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Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-12
PRISONERS VOLUNTEER

SAN QUENTION PRISON. Cal
Dec. - up Inmates OF Sal
Quentin today began their share
of work for national defense H.
the prisons jute mill Warden Clin-
ton Duffy said he asked for 81
volunteers-and got more than SOC
to return to the jute mill en-
trance department for all con-
victS, where gunny sacks and bur
lap for sand bags. camouflagc anc
grain are made.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-12
GARBAGE COLLECTORS
VOLUNTEER

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. y up
Five hundred garbage collectors
all Italian or of Italian descent
today volunteered to donate all
their Sunday time to deliver sand
to every block in San Francisco
for eXtinguiShing incendiary bombs
Two steamshoyels will load and
reload 200 trucks of the scavengers
Mutual Protective association anG
the Sunset Scayenger company
which then will deliver their loads
to a central point in each block
sufficient to provide 10000 homes
and apartment houses with sand.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-12
WAR REFS
-ByUnited d Press

States defense bonds Ettiore Pat
ri2zi publisher of L Italia and
Vocc del Popolo. Italian language
daily newspapers. said their pub
lication would continue. He pub
lished an editorial urging all per-
sons of Italian descent. alien oi
American, to support the United
States in its war against the AXIS
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-12
EMERGENCY QUARTERS

HONOLULU. Dec. - cUPl-Tin.
hated United Press correspondent.
in Honolulu. prevented by black.
cuts from returning TO their homes
arc sleeping in shifts on army cot.
IN the office of the society editor
of the Honolulu Advertiser. The
United Press Wa the only news
service to bring in a news report
Sunday and Monday from the main
land All newspapers have con-
tinued to publish. including thC
Hawaii Hochi. japanese Englisl
daily.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-12
NO AXIS CAMERAS

WASHINGTON, Dec. l. tUP1-
The justice department issued a
warning today tnat any japanese
German or Italian national found
in possession of a camera. regard
less of the use TO which it is put
faced loss OF his equipment and
possible detention along with dang
erouS" Axis nationals in concen-
tlatich camps. These aliens -
more than 100000 in all-also are
forbidden to possess firearms.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-12
WHAT'S HAPPENING?

HONOLULU, Dec. 12. CUP) - A
sleepy individual telephoned til e
United Press bureau at 2 pm.
Sunday at the height of an air
RAID. and asked: Whats all the
eXcitcment?"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-12
ITALIAN SCHOOLS CLOSED

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. u CUP)-
San Francisco's three Italian schools
We're abruptly closed yesterday ana
Italian sians came down to be
rerleced by appeals to buy United
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-12
"JIGS Is Up"

MEXICO. No. Dec u. up
SAID Col { r. Stubling Of Mis-
-lul Military Academy when in
formed Of Americas declaration Of
val II H. uiain oa ABCD AM
Gi.a-BIHa-snno-Dl,ch East In
dIcn tia - pig Japan-Italy-
Germany i. ~"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-14

bright fiat crepe or a tailored
print. Design No. 1914 is one of
those slick, Immediately tailored
styles that form the backbone of a
busy woman's wardrobe the year.
round. And the lines of stitching,
the turned-down corners of the
pockets. make this an unusually
interesting version of your favorite
button-front classic.
There's mighty little to the
making, as you can see. Just a
few long seams, a few simple
darts, to create tailored effect of
faultless chic. And this is style
becoming alike to misses and to
women. Sew chart included.
Pattern No. 1914 is designed for sizes
II. IA. 16. 10, 20: 40. ~. a. 46 and a.
Size IL requires asa yards OF 39-inch ma.
terial without nap. Send order to:
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-14
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Washington, ID. C..
u. 8. OBSERVER IN GERMANY

