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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-11-19

"All right" replied Paddy, "that
will be fine."
and he had smiled. But he had
taken great pains not to let Jerry
see that smile. He wouldn't have
hurt Jerry's feelings for the world.
He is too polite and good-natured to
do anything like that. So Jerry sat
on the end of an old log and watched
Paddy work. The first thing to do
was to build the foundation. This
was of mud and grass, with sticks
worked into it to hold it together.
Paddy dug the mud from the bottom
Of his new pond. And because the
pond was new, of course, there was
a great deal of grassy sod there,
which was just what Paddy needed.
Jerry watched a little while and
then, because Jerry is worker
himself, he just had to get busy and
help. Rather timidly, he told his
big cousin that he would like to
have a share in building the new
house.
"All right" replied Paddy, ''that
will be fine. You can bring mud
while I am getting the sticks and
grass"
So Jerry dived down to the bot
tom of the pond and dug up mud
and piled it on the foundation and
was happy. The little stars looked
down and twinkled merrily as they
watched the two workers. So the
foundation grew and grew down I'M
der the water. Jerry was very much
surprised at the size of it. It was
ever and ever so much bigger than
the foundation for his own house.
You see, he had forgotten how much
bigger Paddy was. Of course he
would need much bigger house.
So each night Jerry and Paddy
worked, resting during the daytime.
Occasionally Bobby Coon or Reddy
Fox or Unc' Billy Postum or Jimmy
Skunk would come to the edge of
the pond to see what was going on.
Peter Rabbit came every night. But
they couldn't see much, because,
you know, Paddy and Jerry were
working under water.
But at last Peter was rewarded.
There, just above the water, was a
splendid platform of mud and grass
and sticks. There were a great
many sticks carefully laid as soon
as the platform was above the wa
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-11-19
Joints on Hinges

One of the oldest tattooing jobs
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gentleman a few years ago when
he had a hinge with screws tat
tooed on every joint of his body.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-11-19
Think Back

When you put on your clothes,
remember the labor of the weav-
er; when you eat your daily bread,
think of the hardships of the hus-
Observation-Disclosures Proverbs.
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Worthy Name

A good name is rather to be
chosen than great riches, and low
ing favor rather than silver and
gold.-Prov. 22:1.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-12
WHICH SIDE IS
PATRIOTISM ON?

Imperial county, along with all of Cal
ifornias farming areas, is face to face
with labor shortage crisis which may
do great deal to slow down the nations
war effort by creating scarcity of food
for the armed services.
"These boys who have been trained to
work on the farms are patriotic. They
aren't going to ask for draft defc1ment."
That is an often heard declaI alton. 1t
is true enough, as to matters of fact. Its
implication is wholly untrue, however.
The young men and women on the
farms are patriotic-probably more so
on an average than their city cousins.
They are closer to the land. To them,
the words my country" have TN especial
meaning. They are willing to make any
sacrifice for their country. The young
men of the farms hesitate to ask for draft
deferment, because they have feeling
that to do so would be Shirking their duty.
That's where they're wrong. And that's
where there is an implied misstatement
in the declaration that, they're patriotic,
they won't ask for deferment.'
1t is not unpatriotic to ask for draft
deferment. Sometimes it is the most pa
triotc of the two courses, because 1t is
the hardest of the two for young man
who enormously feels that direct service
is always the greatest service.
If it were unpatriotic to ask for draft
deferment, the government would not
have issued directives declaring who is
entitled to exemption. The government
does not encourage unpatriotic acts, nor
make opportunities for them. In estab-
fishing grounds for exemption, the gov
ernment has said in effect, that certain
men can be of more use to their country
in certain civilian pursuits than in the
armed services. In other words, the gov
ernment has recognized wartime need
that is greater than that of more fight
ing men.
Production of food is such need. With
out full production on the nations farms,
the army would go hungry. A hungry
army is not good army, and usually not
victorious one.
Workers on Imperial Valleys farms,
as on farms elsewhere, often can do more
to help win the war if they stick to their
job on the farm.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-12
" Army Capable
Of Big Uprising

