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Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-15
WE'RE STRONG ENOUGH TO
KNOW OUR WEAKNESSES

If we're virtually ready for an Of
fensive in the Pacific, as our own prop
aganda seems to indicate, then certainly
we are strong enough to sustain the
knowledge Of our losses, and to know
the facts without rose-colored interpre
tations which might steer very wide of
the mark.
The American people are strong, de-
termined, steadfast They do not need
hypodermic shot in the arm every so often
to bolster their will to victory. They're
going to win this war, one way or an
other. But they are entitled to facts,
where those facts will not definitely give
the enemy an advantage And sometimes
it is possible that the morale of the peo-
pie at home is just as important a con-
sderation as comfort" to the enemy.
That morale, the strongest kind, is built
on truth.
The American people, however, censors
or no censors, can do their own job Of
morale building-and the first step is to
throw away the rose-colored glasses.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-15
japs Admit Losses
Greatest in War

LONDON, June IS CUP) - ia
pans losses in the Midway Island
battle and the Aleutian Islands
operations were the greatest suf-
fered by the Japanese Navy since
the start of the war, the Tokyo
radio admitted today
1.-The losses suffered by the jap
anese Navy were not inconsider-
able" the Tokyo radio said.
The admission was made in q
special Japanese broadcast to Ger
many, recorded here by the United
Press listening post.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-15

turned to a general offensive along
the entire semi circular front.
The Germans had lost approx
mately 10000 killed, dispatches said,
and more than 100 planes, and doz-
ems of tanks had been destroyed.
But the severity of the attack was
unrelaXed.
TANKS WIPED OUT
Soviet troops were stubbornly de-
Tending their positions and starting
heavy counter-attacks on the Khar-
kov front, the midnight communique
said. Thousands of German soldiers
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-15
New Food Riotinq
Reported in Major
German Seaport

LONDON, June 15-CUP)-Ham-
burg, Germany's greatest port,
where the disintegration of the Ger
man home front began in the last
year of the world war, has been
the scene of bloody food rioting,
apparently authentic reports reach
ing Stockholm and other neutral
cities said today.
The reports said that 25 Ger
mans had been executed and hun
dreds had been arrested as the Ges-
tapo moved in to stamp out unrest
at any COST Seven policemen were
killed and several were wounded by
rioting civilians armed with re-
volvers, the report said.
Hamburg has been long known as
the major German city with little
sympathy for the Nazi cause. In
Hamburg, the sailors of the Kaiser'S
fleet mutinied against their officers
in 1918, which started the events
that led to the collapse of the Ger
man home FROM.
SEVERELY BOMBED
1t is the chief German port, the
city which has suffered most from
the cessation of world trade that
came with the war, and which has
been pounded most severely by the
Royal Air Force.
Just before and after the 1918
armistice, Communists engaged in
bloody street fighting there and
made an attempt to set up a revo-
lutionary government. In the years
Immediately following the world
war, it was a center for world
wide Communist activity.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-15


We're still on the little end of the
score.
We'd better not forget those two things,
for some time to come. Nor had the
army and navy censors better forget
them, if they want the people of this
country to continue having faith in the
reports of officialdom.
News dispatches dealing with army
and navy actions-news dispatches which
are rigidly censored at the source-have
shown discouraging tendency lately to
dwell upon successes and minimize losses.
That is not healthy condition.
Tokyo announced that the japanese
had landed in the Aleutian islands. A
high official at Washington passed off
the Tokyo claims with sarcastic remark
that mo unwelcome visitors" were on
any American islands off the Alaskan
coast, as far as the government knew.
Now it develops that the japanese did
land on an island in the Aleutian group.
SO what?
So officialdom comes out with "unof-
ficial comment pointing out how useless
most islands in the Aleutians would be
to the japanese, how the islands are sim
ply rocks, and not capable of being used
as bases against the North American con-
tinent. No mention is made of the Japa-
nese ability to make the most out of the
least. The japanese are given no credit
for ingenuity. We are lead to believe,
through adroit propaganda, that the Japs
are just plain military and naval fools
for landing in the Aleutians.
We hope so-but somehow we cannot
get away from the memory that we under
rated the Japs vastly before the war, and
have paid for our indiscretion with loss
of great deal of United Nations terri
tory.
Certainly it appears that we have won
considerable victories in the Coral Sea
and Midway battles. Those are things to
rejoice about. But there, again, our CEN
sors tell US how many planes the Japs
lost, and make no mention of how many
planes we lost. They encourage specula-
tion that our losses in planes We're con-
siderably less than those of the Japs, yet
flatly refuse to divulge the figure.
Then there's the loss of the U. S. S.
Lexington. We're told about it more than
a month after it was lost Remember
when the British lost the Prince of Wales?
They announced it in less than two days.
They have followed that policy in all
capital ship losses. Are the British any
more anxious than we to help the enemy?
Or are their censors bit wiser in evaluat-
ing morale at home?
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-15
Women SniPers Aid Red
Army Before SevostopoI

