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Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-18
GOOD NEIGHBOR
POLICY

lChriStian Science Monitor)
McNico and the United States have
Joined forces in Il campaign of action
and education to eliminate a common
enemy Th2 pink bollWorm, cotton'S most
dangerous enemy, flies high over the
border between two great nations and
never botherS about borderlne formal
tiles. The pink bollworm came in cotton
I'D from Egypt to Mexico when our
Eyighhor to the south began a project to
improve is native cotton. Now it is
strongly inUonched in southern Texas.
The agricultural scientists have stud
led the habits Of he worm and know that
II cotton growers both sides of the border
co-opera1' to plant harvest, and clean
up The f..ldS II the same times, the pest
can I've controlled Just as other interna-
tjonul pests might be. Field men Of
both nations report eager cooperation.
There's Il good-neighbor policy working
''doWn Mexico way
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-18
LIABILITY LAW
IN ACTION

I Kansas City starr
Il has been two and one-half years since
Kansas put into effect the so-called mo-
torcar drivers financial responsibility
law
The law does not make it mandatory
ON all motorcar drivers in the State to
buy liability insurance or otherwise make
proof OF financial responsibility. But
Whenever driver is involved in an acci
dent, he al once must become responS-
ible
Il Il Judgment is obtained against him
i'm court he must pay the judgment or
make ;,rrane oments to pay it within thir-
ty days after final appeal. If he fails
to do 50 his drivers license is revoked
rol. three years. and before he can get
another license, he must prove his future
responsibility by purchasing d minimum
of $1,000 liability insurance, posting
cash OF collateral totalng $1,000, or
furnishing a surety bond -.
\ reckless and irresponsible element
is being removed from the traffic of Kan
SaS
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-18
By JOHN r. MORRIS

BATAVIA, JAVA, Feb. 18. tUP)
American and Dutch air squad
rons. battling Japanese invasion
thruStS toward Java. sank large
enemy transport, but two others and
destroyed many OargeS loaded with
japanese troops, 4 cCmmuniquc from
the United Nations Southwest Paci-
fic command said today
The communique disclosed that
a squadron of American fighting
planes, attacking an enemy-oc-
cupied airdrome, had shot down
our enemy figaters without loss
and that a Dutch bomber doWncd
two enemy fighters.
IL HITS SCORED
Previous reports of allied air at
tack near invaded Sumatra Is
land listed II hits on Japanese
ships. including two cruisers.
The communique, issued from
Gen Sir Archibald p. WaVcli'5 )
headquarters somewhere in Java,
said:
Allied aircraft continued opera
lions against cIlcllN lOiNCS III oouC'i
Sumatra. SquadronS of American
fighters engaged in AN attack on
al enemy occupied airdromc and
shot down fou. enemy fighters
without loss to themselves whereas
two other fighters were Shot down
by Dutch bombcrS.
Bombing attacks on enemy ship
ping by Dutch and American
planes sunk one large transport,
hit two more and destroyed many
barges full of troops.
Java pressed its all-out prcpara-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-18
Macarthur Delays Japs

WASHINGTON. Feb. Is CUP
cen Douglas MaeArthurs epic
~tsHG III The Philippines Is i'm
mob.utug onC-hall of the entire
saaJaesc maupoWer spread over
at Pacific battlCfrontS. military
tNrevtS estimated today
Nl,a his ouuumbercd and weary
#ea sail fighting like demons
..e cncmy'S own tribute TO thcH
laior Macarthur was described as
..a.iua one of the greatest rear
a:G dcla1mg battles IN the his
'a3s uI warfare
1Wnrn strategy OF this lar-tlms
a3ru, battlefront Is considered, as
Vru H. The hopes Of the United
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-18
SERVICE AS USUAL" OUT

