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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-19

\A/H the Aeuiian islands stepping stones. Alaska the
w Pacific gateway TO the United States Already the Japs
have occupied strategic islands the AIeutian chain
Should the Japs succeed in taking islands,
tuay taking Alaska itself. vast stretches Of forest in
Canada and the northwest United States will be SET Afre
and our Pacific coast cities will be bombed.
This is the warning Of Anthony }. Dimond delegate TO
Congress from Alaska. who for years ortca+sn Of
Alaska against the fine the Japs might strike.
Alaska fortified. but there not time enough TO
make that far north outpost impreenabe
Now Alaska must be reinforced and drive made to
rid the Aeuans Of the Jap TO the Pacific coast
Tokyo recognized the importance Of the Aeuians not
only Of attacking the United States but the
way the United States could attack Japan.
The late General William Mitchell said this in 1884
The distance from the most westerly point Of Alaska
Atu Island to Tokyo. less than 1000 miles An air often
sve against Japan from Alaska would be decisive"
The Japs occupy Attu and unless driven OUT may
strike the Pacific coast from the air soon.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-19

TIe STRONG CENTRAL STRATEGIC Posi-
non or JAPAN COULD Be UPSET " WE
HAD The USE or, NE RUSS BASES Or
SIBERIA. SUCH AS PeTROPANOVSk, SAX
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-19

OPEN TO ATTACK BY U-BOATS. ONLY PRES.
EMIT SUPPLY LINE TO ALASKA IS BY SEA. AIR
SUPPLY LINES OVER OUR COMMERCIAL
ANYWAYS ALSO CAN BE USED. LAND SUP.
PLY HIGHWAY UNDER CONSTRUCTION
MAY Be READY BY 1913.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-10
SCARE PROPAGANDA
HITS NEW HIGH

If, by some far stretch of the imagina
tion, the federal government should at
tempt 10 do what one of its employees
predicted the other day that it will do
Imperial Valley will become an unin-
habited waste before the War is over.
Imperial Valley would NOT 0e alone in
this predicament. About half the other
communities IN the nation, particularly
those engaged in agriculture. would be in
the same fix.
Roland s Vale. director Of the con-
sumner goods division. Office Of Civilian
Supply, was the gentleman who sent do
mestic scare propaganda to new heights
of the ridiculous. He predicted in Los
Angeles that shipments Of food in the
United States will be limited 10 q radius
of 500 miles in l94S Fortunately for
the reputation Of the Office Of Civilian
Supply higher government officials hint
ed later that Vale had been = bit. we'll
balmy.
The mere fact that the announcement
was made by a person high enough IN
OCS ranks to become a department dir
ector indicates, however, that the prof.
ect received serious consideration in in
ner councils.
Consider what such a government order
would do, if enforced. Imperial Valley,
which depends almost entirely upon east
ern markets to buy its produce, would
be put out of business as farming COM
munity The nation would lose an amaZ-
ingly large share of its agricultural pro-
duction by closing down this one terri
tory alone.
But we would not be alone
Salinas, Watsonville, Phoenix, Yuma
they would ali be in the identically same
boat with us. Nor would it stop there
The fruit growers of the Pacific north
west would have to abandon their farms,
which ship apples and other similar pro-
duce to all parts of the country Maine
would have to live on its own potatoes,
or starve; SO would Iowa, with corn sup
plementing the potato diet; hundreds of
thousands of acres in the great midwest
ern grain belt would be forced into idle
ness.
Evidently there are quite few of our
precious government economists who
have never taken the trouble to learn
what kind Of a country they are living in.
They operate in such a rarified atmos-
phere of statistics that they've never
bothered to get down to earth, where the
statistics come from.
What we need is a few realists in gov
ernment, who believe in the truth and
shun the make 'em suffer" theorists.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-10
GLORIFYLNG
YOURSELF
NEA Service Staff Writer

