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Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
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IWall Street .IO0rnaD

tWall Street JournaD
The United Automobile Workers has
asked Secretary ot the Treasury Morgen-
thau to defer income tax payments of
automobile workers who have been thrown
out Of Jobs by the conversion Of plants
- War production.
We assume OF course. that the union
i Withholding any efforts to collect dues
from the> II. .2}ber> during the time
that they are not working.
And the business of the automobile
companies has been d.>lucated by the con-
version. heal 4ol selling very many
cars and SO their rurreMt income Is not
very big. We can imagine what would
happen if they suggested to Secretary
Morgenthau that their taxes b" deferred.
Automobile dealers and their employ
= have been hard hit by curtaimen of
Il is not with them 4 queS
tion Of going back 10 work in a month or
two 1t is a question of finding new
sources Of income Are their taxes to be
deferred? We have not heard 50.
No more than anyone rlSe can the Unit
I'd States Treasury get blood out Of the
proverbial tulnip II an individual is
without funds - pay his taxes. defer
ment until he can pay is the rule. But
once the Treasury grants a blanket defer
mrnt for a group. it has taken the first
step toward never being able TO collect
i..y axes from anyone.
\ good many Of Us have been coming
UP to March - for the past few years
wondering where the lax MONEY was COM
ing from Nevertheless We found and
paid it It's hard life but that is the
way it has - bp.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
Russians Cut Off
Northern Anchor
OF German Line

LONDON. Feb. 10. TIP I II"
Russians were bcue}cd today TO
uuye cut off R2hel. northern an
chor Of the bddly-magird German
front before Mosro%.
Reports from the front told Of
bitter fighting in snow storms
Woand Rlhey, and Il vas sald that
spons German forces. ncludin5
elite troops hastily brought up BY
plane, were trying to break through
Russian lines to the beleaguereJ
garrison.
This mornings Communique re-
ported continued operations against
the Germans and the capture Of
seven inhabited points in one sector
of the western front after strong
resistance had been broken. Ger
man losses in manpoWcr were sad
to be enormous.
Evidently the RuSSian-oitenSivc Is
4 whole was sloWin-, probably is
much because Of the gripping cold
as ,tiffened German resistance, but
It Was hardly reflected IN Russian
dispatches.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
By HAROLD GUARD

SINGAPORE. Feb. 10. CUP, Tho
rattle of machine gun fighting
echoed in the western suburbs of
Singapore city today as new Japa-
ncsc invasion forces landed at two
coastal points ana battled their
way across the island despite stub
born resistance by British Impe-
lialS.
The gravity of the position of tn"
defenders was emphasized by the
mounting rumble Of artillery fire,
the curtain OF white anti-aircraft
she'll puffs and a billOW of SMOKE
west OF the city. Enemy artillery
shells still were bursting in the out
SkirIS
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
BN JOIN K. MORRIS

BATAVIA. Feb. Il. UP'-Japa-
nese INVASION forces have landed
on the southwest coast Of CelebeS
island in their egayest threat o'
Tie VA to TINS key island OF Jaf
on which are the capital and the
headouarterS of Gen Sir Wavell,
United Nations commander in chic.
Il Netherlands Indies cOmmunique
announced today.
Tie japanese troops were landed
in the vicinity OF Macassar, one ot
he treat trade center, OF ne Meth
fYlands Indies.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
Singapore Faces
End Enemy Force

-combatants from the areas
west of Singapore city
began pouring into the main resi-
dental and business districts.
High military officials said thai
the situation was serious regardire
the island as a whole following new
japanese landings under a tremend-
ous artillery barrage during the
night on the north coast, between
Sungei Kranji and Sungei Mandai.
Enemy forces which previously
had landed on the east coast con-
tinued to push back the defense
forces and were fighting to join
up with the troops landed on the
north coast, near the causeway from
Johore Bahru and the rail road
line leading 10 Singapore city.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10

