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Evening star., 1941-04-18

when the form of our present local
government was being considered
by Congress, members of Congress
could not help but inject into the
discussions the desirability of ad-
herring to the principle of local
self-government at a time when
this city and all other cities in the
United States we're in a state of
discord growing out of post-Civil
War conditions"
Chairman McCarran announced
that when the hearings are re-
sumed next week, the local news
papers will be invited to present
their views on the suffrage issue.
Senator Kilgore, Democrat, of
West Virginia was placed on the
subcommittee yesterday in place
of Senator Hatch, Democrat, of
New Mexico, who found that the
pressure of other committee work
would prevent him from attending
the hearings.
Evening star., 1941-04-18

not be some representative body in
the District of Columbia
II wish further to point out that
the Organic Act Of 1878, under
which the government of the Dis
trict of Columbia now operates, as
originally passed by the House of
Representatives, contained a pro-
vision for the election of a council
of "a members by the people of the
District. and that as passed by the
Senate this provision for an elected
council was eliminated and in its
place was substituted a provision
for the election of a voteless dele
gate in Congress from the District.
But neither provision was IN the
act after conference between rep
resentatives Of the two houses OF
Congress.
To Hear Newspaper Views.
81 cite these latter facts merely
to show that, even during the time
Evening star., 1941-04-18
Windsors in Florida
For Three-Day Trip;
Greeted by2,OOO
Round Of Entertainment
Arranged; Officials
Meet Guests at Miami
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PALM BEACH, Fla, April l8.-
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor
arrived today at this winter resort,
where a program of entertainment
was arranged despite the former
Kings assertion the three-day visit
was designed to discuss personal
business.
They motored here from Miami,
where a crowd of 1000 welcomed
them as they disembarked from the
steamer Berkshire after an over
night trip from Nassau.
They were met there by Maj. Gray
Phillips, the dukes controller; Capt.
Alistair Macintosh, Mayor Alexan-
der Orr, jr, of Miami, and other
officials.
Postpone Appointment.
At the last minute the Windsor's
postponed an appointment in Miami
with a chiropodist and came to
Palm Beach after circling through
Miami's business section. The Office
of the chiropodist, DR.. Harry H.
Young. said he had treated the
Windsors before. and that there was
no urgent trouble.
The abdicated British King. now
Royal Governor of the Bahama
Islands, arranged conference,
probably tomorrow, with Sir Edward
Peacock, a governor of the Bank Of
England and for years financial
adviser to the royal family. Sir
Edward has been in New York as a
British Purchasing Commission
member.
The principal item on the social
program is a Sunday afternoon cock
tail party arranged for 300 guests
by Capt. Macintosh, World War
British aviator and long friend Of
the Duke.
Luncheon and dinner parties, with
the guest lists ranging from l6 to
"a, have been planned in the Wind
sors' honor, with Mrs. James P.
Donahue, Mr.. and Mrs. Wesson Sey-
burn, Mrs. Margaret Emerson, Her
bert Pulitzer and others as hosts
and hostesses.
Evening star., 1941-04-18
Weather Report
Furnished BY the Uni

Gurni y he
cloudy with likelihood OF local
tonight tomorrow little change in tenn
tonight so degrees gentle east shifting soun
MaryanMosy cloudy local showers and probably thunder
little change temperature sunday
showers.
vrginia-Moy tonight and tomorrow with widely scattered
portion tonight and in the interior
tomorrow; temperature Sunday, showers
West Vena-Ioa and hunderstorms tonight and
warmer in north Sunday cooler
Evening star., 1941-04-18
War Strengthens u. S. Ties
With Netherlands Indies
Dutch Realize America Is Best Customer,
Chief Arms Source and Prospective Ally

