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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-31
TO THE EDITOR:

TO THE EDITOR:
A RE YOU thinking what would
"A happen if we lost the war?
People thought we couldn't
lose the war, but we can and the
way things are going now. l
wouldn't he surprised If we did.
People do not seem 10 realize
this, or they wouldn't he going
10 parties. spending money for
drinks. and going TO amuSe-
mentS.
Instead. they should be buying
bonds and stamps to help our
country before IT is too late.
ALAN HART.
Vista Villa Farm.
Pennington. Mich.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-31

~ n blG dlTpldne pldnt the
manager sent for a man 10
install some light bulbs in the
sockets of his Office which had
no windows, this being a black
out plant.
Three men responded and took
an hour 10 screw in the bulbs.
One was laborer. He set up
and took down, moved and set
up the ladder.
Another was a metal worker.
He unscrewed the metal frames
holding the glass panes which
diffused the light and screwed
them back after the third artist.
the electrician, who was the
star of the cast, performed his
triumph Of screwing the bulbs
into the sockets.
Heroes Of the shipyard and
assembly line! Tell that 10 the
men and women of Bataan.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-31
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS

w. II. T.: Please give treat
ment for relief Of bunlons.
Answer Hallux valguS, or
hunion. is a deformity of the
foot al the angulation OF the
great toe.
Pointed shoes or otherwise
badly fitting shoes plus funda-
mental weakness OF the foot are
the causes.
1t progresses 10 many degrees
OF severity, each stage requiring
different treatment. In mild
cases orthopedic shoes properly
fitted give great relief.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04

FL Ccntro business and financia!
indiccS hit a new all-timc high IL
the first month OF 1912. with mcr
chants reporting dollar volume
greatly in excess of the same per-
iod year ago. and with a $6.234,-
963 increase in bank debts.
Strangely enough, actual volume
of individual transactions by the
city'S two banks was no greater. if
in fact. as great as those for the
month of January l94l. Both banks
appeared TO suffer some loss in
number of commercial and saw
ingS accounts. and IN loan clients,
By the removal of great many
younger folk TO the coast. where
bic pay in defense plants still is
proving a lure.
DEBTS SOAR
The huge increase in debts was
attributed to higher commodity
l,iccs generally. but specifically,
the most influential factor was tho
unprecedented boom i'll lettuce
prices in the latter part Of Dcccm-
Ccr and early January.
Here. again, the volume OF sales
was lower than in tn same period
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04
Legislative Group
Tours Canal, Dam
In Water Survey

A legislative investigating COM
mittcc wednesday was making @
survey cf the All American cana
and Imperial dam. as part Of d
statewide pre- gram to determine
the extent Of California; 5 water lr-
sources, with the possibility ci us
ing the committees firdinc5 as th'
basis of future conservation lcsis'
!atiOn
Tho committee members Wrn
bring guided Ivy President Evan I
IlCw0S of the Imperial Irrl2dii"
district Chief Engineer NJ. j
TNWd and District Board Member
r. j. GrubCl. Following a triN L
Imperial dam. the legislators Vcr[
expected to return to CalcNl'O
Wcdnc day night for a roundtlh'
discussion Of the valleys water re-
sources.
The party included: State Scna-
tors Charles II. Deuel., Bradloru =
CrittCndCn. r. r Cunulngham
Ed Fletcher and Robert w KcE
nCy and ASSCmblymcn Cord II T.
Garland, Gardiner johnson, Sen
Millington, Harold f. SaWalIlS'r
Rodney l.. Turner and Clyde A
Wat, ON.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04

