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Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01
5. Burton
Heath
Wriless::

Wendell Willkie stirred up her.
nets nest when he took a crack re-
Gently at Winston Chmchills re-
marks that the British Common
wealth of Nations has it will hold.
The whole thing probably was a
series of Observation-Disclosures Either
Mr.. Willkie or the British mis-
understood what Churchill meant,
and the British apparently mis-
understood what Mr. Willkie had
in mind
The episode has served n use
flIl nnrpOSc. Nobody could read
'he bitterly mdicnant editorials in
the Canadian press without dis
missing anv idea that Canada has
vearied of It's ties with the British
Fmnire
Most Americans knew that. but
Of late a few have been muddying
the waters with talk about join
der of the two great Ncrth Ame:-
lean nations. They can now for
oet their pipe dream and get back
to The business of good neighbor-
illness.
The general Canadian reaction
to Mr.. Willkie's SDeech is fairly
indicated by the heading Of an
editorial in the Ottawa Journal
"The Iron Cross for Willie"
The Canadian attitade toward The
British Empire is well summarized
bv the Toronto Globe and Mail
"On Stripping the Empire This
prominent Dominion journal con-
cedes that Britain can and does
make mistakes. brt then goes on
to refute Mr. Willkie's epithets with
some facts.
The United States had almost
four times as much of MalaVa's cX-
ports in 1910 as went to the United
Kingdom. THAT is to saw" re-
marks the Globe end Mail. "the COL
onial imperialism which is SUD
posed to be exploiting the country
received only one seventh of the
rubber, tin, copYa. palm oil and
timber shipped abroad"
No colony is taxed for the bene-
fit of Great Britain. says the
Globe and Mail, but only to defray
lccal costs of government and pub
lie improvements.
Colonial imperialism" has been.
IN fact, a benevOlentiy constructive
process by which savage iungles
have been made into thriving pro-
ductiVe areas whose output has
been available to whoever cared to
buy it in an open market, the
Globe and Mail argues.
This NAV be oVer-Simplification of
the situation. It does ignore GER
tain intri2uing aspects of British
colonial history. And yet the Ca
madam newspapers eVen-tempered
ANALYSIS gees far to support its
conclusion that the so-called "em-
rire' really is more nearly "un-
ion" or "federation.'
In any event Canada-and ap-
narently the other dominions-
Goes not feel that the people OF
the United States need waste any
sympathy Cn the British provin-
cials. They're quite we'll satisfied
with their present status.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01
What You, Owe

WASHINGTON. Dec. l.-U.Po-
The United States today is just
about 0,000,00000O in the red
Stack it up CT lay it on the line,
that's a lot of money. It's 10 per
cent of a trillion dollars $1,000,-
000,0000G0 and equals a debt of
$734.82 for each man, woman and
child.
Stocked life poker chips, 100000
100000 silver dollars would make a
pile Of l82-l09 miles high and
would reach over three-quarters of
the way to the moon. Laid edge
to-cdge, they'd make silver rib
bon 1857 ,424 miles long-long
enough to wrap around the earth
95 1-2 times.
Exactly how high the debt goes
today will not be known for several
days because Treasury computa-
tions and bookkeeping, as reported
in the official daily statement, run
two to three days behind the bell
on the national cash register But
with the TreaSury's $4,000, 900, 900
borrowing program under way, the
public dett, which last Friday stood
ut 500 GAG 905 $50, TODAY must hit
the all-time hioh of 100000 100000
That places the public debt with
in $3.50 00O0 OO01 900 Of the legal
limit rndcr current legislation The
latest budget bureau estimates are
that the debt will reach $l40051, :
OO0,000 by the end Of this fiscal
year, next June 20. The Treasury
will seek legislative permission to
raise the debl ceiling when the new
Congress meets.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01
DON'T 60 CRAZY

Don't buy coffee unless you need it
to fill your immediate needs Under ra-
tioning, there is enough coffee to go
around-but q rush to the stores in the
first days might depleta the supply ere
ating temporary shortage even under
rationjng.
If you have enough coffee at home to
last you Z few days, wait until your sup
ply Is about gone before making your
purchaoa. That way, you will give an
opportunity to those whose supplies are
exhausted to fill their needs, and you
may be sure at the same time that yours
will be filled when your turn comes.
You can only get so much coffee any
way. 1t makes no difference whether
you buy it early or late in the rationing
period-eXcapt that if everybody buys
early. the stores will run out at first
then have an oVer-supply later on. Help
Your neighbor, help your merchant, and
help yourself, by buying only when you
need to.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01
NOTHING TO
BRAG ABOUT
Nevada State JournaD