Those new, cool permanent wave
/ processes. comforting by-prodEct OF
| the Shife away from prioritied metal
curriers', keep coming up.
The latest is done with lotions
Skillfully adapted to the texture OF
a womanS hair-something special
for the one who used to say her
treSSes wouldn't take a perma-
nent. The curlS are made with all
wood spindles, ligher and quicker
than metal.
A new wave would be fine pres
ent to give yourself for Christmas,
if YOUR hair is ready for it. Ready
means two things. First, the hair
which has had a permanent pre-
viouSly should be practically all
grown out; smacking one wave on
top of another may make you feel
festive. but it is not the best thing
for hair health. A good wave
should last from three OF six
months, depending on how short
the locks are when waved and how
fast they grow.
oCCOIlNl, llllI SllOullt DC III NOll1ll-
ton for a permanent. Don't wait
until the last minute to decide
check now, and if it's evident you
will need a new wave by Christmas,
take a few special treatments.
Having your hair curled may dis
tract attention from its excessive
dryness or oilineSs or dullness for
a time, but it will not change the
condition. In fact, the condition
will prevent your getting as pretty
a curl as you'd get with healthy
hair. Two or three special treat
ments in a beauty shop, weekly in
advance of the permanent. are in
dicated along with persistent
brushing.
If you cannot afford the profess
Sional treatment, treat duh and dry
hair at home by taking an oil APP
plication before shampooing, and
go after very oily hair with prep
arations which are made for that
difficulty.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-10
WE
the Women
BY RUTH MILLETT

Small fry must get a kick out of
the fact that grown-ups are now
finding out what it is like to hear
don't every time they turn
around.
Don't drive over 35 miles an hour.
Don't hoard.
Don't travel unless it is essential.
Don't use the telephone any
more than you have to.
Don't gossip about military af-
fairs.
Don't waste gas and lights.
Don't buy anything you don't
need.
And along with all the "donts"
they are getting a taste of what
it means to have a higher author
ity say, No. you can't. There is
no use arguing about it."
No, you can't have but four gall
Ions of gas a week-Cor maybe
three
No, YOU can't have but one cup
of coffee a day.
No, you can't have but half a
pOliiu VI SUSdl q NCck.
mo, NO, NO, NO.
No, you can't have a raise.
No, YOU can't have a tub CT
tooth paste unless you remember
to bring an empty tube with you.
No, you can't buy this, and you
can't buy that.
Yes, the small fry must be low
ing it. Ali day long they hear
don't and ne" you can't; don't
argue from their parents whose
word is law to them.
And ncw those same parents.
used to doing as they please, and
spending their money any way they
choose, arc themselves answering
yes, sir when Uncle Sam. in a
voice OF paternal authority. tells
them whats what.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-10
GOLD COMES BACK
( Nevada State Journal)

NNeNaQa state JOurnai)
Rubber, Americans have been told, is
more precious than gold. Also tin, iron,
brass, cOpper-any metal-ranks Il cut
above gold in wartime valuations. All
that is heard about gold is that something
like S22,00O,O 100000 of it is interned at
Fort Knox. Nobody gives it thought
except Mr. Morgenthau
But in North Africa scorned gold is
doing a comeback. General Clark lost
$4,000 in gold when a boat capsizad in
the Mediterranean after a conference in
Algeria. General Clark wondered what
Secretary Morgenthau would thing about
that Perhaps Mr. Morgenthau merely
wonders how General Clark managed to
emerge from such conference with $l8,-
000
American aviators, forced down in the
desert, also know that gold is good for
something besides burial in Kentucky.
Arab tribesmen may not understand
speeches about democracy and its ideals,
but they understand So gold piece when
they see one or gold sovereign when it
is rendered by British pilots in similar
predicament. With the Arabs gold goes
long Way-tO the nearest Allied base,
anyhow, as many rescued fliers testify
Rubber, tin, steel, etc, will help win
the war as advertised. But so will gold
Those who thought the word was off the
gold standard to stay can guess again
The precious metal remains precious. in
any language.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-10
Cuban Says Sub
Menace Overcome

WASHINGTON, Dec. l0.-(U.P0
Cuban President Fulgencio Ba-
tista said today that since the open
ing of the North African campaign
the submarine menace has been al
most completely eliminated from
Cuban waters.
Batista did not enlarge on his
statement. but it was assumed that
the leSsening of activities near the
Caribbean area was due to the re-
call of submarines for attacks on
United Nations shipping lanes TO
the African sector.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-10
s. Burton Heat h
Writes:

The war is year old. for us, and
row at last we have what appears
tC be a fun report frcm the Navy
as to what happened at Pearl Har-
ECr.
From elUner three or four Jap
carriers, which never were located,
los assorted Jap torpedo, dive and
horizontal bomberS struck Just at
church call, and while the watch
was being changed.
They damaged five battleships,
three destroyers, a mine-layer, n
target ship and q large floating
drydock very severely. They dam
aged three other battleships, three
cruisers, a seaplane tender and q
repair ship somewhat less.
Eighty Naval and 81 Army air
craft were destroyed, and most of
the rest were prevented from TAX
ing the air.
II the Japs had had courage of
their convictions, and had struck
at once with a strong task torce,
they could have taken Pearl Har-
Tor from us before most Americans
learned that the first shot had
been fired Like Hitler with his
invasion of the British Isles, they
hesitated- and now they will be
lost.
The damage to us was frighttul.
Yet even then it WAS less than
most Americans had supposed from
the extreme reluctance of Wash
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-10
MODERN MENUS

