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02; Friday 4:30 a. 38; 2 in. 45. United Pretl Wire Service AMES, IOWA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5,1941 Official Ames and Story County Paper THREE CENTS Vichy Approves of Japs in Indo China Mildred Walker, Mrs. M.

Murphy Top Winners in Napier Show Comparing notes on the "how's and why's" of good cake LaMng are Mrs. Minnie Murphy, left, Mrs. James Davis, center, and Mrs! Ralph Cowan, right, all premium winners in the women's division ot the Napier Community Poultry show which, opened at the Napier Kinoo! house Thursday. 3 Community Poultry Exhibit to Close This Evening With Public Night Show At the end of the first day o.f the 13th annual Nlapier Community Poultry show, winners had been named in the junior and senior divisions of the culinary and textile department, in the quilt and needle work department, and in the junior and senior divisions of the farm crops department. Mildred Walker, a Napier high school student, led winners in the junior-division winning four first won four 'first places in the senior 'division to lead the women entrants.

Miss. Irt'na. Garner, of the extension service at Iowa State college, judged the women's division. The show will close this evening with a night show presented by the C.C.C.C. of Des Homes.

Premiums will be awarded to winners at this time and refreshments will be served. More Awards Today Winners in the special exhibits for school children under 10 years of age, the egg and poultry show, and the winners of the award for making the most entries were to be announced today. A boys' grain judging contest conducted "by Prof. E. S.

Dyas of Iowa State college and elections or! officers for the 194.2 show were to be held this afternoon. Winners' announced late Thursday afternoon were: -CULINARY. AND -TEXTILE DEPARTMENT Junior Division School Hand work, Beverly Hanks; Ninth and tenth grade girls, aprons, Patricia Ross; Dresses and blouses, Mildred Walker; Miscellaneous, Margaret Roe; White cake, Mildred Walker; Dark Mary Cooper; Fudge, Ruth Bates; Divinity, Stella Hanks; Sugar Cookies, Mildred Walker; Drop cookies, Jean York; Canned (Continued on Page Two) New I. S. C.

Building Is A Problem Board Education To Get Help on Third Bid DES M01NE3 (U.E>—The legislative interim committee on retrenchment and reform voted Thursday to help the state board of education in its third, attempt to obtain suitable bids for construction of an agricultural engineering building at Iowa State college. The last legislature appropriated $105,000 for a building to replace one destroyed by fire. The board of education has advertised twice for bids but both times the lowest bids were above that figure and all" were rejected. The legislature also appropriated $20,000 for equipment- for the building. This has been purchased and stored.

College representatives told the committee they have been revamping the plans for building in an effort to get a still lower bid. After considerable discussion, committeemen voted to meet with the board later this month to consider the new plans and bids. Gregg Outlines Facts H. C. Gregg, business manager of Iowa State college, said the hoard of education has not.asked for an additional appropriation from the committee and added "I have no authority to ask for a cent.

I merely want to tell you the facts." Gregg said that because of rising defense prices, the lowest base bid on the original letting was $140,000. Several items then were -dropped from the plans, and it was thought to leave the second floor unfinished, but on the second letting, the low bid was still $115,000. Rep. George Scott, West Union, a committeeman, asked why the board or college officials did not Shop Early Mail Early! Postoffice Will Employ About 20 Extra Men to Move Cards, Parcels on Time The Ames postoffice will employ approximately 20 additional men between Dec. 16 and Dec.

25 to handle the expected Christmas mailing rush, according to Postmaster C. B. Brooker and Assistant Postmaster Earl J. Penney. "Shop early and mail early" is again the slogan for the postoffice, as officials urged Ames residents to take advantage of the mailing facilities now, thus saving much time and energy which be spent standing in line later on.

Co-operation by the public in observing the following rules will be appreciated by the postoffice employees: Address all matter plainly and completely, in ink, giving street address or box or rural route number whenever possible, A return address for the sender also should be given. Pack carefully in strong durable containers. Wrap securely liut do not seal except when the package bears a printed label reading, "Contents This parcel may be opened for inspection if necessary." Endorse all packages containing perishable items with (Continued on Page Two) New'Crisis In Pacific's War Threats Red Army Continues Its Successes By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign Editor War ihieats in the Pacific reach- oil another crisis today with Jap- juiosi? spokesmen suggesting that Half Million I More Men to Get Army Call estimated today that approximate- jly 500.000 new men will he called up under selective service between jJan. 1 and April 1 to fill vacancies and to meet a projected increase in the army, Selective officials said I that while quotas have not yet been determined it is "a logical Work on Boy Scout Cabin to Be Started Saturday by Volunteers a peace formula. four, ed might yet be assumption" million men I Jan.

