of nervousness to-
day as three French Warships steam
ed for a secret destination on the
eye of the expiration of the Thai
land-F'rench Indo-China annistlce
and French forces were reported
moving toward the Thu border.
The crack 1880 ton French cruiser
Lamotte-Picquet, flagship of the
French Far Eastern fleet, steamed
quietly cut of Saigon last night IN
the wake Of two French deStroyers
French authorities at Saigon ex-
pressed confidence That the armis-
tice, which expires at 10 am. to-
morrow 10 pm TO-DAY EST, would
be renewed.
The extension would be for two
weeks.
japanese news agency dispatches,
however, asserted that French au-
thOritieS were making military prep
arations for a renewal of fighting
A Domei agency dispatch from
Saigon said French troops were
reported 10 nave been NOV
TO the Thailand frcnJ.e. Sit
urday ara that French Warships
which had left the Saigon area.
were believed headed for the Gull
OF Siam.
Ii was noted that d japanese de
stroyer had left Saigon at about
the same time that the Lamotte-
Picquet lifted anchor.
A Domei dispatch from Hanoi.
Indo-China, reported japanese au-
thorities increasingly anxious" be
cause of French warlike prepara-
tons
Vice Admiral Jean DecouX, French
commander in chief III Indo- China,
was asserted to have advised Indo-
China authorities to prepare for an
emergency in view of the ap-
preaching danger
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-24
FasCists Claim
Success in Naval
And Land Combat

ROME Feb q. CUP)-A high
command communique said today
that German airplanes. attacking
a British naval formation in the
eastern Mediterranean, hit a large"
ship and probably sank it, The
Germans did not know what type
Ct snip it was, the communioue said.
Violent British attacks in the
Giarabub oasis zone of Libya were
once again shattered" by stubborn
Italian resistance, ii was asserted.
'nd Italian planes effectively"
.s.a British troops and material
IN kulru oasis to the south.
Italian planes attacked British
bases elsewhere in Libya, it was
asserted, destroying heavy motor
vehicles and one grounded plane,
and bombed British naval base.
In East Africa two italian COM
pauies attacked the British west
of Zilami lin the Sudan" and des-
plte the superior numbers of the
British forced them to retreat with
grave losses in men and material"
it was asserted.
Britain has said no italians
but war prisoners remain in the
SadanJ
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-24
SOMETHING GAINED
lNeVada State JOurnaI)

One Of the most remarkable, perhaps
the most valuable of the Developments
Of the speeding up Of the national defense
program in the United States is the prog
ress made in the efforts to put synthetic
rubber on mass production. The oil in
dustry is waiting only for completion OF
negotiations with the Federal government
to 90 ahead with broadscale production
Of synthetic rubber or the necessary raw
materials, according to a dispatch from
New York quoting trade interests
Latest development on this front was
reported to be the disclosure in reliable
quarters that one of the largest of the
oil companies is planning to construct d
huge plant for the manufacture Of buta-
diene near Huston, Texas Butadiene is
a petroleum product which is the basic
raw material in making most types Of
synthetic rubber.
Others Of the Large oil companies al
ready are supplying rubber manufacture
ers with butadiene for conversion into
the synthetic product One of the nation
ally-knoWn tire companies has placed a
synthetic rubber casing on the market.
For the present, as can be easily under
stood the synthetic rubber is more eX-
pensive than the rubber which comes out
of vegetation, but as time goes on and
the process is intensively developed,
chemists forecast that the rubber created
in laboratories and subsequently manu-
factured in mass production not only
will make America independent of the
original sources, outside the United
States, but can be put to more uses than
vegetable rubber.
In the meantime the United States must
guard its interests in the Far East lest
Japan carry out its plans and shut-off
the supply Of real rubber
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-24
So They Say

I have made a lot of appoint
ments, and I think I am good But
when I make a mistake. it's q
beaut!
Mayor La Guardia of New York.
My Judgment is that if Britain
ccllapSes tomorrow we would be in
q war in a month.
Wendell Willkie, former COP.
presidential candidate.
Can't say there won't be some
strikes, because we are not a perfect
family.
William Green. president of the
A. F. of l..
When one says that Mussolini is
QulSling, one admits that Musso-
lini is the very antithesis of Italy
what I have been saying for Is
years.
Count Carlo Sforza, Italian ref
ugee.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-24
'Tipperary' Starts
Sofia Cafe BraWI
For u. s. Minister

