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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-31
Sixty Five Foreign
 Ships Seized By US.
tcOntinueo rom Page l.)

and Norwegian ships in American ports but these are mostly respon- sive to the orders of the British Admiralty.
 The seizures, effected by the coast guard assisted by the navy In some cases, were officially deScrib- ed as a means of putting the ves- sells into protective custody. Its dramatic execution recalled April, 1917, when the United States en- tered the war and the navy and coast guard swooped down on 105 German ships refuged in American ports. The Germans had wrecked the engines of their ships, much as the Italians had wrecked them, but they were quickly repaired and Ger man ships carried 500,000 American soldiers to France.
 The seizures were ordered one day after the Italian crews had received orders to wreck the interiors of their ships and came before this wrecking would be completed. The master of one of the ships said the order was issued on Friday by the naval att tache of the Italian embassy here.
 It was recalled that when pro- posals for seizing foregin vessels were first heard here few months ago, official spokesmen in both Ber- lin and Rome hinted that seizure would be construed as an act of war.
 But only last week Attorney Gen. eral Robert H. Jackson, in Q speech read for him at Havana, Cuba, said the aggressor nations had sacrificed all rights under international law and must expect to be discriminated against by other nations.
 Chairman Walter F. George, D., Ga, of the senate foreign relations committee said the government had acted wisely. Sen. Burton. K. Wheel er D., Mont, leader of the opposi- ton to the lend-lease program, de- clared that 1t was another step to- ward war,
 Acting under secret instructions from Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., who had received the approval of President Roosevelt, coast guardsmen boarded two German, 28 Italian and 35 Dan- ish vessels in American harbors and turned the Italian and German crews over to the immigration au- thorities. The Danish crews were permitted to remain aboard their ships.
 Tonnage totaled about 300,000. The number of crew members was estimaed at between 2,500 and B. 900; about 1900 of them from the German and Italian ships.
 About 20 of the Italian ships had been sabotaged by their crews and five apparently had been prepared for scuttling or burning at their piers.
 The seizures were carried out without resistance except in the case of two Italian freighters at Jacksonville, Fla, where the coast guard commander reported there had been some little trouble"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-31
Dial Doings
By JIM PARKER

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-31

(Continued from Page D heavy" ones, and fires were burning fiercely when the last of the British planes left, the ministry said.
 The two battleships nave been the terror of British Atlantic shippinG lanes for several weeks and arc bland for the loss of many mer- chantmen. They are sisters ships, four years old, with speeds of 29 knots and mounting nine 11-inch guns each. Few warships in the world are a match for them in speed and fire power.
 The air ministry communique said:
 "Brest, where the enemy warships Scharnhorst and Gneisnau were known to be sheltering, bore the main weight of the R. A. F. attack last fight. This was carried out by powerful force of aircraft of the bomber command.
 Direct Hits Made
 Direct hits on the ships were not observed but the docks in which they were lying were straddled from and very large bombs. Many more all directions with medium, large of tuese fell in the quaysides and burst were seen all over the dock area.
 Fires broke out soon afterward and were burning well when the last of our air craft left.
 At Calais, a smaller force from the same command bombed the harbor and started many fires.
 Prom these operations, one Of our aircraft Is missing
 Z The admiralty reported coinci- T dentally that British bombers had scored five hits on two enemy tankers at Le Havre this morning and that both vessels were seen afire and sinking"
 An admiralty announcement of e raid on the French coast was unusual. It was assumed that the kombers were of the. fleet air arms and that they operated directly from an English naval base, rather than from a warship anchored in such hazardous waters.
 Earlier, 1t had been announced by the air ministry that Royal Air Force planes heavily attacked the docks of Bresh, last night, while "other forces" presumably bomb- CTS of the coastal command, bombed the invasion ports on the English channel.
 While Britain enjoyed night al- most devoid of air raiders, British planes roared back and forth across the channel in a continuous stream for hours, dumping their loads along the French shores in view of crowds lining the cliffs at Dover, Folkestone and elsewhere on the British side. British skies, meanwhile. were mostly clear of raiders. There were two minor bombings before mid- night, several high explosive bombs falling in an east Anglican town ' and others falling from a lone !! raider on a northeast England coast town and causing no damage or casualties. A brief alarm in Lon- don passed without incident. An air ministry home security ministry | Communique said that bombs were dropped in scattered points in east ! ern England and in east and south east Scotland but that little damage and no casualties were reported
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-31