Japan, $25 900 900. The Dutch have
told the Japanese fatty that they
recognize no new order but their
own.
OF course, all these figures are
abnormal and a result of the war.
The economic agreement now being
negotiated with Japan will, If con-
summated, improve the Japanese
ratio. Yet, looking to the future,
the Dutch see more promise and
profit in trade with America than
In trade with Japan.
Americans Feel at Home.
The United States is providing
the Indies with foodstuffs and ma
terials of kinds that came from
Holland before the war. Americans
walking through the streets of Ba-
tavia or Sourabaya feel quite at
home, for the shop. windows are
full of familiar goods and familiar
trademarks. The Dutch are be-
ginning to enjoy America canned
goods. They like American drugs.
They have always liked American
movies. The Great Dictator" is
showing here at three theaters
simultaneously-and to full houses.
In normal times the Dutch In
dies account for less than 8 per
cent of total American imports.
American investments here are
given as less than / per cent of
total American investments abroad.
Both figures are deceptive. The
figure for imports fails to take ac-
count of the fact that many arti-
cles, like spices, palm oil, copra,
kapok and quinine, are obtained
largely from these islands. not to
mention the Importance of rubber
and tin, of which the Indies could
produce a great deal more.
Properties Worth $500, ,000, 900.
Estimates of American invest
ments given to me by American
consular officials and businessmen
here differ enormously from figures
published in the United States.
Reckoning in the potentialities Of
American holdings, they assert that
American properties in the Indies
are worth no less than $500, 600, 900.
and that the true figure is probably
considerably higher.
Upwards of half the American
investment is in oil-the big proved
field and the reflneries in Southern
Sumatra. the promising but un-
proved fields in Northern Sumatra
and New Guinea. The island of
Sumatra contains more than three
fourths of all American invest
ments. Besides oil fields there are
great rubber plantations owned by
Goodyear and the United States
Rubber Co. Each concern has
about 100000 acres in production.
A new American enterprise "a
pequia nut plantation-is beginning
to bear fruit after nearly 10 years
of more or less secret development.
The pequia nut is grown in Brazil
but is new to the Indies. 1t Is
boiled for its oil, which brings q
high price.
Long Struggle for Foothold.
Most of the remainder of Ameri-
can investments are in industries.
General Motors has q big assembly
plant in Batavia. Palmolive pro-
Evening star., 1941-04-18
5-Cents-an-Hour Pay
Increase Announced
By Harvester Co.
$4,000 Are Affected;
Boost Retroactive
To April IA
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 18.-Interna-
tional Harvester Co. announced to-
day a wage increase of cents an
hour, retroactive to April IA, for all
$4,000 manufacturing department
employees of its motor truck, tractor,
farm implement and twine factories
in the United States.
The increase will add q minimum
Of S4,500,000 a year to the pay rolls,
the company said. Present basic
minimum wages in most of the
plants vary from IS to 621a cents an
hour and thus would be raised to a
range of so to 671a cents.
Company officials said the wage
increase was given primarily in order
that employees might participate in
the present upward trend of wages
caused by the current national de-
tense activities in the various in
dustries in which the company Is
engaged.
Talks With Union Leaders.
A management statement said the
company discussed the wage in
crease this morning with union bar
gaining committees at all plants
where recognized union bargaining
agencies exist. An increase at these
plants is the subject of negotiations
between the union bargaining COM
mittees and the company"
On Tuesday the C. I. o. Farm
Equipment Organizing Committee,
sponsor of recent strikes at four
Harvester company plants, asked an
immediate" wage increase of 10
cents an hour at eight of the firms
Midwestern factories.
Grant Oakes, union national
chairman, also telegraphed DR..
Clarence A. Dykstra, chairman of
the National Defense Mediation
board, demand" that the board
Immediately recommend" to the
company a 10-cent increase and
that the board propose a raise over
and above the l0-cent boost in its
final recommendations.
Sought 121a- Cent Boost.
During the strikes, the union had
sought an increase of 1914 cents an
hour in the minimum pay scale.
The company said the increase
announced today involved plants in
Chicago, Canton, East Moline, Rock
Island and Rock Falls, Ill; Fort
Wayne, Indianapolis and Richmond,
Ind; Springfield, Ohio; Milwaukee,
Auburn, N. Y; Chattanooga, Tenn;
Huntington Park, Calf, and New
Orleans.
All hourly-paid and piecework
employees will receive the straight s.
cent increase in their earnings. Sal
aried non-managerial employees in
the plants will receive comparable
increases, the company said.
Evening star., 1941-04-18
Four States Hit Heavily
By Wind, Ruin or Snow
b. the Associated Press.


