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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-12

pools, canoe races, hanging gar
dens, golf courses and tennis
courts.
Well, it wasn't just the war
that moved in on Joe. His busi-
ness graph started falling grad
ually some years ago, and the
way he has it figured, this was
due to a new crop of st a S.
They amt got the Snowman
ship the old ones had" Joe says.
One by one, the old, great
estates were to let. The hanging
gardens and private golf courses
disappeared.
Then came the war. Stars
were shedding mansions faster
than Henry Kaiser could build
Liberty ships. Taxes, the servant
problem. The wilderness began
to reclaim Beverly Hills. All the
maids and cooks and handy men
joined the gold rush to Lock
heed and Douglas.
SHOW US COLBERT
Naturally, people kept askln'
where certain particular stars
lived - their favorites. Like
Claudette, for instance" Joe has
never really met any of his mer-
chandise, but from sheer affec-
ton he calls many of the bet
ter articles, like Claudette Col
bert, by their first names.
"Claudette has gone and clos
ed up her place in III o m b y.
Hills" He shook his head. I'D
be ashamed to tell 'em where
she'd moved to. Know where?
ole paused to shoot a contempt
uous stream of tobacco Juice
from his lips. I'm an apartment
$1,000" Joe shrugged. 81 just
hadda 60 out of business. For
one thing, there was the rubber
situation. No tires. But / Amt
kickin'. Everybody's in the same
boat, amt they? An besides,
still got my health
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-12
YOU CAN'T LOSE EN-

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Pvt. Ed
mund D. Metcalf's induction no
tice keeps following him. :.
A soldier from Metcalf's bat
terry found the notice on a Sen
Diego scrap heap.
Metclaf explained he'd tossed
it into a trash can at Jefferson
Barracks, Mo. He had no idea
how it got to San Diego.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-12
MOVING THE SCRAP

About one feature Of the scrap salvage sltuoton
there appears to be misunderstanding that should
be corrected large portion Of the public is worrying
because automobile groveyords in PortIcuor ana
iunkyords in general, contain mountains OF scrap
while intensive efforts being made to Iocote every
pound thot may be msIod in somebody's basement or
garage.
Thot is not cause for legitimate worry, but roth
er for rejoicing The old oIopes and other scrap are
not lying idle They are in stote OF tux. SO long os
there ore piles of metal in the unkyords our hard
pressed steel plants to capacity 1t will be
when the Junk piles get small that should stort
frettng.
The ferrous metal that reaches junkyords is not
all the same 1t varies from plain iron to the most val
liable stees, the latter containing olloyine metals
thot are worth than oil the gold at Fort Knox SO
far as the war effort is concerned
1t is the Junk dealers Job to sort these different
nnetoIs so that each be sent where it is needed
most so that fine steeIs containing critical alloys can
be revoked to salvage the ooying metos for re-
use.
When you look at on automobile graveyard, it
may oppeor to contain the same wrecks that we're
there month six months ago. Apparently nothing
has been accomplished. But in all probability if
month ago you had marked the cars there, now you
Il similar warning is needed in connection with
the scrap collections in smaller communities, where
personal observation shows that the salvage has not
been moved since the town worked to get it together
With transportation at PREMIUM, the govern
ment can not send trains trucks to clean up small
iunkpes as fost as each is reody They must be added
to the inventory Of potential supplies so transporter
ton facilities be routed to pick adjacent piles
with minimum Of waste motion.
Regardless Of how much scrap metal you may see
in junkyords the heat must be kept on if we are to
provide American mills with the As 900 900 tons they
need this year.
Remember-the scrop salvage drive is not one
shot offo 1t must be continuous, week otter week
and month otter month"; Don't think your duty done
because you have given once, or twice. or half dozen
times
As long as you can find anything soIvogeoble to
turn in report, your country needs it.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-12
HEAVY SENTENCE
CDCENIXyII TT NJ

NRCClN AAA6, ~. I've
corder J. w. H. Roberts told a
defendant convicted of drunken
ness that he would suspend the
30-day sentence meted out to
him if he would report to the
Court on October % and prove
that he had collected 500 or
more pounds of scrap metal or
rubber for the community sal
wage pile.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-12
DISABLED VETERAN