SOFIA Bulgaria. Feb. "a up
No representations We're expected
today to result from the cafe alter
cation in which U. S. Minister
George H. Earle and an unidenti-
fled German struck each other with
missiles when the band played Tip
perary" British marching song. at
Earle's request
Earle suffered a bruised left arm
which had stopped wine bottle.
The German received cuts about
the face
Earle, dining at the cafe Saturday
night, asked the orchestra to plav
"Tipperary. The band complied and
Germans in the place hooted and
Missed. Earle and one of the Ger
mans became invovled in an ar
gument and missiles began to fly.
Earle termed the incident re
grettable," but added. Il saw no
other course"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-24
by Peter Edison -.
The Inside Track in Washington

hand.machme tool dealers who were
worst offenders were called 10
WASHINGTON to explain There were
some pretty stormy sessions Manu-
facturers of new equipment were
consulted to get n fair base for
prices. But when the SPECTATORS
couldn't agree on what top prices
should be. Price Schedule No. I
resulted
The scale of prices in this in
stance is unimportant, except to
the trade. Machines less than i've
years old. rebuilt and guaranteed,
can't be sold for more than 90 per
cent of present list prices for SINH
lar equipment. Machines over 20
Years old. not guaranteed, can't
bt sold for more than so per cent
of present prices. In between Is
4 varying scale.
What's important here, again. is
that the principle of government
price fixing has been established.
Commissioner Henderson'S an
nouncement states clearly that
this is the first of a series Of
price schedules" Prices on zinc
and copper are now being investi-
gated. There are reports that sec
ond-hand zinc has been sold for
more than new metal to get i'm
mediate delivery. That's to be stop
NOD
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-24

TOKYO. Feb. ~ tUP)-Foreign
Minister Yosuke Matsuoka today
called upon the white race 10
cede Oceania-the more than 1000
mile square region of the south Pa
cific-to the Asiatics.
Matsuoka declared that 1t has
always been my pet theory that
Oceania. which is 1000 miles from
north to south and LOCO miles from
east to west. must be made a place
for the Asiatic peoples TO migrate. '
CMatsuOka did not elaborate on
his conception of "Oceania' which
is ordinarily used to describe only
the scattered small islands Of the
south Pacific His statement that
the area was capable of supporting
600. 100000 to 8O0000000 people
however, would indicate that he
included the whole south Pacific
in "Oceania". even including the
Netherlands East Indies, the Phil
ippines and possibly Australia and
New Zealand
made his statement to committee
of the lower house OF parliament.
He spoke after japanese leaders
had assured the house that Japan
is watching Anglo-Amercan moves
closely and that the japanese navy
already has determined upon coun-
ter-meaSures to any threat
This region oOceania)." said
Matsuoka has sufficient natural
resources to support GO0O00.00O to
300 000.00O people
Il believe we have Il natural right
to migrate there
while it is difficult to conduct
actual political affairs according to
advocated ideals believe the white
race must cede Oceania to the
Asiatics"
MatSuoka again offered an ex-
planatiOn of his memorandum to
British Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden.
He said that he submitted his
proposal without any connection with
Germany ana reiterated that it
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-24
by Willis Thornton
The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Twenty years after crushing de-
mocraic Italy by his march on
Rome, Benito Mussolini has sue
ceeded in landing Italy and the
italian people directly and literally
between the devil and the deep
blue sea.
All around Italy to the south is
the deep blue sea of the Medi-
terranean. the soft and friendly sea
that the Italians have liked to
call Mare Nostrum, our sea. 1t
isn't their sea these days Only by
night dares Mussolini sneak a few
ships across to carry supplies to the
harassed legions now crowded into
the far western corner of italian
north Africa Much of the fine fleet
builr by such sacrifices of the Ital-
ian people lies at the bottom of
that sea. and the facilities are few
indeed TO replace them. That sea.
instead Of a friendly road for car
rying the peaceful freight of colon
lal traffic has become a night
mare. and a road for possible at
tack against the homeland.
And on the other side. the devil,
Just as in the old proverb. Down
through the Brenner Pass. which
Mussolini once swore nightly to
defend coming pouring the legions
of the north. the strutting Germans
who with their experts, tech
nicians" and secret police. are
gradually seizing a control over
Italy which will be hard indeed
to break
Thus, while the youth Of Naples
and Milan and Venice fight and
die or give up the struggle in the
freezing mountain passes Of AL
bania or in the burning wastes of
Ethiopia. the homeland is gradual
~ occupied by the ancient enemy.
entering By invitation. Mussolini
has made it sure that even if Ger
many wins Italy can be nothing
but an obsequious and servile prov
ince Of the Greater Reich.
More and more Americans of
Italian descent are realizing this
cross betrayal every day. At one
time impressed by order in a dis
Italy. by suppression i'm
Derialism they were inclined to
listen to the fervent propaganda
Of the Fascist functionaries who
came 10 the United States as con-
euls and in other positions Of in
Guence. Now they begin at last to
turn to such truly democratic
italian voices as those Of Sforza.
and Rorgese. Ascoli and SalVemini
who have long realized that the
genius of the Italian people travels
the road to freedom. not to en-
-lavement. Mussolini is not Italy.
In London and Montreal. Free
italy movements are gaining
.trenath IN New York the Mazzini
remembering the days Of
Ttaly's real glory. cheers to the
'cho the statement that "herc in
his county you cannot help but
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-24
Hitler Boasts U-Bouts
Will Defect Democrocies