KANSAS CITY, April l8.-Wind-
storms and rains caused heavy
damage in Missouri and Iowa last
night while word came over crippled
communications of a severe snowfall
In Montana and Wyoming.
Two churches. 20 dwellings, hotel
and other structures were demol-
ished by a tornado at Fillmore,
small town in Northwest Missouri.
Two persons were injured. Reports
from Marengo. Iowa, told Of severe
wind damage in the residential Sec
ton of that town of 1874 population.
Two inches of rain in three hours
at st. Joseph, Mo, flooded base
ments of downtown stores and
homes in the residential districts.
Communications were down in
parts of Montana and Wyoming
Many automobiles were stalled near
Cody, Wyo., by a 21-inch snowfall.
Bad drifting was reported In rural
areas of Montana.
Evening star., 1941-04-18

Five-day forecast for the period from rom
73o Pm Friday April 1s lg41i ire1usivs to a;3o
pm Mdss ssantc AeT states 9 Of co
Maryland. Eastern Pennsylvania and New
Local showers and scattered thunder
storms most sections. Tonight and Sat,
urday and general showers Sunday and
snSA ersly fair Gaas Weather s' likely tuesday and
Wednesday except for light rain or snow in
~ snS SsG Neg NeT YeEk e1sey S
Saturday and temperatures much above
normal in entire area Saturday and Sun
Gnsg ssd N ondsy na II to On
below normal Tuesday. Slightly warmer
Wednesday,, Average temperature for next
Ave days will be somewhat above normal.
Ohio Valley (Kentucky, Ohio. West Vir-
ginia. Western Pennsylvania and Indiana)
Local showers and thunderstorms to-
Sunday and Sunday night totaling heavy
in amount and likely ending Monday.
Generally fair Tuesday and Wednesday.
sandsg or wSen viii 1nt
sharp drop in temDsTatuTe to normal
SSyy 1stST wednesday, sga remperataTe emp during NEXT
Ave days will average above normal.
Showers and local thunderstorms have
wide area in the very extensive mass of
warm. moist air that has continued to move
nOrtnWarQ ana nOIIledSCWarQ between the
stationary anti-cyclone over the Southeast
with highest pressure, 1920 millibars
(30.1S inches). at Tallahassee. Fla, and
an area of low pressure of wide extent,
which is centered this morning over Kan
sas. Phillipsburg,. 10000 millibars t2e.53
inches). The disturbance that was over
the lower Lake region Thursday morning
has continued to m9xe eastino5sheastysrd d
inches>. It was attended by showers in
New England Thursday and 1t Is being
closely followed by q small anti-cyclone
over New York and portions Of New Eng
land, Bingbamton, N. Y, 1,01s.3 millibars
origin has continued to move southward
and southeastward oyer the resion to the
west an and north noTthwsst OF the disturbance IN nov now
tinued :, to fall in the northern Rocky
sa Monntaan res,on IA Iae loves. temperaupe ic arn
ing was Is degrees at Yellowstone Park.
Wyo., and the highest pressure. 1.024.0
millibars (30.24 inches), at Missoula, Mont.
Reuart for Last "a Hours
Evening star., 1941-04-18
Chinese Reds Urged
To Back Chungking
b the Associated Press,