China sCa 10 Manila bay. a war
department informant said Japd-
ae>e planes were carrying the brmt
+. the attack thus far.
Inc Japanese planes are aided
ut MacArthm's rear behind tn"
45Ga foot Marivclcs momtaius-by
daraucSc artillery batteries around
iar fallen U S naval base of Cayite
THOSE gums are trying to blast the
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
CERTIFIC ATE OF DOING BCSI.
NESS UNDER FICTITIOI = IIRM
NAME

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the undersigned Bcrt Str9ru-
son. whose residence is 3G Wc.t
Sixth Street. CaleXico, California
Is doing business under 'ac aru-
tious firm name ot the VALLEY
STEAM LAUNDRY. and Iaa' 'hr
said Bert Stevenson l. the Die
owner Of the said Valley STAN
Laundry
DATED January 81 1872
Bert Str|rI ~
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
s.
COUNTY OF IMPERIAL
On this 3lst day Of JaA ar
lS41. before me Eunicc Hlndlc a
notary Public in and fer lhe C9M-
Is Of Imperial, state Of CaHiOrna
appeared Bert Stevenson prison
ally Enown 10 me TO u" ne prrra
%nGsc name j. subscribed 80 HE
foregoing instrument and Hr A.
knoWlrdgtd to me that ar c.rc.tre
the same
WITNESS my hand and 1lar.al
sta. rhs 3lst day Of january lJl2
EUNICE HINDIE.
Notary Public III aHd lpr
the County Of IupaH
Seal state of California
NO. lG-F3-l0-l7-24
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
HOLLYWOOD WON'T
WIN THE " Ar

The flicker magnateS may win lot
of hearts and turn d lot OF headS III
Washington. but their employees won
any more win the war by staying at nome
than q bomb Will kill JapS by exploding
in a SvnOgogue We can think of nun
dred things in fewer minutes than that
which are more essential than the moves
to the nations war effort. and not one o.
them has been touched by draft eXemp-
ton.
Newspapers and radio are two of these
things. We can't speak for the rad!o, pot
as for the newspapers, we don't want
exemption We can replace or work
around the "essential' ones who are tax
en- bv the draft and it is nothing more
than right that we do It. SO can the mo-
ton pictures do it-and they ought TO
be required so to do.
If the government is going 10 start
terming entertainment essential TO the
war effort. next it will have 70 place m
formation services in the same category,
and then the dispensing Of commodities
such as clothes and groceries. and so on
down TO the ditch digger who i needed to
nut in city water systems. Pretty soon
evervbodys going to be exempt = ana
that's going to make a lot Of fellows MAD
who got caught in the draft before " ASH
ingtOn went Hollywood
We've never been able to cutie deter
mine if the actors who acted IN them or
the writer's who wrote them were reSpOnS-
ible for some of the atrocities out Of Hol-
lvwood, but Of one thing were as certain
as a human can be-those people can't
be essential to the war effort unless
they send few B pictures Il Tokyo 70
bore the JapS to death.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
Bombers Blast Macarthur

American island forts at the en-
trance TO Manila bay.
For four days the Japanese guns
have been loosing their shells
against Correeidor fortress and
Forts Hughes, Drum and Frank,
but apparently without success,
Macarthur has reported the destruc-
ton of several of the enemy big
Sitpp pln batteries.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10

W ~ II M NyaNs / ~ IL \ :
.Ianancse diyr-bombcrs are furious
lq attackiua Gen. Douglas Mac
Arnurs lines ON Mltaan peninsula
IN an attempt 10 biaSl Il path Tor
a "Ictory drive asmnst the ont
numbered American and Fl'Wml
defenders. military officials s3t"
joa>E.
Tie bomber>. possibly relHio'5fa
dtalug last weeks Mn IN ia" alf ":
o.e. ine Philippines. @cre SAID o.
ne ,n.noemas over aoar after Aoar
10 blast the Batam "ioN ho.es
where NacArthur's men Eaye daE
IN loy ne enemy's BIZ pu#a.
BREAK -THHU 50, GiII
The AERIAL commandment WJs Sa''
to re desi.ued % soften up TIE
/, 5. lines wh.le japanese .hoe&
troops STRIKE Iiahrmg blows for l
break throu4h q me las, American
resistance on the island O. Lu2on.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
THE GOVERNMENT
GOES HOLLYWOOD