1 approximately 200.000 that about a half- will bo needed. By ur.il despite threats of arm-1 rom action in the South seas. lsei A. moderate attitude indicating i viWi Boy Scout enthusiasts today had made final arrangements to begin work tomorrow on the Boy Scout cabin outside of town following a general appeal fr volunteer carpenters. With plans calling for carpenters to contribute services Saturday morning, it was pointed out that some 10 men had agreed to work.

The project is expected to require three consecutive Saturday mornings with each carpenter giving his services one of the mornings. Carpenters who desire to give their services any one of the three mornings were asked to call -Wayne Cupps, C. Christensen or Russell Miller. It was explained, at a later date, masons would be needed on the fireplace and anyone wishing to volunteer should also call any one of the three persons. The foundation and floor have been completed and work is expected to proceed rapidly if weather conditions permit.

Directions for driving to the site follow: Driv east on Thirteenth street to the bridge. Cross the bridge and turn, left, up the following the "Old Stage road" past the Fanvell Brown farm home, turning left at the edge of the timher and preceding west to the site. Signs and arrows will assist in locating the site after crossing the bridge. A "visitors day" is expected to be s-et aside soon for those who have inquired of the progress of the site. Scouts will be on hand to assist.

For the work tomorrow scouts who are free were urged to be present with shovels. lectees will have been discharged army because of their dependents or their value to vital defense industries, that only a "big misunderstanding" i Selectees have been inducted of Japanese policy in the far during the past four months at an east prevented progress toward an average of approximately 65,000 understanding with the United men monthly. Inductions will be States was taken nt Tokyo by thei st eti entirely during the hoii- official spokesman Tomokazu da l' Period' from Dec. vS to Jan. 4.

Hori. who denied Washington's; charges that a despotic new order i A was planned in east Asia and that unwarranted numbers of Jap-1 anese troops hail been concentrat-; ed in French Indo-China. That viewpoint was presented, i significantly, at a time when the Red army reported continued sue-! cess against the Axis forces on the eastern front and only a few hours before Japanese envoys met; In what, police said, appeared with U. S. Secretary of State to be an effort to avoid a serious Cordell Hull at Washington.

collision, a huge Western Auto Charge U. S. Plot I Transport, crashed over on its I Saves Lives Wrecks' Truck to Avoid Collision A. C. Halden Night School Is Success 232 Enrolled For 6 Classes Enrollment for the adult education school classes sponsored by the Ames board of education exceeded all hopes and expectations, Supt.

L. A. Stegev announced today. Two hundred and thirty two men and women were enrolled at the conclusion c-f the first class sessions Thursday night. The they paid in fees assured financial success for the project, Mr.

Steger said. Most popular of all the classes is that in typewriting, which has teen divided into three sections t.o accommodate enrollees. A fourth section will be started if enough other people manifest' interest to warrant it, Mr. Steger reported. Enrollment and fees by classes follow: Class Pupils Fees Applied Design 14 5 28.00 Choral Verse Speaking 26 52.00 Spanish Starter Course 3S 76.00 Typewriting for Practical Use 103 205.00 Woodcraft for Women 27 54.00 Woodwork for Men 24 4S.OO Life Long Resident of Napier Dies Totals 232 1- i German Major Shot VICHY.

more terrorist attacks in Paris during the past 24 hours were reported today, including the shooting of a German major. The shooting occurred on the Rue Seine. In another attack, shots were fired toward a group of Germans at the Issy gate on the southern edge of Paris. Guy L. Walker, 42, a resident of the Napier community southwest of Ames all his life, died Thursday at 2:30 p.

m. in his farm home. Death was caused by heart trouble. He had been in ill health since last April: Walker was born Jan. 4, IS99, in Boone county.

His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Walker, were life time residents of the Napier community. He was a member of the Napier Methodist church and was active in many community affairs. June 22, 1921, he married Opal McKenna of Ames, who with a daughter, Mildred, at home, and thre.e sisters, Mrs.

John Safely of Boone; Mrs. Charles Kitchen of Ames, and Mrs. A. M. Bowier of Emporia, survive him.

Funeral services will be held Sunday at 1:30 p. m. in the home and at 2 p. m. in the Napier Methodist church.

