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i Lurline, March 14 Monterey, March 10 CLIPPER TO COAST CLIPPER TO MAIL SCHEDULE (Honolulu) TO COAST SHIPS FROM COAST HILO TRIBUNE HERALD March 14 VOL. XIX Members of Associated Press and United Press HILO, HAWAII, SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 1941 THREE SECTIONS Price 5 Cents NO. 19 SENATE PASSES LEASE-LEND MEASURE Bill Asks Trade School For Hilo By VIRGINIA BENNETT HILL to establish a trade school in Hilo. Such a school would provide courses in manual arts including welding, electric work, plumbing, metal plate work, auto and general mechanics, woodwork, and also courses in diversified farming. "I sincerely hope that this measure will become law," Senator Carvalho told Friday in discussing the measure.

"If it does I think it will be a great step forward in the curriculum of Hilo schools. Several attempts have been made heretofore to get such a school but I think that the time is most opportune now as more and more people are coming to realize the importance of equipping the youth of Hawaii to fit them to the life in the territory." The bill asks for an, appropriation of $10,000 to equip the trade school. Former Editor, The Tribune Herald HONOLULU, March 8 (Special Tribune Herald correspondence)- Outstanding in importance among the bills introduced this week in the territorial legislature by Big Island legislators was one offered Thursday by Senator V. A. Carvalho calling upon the department of public instruction London Raid Deaths High Nazis Concentrate On London Area In Fierce Attack LONDON, March 9 (Sunday) (AP) -A heavy air raid over this city died down soon after midnight tonight and the all clear was sounded after the Germans had concentrated their bombing attack on the London area.

It was the first night alarm since Thursday. There a number of casualties, including guests at a night club where a bomb wrecked a balcony on which they were dining and drinking. The toll was feared high. Hospital receiving were bloody from casualties rushed from the club and women in evening gowns with faces and arms blackened wandered wide eyed in the hospital corridors. Earlier a plane crashed in the capital and guns roared.

TWO SECTIONS OF LONDON BOMBED March 8 (P)-At least two sections of this city were bombed tonight, accompanied by heavy anti-aircraft firing. There was brief lull shortly. before midnight after which the Luftwaffe stepped up the bomb attack. A large number of residents were reportedly trapped in wreckage of a night club. ARMAMENT.

PLANT NEWARK HIT BERLIN, March 8 (AP) -The Luftwaffe scored hits against buildings during an attack at an important armament plant at. Newark, Engcommunique said today. Individual planes raided airports on the channel and in the south of England. Yesterday dive bombers attacked Malta causing a big fire in a torpedo, depot. A British communique from Cairo said that enemy aircraft reattacked Malta yesterday without doing material damage.

RAF CLASHES WITH RAIDERS LONDON, March 8 (P)- RAF today clashed with raiders over the English east coast after a quiet night. Three Germans were downed. Fund Needs $700 More Only approximately $700 more is needed to purchase of the mobile kitchen, by the the Committee Defend America, lit was announced Saturday by John Dykes, treasurer. Approximately 125.000 has been raised by the Hawaii chapter to purchase trailer ambulances and mobile feeding kitchens, with $4,432.90 being raised here on Hawaii Island. Following are the donations to date: Previously donated Dr.

Thomas Keay (add'l) 5.00 William Middleton (add'1) 10.00 W. H. E. Anderson 5.00 A. R.

Stewart (add'l) 2.50 James Allen (add'1) 2.00 F. A. Lyman 5.00 John A. Low (add'l) 1.50 Arch. Johnston (add'l) 5.00 John Cushnie (add'l) 5.00 Finlay Munro (add'l) 5.00 John C.

Souza (add'l) 1.00 Ricardo Ramos (add'l) 1.00 Jack Cooke (add'!) 1.00 Total to date $4,432.90 Contributions, no matter how small, should be sent in to Mr. Dykes, The First Trust Co. of Hilo, P. O. Box 397, Hilo.

Mainland Sugar Imports Are Up WASHINGTON, March 8. (U.P) The agriculture department today reported that sugar imports from off shore areas in January and February. were 859,646 short tons in can an compared to 201 tons last year, including 61,615 tons from Hawaii, FINAL EDITION WEATHER FORECAST FOR HAWAIIAN ISLANDS Considerable cloudiness, at times today, tonight, and Sunday. Local showers in the mountains and windward slopes. Moderate north to northeast winds.

News About Town C. E. INSTALLATION- -The new ficers of the Hawaii County Chrisan Endeavor Union will be inalled. by the Rev. Dan Yee at a votion service this evening at le Haili church beginning at 6:30 rith Miss Elaine Num in charge.

Preceding the installation service here will be a short business presided by Herman Sensano, resident of the C. E. Union. OUT OF HOSPITAL Jerry Bocus, older son of Mr. and Mrs.

Nelon Bockus of Hilo, is convalescing his home following a recent pendectomy at Hilo Memorial ospital. He left the hospital Thurs- COMMUNITY SING--A commuby sing is being sponsored by the oung men and women's, group on day, March 14, at the Walakea ocial Settlement. Everyone is corally invited to take part in the erformance. An April Shower dance is being lanned for April 19. ANNUAL MEETING WEDNES- AY- The annual, meeting of the lociety of American Citizens of japanese Ancestry will be held at the Seaside club on Wednesday, Larch 12 at 6:30 p.m.

The new constitution and by-laws rill be taken up for consideration. The scholarship committee will give report. Reservations for the dinner must made by Monday with either rank Ishii, Teruichi Takahashi or Tokuwo Morikawa. Frank Ishii, first vice president of he society, will preside in the abence. of Senator Sanji Abe, presient.

REPORT GIVEN A total of 36 ases of communicable diseases was sported by the board of health for he past week. Included were 16 ases of varicella, 15 cases of syphi- ts, 2 cases of measles, 2 cases of aberculosis, and 1 case of mumps. IN KONA AND KOHALA-Miss Tarion Pang, physical therapy conultant with the bureau of crippled hildren, is spending this week in Cona and Kohala, visiting the fam-, lies of the children who were reently examined by Dr. A. L.

Craig, the Shriners hospital. HERE FOR DUTIES--Mrs. Lagasca of Honolulu arrived by teamer Saturday to take over the osition of public health nurse for he South Hilo district, succeeding Irs. Yuki Izumo, who is leaving ext Saturday for Honolulu where he will make her permanent home. DONATIONS RECEIVED The ted Cross workers brought in a otal of $320.75 up to Saturday horning from the roll call drive in owntown Hilo, it was reported yeserday.

Other contributions were: Mrs. Tara MacGregor, Pacific Guano Fertilizer Schoen tore, Schoen store employes, Puumaile Home employes, $36.40. HANA MATSURI PLANNED he annual Hana Matsuri (flower estival) of the local Buddhist Sunay schools will be held during the reek of April 7. to 13. There will shows at the Yamatoza theater and special radio programs over CHBC.

LEAVING TODAY- Matsuka and daughter of Waiakea Comesteads are leaving on today's reamer for Honolulu where they ill make their future home. Mrs. Matsuoka's younger daugher, Fujie, will remain in Hilo here she is employed at the ashionette Beauty salon. PLANNING TRIP- Mr. and Mrs.

eorge H. Iwashita and two chilren are taking the steamer this fternoon for Honolulu on a two vacation visit. The family also visit on the island of Kauai. Mr. Iwashita is a local conractor.

Ena Estate Land Sought By HONOLULU, March 8 (P) Sale 204,709 square feet of the John na estate's land in Iwilei district Castle and Cooke for 109 was announced this afternoon the Castle and Cooke steamship gency and terminal activities. Sherwood Anderson, Playwright, Dies COLON, March 8. (P) Sherwood inderson, noted author and playright, died here today at the age 64, Spain, France Feel Greater Nazi Pressure Believe Hitler Will Not Attack Greece At Present By WALLACE CARROLL Exclusive to The Tribune Herald LONDON, March 8. (UP) -Adolf Hitler tonight was reported increasing pressure on Spain and France while massing forces for the campaign to drive British influence out of the Balkans. Information received by non-British diplomats indicates that Hitler, who told Ramon Serrano Suner, Spanish minister of the interior, in December that he could not afford to send wheat to Spain, is now offering to supply food if Spain will enter the war and lend Germany air and sea bases.

It is a also believed that Gen. Maxime Weygand's trip to Vichy was connected with the new crisis in Franco-German relations as well as with the reported infiltration of Germans into French North Africa. Only FDR Could Help These sources fear that if the British suffer a setback in the Balkans, Spain enters the war, and Vichy yields to German demands for bases, the Mediterranean is lost. Some predict that in event of a Balkan reverse for Britain only the energetic action of President Roosevelt after passage. of the lend-lease bill will suffice to restrain France's Marshal Petain.

Despite a report from the Balkans that Hitler is about to throw his armies against Greece and Turkey the general opinion here is that Germany is. not yet prepared to resort to force. It is generally believed that the situation will develop as follows: The Possibilities 1-Hitler will strive to get Yugoslavia to join the Axis at the same time continuing diplomatic efforts to neutralize and shake the Greeks' determination to resist. 2-If Greece refuses to yield to these: methods the Germans will invade Greece from Bulgaria and possibly Yugoslavia in an effort to close down the war in the Balkans by blitz tactics. 3-At the same time the Germans will continue infiltration into North Africa.

4-Hitler will fulfill the threat 'to launch an unparalleled attack. on British convoys. 5-If the attacks succeeded to the extent of causing a food shortage in Britain and if British determination is further shaken by setbacks in the Mediterranean, Hitler will then assault Britain in the hope of delivering a knockout blow. Lanai Needs 175 Youths F. K.

Katterman, personnel director of the Hawaiian Pineapple has announced that 175 school boys are needed for general labor in the pineapple fields on Lanai during the summer vacation. The Hilo office of the territorial employment service has been asked by Mr. Katterman to help register the boys. Registration will be held at the local office during the months of April and May. The will be paid 23 cents per hour a 20 per cent Bonus boys, to those who work of the available working days.

Transportation, physical examinations and doctor's bills will be paid by the employer. Steel spring beds, room and board will be available for $12 a month. Each boy is asked to bring long sleeve shirts, shoes, hats, gloves, blankets and a mattress. The Big Island schools are being asked the to boys who cooperate wish in to round- work. up Berlin Quiet On Conversation Report BERLIN, March 8 (P).

-Authorities were uncommunicative today on the Japanese news agency Domei's conversations with Germany defor an exchange of information on the eve of the invasion of Englandinoritative source said, "Of course, the tri-partite pact covers a big territory and many matters of coordination." Atlantic clipper planes can carry 13,000 pounds of mail under favorable conditions. FDR May Get Bill On Desk By Wednesday Walsh, Gillette Taft Amendments Are Rejected A measure which caused such a controversy during the 1939 session of the legislature when was offered by Mr. Carvalho, was introduced in the senate on Friday. The bill calts for an oath of allegiance part of all territorial employes to support the laws of the land, and a pledge not to undertake subversive activities against the government. If the bill become law, all territorial employes failing to make the pledge within 60 days will be relieved of their jobs.

This is 'in line with the governor's message to the legislature, and is a bill that should be to put through at this time of world crisis," Senator Carvalho said. At Friday's session of the senate, Senator Carvalho offered a bill providing a pension for Sheriff Henry K. Martin of Hilo. Senator Charles Silva wanted to know if Mr. Martin wanted a pension or had requested that such a pension be provided him.

President George Cooke said the matter could be thrashed out in committee, and the bill passed first reading and was referred to the printing committee. At Friday's session County Attorney Martin Pence of Hilo was busy talking with the Big Island delegation. He had maps for all of them showing the proposed city limits of Hilo, as favored by the census officials, and the board of health, and which the Hawaii county board of supervisors believes should be designated as the city limits. He also had letters from the board' to all the Big Island legislators urging that the limits be defined as set forth in the map, which is in accordance with the revised census figures for Hilo city. Recently Senator Carvalho offered a bill to extend the city limits as far as Hakalau gulch, but the limits which the board favors would extend only as far as Honolil gulch on.

one side, just beyond the four mile bridge on' the other, and up into the mountains including an area which might conceivably be urban area at some future date. Rep. Thomas Pedro offered a bill Friday to appropriate $10,000 to (Continued on Page 3) Union Would Open Contracts PITTSBURGH, March 8 (U.P.) The Steel Workers' Organizing committee tonight formally decided to open three year old contracts with United States Steel to force wage increases and other benefits for 261,000 employes. A conference Friday rejected the company's offer to raise wages cents hourly. The union demands a 10 cent hourly increase.

The United Mine Workers, affiliated with the CIO, opens negotiations in New York next week for higher wages and shorter hours in the soft coal industry. Asked regarding a possible clash in the coal and steel industries simultaneously, Phillip Murray, CIO president, replied: "That's a possibility, but it will certainly not be of our William Knudsen again failed to settle the Allis-Chalmers strike after a long conference with company officials. The Office of Production Management dispatched labor conciliators to Lackawanna, New York, to try to settle the Steel Workers' Organizing committee strike threat after the union charged the company refused to receive a grievance committee. WASHINGTON, March 8 (AP) The lend-lease bill was passed by the senate at 6:31, EST, tonight. The senate defeated the Taft amendment which would have substituted not over two billion dollars in loans to Britain, Canada, and Greece for purchase of war supplies from the United The body also rejected the Walsh amendment under which the transfer of modern warcraft would have been prohibited except for planes which are now under construction.

The Barkley amendment specifying that agricultural products could be included in articles which may be exported to other countries was adopted. Kill Gillette Amendment By a 55 to 33 vote the Gillette amendment to prevent American ships from carrying passengers and materials into combat zones was rejected. Vote on the bill came after three weeks of oratory and dispute, but found the senate good humored over the measure authorizing the president to mobilize industrial America and throw its products into England's battle. The bill was sent to the house with the request that it concur in the series of administrationapproved amendments which the senate had added. Indications were that the house would agree to do this by Tuesday or Wednesday at the latest, the bill then going immediately to the White House.

'BRITAIN TYDINGS SAYS WASHINGTON, March 8 (U.P)The senate passed the lend lease at 6:31 p.m. tonight and. the bill goes to the house Monday exactly two months after being introduced. House administration leaders plan to ask unanimous acceptance of senate amendments to enable the bill to reach the president's desk evening. However, the maneuver is blocked the bill will be called Tuesday.

The measures main provisions are unchanged from the form in which they were originally introduced by the administration although its language has been drastically overhauled. In today's debate Senator Millard E. Tydings asserted that the senate "should be honest and admit that Britain needs our men Britain is in desperate need of American soldiers, destroyers, and component parts of our navy, however much it was indicated that (Continued on page 3) (Smoot Explains Deferments No request for deferment of a Selective Service registrant from military training will be considered until his local board has sent a questionnaire to him, Col. P. M.

Smoot, territorial director of Selective Service, declared Saturday. He 'also emphasized that a registrant can be deferred only by his local board and that no other group or person in the Selective Service System has jurisdiction until the local board has classified him. Employers and dependents of prospective trainees, who are submitting of pleas when deferments they in come advance up for classification by their local boards, Col. said, "are merely complicating the work of local boards without service to the interested parties." Under Selective Service regulations, local boards must classify registrants according to their order numbers, he pointed out, and that when the time comes for the classification of a registrant, he, his employer, and his dependents will be given every opportunity to substantiate deferment Any information submitted before a registrant receives his questionnaire from his local board, he added, probably would become obsolete and valueless. Employers in doubt as to likelihood of their employes being called for Selective Service training should consult territorial headquarters, National Guard armory, Honolulu, where they will be given all possible information Col.

Smoot said. AP GREEKS ADVANCE IN SNOWSTORM: While 150,000 German troops are massed on the Bulgarian border, prepared to attack Greece, these Greek soldiers advance in a snowstorm "somewhere in Albania" to continue their conflict with the Italians. The Greeks are said to have 90,000 troops, many of them supplied with equipment taken from the Italians in Africa by the British, ready to meet any Nazi Smashing Blow Against Fascists Seen Greek Reply ATHENS, March 8 -Despite foreign reports of two and a half German divisions massed near the Bulgarian Greek, fighting frontier forces the mowas high tonight and their command remains unruffled. Confidence was born from over a modern Italian army vastly superior in equipment for the last four months as an indication that Greece can face whatever comes. A government spokesman said, "Any idea of an armistice with Italy will find Greece disdainfully hostile.

Greece has never been interested in discussing peace with Italy but always was determined to fight on to the end." It is now expected that the' Greek army will reply to rumors by inflicting a new smashing blow against the Italian army. Yesterday Greek heavy guns opened fire soon after midnight and at dawn the order was given to charge. With close cooperation of land and air forces the Greeks pressed forward into hand to hand bayonet fighting, capturing important strategic positions in what was described as the greatest Greek victory since the fall of Klisura. Army Intends To Double Force WASHINGTON, March 8 (P)- The army intends to double its armored force this fall in a move which might entail the retaining of some draftees and National Guardsmen beyond a single year, military sources revealed today. The war department is reported to be considering asking congress to authorize the retaining of guardsmen in service for an additional year and the expanding of the troop limit to above 000 men.

At present two armored divisions are fully organized and there will be sufficient equipment by September for six divisions. An armored division requires 11,000 men. Nazi Envoy Leaves Tokyo For Berlin TOKYO, March 8 (P) The German ambassador to Japan, Maj. Gen. Eugene Ott, left today for Berlin via Russia.

Martial Law Is Ordered In Holland AMSTERDAM, March 8 (AP) Martial law was ordered raised at midnight tonight and the Dutch civil administration under Arthur Seysz-Inquart will be restored. Midwest Bomber Plants Approved WASHINGTON, March 8 (P) The war department today let contracts for $24,694,000 for construction of three bomber assembly plants in the midwest. Cates Tells Importance Of Bran As Cattle Feed Speaking on the beef cattle industry Pineapple Producers Cooperative before the Hilo Rotary club Friday Mr. Cates is connected with the pany and has been doing experimental for the past several weeks, pointing out to them the fattening value of pineapple bran as a cattle feed. The speaker traced the history of ranching in the islands from the time Captain Vancouver brought a cow and a bull from California to Hawaii Island on February 19, 1793.

A year later, Captain Vancouver returned with three more bulls and two cows and requested Kamehameha I to put a taboo on the slaughtering of the cattle. This was done, and this marked the start of the cattle industry in Hawaii. The first slaughtering was not done until 1832, when three Mexican cowboys were imported from California. Hind Imported Herefords Robert Hind in the first pure-bred Herefords-75 cows and bulls from eNw England about 1895 at an approximate cost of $115 each: From 1901 to 1930, 181 regis- tered Hereford bulls and 123 cows were imported from the mainland by the Parker Ranch, which now has largest number of purebred Herefords in the United States, totaling somewhere between 35,000 and 40,000. The speaker discloesd that 95 per cent of the cattle in Hawaii are Herefords and that at present time, there are approximately 000 head of cattle grazing on one and a half million acres of land with 70 per cent of the total head on Hawaii Island.

"The territory still has to import approximately 40 per cent of the total beef it consumes and the U. S. army and navy must import nearly all of the beef it consumes. That is why the Pineapple Producers Cooperative Association is continually experimenting with. pineapple bran as a bran by itself and other island feeds, such as cane molasses, tuna fish meal and coconuts, so that Hawaii may become more self-sustaining as far as the beef industry is concerned.

While mainland cattle ranches must pay as high as $20 per ton for cane molasses, it can be obtained Oahu for $5 per ton and here on Hawaii for $3 per ton," Mr. Cates declared. Carrying Capacity "While great strides have already been made through the progressive methods' used by the larger island ranches and the recent use of cane molasses as a fattening feed, I am confident that the carrying capacity of our ranches can be further increased by the use of pineapple bran as a feed. "Pineapple bran has six times the Vitamin A content of any other (Continued on Page 3) in Hawaii, Ambrose Cates of the association, gave an interesting talk noon at the Hilo hotel. pineapple bran division of his comwork with Big Island ranchers 4 Destroyers Visit Hilo Four destroyers, the Hopkins, Southard, Long and Chandler, arrived in Hilo yesterday on a weekend cruise to the Big Island.

The first three arrived in the morning, while the Chandler came in around 2 p.m. The Hilo Chamber of Commerce aloha and entertainment committee is taking care of the program of entertainment during the visit of navy personnel here. Saturday night a Volcano lecture was given on board the Hopkins for the benefit of the men. This afternoon Rose Kuamoo and her hula troupe will entertain on board one of the ships. Volcano trips are being arranged for the visitors.

Through the kindness of Bill Kimi, the Sewali Gardens was thrown open to the navy men last night for a free dance. Welcoming the destroyers upon their arrival here were the members of the reception committee including Walter Eklund, Edwin Desha, Jack Lindgren, Harold Henderson, Charles Wood, Ted Corbaley, Glenn Mitchell' and Guy Ruddle. U. S. Must Make Choice- FDR WASHINGTON, March 8 (P) President Roosevelt in a broadcast tonight said that "we cannot escape our collective responsibility for the kind of life that is going to emerge from the ordeal through which the world is passing today.

"We may discharge our responsibility unwisely but we cannot escape the consequences of our choice," president pointed out. Matsuoka Reported To Visit Berlin MOSCOW, March 8- (U.P)- Japanese circles today confirmed, report that Foreign Minister Matsuoka will be en route to Berlin at end of the Step,.