| cheese recipes during her travels IL
/ Switzerland.
Farina Pancakes With Cheese
lServes ~
One quart milk, l teaspoon but
ter, 1-2 teaspoon salt. 3-5 cup far
ina, eggs, IA pound American
Swiss cheese, crackercrumbs.
Scald milk: add salt and butter.
Slowly stir in farina. Beat egg and
stir in. Cook until thick, then pour
into a well-greased pan about l-2
inch deep. Cool. Cut into 2-inch
squares. Cut cheese into pinch
squares. l-2 inch thick Place
squares of cheese between two
squares of farina. Beat other egg
with little cold water. Dip cheese
sandwiches in egg, then in cracker
crumbs. Fry in butter.
Grunyere Pancakes
(ServeS ~
One-half pound Gruyere-type
cheese tor Swiss cheese if Cru
yere is not ayailable1. cup sour
cream. 3 eggs. 3 tablespoons flour,
pinch black pepper, pinch dry mus
tard.
Crate cheese coarsely. Mix with
SOUR cream Add spices and slight
ly beaten egg yolk Stir in flour
and mix well. Beat egg whites un-
til stiff then fold into batter. Fry
until light brown in butter, using
only l teaspoon of batter at a time
in the pan.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-10
DICTATOR McNUTT
AND MANpOWER
lOntario Report

Nitbs'4 ~ iNN l'i I
Saturday. under the provisions Of the
War Powers act. President Roosevelt
gave this nation dictator. We mean Just
that. because Paul Y. McNutt has more
authority vested in him by order of the
chief executive than any other man has
ever had in the history of the United
States.
II the terms of the manpoWer order are
entirely exercised by McNutt. he alone
can set the way of life OF each and every
American. 1t IS for him to say whether
or not man is 10 enter the armed ser
vices and Just what type Of employment
he is to be engaged in for the duration
of the war.
Let us examine the scope of this war
time order of the residents to better un-
derstanding its Implications All 'func-
tlOns, powers, duties personnel. records,
property and funds of the selective ser
vice system are transferred to the Man
power Commission, whose chairman is
McNutt. All voluntary enliStments of
men between Is and SO are stopped For
nation at war that takes care of a very
important segment Of our male pOpula-
ton.
AS for the rest of us, we have been
placed under the MmpoWer Commission,
also. Its chairman can decide where
lnel Shall WORK ana at NfldJ. lie Is en-
powered TO shift workers from industries
deemed non-eSsential to the war effort
into war work or agricultural work He
can freeze a man or woman in a Job on
move whole groups from place to place
as he sees fit. Free choice Of occupation,
which we Americans have considered our
prerogatlve, is a thing of the past.
We are glad to see a working Man
power Commission reated by the Presi-
dent. 1t has long been needed to straight
en- out the tangled affairs of our nation.
But the choice of Paul V McNutt as
chairman comes as a disappointment. In
his long public career he has remained
undistinguished. Politically ambitious,
he loves power and preferment, but such
man seldom uses power impersonally.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-10
Next Move Up TO
Ward in DISPUTE

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-UPD
1t was Montgomery Ward e. Com
pany's next move today in it's dis
pute with the War Labor Board
over labor relations in its Chi
cagO stores.
The board in a new directive, has
ordered the company to sign forth
with" collective bargaining agree
ment with its employees, including
a revised maintenance of union
membership clause which the COM
pany already has rejected.
If the company again declines to
sign the WLB will for the second
time within two months refer the
case to President Roosevelt. There
has been no indication to what
lengths he is prepared to go in such
q case.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-10
THAT TROUBLESOME ISSUE

Now that Manpower Dictator Paul v
McNutt is all set to shift civilian workers
around where they're needed in the coun-
try's war plants, the time has come when
the federal administration must face
squarely an issue it has successfully
lodged ever since the war began.
When man is virtually ordered to go
to work in war plant, is the government
going to order him to join labor union,
also?
The administration has inserted into
virtually all of it's war contracts clause
requiring that the contractor must use
union labor. Thus, when the government
orders man into war job, It is going
to have to decide whether this clause is
going to be enforced to the letter And,
if the clause is enforced, the government
will be in the position Of using the great
est power in its history to coerce men and
women into joining private organiza-
tion operated for the profit Of few big
shots.
It's time for a decision.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-10
Record Ship Gets
Record L.oadinu

