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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-09-22
Laurel Results

(See MANILA, Page A-10.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-14

tory over the Dacian King, Dccebalus,
in AID. LOG. by sending 10000 victims
into the arena 10 be slaughtered.
The arena of the Colosseum was
strewn with sand which readily alb
sorbed the blood of the victims Some
emperoTs scattered costly powders
and even gold dust instead OF sand 10
make the spectacle more attractive.
In summer, perfumed water shot
out of numerous fountains TO cool
the sultry air, and sailors stretched
gigantic awnings TO keep the scorch-
ing sun from spectators.
An elaborate system OF passages
wound its way underneath the struc-
ture. The wild beasts were prodded
through them 10 an ingenious ele-
vator that raised them through a
trapdoor into the arena.
Bison, bulls, wild boars, wolves,
lions, tigers, rhinoceroses, elephants
and mad dogs were used in these
battles between men and beasts.
The Christians were condemned ito
the lions" on trumped up political
charges, much like the Nazis today
fabricate lies TO exterminate those
who don't hail their New Order"
No one described these horrible
scenes better than did that noted
Polish writer, Henryk Sienkiewicz, in
his famous book, Quo Vadis?"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-14

was built for the purpose of just
such hOrrid spectacles.
Emperor Vespasian began the cree
ton of the Colosseum on the site Of
the artificial lake which Nero had
built at his Golden House.
Eight years later, in AID. so, YES
pasian's son, Emperor Titus, the
plundcrer Of Jerusalem, finished il.
The Inauguration festivities lasted
100 days. During that period thou
sands of gladiators persisted and
many more thousands, mostly Chris
tians, were devoured by wild beasts.
Succeeding emperors tried TO out
do the brutality OF their predecessors.
Emperor Trajan celebrated his vic
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-14

yellow Molossians from the Pelopon
nesus, pied dogs from the Pyrenccs,
and wolflike hounds from Hibcrnia,
purposely famished.
THE audience ceased 20 howl so
as 10 look with greater attention H.
the arena were the bodies OF dogs
and people"
Then the author told how the sight
intoxicated gthe mob. He described
how the spectators yelled for the
lions They were, soon let In with
fresh band Of Christian victims
Caesar himself" Sienkiewicz con.
tinued, turned his wearied face n.
ward them and placed the emerald
TO his eye TO see better
"But the lions though hungry, did
not hasten TO their victims. But .atcr
the odor Of blood and tom bodies
began TO act on them.
"One fell suddenly on the body Of
a woman and, lying with his fore
paws on the body. licked her with
his rough tongue; another approached
a man who was holding in his aims
a child.
''The child chung convulsively TO
the neck of its father; ne, TO pro-
long its life even for a moment, tried
TO pull it from his neck so as TO hand
IL 20 those knceling further on. But
the movement irritated the lion. AL
at once he gave out a short broken
roar, killed the child with one blow
OF his paw, and Selling the head Of
the father in his jaws, crushed IT,
AT sight of this all the other lions
fell upon the crowd OF Christians
These disgusting spectacles were.
repeated day after day, year after
year, but Christianity survived
This monument OF Roman shame
remained intact until the sixth cen.
fury when Theodore, the king OF the
Goths, carted away much OF the
marble and stone from the Colosseum
TO construct other buildings.
Bare and in ruins though il is to-
day, the Colosseum perpetuates its
infamous history with the reported
crime of the modern barbarians
whose greed for blood and murder
has surpassed even that of the an
cient Romans.
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-14

lapO Officers and II Italian mcmbeTs
Of the militia were killed
The Germans rounded up thou
sands of hostages that same after
noon, picked out 300 and hauled them
in trucks TO the Colosseum, where
they were herded into the ruins Of
the ancient arena and moved down
with machine gun bullets.
1t was reported that among the
slain was S3-year-old Victor Orlando,
former Premier OF Italy, who repre-
sented his country at the Versailles
peace conference where he, with Pres
ident Wilson, Lloyd George and Glenn
enceau formed the famous Big Four.
This was later denied by German
IL May If. 1914
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-14

sources, b u I so
far no official
confirmation of
the d e n j a ! has
been received.
Although mod
ern w g a p o n s
were used, the
performance was
no lie s & savage
than the perse-
cution of Chris
tians in the same
arena aim o S
1000 years ago.
The Colosseum
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dItNd WIS pFOpItU VIII
crowds. All ran quickly,
somewhat feverishly, and,
reaching the middle Of the
circle, they knelt with
raised hands.
Meanwhile, into the
arena rushed, with mad
speed and barking, a whole
mack Of nnrre oirarat -
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-14