But we do not rely on that he
said "A more important fact is
that the growing Allied aggression
is increasing the V army not only
in occupied countries but in Ger
many and Italy.
"The murmur Oh the people is
now heard in Germany. The Nazis
try to drown it with their rifle
squads. But it will get louder un-
til even Hitler can hear it. And
that will be the end"
Would reprisals such as those
which followed the killing of Hang
man Reinhard Heydrich dampen
the V army's enthusiasm?
No" he replied, they will have
the opposite effect. They will only
increase the determination of the
V army to win this war and end
regime SO atrocious.
The Nazis are going in vicious
circle. They use terror to destroy
resistance because it is the only
way they know But in fact their
terror only increases resistance and
this the Nazis meet with more. ter
ror. So it goes. There is but one
end to this frightful progression.
That is the destruction of the mad
man who began it. Nazi terrorism
is not based on strength. 1t is
based on fear, weakness and spir-
itual bankruptcy. Such terrorism
always fails"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-12
VINEGAR JOE
(Chico RecOrd)

(Chlco RecOrd)
Can he take a beating without quitting?
They all look good when they're Win
ming. But how does he look coming up
from the floor? Can he take it-and come
back?
How Yank and Jap react, when the
going gets tough, was shown starkly last
week in phrases of the Battle of The
Pacific.
A Jap liner, the Nagasak Maru, struck
mine and went down. Her captain COM
mitted suicide by hara-kari. He couldn't
take it-take the blame, the humiliation.
He quit That is honorable in Japan.
An American general, Vinegar Joe"
Stilwell of the birthstone vocabulary,
staggered from Burma with the remnant
of his defeated army. He offered no alibi.
He simply announced a comeback. I'VE
got hell of beating" he said. eve
got run out of Burma and it is humiliating
as hell. The Chinese soldier is damned
good soldier. If we go back properly pro-
portioned and properly equipped, we can
throw those Japs the hell out of there"
The outcome of a war between two
such people is inevitable. For when the
tide turns-When reinforced and rearmed
Americans really get set to dish out "a
hell of beating" to the entire japanese
nation-Jap leaders will go in for hara-
kari wholesale, no doubt, and the nation
will commit mental hara-kari upon its
bombastic ambition to crush America and
build a world-dOminating military en-
pire.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-12
1912 By United Press

LONDON, June PUP = Col.
V. Britton," the mystery man who
for months has organized and di-
rected the intrepid patriot resist
ance to the Germans in occupied
territory, said today that a vast un-
dergrCund army was now capable
of carrying out q general uprising
if and when the United Nations eS-
tablish second front.
Millions of persons in occupied
countries who form the '"V' army
are ready to strike" he said. They
await, only my call, which 1 hope
will not be long. Europe is be-
ginning to realize that deliverance
is at hand
Throughout Europe, he continued,
in the first interview he ever has
give, the v army is already affect
ing Hitler's war effort by blowing
up munitions dumps, wrecking
troop and supply columns and har-
assing occupation troops.
Right now Germany is facing a
major crisis in man power, and pro-
duction," he said, land the v
armys contribution has been abSo-
lutely vital. In fact, the V army
created this crisis
Royal Air Force raids and Com
mando thrusts, and Germanys fail
ure againS. the RuSSiarfS, has Stim-
ulated the v army.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-12
SevastopoI Crisis
Grows More Acute
As Battle RACES

