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Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-11
Evidence Shows
Nuzi Gas Plans

LONDON. May II. CUP)-Prime
Minister winston Churchill gave his
gas-for-gas warning to Adolf Hitler
yesterday after a cross check had
convinced Allied leaders that Ger
many intended to use poison gas in
a last, desperate attempt to crush
Russia, responsible informantS said
today.
So convincing was evidence from
the continent, diplomatic infor
mants said, that Allied leaders de-
cided Britain should move to place
upon Germany the responsibility
for the start of gas warfare, and
warn Germans that they, in the
end, would pay bitterly.
1t was believed possible that Ger
many might start an offensive
again with gas or use it only as a
climactic weapon if other means
of warfare failed, but there seemed
conviction that Germany sooner or
later would use it.
GAS SHIPPED
Informants said the Allied cross
check of gas reports extended as
far back as last January and show
ed that Germany was making prep
arations on massive. scale for gas
warfare.
Reports included:
That large shipments of mustard
gas had moved by trainloads in
February. under heavy guard,
through one district which serves
the German front in the east.
That between January and March
frequent shipments of gas in earth
enWare and glass containers, in adj
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-11

dition to crates of gas shells of var
iOuS caliberS, had moved to the
front, some marked mot to be open
ed except by special order
SPECIAL GUN
That in construction area near
the eastern front large concrete
gas reservoirs had been built.
That Germany had developed a
six-barreled gun, called do kan
one" to throw grenades and shells
filled with liquid gas of tremendous
corrosive effect.
That preparations had been made
to drop gas in large glass spheres,
designed to break on contact and
dispense widely.
That German officials in eastern
Europe had been ordered to provide
themselves with gas masks and
keep them handy.
That gas shelters were under con-
struction throughout Germany, even
in villages.
That three factories in unoccu-
pied France were manufacturing
flame throwers, apparently to be
carried on motorcycles, Tor the Ger
mans.
Many military authorities still eX-
pressed doubt of the efficacy of
gas, aside from the retaliatory brake
but they admitted that the Germans
might always envisage its use in a
last resort, or try with it to reduce
specific detectives.
Britons expressed approval of
Churchill's warning that Britain
would use gas against Germany il
! Germany used it against Russia.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-11
SAVING RUBBER SAVES LIVES
Jacksonville Register)

Jacksonville Register)
Because many California motorists
have reduced their driving speeds to con-
serve rubber, many persons who would
otherwise be dead are alive, and several
hundred who would otherwise have been
injured are sound and hearty That in
depreciation is given by state motor We
hicle officials to the latest accident stat
iStics.
In March of this year. 104 persons were
killed and 1464 injured on California
highways That is a seriously high toll
yet it does represent a substantial drop
Of 16.1 per cent in fatalities and 25.6 per
cent in injuries in comparison with the
figures for March, 1941. The average
motorist is probably upon the highway
as many hours today as he was year
ago, officials conclude. but he drives
more slowly-and to this reduced speed
they accredit the safety improvement.
If by driving slowly to save rubber
they are saving their own lives, motor
lists may at last come to common agree
ment to outlaw the speeder for all time
and tone down highway speeds perma-
nently. They might be Just as happy,
as we'll as longer-lived. After all, Marco
Polo and Columbus and Sir Francis Drake
got around and saw a lot-and you could
drive model T flivver in low gear faster
than any of them ever moved in his life,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-11
OTHER ITEMS nv THE
CONFUSION BUDGET

Another subject of more than little
confusion in Washington, where mini
mum of confusion should be tolerated,
seems to be the reason for gasoline ra-
tioning 1t almost seems. sometimes,
as though the politicians were seeking
some plausible reason, any reason, to
extend gas rationing to the entire nation.
Perhaps that is not true. Our point IS
that it seems possible, and will continue
to seem possible until the confusion ends
and the people are told the facts, without
oratory.
1t is pretty we'll established that gas
will be rationed, and justly, on the east
coast because of transportation troubles.
As to the rest of the country, the politi-
cos have advanced every imaginable reas-
on, from transportation shortage (Which
if true would be sound reason), to rub
Der conservation, actual gasoline short
age (Which does not exist, clearing high
ways for military traffic Ga reason not
generally applicable and result which
could better be achieved otherWiSe), or
any number of other wierd imaginings.
What we want is not more gasoline,
but less confusion.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-11