Christians w ere tor
turcd 10 death by the
Romans has again be
come the scene Of
bloody, brutal mas.
sacreS of innocents.
This time, however,
it was not a blood
thirsty Roman En-
pcror who ordered the
executions of helpless
men and women. It
was the modern ma.
chine gun bearing min
ions of the Third Reich.
And no wild beasts
as of old were let loose
against the defcnseless
victims, but disciplined
cohorts OF the NaZlS.
According to the dis
patches, durin & the
M orning processio
through Rome, marking
the 25th anniversary of
FaScism last March,
riots broke out. Patri-
OTIS threw bombs, shots
were fired. and "a GeS-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-14
BERNE, Switzerlan

BERNE, Switzerland.
~ ECENT dispatches from the Swiss.
H Italian border report that the ancient
~ Colosseum in Rome where the early
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-14

Herded There in the Arena Like
the Christian Martyrs of Old, the
Hostages of the Nazss Awaited
Their Doom.
1.-The iron gratings creaked," wrote
SienkiewicZ. "In one moment the
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-01-17
GRAPE VINE
Polly Ticks
BY MARY LU CON

TO vote on national issues. We
have only 10 turn back the pages
10 the national issues of World
War l.
When we consider what hap
pened in the halls of Congress dur
ing World War l. we can only see
the wisdom of allowing all service
men to vote on vital questions, in
volving any changes in the Ameri-
can way of life.
AS we recall it, and the writer
speaks from the viewpoint of the
service man of the last war, GER
tain elements in Congress, under
the guise of patriotism. foisted on
the American people the unwanted
prohibition amendment. About
four million men were IN service,
and could do nothing about this
steal of American rights.
The law was first passed to con-
serve grain. and was for the du-
ration only. But what happened?
Shortly after hostilities ceased, in
fact at next session of Congress,
instead of abolishing the unwanted
legislation. the law was made eff
fective definitely.
When the current soldier vote
law was first proposed. nothing was
said about states rights, which our
mayor now puts forward. Men in
the armed forces are federal work.
erS. and the Federal Government
only can make it possible for them
10 protect the standards of living
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-01-17
Mayor conIon's
Labor Attitude

Recent issues OF the local press
have brought to the forefront
what long has been known To
all members of organized labor:
That the powers i'm the City Hall
have been and are strictly anti
labor.
From the local press, we have
an account of the City Council
meeting of Monday. January B.
The reporter that covered that as
Segment for the local press stated
of early in his reportorial story
that the mayor made certain state
ments regarding the qualifications
of soldiers voting, or the rights OF
the Federal Government to make
il possible for all soldiers 10 have
such opportunity.
There is no denying therefore
that the mayor did say that the
soldiers would not vote II given
the opportunity. Statements re-
gardirg local sitdown strikes,
emanating from the mayor at
the same meeting. were but
smoke screen. and were made
only to beclOud the issue and
were for reading only.
Let's digest the two questions
separately and see where the mayor
stands.
What is the real purpose behind
the soldier vote bill? Contrary TO
some belief. il is not because the
administration feels that they will
have a better chance of victory. of
the soldiers vote. From figures OBJ
tanned By a leading magazine. the
lineup Of the soldier vote, if any
thing. is slightly against the adj
ministration. At best il is a fifty
fifty proposition. How can anyone
say there are more Democrat SOL
diers than Republican Army men?
Pure folly. isn't it?
Such being the case we must look
elsewhere for the reason that a
determined effort is being made to
obtain for all service men the right
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-01-17

that prevailed when they entered
the service.
Why hOlier about states rights
at this time? There have been
wars and men in service nu-
merOus times previously. and yet
not once did one of the 48 states
take the initiative 10 protect
these members of the armed
forces from loss of their voting
rights.
But let some wide-awake friend
of the service man propose legis-
lation that will protect all that the
soldier or sailor holds dear, and
then we hear the walls of so-called
protectors of states rights.
Mayor Conlon should know as a
veteran himself the bitter resent
ment that prevailed in The armed
forces when Congress adopted the
Eighteenth Amendment, as a war
measure of conservation. and then
allowed the states to pass on such
legislation after the federal action.
We ask Mayor Conlon if such pro-
cedure is out of line now.
Soldier voting emanating from
federal legislation Is the simplest
and surest guarantee of protect
ing the soldiers on the fighting
front from INSCRIPTIONS sabO-
tours on the home front. 1t is
much speedier too. Federal ac-
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-01-17
ton Is effective Immediately.

