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The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-06-19
Thursday, June 10, 1941

"And I want to be like him, too"
At times, while you're reading
this story, you may want to put
your arm around Little Hob and
say, there, there, son. Everything
will be all right" And next thing
you know you'll find yourself laugh
ing aloud at Kind and Little Hobs
capers. The men, women, children
and animals in this book are Mr..
Streets finest characters. You will
never forget them.
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The Common-tater
Chuck Rathe
This Street Called Main
Monday mornin'

Monday mornin'
Business gentry and their sales gals and guys
meeting the morning with little fervor. The pitch
OF Sattdy night dropped to the floor heavily on
Sunday, is lost on Monday morning. The street
eases itself into its task-like man eating his first
olive Distasteful at first perhaps but they catch
on. Little knots of the boys reluctant to get
into the swing of things chatting on the corners
Larry johnson, bread basket over his arm-not
his. the bakerys Best topic the street.
weather with sky so blue-it might be a ribbon
The sun bores into sleep crusted eyes. A
warm breeze, laced with morning cool, makes you
long for the beginning of two weeks respite. .
Windows to be washed and sidewalks to be swept
Bob Vandesteeg hiking the watches up to
snuff Rol Bentley poring over office advices
Farmers driving into town. leisurely traf-
fic, leisurely street. not yet fully awake to the
import of things. Val schoenhof taking a new
sub on his first mail carrier round. Ernie Will
son padding down the street Win Gallup
marshalling forces against dirt the walk. A
Texas caowboy on the street. Ed Hirt sashaying
over to his Po building. Bob LATERAL swingin
ward. And out in the residences housewives
string clothes fluttering the lne-city's raid on
tattle tale gray. And the kids begin their week
right where they left off-playng. . Monday
mornin is a great time It's the end of Sundays
fun; the beginning of workday week. .
It's tempo a cross between Sundays sloth and the
weeks froth.
-Firehorso
Catching Gus Otto without certain badge on
his cap would be like catching this selfsame gentle
IIeh opout S'ieet "itiiout peneIlt OF pantS
The badge is of the Acme hose company which
is not the manufacturer of ladies silk stockings
at ALL but is historical little entity that antecedes
modern fire fighting. The Acme hose company
was one of the early divisions of the Sauk Centre
volunteer fire department. when the boys pounced
pell nell to their fires dragging their hose carts
behind them. The tales told that high-spirit
ed rivalry existed between the Clippers and the
Acme companies who We'd, breathing hard to get
to fires before the other On Gus cap is the
memoryfu history.
half dozen potatoes, that Albin Eckberg hoed
The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-06-19

A half dozen potatoes, that Albn Eckberg hoed
The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-06-19

CAPTAIN PAUL
BY Commander Edward Ellsbers
BY Bernice Finnegan

OF all the great stories that have
come out of the making of Amer
lea, none makes a more compelling
historical novel than the career of
John Paul Jones. Pirate, SLAYER,
captain of a merchantmen at the
age of twenty-one, commander of
the first vessel to fly the stars and
stripes, John Paul Jones, the man,
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STATE NEWS
BRIEFS
Finds 1923 Issue of
Franklin's Paper

harrington Among bundles
Of papers belonging to her father,
the late William j. Underwood,
Mrs. r. F. Nelson of Farmington
recently found a battered and age
yellowed issue of the New Eng
land Courant dated February 4,
1923, bearing the following lines on
the inside page: Printed and fold
ed by Benjamin Franklin in Queen
Street, Boston, where advertise
ments are taken in" The two
page issue contains such historical
documents as His Majesy's most
gracious speech to both houses of
parliment on Thursday, October
II, 1922" (four months previous
to the date of issue.)
Five Tulips Grow
On Single Stalk
Grand Rapids-Inspired perhaps
by the fame attained by an earlier
tulip in the flower bed at the Rob
ert Loux home in Grand Rapids,
which sprouted four tulips from
one stalk, a second tulip plant in
the same garden now boasts five
blooms from a single stalk. feat
probably unequaled in the tulip
world.
Can't "HOld" Liquor;
Teeth Out At 4 A. M
Austin-The phrase being able to
"hold your liquor" took on new
meaning for an Austin woman rec
emily who got a local dentist out
OF bed at 4 a. m. to pull two teeth.
The woman, obviously intoxicated
explained the situation thus: "A
week ago my brother told me
could stop the toothache if I held
whisky over the tooth, and I have
been trying it ever since" A hic-
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at New Ulm, where he was hon.
ored upon graduation for his rec
ord.
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3eueAfai>s9 MaAA!

