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Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-10
WEIGHING THE PRESIDENTS
LABOR DAY UlTIMATUMS

On Labor Day, President Roosevelt
issued certain edictS to Congress and toll
lowed them with an appeal to the people
at large. Generally speaking, he did
good job, talking pointedly and clearly.
In the minds of listeners and of congress
men, however, there arose varied thoughts
and questions relative not only to the
issues but the mode of presentation. 1t
is possible that the negative reactions so
combined with the ALTERNATIVES that
what results may be conflicting mental
product which should be clarified.
The Presidents demand for immed-
late passage of a tax program was 1ully
warranted. This demand was in effect
an eXcOriation of congress, AID rightly
so, for dibble-dabbing and plddle-pad-
ding along with the issue for such
protracted period Congress has branded
itself guilty of gross inefficiency, OF play
ing politics, of trying to have Its cake ana
eat it at the same time.
Greatest Importance OF the Presidents
talk to the people and presentation to
Congress rests equally upon his proposal
to place a ceiling on farm prices and
freeze wages, and the threat to assume
virtual dictatorial powers If congress
doesn't handle the problem Immediately.
The President is right in that infla-
ton cannot be curbed if prices on various
farm products are allowed to climb too
high He also is right that wages should
somehow be frozen, too. The farmers and
everybody else will agree to that. His
approach and his implications and the
things which remain unsaid are the irrl-
tating factors in his dealings with the
subject.
Firstly, he went to great lengths to
tell how farm prices should be curbed,
b,+ bo did NOT ayn1aiO how wages would
be stabilized other than to say, keep
wages at a point stabalized with today's
cost of living" rather vague and am
biguous standard.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-10
Sterilization 10
Solve Meat Crisis

OMAHA, NEB.. Sept. 10-(UP)-
Jay Colburn. president of the Ma
tional Livestock Advisory council,
said today that President Roose-
velts economic stabilization pro-
gram would remove the danger OF
a widespread meat shortage.
Because of the present system OF
ceilings Cn dressed meat without
ceilings ca live annals, he said
thousands Ct hesd of nnder-ted
cattle are bc.r~ maiketel. Under
the stabilization plan. cattle men
would be provided with an mcen-
tive to keep such cattle ON inc
range for fattcning, he said.
This would result in an addition
to the meat supply of from loo 10
300 pounds for each such amman
marketed, Colburn said.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-10
Mind YOUR
MANNERS

Test your knowledge of correct
social usage by answering the fol-
lowing questions, then checking
against the authoritative answers
below:
l. Is it good idea for a grown
up to talk about how mean the
children in his neighborhood are?
2. If a grown-up has trouble with
neighborhood children is it better
to try and settle it with them than
to 60 to their parents?
3. Should one thank the man who
delivers a package to the door?
4. Should you make an effort to
have the paper boys money ready
for him on the day he always calls
to collect?
). Is it good manners for a Wo-
man to tell a paper boy to come
back next day to collect just be-
caulse she doesn't want to bother to
find change for him?
What would you do if
When you are a hostess you upset
a glass at thch table
Ca Keep talking about how
clumsy you arc?
III, Treat the matter lightly?
Answers
/. No 1t usually makes the
crown-up sound like an unpleasant
person.
2. Yes, if he can
3. Yes.
4. Yes.
5. No. She wouldn't shcw that lit
tIe consideration for grown-up.
Better what Would You DO
solution-(b).
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-10
PRICE OF LIBERTY
Oakland Tribune)

In the year and a half which elapsed
between mid-1940 and the attack on
Pearl Harbor, congress authorized an
outlay of $4,000, 100000. Five months
of war have added approximately $685.
OOO.OO0,OO0 to the total.
Some light is thrown on the general
character of American military strategy
when it is noted that the largest single
item of authorized expenditure has been
for the construction of airplanes, engines
and parts.
It is impossible to find an adequate
basis of comparison for the cost Of Amer
ica's present military preparations, All
other figures are insignificant beside it.
In 1888 the entire world spent only two
and half billion dollars for armament
But these vast sums must be paid, and
each of Us is called on to help by buying,
to the limit of our ability, war savings
stamps and bonds. Heaviest sacrifice,
supreme devotion as we'll as eternal vigil
ance are the price of liberty.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-10
Taggarts Observe
Goth Anniversary

