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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-09
NaZi Press Calls
l.. S. Act Coercion

BE LIN. July 9. -- GNS) ---
While mentioning no concrete Ger
man counter-meaSures. the entire
German press today condemned
American naval occupation Of Ice
land a an act OF coercion
against A small nation.
The German radio was first 10
break GermsnyS silence on the
!celald occupation II called Presi-
dent Roosevelt an "aggressor. a
Volator Of the Monroe Doctrine
and a hypocrlte"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-09
Boat BURNS
On River:
4 Rescued

-Four persons, including The nj
tot, were rescued from e Detroit
River last night when the 35-foot
service boat of the j. w. Westcott
MarineNService Company went up
in flames after its motor exploded.
Passengers on the excursion
steamer Columbia. watched as a
boat crew from the Columbia and
an Immigration patrol motor boat
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-09

Gen. Hugh :. job son,
Americas Fighting Thinker,
Writes Daily for the Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-09
"MAY SEIZE L. 8. LAND"

ROME. July Q CINS) Ameri-
can occupation Of Iceland justifieS
AXIS seizure Of United States ter
ritorieS IN the Western Hemi.
sphere. Virginia Gayda wrote in
the Giornale d'Italla today.
This occupation Of Iceland
creates military precedent"
Premier Muss press
spokesman said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-09
TOXIC PRESS SEES PERIL

TOXIC. July 9.-CTNSl-Com.
menting editorially on the Ameri-
can occupation Of Iceland. the
newspaper Nichi Nichi said today
that the United States appears
30 carry otit It's pro-
gram tof all possible aid 10 Eng
land) despite the dangers of a
clash with Germany.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-09
DECISION DEMANDED

Al the same time Representa-
tive WadSworth CRl of New York
co-author Of the Draft Act, called
for immediate decision on these
nattcrS and declared that demo
e1 draiteeS- guaTdsmer
and reserve officers would dis
Tupt half the army"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-09

ing ship last night while his com
panionS kept afloat with the life
prcserVers until rescuerS came
along
Cause Of The explosion was I'M
determined.
The boat. which was of First
street a. the umc. services freight
erS and other ships. It's value was
not disclosed
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-09
TIGERS Host to Boy Scouts

The Detroit Tigers will play
host 10 more than $4,000 Boy
Scouts Of the Detroit. area. along
with 100 of their leaders. al three
games 10 be PLAYED this Fridav
and Monday and Wednesday Of
next week. The boys will attend
in groups of 5000 on each of the
three days.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-09

hauled the four 10 safety after
they had been in the water for
20 minutes.
Oscar +. Gougcor -. Of 253
Cortland avenue. the pilot, is in
Receiving Hospital with burns
suffered when ne ran 10 the front
.of the boat 10 get three life savers
for his companions.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-09
Use the time Saver"
For Automatic
w alter Heating
INSTALLED ",".. -

You can have HOT water at the flip of a switch
with this time saving arrangement. The set
consists of three unitS--shown at the left. The
top sketch shows the wall switch and signal
for turning the gas on and off. In the center
IS bi-metal thermostat that shuts off the gas
automatically when the hot water reaches the
desired quantity. AT the bottom Is magnetic
valve which opens and closes the flow Of gas.
With Two Switches, $27
For added convenience you can have
switch upstairs in the bathroom
and one downstairs in the kitchen.
Tsrfb Fioor-Fsrmer Nreet-Secfio- c
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-09

Gen. Hugh =. John son,
Americas Fighting Thinker"
Writes Daily for the Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-09

Oak. Fdngbon-
ner fife re d
slight leg burns
and the I " o
W O m en- were
.trea te q y for
shock.
On April II,
Gougeon W a :
involved IN an
other fire on
the same boat
and spent sew
eral days in
Receiving Hos
pitaii
A good swim
mer, he jumped
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-09
QUOTATION REFUSED

While most leaders declined 10
he quoted publicly on the matter
Representative Nav Cd of Ken
lucky, chairman of The House
military affairs committee openly
proclaimed his opposition 10 eN-
tending the draft training period
and suggested the compromise
May however. favored permit
ting use OF guardSmen outside TN,
Western hemisphere, If neces-
sary The President told his press
conference yesterday that the LAT
ter proposal X not nearly so i'm
portant aS keeping draitees and
guardSmen IN service beyond a
years training
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-09
Congress Rebels
At Long Service
FOR Draftees
BY GRIFFING BANCROFT

