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Evening star., 1941-10-19
Truont, 13, Uses Lost
Of 81 to Buy Rose
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 18.-With an
empty stomach and a fresh rose in
his lapel, Melvin Freeman, 13, of
North Philadelphia, was found
asleep early today in top floor
hallway of an apartment house.
He told police he ran away from
home last Saturday with only Sd in
Evening star., 1941-10-19
Windsors Will Return
To WASHINGTON TONIGHT

After spending quiet week end
on the estate of friends near War
renton, Va, the Duke and Duchess
of Windsor will return to Washing
ton late tonight to board a train for
New York.
According to the British Press
Service, the Windsors will arrive in
Washington around II pm. The
Evening star., 1941-10-19
NuptiuIs Defy Distance

Forbidden by Nazis to leave her
country, a Norwegian girl who
wishes to marry SWede stands or
one side of the border while the
man stands on the other, and after
the ceremonies the bride crosses to
Sweden as Swedish subject.
Evening star., 1941-10-19

his pocket. He used the last part Of
it to buy the rose.
THE two things I like best" he
told police. Are roses and New
York City"
Evening star., 1941-10-19

ducal party will occupy a private
car on the rear of the train.
The Windsors have been visiting
Capt. and Mrs. Sterling Larrabee,
whose estate comprises about 800
acres at the foot of the Blue Ridge
Mountains.
Evening star., 1941-10-19

More women than men lose their
sight in Sweden, Norway and Ice
land.
Evening star., 1941-10-19

There are nearly 19,500000 tele-
phones in the United States, or
about half the worlds total.
Evening star., 1941-10-19

BALTIMORE, Oct. 18 tP).-Mayor
Howard w. Jackson received a type
written thank you" note today from
the Duke of Windsor.
Signed simply Edward" it read
in part:
The Duchess and I want to thank
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05
PRISON REFORM
PROGRAM SENSIBLE
(Santa Monica OutIOOk)

The prison-reform bill introduced by
Assemblyman Phillips, jointly with sew
eral other legislators, merits the thor
ough study and serious consideration OF
every member of the Legislature. 1t has
a sound purpose and seeks its end by
sensible methods
The state of California has approx
mately 10000 men or women confined III
penal institutions under conviction of
crime. Very little has been done to apply
methods of prison administration that
would tend to reform and rehabllltate
those who have gone wrong. The youth
full first offender is thrown with the
hardened criminal and too often has been
educated by such association in criminal
WAYS. 1t seems to be high time that
some plan should be adopted which will
help those who have gone wrong for the
first time and given them an opportunity
to become honest citizens and live worthy
lives when their first term of punish
ment is ended.
The proposal of Mr.. Phillips and his
associate authors of the reform bill
would provide period at San Quentin
where every prisoner will be studied by
competent psychiatrists and physicians.
They will decide what the prospect is in
each case for reform and rehabilitation.
Those who give promise of becoming cred
liable citizens will be sent to Chino as
reformatory. San Quentin would become
a prison for intermediate offenders and
Folsom for hardened habitual criminals.
This plan has much to commend it. 1t
would not increase greatly the cost of the
states penal institutions. In many cases
it undoubtedly would rescue unfortunate
law violators from continuing a life of
crime.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05
TRAINING YOUNG MEN
FOR The FUTURE
{ Riverside Press

A recent move to train young men for
industrial activities which has been
started by the National Defense Com
mission for southern California, Arizona
and New Mexico seems to be a worth
while endeavor.
For many years it has been very diff
cult for young men to obtain adequate
training in skilled trades, but in ordinary
industrial activities the situation was
just one of those things which had to be
taken and liked by the public.
Now, with the arrival of the national
defense program, the training program
in industry has become yitally impor-
tant to both the employer, the government
and the unions.
Not since the last war has it been nee
rapidly with such a small backlog of
trained workers. The situation is parti-
cularly serious in southern California
because of the aircraft industry, which
has grown with giant strides during the
past few years.
Now the advisory group for southern
California. consisting of A. H. Young
of Cal Tech, C. J. Haggerty Of the AT of
l., George B. Roberts of CIO, David Bah
cock of Blyth G. Co., and Garner A. Beck
EFT of Riverside Cement Co., is working
seriously on program.
Not only are the young men to receive
their training in actual industrial activi-
ties but thousands are to be trained in
trade and vocational schools as we'll as
through the NYA, CCC and other gov
ernmental agencies.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05
Cuba Crisis Over
As Batista Gains
Complete Control

