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Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-09

may be several severe jOltS to EN-
teItainment administration of OCD.
1t was a second hand jolt. deliver
ed in the form of l25 to 81 vote
confirming earlier house action in
denying funds to the treasury for
purchase Of an $4,000 Donald Duck
cartoon on the neW income tax
A rel call vote was ordered.
The controversy over Mrs. RooSe-
relts selections for OCD received
more fuel when it became known
that New Yorks Mayor F.. H. La
Guardia. co-administrator with Mrs
Roosevelt of the defense agency,
had refused last December to hire
Miss CLANCY, the night club per-
former at $12.77 a day as a dance
instructor. When the mayor failed
to approve her appointment she
was sent to Philadelphia instead of
New York, and placed on OCD
lists there
MIS-. Roosevelt defended Miss
ChaneYS selection 10 the S4,600-a-
scar post and called on critical
congressman to let her tell them
the truth about civilian defense"
wider CONTACTS"
Mrs. Roosevelt, associate director
Of the OCD, told a press conference
that she suggested Miss CLANCY to
head the children's division OF the
OCDs physical fitness division be-
cause the dancer had presented 4
childreIlS' fitness plan and because
Miss CLANCY had wider contacts
than any playground director or
teacher
Disclosure of Miss Chaney's ap-
pOintment, together with designa-
ton OF Screen Star Melvyn Douglas
as head of the arts section of the
OCD'S information division, precip-
itated a congressional battle and
tentative adoption by the house of
an amendment to the pending OCD
appropriation bill to prevent use
of the funds for public entertain
ment.
A showdown vote on the matter
was expected in the house later.
OF the congressman who have as
sailed the CLANCY and Douglas APP
pOlntmentS, Mrs. Roosevelt said:
They have their offices and I
Continued on Page 6, col g.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-09

German sympathizer" and said
that she constituted herself more
or less a missionary of the German
cause"
The prosecutor said that Miss In
gals worked particularly under the
direction of Baron Ulrich Won
Gienanth, second secretary OF the
German embassy, from whom she
alieged.y received numerous pay
mentS of money
Miss ingalls, also communicated.
the prosecutor added. with Or.
Hans Thomson. German Charge
DAffaires and Fritz Wicdemann,
German consul at San Francisco,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-09
Farmers Protest
0CD Entertainer

ing on few citil liberties and pfe-
pare for war aad defense the
sheriff concluded.
S. w. Stanley, state farm bureau
director from Orange county and
regional director from this district,
was master CT ceremonies.
Reports, including one from I'M
pcrial county by j. f. Harshman,
were heard.
O her resolutions included one
against administration of hog chol-
era vaccine by veterinarians, one
advocating production Of alcohol
from surplus grain and asking the
Amy and Navy purchasing DEPART
mentS to take larger cuts cf meat. a
final resolution designated River
side as the place and April II, the
date, OF the next regional meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-09

failing to register with state de-
oartment as an agent drawing pay
from the German government
The jury was selected from a
panel of 33 and included two wom-
FL, Mrs. Ethel H Burley, Wash
ington housewife, and Mrs Doro-
thy S. Valenta. second houSekeep-
er at the Mayflower hotel
Andrews told the jury that Miss
INGALLS, served as an agent of the
German Reich or its representa-
tivcs from March l94l. to last
Dee l8-ll days after the Japan
ese attack on Pearl Harbor. He
characterized her as an intense
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-09
Lauro Insa1Is Accused Of
Paving Way for Hitler

