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Evening star., 1941-05-16
Normandie Finest
OF Dozen French
Ships Under Guard
Liner Held by U. S. Berthed
D In New York Since
Dash EorIy in War
Ey the Associated Press.

~ the AssOCldIeu FfeSs.
NEW YORK, May 16.-A dozer
or more French-fiag vessels, in.
cluding the giant liner Normandie
one of the most lavishly fitted ship.
sfioat, were under United State,
guard today in the Federal Gov.
ernment's latest move against for
eign shipping.
The boarding action by Coast
Guardsmen-plaCing the French
vessels under protective custody
apparently was similar to that taken
against Danish merchant ships in
American ports, but less drastic thar
the seizure last month of war
stranded German and Italian ships
The Normandie, her once gay red
white and black superstructure
coated by rust and the CRIME OF
the city, has lain in dock here since
she dashed into port five days after
outbreak of the war, safe from q
blackout crossing.
Police have guarded her since
and few who have passed her pier
have failed to look to see If she's
still there"
Many RumOrs Circulated.
For there were many rumorS about
the Normandie. Every time her
huge engines were turned over and
whenever a crewman polished a bit
of brass the word got around she
was going to dash for the open seas.
But she wasn't painted gray, as was
the Queen Mary, which lay beside
her for months, and as was the
Queen Elizabeth, both of which went
back into the war from which they
had first sought refuge here.
Four other French ships were
boarded in New York Harbor last
night by the Coast Guard. Ten
men were placed on the Normandie
to guard her, three each on the
lie de Noirmoutier and Mont EverSt,
which lay beside her, and the Fort
Royal and lie de Ouessant, which
have been plying between New York
and Martinique. The latter four
are freighters.
Coast Guard Comdr. J. S. Baylis
said all the ships were in good
condition and that the crews were
very cooperative" He said "a cor
dial agreement had been reached"
with French officials.
The crews "are free to 90 and
come as they please" Comdr. Baylis
said.
The Normandie, with her spec
tacular Partisan decor, was the
largest and fastest ship afoat when
she made her maiden voyage to the
United States June 5, 1885. Soon
she was in competition with the
Queen Mary of the Cunard Lines
for the mythical blue pennant of
transoceanic speed supremacy and
the title changed hands several
times before the war stopped their
racing.
Her overall length is 1929 feet
and she displaces 84,423 tons. Her
promenadeS are as broad as CITY
streets and her main dining salon
is 100 yards long. Virtually no shop
to be found in Paris was not du-
plicated for the benefit of her
passenger capacity of 2,17O.
Evening star., 1941-05-16
u. 5. 0. Group Meets
To Discuss Plans 10
Raise D. {. Quota
lmpreenobIe Morale
Necessary for Defense
Effort, Davis Says

Development of an impregnable
morale is an immediate necessity in
the Nations defense effort. Dwight
F. Davis. chairman of the special
gifts unit for the s250,o00 Wash
ington campaign Of United Service
Organizations for National Defense,
said yesterday at a meeting of the
unit In his home, 2l45 Decatur
place NV.
Recreation and welfare facilities
for men of the armed forces and
defense industries is an urgent
need, he asserted.
The letters u. s. o. stand for a
Evening star., 1941-05-16
Drive on Profiteers

PAPEETE, Tahiti LP).-The island
government is cracking down" on
war prohteers. 1t is charged that by
concealing merchandise an artificial
scarcity is created, with the mer-
chants doing out goods at constantly
increasing rates.
Evening star., 1941-05-16


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Evening star., 1941-05-16
French Ship Seizure
Expected 10 Cause
Strong Protest
Embassy Likely to Temper
Action With Claim Viehy
Still Is Own Agent
BY BLAIR BOLLES.