HAVANA, Feb. 5. CUP) )-SandbagS
were removed from the presidential
palace today and the normal police
guard replaced heavy details OF SOL
diers in evidence that President
Fulgencio Batista believed he had
quelled completely an incipient re-
volt by chiefs of the armed forces.
OF the chiefs involved only Col.
Angel A. Gonzalez, former chief OF
the navy, remained in Cuba and he
was under arrest. The others, Col.
Jose A. Pedraza, chief of the army,
and Col. Bernardo Garcia, chief of
police, had gone by plane to Miami
and exile.
George S. Messersmith. American
ambassador called on Batista last
night to offer his congratulations
on the presidents avoidance of a
serious political upheaval. ~
Batista was understood to be pro-
ceeding with thorough and long
considered reorganization of the
Cuban leadership, especially as re-
CARDS the armed forces. alt Ag
He was prepared to face congress,
at a special session he had called
at the end of l5-day period of
suspension of constitutional guar
anteeS, and asked blanket approval
of his course.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05
Rome Confesses italian Retreat But
Declares British Suffer Heavily
In Counter.Attack by Fascists

ROME. Feb. 5. up Italian
forces in Southern Ethiopia have
withdrawn to east of Lake Stefanie
after bitter fighting, the Italian
high command admitted in a COM
munique today.
General headquarters of Italian
armed forces said there also was
bitter fighting yesterday in North
Africa. It said that in Eritrea the
Italians counter-attackcd British
forces which were approaching the
new Italian line" The British, it
was claimed. suffered heavy losses.
This fighting was believed to have
occurred east of the Agordat- Bar
entu line.
On the Albanian front, Italians
were said to have repelled Greek
attack Heavy losses were said to
have been inflicted ON the Greeks
and prisoners and arms were cap
tured by the Italians
Units Of the German air force,
aiding Italy in the Mediterranean,
attacked the Micabba and Halsfar
airports on the island of Malta.
Direct hits were scored on hangers
and the landing fields, causing fires
and explosions.
Aviation units of both Italy and
Britain were said to have been ac-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05
Japanese Troops
4,ue at Saigon

SAIGON. French Indo China,
Feb. 5. CUP)-JapaneSe troops are
to land here, only 648 miles from
Singapore. within two weeks osten-
sibly to enforce armistice terms be-
tween Indo-China and Thailand,
authoritative sources reported today
1t was believed that the reporte&s
move would foreshadow an ex-
tension of the Japaneses military
grip on the strategic southern areas
of Indo-China.
Informants said that the japanese
troops would proceed to the Thai
land border, on the excuse they were
reeded to enforce armistice terms.
Other sources, usually reliable, as
serted that Thailand had permitted
Japan to use two airports in the
northern arear from which to bomb
China'S Burma road. One OF the
ports, it was said, was built by Jap
ane Sc contractors last year. 4
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05
LovaI Demands Complete
RuIership p Over France

gap between Laval and Petain, VINO
dismissed Laval from the CABINET
December 13. $40
Petain, it was learned, was un-
willing to give Laval as much power
as the pro-German vice premier
demanded in his own and Hltlers
names.
After talking to Darlan last night
Petain called in Pierre Flandln,
foreign minister, and Gen. Charles
Huntinzer, war minister for a gen.
eral conference. Later he conferred
alone with Darlan.
1t was not yet certain whether
Laval in the end would come to
Vichy as a member of an inner
cabinet or Whould remain in Paris
as Petain's delegate there. 1t did
seem certain that Foreign Minister
Flandin would lose his post if Laval
came here.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05
Axis Again Eyes
Bulgaria Position

LONDON, Feb. 5 (UP)-Reports
reached London today that Col
Parvan Dragonoff, Bulgarian minis
ter to Germany, had arrived at
Sofia with renewed German de-
mands that Bulgaria join the Ger
Italian axis.
Diplomatic quarters expressed be-
lief that this time the Bulgarian
government, or a successor to the
present government, might yield to
the German demand and thus pre-
pare the way for a German march
across Bulgaria to attack Greece.
The same informants expressed
belief that the pro-Russian factions
in Bulgaria were too weak to re-
Sist the country's subjugation to
Germany and that a cabinet more
friendly to Germany might be form
ed
Ivan Bogrianoff, pro-axis leader
who resigned yesterday as minister
of agriculture, was mentio's .-
premier in that e.cat
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05
by Willis Thornton
Is Pass a Law Always Best Way?

