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134 United Press 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 are Mrs. Minnie Murphy, left, Mrs. Ralph Cowan, right, all premium of the Napier Community Poultry school house Thursday.

and why's" of good cake baking James Davis, center, and Mrs. winners in the women's division show which opened at the Napier Community Poultry Exhibit to Close This Evening With Public Night Show At the end of the first day of the 13th annual Napier 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 placas. Mrs. Minnie Murphy won four first places in the senior 'division to lead the women entrants.

Miss. Irina. 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 Moines.

Premiums will be awarded to winners at this time and refreshments will be served. More Awards Today Winners in the special exhibits Night School Is Success 232 Enrolled For 6 Classes Enrollment for the adult educaticn school classes sponsored by the Ames board of education exceeded all hopes and expectations, Supt. A. Steger announced today. Two hundred and thirty two men and women were enrolled at the conclusion of the first class sessions Thursday night.

The $463 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 been divided into three sections to 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 28.00 Choral Verse Speaking 26 52.00 Spanish Starter Course 38 76.00 Typewriting for Practical Use ....103 205.00 Woodcraft for Women 27 Woodwork for Men 1 24 48.00 Totals 232 $463.00 V. 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 011 the southern of Paris. 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 of officers for the 1943 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 a Walker; Miscellaneous, Margaret Roe: White cake, Mildred Walker; Dark cake, Mary Cooper; Fudge, Ruth Bates; Divinity, Stella Hanks; Sugar Cookies, Mildred Walker; Drop cookies, Jean York; Canned (Continued on Page Two) Life Long Resident of Napier Dies Guy L. Walker, 42, a resident of the Napier community west 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 born Jan. 4, 1899, 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 three sisters, Mrs. John Safely of Boone; Mrs. Charles Kitchen of Ames, and Mrs.

A. M. Bowier of Emporia, survive him. Funeral services Sunday at 1:30 p. m.

the home will be held and at 2 p. m. in the Napier Methodist church. Rev. M.

D. Summerbell. pastor, and Rev. Hahn of Van Meter will officiate. Burial will be in Rosehill cemetery near Napier.

Defense Activities Being Discussed Here Miss Grace home economist of the extension service, Washington. D. is Ames today conferring with members of the Iowa State college agricultural extension service staff on defense activities of the extension service. Carl Knaus, also of ton. D.

will be in Ames morrow to continue the confer-: ences. Letha Would Have to Be a Hefty Gal to Tote All This About Without a Truck NEW CASTLE. (C.P) -Police today weren'e sure they were looking for a purse or a knapsack, but Letha Sailers of Muncie: insisted it was her "purse" which was lost or stolen. It contained: 1. a.

hunting case watch; 2. a flashlight; 3. open laced watch: 4. a white gold diamond ring: 5. two yellow gold an rings; 6.

a ring made from a dime: 7. a gold wire pin: 8. 2 numi-1 ber of coins; 9. an American flag: 10. a driver's license; 11.

a Red Men's lodge pin; 12. a social security card: 13. a pearl handled knife: 14. a sliding blade knife; 15. two automatic pencils; 16.

2 fountain pen; 17. a coin purse, and 1S. two books. New I. S.

C. Building Is A Problem Board Education To Get Help on Third Bid DES MOINES (C.P) -The tive 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 the building ter considerable discussion, comeffort to get a still lower bid. mitteemen 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 board 1 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 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 (Continued on Page Three.) Wagner Act 'Must Be Fair To Both Sides' WASHINGTON, -Sen.

Walter F. George said today that there could be no satisfactory solution of the defense strike problem until the labor relations act is amended to make it "fair to both sides." "I 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 mands." He indicated, however, that might not be "feasible" to raise the question of amending the act. at this time. There: are increasing indications that the senate will greatly ify 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 mem-1 bers of which have said they believed it was "too drastic." It was denounced by AFT. President William Green as America's "first move toward totalitarianism." Sen. Harry F. Byrd said he had written Chairman bert D.

