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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-14
BY DUDLEY ANN HARMON
United Pres. staff Correspondent

LONDON-U.R)-Only 20 men
in the world know where three
of the worlds greatest art treas
urcs-the Mona Lisa, the Winged
Victory and the Venus de Milo
are hidden.
Commander Claude Scheffer,
curator Of the French National
Museums, who now is in London,
told the United Press he is con-
WINGED the famous treasures are
safe because the secret of their
hideaWay is so we'll guarded.
Not even Marshal Petaln knows
the answer.
The Germans tried to get
Vichy to bring them back to
their home in the Louvre. prom
ising they would be we'll cared
for, but the government refus-
ed" Scheffer said.
French museum authorities
worked for years prior TO the
war on plans to remove thous-
ands of the most valuable paint
ings, statues and archaeological
pieces. Trusted men whose own
colleagues working in the same
room did not know the secret hid
them first from bombs and then
from the German invasion. The
Mona Lisa was for a time con-
cealed in Paris. Then it was
taken to a secret place miles
from any town or village.
Scheffer predicts that it may
be years before art objects from
French private collections, and
the smaller French museums,
which have been looted by the
Germans, will be traced and re-
covered. Many of them he
says are lost for good.
Art authorities here say that
France will count heavily on
Americas aid in getting back its
treasures. The most artistic
country in the world hopes the
United States will add pressure
and tell the Germans that they
must either trace such articles or
surrender one of equivalent val
ue from their own museums.
This is the line taken by the AL
lied Commission which has been
established in London TO make
plans for the restoration of Eur
opean museums to prewar great
ness.
Poland is going to prove the
biggest headache to the Commits
sion. There the Germans have
not only looted but destroyed
archives so that even the author
tiles will be unable to trace the
property.
France has been let off COM
paratively lightly so far. Worst
to suffer there have been the
great private collections Of Jew
ish families like the Rothschilds
and WELLS.
Commander Scheffer believes
that some European paintings
not the most famous-may now
he in America, sold by the Ger
mans to Swiss or Spanish deal
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-14
for
Fed-Ups
HY::
Rev. Melbourne Irwin Johnson
ROseville Methodist Church

hOSeVIlle Methodist Church
The person who wishes to ac-
complish anything of signifi-
canoe in the world should make
it almost the constant prayer of
his life that he might be saved
from too great caution. Lies
great and worthwhile achieve
ments nearly always await the
coming of bold and venturesome
spirits. While mere rashness is
seldom a virtue, and never has
many real accomplishments to its
credit, the extreme of caution
which waits until it seems en-
tirely safe and manifestly wise
to undertake thing is just about
the deadliest vice that one can
cultivate, and works toward fu-
tility as few things do. Waiting
until all the possibilities are
canvassed and the chances of
failure are quite eliminated is
just about the surest way at all
of counting failure. The cour-
age that takes risks is so often
wiser than the caution that hest
tates and delays and tackles
nothing in spirit of adventure.
The Church of Jesus Christ,
and the Christian men in it who
feel the difficulty and burden of
these troublous times of ours,
should pray every day that we
might be saved from heSitating
and over-cautious leadership in
day like this. Admitted that it
would be very easy to make mis-
takes in seeking remedies for our
ills, and that mistakes sometimes
lead not only to futility but to
something worse, it remains that
the very biggest and most fatal
mistake that we could make in
our present perplexity would be
to hesitate and hold back be-
cause we were not quite sure
what was the altogether Mise
thing to do or direction TO take.
Wisdom and guidance will come
to the man who ventures much
more surely than to the man who
is fearful and hesitant.
God give us men and women,
many of them, who are not fear
full Of adventuring, who are will
ing to take chances, who are pre-
pared to learn through mistakes
and failures, who will set their
hands to great tasks without any
definite guarantees of success.
The great achievers in all ages,
from Jesus Christ down, have
been men of that type. And they
were nearly always hampered
and hindered by those who coun-
selled them to go slowly and not
take SO many chances. Yet all
the way along the Kingdom Of
Heaven has suffered violence
and the violent have taken it by
force and the unafraid and ven
turesome have been winning the
victories for the good and the
right. OF course, wisdom and
sound judgment should have
their due place in our scheme of
things. Even with their guild
ance and help we are quite like
~ to fall into error and mistake.
But error and mistake never
spoiled one-tenth of the good en-
terprises that whispers of eau
ton and counsels of fear have
spoiled. Yes. -oyer-caution is a
rool eip
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-14
Stomach Ulcers and Nozis
Keep II Duee Out Of Sight
Figures Exaggerated About the
kidnapping Of Italian Leoder

into the valley and gather Speet
for an easy upturn.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-14
BY HENRY J. TAYLOR
NEA Staff Correspondent