WASHINGTON, Feb. Q. CUPD-
Laura ingalls,. 38-year -old aviator
accused of being a paid Nazi agent.
was described before a district
court jury today as having at
tempted to prepare this country
20 receive Adolf Hitler"
Special Prosecutor M Neil And
rews addressing a jury selected to
ny Miss ingalls,, accused her of
spreading NaAi propaganda from
one end of this country to an
other "
Miss ingalls, erstwhilc isolation
isJ who once was arrested for
shuwering the White House with
antiwar pamphlets, is charged with
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-09

and a Stfetch IN thc San Diego
county Jail for the same offenSe,
was arrested at 7:3O p. m. Saturday
by Officers Lloyd Edwards and
William Schofield near the Car
son McNamee home, 228 South
Eighth, street.
McNamec had called police head
quarters to report Robinson entered
his home through an open rear
door. and when discovered said he
was looking for n man named Troy
Williams.
Earlier, police had been called
in quick succession to the homes
OF Dr.. Goble Hurst, 663 Holt, to
residences at $40 El Centro and l0l6
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-09

playing in dry wash. about one
half mile northwest of town. Two
other children who returned home
spread the alarm.
Fears for the safety of the child
were expressed because he already
has passed two nights in bitter cold
weather, clad only III a light play
suit
YaraEai county Sheriff Willis
Butler directed the search. He was
assisted by deputy wardens from
the state penitentiary with blood
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-09

hounds. Some tracks were found but
the hounds failed TO follow the
scent
The child's mother Mrs. Charles
MCGEE, vas frantic with grief The
father was in New Mexico on bust
ness.
Boy Scout troops from the Pres
colt area were mobllized to Join
the search. The state patrol sent
radio cars to the scene to assist
in directing the searchers.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-09

OF the Dutch Indies ISLANDS OF Java
and Sumatra and 1T was evident
that the war in the southwest Pacif-
ic had entered phase of deepening
gravity.
The British command at Singa-
pore, after II hours of fighting the
Japanese invasion force, said that
the situation lis in hand" but there
was no assurance it would STAY tha:
way long.
The enemy assault troops hal
swarmed on Singapore'S western
and northwestern shores under cov-
er of the greatest artillery barra2e
yet laid down in the Pacific war. Al
some points they were held but at
others they drove forward, aided
by the blasting big guns behind
them on the Johore shore and the
artillery-like assault of Japanese
dive bOmbers.
AIR FIELD TAKEN?
Tokyo radio reports. relayed
through Radio Rome, claimed that
the japanese had already captured
the British airdrome at Genga,
four miles from the central western
Singapore coast, the army wireless
station three miles northeast of
Tenga and Oil dumps at kranji just
west of the destroyed Johore- -Singa-
pore cauSeWay.
There was no confirmation of
that report from Singapore but it
was admitted ImperialS have fallen
back to a snorter more defensible
line, along two creeks, presumably
the Tenga and the Jurong.
The japanese estimated the Brit
iSh defense garrison at Singapore
at 10000 men. Since the Japanese
drive on the island is backed by
10000 to 100000 men, the odds on
a long continued defense of SinGa-
pore seemed slim.
II the japanese win Singapore
there will fall into their possession
one Of the worlds finest naval
baSes-the only one OF its kind be-
tween Yokondma and the British
Isles
EQUIPMENT REMOVED
The British have removed much
equipment from the base and pre-
sumably will destroy what facilities
they can before allowing them to
fall into Japan's hands.
Whatever the destruction the
japanese with Singapore will be in
a powerful position to smash with
full force at the main Dutch islands
OF Sumatra and Java. For a week
the Japanese have been intensity
ing their softening- up air attacks
Continued on Page 6, Col. s.
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FL Centro. to investigate burglarit5.
At the latter Mrs. Cook told pO-
lice a man answering the descrip-
ton of Robinson walked in unan-
nounced and. finding Mrs. Cook at
home, asked if Troy Williams lived
there,
A few hours prior to receiving
these reports, police investigated
burglaries at the homes of George
Bucklin. former FL Centre police
man: Bill Pelletier 1893 Olive AMI
Lynwood Qualls, 720 State street.
The prowler cot 81 from tive p""k~
lin residence, $ll from the Pellr ,
tier n,:ne anu $l3 at the QuallS
home.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-09
intent MISSING
Or Ariz. Desert

