NOGALES INTERNATIONAL-Nogales’ Home Newspaper— NOGALES, ARIZ., SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1941
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President Knows What He Intends To
Do And Will Do It At Proper Time
COME of the newspaper columnists have reverted to
reading the President’s mind and now suggest i
that he is undecided what course he intends to pur- j
sue in relation to the convoy question.
Having no more definite information on that sub- j
ject than the President has disclosed in his regular'
press conferences, we are still willing to venture that j
this praticular example of telepathy is. wrong. \
We think that the President knows perfectly well
what he intends to do, and will do it at the proper
time. That, we know, ,is the way his mind works. As
to the particular course he contemplates, our guess
would be little if any better than that of the next
newspaper man.
We are aware, of course, that he has stated that
the war supplies now in transit or due to be shipped
will reach their destination. This implies a definite!
program. Probably the reason he has not disclosed I
this program is that he follows the Navy regulations, j
which discourage the publication of movements of |
our ships. We assume that this was the reason that
the scout patrol service on which the Navy is engag
ed was not a matter of general knowledge until Sen
ator Tobey declared that the President was already
having the shipments to the anti-Nazi countries con
voyed by the Navy.
j The Senator undertook to bring the evidence of
Ihts before the Senate but it came down to a mere;
recital of certain letters he had received, the writers
of which he did not disclose. Thereupon the Presi
dent and Secretary of Navy announced that there
was no American convoy but instead there was con
tinuing of the patrol of the sea lanes fti order that the
presence of aggressive submarines or other craft
might be reported. It was revealed that such infor
mation was transmitted in plain English—which the
British or anybody else could pick out of the air.
Shooting Does Not Always Mean War
The President was asked at one of his conferences 1
what course an American naval officer would pursue j
in the event his vessel sighted a submarine bent on |
destroying one of the merchant ships, to which he j
replied that the American commander would report j
to him.
It has been asserted by the isolationists and those
others who decry the principle of all aid to Britain
“short of war” that if we undertook the convoying
of the anti-Axis supply ships, it was practically in
evitable that a naval engagement would result and
that would mean war. Our own history shows that
this hypothetical sequence of events does not in
volve war necessarily. As Senator Guffey of Penn
sylvania pointed out the other day, there have been
numerous instances of gun fire both on sea and on
land that did not result in war between the nations
engaged l .
The second President of the United States. John
Adams, called Congress together in special session
and asked for military and naval rearmament be
cause the French had seized American ships carry
ing goods to English ports and had sunk British ships
in American waters. President Adams called atten
tion to “actual hostilities against American com-!
merce by French cruisers.” There were quite a num
ber of engagements involving our vessels and the
French navy. In fact, there was one big fight when
our “Constellation” defeated and captured their
“L’lnsurgente.” Yet, neither France nor the United
States declared war.
Those 26 Freighters At Suez?
Two weeks ago the newspapers carried big head
lines on a report from Vichy, France, that “diploma
tic informants said tonight that 26 American mer
chant ships with war material for the British Middle
East armies, accompanied by American warships,
had reached the Suez Canal.” Just a few days earlier
President Roosevelt announced that the Red Sea and
Ihc Gulf of Aden, previously named as a combat
zone, was open to American shipping. This was done
by rescinding a year-old proclamation, which includ
ed these waters in the banned zones. Our naval au
thorities here, when asked about the report, mere
ly replied that “no United States Navy ships are em
ployed in the convoying business,” and our diplomats
in Vichy said that they could not confirm the story
of the arrival of the merchant ships in Egypt.
We do know that freighters have cleared from
American ports with supplies intended for aid to
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Red Cross Brightens Lives In Orient
A stark story of need and the almost pitiful grati
“ tude for any relief that can be granted is told in
a file of letters sent recently by Wilber Judd, asso- j
ciate director of Red Cross work in China, to nation
al headquarters.
Judd’s letters, copies of communications from hos-1
pit-alg, missions and feeding stations throughout the
stricken land, were requests for allotments of crack- j
ed wheat and rice, drugs, medical supplies and Junior
Red Cross Christmas brxrs.
From Hinghwa in the once prosperous province of
Kiangsu came the story: “In our city there are
about 3500 families absolutely dependent on relief,
with an average of three mouths per family. Condi i
tions are growing worse.”
On behalf of the Catholic institutions in the hard- 1
hit Shanghai area came a plea for aid for 2300 or
phans. Particularly wanted were “a good number
of Junior Red Cross baxes.”
From Sungkiang, a little village that was square
ly in the line of Japanese attack during late 1937,
came a letter: “Thank you for noting our desire for
some 10 or 20 Christmas boxes for our orphans. They
will surely be delighted. Do you indicate in your
letter that it will be impossible to get an extra 10 or
20 bags of wheat for them. It sure would do them
a lot of good.”
From Huchow, Chekiang: “The wheat has arrived
and only one objection has been heard —that there is
so little of it. But we are living in hopes of more lat
er on! We have 420 children in our child welfare
project, which means that we are teaching these
| children and giving them one meal per day. We
would like enough Junior Red Cross boxes to give out
|to them. Do we not know the contents, so do not
j know if they can be divided or not.”
From Hofei in Anhwei province, suffering from
both war and flood disaster, came the report that
“thousands” of children in that region art' in need
of help:
Greece and Jugoslavia. Despite the fall of those two
countries, these shipments were not cancelled and it
was suggested that these ships, when advised that
rto Hitler forces had swamped these countries,
changed their course and had gone around the Cap' 1
j of Good Hope into the Red Sea and delivered their
I cargoes there. If this surmise is correct, it is evident
! that despite some discouraging reports, a lot of the
material, guns, airships, etc., are getting to where
i they will do the most good. It boars out the Presi
■ dent’s insistence on the delivery of the planes, guns
and other combat material, in the production of
j which our factories are now bending every effort.