CHUNGKING, April 18.-Kung
Ho-chung, former Chinese Com
munist leader who at present is an
important member of the Kuomin-
tang (Nationalist party, issued a
statement today urging the Chinese
Communist Army to subordinate it
self to the Central Chinese govern
ment.
His statement also urged abolition
OF the various border government"
dominated by Communist regimes
and fulfillment by Communists of
promises to join with the Kuomin-
tang in program OF resistance and
reconstruction"
Evening star., 1941-04-18
Navy Academic Year
To Start in July
B, the Associated Press.

bS tne Associated Press.
2 ANNAPOLIS, April lS.-The aca-
demic year for the senior and Junior
classes at the Naval Academy will
begin in mid-July instead of in Sep
tember under a new speedup sched-
ule which sets December 10 as the
graduation date for the class of
1912.
The Navy Department announced
some time ago that the 1912, or
senior, class would be graduated
February 6, four months ahead OF
schedule.
Secretary of the Navy Knox, how
ever, said yesterday the graduation
date would be moved up to Decem-
Der and that the regular summer
practice cruise would be discon-
tinued. permitting studies to begin
two months earlier than heretofore.
The sophomore and freshman
classes will not begin their studies
until September, academy officials
said.
The Navy Department has asked
Congress to pass legislation to re-
duce the course of instruction at the
academy from four to three years
If this is done, the class of 1943
would be graduated in June, 1912,
one year ahead of time.
Academy officials said the change
in the schedule for the 1912 class,
graduating it in three and one-half
years, would result in the class re-
ceiving two more weeks of instruc-
ton than it ordinarily would under
the previously announced schedule.
This Is because the academic year
for the class will begin in mid-July.
They said under the speedup the
classes affected would receive '88 per
cent as much academic work as
heretofore. If the three-year plan is
adopted, some of the studies-Eng-
lish and foreign languages-prob-
ably would be curtailed. officials
added.
Evening star., 1941-04-18
Congress in Brief
TODAY,

Senate:
Routine business.
Judiciary Subcommittee hears
Chairman James Fly of Communi-
cations Commission on bills to re-
form Federal administrative pro-
cedure.
Military Committee considers bill
to exempt medical and dental stu
dents from compulsory military
service.
House:
Brief session.
Evening star., 1941-04-18
Report for Last "a Hours.

Record for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday TO noon today.t
w. Highest ,ss' ss' at 2;55 pm. yesterday.
Lowest, 81, at 6:10 am. today. Year
aso. 4S.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 80, on April Is.
Lowest, 10, on March Is.
Humidity for Last "a Hours
HiRhest. 81 per cent, at S:4B an. today.
Lowest, 81 Der cent, at 1:60 pm. yes.
terday.
Evening star., 1941-04-18

Manchuria has . 10-year plan for
increasing agricultural production.
Evening star., 1941-04-18
River Report.

Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry; Potomac slightly muddy
at Great Falls today.
Evening star., 1941-04-18


Cites Organic Act.
Arguing primarily for a greater
degree of local self-goyernment,
Mr.. Finch testified:
"I am willing to concede that
the Congress of the United States
for the first three-quarters of
century after the establishment of
the seat of government tried hard
to comply with this principle of
local self-government in the va
rious municipalities into which the
city was divided up to 1871 and
during the three years of the ex-.
istence of the territorial form of
government from 1871 to 1874, by
giving the people of the District
varying degrees of local self-goy-
ernment, as previously pointed out
In those hearings by Dr. Schmeck-
ebier. But I wish to emphasize in
this connection that the Joint
Select Committee of Congress, COM
posed of three Senators and
five Representatives, which, after
months of work investigating the
activities of this territorial govern
ment, particularly those Of its
Board of Public Works, in recon-.
mending the abolition of that gov
eminent, was very careful to point
out that they did not mean TO pre-
clude the idea thst there should
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-10
MARKET QUOTATIONS
L. A. PRODUCE