HOLTVILLE, Sept. 1l.-Mr. and
Mrs. j. V. Taggart, residents OF
Holtville for 38 years, Friday will
celebrate their sixtieth wedding an
niverSary.
They have two sons living, John
and Earl Taggart, and five grand
children, John Taggart, jr., Charles,
Lester. and Edwin Blackman, and
Mrs. Lee Echols.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-10
Now Many Wear
FALSE Teeth
With More Comfor

,cid1 Dowder holds false teeth more
firmly. To eat and talk in more com
fort. Just sprinkle little FASTEETH on
vour plates No gummy. gooey, pasty
taste or feeling. Checks plate odor'
(denture breath. Get FASTEETH at any
drug store.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-10

creased hours and burden resulting from
difficulty of getting farm help and the
increased cost of doing business and
higher wages to be paid whatever help ne
can get BY large, the farmer wants
fair deal that's all.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-10
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The follolcing edit
orials are presented as interesting Opin-
ions Uoiced bu editors elsewhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion Of
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-10
GLORIFYING
YOURSELF
BY ALICIA HART
YEA Service staff Writer

The rush of wartime is not much
GOOD as an alibi for un-attractive
hair. For a..y woman who uses
her hairbrush for five minutes each
night. and has care for clean
illness. will have healthy, beautiful
hair. And only healthy hair takes
a lovely coiffure satisfactorily.
BRUSHING AIDS
ALL TYPES OF HAIR
Whether your hair is excessive
" oily, quite dry, or just normal,
brush it carefully once a day, us
ing good brush with bristles
that are flexible, and neither scft
nor very hard. When you do the
job thoroughly, you should part
the hair into small sections, not
more than a few inches square,
and brush each section.
Hold the brush loosely, placing
it flat against the scalp as you
begin each stroke. This stimu-
lates the scalp. cleans and pol
iSheS each hair.
If you have a scalp defect, such
as quantities of oil or dandruff or
a dry scalinesS, get a tonic made
to correct your particular difficulty.
Apply it after the brushing.
HOMEMADE SHAMPOO
EASY TO PREPARE
If you wash your own hair, use
a liquid soap, even if you have to
make it yourself. There are doz-
ems of commercially prepared
shampoos on the market, of course.
but you can do very we'll with a
homemade one.
Just cut up good white COM
plexion soap, put the pieces in a
Jar of lukewarm water and let
stand until soap is completely dis
solved. One standard size soap
cake makes two quarts of sham
poo.
Brush hair before washing, wet
thoroughly and pour on soap. Whip
! lIllO d ldlllCl clllNl WI n biiS AoNAA
er into scalp and hair. Rinse for
2 moment or two, then wash
again. Now rinse for several min
utes with a small hand spray.
DON'T NEGLECT
TO RINSE WELL
If you have no spray, use at
least four bowls of rinSing water
This is really the most neglected
part of the shampoo, hence it's the
most important point to remem-
ber.
Even if you go to a beauty shop
weekly to have your hair washed
and waved, do not neglect nightly
brushing. And don't let anyone
persuade you to leave the shop un-
til YOUR hair is thoroughly dry,
brushed. and combed by the oper-
atoc who set it.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-10
CURRENT QUOTATIONS

DOolittle carried out the raid against
Japan from the .air base Shanghai La,
which was not otherwise described by
Roosevelt.-Bcrlin radio broadcast heard
in New York.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-10