NEVADA state Joufnal)
Indicating that it was quite proud of
the record the war labor board announc-
ed yesterday that strikes in war indus
tines during October dropped to the low
est point since last January.
Had the board been able to announce
that no strikes in war industries occur
red in October the American people would
have been made very happy and would
be entitled to feel that the men in uni
form. who are carrying the fight to all
corners Of the globe, are being backed
100 per cent by the people at home, VINO
have sacrificed little or nothing.
The number of man-dayS lost from war
industry strikes decreased from 3lS,692
in September to 167 500 in October, the
board proudly announced, according to 4
Washington dispatch.
Think OF it-l67S65 man-days lost IN
October because of strikes which nVoN-
eG 42 .32O workers.
Was there an excuse for amy of the 1l5
strikes?
The answer is no" regardless of any
questions involved.
On a percentage basis strikes in Octo-
Der involved only Il small fraction of the
war industry workers, as there were 4o0,-
600 900 man-days worked during the
month. But there were some Key lndlS-
tries tied up for day or two or more
by the work stOppageS.
This is War time and there is no group
or individual in this country whose grieN-
ance is great enough to warrant Sabotag
ing the war program. There is no indus
tralist. labor group, labor leader or gov
ernment official in the United States
whose stake in this war exceeds that of
the soldier. sailor or marine who is fac
ing death every minute, fighting for the
honor as we'll as the preservation OF this
country.
The lives of thousands of young men,
hundreds of them from Reno, depend on
the support given them in munitions and
supplies. yet there We're 1886 man
days lost in October over trivial grleV-
ances.
What do those fighting sons of Amer-
ca think when they hear such reports?
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01
BYRD REVEALS DETAILS
(Fullarton NeWs-Tribune)

President Roosevelt currently has
White House staff of 10 times the size
of Woodrow Wilson's staff in the last
war. This is disclosed by Senator Harry
f. Byrd, in further support OF his con-
tentlon thai the Federal establishment
is excessively ovcrmanned and that the
surplus of government employees is al
fecting adversely the man power Of the
nation while thumb twiddlers' in the
departments and agencies are setting up
an unheard-of record for waste and in
efficiency. The present staff Of the White
House includes 906 employees, drawing
S2.999. .460 d wear In 1917, the executive
office had AZ employees and drew Sl64,o2O
a year.
Figures released by Senator Byrd re,
veal that the average American would
be paying about S31 year and the aver
age family Of four $l48 year toward
the wages Of Federal workers II taxes
wer2 levied on per capita basis. The
OUTLAY fer their wages was nearly trpled
in the last three years. The government
payroll of September, 1889. shows Sl4l,-
663. .23l was paid to 940,130 employees.
Last September 2,55l 1902 employees drew
S405, ,33O,4l8.
Three years ago the Federal payroll
was running at the rate OF Sl,699,9oo,0lo:
Now it is running at the yearly rate or
81 863 965. .0lG. Not only is the total FED
cral payroll two and One-half times as
large as it was during the peak IN the last
war. and the White House payroll ~
times as large, but the civilian 2mplOYe8
number half as many as the men IN the
armed forces.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01
Oatmeal EIuffinS
(8 muif;nS)

one cup milk, cup rolled oats,
? tablespoons shortening, cup
flour. i teaspoons baking powder, l
teaspoon salt, l-3 cup firmly packed
brown sugar. | egg, we'll beaten.
Scald milk. Add rolled oats and
ahortenng ana stir we'll; cool to
lukeWarm. Silt flour before meas
Uring; combine sifted flour, baking
powder and salt and sitt into large
mixing bowl AGd brown sugar and
mix well Add beaten egg to milk
and oats mixture; stir into flour
mixture. Four into Woll-greased
muffin tins, filling onlJ = full.
Bake III moderately hot oven '425
deg. F. for about Is minutes, un-
tlt delicately broWned.
The following recipes comes from
Mrs. Appleyard's Kitchen, the
look we think is all-American in
delicious way.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01
WASHINGTON FLOWERS

Hotels and restaurants Will bc
able TO serve onl.' about 40 per
cont Ct the coffee consumed before
rationing Operators Of gold
II ines Shut down as nOn-easential
nave been forbidden TO sell their
mining eqlirment unless they get
uermiesion from Was ington T..
Department cf Labcr'5 survey on
rost Of living reports in rea&es in
doctor Ellis. barber and hearty s1oo
charges and movie admissions, none
Of which is unde. price control
regulation.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01
TIE S25,029 SUBSISTENCE