NAPLES (by wireless -- de-
layed) - A who's Who, and
Where" of some of the most
prominent Italian personalities
based on information from
highest native military, govern
mental and royal sources here
may help TO clear up some mis-
conceptions abroad about fig
ures and affairs in Italy today.
Although MuSsolini is the tit
ular head of the German-spon-
sored, Communist-type north
ern regime - the third and
newest name of which is the
Government of the Republic OF
Socialist Italy-he and the Ger
mans are leaving the public
staggering TO Gen, Rodolfo
GRAHAM, who daily is cutting a
more pompous figure around
the capital at Brescia and loudly
crying promises and policies in
Mussolini's name.
Meanwhile the so-called Duce
Is establishing himself at Rocca
Del Camminstre, near Bologna.
His painful and eventually
probably fatal stomach ulcers,
which are the result of a disease
described by himself in some
early memoirs, make him par
tial invalid.
KIDNAP STORY
Only yesterday, as I write
this, a favorite Italian specialist
here in Naples refused secret
plea to visit him. Mussolini was
uninjured in his getaway from
atop the 9000-foot Gran Sasso
peak of the Abruzzi range from
which he was snatched. The
hand-picked Carabinieri who
were guarding him unquestiona-
bly, were parties to the "kidnap-
ing." For the German para
troopers did not, as reported,
swarm down and smother the
mountain-peak hotel hideaway.
Only a handful were able to
land. because Of the limits of
the terrain, and the number lat
er was multiplied to save Italian
faces.
Actually, nothing was accom-
plished by the paratroopcrs who
did come down, for the actual
delivery was made by single
Hauptsturm Security Service
leader, plotting a German Fies-
eler- Storch sports plane, and
two Waffen Security Service
men. All three of them were
greeted as friends.
The Fiescler- Storch requires
an incredibly short run for land
ing or takeoff. 1t came down on
the terrace. in front of the resort
hotel, and after Mussolini was
aboard it took off toward the
end of the terrace from which
steep, wide stone steps descend
abruptly to a garden below. This
sudden drop gave the pilot all
the air space he needed to zoom
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-14
IS Price Conspiracy
CHARGES Fall THROUGH

CHICAGO, Jan. 14-(P) -
Thirteen individuals and IL cor
porations were acquitted by a
Federal Court jury today on
charges that they conspired to
fix the price of brick cheese
throughout the United States in
violation Of the Sherman Anti
Trust Act.
The Jury deliberated more
than ID hours before reaching
its verdict freeing the defend
ants, principally cheese dealers
and their officers or agents in
Wisconsin and the Chicago me-
tropolitan area.
They were accused by the
government of using the Wis
consin cheese exchange at Ply
mouth, Wis, regular market
place, as a price fixing mechan-
ism.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-14

Keep them away from open
windows and sources of artifi-
cial heat IL you want to preserve
fine pieces Of mahogany furni-
ture.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-09
AGE OF PRESIDENTS
AT END OF TERMS