U. d. OBSERVER IN GERMANY
Avra M. Warren, chief Of the state
departments visa section, uncorked
a sensational earful about condi-
tions In Germany and its conquered
countries when he testified at a
closed-door session of the house ap-
preparations committee
Warren had returned from a pro-
longed inspection tour of Germany,
France, Poland, Holland; and the
information he disclosed about their
internal situation was so confidential
that committee stenographer was
instructed to leave much of it I'M
recorded
Highlights Of his testimony were:
CD That Germany had enough
crucial supplies flood, gasoline and
war materially to continue the war
for some time, but was beset with
serious internal problems in the ma
tons she has occupied.
(2) That France, Holland, Belgium,
Poland and Denmark were not Co
operating" with Germany-in fact,
civilians in these nations were at
the point of rebellion against the
wholesale confiscation Of foodstuffs
and other necessities for the Ger
man army.
(3) That German prisoners of
war, on the whole, were treated de-
Gently.
The internal situation in the occu-
pied areas, Warren reported, was
becoming graver by the minute.
Civilians were bitterly resentful of
German troops quartered among
them, and kept in subsection only
by the sternest military discipline.
Germany has plenty of gasoline
supplies, though of poor grade, he
said, but the shortage of lubricating
oil is so intense that its use for
civilian purposes, such as in opera
ton of elevators, is prohibited.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-14
HOUSEHOLD
QUESTIONS

You will find that fresh bread
will cut easier if you heat the
knife.
To keep muslin curtains even
when laundering, put two curtains
together and iron as one curtain.
A little vinegar put into soapy
water when washing aluminium
ware helps to keep it bright.
Before hanging clothes on the
line in freezing weather, put pins
on the clothes in the house, then
snap on line with double clothes
pins.
For washing windows-an old
auto windshield wiper blade makes
a good utensil to wipe water from
house windows after they have
been washed.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-14
PLAN DEMOCRACY
PROPAGANDA

The New Deal has hired more
publicity men and run off more
miles of mimeographed press hand
outs than any other administration
in history. Yet the biggest and most
worthwhile job of propaganda today
remains completely untouched. 1t
is the job which George Creel did
for Europe during the last World
war.
For it is an indisputable fact that
American propaganda and the
speeches Of Woodrow Wilson, perco-
lating behind the lines in Germany
and Austria, helped materially to
cause the 1918 collapse of the Cen
trail Powers.
Today, a confidential plan for a
similar propaganda agency is some
where in the White House-where,
no one knows exactly. Drawn up
two months ago by certain chiefs
of the war department, it was sent
to the White House with the recon-
mendation that such plan could do
almost as much as airplanes to
bring about the defeat of Hitler. But
nothing happened. The idea still is
reposing on the desk of one of the
Six White House secretaries.
u. S. war chiefs are convinced
that this country can perform two
important propaganda functions:
l. Get across to the people of
Italy and Germany the disadVan-
tages of Hitler, the advantages of
democracy, and the general idea
that there is no quarrel between the
peoples themselves.
2. Bring about greater national
unity within the United States, espe-
cially among foreign-born, natural
lied citizens of German and Italian
extraction.
1t is probable that the great ma
jority Of Italians and Germans in
the United States are anxious to
be good American citizens and are
all too glad to be out of Europe.
However, national and racial psy-
ch6ogy can easily ALLEVIATE them if
not counteracted.
To date the only agencies which
have attempted to influence German
and Italian opinion inside the United
States have been the Bund, the Fas-
cist Black Shirts and similar Nazi-
Fascist organizations. There has
been no active propaganda from the
democratic side.
Furthermore, these Italian-Ger-
man groups can be the most effec-
tive spearhead in getting propagan-
da into Germany and Italy. Leaf
let's printed in England and dropped
from British airplanes have had no
perceptible influence in Germany.
But propaganda sent from purely
German organizations in the United
States to fellow Germans under Hit
Ter IS bound to carry weight.
This was what George Creel did
under Woodrow Wilson. Czech, Po-
lish, Austrian and Slav groups from
Chicago to Pittsburgh created such
effective organizations that eventu-
ally they brought about the fall of
the Austria-Hungarian empire and
the crumbling of the entire war
front
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-14
Ask Me 4nother
o A General Quiz
The Questions

1. What capital letter is used
most frequently in English words?
2. What is a jolly Roger?
3. OF currants, grapes, cranber-
ries, oranges, tomatoes. and ba-
nanas, how many are classified by
botanists as berries?
4. Without stopping to count,
give the number of zeros in one
billion.
5. In major league baseball, how
often are games won by no-hit,
no-run pitching performance?
6. Are glow worms worms?
z. Where in the United States is
the longest stretch of railroad
track without a curve?
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-14
The Answers