ton Is effective Immediately.
Now for the smoke screen part
OF the council meeting, the men,
ton of sitdown strikes, etc.
To every story there are two
sides. The mayor would have done
we'll TO investigate the motives be-
hind the sitdown about which he
professed TO be much alarmed.
From information at hand as to
the causes leading up to the sit
down, lit develops that the man.
agement upped the production
schedule for the department, with
out consulting anyone representing
the workers. The new schedule
was impossible of fullfillment, ac-
cording to the workers representa-
tives.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-01-17

We ask the mayor to ask himself
this question. Should he as mayor,
issue q directive requiring all city
employees, councilmen. police, nre,
men, street employees. ETC.. to work
say 60 hours instead of 40 hours.
with no corresponding attention
given TO wages. would he expect
those workers TO comply with the
order because there is war 60
ing on?
II is our guess, these men would
not sit down for a few days. they
CONTINUED on Page 12)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30
. Amen
Pal Who Is Left Pays His HOMAGE

When two boys have gone through together when
they have beer friends through the he'll VIC have known in
ne Pacific and one Of them killed battle the boy who
left wants desperately 10 do something for his pal
has gone
When the other fellow has been buried in the sand or
'he mud the may BE- thcro ttlc he can do and
little he don't with And invariably he sets himself
to fashion for his pal rude from coconut logs and
coral They arcn artisans these boys they're simply kids
who have lost pal
I've seen hundreds Of these boys at work on their
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30

that morning and We began
lan5ihg oW tofy on ithe reefs,
500 yards out and Wadng them
20 the shore
WATCHES THEM CONE IN
Those Of us who had been
fortunate enough 20 reach The
hcarh stood on Betio and watched
those kd, and most ~ them
Woro just kids as they piled out
of their boats.
There were machine guns on
al sides manned by laps, fho
Japs didn have 70 be good
They had merely 10 shoot.
A boy would 20 down maybe
ned get up Maybe he wouldn't
If he got up re struggled = Tow
fcC' forward and ho was joWu
again. Mayne nc got up a second
fmc
Maybe some o. them cot IN
close enough chat they were able
20 drag themselves along on heir
elbows NaEhc some Of them gor
I'M close enough that they reached
The barbed wire entanglcments
which were only 100 yards off
shore.
And some ~ them caught their
hirts on tec harbs rs they tried
10 co. through and that U9,
where fr.. dpd
II I-nf a-Eletty picl-le-I "a
damnsbie hc'lish picture 1 cant
forget It / hope You won't.
Ard lhosn kids came came
on INTO 'ho face of the most pun
tshrae batraee are rrrru wFrr
ever called on 20 endure 7 saw
hundreds az dead ora Tarawa dead
men who We're my friends and /
never saw one who WAS faced any
way bat forward toward his OBJ
loCfiNo
had rcvcr believed n possible
TOR human beings 20 show such
courag F1iI ,aw II there
Tnc thought occurred n nc
fren and it occurs to mo- now
that these Wcron boys ouf of q
UDlt tIG-c verer q actors IN 4
now raoor SroY 7 was going 20
write for God know, ] never eH-
pec.eG 80 iRc 20 write q news
paper >'ptt
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30
HI FEELS GUILTY

But now that 7 am home. 7 feel
sense of Curlt, for | know there
are thousands Of my huddies still
out there who would give q years
~ their life 10 be here with me.
Only IL I can make you feel and
know the kind Of war We are
fighting in the Practically II !
can make YOU want 20 win as
,much \as We want 70 Win will
Eeel that my c6mng back II only
FOR a few months is justified and
honest
To makc-you feel as 7 have felt
The impact az war. Ter me take
YOU tn thcIhNach A. ,Betih in rho
Tarawa afor oi tho' Gilbert IS
lands. on The morning Of Nov H.
1Qi3
We had landed on Tho morning
Of lhc lntn u had bccn "a bloody
and costly landing Il cost US the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30
kNEw THFY WERF lTEN