Headquarters of the National
Farmers Union, made up largely of
'enantS, sharecgOppers and small
farmers. thought it would provide
some good clean fun for members
oy starting a contest with a small
gri2e for the best essay on how to
cut down our family budget so
rs to be able to get by on S25,000 a
year.
Funniest thing about the con-
test was that none of the con-
testants got the point. All Of them
thought it would be wonderful TO
have as mrch as S25,0C0 a year
and theY sent in their entries
slanted up towards $4,000 mini
mum instea Of down towards
$4,000 maximum
The contest was a complete flo1
and backfired from the point Of
view but, out Of it one contestant
did offer a budget on how to get
along on $25 coo a year net, after
III taxes had been paid The bud
get:
2ent-air- ir-conditioned apart
mont. 5000 a month ...... S2400
ECOd-breakfas 81, lunch So,
dinner SO. for four ......-. $3.50
Clothing-including a $1,000
mink coat every other year $500
Medical, dental care, insur-
ance ....-.. 2COO
creatiCn-Vacation in Me
or Fla ........................ 2C0O
identals-urkeep Of cars,
razor blades, etc. .. 1000
That added up to $2216O which
ire contestant said amt hay and
left $2840 a year for bonds.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01
DELAYING ACTION

However, the axis remains strong.
The suggestion from neutral sources
in London that the enemy may
cease resistance does not make
sense. The Germans and Italians
are capable of a delaying action
which is likely to postpone the de
ciSion.
The lst army, which has sliced
between Tunis and BiEerte and Is
closing u ring around both strong
holds, faces stiff resistance. The
enemy holds strong fortified posi-
tions and appears to be Well-equip-
ped with artillery, particularly the
deadly 33-ElilliEeter antitank guns.
His aviation, while not dominant,
is doing considerable damage to the
advancing Allied columns.
The 9th army moving against the
remnants Of Rommcl3 AfriEa Korpa
at FL Agheila in Libya, has its prob
, lens too. As outlined in an authori-
taliVc British war commentary, IT,"
situation is as follows:
PROBLEMS INCREASE
Having smashed the Afrika KorpS,
Gen. hontgonery'S problem has not
become simply a matter of the En-
g,ish tank men stepping on the gas
and tearing eff over the de1ert after
the rctreating enemy. The prob
/ lens of the chase increase with each
mile of advance; conversely, the
problems of the QUAR- decrease.
The beaten army does not have
i the great difficulty Of bringing up
supplies Of food, water, fuel and
ammunition. 1t has dumps Of them
waiting at various points on the
way home. AS it retreats, the losses
! of men ard vehicles on the way re
duce its needs, and the constantly
shortening line Of communications
makes the problem Of meeting those
needs easier. Rommel thus can stay
] in action without making a deter
mined stand until he reaches his
last base.
IRaNSPORTATION
The British problems are more
complex. When an armored division
is advancing in ordinary line of
march, it useS up rs 900 gallons of
gasoline in the iir.t hundred miles
TO carry that amount. 81 trucks
are needed. With each additional
100 miles, 80 r7ore tructs have TO
be added because the trucks them-
selves use uD gasoline. The adYanc-
ing &rGy cannot abandon vehicles
without giving mp the chase alto
gothe-.
Thrn there is the problem Of an
munition. j. always depends on
the cXtCnt Of the crCmy resistance
That is always an unknown quantity
until the c1only makes stand, so
the advancing army must be pre-
pared for even unlikely eVentuali-
ties.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01
WE
the Women
EY RUTH MiLLETT

why he's Just q kid" you said
of yer l8-year-old son when the
lawmakers in WASHINGTON finally
decided thct he was old enough to
PC to war. But the Army sees in
your kid" the makings of soldier
not lust an ordinary soldier, but
one of the best because he is
young.
The Army says he has exactly
what If takes to make a good SOL
dier. He is daring, for he hasn't
yet learned cauticn. He is just
eff the football fields, the baseball
lots. the basketball courts, so he is
tough-not yet Softened by years at
a desk lob And it is easy to give
him orders Hasn't he been taking
them from yOU and his Dad and
the coach all these years?
HE'S FIGHTING MAN
That is how the Army sees him
as a man. young, of course, but
better fighting material because of
his youth.
Cant you try to see him in that
light instead of telling yourself
that he is just kid?
It will help if you can. 1t will
not Cnlv help you, but help his ia
ther, and help the Icy himself.
Chances are he wants to Get into
this fight. II looks like adventure
to him. 1t also looks like a short
cut to INDEPENDENCE. And besides
that he perhaps feels more deeply
than YOU know an urgent desire
to be fighting fer his country.
You read, didn't you what the
students at Princeton wired Wash
ington when the amendment to the
youth draft bill. later discarded re-
ouiring II months of pre-combat
training was under discussion?
Their wire said: Americas youth
asks no favors, wants nc half
hearted war conduct. and desires to
serve its country without condi-
tons attached by Congress-
That is how group Of college
boys feel abcut fighting for their
country ana it is probably how
your CWn boy feels.
So don't keep saying he's just a
| kid-nOt even behind the back. He
wouldn't like it.
He feels he is q man equal to
meeting a mans responsibilities
and his country has said he is cnc.
So start thinking Of him as Il man
| yOtTSeif.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01
TOMORROW'S MENU