served by voluntary cooperation" "
This committee found that loss
of man-hours due to strikes in 1910
was approximately half that of
the 1889 period. This showed that
increasing public opinion demand
ing no interruption to the defense
program was doing the job.
A country which cannot trust its
working people voluntarily to back
up a program is in a hopeless case
to begin with. There is an essen
tial difference between drafting
labor" and drafting soldiers, which
many, in the passion of a moment
forget. The soldiers are given by
all the people the solemn trust of
defending their country in arms
The drafted industrial employe
is still working for a private en-
ployer who is presumed to be op-
Grating his business for a profit
To compel a man, or men, to work
for such an employer is little better
than slavery.
Should such compulsion be intro
duced, it would result in an inevi-
table demand that the business for
which he is compelled to work be
public business, operated solely by
and for the public On no other
grounds is compulSion justifiablc.
And that the proprietorS of bust
ness do not want.
The chambers committee as
done a service in calling attention
to the real implications of a pro-
posed law whose proponents have
not stopped to think the matter
through.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05

Certainly on this one thing all
will agree; 1t is highly undesirable
to have strikes at this time. eS-
pecially in industries directly con-
cerned with defense.
The immediate reaction of some
people is simple and direct Let's
pass a law prohibiting strikes"
But is isn't that easy. 1t never
is. We must stop and ask the
questions: will such a law, if
passed accomplish the good result
sought?" Will it have other re-
sultS?" What resultS?"
Nobody thought to ask those
questions when it came to national
prohibition. The country wanted to
end drinking. The law didn't do
it. 1t started, on the contrary. a
lot of other things
So with strikes, Nobody wants
strikes. So it is proposed Just
pass a law against strikes" But
fortunately. some thinking is being
done about this. Some of that
thinking has been done by COM
mittee of so conservative an organi-
zation as the chamber of commerce
of the United States. And that
committee has submitted a report
to the chamber for approval It
has found that law against strikes
is not the means to produce what
all want, Strikeless defense pro-
gram.
Says this committee:
6, anti-strike laws will prove
ineffective and will deny funda-
mental rights to our citizens
the Dublic interest will host no
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05
Berlin Says 5000
Ship Tonnage Sunk

BERLIN, Feb. 5. UP)-Informed
quarters said today that German
planes and naval forces sank 5000
tons of enemy shipping and dam
aged other vessels totalling several
thousand tons yesterday.
The official German news agency
DNB said that German bombers
scored direct hits on a merchant
ship of 4,500 tons northwest Of
Ireland, forcing the crew to take
to lifeboats The vessel was said
to have sunk within four minutes.
The agency said also that German
bombers successfully attacked a YES
sci of 600 tons near the Scottish
east coast The ship was so heavily
damaged that its loss could be
assumed, DNB said.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05

VICHY, France, Feb. 5. (UP)-
Pierre Laval has demanded that
he be named premier of cabinet
of his own choosing and be made
responsible solely to a national as
sembly whose members he would
name. it was reported today.
Marshal Philippe Petain summon
ed the cabinet to meet this after
noon to discuss terms, which are
the price Offered by Laval, pre-
sumably with the approval of Otto
Abetz, German diplomatic envoy at
Paris, for a resumption of collabor-
attion with Germany.
Petain also ordered the six und-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05
Nazi Industrial
Area Bombed

