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Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-18
Czechs Ask Right
ToExecute Hitler
When War is Over
Eye for Eye Policy
Demanded in Commons
Against NaZi Terror

LONDON, June 18. (UP)-
The Czech government in ex-
lie demanded the right today
to execute Adolf Hitler, Helm
rich Himmler, Hermann Will
helm Goering and other Nazi lead
ers after the war for the Staying OF
hundreds of innocent Czechs in re-
prisal for the assassination of Rein
hard (The Hangman) Heydrich.
In an extraordinary session yes
terday, the Nationalist government,
under the leadership of Edouard
Benes, former Czechoslovak presi-
dent, adopted resolution formally
requesting the privilege of execut-
ing the German warlOrds. The min
listers of foreign affairs, national
defense, interior and justice were
instructed to carry out without
delay everything for the early execu-
ton of this measure
Demands for "eye for an eye'
retribution against Nazi killings OF
innocent CzechS- were voiced in the
house of commons as the German
deadline for handing over the as
sassins of Heydrich neared.
Nazi authorities threatened to
burn Czech villages to the ground
and execute entire populations un-
less sabotage and resistance ceases
and the killers of The Hangman"
are turned over to authorities to-
night, according to British reports.
The demand in the house was
made by Sir Thomas Moore, con-
servative member, who demanded
Britain tell Germany that "in the
future an undefended German
town or village will be obliterated
by the RAF in retribution for every
innocent person murdered by the
Nazis in an occupied country"
Maj. Clement r. Attlee, deputy
prime minister, said: There would
not be enough German villages to
go around You may rest assured
that our bombing effort against
Germany will be directed against the
most effective points"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-18
Army Rules Louis
Can't Fiqht Now

WASHINGTON, June 18-(UP)-
The war department has ruled that
heavyweight champion Joe Louis
must complete his basic army train
ing before it will consider allowing
him to participate in any further
public appearances, Secretary OF
War Henry L. StimsCl said today.
Louis public appearances have
made it impossible for him to COM
plete his army oiaining and this Is
unfair to both Louis and the army,
the secretary said. This is the
reason why we have made this rul-
ing.
Stimson said he did not know how
long it would be before Louis COM
plctes his training However, the
full basic trailing period takes Is
weeks and Louis already has COM
pleted part of the required time.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-18
Bandmaster Dean
SuCcumbs in East

WEST LONG BRANCH, N. j.,
June 18. UP)-Arthur Pryor, IL
year-old dean of American band
masters, died today at his home al
ter a two day illness.
Born in st. Joseph, Mo. on Sept,
90, 1870, Pryor was a musical prod
ICY. His father founded the bano
that was to make Arthur famous
for more than 40 years.
At three he had mastered the
drums, at six the piano. He joined
bis fathers band as a trombone
player in his early teens became
conductor pianist of the Stanley
opera.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-18
City Trustees In
3.Hour Meeting

1t took Ell Centro's city council
only three hours and half to take
care of business past, present and
future Wednesday night.
Business for the evening was con-
fined to voting authority for water
officials to make an inventory OF
equipment and manpower in cooper
alton with the state council of de-
fense, voting raises to several city
employees, listening to a proposition
by officials of an ice company and
a flock of lesser items.
Police Officer Leslie Conn was
given a SIS raise and Officer Bill
Schofield $40 increase. Jack Lay,
city shop employe, was granted a
$40 raise.
Fireworks retail permits were Civ
en- the Post-Press and the Quality
Food Market Mrs. Abbie Evans was
granted alicense to operate lunch
stand and grocery store at Ninth
and Brighton.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-18