Developing mash made to order.
200 pounds ground corn
200 pounds ground oats
100 pounds BIG GAIN SPE-
CIAL POULTRY CONCEN-
TRATE. The cost of this mash
is a tremendous saving over
commercial developing mashes.
Yet you are getting the IS choice
ingredients that you will get on
ly in higher priced mashes, in
cluding the developing vitamin
"a" the sunshine vitamin 3D."
powdered milk and yeast.
The result is that your chicks
will rapidly develop from bills
OF expense to laying pullets, on
the income producing side of
the account book. Last year
this home grown mash gave ex-
cellent results and put pullets
into egg production at Az
months Of age.
See Your Local Dealer
BIG GAIN PRODUCTS
West Union, Iowa DeKalb, Ill.
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ter's graduation from a teacher
training course at the Montevideo
schools. The accident occurred
when Mr.. Jordet dimmed his lights
for an approaching car and then,
as he pressed the foot button to
return them to bright, the lights
went out entirely and the car crash
ed through four steel posts rolling
end over end ten or eleven times
before coming to a stop, completely
wrecked, at the bottom Of the en-
bankment. Minor bruises were
their only injuries, an infant daugh-
ter escaping unscratched.
Catches Two Fish;
Loses the Big One
Ely-Almost, but not quite, a per-
feet fish story is told by Mrs. Clark
Jackson, Minneapolitan fishing in
Crooked Lake near Ely. While
hauling in a 5-pound walleyed pike,
she saw monstrous great north
ern pike flash through the water
after the walleye. The northern
missed the pike but hooked itself
on a small plug containing a three
way hook. Mrs. Jackson attempt
ed to pull in her prizes when the
hooks gave way, Strengthening out
and dropping the northern, esti-
mated at 25 pounds, back into the
water.
Boy At School IL
Years; Never Absent
Lafayette-One of few students
to attain such a record is Jerry
Youngblom, who was graduated
this year from the New Ulm high
school with a perfect attendance
record to his credit. The first ten
years, Jerry attended school in his
respective district, the Consolidat-
ed school near his home at Laf-
ayette, the last two being spent
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cup or two and a slightly unsteady
equilibrium indicated that she had
not been entirely successful in hold.
ing all the liquor over the offend
ing teeth.
This Is No Bull
Forest Lake-A monstrosity of
the most unusual sort was born rec
emily to a COW on the E. c. Knowles
farm west of Forest Lake. Now a
month old, the calf is neither COM
pletely male nor female, having
characteristics of both, such a
phenomenon being known as a
hermaphrodite.
Dog Lives 40 Days
without Food, Water
Rothsay-Locked up by accident
in a potato house, a young Ches-
epeake Spaniel was imprisoned for
seven weeks without even the sug-
gestion of food or water in the
Anton Sogn warehouse in Rothsay
but today is alive and, at least on
the road to health. Although thin
as a rail and covered with sores
on his sides where he had been
lying, the dog came up the stairs
and emerged into the sunlight un-
der his own power after his long
period of starvation, when the door
was finally opened.
Fruit and Flowers
On Same Apple Tree
Ortonville-"Eating your cake
and having it too" Is the privilege
Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Lee, Of Or
tonville who have an unusual apple
tree in their lake front yard which,
although loaded with good-sized
green apples, burst out into pink
and white blossoms last week.
No One Injured
In IS Foot Plunge
-Miraculously escap-
ing serious injury when their car
plunged down IS foot embank-
ment were five members of the Sell
mer Jordet family, of Sacred Heart,
who were returning home from
Montevideo following their daugh-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-21
War Doesn't Alter
Sex Problems of
Youth, Doctor Says