Incidentally, it indicates that the President has a
very clear idea of what has to be done to compass the
| Hitler projected' world domination.
What that program is we do not know.
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AFTER TWO YEARS IN ANTARCTIC. I
Dr. Russell Frazier ol Salt Lake City, a 1
member ol the Byrd Expedition, lust re- I
turned, shows his wife and son. Bus- I
soil Jr., his Eskimo sled dogs.
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AN EARLY MORNING
CALLER on a Long
Island home was this
freight car, which broke
through a bumper on I
siding 20 lest away. I
The'four occupants oi the I
house escaped with only I
slight Injuries.
I VACATION HORIZONS. Four youngsters from New
I York's crowded streets get a preview ol vacation
I pleasures aboard a big Hudson River Day Line
I steamer. Thousands of vacationers annually travel on
I these boats between New York and Albany. caUing
at West Point and playgrounds along the Hudson.
Seen Heard
THE MAIN DRAG
Car parked at a wrong angle om
Grand avenue.
Tom. Heady buying drinks (soft
ones) for members of the county
draft board.
Picture of Bird Yoas, “The Sage
of the Santa Ritas,” in window of
Wilde’s store. It was drawn by
Artist Sol Kogen of Chicago, visit
ing in Nogales.
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Weather Conditions
Favorable For
Growing Crops
j PHOENIX. May 16—Weather con
ditions during the month of April
were generally favorable for grow
ing crops in all parts of the State.
While precipitation for the month
exceeded normal it fell during
short, definite periods, providing as
a whole good opportunity for field
work. (
Pasture and range feeds thrived
with abundant supplies of soil
! moisture but growth in northern
1 and eastern parts of the State was
retarded around the middle of the
month by a cold spell, which caus
jed some frost damage to peach
i crops and small grains in higher
elevations.
| For the first time in many years,
' farmers in Maricopa and Pinal
Counties have been able to plan
| their operations for the coming sea
! son without fear of a shortage of ir
rigation water. With farm product
| prices increasing, the prospects for
1 the coming season are very favor
able for Arizona agriculture.
Indicated by the May 1 condition,
the 1941 Arizona wheat crop will be
651,000 bushels as compared with
819,000 bushels a year ago. The
sharp reduction in estimated pro
duction is due to a much smaller
acreage of wheat planted for this
season. Acreage estimate for har
vest in 1941 is 30,000 acres, a reduc
tion of 8,000 from the area harvest
ed last year. Infestation of rust has
appeared in a number of fields in
Maricopa and Yuma Counties, and
is expected to cause damage as it
did last year.
Winter wheat production for the
United States is estimated to be
653,105,000 bushels as compared
with 589,151,000 bushels harvested
last year. Although indicated yield
per acre is approximately the same
as a year ago, abandonment during
the past winter has been much
lighter than in recent years. Heavy
April rains in the great plains
states reduced prospective aban
donment in most of the areas. Win
ter wheat production in most moun-
LEGAL NOTICES! LEGAL NOTICES!
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| Official Proceedings
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I Salary Fund and a further sum of $4,724.63 from the General Fund to
the Expense Fund.
There being no further business to come before the Board at this
time they recessed to meet on Apr. 11th, 1941.
L. ESCALADA,
Chairman
ATTEST:
WM. G. SII\?GNTON,
j Clerk
Office of the Board
of Supervisors
! Nogales, Arizona
April 11th, 1941
j The Board met pursuant to recessed meeting of April 7th, 1941.
! Present Louis Escalada, Chairman, R. T. Frazier, Jr., member. Wm. G.
' Simonton, Clerk. A. B. Sorrells absent.
• Upon motion of (R. T. Frazier, Jr., seconded by Louis Escalada and
| carried, the Liquor License No. 1433 was approved. The application was
! made by George F. Gerrard.
There being no further business to come before the Board at this
I time they adjourned to meet on May sth, 1941.
L. ESCALADA,
; Chairman
ATTEST:
WM. G. SIMONTON,
Clerk
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PAGE SIX
Record In Ouster
Hearing To Be
Filed By May 21
i PHOENIX, May 16 (U.P.) A
i record of Gov. Sidney P Osborn’s
j ouster hearing against members of
j the Arizona Industrial commission
j today was scheduled to be sub
mitted to the stfite supreme court
! by May 21.
L. C. Holmes and Lynn Lock
hart, commissioners, were charged
with “misfeasance, nonfeasance
and malfeasance in office” and
were ordered removed by the gov
ernor. The two commissioners,
however, appealed to the high
court and received a writ of cer
tiorari for a review of the hearing.
A transcript of the proceedings
originally was scheduled to be sub
mitted to the supreme court May
14, but the governor was granted
additional time when he disclosed a
record of the hearing had not been
completed.
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| McKinney Lands
Post In Tucson
TUCSON, May 16 (U.P.)— Dan
C. McKinney, former chairman of
the Democratic State Central Com
mittee, today held an appoint
ment as registrar of contractors for
the Tucson area.
McKinney, southern Arizona cat
tle rancher, managed Gov. Sidney
P. Osbron’s successful guberna
torial campaign. He will move to
Tucson to administer his new du
ties.
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tain and western states is expected
to exceed last year’s crops.
Prospects for the 1941 Arizona hajf
crops are much better than usual.
Condition was 97 percent, as com
pared with only 79 percent a year
ago and the average condition of
88 percent. Abundant rains pro
duced heavy first cuttings of hay
and also put farm pastures in ex
cellent condition.