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Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-20
London Papers
Pave Way for News
OF Balkan Defeat

LONDON, April 10. CUP)-News-
papers of all political leanings
started today to prepare the pub
lie for the possibility of an allied
defeat in Greece.
At the same time diplomats fore
cast that after a few more weeks,
at best, of Greek resistance the
next phase of the war would be
terrific battle for Egypt and the
Suez Canal.
The newspapers were plainly pre-
pairing for the public to face the
possibility of another Dunkirk. They
broke the shock of soberly worded
editorial warnings to speak opti-
mistically of the situation at the
moment III Africa.
The Daily Herald, organ of the
labor party, said:
Despite Greek courage, despite
British help, the battle of Greece
has gone against lis from the out
set We shall pe wise If we
prepare our minds for grim pos
sibilities. The prospect of checking
the German advance across the
mainland of Greece is extremely
thin"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-20
STRAW OF THE WINDS

(Riverside Press)
Where, would you imagine, is the most
modern, up-to-date, model cotton mill in
the world? New England, where the tex
tile industry first floWered in the United
States? Some southern state where some
enlightened employer is pioneering? Ger
many, proud of its industrial techniques
and Wanting its solicitude for the labor
soldier? Russia, where the industries are
all allegedly run for the workers?
No. According to a group of United
States industrial research experts now in
South America, this model textile mill
is on the outskirts Of Santiago, Chile
That is significant 1t heralds the com
ing South America, which will not only
be a producer of raw materials, but a
professor. This trend is inevitable,
though it may cut into North American
markets for certain distributors goods
And this model mill uses all North Amer
ican cotton, and nearly all North Ameri-
can machinery
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-20
by Willis Thornton -.
Defense Growth Spreads Across U.S..

The first orders in the defense
program went largely to those parts
of the country which were already
highly induStrialized. That is ma
tural, because plants already in ex-
iStence, and concentrations of skill
cd labor already assembled, could
be turned TO defense production
more quickly than new plants
could be built.
But the second phase has now be-
gun. New plants which had to be
built to supplement existing facili-
ties or to fill gaps in munitions
production are being located inland.
II Washington offices hand maps
with a red line drawn 250 miles
inside Of seacoast and land bound
aries Of the country. That is a
safety zone", inside which plants
and populations are assumed 10 be
relatively secure from bombing at
tacks. New plants which did not
exist at all before the defense pro-
gram are being located well within
this safety zone" Lake City, Mo-,
and Denver, Colo, see new small
arms plants rising. Milan, Tenn,
has an ordnance plant, and powder
and loading plants rise at Charles
town. Ind. The southern and west
ern areas Of the country have been
promised "eVery possible prefer
ence7 in locating new plants.
This is all TO the good from every
point Of view In the first, place,
the events OF the European war
have shown the priceless advantage
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-20
GoebbeIs Says
Victory Assured

BERLIN, April 10 CUP)- Mini
ster Of Propaganda Paul Joseph
Goebbels said tonight in a radio
speech that Germans ultimate vic
tory already is as good as assured
The fuehrer will be victorious
chiefly because he also knows he
will be victorious" Goebbels said.
The speech was curtain-raiser
for celebrations of Adolf Hitler's
SIND birthday tomorrow.
Our path still lies cloaked in
darkness but already it is illlIminat-
ed by the light of our faith" Goeb-
bells said 1t is the path TO final
victory. Never have we believed IN
that so firmly as today. The fuehrcr
is bringing it to us; that is the
best support for our confidence. "
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-20

of having country's productive
facilities scattered. If a few terri
fiC air raids on concentrated in
duStrial area can cripple a country's
production, that country is in a bad
way. But if it has many airplane,
steel, auto, and munitions plants
scattered all over q vast country,
it is much better protected against
sudden raids or sabotage.
There is the further fact that
it is not good for a country to be
completely divided into sections en-
tirely devoted to one kind Of pro-
duction. If a vast section of a
country has nothing but farmers,
that section will have interests
which may be different from a
section which is largely made up
Of industrial cities. Whereas if in
dustrial production is scattered SC
that all sections have their factories
and cities, and all have their farms,
the whole country is better balanc-
Ell, and sectional differences are
far less likely to arise. Therefore
it is possible that great benefits
will come to the whole pattern Of
the nation due to the sheer necessN
ity of building industrial plants for
safetys sake in regions where they
had not gone naturally.
Here is another of those changes
which is going on so quietly that we
scarcely realize it. Yet this, too, like
SO many other changes that are
taking place today. they may great
ly change the America that is to be
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-20
Marine Recruiting
Party Coming Here