while Nazi submarines have been
built and new crews trained
Do not doubt that they have
begun to arrive" he said. Il have
just received the news that our
forces and submarines based on
Belgium have sunk another 100000
tons
He said that submarines took
10000 tons of this total alone and
sank 125000 tons OF shipping from
a single convoy
But the gentlemen he said,
mad better be prepared for entire
ly different figures in March and
Aplil.
They will then realize whether
We have slept during the winter or
not. During these long months of
preparation Italy has materially as
sisted us.
1t makes no difference whether
we meet the enemy in the North
Sea or in the Mediterranean where
ever British boats appear our SUBJ
marines will be ready for them"
Hitler declared that date after
cate had been set for his collapse
by foreign propagandists.
The same prophets are at work
now as the assistants of British
propaganda and foreign Offices"
ne said.
lie recalled that Neville Cham
berlaln had asserted that Hitler
missed the bus"
Even today he said they keep
setting dates. one OF them is that
IN l94l England Will carry the war
to the continent. We have TO run
alter them even to find them but
We shall find them wherever it
may be"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-24
Fleet Beats Off
Dive Bornhers

ABOARD A BRITISH BATTLE
SHIP IN THE MEDITERRANEAN,
Via Alexandria. Feb. "a. CUP)-
Fighter planes of the fleet air arm
today engaged German dive bomb
ers attempting to smash a British
supply convoy shot Gown one and
damaged another.
The British fighter planes, which
roared to battle from the deck of
an aircraft carrier, broke up the
German attack and chased the Nazi
planes away.
After rcpulse of the attack, the
ileeJ, which in addition to escort
ing the convoy was carrying out q
vide sweep of the Mediterranean,
crulised for hours in the area.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-24
Uranium Crackers

Famous Observatories
Listed below are the names of
five prominent u. S. astronomical
observatories. Can you give the To-
cation 0 feach?
l. Lick
3 Mount Wilson.
3. Yerkes.
4 U. S. Naval.
5. Lowell
Answers.
/. Lick-Mount Hamilton, Calf
2. Mount WilSon-Pasadena, Cal.
3. Yerkes-Williams Bay Wis
d us. Naval-Washington. DC.
5. LoWell-Fagstaff Ariz.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-24
Barbs

One of the nice things about
paying as YOU 60 is everybody
wants you to stay
Uncle Sam will wind up his
spring cleaning on March l5- the
last day TO pay your income tax
A doctor now finds that dancing
makes warts on the feet-so maybe
its just as well most modern dane
ers don't use their feet.
An Illinois man drew a prison
term for robbing the mails. Tried
to get what was coming to us and
got what was coming TO him.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-24

cut Germany and most Of Europe
that:
Our battles at sea can begin in
reality only now
Wherever British boats appear,
he declared, our submarines Will
be ready for them"
The outside world has slept,
Hitler said, while Germany has
prepared hcr new campaign
Italy with whom he declared
'inSoluble friendship, has kept the
British busy in the Mediterranean
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-24

BERLIN. Feb. "a up Adolf
Hitler said today that our battle
at sea" can now begin and told
a cheering group of cid party COM
rades at the Munich beer hall that
he had Just received word that
another 100000 tons" of British
shipping has been sent to the bot
tom.
Hitlers audience burst into wild
applause as he told them in an ad-
dress broadcast by radio through
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-24
Cede Oc ce0nio,
.Jopon Demands

was not designed as a mediation
offer but as a statement Of Japanese
position
However Matsuoka admitted that
by a stretch of the Imagination. -
his memorandum possibly might
have been interpreted as a media
ton proposal for the European war.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-24
ALSO SUGAR,
SPICE, ETC?

There are now no very severe
penalties for compliance.
Dealers must report stocks. Buy
ing or selling for more than the
schedule can be reported to the
price StabiliZation division. but all
the division can do is (a) call it
to the attention of Congress and
the public and Cb) fully exert
the powers of the government to
protect the public interest and
maintain fair prices.
But the principle of the thing
is here put into practice and the
profiteers sacred liberty to charge
as much as he can get is about
to be taken away. II government
price schedules can be established
for machine tools. they can be put
over for sugar and spice and every
thing nice.
SHORTER SENTENCES
Maybe there was malice in it.
maybe not But the James H. Rand,
Jr.. who hired FD.R.'s personal
shorthand man Henry M. Kannee
away from the White House after
eight years of service is the James
II. Rand, Jr., who is head of Rem
ington- Rand and tangled with Ma
tional Labor Relations Board so
violently. back in 1887. Said disap-
pointed Willkie-ite Alice Roosevelt
Longworth to Socialist Candidate
Norman Thomas. L should have
voted for you. Add this from Sen
ator Reynolds to the list of famous
sayings of great statesmen: When
you get out of the habit of shaking
hands, you're dead politically"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-24

EDITORS NOTE: The folloLCing
editorials are presented as interesting
opinions rOiced by editors elsewhere.
They do not necessarily reflect the
opinion of this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-24

feel the rhythm Of the coming
ys''-days of a new order based
not on tinseled tyranny, but on
ancient liberties revived and made
more glorious still.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-24
MEMBER

American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association. National
Editorial Association. Call
fOrnia Newspaper Publish
ers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-24
Thoughts for the Day

And We shall not swear by nay falsely. neithe'
shalt thou profane the name of thy God. the
I.ord-LeYiticus 1912