4
The French Embassy will make a
strong protest to the United States
against the occupation of the IA
French ships, tempered with an as
Sertlon that the government at
Vichy still is its own agent, 1t was
learned today.
The ship incident and President
Roosevelt's rebuke to France are
predicated on the administration be-
lief that the new collaboration"
between Vichy and Germany con-
stitutes submergence of Vichy to the
German will rather than a simple
alliance, 1t was said here.
The vigorous White House and
Coast Guard action were viewed
here in two lights
l. The United States is satisfied
its long efforts to hold Vichy away
from the German orbit have failed
and has decided to make the best
of bad bargain by improving the
supply of badly needed shipping
space. In other words, the belief
is that the United States feels
further attempts to keep the friend
ship of France for the Western
World will be fruitless
2. The United States has con-
cluded that the only way to keep
Vichy from full collaboration with
Germany in the Nazi desire to gain
control of the western end of the
Mediterranean is to frighten Vichy
by such moves as were undertaken
last night.
Three Decisions Are Held Up.
The second point of view is gen.
orally discounted. Ambassador Leahy
in Vichy has been impressed by
Marshal Petain's belief that victory
over the Germans is impossible.
Decisions which now are in abey-
-ance here are three:
l. Will the State Department
rescind its tentative approval for
the shipment of two boatloads of
wheat month from here to France,
beginning in June?
2. Will the American republics
invoke the Havana agreement of
last July and provide for the occupa-
ton of the French colony of
Martinique and the other French
possessions in the Western Hemi-
sphere?
g. Will the Treasury limit the
French diplomatic access to French
frozen funds in this country?
Henry Haye Backs Petain.
Ambassador CASTOR Henry Haye
of France last night issued a state
ment defending in rather unspecifc
language the policy of Marshal
Petain. He said:
The French people, in their suf-
fering and distress, have found a
great leader behind whom they are
standing united despite any attempt
at dissidence manifested abroad
The people of France are wholly
confident of the wisdom and high
patriotism of Marshal Petain.
The Ambassador of France to
the United States has the honor to
proclaim again his absolute devo-
ton to the marshal"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Women Busy on Red Cross Work

Monday Birmnghams busiest with
hurryng right surgical dressing
classes a the Community House
Mrs Charles Elton Buck Jr. is chairman of the unit.
Many begin busy Mondays the bowling
alleys lunch together from there the
Community House the time formerly devoted bridge
IN group Mrs. E Wilson. Clement A.
Ralph Manuel Mrs. William o. Earl and Mrs
F.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Birmingham Stro||s
In Afternoon Sunshine

VT TAKES only bit sunshine -BiEIpinghamS
III residents into the
III The pleasant treelined streets invite long walks
least half the people he knows
afternoons stroll through the
Charles E. her smart tweed
walk dog Bruce with
Anthony Beare III the continued together
The bride MRS b. sweater and skirt and plaid
topper.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Station Wagon Provokes Smiles

Every smiles the Sherwood School station
with its burden of bright little heads popping from all
the windows
through the sixth grade sends bus through Palmer Woods
Pleasant Ridge Pontiac pick the little scholars
in the morning and return them their homes at the end of the
day.
school, year, the beautiful
Woodward and Hickory Grove road DR.
Katharine b Greene i its head.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
SCHOOL
BLOOMFIELD HILL S

Happy little boys and girls smiling from the station
wagon that transports them to and from the progressive
Sherwood School in Bloomfield Hills Taking off for home
Joan Coward, Barbara 4odds Marjorie Hall. Bobby
Ketehum. Ann Fielding. Tommy Henke and Jimmie Keller.
The wagon travels from Palmer Woods to Pontiac daily.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27
by Paul Harrison :.
HOLLYWOOD S Fads, Fancies and FoibIes

days. Miss Keeler never has danced
with Fred Astaire, although she'd
like to- but in one film she was
partner to Paul Draper-as tireless
and as much a perfectionist as
Astaire. They got off to a flying
start when the just-introduced
Draper said flatly, I'll have to
tell you, can't bear you on the
screen
She remembers one scene in a
musical with Dick Powell in which
she was expected to show in
silent closeup she was falling in
love with the crooner, singing in
the next room. That was a little
more than any actress, let alone
Taper, could register.
The best thing about getting
back in movies is that it's job
that let's her be with the Keeler
clan. Most of them live in the
Encino house the Bing Crosby's
had until they couldn't build any
more anneXes onto the nursery.
On days off. she can swim in the
pool, pick oranges or play golf.
She says her games erratic but
she has a even-nandicap, which
is pretty good in Hollywood. Nights
she plays cards with the neighbors
talks politics and the rising price
Of groceries-no movie shop-talk-
Or just stays home.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27
by Willis Thornton :.
Aliens, Too, Must Choose