A United States Marine corps
recruiting party will be at the FL
Centro Post Office April rs to May
3 and then go to Brawley to inter-
view young men in that community.
Marine officers organized timer
ant recruiting parties for the con-
venience of young men interested in
enlistment. Additional men are
wanted for the Marine Corps re-
serve, calling for immediate as
signment TO active duty for the
duration Of the present emergency
Local men accepted for enlist
ment viii provided transportation
to the Marine corps base in San
Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-20
nPOOIp mind.
A VITAL POINTi WHO
ARE THE PEOpLE2

Possibly the Presidents error III un-
derestin1ating the public mind is hang
over from the administration pre-war
policies and beliefs That seems the most
logical explanation.
From 1882 until 1899 when the Presi-
dent said "the people" he usually meant
the labor unions.
If he still clings to that definition,
then his statement of Friday is one hun
dred per cent right. Racketeers who
have gained ascendency in the labor
unions have demonstrated that they eth
er do not appreciate the seriousness of
the situation, or they do not care. They
have done all in their power to hamper
this country's defense effort nothing
to help it along. They represent the
greatest menace inside the United States
to this nations future, if we admit the
critical Influence upon us of Europe's
war.
But the labor unions-even considering
their entire membership-make up only
about one-tenth of the American popula-
ton. The other 80 per cent have just as
much claim to being included among "the
people"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-20
British Sho&ter
Hitler Division

ATHENS, April 10. CUP)-British
and Greek troops fought off power
full new NaZi thruStS at their short
ened defense line, the British COM
mand reported in a communique to-
day, inflicting such heavy casualties
that military sources said the fam
Gus Adolf Hitler division had been
knocked out of the battle of Greece,
With King George at the head OF
a new national victory govern
ment, the battle continued at blaz-
ing pace along the new solid Brit
iSh-Greek front with the Germans
officially reported unable to make
any progress.
(The new front apparently was
south of Mt. olympus and the I'M
portant rail junction of Larlsa Oh
the basis of a German high COM
mand communique saying both OF
those detectives had been takenD
British sources said that such
heavy toll of German troops had
been taken that the Adolf Hitler
division-former crack storm troop
ers wearing a flash of lightning
inSignia-had been mutilated anG
was no longer in the fighting.
Despite all efforts, our front
nowhere has been penetrated the
British command said. Our flanks
nowhere have been turned
King George formed a national
victory" government with himself
as premier, succeeding Alexander
Korizis, who died suddenly yester-
day. The king named Costas Kodi-
jas, former Athens mayor and ar
dent defender of Greek independ-
ence, as vice premier, and charged
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-20
by Peter Edson...
The Inside Track in Washinqfor,

WASHINGTON, April 49, - The
little matter OF checking up on
the observance of some 275 fed
eral laws dealing with various
phases of defense is one of the
more important but lesser known
jobs the Department of Justice has
had to tackle.
To do this work a new Special
Defense Unit has been set up, with
Lawrence NJ. c. Smith, one of Mr..
Justice Robertss Philadelphia law
yers-not one OF Mr.. Justice
Frankfurter's fair-haired boys
at its head. With RFC, NRA and
SEC experience Mr.. Smith comes
to Washington qualified to take on
DJSDU.
This special unit is now i'll the
process of expansion, owing to the
increasing compleXity of the de-
Tense setup, but ever since the
Neutrality act of 1899, the unit
has had its fingers in some of the
deep-dish international hash pies
that have been cooking, including
the legal aspects of recent ship
seizures, destruction of foreign
propaganda mail, alien registra-
ton and so on, right back to the
drafting of the selective service
regulations
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-20
THE GENERAL PUBLICS
APPRECIATION

President Roosevelt went far, far be-
yond his normal limits when he said FIJI
day that the general public in the United
States does not appreciate the extreme
seriousness of the European war in rela-
ton to America.
No matter what its view of the Euro
pean war, the public should not over
look the extreme seriousness OF the
Presidents declaration. To evaluate the
statement properly, it is necessary to
consider that the President allowed dir
ect quotation of his words That is
striking fact. There is a tacit agreement
between Washington correspondents and
the President that he shall not be quoted
directly in any news dispatch unless he
specifically authorizes quotation. And
this he does only in the most important
of matters.
Evidently the President thought it of
vital Importance to tell the people that
they do not appreciate how serious to
them are British reverses in the war.
If the President feels that way, 1t is
vitally important. 1t is important be-
cause, feeling that way and being the
kind of man he is, the President can be
expected to use every propaganda means
at his disposal-and there are thousands
of them-to frighten the public into what
he calls appreciation of the extreme ser
iousness of the situation.
Possibly the President is right about
the seriousness of events in Europe.
We believe he is wrong in thinking the
public asleep to the dangers. 1t is our
feeling that most of the people are vital
ly aware of Notwithstanding events. 1t
increases our pride in the American peo-
pie that this awareness has not brought
on the crazy hysteria, the unthinking
decisions and the hasty actions which
might be expected from less intelll-
gent people.
We believe the American people, on
the basis of what they know, are far
ahead of the President and other ad-
ministration officials in realization of
this crisis. If the people do not know
all the things the administration knows,
that is the administration fault-and
it is a grave one if it exists.
If the Presidents statement was made
on the basis Of knowledge which he pos
sesses, but has not passed on to the peo-
pie, we believe he has been derelict in
his duty and should not expect the people
to reach blindly a decision he himself
has reached in full knowledge of events.
If, on the other hand, the public has all
the knowledge pertinent to the decision,
then we believe the President has made
a grave error in his evaluation of the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-20

Translating that and mentioning
names, it would like to have the
Communist party and the German
American Bund. if they're subject
to foreign control, step up and say
so. It would not include an organi-
zation working for the overthrow
Of the German government in
Czechoslovakia, for the United
States still recognizes the govern
ment of President Benes.
Anyway, the law went into ef-
feet Jan. 15,l94l, and all the sub
versive'-to use the nastiest name
a congressman can call you today
organizations had 80 days in which
to register or else be fined $4,000
and spend five years in the Jail
house.
Came Feb. IA. Nobody had regi-
stored.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-20
ANOTHER
HARVARD LAWYER

Biggest job ahead of the unit
now is organization of a staff to
administer the Voorhis act, task
given to Richmond Keith Kane,
who is a Harvard lawyer. They al
ways get one in some place, and
this one will have a staff of more
than 100 lawyers. research men.
language specialists and assorted
experts.
You may not have heard much
about this Voorhis act, but if
you've forgotten. It's a by-product
Of the Dies committee investiga-
tions, and while it has a pretty
technical definition, it says in ef-
feet that every organization sub
ject to foreign control, engaging
in political, military or civilian &C
tiVlty, must register with the gov
Crnment
Shooting the works in legal lingo.
1t wants to know all about "ev-
cry organization, the purpose or
aim of which. is the establish
ment, control, conduct, seizure or
overthrow of a government, or sub
division thereof, by the use of
force, violence, military measures
or threats Of any one or more of
the foregoing"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-20

on the east end of the line, the
Nazis said, and German troops
poured through to take Larisa, lao
miles northeast of Athens.
Orchard D. Mcmillan, United
Press staff correspondent with the
allied forces, reported in an eXclu-
sive dispatch from the front, that
Larisa is in utter ruin, leveled by
German airDlane attacks.)
The official news agency report
ed that Stuka dive bombing planes
were continuously bombing and ma
chine cunning retreating allied
troop columns in the Larisa area
and in the Ioannian sector to the
west
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-20

him with forming a cabinet. Kodi-
jas failed and there were indica-
tions that a military government
would be established
Already. severe restrictions. in
cluding a prohibition on pubnc
meetings, had been imposed in
Athens.
CAT Budapest the Hungarian
Transcontinental press said a mill
tary government took charge in
Athens after Korizis' death and pro-
claimed a state of siege. 1t said
political circles" assumed kor-
izis committed suicide, due to the
mysterious circumstances of the
caSe.D
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-20
HOT AFTER
FOREIGN GROUPS

So now, as soon as this Special
Defense Unit can get the money,
it will 90 after these organizations
and bring them to book To do
this, its staff will study the TOO
foreign language newspapers, 200
foreign tongue radio stations, 200
foreign movie theaters, and prac-
tically everyone who read, hears
or sees them.
This is the first effort to bring
into the open fifth column activi-
ties, and by SO doing demoralize
their attack on the American So
cial structure. Whether or not this
organized subversion can be legis-
lated out of existence is the uues-
ton the unit will try to find out. -
The Special Defense Unit isn't
to be another police force, or divi-
sion of censorship, and it isn't to
be a prosecution section, either.
Rather, it will work between the
two existing Department of Jus
tice sections directly charged with
those jobS-the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and the criminal and
claims divisions.
Many defense laws over which
the Special Defense Unit watches
have been on the books since The
last war, but in the years of
peace there have been only few
cases to be handled. In 1910, how
ever, there were nearly 1900 and
the number this year will go way
beyond. Naturally, charting the
old ship of state through all the
legal rocks is hazardous plotting
and think of the red tape seaweed
to tangle the propeller
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-20
Ex-vaIIey Couple
Back for Visit

Mr.. and Mrs. Ray S. Stewart
former Imperial Valley residents
arrived recently from Betteravia fos
visit with valley friends.
Stewart was one of the first
beet growers in the valley and is
the man credited with interesting
the Holly Beet company in the
beet industry in this area. He now
is superintendent of the Union Beet
plant at BetteraVia
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-20
FOOD STAMP EXTENSION
POSTPONED HERE

A last minute change in plans
forced postponement of extension
of the federal food stamp plan to
all Imperial county relief recip-
tents from April % to May /, offic-
ials announced Saturday. No reason
for the change was given.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-20
PANAMA CANAL
ARCHITECT DIES

CHARLEROI, Pa, April 10. CUP)
Arthur Morton Burt, SO, who was
supervising architect for construc-
tion of the Panama canal, died at
the Charleroi MoneSsen hospital
yesterday of heart ailment. Burt
was famous as a designer of theater
and government buildings His most
recent workers included a court
house in Arizona.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-20
Thought for the Day

EDITORS NOTE: The following
editorials are presented as interesting
opinions UOiced by editors eisephere.
They do not necessarily reflect the
opinion of this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-20
Famous Sayings

l loved you l knew you; know YOU now, and
having known YOU love you better still.-Owen Mere
dith.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-20
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ers Association.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23
Witness Report Of Heroic Role Played By Women AS War Struck Hawaii
nr RETTY nlaanoNALn

(RgEA Service Stan CerreepD pDndentl
 Honolulu, Dec. 2S--(Ry Cable)-- Hawaii's women are gallantly stard- ing Ernl on the home front, m this war~blasted sector of the Pacific front line, housewives are courage ously meeting the crisis created by the Japanese onslaught of DeceHi- Der Tth.
 Happily, there were no casualties among women Their spirit is epito- mixed in the statement ot one navy of1icer's wife, who said: N
 "When all hell broke loose Sum- day, I washed clothes to keep from thinking of my husband, under fire only Q few hundred yards away. fixed Q complete meal, too. When he returned, was SO happy I went to my own room and prayed while he was eating"
 The sudden need to become acc clllnated to blackout nights and other radical wartime conditions has qulckened the pulse of daily living. There are l,600 women vol- unteers working with the Red Cross, At stations established in palatial homes, 300 women gather daily to make surgical dressings. Materials had been stored for Q year past in ilreproof vaults. One hundred pounds of yarn are issued daily to knitting circles established In vari- ous neighbo borhocdS.
 Hundreds of women, of all na- tionalities, are sewing hospital gar ments, pajamas and shirts for men whose clothes were burned of their backs in Pearl. Harhor.
 Within two hours after the Japa- rese attack, a Red Cross canteen was set up. Twenty-Five women re- mained on 24-hour duty, preparing cocoa, coffee and soup, and thou sand civilian defense workers served three meals daily.
 Mrs. P. K. Mclean, first woman to head the Red Cross drive here, has already realized $20,400, which will be used for food depot supplies, clothing and bandages. It was the first time that Hawaii was on the receiving end of Red Cross money from the mainland.
 Mrs. 0. c. Bloch heads the Red Gross workers at Pearl Harbor It. self; W here, throughout the crisis the women remained calm. Over 4,000 women, many of them navy wives, have already contributed their blood to the blood bank for trans fuslons to casualties.
 While Japenese bombs were rain-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23
General Drum Predicts
 Victory h Greetings
Face Future With High Courage" Says First Army Corps Leader-"The Force of Our Arms Will Triumph Over the Enemies
 of Our Country"