Thomas Utah), of the labor committee, requesting inmediate consideration of the Smith bill. Sac City School Board Member to Speak Over WOI A. G. Redman of sac City. dent cf the Iowa Association of School Boards and a member of the Sac City board of education, will be the speaker Saturday at 9 a.

m. on the weekly PTA program broadcast on radio station WOL. Redman will speak on "The Re-! spensibilities of School Loards" and will participate in a question and answer period with Supi. R. Clark of Sac City.

The broadcast Saturday will be sponsored by the lowa Council for Better Education. Seven Killed in School Bus Crash AMERICUS. Ga. Seven persons were killed and 12 injured today when a school bus from a basketball gaine collided with an automobile carrying seven soldiers from Fort Benning, Ga. Five of the six soldiers killed were identified.

The other vic. tims of the crash was 15 year-old Dorothy Casey of Preston. al passenger on the bus. Shop Early Mail Early! Men to Move Parcels on Time Postoffice Will Employ, About 20 Extra 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 will: 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 dur. able containers. Wrap securely but do not seal except when the package bears a printed label reading, "Contents merchandise--post master: This parcel may be opened for inspection if necessary." Endorse all packages containing perishable items with (Continued on Page Two) Work on Boy Scout Cabin to Be Started Saturday by Volunteers Boy Scout enthusiasts today bad made final arrangements to begin work tomorrow on the Boy Scout cabin outside of town following a general appeal fr teer carpenters.

With plans calling for ters to contribute services day morning, it was pointed out that some 10 men had agreed to work. The project is expected to require three consecutire 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. J. Christensen or Russell Miller.

It was explained, at a later date, masons would be needed on the fireplace and any. one wishing to volunteer should also call any one of the three A. C. Halden New Master 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 installed at an open meeting Jan. 8 with Claude Smith, past deputy grand master, as installing officer and Frank J.

Dickinson, installing marshal, State Fair Profits Erase Money Needs DES A MOINES (U.P.) -Lloyd B. Cunningham, secretary of the Iowa state fair, bad 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 fair have made the grant unnecessary, he said. 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. n1. With Miss Dorothy Simmons of the extension service at.

Iowa State college. she will discuss the "Farm Family Living Outlook for 1942." 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: Drive east on Thirteenth street to the bridge. Cross the bridge and turn.

left, up the hill. following the "Old Stage road" past the Farwell Brown farm home. turning left at the edge of the timber and proceding west to the site. Signs and arrows will assist in locating the site after crossing the bridge. A "visitors day" is expected to be set 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. Plans for AEF Are Not Denied Chicago Tribune Charged With Lack Patriotism WASHINGTON (UP.) Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson today criticized publication of the ernment's secret war studies 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 defense 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 000-man AEF to Europe in 1943.

Stimson told a press conference that publication of the studies doubtedly would be of "gratification to our potential enemies and a possible source of impairment and 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 in loyalty and patriotism to their goverment that they would be willing to take and publish such papers." "What would you think of an American general staff which in the present condition of the world did not investigate and study every conceivable type of (Continued on Page Two) Today's War Moves By LOUIS F. KEEMLE Of the United Press War Desk Use of Tunisia as a base by the Germans. if Vichy consent has been given as reported, would the opening wedge for later Go: man activity in Africa which would be of direct interest to the U'ni: ed States. Germany's designs in Africa have been expertly camouflaged and it is impossible to learn either from Vichy or Berlin what transpired at the meeting between Marshals and Goering. A United dispatch 011 the subject from Vichy was $0 heavily censored that li presumably contained information that the French do want publicized.

However. advices from else here in Europe indicate strongly that New Crisis In Pacific's War Threats Red Army Continues Its Successes By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign Editor War threats in the Pacific reached another crisis today with Japanese spokesmen suggesting that 3 peace formula might yet be found despite new threats of armed action in the South seas. A. moderate attitude indicating that only a "big misunderstanding" of Japanese policy in the far! east prevented progress toward an understanding with the United States was taken at Tokyo by the official spokesman Tomokazu Hori. who denied Washington's charges that a despotic new order was planned in east Asia and that unwarranted numbers of Japanese troops had been concentrated in French Indo-China.