These are days when men must
choose.
Days of drift and dream are over
Now, under a proposal by Secretary
Hull to Congress, aliens too must
choose.
Some have been drafted into the
armed forces, probably without any
body's giving the matter much
thought. Several foreign countries
have objected, and properly SO. We
would certainly object if American
citizens in Germany or Britain
were drafted into those armies 1t
works both ways. So Secretary Hull
is quite right in suggesting that
Congress pass an amendment tc
the Selective Service act which
would permit aliens thus called up
after registration to be exempted
at their request. 1t should be done,
for it is no more than we would
demand for our own nationals in
other countries.
But the secretary asks this ad-
ditional proviso: that such an alien,
having received and asked exemp-
ton, should never thereafter be al
lowed to become citizen of the
United States.
So aliens, too, must choose, If
they are called up in the draft, If
they are merely temporary residents
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27

in the country on business, they will,
of course. ask and receive exempz
ton. Such people do not ordinarily
expect to become citizens anyway,
SO no hardship will be worked.
But thousands of aliens are in
different case. They have come
to the United States vaguely expect
ing at some time to become citizens
and fully identify themselves with
the national life. Such a man
should no more be exempted than a
citizen. He benefits daily from The
security and conditions of the ma
tional life. He expects to benefit
from them for an indefinite time
in the future. He should bear his
share in preserving them.
1t would be unfair indeed for such
a one to refuse armed service, to
watch American citizens serve and
perhaps die to preserve free con-
ditionS, and then, the emergency
over, apply for and receive the
benefits of citizenship
To bar forever from citizenship
man who was unwilling at time of
crisis to bear the burden that citi-
zens bear is no injustice. It is ele-
mentary fairness that at times like
this aliens, too, should be required
to choose.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27
Riverside Press)


No military authority in this country
believes an invasion of America by Ger
many is possible, says John T. Flynn in
the leading article of the current Read
er's Digest.
Flynn appraises the question Can
Hitler Invade American" and reaches the
conclusion that Americans should dis
abuse themselves of the panicky illusion
that they must help Britain because
victorious Hitler would conquer America
next.
when Hitler turned on England"
Flynn says, there was the English Chan
nel-only % miles wide at its narrowest
point. Ten months after France fell, he
still had not even attempted to cross
that narrow strip of water with soldiers
or tanks. When he attempts to invade
the United States-or Canada-he would
face the problem of crossing with his
armies 5000 miles of the Atlantic Ocean
and confronting not 5000O00O people
on small island with small natural re-
sources, but vast nation with 100000
900 people and resources far exceeding
his own
Germany, even with the British fleet,
would not have complete command of
the seas. The American navy would
have to be wiped out. Two things must
be remembered First, at the end of this
war the American navy would be larger
than the German navy and the British
navy combined. Second, Germany would
have to do its naval fighting on this side
Of the ocean,"
Quoting President Roosevelt's message
to congress of January 9Th that, Even
if there were no British navy it is not
probable any enemy would be stupid
enough to attack us by landing troops in
the United States from across thousands
strategic bases from which to operate"
Flynn cites this "a complete admission
that invasion is impossible, from the lips
of man who has done more than any
other to frighten us with the fear of in
vasion.'
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27
USES OF A
MEDIATION BOARD
(Wall Street JournaD

(Wall Street Journa)
lhere Is tendency to assume that
when Washington issues an executive or
der or passes law, something has been
settled. That is not often so. Much
more often an experiment that raises its
own problems has been put under way.
The new labor mediation board named
by President Roosevelt should be viewed
IN that light. So viewing it in no wav
disparages the advisablity of its erea-
ton, the excellence of its personnel or
the fact that the men composing it are
making large personal sacrifices of their
other interests.
Mediation of labor dispute is possible
only If both sides recognize the desirable
ity of common end-in this case con-
tlnued operation of industry in behalf
of national defense-and are willing to
put aside some degree of self-interest 10
reach that end
In times of severe tension, it is not
strange that the nerves of employers and
employees should now and again give way
TO mutual tantrums. In such cases medi-
alton should be easy and helpful.
Where groups or individuals are pursu-#
ing their own ends regardless of what
should be the common end, mediation will
often be not only fruitless. but unwel-
come.
If the latter category contains too
many exhibits, mediation will give way to
~
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27
BUT HERE'S
THE PAYOFF