CONGRESS-, Arz. Feb 9. JP)-Two-year-od Larry
cGee has been missing for than AZ hours from his
nome near Congress Junction and arpanes today oineC
more than 200 ground earchers in effort locate him
The boy, son of Charles f. McCite of Congress- disap
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-09
Congress Rebuffs
Presidents Wife

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. UP)-Only few hours after
Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt defended her selection of Mayrs
CLANCY rhythmic dancer who is her protege for leading
Job in Office Of Civilian Defense the House Of Repre-
,natves by standing vote delivered the first of what
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-09

hour aJ ALL.
The transition was painless eX-
cept in few cases. The A. j. Schal-
ler family of e. Centro really hab
a bad time of it Sunday night Mri.
Shaller turned the alarm ahead al
nour. Later Charles Smaller, her
son. also turned the same clock
ahead an hour. As a result tn
Shaller family rolled out two hours
early.
Jurors in judge r. D. McPhcrrin s
.ourL in FL Centre were on time
FOR court which was to convene on
war time. That is, all but Archie
spear of Imperial. He forgot about
th~ time chan'e and had to be sent
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-09
ProwIer Susp pect
Nobbed by Police

An eX-convct, Aubrey Roy Robinson 28 was in county
Jail Monday pending investigation of series Of petty
residence burglarieS in Ell Centre last weekend.
ROBINSON who according to police admitted he had
served term in the Oklahoma state prison for burglary
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-09
Enemy Launches
Final Onslaught
Against Big Base
Npponese Blast Allied Defenders in
Far East Press Mac cArthur's Troops
On Bataan, Drive Forward in Burma
BY UNITED PRESS

apas assault troops surged ashore at Singapore Mon
day and battered at the United Nations ramparS from
Bataan in the Philippines to unged banks Of the Sawcen
river in Burma japanese planes blasted the key points
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-09
EorIy Welcome
Given War Time
New Clock Schedule Makes Few
Changes in Valleys Routine; Too Many
Hands Get One Family Up Early
,Nar SINE for the duration

War time for the duration.
Sleepy eyed and with feeling that all was not a.
sua inDaria Valley residents and all the rest Of the Am
ricans crawed out of bed hour early Monday or the
first taste of war time schedules. Clocks went ahead an
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-09
q AMBLINe
X EPORTER
Whoa, Dobbin-

Whoa, Dobbin-
All was peaceful and very chum-
nv as Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth
Thornton rode their bicycles along
the highway. Birds sang, weeds
grew.
Then along came a Cavalfyman
on big Army horse. The birds
still sane and the weeds still grew
until the horse began to speed up
Mr.. and Mrs. Thornton began to
peddle their bicycles at slightly
higher speed. The spirit Of COM
petition spoiled the peaceful idyll.
Then alGng came Carson Nc
Nance in an automobile. He passed
the fast stepping and the fast ped
ding ThorntonS. He saw they were
lined up in race formation. Nc
Nance dropped back in line. The
ThorntonS leaned over their handle
bars and began to peddle for all
they were worth. The Army horse
began to run. The horse and the
ocar soon pulled away, leaving the
'prespiring ThorntonS in the rear.
That Army horse ran like a
ollSdh, hCNPl'Ab iA''fN N'iiN' AiNo1N 'AS--
the car for a while.
n And do YOU know" McNamee
Dsaid later. The ho1oc was running
better th@a 80 miles an hour for
a time"
A sort OF pageant of tranSporta-
ton, or something.
Thanks. Holtyiile-
Someone in Holtyille sent RR an
air raid for-heavenS-Sak don t-dC
it direction left out of the list which
appeared last week. Here it is
Knock the air raid warden down
if he starts to tell you what to do.
He always saves the best seats for
himself and his friends anyway.
RR's advice is to select a teenSy
weenSy warden if you're going 10
get tough.
HO Hum
How do ycu like war time any
way?
1t was almost mind you we saiG
almOSt worth the early rising. Sun
rise. Early morning birds. Or have
you been seeing them every day.
! Reward Refused
Fer the first time in his life Po-
lice Patrolman Jack Tackett re
fused a reward.
Donny Haun. 8. lost his bicycle
} and Jack found it. When he gave
the wheel to the delighted youn"-
Ster at police headquarters. Jack
said it would be worth a nickel to
get the wheel back.
Il haven't got a nickel" DOnny
slid Scbcrly, but I'll get one" Ten
minutes later he brought Jack a
nickel. When Jack wouldn't accept
it, Donny cried, thinking he had
been prevented from doing his duty
Don't Peek Now
The Presbyterian Guild will have
q birthday luncheon Tuesday Each
woman is supposed to pay as many
pennies as she is years old. That's
q delicate subject.
OF course the usual luncheon fee
is 35 cents. That might be one cut. /
One could put in 81 and let the
guild keep the change Or one
could put in change that would be
impossible to add up and deduct
ones correct age.
Anyway, don't peek.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-09
TRAINS DELAYED