Farmers must make formal ap-
plication to have their valuable
agricultural labor deferred said
Thomas N Finney of the Federal
Employment service, "or the selec-
tive service board members can do
nothing at all about deferring the
agricultural laborers.
ut is up to the farmers to take
the initial step in the case of each
individual laborer necessary to them.
1t is impossible to issue a blanket
deferrment order as each case must
be considered on it's own merits"
He declared that farmers should
not consider su:h step unpatriotic
because the armed forces must have
food and it is up to the farmers to
keep the help they need to raise
it. Without food the armed forces
are helpless and it is the patriotic
duty of the farmer to do everything
in his power to see that he carries
out that duty, Finney declared.
Finney placed the facilities and
staff of his office at the disposal OF
the farmers of the county when it
comes to making out the formal
application for deferrment of men.
He also will study the case and rec
ommend deferment of the necessary
men as this will be help to the
board members. Farmers seeking
deferment for their men must fill
out form 42A and submit it to the
draft boards.
At present LOSS men are needed
in necessary agricultural work and
Finney, asked to get them, has been
able to supply none at all for the
last three days.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-18
Breakfast Food
Scion Divorced

LOS ANGELES, June 18-(UP)-
Mrs. Sue Slausen Colver today was
granted divorce from William
Kellogg Colver, member CT the
wealthy Battle Creek, Mich, break
fast food family.
Mrs. Slausen charged that her
husband had been disloyal to her
and had asked her for his freedom
80 that he could remarry, have
children and evade the draft.
Colver is a grandson OF DR.. Har-
very Kellogg, founder of the Battle
Greek sanitariun. and nephew OF
w. x. kellogg, the breakfast food
magnate. He is at present WORKING
for the government as chemical
engineer. She is a member OF a
pioneer southern California family
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-18

He said it was difficult to CO.
ordinate a complete picture of what
had happened in the Pacific from
the multitude of reports received
from flying personnel. But he said
the general picture was clear -
namely, that great fleet of the
enemy had been put to flight after
the battle of Midway
Observation of develop m e n t S
along The Aleutir.1 Islands was
much more complex. he said, be-
cause of the prevailing fogs through
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-18
Council Ponders
Property Trade

tween Commercial and a railroad
spur south, and also a 20-foot
strip between First street and Fair
mount Drive on Commercial.
Best and the ice company own
pieces of property on either side of
First street and would like to con-
solidate their holdings and fence
them.
Fencing would close the street to
through traffic north of the Myers
produce company to Commercial
The 4O-foot strip of land that
would become city property would
winden the city right-of-way on
Commercial to 90 feet between
Second and First.
Best said joining together the
two pices of land would enable
him to develop the property. He
state that before the war broke
out, plans for building two new
packing sheds on the site had been
made. He contended that there is
no justification for through street
on First and that at an time that
it would be deemed necessary to
reopen the street 1t could be done
without expense to the city.
Fire Chief Corn Reed who was
at the meeting denouced the pro-
posed trade because lit would
handicap fighting operations if
First street we're closed Access to
several nearby sheds and indus
trial plants in case of fire would
be partially cut off, Reed said.
City Attorney Dorsey Whitelaw
was instructed to prepare an agree
ment between the city and Best and
the ice company that would assure
the possible .reopening of the street
without cost to the city. After the
agreement has been written, the
matter Is to be brought before the
board again for final consideration
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-18

mcnt as Mrs. JOnn HanlaS, FL hey
hotel, Calexico, is a U. S. Marine
machine gunner. He was listed def
initely as prisoner of the japanese,
probably captured when Wake Island
fell last Dec. %.
Maj. James Patrick Devereaux
Hamas' commander, was included in
the list of prisoners issued at Wash
ington. Also included were 1873 other
marines and sailors who, with Maj,
Dcvereaux and Hamas, are held at
Shanghai, China.
Most of the men. the war de-
partment said, were captured when
Wake fell. The list included four
officers and IL enlisted men from
the navy, and six officers and ll2
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-18
laps Add Sound
Effects 10 Movie

SPOKANE, Wah., June 18. CUP
The motion picture Dive Bomber"
played to capacity audience with
additional sound effects" accord
ing to box office notice from
Dutch harbor, Alaska, released to-
day by the Army's picture service
for the ninth corps area and Alaska,
The picture was being shown SOL
diers when the japanese treated
the output to the real thing.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-18

IF work Is not resumed at Pull
man on Monday" the Army order
read, materials will start to leave
the plants on Tuesday morning"
Charles Burchfield international
representative of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, said he would take
the case to President Roosevelt il
the Army goes through with its
plan to move materials to other
plants.
Mai. H. j. Hooker of the Chicago
engineer procurement division is
sued the order last night after COM
pany officials rejected the three
point proposal for settlement Of
the labor controversy made by rep
resentatives of the Brotherhood OF
Railway Carmen (AFL).
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-18