Los ANG ELEs. Jan. 10. UP)-
Supplies generally moderate with
demand and trading slow TO m ID
crate.
Cabbage: Casnonban sO-75c: 10
cal Danish 36s s5-1.00: red LOO
LIS; avoy 25-40c.
Cucumbers: Imperial flats 2.25-
2.35; San Diego lugs 2.75; No. 2s
1.25-1.50.
Lettuce: Imperial 1.25-1.35: 5s
1.00-1.15: san Diego As 1.00-1.10; SIS
$4,000; local loose 5O-65e.
Squash: White summer San Di-
ego and local 1.75-2.0O; Imperial
crates 2.50-3.00; flats 2.25-2.5O;
Italian San Diego local lugs 1.65-
LIS; Imperial crates 1.75-2.00; yell
low crookneck Imperial crates
1.25-2.50; san Diego Tugs 2.00-2.25;
banana local 1-1hc; Hubbard 4 =
112c.
Tangerines: Imperial Dancys Y
c; local 3-3 kc; Algerians Imperial
8 &c lb.
Tomatoes: inland. westmorlan n d
and Brawley crates 9-tops 1.65-
1.s5; 12s 1.50-1.75; 1es 1.0O-1.25; 20
s5-1.00: flats 4x5s 1851. 40; 5x5s &,
5x6s 1.50-1.75; 6x7s 1.35-1.50; 7xss
1.l0-l.25. Loose Jugs 5o-65c.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-10
Qualifying Play
Starts Sunday in
CaEexico Tourney

Qualifying play in the 18th an
nual Calexico International club
golf tournament will get underway
come Sunday, Mortie Dutra, pro-
announced Friday.
Qualifying will continue through
Wednesday and will be climaxed
by a Calcutta on Wednesday night.
Match play will start Thursday and
be concluded on Sunday.
Jersey Birchfield. def n d in g
champion, will head what club Of
ficials said would be the largest
entry list in the history of the tour
nament. Other title contenderS are
w. B. Austin, Tom Crosbie, Tom
Ritter, Forrest Manley, Lee Lamb
erson, Tunney Williams, Newt Bra
zelton, Laddie Willoughby and For
rest Ferguson.
The Calexico tournament is the
first of the three valley winter
tournaments, and will be followed
by the Brawley lettuce tournament
and the Barbara Worth's Imperial
Valley championships.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-10
BENCHW FARMING
by Burdette Kline
--Post-Press Sports Edifor-

more than 200 ElkS, faculty men,
bers. Junior college footballers ana
guests from San Diego.
Leo Calland, head football coach
of San Diego state college, was
principal speaker. Calland was &C
companied by Cedric burst, man
ager of the San Diego Padres, Ken
nv Boiens, San Diego sports writer
and Junior Fodd, sporting goods
salesman.
Calland declared that as long as
these United States continue athle-
tic programs in its schools, stressing
such sports a football and baseball,
the nation need not fear for the
safety of the country.
I'VE hear a great deal about the
youth of America being soft and
less hardy than the youth of an
other era" Calland said, but any
group of men who can stand up un-
der the punishment of football and
thrive on it, will be more than
ADEQUATE for cannon fodder"
other speakers were Dean Kief-
fer Don Ketchen, and Board Mem
Der DR.. Norman Dupont.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-10
A Boost For Athletics

In these times, when the long
bearded. stiff collared educators all
over the land are taking time out
to condemn athletic programs in
the colleges and high schools, it is
comforting to hear praise for physi-
cal education activities such as that
outlined by Guy Weakley, city su-
perintendent of schools, at Thursday
nights banquet honoring FL Centre
junior college footballers.
Success of the Junior college, v
Weakley said, depends upon an
adequate physical education de-
partment and El Centre jaycee owes
its recent progress to more COM
plete athletic program as mapped
by the late Robert Armstrong. We
intend to continue that program
in order to assure continued prog
ress in the El Centre high school
and junior college system"
Weakley's statements highlighted
the annual dinner complimenting
the El Centre junior college upon
its perfect football season, spon-
sored by the El Centre Elks lodge.
The banquet was attended by
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-10
By GEORGE KIRKSEY