Tt-Vas tragic r was brutal II
WAS par fr- and was sp.on-
did and heroic Because this was
-r7G TTTcT16n boy n action e0a
thank God ftc reason 1h.
fap ha-u chance 20 the world
fr MN Ills MAJ
N Understood that some ~ the
rau- t Tarawa said thai when
err tot Kept coming lH sp't ot
.totyiru- they were able 20
,hrip them and God knows
nrr plenty i' broke their
b,t's f broke 'aclr harke.
AND discs t.aU tn.y Wet licked
sometime wished we haa
sort Some. of those Japs from
Tarawa MO ne Marshalls and
~ Caroines mo Marianne and
finally into Tot 80 as missionaries
20 spread thai KIND a. Co.pe.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30

that morning and We began
lar1ihe oW tofg on ithe reefs
800 yards out and wading them
10 tho shnIc -
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30
c D Jap lies in this ditch,


tell this story because | think it graphically
underlines how we feel about the japanese in the
pacific
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30
BY 1T. JIM LUCAS
Marine Combat Correspondent

NEW YORK Jan 29-After We had fought
and won the battle for Tarawa we began to bury
}our dead For sanitary reasons, We also buried the
japanese.
Far down at the end of the island, found the
grave Of a single Jap sniper The inscription read:
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12
Rice Adds to Valley Income
Operator Has Faith i'm Future:
Will Reclaim Wide Areas

stand the SKINNER heat; (2)"The
need of interest on the part of the
Imperial Irrigation District regard
ing the problems of the rice grow
ers; (3) The fact that rices. does
not produce the cash crop THAT
some other crops do. even though
those crops are more CT g finan-.
cial gamble.
Kraus comparatively a new
conner in the valley farm fratern-
ity, is a former San Francisco rice
miller and businessman, who came
here after carefully studying local
conditions and possibilities. Like
Hofmann. he has confidence In the
future of the valleys rice indus
try both as a land reclaimer and
as a standard and valuable farm
ing enterprise. -
CITES HYBRIDS
Kraus pointed out hybrids have
been developed in other grains such
Continued on page A.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12

dcusly that even if grower
should not have profit in the
crop itself, he will be highly COM
pensated by the improvement in
his land" Hofmann said.
The past seasons output of the
Imperial Rice Mills was larger
than in 1912. The output of pro-
cessed rice at the mill was 10000
bags of the harvested total which
crossed nearly 5000 bags. OF the
later total, l0,G00 bags were re-
served for this springs planting
and IS per cent of the balance
was sold to the United States gov
ernment
S125,0OO PLANT
The plant itself is a $125.000
building with the dual warehouse
and mill being 300 feet lorg and
120 feet wide. The mill has a CO.
foot ceiling and the warehouse a
mas a storage capacity of 175,000
bags CT sacked rice with sufficient
space available for an additional
$1,000 bags of bulk rice.
Twenty-Five workmen, including
the office personnel, are employed
at the mill. The mill can process
an average Of $50 bags of sacked
rice per hour, tempo that can
be increased during peak intervals
Thus far there has been no great
price problem in the rice industry,
the government has a ceiling on
the prices and indications, accord
ing to Mr.. Holman, are that there
may soon be a floor placed under
the price. The demand for rice
is great enough SO that there arc
no market problems, he said.
With nearly three out of every
five people in the world consider
ing rice as their main staple, and
nearly one-half of the worlds citi-
zens existing on rice diet alone
there will always be q good market
for the grain, he said.
One Of the greatest reasons for
the fact that rice has not been as
popular food in the United
States, is the lack of proper edu-
cation in distributing methods,
Mn. Hofmann believed He quoted
diet facts of this country which
show that in the southern states
the per capita consumption of rice
is between forty and fifty pounds
per person, while in some north
ern states it is as little as two
pounds per person.
MANY PLACES
Distributors and retailers lack
knowledge ih rice and various va
rieties, of which there are several
hundred d stinct kinds, he said
The difference in preparation of
three or four of the popular va
rieties in the United States is con-
siderable, he claimed. Somc can
be prepared within q half-hour of
cooking, while another variety may
take three hours, and a housewife
who may have overlooked the
first variety one time, may on the
next shopping trip buy a pound
or two Of the latter and find that
it did not prepare in the same
cooking interval and thus blame
her lack of knowledge OF prepara =
ton and cease using the grain
Too, in this country rice is mainly
consumed as a dessert or break
fast cereal while there are many
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12