Hooker said that at the outset
of the strike on Monday. the COM
pany needed only 80 days 10 COM
plete the l500-car order and that
the strike prevented completion OF
27 cars a day.
The strikers had offered 10 go
back to work under three conditions
that the company rescind It's letter
of June Is, abrogating an existing
contract that expired in April; that
the company agrees that any wage
shall be made retroactive 10 April
shall be made retroactive to April
Is, expiration date OF the old con-
tract; that the company shall DO
everything possible 10 expedite sign
ing of new contract.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-18

WASHINGTON, June l8 CUP)-
The threat of a japanese attack
against the west coast has been
greatly reduced as the result of
American victories in the Pacific,
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson
said today.
Stimson said all indications were
that the Japanese landings in the
Aleutians were small. He was un-
able to sa- whether the invaders
had made effort to reinforce the.>
initial landings at Attu and Kiska'
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-18
AXIS BLASTS BRITISH BACK IN L|BYA
Phantom Barber
Mystifies Town

PASCAGOULA, Miss, June 18
CUP) - Everybody in town to-
day was just as mystified over
the motive of the phantom
barber" as they were about who
he might try to clip next.
without rObbing or other
wise disturbing his victims. he
breaks into homes at night and
ships the hair of heavy sleepers.
He has given haircuts to three
persons in the past week and
not one of them even woke up
during the process.
Police Chief A. w. EZell said
his department has staked
$500 reward for information
leading to the "barber's" cap
ture.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-18

Ell Centro city councilmen Thurs
day we're pondering a proposal to
trade two pieces of property for one
and in so doing close one of the
city streets.
M. o. Best and Charles Baker
representing the Shippers Ice COM
pany appeared before the council
wednesday night with plan
whereby the city would be given a
40-foot strip of land bordering
Commercial street in return for the
3O-foot wide section of property on
which First street is located be-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-18
2 4%st!HS tyot4ts
Oleanders To You -

OlcanderS To You
RR has a world of wholesome
respect for that great crew Of
ground observation corps members
manning the lookouts throughout
the county.
This lookout duty is one of the
most important phases of national
defense but it totally without gla-
mour and without any fanfare OF
trumpets. 1t is tiresome, unexciting
work but as necessary to our safety
as any army of good fighting men
The observers are the first line OF
defense. If they fall down on the
lob they have failed our fighting
men and made their task much
more difficult.
Therefore it is with great deal
of pleasure and deep appreciation
that RR votes oleandars to Mrs
Don Stephens of the Coyote Wells
lookout Mrs. Stephens, my rather
unappreciative friends, has served
as lookout there for 1000 since the
system was established
Go thou and do likewise.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-18
Baseball
WAR THREAT REDUCED

which filters could obtain only
fleeting glimpses of the enemy.
Stimson said he was astonished
to fine that many members of the
press held the opinion that the war
and naval departments were not
giving full and adequate accounts
of the battles In the Pacific.
He said the press and public
should consider the limited ability
for observation of what occurs in
a modern air and sea battle.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-18

enlisted men of the marine corps
The sailors came from IL states
and the marines from 81 states and
Canada.
1t was the sixth prisoners list
issued on the basis of Red Cross
reports. and brought the number
of marines known to be captured to
526. Navy men in Japanese hands
total $50; soldiers, four, and civil
ianS 219.
Devereaux, whose address was CIV
en- Governors Island, New York,
replied to a question of what the
Wake Island defenders wanted with
the now-famous radio message,
''send us more Japs."
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-18
Netherlands Queen
Will Visit FDR

OTTAWA, Ont. June 18. CUP)-
Queen Wilhelmina of the Neither
lands arrived in Canada by airplane
today from England on her way to
visit President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
The queen was met at the airport
by her daughter. Crown Princess
Juliana, and two granddaughters,
Princess Beatrix and Irene, whom
she had not seen for more than two
years.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-18
Fall
Back on Tobruk
As Germans Cain
Russian Gains Partially Offse+Nazi
Victories in Desert; Reds Hit Back
Against Enemy Offensive at Kharkov
BY UNITED PRESS

