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Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-04

400 drivers is now three, remarkably
low because the drivers have work.
ed through the worst raids on Brit
ain.
About 80 German planes took part
in the raid, and at least seven of
them were shot down by guns and
night fighter planes.
After a one-dav lapse, British
bomber and fighter command planes
carried out offensive operations over
northern France yesterday.
The raiding fleet, big one even
for these days of mass British raids,
bombed docks at Dunkirk and the
Abbeville airdrome. Hurricane fight
ers, equipped with bomb racks, made
low level attack ON Abbeville and
in addition to bombing and setting
fire to airdrome buildings, machine
gunned the field -Four German
fighter planes were shot down by
British Spitfire fighters; three Brit
ish planes were lost in all opera
tons.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-04
Doctors Discuss
Wartime Problems

DEL MONTE, Cal, May CUP)
With 1000 California physicians in
uniform and another 1000 schedul-
ed for military service, the Cali
fornia Medical association opens
its four-day list annual conven-
ton here tomorrow with especial
emphasis on war medicine.
The discussion will dwell parti-
cularly on the treatment Of wounds
with methods and drugs developed
in the past two years of warfare.
DR.. Henry S. Rogers of Petaluma,
association president, will open the
War-medicine sessions Monday. The
opening meeting will schedule four
papers along this line, followed by
a dozen more discussions of medi-
cine's role in the armed forces.
A full-fledged Army field hospi-
tai has been established for the
instruction of California doctors
liz Army medical technique.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-04
MILITIA ANOTHER NAME
FOR THE STATE GUARD

If you join the so-caled AZ Minute
Men, widely publicized as an organized
state militia for home defense duty only,
you'll actually be joining the State Guard.
We realize that this statement may
have an unwelcome effect upon the re-
cruiting drive for the supposed new mill
tia units. We make it in the belief that
it is our duty to present the facts as we
see them, so that the men of this county
will go into the militia with their eyes
open, and not under the influence of mis-
representation from the state admins
tration.
Nor are we merely expressing a gem
eral opinion.
The legislatures amendment to Section
500 of the Military and Veterans code
the amendment creating the State Guard
provides (the capitals are ours):
The Governor MAY likewise, at any
time, provide for the separate organiza-
ton, or authorize the service and enroll
ment in organizations of the unorganlz-
ed militia of persons volunteering for
such service, not otherwise subject to mil
itarv duty. ANY SUCH ORGANIZA-
TIONS of the unorganized militia when
recruited organized, ordered into ser
vice, authorized or recognized, SHALL
constitute and be known as the State
Guard -" A1u
Bear in mind that the "unorganiZed
militia" includes every able-bodied man
between 16 and 65 in the state. Under
the amendment creating the State Guard
the latest and governing legislation in
this matter-any organization of the UNI
organized militia, that is, any group of
military volunteers authorized or recog-
nized by the governor, becomes part OF
the State Guard 1t cannot be otherwise
as the law is written today.
There can be no doubt that the So
called AZ Minute Men form an organized
unit of the unorganized militia. They are
recruited at the states behest, regularly
organized under state direction, and con-
troled by state military officials.
They are State Guardsmen, under the
law. They can be called upon to perform
every duty of the State Guard, including
assignment to areas elsewhere in the
state on active duty.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-04
Imperial Valley Press

Established April 20, 1901. Pub
lished every afternoon except Sat
urday and Sunday Saturday after
noon issue now succeeded by the
Sunday PoSt-PreSS. established 1856
by the Imperial Valley Publishing
company, 625 State Street, FL Cen
trO California.
Paul Jenkins. publisher, A. c. john
ston, vice-president ana general man.
ager: +. A. Fitzhugh, secretary and
managing editor.
West Holiday Co. Inc. National Ad-
vertising Representatives.
Member California Newspaper Pub
fishers Association.
Entered at FL Centre, Calf, post
office as second class matter.
Subscription rates in California, DC
per copy.
In conjunction with the Post-Press
Sundays, per month 75c paid in ad-
vance. 3 months, 500; 6 months
$500; one year $3.50; outside Cali
fornia 81 per mon1h.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-04
AVG Blasts Jap Victors

