Las Cruces Sun-News (Newspaper) - December 2, 1941, Las Cruces, New Mexico OUR HOME TOWN Las Cruces Is the home of Mexico A and M College the heart of the Mesilla valley trade center for the richest and most thickly populated agricultural area in New Mexico In JIN UNO SUNDAY SERVING SOUTHERN NEW THE WEATHER Increasing cloudiness in Rio westward tonight little change in temperature Maximum temperature last JM hours 70 minimum 32 mean 51 VOL 61 LAS CRUCES NEW MEXICO TUESDAY AFTERNOON DECEMBER 2 1941 PRICE THREE CENTS AUSTRALIAN CRUISER SINKS NAZI SEA RAIDER FDR Asks Japs to Explain i By WALLACE PERRY With winter getting under way and the period ahead when danger Is greatest from carbon monoxide poisoning the New Mexico public service commission has issued a set of safety rules gas furnaces water heaters and such which it would be profitable lor folks to follow Here are the Almost every gas heating unit is equipped with a name plate states the rated capacity of the unit in British Thermal Units B T This rated capacity is for sea level and must be re- by 5 per cent for each 1000 feet of altitude or incomplete combustion will result The reason for this is that as the elevation increases the amount of oxygen in the air decreases In New Mexico the elevation of our principal ties varies from 3300 feet to a little over feet The higher the elevation the less gas a er is capable of burning ly If more gas is supplied to the heater than it can burn carbon monoxide will be formed In other words a heater at feet should be adjusted to burn only 60 cent of the which it could burn at sea level If the rated B T U capacity of the heater exceeds 30 U cubic foot of room space a able vent is required to remove the products of combustion For both bathrooms and bedrooms this should be 15 B T U per foot of room space All floor furnaces furnaces and hot water heaters must be vented Oxygen is necessary for the combustion of any It is good practice to leave a window open a half inch in each room where a gas stove is burning Where or floor are under the house an opening should be left in the foundation so that an ample supply of fresh air will be available to supply oxygen to the flame Under no conditions should one tamper with the adjustment of the gas burner Your gas com- pany will gladly send an expert to check the unit and adjust it Keep spider webs and cumulation out of the air mixing valve Check the physical condition of vent pipes to see that they are still in one piece and that there arc no sags in the horizontal section See that the chimney is open tomato cans or buckets over the top Ask your gns man if your ers have been reduced in capacity by the proper percentage for your altitude Explaining from bon monoxide the ex- perts thus tells why rules of ty are When any fuel burns gas oil coal or wood there Is a tion of elements of which the fuel is composed with oxygen and the chemical phenomena known as combustion place This ing results in certain products of combustion which in the case of coal or wood arc visible in the form of smoke No one wuld think of Installing a wood or coal stove without providing an outlet for the smoke With gas as a fuel the products of combustion are not visible and neither are they as objectionable to the nose and eyes as arc coal or wood smoke yet they may he just us deadly Under proper conditions when gas burns the products of com- bustion are principally water por nnd carbon dioxide both of which arc comparatively harmless However If the gas stove Is not properly adjusted or is turned too high complete combustion will not take and us a result deadly carbon monoxide Is releas cd A very small percentage of carbon monoxide In the air breathed by la to cause death The gas rules adopted by the public service net A standard to be followed by plumbum And others in making gas Continued on page 4 Railroad Strike Peace Speeds Up Labor Law Drive WASHINGTON Dec 2 AP Settlement of the threatened road strike today strengthened the position of house members advocating a moderate form of legislation to curb strikes in defense industry Legislators believed that elimination of the railroad strike threat would enhance the chances of the labor com- giving statutory to a new national diation board requiring a ing off period Head Off Walkout The long standing dispute be- tween railroad and ment was settled last night only five days before their general strike was supposed to have been started The dispute concerned a demand for increased wages and vacations and was settled on terms which were believed to have added ly a third of a billon dollars an- to the carriers pay rolls The settlement was worked out by President Roosevelt's ency fact-finding board after two days and nights of continuous negotiations Add to Hike Chairman Wayne L Morse of the mediation agency declined to make public terms of the ment until they have been ted to President Roosevelt later today but other sources indicated the pay increase recommendations totaled about more than those suggested by the board in a previous report Some sources said the total was more or a total of nearly increase in annual pay rolls The railroad brotherhoods had previously turned down for over all wage in- creases of Get Vacations With Pay On the vacations dispute non- operating union men were ed to have been granted at least six day vacations with pay That was the original proposal which was turned down and it ivas believed