MOSCOW, June 15. [UP)-The
gallant defenders Of Sevastopol, aid
ed by a citizens army including wom-
en- snipers, beat back German on
slaughts for the 18th day today while
Russian troops at Kharkov hurled
counterattacks against enemy posi-
tions, dispatches from the front
said.
Civilian morale in the Crimean
fortress remained high, the news
paper Pravda said, and housewives
manned snipers' posts to help re-
pulse strong German attacks. Civil
ians fought and worked alternately,
grenades in one hand, tool kits in
the other.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-15
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The foIIoIring edit
orials are presented as interesting Opin-
ions uoiced by editors eiseIchere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion OF
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-15
III bird
Battle
BreWS
BY FRANK TREMAINE

PEARL HARBOR, June 10. tUP)
The third great naval-aerial bat
tie of the Pacific war is brewing
in the foggy reaches of the north
Pacific where United States forces
are striking at Japanese who have
toeholds on the remote Attu and
Kiska islands, well informed quar-
ters understood today.
There was no indication yet whe-
ther. the japanese had attempted to
press farther eastward but it was
believed certain that United States
planes were striking at them.
Informants here believed the Jap
anese had sent naval force and
a transport t-borne troop force to the
Aleutian zone, and that at least
one aircraft carrier was included,
with a cruiser destroyer escort and
several transpots.
1t was known publicly here that
the United States has considerable
air strength based on the. Alaskan
area.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-15
CONTINUOUS BATTLE

The din of the German lombard
ment and air attacks continued from
dawn to dusk with hardly a mo-
ment's respite since the siege started
nearly two weeks ago, dispatches
said.
A breach forced by the Germans
at one point in the Sevastopol de-
fenses had been closed and the
enemy, failing to drive through a
main thrust from the north, re-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-15
ANOTHER THRUST

It was believed that if the Japa-
nese provoked new engagement
in the northern Pacific, they would
be likely to make a simultaneous
thrust in the central or southern
Pacific, from bases in the Caroline,
Mariana and Marshall islands, in
an attempt to split the United States
forces.
The japanese are thoroughly fam
iliar with the area, due to their
years long fishing" operations in
which naval officers in disguise took
part in order to obtain information.
1t was agreed here that japanese
possession of Attu and Kiska would
present little threat to the Ameri-
can bases to the east.
But If the United States launched
an offensive, Japanese naval forces
would be supported by airplanes
based on the Kuriles islands which
stretch down toward Japan
Well informed quarters believed
it unlikely that the situation would
remain static and that if the Japa-
nese did not press eastward, the
United States would push westward
in an attack that might involve an
attempt to smash the Kuriles bases
in preparation for the first real blow
against Japan itself.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-15
TAKE OFF THOSE
ROSE-TINTED GLASSES

We haven't got the war won.
We're still on the little end of the
score.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-11-27
PATTERN MAKERS
Continued from Page 1.)