ward from the Burma road in the
general direction of Katha and
Bhamo on the upper Irrawaddy
river. The communique said the
enemy had received reinforcements
after its advance was repulsed tenn
porarily last week by a determined
Chinese stand near HsenWi, 80 miles
northeast of LaShio.
1t appeared the japanese now
were attempting to bring knockout
blows against the Allied positions
above Lashio, north of Mandalay,
on both sides of the lrraWaddy
river, and west of Mandalay, in
the Monywa sector.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-04

campaign of last December and
January, the Chinese air force suf-
fered no loss of planes or personnel,
the communique said.
The heartening news of the Lashio
raid came at time when the posi-
ton of British and Chinese ground
forces was critical. Pushing north
east along the Burma road, one
Japanese mechanical unit was at
lacking Chinese positions at Kweich-
ieh, SO mics NORM o. Lashio, &C
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-04

eording to n Chungking communique'
Military observers believed this
enemy column was dangerously near
the Chinese frontier, possibly only
25 to 80 miles away. The communi-
que said, however, that the Chinese
were holding and that both sides
were suffering heavy casualties.
Supplementing the column attack
ing Kweichieh, another japanese
unit was branching out northwest
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-04
FREEZING

New York Times)
1t is hard to escape the conclusion that
all this talk about freezing prices and
freezing profits is brought about by the
lack of political courage to tackle the two
vital elements of farm prices and wages
under the cloak of blanket ceiling on
everything. 1t is hard also to escape the
belief that there would be far less danger
of initiation and far less need of further
price controls if the Administration had
acted promptly and decisively to secure
tax bill that would mop up some of the
increased consumer income now forcing
up prices
For want of adequate fiscal measures
and for want of straightforward courage
to put reasonable restraints upon two i'm
portant factors of initiation that are run
ming away-farm prices and wages-lt
is now proposed to penalize, and perhaps
paralyze the entire business system OF
the country by freezing everything II
Congress and the Administration cannot
bring themselves to restrain farm prices
and wages except by blanket ceilings on
everything, that course may become neces-
sary But it should be clearly understood
that the reasons are not economic; they
arc nOlitical
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-04
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The follolCtn0 edit
oriais are presented as interesting Opin-
ions Uoiced by editors eisephere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion Of
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-04
ECHOES FROM THE
COCOANUT GROVE
(Orange Daily News)

(Orange Daily NeWS)
The Cocoanut Grove of the Ambassador
Hotel resounded with praise of the Olson
administration. The Governor was speak
ing.
The humble and the under privileged
were there in spirit but those present by
invitation wore boiled shirts. 1t was a
coming out party for the Governor. He
was coming out for a second term.
His heart bled for the poor because
the Governor is a professional bleeding
heart.
The Governor reported that his admin
had been chaste, economical and
efficient The boiled shirts applauded.
He reported that the people of the state
without dissenting voice, clamored for his
return to office. Six million souls with
but single thought.
Reviewing the past, he found but one
fly in the soup. A Republican major
ity" in the Legislature had defeated some
of his most cherished projects.
The Governor did not clarity the state
ment by explaining that there are more
Democrats in the Legislature than Repub-
lcans. He Just let it ride.
He made no mention of the Moneys,
the Brdea s and the Bioffs who have
swayed the councils of his administration
and dictated his policies. One doesn't
speak of such things at the Cocoanut
Grove.
Well, it was lovely, just lovely. The
people now know how fortunate they
have been And, things being as they are,
or are reported to be, just what is the
use of holding an election? Everyone is
for Mr.. Olson. At least he says they are.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-04

1t now seems that the United Nations
cannot lose the war except through our
own failure to use our combined over
whelming strength. = Prime Minister
Winston Churchill.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-04
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

and that the hearing of said petit
ton has been set for the 9Th day OF
May, 1912, at 2 O'Clock pm, at the
Court House at FL Centre, in the
County Of Imperial, State OF Cali
fornia, and all persons interested
are notified to appear and show
cause, if any they have, why said
petition should not be granted.
Dated April oath, 1912.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk.
BY Maxine Console,
Deputy.
(SeaD
mo. 16) fA26 MIG inc.)
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-04
CURRENT QUOTATIONS

The American people are resentful and
Inundated at being kicked around in this
war.-Clarence B. Kelland, Republican
National Committee publicity director.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-04
COMMANDER
MEETS TUESDAY

I. V. Commandery No. "a will
meet Tuesday night at 7:3O o'clock
in the Masonic temple.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-04

We shall win or we shall die There
will be no compromise.
Gen. Douglas Macarthur
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-04
IS THIS AN ATTEMPT
TO EVADE RESTRICTIONS?

