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Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-01
Siberian Army
Reinforced


London, April l.-(AP)-N re-
sponsibIc source said today the Rus
SLAMS, while mobiliZing the bulk Of
their military manpoWer against the
Germans. had restored their 81
bcrjan army to nearly one million
men who are fairly we'll equipped
"They ere watching the Japanese
carefully he said.
The Japanese, ne reported. have
suggested that. as a show Of good
will toward Japan, the Soviet far
eastern troops should be Withdrawn
to a line dcmarkation agreed upon
by both nations and that certain
airports should be abandoned, He
expressed doubt thai the Russians
would agree.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-01
Sea Patrols
Strengthened

London, April l-(AP)-British
officials announced today hal north
crn SCI patrols and escorts for Rus
sia-bOund conveys have been rein
forced and that all OF the convoy at
tackled earlier this week in the OPEN
ing phase OF Gcrmany's Arctic oeeon
offensive to cut the Soviet supply
lines had "arriVed safely at a Rus
sian port.
Russian circles which confirmed
the safe arrival Of the ships laden
with war material for the R~d armies
did not identify the port, but reports
from Stockholm said the ships had
reached MurmanSk.
Strengthening of the British sea
patrols was interpreted as meaning a
marked increase in the flow OF
United States and British equipment
to Russia due to improved weather
conditions and a consequent better
ment Of port facilities.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-01
Watson Deal
Into Open
Statesville Delegation
Charges h way
Commissioner With
Law Violation.
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Ev ROB THOMPSON

Raleigh, April members Of a
delegation from Statesville yester-
day presented the governor and
Highway Chairman Ben Prince with
informal charges that Max Watson,
highway commissioner from Forest
City, had violated the law prohibit
ing a State official, as such, from
trading with himself, 1t was learned
that the charges were discussed sew
cral days ago by the attorney gem
eral, the chief counsel Of the high
way commission, and lhe state direc-
tor of purchase and contract. No re-
port, however. vas made Oh lie con-
ference.
"They are sore as hell because we
Continued Ga Page SevenI
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-01
Standard Withheld
Rubber Information
TAX COLLECTIONS
IN r
A RECORD MARK

Greensboro. April 1.-(AP>-
With a total of nearly S66. 600, 900
collections for the month of
March BY The office of Charles
II, Robertson. collector of inter
nal revenue, reached the highest
peak in The history of the district
Of North Carolina, it was an
n"Hnced today.
Officially ,ahuiated figures
showed the total for the past
mont, to be G5,951.i1t.14, or an
increase of $25,66I.725.99 over
the total reported for March,
1871.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-01
Italian Sub
Sinks Cruiser

Rome (trom Italian B~roadca5tS),
April 1.-(AP)-An Italian sub
marine has torpedood an enemy
cruiser, the Italian high command
announced today.
The commands communique said
that the submarine, returning to rs
base, had confirmed that it torpsdoed
and damaged an enemy cruiser IN
the eastern Mediterranean.
The Italians also SAID that their
torpedo-carlying planes successfully
attacked a convoy in tho east IN Med
iterranc0n and sank a large mcr-
chairman.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-01
Defenders
OF Toungoo
Withdraw
Fierces Battle of
Whole Burma Cam
paign f { p o t e q
Fought at Toungoo,
155 Miles From Ran
goon; British Position
Grave.
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lt'iO''l" 81 h"il'ld were ltpoi
ed to nave escaped q JaDaJtSe
tram al T0unrno todoy faIlinr
od1h ~ 'iI' MUM "i'Ni q"
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lfdI burma
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-01
Nazi Workers
Demand Food

London, April 1.-(AP)-The
Moscow radio reported today that
"hunger reVolts' took place a few
days ago among workers Of Essen,
the German munitions center, and
declared police guards and armed
storm trooper formations were beng
increased at German war factories.
The Essen disturbances occurred
when cutting Of the bread ration was
announced a few days ago, the radio
said, and such slogans as eve want
more bread stop the war" and
down with Ii Irr appeared on
til factory Wdlls.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-01
Hindu Warrior Caste
Declares B r it a i n S
Plan for Postwar
Dominion Status
Leaves Them at Mercy
of Moslems.