WASHING TON. July O..
Congressional democratic lead
Prs today strongly Indicated rhey
will fatty reject proposals 10 keel
draftees in service for more than
bne year, despite President Roose-
telt's assertion that IL would be
advisable for the selcctees to stay
IN continuous training during the
emergency
Ranking Legislators prepared IN
back compromise proposal ia
retain in uniform only national
guardSmcn. reserve officers and
those draftecs willing 10 volunteer
for additional duty
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-09
u. ). Beat Hitler
To Punch, Says
Senator Pepper
BY ROBERT A. McGILL

WASHINGTON. July 9.--Sena-
tor Claude Pepper Cd of Florida,
a New Deal spokesman today de-
clared that American occupation Of
Iceland beat Hitler TO the punch"
while Senator Burton X. Wheeler
Cd Of Montana, leading non-inter-
ventionist, charged that the only
reason the administration took
over Iceland is because they want
10 get us into shooting war with
Germany"
The Florida senator said that
the Icelandic move is a long step
toward defense of the Western
Hemisphere and increased aid 10
Britain, and at the same time
urged that unlimited American
war supplies be sent Russia.
= OPPORTUNITY SEEN
Asserting that apparently Rus
STA can hold out for a long time. y
Pepper. a member or me Senate
foreign relations committee. said
that the current situation pre-
sentS an opportunity 10 this coun-
try that should not be left 10 pass
without decisive action"
Pepper said that the United
States should aid the Soviet with
everything possible except men,
and added that this would not les
sen the flow of war materials TO
the British. He suggested that a
military commission he sent 10
Russia 10 study needs OF the Soviet
and that this country 'redouble
her efforts at production capacity
10 furnish this aid
As Informal debate continued 10
rage among senators over the Ice
land occupation. Wheeler belittled
the administrations claim that the
move was defensive
President Roosevelt told his
press conference yesterday that
the navy had been ordered into the
sub-Arctic country because he had
put himself in the other fellows
place" and deemed American ac-
ton the safest form Of protec-
-tIOn.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-10
BY JOHN w. DUNLAP

SACRAMENTO, June 10 tUP)-
Gov. Culbert Olson today needed
the pleas of organized labor ano
vetoed the far-reaching Desmond
bill tightening the unemployment
insurance act.
While the battle over unemploy-
ment relief for the next biennium
continued in both legislative houses
labor jubilantly echoed the govern
or'S attack ON the Desmond bill
which he called harsh. drastic
and unjust.
The measure. sponsored by a
united front of major employers
and bitterly opposed by labor. was
one of the most controversial of the
legislative session.
Assemblyman Earl Desmond, au-
thor of the bill, said he would seek
to override the veto in the lower
house Thursday.
The bill would restrict payment
of unemployment insurance bene-
fits to jobless persons. It's sup
porters contended it aimed to crack
down on relief chiselerS."
The governor, in a 21-page veto
message, argued it contained harsh
diSqualifications of many deserving
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-10

WASHINGTON, June 10 (UP)-
Increasing civilian and defense de-
mands for limited supplies Of zinc
soon will result in the rationing
Of the strategic metal, Well-informed
defense officials revealed today.
A confidential report, prepared by
defense agencies for the office OF
production managements priorities
division. estimates capacity Of the
zinc industry this year at $4,000
tons With American and British
defense requirements Of 275000 tons
and civilian demand at $4,000 tons
leaving a shortage Of nearly 230,-
600 tons. The industry has estimated
a 1871 military demand for 100000
tons.
The report also estimated industry
capacity at $4,000 tons during 1912
with 100000 tons for direct military
purposes and. if unchecked, civil
IAN demand Of more than 100000
tens. Allowance was made for some
zoo 600 tons of zinc concentrates
to be imported annually from New
foundl2nd and Mexico.
The rationing action, probably 20
be taken within 10 days, will cur
tail zinc supplies available for the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-10
1871 Peach Crop
Below Last Year