WASHINGTON. Dec -. Up
War lrtenS.!c> increases but Goes
not chan-o the sex problems 81
Nc1ih, Dr. WumtIco Y. RIchmanu
SAID toda% ~ a reaS>ar.ne mCSsagt
to mothers worried about daUGa'ers
dating soldiers auc .baa; s,rs II
army camps.
I'm no authority on camps anG
what's hapicMa2. >aIa D. Rich
mond. But as 10 what or boys arc
girls are dOlnG. I doubt ycrr much
If they are dcInc any differently
from what they ever did"
She spoke as the sole occupant Of
big office in oyer-croWded Wash
lngton that goes with he: post in
the U. S. Social Security agency
The motherly- looking psychologist
scoffed at printed reports Of a dan
gerous moral let-toWn As a result
of the war program.
She added tina; the younCer SEN
Grafton can give cards and spades
to their parents OF the "Jazz age
and lost generation when II comes
to sophistlcauon about sex and So
cial behavior.
and on the whole, they carry il
off much better" SAID d.. Rich
mond.
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HONG KONG HEROIC

Dispatches from RangOOn indi-
Gated that a British cOunterdriVt
might be attempted from Burma tc
relieve the threat TO Malaga.
At Hong Kong, the British impcr-
ialS still held out on l,825-fCOt
Victoria peak and other hiltot
points against Overwhelming super
lor numbers and against tremen-
dOuS enemy bombardments by heavy
artillery on the mainland and b.
airplanes.
TCEyO broadCaStS reported that {.
great cloud of smoke hung over the
little island naval base which the
British have held for 100 years
and London acknowledged that the
fall Of Honk Kong must be cX-
pCcted at any time.
But the Imperials-men from Car
ada, from India, from Scotland an;
LCndCn-Werc fighting to the laSl
man; answering blow for blow az
their supplies ran short and thei!
strength was exhausted
Sir Mark Young, the governor
cabled London that the fight wa
going on and dispatches from Chung
King this morning said that thC
British were clinging to their po-
sitions, chiefly on the west enc
of the island.
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Floods, High Tides
Bring Big Damage
To Northwest Area
SEATTLE. Wash. Dec. 90 u

SEATTLE, Wash. Dec. ~ UP
Floods. high tides and cart.
slides brought widespread dama',
10 the Pacific northwest today. Ii,
main damage VAS along the Wash
mgton and oregon coasts Waes,
hlgh tides backed up rivers sWol-
len by heavy rains to inudatc Low
lands.
The cities OF Raymond and Sout.
Aberdeen in Washington Wc"l
flooded a portion Of the RAYMOND
business district was under water
The flood came up slowly, however
and merchants had ample oppor-
tUnity to move merchandise.
The Eric Allen family escaped
unhurt when a softened earth bank
collapsed at Redondo Beach, send
ing their house into Puget Sound.
Damage was minor III Seattle.
Nehalem. Ore streets in the BUS
mess district were covered viii.
water when the swollen Nehalen.
river oyerflowed its banks.
The Willamette river was report
cd at flood stage.
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Cos Masks for
All Plan Of OCD

WASHINGTON De- % II, -
a grim War0Iac thai III an al.-ou.
gaS Mar may be Used 2calnSt tie
civilian population VAS contained
,ocay IL the ANNOUNCEMENT that 50.
masks may De available tos chose
LIVING II Co&S.a. area. by late ,91-
O. ely 1913
A ioint plan bc.Nl worked oa, by
The afiice CT CIVILIAN defense anC
the Amy woa.d provide babies with
ny masks. children q. TWO or three
with Mickey Mouse" masks: chill
cren from three 10 = with small
chlldrerS" masks, adultS-mostlN
Women-who have small faces witt
small adults" masks. and others
with universal adults" masks.
Director Fiorello H LaGuardia
of TIE office of civilian defense dis
closed that an initial" order fo.
5O.0000O0 masks Will be placed by
the government if congress approve
request for a sl9o00OO00 appro-
priation the budget bureau Is eX-
pected TO aSl; for soon.
The masks would cost about S3.75
each and would be available with
ont cost to civilians living Wlth;r
20C miles of the Atlantic, Pacific
ana Calf coasts. Il the need tc
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Rancher's Funeral
Scheduled Sunday