Ashley daytime Always Young wATR at 10 each morning shost writing poetry his characters Here's about seems that one of the principal characters in We Are Aways 
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 love-a fragile thng-deicate the petals of e flower
 and easily broken
 brings Q hurt at death
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 and to heal
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-31
GERMAN CITIZENS
 LEAVE JUC0SLAVIA
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They admitted he had been in contact with the foreign office be- fore he left but refused to say whther he carried Q message from the German government.
 They said Victor Won Heeren, the German minister at Belgrade, might return to Berlin soon, to report but that SO far Cat 2:40 p. m. Berlin time, TAO a. m. EST) he had not left Belgrade.
 Belgrade reported that the Jugo- slav minister to Berlin had arrived flor consultation with the govern- fnent.~
 Authorized informants said that as the result of events in Jugoslavia both Bulgaria and Hungary had been compelled to take certain steps,"
 They refused to go into details.
 JugOslavs Mobilize
 We'll informed NaZi sources irl- plicitly confirmed today that Bull garia had ordered general mobiliza- tion.
 Reports of the mobilization are known here and there is no reason to doubt their authenticity" an in- formant announced.
 There was no immediate explana- ton either of the general mobiliza- ton order or of the German con- firmation of 1t.
 Relations between Germany and Jugoslavia seemed continually de- teriorating.
 Nazi interest seemed centered on Croatia and on hte possibility that Croat leaders might refuse to CO., operate with the new Jugoslav gov- ernment.
 It was regarded as significant that the newspapers today published prominently an article in the official Slovak organ cardists hinting on the likelihood of Jugoslav internal break-up through Croat-Slovene autonomy movement.
 Newspapers continued to publish reports of the Jugoslav situation.
 Their announcement that Ger. mans were leaving Jugoslavia was the clearest indication yet of the seriousness with which hte Naz government viewed developments.
 Newspapers devoted their mair headlines to the departure for Italy of Japanese Foriegn Minister Yo' suke Matsuoka but they gave prom inent space to reports of Serbs ms treating Germans" and "serious riots in Jugoslavia.'
 JugosIavia Stays Out
 Bedgrade, March 31.-(UP)-The Jugoslav government was said 1T well informed quarters today to have found the tri-partite pact unaccept- able and to be preparing to offer Germany a non-aggression agree ment in it's place.
 The government, while making every effort to find a peaceful solu- ton of the current crisis, was said to be taking steps with utmost speed to place Jugoslavia in a state of full preparation for any eventuality.
 whether the proposed -aggres- sion pact would be acceptable to Germany was not known here. A de- cision on offering such an agree ment to Germany. 1t was said will be made at a cabinet meeting Thurs day.
 The government appeared to be making notable progres sat solution of differences between the Serb and Croat factions.
 August Kusutic. special represent ative of Vladimir Matchek, vener- able Croat leader, accompanied by several other prominent Greats went into a series of conferences with the government and 1t was said that the Croats would pledge their support to the new regime.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-31
DOCTOR HELD IN
 MURDER OF WIFE
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Continued from Page D { also asked that Dr. Joss be admit ted to bail, but the judge said he felt the circumstances dtd net war; rant such concession.
 Dr. Joss, who was seized yester- day IS minutes after attending fu- neral services for his wife, was re- turned to Augusta jail to await hearing.
 Circumstantial Evidence
 Though Dr. Joss stoutly protested his innocence, State Police Chief Henry P. Weaver said "a strong chain of circumstantial evidence" had been welded. That investiga- tors suspected that a Hove triangle" motivated the staying was indicated by Atty. Gen. Frank I. Cowan's a1l- nouncement that Q woman would be questioned.
 Reol-haired, bespectacled Dr. Lu- verne Joss was found unconscious at the foot of the cellar stairs in the century-old Joss homestead Thursday night. She died at 8 hos pital without regaining conscious ness. An autopsy showed that she had been struck on the head 27 times with blunt instrument; that every bone in her head was broken. The weapon still Is missing.
 Hundreds of sympathetic villagers, who had gathered in front of the Joss homestead after funeral serv- Ices at the nearby Methodist church, stared incredulously as the popular young doctor was arrested. Arrest Is Made
 Dr. Joss, accompanied by his par ents, Dr. and Mrs. Merrill c. Joss of Washington, D. O., had intended to fly from Augusta airport to Birmingham, Ala, where, in her former home city, his wife was to be buried. But as the physician was descending the steps of his home, Chief Weaver approached and said
 You are under arrest, doctor. ] have warrant charging you with first-degree murder"
 Dr. Joss face paled, his head sag ged, and he had to be assisted to the state police auto which whisked him to jail at Augusta.
 Authorities said their invest!ga. ton indicated that pr. Joss and his wife, a research expert in tubercu- losis and town school board chair. man, had quarreled for several days They theorized that the woman was slugged fatally in the surgery al the rear of ehold brick mansion and that her unconscious form was dragged to the cellar door and flung down stairs.
 Police originally had set the time of the attack as 8:30 p. m. at that hour, the husband said, he had just left home for a nearby drugstore and encountered the bearded stranger" Today, however, authori. ties reported that the woman; broken bsa wrist watch had stopped at
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-31
Greatest Naval Fight
 Since Jutland Battle
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for their support on this and all other occasions. Well done!" The British Mediterranean fleet now has steamed back to port with out @ scatrch and without @ single casualtyq after its victory.
 It picked up some 300 Italian sur- vivors before 1t was compelled to leave 300 others behind, on rafts and in life boats, due to the pres- ence of German planes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-31
BRITISH BOMBS
 STRIKE AGAIN