First il was Il minor film star and
rhythmic dancer from the night clubs oa
the Office Of Civilian Defense payroll.
Now the movies are draft exempt
Next they'll be moving Washington 10
Hollywood 50 the glamor boys Of politics
can confer more easily with the Flamor
kings Of filmdom about how the country
ought to be run. world of confusion
will he avoided by the move. No longer
will harried citizens stop 10 wonder winch
capital - film or national - somebody
means when there is a reference 10 the
headquarters city.
A lot Of people aren't gong to like il.
We're among them We don't think Mel
vyn Douglas and Dancer MaYris ChaneX
have any more place in the 0CD SetUp
than an II" has in Eleanor Roosevelt
vocabulary We don't think Donald
Ducks patriotism is worth the SSO'ooQ
of taXpayers' money the treasury p3!d
him to be joyful about income taxes. "
don't think the motion picture industry
has any more right to draft exemption
than the circus industry haS-and we
haven't heard of selectiVe service OH
cials eXempting the clowns, although theN
might be of more use in Washington than
some of the people serving IN the OttIce
of Civilian Defense.
Specifically, we think the national sel-
ective service board has started some
thing it can't finish. If it is going to
rule essential" workers in the MOVIES
exempt from the draft, to be consistent
it will have to rule radio announcerS,
newspaper reporters, department store
clerks and managers telegraph company
employees and practically everybody else
except relief clients exempt. Chances
are even the relief clients would be eX7
empted. because without them now coulo
the taXpal.r continue to feel that life
was going or in q more or less normal
wav3 AID hos could the government
continue on It's payrolls Il lot of people
whom the politicians most decidedly con,
slider eSsential-at least ." election day ;
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10

Tnt CnemNS dlVc-hOmDtrS Nc.e
.rorrvine out their loW-sWoopins
attacks against thI meaEcr defeus.
bcn. pat mp by MaeArthm's hand
mI of P-40 pursuit planes auG IN.
lattlme fire OF h.s anJi-airer'
Alu.s.
War department otlie.als. atuos
4us The h,g"St reports gsecilcG fro u
Macarthur. SAID his nour OF suprcn.
tast seemed to be cluSr at MUu
WiJa his troops outnumbered PEI
hups l0-to-l due to recent arrival
of japanese transports IN LingayeH
aMt and Subic bay above Bataun
battleorOund
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
CAPITAL TALKS
by
Peter
Edison

WASHINGTON, Feb. lO,-Some
a. the GayNdr>' things do happen
IN war You WOulnt think there
would be many battles fought with
mache.es III TIN, age OF bomberS
and tanks ard submarines. vet one
/ OF the mos, important and realiSt-
, Ic CamDalCnS which the United
States now has - conduct in main
tanning the good nelghbor policy
IS being Waged with m1chetes. Not
that people are carylug each other
up or cutting each other down
What it is really is battle of pro-
0azanda owe. ma>hetes.
\ machete. You'll recall. is one
q. those wicked tWo-ioot knives
which any native born citizen of a
southern republic WleldS with such
amazing deXteylty rot only to cut
sugar cane for which the imple-
nent was originally designed, but
also as 4 razor AK. hoe. toothpick.
carving knife, fngernall trimmer,
sword. c,eaVer scissors. ADJ, hat
lnet. lance saw. pie StiCEerS, snake
skinner appendix remover. can op-
eNel fly SWatter. creWdrlver, SCN-
the. potato peeler. baby spanker,
Post hole digger hearth and home
protector letter opener. dugout
canoe digger, argument settler, fish
cleaner bread Slicer. butter spread
e. and pea balancer. In other
words. a handy uinket to have
about and its ciccicult TO under
stand how the United States got
where it did without wider use of
tie machete.
Anyway. the machete in the
hot countries has an economic
history and social significance,
too. Every rural family has at
least one per male. A good, Serv-
iCeable working model without
any fancy carving but with plen-
" of room for nOtcheS on the
grip sells for the equivalent of
SIPS United States money. Be
cause macheteS have so many
uses, however, and because they
get such hard. everyday wear and
tear and are whetted razor sharp
almost daily, 4 machete Ordln-
arily last only year.
The replacement market and de-
mand are therefore steady and
since the original design OF 1872
or earlier seemed TO give satisfac-
ton down through the decades re-
tooling for new annual models neV-
er became necessary A manutac-
turer who built up a business in
machetes had a good thing 10 hand
on to his grandchildren.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
Skin Sufferers