That viewpoint was presented, significantly, at a time when the Red army reported continued SUC. cess against the Axis forces on the eastern front and only a fer hours before Japanese envoys met! with U. S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull at Washington. Charge U.

S. Plot 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 arwy spokesman at Shanghai said that Japan was now strong enough launch a campaign win any direct tion" without weakening her forces on the China front. Dispatches from Australia said that it had been "confirmed" that Japanese naval and military forces were moving southward and the cabinet cancelled Christmas leaves of Australian troops.

The Domei (Japanese) news agency reported another border clash with Russian forces, near Vladivostok, on, the Manchukuo frontier, asserting that a small Soviet detachment of 14 men invaded Japanese territory. One Rusrian was reported killed and the others. were driven back. A dispatch from Batavia quoted Gen. H.

Ter Poorten, the Dutch commander-in-chief, as expressing confidence of the effectiveness of the defenses of the Netherlands (Continued on Page Two) Ultimatum Is Unanswered Britain Prepares War Declaration LONDON (UP)- Great Britain is preparing to declare the existence of a state of war, probably Saturday, with Finland, Hungary and Ruinania in a gesture of assurance to Russia that the Anglo-Russian war alliance is unqualified, it was understood today. It was said authoritatively early this afternoon that with only 11 hours to go Finland, Hungary and, Rumania had failed to reply to 3 British ultimatum, expiring at midnight, demanding in effect that they stop fighting Russia in Germany's behalf. It was indicated strongly that the government had no lope of re. ceiving farcrable replies from the countries concerned. The feeling was that Finland.

as well as Hungary and Rumania. had now cast its lot irretrievably with Germany and agains: the Allies: and that any hope of alicnating them lay with the future. Radio Vichy reported from Hel-: sinki that Finland had sent Britain a note rejecting the ultimatum. SHOPPING DAYS LEFT "Get Your Christmas TrEs? Buy Christmas MERRY Seals CHRISTMAS Half Million More Men to Get Army Call WASHINGTON. 4C.P.) Officials estimated today that approximate-: ly 500.000 new men will be called! up under selective service between 1 and April 1 to fill vacanicies and to meet a projected 1000-man increase in the army, Selective officials that while quotas have, not yet been determined it losical assumption" that about 3 half-! million men will be needed.

By Jan. 1 approximately 200.000 selectees will I have been discharged from the army because of their age, dependents or their value to! vital defense industries. Selectees have been inducted during the past four months at an average of approximately 65,000 men monthly. Inductions will be stopped entirely during the holi-! day period from Dec. to Jan.

4.1 Driver's Act Saves Lives Wrecks Truck to Avoid Collision In what. police said. appeared to be an effort to avoid a serious collision. a huge Western Auto Transport, crashed over 01l its Side east of town Thursday evenping 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 it impossible for. him to clear the persons behind the stalled He told police he transport, throwing the vehicle on the right side of the highway thus avoiding the machine being pushed. The approaching machine, re driven by John Moran, Nevada, received some damage as it collided with a portion of the transport. Damage to the huge truck was said to be about $500. Kennedy gave his age as 21 and said he lived at Nevada.

Bob Feller Will Enlist CLEVELAND (U.P.) 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 in a telephone interview from his home at Van Meter, "I merely have been considering which branch of service I "It is also definite in 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. I will announce it next week." lowa Woman: Burned BURLINGTON, Ia. (U.P.) Mirs. Hilma Soderberg, 74, Burlington, died today from burns suffered when her clothing caught fire from a furnace clinker. Agreement Provided For Troops Washington Told Foreign Reports Are Exaggerated WASHINGTON -Japan 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 betweeu Tokyo and Vichy. The Japanese reply, given to Secretary of State Cordell Hull during a 25 minute interview with the two Japanese envoys, Kichisaburo Nomura and Saburo Kurusu, understood to assent: 1. The agreement between Japan and Vichy provided for the stationing of Japapmese garrisons in Indo-China. The number of. troops now there is consistent with the agreement.

