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Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-03
THE ARMYS
BUSINESS

If congress paid more attention to the
things which are its business, and less
to those which are not, congressman
would spend more time blasting politics
out of committees and less time trying
to tell the army how to run an army,
as Rep. Charles l. Faddis, Pennsylvania
Democrat, tries to do in pending pro-
posal to outlaw the granting OF army
commissions to civilians.
Fadds, by an amendment to the army
pay bill. proposes that no army commls-
sion shall be granted anyone except a.
man trained at West Point or Annapolis,
or with comparable other military tram
ing. 1t is our view that the army itself,
and not congress, should know what KIND
of men the army needs, and in what fields
thew must have been trained.
The army needs lot of officers who
have nothing to do with actual military
tactics. 1t needs construction officers,
and supply officers, and Investigators,
and horde of others In all those fields,
some civilians are better trained by their
own experience than they could possibly
have been in military college.
We believe the army can be depended
lIpon to choose its men for their useful
ness, and we believe it should be the
army's right to commission civilians
where the civilians can release mllltarlly
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-03
AN ABUSE OF HOUSE
COMMITTEE PRIVILEGES

The democratic processes of govern
ment were defeated in the house naval
affairs committee one day this week. A
tiny percentage of the whole member
ship OF the house of representatives de
MED the whole membership the right to
vote on an issue which is certainly one
of the five outstanding problems in the.
country today.
By laying aside all pending proposed
legislation for labor-profit control, Is
men on the committee used political
trick to keep the issue of labor legisla
ton out of the hands of the house mem
bership.
Whether labor control legislation
should be enacted-whether the 40-hour
week should be extended to AZ hours
is another matter. We do not intend to
discuss that matter here today. We
want only to point out that an issue Of
such vital Importance should not be de-
cided by 13 to II vote in a committee
dominated by the administration. Ii
should be threshed out ON the floor of the
house, with the official representatives
of the people given chance to pass upon
it.
We stress labor legislation because the
matter of profits controls, also laid aside
by the committee, will undoubtedly be
brought up by lne administration Ill all
other guise. President Roosevelt asked
that congress act on profit control legis-
lation and such action will come in
tax bill where it is easier for the politi-
clans to block out labor control propos-
ais. The committee maneuver was pal
pably nothing but move to eliminate
the possibility of full consideration by
the house membership in the matter of
labor controls
The administration has asked, publicly,
for a moratorium on politics during the
rest of the war. The administration, 1t
is quite evident, wants the moratorium
to apply only to its political enemies.
There was never a clearer case OF playing
politics than was displayed in the naval
affairs committee action on the labor con-
troll proposals. The administration is
still playing the political game for the
labor union bosses, war or no war.
We believe the issue should be decided
upon its merits, by full democratic rep
resentation where the peoples wishes
would have a chance to make themselves
felt Let's let these things be decided
by discussion and debate-not by politics.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-03
BY JOHN Il. MORRIS

NEW DELHI, India, May CUP)
= Strong Japanese mobile columns
led by airplanes drove the weary
Allied defenders of Burma back
from battle positions at the ancient
city of Mandalay today and raised
a new threat of enemy thruStS
across the frontiers of India and
Southern China.
Although the Burma commune
que did not specifically acknoWl-
edge the fall of Mandalay, last
stronghold of Burmese kings, the
japanese claim the city had been
captured was admitted indirectly
BIZ statements that it had been put
in a hopeless defensive position.
British forces still were fighting
at MonyWa, 80 miles to the north
west. however. and in the Manda-
lay sector they destroyed road and
railroad bridges over the Myitnge
river, including the famous Ava
bridge, as they withdrew.
SWIFT ADVANCE
The sWiftneSS of the japanese
slabs into the Mandalay and Mony-
wa sectors indicated that the Brit
ish on the central and western
GrraWaddy) Burma fronts-as well
as the Chinese lt=dr LaShio-Were
still fighting % escape entrapment.
"a Chungking broadcast said that
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-03
No Use Defending
MandaIay' Declares
British Spokesman

LONDON May 2. CUPj-A Brit
ish military commentator admitted
today that the japanese might have
occupied Mandalay.
'Mandalay is not worth defend
ing with great forces when Lashio
is in enemy hands" he said.
There is no particular reason
why the Japanese claim to Manda-
lay may not be true, except that
the japanese almost invariably claim
such places i'll their communiqueS
days and even weeks before they
take them"
The commentator said that it APP
peared that japanese force which
had thrust to HSenWi, 80 miles
northeast of LaShiO, was a small
one which seemed to be taking q
great risk because its Communica-
tons might be cut.
Il don't know how great the risl;
is" he said, because we do not
know the Chinese situation there
whether the Chinese are able to
stage a sufficiently strong attack"
If the Chinese, as reported still
held Taunggyi, far in the japanese
rear on the eastern side of the
Burma front, they threaten Japa-
nese communications, the common
tator said.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-03
Pilots in Australia Say
Japs Readyins for Drive

smoke squirted out and he went
down in a flat spin.
II looked around and saw Falleta
and Schrimmer way up. chasing a
bomber. and Bevlock chasing an
other Zero.
1T wasn't until the four of us
landed that l learned they got one
bomber and one Zero for certain
and another probable
Lieut.. Chris Heron, Pittsburgh,
Pa, and Lieut.. Walter S. Geer,
RusSelville, Ala, plotting bombers,
are credited with destroying 20
japanese grounded planes at Lac,
New Guinea, Tuesday.
Heron is piling up plenty on the
debit side of the Japanese ledger
and he is rated as his squadron's
ace AS usual he did not waste a
second in Tuesdays raid. After
unloading bombs at Lac, where they
met only light opposition, he and
Geer went over Salamaua and drop
ped nine more bombs, and played
hide and seek with four zeros be-
fore they returned safe to base.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-03
EnemyPIanes Spy
Out Vital Amaze
Railroad Center
By BRYDON c. TAyES

GEN. MACARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Australia, May 2.
CUP)-Gen. Douglas Macarthur an
nounced today that two unidentified
war planes had flown over Towns
vile, on the vulnerable northeast
Australian coast. yesterday and at
tempts to intercept them had failed
Flying at high altitude, the planes
passed safely over a barrage put
up by Allied antiaircraft guns and
disappeared before American and
Australian interceptor planes could
contact them.
The importance which Macarthur
attached to the visit of the planes,
almost certainly japanese recon
Nuisance craft, was emphasized by
the fact that he made it the occa-
sion of his first special communique.
Townsville is on the vitality i'm
portant east coast railroad highway
communication line, TOO miles north
of Brisbane and 1000 miles west OF
Free French New Caledonia where
American forces are now based.
Off the coast lies the Great Bar
rier reef, and beyond it is a group
of tiny rocky islets, reefs and keys.
Sighting of the planes came at
a moment when the fierce aerial war
fare in TIE northeastern invasion
zone was reaching a new peak, and
Allied airmen engaged in it were
convinced that the japanese were
about to strike at Port Moresby, at
the islands leading down toward
New Caledonia. or 1T Australia il
self.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-03
SOCIAL JUSTICE AGAIN
[ Boston Heraldl

tBOSton Herald)
Those who read with care the statement
made April by Rt. Rev. Edward j. Hick-
ey, Chancellor of the Archdiocese of De-
troit must have wondered at the impli-
cation of two of his words. Mgr Hickey
spoke of "Fr. Coughlins latest WithdraW
al from responsibility for Social Justice
with the issue of May 27, 1910" Obvious
~ --latest withdrawal was an intima-
ton of an earlier withdrawal and a sub
sequent return. The developments of
April 20. in which FIR. Coughlin said that
Il, FIR Charles f. Coughlin, pastor of the
Shrine OF the Little Flower, alone am
responsible for and do control the maya
zine (Social Justice), its policies and con-
tents" seem an admission that the --latest
withdrawal of 1910 to which Mgr. Hick-
ely referred was not definite and final
AS the Archdiocese of Detroit called
attention again to Mgr Hickey's state
ment, we may assume that FIR. Coughlin
will have some explaining to do to his
associates as we'll as to a Federal grand
jury. His letter of 1910 to Archbishop
Mooney, containing the statement, Il will
not be responsible for Social Justice mag
azine beyond the issue of the date of May
81, 1940,' can hardly be reconciled with
his remarks to the press April 20.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-03
MiIitarists Win
Japanese Election

Tokyo, May 2. Japanese Broad
cast Recorded by United Press, San
Ffancisco)-An overwhelming ma
jority" of candidates recommended
by the national service political
structure council won seats in the
Imperial Diet, results of Thursdays
election-the first in Japan since
1937-shoWed today.
/ Every seat in the Diet was involv-
ed in the election, and more than
1000 candidates were entered. The
newspaper Asahi commented on the
success of the recommended" can
didates, saying the objective in
holding a general election at this
time was successfully accomplished
Premier General Hideki TOTO, in
a nationwide radio address tonight,
expressed appreciation in the 'signi-
ficant manner in which the general
election was conducted despite the
exigencies confronting the empire. -
TOTO said that Notwithstanding
the huge war operations, the nation
at home was able TO conduct a ma
tional election, and returned those
candidates and replaced some with
the rule-aid society. which is in
full support of the governments
policy"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-03
RETALIATION FOR RAIDS

Nevada State JOurnaD
1t should not have been necessary to
warn any Americans that the Axis may
retaliate for the raids against Tokyo.
The people of this country are suffi-
GENTLY we'll acquainted with Axis meth
DDS to know that this is a possibility.
When the European war began, Hitler
threatened to drop ten bombs on Britain
for every one looSed over Germany. In
1910 he more than fulfilled his threat,
even though at present he does not ap-
pear to be living up to his goal.
Police Commissioner Lewis J. Valen-
tine of New York City expects that retail
iation by the Axis for the Tokyo raids
will bring an attack from the air on the
metropolis He contends that nothing
would give the Hitler gangsters more
pleasure than the destruction of Ameri-
cas- largest city
Apparently Mr.. Valentine forgets that
the men he mentions are more practical
than pleasure seeking, and that they are
much more likely to select as their targets
big industrial cities, constructed largely
of wood, concentrated on war production.
Such raids will be made if the Axis can
evolve any practicable means of making
them. If they come, they may cause
much damage in spots.
But Americas war production effort
is so widespread and so huge that no
token air raids could disrupt it or SER
iously impede it. The nation has become
a beehive of war production from coast
to coast and from border to border.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-03
By HAROLD GUARD

AT AN ADVANCED AMERICAN
AIR BASE, Australian Zone, May
O. up - American bomber and
fighter pilots believe that the air
war in the New Guinea zone is
nearing a climax and new major
blow by the japanese is certain
and imminent.
These pilots are meeting the Jap
anese every day in fights which are
intensifying in fury, over New Gui-
nea and the Bismarck islands which
they are raiding mercilessly.
Their chief subject for specula-
ton is not whether but where the
Japanese will strike and they warn
that it is mistake to- assume that
the Allies have yet attained super
iority in the air.
Allied airmen are hitting hard
and frequently at the japanese
SpearheadS, but these spearheadS
so far have been dulled, not blunted,
and none is more ready to admit it
than the pilots themselves, pilots
who are daily demonstrating their
own superiority, plane for plane
and man for man.
Typical of accounts of the bitter
fight for air mastery is one by
Lieut.. William G.. wild Bib Ben
net, Nevada City, Cd, one of four
United States army corps officers
who are pals and always together
The others are Lieut.. j. j. Bev-
lock, Scranton, Pa, Lcut. c.. L.
Schrimmer, Memphis, and Lieut.. c.
Falleta, Marion, Ala.
Bennett told now the four account
ed for a Japanese bomber and at
least two enemy Mayo fighters
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-03

in fight over New Guinea.
Jap bombers were over the air
field and five Zeros were streaklng
like bats out of hell, and up we go.
Soon nine fighters, our four and
the five japanese, were sWlrling
and twisting.
Il think was BACKED out twice
during the fight, and couldn't see
the controls. 1 managed to keep
some sort of consciousness by push
ing my chin on my chest and screw
ing my head around over my left
shoulder.
The purple screen across my eyes
lifted and I pulled out with a Zero
after me.
q saw 'Hoot' Bevlock racing in
from the side. He drove straight
between my tail and the Zero. l
don't know how we avoided triple
collision.
JAP GOES DOWN
The Jap must have pulled his joy
stick right out getting into loop
turn to get away, but I saw tracer
bullets entering his cockpit. Black
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-03
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
No. 1888
IN the Matter of the Petition of
CHARLES LEROY FERGUSON to
Establish the Fact of his Birth.
N o tt G +
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
CHARLES Leroy FERGUSON has
filed in the above entitled Court q
petition pursuant to Chapter 8 u
the Health and Safety Code OF
the State of California for an order
establishing the fact of his birth
and that the hearing of said petit
ton has been set for the 9th day (
May, 1912, at O'Clock pm, at the
Court House at Ell Centre, in the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, and all persons interested
are notified to appear and show
cause, if any they have, why said
petition should not be granted.
Dated April oath, 1912.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk.
BY Maxine Console,
Deputy.
(SeaD
(No. 16) (A26 MIG inc)
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-03
MondoIoy, Given
Up to japanese

Japanese troops advancing through
LaShio had reached point about
40 miles to the north and 40 miles
from the Chinese border, where
they were engaged by Chinese re-
Inducements moved down from the
north. The broadcast also said that
Japanese troops had been cncircied
b. the Chinese in southern Honan
Province
STORMS DELAYED
The monsoon season, which had
been expected tC aid the Burma
defenders by heavy rains that
would restrict military operations,
had not yet arrived and there was
increasing speculation that the
japanese might soon turn toward
the Indian border if weather con-
ditionS permit
Japan'S break through on the
Burma front was the result OF a
series of alternate blows at the
west and east flankS of the Allied
line, climaXed by drive into Las
hio and thence toward the Chinese
border The Allied flanks had been
forced to swing back repeatedly to
avoid enlightenment. such as was
attempted by an enemy drive into
the British sector at Monywa late
this week.
Now the forces under Gen. Har-
old Alexander and Lieut.. Gen.
Joseph w. Stilwell seem to have no
choice but to fall back to the
north.
This retirement probably will fol-
low the general northWard line of
the Irrawaddy river and of the
narrow guage railroad to Mrtik-
yina, in the direction of the Chi
nese border.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-03
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The follolUtng edit
orials are presented as interesting Opin-
ions Uoiced bg editors elsewhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion Of
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-03
JAPS NEAR BORDER

CHUNGKING, May H-ICnlneSe
broadcast recorded by United Press,
San Francisco - japanese troops
have advanced to a point 40 miles
north of Lashio-about 40 miles
south of the Chinese border-and
are being engaged there by Chinese
forces, it was announced today.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-03
American Troops
In Middle East

CAIRO, May. 2 CUP) - American
service troops how are stationed in
the Middle East, Maj. Gen. Russell
l.. Maxwell said today.
Maxwell, who has been in charge
Of U. S. supplies and maintenance
of U. S. planes for the Royal Air
Force. also announced that the us.
technical school for the training oil
maintenance personnel was being
turned over to the Raj.
Construction of American projects
in Eritrea also are underway, he
said.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-03
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

THE STATE OF CAL1fOkNIA
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL
NOTICE
1891
IN THE MATTER OF THE
PETITION OF ALBERT r
SOLOMON
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that Albert Solomon has flied in
this Court a Petition TO Establish
the Fact of Birth, the hearing of
which has been fixed by said CouIA
for Friday. the 9Th day of Ma
1912. at 200 O'Clock pm. at the
Court Room thereof. at the Court
House in said County of Imperial,
and all persons interested i'll said
Hearing arc notified then and
there to appear and show cause,
if any there be, why the said Petit
ton should not be granted.
DATED: April 81, 1912.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk
BY Ct. O. KENYON
Deputy
No. g A 23-M inc.
LEGAL AnVERTISENFNT
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-03

trained men for fighting duty. Let's not
have politicians, in congress or out Of it,
attempting to run the army.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-03

It won't be long now before American
bombs fall on ToHyo-Rep. Andrew J.
May, Kentucky Democrat, chairman Of
of HOUSE Military Affairs Committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-03
CURRENT QUOTATIONS.

Waiting for the other fellow TO do It
won't win the war-Albert S. Goss, mas
ter of the National Grange.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-03

When America rouses herself. and not
until then, the fur will fly.-William l..
Bait, War Production Board division Of
materials chief.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-03
TAKEN FROM ARMY

Then CCC was taken from the
Army, which had administered it,
and put in the Federal Security
Agency along with the National
Youth Administration. That was
almost fatal. NYA had a bad name
and was open to criticism on so
MANY counts that the association
of CCC did it more harm than
good And when economy pro-
grams were advanced, the two out
fits were put under the same axe.
There have been some charg-
es that CCC was recruiting its
members. but this CCC denies.
The organization has never
spent a dime of its own funds
on recruiting, leaving the en-
rolling of its members entirely
TO the state welfare agencies,
who were charged with pick
ing only boys from relief fam
lilies, boys who could not get
Jobs i'm private industry. And
any CCC enrOlIee must leave
if he's offered a job.
If Congress had changed the Sc
| lective service law to take in boys
! from 10 to 20 years old as Army
officers wanted the law changed,
there would probably be no CCC
today. But Congress has repeat -diy
refused to lower the draft age be-
low 20, and for that reason there
is still the problem Of what 10 do
with the boys of from II TO 20, OF
which there are some nine million.
/ There is, too, the problem OF what
TO do with the younger men who
are turned down by the Army for
physical deficiencies. CCC direc-
tors claim they can help these men,
particularly those who are litter
ate or underWeight, and make
them good material for the Army.
MAKES REDUCTION
Gees main justification for its
own continuance. however, is that
it sincerely believes it has a job
to do. Today, there are some 600
CCC camps in operation At the
height of the depression, there
were $500 camps, with 200 men tC
the camp. CCC has cut down. II
will cut down further, perhaps tc
$50 camps.
Furthermore, CCC is making
itself as much of an Army aux
iIiary as it can. 1t has built
Army camps and military roads
and airports. 1t has lis camps
on military reservations today
doing labor battalion jobs that
relieve soldiers for strictly mill
tary duty.
Gees second big job is in the
forest areas, largely in the west
where it has 1T camps for refor-
estation and fire fighting. These
camps and the ones on military
reservations account for about hall
of the present CCC strength.
All other types of CCC camp,
are being discontinued as fast as
their current soil conservation
park area, Wildlife area, grazing Oh
reclamation projects are completed
The fun will begin when the con.
gressmen begin TO find out abou
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-03

by
Peter
Edsol,

WASHINGTON, May ,. - The
way a government agency can be a
hero today and a heel tomorrow
was never better Illustrated than
in the case of the Civilian Con-
servation Corps, the well and once
oh so favorably known CCC. Three
or four years ago. no one had
enough praise for the CCC, but
today there seem to be about as
many hot shots in the govern
ment out cunning for CCC as the
CCC has camps. the later number
being around 600.
If lou want to make a little
side bet. Just lay buck or so that
befo'e vety long there will be
more statesmen clamoring for re-
storing or charging the CCC than
there are now clamoring III the
name of economy for its discontin-
uance These yells for building up
the CCC again are apt to come
when the forest fire season gets
going good and there won't be
enough CCC boys available to help
put out the conflagrationS. The
second series of Tells will in all
likelihood come from farm belt
congressman when they find out
from their constituents that CCC
soil erosion and conservation pro-
jects are being discontinued by the
hundreds.
The story of how the CCC
was exiled to the dog house is
one of those things. 1t goes
back to the time CCC was first
set up. 1t was labeled then as
relief agency, and S22 of ev-
very boys $50 monthly wage
was sent home to the folks to
help keep the corner grocery
going during the depression.
CCC is still considered a re-
lief agency by most of its critics
and as relief in any form is
now unpopular, the CCC SUI
fers from that association.
When defense talk began to get
a little hot, there was agitation
from some militarists to make the
CCC a purely military training
school. CCC Director James j. Nc
Entee spiked that one before the
selective service law was passed.
If the country was to have COM
pulsory military service. said Nc
Entee, then military training for
CCC would be all right, but until
there was selective service, it SEEM
ed unfair to single out boys from
the poorer families and make them
the first front line recruits for
war. 1t was a sound argument but
in spite of it, Gees reputation be-
gan to suffer as an unmilitary and
therefore to some people an I'M
organization.