Our first reaction is to say Of the en-
ployer in the case cited above:
Hes downright silly
Then, remembering that he is only pass
ing on the reputation we've given our
selves, we have to retreat.
Maybe it is we who are silly.
But you may say, perhaps this
man just wants an excuse to set up his
outfit on the coast
There you've hit the nub Of the thing.
For our rival is not the coastal area
in this case it is the San Joaquin val
ley. And anyone who has spent a sum-
mer in the San Joaquin valley will testi-
fly fervently that our summers have no
edge on theirs in the matter of high
temperatures.
The trouble is, we've got into the habit
of boasting about our heat when we go
outside" People look at US in great pity
when they hear we're from imperial Val
ley-and we revel in it. They admire our
stamina, and we eat up their admiration
We're the center of attraction, and we
spin our stories so we'll keep on being.
Silly, isn't it?
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27
Uranium Crackers
GEOGRAPHIC DICTION

There are many terms in ge-
ographic besides names of coun-
tries are cities. Set sail with your
pen as a mast and see if YOU can
locate each of the following bodies
of land and water and define cash
category.
l. PeninSulas: Iberian, Kola,
LuichoW.
2. Cuffs: of Oman; of Corinth,
OF ST. Lawrence.
8. Isles: of Man, of Capri, of
May
4. Straits: Bering, Skagerrak,
Malacca.
s. Capes: Horn, Blanco, Girls
Nez.
|. Peninsula is portion of land
surrounded by water on three
sides Iberian Pen. is in southwest
Europe, that part including Spain
and Portugal. Kola Pen. is III north
Russia, between White Sea and
Arctic Ocean. LuichoW Pen. is in
south China, just north of Hal
nan I.
2. Gulf is an arm of the sea
extending into the land, larger
than bay. Gulf of Oman is be-
tween southeastern Arabia and
Iran. Gulf of Corinth is between
the northern and southern parts
OF Greece, near Athens. Gulf of
st. Lawrence is at mouth of st.
Lawrence river, between New
foundland and Canada.
3. Isle is a small island. Isle
OF Man is in Irish Sea. off Eng
land; Isle of Capri is eff Naples,
Italy; Isle of May is off Edin-
burgh Scotland.
4. Strait is narrow passage of
water connecting two seas. Bering
Strait is between Alaska and ST.
IBERIA; Skagerrak is between Nor
way and Denmark, Malacca is be-
tween Sumatra and Malay States,
in Asia.
S. Cape is point of land jutting
into a sea- Cape Horn is at sou-
thern tip of South America. Cape
Blanco is off Rio lie ORC, on west
coast of Africa. Cape Girls Nez is
on English Channel coastline of
France ,emplaccmcnt point for Ger
ma guns.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27

80 sections, each rating sub
contract. and the Boeing 3l7 bomb
er had 532 sub-contractors making
parts.
As to the specific information
which the Truman investigators
have asked fixed fee contractors
to supply for study, that's a large
order: Annual financial state
ments for the last five years. Equip
nlent purchased. borrowed or
leased to carry out the job. Names
OF sub-contractors and officials,
and their connections with the
government, if any. Commissions
paid agents who may have helped
obtain contracts. and their identity
and connections. Lists of materials
Used and specifications. ANY in
formation as to any improper ac-
ton.
Summer has come unusually
early in Washington this year, and
the heat is on.
HERBLOCK
IN WASHINGTON
That man who draws cartoons
which are signed "Herblock" was
here in Washington again the other
Cay, and as he is a most drolI
fellow in addition to being the
worlds greatest cartoonist, you
might be interested in some of his
verbal impressions of your coun-
try's capital:
Going through the Mellon art
with all its grandeur. h
was asked if he didn't think heaven
was like this. Quicker than you
could say a four-letter word, he
shot back, NO! I'd always figured
heaven was more like George
Scandals"
Viewing the colossal pile of mas
onry which is the home of the
State Department, he opined it
looked like one of those things
you're always seeing pictures of in
the papers-something some old
3affer had made all by himself
II 81 years, using only toothpicks
and stale doughnuts.
He came to Washington, he said.
because he'd heard there was a
good dish of bean soup to be hed
n restaurant called the Senate.
n building they called the Cap
tol. Where was it?
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27
THE GREATEST SUFFERER
FROM THE HEAT
MY, isn't it bet today"
Looks like we're in for it now
"I'm practically melted