LONDON, Feb. 5. CUP)-British
planes bombed the Dusseldorf in
dustrial area of Germany, docks
at Cherbourg and German air
dromes, naval bases and invasion
ports in occupied territory during
the night, reliable quarters re-
ported today.
Long distance bombers made the
raid on Dusseldorf and planes of
the coastal command raided Cher
bourg.
The raid was the first on Ger
many proper since the last big
attack on the Wilhelmshaven naval
base on the night of Jan. 29-30.
It was believed that improved
weather had made the attack posi-
BILE.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05
by Paul Harrison
Hollywood S Fads, Fancies and FoibIes

props to see if he could scare some
of the devils of lcthargy out of Ed
die Albert. He can go 10 sleep any
time, anywhere, and has been
known to take nap standing in
the middle of a scene and waiting
for his cue.
So the siren and bell were in
stalled under the couch in the
dressing room, and everyone waited
eXpeCtantly while the actor WaVered
III and collapsed for a betWeen-the-
scenes siesta. Even though they
expected it, watchers jumped a foot
when the alarms went off.
But not Albert He opened one
eye. saw the place was not in
flames, and went to sleep again.
FREE
PROPS
There's bargain basement Sc
quence in Miss WheelWright Dis
covers America and the set is the
most authentic store I've ever seen.
Sweaters, rayon Watchamaycallums
special sale of colored glassware,
discontinued line of vacuum bottles,
kitchen gadgets. Priscilla Lane
works in kitchen gadgets, demon
strating a vegetable slicer.
There are thousands of props,
with three studio policemen and
four men from the property depart
ment to look after things, because
there are shoplifters even on movie
sets sometimes. Much of the mer-
chandise was rented from wholesale
firms. Big, expensive props such as
refrigerators, stoves and washers
cost nothing because they're adver-
Using "tieups."
Manufacturers compete furiously
TO get their products used in mo-
vie scenes, and several men in IIol-
yw0od collect large salaries for
wangling these deals
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05
District Board in
Routine Session

Seventeen items of routine busi-
ness were disposed of Tuesday af-
ternOon by directors of the Imper-
ial Irrigation district during a brief
session. 4t44
Tho list included authorization
Of leases, extension Of assessments.
authorization of sales and accept
ance Of a deed from the city of
HoltVillc.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05

secretaries in his cabinet to at
tend the meeting. This was taken as
an indication that if he decided
to reorganize the cabinet at once,
the entire cabinet might resign.
1t was not known whether Ad-
miral Francois Darlan, Petains
right hand man who brought Lavals
terms from Paris yesterday, had
any alternative proposals from Law
al in event that the full demand was
rejected.
Soon after DarlanS arrival here
from Paris last night it was made
plain that his first negotiations with
Laval had not served to bridge the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05

tive in North Africa. The COM
munique admitted that British
planes had bombed Benghazi Libya.
The italian fighting on the south
ern front in Ethiopia was said to
have been done mainly by detach-
ments of Dubats-native troops
The battle was described by the
communique as bloody" and it ad-
mitted that the Dubats had been
driven into Ethiopia from their
posts on the frontier Lake Stefanie
is about 80 miles from the border
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05
GERMAN PLANE CRASHES
IN IRELAND

DUBLIN, Feb. 5. GUP)-A Ger
man plane crashed near Schulz,
County Cork. it was announced to-
day. The plane was wrecked, the
announcement said, and five mem
bers of the crew were killed. A
sixth crew member was seriously
injured
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 5.-All over
the lot:
The gin-rumnTy addicts are get
ting SO wrapped up in their silly
pastime that something. as Direc-
tor Lloyd Bacon remarked, really
ought to be done
There on his own set were Merle
Oberon and Dennis Morgan, both
Of whom have been around long
enough to know better, fitting at
cards for a penny point while
the picture languished at a cost of
maybe 81 a second Whenever the
assistant called, All ready; places,
please there would be a dull wait
of a minute or two while the stars
finished a hand or totaled a score.
Finally they'd come out of Miss
CberonS dressing room, and one
would be Sneering in a supercili-
GUS way and the other would be
promising terrible vengeance on
the next hand. Bacon would say,
Look kiddies-you are supposed to
be working in a motion picture en-
titled 'Affectionately Yours. and in
this scene you are supposed to be
affectionate, and
A little before noon, the director
called the boss electrician. After
lunch. when the stars were in the
middle of another game, and the
set was ready for the actors, Bacon
pushed a button beside his chair
Under the floor of Miss Oberon S
portable dressing room, a factory
siren and large gong went into
deafening action The stars came
out promptly, cards fluttering in
fhnir Makn
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05
GREEKS 10 MILES OUT
OF VAIONA-REPORT

STRUGA, Jugoslavia, Feb. CUP)
Frontier reports said today that
Greek troops occupied Oorza, Is
miles south OF Valona on the main
Tepelini-Valona road.
Six British and Greeks planes
bombed valona today, it was re-
pored, and were attacked by Italian
fighter chraft. The Italians shot
down on Blenheim bomber, it was
said.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05

