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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-16
BY JOHN SELBY

- COPAOo oouVAAN~SS AAoAW'
by Bruno Lasker (Knopf; $2.75)
Even without the wars inter.
vention, the numerous peoples of
Southeast Asia would have found
themselves in the midst of great
changes, Bruno Lasker says in
Peoples of Southeast Asia" The
day of imperialism was passing,
and what might be called a period
of benevolent cooperation was on
the way.
The war changed everything.
Before it was too late, Japan STEP
ped in with her program of setting
the colored races against the
whites, and she is at present doing
all she can to make further CO.
operation between the East and
the West impossible. When we
sweep the Japs out of Burma,
Thailand, Indonesia the Philip
pines, M l a y and the other
lands we shall find changed
people, Mr.. Lasker says and GER
tainly set Of difficult problems.
We shall need the help of the
natives and to get it, We should
have some understanding of them
"a better understanding than in
the past.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-16

SIMPLY cannot be finished by the middle OF
March, An indeterminate horde of persons
will be delinquent and must pay penalty
for their delinquency, not through neglect but
because they are expected to do something
they cannot do.
thirty-day extension for filing income tax
returns is in order. If the revenue depart
ment has authority to grant the extension it
should do SO without further ado. If legisla-
ton is required, Congress should pass any
necessary bill at once
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-16
Phantom Foe

Japanese newspaper tells its readers, with
a straight face that after the heroic sons OF
heaven scrammed from Kiska at the threat
of invasion; the Americans landed and fought
three weeks with an army made up of the
ghosts Of Jap soldiers killed at Attu. They
even repulsed phantom counter-attacks. the
paper says.
You've heard Of the Japs' fighting spirit. I"
Well. this apparently is it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-16
OYSTER ROAST

Members of the Kiwanis clb
will be honored at an oyster roast
given by Mayor Bruce B. Cmeron
Wednesday night at the Blue Ton
lodge.
KiWanians are asked to assem-.
BILE at 6 p. m. at MacMillan-Cam.
eron garage, corner of Third and
Chestnut streets, in order to share
transportation to the oyster roast
site.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-16
S. S. TALiSMAN
IS CHRISTENED

Named for an American clipper
ship which was destroyed by the
Confederate warcraft, Alabama.
during the Civil war, the S. S..
Talisman was launched at the
yard of the North Carolina Ship
building company Tuesday after
noon at $3.50 o'clock. It is the
146th vessel to near completion at
the yard.
The CO ship was sponsored
by Mrs. A. M. Mccormick, of 119
Dare St., Maffitt Village.
She was selected for the honor
by her husband who was given
this privilege because of his ex-
ceptional attendance and efficien-
cy record as a member of the
Shipwrights department.
Here attendants were Mrs. D.
A. Bracey and Mrs. T. j. Nc
Cormick, both of Rowland.
DIV vUAp pnNnc AMI STAMPS
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-16
Fair Enough

tEditor's Noie-The star the Nsws accepts
respe visibility the personal Vows Of MI PeEier
kad sften dissxree Skh them much many Of
lis rsadera His articlss the good purpose Of
nakux people think.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-16

and his government and the I'M
lens. all of which have been ignor-
ed thus far. This plan might mean
the end of unionism or it's absorp-
loln into the body of the govern
ment and union leaders are not the
only ones who would take alarm
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-16
Daily Prayer
FOR WAS PLANNERS

AS we Loyalty obey those whom
Thou o God hast called to direct
the activity of our forces we pray
for them that they may be en-
dowed with wisdom from on high.
Deliver them from mortal frail-
ties that with single-minded devo-
ton they may devise right plans
and execute them with skill. In
spire them all with the conscious
ness that they are serving God
and His Will, as well as the Ma
ton we love- May no personal
ambition or jealousy mar their
great service. Breathe into their
hearts such noble conceptions of
duty that they may knsw that
hey serve Thee and Thy world.
And deliver us, the people from
all petty gru1nbling and criticism
enabling us to match with our
loyalty the fidelity of our leaders.
This we ask in the name of Thine
ever-loyal Son. Amen.-W.T.E.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-16

after reserve for future contin-
gencies has been set up.
CHAS. M. JOHNSON,
State Treasurer.
Raleigh, N. c.
LaI IL 1QAd
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-06
Tank Explosion
Burns Workman