that yearly vacations with pay had been agreed on Tor six nine and bases de- pending on length of service All union representatives auth- to accept the mediation proposals did so Morse said while those who are required to refer the proposals to their had agreed to do so and report back without delay Sel Hearing Dale On Mine Strike SILVER CITY Dec 2 A hearing on the threatened strike at operations of the Nevada Con- Copper Co in Hurley and Santa Rita has been set for Dec 15 by the national defense mediation board in Washington About 2300 men are employed in smelting operations in Hurley nnd in mining at Santa Two Independent railroad un- ions the Brotherhood of PARACHUTIST LEFT UP A TREE Tension Grows i As Orient Moves CHIEF OF STAFF Member of the Parachute Battalion Charles Lankford landed His chute caught in the branches Lankford cut himself loose and jumped to the ground where he landed uninjured Official U S Army Signal Corps photo Rural Youths to Enlist in Food Defense Clubs New Mexico rural youth's an- swer to the throat of was revealed today at the annual conference of ex- tension A and M Col- lege by Assistant Extension Di- rector H L ment of the formation of 4-H Food for Freedom clubs Speaking before an assembly of the state's county home stration and agricultural agents ansl subject matter specialists the extension officer announced that each New Mexico 4-H ber enrolled in a project producing preserving foods with the U S department of agriculture has designated as vital to defense will be entitled to enroll in a Food for Freedom 4-H club Also In Health Projects Club members poultry swine beef sheep garden food preservation bean corn grain sorghum and goat products will be eligible Mr said In addition to producing or con- serving essential foods members the Food for Freedom dubs will participate in a personal health project involving physical examinations and corrective ures and will be encouraged to sist with school lunch projects in order to improve nutritional standards of children A third feature of the work will be a year's club program devoted to safety or citizenship Finances Riderless Horse Warden Monument Paul Roach register of tlic Las Cruces land office started out recently to a ment to the late Frank state land commissioner Tt was to bo he told a ed group of friends by letter a riderless horse to be erected over the former land grave at boro Today Mr Roach placed the order for its He had more than enough money to do job because everybody he sent letters to as well as a number of others who heard of the appeal promptly sent money so he's going to prorate the expense and return part of the contributions tn all contributors eep home I For River Work A Dec 2 Presidential approval has been given to a WPA project for the Middle Rin Grande conservancy district calling for expenditures of Senator Dennis Chavez advised officials here day By ASSOCIATED PRESS The crisis in ed States relations reached a new point of gravity today as President Roosevelt ly asked Japan's diplomatic representatives questions which included requests for an explanation of Nipponese tary moves in Indo-China and toward Thailand Still tn The Washington government still awaited a formal reply from kyo lo the formula of bask set forth by of State Cordell Hull for hi the Pacific The note gave to Japan minimum of on part of the United Slates for a peace ul settlement of cast Asian prnhlemr Unofficial news dispatcher from Tokyo Saturday night said the note had been but when Japanese envoys returned to con- with Secretary Hull they asked for a ation of negotiations Warships Bristle Tension grew throughout the Orient as word of today's es got abroad British admiralty ly ordered all British China coast shipping to proceed immediately to Hongkong Britain's new ship Prince of Wales steamed into Singapore at the head of a tilla of powerful naval its Japanese dispatches that imperial troops were massing along the Thailand frontier for invasion See Heady In Washington observers believed the ABCD powers America mark Britain China and an inch fight if the Japanese invaded j mal Men n Maximum Thailand itself was rushing j WHS 1.1 below norma large-scale defense moan minimum 1.7 There was intense military activity normal mean or t iho in Burma anil Singapore while j normal great numbers of Japanese troops were reported massed in Indo- China j The Japanese cabinet devoted a long session tn the Washington The belief expressed in kyo that any would be de- layed three days or more ever The Dutch East Indies reportedly UMieral George C chief of staff of the U S pictured in this new photo at his desk in the War the four stars on his shoulder straps They i i nil the only one on the active in the U S army November Abnormally Dry Paris Press In j Push for France iTo Support Axis s preceded run the to a 1 Maximum for month en il Nov I and ri il was of IS occurred No were 21 clear dii ho month fi four cloudy I 1 full French i Axis nations day's Henri Philippe I They i by which thai lili on the part ul Russia Turn on British in Africa By ASSOCIATED PRESS The Australian cruiser ney was reported officially day to have sunk Germany's most dreaded sea raider the heavily armed Steiermark somewhere off the Australian mast but to have paid with her life for her final act of heroism In sinking the Steiermark the Sidney also was sunk the official announcement said and all of her crew of men went down with