SAN FRANCISCO, June 10. up
The Gamers League of California
today estimated the 194l California
cling peach crop at 305 ,463 tons, a
considerable drop from the estimat-
ed crop Of 37O,036 tons in 1910
The league said that high water
in the peach areas during the win
ter and the appearance of fungus
IN the MarysVille area, which pro-
duces almost half Of the state crop,
were chiefly responsible for the low
er l94l crop.
On the basis of reports from grow
ers and Gamers the league estimat-
ed the crop in the Marysville dis
trict would be 131354 tons as
against $4,000 last year. In the
next largest district, the Modesto
area, a crop Of l04,236 tons was
forecast, an increase over the 1910
estimate Of 102,267 tons.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-10
Olson PIocotes Labor.
Vetoes Desm ono Bill

by a 10 to Is vote. 1t was believed
the motion was made to vote down
an attempted override of the gov
ernor's veto of the measure and
bring more attention to the relief
problem.
FUNDS VOTED
The assembly approved a bill bys
Hugh Burns appropriating $2,195,5 500
for improvements in capital outlay
to state colleges: Chico, $267 900:
Fresno. $3.50, 500; Humboldt, $102,500;
Santa Barbara, $275,000 San Diego,
s152 600: San Francisco, $764,500;
San Jose, 1887 900.
The motor vehicle prima facie
speed limit, raised from 40 to SO
miles an hour in the Sawallisch
bill. was passed by the senate and
returned to the assembly for con-
currence in minor amendments. 1t
gives the department of public v1rks
more power to desigate zones where
the limit may be decreased.
Assemblyman Earl Desmond's bill
to repeal California's three day
gin marriage" law was killed when
technical violation of parliament
ary rules forced it back to COM
mittee.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-10
Specially Crop
Loans Requested

SACRAMENTO, June 10 (UP) -
W. B. Parker, state director of ag-
riculture. and Prof. Harry Well
man, University of California agr1-
cultural economist, today were en-
route to Washington to urge fed
eraI officials to establish definite
loan or buying programs for Cali
folnia specially crops.
Parker said it was hoped that
assurances could be obtained of a
definite basic policy comparable to
the parity loan program for cot
ton. wheat. corn, rice and tobacco.
Most fruits and other speciality
cops nave been affected by war
developments, Parker said, and as
sistance will be needed in main
tanning fair price levels.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-10
Officers Warned
To Work as THOUGH
Goinu to War

FORT ORD. Cal. June 10 up
Officers Of the 7th division were
told today they must work as
though they We're going to war to-
morrow and planning 70 stay there
some years"
Mai Cen. Robert N. Danfo~6
Chief of field artillery ~ tAe IT,
division, addressed commissioned
personnel at a cr-tique Of recent
battle maneuvers, on which the di-
vision was cornplimented by Maj.
Gen. Walter K Wilson, 3rd army
corps commander.
Wilson told the 7th division II
was an aggressive, efficient fight
ing force which can be counted On
TO do its part in the defense Of
its country Maj Gen. Joseph w.
Stilwell, division commander, how
ever, warned his officers not TO be
calm and confident during ma
neuvers." pointing out the real
show is a much different thing.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-10
Imperial Valley Press

Estallisned April 20, 1901
published every afternoon except
saturday and Sunday Saturday
afternoon issue now succeeded
by the Sunday Pogt-Press, es-
tsblished 1896 by the Imperial
Valley Publishing company, e25
State street, Ell Centre. Calf.
Paul jenkins. publisher; A. c.
Johnston, vice president and gem
eral manager: z. A. Fitzhugh,
secretary and managing editor.
West Holiday Co. Inc. National
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M m h r. California Newspaper
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Butered at El Centre, California
post office as second class mat
ter.
Subscription rates: In California,
DC per copy.
In conjunction with the Post
Press (Sunaays), per month 75c;
paid fu advance, 3 months, S1.lc.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-10
SP Ships Added
TO Defense Pool

WASHINGTON. June 10 CUP) -
The Southern Pacific Co Of San
Francisco today was ordered by the
maritime commission to make its
entire fleet Of 10 cargo vessels
available for defense purposes.
The 10 ships Of 66,59O tons will
be added TO the emergency ship
ping pool This fleet formerly ope-
rated as the Morgan Line, serving
New York. Baltimore and Cult
ports in Atlantic coastwise trade.
Addition OF the Southern Pacific
ships to the defense fleet brought
10 81 the number Of Atlantic and
Gulf coastWise vessels being taken
from their regular routes
The 10 ships are the FL Almi-
rante, 1925 tons, FL Capital, 1925
tons; FL Coston, 7,74O tons; FL Es-
tero. 5,27O tons; FL Isleo, $3.50 tons;
Ell Lago, $3.50 tons, FL Mundo,
6,850 tons; FL Occidente, $3.50 tons;
Fl Ooeeano, 1900 tons; FL Oriente.
G.850 tons.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-10
Contractors Set
Base Prices for
Tractor Work Here

Base prices for tractor contract
ing in Imperial Valley were an
nounced Tuesday following meet
ings of contractors.
The new schedule. which was an
increase Of about five per cent,
was agreed upon by a dozen valley
contractors. chiefly representing
the northend. They are; Hartnett
and Sanders, V. ]. Sims, NJ P.
Kennedy. Jack Spinks of BTaWley
w. S. Conkey Of inland, w. j. Day
ton. Howard Austin, George Rasor
Of Calipatria, r S. Reese and Fred
Fox of Westmorland and Roy Noble
Of Fl Centre.
The schedule provides; plowing,
50 an acre: plowing in, $3.50; disc
ing. 90 cents an acre; floating, sc
cents: blading So, stubble ground
$3.50: listing s1.25 an acre; canta-
loupe or watermelon beds tploW)
So an acre: cantaloupe beds disc
s2.25. second time S325 per acre
Harrowing tspringtooth IS cents an
acre: flCod borders .35 cents.
planting milo and 1IaX) So an acre
tnlulch ana Planu; grader work
$3.50 per hour.
Exceptions exist for special work
and small jobs.
L. E. Hartnett of Brawley, who
announced the new schedule, said
a standard rate OF ST a day for
tractor drivers has been reached
and SS a day for bed making, can
taloupes and lettuce.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-10
U. 5. Army Built
On New Conception

NEW YORK, June 10 CUP) -
The United states army is building
a new air force based Oh the
conviction that the German staff
has invented a basic change il
military science Mai. Gen. Henry
II. Arnold, deputy chief Of staff for
air, said last night.
This new effective method of
war has presented a challenge and
with usual American ingenuity we
shall effectively meet that chal-
ltnge, he said.
Arnold received the Gen. William
H. Mitchell memorial award OF
Ayiators Post 743. American Leg
ion. for the outstanding individual
contribution TO aviation progress" ="
curing 1910.
Mitchell favored creation Of q
separate United States air force.
distinct from the army and navy.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-10

UNEMPLOYED" and said ii failed tc
conform with federal requirements.
thus would jeopardize the states
federal grants
MONTEREY PLAN BEATEN
In another session which lasted
until early morning hours, the as
sembly defeated Fred Weybert'S con-
stitutional amendment to transfer
the executive and legislative depart
ments of the state government from
Sacramento to Monterey.
The vote was 80 to 80 i'll favor
of the proposal, but lacked the nee
essary 54 votes for tWo-thirds pass
age.
The assembly passed a bill re-
quiring boards of county super
visors to set up merit standards
for social welfare employees.
Indicating the state relief admin
istration would expire after June
so, the assembly once more re-
fused to permit withdrawal from
committee a bill appropriating $36,-
OO0,0OO to finance it for the next
biennium.
On the senate side, ant.-OlsOnites
defeated a motion to transfer the
Phillips return-relief- to-the-countieS
bill from the inactive to active file
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-10
Old Plates Must
Be Turned In

SACRAMENTO, june 10 tUP)-
The state assembly passed and
sent TO the senate today a bill by
Speaker Gordon Garland requiring
motorists TO turn in their old lie
ense plates to be sold as junk.
Garland specified the revenue
would be used to provide recrea-
tional facilities for military and
naval training camps.
If the motorist wants To keep his
ola plates, the bill permits him to
hand over a dime.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-10
Zinc Poeionine
Predicted Soon

production of civilian galvanized ar
tcles such as pals, garbage cans,
fence posts, roofing materials and
hundreds OF brass items. The metal
will be used to manufacture mill
tary brass-3O per cent zinc and 10
per cent copper - for ordnance,
quartermaster construction, ship
building and die casting.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-10
III Duce
Warns S
yunks>
Bv REYNOLDS PACKARD

ROME, June 10 UPl-Premier
Benito Mussolin charged today
American intervention in the war
would bring an authoritarian
regime" to the United States,
would not give Britain victory and
would only result in extending the
length OF the war.
II Duce warned Japan would
not be indifferent" to American
entry into the conflict and predict
ed Tokyo would prove loyal TO her
obligations under the three-power
military pact
Mussolini told the cheering Ease
ist chamber cf corporations on the
first anniversary of Italy's entrance
into the war that American inter
vention would spread the war to
other continents but will not alter
the final decisions
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-10
PROMISES VICTORY