Russell Prose-, %. Of 1925 S.
Lafayette. suffered severe burns
and cuts at 10 a. m. today when n
gasoline tank exploded While he
was Welding the chassis of an
automobile in a garage and repair
shop at 1858 Woodward.
The explosion ripped out 20 feet
Of the garage floor and blasted a
crater three feet deep. PROSE- said
he did not know that the auto
mobile he was working on had an
auxiliary tank which was full.
Flame from his torch exploded the
gas. He was treated by a physi-
clan. Other workmen in the place
escaped injury.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-06
MERCHANT MARINE

Organization of the National Fedora
tion of Shipping as announced a few
days ago definitely is a forward step in
postwar planning. This new organiza-
tion comes about with full cooperation
of the country's shipping interests and
will mean much in a unified merchant
marine. 1t is of special significance right
now when there is complete ignoring of
the nations sea transport by heads of
the government. 1t is of still further
significance in that the shippers them
selves have reached the decision to act
for themselves.
The set-up follows closely the lines of
the Association of American Railways.
AT the head of the organization is AL
mon Z. Roth of San Francisco. He is
resigning as industry member of the
national War Labor Board to take over.
1t is conceded he will be more useful in
this capacity than on that board.
AS set out, the immediate objective will
be to develop and promote a sound pro-
gram for the rehabilitation and main
tenance of adequate privately-owned
American merchant marine. This means
that the United States again may take its
rightful place in ocean transport. Fur
tber it is announced that the association
will make speedy and complete study
of such problems as disposition of the
tremendous government-owned war tom
mage, development of new commercial
routes and fast modern vessels that can
compete in foreign and domestic trade.
MIR. Roth, in summing up the program
outlined said THE federation is design
ed to provide an overall agency through
which the entire ocean-going shipping in
dustry of this country can cooperate eff
fcctively and intelligently."
1t is a big move toward this country
obtaining a share and having part in
the world trade that must come after
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-06

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. tUP)-
The Office of Price Administration
has ordered last years prices for
grapefruit juice continued in 1914
and set new prices for orange
juice and blended grapefruit and
orange juice,
Announcing professors maximum
prices for the 1914 pack, OPA said
a number two can Of orange juice
would retail in New York for 81
cents. while number two can Of
blended juice would be 20 cents.
The New York prices would be
about average" for the nation.
CIVILIANS SHARE
Civilians who were not able to
buy orange or blended juices from
the l943 pack will be allotted about
half of this years output. The civil"
ian allotment of grapefruit juice will
be about 65 Per cent in 1914, the
OPA said. A subsidy will be paid
professors to cover increased cost
and to keep retail prices the same.
An OPA spokesman said the eX-
act amount OF the increase which
will result from the new prices of
orange blended juice could not be
determined, but it would be "sub-
Stantial.'
MaXimums for orange and blend
ed juice were based upon a piece
of S52.52 a ton of Texas and Florid2
fresh oranges, fob packing house
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-06
THIS IS YOUR
BUSINESS

There is a saying that evcrybody's
business is nobody's business" In putting
over the war bond drive in Imperial
county "everybody's business is our busl-
ness" 1t is not necessary to say why 1t
is your business and mine. Everyone
knows the pressing need to buy bonds.
LET'S GET OVER THE TOP!
Scores of people have been devoting
their time to this drive. Busy men took
over the job. School children have raj
lied to the cause and have done marvel
Gus job. Businessmen, professional men,
bankers, housewives by the hundreds
have devoted hours and days from their
regular tasks many at considerable Sacrl-
flee.
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
You are going to buy bonds, of course.
Well, why wait for some one as busy as
you are to come see you? Why not go get
that bond and take your neighbor with
you. Or better still, make yourself a
committee of one in your neighborhood
to help finish up this drive
Highest praise is due the directors of
the drive. Their response to the call was
quick. With them the drive comes
first-their own affairs second They
have brought the county more than half
way to the goal of S2,950,000. No one
could have done better job But now
it is up to each and every citizen, not only
to join the army of workers, but to be
buyers as well as sellers.
The leaders of the drive in Imperial
County have arranged fine treat for
the entire county at the Ell Centre fair
grounds Sunday afternoon. There one
may see a flash of war There will be
the tanks, the planes and other materiel
your bonds buy There will be the men
and women in the service who are de-
pending on you to provide for their
physical needsand the arms and NUM-
tons they must have to win this victory.
Be there. Your presence will help.
AND LET'S HIT THAT GOAL IN
THE NEXT WEEK.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-06
5. Burton
Heath
Writes:
SAME FACTS
DIFFERENT FIGURES