acr2 10 80-bushels or SO bags per
acre in 1910, the highest year.
Comparing this with wheat acre
age in California from 1932-1941
the average was 456,co0. The yield
per acre in California in 1943 was
1872 bushels per acre or a total Of
8,436.000 bushels. This demon
strates that rice is growing to be
considered a more staple food
every year.
Hofmann was unable to estimate
the acreage that will be planted
to rice this season, but last year
G942-1943 season. the value of the
Imperial Valley rice crop was ap-
proximately s250,00O after it had
been procesSed at the mill
Benjamin Kraus, president of
the Rice Growers Cooperative As
scciation, blames the lack of in
tereSt in growing rice in the val
ley on three things: ID The need
Of a hybrid rice that will with
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12

Imperial Valley is not taking full
advantage of its soil and climate
conditions to become one of the
major rice producing areas in the
world, nor at the same time using
this crop to enhance the value Of
land that will continue to be value
less for crop growing unless it is
reclaimed
Arthur Holman, president OF the
Imperial Rice Mills, Inc, who has
promoted and has been actively en-
gagged in rice growing and process
ing for twenty-five years, has con-
fidence in rice and can trace his
experience with the grain THROUGH
many foreign lands.
CAME IN 1886
His coming to Imperial county
in 1886 is a story in itself. He had
flown in to Imperial and had noted
the alkali lands west of that city
Planning to stop only a few hours.
he remained for several days. He
made inquiry as to the value Of
the alkali land and was told by d
real estate agent that the land had
no value. it would not grow any
thing, and that the growing of rice
was unheard Of Today some OF
tho very land he referred to then
and a great amount of the land in
the valley which had been off the
tax rolls dating as far back as 1917.
is back on the paying list again
both for the tax collector and for
the land owner. 1t was brought back
by growing rice. But, although Ar
thu Hofmann has the confidence
that rice growing is solution to
the alkali problems of the county.
he still finds skcpticism difficult to
overcome.
He was reminded that the very
day he was discussing the desire
to travel over the yaluelesS land
several men were discussing the
raising Of flax in Imperial county.
Every man of some five or six men
scoffed at the idea of flax being d
profitable crop, except one. that
man was Harold Hunt. Today, Mr..
Hunts farm is judged one of the
finest in the county, and those who
scoffed have joined the ranks of
flax growers. Mr.. Hofmann believes
the future will prove his .oeas true
also, but he can see lots Of diff
cult educational problems ahead.
OPEN REMEDY
Imperial .ralley has areas that
grow nothing, and the taxes are
not being paid on these lands. Yet.
this land defect in many cases
could be remedied with one or two
crops OF rice. Rice will build the
land up SO that after these crops
they would in more cases be able
to grow whatever general crops
they desire. Not only flax, alfalfa,
but vegetables as well.
we have proven that rice will
reclaim lands in this valley by test
plots west OF Imperial. Some grow
ers have reclaimed land and thus
have accomplished what they set
out to dc. These growers, many
of them, are not planting rice this
year, but they may again.
Il contend that rice as a grain
to reclaim alkali soil is an i'm
portant fact in itself. 1t is more
important in my estimation than
rice as a profit crop as it enhances
the value of the land SO tremen-
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12
LOG LASTS $500 YEARS

In Del Norte County, Calf, q
redWccd grew astride another that
had fallen. The PROSTATE tree,
deed at least $500 years, was sound
enough for lumber when cut up a
few years ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12
"ALBUS" AND "QUERCUS"

The name OF Albuquerque, N. NJ,
is derived from "albus," meaning
white, and "quercuS," meaning oak,
but there are no white oaks there.
The name was given that city in
homer Cf the Spanish Duke of Al
buquerque.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12
"YES, WE HAVE NO

Bananas are the staff of life fer
beth man and beast in some Cen
tral American countries. Green
bananas, which have about the
same nutritivc value as grass and
grain, are fed to livestock.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12
'FCR-REARING" FROGS

BullfrCgs are classed as fur
bearing animals" in the state Of
Washington so that persons may
farm them under existing laws gov
erning fur farmers.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12

Bullfrcgs are claSsed as fur
bearing animals" in the state of
Washington SO that persons may
farm them under existing laws
governing fur farmers.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12
SEALS SWIM DRY

An Alaskan seal can swim for
days and not even get his fur wet.
Long, flat guard hairs lie tightly
over the fur and keep it dry and
warm.