and do ii without any delay what
ever. Copies of the resolution were
sent to President Roosevelt, sccrc-
tary CT state. secretary of war, sec
retary of navy. U. S. attorney gen
cral, and all California senator.
and representatives
USDA CENSORSHIP
The opposite front in the battle
over the japanese was led by tho
United States department Of aeri,
culture through the California
USDA War beard and thence dow
through the county USDA Wal
boards. This battle was an under
ccvcr one dceignod to be won with
out the public knowing about il
and was planned TO keep the Jap,
ancSc nationals farming land ant
tho FilipinOS Working for then.
This stand on the part OF tho fed.
Cral department was set forth il
war letter No. 43 CT the United
States department of agriculture
California USDA War board, ant
was signed by Dave DavidSCh
chairman Of tn California USD4
War b5ard. The secrecy move wa.
outlined in the last paragraph o.
tho letter which said:
SECRECY REQUESTED
Since the subject Of enemy IA,
tiOnals is a rather touchy one
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04
China Preparing
Major Offensive

CHUNGKING. Feb. up -
High Chinese military officials ,aiG
today China expects to lauach
major offcnsiycy against tlo Japa-
nc5c invaders this year.
Places of these offenSivoS re-
manned military secret but it i,
certain they will begin as soon a,
American military supplies. re.
ccivcd before the Pacific war broke
cut, have moved through the
hintcrlands to the front lines in
eastern China.
In anticipation of this move 20
take the offensive, China lon2 ago
embarked on a program of con-
atructlng strong bases in tho var
zones. some CT them clHSn to thu
present japanese lines and Solnc
far back il the rear Some CT
China'S best troops were Srnt to
these bases TO await tn" tale-oii
signal.
Included III this program ~.
provision for air ha,.cS from Thicn
bombing raids might be launchcd
on Japanese tCrrjt"rN and On Japan
itself, While they realize that erca,
difficulties e'lrr0Wnd thc problem Ct
using American flyiE2 tortr9ssc>
and medium bombrr5 oN the Gill
ncSc front, China docs NOT REGARD
the problem as inSurmO'mta5ic
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04

The Chinese still hold enough OF
their own coastline to make cStab-
liShmcnt CT meteorological stations
possible. They have radio station.
powerful enough to provide dircc.
tiCnal bCaming fer the bombcrS
They arc building new highway
and straightcning out cid ones K
speed the transport Of supplies ant
ground crews TO the advance base
The airficldS 50 far established arr
presently little mere than cmcr.
Gcncy landing fields but it wouC
not take long to convert them t
major operations.
Tho Chinese believe that thci
performances at ChaneSha in De
cembcr proved what the army Cal
do when provided with modcr!
equipment. The Changsha battle
was the first in which new Amcri-
can equipment. including heavy ar
ill!crN, vas available In the bat.
tie a Japanese army of appro~i.
matclH lC00CC men Was routed Will
estimated los il dead and prison
crS. OF 5000 soldiers. 1t Hds
Japan'S worst defeat in the var.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04

Frederick Ludwig, native American
who had spent most of his life il
Germany, and Ulrich Won der Osten
captain in tho German military in
tclliGcncc, who posed as a Spaniard.
Won der OStCn retained her as his
secretary, she said After Won der
CjtCn had been killed in a Times
Square automobile accident. she
became secretary to Ludwig, who
succeeded him.
The automobile trip, she said.
WAS designed to acquaint Won dci
Osten, who had just arrived in
the country, with the location Of
military flying fields and airplanc
manufacturing plants on Long Is
land, with Ludwig serving as guide
Mrs Helen Pauline Mayer. woman
defendant, accompanied them, she
said
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04
Nozi Spy Ring Run Like
Well Orgdniz ed Business

NEW YORK, Feb up -. y
German spy ring which opcratco
lika a wrll-run business establish
mcnt was described today by blonde
Lucy BoChmlcr, l3-YCar-cld Sccrc-
tary to the chief NaZi spy III Al.
organization which had co-cru-
Spirators in the Far East and ncI-
tral countries of Europe.
Miss Bochmler. who has told fed
cral agents that one of her as
Si@nmcntS was to use her charms il
pCrsuading itCh-hiking soldiers to
reveal military secrets, was tht
chief government witness in the
trial Ct seven persons charged with
espionage before Federal judge
Henry w. Goddard and jury.
Continuing testimony she began
Yesterday, she gave details of an
automobile trip she made with Kurt
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04
Crash Interrupts
Marriage Journey