YWOOD-Rln Tin Tin
III, grandson of the famous NOV
lie dog, is home on three-day
furlough from his Army station
in the desert-recovering from
wounds suffered in line of duty.
He had a brush with a night
prowler near the Army camp.
The prowler was a porcupine.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-12
WY .A.sTIcKERsa

There ore approximately II million passenger
automobiles in the United Sotes Under the gasoline
rotoning system each automatically is entitled to an
a card Some, for special reasons ore entitled to B.,
C or cords.
The purpose Of the windshield sticker is to corro-
oruts to filling station attendants thot the cor owner
a|pes hold legally B. O or on eord-if he does.
XIV. then must II miI|ionA stckers be printed, dis
6lf6d dnd exhibited at greet expense2
X5 There IS 10 need to convince anybody that one
ctaah cord II is only If one hos one Of the sup
{io6ofy allowances thot he is eoI|ed upon to show
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-12

For q long time now, writing men have been trying
to soy something that needed to be said clearly and
unequivocoIIy Some have done we'll, but it remained
for fighting man. Admiral Moreell, to beot the pro-
fessionoI writer's at their game. To the A. f. OF
LIS building trades department. MoreeI| sold:
"Your answer may be, They can't live without
U.s. will admit thot can live without labor,
but they certoiny can live without labor unions. They
are living without them in Germony and in ltoly and
in japan, and they TO be doing right wel-ond,
in my opinion they will damn we'll live without them
here if all of US don't get in there and pitch"
Whot more need be soid2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-12
GOOD IDEA, BUT

PHILADELPHIA-The school
board has urged youngsters to
refrain from Halloween pranks
because this year is different.
But-just to be on the safe
side-it cautioned householders
to keep milk bottles and ashes
indoors Hallowe' en- night.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-12
ON HOLLYWOOD
Joe hit HOLLYWOOD with

Joe hit Hollywood with the
light of conquest in his eye, but
no hopes of crashing pictures in
his heart. He just knew where
the suckers were, that was all.
with the circus" he recalls,
Il found out that the best fish
ing holes for suckers in the
country are Broadway and Hol-
lywood."
So Joe set up in business with
a sightseeing bus - and, he in
sists, this bus attracted almost
as many local residents as it did
tourists.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-12

suade labor unions to overcome
their prejudices, persuade en-
ployers to stop pirating and stop
boarding.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-12
McKENNY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

The Southern Appalachian
Tournament. held annually at
Asheville, N. c., Is one OF the
most important on the calendar
of the League. An Executive
Committee meeting is held ut
this tournament each year to
discuss the problems OF the
Southern players. At the meet
ing this year the League pre-
sented its War Orphans Scholar
ship plan, which met with an
enthusiastic reception.
When the tournament wa
first held, every trophy was won
by out-of-towners, but this year
Asheville was well represented
among the winners. The open
ing event. the women's pair
championship, was won by Mrs.
A. H. Wade and Edna Towe of
Asheville.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-12

Today's hand, taken from the
tournament, had to be played
boldly. At other tables the same
contract with the same opening
lead was defeated because the
declarer ducked the diamond
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-12
LOVED HIS WORK

LOVED HIS WORK
Gradually Joe came to love
his work. He derived personal
satisfaction out of showing his
pop-eyed customers the luxuri-
Gus estates of the motion picture
greats, with their swimming
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-12
THAT'S THE WAY

CHEWELAH, Wash.-For IS
years w. B. Carter had been
promising his wife venison, but
what with chores and all, he
just never found time to kill a
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-12

So Mrs. Carter looked out
the farmhouse windoW and saw
a big buck nibbling N her gar
den. She reached for the Carter
rifle.
There's venison on the Carter
table now.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-12
DEMAND AND RESERVE