EDITORS NOTE: The following
editorials are presented as interesting
opinions UOiced by editors elsewhere.
They do not necessarily reflect the
opinion of this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05
by Bruce Cation :.
The Inside Track in WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, Feb. Back of
the Department of Justices anti
trust law indictment of leading cor
pCratlons and individuals in the
magnesium industry is an amaz-
ing story of how one government
agency got worried about national
defense bottleneckS long before the
current defense program even got
started-and set out to do some
thing about them.
In 1888 one of the antitrust di-
visions keen young attorneys went
to Thurman Arnold head of the
division. with this assertion:
Europe is getting ready for
war, and when the war comes this
country will spend a lot of money
on defenses. I think Germany is
in shape to delay or cripple any
such effort that we may make be-
cause of the network of patent
controls and trade agreements that
exist between German and Amer
ican corporations. Shouldn't the an
ti-trust division begin looking into
these things?'
Arnold agreed, and long, quiet
preliminary investigation was made.
AS a result, Arnold wrote a letter to
Harry Woodring. then secretary of
war. on jan 25, 1910, citing seven
vital fields in which German inter
ests had gained a measure of con-
troll over production in the U. S. of
strategic defense materials.
AND SO-ARNOLD
WENT TO WORK
The War Department did moth
ing about it. although Arnold'S let
ter warned that lit is not too much
tC say that the situation is danger
Gus" Arnold thereupon went to
work-deSpite an inadequate budget
and 5taff-to bring some antitrust
prosecutions.
First he exposed the situation in
the manufacture of optical instru-
mentS, in which the German firm
of ZeiSs had a Water-tight agree
ment with the American firm of
Bausch 81 Lomb by which the lat
ter finn paid royalties to ZeisS on
It's sales of instruments manufac-
tured for the U. S. Army and Ma
w and gave the Germans access to
iull information about the manu-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05
MAN OF LOG WEBS
GIRL" OF 48

BAHIA, Brazil, Feb. 5. up
Donate Jose Santana, of the town
Of Nilopecanha who was said to be
l06 years old, was married today.
His bride is 48.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05
THOUGHTS for the Day

And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked
in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith
he made Israel to sin.-Kings Is "a.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05

II worked 50 well that Ray En-
right. directing Thirty Days Hath
September" asked to borrow the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05
Famous Sayings

l couldn't live in peace if I put the shadow of q
wilful sin between myself and God-George Eliot.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05

facture and sale of those instru-
ments.
Next came an indictment accus-
ing the General Electric co. and
the German firm of Krupp OF
maintaining a patent and trade
agreement governing the sale of
hard metal compositions for ma
chine tool and dies. The effect, the
antitrust division charged, was to
discourage and cut down the use
Of Tungsten carbide in the U. S.
machine tool industry
According to antitrust division
experts, tungsten carbide was sold
in Germany at a price slightly more
than one-tenth the price in the
U. s., it was used 20 times more
widely in consequence, and its wide
use was of enormous advantage to
Hitler when German industry was
re-tooled for war production.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05
SAME PATTERN
IN ALL CASES

Most recent action was the in
dictment against the makers OF
magnesium. Here, again, there are
allegations of German American
agreements which held down U. S.
production of a material-magnes-
ium alloys-of great usefulness for
defense production, while Germany
expanded her own production, find
ing magnesium alloys essential in
the manufacture of airplanes.
In all of these cases, Arnold's S
men see the same pattern. a
German monopoly tunder fun gov
ernment control, like all German
businesses getting itself into a po-
sltlon to have a say on prices and
production of materials which the
United States would need urgently
If 1t ever set out TO make large
scale preparations for possible war
This say usually resulted in
higher prices and limited produc-
ton. And all Of the agreements
were entered into long before bust
ness men in this country had any
notion that Germany was going to
emerge as a potential enemy.
So far, Arnold has had to fight
his fight alone. He is still at it,
however, and there will be more
chapters in the story before the
year ends.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05
MEMBER

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fishers Association. Nationai
Editorial Association Call
fornia Newspaper Publish
ers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05
1T DIDN'T
WAKE EDDIE

their wake