1t is threatened restriction Oh
light truck use which hit the M
ban dWellcr harder than anr other
curtailmcnt. for here YOU get into
the whole field of city deliveries
which stores have built up 50 cX-
tenSively in recent years The whole
concept Of service as usua, IS In
for change.
Competing dairies might have
TO consolidate their milk routes.
The same thing goes for the
bread wagon and the huckster.
Already customers are being re-
questcd to carry home their own
groceries to save rubber on dc
livery trucks.
Taxicab service may ha,o 10 be
curailcd tremendously IE9-car
families may have to get back 10 Z
OnC-car basis
Tho 32,Ug0 rural mail carriers
now riding on rubber NAV md
their regular daily trips Gu, GeWA.
or take to horse Express pickup
and delivery procedure ma be
modified
Your doctor, the am5u,anccs. the
health service and similar essentials
will be kept rolling but in pract-
ically every other phase Of trans
pcrtation. the country stands ready
10 be put back where it was some
place in the five years preceding
World war
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-18
Argentina Reveals
Steamers Sinkinq
By Axis U-B0af

RIO &c JANEIRO, Feb. 10. ,UP)
The government prepared a COM
muniqu2 today to inform the pub
lie after its gay Mardi Grass ear
niVal YESTERDAY. that the Brazilian
steamship Buarque had been sunk
in the fhSt attack on Brazilian
shipping by submarines since the
severance Of relations with the
Axis
The government withheld the
news until today in fcal that cX-
cited crowds, who danced and sang
in the streets by hundreds of
thousands last night, might have
taken mob replisals against Axis
property and nationals hero and
in other towns.
lni0lmantS said il WAS unlikely
That The government would take a
more forcclul part in ihr war ON
the allied side because of thr .Ilh.
marlniug # the BrIar0lc
FArEt TED INCIDENTS
II" NlrW Mas taken that such IN
rldcnt@ must BE- expected as the
result of the governments Scyrl-
ancc of relations with Germany
Italy and Japan
The German submarine attack,
on shipping off Venezuela. and the
smelling of Aruba island in the
Netherlands West Inules, drew wide
comment in South American news
EaperS publishing yesterday.
however, there was little or no
ollielaI comment because the at
tackS had come as such y spr-
prise and bccaU~c OF the holiday
some Argentine newspapers SAID
INC Gclmah attack on bclliecr-
cnt area of the South American
coast was only natural and intim-
ated that it will not alter Aranm
tinaS poSitinn nc ,a... "a ScIl-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-18
Reds Shell Ndzi
Ports i'm Russia

LONDON. Feb 10. up Rus
sian warsliips were reported to
have shclled German land positions
OF both sides Of the long front
tOday
II was problematical whether the
daring commandments still were 60
ins on. Dispatches from the front
late last night said Soviet war
ships were pounding German po-
sltions east of Seyastopol and
northwest of Yevpatoriya. on the
west coast of the Crimea which
the invaders ovcnan last fall
The Russians were said to be US
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-18

Nations in defending tEeir other
Tacilic baslions, it is ridi ulous 10
speak of MacArIaw'S resistance NJ
. hopeless FIGHT. said Il military
rtf.clal
The Japanese. 'cordna to tie
b"st estimates available in Wash
mgton. have between 4C9.CJG and
100000 men III action on the fronts
stretching for more than 4OOa
miles nom the Philippines to the
Indian ocean. but not including
China
HALF IN PHILIPPINES
More than POO, ,00O Of these troops,
including some of the best shock
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-18
London Rejects
American PLANT

LONDON, Feb. 10. Charges
that American citizens on the Brit
ish island of Penang off Malaya.
had been kept in ignorance Of the
evacuation of Allied forces south
ward were rejected today b. GOV
eminent spokesman in thc mouse
of commons.
Harold Mac MILAN, undcrsrcrctarv
for colonies, refused proposals. for
an inquiry into the charge. made
by Americans upon their anIval
in New York.
Il have seen the press reports
but information We have received
does not confirm that criticism. g.
Macmillan said.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-18
EN RENDON TANES