The labor demand is concen-
trated. The reserve is dispersed.
The .63 900, 900 figure assumes
the fullest possible C INVERSION of
Industry to war production, the
concentration of civilian indus
try in plants that cannot be con-
verted. 1t assumes smooth flow
of materials to all plants and a
removal of all bottlenecks which
now cause work stoppages. If
this smooth flow of materials
were in effect now the present
working force of the country
might be producing % per cent
more goods than it is, which
would be equivalent to increas-
ing manpower Is per cent.
Solving the manpower situa-
ton. however, involves not just
numbers. II involves getting the
needed numbers of people of the
needed age and the needed skill
at the needed place and at the
needed time. II is job not just
of migration. but job of train
ing. It is a job that can be done
on a labor market area basis. 1t
is a Job that can be done locally
IL every locality will marshal its
own resources to the fullest, per-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-11
London Paper Says
Ships Evacuating
Many at Singapore

LONDON. Fcb. II. rUPl-Thc
Evening News sac today that 'heayy
lighting" was in progress on the
approaches 10 Singapore city as
British defenders stubbOrnly resis;-
ed the Japanese unoer reported o =
ders 10 fight to the last man
The news 5ald that the position
of Singapore was undoubtedly se =
Ious" but thar final decision
might bc delayed lor d few Ga.
Japanese bomoers attacking Bnt-
ish forward positions the railroad
station auc the harbor were me,
with "hea;y GUnh.c the He"s-
paper aalo.
The ueN. estimated the: about
10000 OF 10000 Japanese troop>
were participating in the SInsaporn
island attack bu' eaIo that the Brit
lsh and Dutch naYes and merchanl
marine vessel Werc dong maG-
n1Icent Job ol rushing IL and out
of the harbor Ignoring dangers Ot
almost continual land and ar bon-
bardment and submarines
The ship were described as 'erac-
uatmg women and children do 1as.
as they can.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-11
Bill toProvide
Civilian Insurance
In Fighting Zones

WASHINGTON, Feb. II. up
The war department today endorsed
legislation to provide compensation
for civilians injured by enemy at
tackS on the United States or its
possessions and to provide free in
surancc benefits for the dependents
of persons killed in such action.
The bill, introduced yctcrday by
Sen. Claude Pepper, d., Fla, also
would provide Tor federal payment
OF medical care and hOSpitaliza-
ton Of injured persons.
Maj. Reese +. Hill of the War de-
paruncntS insurance section told
Ia senate labor subcommittee thai
the department already has re-
hcFcd private contractors on de
icnsc construction jobs of war risk
liability under existing CompcnSa-
ton laws He recommended that
tie federal government take oVel
/ complete responsibility for injuric'
".lch may result to such workers
IN wartime.
Pepper estimated that the wal
.llsk death benefit payments WoulC
seldom be less than $1,000 and gen
,crally would average about $500.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-11

troops WHO probably number les
than 10000 fought 100000 to 10000
Japanese TO keep their lines intac'
for a withdrawal TO the rock -gIr'
iortres o. C0rrcg!doI in Manila baT
Their. III tho "Alca7ar OF tho
Pacific Wtl IL battle-hID-
guns. Gen. Douglae Macarthur and
hi, men NAV soon be making thor
last stand CowccIdor. most formid-
aDic coastal defense position under
tho stars and stripes. lies just q.
th" TIP Of Bataan peninsula and
is strong enough to withstand 4
,oN2 sleee. according to military
expert
WoI department rnmanlWIcs Of
'." ps' i lnu' sgokc omInou.i.
~, 'rcmonnoye rcnIorccmcuts OF
.lapduc@e troop, s'r1n9 into Ba-
'a4u
j. ~ tbc .'m,, Of aparticu'arly
,ayagc tl2hln1. nj blasting .Japa-
ua>c acral attack. and oi tho grim
denomination OF tho American
Filipino troops 10 -Ifc glOIog5
account Of themselves to the end.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-11
Singapore Radio
Still Broadcastinu