1. The letter "S," according to
Funk and Wagnalls New Stand
ard dictionary.
2. A pirate flag.
3. All of them.
4. Nine-count them-1, 900, oOO,-
600.
8. Only one in about l,4OO
games.
8. No, glow worms are actually
beetles. The males can fly, but
the females cannot, so they light
up to let their lovers know where
they are.
2. North Carolina claims this
record. Between Wilmington and
Hamlet, a distance Of 1885 miles,
there is a stretch Of track without
q single curve.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-14
mERRY-Gn.ROuNn

Congress has q number of lin
gusts, but only one who can speak
japanese. He is gentle-mannered
Sen. Ebert Thomas of Utah, who
learned the language in his youth
while serving as a Mormon mis-
sionary in Nippon. One Of his
daughters, born in Tokyo, is named
Chiyo, which means q thousand
years Of happiness"
West Virginia's Woodworking Rep
Jennings Randolph receives q low
ing reminder from his mother ev-
cry day-a rose.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-14
Jealousy

When a tUite sees her husbands al.
fections being taken from her by an
other, tOhat should she do? Kathleen
Norris is confronted t0ith this question
asked OF her by mother of tioo chill
dren rcho is fearful OF their future.
Miss Norris offers her some clear-head-
ed aduice rOhich offers the best solution
TO her distressing problem.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-14

had only one heart; grief, two
tear-glands; and pride, two bent
mees.-Richter.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-14

ton upon some of his words. What
snail l do? 1t seems impossible to
hold him in these circumstances,
and yet my entire life is ruined if l
let him 60. won't keep any man
beside me against his will, and yet
l certainly won't let a woman of
that type triumph over me and rob
my children of loved father"
Accept the Facts.
Here is Joan in 1941 thinking along
the iines of well, say 1870. OF
COURSE he is considering a di-
vorce, and of COURSE you'll have
either to deny him that divorce, or
endure the real discomforts and
heartaches of separation.
That is the way of the world to-
day, Joan, and you might as well ac-
cept it. Amy woman can try to lure
away any other woman's husband,
and any man can find plenty of
precedent and excuse for abandon
ing his wife and children and going
off with his new love.
Why not accept these facts, ana
lyze the possibilities, and build your
life along constructive rather than
passively helpless lines? Why not,
firstly, try to become an independ-
ent, busy, happy women WITHOUT
that marital love that has made
these years so pleasant, that dear
companionship that you thought
would be yours forever?
Build Own Life.
1t is highly possible that if you
and the children develop a happy
full life of your own, making as few
demands as possible upon Dad, ask
ing few questions, he will begin to
perceive again the charm of the
home atmosphere. If he doesn't. il
he begins to make life uncomforta-
BILE for you by demanding, pleading,
coaxing, praising you into a divorce,
you still may follow the course that
think its always advisable to follow.
mean refuse him steadily, and pur-
sue your way regardless of the
storm. If he goes away, live as
normally as you can until he comes
back. If he refuses support, get
legal advice for help with the chill
dren's expenses, and get a Job.
Don't gossip with your friends about
1t; you'll gain immense prestige by
being charitably quiet and serene
until this sickness passes. For the
lntatuation of a man for a second
woman is sort of fever. II is a
feeling that is worth nothing unless
there may someday be put behind
1t mutual trust, companionship.
home, friends, children. A divorced
woman who has won him awav.
open-eyed, from his first home and
family, is not usually willing or able
to supply these. She doesn't want to.
Her one hold upon him is the hold Of
temporary physical fascination.
and of all things in the world that
is the one that never lasts. The more
stable feeling OF mutual affection
which must follow earlier infatua-
ton cannot come to them under the
circumstances-obviously Che worn-
an is not the type.
Patience the Solution.
So that if Joan will only wait in
patience until the thing burns itsef
out, she cannot lose. To say that
her pride won't allow that. that her
Harry must be punished, must be
taught a bitter lesson. is only IN
hurt herself in the end. She NAV
have the monetary satisfaction Of
showing to the world just what a
weakling he is, but after all. he's the
children father, and to belittle him
belittles them.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-14

w HEN the speech of the children
w of Shem was COMPOUNDED and
they couldn't finish their tower of
Babel, they didn't try singing. Such
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-14
WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON

CONSOLIDATED Features-WNU ServiceJ
NJ EW YORK.-Everybody who Of.
fered an elixir vitae before
Eugen Stomach got much renowr
and few disputed them. Professor
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-14

ton upon some of his words. What
shall l do? 1t seems impossible to
hold him in these circumstances,
and yet my entire life is ruined if
let him 60. l won't keep any man
beside me against his will, and yet
certainly won't let a woman of
that type triumph over me and rob
my children of a loved father"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-14
Tide Will Turn

Tide Will Turn
When you get into a tight place,
and everything goes against you,
till it seems as if you couldn't
hold on a minute longer, never
give up then, for that is just the
place and time the tide will turn.
Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Evening star., 1941-03-16
Guard ready fight Of the u
NavY
bY Arthur Bartlett

how it was done before, or whether it was
done at all before"
Waesche is the man who suggested, long
before he became commandant of the Coast
Guard, that the service should start CORE
spondence school for warrant officers and en-
listed men, so they could use their spare time
learning to do their jobs better. Teach sea-
manship by mail?" the scoffers said What
an idea" But Waesche put the idea over;
and the Coast Guard Institute, which grew
out of it, has done more to increase the eff
cheney of the personnel than any other single
thing.
Just before the first World War; Admiral
Waesche, then young lieutenant, was Or
dered to Washington for his first headquarters
duty. I'm charge of communications, the
orders said. Actually, except for the CONNER
cial telegraph and telephone systems, there
weren't any communications worth men
tioning. War was looming, strict watch was
being kept on all vessels along the coast -
but by the time a man Stationed, say, off
the coast of Maine could get word of a sus-
picious vessel to headquarters, the ship might
be miles away Lieutenant Waesche saw
lob to do, and went to work. Almost before
his superiors knew what he was up to he had
produced complete plan for communica-
tions system involving $500 miles of lines.
In few months he had the system complete
ly installed, and officials in any headquarters
in the country could talk with men on the
most remote posts without losing precious
minutes That done, Lieutenant Waesche
went to work on a radio-communications sys-
tem and completed that, too. Both systems
are ready today.
In his tours of sea duty, the Admiral has
directed numerous rescues, but Coast Guard
rescues are so commonplace that most officers
aren't interested in talking about them. The
Evening star., 1941-03-16

acle. What would we do if we ever needed
such force? | have just discovered the
answer 1t can now be revealed that the
United States is in all probability going to
have one of the most remarkable naval outfits
any country ever had: putt-putt navy -
fully militarized and commissioned force of
cabin cruisers, fishing boats and yachts,
differed and manned by the very men who,
in ordinary times, would be sailing them
around for fun.
This democratic armada will be ready for
a Dunkerque, or for thousand other less
spectacular chores, because Rear Admiral
Russell R. Waesche, commandant of the
United States Coast Guard, has passion
for living up to the Coast Guard motto:
"Sember Paratus' - Always Ready" And
the putt-putt navy is only one example.
Thanks to Admiral Waesches passion for
that motto, the Coast Guard regular fleet
of 267 cutters - ranging from sixty-fve-
footers to big, modern 327-footers - the
thousands of smaller Coast Guard boats and
the fifty Coast Guard planes are ready to
become, overnight if need be, an active and
powerful arm of the Navy. Good Samaritans
of the sea in normal times, today they are
newly armed with antiaircraft guns, depth
sound detectors, depth charges, heavy guns
and machine guns Their officers and men,
rapidly reaching the full wartime complement
of 22,OOO, are ready. Thanks to Admiral
Waesche's insistence - years ago they are
top-notch gunners, they are expert seamen,
Evening star., 1941-03-16
Stepped Up Workmanship