'seaplanes in the Louisiade islands
on the northern fringe of the Coral
sea, dropping bombs squarely in the
target area.
1t was now reported, however, that
in addition to 16 enemy warshipS,
two transports, a supply ship, a
cargo ship and a tanker sunk or
damaged in the Coral sea opera
lions, the japanese may have lost
transports as yet unreported, crowd
ed with invasion troops.
Informants said Washington
might soon issue a definite list of
losses of both sides, and there was
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-11

reason to believe that the presently
announced toll of Japanese ships
would prove to have been conserva-
tive.
1t had been noted that, though
the Japanese fleet was massing
for an invasion thrust, little men
ton had been made CT transports.
Reports were circulated today that
the enemy fleet included a num-
Der of transports and that final
list of Japanese losses might include
number of transports, each
crowded with hundreds to thou
sands of troops.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-11
Enemy Transports Sunk?

GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS. Australia, May IL -
CUP) - Thousands of japanese
troops in transports, may have per-
ished in the battle of the Coral sea
in addition to those aboard 81
enemy ships sunk or damaged, well
informed quarters said today.
Gen. Douglas Macarthur. in a
communique today, announced that
American warplanes. on a death
hunt for remnants of the enemy in
vasion fleet shattered by American
and Allied naval and air forces,
had damaged or sunk two Japa-
nese submarines.
Reconnaissance bombers, he an
nounced. heavily attacked enemy
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-11
Raj Renews Raids
Across Channel

LONDON, May II. (UP) - The
Raj renewed raids on Axis-held
French targets today, sending small
groups of fighters across the channel
to attack coastal areas.
Indictment weather last night had
temporarily halted Britains serial
offensive against Germany follow
ing one of the wars heaviest day
light raids yesterday in which Raj
formations Is miles wide pounded
enemy detectives inland from the
Boulogne area of the French coast.
Returning from their afternoon
mission. waves of British fighter
planes were visible over the west
ern end of the Dover Straits. OBJ
servers said they rarely had heard
SO many aircraft at one time.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-11
French GueriIIas
Dynamite Pro.Nazi
Radio Facilities

VICHY, France, May II. up
Anti-Nazi terrorists today dynamit-
ed and silenced the loudest pro-Ger-
man radio station in occupied
France-Radio Paris.
dispatches said that Radio Paris
was dynamited early this morning
and that the pylons were destroyed,
bringing down the aerial near Bour-
geS, 1870 miles south of Paris.
The damage was so complete. it
was reported, that the station may
not be able to return to it's normal
wave length for some time.
Other aerials in the same network
such as Radio Colonial we're not
damaged and may be used to replace
Radio Paris.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-11
CALLS FOR PLAN

Here is where a demand comes
in for national program planning
on a vast scale. RefinerieS thai
can make only gasoline would have
to be given that job. Other re-
fineries would have to be allocatet
to 100 octane gas production, ant
those that can produce materials
for synthetic rubber would be giVeI
that assignment.
If you please, this Is social
zatiOn of the petroleum indus
try, though another name for it
is drafting the industry for
war. Whatever you call it, ii
goes beyond the regular com
petitive fields of the oil COM
panies. The oil companies
themselves, or the Petroleum
CO-OrdinatOr's office, or the
War Production Board, or
someone so far has seemed re-
Iuctant to force the petroleum
industry into this step, put
ting it in competition with the
chemical industries. But it may
have to be done.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-11

IN addition to their weekend Of
fensive operations which resulted in
the smashing of two enemy sub
marines and an unestimated num-
Der of seaplane;., 1.mci.can war
planes threw back a weak enemy
attempt to bomb the Allied base
OF Port Moresby, in New Guinea,
and shot down two of the small at
lacking formation.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-11
Anti.U. 5. Parade
Fizz|es in Vichy

VICHY, France. May IL. UP)-
A dozen youthful followers of JAG
ques Doriot, French collaborationist
leader, demonstrated timidly yester-
day before the American embassy
against what their shouts described
as Madagascar aggression" The
group almost sprinted past the Am
erican embassy, crying weakly,
thieves" and down With-Roosevelt, "
after parading before the German
consulate shouting "yiye Germany"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-11
COLUMN LIQUIDATED