MOSCOW, June 12-(UP) - The
Soviet army newspaper Red Star
said today that the situation re
manned exceptionally serious" at
several points in the Week-old bat
tie of Sevastopol.
Red Star said the Germans were
hurting still more men and ma
chimes into the battle, trying to
force a decision.
The Russians indicated that at
least $4,000 Germans had been
killed or wounded at SevaStopol in
three days.
Fighting ragged OH The Kharkov
front, 800 miles to the northeast,
where growing German offensive
was expected soon to become one
of the greatest battles of the war.
The Soviet communique last mid
night reported that Russian forces
there had fought all yesterday
against advancing German tanks
and infantry.
(The German radio claimed the
KharkoV and SevaStopol assaults
were preliminaries to Adolf Hitler's
long awaited great offensive
The midnight communique said
Is. 900 Germans had been killed at
SevaStopol in three days, during
which the Germans also lost more
than so tanks and more than 60
planes.
Normally, three men are wound
ed for every one killed.
Presumably. they were the three
days on which the Germans launch
ed their most vicious assaults and
to them must be added the undiS-
closed number of dead and wound
ed the Germans have lost during
quieter periods of the battle. 1t
entered its seventh day today.
German casualties were high be-
cause Col Gen. Fritz Erich Won
| Manstein was throwing all the men
at his command, originally 10000,
into the assault on an extremely
narrow front. The Russians, be-
hind concrete and steel fortreSseS,
and in gun pits dug in solid rock,
were moving them down, with COM
paratively few casualties them
| selves.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-12
Ind Front War Of Nerves

WASHINGTON, June - tUP) -
Announcement of Soviet American
agreement on the need of second
European front brought to full
flower today a second front" estab-
lished months ago in the war of
nerves.
Most observers agreed that the
United Nations have seized the Of
fensive in that type of warfare
which the Nazis waged for so many
years against their victims.
Since last winter Germany has
been constantly bombarded with
indications of the United Nations
determination to relieve the pres
sure on the Soviet union by OPEN
ing a new battle front in western
Europe.
President Roosevelt's announce
ment yesterday that he and Soviet
Foreign Commissar Vyachleslav M
Molotov had discussed second
front was preceded for weeks by
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-12
ItoIy Reported
Anxious for End

The war anniversary passed al
most unobserved throughout Italy,
the advices said, and served only
to remind the people of their dang
erous situation. The internal situ-
alton has become so acute, they
said, that nothing that may hap
pen in Italy in the near future
should surprise the outside world
Despite attempts ~ Mussolini and
his closest lieutenants to suppress
news and distort facts through the
controlled press and radio, the Ital-
ian people are aware of the turn
of the tide against the Axis.
Small riots are daily Indications
of war WEAKNESS, and sabotage re-
portedly is widespread in the war
production factories.
The most precarious situation,
however, is the food supply. Goods
are rapidly disappearing from the
markets and prices are rocketing.
The Fascist party is taking stern
measures to stamp out speculation.
Italian newspapers list dozens of
cases daily of persons arrested for
speculation and boarding. The spe-
cial tribunal for the defense of the
state sentences minor offenders to
five to 80 years Imprisonment. More
serious offenders are liable to capi-
tai punishment.
The publicized purge Of the
Fascist party, the adViceS said, was
farce undertaken by Mussolini to
appeaSe an aroused people. If his
orders had been carried out to the
letter, they said, the party would
have been reduced to a small num-
ber of well-protected Fascists who
are principally responsible for the
lack of products on the market.
A minor revolt occurred as re-
Gently as four days ago, it was re-
ported, when the government or
dered produce vendors to sell scarce
fruits and vegetables at fixed prices
The vendors protested, then failed
to appear in the markets. They
preferred to let their produce rot
rather than sell at prices which
would have meant losses. Conse-
quently. it was said, hundreds were
arrested.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-12
HOMEGROWN
FOOD FOR AMERICA