Charles and Maurccn Ellison Of
san Diego Wednesday NCnt to Yu-
ma to get married again after thcu
Journey was interrupted seven mile,
asst of Holtyillo By traffic actl-
lent late TUESDAY.
Apparently Ellison. 28-vcar-old
'mploye at Consolidated aircraft.
lailcd to ncticc curve in the high
way, Highway Patrolman A. @. Al
lcscr said. The Ellison couple lett
the road cn the right side. skidGcc
100 feet, and crashed into the bridgt
supports.
The couple was treated at the
Valley hospital for shock and minol
scratches and bruises before re-
Stunning the trip to Yuma.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04

They visited such places a.
Mitchell Field and Roosevelt Flcld.
the Brewster. Republic and Grum.
man arplanr plants and the Spcr-
ry GyroScopc plant, ali ON IHns
Island. Planes seen at each place
we're counted, she testified The
Grumman plant. she said, vas
then under construction and Lud-
wig told Won der Ostcn the exact
time 1t was to open and boosted he
had great deal OF information
about it,
Won der Osten she continued, put
her to wcrk as his secretary In MS
Hotel Taft apartment, where she
typed newspaper clippings, maga.
zine articles and extracts from
books on military tactics. filing
them as a business house might In
dex commercial information.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04
Money Turnover
AT Peak in s. G..

OF last year, but the price being
at times as high as S4 per crate.
transactions brought an abnormal
ly high turnover in money martS.
This turnover in money is re-
Elected graphically in the very sub
stantial inc asc IN bank debts.
but fails to give a true picture of
the increase. if any, in mcrchand-
iSin2 profits. What those profits
really arc can be told only by the
interests that control the lettuce
market
ALL TRANSACTIONS
These debts take in not only
the local clcarings, but all checks
and drafts drawn by and against
out of town and foreign banks
and handled through the two To-
cal banking institutions. The totai
debts of both FL Centre banks foi
January Sl8.l883 1888 was actually
represented by total cash in both
banks OF approximately $55000.
How then. YOU ask, the stagger-
ing figure of $18,188.383? The banks
did not handle all that money.
only a fraction Of it. But tho trans
actions that went through th'
banks had an aggregate and GU
mulatiVc value Of that amount
For inSt2nCc.
When you hand your landlord &
check for $40 for rent. that IS one
transaction of $40. When youl
landlord pays your check to somc
ono of his creditors. that make
Two transactions valued at $8C
And when your landlords crcdi-
tor III turns pays bill of HIS with
your same $40 check, that is trans
action No 3. and the debit $l20
all this on $40. The process can &C
on endleSSly.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04
Alien Hot Potato Steams

The Japanese alien problem. th,
hot potato OF wartime agriculture
in California, progressed on tWc
fronts Wednesday with federal anC
California officials pulling madly
against each other.
California officials, as represent
cd BY district attorneys and sher-
ifs from every county in Calfor-
nia, passed a resolution late Tues
day urging the attorney general OF
the United States and the depart
ment of Justice to eVacuate all
Japanese aliens in California back
2C0 miles from the Pacific coast
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04
laps Wear Arrnor
In Daring Attacks
On Bataan Forces
Correspondent Finds
MacArthur's Prisoners
Under Heavy Guard
BY FRANK HEWLETT