The immediate Chinese detectives
now are Wanting. frontier town at
the gateway to Yunnan, and Lashio,
the Burma Roads southern termi-
nus, Chinese military authorities
revealed. They said the sudden COL
lapse of the invading Japanese
mechanical column had returned
to Chinese control the southwestern
Yunnan towns of Lungling and Che
fang and the mountain range on
the west bank of the SalWeen river.
The entire mechanical Japanese
column which entered Yunnan prov
ince from Lashio on May a and
penetrated deep into Chinese terri
tory may be considered now COM
pletely liquidated," a Chinese mill
tary spokesman declared.
This statement predicted the an
Inhalation of at least 1000 Japanese,
indicating that more than 1000 were
| fleeing in disorder into another
Chinese trap somewhere along the
Burma Road between Lashio and
the frontier Chinese artillery and
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-11
Diplomats Report
Axis Uncertain

LISBON May II. CUP)-United
States and South American diplo-
mats arriving from Italy said today
that the majority Of Italians have
no confidence any more that the
Axis will win the war.
The Germans, they said, still cling
to hope that they will win-"but
they don't know now" The diplo-
mats expressed belief that Germany
was extremely worried over the re-
suits of the Russian campaign.
But something else worries them
even more and that is the possibility
of an Allied landing in Europe,
one diplomat said. "One may say
that the danger of a second front
in Europe is the talk of entire Ger
many"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-11
CAPITAL TALKS
by
Peter
Edison

First act on arrival in Washing
! ton for one of the many oil COM
panv executives now holding i'm
portant war jobs in government
was to call up the Department of
/ Justice.
7 want to give notice" he is re-
ported to have said in effect, that
I'm going TO have to break every
antitrust law in the books. and I
want you to lay off till after the
war ends. The day wars over, you
can indict me on every count and
I'll plead guilty. Yon can then send
me to Alcatraz or Atlanta. I don't
want to go to Leavenworth, that's
too hot. Any place but there. I'll be
needing the rest. anyhow, so you
can make the sentence as long as
you like But to solve the petro-
leum problems of this war, we'll
have to do a lot of things that
we've never done before and I just
want you to know about it in adj
vance"
That is a dramatic statement
of the case, but probably is not
much of an eXaggeratiOn.
Breaking few laws is per-
hapS the least of the changes
that must be made in the gil
gantfc oil industry, for as Sec
rotary of Interior and Petro-
leum CO-ordinator Harold l..
Ickes told a congressional COM
mittee the other day, the prob
lem is to shift the economic
base of the industry and to do
it i'm weeks instead of years.
You are familiar with the main
events of the background the
tanker shortage. eastern seaboard
fuel oil shortages, gasoline ration
ing for a third of the nations mo-
florists, the rubber shortage reduc-
ing the need for gasoline, increased
haulage by railroad tank car and
tank truck. Those are the points
where the petroleum industry
touches the public at the consumer
level. But above this consumer level
is where revolutionary things are
happening.
AS con sumption e clines, as
transportation becomes tighter, the
stocks of gasoline are increasing
at many southern seaboard refin-
cries. This is happening despite the
fact that crude oil production has
been curtailed from the 1941 daily
average of Al million barrels to
around 3.5 million barrels.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-11
Malta Raid Costs
Axis 70 Planes

VALETTA, Malta, May II. CUP)
Axis planes marked the induction
OF Maltas new governor, Viscount
Gort. with intensive aerial attacks,
but tabulation today showed the
weekend raids cost the enemy at
least 70 planes.
Royal air force fighter planes and
antiaircraft guns destroyed Is air
craft and damaged at least ID yes
terday.
Gort, formerly governor of Gibral-
tar. was administered the oath in
building partly demolished by
aerial bombs.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-11
CHANGE IN TECHNIQUE

Refinery technique must be
changed to cut down the produc-
ton of regular gasoline, while the
output is increased for 100 octane
aviation gas, fuel oils and heating
oils These changes involve a major
industrial revolution, but they are
only beginning.
Also to be considered is the in
creased production of petroleum
products from which synthetic rub
Der can be made-butadiene and
styrene, which in ratios of 80 per
cent and 20 per cent respectively,
go to make the Buna S rubber
which the government is financing
to be produced at the rate of TOO
600 tons a year, by the end of
1943. To do this it will be nee
eSSary to use less than 10000
barrels of crude a day. Fortunately,
the oil is there, though the equip
ment to do with is not.
One phase of this CONVEX
sion which has not been pushed
as much as it might be is the
emergency, temporary use of
existing refinery equipment for
the production of synthetic rub
Der compOnents. Refinery ex-
perts say that both butadiene
and styrene can be produced
in high temperature thermal
cracking units. Half the cOun-
try's normal gasoline supply
comes from this thermal crack
ing process, where temperatures
of from 800 to 400 degrees are
employed to break down the
crude petroleum.
When the temperature is raised
to 1900, a per cent yield of buta-
diene and styrene can be obtained
but this can be done only in the
best refinery equipment that will
stand this extra high temperature
Costs MAJ be higher, yields low
er, by this makeshift production
but immediate production can be
! obtained.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-11
JoPs Caught In
Burma Road Trop

American pilots trapped and wiped
out more than 5000 enemy troops
Saturday, and at least 500 more
were known to have been killed
since then. In previous engage
ment. the Chinese reported 1000
enemy casualties.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-11
Army Film Expert
Studies Methods

LONDON, May IL. CUP - Col
Daryl F.. Zanuck, Hollywood pro-
Queer now in the United States Army
signal corps, said today he was in
England as a special observer con-
cerned with the production and
printing of military training films.
Zanuck said he would seek to
establish basis of cooperation be-
tween the United States army and
the British and Russian forces.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-11
CURRENT QUOTATIONS

They were coming straight for us so
there wasn't much to do but get in there
and shoot it out with them.-Lieut Ed
ward H O'Hare, describing his shooting
down of six Jap planes in one battle.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-11
Editorials and Comment
EDITORS NOTE: The folloptng edit

oriaLs are presented as interesting opin-
ions Uoiced BY editors elsewhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion OF
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-11
TARGETS CLEAR

THE attack was made in clear
weather in the middle of the day,
the planes flying at low attitudes
SO low that it was necessary to
avoid barrage balloons the COM
munique said.
The selected targets were unmis-
taxable and were accurately at
tackled with demolitiil and in
cendiary bombs.
military, naval and industrial
plants were the obpectives in the
vicinity of Tokyo, Yokohama, Ma
goya and other localities.
Large fires were started which
continued to burn in some instanc-
es for at least two days"
The communique indicated that
the bombers struck their blows in
an area of some 400 miles in di-
ameter, ranging from the great
cities of Tokyo and Yokohama in
the north to Kobe in the south
In between the great airplane CEN
ter of Nagoya was struck.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-11
Report on Tokyo
Attack Gives laps
No New KNOWLEDGE

WASHINGTON, May IL CUP) -
The war department today left the
japanese to dread more mighty
aerial attacks on their populouS
cities without giving them the least
inkling of the American long range
bombing technique.
The war department, in a COM
munique late yesterday, acknowl-
edged what the japanese already
kneW-that American planes were
the raiders that bombed Japan's
great cities on April 10. But it did
not answer the two questions of
most interest to the enemy, where
the planes came from and where
they went after dropping their de-
molition and incendiary bombs.
This countr= has no intention of
answering those questions. 1t hopes
to keep the enemy guessing about
the last raid and worrying about
the possibility of the next one.
BIG FIRES STARTED
The war department did reveal
that the selected targets were ac-
curtaely attacked by the American
Army bombers, and that large fires
started by the raiders burned in
some cases for at least two days.
The communique gave no indica-
ton as to the number of planes that
participated in the raid and men,
toned no American casualties. 1t
quoted Japanese broadcast, how
ever, that said there were between
5000 and 1900 Japanese casualties.
Most of the communique was de-
voted to description of the jap
anese' own reaction to the raid.
That was a vivid word picture of a
Japan, puffed by its recent sue
cesses, suddenly turned into panic
by flying planes dropping
death and destruction in a noon
raid.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-24
BattleLines

CONTINUED from Page One)
mer morning, bound on missions Of
death and destruction.
There's no Christmas spirit in
the faces OF the quiet. determined
airmen who have a silent salute as
their four-engined monsters loom
into space.
Perhaps, as they race toward enc
my targets with their heads en-
cased in oxygen helmets, speed
indicators climb bling toward the $50
mile-per.hour mark, altitude gauges
weaving to 10000 feet, they'll have
time to remember other Christmas
days-Christmastides when there
were homes and families and gaily
wrapped presents all clumstered
about a sparkling, clean-smelling
yuletide tree.
There won't be that kind OF
Christmas thrill where they're go
ing, but therell he plenty Of ex-
element. Life and death excite
ment. Zeros splitting thousands Of
rounds Of lead: Jap anti-aircraft
sweeping the sky; the anticipation
and dogfght over the target; Christ
mas cards fashioned from TINT
hurting through space; the weary
ing, narrowing journey through
monsoon weather to home bases.
And there's nothing awaiting
those Yankee sky warriors when
they come back, either-if they
come back.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-24
Christmas