CHuNGKING Feo. u tOiicia,
BIoadrasr Recorded Dl UrItcd pres
III san TlauDI,eo. Ac;res from
Batavia 10 Ctlacse sources toda"
$ald RacJo Sn4aporc Was suu
broadca@Iut at 3 o.elocE TINS alto
noon
Tins H. sulncien, Ieiutatou ot
lhc Japanc,e claims they had en-
tered thc cltl. d Chinese ne%s ser
wee commentator sad.
The news service reports said
the Allied forces defending SInga-
pore island had WITHDRAWN toward
the cIt5 proper IL the face Of on
siaughts delivered by Japanese re-
Inducements OF a strength OF three
tull DIVISIONS The strength Of q
japanese DIVISION l. estimated 4;
1000 pcNJ
All materials arc establishments
lheH 10 prose of 1a.lc ~ the enemy
v,,, ccstroy,C pcaoa tO Tic Wit
u:.Nal loVad lle city tie do
a'ehc Sac
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-11
Jap Guns Roaring
Throughout Night
Blast Singapore

SINGAPORE, FeD. Il. up -
$50 ,.m.-6:3O pm Tues. pvt
ImpCria. troops iOu-ut ,he JapancSa
today or d Hout drawing ever clos
CT to Singapore city ana Its $4,000
civilians.
Tlro"-aoat tie ul4ht Tho roar o.
gaNS. ..sloa a. times 10 Il crcsccno9
u. ;il., t.aoeG ,.@tJ-H thc streets.
and Tie ali .a.G alert whistles
slnIlcd q. byratitst time as the
iIr-r Jenaees" plane floct of the
d. 1lpteaeHed The CITY while -rcat
tormafInss - bombcrs. dive bomb
eYs and iIsu1era AIDED the enemy
-,M Ill bombing the men at The
tgonj.
a spokesman told tie city over
u4c SINGAPORE radio:
Tho next "A or 48 hours VIII be
S.'al to Singapore"
The people had nnt needed 4 be
fo!d that Tic situation ras critical,
and rhe statement caused mfcn
spcouisfIon
Nevertheless, tine ciIE carried on
a. usual tiIs m6rnins and calm
a:!d Cputidenc" We" mam.5mcd.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-11
Human Bat Joins
u. 5. Paratroops

DALLAS, Tex. Feb. II. up
From now on the human bat will
do all his swooping from a U, S.
Army plane.
Elmo Bannister, 81, Terrell, Tex
veteran carnival parachutist whose
thrill specially calls for flying"
most-Of the way to the ground with
The aid of bat-like wings, was ac
cepted by the army parachute corps
yesterday.
Bannister who would dispense
with parachutes altogether, "if it
weren't for the last $50 feet was
ordered to Fort Benning, Ga, to
train with the paratrOops. The army
waived the maximum age limit of
30 years because OF his experience.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-11
Dutch Air Force
Blasts New Enemy
Bombing Attempt
BY JOHN X. MORRIS

BATAVIA. Feb. II, UP Neither
lands Indies fighter planes inter
ccptcd and broke up a powerful
japanese airplanc fleet which at
tempted to raid the SOcrabaja naval
base today, Netherlands Indies
cGmmuniQuc asserted
The Japanese planes were driven
eff without bOmbln2 the base, the
cgmmuniquc said.
It was admitted that IN addition
10 the japanese landings near Mac
assar. on the southwest side of Gel
cbes, japanese troop movements
had been reported at Balangnipa
across the southwest arm from Mac
assar. and in the neighborhood of
DnjepOnto.
A japanese company advancing
on Maros, just north of MacaSsar,
vas attacked by Dutch forces Whicn
inflicted losses on the enemy, it
WAS said.
Four Netherlands Indies troops
we're wounded by machine gun fire
frO.n a plane which supported the
japanese.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-11
japanese Enter
Singapore. SoYs
Tokyo Dispoteh
BRITISH TRAPPED