Under the constitution (Still folloWed)
a man may not be president of the United
States until he has attained the age of
35 and the nearest to that minimum flXa-
ton was Theodore Roosevelt who was
az when he entered the White House.
Should Governor Dewey be elected this
year he will beat Teddys record by 20
days.
The constitution places no limitation
or maximum. 1t is interesting to note
that there has been considerable inter-
est always as to the youth of president
or presidential contender, but little at
tention as to how old our presidents have
been upon retirement from office. In
this virile nation of ours age never has
figured "as against" a public official
until the present Roosevelt caught onto
a neWsman's reference to the supreme
court justices as 1.-The nine old men,"
Since then a retirement age has been fix
ed and there have been court vacancies
through that channel. When the supreme
court was listed for either purge or a
padding it was limited that men around
65 were too old for office.
OF the thirty-three men who have been
president only eleven were older when
they retired than President Roosevelt is
NOW OF VIII DS II anu WH6I lie GcllItS dl
the end of this year. Three were SO when
they quit One was 6s. The eleven We're
in their COS. Seventeen were in their
SOS when they finished and one, Gar
field was 40 when assassinated Six Of
those in their COS had served two terms.
The average age at retirement of the
32 presidents was a trifle less than Sc
years, or about seven years younger than
the present chief executive of the nation.
Should he retire at the end of his third
term the average would be slightly above
56 years.
Lincoln was 81 when he was shot down.
Jackson and Buchanan, each SO at the
end of their terms top the list in that
direction. The youngest upon retirement
next to Garfield was Teddy at so and
next to him was Pierce at so and third
was Polk at 81
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-09
EIGHTH YEAR COMING UP

(Riverside Daily Press
Every belligerent has day of infamy
or a day of glory to remember, but
among them all one stands out for a
special reason. On July 7 China observed
the seventh anniversary Of Japan's inva-
sion. No other nation has been involved
in the hostilities for so long period
No other nation has had to meet such
a War-ready adversary with so few OF
the resources Of war. GenerallSSlmO
Chang Kai-shek has had to contend not
only with lack of planes and weapons
but also with factions among his own
people, traditional graft, a runaway in
flatiOn, and recurrent famine.
Under these conditions, it is surprising
that China has been able to maintain any
sort of resistance to the enemy. Indeed
there have been times when collapse
seemed inevitable And as she enters the
eighth year Of the war, the immediate
military situation is bacller than ever
japanese divisions from Manchuria
have captured Changsha, vital Chinese
defense position which had successfully
thrown back repeated enemy attacks for
three years. Now the Japanese have
driven farther south and threaten the
junction of the Hankow-Canton and
hunan-KWangsi railroads. If this point
is captured China will be cut in two like
piece Of pie, defense of remaining terri
tory will be weakened and Admiral Nim-
it's project Of gaining beachheads on
the coast will be made more difficult.
And yet, if the present outlook seems
dark, the future gives promise of liberia
ton. China will be liberated, not by ora
tors of the type of Vice-President Wal
lace, recently in China, but by American
fighting men. 1t is universally regarded
as certainty that the Chinese them
selves, if helpless militarily, will have
the fortitude to hold out no matter what
serious defeats befall them.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-09
Imperial County
Leads State in
Caiapproved Seed

Imperial county leads all south :
ern California in CalapproVed seed
production, it was announced Fri
day by L. G. Hawk of TIE Cdlap-
proved seed committee.
In an official report of the activi-
ties Hawk said Imperial county has
more production than all Other
eight southern California countiec
together All the Calapproved seed
raised in the county has passed
field inspections but have yet to 90
through the seed laboratories for
testing
Imperial county's Calapproved
seed tops the market Hawk said.
Two varieties of barley were
grown under the project this year,
100 acres of MarriCut and 40 acres
of California Coast. A total of 100
acres of white federation 80 wheat
were grown and BIS acres of Pun
jab flax.
"Calapproved seed is grown un-
der rules laid down by authorities,
Hawk explained The name is
copyrighted and is known all over
the United States as the best type
Cf ceed'
A special committee Looks cftCr
the project.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-09
ROOSEVELT "DlSCCVERS"
THAT CHINA IS HARD PUT