Mussolini asserted that conquest
of Crete gives the axis good bases
for attacking Egypt as a gigantic
step toward final victory anc
promised that Italy will march
and fight with the Germans and
will win together"
He revealed italian casualties il
Albania to have been 1892 dead
38. 768 wounded and admitted loss
OF II convoved steamers and three
torpedo boats en- route to Albania.
MusSolini said the authoritarian
regime which war would bring to
the United States " would be in
ferior to ours"
The Roman Dictator Sulla,' he
said to the laughing chamber
seems most amateurish compared
with Delano Roosevelt"
He hinted not only Japan but
Spain as well would join the axis il
war against the United States anc
Britain if America entered the
conflict.
We do not solicit Spanish ac-
ton" he said, but Spain knows
who her friends are.
BRITISH DOOMED
Even if the war should last long
er than is expected, Britain cannot
win and America cannot save
Britain"
II Duce concluded his address
with a peroration that:
The axis will win! I firmly be-
lieve that in this battle between
gold and blood, God has chosen
blood.
we will win!"
He warned Italys enemies not II
count upon internal revolution II
crack Italy's front
Mussolini presented a lengthy
summation of Italys military cam
paigns in her year of war anc
went into great detail upon tkt
Greek campaign. He said 1880
Italian troops were killed in tn,
/ Greek war.
He asserted that Greece form
part of Italys Mediterranean
living space
MuSsolini asserted Germany har
agreed to italian occupation of al
Of Greece, including Athens.
Evening star., 1941-05-18
So .0OO. 900 Raised for British

NEW YORK, May II tR.-The
British War Relief Society an
nounced today it had raised more
than $1,000, 900 in cash for civilian
aid 10 Britain.
Evening star., 1941-05-18
BY LARRY ALLEN,
Associated Press War Correspondent.

ALEXANDRIA. Egypt, May IT,
The last British naval officer to get
away from Greece has arrived here
with stirring account of how he
and IL companions aboard a 15-ton
vessel escaped German air raiders
by hiding near the base of lava
spouting Santorin (Thera) Island in
the Cyclades.
The 18-day battle of the tiny craft
against the combined violence of the
Luftwaffe, raging storms and the ex-
plosion of the Diesel engine aboard
the vessel was related by 1t. Comdr.
Nigel C.. Willmott OF Kensington,
London.
Showed Of on April 2s.
Comdr. Willmott, who was in
charge of evacuation of British
troops from the Attica area east of
Athens, told how he requisitioned
every type Of fishing boat and
schooner to get the troops to war
ships, finally showing off himself at
dawn on April % after completing
his task.
His own boat, the 40-foot Evangel-
listria, he said, made a speed of four
knots with the engine fiat out, six
knots using sails" Abroad this craft
they battled through the stormy
seas, hugging close to coves of the
little islands strung out like a jig
saw puzzle in the Mediterranean.
I'VE were forced to lay up in cove
after cove following determined at
tacks upon us by squadrons of Nazi
bombers who went around the entire
Greek coastline straflng everything
that moved" he related. They few
low, dropping bombs and machine
cunning.
Our first stop was Macronisi
Island, where we went ashore to get
wine and honey and try to round up
any soldier stragglers. Then We
moved on to Seriphos Island, which
surrendered to the Germans while
We were hiding in cove.
There we had a rendezvous with
Evening star., 1941-05-18
Family Reaches U. S.
On 8-Month Odyssey

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May lit took
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Susser and their
daughter, Hilda, 20. eight months to
reach New York from Berlin, and
they are still about 5000 miles
from their destination-San Fran
cisco.
Last October, the family left
Germany, went to Moscow and then
to Yokohama where they obtained
visas for Costa Rica. They took
a Japanese ship for Valparaiso.
Chile, by way of Panama Canal,
in the hope of debarking at Pana-
ma, but Panama officials made them
60 to Valparaiso.
They obtained visa for Ecuador,
but failing to get transit admission
from Peru, returned to Panama.
Finally. the family boarded the
Philippine liner Dona Matt at Ball
boa and arrived in Brooklyn today.