With Gen. MacArthur'S ar
my in the Philippines, Feb. 5.
(UP)-Japanese soldiers as
signed to daring attack mis-
sions against the Bataan lines wear
protective breast-plates.
I had heard reports about these
breast-plates but was inclined tG
discount them until they were con-
firmed by an intelligence officer
at the headquarters of Maj. Gen.
G. M. Parker's army corps.
This officer told me that during
a lull in the battle at one poir'
on the front, a Young Japanese
sergeant, wearing a breast-plate, az
tempted to capture Single-handec,
a machine gun manned by Fill
pino detachment.
The machine gun fired on the
Japanese but did not stop him. Fin
all, as he climbed into the machine
gun position, Filipino bayoncttcc
him from behind.
mo DUNKIRK"
The officer showed me a picture
of the sergeant which had been tax
cn from his uniform pocket.
The impression is general on this
beleaguered peninsula that the Jap
ancse troops have been told by
their commander that there will be
no "Dunkirk" in event Gen. Doug
las Macarthur. by some miracle.
turns the tide of battle against tho
Japanese.
Japanese officers, it appears. have
ordered their men 10 take deSpcral"
chances on missions which almost
invariably fail.
I talked with some Japanese SOL
diers at the prison camp which has
Continued on Page 8, Col. a.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04

Hc suggest that it be handled
through personal contacts and that
no press releases or other general
publicity bc given ln'il the matter
is clarified By the treasury and the
department of justice" The letter
was headed by two lines which sale
the letter WAS about leasing OF
land to Japanese American ci.i-
zenS and continuation Of Filipino
labor for japanese. The letter wa,
dated Jan. l6 1912.
Pending decision Of treasury anG
department of justice officials, tht
lcttcr said. and disposition Of prcp.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04

Whom last Seen alive, Shine Y
Marie was riding on the handlebars
of a bicycle with d man of slender
build. Possibly a dozen persons told
officers of seeing her. but Their
descriptions of the man were con-
tliCtine deputies saiu.
Members of a posse of more than
300 Shcriff'S deputies, American Le-
gionnaircS and volunteers found the
chi!d'S body yesterday after a search
of l8 hours. 1t was buried in a
crave two feet deep. She had bce.l
stranGlcd b. her own jumping ropl
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04

probably in book form. A book OF
stamps will cover at least three
month period. There will be a sep
aratc book for each individual user
of sugar. Thus, a family of three
would receive three books.
While the exact amount of sugar
which will be allowed each individual
has not been settled. OPA Admins
traitor Leon Henderson said last
month that 1t probably would be
approximately IL ounces weekly.
The sugar stamps would be issued
when members of family register
with local rationing boards, which
already are alloting new tires 70
certain specified civilian consumers
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04
NEGRO STATE GUARD
UNIT CONSIDERED

Plans for formation of Ncgro
section of the State Guard in I'M
pcrial county will be discussed a.
a meeting at the Elks hall in East
El Ccntro at 1880 pm. Thursday
night.
1t. J. l.. CASTOR OF the seventh
regiment in Los Angeles will help
with the organization. Men in the
unit must be between 10 and 6l
years of age and be in good physical!
condition. Leaders are considerin :
two platoons, one in the CaleXiCo
area and one in the Ell Centre area.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04

crty and persons of alien nationals
the state USDA war board recon-
mcndcd to county war boards
that
In thc interest of maximum pro-
duction they urge landlords to con-
tinue TO lease land to japanese
American citizens who arc gOoc
farmers, who will operate the lane
themselves, and who have demon
stratcd their loyalty to this ccun-
try, Perhaps county va: board
can be CT assistance in arranging
fer informal Investigations of jap
Continued on Page 8, Col g.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04
HEARING POSTPONED ON
PERMIT FOR NEW DAM

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 rUP'
The Federal Power Commission to
day postponed until further hotlcc i
hearing scheduled for Feb. 9 al
Phoenix on the state of Arizona )
request for preliminary permit
for construction of the BrldG'
Canycn dam ON the Colorado
river. The postponCment was not
explained Immediately.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04

such as doctors and nurses.
Stamps will be ISSUED for a uni
form amount regardless of Whcthel
an individual is a child or an adult,
OPA officials said.
Under the proposed plan, a fam
lily of four including two adults and
two children. could obtain three
pounds weekly if the l2-ounce est
mate is finally adopted
The OPA has not yet decided
who actually will issue the sugar
stamps, although it appears certain
it will not be done by either local
poStofficcs or the community re .
tailerS.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04