Free book by twelve authors telling
h.V simple use OF a product from the
carth qmckN rclcascd them from the
misery ri Psoriasis. Eczema. Athletes $
Foot Acne. NaicoSc Ulcers, Itch. Poison
Oak. Address = q. Bo> 80. Berkeley
Call. tAlVl
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
CURRENT QUOTATIONS.

What we need today is not so much
comfort as more Of the kind of faith that
will make it true Of Us as Of the scientist
that the word impossible j.. to US much
like spur 70 horsa-Dr. Harry kmer-
son Fo,dics. pastor New York'S Riverside
Church.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
Here
YOU can find
a dress
you'd love
Maybe we'd use
advertisements like
this one 80:

-,. .h;ogs we've found tor you a
The 5;l5 '2'os, afternoon f'offs, si%e go%p,' Ioa
, ] ,: Id sss ssa: % %%9"5 %2.; a;.:5 s: s1s s: =:
el Cotton and some are f,m0a5 ,n9 aoas, gos MT
Ind Ind : s@ ' :, P;:d '5 10; nor: % s,'z,:i 'Sso s.ai
%S'f< %os bs9w s.oios i, s1Ss, ,oo6 ,hok 5ol how
9 PSiS5i PE6s5 fs5s o@% i si5:,5s:a it. 59%d y; Re
ntner, ~ as lovely. Won '''
in 70 look
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The foIIoIUing edit
oriqls are presented as interesting OPiH-
ions r0iced bu editors elsewhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion OF
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
You say
you We tired
of
common things?

40 10 YOU ache for prett;cr
Won fjr.J 81, ID pit suIIen about il Are
bo Do" yoI Imea 'i. OF regular eommOu thinpt5 1p<9
tI'' >o 70" want dress, coat, SUR D,gsi 5gJ
misb, NIT - :, ana G04~ like Aphroji,aa Iita
"i$at i'l5 II have worm JUST out5 1oui.e mo1.n
Dg.,,t 1,,, |a,ngs nm so 1ff1(nf, SO new and ID
boiI 1'Ii I1a ,h satisfying, so lovely you'J 1'i
noid them in tumbIed diy53."a 3Uu d
,%onI5 ,5n,Iit your check, as any chill
would would DO, in ecstasy. Cos} , splIa Mo-
ioSr1nfs m ,Yo 'nan mar you d gladly pay. For
onI,- rI,1,,e, ,, the coat We We shown is
,a,I "nly ,,.'f t"enty-two fifty. Thiot Jm ho,.' IS
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10

Never in all history has there been such
d tidal wave Of hatred in Europe aS now
has WelIed up against the Germans.
George H. Earle. former I s. minister
10 Bulgaria.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
Jups Lond Army
On CeIebes Isle

Netherlands troops blew up all
installations which might have been
OF use to the enemy and the COM
munique said that strong. forces
were fighting the invasion troops
StUbbOrnlV.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
:. SELL +. WOMEN