their ship Hull Sunk The was turnup sunk nine imt il- licit in it Hill wils a lias by of ships lo While miss Inc il that hist In the llc which her mark's fire with of II was a linj Sidney's crew lived In see Ihc raider pn but Ille was sn she and sank Claim III On land front in the ro- of trom tnv hail u rout wilh westward Azov sen n defeat which puts an end In tales abnut the of army wits saying the if Ille lo Moscow cosl them a half for clh men Mil i lo all t jo Draff Tightens The Dutch Indies reportedly were planning new measures while Japanese i were chartering fishing which td hurry homo tive Firemen and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the j democracy no Metal Trades Council of Santa 1 Talk Rita and Hurley Involved i Food for Freedom lull The strike threat was caused by members will carry Identification provided for expenditure refusal of the company to bargain cards signed by extension Director with any union until certification A B File citing their patriotic was given by the national defense j work and the clubs will bo issued mediation board j Christmas Lights ai Madrid Go on Sunday MADRID Dec 2 Pi The i Madrid Christmas light will he j turned on Sunday night for the t season Joe secretary of the i Madrid Employes club estimated persons pee the lights this year special charters signed the leaders of New Mexico features of today's on page four The project will provide labor for repairs on river structures and construction of more ing lo Stanley Phillippi ancy chief engineer He said it is similar to and will replace a ent project which is about to run out The present project which also if about has been in progress about 10 to 00 days The new project then will begin infi It is expected Utsl at two Flood damage the past j from Shanghai hastened the repair work bur today Court Drafi Board Wani Man HOBBS Dec 2 Phi Karem 26 faced today whether to miss th Monday morning for Simla Fe to be Inducted into the army or whether to miss arraignment in district court on of sault with to kill and sault with a deadly weapon Karem held in Imil for appearance in district court lifter H revolver hutl been during a barroom sniffle He had been notified by the Lea county selective service to nn hand In to Fc for induction SANTA KK 2 j of men railed to indue i lion into the army under the leclive system to show u at the time led I a shortage ol for army duly in said called Unit severe pi selective oked In I Kill I a heen forced and fr fulling to II ho frit if lo and provided under Will he St Axis powers in i whatever aid it is in to lend In regain in which now ate in of Hen Chas i French The pledges il any winch shal had not heen made public ASCC Traveling Manager Resigns Kl I worth Mi position ul IT if Hie Segui Reverse Afrit-mi fin the the ish acknowledged a set in their drive lo knock the Axis oil of north Africa Cairo the slashed through the corridor from lo joining trapped forces of and ed holh itself ami Hir Kl The Cairo spokesman said the Nazi break through meant that German divisions now hemmed in the of probably could hreak the British and escape west if wished to do so lie said it may delay matters a few days hut had not impaired Brit- ish confidence The Italians the cap- ture of British around the Hermans claimed more Mian including three als Inid been thus fur Official dispatches said the battle mi the Toh H Axis In the ft lit SKl uk front hud turn for M III XI of MANILLA MANILA Dec 2 ship Madison Ihp first continent nf In the Now Uie shoring f is threatening to heroine HO a policy inward sta TODAY'S COTTON CM ol tin scoll lo he an- for tlh t Mot Y which now On the credit side of the lighting however Cairo es said Indian with tanks had captured Omar Sees Hitler Turn mi Premier Winston told parliament that any Hitler may defeat by tint and us with all his fury Hn of equipment is largely over manpower and power would be the need ho an extension of tion to meet need Mate of Woman Slain by Car Is Run Over on Way lo Death Trial Finland IS SEATTLE Dec 2 Alaska Co reports its freighter Bering disabled In n mile gale 125 miles of Spencer Alaska U Is bo- towed to port A coincidence highlighted thr lodny of being tried for involuntary slaughter in the death of Mrs in who killed when struck by nn while along the valley highway n quarter of a mile south of silla months ago Juan widower of the dead woman wag struck by an I automobile mid seriously injured than half n mile from the j spot where killed he was walking lo Las Cruces this morning tn in case Alderctc wan walking on tlir lefl ildo of the road about two off Ihc pavement whon n cnr tn by Cortland Tanner 18 hit him from behind according to officers breaking one leg M badly II had lo he amputated a I pital where he by a As Deputy Sheriff's Kimlos John Anil the driving north toward a block north of Inn signaled for to pi In turning j automobile 1 turn Tanner i w lender of tin 1 then off signal i nee bi ly il i I to avoid Ch H it maile struck as ear about an the car la's left on HIO feet ran Into Recaptured Areas ft left turn then us he started i to make the turn Tanner who Tlie other car run inlo another Dec 2 The IPR held in jail of pending of the has approved u gallon and a report of un- the eastern The two-day trial of was near a as court un- 111 2 p m defense anil prune from Soviet Russia during the current war The territories embraced arena by the from both their cases land after the conflict of