command of e holiday normally SO full of rejoicing as Christmas. Last year at this time, most of the world was ct war, but we were at peace, end we could unite in prayers that, before the years end, the world would share this blessing which we enjoyed. Today we are at war, and our prayers on this Christmas are for victory and the enduring peace which this time must follow victory.
 "You have just demonstrated in the extensive and strenous First Army maneuvers in the Carolinas your willingness to perform with enthusiasm and determination any tasks necessary to 1t yourselves for the defense of your country that noble duty which you are asked to perform now. On this memorable Christmas, I ask every officer and enlisted man of my command to face the future with the high courage which has char acterized the American soldier in everys war in our history.
 with this thought, I extend to ali Of you my most sincere Christ mas greetings and best wishes for Q New Year in which the force of our arms will triumph over the enemies of our country and thus permit the world again to realize the Nativity proniise-"On Earth peace, good will toward men,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23
T0d0YS AnSweVs e 0AleIUM CRACKERS
Questlons on Comlc PaKe

1. U. s. destroyers Greer (sept. 4 and Kearny (Oct. ID were attacked of Iceland, the latter being torpe- doed. U, g, destroyer Reuben James waS sunk Oct, 90. U. g. naval tanker Salinas was torpedoed Oct. %. Elev. en lives were lost on the eKarny, % on the Reuben James.
 z. derfnany's battleship Bismarck was sunk by British warships short- ly after 1t had sunk the BritiSh bat- tie cruiser Hood in battle of Green- land in May. German sub sank Brit ish aircraft carrier Ark Royal in Mediterranean in November.
 3, Robin Moor, sunk in south At- lantic May 2i; Steel seafarer, bombed and sunk in Gulf of Suez Sept. {, and Lehigh, sunk in south Atlantic Oct. 10, were U. 8. flag freighters lost.
 (. President Roosevelt met Bri. tain's Prime Minister Winston Chur- chill somewhere in the north Atlan- tic in August. They conferred aboard tho British battleship Prince of Wales and the U. 6. cruiser Augusta. 5. Several U. S.-owned ships flying under the flag of Panama were sunk in the Atlantic. They included the Sessa, Montana, Rink Star, I, c, White and Bold Venture. w. O. Beagle flew British flag.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23

ing on the naval base, 40 motor corps women, in natty gray uniforms, stood by at the Pearl Harbor gate, with blankets, supplies and dressings. "SENSIBLE" CHRISTMAS GIFTS POPULAR
 The British War Relief and Bum dles for Britain organizations here are swinging into full-time Oahu aid, Mrs. w. o, Calhoun heading the Bundles for Oahu campaign. At one Honolulu school, where an old clothing clearing house was set up, Q hundred mems suits were collected in g day.
 Determined to have a happy Christmas for their children and men, housewives got busy making blackout rooms, where the celehra- tions could be held: There was a rush on the meager supply of Christi mas trees from the mainland.
 Yuleti1e gifts are mostly "sensl-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23
PRIEST SPEAKS
 YMCA SERVICE

The Christmas celebration should be emphasized more than ever this year, Rev. James F. Woods, assist ant pastor of the Church of Sts. Peter and Paul told an audience of more than l50 at the Christmas service and carol sing held at the Y. M. Q. A. last night. The service was arranged by the Young Wo- mems Council.
 Americans should emphasize Christmas particularly this year, |" said Father Woods. we are Christian nation and should re- member the religious significance of the day."
 Mrs. Angelo Barcne was sololst. with Miss Anne, Valenti as accom- panist. Father Woods was intro- duced by Miss Dorothy Geraghty. Carol singing was led by Thomas 6xnitl9