Trains and buses from the weSt
reached Imperial Valley on time
except in a few cases where con-
eesied traffic caused delay not
ere dited to the change in sched-
ules. Trains and buses from the
east. however were in most cas-
about an hour late. They had to
Continued on Page 6, col 4
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-09
kazi Spy's Letter
Describes Pearl
Harbor's S Defenses
German Secret Agent
Sent Information to
Our Yellow Allies

NEW YORK, Feb. Q. tUP)
A letter describing the de-
fenseS Of Oahu and Pearl
Harbor with the notation
that this will be of interest
mostly to cur yellow allies" was in
troduced in evidence today at the
espionage trial of seven persons
The letter was written by Ulrich
Won der Osten, German army officer
who was killed shortly after he ar
rived in the United States from
China and Japan via Hawaii 1t was
submitted as evidence by Charles
Appel, handwriting expert for the
Federal Bureau OF Investigation
The letter, written on an Ameri-
can President lines letterhead while
OSten was on his way to San Fran
cisco, was found in his belongings
after he was killed by a taxi in
New York City.
SHIPS IN HARBOR
AS to Pearl Harh0r. the letter
Sdlu, IOU IldVdl uIlIlS JdllOneC tlere
saw at least so ships in harbor.
Two big aircraft carriers and other
smaller ones" OSten listed the
numbers on the destroyers and
noted there was a "1,000-foot dry
dock and swimming dock ar
rived recently"
This will be of interest mostly to
our yeltloW allies" he wrote. Osten
arrived in San Francisco early in
l94l.
Oaten wrote that there was a
strong concentration of troops at
Oahu and these concentrations said
20 be 10000 air and as many navy"
There are Il 500 technicians newly
arrived and as many more expected"
the letter said.
New barracks at Wheeler Field.
Extensive and well built military
roads very WelD in islands. bitches
dug beside roads for communication
continued on Page 6: Column -
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-09

LOS ANGELES HAY
2 Leafy l. V. S22 U. S. No. 2 10
$3.50; Mpl. Sept. flax S2.32.
2 1O-S195O; Mpi. Sept. flax S2.32.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-09
TEMPERATURE

Maximum Sunday 72, minimum
Monday 80: 5 p. IN. Sunday So,
humidity 18; a. IN. Monday As,
humidity 81; noon Monday 81,
humidity 81.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-09

HO Hum
How do ycu like war time any
way?
1t was almost mind you, we saiG
almost worth the early rising. Sun
rise Early morning birds. Or have
you been seeing them every day.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-31
HerOF. 7. Smith
BaCk in the Army