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 10
fUPJ-The Liberty snip Robert f
Peary, built in the World-record
time of four ana a half days has
become a party to new record
this time in shiploadin9.
Vice-Admiral j. w. Grecnsladc
announced Yesterday in n letter to
Local 10 Of the international Long
shoremen's and Warchol3 3emen'S
union that the union stcvcdores had
loaded The ship in 3 days, z3 h0GTs
and 80 minutes.
That mark surpassed the previous
record set in loading the Joseph
M. Teal, the Liberty ship which
held the construction record untS
the Peary was built.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-10

in9ton about telling the stor3. OF
rs consequential craft at Pearl Har-
Dor the Japs got only 80, and Of
these only one 26-year-old battle
ship will be a total, permanent loss.
Apparently one reason WIZ we
escaped as we'll as we did was that
two task forces, including all OF our
aircraft carriers, were absent ON
assignments.
Once the first Japs arrived, our
men reacted braPely, competently
and creditably. The% were deva-
stated because, virtually all OF our
air strength being destroyed or
grounded by damage to airIieldS,
the fleet had no protection except
antiaircraft fire.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-10
CAPITAL TALKS
by
Peter
Edison

Unofficial new slogan OF the Ma
val Guard. the outfit which mans
the guns on merchant ships, is
sighted Sub. Club Club
Unofficial designation of the
new Controlled Materials Plan or
CMP. cooked up by the War Pro-
ductiOn Board is "Cripes. More
PaperwOrki"
Munro Lief. the whimsical fellow
who wrote Ferdinand the Bull. ="
has just been promoted to an army
CaptainCy and sent out TO a Kansas
service school to find cut what
fighting ranch of the service was
all about But short time ago
when he was just 4 first lieutenant
in Washington. writing serious
speeches for generals to deliver,
Lief was sent on a speaking tour
with a LOT of colCnels and majors
who thought they were something.
Imagine the surprise of the COL
onels and majors when, on pick
ing up the local newspapers to
look at the photograph of their ar
rival at the railroad station. they
saw it under the headline, MUM
RO LIEF AND PARTY ARRIVE IN
TOWN
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-10
RY MRS. GAYNOR MADDOX
\EA Service staff Writer

The Swiss use cheese in many
ways. Americans are beginning to
discover that cheese is an mex
pensiye and always available source
of frst-grade protein when meat
is restricted. Virginia Pemberton,
American soprano CT the Chicago
Opera COMPANY. collected these
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-10
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The f0li0lcAng edit
.gioiS are presented as interesting Opin.
oRs UoiceG bg editors eiSeWhere. They
10 not necessarily reflect the opinios 81
his paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-10
MONDAYS MENI1

Breakfast: Grapefruit juice, cat
meal muffins, country sausage, cof-
fee, milk.
Luncheon: Tomato juice. Cru
yere pancakes, apples, cookies, tea,
milk.
Dinner: Leftover chicken and
vegetable hash, French fried pota-
toes, picked beets, fresh fruit gel
attn, lemon sauce, coffee milk.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-10

Africa is no halting place. 1t is not
seat but a springboard. We shall use
Africa to come to closer grips.-Winston
Churchill.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-10
IT'S A WOMAN'S WAR

Flying Fortresses. the biggest
toughest fighting planes the US.
Army or any other army possesses
today, are now being made by a la
Dor force that is so per cent Wom-
en-, and by the end of next year
officials at the Boeing plants in
Seattle and Renton, Washington,
say the labor force will be 70 per
cent women.
In Washington it is believed
this is the highest percentage Of
women employees OF any aircraft
plant in the country. In April,
Boeing had less than 4 per cent
women employees. BY July it was
rs per cent and il has been dOu-
bled since then by simplifying
work processes. Eighty per cent
of all beginning and probationary
mechanics being hired are women,
and there are now some women
doing practically every job in the
plant. Ninety-five per cent OF
all the rivet buckers are women,
and from twO-thirds to three
fourths of the workers in up
hOistery, faric covering, electric
wiring and tubing shops are wom-
en-.
Bic surprise has been that most
of the married women with chill
dren prefer the second shift, from
] m. to midnight. They do house
hold work in the morning, let a
neiohor take care of the children
till the husband gets home from
his day shift.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-10
MOST AMAZING