New Delhi, April 1.-(AP)-
The Sikh all parties committee,
II of midas minority groups,
issued the first flat rejection to-
day of Britain's offer of postwar
dominion status for India
The Silks, a Hindu warrior caste
rejected the plan as submitted b.,
3rltalnS special envoy, Sir Stafford
-ripps, on the ground that it Woule
cave them at the mercy Of the Mos.
en- majority in Punjab province.
As a result, the SikhS were
expected to make common cause
against the Moslcms with the
Mahasabha, organization of
Hindo extremists, whose rejec-
ton of the offer already has ap-
pcarcd certain.
The chef stumbling block to
acceptance was the requirement
that lndia's wartime defcnses be
left in British hands.
It appeared likely that Sir Stat,
ord would not have the final decision
If all the major Indian groups befor,
Friday. Tn" Congress party work,
ng committee, whose stand is the
most important, was drafting il
but il was not known Whc'
t would be handed to Slr Stafford,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-01
JAPANESE PLANES
IN RAID

Melbourne, April 1.-(AP)-Aus-
tralian planes destroyed an estimate
ed six Japanese planes on the ground
and damaged six others in an attack
on Koepang. on the island Of Timor,
1t Vas announced officially today.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-10
Pageant
Offers
fedture
Mexican Soldiers
VII! Parade With
u. S. Army Units

CALEXICO, April 10
CaleXicans anxiously watch
ed threatening clouds Friday
as the time approached for
the two great features of
their annual CavaIcade of Imperial
Valley, the pageant performance
at pm. Friday and the historical
parade at 2 pm. Saturday.
Saturdays parade will make his
tory as United States and Mexican
troops will march across the inter-
national border together and trav-
erse the streets of Calexico and
MeXicali together in a great mill
tary demonstration of international
friendship. They will be joined by
the State Guard Battalion of I'M
perial Valley and Cavalry band
from Camp Lockett.
In the five divisions Of the spec
tacular parade will appear more
than 300 men, women, and children
dressed in costumes depicting the
history of Imperial Valley from the
sage brush days to nineteen hundred
Continued on Page 6; Column 50
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-10

NEW YORK, April 10-UP) =
The navy today permitted an Off
cial of the plant making the Nor
den bomb sight to reveal that Ger
many has failed completely to solve
the principle Of this closely guarded
American military secret.
The navy also permitted disclos-
ure that the bomb sight still
rated the best in the world = also
functions as an automatic pilot to
guide planes to their target and
hold them true when the bombs are
dropped
Theodore H. Barth, presidtat of
Carl L. Ncrden, Inc, made the
disclosure on the eve of presenta
ticn to the company of the navy's
e for industrial excellence. One
of the designers of the sight said
that examination of German planes
shot down as recently as a few
months ago showed the use of a
sight OF astounding crudeness
These sights, he said, have not
"even the remotest suggestion of
the function of the Norden sight.
All the whoop de-do about the
Nazis having the secret of the sight
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-10
Production Battle
Sees U.S.. Months
Ahead of Schedule
Correspondents Given
First Hand View of
Vast Arms Output
IN THE DETROIT AREA.

IN THE DETROIT AREA,
April 10. (UP)-Bataan has
fallen to the enemy but Hiro-
hito and Hitler had better
hold off before they pitch
hats into the air and start celebrat-
ing.
One phase of the battle-the fight
to out-smart and out-produce the
axis on the production lines-is be-
ing won by the men and the women
whose skilled fingers guide the ma
chimes in the War-busy plants of
the automotive industry.
The guns, tanks, airplane engines,
ing-F. o. B. Detroit-months ahead
of schedule. The industry is con-
verting itself to war work by leaps
and bounds and already has won a
big share of the battle.
These were the convictions car
ried away from a two-day tour of
Detroit area war plants by a group
of 80 New York, washington and
Detroit newspapermen escorted by
officials of the war production
board.
PROOF SEEN
They saw dramatic proof of the
industry's ability to produce arms
quickly under the pressure of war
time emergency. General Motors,
Chrysler. Ford, Hudson, Briggs and
others have flung their full re-
sources behind the gigantic pro-
gram to outstrip the Axis.
They learned:
1t took one auto body builder only
AZ days to turn out the first all
welded, 30-ton tank ever produced;
more are on the way. The man who
perhaps more than anyone is re-
sponsible for the feat said the AM
erican people would be really sur
prised to know how fast we can
build these tanks once we get set
up"
The Chrysler-o tank ar
senal is rolling out medium tanks
at peak capacity around the clock
and soon will expand and shift to
the MA model which GIN already
is building.
MACHINE GUNS
A converted auto factory was
pouring out machine guns months
ahead of schedule because of pro-
duction shortcuts made possible by
assemblyline methods. Forty per
cent of the plants employees are
women
Two separate plants building an
tiaircraft guns for the Army and
Navy were far ahead of original
order demands. They, too, had tool
ed the job to achieve volume pro-
duction with a minimum of waste.
Henry Ford's mammoth bomber
Continued ON Page 6; Column 81
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-10
Block " Wardens
Take TRAINING