Axis armed forces pushed the British eighth army back
Egypt in hard fighting the Tobruk sector of the
byan desert battlefront Thursday but the Russian end
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-18
Army UItimotum
Served in Strike

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. June 49, (UP)-The Pullman
Standard Car Manufacturing company and 900 striking
workers today faced Army utmatum that work must
resumed by Monday 500 Gondola for the gov
ernment the work will be 'dOne elsewhere
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-18
Draft Deferment
For Farm Labor
Gets Boost Here.
Boards Declare Individual Farmers in
Valley Should Make AppIica+ionfor
Vital Men: Employment Office Hell ps

Imperial counys two seective service boards and the
Federal Employment service banded together Thursday
to help farmers get valuable agricultural labor deferred
from military service and kept home to plant and harvest
the crops needed by the United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-18
Brewery's Office
Building Burns

MEXICAEI, June 18. = Soldiers stood guard today
around the smolderng ruins of building that had been
of M,xca's largest
At pm Wednesday the fourstory sales agency build
ing of the Aztec Brewing company ignted and fire com
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-18
CuIexico Marine
Prisoner of War

The name of John Hamas, Caexco, was added Thurs
day those of other Imperial Valley missing or prs-
oners of Japanese in World War No. g. according to
war department communique issued at Washington
Hamas. WHOSE next Of kin listed by the depart
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-18
A Hot Case


The Jury in a superior court muir
der case was in hot spot Wednes-
day. The listened to the evidence
and sweat worse than the prisoner
at the bar
Round and around went the fans
in the coolers but the room became
hotter and hotter. They mopped
their brows and famed with vigor.
At a recess they went out into the
hall. 1t was cool out there. In fact,
Investigation revealed that it was
10 degrees cooler in the hall than
in the court room
They mutinied
And why not? The water feed
into the cooler was stopped up and
the fan was simply tanning In hot
air.
And that's awful in a place al
ready packed with verbal hot air.
What Next
This scrap rubber collection cam
paign is turning up some amazing
things.
The Ell Centre city hospital turn
ed in so pounds Of rubber with 81
pounds of the total composed oil
worn out rubber gloves.
The Sacrifice
A small boz appeared at an Ell
Centro filling station with a pile
of scrap rubber
I'm sorry you don't have a few
ounces more" the attendant told
the boy. then I could give you a
quarter He went inside the sta
ton to get the quarter ANYWAY.
When the attendant reached the
boy again. he was seated on the
Ground rinping the rubber heeles
from his shoes and throwing them
into the pile.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-06
The Wrons. Slant

N OMINICK PICCONE is back in prison where, doubt
- less, he will spend the rest of his life Technically
the of this brute who slaughtered three innocent
persons within fortnight after his parole from Jackson
Prison, is closed
Morally and actually, though. the of Domnick
Pccone will not be closed until Michigan law has been
revised to minimize the possibility of crimes such
Pccones dreadful triple murder
Michigan authorities TO have a wrong slant
the murder They either shrug and say nothing be
done TO amend existing law in preventive way, they
clamor that capital punishment is the solution
WYE BELIEVE capital punishment has nothing to do
w with the case.
Prison for lesser crime than murder Even with capital
punishment in effect ne could not have been executed for
that first crime but his sntsocia conduct in prison
so palpable that he was kept there long as legally
possible.
But when his maximum term expired, three psychi-
artists and the parole officials agreed it wrong to
discharge him because he was potential murderer.
And he verified their opinion Immediately upon his
release v fl'/
THE thing happened several years ago in the
i Goodrich when a murderer turned loose
and killed little girl after several prison aeniss had
pronounced him definitely dangerous.
Capital punishment is no cure for such cases-it
can't be applied until too late.
Michigan laws should be improved so that moral out
casts like Goodrich and Pccone kept either in custody
Or under permanent surveillance.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-06