We do not know why the state admin
istration has seen fit to form military
unit which its officials must know will
become a part of the State Guard, nor
why they are trying to do so under the
MISREPRESENTATION that this is an entire
ly separate organization not governed
by State Guard regulation. We rather
suspect that it is an attempt by the ad-
ministration to evade legislative restric-
tons on the size of the State Guard.
We do not intend at this time to enter
into any controversy regarding the deslr-
able size of the State Guard. Perhaps
it should be larger than allowed by the
legislature. Perhaps not. Our only con-
tention is that it is not fair to recruits IN
the so-caled Minute Men group to take
them in without fully explaining their
status to them.
These recruits join up under the as
sumption that they are group which is
to defend its own home territory in case
of invasion. That is what they have been
told. 1t is intimated to them that they
will be similar to a guerrilla army, ex-
cept that they wear uniforms, and that
they will have little to do except in case
of actual invasion.
They are being fooled-and that is the
thing we object to- These men have
right to know what they're getting into,
DO
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-04

They are being fooled-and that is the
thing we object to. These men have
right to know what they're getting into,
since they go in as volunteers. Why does
not the administration tell them?
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-04
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

THE SIhIE vi tALfE wv n
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY AZ
IMPERIAL
NOTICE
1891
IN THE MATTER OF THE
PETITION OF ALBERT
SOLOMON
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that Albert Solomon has filed in
this Court a Petition to Establish
the Fact of Birth, the hearing of
which has been fixed by said Court
for Friday, the 9Th day of May,
1912, at 200 O'Clock pm, at the
Court Room thereof, at the Court
House in said County of Imperial,
and all persons interested in said
Hearing are notified then and
there to appear and show cause,
il any there be, why the said Peti-
ton should not be granted.
DATED: April 81, 1912.
w. J. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk
BY G. O. KENYON
Deputy
No. e A 23-M inc.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-04
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
No. 1888
IN the Matter of the Petition of
CHARLES LEROY FERGUSON to
Establish the Fact of his Birth.
N o tt G f
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that
CHARLES LEROY FERGUSON has
filed in the above entitled Court a
petition pursuant to Chapter 8 of
the Health. and Safety Code of
the State of California for an order
establishing the fact of his birth
Evening star., 1942-07-25
Suspected as Spy, Man
Proves Army Deserier
Bs the Associated Press,

B> the Associated PresD.
CINCINNATI, July 25.-A s.. year.
old man picked up here on q drunk.
eness charge under circumstances
which led police to announce he
might be an accomplice Of foreisn
agents, was ticketed as an Army
deserter today and will be returned
to military custody.
The Federal Bureau Of Inyesti.
cation which entered the case re-
ported there was no evidence at
this time" to indicate any connec.
ton between the suspect and sub
versive elements and that so far
as we are concerned now, he is
merely an Army deserter."
Detective Chief Emmett D. Kir.
gan said authorities at Fort Slocum.
N. r., "clinched" the mans identity
as deserter with information he
always carried = large amount of
money with him. When arrested.
he had $542 in cash, q bankbook
showing deposits Of $500 and can
celled checks on another account
which he said represented loans to
buddies In the Army"
Fort Slocum said the man dis.
appeared June II.
Evening star., 1942-07-25
Higgins
Continued From First Pa1e.>

allocated and anticipated, including
the 200 in the contract awarded to
the Higgins yards"
In discussing the amount Of steel
allocated for merchant ship con-
struction, Admiral Land told the
committee that "it's like q tailor
cutting a suit-we had to cut the
cloth to fit the situation"
Plan Revolutionary
The shipping administrator de-
scribed Andrew J. Higgins, head of
the corporation. as capable" and
his plans for building ships on
rolling assembly line principle rs
revolutionary"
But, In response to q direct ques-
ton from committee member, he
said that he didn't know whether
it would put other yards out of
commission and make obsolete pres
ent methods Of ship building on sta
tionary ways.
He listed the increase in esti-
mated cost Of the yard from $29, ,OOO,-
600 to $50 ,000, 900 as one factor which
entered the decision, and the ho,x-
ing problem as another, but en-
phasized the steel shortage as the
determining factor.
Evening star., 1942-07-25
District Is Allotted
432 Bicycles Under
August Quota
OPA Doubles Number
For Motion Compared
With July Rotioninq

Bicycle quotas for Washington,
Virginia and Maryland to be avail
able under the rationing program
during August. were announced to-
day by the ONCE of Price Admin
istration.
The total number allowed for the
United States and its possessions
was announced as 10000, which is
double the quota for July.
The District will be allowed 432
bicycles during August, plus. a re-
serve allotment of 1872 which may
be drawn on only If valid applica-
tions exceed the basic quota.
The quota for Virginia is 2,288 with
a reserve of 684, and for Maryland,
a quota Of 1886, plus 58S reserves.
The national quota includes 10 for
the Virgin Islands, 20 for Alaska:
48 for the Canal Zone and 122 for
Puerto Rico. No quota was set for
Hawaii which is under military rule.
The largest quota, 8,436 bicycles.
was assigned to Pennsylvania. with
Michigan's defense workers allotted
the second highest number, 8,0l2.
Evening star., 1942-07-25
Meat Hi-jacker Given
Nine Months in Prison
~ the Associated Press.

D, the Associated Press.
BOSTON, July 75.-Charged with
attempting to hi-jack 4 lotion
trailer truck which police said he
believed carried beef, but contained
$1,000 worth OF fish. instead, John p.
Holt Of Boston, was convicted today
and sentenced to nine months in the
House Of Correction. He appealed
and was held In $1,000 for the grand
jury.
Police said that Holt's arrest was
brought about by four quick-witted
employees Of q Roxbury district
terminal who gave chase when they
saw him swing the big vehicle owned
by q Boston transit company, out OF
the yard. They blocked the truck
and trapped him In the cab within
; minutes after he boarded 1t.
The truck had been carrying beef
during the day, but was loaded with
fish last night in preparation for 4
trip to Kansas City.
In the belief that Holt might
have had accomplices, police and
Federal Bureau Of Investigation
agents continued their investigation.
The FBI was called In because the
truck was engaged In interstate
commerce.
Evening star., 1942-07-25
100 in Treasury
Get Pay Checks
Two Days Late

The 100 employees of the foreign
funds control section OF the Treas
ury who have been without their
pay checks for two days were paid
of today, according to the Treasury.
The funds were released after the
President signed the independent
on1ces appropriation bill. The for
eign fund control section was the
only one affected by the delay In
the measure, which was held up for
some time in Congress because of
differences over appropriations for
the Once Of Price Administration
The other agencies, 1t was said,
were able to issue pay checks either
because Of surpluses Of funds from
last year or because they were oper-
ating on two-year appropriations.
The foreign fund control employees
were paid of on July 8. as q result
Of temporary transfer Of funds for
the purpose.
Evening star., 1942-07-25
Tam O'Shunter
Continued From First Pare }

tee of had the numbers pointedly
pinned to the back OF their trousers.
A group OF the country's leading
stars. including Byron Nelson, who
was in second place In the tourna-
ment with two-day score OF 1873,
held an indignation meeting In the
club locker room and then tackled
May In his private ONCE to fight it
out. May appeared to be adamant.
Among those at the meeting, be-
sides Nelson, were Paul Runyan,
Clayton Heather, Lawson Little.
Dick Metz. Harold jug" McSpaden,
Tony Penna and Fred Corcoran,
tournament manager for the PGA.
The committee was unable to
make any headway with May, who
threatened to call the whole thing
or" and after a delay of 80 min
utes, Little finally teed of with
number tackled to his pants. There
had been no players of the tee while
the row proceeded in Mays ONCE.
May not only refused to permit
players to tee of without a num-
Der. but refused to reinstate Kirk
wood.
Evening star., 1942-07-25
Nazis Deporting Jews
From Holland 10 Poland
2, tie Associated Press.

ES rEe ASSOClAke0 Press.
LONDON. July 25.-The Neither
lands news agency, Aneta, reported
today that mass deportation of Jews
from Holland to Poland and Rus
sia was started by German authori-
ties last Thursday.
About $4,000 Jews already have
been sent from Amsterdam, where
they had been concentrated, the
agency said. Its information 1t
added, came from q source in Zurich.
The schedule calls for deporta-
ton of about 600 Jews daily, it was
stated. Each person was allowed
only 80 pounds Of personal luggage,
and all other property is subject to
confiscation.
The news agency, quoting the
Stockholm newspaper Nya Daglist
Allehande, said that q German de-
cree for the disposition of Neither
lands Jews provided that all be-
tween the ages Of 1s and 40 will
be deported.
Evening star., 1942-07-25
Seventh Defendant
Tells His Story at
Saboteurs' Trial
Military Commission
Expects to Conclude
Case Early Next Week
Earlier Story on Page ALL
BY JAMES E. CHINN.