The first session of Ell Centro'S
new defense training course for all
raid block wardens Thursday night
at the fire hall was a complete sue
cess with approximately one halt
OF the IA wardens and their assist
ants in attendance, Chairman Corn
Reed of the city defense council
said Friday
First lesson was a highly instruc-
tive talk b. Fireman Stuart Nor
ton on various war gases and q
demonstration of how to use masks
and other means of escape. plus a
dicussion On the best known meth
ods of rendering first aid after this
form of attack.
The same lesson will be given at
7:30 pm. Tuesday night for the re-
half of the wardens. An
entirely new lesson will be offered
each Thursday.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-10
Relief Suggested
For War Factory
Workers Families
BiOchemist Professor
Suggests Federal Aid
To Improve Diets

LOS ANGELES, April 10.
(UP)-Federal aid may be
needed to insure that war
production workers and their
families receive necessary
protective foods" at present lack
ing in their diets, according to DR..
Henry Borsook, California Institute
of Technology biochemist.
Dr. Borsook, speaking before
session of the Los Angeles nutrition
institute, explained that aircraft
workers would have to spend ap-
proXimately one-third of their aver
age $35 week salary to provide
their families with a diet contain
ing all the necessary food elements.
The biochemist asserted that air.
craft workers would refuse to spend
such a large proportion of their
budget on food.
At present the Caltech dietician
is conducting a nutritional research
project among aircraft workers. He
explained that a test menu was
prepared containing all the essen
tial protective foods" The menu
was distributed for a week to typi
cal families of aircraft workers. At
the end of the test period DR.. Bor-
sock discovered that each family
had spent an average of $12.49.
An indiscriminate use of vitamin
pills will by no means solve the
problem, he warned.
He expressed amazement at the
low intake of citrus fruits by air.
craft workers in the southern Cali
fornia area, the very mention Of
which, as he termed it, "evokes the
picture of oranges"
Besides the lack of balance in the
diet of an aircraft workers family.
there is a special problem in the
food intake of the worker himself
because of the nature of his job, DR..
Borsook asserted.
Because the man has to get up SO
early to reach his job in time, he
has little or no breakfast.
Furthermore, lunches the men
bring from home are not the salts
factory meals they should be to
make up for the breakfast lack"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-10
Sister of LYMAN
Escapes Japanese

Safe in India after five weeks
trip by foot over the mountains,
valleys and rivers which separate
Burma from India, Miss Faith
Hatch, sister of E. N. D. Hatch of
Ei Centre, arrived in Gauhati, India,
on April 2, according to cable
gram received this week by her rel
atives in this country
Miss Hatch was head of normal
school in Taunggui, Burma, ITS
miles north of Rangoon, and until
the cablegram was received, her
family had had no word from her
since the latter part of October.
With the fall of Rangoon she was
forced to leave on Feb. 26 and the
ONLY avanue of escape was TO walk
over the barriers of mountains and
rivers, which she did arriving IN
India after five weeks, less one day.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-10
Lew Ayres May Be
Shifted to Service

WASHINGTON, April 10. up
Brig. Gen. Lewis 3. Hershey, selec-
tive service director, said today that
Movie Actor Lew Ayres probably
would be transferred from an Ore
gon conscientious objector's camp to
non-combatant service in the army.
Ayres was sent to the camp when
he opposed induction into the armed
forces Later he applied for lao
classification, which would allow
him to enter the army without haV-
ing to fight.
Hershey said such applications
from conscientious directors are
very common" and that most of
them are assigned to the medical
corps Ayres' application was refer
red to Hershey from the California
State Selective Service headquarters
under a regulation placing objector
camps under selective service.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-10
Farmers Offered
Debt Adj iustnlent

Any farmer wanting to pay off OBJ
legations but needing an extension
Of time, refinancing, reasonable re-
duction or Sinplified repayment
plan Friday was invited by Chair
man Argyle McLachlan to bring his
problem before the farm debt ad-
justment and tenure improvement
committee at its next meeting.
Scheduled to meet at 2 pm. We'd
nesday, April IS, in the supervisors
room of the courthouse, the commit
teemen will attempt to work out
plans to lessen the farmers burden.
Work of the committee is design
ated to adjust heavy debt burdens
to the farmers ability TO pay by
fixing sensible repayment schedules,
McLachlan said
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-10

beVelopnlefllS, winch started yes
terday, were these:
/. Bunker charged on the senate
floor that an agreement between
the defense plant corporation. an
RFC subsidiary, and Basic Magnes-
ium, Inc. of Cleveland, produced
the fraud and demanded a COM
plete investigation"
2 Jones angrily denied the ac-
cusations, saying they were "un-
true and irresponsible" and that
the governments interests are be
ing fully protected"
3. Bunker returned today with
the statement that he based his
criticism on testimony at western
hearings of the senate defense in
vestigating committee. and will re-
peat them in the senate next week
when he will give Jones "a free
ride"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-10
Prisoner Refuses
ToAsk Probation

Il don't want any probation. I
want to go to jail said 19-year-
old j. M. Sanchez in superior court
Friday.
I'VE will accommodate you," said
Judge r. d. McPherrin. II will pro-
nounce sentence later"
Sanchez was arrested in the Ca
lexico area for drunk driving. After
his arrest officers discovered he was
driving car stolen from Clifton
White. Sanchez asked to skip pre-
liminary hearing and Friday plead
ed guilty to grand theft.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-10

Bunker's specific charges were
that the DPC negotiated a contract
with Basic Magnesium for q $685.
100000 plant as Las Vegas, New,
which will enable the company TO
make a 4,280 per cent profit on an
investment of $4,000. He said "ex-
tortionate salaries" are being paid
AZ Basic Magnesium executives and
that the agreement was 80 sinister
as to indicate that some officials OF
our government are guilty OF NAL
feasance in the performance OF their
duties
Jones replied that the Nevada
plant will cost o.000.000 and is
being constructed by nine separate
contractors with all construction
fees aggregating less than two per
cent of the total cost"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-10

ice Ronnle Vo"leS and Patrolmar
Wilfred Tyler Thursday night ano
charged with burglary after having
been caught in the act of employing
eone of the cleverest methods of
l6immying a lock ever recorded in
local police annals.
Nabbed as he left the lunch room
of Mrs. Molly Holt, situated in the
alley behind q blacksmith shop at
Fourth and Main. Hallisy confessed
according to Voyles. to gaming en-
trance by threading length of wire
through crack in the door, "lasso-
ing" the lock tongue and tugging
gently until it yielded sufficiently
for him to yank the door open.
When searched. Hallisys pockets
yielded $2.25. Odd thing about the
amount was its form, and the fact
that the cash Register from which
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-10


German factories, are being used,
and many came from the plants
as recently as February, the dis
patches added.
The newspaper Izvestia said tanks
captured by the Russians and being
repaired for use against the Axis
included some from Skoda, Krupp,
Mercedes and Packard plants. Origin
of the American-made Packards
was not stated, however.
Reports indicated both sides are
preparing for big tank battles and
that Germany is pushing produc-
.tion in the Occupied Countries to
the utmost. The number of tanks
being used is increasing daily.
The Tass agency said 4,47O Ger
mans were killed several days ago
on a narrow sector on the north
west front when they sent newly
arrived reserves into the line in an
effort to counterattack The severe
losses in men and equipment forced
the Nazis to drop the attack and
return to defensive measures, Tass
said
"a German communique today
said 56 Russian armored cars were
destroyed and 26 inmobilized in
fighting on the Kerch peninsula)
Reports indicated that the Rus
sian tanks are rushed into battle
whenever the German panzer units
appear. On the Kalinin front it was
said that 800 Germans were killed
and a panzer unit thrown back
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-10

resentation of other capital big
wigs.
One member of the audience. who
reportedly was instrumental in sep
arating the Messrs. Jones and Mey-
er, refused to be quoted by name
but said: Il wouldn't say it was
easy" to separate them.
The editorial which aroused the
Jonesian wrath was printed yester-
da". 1t said, among other things:
The plain truth is that Mr.. Jones
fell down rather badly on the job
of acquiring and producing Suffici-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-10

ent rubber to meet an emergency
which we should have foreseen and
prepared for with feverish haste
The chief reason for his failure is
boundless ambition for power that
has led to his taking on more jobs
than he can successfully manage.
The proof of an officials worth
to his country lies in his ability to
meet and conquer the kind of OBJ
stacles of which Mr.. Jones COM
plains. Blaming the other fellow is
confession of defeat-not a mark of
merit"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-10

re confessed taking the money con-
5ained some $50. There was a 81
bill, a SO cent piece and three quar-
ters.
Mrs. Holt had reported missing
small amounts from the cash regi-
ster each morning for several weeks
while the bulk of her change, usual
l. averaging between SIS and $40,
remained intact. No evidence that
the place had been entered ever was
apparent.
So Voyles and Tyler lay in wait
ing Thursday night, and watched
Hallisy perfom his magic, heard
him open the cash register and nab
bed him as he crept out and closed
the door, which is equipped with
an automatic lock
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-10

The spirit of Bataan still lives
in the islands. American forces still
fighting there exacted partial re-
venge for the loss of the peninsula
by sinking Japanese cruiser sup
porting new enemy landings on the
island of Cebu the war department
announced in Washington.
Elsewhere in the Far East, the
British lost the 22-year-old aircraft
carrier Hermes in a growing battle
for command of the sea approaches
to at least one japanese aircraft
carrier.
The Bataan evacuation, carried
out under the cover of darkness,
was ordered by Lieut.. Gen. Jonathan
M. Wainwright when it became
evident that it was no longer pos
sible to hold the peninsula in the
face of overwhelming enemy odds"
Three naval vessels and an old
floating drydock, which we're used
in defense of vital points control
ling Manila bay, were ordered de-
stroyed to prevent their capture
intact by the enemy.
The same communique also re-
ported that U. S. submarine oper-
ating in the Celebes sea sank a
large, heavily armed, Japanese yes
sel-either an auxiliary cruiser or
a large tender.
The u. S. vessels ordered destroy
ed were the submarine tender Can
opus, the minesweeper Bittern and
the tug Napa. The drydock, named
the Dewey, was capable of docking
cruisers and large auxiliaries.
Another enemy cruiser was sent
to the bottom in an attack on five
warships and 10 transports land
ing troops on the Island of Cebu
in the Philippines.
NAVAL BATTLE
In the Bay of Bengal and the
Indian ocean the japanese drive
for command of the seas appeared
to be approaching a climax that
may decide the fate of India and
Burma but there was no clear pic
ture of what strength the United
Nations might be able to muster
against strong enemy fleets.
At least one japanese aircraft
carrier was damaged and l8 more
enemy planes knocked out off Cey-
Ion, but the l0850-ton Hermes was
sunk by japanese planes within 70
hours of the sinking of the British
cruisers Cornwall and Dorsetshire.
The japanese in the Far East as
we'll as the Germans and Italians
in the Mediterranean and Atlantic
evidently were making an all out
effort to break allied sea domina-
ton at a time when the British
and American naval forces have
necessarily been spread thin over
a world front.
JAPS HOLD EDGE
There was no indication of enemy
successes in the Atlantic area this
week, but Japanese superiority in
surface ships in the Far East SEEM
ed to have given the enemy at least
temporary control of the Bay of
Bengal and marked advantage
throughout the eastern waters of
the Indian ocean. The most for
midable challenge to this Japanese
strength may be provided by allied
air strength, especially flying for
tresses, in India but surface forces
also are essential to break the
Continued on Page 6; Column -
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-10
Parade Of Youth

Parade Of Youth
The school children of Calexico
and Mexicali had parade in Cal
exico Thursday which would have
been impossible anywhere but in
America.
Six thousand children blithely
erased the international line be-
tween the United States and Mexi-
co to join forces in putting on the
best parade anyone ever could wish
tC sec.
The twin cities throbbed to the
sound of the marching feet of child
ren who believe In and live accord
ing to the code of international
good will and the Biblical order to
love thy neighbor." They marched
together in a great demonstration
OF friendship and cooperation. 1t
was inspiring to see them.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-10
Washingtonians Brawl

WASHINGTON, April 10 (UP)-
The capital had its own side-show
to the war today--fisticuffs between
Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones
and Eugene Meyer, publisher of the
Washington Post
The secretary, 1t was reported,
didn't like an editorial published
in the Post balming him for the
countrys lack of synthetic rubber
facilities.
Reported differed on whether any
blows were landed, although it was
agreed that there were several