Continued from Page 1.)
cations should render service to their
members that will keep them loyal.
Wages at Record Peak
Lynch said that the Pattern Max
ers' League has strictly union shop
agreements, but pointed out that
these "were obtained through our eco
nomic strength"
I'VE will have no free enter
prise and no free trade union
movement unless agreements are
reached on voluntary basis" he
declared
In Chicago, pattern makers in all
Of the jobbing shops and in all but
few of the manufacturing plants are
organized and are working under
union agreements.
Hourly rates of pay of $1.70 in the
jobbing shops and $3.50 in the manu-
featuring plants are the highest in
the history of the organization.
Double Time Pay Waived
The wages of nearly all of the
members were increased several
months before the economic stabiliza
tion order went into effect, Gunnar
Hallstrom, business manager of the
Pattern Makers Association of Chi
cago and Vicinity, told International
Labor News Service.
"This will simplify matters for the
union considerably" he said. "Only
a few wage agreements are pending
and will have to be presented to the
National War Labor Board for APP
prevail"
The organization, Hallstrom added.
has waived double time pay for the
duration of the war. This was done
several months before such payments
were eliminated by executive order.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-11-27

demanding these things he yaps
about
Sure! He has made a deep study
all about Unity of Command
He has been demanding more and
better planes for Army and Navy
0 yeah! o, Yeah?
Was it, maybe, his lone vote that
saved Army and Navy personnel
For overseas service, just before he
knew Pearl Harbor was coming?
Flaxen heads are mostly cheerful
and charming
But these here Cotton Eds from the
Ca1inas-
Seem to be mostly ignorantly sell
fish, plus stupid
Intelligent selfshness doubtle
helps civilization along
But these Cotton 'Edded Smiths
from South Calina-
Don't seem to be able to understand
their own best interests
These are the kind of folks that sold
Abe Lincoln's armies
Rusty muskets, rotten feed, shoddy
clothing
Just to sell little more cotton, this
cotton 'Edded Smith
Would send his splendid South
Carolina fighting boys overseas
With something less than the best
there is in rubber tires.
Good thing we had an ex-brakeman,
named Jeffers-
Who bounced that program off the
head of the Cotton Ed
Showing the country just how far
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-11-27
Truths P0ndered While
Riding at
Anchor
"Then gently scan
your brother man
BY Mr.. MOdestus-

Elections over
Congress now knows the worst
Can sit back and catch its breath
Begins to pay real attention to con-
duct of a war
Instead of worrying about "what
the folks back home would think"-
If Congress went ahead with the
war just like the boys did in Bataan--
Why do you suppose that Mime
sofa Congressman
Let off his yap first in the news
paper headlines
Instead of quietly, before his Com
mittee on Military Affairs?
Elections over: being Republican,
why didn't he holler-
When there was some excuse for
yapping?
Being a Marine; also far sighted
statesman, you know
OF course, he has been for years
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-11-27
UNIONS URGED TO AID
LABOR'S WAR RELIEF

Washington, d. C.-All Central
Labor Unions and Labor Chest Com
mittees throughout the country who
are cooperating with their Commun
ity War Chests were urged by Mat
thew Woll, president of the Labor
League for Human Rights, to mobilize
organized workers behind labor's spe-
cial war relief budget of S2.25O 600
I'm all likelihood" said Mr.. Woll
IN his message to the labor bodies.
your Chest has a favorable attitude
towards Labor's War Relief Budget.
You can assure favorable action bv
informing the Chest of labor's interest
IN seeing that the Chest allocates the
amount requested by your regional of
nee. This is the way that labor's war
relief budget is to be raised, since. in
accordance with the agreement be-
tween the Chest and United Nations
Relief, union members are making all
their contributions to war relief
causes through your local Community
War Chest"
This budget of $2,250,OOO, the mes
sage continued, "has the approval of
the Presidents War Relief Control
Board, and of the Executive Commit
tee of the National Budget Committee
for War Appeals. 1t provides for spe-
cial labor aid to Britain, Russia and
China"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-11-27
FEW OIL FURNACES
HAVE BEEN CONVERTED

