Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-19
IA Dead, Missing
As Coast Hastens
Defense Efforts
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'CDiillIlHtQ 4ibEIl fSEf Nil1'
plane dropped from sight a Weok
ago
Weather conditions through the
Tehachapi range we're not good but
were flXablc al The time the plane
disappeared There were low CLOUDS
and some ram Stormy weather foI
several day thereafter hamperec
the search, which Sull continues
Additional snow has fallen IN the
higher mountain ranges. however
and searchers feared the craft may
be obhterated.
COMMANDER CALLED IN
Maj. Gen. Millard F. Harmon
commander Of the second air force.
based at Spokane, who revealed yes
terday an attack on a japanese
submarine in north Pacific waters
was summoned 10 Washington. d
C.. for q conf terence with the va.
department
Brig. Gen CARLYLE II Wash. COM
mander OF the second intereeptol
command at Seattle, was nance
acting head of the second air force
in HarmOn's absence
Pacific coast weather bureau re-
Taxed their restrictions on forecasts
and ~aporrs, suspended FOR almost
k ley now viii issue re-
limited TO forecasts % hours
vance, but these may not be
JaGcast.
The Los Angeles cit% coQnci
adopted emergency ordinances Gre
,Nc'saa ~
$1,000 men and a force of $1,000
air raid Wardens. all empowered to
make arrests.
The San Francisco civilian Ge-
fenSe council announced a total o,
42,888 registered for civilian defense
about 22,00O short of the number
needed.
MUSEUMS PROTECTED
Purchase Of fire fighting equip
ment for the California Palace OF
the Legion OF Honor and the NJ. H
De Young museum was authorized
because the museums are holding
almost s2O,0000O0 in art treasures.
many loaned by warning countries
for safe-keeping when the United
States was still at peace
Large numbers OF enemy 'aliens
were en- route 10 in;e!nmcnt camps
in the midoie&cst Twenty-Five Jap
aneSe reached the Fo!t Miasoula
internI..s!iJ camp Yesterday. Pre-
sumably thes. were aliens Who Aac
been unable 10 persuade lmnugra-
ton boards Of thsir patriotism. al
though one immigration service re
fused 10 discuss the subject.
San FranciScos Shrine hospita.
for crippled children had been vir-
tually cleared Of its occupants. 1t
has been turned into q disaster CEN
ter. Only l6 Of 60 children still re-
main. and they will be moved with
in a few days. Most have been sent
to the Shrine hospital in Salt Lake
City.
VETERANS EVACUATED
Almost 1850 patients Of the home
for disabled veterans at SaWtelle,
near Los Angeles, are being trans
ferred to Sheridan. Wyo.. Waco
Tex, and Fort Lyons, Colo, by the
veterans administration facility to
make their quarters available for
emergency use. some o,ZUU QlSaDleC
but not hospitaHzed veterans will
remain.
The San Francisco County Nedi-
cal association said 1900 hospital
beds had been made available ir
Sonoma county and 5000 in Santa
Clara and San Mateo counties to
care for possible air raid casualties
Seattle put into effect new black
outs regulations that forbids lights
or signs without an attendant TO
turn them off on short notice.
Great Falls, Mont, postponed until
after Christmas practice black
out Citizens were asked to take up
any rodent poison they had set out
80 it cannot get into the hands OF
those who should not have it."