Most amazing thing about that
rumored Harold Ickes-tor-Fanny
Perkins-f -for-Paul V. McNutt-for-
Harold Ickes cabinot shift that had
washington so excited was that 1t
offered such an ingenious solution
to so many Washington headaches.
1t raised McNutt to cabinet
rank, which he has long wanted.
II gave Ickes a larger voice in the
war production program, which
he had long wanted. II put
Madame Perkins back in social
work. for which she is best fitted.
II UIeased organized labor by
promising to get Miss Perkins out
of the Department of Labor
It Daved the way for a possible
transfer Of control over the petfo-
leum industry from Ickes to the
War Production Board, which WPR
has been asking for, 1t promised
4 stronger manpoWer setup IN the
Department of Labor, with an eX-
uericnced. tWo-fisted cabinet mem
Der IN charge who would get IN
there and fight for his rights, that
is. labor's rights
It denoted everyone for past
mistakes and promoted everyone at
the same time.
Big laugh was that organized Ia
bor seemed willing to accept the
scrappy Ickes, but as one Clio.
official explained, Anything would
be better than what's there now,
and Ickes is certainly preferable
TO Dan Tobin."
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-10
UNSEEN SIGHT

The famous and highly-secret
Norden aerial bombsight is still be-
lieved to be just as exclusively a
US. weapon as it was at the be-
ginning of the war, all OF them
being accounted for and none hav-
ing fallen into Jap or German
hands.
What has surprised US. observ-
ers. however, is that the Japs ap-
pear to be better precision bombers
than the Germans and 1t ISM
known what sight the Jap bomberS
are using, either. Maritime Cap
tain Raymond Lytz OF Mobile
Ala. lust back in Washington from
Guadalcanal, says that when the
Japs come over Henderson Field
for a high level bombing raid at
% 900 feet or better, they can hit
the runways with remarkable pre-
cision. To appreciate what good
bombing this is, you have TO con-
slider that the Jap bomber Is not
only more than four miles up, but
he is also tWo-and-a-haif to three
miles horizontally off his target at
the time he releases his eggs.
Evening star., 1942-11-29
Adequate Stocks of Coffee
Assured, D. C.. SuppI;ers Say
OPA Official Urges Housewives
To Buy Only What Is Needed

The housewife. who may have
been pinched by the one week freeze
of coffee sales, may scout around
today for an open delicatessen and
repleniSh her Stockton technically
the rationing of coffee began last
midnight.
The housewife may purchase one
pound of coffee with stamp q of
the sugar book, provided the person
to whom the book was issued was
Is years of age or older when it was
obtained. This pound of coffee
must last for the five-week period
before the second coffee stamp may
be cashed.
Washington coffee suppliers re-
ported that stocks are adequate to
take care of rationing demands.
While a moderately heavy run was
expected by stores during the next
few days, the demand was expected
to taper off sharply and leave mer-
chants in a better position than
few weeks ago when housewives
were stocking up in anticipation of
rationing.
Paul M. OLeary, deputy OPA ad-
ministrator in charge of rationing,
urged housewives to confine their
first purchases to actual needs and
not to cash in the family supply of
coupons at once.
Evening star., 1942-11-29
Defense Areas Will Hold
Recruiting Parade, Rally

A parade and rally designed to
recruit additional civilian defense
volunteers will be held next Sunday
under joint auspices of the Bright
wood and Sixteenth Street High
lands defense areas, deputy wardens
Of the two districts announced last
night.
The parade will start from
Georgia avenue and Van Buren,
street NV. at pm. The rally
will be held in the Paul Junior High
School, Eighth and Oglethorpe
streets NV, beginning at 2:3O pm.
Chief Afraid Warden William
H. Mileham, Col. Lemuel Bolles, ex-
ecutive officer for local civilian de-
fense. and Mrs. Clifford Pinchot
director Of the emergency food and
housing corps for the District. are
scheduled to speak.
Represented in the parade will be
AFRAID wardens, auxiliary police
men, feeding units. fire watchers
and messengers. The Fort Stevens
Post OF the American Legion and
the Calvin Coolidge High School
cadets also will participate.
Making arrangements for the
event are Deputy Air-Raid Wardens
Harry M. Dengler of Sixteenth
Street Highlands and Elmer John
son Of Brightwood.
Evening star., 1942-11-29
Nine More Firms Adopt
Payroll Savings Plan

Nine more firms were added dur
mig the past week to the Districts
Payroll Savings Plan, H. L. Rust.
jr., chairman of the District War
Savings Committee, announced yes
terday as the Treasury Departments
campaign under the slogan. TOP
that 10 per cent by New Years"
went forward
More than TOO local business firms
employing approximately 10000
workers have now installed the
plan in cooperation with their en-
ployes and labor unions.
Latest District firms added to the
war savings plan for bond purchases
are American Pharmaceutical Asso-
citation, Certified Bakery, Columbia
Veterans Wine and Liquor Shop
The Credit Bureau, Hostess Cake
Kitchen, Ney Distributing Co. and
Wonder Bakers.