Rev. M. D. Summerbell. pastor, and Rev.

iHahn of Van Meter will offi- Burial will be in Rosehill i cemetery near Napier. 1 Defense Activities Being Discussed Here Miss Grace senior Wagner Act 'Must Be Fair To Both Sides' WASHINGTON, u7.R>—Sen. Walter F. George said today that there could be no satisfactory solution of the defense strike problem until the Wagner labor relations act is amended to make it "fair to both sides." think all substantial benefits given to labor should be preserved, but the Wagner act is obviously one-sided," George said in an interview. "Management is forbidden to do several things under it which good management demands." He indicated, however, that it might not be "feasible" to raise the question'of amending the act.

at this time. There are increasing indications that the senate will greatly modify the house-approved labor bill sponsored by Rep. Howard W. Smith, The measure, one of the most drastic before congress, was referred to the senate labor committee, several members of which have said they believed it was "too drastic." It was denounced by API, President William Green as "first move toward totalitarianism." Sen. Harry F.

Byrd said he had written Chairman El-j bert D. Thomas Utah), of the labor committee, requesting immediate consideration of the Smith bill. Of Masons Albert C. Halden was elected worshipful master of Arcadia lodge No. 249, A.

F. and A. at the lodge meeting Thursday night. He succeeds Lawrence W. Cox who served in that office the past year.

Other officers elected are William Winton, senior- warden; Otis P. Wright, junior warden; G. R. Alley, treasurer; E. M.

Effler, secretary; Lawrence W. Cox, trustee for three years. Officers will be in-stalled'at. an open meeting Jan. 8 with Claude W.

Smith, past deputy grand master, as installing officer and Frank J. Dickinson, installing' State Fair Profits Erase Money Needs DES MOINES B. Cunningham, secretary of the. Iowa state fair, had welcome, but unusual, news for the legislative interim committee on retrenchment and reform today. He said the state fair board will not need the $34,720 allocated by the committee for completion of the new 4-H club building at the state fair grounds.

Profits from the 1941 state fail- have made the grant-unnecessary, he said. Plans for AEF Are Not Denied Chicago Tribune Charged With Lack Patriotism I home economist of the extension i i service, Washington. D. is in Ames today conferring with mem- hers of the Iowa State college ap- iricultural extension service staff i on defense activities of the extension service. Carl Knaus, also of Washington.

IX will be in Ames to; morrow to continue the Letha Would Have to Be a Hefty Gal to Tote All This About Without a Truck NEW CASTLE, today weren'e pure th looking for a purse or a knapsack, but Letha Sailers of insisted it. was her "purse" which was lost or stolen. It contained: 1. a hunting case watch; 2. a flashlight open faced watch: a white gold, diamond ring- two yell rings: 6.

a ring made from a dime: 7. a gnld'wire pin-" 8 ber ot coins; 9. an American flag; 10. a driver's license; 11 Men's lodge pin; 12. a social security card; is.

a pearl knife; 14. a sliding blade knife; two automatic pencils- fountain pen; 17. a coin purse, and IS. two books. ey were line ie an ow gold a nuni- a Red hn ml li'il ifi.

a Sac City School Board Member to Speak Over WOI A. G. Redman ot sac City, presi-j dent cf the Iowa Association School Boards and a member of the Sac City board of education, will be the speaker Saturday at a. m. on the weekly PTA program broadcast on radio station WOI.

Redman will speak on "The Re-j spcnsibilities of School L'oarris' 1 and will participate in a fiuestion i and answer period with M. R. Clark of Sac City. The broadcast Saturday will be sponsored by the Iowa Council for i Better Education. Story Farm Woman In WHO Broadcast Mrs.

Mark E. Wilson, Story county farm woman living north of Colo, will appear on a radio broadcast over station 'WHO at Des Moines Saturday at 1 p. m. With Miss Dorothy Simmons of the extension service at. Iowa State college, she will discuss the "Farm Family Living Outlook for 1942." WASHINGTON (IIE) Secretary of War Henry L.