NEW YORK, Jan. 10. (UP)-The
Cleveland Indians should have won
the American league pennant last
year and didn't. The same thing
NAV be said about them in October
The Indians have made some
changes which should help to
create a more harmonious spirit in
the club, but until they can prove
under fire that they can all stand
UP and pull together, the Tribe
mustn't be taken too seriously as
a pennant contender.
Oscar Witt, who piloted the In
dians to second place last season
and to their highest percentage IN
10 years (.578), has been fired and
Roger Peckinpaugh, one Of his
predecessors, hired in his place.
Three of the temperamental In
dians have been disposed of-Jim-
my Allen going to the Browns, Ben
Chapman to the Senators and
frankie Pytlak to the Red Sox.
That should make for more har-
mony. Joe Dobson, a young pitcher.
and Oden Hale, utility infielder,
went along with Pytlak to Boston
in exchange for Pitcher Jim Bagby,
jr, son of the Cleveland pitching
hero of 20 years ago, Catcher Gene
Desautels, and Outfielder Gerald
Walker obtained by the Red Sox
in exchange for Doc Cramer)
The Tribes winter deals ought
TO help the club from more than
one angle. Therell no longer be
the jealousy over the first string
catching job which existed between
Rollie Hemsley and Pytlak. Walk
er, despite his fielding lapses, is
a hustling ball player. breed of
which the Indians can stand more.
Walker drove in 96 runs, standing
11th in the league in that respect.
If he hits as well in Cleveland, he'll
help plenty. Bagby should fit nice
ly into a place on the Cleveland
staff just behind the first line
hurlers and in addition prove a box
office attraction. None of the play
ers the Tribe had to give up are
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-10
Pitching. Defense
Cleveland Assets

likely to be missed.
The strength OF the Indians is
in their pitching and infield- Bot
Feller is the best pitcher in base
bail. and should come close to SO
victories again this season. He'll
be backed up BY. Al Milnar, Al
Smith, Mel Harder, Harry Eisen-
stat, Johnny Humphries, Bill zu-
Der. Nate Andrews. Jim Bagby and
Joe Krakauskas, the lefthander OBJ
tanned from Washington in the
Ben Chapman deal.
It's hard to find better infield
than Trosky at first, Mack at Sec
ond. Boudreau at short and Kelt-
ner at third, with Oscar Grimes
and Russ Peters for utility duty.
The outfield setup is likely to be
jeff Heath in left, Roy Weatherly
in center and Gee Walker in right,
with Beau Belr and Soup Camp
bell as reserves.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-10
EI Centro Jaycees
0pen Two.Game
Series in ST..

Ell Centre junior college basketball
team hoped aboard none-too-
speedy school bus Friday morning
to depart for San Diego where Coach
Bill Maxwells Arabs will meet San
Diego State Bees tonight at Tbs
and meet Brown Military academy
Junior college Saturday afternoon.
Coach Maxwell took ten players
to San Diego for the two-game SER
les. players who compose probably
the strongest basketball team to
represent the junior college in his
tory of the school.
Maxwell hoped for no better than
an even break in the two game SER
les because the San Diego State
Bee team is one of San Diego's bet
ter basketball teams. The Arabs,
however, will be favored over Brown
in Saturdays contest.
Maxwell will start virtually the
same lineup that started in games
against Trinidad and Sun Lumber
placing Payne and Sander at for
wards. Fox or Raab at center and
Radcliffe and Morgan at guards.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-10
Imperial Valley Press

Established April 90, 1901
Published every afternoon except
Saturday and Sunday saturday
afternoon issue now succeeded
by the Sunday Post Press, es-
tablished 1880 by the Imperial
Valley Publishing company, 625
State Street, FL Centre, Calf.
Paul jenkins. publisher; A. C.
Johnston. vice-president and gem
eral manager; II. A. Fitzhugh.
secretary and managing editor.
West Holiday Co. Inc, National
Advertising Representatives.
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ter.
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