HOLTVILLE. Dec. 20 - Funeral
services for Pala Sckhon. 81, Hin
dustani rancher who died Friday,
we're scheduled at the Fields fune-
raj home in Holtyillc at pm. Sun
day. cremation will be in San Di-
20.
The Rev. Mr.. Kenneth Inele of
HCltville Methodist church and n
Hmdustani priest from Stockton.
Kesher Singh, will officiatc at the
rites. Sekhon was born i'll India, ant
for several years was British gov
,rnment policeman in Hong Kong
He arrived in Holtville in 1906 ant
ranched in the Highlinc area for 81
years.
His survivors are his wife, MIS-.
Lucy H. Sekhon and three children
Harry. Bessie, and Paul.
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Guard Resignation
Bill Considered

Continued from Page One)
formation concerning how much
would be needed to pay those or
active duty to date and for the full
guard complement for 80 days, in
dicating he favored stop-Sap ap-
preparation.
Sen. Ralph Swing, San Bernar-
dino. emphasized the state guard
is vital to prevent sabotage.
There is a general misconccption
of what the state guard is, he
declared. 1T is a quasi-military or
ganization, not an organization
created or organized to fight II is
not the same as the old nationa.
guard. This organization in theory
is a police\organization-to prevent
sabotage
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Boy, IL, COnfesses
Numbering Family
Attending Party

LITTLE FALLS. Mimi, Dec. 20
CuPp - RAYMOND Dahlier, Is year
old farm youth, confessed today he
shot and killed his father, mother,
sister and brother because "he was
Mt getting a square deal around the
house.
Sheriff William Butcher said the
youth admitted he had planned the
slayings for a long time.
The bodies of his father, August,
So his mother, his sister, Anna Mae.
10. nd his brother. Kenneth, 5, were
found last night in the basement of
their burning home.
Il would do it again and I'm not
sorry" Dahlier told Butcher
After the slayings. Raymond said,
he put on his best suit" and went
to a Christmas party at Buckman
Township school.
He said he stood outside the house
and fired his fathers IL gauge
shotgun through an open window att
his mother and sister who were
washing dishes in the kitchen.
Then. he said, he shot his father
and brother, who were sitting to-,
gcther on couch. He placed the
hodies in the basement. changed his
clothers, spread oil around the
house. and set it afire, he told the
sheriff. Then he went to the Christ
mas party.
Neighbors discovered and eXtin-
euished the fire and found the
bodies. Raymond was notified. and
he returned home.
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yading troops.
Mindanao is one Of the largest and
richest of the PmuppInCs and DaEao
bav would offer an excellent naHa.
base for Japanese operations. Furth-
ermore. ii had become evident that
the enemy landings on Luzon Is
land were mainly holding operations
against American forces and tha.
naval and air bases on Mindanao
would permit the Japanese to in
tenSify their attacks both aealnS:
Manila and the East Indies islands
leading toward Singapore.
Mindanao is the largest center Of
Japanese population in the Philip
pines. When the war began, abou;
$4,000 Japanese residents of the
island were seized to break up fifth
column activities, Du, IL was Obvious
that the enemy was counting Oh CO.
operation from the japanese popu-
latiOn when he invaded the lslanG.
which lies about 900 miles south OF
Manila. Davao itself has about 95,-
300 population.
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WhoLeGerInan Army
Retreating Before
Russian Offensive
lCnntinnnd from Pape Onel