2. Foreign reports of the number of Japanese troops in Indo-China bare been exaggerated. 3. The disposition of troops in Indo-China was calculated to offsEt what was described as a threatening concentration cf. 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 troopi naval morements by the powers which. Japan claims in kyo utterances. are attempting encircle Japan in the far east. Hull took the Japanese repl the white house to discuss Mr. Roosevelt and formulate cy on the next steps by this try.

Japan began her infiltration Indo-China immediately after fall of France in 1940. Japan tained permission to station sul visors there to see that no sup went tie China over 3 Indo Later Japan put forward a series of demands which resulted in the Vichy government giving Japan three air bases and permission to station 6,000 troops: to: garrison them. The Japanese reinforced those troops and then withdrew them so that it was difficult to ascertain at 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. (UP. -Div. ers 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 working on the spans Thursday when they fell 150 feet into the river, were missing.

Eight bodlies had been recovered, and 17 injured men were in hospitals, eight in critical condition. Fog and the difficulty of searchling in the dark beneath the ponderous, submerged girders forced divers to come up at midnight. The girders collapsed yesterday, while a 26-ton mobile crane was lifting a 98-ton girder. It slipped from the crane and crashed into two other girders, weighing 95 tons each. They gave way, then the entire span plummeted into the river with a deafening crash.

Annual Candlelight Program by Glee Club to Be Given Sunday the French have agreed to German use of Tunisia although perhaps not of Algeria and most pro-: bably not of West Africa. which contains Dakar. The Germans can afford to move cautiously in that direction. because they are not yet ready for early military operations there and it would be impolitic to needle Washington into taking some drastic step. Tunisia.

however, is of immedlate practical value to ermany. It the Axis is forced out of Libya, it would provide all excellent base for retaining a foothold in Africa. Only 100 miles of water separate! it from Sicily in the narrowest part the Mediterranean. Halt way across the strait lies the Italian island base of l'antelleria. Men (Continued on Page Two) Ushering in the series of traditicnal Christmas carol services.

the Girls' Glee club of Iowa State: college wil present its annual candlelight program Sunday at 4 I. in the Collegiate Presbyterian church. Under the direction of Eugene Hilligoss of the music department. the club will sing the following program: Processional: 0 Come All Ye Faithful Reading Invocation Rev. Walter Barlow Christmas Story Flora Mae Ketelsen; In the Bleak Midwinter Davis No Candle Was There and No Fire Lehman Solo, June Dudgeon Holy ('hild Martin 'The Little Jesu of Braga (Pertuguese) Andante (Old English) Arne Instrumental Ensemble Holy Night Adam-Ryder Solo, Dorothy Long Carol the Russian Chlidren (White Russia) Arr.

by Gaul Catalonian Christmas Soug (15th century) Arr. by Geer 'The Virgin at the Manger. Perihou-Harris Prince of Peace Byrd-Hilligoss Instrumental and vocal ensemble Silent Night Gruber-Spier Christmas Ere Hageman-Gilbert Flute Obbiigato, Dorothy Quade Alleluja (Choral from Cantata No. 142) Bach-Davis Recessional: Joy to the World Handel Benediction Rev. Walter Barlow Sunday morning the glee club will sing two Christmas Carols.

during the morning worship service in the Collegiate Methodist church. They are "In the Bleak Mid-winter" by Daris and "Carol of the Russian Children" a melody arranged by Gaul. On Monday at 4 p. m. the club will give a half-hour broadcast from radio station WOl.

June Dudgeon of Ames- is presi dent of the club and Dorothy A Ana Klein of Alden is vice-president..