FLOYD r. Smith. senior investi-
gator for the Wayne County
Bureau of Investigation, and q
hero OF the first world war, is
back in the army again today
with his former rank Of first
lieutenant.
Smith was awarded the distin-
guiShed service cross for
extraordinary heroiSn at Villers-
de-Mouson, France. Nov. u. 1913.
He single-handed crossed the
Meuse River under a hail OF fire
and silenced a German machine
gun nest that was preventing the
American engineers from laying a
bridge. He also holds the Purple
Heart and has two citations for
bravery in action.
Although he was recommended
for the service award after ms
bravery in 1917, il was not until
Sept. II. 1884 that the award was
made. He is a past commander OF
the Wayne County council. Vet
Grams Of Foreign Wars. and is a
member Of Selective Service Board
No. %.
Notification of his appointment
came from Washington today with
orders to report at Fort Ogle-
thorpe, Ga. on August IA. Smith
lives at 21556 Orchard avenue
with his wife and two daughters.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-31
Giant Air
Transport
Produced

NEW YORK, July 81 (INS).-
The worlds largest twin-engjned
siriiner, the huge new Cvrtiss
Commando (C-46), is now in mass
production after passing exhaus-
tive tests IN transporting para
chute and ground troops with
heavy equipment, il was an
Dounced today
The new planes are being pro-
duced for the United States Army
air forces III the Buffalo, ~ u
plants of the Curtiss-Wright Cor
poration, according 10 the corpor-
atoms announcement, which was
approved by the war department.
This is how the tests were con-
Quoted:
Soldiers carrying fun equipment
went up specially designed ramps
II double-quick time and passed
through a large door in the side
al the plane 10 find places on
folding seats in the cabin. Dis
embsrl1ation was equally rapid.
Jeeps also were loaded, the driv-
ers taking them up the ramp one
after another under thcsr own
power with troops following to
complete the load.
The Commando is described as
being more than twice the size OF
any domestic airliner type now In
operation. Powered with two 1000
horsepower engines, il has a wing
spread of 10S feet and weighs So
900 pounds fully loaded.
The plane is designed 10 with
stand the strain of carrying ar
tilIery, tractors and trucks.
Its speed is said 10 approach
that OF combat aircraft, and il can
land on and take of from reia-
lively small fields.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-31

lads recently have been trans
ferred 10 the End army flying
school, Okla. They are Pvts. Earl
r. Smith. 1000 ElInhurst avenue,
a commercial college graduate,
and Arthur II. Fink. 81 Winona
avenue, Highland Park, both from
Aberdeen Field. s. D.. where they
have had glider training.
Sgt. Harold Golden. 2011 Virginia
Park avenue. has returned 10 his
duties at Shaw Field. s. c, after
spending a fArlough with his
parents here.
Pvt. Frederick A. FinSterwald.
235 Monroe avenue, has been sent
from Fort Bragg. n. C.. 10 attend
officer training school at Fort Sill,
okla.
Pvt. Frank Mozeh. 1888 Gable
street. now is enrolled in the
quarterTnsSter motor transport
school at the Holsbird base, Nd.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-31

by William Crowder. the famous
marine artist and naturalist.
It's a colorana of the Carib-
bean, showing in full color the
gorgeous-hued animal life in the
Southern Sea.
It's in The American Weekly
Sunday
Every housewife would like to
know how TO cut her food bill
without cutting health and susie
nance values.
Mrs. Christine Frederick. author
ity on the subject, tells you how in
a special article she has prepared
for Sundays American Weekly
Magazine.
At the same time Philadel-
phia reader suggests new ways
to use the products of your Vic
tory Garden.
These are only a few of the
feature which await you eKclu-
S1veiy in The American Weekly.
with this coming Sundays issue
of The Detroit Sunday Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-31

iUOl lWtI1lN- wi Athh~n@Es
fourth avenue. has been attached
10 the thirfy-first srTnored regl-
ment, according 10 announcement
from Camp Polk, La. He IS a
graduate of Michigan State Col
lege and was promoted TO be a
captain in June.
Howard 8. Williamson. l5Se0
Forrer avenue. an old army man,
who re-entered the service al
Camp Pickett. Va. was promoted
TO be a technicisn. fifth grade.
after only two days in camp and
was made first cook
Corp. c. Waiter Ford. 1916
Mansfield avenue, has arrived
safely at his Alaska destination for
duty with . cornmunica tons divi-
sion according 20 word received
by relatives here.
Pvt. Bernard J Brett, 3849
Bewlck avenue. has been grad
uated with bonors" from the
Academy OF Aeronautics az La
Guardia Field, ~. u. and received
a wrist watch for having the high
est average in his class. He Is a
ST. Bernard High School graduate.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-31
Daily Quiz