Continued from Page One'
division of the German goth army
corps was reported fleeing III scat
tered knots.
The Soviet information bureau re-
ported that Remnants OF the Ger
man army in the Tula area, south
of Moscow, we're throwing in their
engineers. signalmen and motor re-
pair men in a vain attempt to stem
the Russian advance.
A communique of the bureau as
serted that in the one week up to
Wednesday the Russian in their
offensive had captured eight un-
damaged German planes, 319 tank
48 armored cars. 484 field guns, 23'
mine throwers, 659 heavy machine
guns, 1903 automatic rifles, 1928
trucks and 440 motorcycles.
German dead on the Moscow front
were put at 22,OO0 for the week.
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WeIders Walk Out
After AFL Refuses
Autonomy Demand
(Continued from Page One)

(CO0tlNlleu IIClIl FdSe Olle)
rying more than one card.
The independent union said that
Ha!kouts would occur at any or ali
If so shipyards in the nation if its
members are refused permission to
continue working after breaking a
Eay from the AFL.
The United Br9th"rh0Od claimed
ID speak fer 100000 Wcldcro. The
AFL disputed this claim
WILL RE REPLACED
W. F. Mcconnell president Of AFL
BOltrmafcr local G8I with juri-
tiction al TpGd-CaIilonia, said ha
lCcal lad iT.D colder n mDelS at
ne plan. H aid they had been
instructed TO remain at Worl; anC
an" who did net do 50 will be re-
placed, even II i is necessary C
caI il reserve. trrla other districts.
The TCAG-Calt1rnia dispute ap-
pareMtlY ceu'crcd Ground status If
10 Wclter who. t&c UHi.ed Brother
hood aid had BcrA tod rot 70 TO
nor, for WcrE uAi5a, TO had boil
err1aEers cloarar ecs,
= Cl!iosIi2 &4!F5W.Gnl MM-unced
that any emp.o}c VINO las down
MS tCcb Will pc Immediately dis
charged for Esubordualon no mat
q 70 Tha- crat, nc nay belong
and lis pla,e VII. be till~d i'm
media. Il
Th~ company SAID 81 mcn harc
bocA d.scha:2od already today. It
~aId Il anticipated no dlffIculty IL
replacing th'm and that work s
far va. procoedIn9 normally.
Inrra az. 25o9 w"lders employed
Al tie plant. tho company salt,
and many app,leatlons tor work or
file. The Inioa c.9Ins a member
ship Of .7JI
Uldc- master agreement draw
lp br."tsr. Pacl:.c cOaat snIpyard-
L." AZ II ,al trat A. Graf. have been
cio>cd HGp contract Shlpyard op-
c,afIra en-. cad ,hcIr HAND. arc tieG
b" tic agreement, and lha, If til.
AL. demands dIsmis'al - any mai
for non payment Of dGc5. they mu5t
acccdc.
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Nippon Launches S
AII-Out Attack

The Manila bulletin said more
than 200 civilians were killed OF
wounded in the japanese bombing
of Iloilo on Thursday.
The japanese attacks on Luzor
apparently had been contained by
defense forces on three sectors bu'
another air raid was made on Mich
ols Field at noon.
BORNEO HOLDING
On the nearby Borneo front, th+
Japanese forces invading the north
ern coast apparently had made nc
important progress against the Brit
ish defenders and Dutch pilots fly
ing, American -bunt planes Were
striking hard at the enemy ShIl
concentrations.
Batavia reported that the Dutc;l
planes had knocked three japanese
cruisers out of action in fighting
off the SaraWak coast OF BOrneC
and that two transports also had
been hit. Dispatches said that i!
was believed one of the three crul
sers was sunk.
IN MdlaEa, JnC OdpdlCSc ii
massed for an effort to renew theil
drive down the west coast toward
Singapore after taking the Penan
island air-naval outpost where the
British destroyed all important IA
cilitieS before Withdrawing. BritiS I
officials at Singapore said that
imperial defense forces had with
drawn slightly" from the Krian3
river line, about 800 miles north OF
Singapore, but that reinforcements
we're pouring into the threatened
front.
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red throuEh the senate ana house
without a record vote.
SelCCtiye service headquarters Vi
ready to throw the draft reGl>tra-
ton machinery into hiGh gear Il
soon as Nj Roosevelt SiGnS The MrH
bill into law.
An estimated 100000 males vii.
be affected Officials Indicated TIN
elGantlc registration task Viii bs
staggered by age groups. and vi.
not be completed until April
Instructions already have goNs
cut 10 local boards for reoheCk q.
men registered in the original roll
call OF men from 81 through 35 L
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DRAFT ARMY GROWS

WASHINGTON Dec 20 .UP. -
Congress oual Icll.a;I4 exempt
ing tccn-agc va4tb. ,~aM lsmnal-
sory military sc.@icc In. .rcatn.
"a potential ARM OF 7oaoo0n mc.
between % and A inclusive. await
ed President Rooscyets SIGNATURE
today
Designed to MOBILIZE Tie nauea
marpoWer for the a#-oG NJ
against the aNls powers. the b.
call, for the ultimate gru>trauon
Of all men from is throulh "a Ba,
Oily those in the 2O-44 age byaeke,
would be liable Tor military Ser1lst
Final action came yesterday o.
approval by both chambers e d.
Scnate-houSc conference Icpo4t
compromising differences on 1t
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-21

EncleenCV mcdlc0I ncadQ1NTJcH
are being established in every city
i'll Imperial county by the county
council of defense under the healtL
committee headed by DR.. +. 3.
Godfrey. county health officer.
Also a countrywide program of
vaccination and immuni2ation re
Gently was started Children from
eight months to Il will be immun-
lied against diptheria and eVcryon,
from six months up will be vac
cirated against small poX and ty-
phoid if they wish, Godfrey said.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-21
Enemy Submarines
On Atlantic Coast

WASHINGTON. Dec. &C. up
The Nav disclosed today, for tbs
nrst time that onomr Submarine,
mad ben operating along thc A.
l&atlc coast.
Inc dIsc!Gsur" va, in a Navy
ecFartmer. statement thar d raGio
broadcast about "cathcr "a!Gcc.
operation Of cncm9 ,ubmaunna or
the Atiantlc coast
Tho broadcast. thc Ma said
mentioned sUb-.reCzlng Weather Il
thn Da:o,aS and temperature O.
n.ln degrees b low zero at Du-
iu.h Ninn.- points rcmc.c from
the Atlantic roast ana apparcrti:
not concerned with naval mI.ltars
rprratlCIS.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-21
Defense MedicoI
Setup Perfected

Members of the executive COM
mittce of the health, welfare, ano
consumer interest committee, a
subsidiary of the Imperial county
council of defense, included Guy A
WcaEley, the Rev. Dr George w,
Thomas, Mrs. Frances Thompson
Or. Philip Hodekin and Bill Gul-
lett of FL Centre; T. S. Mcneil of
Holtville: Mrs. Blanche Tullos OF
Imperial: PAU Cook of Caliuatria,
Dr.. John L. Parker OF Brawlcy; and
Mrs. Leo Watts of CaleXiCO.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-21

GIdff aCC limitations
The house had insisted on delay
ms Induction ot youths mul they
reached Their 2lSt BIRTHDAYS de>ntt
urgent apNcal> by Nj Rooseye"
Gen George <. Marshall chief Of
staff. and other Army officials for
inclusion Of younger men. The sen
ate supported the % year @flopr"
Ic, commended by the administration
ConforCcS ba;tlcd over the lSSue
most OF the morning. each SiGo
lCtusiEE 10 budGe Administration
leaders arranged the CCmpromlsC
% year minimum during the noon
recess and the legislation was whip
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-21

dctcAa. - Il1n. there.
IMs nay UaYe been Il, least a
contriba.m4 iac,or IA Guaua APP
parent tai 10 tHc japanese while
the other tWo American Pacific out
EHts MidHa? and Wake islands,
continue Their heroic resistance.
a soon a. the wreck at Guam
W. reported, the japanese politely
offered TO send another ship TO
pick UP the stranded sailors. United
States authorities rejected that pro-
pCSal and cOuntered with a plan TO
deliver the sailors in an American
ship 10 the nearest Japanese man
dated island
Japancsc authoritlc, Wnrc hiphly