(RlVerSlde PreSS)
A statement that the 11-state area,
Maine-through- Maryland, must produce
more of its own food this year than ever
before because of the shortage of trans
portation, forces all of us to sit up and
take notice.
California on the other hand may have
a food shortage because of the fact that
there is insufficient labor to harvest the
crops.
Maine grows wonderful potatoes, lob
sters and bueberry pie. 1t has apples,
too, and some garden truck. But it does
mt exactly run to oranges, grapefruit
and pineappleS. 1t doesn't have green
beans in the winter or lettuce either
Maryland and other New England states
have lots of good food, too, but will get
their bread and butter from the Middle
West Transportation is the big prob
lem.
Nobody in Continental United States
has as yet bothered much about tea, cOf-
fee or cocoa, even in the few localities
where these could be grown, because they
used to come easily from the outer world.
If California had the labor to harvest
the bountiful crops of everything we can
grow in this favored state, and the where
withal to transport them to other sections
of the nation, we could supply a large
part of the demands of the 11-State area
referred to above.
War makes Americans in the aggreg
ate realize how bountiful their food has
been, how varied, nourishing and pleas
ant. Many regions can produce meats
and crops in great variety, all are able
to take care of local needs better than
they have done. But California can pro-
duce most everything which can be grown
in all the other states, and some varieties
of crops = dates, for instance = which
thrive commercially in no other state in
the nation.
However the pioneers got along with
what they could grow, and so can modern
Americans. But life has been pretty easy
in these matters until now
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-12
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given by Freder-
ick A. willard, executor OF the es-
tate of Mary NJ. Willard, deceased,
to all creditors or persons having
claims against the said deceased to
exhibit them with the necessary
vouchers within six months after
the first publication of this notice
to the executor at 212 Rehkopf
Building, Ell Centre, California, the
place selected for the transaction
of all business of said estate or to
file them within six months after
the first publication of this notice
in the office of the Clerk of the
Superior Court of the State OF Cali
fornia. County of Imperial.
Dated May 2, 1912.
FREDERICK A. WILLARD,
Executor.
Clarence Is. Smith,
Attorney for Executor.
(No, 2ll lM1z-ss-92-ls'
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-12
RonlmeI PUSHING
Threat TO Tobruk
With New Attacks

CAIRO, June -CUP)-Imperial
armored forces engaged Axis tanks
Yesterday east of Bir Ell Harmat,
which is l8 miles northeast OF fall
len Bir Hacheim, British ccm-
munique said today.
The communique said that "de-
tails of the fighting were not yet
available There was nothing to
report from other sectors, it said.
Apparently the enemy had begun
an effort to outflank the Imperial
line and take Tobruk on the Medl-
terranean. Some 30 miles northeast
of Bir Ell Harmat. They had been
expected TO develop a threat to To-
bruk from the south and east, haV-
ing failed to break through from
the west and southwest,
The Axis, By its recent concerted
drive at Bir Hacheim, obviously
had intended to spit Imperial
strength. BY hammering at the
Free French garrison of Bir Hach-
elm. the Germans and Italians had
been absorbing an increasing
amount of British support, which
would have been valuable else
where.
The withdrawal from Bir Hach-
elm. which occurred Wednesday
night, should enable the Imperials
to stiffen their front from points
east of Bir Hacheim toward the
coast.
AS far as can be determined, the
enemy has been concentrating the
bulk of his strength in a trianble,
the southern apex of which is Bir
Hacheim, and thence extending
northward about 10 miles to lamar
and thence about II miles TO the
desert crossroads, Knightsbridge.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-12
GATHERING
VENGEANCE

Mighty forces are gathering around
the world today. The tensing of muscles,
the preparation that is today's byword
among the United Nations, may make
this the most important phase of the
whole war This early summer OF l942,
victory is being decided.
There are many signs that something
big is going to happen.
United States naval units have joined
the home fleet in European waters. Rus
sia, the United States and Great Britain
have agreed on some plan for second
front, according to public announce
ments from government leaders. Amerl-
can troops have been landed in Ireland
by the thousands-and promptly were
hidden under a cloud of censorship as
to their activities. United States war pro-
duction has reached the place where 1t
exceeds the total Axis output. Tests
of strength at Midway and Dutch Harbor
have shown that our rapidly growing
forces can now look forward to equality
in strength with the enemy.
These and many others, are the signs
of gathering strength.
We know that some day soon, possibly
tomorrow, possibly next winter, maybe
even next summer, the strength will be
unleashed. When it is, victory will be
OIlrG
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-12
BY UNITED PRESS

Private and reliable advices
reaching New York Friday said that
Italy, starting its third year in the
war, is desperate for food, war
weary and facing general break
doWn in its eternal situation.
When Benito Mussolini dragged
his unwilling nation into the con-
flict en- June 10, 1910, it appeared
that the war would be concluded
VIGOROUSLY for the Axis within
three months. Now, Italy is threat
ened with invasion and serious set
backs on all the fighting fronts.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-12

lions full understanding was reach
ed with regard to the urgent tasks
of creating a second front in Eu-'
rope in 1912"
That. leaves many unanswered
questiohs-what kind of a second.
front, land of aerial or both?-'
And yas subject to various inter-
pretions.
The consensus among congressman
and other observers mere was that
the statement does NOT hold the
promise of an immediate land Of
fensive. Rather they looked for a
gradual increase in areial attacks
from Britain with American par
ticipation, to be followed by land
thrusts into France at Germany's
back, possibly in the fall.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-12

resulting agreements of recent week
puts the war of nerves against
the Axis into high gear and remov-
es any doubt that talk of second
front has been an empty threat.
The White House statement was
far from clear on just what agree
ment Mr.. Roosevelt and Molotov
reached during the latter's secret
visit here. The statement had only
this to say about a second front;
In the course of the converse
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-12

evidence of the mounting military
power of the Allies-large-scale air
raids on Germany by British; thou
sands of American troops arriving
in the British Isles; conferences
among high military officials in
London. and the arrival of Ameri-
can warships, including a battle
ship. to operate with the British
home fleet
That background and the Ameri-
can-Soviet British discussions and
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-12
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The foIIolCtng edit
oriais are presented as interesting opin-
ions Uoiced by editors elselUhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion OF
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-12
WARNING! BEWARE OF
Bowel WORMS

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Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-12
Reds See Pact as
Guarantee of Nazi
Defeat This Year

MOSCOW, June IL tUP) = Rus
sia'S second 'front.' agreement with
the United States and Great Brit
ain and a Speed-up of Allied arms
shipmentS will insure the defeat
of the Nazi invaders in 1912" the
| government newspaper 1zN!1Stla
said today
Russians leaders and the people
took new heart from the agree
mcnts announced in London ana
washington in the belief that they
will make certain a total Allied
war effort from now on.
Foreign Commissar VyacheslaV
M Molotov's negotiations in WASH
ington and London monopolized
the Soviet press, which UNANIMOUSLY
hailed the 20-year military and
postwar pact with Britain and the
second front agreement reached IN
the United States as constituting
new page in the history of inter-
national relations
NSURES VICTORY
THE great coalition OF the
worlds three mightiest powers is an
instrument accelerating victory and
insuring the defeat of the Nazi in
vaders in 1912 said Izvestia.
Bevond the more immediate aims
of victorious prosecution OF the
war, including greater shipments
of weapons and supplies to Russia
and agreement on the urgent neces-
sity of a second European front IN
1912. the postwar collaboration &C
cord was stressed by the Russian
press.
The press said Russia is partl-
cularly gratified with the prospect
of close postwar collaboration With
the great democratic powers.
CROWDS GO WILD
When the news was broadcast
throughout Russia last evening,
crowds stood, cheering, around
loud speakers in public squares and
factories and spread the news by
word of mouth and by wire.
They seized at once on the an
nouncement al; Washington and
London that the urgent problem OF
a. second front in Europe this year
had been considered.
This meant, they said, that there
was a strong hope that Josef Sta
Inns demand for victory this year
could be attained
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-03
ALL Longshoremen Warn
Pay Increase 10 Be Sought

Washington. OrsGeB snd
Alaska viii di>eass wage
scales.
Basis for the s,lad<n move.
Thronson said. w4s wage incrsass
offers u east and gilif coast en-
pl0ysrs recently. These offers
already have been approved BY
union leaders and are almost esr-
tain 70 be approved by the mem
bernhip a. large. according 70 ths
Pacific coast secretary
The s<s scales call for ti-z3
N hour straight time and
sIs7h an hsur overtime.
compared with the seais On
this coast Of t1.io .sd si.s5-
The lila has contract Junsdic-
ton for longshoremen IN Tscoms.
Apscortes and Port Angeles But.
more importantly. Il has Jurisdic-
ton over ali checkers At Wash
ington. Oregon and Alaska ports.