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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-06
Flashes Of
Late News
The WEATHER: Tonight:
Slightly Warmer

NEW YORK-INS-The number
OF new infantile paralysis cases in
the nation as a whole declined IN
1910 but increased hve times IN
New York State. It was reported
today by DR.. John c. Curran, dlrec.
tor or organization Of the commit
tee for the annual paralysis fund
drive in New York city.
VlcHY-iNs- New bomb eN-
plosions In German occupied
Paris were reported in adViees
10 Viehy today. The reports
said the new incidents occurred
In the Latin quarter and in
German look shop.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-06

vICHY-UP- ernest Jaubert
So. French author and translate
OF classics, died 81 Clearmoni
Ferrandi II was learned today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-06

CANBERRA, Australia-INS -
Territory under command of Gen.
Sir Archibald Wavel, supreme
commander of anti-ASis forces in
the Far East. will include Aus
tralia's northern coastline, authori-
ties said today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-06

LONDON-INS - The London
News Chronicle said today that D..
J. X. Paasikiyi, former Finnish
minister to Moscow, has arrived in
Stockholm-ostensibly on PRIV ate
business.
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See RED CRoSS-Fage
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-06

HONOLULU ms - Supreme
Court Justice Owen J. Roberts,
chairman Of the commission APP
pointed by President Roosevelt to.
investigate the sneak attack on
Pearl Harbor. by the Japanese, to-
day sought civilian testimony con-
corning the attack.
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See REGISTRATlON-Page 2
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-06

VICHY. Unoccupied France-AP
The death of the renowned
French opera singer. Nine. Emma
Calye, was announced today. She
was SO years old
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-06

BERLIN - (Omclal Broadcast
recorded by AP)-German dis.
patches quoted the Tokyo newspa.
per Nichi Nichi to-day as saying
that Prince Regent Tong Abdur
Rahman Of the Malay State OF ke-
dab. son OF the 72-year-old sui
tan, Sir Abdul Hanid Hahn. would
be the future leader OF a united
Malaga after Japanese conquest.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-29
Men Of 0rpheus
Sing Tonight

Directed by Frederick w. Wal
lia. the seventy-voice orpheus club
win b. presented in concert at the
Firut Methodist church auditorium
Tuesday evening At Sis. This
concert breaks . long established
rule Of admission by membership
and invitation only. and for the
first time tickets viii be sold At
the door TO the public.
Guest artist win Be Marjorie
Douglas. Of Seattle, dramatic
soprano who 10 making her third
appearance with the orpheus club.
Another feature Of the program
win b the duet by Mr.. and Mrs..
Harry Wade. from the prison scene
IN n Trovatore.
Helen N. Congdon u the &C.
eompanist-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-29

A sossus medical discovery noe b.
1ne unnd ~ doctors and hospitals
everywhere has proven unusually sue
saasfn1 In the treatment Of stomach
ulcan eaussd from exosas acid II
n . haxmleB preparation Yet - ef-
Ssctsve that IN manv csses ths pains
q senmaeh ulcers diaappear almost
fmmediasely after II 10 used. Also
sscommsnded for sAs pains. incises-
tton and heartburn due 70 hyper
aci1tty. sufferers may nos. ~. this
at home br obtaining . bottle OF
Iur1n frcm their druREisf Lurin
contains this new discovery IN It's
pureot form Easy 70 take, Just mix
two toaspoonfulE In q half glass Of
milk Costa but little Try bottle
II must satisfy or money refunded.
Iurin for sale By drug stores every
where adv
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-29
Patent Research
Bureau Is Urged
By Senator Bone
wAsHrNCToN-Estshlishment

WAsHINCTO Establishment
Of a federal research bureau e
develop and improve patents seized
during wartime Was advocated
Tuesday by Sen Homer 7. Bone
D, Wash
Bone, who 10 chairman Of the
patents committee which has beer
studying legislation 10 formulate
pstent-licensinr system. said
the bureau should b similar q
the National Cancer institute He
believes federal sponsorship Of in
ventive genius would be Of great
benefit to the country.
We had the experience In
the last wsr." Bone ssid. "of
returning patents and formu-
Las IN the Germans and we
have seca the sad results Of
that action. What we should
do this time h IN turn all
seised patents over to the
public domain"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-29
Infantry
Volunteer
Announced

A Fort Lewis soldier used the
following method TO inform his
buddies that he had become q
father:
New arrival in camp: Carmen
Corrine Cook.
Serial number: One.
Father: Pvt. Chester Curtin
Cook.
Mother: Joyce Davis Cook.
Born: April IL, 1912.
Reception center: Desconess
hospital. Billings. Mont.
Barracks: Maternity ward.
Commanding officer: DR.. John
z. Hynes.
Division: Infantry.
Uniform: Diaper and shirt.
Insignia. weight: eyes. dark
hair. red face. lbs. IL ozs.
Maneuyers: Mother eating.
sleeping and doing fine.
Pvt. Cook closed by expressing
the hope that by the time Carmen
Is old enough to ride a tricycle..
rationing Of tires will be no moro.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-29
B. {. Is F aced With Greatest
Labor Shortage in History
Forced to See Possible Solution.
Jopmese. Vonish From Province

be actually fighting for the
privilege Of taking IN the Jap
anese workers.
MN. May Cose
Reports reaching here from the
numbering areas In the interior Of
British Columbia Indicated virtu-
ally -doxens- Of small sswmiils
may Be forced 70 cloes down be-
cause Of the shortage of white la
bu caused BY eniistments in the
armed forces and the trek Of ex-
perienced mechanics and other
workers TO higher paid jobs In
the war Industries.
The timber cut throughout the
province already was dropping. IL
was stated. and millovners pre-
dicted there would be a great
shortage OF box-shooks and vari-
Gus cuts IN which the interior
mills specialixe.
Apple Industry INT
Meanwhile. the apple industry in
the OkanoEan valley expected the
greatest crop. and. at the same
time. the greatest labor shortage
In history. The board OF trade at
Vernon. center OF the apple indus
try. has appointed q special COM
mittee TO investigate all possible
sources Of labor supply to harvest
the apple crop. and II wac ex-
pected the apple growers would
ask the dominion government to
relax the ban on entry of Japan
ese into the valley
II was doubted that solutions TO
the labor shortage now being at
tempted-such NJ import Of Men,
nonites from other provinces TO
work IN the forests and release Of
students before the school year
End to work on farms-would be
adequate to meet the demands.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-29
CPS. Students
To Aid Bond Sale

Victory Book Campaign" IL the
title of a broadcast by the radio
class OF the College OF Puget
Sound. Tuesday night at $50
o'clock over station XVI. The
program VIII be fed TO KTBI for
two-station hook-up. This Is
mipute show In just one of the
many defense and community
service broadcasts which the class.
under its instructor. Jean Paul
King. II presenting this sprinr
Tuesday nights broadcast In q
dramatized incident emphasizes
the need and importance Of send
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-29

VANCOUVER. \ c. = British
Columbia. facing one Of the great
sst lab~ shortages In its history
r1es6ay was forced 10 watch enc
a. the poasihle soiutions--Japaness
labor-vanish from the province.
r. es.eee.eee berry isdus-
Try N IL Frnser valley. the
Sl.ooo.eee App,e industry In
IT, 0lEnnogas valley and the
BuDe3-@illbsn cellar lun1,er In
aussry h the Interior already
ere feeling tAe shsrtage al
lnlsss. and the n c, Security
csaalssssa wsa receiving re-
gusets thas Japanese - kept
n IT. PROVINCE instead Of
hrang scattered 10 rosd camp~.
sugnr hees nelaa. farms and
fopooes ~eass q ~ Reckies."
r. communion. appointed a.
answer 70 TIE clamor Of British
Columbia itself. 10 charged with
the tssk Of evacuating Japanese
from British Cofumbia's defense
areaa. and already thousand have
been moved towards the Alberta
B. c. border. the prairies and ~
far east a. Ontario. Some Of the
prairie provinces were reported to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-29
H ERE'S MORE ABOUT
British Air Offensive
STARTS ON PAGE ONE

Eusen. many destroyers and shoals
Of submarines.
The Tirpitz was revealed in re-
cent Raj reconnaissance photo
graphs to be tied up close by the
steep wall Of = ford near Trond-
helm. making bombing of the war
ship difficult. Its vaterside Was
protected by torpedo nets.
IMPORTANCE CITED
The importance of rrondheim In
German eyes was indicated In re-
cent reports of extensive concrete
Notifications being built there. Al
well a. heavy gun emplacements,
designed to bolster the base
against an allied invasion.
Flres were can burning st
Rostsck ~ neen Monday. the
ministry said. Some II them
had besn starred last Thurs-
day night In the first Of the
four devastating raids.
II was understood that hundreds
Of planes had engaged In last
nights attacks.
Il was the 1oeth British raA
ON battered Cologne.
The Germans made . vengeance
raid during the night on ancient
Norwich. world famous for it,
Norman and other relics. in east
ern England. and IL was admitted
that damages and casualties were
high. But II was emphasized that
the German raids, savage m they
were. could not be compared with
those Of = year ago when the
enemy raided in Britain almost
at will.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-29
Normandie Wreck
Symbol Of France
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON - Official In
spection Of the liner Sormandie
convinces the navy and the mari
time commission that a crocodile
would have enjoyed the tears shed
over her eonflagration and pros
pectve salvage The publieised
ship is symbolic OF the state OF
France on the eve Of the German
invasion. She Ia pspier-msehe
vessel.
Marine engineers and architects
report that her construction Is
nimsy from top to bottom. To the
unframed eve she appeared TO be
one Of the worlds stsnchest and
most superb craft. a noble tribute
to the invention and artistry Of the
Gallo character and temperament.
But behind the facade there was
only a shell. Experts from the
National Gallery of Art. who sp-
praised the supposedly classic
paintings. have branded them as
the phoney work Of inferior art
lists. They would hardly do JUS
tice to a Greenwich Village or
Provincetown neophyte in colors.
Our propaganda strstegists in
the office IF facts and figures
have been stumped by the discov-
cry. To publish details at this
moment might weaken Laval in
his attempt to force full collabo-
ration with Hitler on his people.
On the other hand, he might seize
upon the revelations to turn them
against his predecessors now
awaiting trial at Rom. The boat
was built during their various re-
gimes. International relations are
becoming so tense and complex
that the bigwigs do not dare tell
each other whether they had eggs
or steak for breakfast.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-29
Fairbanks Civilian
Defense n ear Perfect

SEATTLE - Fairbanks. Alaska.
has q nearly perfect civilian de-
Tense organization and IL not wor-
rying about the war, Mira Mary
Cash. Fairbanks Newspaper col
umnist and radio commentator.
said On Q visit here Tuesday.
We have nine completely equip
ped first aid stations and . big
corps Of nurses. doctors. first
aiders. boy scouts and others ready
for action II the necessity arises. T"
she said
I'VE are AWARE Of being In
combat none but are not
frightened.-
The central Alaskan city 10 60
ing In for Victory gardens in q
big way. she said. because Of nor
mally high prices in the territory.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-29

You help yourself when You buy
L. s. War Bonds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-29
HERE'S MORE ABOU1
Allied Conveys

missed breakfast Mess boys
brought me sandwiches and !
stuffed until I was unfit for lunch.
Later: We have entered the
submarine lanes. A thick fog has
settled about the shipa. which
have started rg-zagginG.
I talked On the quarterback with
. group Of seamsn. later with off,
cars rhey were much pleased
with the weather. Said one chap:
Every hour Of this means another
hour We live" The others laughed.
A.ssA.r CAV. Nest Of u.
1Sv1ty sbsasd - dIed away.
a sab was trailing ~ during
~ sight, ~ there wAs .
~ q tsaaiea- A yet, 10
hacs ts1Ay.
Late today we passed an empty,
drifting iifsboat.
These nights are utterly black,
Moving about ship II q stumbling
cropping maneuver but finally
have memorised my way from the
wardroom to the bridge. It's q
weird feeling to be aboard q
blacked-out warship on q BACKED
cut night with the enemy about.
We now ere striking for IN
ara where submarines were
rsperted lurking In numbers
. few he9rs ags. All hattie
peoas lave bean manned under
esnssai QuAstssa.
We have passed through the
1aAgsr snns without contact Our
0rst land In days has been sighted.
We have bssn travelling now
for a unmsntionable number Of
dayo toward IN mmentionable
port IN IN Uncomfortable direction
We're hers-and ans well.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-29
Wife Of American
Newspaper Man Killed

WASHINGTON - A band Of
Kurds in q remote section of north
ern Persia shot and killed Mrs.
Lea Burdett. wife Of an American
radio eroadcsster and correspond
ent for the New York newspaper
PM. on April "a. the state depart
ment announced Monday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-29

ing books 70 the armed forces.
The Victory Book campaign is still
in progress and the men Of the
United States army. navy and ma
rines. stationed throughout the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-29
War in Europe
A Year Ago
April Is, l94l
By United Press

Lindbergh resigns as colonel
Air Corps reserve.
British announce capture Of
Dessye. Ethiopia.
Vichy says Free French try to
invade French Somaliland.
Italians announce occupation Of
Greek island Corfu.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-29

the broadcast are Beverly Birdsall.
Willard Gee, Herman Kleiner and
Bill Brown. Anita Misener will
handle music and Bob Cronander,
sound effects.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-29

world. whether in small outposts
or large environments. still appre-
ciate good books of all types.
Betty June Howe Ia in charge of
producing the show. Appearing in
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-04
Training Planes
Arrive in Valley

Imperial airport Saturday be-
came a classroom fer the teaching
Of the art of meeting out death
from the skies, when Joe PloSScr's S
r. A. f. training school moved IN
from Bakersfield.
Most of PlOSScr'S II advanced
training planes had arrived ant.
we're Immediately tuned up in pre-
paration for the 26 British stu
dent -pilcts who will begin the fina.
stages of their American inStruc-
tCn at 7 a m Monday.
The planes we're ferried in from
Palm Springs, where they were SeI
down Friday night after the hop
rom Bakerfield None of the Brit
ish students accompanied the ships
Plcsser's instructors and mechan-
les were at the controls, as the
snub-nOsed SilVery loWWingeo
trainers zccmcd in frcm the west
tho roar e. their powerful motor;
filling Imp, liai Valley skies.
As each ship landed, PlosSer re-
ported by telephone to army offic-
i4ls who. since tho entry OF the
Trlitod StatcS in the war, have as
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-04
100000 Nazis Face
Death, Surrender
Communist Trap
Seven Whole Divisions
Caught in Pocket on
NapCleOn's Route

KUIBYSHEV, Russia, Jan.
8. (UP)-More than 100000
German troops have been
trapped in the Mozhaisk area
of the West-MoscOW front
and must choose between surrender
and death, dispatches from the
front said today -.
Seven entire divisions of 5000
men each were caught in the pocket
as Red army troops, investing the
city of Mozhaisk, swept farther
westward along Napoleon's road Of
doom, in pursuit of the German
armies.
A war communique had reported
the recapture of the important city
of Maloyaroslavets, 10 miles south
southwest of Moscow, and had as
serted that the Russian forces, ad-
vancing relentlessly, had smashed
every attempt of the Germans to
form a new defense line.
GERMANS OUT-FLANKED
Maloyaroslavets was only one OF
numerous towns and villages which
the Russians had taken in that
area, where they were not only ad-
vancing frontally but were striking
up toward the Mozhaisk area In
one arm of double flanking drive
it was asserted.
A special communique reported
that the Russians had killed more
Continued on Page 6; Column q
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-04
4 ONE-FACTORy NATION
One Plant May Turn Out Autos

WASHINGTON. Jan. up
Inc government may authorize one
comparatively small plant to con-
tinue producing automobiles after
the present assembly lines are halt
ed about Jan. 81, it was said to-
day.
The plant would produce cars
only for the government, Tor the
lend-lease program and for essen
tial civilian users The average
man still would be unable to buy
a new automobile.
Defense officials believed the
estimated 650,000-car stockpile vii.
be rationed III about a year and
some production will be needed to
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-04
Chinese Collect
Funds for Defense

Members of the Chinese B. K
association collected in excess Of
S745O at their annual New Years
dinner party sponsored by Harry
Nah at the Rice Bowl in FL Gen.
tro.
Every Chinese u America must
do his part to help the United
States, the nation which is fight
ing for the same principles CT free
dom that Gina has been fighting
for during the last five years"
Bonnie Searcy, Louise Courtney
and Helen Osburn, mattresses at
the ca ., were presented with a $40
tip which thy Immediately donat-
ed to the Red Cross. The Chinese
then raised the tip to $40 and the
mattresses gave that to the REQ
Cross. too.
Nah said the Chinese plan to
collect more money for the defense
fund and will give it to the govern
MT instead Of buying bonds.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-04
Postoffice Does
Biggest Business
In InCity'sHistory
Total Receipts in 1941
Increase $4,000 Over
Previous IL Months

Business at the FL Centre
post office in 1941 eclipseG
the business of any year IN
the history Of Ell Centre.
Total business for the veal
was $86,936 .39 while the total bust
ness for 1910 was $S2 ,479.5O or all
increase of s4,456.84 Postmaster
Frank Richmond announced Satur-
day.
Also" he said, the Christmas
business in l94l was the largest
ever recorded Three hundred more
sacks of Christmas parcels left El
Centro than last year. The public
cooperated remarkably we'll by mail
ing early and avoiding the usual
last minute crush. We never were
swamped by any one days business.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-04
Government Lists
Taboo Articles

Imperial Valley japanese, Ger
man. and Italian aliens before II
p, m Monday must deposit at police
StatiGnS or the Sheriff'S office the
following articles by order of the
United States government:
Firearms; weapons or implements
of war or their parts. ammunition,
bombs. explosives or materials 10
manufacture them, short wave re-
cciving and transmitting sets ana
devices, signal devices, codes or
ciphCrS, cameras; papers d0cu-
mentS or books containing inViS-
lbe printing, photographs, sketches,
pictures. drawings, maps, or &C.
Ographical representations of any
military or naval installations or
equipment, or Of arms, ammuni>
ton, implements of war of the land
or naval .orces OF the United
states, or any military camp or sta
tiOn.
Failure to comply with the rule
will mean confiScation o. the ar
ticles and arrest of the aliens.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-04

WOundlng 35 defenders, but loSln
three of their own planes. America
and Filipino troops, falling baC
northwest of Manila, were repOrte,
TO be intensifying resistance, appar
entity in Batan province.
Axis radio reports said grea
LIQUIDS of smoke rose over japanese
held Manila as a result of fires Sc
~ the Americans who destroyed
2verything that might be of militar,
value to the enemy before the,
withdrew.
Tokyo reports as relayed by Radio
Berlin said Japanese army anc
navy forces were participating il
he attack on Corregidor and that
Japanese airplanes had damaged
many" American transports ir
Manila bay
The Tokyo advertiser re-
ported that Mindanao island. south
of LuZon, was now in Japanese
hands although American dispatches
previously indicated that organized
resistance was still in progress or
the island after japanese seizure
of the capital of Davao.
MALAYA HARD PRESSED
On other fronts, the Japanese
suffered heavy losses in new landing
attempts in Malaga, but intensified
pressure on the British lines. Al
sea the British sank three Nazi
submarines and destroyed probably
three enemy seaplanes in a five
day battle Offending 30-ship At
lantic COM. J. A British destroyer
an auX!li4ry boat and two mer-
chant ships we're lost.
In the EuroT can war theater, the
Red armies still were pounding
westward against German troops
that, according to Moscow. had
lost $4,000 dead in four days OF
fighting and rapidly were losing
their iron discipline. The Russians
claimed to have trapped 100000
enemy soldiers in the encircled Moz-
haisk sector.
From Stockholm came reports
that the Nazis were reinforcing
heir military units from Norway
to the French coast in apparent
preparation for renewed allied as
saullS because of raids by the Brit
iSh CommandoS and presumably
because of the increasing Russian
pressure on the east.
Fighting on land, in the air and
at sea spread over world wide
front
FHIL LIPPINES-T American and
Filipino forces under Gen. Douglas
Macarthur still were fighting in
the hills of LuzOn island after los
ing Manila and were holding the
island fortress Of Corregidor at the
mouth of Manila bay. Axis radio
broadcasts reported that Corregidor
had been heavily attacked by air
and claimed-obvlously falsely-that
II American de.,royerS had been
taken in Manila bay.
MALAYA-BritiSh artillery on the
west coast baked a new Japanese
attempt to land reinforCements by
sinking four Ships-one transport
and three bargeS filled with troops
The enemy admittedly was putting
great pressure on the British lines
both in the Perak sector Of the west
coast and me kuantan sector of
CContinuad on page 6 column Il
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-04

chosen as supreme commander Tor
the southwest Pacific at the Sug-
geStlon of the President.
The British general, 58 years old,
was the first military commander
to WIN victories over the axis when
last winter he pushed Italian forces
virtually out OF Libya.
Chinese GencraliSslmo Chang
Kai-Shek has accepted the su-
preme command over all land and
air forces of the united nations
which are now or may I'm tho fu-
ture be operating in the Chinese
theater, including initially such por-
tions OF Indo China and Thailand
as may become available TO troops
OF the united nations"
United States and British repre-
sentatives will serve on Chang ksi-
Sheks Joint headquarters planning
staff.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-04

meet demands over q tAree tc
four-year war period.
Present stocks of 10000 cars
frczo-l in the hand # dealers vii.
be augmented By 100000 cars to
be produced this month from al
ready fabricated parts. Productions
of new parts was frozen on Dec. 10
but the industry already had q
$213 ,0o3,CG0 materials and parts in
ventory Only S10O0O0000 will be
used in the January new car as
sembly job and the remainder will
be held for replacements.
UnGer the single plant produc-
tior, being considered by OPM, all