lion.
IN EACH quarter Vof 1941 the
L larceny record was higher
than in the preceding month
with November the peak month.
The largest number OF auto
thefts occurred in the third ar
fourth quarters OF the year wiz
the highest frequency in De.
cember.
Hoover says the general up
ward trend shown by the monthly
auto theft figures for 1941 indi.
Gates the possibility OF a con-
tinued increase in auto thefts
during 1912.
We Judge that this Is quite
likely. The tire restrictions since
the war have already been re-
sponsible for many depredations
against auto owners throughout
the country. BY auto theft. We
take il that Hoover's report re-
ferS not only 10 the lifting OF
automobiles in their entirety but
OF accessories and parts.
New York City topped all the
cities in the country in auto
theftS in 1871 with 1880, but
Los Angeles was right up there
with S,6O5. well ahead OF De-
troit's 1927. Chicago's 3,4s2.
Boston's 3.217. Philadelphia's
1855 and Baltimore's 3,065.
The Los Angeles figures are
probably explained by the fact
that in that city more auto own
ers leave their jallopieS out IN
the open than in any other place
in the United States.
THUS the figures are a boost
Il 10 the Los Angeles climate,
though a slight knock morally.
The Baltimore figures are some-
what pulling. They seem un-
usually high in proportion 10 the
population.
The honest countenance is one
of the most striking physical
characteristics Of the average
Baltimorean and il is something
Of a shock to learn that auto
larceny has gained such a hold
there We suspect that visitorI
must be responsible.
Cleveland should find DO
moral and economic qualification
in HoOver's document. II seems
Cleveland is a reasonably safe
place in which 10 leave an auto
mobile standing around.
There we're but 507 auto thefts
there in Al. as against Cincin-
MATHS 766. Columbus $40 and
Toledo'S 563. So IL you are
thinking of parking your car
anywhere in Ohio you better
skip all stops and go right on 10
Cleveland.
4 TLANTA Startles us with
"A 1924 and indianapolis I ,742..
Somehow we never associated
those pleasant cities with such
sordid transactions as larceny.
Newark with its las is more
understandable because most
likely the auto thieves who
operate in New York City oc.
casionally run out Of plumber
and pop over into New Jersey.
Louisville. Seattle. New Or
leans and St. Louis are all above
the 1000 mark, and Pittsburgh
hits 2301. San Francisco is up
10 2.514 and Washington. D. c.,
2.6l6. which. we presume. the
older residents of the capital
attribute to the influence 10 the
New Deal You never heard Of
auto theftS under President
James Monroe. did you?
We think something should
he made Of the records Of
Nashua. N. H.. and Wauwatosa,
Wis. Only five auto thefts oc-
Cured in each Of those fair
cities last year, the smallest
number mentioned in Hoover's
report.
Copyright. 1912, by King Feature.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-10
Widow Finds Tribute
To Red Cross in Poem
By BENJAMIN DE CASSERES

LONG Market street, San
"A Francisco. on May 10, 1918.
for two hours and a quarter,
there tramped the American Red
Cross singing war songs while
the crowd Numbered its cheers.
They were women from shops,
offices, homes, from every walk
Of life.
On the reviewing stand, among
others, were Waldemar Young,
of the San Francisco Examiner,
and his wife, Bessie, who resides
in Hollywood.
"Wally," as all those who loved
him land who did notD called
him, passed away several years
ago after reaching top rank
among the scenario writer's of
Hollywood. He was a born poet
as well.
"Wally" returned to the EX-
aminer office after the parade,
wrote his story and the follow
ing poem. which Mrs. Young has
just sent me. clipped, as she
says, from IAN old yelloWed
Examiner:
THE WHITE LEGION
The charnel door Of darker night
Through which the dead must
90,
Was gaping wide for that fuH
tide
That came IN steady foU;
Those dead Of pain out IN the
rain,
Their faces staring so,
Then suddenly the sable gloom
Was shot With shaft Of light,
As through the dark a HUNG
spark
Revealed legion white
OF figures slim. Of figures trim,
The 1chite against the night.
They came upon the chornel-
house,
A flag of 1Chite they bore
With cross Of fame, in mercy's
name,
To ease the ache Of wdr.
And in the night these figures
White,
Shut tight the chdrnel door!
More Wdit Without the chdrnet-
house
And fcUer 90 inside.
And ,cnr's red yield from battle
field
IL less n Touring tide;
And many men 90 home again
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-10
Good for the Council

CITY COUNCIL acted wisely yesterday in voting tenta-
- tive approval of Police Commissioner Frank Eamans
request for funds for 1000 auxiliary policemen to
wartime emergency police.
Commissioner Eaman two weeks ago candid and
emphatic in his objection to the suggestion that several
thousand volunteer policemen be sworn in and given
badges and police powers and guns
When he pointed out, logically that this would open
the gates undesabes and rresponsbes and gangsters
he accused by parochal patriots of being against
unity in Detroits effort.
The police commissioner is rugged fellow, but he is
also diplomat He did not retort in the parlance of
their k, his detracors who many, and voluble.
Instead he sat down and did lot of studying which
resulted IN lucid brief supporting his contention He
presented his brief yesterday before the council and it
subsantiaes his stand His argument enthusiastically
aconC,
You can have volunteer fire wardens. They have
a stake. They have their neghborhoods and individual
homes to protect That is vastly different from giving
police badge and gun to every Tom, Dick and Harry
Policemen who carry guns should be trained how and
when to use them. Otherwise we will have chaos i'm
Detroit"
The police commissioner is right City council
officially should agree with him.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-10
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY
March 10, 1871

Raj paves way for Greeks
final offensive on Tepeleni, in
Albania.
Vichy asks Britain 10 lift
blockade around France so that
American ships carrying wheat
to starving Frenchmen may
land.
Raj planes bomb Boulogne
and Calais.
A border agreement between
France and Thailand is signed
in Toxic; parts OF Indo-China
are given TO Thailand in ex-
change for peace.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-10

will never forget. Starved Jap
troops poured into the Oriental
metropolis, and seeing water buff
falo, used by the Chinese as
beasts of burden. they rushed up
to them with sabers and bayO-
nets and carved steaks from the
living animals, leaving them 10
stagger about screaming their
wondcrment at mans bestiality
10 beasts.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-10
Is YEARS AGO TO-DAY
March 10, 1917

Berlin claims arming Of
American merchantmen means
war; calls United States the at
tacker; instructs her U-boats to
sink any armed ship entering
the barred zone.
Canada deposits a large
amount Of gold in New York and
Philadelphia vaults to pay for
huge war purchases made in this
country.
Germans reveal they sank -
ships totaling 81 900 tons in tho
Mediterranean.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-10

DOWN ON The NEWS:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-10

OF those pho might hare died!
And many men that sought the
.SUDI
In sOddcn sinks of rain.
Hare tound their rest IN fingers
best
That cooled the scuidipg pain!
So pc that gjre to help these
lire
Ye hare not Tired in rain!
The Red Cross and every
American should be proud of
that beautiful and impassioned
poem to the daughters of mercy.
And from the white eternity
whereto the spirit of that finest
of men, Waldemar Young. went,
l can hear him saying to all our
people in 1912:
"Give"
A VICTORIOUS J a p is the
"a most deteStable creature on
the face Of this earth.
Take it from Arthur Menken.
He was the last newsreel cam
eraman to leave Japan. and he
photographed the Mikado'S war
machine IN action His story
one of human atrocities, appears
in the March issue of CoSmopoli-
tan and bears ample witness 10
the treachcry Of John Does Nip
pom counterpart, Saito-San.
For 10 years. from 1882 TO
1912, Menkcn watched him. saw
the savagery lurking behind a
sinister surface politeness. now
no longer hidden, develop into
savage brutality.
Menken recalls in his article
the japanese occupation of Nan
king, an experience he SAYS he
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-10

HITLER is desperately work.
IL ing on Vichy again for the
French fleet. He wants il for a
sea attack on Alexandria to
clear the way for Rommel. and
invasion straight on into the
Near Eastern oil fields.
The Chinese are again getting
supplies from Russia. including
much captured German ammu-
milton. II fits Chinese guns.
(Chincse army was originally
trained by GermansD
The foolproof test of Chinese
for Jap fifth columnists requires
inspection inside the big toe. II
a callous is found there, the man
is arrested AT home. all Japs
formerly wore sandals. the
straps Of which fit inside the
big toe. Resulting telltale cal
louSes last many years.
Mr.. Roosevelt's goal Of keep
ing our sea avenues Of communi-
cations open is being fully
achieved Even the one TO Vladi-
voStok is still open.
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Reproduction IN whole or in part
strictly prohibited.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-10
DEfR0HaasI! FINES

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-10
No Secrets
BY ARTHUR Bugs BAER

by BAEK
I'm the author Of the statement tfat there
democracy. In fact five years ago had capture
alien spy or two 10 find ont now we stood. ./...H
But don't think the government should keep the public
in ignorance If that's their natural condition
Still there should be military in addition to
the Jggadicr brindes bottle Of hair dye.
P. s. would define gossip that the coones
wife is saving for rainy day.
Service
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-10
l. ETH rs 10
The Editor
TO THE EDITOR:

- 4 LII L A'lNs
IN ANSWER to the letter Of
u John A. Carlson, printed in
your column Saturday, Febru-
airy q, 1 would like to say that
it would not be fair to cut out
those non-understandable' lam
guages from the radio.
After all, there are only one
or two of them on the radio a
day, l believe and we enjoy lis
tening TO the language of our
parents from the "old country"
because we do not practice them
at home any more.
! am sure those programs are
conducted by American citizens,
for we all try our best 10 be as
much American as the next
fellow.
MRS. VI. VOLSTROMER,
$40 Logan avenue.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-10
MRS. VI. VOLSTRONIER,
$40 Logan avenue.