AFTER the first World War there were more
and more tours of shore duty for Waesche,
and he went right on starting things and
carrying them through - the correspondence
school, for instance. And taking a tour of
duty as ordnance officer, Lieutenant Com
mander WaesChe - as he then was - put in
a new system of gunnery practice. 1t broke
with all the old customs - and Coast Guard
craftsmanship hit new high. Elevated to
the post of aide to the commandant, Com
mander Waesche scraped away more moldy
traditions and worked out a plan for promot-
ing officers according to merit and fitness,
instead of haphazard seniority
The President must have had that idea in
mind in 1886 when he appointed Commander
Waesche commandant, with the rank of rear
admiral. 1t meant skipping over a flock of
men that held captain ratings.
Characteristicaly, Admiral Waesche start
ed right in reorganizing and streamlining the
whole service. Thirty-nine administrative
areas were cut to thirteen, each under dis
trict commander answerable only to head
quarters.
Right now, in this time of emergency, the
main strategy must have dual objective:
to safeguard shipping during the emergency,
and to be geared up for fight if the call
should come. That is where the putt-putt
navy comes in. Its main job will be patrol
work; preventing sabotage, watching all sus-
picious vessels, enforcing maritime regula-
tions. BY taking over that work. it will re-
lease regular Coast Guard ships and person.
CONTINUED on pose 1o)
3-16-4l
Evening star., 1941-03-16
Trodifion Buster

Nor long ago an officer who had served with
the Admiral for years was asked to make a
speech about him. He prepared the talk,
submitted it to the Admiral's aides for
editing. 1t came back cut in half. Its great
picture of the Old Man." the censoring aide
admitted. But good Lord, man. we can't
let people know how he has busted the rules
and traditions"
When | thought it over, could see why
my speech had to be toned down" the officer
told me when | talked with him the other
day. yet the Admiral's busting of tradi-
tions is exactly what has made him the
greatest Idea Man in Coast Guard history.
When he sees something that needs to be
done to keep the service ready for emergen-
cies, he gets busy, and he doesn't worry about
Evening star., 1941-03-16
bY Arthur Bartlett

and their communications system is tuned up
for any emergency. Only the Presidents
order is necessary to transfer the Coast Guard
from the Treasury to the Navy - and if he
does, the Navy will get fighting force that
itself outranks most foreign navies.
The American people have heard a lot
about the Coast Guard, its thrilling rescues at
sea, its unending fight against maritime dan
gers. But this man who is its chief has man.
aged, through it all, to merge almost anony
mously into the background of the service.
Yet no man could more completely personify
this service which is dedicated to friendly
succor in time of peace, but always Ready"
for vigorous action If war threatens.
A TALL affable Marylander, he has no mill
taristic pomposity, wears no fgurative brass
hat. But underneath the informality is a
drive and an imagination that has created
one startling innovation after another in the
Coast Guard. The putt-putt navy is only the
latest of many.
Evening star., 1941-03-16

only one Admiral Waesche would mention
to me was a strange case involving grounded
freighter. His men, battling terrific SEAS had
taken off what they thought to be all hands -
and a dog. Then, just as they were steaming
away, they heard a sudden blast of the
freighter's whistle. They launched their life
boats again and fought their way back -
only to find that the freighter had broken in
two, with the whistle on one half and the
whistle-pul on the other
Evening star., 1941-03-16
1OU remember
Dunkerque: how
British boats of

every size and descrip-
ton suddenly trans
formed themselves into
warships and accom-
plished a military mir
The Omaha guide., 1941-01-11
DOROTHY MAYNOR TELLS
OWN STORY

New York, N. Y. Jan. Tn a
special article in the current True
Story Magazine titled 'She Shall
Make Music, Dorothy Maynor
whose magnificent voice thrills
thousands, tells her own story.
Daughter of a Methodist minis
ter in Norfolk, Virginia., she at
tended Hampton Institute where
she planned to teach domestic arts
As a student there she joined the
Hampton Choir and toured with
the group between studies.
Upon her return from Europe
With the Choir she changed her
school study course and entered
the music department, still with
the idea of teaching.
A friend persuaded her to study
in New York and there she turned
to the concert stage where she
rapidly came to the attention of
conductors and critics.
Her deep faith in religion is the
ource of her courage and the in
SEPARATION of her music, says the
singer.