On Jan. l3 the War ManpOWer
Commission announced that it had
subtracted 100000 persons from the
estimated total labor force Gnclud-
ing the military that the country
would need by July l.
That's fine" the man in the bus
said to his neighbor III bet
Congress remembers those figures
when national service bill comes
up, if it ever does
Eight days later, Manpowcr Com
missioner McNutt stated that 900
600 new workers would be needed
between then and July |, to replace
men taken from industry by mill"
tary induction.
That's a whale of a lot of work
ers," said the man in the bus. Il
don't suppose they'll ever be able
to get them without a national
service law
But the contradiction in the two
figures is only apparent. They are
both part of the Jan. l3 story. The
armed forces and VINO originally
planed for a total labor force oil
66,3OO,00O by next July. That was
an increase of 100000 over the
figure Of 64,8O0,000 in July, 1913.
The 1914 figure was later reduced
to 65, TOO O00-Which is an increase
of 100000 over the July, l943,
rather than the current figure.
The facts, then, are the same,
but the difference in emphasis is
interesting. VINO had long op-
posed national service, and gave
out its rather encouraging state
ment OF July l3 just two days after
the President had asked Congress
for national service law Since
then, however, Mr.. McNutt has said
that national service law is a
necessity. To point up his state
ment he has simply omitted the
Saving" part of the Jan. 13
statement, and stressed the need.
Reasons behind this saving are
also of interest. The much talked
of industrial cutback had practical
ly nothing to do with it. Rather
this tremendous economy is the re-
suit of lessons learned in war pro-
duction. The principal lessons have
been in better utilization of man.
power and better flow of materials
The result is the freeing Of 100000
men and women for important
service elsewhere.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-06
coPtoI Talk
bly,
Peter Edison

though General Arnold's report
makes no mention of this subject
REPORT SKlPS "SEPERATE
AIR FORCE" QUESTION
Another subject which the gen.
eral does not discuss is the subject
of the independent air command
the separate air force outside
the Army outside the Navy, yet
absorbing the air forces of both
never openly advocated such a re-
organization, and his report gives
no recommendation or hint that
this would be desirable.
Instead, he places his emphasis
on the use of tactical and strategi-
cal air forces in closest co-oopera-
ton with ground troops and the
Navy, for after all, it is the surface
forces who must physically occupy
and hold positions to obtain victory.
Air power has come a long way
since World War l, when the air.
plane was used almost entirely for
observation. Today 1t is an often
sive, aggressive weapon and a car
rier of invasion troops. The full
potentialities of aerial warfare
have not been reached. The day
may come when ground and sea
forces may be considered auxiliaries
to air power, but from General Ar
nold's report there is no basis Tor
belief that this day has now ar
rived.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-06
Seals Fund Hits
S5140 in County

Christmas Seals in Imperial coun-
ty thus far have brought in S5,l40
for use in fighting tuberculosis, it
was announced by Argyle Mac
Lachlan, publicity chairman.
This total included the cOntribu-
tions made up to February l.
Letters containing the 1943 Christ
mas Seals were sent to 5,2l5 per-
sons in the county, McLachlan
said, and there have been 2,l06 re-
sponSest with donations.
sale of Christmas Seals provide
the money for carrying on the fight
against tuberculosis" McLachlan
said Friday The program planned
for the next II months by the
Imperial County Anti-Tuberculosis
association will require at least $6,-
900. Keith Nets, the president,
and his board will need the con-
tributions by the 5000 residents OF
the county who have not yet made
their contributions"
Those who have not made their
donations may send them to Mrs.
M. E. Ryan, 201 West I street,
BraWley.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-06
FBI Probes Fire
At Portland

PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. 5. lUP)-
The federal bureau of investigation
Friday said no evidence OF IN
cendiarism was found in WedneS-
day nights $2,OOO,000 fire at the
war plant operated by the iron
Foreman Manufacturing Co, and
fire marshal Fred Wells Roberts
said the blaze originated from a
pile of scrap boards ignited by an
overheated steam pipe.
Doubt was expressed that the
plant, building engines for Liberty
ships, would be rebuilt. Rear Ad-
miral Howard l.. Vickery, vice
chairman of the maritime commits
sion, said at Washington the COM
mission will not consider rebuild
ing the plant"
Admiral Vickery said loss of the
plant would not delay shipbuilding
as other firms would provide sllf-
ficient engines.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-06
DEMOCRATS PUZZLED
ON VICE PRESIDENCY
(The San Bernardino SUM