Newspapermen reminded President
Roosevelt Friday at stated press con-
ference that the day marked seven years
of the war in China and asked the presi-
dent "how things are going?" against
the aggressor japanese. He told the
newsmen that all is not well over there
and that he is concerned about the prog
ress of the war and that China does not
seem able to stop the Japs 1t was an
answer 1t may have been an admission
as well. At any rate there was nothing
new in the answer; nothing that the
world did not know His concern has
been the concern of all who have watched
the progress of the fighting since 1889
There was grave concern on the part
of all who knew and wondered about this
country providing Japan with the snews
of war up until the eve of Pearl Harbor
1t still is of grave concern because the
Japs appear to have sufficient grip on
China to divert much of the war mate
rial made from our raw shipments so
generously furnished, to make it harder
going for Macarthur.
The discussion was terminated with
the President saying that lone likes to
believe that Japanese are having great
difficulty in moving supplies to and
from their extended island POSITIONS"
and with the observation that the Jap
anese communication lines in the Pacific
are extended over thousands of miles"
Thus was dismissed the topic of the
war in the Pacific The President did
not mention the fact that the main help
China is receiving today is in the trounc-
ing Macarthur is giving the Nips even
with the far from adequate men and
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-09
NEW PLANES WILL DO
AS OUR SECRET WEAPONS
Sacramento Bee)

NSdCIdIl6IlO Dee
Every war. and this one more than
usual, produces its tail tales of new and
fantastic secret weapons which some
how, never seem to materialize as prac-
teal weapon of battle.
Many of them are noneXistent and 9TH
ers fizzle out when they come up against
actual conditions of warfare.
However, in recent weeks the United
States has unveiled a couple of devices
which are not secret weapons in the usual
meaning of the word, but which will do
until better ones come along, namely, the
giant B-29 bomber and the P-61 fighter
plane.
Rated as the mightiest and fastest war
planes in the air, these two new types of
aircraft will cause much more damage
and concern to the enemy than any new
rocket gun or similar device.
Only this week has the war department
seen fit to reveal any of the details of
these two super planes, and even now
only limited information has been re-
leased.
Bigger, better, faster and more power
full planes is one answer to the enemy'S
claim of mysterious secret weapons, most
of which exist only in the imagination.
Sky monsters like the B-29 and planes
with the deadly sting of the Pei are
much more practical and devastating.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-09
Ao!tviIEe PLUNGE
TO Be Expanded

The FL CentrO USO plans to eX-
pand activities in connection with
he Holtville plunge" says Mrs Fay
Andrews, director of the local serv-
ice organization.
The pool, which is open to mem
bers of the armed forces and civil
ians, has new hours, 1-5 and I'll
daily with the exception CT Mon
day, according to Dean Richmond
principal Of Holtville's high school
who is volunteering his time during
the summer months.
Mrs. Andrews said that in the
near future the USO will sponsor
Waterpolo games, parties and other
contests at the plunge.
IF transportation permits We
also plan to send junior hostesses
to HoltVille to assist in entertain-
ing men in uniform" she an
nounced.
Other activities which may mate
rialize are swimming meets and
diving exhibitions.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-09
Britoin Eyes World Bonk
As Destroying Agency

BRETON WOODS, N. H. July
8. CUPl-Lord Keynes, head of the
British delegation to the United
Nations monetary conference, dis
closed that England was looking to-
ward the proposed International
monetary fund as a means OF liqui-
dating its 2,OOO,O00O0O second
world war debt.
He said that Britain could hope
to repay its external debt only
through increased world trade in
the postwar era, and added that the
plan for stabiliz d currency, if
adopted by the conference. would
break down artificial trade barriers
between nations and lead tC dou-
bled International commerce.
Keynes, a leading advocate Of The
plan, said it would eliminate re-
strictiVe measures on World cur
rencies, provide an instrument for
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-09
Bank Will Open
Marines Branch

The first banking facility to be
operated by the Bank Of America
Of FL Centre at the Marine Air
base will be open for business Mon
day." Arno Yaeckel, manager of
the local branch, announces.
Heretofore, Yaeckel sale, marines
had to come into town in order to
take care of money affairs.
Now" declares the manager,
every convenience with the eXcep-
ton cf loans will be offered mill
tary personnel and civil service en-
ployes at the base"
CorWin Vencil who has been
manager of the note department
at the El Centfo branch of the
Bank of America, will be In full
charge of the base facility.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-09
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO
ENGAGE IN TIE SALE OF
ALCOHOLIC AVERAGES