We'd advertise ..... in this newspaper.
We'd adrertise and tell of all the things
we have for sale; we'd advertise and tell
the prices; we'd tell how smart the hats
and garments were; we'd tell just how
we saw the things we had for sale IN
nuunnikins and knelV that they were new
and smart, in fashion for tomorrow. We'd
tell same Of the way they're sewn and OF
the cloth that's used and how the smart
and snooty makers made them so they'd
sweep and swing or cling -. or Just
hang impudently.
Then, we'd tell, and make folks kHoW,
that they could lean on US. Wed make
them know we'd neper sell a garment that
wasn't just as represented and just little
better; nor any hat or garment that didn't
become them; only those that'd give them
ecstasy; finer, smarter things to make
lady even lovelier We'd make them kNOW
that our prices were mt higher, that they
were fair and even hu.
FOR, when women leave their homes,
get on busses, trains or in their cars TO
go a-shopping, to find the smarter things
to wear, they go, and g0 oniy, TO the stores
that they knotp -. and bekiere in ....
and like
We d make them like mr. shop; we
make them believe in US; we'd make them
PREFER 10 lrear the things re sell.
We'd advertise ........
In this newspaper. ..........'
Start with fairly small space ....'''
land tell our story regularly.'.
stubbornly :. .tenaciously. doggedly.''
.............ifW if WE had frocks and suits
or hats and coats and furs or Things
sell 10 women.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10

1t is quite :vident that to = consider
able extent shoe leather will have to take
the place Of ruober-Joseph B. Eastman
dirnctnr Of dafenSe trans pOrtatlOn.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
AXIS CUTS IN

Since the last war. however, Ger
man and japanese hardware and
cutlery manufacturers with lower
labor costs. cheaper materials and
more vigorous competitive sales
methods for cheaper lines of barter
merchandise have been driving I
s manufacturers out Of the mark
e. This is particularly true OF the
machete market. The result IS that
today there is only one U. S manu-
facturer Of machetes. Collins and
Company. Hartford Conn who
have developed this specially INTO
major line resulting in foreign
.aies Of thousands Of dozens OF
machetes a year.
Comes the war. The supplies OF
German and japanese macheteS
are cut off and the stocks on
the shelves are reduced. There IS
big demand for macheteS from
the United States.
ShreWd native wholesalers and
retail hardware men in the mach
e.e countries size up the SITUATION
nd decide that now is a good time
.c .aise prices, even though there
has been no advance in the manu-
.ac.urers price Machetes which
.5ed TO sell at S. 25 are advanced
u $3.50 and even S3.75. jast as a
rev. sugar cane crop Is to be cut
The natives howl as ONLY they can
howl when being robbed and the
storekeepers shyug their shoulders
9~ only they can aesticula,e when
driving a bargain. All ne areu-
r.ents are on the side Of the mer-
chant-U S priorties, export
control shipping shortages points
70 in iustifying his higher pr.ce
! THEN THE POISON
Then comes the finishing 'o1rh.
y aich Is applied by the %az- pEopa-
eandis, and sympathlzer This
suaEe-ln-the- grass, perhapa TIE
merchant himself who used 70
fandle German manufacturers,
Whispers the libel that these high
ar.ces. THIS harmful goue!ng a
.y.cal 0. C7cle Shyock's poAcF.
Al. the Gringos want TO do. theG
auD.. IS shut out all competition
and bleed their good neiphDorS.
Inc potentialities Of thla Ane II
poison are obvious
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
PATROLS ADVANCE