SYDNEY. AUSTRALIA. Feb l8.
TIP, Lieut. Gcy II. J Van NOOK
cf the Netherlands East indies SAID
today that the United States was
>cadinl "crerything it can lay ltN
hands on 10 the Southwest Paci-
ic fer United Nations defense
a-HNat the J2paucse
They nave transport facilities
enough mo there i, no reason te
lcar taat the material can not be
-nlppcd. lie said
once tie United States scto
het up. it really does a drastic
job
Van AI"oG came To Australia to
ccatcr with -orelnmtnt leaders Oh
lomt defense problems ol the Meth
crlands East Indies and Austral-
ia.
OPINION TURNING
He prefaced his statement re-
garding United States aid by say.
ing American opinion was now
turning to the Pacific
I have not found ely under
rating OF the Pacific nCnl there
ne SAID There may have been a
failure early in the Pacific war
to understand the full implications.
because the complete elements OF
The problem itself were not under
stocd
Nov the United States and
President Roosevelt are convinced
Of the value OF attack and they
vii 60 about th:l2S in a very
American and very drastic WAY il
the next few months, swinging oy-
cr entirely to War production
Won Nook said he did not like
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-18
Dutchnndn LoudS
American Effort
allied strategy.
SHOULD TAKE OFFENSIVE

allied strategy.
SHOULD TAKE OFFENSIVE
we should not 30 en- the detcn-
sive all the time he explained.
That is the big mistake, that the
Dcmocracics arc thinking in terms
of defense
The policy of constantly rclr-
ing to prepared positions can,
believe, lead to a position in which
the allies might lose the war"
He said he thought that if jap
an did not attack Russia. Russia
would attack Japan.
Van Nook said the Netherlands
would defend Java as LEM as pos
aiblc against an expected japanese
attack and could held il for Il
time without help
MAY FIGHT ALONE
We would not be shocked il We
had to fight alone, he said. But
that would mean much more than
the defeat OF the Netherlands East
Indies alone.
Meanwhile, tie Australian war
cabinet preparing for total mobil-
ization, decided to cancel cCmmci-
cial radio-telcphcac service to the
United States and the Netherlands
East Indies effective Saturday.
Officially approved relays Of
radio broadcast> to the United
States by radio-lclcphone viii nc
permitted.
Japan broadcast the news OF the
cancellation almost as soon as Aus
tralia did The Official japanese
news agency reported in a Saigon,
French mdo-China dispatch that
the move was made lor reasons OF
SncnrilV
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-18
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The foiIOICIng edit
Oridls are presented as interesting Opin-
ions roiced on editors elsewhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion OF
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-18
CAPITAL TALKS
by
Peter
Edison
WASHINGTON. LIB. 10. ,Up

..aNi aN the country p0SSClGCl
tr.,aspr!l3f5oN j, Cependent ON ths
privat, niUaohlic, so its haulina
OF soad, i, dependent upon truck j,
The Sa2nAlug eNuHtions cf Wei
ceonyay ale ieSurcd to revolutions.
i7c Lle trucking Industry TO a dc
gree which few American peo2ia
realize.
Ii is estimated there arc roll
ing oNcl tho nations highways
today A. million trucks. That
ono truck for every 80 persons,
ratio nowhere approached in any
ether country. OF these LIS mil
lion trucks. more than 2.5 million
are heavy and medium trucks
Weighing 5000 pounds or more,
tho rest light deliveries. Before
Pearl narhor. more than fourth
of these trucks were hauling dc
fcnSc goods.
In the current truck model vcar
ending JUiv 81. the motor true:
industry will turn out l,l89. .009
trucks. or c0O.00CO more than in
the preceding model year BY Au2
|. 1912. there will be an indicated
81 million trucks on the highWa''
There isn't the conversion prob-
lem in the truck factories that
there Is in the passenger automo-
bile industry. Production of light
trucks was stopped this month, bur
III the medium and heavy truck in
duStrieS the shift to war produC-
ton has meant merely the shift to
military models and then full speed
ahead with an AS priOritieS order
to insure that they get the neceS-
Sary raw materials For a lot OF
these trucks. however. there are no
tires. They'll simply nave to co
in storage till rubber is available
IMPORTANT TO WAR PLANTS
To give you an idea OF how ths
war industries depend on truck
consider a few typical war pro-
duction plants. At the Ford YpSi-
lanti bomber plant, a fourth O.
the raw materials will come in b.
truck. three-fcurths by rail Out-
going. 60 per cent of the produc-
ton Will move by truck, 10 pCi
cent by all At the Chryslcr tank
arsenal in Detroit. so per cent OF
raw materials will come in b.,
truck.
The whole idea of sub
contracting is based OH trans
portation of parts from the sub
contractor to the assembly plant
by truck. If the truck trans
port system breaks down, wat
produc lion freaks down. It's that
important. War production means
nothing unless the goods can be
moved.
This is. as Transportation DirCc~
tor Joseph B. Eastman says. MOI
a job which can be shifted to the
railroads. The fact is says East
man. the railroads themselves are
among the largest users of trucks.
in railroad terminal operations and
in substitution for the old VA"
freight train service
Next to this heavy industrial
truck freight traffic. pcrhap, tn"
most important truck factor Is
farm use of such vehicles. One
fourth of all trucks in service to
day arc on farms According 20
Robert f. Black. head nl White
Motor Company. these farm truck
haul to market scmc u per cent
Of the nations butter, 81 per cent
Of its eggs, 40 per cent ol fruit
and vegetables, 60 Per cent Of its
cattle, SO per cent of its ho4s. 81
per cent of the total livestock.
Cut down on the farmers us2
Of trucks and what happens 10 til,
nations food supply? It's q b, too
SCary to think about.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-18
EAK-THRU NOTED

The london Star SAID a RUSSIAN
detachment had broken through
some points on the Rzhev-Vyazma
lont, where strong Soviet forces
arc excrting tremendous pressure
on German lines stIll holding roads
TO SmOlenSk
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-18
Churchill S AIibi
Stirs New Blasts
Against Cabinet

LONDON. Feb. l8. CUpD A
fresh blast of critical newspaper
editorials made il plain today that
Prime Minister Winston Church
lis defense of his government in
porliamcnt has intensified instead
OF diminished the demand for a
radical change in the direction of
the war and merciless purge of
the cabinet.
Churchills statement that the
.l,cceSSful flight of three German
Narships from Brcst TO German
ports had improved the naval sit
uation was called weak and un-
satisfactory
From this account we ought to
nave arranged with the German
government 10 months ago to con-
Wy them under an escort of air
umbrellas to Helgoland," said the
Independent Daily Mirror
CONTRAST IN REFUGEES
Even the conservative Times said
that what troubled the public was
The contrast between a German
harbor and thc bottom of the Eng
Ich channel as refuge for the
Slips.
It was indicated that when
Churchill faces the house of com
mons, probably early next week,
lDr a full dress war debate. he
would have rough going and might
bc compelled to make concessions,
ltch as a major cabinet rcOrgan-
I !, s1l, |,
Political quarters said that many
cI Churchill's own supporters felt
lis attitude that he alone was re-
sDonsible for everything, was too
truculent and self assured.
Newspapers took the view that
II anything we're needed to show
the necessity for a cabinet shift,
!, was ChurchillS speech ycstcr
Gay.
| CHURCHILL CRITICIZED
When he is confronted with the
nildeSt inquiries into his general
,-jp. Mr. Churchill becomes as SEN
.,tiVc as a prlna donna charged
/ Ev a music critic with singing a
false note" said the Independent
Jailv Sketch once the nation is
assured that its leadership rot
onlv acknowledges its mistakes but
is solidly bent on repairing them
nc spirit necessary for the sue
cessfui prosecution of the war will
soread from the highest to the
I lowest in the community.
we think that many things
tave gone wrong steadily with the
cu,1duct of the war because the
Cr;lne minister has absorbed the
tasks of administer of defense and
has been too busy to put them
right" said the Daily Herald, la
Dor party organ
He tries to do tar too much"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-18

Countless thousands Of tons Of mater
iaI~ now going to waste can :. be put
to military use to defeat the aggressor
nations Leasing J. ROsenWaId, chief,
Bureau Of Industrial Mobilization.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-18

troops of the Japanese war ma
,hinc, are in the Philippines, either
racing MacArthur'S defenders on
Pataan peninsula or policing Man
lia and occupied areas.
MaCArthur's men are understood
tu number only about 10000, with
PERHAPS two FilipinoS for every
american. And every man Of them
EnoWS as he beats off attack after
2Jtack that he has virtually no
hope of cycuation or reinforce
rlcntS of men or planes
But SO long as the fighting RACES
ON Bataan peninsula the Japanese
cannot divert many men or Wca-
runS for their big thruSts at the
Burma Road, at Sumatra and Java
100 and 1000 miles to the south
west across the China sea.
MORE MOVING IN
In fact, the enemy is being conf
PEELED to move up reinforcements
of troops, artillery and warplaneS
IN evident preparations for an at
tempted knockout of Macarthur
Y days of resistance, communicates
W the past 48 hours revealed
Military observers speculated that
lie japanese commander-in- -chief
in the Philippines, Lieut.. Gen Mas
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-18
OTHER SUCCESSES

There were other reports of i'm
pOrtant successes Radio Vichy
broadcast that the Russians had
stOrmcd and penetrated the an
cicnt city of Novgorod. below Len
ldprad. A German prisoner was
quoted that the enemy WAS about
to- abandon KharEov. nj which
Marshal Scmy0n Tmo3hrnoko&
armies have been ha"mcrInG for
weeks
Last nights S conluumDqlc merely
reported a story made mOnutOnOuS
hy constant repetition: Tuesday
our troops continued offensive Op-
clations against the enemy and
continued their advance. They oc-
OLricd a number of populated
places"
Todays communique said almost
the same thing Last night our
tlCops continued active fighting
against the German Fascists.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-18

Every plane delivered ahead Of sched,
ulc. every tank added to our output, will
sac American lives-DirectOr Floyd =.
OdIUm. contract distribution division,
OpM
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-18
CURRENT QUOTATIONS

When you have impressed upon the
NaziS the fact that YOU are prepared for
anything . no matter how long it takes,
then will occur the first crack in Ger
manv's determination to enslave the
world Ian Masaryk, Czechoslovakian
foreign minister.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-18

ing six-inCh shells and causing
considerable damage
Radio Moscow reported that the
Baltic fleet had bombarded Ger
man positions on the gulf Of Fin
LIND steadily for AZ hours. The
Germans. it was said, were com
ptetely taken by surprise Ice
breakers cleared a path for them
they steamed up and were throw
ing shells befor the Na2is knew it
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-18

~ haHc hoIpcd the states with ther
relief. road, ana lot Of projects in the
past and now they might turn around
and help Chairman Doughton, House
Ways and Means Committee, urging state
pCOQOmE
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-18

~ faith IS unchanged that the people
OF the Philippines and the United States,
fighting sid, by side with Gods help
Will presently write that happy ending
tn which we have long aSpircd.-Ass0
ciatc Justice Frank Murphy, u. S. Su-
DrsIrr { ouI.t
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-16
Field (agers
Win Seventh

The Selfridge Field Flyers
won their seventh straight vic
tory of the current basketball
season last night, downing the
Romulus Army Air Base quin-
tet 1870, in a duel that saw the
Flyers encountering a mighty
formidable zone defense that
held down the scoring.
Although the Flyers were
ahead in every period, by slim
margins it wasn't until the IL
nal frame that the Selfridge Gag
ers sewed up the game and saw
ed their unbeaten record, The
score was 10-7 at the end OF the
first period, 17-16 at the end OF
the second, 1928 at the end OF
the third. Thirteen points scor-
ed in the final period saved the
day for the Flyers.
Outstanding Flyers were Her
man Feutsch, forward, and Bob
bic Roth, q guard. who each tai
lied 10 points. =.
Selfridge Field tangles with
the University Of Michigan at
Ann Arbor Thursday night.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-16
The Monitor-leader
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER l6, 1912 PAGE !
Cutter Likes Sinking Jops
wen Better Than Football

cific to take a special course at
the submarine base here.
When it is published the story
of the expedition in Japanese
waters in which Lieutenant Cut
ter participated will be another
glorious chapter in Naval his
tory. Lieutenant Cutter and the
men with him saw plenty of &C.
ton.
1t was Midshipman Cutters
20-yard field goal in a driving
rainstorm at Franklin Field in
"a that beat Army for Navy
for the first time in 13 years.
Buzz Berries, now flying in the
Pacific, was the star back of that
Annapolis squad.
NAVY CHAMPION
Cutter was the heavyweight
boxing champion of the Acad-
envy, was indicated, won most
of his matches by knockOuts.
He was such spectacular
prospect that Jimmy Bronson,
who seconded Gene Tunney,
formed a syndicate that offered
Cutter S25, 900 to leave the serv-
ice for the purpose of boxing
professionally.
I'm glad / didn't do it, espe-
cially now" says Lieutenant
Cutter. Sinking Jap ships with
sub is much more exciting than
sinking big fellows with boxing
gloves. It's more constructive
too"
Physically, Lieutenant Cutter
is one of the biggest men in the
Navy. He stands 6 feet 2, weighs
255 pounds.
He helped coach the Navy line
for two years, taught boxing to
the plebes in his spare time.
LIKE FOOTBALL TEAM
Lieutenant Cutter Sc c o n d S
Comdr. Tom Hamilton in the
recommendation Of football as
training for flying and sub
work. Commander H q m II o n
was head coach at Crabtown
when Cutter played.
"A submarine crew is like q
football team" he points out. IF
one man hobbies the ball or his
job, there is no score. And If
one sailor muffs his particular
assignment, the torpedo misses
the target"
Lieutenant Cutter was one of
the few who were not surprised
when Navy beat Army this year.
Following my time at Ann
apolis, played with the team
of the U.S.S. Idaho" he explains.
1T was a good team and we had
a fine coach. His name was
Johnny Whelchel. When he was
named head coach at the Acad-
envy. knew he would turn out
a winning team"
Things in the Navy are look
ing up-all around.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-16
BY AUSTIN BEALMEAR

NEW YORK, Dec. l6 Up
All-America frankie Sinkwich,
who ran and passed Georgias
football team TO the Southeast
ern Conference championship
and into the Rose Bowl. is the
peoples choice as the brightest
star among all the male athletes
of 1912.
Fireball frankie collected "a
points in the annual Associated
Press poll of SO sports editors,
finishing far ahead of his closest
rival, the smuggling star of Bos-
tons American League baseball
club, Ted Williams.
Sixteen athletes drew first
place votes in the wide-open bal
loting. Sinkwich was named first
by only Is of the voters. but he
received 10 second and third
place votes TO account for his
top-heavy point total, figured on
the basis of three for first, two
for second and one for third.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-16
STANDINGS
Fights Last
Ni4ht


PITTSBURGH - Fritzie Ziv-
ic, $50 IL, Pittsburgh, outpoint-
ed Carmen Notch, LAB. Pitts
burgh (10).
JERSEY CITY, N. ]. Phil
Enzenga. LAT, Baltimore, out
pointed Micky Rea, l43, Jersey
City, (10).
PORTLAND, ME.-Lefty La
Chance, 127 Ia, Lisbon. Me-,
knocked out Lloyd Hudson,
Bath, Me. (5).
NEW BEDFORD, M ASS. -
Tony Costa, 1870, Woonsocket, r.
l., outpointed Johnny Coot, 1875,
Worcester, Mass, (10).
BROOKLYN - Joey Pertala,
1872 IA. Tamaqua, Pa, stopped
Marris Parker, 1913 "a, Newark,
N. ]. (2).
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y. - AL
Fine, 140 "a, White Plains, out
pointed Andy Fowler, Brooklyn
(6).