Machine age or no machine age
cowboys will never become
carboys. Why not
Its easy TO see why we speak
of pocketknives. but how did
we come to call them pen
knives?
Massachusetts state flower
brings te mind its earliest
settlers. How so?
it's known as Lake
Of Tiberias and then again as
Lake Gennesarat. We know
il best as what Biblical sea?
sunk in the sea with a
buoy attached so they may be
found are known by what
name?
a Canadian Eskimo
hunting caribou run across a
carabao could he easily tell the
difference
You might be in any OF three
countries and he IN Scandi-
naVia Can you name them /.
ANSWERS on Page ~
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-31
Life ON Other Planets
Other Fascinating Features Await Readers Of
The American Weekly With Sundays Times
T u F F Y
H EN- r Y
D r AT 7 / E

Does hfe-life as we know it.
exist on other planets?
Doesn't il seem rather odd that
of all the millions Of stars in the
sky, destiny should choose to peo-
pie only the planet earth?
And if such life does exist, what
form does il take?
The American Weekly, unique
family magazine with this coming
Sundays Detroit Sunday Times,
has a fascinating article by Robert
ID. Potter, science editor, discuss
ing questions of this nature.
That V for Victory motif is "a
be found everywhere
Now you'll find it even in mi
lady's hair-do.
Read about it-See tin The
American Weekly SUNDAY.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-31

Sheppard Field, TEX. lis wife,
Jessie. is a graduate Of the Grace
Hospital school Of nursing.
From a lieutenant IN the cars
army 10 a plain private in the
United States Army is the lot OF
Boris V. Wording OF this city who
saw action during World War No.
in the Carpathian mountains,
Koningsberg. Krakow and Lwow.
He is rarin' ia 60 after the Nazis
and is stationed at Camp Rucker,
Ala.
Eugene CouSineau. 1891 Rob-
son, a former Detroit Times car
I1er. now is a second lieutenant
IN the army after graduation from
officers training school at Fort
Belvoir. Va, as an engineer. He
has been assigned TO an amphibian
command al Camp Edwards. Mass
Promotions be master
sergeant: SGT. Nicholas Il. koUa-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-31

Is Broadway the most heartlesS
street in the world?
Dan Parker, the noted sports
writer, tells this Sunday in The
American Weekly, of a fabulous
manager of fabulous prize ring
champions who recently died broke
trying TO demonstrate that New
York's Main street wasn't the most
heartless street in the world
Do hungry people live longer 4?
Who passed up a harem of 400
beauties d?
And where is shot harvested
like wheat?
See The American Weekly Sun
day.
Out ~ the Caribbean comes this
interesting and Informative feature
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-31
Service Notes:
Service Notes:
Parents Trapped
In Poland, Son
Trains toFnht

Among the thousands OF soldiers
now training at the army air force
replacement training center at his
toric jefferson Barracks, Mo-, none
is more anxious TO get crack at
the Nazis than Pvt Stanley c..
Tolosz, 8414 Smart street. a for
mer detective on Ex-Sheriff Tom
Wilcox vice and homicide squad.
The reason is that his parents were
trapped in Poland az the outbreak
Of the war and, although both are
citizens of the United States.
Stanley has not heard from them
since last December.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-31

clch, 1897 Fred
erick street, at
Fort Knox. KY.
To serge a n {:
Tech Harold
T. Hof FIN a n,
1902 Camden
avenue, at Fort
Knox, Ky. To
be corporals;
Pfc. Lyman r.
Pa ker. 2295
West Gran d
boulevard. and