Autopsy surgeons said the Eli
had been attacked.
Shirley Marie started for school
Monday morning, but never arrives,
her mother. Mrs. Robert Bell learn
cd when she failed to return home
by nightfall. From her companions.
officers learned she had been sceu
on the bicycle
Deputies were questioning the
child's schoolmatcS for better de.
Scription of tho killer.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04

blazing Johore straits before Slnga-
pore. on the tropical Dutch islands
of Borneo Celebes and Amboina
and along the sea lanes north OF
Australia the Allied armed forces
still were fighting stubbornly against
big odds.
Our part is to gain time for tEt
great reinforcementS which we and
our American allies are sending,
Gen. Sir Archibald Wavcll told the
defenders of Singapore in an order
of the day that applied as we'll to
Burma and the Bataan peninsula
where American defense lines threw
back another japanese thanking at
tack.
LOSSES IN LIBYA
Allied leaders emphasized the
fight to hold on would be grim aro
dispatches from Libya disclosed re.
inforced axis columns steadily Wer2
increasing their gains along the
Mediterranean coast, having driven
back some 325 miles to force the
British from Derna and threaten
collapse of the entire British winter
advance in North Africa.
British tank units still were fight
ing in the Msus sector, 80 miles
southeast OF .bcngiazi. but the Ger
man column on the coast had push
ed far to the east and a Berlin
broadcast reported operations in
the Bardia sector, implying some
enemy units had crossed the Egyp-
tan border.
Only in Russia. where the Rec
army was reported driving the Ger
mans from villages lin the Smolensi
region was there a definite trend
against the axis in the fighting
zones. Moscow dispatches said adj
vanccS we're continuing but did not
give any definite positions in the
SmolcnSk region, which extends far
to the cast on the road from Mos
COW.
REINFORCEMENT ARRIVE
Allied reinforCements were belicv-
cd TO have arrived IN the Far East
but a large scale flow of men ana
materials is urgently needed to end
Japanese bombing attacks on Sim
sapOrc and break up enemy prepar,
allonS for a direct assault on th2
island.
The Dutch. however. said they still
were resisting strongly around BaliE
Papan, on CclcbeS and near the
Continued on Page 8, Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04
Fiend Sought in
Girls Staying

SAN BEltNARDlNO, Feb. 1. (UP)-Sherff's deputies
working on Sketchy information hunted today for
about 30 old believed to have attacked and stranged
to death SiX-yearod Shirley Marie Bell and buried her
body in shallow grave in the hills north of the city
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04
Rotionins Stamps
To Control Sugar

WASHINGTON, Feb 4. (UP)-Spccia stamps each
good for weeks allotment, will he used in rationng
sugar to consumers the Office of Price Administration
said today.
The stamps will be issued by local ratonng boards
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04
y AMBl!Ne
X EPORTER

Chapter e.
Here is the next chapter in the
list of what not to do in case Of
an air rai]. Don't forget this i
in fun. For the love of mike don't
follow these directionSD
No. 6-Drink heavily. Eat onions.
limburgcr cheese, etc, before en-
tcring a crowded air raid shelter
This will make you very unpopular
with tho crowd in your immediate
vicinity. eliminating discomfort
caused by people crowding toe
closely.
ca If you should be the, VIC
tim of direct bomb hit don't g
to pieces. Lie down and you won't
be- noticed.
That's the end of the list unlcS,
you have some good ones.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04
Five Die as Fire
Ra9es Thru Drunk
dnk i'm s. D. Jail
Pnsonerin Padded Cell Blamed for
Starting Tragic Blaze; Eleven Injured
Before Police, Firemen Unlock Cells

SAN DIEGO, Feb a. UP)-Frc which police said was
deliberately started by prisoner swept through the drunk
tank of the San Diego city jail today burning five inmates
to death.
Eleven other prisoners seriously burned or had
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04
'WoveII Calls on
Armie for Last
Ditch Resistance
Reinforcements Awaited as Japs Press
Offensive on Far-FIuns Fronts; New
German Gains Reporte d From LibYa
= BY UNITED PRESS

The United Nations bated to hold their Tar eastern Dc
Tense line Wednesday until great renforcements' from
America can turn back Japan's offensive.
On the swirling SaWeen river in Burma, along the
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04

the man police blamed for the
holocaust. Thomas Kelly. 25-year-
old aircraft worker was unScatheo.
The dead
Roy NcSSler. j. Z. RimCr. Frank
Porter, Jesus MARTINEZ, and Al Will
!iamS. Negro.
The injured:
Jack w. Vaughn. Wilbur E. Down.
ing. Willard ID. Star William f
Reese; David Lcbord and G.. Will
liam Hardesty, all sailors and ali
suffering from smoke inhalations
All tho scamcn were treated at tic
naval hospital here.
Others injured were Negro lis
cd only under a John Doe name,
critical burns: George Snyder, Jack
Pike and Olic Gorden, burns, anG
one less seriously burned, Augustus
Jones. All the men we're in the jail
on drunk charges.
PRISONER BLAMED
Police Captain A. E. Jansen, who
was on duty at the time the fire
started said Il place the entire
responsibility on prisoner Kelly fUT
this disaster"
Kelly was being held, but nc
further charge other than the drunk
complaint had been lodged againS;
him pending completion of the in
vcstigation which was started im-
nediately.
Captain Jansen said Kcll" haI
been brought TO the Jail at 3 80 am
today, drunk He was lodged in al.
ordinary cell in the drunk tank,
but tried to rip a wall bed from
its moorings.
He was then put in the violent
ward. AT AIT am. smoke was no.
ticed pouring from Kelly's new eel!
The door was jcrked open anG
Kelly ran out, followed by flamey
working their way up the cork anG
tarpapcr walls. Kelly was unhurt
and tried to escape from the jal,
Continued on Page 8, Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04

Right. Ny hoy
The youngsters in Evelyn BCaity'S
first grade ciaa, al Mckinney SChoO
were having a little oral discussion
of current events. The children
all about o. or seven years CT age
were little confused about the
past, present, and such things but
were doing their best.
She asked the children who the
president Of the United States is
and the children told her various
men. including Willkic, Lincoln
and Washington. She Strengthened,
out the confusion and told them VIC
are now having President RCoSc-
volt. The children repeated thc
name several times. She went cL
with the discussion.
Who helps the president ruin
the country" she asked. Lorcl.
Cunningham thought for a moment
and then pipcd up in a shrill voice
His wife"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04

Nuff Said
The bulky transcript of the
testimony taken at the National
Labor Relations Board hearing il.
FL Ccntro last week reveals some
of the strangcst things it has beer
RR'S lot to read.
Fcr instance. Trial Examiner A.
Bruce Hunt looked at the audience
in the court room one day ant
picked Bernard Moffit of the
Charles Freedman shed to take
the witness stand. NLRB Attorney
Richard Perkins questioned MCf-
fit a long time. Then 1t was time
for r. B. Whitclaw. attorney for
the growers and shippers of I'M
pcrial Valley. to question Moffit
Hero is what happened:
Question by WhitclaW-Mr Mot
fit. as Ion. as you arc on the Wit
ness stand. tell us and the exam
incr whether ur not you, AS al
cmployc. arc deSirOuS of having
employee representation or rep
rcScntation by union.
Mr.. Perkins - Objected to. /
don't think it is proper to ask al
cmployc what he wants.
Trial Examiner Hunt - will
sustain the objection.
There you have it as it appears
on page 1893 of tho official tran
script Of the hearing.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04

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