july 5tn, 1874
To whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given that fifteen
days after the date posted the
undersigned proposes to sell alcohol
ic beverages at these premises, de-
scribed as follows:
1876 Main ST., El Centre
Pursuant to such intention, the
undersigned is applying to the State
Board OF Equalization for issuance
of an alcoholic beverage license cor
licenseS) for these premises as fol-
lows:
ON SALE BEER
Anyone desiring to protest the
issuance of such license (s) may
file a verified protest with the
State Board of Equalization at
Sacramento, California, stating
grounds for Genial as provided by
law The premises are now licensed
for the sale of alcoholic beverages.
LAVEDA ROHRBACH.
mo. d (J-6)
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-09

pos tWar property, increase en-
ployment and raise the standard OF
living in participating countries
lie admitted the plan under its
present form wasn't exactly all we
could hcpe to ask for" but added
that the alternatives of refusing to
accept the idea of a uniform world
currency were dreadful
Keynes said the plan was predi-
Gated on removing the "outmoded'
gold standard in its present rigid
form and replacing it with flex-
ible gold standard in which gold
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-09
LIBRARY DISPLAYS ARTICLES
OF INTEREST FROM INDIA

On display a. the FL Centro Pub
lie Library is a collection of various
articles Of interest from India
owned by d. E. Osburn of SO High
way in Imperial
Formerly an engineer in India,
C5burn is now engaged in farming.
Among his priced possessions are
some brass bowls and trays, prayer
rug, two Indian wall hangings,
women's dresses known as Sari,
made from pineapple fiber and a
cocoanut palm leaf upon which is
written a whole days school lessen.
Another exhibit which was lent
to the library by Mrs. MeIle TIaX-
ton, 724 State street, came to her
from her husband, j. f. ThaZton,
stationed With the armed forces in
Burma.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-09
INFLTRATION OF LITERATURE
.---- .----by-

/ lNFlLIhAi1ON VI LII Ehh aohE
Henry-And books HE reads
from his list)-New titles on library
science. On political economy. On
American architecture. Manuals OF
the American Radio Relay League
Technical data on hGW to make
scrap iron into steel. how to make
sulphuric acid, how to make a
community refrigerator
Madame Chang - Here comes
that quart of milk now, betcha.
Henry-qgnoring her0 Three
packages containing sample equip
ment to be used in experimental
demonstrations of soil and water
conservation College catalogs from
the leading schools Of animal hus-
bandry in the United States.
G'issimo-My Sears, Roebuck is
about worn out. Didn't ycu bring a
new one?
Henry-And just look at this.
i Movies!
Mickey Mouse?
Henry-Stop being funny. These
! are ID reels sent by the American
College of Surgeons to show the
latest Investigations in the treat
ment of fractures, cataracts and
venereal diseases.
Madame Chiang-YCu Americans
/ think of everything.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-09
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
SITTING AS A BOARD OF
EOIJALIZATION,

Notice is hereby given as required,
that the City Council OF the City
of FL Centro will convene on July
5th, 1914 at 7:30 pm, at the City
Hall of the City of Ell Centro, to
sit as a Board of Equalization for
the purpose of Equalizing the tax
roll, and will continue to sit as a
Board Of Equalization from day to
day until the equalization OF the
tax roll is completed.
Dated this 30th day Of June, 1914.
p. l.. MOORE,
(SEAL) Mayor Of the City of
FL Centro.
ATTEST:
NEAL II. GAVIN,
City Clerk of the
City of El Centre.
(No. 108) (J3-l0 InclO
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-09
Utility Worker
Meets Death

LONG BEACH, Cal, July g..
William Helman, veteran
Southern California Edison COM
pany employe, was electrocuted
carly Friday when 100000 volts Of
electricity went through his body.
Working from a platform 80 feet
high at a Long Beach SubStation,
Holman died testing installations
when a wire he was using came in
contact with a power line.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-09

would become the common denomi-
nator of value among nations.
Earlier, the Mexican delegation
presented a motion to extend cred
its under the plan TO silVer-hoard-
ing governments over and above the
quota credits to be allowed all mem
ber countries.
1t was believed Secretary of the
Treasury Henry Morgenthau presi-
dent of the conference, is opposed
to bringing silver into the currency
fund. but the MeXicans appear de-
termined to press for its inclusion.