PATROLS ADVANCE
As the Japanese made their new
landing. their patrols were moving
down the east coast of Borneo
across the Macassar strait, in Wha.
VAS now plainly threat TO take
both Macassar and BandkermaSin,
on the southeast coast of BOrneo.
Macassar is 500 miles northeast
Of Soerabaja, the areat naval and
air lorce base at the eastern END
OF Java. and Bandlermasin is only
300 mikes from it across the Java
atI
There is a 400-mile strip of strait
between Macassar and Bandjerma-
SIN.
TadaYs commWniqde, release /
throulh the Netherlands Indies
ucWs agency, revealed that Japa-
nc>e troops We're nltcring down Tn"
W,>s coast OF BoMeo rs We'll rs
'ar east coast
GRiEEST THREAT
Inc west coast hoops were conf
the grave threat was presented b.,
those who on the east coast were
moving on BandJermaSin from the
Balik Papan area, only 275 miles
up the coast.
Macassar had been evacuated by
all women and nearly all male
civilians in expectation of a Japa-
nese attack as a first move against
lava and it was indicatA tha5
strong defense forces faced the
enemy.
Today's communiQue was: Enc
my landings have started on south
west Celebes, in the vicinity of Ma
CAESAR. Destruction which had been
ordered has been carried out The
invader is meeting With strong re
,I5taacc.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10
PLANES CARRY BRUNT

Although a communiquc yeSte'-
day told Of heavy fighting spread
ing across Bataan peninsula, where
MacArthurs lines are believed -
extend for about l5 miles from the
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10

or this one.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-10

FirSt II was Il MINOR IIIm star and i
rhythmic dancer from the night clubs oa
the Office Of Civilian Defense payroll.
Now the movies are draft exempt.
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Situation Wanted

WANTED-JOB ON RANCH. experienced.
strong. ambitious, 20. Write details. Daniel
Murphy Jr.. 2443 Farwell Ave. Chicago. Ill.
MARRIED MAN 40. eight years banking ex-
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The secret of high yield in small
gardens lies in immaculate cultivation.
good feeding and constant care. Yet all
this takes less work, where no space
is wasted, than poor care in a garden
which is too large.
There is a psychological effect in
volved. The small garden does not
make one tired to look at 1t when
hot summer days arrive. The illustra-
ton shows what is meant. 1t was
taken in early summer, in garden
90 by SO feet made on the rear Of a
suburban lot. which was devoted to
vegetables and flowers.
In this space all the fresh vegeta-
bles used by family Of five during
the harvest season OF four months
we're grown: and the labor OF caring
for them was not really labor; it was
recreation. Never was the gardener
faced with task which seemed to be
too hard. The garden never reached
a state Of neglect.
Vegetables grown in well-fed, cul-
tivated and watered rows mature
rapidly and yield heavily; and in quail
ity they far excel those grown in much
greater space which have to struggle
with adverse conditions. They are
more tender. and Of far better flavor.
The lettuce is lush and richly green,
which means it has the maximum vita
min content. So with all the crops.
The variety of food placed on the
table has much to do with the quantity
which the family eats. Enough differ
ent things should be grown so the
menu never grows monotonous. The
family taste should always be consid-
cred, and planning should be based
upon the actual food needs of the
summer. To grow many times the
quantity of greens than can be eaten
at home is wasteful, however rich in
vitamins the greens may be.
Here is the reason for insistence up
on conserving human energy. The work
devoted to growing food that cannot
be used helps to discourage us from
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growing other things that we need.
A garden so large that We neglect it
when hot weather comes Is not an
asset to national defense, but seri-
GUS mistake.
In the garden shown in the illus
tration the following items we're grown:
On the rear fence. red and yellow to-
matoes. On the left fence, pole lima
beans On the right fence, Kentucky
Wonder pole beans. In short rows. left
to right: Green sprouting broccoli.
cucumbers. green beans. beets, egg
plant. Swiss chard, spring onions, leaf
lettuce, parsley. carrots. peppers, peas,
New Zealand spinach, escarolle, par
snip, wax beans. celery, new Italian
marrow. Radishes were sown with the
parsnips and carrots.
In borders outside the vegetable
rows. front and back. were zinnias,
marigolds, calliopsi. pinks, Violet
Queen alyssum. helichrysum, and cos
mos.
Second crops we're sown OF carrots,
beans. beets. lettuce and Chinese cab
bage. With small paintings Of many
things, each days dinner in the long
harvest season was an adventure tn
good eating.
The moral of this story Is: Great
care, rather than great space. makes
the successful victory garden.