Franklin d. Roosevelt will receive the
fourth term nomination of the Demo-
cratic party, probably by acclamatlon.
The party is aware it has no other leader
who would have chance to win IN l944.
But will Mr. Roosevelt desire to serve
his full 16 years in the presidency? 1t
is understandable that he has the ambl-
ton to finish the war. But the war once
finished, to him the presidency might
become an anti-climaN.
1t is therefore conceivable he would
resign in mid-term.
Who is to become the vice-preSldetial
candidate? The old-time Democrats are
deeply concerned. The New Deal Demo-
Gratis are bright with hope. They think
Mr.. Roosevelt will repeat his actions of
1910 and whip rebellious convention
into line and force it to renominate Vice
President Henry Wallace.
At the Jackson day dinner at Wash
ington, Mr.. Wallace made this declara-
ton:
THE President has never denied the
principles of the New Deal and he never
will. They are part of his very being.
Roosevelt, God willing, will in the future
give the New Deal firmer foundation
than it has ever had before
Some remarks of the President might
indicate he is tiring of the New Deal.
But Mr.. Wallace, as his vice-presdent,
thinks he is in a position to know better.
But regardless of what Mr.. Roosevelt
NAV think of the New Deal-and he is
yet to acknowledge he has made a single
error in his public caraer-there is no
doubt at all as to what Mr. Wallace, who
might succeed him along about 1916,
thinks about the New Deal. He has never
Wavered.
The frightful blunders in the seizure
of excess power by the New Deal have
never bothered him. He thinks the Wash
ington bureaucrats should have even
greater power over the lives of the peo-
Pile The blunders in administration do
not bother Mr.. Wallace; he thinks they
are merely growing pains of a SOcialistic
concept of government.
The old-line Democrats Shudder at the
thought of the denomination of the man
who nearly wrecked the 1910 Chicago
convention. They are on the quiet search
for some one against whom the Presi-
dent cannot exert convention pressure.
Sam Rayburn, speaker of the house, is
at the moment the favorite of the old
liners.
They seem to forget, however, that his
predecessors in the speakers chair, Bank
head of Alabama had also been faith
full and able servant, and that both
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roose-
welt saw greater promise as a party as
set in the ex-Repnblican, Henry Wallace,
the man the traditional Democrats have
never thought could ever become Demo-
crat.
During the next few months others
than Democrats will make a closer study
of the political philosophy of Henry Wal
lace as they attempt to make up their
minds whether they want America re-
made as he would attempt to remake it,
were he ever to become president.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-06
1914 Prices Set
On Fruit juices

or roadside, and $3.50 a ton on the
tree. Prices for California and Ari-
iona citrus juices will be announced
later
The new maXimumS for No. 2
cans of packed orange juice Tor
civilians, per dozen cans, fob fac
tory, are: natural (unSWeetenedD
fancy grade, $1.70; standard grade
sizes: off grade or sub-standar'
Sl.6O. Prices for the sWeetened juice
will be 2ia cents higher for cacn
grade.
PROFESSOR PRICE
Professor prices for civilian sales
of No. 2 of orangegrapefruit blend
cd Juice, per dozen cans, fob fac
tory. are: natural, fancy grade,
S1.555 cents; standard, S1.505; off
grade or sub-standard $1.455. For
sweetened juice the prices for each
grade respectfully, are: $l.58, $l.53,
S1.43.
OPA said maximum prices for
sales to the government would be
five cents less per dozen No. 2 cans
for orange and blended juices. Gov
trnment sales of grapefruit juiA
are not subsidized, OPA said, and
so will be governed by ceiling price
which includes increased cost of
raw materials, less the standard
differential. Only government agen-
cies will receive any of the PACK
of praDefrllit SegrnentS.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-06
0PA DiscIoses
Revised Order
Affecting Valley