BREAKFAST: Cranberry and
grapefruit juice, corn meal muf-
fms. milk, coffee.
LUNCHEON: Crcamed Clipped
beef on toast, buttered toast, Gel
cr". steWed ginger pears, sponge
cake tea, milk.
DINNER: Shoulder Of veal stuff
fed with mushroom stuffin8, brown,
gravy, stuffed 1aked potatoes, green
beans. green salad, deep dish ap-
PIE and raiSin pie, cheese, coffee,
mix.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01
GL0RlFYING
YOURSELF
By ALICIA HART
NEA Service staff Writer

The woman in uniform should be
remembered when you make your
beauty gifts list. For her. cos
n4eticS houses do up everyday tens
Of extra simplicity, strength and
cCmp9ctness, and they also cater to
her enjoyment of going very fem
mime" when she gets time TO relax.
For the WAAC or the WAVE or
duty: a compact alligatOr-grain XII,
holding nine. beautJ preparations
anC makeup q vanity case
which holds powder, rouge, cleans
Ing. and foundation pads, all with
III q tWo-inch box, the clasp OF
which is a lip5tick And if she
Gets off for weekend now and
then, and you want something
handsome, a leather luggage set
with kit included.
The Nurses Aid who's coed and
ready to give her looks an cmer-
gercy treatment at the end of the
dhH would appreciate fanciful bath
prettiCS q Choir OF six pink
soap angels . an angel shaped
Bottle of perfume.
Living at an Army or Navy post.
miles from q beauty salon, the
service woman like the service Of
iicer's Wife) would welcome a treat
mert set including makeup, night
cream and face cream.
USO volunteers, ever on the go
and prettily, for the success of their
hospitality 5-to-soldier work, rate a
beauty gadgct consisting Of a key
chain with metal fob which can be
rsed as Identification tag nd three
different colored lipsticks in red,
white and blue cases.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01
Corn Meal MuffirS
(l2 lar muff nS)

Cne cup corn meal, = teaspoon
salt, 2 eggs, l cup white flour, i
cup sugar, 2 tablespoons melted but
Ter, cup milk, 4 teaspoons baking
powder
Combine all dry ingredients; siit
together. Add milk, well-be2ten
eggs. and melted butter. Mix bat
ter lightly. Use iron gem pans if
possible. Place 4 dab of butter in
each compartment and heat pans
II oven before filling ., full with
batter Bake in moderately hot
even t425 dee F. from 20 to 25
minutes. Honey or marmalade
mould be served With these muf-
fins
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01
FGLDAW WiY KIT

One new f0ldaWay Kit. just AZ
by 5i2 inches. contains six makeup
essentials and a removable mirror
This opens on all four sides. afford
Ing quick access and q full view cf
each article-Quite a consideration
Tor time saving makeup.
and if @ou're one woman in Uni
form, shopping for another, do look
al the strictly feminine sets clad in
boudoir pink. They're all fixed for
the h&sty shopper, with gift card
&lready attached By means of a
metallic DOW Typical:a decanter
C. fine toilet water, matching cake
OF soap, and bath powder.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01
Today S
War Moves
By Louis +. Keemle
Of the United Press
War Desk
By LOUIS +. KEEMLE
Of the. United Press War Desk

The Allied armies began closing
in for me Kill on the aXls forces On
the southern shores Of tie Mediter-
ranean Tuesday and the close OF the
African chapter of the war appear
ed not far off.
The next chapter will be written
in southern Europe.
victory in Africa was III sight,
but not an easy victory. Having fall
ed TO establish clear air superiority,
the enemy was outnumbered on
land and squeezed between the ad-
vancing lst and 9th British armies
from west and east.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01
Boy Actor Takes
Up Arms for U.s.

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. l.--UP0-
Freddie Barthomonew Briiish-born
film actor, who Used to plav small
bov parts, announced today he was
going to fight fer the country that
gave him such a rich reward for
his work,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01
BY MRS. GAYNOH MADDOX
ice 81 +. Writer

NEA SerVlce = 7. Nriter
Mullins with jam or Jelly add a
welcome variety to breakfast these
WintIy mornings. Try these tested
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01
CAPITAL TALKS
by
Peter
Edison

The telephone rang IN the nOdu-
lated. genteel, YET definitely firm
tone that q well-protocoled tele-
phone should ring in a State De-
partmCnt office The official pick
I'd up the receiver and gave his
name. This is the White House
calling the official heard a FEM
irine. secretarial voice saying. How
eo .ou spell Francisco Franco'?"
War Production Board Chairman
Donald NJ. Nelson is being referred
tc as the Bernard Baruch of the
reXt war.
The trouble with reporters IS
that they have no sense of rever-
enCe. As one group of Washing
ton correspondents sat waiting
Tor a cabinet officer to make his
appearance for i press confer
ence, a reporter was heard TO re-
mark wearily. well, come on!
Bring him IN and prop him up"
The point hasn't been empha-
sized hut defeat Of the Pepper poll
tax bill was a terrible licking for
organized labor particularly the c.
l o. which for months had been
needing Senator Claude Pepper of
Tallahassee. Fla, to get going on this
r.easure. The labor lobbyists feel
that if Pepper had pushed his bill
earlier, it could have cleared Con-
eresS before the election.
What organized labor had to cain
out of the poll tax repeal was the
franchising OF the lower paid work.
Crs in the eight southern states re-
tanning the poll tax.
With more of these low income
people voting. organized labor could
co more direct campaigning against
the southern conservative, anti
labor congressman.
Women doctors have never
caught on in the United States. For
some ineXplicable American psy-
Geological reason, neither men nor
women patients like TO have women
doctors look after them.
All this may be changed by the
war, however, if it lasts long
enough. For there aren't enough
men doctors or women nurses to
&c around and the medical profess
SION may be opened up for women
in a big way. IN Soviet Russia, so
per cent of the doctors are women.
In the United states it's only 5
PEI cent or 5000 out of the 10000
registered ard practic!ng physicians
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01
MODERN MENUS

cipes and see if they don't win
vou vote CT thanks from the fam
ilN.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-01

War Production Board Chairman
Donald NJ. Nelson is being referred
tc as the Bernard Baruch of the
reXt war.
Evening star., 1942-03-29

In another phase Of intensive Axis
efforts to knock Malta out of British
hands, constant air raids were directed
at island fortress But London claimed
that this attempt had cost Axis at least
so planes between March l and rs.
In nearby Libya, affected by the
eventual fate Of Malta, both British
and German armies were believed adding
strength for resumption of their active
warfare Twice this week British patrols
reached across the 50-mile No Mans
Land to hit hard at Nazi outposts, grab
prisoners and return.
Another of the signs of offensive-mind-
edness on the part Of United Nations
strategists came in Wash
Aid to ington on Friday when it
Ruxsio was disclosed that President
Roosevelt had ordered "a
first priority for shipments of all mill
tary supplies to Russia. War and Navy
Departments, War Shipping Admins
traitor Land and War Production Board
Chairman Nelson all were instructed 10
apply this urgent category to steps re-
lated to Russian aid
While immediate reason for this order
was to bring shipments up to schedule,
1t was expected to herald redoubled Rus
sian efforts to immobilize strong German
forces on that extensive front.
Expectations that Nazi efforts will be
made to interrupt flow of American sup
Evening star., 1942-03-29

On that same day came first word OF
a furious battle between italian air and
naval units and a light British naval
squadron which was escorting supply
convoy from Alexandria to Malta.
Rome eventually claimed that one
British cruiser, large cargo ship and
another naval vessel had been sunk and
that 16 other ships had been damaged
by Fascist gunfre, bombs or aerial tor
pedoes.
On Wednesday, however, there came
word from Preston Grover, former Wash
ington reporter for Associated
NoyoI Press, aboard one Of British
Fioht warships, that Overwhelmingly
stronger Italian fleet-includ-
ing one IS 50OO-ton battleship-had been
baffied and defeated by British escort
squadron. Loss Of one cargo carrier out
of entire convoy and damage to one
cruiser and three destroyers was extent
of admitted italian success in spectacular
engagement. Fascist battleship was de-
clared hit by torpedo but sinking was not
claimed.