Another of the eight German
saboteurs on trial before a spe-
cial military commission testified
today, 1t was disclosed in a COM
.munique issued at the close OF
the morning proceedings.
The communique also revealed
that the trial would continue next
week since the commission adjourned
at the close of the morning session
until 10 am. Monday.
Seven of the eight Nazi agents
have now faced the military COM
mission which will decide their fate
The communique follows:
THE commission reconvened at 10
am.
THE seventh defendant took the
witness stand this morning and the
entire session was devoted to the ex-
animation of this witness.
"The commission adjourned for
the day at 1885 pm. to reconvene
at 10 O'Clock Monday morning.
With only one OF the eight Nazis
left to tell his story to the military
commission, indications were that
the trial may end early next week.
A day Is expected to be taken by
the prosecution and defense counsel
in making tbs customary closing
arguments.
Evening star., 1942-07-25
Exchange
Continued From First Page

the japanese requested the Amer
ican Association to take over the
handling of civil affairs and the
consul and the consul general staff
was interned.
Under the chairmanship of Paul
Anderson of the American Red
Cross, whose home is In Los Angeles,
this association Immediately began
organizing relief measures for Amer
leans whose incomes were cut OIL.
1t also acted as liaison between
Japanese authorities and the entire
American community. A similar
organization functioned for the
British.
Association officials believe that
this relief measure saved us from
the concentration camp for If we
we're unable to care for ourselves
the Japanese would have had to,
so great was the general need.
Relief first appeared virtually i'm
possible because the Japanese Sc
questered supplies, among them Red
Cross supplies including $4,000 bags
of -four, $4,000 bags OF rice and
$50, 900 worth of medical supplies.
Mr. Anderson estimated that the
medical supplies alone. If thrown on
the Shanghai market today, would
be worth at least 1000 900 Chinese
dollars Later the Japanese released
$4,000 bags of cracked wheat and
800 900 pounds each of rolled oats
and cereal which were used to feed
the Americans.
Cooperating closely with the
Swiss consul general after he as
sumed protection of the American
interests, the American Association
threw open large American school
to homeless INDECENT Americans.
1t also established food distri-
button center elsewhere for those
who still had homes but were unable
to buy food and acted as q general
clearing house for complaints and
suggestions OF all kinds, dealing with
emergencies as they arose.
The community frightened its belt
and settled down to a hard winter.
There was very little coal. Many
had to do without hot water. Once
prominent businessmen walked or
cycled to their ofices.
Evening star., 1942-07-25
Great Lakes Freighters
Will Train Coast Guard
By IRE Associated Press.

b. TIE Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, July 25.- Great
Lakes vessels beginning next week
will perform a dual function in the
war program. In addition to moving
record tonnages of vital war COM
modities they will become training
ships for the Coast Guard.
Comdr. Martin w. Rasmussen,
chief of staff of the Cleveland dis
trcit of the Coast Guard, announced
trict of the Coast Guard, announced
day when the first group of TOO
recently enlisted men will board
the ships. These men have had
their primary training and through
the new program will receive spe-
cianzed instruction under the Off
GERS of the lake vessels in deck and
engine room work.
All operating companies OF the
Lake Carriers Association and the
independent fleets are cooperating,
Comdr. Rasmussen said.
Evening star., 1942-07-25
Third Man Is Arrested
In HyattsviIIe Robbery
Fs the Associated Press.

r, the Associated Press.
KINGSTON. N. c.. July 25.-The
Federal Bureau OF Investigation an
nounced today the arrest of Ray
Maynard, 81, Of Wake Forest in
connection with bank robbery In
Hyattsville, Md, last September Is.
Edward Scheidt, FBI agent in
charge Of the Charlotte ONCE, said
that Maynard and two other men
were alleged to have taken $53 900
from the Prince Georges Bank and
Trust Co. In holdup.
He said william Leo Keefe, A,
was arrested In New York In October,
194l and Hilliard Sanders, q, was
picked up in Charlotte later with
much money on his person. Both
men were convicted in Baltimore,
and are now serving sentences.
The FBI agents and two Kinston
police officers made the arrest here.
An extradition hearing will be
held soon.