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Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-15
FACE THE BAD NEWS
AND BEAT IT DOWN

Telephone wires carried an angry pra-
test into the PoSt-PresS offices Friday
against headlines recountng Allied de
feats in the Ear East
"Why.' asked the caller do vou have
to paint the picture blacker than il is
We were bit too astonishcd 10 retort
as quickly as We would have liked with
the honest statement that W don't see
how it could be much blackcr. this side
OF complete Allied surrender The sim
pie truth Is we were struck practically
dumb by the complaint, while memory
of Pearl Harbor. Wake Hong Kong. Man
lila, Malaga and score of other tragedies
flashed through cur mind
Singapore. protested ouI caller. was
still in British hands and why did cur
headlines indicate thai il wasn't? We
started to explain 10 the complainer that
about nine-tenthS Of the island of Slnga-
pole was at that moment totally doml-
mated by japanese. including all the por-
tionS which are of offensive military
value, and that even in Brtain's own
parliament Winston Churchill was be-
ing verbally blasted for the loss of Sin
gapore to Britain but the telephone
went dead in our ear.
All of which is matter OF newspaper
routine. except that just now it points
up one of the gravest dangers faced by
the public at large. 1t is the danger OF
refusing to face the gravity of the Sltua
tion, of seeking out and paying attention
only to the cheerful reports, of refusing
to acknowledge the severe losses we have
suffered and are continuing 10 suffer.
We all like to read newspaper head
lines Eyes. even those who write them do)
telling how "MacA Arthur Turns Back
Vast Jap Onslaught" or II. s. Sinks Il
Jap Warships," but if we are intelligent
followers of the Wal developments we
will realize that such headlines recount
merely heroic retreats or defensive ac-
tions. and should not be presented in
such a Way as to lull readers to Il danger
Gus sleep in the face of an e1er-increaS-
ing peril.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-15
CAPITAL TALKS
Peter
Edison

WASHING ION TcO Il. up
The way this war going to reach
cut and touch even the most re-
n0tely situated. Seit->ufiiclent and
most insignificant -Combatants
o. this country hasn't vet begun
% get full appreciation Tough
= hardly the word Il Will be more
Ike tornado NlsEng up the in
d!yldual here aEd laying hm down
there IN such shape thdt he will
hardly be able 20 lryoaD.ze the or
igIual
Take the poor migrant far
merS. the OkieS and the Arkies
and their unnamed equivalents
n the eaSt-the pea pickers.
hops pickerS. berry pickerS and
cotton pickerS who travel north
with the season, then beat the
frost back south for the winter.
They have been kicked around,
literally and in literature. But
along comes the war and look
how il may reach down to
change their vagrant existence:
In the first place, the rubber
shortage may get them Picking
~. tor their jalopieS, an old cas-
ina worn down to the fabric won't
be so easy. Even the used cars
themselves won't be TOO plentiful.
hnd the migrant families will have
- Scrape together enough 10 pay
rhlt So a year automobile use tax.
That's broadening the tax base for
}o... all right
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-15
laps HurI Strong
Jungle Army Into
Drive Thru Burma
Bv DARRELL BERRIGAN

RANGOON. Burma, FEB. IA. tUP)
Fighting ragged in the jungles on
the west bank of the lower Sal
ween river today with the japanese
hurting strong forces at both ENDS
of the 30-mile front, seeking en-
circlement of the ImperialS.
The japanese crashed in force
at the northern end against Brit
lsh lines west of Paan, in heat-rld-
den low Nubby Hills, and the out
come was unrepOrted.
Thirty miles to the south at the
turbulent Salween's mile-wide mouth
the invaders pounded against Impe-
rial positions in the Martaban area.
The Paan drive, unless stopped,
could cut off British troops in
southern Burma and place the
japanese on a road and railway
leading to the vital Burma Road,
only 10 miles to the west.
At Paan. the invaders were en-
ploying fighting methods used with
success in Malaga. Slipping at night
across the SalWeen, they began in
filtering through dense jungle
growth while planes attacked tE"
British forces.
The drive was launched on the
heels of a similar attempt which
the defenders smashed and after the
Japanese had been bombed repeat
edly and Paan itself reduced to
burning ruin.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-15
TO CONTROL
TEXT BOOKS
Riverside Press J

iltlNerSlde Press
According to dispatches from Saera
mento. Governor Olson has replaced four
members of the State Board Of Education
whose terms have expired.
Having appointed the majority of the
state board, the governor will be sup
posed to have complete control over the
actions of the board. OF course we are
not supposed to know Just where these
new appointments will stand regarding
the multiplicity Of problems which come
before the State Board of Education.
But it IS safe to assume these new APP
pointmentS would not have been made
by Governor Olson without some ulteriOr
purpose, and that political, and in his
interest.
An Associated Press report out of the
capital says that Governor Olson pro-
poses the employment of California au-
thors to prepare state text books for
public schools instead of continuing to
pay royalties to eastern book companies.
What politics have to do with such
move we will be able to better determine
later But we will be suspicious of it,
until we know all the facts
When men like Governor Olson. who
do not believe in free enterprise. judging
from their acts. get government power,
there is no end Of their desire for more
power They even want to have control
of the kind Of subject matter our chill
dran are compelled to study and learn.
Hitler and MusSolini also emphasize
the Importance Of training the youth to
believe in them and their policies.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-15
Raiders Menace
Atlantic Lines

man ships had been damaged in the
repeated British raids on them. it
was conceivable, they said, that re-
pairs could be made in a German
naval yard.
Apparently the Germans felt that
the run home might be safe
through the English channel and
the Dover straits under certain con-
ditions than over the longer north
ward route. around Ireland and
down the Norwegian coast. it was
said. The Germans must have known
that the heavier, more powerful
British Warships were concentrated
along the northern route.
Another factor probably was the
availability of land-based Nall
fighter planes and bombers. operat-
ing from airfields in France to
provide an air canopy for the squad
ron.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-15
EMPLOYERS MAY
MOVE THEM

Anyway with a transportation
crisis facing the migrants. their
problem of moving from one crop
tc another and one farm TO an
o;ner is something for the emplC.-
me landowners to think about IN
thc truck farming and orchard dis
ulctS you may see employers be-
in2 forced TO provide transporta-
ton for their temporary seasonal
labor. The picture of the landowner
sending his trucks south to pin
I'D his labor and haul it right 20
his own premises is one that may
become commoner-if the employ
er. of course. rides on rubber good
enough to stand such long-diStance
moving.
Supplementing this there must
be considered the fact than an
estimated 335.000 agricultural
workers have been drawn into
other activities-the Army or
war industry jobs. That means
an increased demand for farm
labor. If this demand must be
met entirely by the hiring of
temporary labor. then tre-
mendous revolution will take
place in the pattern Of our
civilization as it has been in the
past nine or ten years. Instead
of the migrant, worker being
merely endured and put up with
and generally kicked around, he
will have become an economic
necessity, and the maintenance
of an effective and ample mi
grant labor force will have be-
come just as important as
loan from the bank, a roof on
the barn, a market for the crops.
II will probably be one of the
most ironical touches of the New
Deal program if all this solicitude
the government has shown for the
unfortunate migrant agricultural
workers should now bounce back
and be reflected in a condition
whereby this 'pampering' of the
Cl:ieS has resulted in the salvation.
the keeping intact Of pauper class
which will be an important factor
in harvesting the food that Will
win the war Impossible as such
a situation may seem, it IS yet
within the realms of likelihood. so
far-reaching are the effects OF a
wartime economy on normal condi-
tons
HARVEST NOW ON
There is as yet no real shortage
nj migrant farm labor People in
he northern states may not real
izc it. but the harvesting of the
1912 farm crop has already begun.
Citrus fruit crops Of Florida, Tex
as and California are on the mark
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-15
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF ELECTION

Notice is hereby given that
regular municipal election will be-
held in the City Of Ell Centre on
Tuesday, the l4th day of April
1912, for the following offices:
Councilmen % for full term Of
four years
There will be five voting precincts
for the purpose of holding the cleo
tion, consisting of either the re2u-
lar election precincts established
for holding State or County elec-
tions or a consolidation of some or
all of such precincts, as FLOWS;
Voting precinct "A',comprIslnl
State and County precinct num-
bers II. 2, 3 and a., and the poll
ing place shall be at, Cougs
House, Board Of Supervisor,
Room;
Voting precinct "B", comprising
State and County precinct num-
bers 8, 10 and H. and the poll
ing place shall bc at Mckinley
School. $50 North Fifth Stree.
Voting precinct C, comprsin,
State and County preclnct mum
bcrs Z. 9. Y. and 49, and IN
polling place shah be at CT
Hall. l42 South Sixth Street;
Voting precinct D., comprisin,
State and County precinct mum
be!s ), and IA, and the poIlu2
place shah be at, Harding School,
South Seventh Street
Voting precinct e, comprsnp
State and County precinct n4m-
Ders I5 and To-, and the polnn ,
place shall be at, Washington
School. Main and First Street
The polls will be open bct%oca
the hours of 6 am and I pun
NEAL H. GAVIN
City Clerk.
DATED, February IA, 1912.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-15
Russia Mobifzes
Entire Population

MOSCOW, Feb. IA. CUPl--A gov
crnment decree today provided Tor
mobilization of the entire able-
bodied male and female urban pop,
uiation OF the Soviet Union for e5-
sential war industry work.
The decree was issued by the
presidium of the supreme Soviet,
and empowered the government o
mobilize men between the ages OF
l6 and 65 and women between 10
and as.
The preamble stated that mobil-
ization was necessary to obtain sui
ficient workers for national defense.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-15
Bataan Patrols SI<irrnisn

WASHINGTON. Feb II up
.13paur,e and AmCuCan forces III
Bataan dusued with heavy Uul-
lery ana engaged in aggressive III
f3qtry sk,miNheS, during the pas;
u aouHs tHc var department re
ported today
The enemy was active in TIE
ali on all parts of our front. a
war department ccmmUnlque ad-
dcd
Ne change in position of lines
was reported. however and the COM
munaue said in some sections oi
fhr Blaau front enemy troops
arr. cntreuehing their positions.
The department. oathnlng re
rorfs received Up ta $50 4. m. EWT,
m communque Ne I06, did not
cIsc4>s significance O: The mcre1S-
ed Japanese activity but it APP
peared likely that It WAS part OF
an effort 10 soften Wp Mac
Ar,i.la.s forces preparatory to the
antfuatcG aN-oGt Japanese effort
10 tonQat. them
FORTS UNDER FIRE
JIa.aesc batteries On The CaN.te
,h..e O. Manila bay again Tired
on tav a4rbor detenses# Fer, Mills
oa Corsceldar island. and fortS
Drum. Hughes and Frank on small
er Islands No material damaIe was
mfiltedNhe department said.
Reports Of the increasing Jap
anese activity conceded with as
SeruonS by military experts that
the only way of reinforcing Mac
Arthur would be with a large naval
ccnvoy from Hawaii.
They admitted that such a project
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-15

But military ana naval experts
agreed that the lack Of nearby
free" major naval base fro mwhich
TO start such a convoy made sueH
a feat virtually impossible. They
pointed out that such an effort
would call for running the block
ade of japanese naval ana ar
forces now operating around the
PhiliDDineS.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-15
THE BEST POLICY is
PREPARE FOR THE WORST

There Is a very real danger in reading
only the cheerful neWS-a danger so great
that the editor who leads his readers TO
seek that kind of news and disregard
unpleasant defeats must rank as No.
menace to his country. The danger comes
in this:
BY concentrating upon whatever grains
of good news we can find. and relegat-
ing all other news to minor position, we
ale so Woefuily unprepared when major
losses develop that it is practically i'm
possible to recover from the shock. BY
''acclimatng' ourselves to the bad news,
on the other hand, and putting forth our
greatest efforts in spite Of 1t, we are
ready to take new reverses in our stride
and 90 ahead TO eventual victory.
If we read continually of what some
irresponsible headline writer might call
victories and then if some nay we wake
up to find ourselves face to face with
an army actually invading our own Pacif-
ic coast, we would feel-and rightly
that we had been deluded and misinform-
ed The inevitable end would be total
loss Of faith in any leadership. disnte-
grafton Of morale. and a totally made
quate civilian effort at defense.
We firmly believe that news Of their
defeats will merely make the American
people more determined that victory
Shall be ours in the end. We do not be-
lieve the people, as a whole. want any
pre-fabricated silver Innings placed on
their clouds in a newspaper office.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-15

vould involve risk # MAJOR naval
hattie with the JapanCSs md doubt-
ed that the United Nation higH
command MS prepared l. ta"e
s1ch chance a this time
The situation was further ag-
arevated by the threat of the QUICK
loss of Singapore and the pos
sibiity Of a japanese thrust aocn
NJ the last important Dutch Indie
naval base at Soerabaja on the
island of Java.
SINGAPORE'S PLACE
They said that the less of either
or beth Singapore OF Socrabaia
would be a ma ior setback 10 the
already slim chance OF fein.cre-
mg Macarthur
Hawaii is 5000 miles from Man
ila ana any attempt TO send troops
and supplies over such 4 long
supply line would almcst certainly
precipitate an outright test ol I.
S. naval strength with Japan
Thus MacArthW's heroic men.
holding out Cl the lunele-llEe ana
mountainous Bataan peninsula
against at least 10 to one ODDS.
faced the prospect Of proba0I5
fighting on indefinitely without
large-SCale aid.
The question of aid for them was
raised in the senate yesterday by
Sen. Minard f. TYdings, D. MD"
who demanded immediate dispatch
Of fresh troops for the brave fight
crs of Bataan." 1t would be a ira.
yersty. he said if their stand
nroved but sham due to po~
iitical approach to the greatest
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-15
PorotrooPs Drop
On Dutch Island

mand quoted unconfilmed reports
that Bandjermasin, the south Bor-
neo port. had been occupied by tive
enemy. The high command relter-
aled that everything OF value 20
the Japanese had been destroyed Il,
PaudiermaSin
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-15

sGugglc in all history
Il would like to see convoy
Nth sufficient ships. airplane car
II"rS and aims to make a fighting
tltOrt To get to the Philippines TO
save singapore" he said You
Odut win the war on the defense
Japan Is en- the oflense and she
/. winning though thousands of
miles from hey nome bases"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-15
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The foiioICtng edit
oriaiS are presented as interesting 0piH-
ions roiced by editors elsewhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion or
This paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-15
CURRENT QUOTATIONS

More than ever it is our duty :. to re-
strict our state expenditures to the low
est levels compatible with the mainten-
ance Of state activities essential to effici-
ency and morale. Governor Lehman,
New York.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-15
BY SANDOR S. KLEIN

WASHINGTON, Feb IA ,UP)-
Naval strategisls said today th2.
the successful dash of three Ger
man war vessels through Dover
straits suggested the possibility of
a new Nazi spring offensive in the
battle of the Atlantic.
These ships-the 26.000-ton bat
tloShipS Scharnhorst and GneiSenau
and the l0.0OO-ton cruiser Prinz
probably returned to 4 Ger
man port for refitting or repairs
prior to joining other powerful
fleet units in a campaign against
Britain'S Atlantic life me, they be-
lieved
FORCES POTENT
The Germans will ' ave a potent
sea force, they said, L. those three
ships are able to join the battleship
Tirpitz, a sister of the sunken Bis
marck, two pocket battleships. the
LuetZ0W and Admlra4 Scheer; five
or six 6-inCh and 8-inch gun cruiS-
erS. the l9,000-ton aircraft carrier
Graf Zeppelin amt possibly brand
new carrier
The experts said the Nazis follow
ed an old pattern in setting the
preiiminarcs for the race from
Brest to German waters. That m-
wolves repeated circulation of ru-
mors by the Germans that they are
about to strike in a certain direc-
ton until repetition destroys thei'
credcnce and then suddenly strik-
Ing at that very objective.
RUMORS STARTED
Many times in recent months,
these observers said, there have
been reports that the German YES
sells we're about to leave Brest.
According to these experts, 1t was
known that one of the three Ger
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-15

We are not going back to anything We
are going forward We could not stop
the march Of progress if we wanted to,
but w can do something about the direc
ti0n Of the changes.-Charles W. Eliot,
National Resources Planning Board.
We dare not turn our back to either
front Thes- criminals are too good with
daggers-Navy Secretary Knox.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-15
PLACE FOR Z PARTIES

G'aIO Alto IImCS)
A. greatly as they might desire. it, the
professional politicians in power would
scarcely have the brass to propose out
right that this wears congressional elcc-
ions br Cancelled. particularly since that
could not be done legally anyhow. But
Chairman Flynn Of the Democratic ma
0onal committee did the closest possible
thing To that when he made the statement
that election Of Republican congressman
would br Is great :. disaster rs defeat in
!; major battle.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-15
By JOHN X. MORRIS

BATAVIA. Feb. IA. oUPD-Thc
japanese today opened a large scale
air attack on Palembang. important
oil center on Sumatra, dropping
hundreds of parachute troops, but
an official announcements said
dozens of the invaders were kill
ed and that the situation was not
unfavorable to the Dutch defend
erS.
The paratroops, dropped at three
places near Palembang, were brought
over the island, which lies just
across the Malacca strait from Sim
gapore, in more than 100 transport
planes. which were accompanied by
fighter planes.
"A vigorous resistance was made
and dozens of parachutists were
killed" the announcement said.
"Palembang itself g not threaten
ed. At least there rre no lndi2l-
tions that paracA2tists dropped
close to or entered he town.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-15

His contention t campaign oI par
tiSan politics IL could have no
motive bur t. eoy and di>unite our
peopil@ is without foundation.
Our nato ny has operated politically
under I o-party system. The "op-
position Y. alias the one temporarily
out of IS conceded to have a very
imports .hdog function that should
keep the on their toes Ii the op-
position pa ere to subSide altogether,
We would be aduced to the one-party
status. with all It's potentialiticS OF tyran-
ny and corruption. that is the funda
mental vice of the Axis powers against
which we are Waging W;lr.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-15
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-15
MORE NEWS EXPECTED

Our troops have done excellent
work and it may be assumed that
tie situation is not unfayOrable
Further news is expected
The attack on Palembang, III
which the japanese had been show
ing increased interest all week, was
the first officially confirmed use
of paratroops in the five-Week-old
invasion OF the Netherlands Indies
archipelago. During the early days
of the invasion air troops, report
edly were dropped over Medan air
port, in north Sumatra, but this
proved incorrect.
The japanese had been sending
heavier and heavier formations OF
planes over Palem0ang ever since
the fall of Singapore seemed imm;-
nent, and Monday the town and
airfields were bombed and machine
gunned. Little damage was caused
but there were some civilian casual
ties
The opening of this new front
on the spreading war lines of the
Japanese came as the high COM
Evening star., 1942-12-13
Civic, Temperance Groups
To Meet Here in January

A national convention co-ordinat-
ing the efforts of many business,
civic and temperance organizations
in obtaining the maximum of
faithful efficiency" in teaching the
effects Of alcohol, tobacco and mar
cotics in the public schools, will be
held in the District in January.
Among the groups participating
in the convention and the confer
ence preceding it will be the Anti
Cigarette Alliance, Inc, of the Dis
trict, the American Temperance
Society, the Businessmen's Research
Foundation. the Federal Council OF
Churches of Christ in America, the
General Federation of Women's s
Clubs, the National Association OF
Parents and Teachers, the National
Education Association, the National
Temperance Council and the Ma
tional Womens Christian Temper
ance Union.
In addition to officers previously
announced as reelected at the re-
cent annual meeting of the Anti
Cigarette Alliance, the following
vice presidents were named, Mrs
Lloyd w. Biddle, the Rev. F.. C. Car
rier and Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley.
The program included in addition
to published events, an address by
Mr.. Carrier, who is also executive
secretary of the American Temper
ance Society of the Seventh Day
Adventist Church, and a lecture by
D. E. Robinson.
Evening star., 1942-12-13

Waste kitchen fats make gun
powder!
Evening star., 1942-12-13
that evening. They were skipped
to make In time

that evening. They were skipped
to make up time.
Only five members of the club
are now living who were at that
dinner: Mr.. Bergman, Robert Lin
coin O'Brien, Ernest G. Walker and
j. Harry Cunningham of Washing
ton and Mr. Blythe, who lives in
retirement in California.
Whether anything as exciting as
that occurred at the dinner last
night, 36 years afterward, is not
known. For no reporters were pres
ent last night, either. But as any
good reporter would say, without
revealing his sources of news, it is
understood on high authority that
the members thoroughly enjoyed
giving Mr.. Bergman a fine evening
And it requires no high authority
to say that Mr.. Bergman himself
enjoyed it more than anybody else
He has been enjoying life that
way for a much longer time than
the mere As years spent working for
and with the Gridiron Club.