;nore Island >a55 re t.-..-s# =.
na.t.e q. S.I-. seH5 ...a...# - ID,
EsnCh uea.n.4 Il ~.uWGuN.#
BRITISH liz irPEn
I6ae2 jaN..l>e aa.tUwN~. .=e a.--
N.tea SAID. Wee af.tlr- >a,tausa.
across thc l>aaa ~ ,lnla.rtr i
Sen.i-g.s,uia" .syas and traapma
90 zoe British terseS III the so&ta-
Eastern pan, O. he island
The Japanese as}au,c w. re-
p,Ie5 Wednesday, 9C,Mul to hc
poised .o. d.lys - -hc direction
-. SH-apy.r c. proper ate"
".sst ,..u 50 soa.~ q. CONTINUOUS
t-al.ae to the eass .ac dispatch
continued
Meanwhile Japanese land oa-
C...loGs we've assisted Nt t.e -"
lC,ls Mi. .aa -. ...sG ,o@a.e.c
az >aaesma,t p,s= -. .-.."5
Is#se f'rM.'aaa- a.. tap..t-.
..s5a.t he~.r'se. ~.a.., Sa--
aNeaa - . c-. ..s- a-tt,%. h.a~.-
3. : ss..:.....D..s SO Vessels II tae
! !.artos
Ja4aurs, h.u3s - Hn.,a ,wooa-
- oH ea,m. Vas-a.i.~ Disabled .
'O0a loH ;,>>,. &ni.c auotEc.
l.aUa raIJc5 . railway station i"
tlc NlcM@. a.. t.e commercial Pei
Aausial heavy a~aaSe.
Br,,l>u pl-r.a,.~ AZ BGlit ita-
lang al~a Wee ~..a.eetcd 10 lea1t
boWb.a-.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-11
Nozis Send Fresh
Troops to Battle

LONDON. Feb. II. cUP)-Fiercc
fighting ragged today at Rzhcv
northwest of Moscow. and Russian
dispatches attcstcd the ferocity of
the Soviet drive extending from
Karelia to the Crimea.
A Russian communique said {,
fresh German army corps had been
thrown into tho fighting at RZhcv,
where two separate battles were in
progress. Tho Rcd army had en-
cirClCd the city, except possibly in
the southwest. and Was attcmptin4
to occupy it. Tho Germans battled
in another section to break out OF
the Russian ring.
A British military commentator
said there was every indication
that German resistance on the
whole" was Stltfcniug.
NAXIS SEND RESERVES
The Red army high command said
ncW German reserves also had bCcl
rushed to the Kalinin front, where
il said there Was stubborn fighting
II said the RuSSlanS annlhilato'l
hall Nall ski battalion which
sought to break through the Soviet
lines. The remaining Germans fled
to the surrounding woods.
II told Of liberating more inhabit-
ed places on the central Moscow
front 1t SAID the Germans had
been driven from 25 places in one
days fighting, and abandoned large
quantities of material. In a 24-hour
period the Russians advanced more
than six miles.
Today's carly conmuniquc re-
ported "oftcnslyc Battles during
the night and said two more IN
habited places we're liberated.
FOUR-DAY BATTLE
At KharkOg. Russia S PITTSBURGH
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-11
(NE1 Tclephoto)

in the Ukraine, a battle has been
raging for four days and German
reports admit the Russians have
broken through at several places.
Radio Moscow said merely that the
village G and the small town M
had been rccapturcd.
In the Crimea. the Russian army
newspaper Red Star reported the
capture of a fort before German
occupied Scyastopol, RuSsias great
Black sea naval base,
There were scant reports from
Russia of fighting on the Karelian
front, but the Germans said the
Soviet 367th division had been
"practically annihilatcd' in two
days fighting with 3,770 prisoners
taken
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-11
Australia Calls
New Mobilization
-.ANHtRIA

IANBtREA, Arntga FrD II.
d'P'- VA MnuHr, i Il Ford ..
anIoHN"}n2 = nov mebilaIuu Of
maupoWor tor AIUalla defense,
sad TO-DAY ti.c VII pa.a3m had be-
come s." scrpu. thar sc,cg.,hng
mus Dc aubordInatcd ~ lac ,alc,,
Of ,hc nation
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-11

this monns. Al g am. London time
il Is , pm. SINGAPORE timc and j
am. FWT
L am unable to ~aE chat the im-
N.oyomon, mc.Udcs increased All
support. Tie commentator SAID.
Saying tEd' he VAS unable =
estimate tae strength OF the Japa-
ncso attacking forces, the COM
mentato" SaId:
There is no indication that tho
japanese have succeeded in put
TN a ls@2e force across the cause
WaN o.. ,hat thcy have succeeded in
lamdin2 tanks Ii thcy actually have
crossed tAe couscWaN they might be
holding bMdgchc1d at the south
en- chg.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-11

