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PAGE THREE Precautions to Guard Thousands of Men in Second A. E. F. Reported SAN BERNARDINO DAILY SUN. SUNDAY MARCH 1, 1942 DAILY DRILLS (ED; II IT 1ID Depth Charges Dropped Three Times by Destroyers Only As Precautionary Step By RICE YAHNER SOMEWHERE IN THE BRIT' ISH ISLES (Correspondence of Wide World) The Vanguard of American expeditionary force, to Europe the first U.

S. troops to be sent In World war II arrived safely and in good speed, convoyed most of the way by the U. S. Thousands of men and 42 women nurses were on the history- making trip just 21 years and seven months after the first A.E.F. landed In France in World war I.

There was not one attack on the convoy. The navy, confident and with an expertness that bred confidence day by ifky, called it a "rou tine operation." "The navy has never lost a troop ship, you know," the men, the young and the old, the rosy-cheeked and the salt-seamed, told you proudly, Three times during the trip accompanying destroyers dropped depth charges in the belief a submarine was near. Once there was an alarm that an enemy battleship had been sighted. Another time there was a report that a ship had been sunk within 500 miles of our position. And, too, one of the transports fired a deck gun at an underwater object but never was there a confirmed attack.

EARNEST GROUP There was ample reason to expect several throughout the trip, for just before the convoy left fhe United States a tanker was torpedoed 160 miles from our port of embarkation, the second ship to be lost to submarines off the- North American continent in 48 hours. But on the trip, rumor and seem ingly authentio reports of real un dersea menaces only put earnest ness in the men and women cross ing the Atlantic. Young soldiers and nurses from all parts of the nation but mostly from west of the Allegheny moun from white-capped waves, they dally drills, each assigned to a place and most given a duty so the least number of lives might be lost If there were an attack. Many of thorn had never been to sea before, Life-belted and bundled against the chill winds that flicked spray from white-capped waves, they daily wont to quarters or battle stations when the general alarm was sounded for practice, or took places be-sido assigned lifeboats or rafts when "abandon ship" was called. ALWAYS DISCIPLINE Never was there a display of fear.

Always there was discipline. These were trained soldiers, fresh from maneuvers that closed all-too-short training time. There were regulars of long service, newer volunteers, federalized national guardsmen ar.d Holectecs. But aboard ship (hey doomed all of the same mold, willirig and ready. A sea trip In peacetime, generally, is a never-to-be-foigotten experience.

To he In a convoy, amid secrecy task force No. to an unannounced destination. is a nerve-cocking experience. After the virtually sleepless night of embarkation, the transport stood down the bay during a face-tingling morning. Many aboard got their first glimpse and their laHt of the port from the deck of the army transports.

Most of the men had come directly from army camps to the port In trains, unloading within sight of the piers and coming directly aboard. There was hnnter, a bit of music nd a few cheers as thn tugs took the transports away but there was not a tear in sight. The nurses were cheery, many In slacks, all in warm, comfortable clothing. Down the bay we sighted our accompanying warships, a reassuring display of sea power beyond our expectations. They ranged from capital ships to destroyers.

EASY-RIDING SHIP Our ship, a 20-year-old transport that was to be our home, workshop and recreation center for almost two weeks, was a dependable easy- (Contlnued on Page 4, Column 3) This Star ON THE BACK YOUR PRINTS Is the Best Insuran For Permanent Prin of Quality LEAVE YOUR FILMS AT DRUG STORE SERVED STEELE'S PHOT SERVICE At Leading Drug Stores DOUBLE 8IZE PRINTS AT NO EXTRA COSTI am uwejaaaaj iP uJa.JL. mut um Synthetic Rubber Balloon Somewhere' in the United States, at a testing ground, an army crew launches a barrage balloon produced of synthetic rubber. The U. 8. Rubber Co.

is utilizing the synthetic product for the blimp, similar in design to those which aided London's air defense. California's Schools Qet New Music Books (By Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. state board of education voted unanimously today to adopt a new se ries of music books for California elementary schools. On recommendation of the state curriculum commission the board chose the "Singing School Series," published by C. C.

Birchard and to supplant a "Music Hour Se ries" published by the Silver Bur-dett and now in use in the first, second, third and fourth grades. The Birchard bid was $16,000 high er than the Silver Burdett bid, but the curriculum commission said the Birchard book was worth the difference. Four new members were seated and Robert M. Dulin of Beverly Hills was elected president to suc ceed James M. Tadlock of Eureka today as the board plunged into various controversial matters.

One dispute involved the right of Ronald Chinn, American history instructor at Sacramento High school, Population Growth In L.A. Area Claimed (By United Press) LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28 A gain in the population of Los Angeles county In the last two years of 310,526 persons was claimed today by the county defense council. The claim was made as a basis for the allocation of more defense equipment for the county from the federal government. At the time of the 1910 census the population of Los Angeles county was 2,785,613.

while the defense council claims the population now is 3,090,169. During the same period the coun cil said the population of the city of Los Angeles Jumped from to 1,639,321, a gain of 135,044 persons. I friar- wiWH Mil Mi, w.ltu.iuu 1 nnrm mm' to hold his job because of his attitude as a conscientious objector to military service. The state board voted to ask Attorney General Earl Warren for an opinion. Chinn's case came before the board in a request from J.

R. Over-turf, Sacramento school superintendent, for a ruling on whether Chinn has violated his teacher's oath in telling his drafc board he would decline military service, either combatant or non-combatant. Chinn was suspended and later reinstated pending a decision. Chinn himself, in a long statement to the board, upheld hi3 views, saying he could not keep his self-respect or live with his conscience if he were "to take part in the slaughter of my fellow men." The board decided that in the future the department of education's legal staff should proceed against any teachers convicted of offenses involving moral turpitude, and force cancelation of their teaching credentials. Changes Said Needed In Farm Labor Laws (By Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO, Feb.

save California farmers from severe losses, particularly at harvest time, drastic changes must be made in some laws and regulations governing employment conditions, the central coast council of the California state chamber of commerce decided at a meeting today. It was suggested in a report of the agricultural committee that proper authorities modify school regulations and federal and state laws to permit employment of youth both boys and girls in certain types of farm work; importation of Mexican labor; and abolition of all relief projects in order that needed labor be made available. TRICALA Black gabardine. Also SKA beige maracain pump. -4 $4.95 yyf CLIPPER Blond softie calf iui jiiP pump.

Low heel. I WAV $5.95 fl Walk-Oveii Shop RALPH OCHS FORREST COGSWELL I 444 Street Phone 291-91 BRITISH IN DEMAND FOR T01ITORI Stern Punishment, Disarmament Of Axil Nations Asked in Official Statement (By United Press) LONDON, Feb. 28. The British Labor party, apparently breaking with its pacifist past, today demanded "total victory" in the war and opposed any revengeful peace but asked for stern punishment and permanent disarmament of the axis nations. 'An official statement of the party's views, covering war and postwar aims, was issued by the executive committee.

It pledged the party never to favor negotiations with Adolf Hitler or any of Germany's satellite countries. MUST REALIZE POWER The manifesto seemingly straddled the issue of declaring the people of Germany and their leaders equally open to punishment for the war by declaring against a revengeful peace. It said, however, that "the peoples of Germany, Italy and Japan must be brought finally to realize that the power which peace-loving nations can mobilize against aggression is overwhelming in its strength end absolute in its assurance of success." Several trade unionists, however, have recently enlisted in the cam paign against distinction between the German leaders and the people in culpability for the war, a movement led by Sir Robert G. Van Sit-tarts that has gained a countrywide following. Other points made In the manifesto: 1 Each enemy people shall be entitled to determine its own form of government subject only to its obligation to accept and respect the "four freedoms." 2 The victorious nations must not be allowed to suppress revolutions In the beaten countries, regardless of whether they are against class, religion or the ruling dynasty so long as they are to establish democratic regimes.

ISSUE TO WAIT 3 The "complex issues of Indian self government" must wait until after the war for solution, but the Indians must take their full place now alongside the dominions in directing the war effort. 4 The colored inhabitants of the crown colonies are not ready for self-government, but there must be no exploitation of mineral resources by white settlers or companies. Instead the government should work these resources in trusteeship for the natives. The party also demanded a thorough overhaul of the machinery of justice, saying it had become "over expensive, slow and against the small litigant for whom reform is long overdue." LOS ANGELEs! Feb. 28.

A wage agreement providing for increases for some 1,000 A.F.L. milkers in 400 dairies was announced today. The new scale provides base pay of $165 a month instead of $140 a month previously paid. Mother Supposed Dead May Meet Soldier Son Casket of Woman Interred Without Being Opened; Meeting Planned in S. F.

(By Assorlnted Press) CAMP ROBERTS, Feb. 28. Thirty-one years ago, Private Har- ley Bcehler Inst saw his mother. Twenty-four years later he helped bury a casket which supposedly held her body. But today he is looking forward to a reunion with a woman whom he believes to be that mother alive.

The meeting, Sunday in San Francisco, may clear a tangled web of circumstances which started in an Indiana orphanage. HOLDS TENDER MEMORY Private Beehler, 33, holds a tender memory of the last time he saw his mother, although he was only a two- year-old baby "She sang me a lullaby which went 'Sweet, Baby Sweet'." He recalls she wept. Private Bcehler was placed In the Mishawaka, orphanage by his divorced parents. From that day on, he did not see his mother. Today he received, a letter from Mrs.

Harry Schultz, of Stockton, in which she recalled a scar on her son's right forehead and other family intimacies. Beehler bears such a scar. In 1935, Beehler, who came from Gary, before he entered the army, and 'his half-sister, Mrs. Helen McKnight, of Indianapolis, received word a woman killed in an automobile accident in Los Angeles county had been identified as the mother who' had left them in 1909. The father, Henry Beehler, a Span ish-American war veteran in a Chi cago veterans hospital, has re mained in contact with his children.

CASKET UNOPENED The body of the woman killed in the accident was sent them in a Great Grandson of T.R.' Bom in North (By Associated Press) BERKELEY, Feb. 28. A great grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt was born here yesterday. The parents were Mr. and Mrs.

Archibald Roosevelt. The father, a San Francisco newspaperman and grandson of said the baby would be christened Tweed Roosevelt. Juvenile Offenders To Use C.C.C. Camps (By Associated Press) LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28.

Assem blyman Edward F. O'Day of San Francisco today told the assembly interim committee investigating proposals for establishing state rehabilitation camps for juvenile delinquents the C.C.C. would make available some of Its camps not now in use. MKXOABLl tIHI664STi SlkCC 1879 IS r' LOWEST DOttfTTOWK PRICES BODY HAPPINESS A sparkling smile pleasing personality vibrant vitality admired by men and envied by women that describes the woman who enjoys foot happiness. PAINS IN YOUR FEET WILL PUT PREMATURE WRINKLES IN VOUR FACE CUBOID FOUNDATION SHOES were especially designed to aid in banishing foot pains and for the prevention of common foot ailments caused by ill-fitting shoes.

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1 V.l STIIEET phi in on GAB GOODS ui (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. Price Administrator Leon Henderson placed 10 canned fruits and 15 canned vegetables under emergency price ceilings today, to halt price Increases which he said would lead to profiteering and probably "accentuate hysteria." The temporary 60-day ceiling, effective Monday, will freeze prices of the products at highest levels prevailing between Feb. 23 and Feb. 27.

Only canners and wholesalers are affected, but Henderson declared that retail prices also would be frozen if necessary. Canned fruits covered by the order arc apples, apple sauce, apricots, cherries, fruit cocktail, fruit salad, VAN NESS SANDEFUR peaches, pears, pineapples and plums. Canned vegetables involved ars asparagus, all dry beans, lima beans, snap beans, beets, carrots, corn, peas, pumpkins, sauerkraut, spinach, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, tomato catsup, and tomato julc. Rome Bans Listening To Neutral Radios (By Associated Press) LONDON, Feb. 28.

Reuters re ported today the Rome radio broad cast a new decres imposing prison, sentences up to three years and a maximum fine of 40,000 lire (about $2,000) for anyone convicted of listening to enemy or neutral radio stations. IN CASE OF ACCIDENT DAY OR NIQHT EMERGENCY SERVICE CAR AND TOW CAR AT YOUR SERVICE Third and I Streett Phon 401-68 ZULCH AUTO WORKS Similar ta illustration COD.