Washington, D. C. (ILNS) Only
about six percent of East Coast users
Of fuel oil have so far converted to
coal furnaces. That figure was re-
ported by Petroleum Coordinator
Ickes who called it "disappointingly
iow."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-11-27

Than any Congressional Committee
has ever showed.
Now that we are beginning to win,
just little
But not enough by forty jugfuls to
make up for the losses
To say nothing of finishing the dirty
job
Of cleaning out worlds house of
all these rats
About now we will begin to hear
the purring of the cats
Who are watching the holes where
they have been getting their loot
Can't we understand, that the hab-
IT'S of the Business Mind
Don't change when they put up at
the Willard Hotel
With their feet planted on little
desk in some department?
These guys probably know all
about aluminium, steel, rubber, and
cotton
But they don't know the first damn
thing
About what Americas people have
at stake in this war.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-11-27

1t was bad enough in peace time,
when it provoked unemployment
But to have these birds plant their
nests right in our Congress
Working their cream separators at
high speed
When our boys and girls in Bataan
and Guadalcanal are taking it
Proving to Huns and Japs that
they've got what it takes
To defend the real American ways
of life and customs of living
That begins to call for something
with more teeth in it,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-11-27

Some of these by-products of
democracy would go.
+
1t looks as though everything we
have
Which we thought was blessing
and help to civilization
Has a bunch Of unnecessary para
sites clamped onto it's roots
Yelling about "The A eric n
Way" until we're sick of hearing it,
Just to cover up the jingle of the
billions they are extracting
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-11-27
$414,C26 UNPAID WAGES
COLLECTED IN CALIFORNIA

San Francisco, Cal. Collection Of
$47,568 in unpaid wages during Sep
teniber for California workers was
announced by State Labor Commits
sioner Carrasco. For the first nine
months of 1912 wages recoveries
amounted to $414,026.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-11-27

The union label formula results in
more money for your pay envelope.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-11-27
Rooster Of OrQani3ations

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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-11-27
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WAR BINDS
TX r

The mess kit is one of the most
important items in the Soldiers
equipment 1t consists generally of
pan. a plastic canteen and cup, a
fork, knife and spoon, all in a can
vas pack cover. The total cost runs
up to about $500.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-11-27

Canteens and other items such as
handles on knives and forks. former
ly made OF aluminium, are now plas-
tic. Alloy has replaced stainless
steel You can buy many of these
mess KITS for our boys with your
purchases of War Bonds and Stamps
invest at least 10 percent of your
income in War Bonds or Stamps ey-
cry pay day and top the quota in
your county. q. s T,so,.,, Ds.o,,.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-27
Transporting
World
ALittle Of This And That
By
JOHN A. CLUNEY

will be visiting the New City OF Tor
Windhan
both Of which figured the
state at New Haven Wndham
Central which also
points large Payne Whitney
floor Wildly to wnsed for Its final game OF bad sea
Wildcats the occasion twice notably
against Harding the Naugauck Valley champs
with Hartford and New Haven both bidding Pep
battle New Haven when the Hartford promoter
70 1t the
wilmington Delaware within the month, Pep
figures win though Compo got
a Pep
Roach Hartford though was tough going After Pep wins In New
Jffra tonight which he should at the Garden
grab yourself
that Dempsey apo quiz can't Sat
WordT Adams the Tribune and Ned Brown Dempsey pub
ci chief will tackle the queries East Ends Young Razor Doran
basketball the Anderson tonight the Ends
yet
F!ana Bobby
Lou Constantine tonight at MISC which tough task for meeting
who has 50 straight but he wiz be in line for some real money
win Consy should be to avorie in that
Allie Bobby and a puncher
TO boot idea Of good short win tonight though
the bout should be hummer all the the boys having met twice
to Harry cath
champ
motif Of New Haven in skier before the Ruffn Georgia
Bell City kids tonight NJ
the msn scnoo gym where .n Teams PLAYED 70 one point dle
play.
emergency
was summed up about well as anyone know OF by the Very Rev
dent body:
preserving
taking added obligation which arises the
tiona emergency.
require sacrifices
that fit himself physically whatever
cooperation
the request sports
which will afford opportunities
by make PARTICIPATION in of these
every conegian.'
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-27