Stimson today criticized publication of the government's secret war studies as demonstrating a lack of "loyalty and patriotism" to the government He did not challenge the authenticity of documents revealed by the Chicago Tribune, but said they dealt with "unfinished studies of production requirements for national which have been carried on by the general staff as a part of their duties in this emergency." The Tribune said the war plans studies which led to formulation of the current $150,000,000,000 "victory program" for arms production contemplated a 5.000,000-man AEF to Europe in 1943. Stimson told a press conference that publication of the studies un; doubtedly would be of "gratifica- t.ion to our potential enemies and a possible source of impairment and I embarrassment to our national defense." But, he said, the chief evil was the revelation that there is "any group of persons so lacking; in appreciation of the danger that confronts the country and so wanting ia loyalty and patriotism to their goverment that they would be willing to take and publish such papers." "What would you think of an i American general staff which in i the present condition of the i world did not investigate and 1 study every conceivable type of I (Continued on Page Two) The viewpoint also was in sharp contrast with continued charges by the Japanese press that the United States was plotting aggressive action in the Pacific, that Britain was preparing to invade Thailand and that Thailand was training- 2,000.000 volunteers to invade Thailand and that Thailand was training 2.000.000 volunteers to meet any threat, to her "neutrality." In addition, a Japanese army spokesman at Shanghai said that Japan was now strong enough to launch any tion" without weakening her forces on the China front. Dispatches from Australia said that it had been "confirmed" that Japanese naval and military for- side east of Thursday evening when its driver, J. W. Kennedy, hurled the truck sideways to avoid striking two persons who were pushing a machine ahead of him.

Police said Kennedy reported that while driving west on Highway 30 he suddenly came upon two persons pushing an auto which, they said, was out of gas. As he turned to go around them, he said, an approaching machine from'the west made.lt impossible for. him to clear the persons be- Agreement For Troops Washington Told Foreign Reports Are Exaggerated WASHINGTON told the United States today, in response to inquiries by President Roosevelt, that her troop concentrations in French Indo-China are in full accord with an agreement between Tokyo and Vichy. The Japanese reply, given to Secretary of State Cordell Hull during a 25 minute interview with the two Japanese envoys, Kichisa- Nomura and Saburo Kurusu, was understood to assent: 1. The agreement between Japan and Vichy provided for the stationing of Japapnese garrisons in Indo-China.

The number of. troops now there Is consistent with the agreement. '1. Fcreign reports of the number of Japanese troops in Indo-China have been exaggerated. The disposition of troops in Indo-China was calculated to off-set what was described as a threatening concentration of Chinese troops in neighboring Yunnan province and they are not in a position menacing to Thailand.

ABCD Not Mentioned The reply was reported to avoided any reference to naval movements by the powers which. Japan claims in kyo utterances, are encircle Japan in the far Hull took the Japanese replj the white house to discuss Mr. Roosevelt and formulate c-y on the next steps by this try. Japan began her Indo-China immediately after fall of France in 1940. "Japa tained permission station- visors there see that no sui went tf ces were moving southward and the cabinet cancelled Christmas leaves of Australian troops.

The Domci (Japanese) news agency reported another clash with Russian forces, near Vladivostok, on the Manchukuo frontier, assorting that a small Soviet detachment of 14 men Japanese territory. One Rus- rian was reported killed and the others were driven back. A dispatch from Batavia quoted Gen. PI. Ter Poorten, the Dutch cornmander-in-chief, as expressing confidence of the effectiveness of the defenses of the Netherlands (Continued on Page Two) He told nolicX-' he his transport, throwing the vehicle on 'the right side of the highway thus avoiding the being: pushed.

The approaching: 'machine, re- driven by John Moran, Nevada, received some damage-as it collided with portion of the transport. Damage to the huge truck was said to he Kennedy gave his age as 21 ana said he lived at Nevada. Unanswered Britain Prepares War Declaration LONDON Britain is preparing to declare the existence of a state of war, probably Saturday, Finland, Hungary and Rumania in a gesture of assurance to Russia thai; the Anglo-Russian war alliance is unqualified, it was! Woman Burned Bob Feller Will Enlist CLEVELAND OJ.E) Bob Feller, the Cleveland Indians ace pitcher, said today that he had decided to enlist shortly in either the naval reserves or the army air corps and avoid pending induction into the U.S. army. "There is no secrecy about my plans," Feller said ia a telephone interview from his home at Van Meter, "I merely have been considering which branch of service I "It is also definite hi my mind that I -will enlist rather than be inducted into the service." he said, "i cannot say at this time whether the navy or' the air corps will be my preference.

1 will announce it siext week." understood today. It was said aiuhcritativeiy early this afternoon that with only 111 hours to go Finland, Hungary and I Rumania had failed to reply to aj British ultimatum, expiring at mid-j night, demanding in effect thatj' BURLINGTON, la. Mrs. Hilma Soderberg, 74, Burlington, died today from burns suffered when her clothing caught fire from a furnace clinker. forward" a series of demands- -which respited in the Vichy government giving Japan three air bases and permissJsiS to station 6,000 troops to gafrfeon The Japanese reinforced J'thoae troops and then, withdrew thetii-'So that it was difficult to ascertain.