4 SLIM young japanese in the
"A uniform of a private of the
United States Army was helping
his father and mother load a
truck with household goods on
San Pedro street in Los Angeles
Little Toxic" the other after
noon. The soldier was an
American-born youth. drawn
into the army in the draft, the
parents aliens under evacuation
orders.
The population Of the district,
once the largest japanese col
ony in the United States, is rap
idly thinning out. On every
hand there is the huffle and
scuffle of packing and moving.
Even the furnishings of
Buddhist temple, a nice looking
brick building in North Central
street. were being carried out
and put in trucks the day we
were there.
IN the windows of all the Japa-
L nese stores were big signs
reading CLOSING sales" and in
side crowds of Americans. Mexi-
cans and Filipinos were taking
advantage of the bargains.
There did not appear TO be
many Japanese buyers.
Little Japan csc children
played on the sidewalks of the
sunny streets. one small boy on
a tricycle. towing another boy
and two tiny girls around on
sort of bobsled arrangement
with iron wheels, mid much
shrill laughter.
Other kids were playing in
the alleys. On several dead
walls we saw chalkings in Eng
lish that included girls names
indicating that the Jap youngs-
ters have adopted that old
American kid custom of writing
on fences. A small red-bor-
dered white banner hung in the
window of one house bearing a
star. the sigma of a man in the
service from that house.
MANY small stores. barber
I'I shops, restaurants and pro-
fessional offices are already
closed and the fixtures removed,
while all the larger stores show
vastly depleted shelves and
counters. Their windows were
stripped of displays.
The japanese clerks and eX-
ecutives moved about in the con-
fusion somewhat dazedly. They
were quite uncommunicative
with strangers. Not many Japa-
nese men and women were seen
in the streets of the district that
was once the commercial center
Of their people in this country.
The name of II. Morgenthau
Jr,. secretary Of the treasury, is
appended to printed signs In the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-06
Jap-American Soldier
Helps Family Evacua+e
BY DAMON RUNYON

windows of many establish
ments, the signs stating that the
property is under the control of
the United States government.
One of these properties was
the Full movie theater, which is
locked and barred but still dis
playing three sheets in the lobby
of a japanese movie starring
George Okla, Jap cinema idol.
DLACARDS saying I'VE are
L 100 per cent for the United
States" appeared in windows.
also Red Cross emblems. The
blinds were drawn at many of
the windows of the Miyako Ho-
tel. one of the chief japanese
hostelries of the district. though
the Showa Hotel nearby with its
quaint flower boxes seemed
more cheerful. The offices of
once rather famous importers
were deserted and dismantled. Z
Book stores, art stores and ice
cream and confectionery estab-
lishments were selling out. Even
the photograph galleries which
probably outnumbered all other
business enterprises in Little
Toxic" unless we except occu-
lists and opticians. were appar-
emily liquidating. The Japs are
great hands for getting their pic
lures taken and spectacles have
always been in great demand
among them.
THERE is a considerable COL
Il ony of Filipinos abutting on
Little Toxic and, in fact, lap
ping over into the japanese
district, but the Filipinos seemed
TO pay no attention to the Japs.
The Filipino pool halls in the
district were busy the day we
we're there. A place in Jackson
street. advertising Japanese
massage" urged immediate pa
tronage because OF impending
dissolution.
A chop suey restaurant in
East First street had a brace Of
big porcelain josses in the win
dow to indicate Chinese owner
ship and seemed thriving. A
few doors away. a Japanese
restaurant was closed and the
interior dismantledl That there
we're some rather pathetic as
poets of the evacuation cannot
be denied, yet in considering
them the thought occurs that
in Japan. evacuated Americans
would probably not be permitted
TO liquidate.
Copyright. 1892 by King Features
Distributed by international News Service
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-06
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY
April s. I9H

Nazis advance deep into Yugo-
slavian territory and their planes
bomb Belgrade.
Greeks claim they are hold
ing the Germans at bay on the
BeleSh Plateau and in the
Struma region in Greece.
British forces in Africa occupy
Adds Ababa.
United States pledges quick
aid TO Yugoslavia.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-06

America annually produces
S.250,000 gallons of wood tur-
pentine, census reports show.
Gum turpentine production ex-
ceeds $4,000, 900 gallons a year.