Announcement is made by the
Office of Price Administration of
revisons in orders affecting fresh
fruits and vegetables in Imperial
Valley.
As listed the amended rulings
follow:
(a) Paragraph (a) is hereby
amended to read as follows
(a> The adjusted maximum price
for sales of carrots by country
shippers OBJ. Ell Centre, California,
shall be as follows:
q For sales of punched carrots
with full tops packed in Los Angeles
crates containing at least 6 dozen
punches per crate, with minimum
net weight of 70 pounds: $3.50 per
crate, top ice extra.
co. For sales of punched carrots
with full tops packed in Los An
geles crates containing less than 6
dozen punches per crate, with a
minimum net weight of IL dozen
punches, $0.5S per doz. punches, top
ice extra. sans ...=..... .-#.. .#.., ...
90 For sales of punched carrots
with full tops packed in any con-
tainer other than Los Angeles
crate. with q minimum net weight
of II pounds per dozen punches:
so So per dozen punches, top ice
extra.
"a For sales of washed carrots
with clipped tops packed in any
container: $400 per cwt., top ice
extra.
90 For sales of topped carrots
! (tops broken Off: $500 per cWt.
(b) Paragraph (b) is hereby
amended to read as follows:
(b) The adjusted maximum price
for the sales of carrots by coun-
try shipper delivered to any whole
sale receiving point in Region VIII
shall be the applicable price set
forth in paragraph ca above, plus
freight from FL Centro. California,
to the wholesale receiving point.
(c) Paragraph tcp is hereby
amended to read as follows
&C. The adjusted maximum price
for sales of carrots fob. any coun-
try shipping point in Region VIII
other than El Centro, California,
shall be the applicable price set
forth in paragraph (b' above for
the wholesale receiving point of the
purchaser less freight from the
country shipping point to such
wholesale receiving point.
(d) A new paragraph 'g) is added
TO read as follows:
tg) The maximum price for sales
at any wholesale receiving point by
any person other than a country
shipper in less than carlot or less
than trucklot quantities to retailers
shall be the applicable prices set
forth in paragraph ca above, plus
$O.1O per dozen punches in the
case of punched carrots and $3.50
per cwt. in the case of clipped top
or topped carrots.
(e) A new paragraph 'h) is add
ed to read as follows:
(h) The maximum price Tor sales
of carrots at any wholesale receiv-
ing point by any person other than
country shipper to any person
other than a retailer shall be the
applicable price as set forth III
paragraph ga above, plus $O.05 per
dozen punches in the case OF
punched carrots and $025 per cWt
in the case of clipped top or topped
carrots
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-06
TAKES OWN LIFE

TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 5. (UP)--
Failing health was blamed Satur-
day for suicide of Ross j. Cope,
"a, president of the Firestone cor
poration of California. His body was
found in his home here late Friday,
with gun nearby. Coroner G. w
Gardner said he believed Cope had
been dead several days. He had been
living here since last summer when
his health took a turn for the
worse.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-06
Muster-out Pay
Set-up Given

! Both officers and enlisted per-
sonnel of the army must file their
applications with the finance officer
in the state where they resided
at the time of induction or enlist
ment
The states and finance offices in
,clude:
Arizona and New Mexico, Fort
Bliss, Tex; California, 450 Mission
St, San Francisco.
Idaho and Nevadad KicSel Build
ing, Ogden Utah.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-06
CIO GROUP WINS

LONG BEACH, Cal, Feb. 5. CUP)
The United Automobile Workers
(CIO) has been chosen collective
bargaining agent at the Long Beach
plant of Douglas Aircraft Co., a
Vote count showed Saturday. OF
the total vote, 583 per cent went
to the UAW, with the remainder
going to the International Asso-
ciation of Machinists. Balloting was
a runoff election ordered when the
UAW polled 46.5, the lam 1913 and
mo union" 1886 in an earlier vote,
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-06
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The fOiiowing edit
OriaLs are presented as interesting 0pn-
ions uOiced by editors elSeIChere. fhey
do not necessarily reflect the opinion or
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-06

WASHINGTON. Feb. 5 CUP) =
Discharged war veterans probably
will begin receiving their mastering
out pay by the middle of February
it was learned Saturday as the war
and navy departments prepared to
put into effect the law signed Fri
day by the President.
Payments will be made in the
order in which applications are re-
ceived and as rapidly as theE can
be processed. Enterprising veterans
who get their applications mailed
this weekend may in some in
stances receive payment by the
end of next week, it was believed.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-06
CURRENT QUOTATIONS.

The Russians are moving some of the
worst stains from the face of this earth
by stringing up the ringleaders of hate.
Treasury Secretary Henry Morgen-
thau, Jr.
We are about to test finally whether
democracy can sustain all-out battle
Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower.