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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-08
International New. Service cabl.

BERLIN. Feb. S.-The dramatic
story of how young British
soldier of fortune. whose pretty
girl companion had committed sui
eide. was doomed TO death by a
German court as a spy came 10
light in Berlin today.
The Briton condemned to face
a firing squad was Percy William
Olaf De Wet, a 28-year-old fiier
who fought in the air during the
Abyssinian and Spanish wars and
is a descendant of the famous Boer
War general. Christian De Wet.
Captured by the German police
in Prague last year, De Wet was
convicted of espionage within the
Reich in behalf of the French
secret service. according to Chan
cellor Hitler's newspaper Voel-
kischer Beobachter, a correspond
ent of which witnessed the secret
trial.
DANCER SEIZED. TOO
Arrested with De Wet in Prague,
a beautiful young dancer was held
as a suspected accomplish but
killed herself before the authori-
ties could ascertain whether she
was involved with De Wet in
spying or was merely his sweet
heart.
1t was through his affair with
the girl that De Wet was trapped,
Nazi police said.
The Voelkischer Beobachter cor
respondent described De Wet as
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-28

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-28

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Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-17
Thought for the Day

Weeping may endure for night but JOY commeth
in the mornng.-Psams 305.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-17
by Paul Harrison :.
Ho|Iywoods S Fads, Fancies and FoibIes

'Cagney, Alan Hale, Dennis Nor
gan and $50 others which has
journeyed 5000 miles into Canada
to Jumping Caribou Lake on the
edge of the brush country in On
tario. There they're filming the
first part of Captains of the
Clouds" in which the three princi-
ais are pilots of the northland wild
erness airways and later distinguish
themselves in the Royal Canadian
Air Force. Mr.. Ships letter fol-
lows:
Just sit there and look like an
old Indian fishing in the lake."
said Mike Curtiz to the old Indian
who sat there fishing in the lake.
Joe Beayertail squatted on the
rickety pier and tried to look even
more like an old Indian fishing in
the lake. That is good" said Cur
tiz. Much better than Hollywood
Indians. Maybe l take you back to
Hollywood and make you an actor"
RED MEN CUT LOOSE
The arrival of the company-with
four chartered planes, the bright
lights, mysterious sound equipment.
color cameras and many people
who ran around like crazy--is the
most exciting thing to hit that
country since the French and In
dian fracaS.
ChippeWas came from miles.
around when the word went out
that Curtiz wanted to hire lot
of Indians. They came in their
store clothes and with their hair
slicked down with bear grease. One
grandmother brought papoose.
about 3, dressed in grass shirt like
an Hawaiian. A 17-year-old girl
wore rouge and high-heeled slip
pers.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-17
by Willis Thornton
Two Years

The war land it becomes more
justifiable every day to speak of
what goes on at Smolensk, at To-
bruk, in northern France and at
Chungking as one war; is now al
most two years old. 1t has moved
with such giant strides, changed
direction and pace SO often, that it
is worth while to go back to Au-
gust and relive the days which
marked the end of peace in our
time"
Evening of Aug. %, 1899: In Ber-
lin a bombshell exploded, the an
nouncement that Russia and Ger
many had concluded 10-year
non-aggression pact guided by the
desire to strengthen the cause of
peace between them. The coun-
tries agreed to refrain from any
act Of force, any aggressive act, or
any attacks against each other. y
The shock made the world reel be-
cause II was tnen clear tnaC 1ef-
many was at last free to make any
aggression it wished, free of fear of
attack by Russia. War had become
almost inevitable.
On the same day Britain
warned Germany clearly that if Po-
land were attacked, Britain would
stand by her agreement to aid Po-
land Hitler replied that this Brit
ish guarantee merely encouraged
the Poles to resist his Danzig de-
mands, and began to mobilize.
On Aug. 24-25 there were border
clashes on the German-Polish
frontier, and on the 25th President
Roosevelt appealed both to Hitler
and to President Moscicki of Po-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-17

land to settle their Danzig dispute
in peace.
Now events began to gallop, and
in those last few days all Europe
claWed and scrambled desperately
to avoid the war that loomed so
near. By the end of August all Eu-
rope was mobilized, London, Paris,
Rome, Berlin, and Warsaw were
blacked out on the night of Aug.
31-Sept. l. At 5:45 in the morn
ing of Sept. l, without declaring
war, Hitler sent his legions across
the Polish border.
On Sept. 3, President Roosevelt
in radio address solemnly warned
the nation that it could not be in
different to the new war You
must master at the outset he said,
" simple but unalterable fact in
modern foreign relations. When
peace has been broken anywhere,
peace of all countries everywhere
Is IN danger
Warning that no man could pre-
dict what would be the course of
the war, he closed with the solemn
promise, "As long as it remains
within my power to prevent, there
will be no blackout of peace in the
United States"
Two years have passed. Peace has
been blacked out in country after
country, not in the United States.
A peaceable people still clings to
peace; but it has already seen in
full measure the vindication of the
Presidents pronouncement that
when peace has been broken any,
where, peace in all countries every
where is in danger"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-17

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 16 CUP) =
The softening and enfeebling proc
esses of Hollywood life have ruin
ed the acting careers of most of the
American Indians living here. I
wouldn't care to say they have be-
come pallid and fat, but that's ex-
actly what studio casting directors
believe.
A committee of some 80 Indian
men has presented a petition to
Central Casting requesting prefer
entail treatment on all studio calls
for actors to portray redskins. just
as they were doing that, Warner
Brothers was going to all the trou
BILE and expense of importing 16
Sioux braves from the Standing
Rock Agency, Fort Yates, N. D., to
work in the new Enrol Flynn film,
They Died With Their Boots On"
Crazy Bear, Holy Bear, White
Shield, Chasing Hawk, Elk Voice
and the other newcomers are very
satisfactory in appearance with no
traces of the sedentary world of
motor cars, elevators, merinque pie
and air-conditioned barber shops.
IDLE DAY BRINGS PAY
The visiting Sioux are living in
a local hotel with a room apiece,
and are fed at studio expense. Their
wage is SIS a day when they're idle
and $11 day when they work. All
but SO a week, though, will be with
held until they get home. The red
skins admire the way HollyWoods-
men dress but they're little shock
ed by the immodest red fingernails
of women.
Most puzzling to them is the
union rule that prohibits them
from putting on their own war
paint. All such decoration is the
province of the Screen Makeup Ar
fists Guild.
One of this departments scouts,
Cameron Shipp has sent in a re-
port about movie making in the
Chippewa country. He's with the
Michael Curtiz company Jimmy
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-17
by Peter Edison =.
The Inside Track in Washington

Cultural and Commercial Relations
has been renamed and reshaped.
Co-ordinator Rockefeller will con-
tinue to do most of the things he
has been doing and a few others
besides, but the emphasis will be
more on the cultural than on the
commercial relations, the CONNER
cial programs having been trans
ferred to the Commerce Depart
ment. The finance company to buy
up German control of South Amer
lean airlines, for instance, which
started as a Rockefeller enterprise,
has been moved over under the
banner of the Federal Loan Agency,
the other half of the Jesse Jones
enterprises.
The extra role which Nelson
Rockefeller will have thrust upon
him is that Of acting as an un-
official friend in court for all the
South and Central American coun-
tries. Whenever any one of these
republics has a problem, instead of
trying to make an appointment with
Cordell Hull for a formal state
call, the ambassador will be able to
get Rockefeller on the telephone
and tell his story. Rockefeller, not
being bound by protocol, will be able
to call up the government depart
ment concerned and get something
going, quick. As such, the Rookie
feller office may be able to cut
through more red tape in less time
than any other government agency
has ever been able to do.
Actual administration Oh the COM
mercial end of the program, as it
concerns the Waging Of economic
war, will be placed with COM
mittee on strategy, and its plans
are being worked out now.
With this committee, General
MaXWells new Export Clearance
Section will operate in such way
that clearance of priorities and per-
mits in all government departments
can be obtained without delay. I'm
der General Maxwell will be staff
of hardboiled army majors and col
onels whose instructions will be to
ride roughshod through the red
tape and to forget all they ever
knew about the Infamous military
channels which clutter up SO much
army procedure.
If project involves the sending
OF three shiploads Of machine guns
to some South American republic
to arm its troops for hemisphere
defense, and the bringing back of
hides to make into shoes for the
Russian army, the idea will be to
get it started and get it done quick
er than it was ever done before.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-17
Cranium Crackers !
SONGS IN THE AIR

SONGS IN THE AIR
You may not know the words to
the hut-sut song, but the melody
fingers on. Keep in tune with these
questions about that and other
numbers now blaring from the juke
boxes.
l. According to the song, what
are raw'son, rillerah, a brawla'
and hut-sut?
2. Who is the answer to a
prayer and has a voice like the echo
of sigh?
3. What does the man with the
high hat ask in the Treasury De-
partments current theme song?
4. What are the several things
the singer wants from Daddy?
5. What comes out here?
ANSWERS
l. The raw,son is a Swedish/
town: the rillerah is stream; the
braWla is a boy and girl; the hut
sut is their dream.
2. Marie Elena" is the answer
to a prayer with voice like the
echo of a sigh.
3 The man in the high hat asks
Amy Bonds Today?" which Is the
name of the Treasury theme song
on it's Millions for Defense" pro-
gram.
d. The girl wants diamond
ring, bracelet, everything, sable
coat, champagne, caviar and a car
from Daddy.
5. The music of THE Music Goes
Round and Round" comes out here.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-17
AMERICAN OPINION ON
EiGHT-POINT DECLARATION

The peace aims set forth by President
Roosevelt and British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill echoed through the
world. A summary of reaction follows.
CONGRESS
Chairman David |. Walsh, D., Mass,
of the senate naval affairs committee:
"A commitment that goes far beyond
the constitutional powers of the Presi-
dent" Sen. Pat McCarran D., New: "A
declaration based on the unwarranted
assumption that the United States is q
belligerent in this war; Sen. Democratic
Leader Alben W Barkley: at will find
an enthusiastic response in the hearts of
all peoples" House Democratic Leader
John W Mccormick: "A message of
peaoe-the basis upon which real and
lasting peace can be made.
THE PRESS
EAST: Boston Globe = president
Roosevelt has placed the influence of the
American policy behind British war
aims" New York Daily News: :" Mr..
Roosevelt :. has sold Mr.. Churchill on
the four freedoms with notable
omission. Nothing is said about the free
dom of religion. This neglect =. is in
Difference, we take it, TO our new ally,
Joe Stalin;'' New York Times: q. ;" To
the extent that British and American
craftsmanship can make the good faith
of their promise apparent to the German
people, they will rob Hitler of his great
est weapon-the present belief of the
German people that the outcome of this
war means life or death for the German
nation" Philadelphia Inquirer: "The
necessity of this meeting =. was render
ed doubly important and timely by cur
rent sinister developments.
MIDDLE WEST: Detroit Free Press:
1--WE are at war The joint declaration
leaves no other alternatives" Kansas City
Star: ut presents noble aspirations on
which there will be general agreement" )"
Des Moines Register and Tribune: "There
has been absolute need of presenting to
the world a chart of purposes that will
stand as an alternative-a more toler-
able and finer alternative-to the new
order proposed by Hitler" st. Louis
Dispatch: ""Have we heard all there is
to hear from this meeting? Is a state
ment of aims all the President and the
Prime Minister drew up?'
THE SOUTH: New Orleans Times
Picayune: "GD will prove 'momentous'
only if its noble purposes are implement
ed and its fine objectives made sure of
attainment by the muster of armed force
strong enough and we'll enough equipped
to beat off brute aggression by land
and sea and air )" Baltimore Sun: "All
men who dream of reign of peace and
order must pray that, from the physical
and political risks taken in this meet
ing =. will come a greater unity"
FAR WEST: Los Angeles Times "All
that seems presently clear is that the
peace-objectives declaration is cover
for something much more immediate and
Important" San Francisco Chronicle:
"The basic importance of the Roosevelt
Churchill statement is that it envisions
everything that is the opposite of the
that is the opposite of the foul Nazi phil
osophy is itself worth fighting for. Such
a fight is the only road to peace"
Few indeed are the Americans who
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-17

The peace aims set forth by President
Roosevelt and British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill echoed through the
world A summary of reaction follows.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-17

Few indeed are the Americans who
would not consume more goods if they
could The secret of enabling all to con-
sumo more is to make it possible for all
to produce more. = Wheeler McMillen,
president National Farm Chemurgic
Council
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-17
WASHINGTON MOPPINGS

Sixteen Latin America army pi-
lots have been selected for advanced
training with U. S. Army air corps
cadets. They'll get $l0O a month
living expense allowance from us.
government while in attendance.
Expansion of officer training pro-
gram in u. S. Army will give for
one soldier in every 100 a chance
to win a commission. One out of
every four can win higher pay as a
non com. More than 10000 Negro
troops are now in U. S. service.
Including II new and extra hot
bands. General Perishing will be 81
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-17
So They Say

One of the most destructive as
poets of war is the loss of able
young men who are just beginning
to make their mark in their choseri9
fields, for these are the potential
leaders of a new generation.
metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
report -
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-17
Editorials and Co mment
SUNDAY, AUGUST II, 1941

EDITORS NOTE: The foIIolDino
ditoridIs are presented as interesting
opinions Uoiced by editors eIseIcItere.
They do not necessarily reflect the
opinion of this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-17

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 = The
Economic Defense Board of CABINET
members headed by Vice President
Henry A Wallace which is intended
to wage the economic war, is be-
ginning to shape up in a little bet
ter perspective now and it's posi-
BILE to tell few things about how
it will function.
In the first place, this is the
board which has been talked about
since last January, and it should
have been named then. The trouble
is nobody could agree who should
be on it and who should head 1t.
So in all the wrangling no board
was appointed. Wallace was finally
agreed on to head the committee,
being unobjectionable to all, being
a good man besides, and presiden-
tial timber for 1914 if he makes
good as vice president.
The other members of the COM
mittee are, titularly the Secretar-
les of State, Treasury, War, Navy,
Commerce, and the Attorney Gen.
eraI. These cabinet members, how
ever, will all be SO busy with their
regular work that they will be ex-
pected to attend only the opening
sessions and the plenary sessions
when papers are to be signed and,
presumably, pictures taken.
Provision was made in the Presi-
dents order creating the board for
"alternates" to function in place of
the brass hats, do all the executive
work, and report back to their boss
es. Undersecretary of State Sum
ner Welles will function for Secre-
tary Hull. Undersecretary of Com
merce Wayne Chatfield-Taylor will
sit in for Secretary Jones, and SO
on. In other words, the big name
board itself is another holding COM
pany setup, under which others will
function.
There will be an executive di-
rector of the board, and DR.. Wi
field w. Riefler of Princeton, some
time Federal Reserve Board eco
nomist, is now generally mentioned
for this job. Riefler and his staff
will be largely planners. Execution
will be left to others.
SUPER ZONING BOARD
When the board gets going, the
idea will be for it to divide up the
world into four economic zones. Eu-
rope will be one, the British En-
pire another, the Orient third,
and the Western Hemisphere less
Canada, the fourth. There will be
a division in charge of each zone,
and its job will be TO study the
economy of the area and see how
economic war can be waged there
TO best advantage.
Take the Western Hemisphere as
an example of how it works. Org
anization of this group is a little
further along than the others, SO
it's a good specimen.
1t viii be run by a Committee on
Inter American Affairs. This COM
mittee will reach into a number of
existing governmental agencies for
representatives. State, Treasury,
Commerce, Agriculture, Export-Im-
port Bank, OPM, OPACS, and Ex-
port Control are a likely lineup
for the team. This group will have
as a titular chairman Nelson
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-17

MEMBER
American Newspaper Pub.
fishers Association. Nation
al Editorial Association.
California Newspaper Pub
fishers Association.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-16
SEVEN HOURS OF HELL DESCRIBES ATTACK MADE
 BY NAzI, BRITISH GRAFT
(Ry Associated Press

Seven hours of hell is the de- scription of the attack made or the British aircraft carrier Illus trious by German dive bombers on January 10 "in the Mediterranean Sea-
 An Associated Press corrcspon- dent aboard the Illustrious reports that from 40 to 50 Nazi planes dropped 100000 pounds of high ex- plosives and many torpedoes whose concussions shook the 23,oo0-ton ship "as a cat shakes rat
 A British Naval officer reports the air attack on the Illustrious as the most tremendous and terrify- ing thing I have ever seen It seemed like all the fires of hell were kindled The blast of the 1,O00- pound bombs were so crush ing, so incredible, that no worcs can describe it"
 The Illustrious weathereG the blistering attack but was severely damaged. German planes particl- pating in the attack are reported to have flown from the new base at Catania, bombed last night by the RAF
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-16
U. ,. Policy IsCriiiliized:;
 Tokyo Paper
Declare We Should Bring Navy Home If We
 Mean Peace

TOKYO, Jan. 16-The Foreign Office controlled Japan Times today suggested the best way" to keep President Roosevelt's pledge that no troops will be sent to foreign soil will be to withdraw the navy to home waters
 Commenting on the criticism of the United States Congress for the lease-lend bill to aid Great Britain, the Times says: ITO the Japanese it looks very much like the United States is going the long way around for sending armed forces to the scene of action abroad by mainte- nance of a fleet in Hawaii.
 The Tokyo newspapers urge the government to hasten Japan's "southward program and be ready for resolutute action to offset British influence in East Asia
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-16
Dusk 10 Dawn Raid Smash es German Naval Base
 at WiIheImshdven
FIRES ARE STARIED;
 FIERCE FLAMES RAGE
New Base of Germans dt Cdtdnid, Sicily, Is Also
 Stormed by Bombers
(By Associated Press)

British Royal Air Force bombers pounded Wilhelmshaven, German naval base. last night and also made smashing raid on the new German air base at Catania. Sicily. the springboard of the Nazi aerial of- fensive against the British Mediter- ranean fleet.
 The RATS night-long attack on Wilhelmshaven is described by the British Air Ministry as the "heav- jest and most successful" series of 40 attacks on the port.
 RAF pilots said fires started at the naval station were so fierce and widespread that 1t was difficult to pick out specific targets.
 The Hitler High Command de- clares that only 20 persons were killed and 30 wounded in the attack on the naval port but gives no de- tails on the enormous damage done by bombs and resulting fires. The Italian command declares the RAF night raiders inflicted only minor damage at Catania and furth- CT states several persons were killed and others were wounded.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-16

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. 16 = Horace Mellard DuBose, 82, retired Bishop of the Southern Methodist Church and leader for half cen- tury, notably in work toward unit ing the two branches of Methodisn, died here after an illness of two years.
 A gifted writer able admins trator and deep student of Bibli- cal history, Bishop DuBose served the Methodist Episcopal Church South for nearly three score years.
 For two-thirds of that time he chiefly was a contributor to and editor of church publications, but he served pastorates in Mississippi, Texas, California and Georgia be- fore he was elected Bishop in l9lG First stationed in Berkeley. Cal, with the entire Pacific Coast as his Diocese. he returned in 1924 to his native south land 10 take charge of the Holston, Memphis tt (COntinlIed m PSpa Sfy)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-16
By JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-To the handful of new Senators who are inst settling in their chairs for the first time-some Donts in the Sen ate that might have been Dos il you had taken your seat a long tirne ago:
 1. Don't carry firearms onto the Senate floor.
 Just because Vice President Van Buren used to preside with a brace of pistols in his jeans, don't think it's an old Senate custom to come to work armed. Since the days when Senator Foote of Mississippi drew his trusty derringer on a col league and some years later when Senator Salisbury tried to shoot the argeant-at-armS, packing a gun in the Senate has been looked on with nigh disfayor. There's even a rule that you have to check your six-gun at the door.
 3. Don't invite ladies to visit you on the Senate floor.
 There was a day, as one lady observer put it, when 'rhe Senate chamber was crowded to crushing with ladies. I never go on such squeezing occasions" And again when Tt was supposed yesterday there were 300 ladies. besides their beaus on the floor of the Senate. Those days are gone forever. As far
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-16

 DUE 500N;
 pAA ROUTE
Fast New Ships Will Fly from Seattle 10 Fair
 banks : Stop Here

SEATTLE, Jan. 16.-Joe Crosson announced today that Pacific Alaska Airways will in few weeks put on an eight-hour schedule from Seattle to Fairbanks.
 The new time will be made pos sible by the use of three new IA passenger Lockheed Lodestars on which delivery is expected around the end of February.
 These Lodestars have a cruising speed in excess of 200 miles an hour and will go all the way through to Fairbanks in one day, stopping at Juneau en route
 Crosson said carrying of pas sengers will be resumed when the Lodestars go into service.