Continued from Page one)
with the Advent hymn, carrying
candles.
Holy Communion will also be eel
ebrated at 9 o'clock Christmas
morning.
Children Remembered
Wednesday night there was a
Christmas program for children In
Woodruff School under the man
agement OF the Salvation Army.
This afternoon all the baskets
to be distributed by the Salvation
Army, the Goodfellows and the
American Legion were 10 be taken
to the Salvation Army barracks
from which point distribution was
to take place. The work has en-
tailed special work this year in
view Of the fact that candies and
certain other commodities are not
obtainable.
Christmas Message
Wednesday night at 1880 The
Evangelical Tabernacle conducted
a Christmas program. with recits-
tons, dialogues and musical num-
bers, closing with q short Christ
mas message by the pastor. Rev
D. L. Baughey. This concluded the
Christmas exercises for Christmas
week.
The Church OF the NaEarens held
Christmas program at their quar-
tiers in the Literary Club House,
Tuesday night. This is their final
program this week.
Special Christmas day services
are planned for the Willow Run
Lutheran Mission, Missouri Synod.
Rev. Arthur +. Boyer, pastor, plans
a special sermon for services to
begin at 1920 a. m. The services
are conducted in Personality Stu
do. N. Adams and Pearl SITS.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-24
Bethlehem

Continued from Page One)
tai into the great raftered nave OF
the oldest church In Christendom.
One approaches me. why is that
door so low" he asks. | explain
that during the Saracenic period,
horsemen had habit OF riding into
the nave and rough-shod over the
worshippers. To prevent it., the
church authorities made the main
entrance only breast-high 30 that
anyone trying TO ride in on horse
back would be knocked off.
II has seemed more crowded than
ever in Bethlehem this afternoon.
There was carol singing by Catho-
lies and protestants with the carols
broadcast. The annual broadcasts
OF the famous chimes and the carols
have become part Of the worlds in
Wis BILE attendance in Bethlehem
during Christmas ewes in peace
time and war.
The peal OF the famous bells rolls
out in ripping echoes across the
olive-clad Judean hills.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-24
Municipal Court

The following fines were paid In
Municipal Court Wednesday. Alvin
D. Lyon. Milan, So. stop violation
and excessive speeding, George
Redding. Ypslanu, 1886, no opera
tors license; Newton Davis, Belle
vile, IS, excessive speeding; Rus
sell L. Skiles. Wayne, 81. red light
violation: Jack Williams, SO, ex-
pired operators license; Chester
Herbert Ypsilanti, 81, blocking
driveway; Wilson r. Handy. Ad-
ran, 1885, stop violation; Burnett
V. Shears, Ypsilanti, Sc, excessive
speeding; Harold L. McMunn, Ypsi-
lanti. SO, red light violation; Elmer
Winan. Chelsea, IS. stop violation
and excessive speeding. Fines for
minor offenses total IS.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-24
Births

Son TO Mr.. and Mrs. David Cogs
well Proctor. Jr., at ST. Joseph Hos
p!tal, Ann Arbor, Dec. II. The baby
David Cogswell Proctor, 3rd
weighed eight pounds and six and
three-fourths ounces.
Son; Born 10 Mr.. and Mrs. Ricar.
do Rodriguez, Belleville. at Boyer
Hospital Weighing six pounds, 81
ounces. Dec. %.
Som Born TO Mr.. and Mrs. Ber-
nard Hutting. $40 Fairfield Rd., at
Boyer Hospital, weighing eight
pounds, 91z ounces, Dec. %.
Son: Born TO Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Hildebrandt, $3.50 Holmes Rd., at
Boyer Hospital, weighing seven
pounds, 81 ounces, Dec. %.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-24
War

CONTINUED from Page Orsl
fighters in New Guinea breached
japanese lines at more points ana
an official communique said that
the enemy's position must now be
regarded as desperate. Allied
bombers pounded the japanese
mercilessly.
Little news came from the Bur
ma front where British imperial
columns are advancing on Akyab.
strategic port on the. Bay OF Ben
gal. But a communique disclosed
widespread Raj raids on enemy
bases in the west Burma district,
indicating supporting action for the
ground forces. Heavy attacks were
reported on Magwe, $50 miles east
OF Akyab. and Rauthadaung, 80
miles north Of the port.