TO THE EDITOR:
THERE is nothing impossible.
Il Please, Hugh Johnson, stop
saying that we can't get help 10
General Macarthur Rather
say that we can and we shall.
If enough people demand il, the
higher-upS will find a way.
IDA GERTRUDE l.. BURKE,
125 Adelaide street.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-10
Crime Goes
Up and Down
With Season
FBI Report Shows Pea
for Murder in July
BY DAMON RUNYON

A CCORDING to ]. Edgar Hoo
n YER. chief of the F'BI, in his
current report on crime in the
United States, crime varies with
the seasons, but offenses against
the person generally show OPP
posite seasonal trends to those
reflected by crimes against
property.
For instance. July was the
peak month of 1941 for murder.
which we suppose persons who
make a study of such morbid
matters can trace to the moon,
or something of that nature.
Hoover himself offers no obser-
vutions on the point. August
was the peak month for aggra-
waited assault and the highest
number of criminal assaults
took place in September.
In the case of negligent man.
slaughter. however. the fourth
quarter of 1941 was predomi-
nant, according to the report,
with December the peak month.
Robberies and burglaries we're
most frequent during the first
and fourth quarters of the year
with the highest daily average
in December. a fact that we
imagine might be due TO the
weather contributing to despera-
tinn
Evening star., 1942-09-23
3-A Men Urged 10 Seek
Anti-Aircraft Posts

Married men and others with de-
pendents who are now exempted
from Army duty by their ga classi-
flcation under selective service were
called on by the War Department
today to volunteer for training to
become anti-aircraft officers.
The call was issued by Mai. Gen.
Joseph A. Green. head OF the anti
aircraft command, with headquar-
ters at Richmond, to fill a monthly
quota Of 500 volunteer officer can
didates for the school at Camp
Davis, N. G.
Gen. Green said that qualified
ga men can, after course OF basic
training. take a 12-week course at
Camp Davis. leading to a second
lieutenants commission. Those
who fail of appointment may return
to civilian status.
Men In this group. up to and in
cluding the age OF a. can be ac-
cepted, Gen. Green said, and their
opportunities for advancement are
as good with the anti-aircraft COM
mand as anywhere In the armed
service. Those who have completed
trigonometry and algebra in high
school have the mathematical train
ing to qualify. t-.
Evening star., 1942-09-23
Col. Ha|yerson Revealed
As Rumanian Raid Chief
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CAIRO. Sept. 23.-Col. Harry A
Halverson, commander Of United
States bombers In the Middle East
theater, led in person the raid BY
American heavy bombers on the
Rumanian oil fields last June II. it
was disclosed today when he and II
other American flyers were awarded
the silver star citation for gallantry
in action.
Col. Halverson's citation said that
after long and arduous flight he
attacked a large refinery In Ru-
mania at the head of 4 formation
Of heavy bombers In spite Of enemy
fighter opposition hts force caused
considerable destruction and the
operation was 80 successfully plan
red as to render enemy opposition
ineffective"
Col. Halverson, ~. is a native OF
Boone. Iowa, and has been an Army
pilot for "a years.
The decorations were announced
at a ceremony at an undisclosed
Allied base in the Middle East, with
Maj. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton, COM
manding American air forces, read
ing the citations and Air Chief Mar
shall Arthur William Tedder, the
Raj commander in this theater
pinning the crosses on the 10 re-
cipients present.
Evening star., 1942-09-23
EchoIs' Plane Report
Cheering, Says Truman
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Chairman Truman Of the Senate
Defense Investigating Committee
said today that Mai. Gen. Oliver p.
Echos Of the Air Force niateriel
command, had given the committee
an encouraging report on the war
B plane program. 5A}r1q~s tsaa
Gen. Echols was questioned be-
hind closed doors about war plane
construction, which was criticized
on the Senate floor last week. He
brought with him charts and other
documents for the committees in
formation, but they, like his testi-
mony, were kept secret.
Senator Truman said his purpose
was to give the Army and Navy
the best fighting planes and bomb
ers In the world" Gen. Nichols re-
port as to what might be expected
IN frepower, speed and other fac
tors, he described as "encouragi 4"
The secret hearings will be con-
cluded tomorrow, Senator Truman
said. with a discussion OF the cargo
plane situation.