TOKYO. Fch Official
hroadca>t rccoreea hl u II san
francisco Imperial headquarters
announced q $50 u M toncht
that japanese Troop had entered
thc city Of SINGAPORE AZ IS. ! m
today
Fiersa haud-1o-haud a1atin.
with British defenders is noW TAX
iuf place in the city. the communI-
que addcd Japanese torceS entered
the city on. attev Frustrating
stubborn enemy military resls-
tance i Wa sa5
The Tokyo 9aGlo predicted la>t
week SINGAPORE would be captured
by Feb i. Empire Day III Japan
which celebrates rhc 26o2D ami
Norsalt o. The nations founding
Japanese VI. planes ShoWe!oC
tac city witt leaflets issued unccr
the name C.. Ilsu: Gen. Iom1uhl
NamashIr; 5a9ale>c ooH.MaHdc'-
in-CiHt.. ,...aI- 40. t.o t.ooN>
to sluTenc,.
l a0l.sc al immediate satfcnc-
c. ol iH" bNil>a forces IN sing
apore from tuc standpoint oi eaS.--
ioo .tnc Japanese warrior code ID
they read
CONTROL ESTABLISHED
The Japanese army and nala.
forces already dominate tie Malay
an peninsula. T3o Jal.,lese navy
has au0lM.atcd tic British fleet
in East ASA ana acquired COM
pletc control O, &c sea and ali IN
tic palltl. aud ;hc Indian OCEAN
"A We'll a. all Tic waters of south
Crn ASA
In view OF the fact that Sing
aporc Has been AZ important Brit
ish base since the 18Th century. as
well a. the melting pot Of the east
crn and western Civilizations jap
anese forces desire TO refrain from
seeing the city reduced to aShe>
Japan has taken up arms to
conquer injustice and % restore
iQstice without the leas; intentions
Of expanding Ii territory o. IL
vadlne fCrci-n SOL.
Japanese forces fighting oa H."
basis OF tli> @uO.p.c Nj G.zlsa
AL enemy forces WHO oppose jap
aneSe aItC0S
PROMISE MADE
"HoVe1er. lc NJ. gvtcl1 . "a.:..
ana Eclr..- h.El n taoSe s.".--
ians VINO ot!c' sh1s -uIoaGe@
y u.,h ,o -s.,. -. ctc.>.cr -
urge - -m sasc surrender Of
the BrtIsh cffseers ana men whose
wives aai children must be anNi-
ously aU,.,A2 the return home o.
their husbands and fathers. there
by also saving the innocent and
the peace Loving citizens n Sing
spore from disaster.
I expect YOU men and officers
of the British forces to accept my
offeI for order and peace from the
alandpoin, OF the traditional honor
Of the British Empire
Upon surrender. YOU viii be
ueated as soldiers with honor.
otherwise We Will be compelled to
1aeet YOU with arms
All earlier dispatch from Sing
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-11
Willis ThorntOn's
Personal
Observations

This byproduct Has. perhaps, not
strictly part OF the Japanese
plan that lcd the raiders to Pearl
Harbor
WHAT'S GOING On HERE?
Somebody in the State Depart
mcnt ought tC give simple, clear,
public explanation of how these
two news items happened to be
capable of appearing almost at
the same time
/. A shipload OF American sup
plies left Vichy, France, during the
last week of January
. British broadcast reports that
Vice Premier" Darlan Of France
has agreed to send two ShiploadS
of supplies weekly to Nazi General
Rommels forces III North Africa
Unless a fairly clear definition
ie made as to just what is Ameri-
IAN policy toward France since We
entered the war tand bear in mind
that General Rommcl Is now fight
ing US and our policy can scarcely
oc what it was before Dec Y pcO-
pie are going to begin to wonder
what's going on here
Maybe it's all baby food that is
going to France; maybe it's some
thng that cannot even be used to
substitute for what is being sent
to Rommcl Maybe there is a good
answer Cughtn't the American
reople to know chat it is?