LOOKS ike we re III Tor IL now.
"Im practically melted.
So rant Imperial Valley folks, offer
ing up their shirt-sleeved selves on self
made martyrs pedestal in welcome to the
first warm days.
Theirs is a worldwide lament, for you-
II hear the same phrases when summer
advances, whether you're in Alaska or
Timbuctoo. In Imperial Valley however,
there is a subtle difference. We're bit
prouder of our summer heat, in per-
verted sort of way We've made a science
out of telling about it to our friends else
where The way we talk, listener must
think German blitz raid or first de-
gree earthquake is preferable to a day
in Imperial Valley when the summer
sun is shining.
Actually we're like Communist law
yer in that respect; we make a great
deal more noise than the circumstances
justify.
Do you doubt it?
Then listen to a true story of something
that is right now in the process of hap
pening Details at this time are con-
fidential, but the broad outline can be
told.
A great national defense industry has
for several weeks considered establish
ing a major branch of its activity in I'M
perlal Valley. Such an establishment
would mean hundreds of thousands of
dollars spent here on equipment con-
struction and housing, not to mention
more thousands in payroll and mainten-
ance. The industry would put Imperial
Valley, literally, on a lot of nationa!
maps. A by-product would be its public
ity value to our laborers, our merchants,
all of our residents. A representative
OF the industry has been here making
the necessary surveys. He went back to
headquarters with highly favorable
report He had been here, and he knew
our conditions were ideal for what his
employers wanted He told his boss he
was in favor of putting branch here
His superior raised his eyebrows. He
said, in effect:
Are you trying to kid me? Why, every
body knows conditions are terrible in I'M
perial Valley. It's no place fer white
man to live We'd be sending our folks
to their death if we sent them down
there"
The superior had never been in Impe-
rial Valley.
But-mark you this-he was reflect
ing the reputation which WE, OUR
have given the place of our
residence.
Don't you think we overdo it bit?
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27
So They Say

Western hemisphere nations from
Hudson Bay to the Straits of Ma
gellan are facing the gravest danger
that has yet threatened them
-Breckinridge Lon, assistant sec
retary of state.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27

Lucie Neville is pinch hitting for
Paul Harrison, now touring army
camps and defense industries.
BY LUCIE NEVILLE
NEA Service Staff Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD, April 27-Ruby
Keeler, the g1ri who started the
movies tapping its feet, is in front
of the cameras again. She hasn't
changed much - maybe broWner
from mornings on golf course
and thinner from learning three
rev routineS in a week and half
That funny little lopsided kid
grin still pops up, to apologize for
the cracks she makes about her.
self. The inferiority complex isn't
as bad, she used to say she really
wasn't much of a dancer because
she didn't know ballet. After a
tough scene would meekly ask the
director. Did I do all right?'
It has been four years since she
made n musical film For a couple
of years, she loafed and had fun
with her youngster-he's 6 now
then did straight role in Mother
Carey's Chickens'--not just what
she'd have picked for herself be-
cause she thought she wasn't the
pullet type. It's crying scenes were
g relief. after SO many musicals in
which she listened with a sweet
fixed smile while a crooner sang
two verses and chorus at her.
Last season she was back on Broad
way, in the hit Hold Onto Your
Hats, finally bowed out OF it be-
cause OF disagreements with It's
producer-star ex-husband Al Jol-
sen.
SHE'S
NO COED
Now she's back, in Columbia
Betty Co-Ed". Miss Keeler, O5zie
Nelson and his band. and Harriet
Hilliard save the day for dear old
Lambeth archaeological College
you know the plot. Nobody knows
why Betty Co-Ed' is used even
as a temporary title because it
belongs To Metro. She's pleased
that the studio will have to change
II, because she doesn't want fans
to think she's returning, miscast, as
a collegienne. She plays night club
in the film.
There we been some changes made
in musicals since she starred in
"Forty-Second Street, Go Into
Your Dance" and "Shipmates For
ever" Tho hardest she said is the
new system of post recording:
first, the muSic's recorded; then a
dancer goes through routine that's
filmed by the camera but without
taps. Later, listening TO the play
back and watching herself on the
the dancer puts in the taps
Tor the sound track.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27

The girl who gets invited out to
dinner three night a week is con-
ylnced that there's a lot of food
value in dates.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27

All we hope is that the German
troops in North Africa get good
kick in the panzers one of these
DAYS.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27

EDITORS NOTE: The followfno
ednoriofs are presented as interesting
OPINIONS Uoiced By editors elsewhere.
Iheg do not necessarily reflect the
opinion of this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27

Young woman going to take a
job in Alaska promised not to
marry for two years. A sort of
cooling off period?
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27

Lindbergh used to think in terms
of We. But lately it seems to
be they that engages his chief
attention.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27

Burglar in Michigan jailed for
robbing baby's bank, Read that
TO father.