Jat any one time how many- troops were there. Early this year" after and Thailand had been settled by (Continued on Page Two) Divers Seek Bodies After Bridge Mishap HARTFORD, CONN. Divers went back into the -cold Connecticut river at dawn today to search for more victims of the collapse of three spans of the world's largest girder bridge. Six or seven of the men who were vcprking ba the spans -Thursday when they fell 150 feet into the river, were missing. Eight bodies had been -recovered, and 17 injured men were in hospitals, eight in critical condition.

Fog and the difficulty of searching in dark beneath, the ponderous, submerged girders forced divers to come up at midnight. I The girders collapsed yesterday, while a 26-ton mobile crane was lifting a 9S-tGB girder. It clipped from the crane and into two other girders, weighing 95 tons each. They gave way, then the entire span plummeted into the river with a deafening "crash. Today's War Moves Seven Killed in School Bus Crash AMERICUS.

Gn. Seven persons were killed and 1- injured today when a school re-turning from a basketball game i-ollided with an automobile carrying seven soldiers from Fort Briming, Ga. Five of the MX soluir 1 kille.l were identified. The victims of the crash was Dorothy Casey of Prestoti. a ixisstnger on the bus.

By LOUIS F. KEEMLE Of the United Press War Desk Use of Tunisia as a bnse by Germans, if Vichy consent In- been given as reported, would be the opening wedge for later German activity in Africa which wou'd be of direct interest to the United States. Germany's desjgns in Africa mm'- been expertly camouflaged it is impossible to learn either from Vichy or Berlin what transpired at the mppting between Marshal? I 1 and Goering. A United Pi-ess dispatch on the subject from Vichy was so heavily conf-'oretl that, it presumably contained information that the French do want publicized. However, from elsewhere in Europe indicate sirongh thai the French have agreed to Ger- man use of Tunisia aith.nigh perhaps not of Alsroria and most, probably not of West Africa, which Dakar.

The Germans car. afford to move cautiously in th.it (lirertion. they are not yet ready for early military op- eratious there and it be impolitic to needle into some, drastic, step. Tunisia, however, is of immed- prai-ticaJ vaiue to onnany. If the Axis forced out of Libya, it would provide an excrilviit.

base for retaining a foothold in Africa, Only 100 miles of water separate it from Sicily in the part of the Mediterranean. way across tho strait lies tin- Italian Wan-! base of Men (Couiinuod on Page Two) they stop figh'ting Russia in Germany's behalf. it was indicated stronjrly that! the government had no hope of re-; ceiving favcrablc replies from the countries concerned. The feeling that Finland, as well as Hungary Rumania, had now cast its lot inv.ripvably with; Germany and the Allies! and (hat ar.y of alienating i them lay with the future. Radio Vichy reported from sink! that.

Finland pritaiu a note rejecting the ultimatum. Annual Candlelight Program by Glee Club to Be Given Sunday Buy Qiristmas Seals Ushering in the series of traditional Christmas carol services, Girls' Glee club of Iowa State college wil present its annual candlelight program Sunday at 4 p. m. in the Collegiate Presbyter- i.ni church. Under 'he direction of Eugene liil'igos-i of the music department, the club will sing the following program: Processional: 0 Come All Ye Faithful Heading Invocation Uev.

Walter Barlow Christmas S'ory Flora Mae Koteisen In the Bleak Midwinter Davis" No Candle- Was There an.I No Fire Solo, June Dudgeon Holy Child The Little Jesu of Braga (Per- tusuese) tM'Ul-Hailey Andante (Old Ens'usin Arna Instrumental Holy Nislvt Adam-Ryder Solo, Dorothy Long Carol the Russian Children Russia) Arc. by Ciau) Cataloniaa Christmas Song (15th century) Arr. by Geer The Virgin at the Manger Perihou-Harris Prince of Peace Byrd-Hilligoss Instrumental and vocal ensemble Silent Night Gruber-SpSer Christmas Eve Fiageman-Gilbert Flute Obbiigato, Dorothy Quade Alleluja (Choral from Cantata No. 142) Bach-Davis Recessional: Joy to the World Har.de; Benediction Rev. Walter Barlow Sunday morning the glee club will two Christmas Carols during the.

morning- worship service the Collegiate Methodist church. They aro "In the Bleak by Davis and "Carol of the Russian Children" a melody arranged by Gaul. Ou Monday at 4 p. club will give a half-hour broadcast i nvdio station WO I. Juno Dudgeon Ames is prnsi- dent of tho club and Ann Klrin Alde-u vice-president..