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-31

The new Boeing B-17C, four engined plane, has a top speed of more than 300 miles an hour and a cruising range of 4000 miles. These planes are now being produced at the rate of one every two days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-31
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Among the ships of the Italian fleet sunk by the British in the great naval battle in the eastern Med iterranean were the 10000. ton cruisers Pola, above, and Zara, right. British also claimed to have sunk the cruiser Plume and the destr0yers Vincenzo Clio.
 berti and the Maestrale.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-01
Rodeo Queen Faces
Murder Indictment

HOUSTON. Tex. May l. (UP)-
Lueyle Richards, 81, brunette beau-
ty and rodeo performer, was under
Indictment on charges of murder
today in the slaying of Frank Y.
Dew. rs. nationally known rodeo
man and rancher.
District Judge Langston G.. King,
to whom the Harris county grand
jury returned the Indictment, set
no bond for Miss Richards. De-
Tense attorney Troy T. Stokes said
he would ask KING to 90 SO shortly.
Before the Indictment was re-
turned, Or. Donald Henderson
pathologist, said that the bullet
which the state alleged Miss Rich
ards fired did rot in itself kill Dew.
Shock-and not the bullet-was
the cause of death, DR.. Henderson
said.
Miss Richards was charged with
shooting Dew Sunday night out
side the door of his fashionable
apartment where they had lived to-
gether for three years.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-01
Guayrnas Officials
DenyStory of Old
Warship on Beach

GUAYMAS. Son, Mex. May !
cUPl-Officials today discounted as
false reports taal an old battleship
had been discovered buried on the
beach of Guaymas Bay.
Workmen excayating for a new
sewer discovered q small boat with
a three-inch gun. some residents of
the area advanced the theory that
It was a warship, disabled and
beached more than 100 years ago.
Further examination disclosed it
was only a small fishermen's boat.
It was believed 70 have belonged to
a group of fishermen who lost It
in q storm several years ago.
The beach is not deep enough for
any but a small boat to approach
the shore at the point where the
wreck was uncovered. Guaymas his
tory does not register any naval
engagements.
One theory advanced was that the
boat might have belonged to Father
Francisco Eusebio Kino. who arriv-
ed in Sonora in 1898. But officials
said they did not believe the
wreckage was that old
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-01
How Il Goes
I'm Sacramento

parently accomplished it's purpose
S,nc2 we have heard Of no major
difficulties since. II was further
recommended that such laws as are
necessary be passed to allow segre-
g2uCu facilities such as forestry
camps ana possibly the conversion
e the Spadra Narcotic hospital in
T. a segregation institution for de
fective and psyehopathic delin-
gent boys.
It is generally felt that with care
in the selection OF administrative
personnel, the re-cstablishment of
the Bureau Of Juvenile Research,
which will result il proper segrega-
ton. that the Whittier State school
can Cncc again achieve the ma
tlonal prominence it once had un-
DER the leadership Of Fred Nelles, as
6 correc ctionaI- school for
boys under sixteen years of age who
possibly through improper environ
ment or maladjustment have not
learned thai they have a definite
place in society which can only be
filled by adherence to man-made
laws.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-01
Bv HARVEY +. HASTAIN
Imnerial County ASSemhlyman