DISTRICT PIN
MEET SATURDAY
Barber to Defend I94l
Crown at 10th Century
Alleys

Jimmy Barber, one OF Waterbury's
most CONSTANT duckpin bowlers
who averages about 1875 season in
and season out, will be the man to
beat tomorrow when the tenth an
nual Waterbury District tournament
gets under way at the goth Cen
fury alleys. BARRIERS 856 for six
games, an average OF Close TO 143
was the winning pinfall last year.
and as Barber is third high man in
the Mercantile league this season
and led the league for a while
earlier in the season, he is figured
TO make another outstanding effort
Saturday afternoon.
Manager Joe Solury of the alleys
asks that as many entries as pos
sible start bowling early as conven-
lent, for entries cannot be accepted
often 1890 p. III. due to the mid
night closing law on SATURDAYS
Mike Sharon, a high-scorer almost
every week in the Industrial League
where he bowls with the American
Brass combine, is also entered and
among the pre-tourney favorites to
take away some prize money. With
an entry fe of $3.50 a first prize of
$40 is guaranteed, with entries re-
ceived at the Goth Century of Sena
Recreation alleys on North Main
street.
Watertown, Waterville, Nauga-
tuck Thomas,on, Cheshire and
Union City Primers are eligable for
action in the district meet while
Freddie Cone, Eddie Kokk, Harry
Mara, Joe Mango, Pat Scale, Bill
Egan, Fred Zipoli, Bebe Messina,
Gordon DANES, Larry Brooks, Gene
Beadle and Tommy Carroll, Chef
Dusack, Nick Ferduci, John d.
Agostino, and Frank Villano are
among those entered up to press
hour today.
Rocky Mast, 1910 winner, would
like very much oswing into action,
but he must pass up the tourna-
ment this season, having recently
discharged from the hospital. How
ever, he will probably be on hand to
watch the boys try for the big prize.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-27
HERSHEY BEARS AT
ARENA SUNDAY

New Haven, Feb. 27-The western
division leading Hershey Bears move
into the Arena Sunday night to face
the New Haven Eagles in an Amer
lean League hockey game. The
Eagles, still battling to overtake the
Springfield Indians, but with not
much chance, face the Bears al
Hershey on Saturday night.
The Eagles face the Buffalo b.
sons at the Arena on Thursday
night of next week in game which
was postponed from last November
Hershey has been a headache to
the Eagles for the past two years
knocking the Battle Birds off in
two play-offs. The Bears manage to
keep the same club throughout the
entire season and have now forged
into first place in the west, through
some great team play.
The Bears are one Of the fastest
seating outfits in the league and
always display the best in offensive
and defensive hockey when they
come here.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-27
Y ACES OPPOSE
CENTRALS TONIGHT
Hop Brook Meets Indians
in Semi=Finals OF Maui
gatuck Tourney

Naugatuck. Feb. 81 - Basketball
galore, was the word at the Naug-
atuck YMCA last night when eight
teams played in the Junior Turna-
ment. Again the Y Aces and the Y
Hawks were tops. The Aces won to
10.
The second games saw the Y In
dams play stellar game at the eX-
penSe of St. Francis, winning 20 to
8. The Heal twins worked like twin
motors, VIII. Johnny Montanari
played about the hardest game of
any.
Central was a little too strong for
Prospect winning Is to 10. Ralph
Dominano topped the evening scor-
ing IA points.
Salem threw a scare into Hop
Brook in teh night-cap game when
they took an early lead, but the
pressure was too great for Salem
and they Withered down TO lose %
to IL.
A good crowd witnessed the games
and are set TO see the semi finals to-
night with the Y Aces and Centrals
mixing it up at Tbs and Hop Brook
and Y Indians at 800 o'clock.