As 7 told you last week it W
nv privilege as one oi the five
members Ct Assemolynan keppleS
INVESTIGATION committee. to Journey
10 southern California to study the
Whittier S5ate School situation
Our first meeting was held at tx
State Building in is Angeles
where judges Scott. Swain. Blake
and Scheniman and Karl Holtoa
chief probation officer Of Los An
geleS county appeared before the
committee tc give their opinions
and recommendations tor the re-
organization OF the school.
This group was unanimously Of
the opinion that segregation Of
certain types of boys admitted 10
correctional schools, such as the
Whittier State School for juvenile
delinquents, Is absolutely necessary
In former years there was MAIN
tanned at the school a bureau of
juvenile research. If after a COM
plete study Of a boys record. he
was found to be q pSychOpathic de-
linQuent. he was not admitted 10
the institution since 1t was eS-
tablished as 4 correctional school
and not equipped to deal with that
type OF individual. IN recent years
since the establishment OF forest
" camps in Les Angeles county,
Whittier has only been used as an
institution OF last resort for boys
under sixteen BY that county and
since all types have been admitted,
i. has created a very difficult situa-
ton.
SCHOOL IN CHAOS
AS You all know. following the
two unfortunate deaths the school
has been subjected to several in
yeStigationS and reports which
created no small amount of unfa-
vorable publicity. This, along with
the removal of Superintendent
Milne, a civil service employee. and
the appointment Of several non
civil service individuals as actin.
superintendents, left the admin
stration OF the school in such a
chaotic condition that order could
not be maintained
Our meeting with the Flanagan
committee, which had just complet-
ed its investigation and report, was
a very interesting one but the sug-
gestion that a boy who has run
away from the school, stolen a car,
burglariZed homes, in some cases
with the aid of a gun or knife, be
given absolute freedom on wide
open school grounds in thickly
populated area with absolutely no
restraint or correction other than
appealing to his reasons, seemed
rather impractical in the face OF
current events.
SOLUTION
The committees report to Gov
ernor Olson requested Or. Rosanoff,
the Director of Institutions, TO i'm
n.ediately place an individual ia
niliar with the operations Of the
institution in charge This was ac-
ccmplished through the temporary
appointment Of Assistant SUperin-
.endent Van Velzer, which ap-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-01
Go G
I'll No4e s
McCARF NOTES

Dorothy Margaret Kirchner cela-
)rated her first birthday at
party given Tor her bv her par
MS, Nh. and Mrs. Herbert Kir-
7hner from 2:30 to 4:3O SUNDAY
1ftencor. The Is guests present
we're from El Centro and included
light OF Dorothy Margaret's little
playmates with as many of their
Jarents as could come. The young
sters played happily and posed for
snapshots before enjoying the de-
Iclous ice cream and birthday cake
which was topped by one candle.
Kate dnd David FulW.ler, Rose.
mary, DicKie, Gordon and Lee Ha-
Tens, anG Lee Roy DoWney were
Dorothy Margaret's young guests.
Mrs. Anna Paine Of San Diego
"eturned to the valley for a visit
with her niece, Mrs. Fred Paine.
and Miss Ella Capars Weston who
Grove over to the coast city Sun
day to get her
Mr.. and Mrs. Ora Flory enjoyed
q visit Sunday afternoon with DR..
and Mrs. Forenson in BraWley.
Mrs. Charlotte Payne and her
daughter Lois visited Mr.. and Mrs.
A. J. Magin for few days before
moving into their new home with
her mother, Mrs Lcttie Mason, at
1904 Brighton, FL Centro.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-01
Sales, Use Taxes
Hit AII.Time Hiah

SACRAMENTO, May !. (UPl--
California sales and use tax col
lections for the last quarter of 1910
hit an all-time high of s29.759, ,687
a gain of S3.l85 over the same
quarter of the previous year, Fred
E. Stewart of the state board OF
equalization, announced today.
Income from sales and use taxes
has risen from S85.782. .325 in 1888
to S1048l2,36 last year. Stewart
said. Since enactment of the sales
ana use tax law in 1898. S5S9.135,- :
588 has been collected, more than
providing for support of the states
public school system for which it
was conceived. the board member
said
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-01
County Yields to
Welfare Pressure

SAN JOSE, Cal, May l CUP)-
The Santa Clara county board of
supervisors yielded in its dispute
with the state department of social
welfare today and announced it
would furnish under protest the
signed personnel records of county
welfare department employees de-
manded by the state. The state de-
partment had held up $4,000 in
federal and state funds for county
welfare payments to aged, blind
and orpharG because Of the super
yisors failure to submit the records.
The funds were due for distribution
tomorrow.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-01
PAN AMERICAN
EXTENDS SERVICE

WASHINGTON, May CUP) -
The civil aeronautics board today
gave Pan American AirWays per-
mission to operate between Ma
Mia and Singapore. in connection
With it's trans Pacific service.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-01

theirs home A. R. Ferguson.
Mrs. S. T. Robinson accompanied
her husband ON a business trip to
Stockton and they spent one night
with their sons at Berkeley. Tenn
pie and Harold who will be home
next month for the holidays.
Mrs. Russell Blain and little
daughter, Sharon, left Friday for
their home in Pasadena after
spending two weeks with her mo-
ther and father, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
L. Womack and family.
Mrs. James Cook and Mrs.
Louise Robinson are hostesSeS to the
Womans club Thursday in Com
muiity hall
Mr.. and Mrs. King Kendall of Los
Angeles spent several days at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Oftelie
Mrs. Kendall took little Joe Burton
her nephew, back to his home IL
San Bernardino after spending a
month with his grandparents Mr
and Mrs. Oftelie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olive Faulkner and
baby and Mrs. T. A. Howard were
visitors at Newport Beach for a day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell Of Pasa-
dena spent the week with Mrs.
Mitchells relatives, Mr.. and Mrs
F. n. Kirkpatrick
Mr.. and Mrs. George Pray were
weekend visitors in San Diego.
Mrs. D. Perfume accompanied
en- on their trip.
aTrs. Nellie Davis, Edgar ard
alph Davis, spent Sunday with
=. and Mrs. Ionnie Murphy and
aIldren at Coachella. Miss Edith
avis and Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Ci-
iani and baby from Los Angeles
t the group at CO2chclla and all
1ent the day together.
Mr.. and Mrs. 5. T. Robinson visit
1 relatives in Ramona Sunday.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-01
S! e e lev
II otes S
SEELEV NOTES

Mrs. Helen Mankin returned to
her home in Mineral, Calf. after
several months spent at her bro
theirs home A. R. Ferguson.
Moose Pass miner., 1941-11-17

'r"Why do you call him one
 of the landed gentry? . well, er-er-he was just married"
Moose Pass miner., 1941-11-17
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The average supply of eggs is one to each person once in four weeks. The vitality of the British is so low that doctors are in despair.
 But we1l-fed ant i Britt sh Americans gorge big meals, then lol1 in comfort and pre- sume to criticize the Bri- tish for not fighting in Russia, and howl about the food America sends England.
 It's our idea that those ha1f-starved R.A.F. boys are doing a fine job when they hammer eterna11y on Germany war supply centers. Accord ing to I.N.S. our f1iers in training at Kelley Field are obliged, mind you, to eat the following every day: a quart of sweet milk, 2 eggs ,| 6 pats of butter, l3 ounces of cheese in addition to the regular meals set out for them. These foods are rich in Vitamin A, which it has been found prevents s night blindness.
 The Britt sh say frankly: "Cut off Ameri can food to- morrow and Great Britain is a thing of the past. We couldn't get thru the win ter." ~
 The Harlingen( Tex. )Star saye:"It is natural for Hit I and Musso1ini to get along we'll. When two HEELS COME TQ CIPHER, THEY ALWAYS CLICK.
Moose Pass miner., 1941-11-17

Waiter-And how did you find the beef, sir?
 Gust omer-Oh, I moved a pota- to and there it was.