Times, The (Newspaper) - March 28, 1941, San Mateo, California STRIKES THREATEN STEEL MOTOR PLANTS News Behind News Syndicate WASHINGTON Tucker President R o o I e- veil hns given cret orders to fortify o-Jr Atlantic defenses pending construction of navy which will not be completed before The eight bases acquired from Britain in the destroyer n defense which make United Stales invulnerable to on overseas attack II has ordered that the ma- of new naval vessels in- battleships nnd cruisers soon to be commissioned be signed to our fleet He pears determined to frighten Japan out ot warlike measures anil movements nnd so far he seems to succeeded But our most ern planes including pursuits and fast bombers are being detailed to service in the Atlantic They are being sent to Die new bases which stretch from Newfoundland to Tri- Airplanes operating from these outlying bases can prevent any at- tack on this continent according to military advisers fore the president on our fleet in the Pacific and on our ex- panding force in the Atlantic Jesse sneaked a fast one p he financed the recent by the Stale of Arkansas He knocked down the interest rate at a tTmc when Federal and State must in Heavy for war purposes He has set a slow financial pace for the f years ahead j Private bankers had agreed to the Arkansas issue at per cent a fairly high price Then at the suggestion of certain political friends in the state Jesse agreed to handle the securities on the ba- sis of 3W per cent The private bankers charged that the tion would bo ruinous to tho Jesse laughed them off And eventually the same banking syndicate which insisted on the interest rate was glad to buy the nt the figure Mr Jones saved for the State of Arkansas Hut what he hits this was his under- lying reason for to lower the rates which Uncle Sam will have to pay for money in tho war and post-war era HeiT job in ing the facts his tion of a Gorman to reports from our at- taches abroad Tic has a much stronger than London credited him with be- fore the outbreak of the war in September of 1939 fuehrer foreign observers according to the current theory He permitted them to FCC ami report on his vast air sion Men like Colonel Lindbergh Al Williams ami Major Smith our air attache at Berlin brought back learnings of m afr them Bu he never allowed anybody to visit his shipyards He put thp lid on nil concerning his building of a navy It was typical Hitler V Our latest checkup convinces eg y w IVH Tomorrow's Weather Showers tonight ami Saturday little change in temperature erate to fresh erly wind ALERT i 1 Preparedness It Think Act American war HE ready jo VOTE in city Election on April 1 VOL 35 No 98 SIXTEEN PAGES SAN MATED CALIFORNIA 23 PER PEB MONTH Belgrade Hints at Pact Rejection that Hitler has an ex- tremely powerful fleet nnd one which can work great hovac at sea to the host confidential ports he has about 10 battle cruisers of tons each and a tremendous of small Unlike the Kaiser who kept hia navy in home ports Hitter means to make an out naval attack in conjunction with his against England j H La will run for re- as mayor New York He will not announce his for several months but his mine up as n result of Severn talks with President Roosevelt will Itack the Flower in spite of National Chairman Et Flynn's pro tests La docs not wont to run for a third Ha irdia on election in 1937 that he never Mrs La Guardia on hi prom us re would seek elective public office again Ho could retire on Turn to Page 16 Column 5 Menlo Blaze Laid to Firebug CHr Hurt MENLO PARK March Police and firemen searched by jungles today for a transient for questioning about a ire in H garage at the home of Victor pont cigar store nnd poolroom owner on Menlo avenue last night The authorities said they be- the itinerant set the five for for being ordered out of the poolroom Ife seen near the residence and was said to have been drinking Fire Chief Thomas Cuff said the fire which caused about to the garage and stored in it was of P diary origin A neighbor Elmo who operates R print ahop age t reading paper shortly after 10 o'clock last night when he heard a noise and thought he saw a boy in the Dupont di way A minute or two later brin cra ing t cklin told Cuff he g sound nnd ar heard saw fi creeping up the garage wall And a man's figure by thu open door He called the fire department Dupont was absent at the tima for Peril Of Danger to -a 114 1 and illy Points in rv ji School excitement lins liccn stirred up by the Board Approves which closes it is n mutter of grail to the city Sets Total Sought of outstanding will Wheels Turn at tho majority Oie city nnd who will therefore our inn iii CM pal for the next font A that by all of us as one of our major duties of United lenders doubt that the There are five candidates in tlie race and spread of labor troubles posed bond issue positions to be the plants of such an extensive building the of the list in service to his city nnd county giants as United will be approved by the Ann lin A Pobs the city council for the ntes Bethlehem Steel in June was carried to the years and also served H four-year term Ford Motor com- Mateo High school board 1927 Tic been on grand juries on and International Superintendent Homer and in for more than n all of them at last night's meeting Martin told of his jirst now devoting much of Ms time to tlie Sun druft of which lie is chairman lie is no brought threats of t ons with business men for tlie office the first he lias notion today in congress Trustee J C Johansen of to do so anil in the second place the nn en c in his case cnm lie liis record mid is at Bethlehem dents of the northern purl of well enough known His vote should he sett lenient of a district and San at the homo of Beth Steel corporation at Bethle teo board holding that the is necessary and must W known to by his initials but to everyone as he eily has an opportunity Pa announced nt i w was offset by a strike a financed either by a bond issue a man vision Is an Pa and a tor i n higher tax rate authorized lias had charge of army and navy const vote nt three Bethle tin to request tlie district attorney's office to prepare a resolution calling the bond election for work and who built the five million dollar terminal in lie ivas construction engineer with shipyards in the New York siren affecting 5000 workers an up contracts fur build 6 This resolution is expected to Northern Railway for veers resident and repair of 30 ships adopted at the April per of the San United Steel corpo At Martin's suggestion the board reduced the amount and for 11 years afterward was president and manager of the company which operated flie and the Steel Workers or CIO an agreement in as previously third liv Timrs nl least for a week to April 8 to in order to facilitate retirement of the principal at the rate ot annually over Reilly a member of lie South Mafen Improvement Association typical of the dynamic leadership threatened walkout of workers of the company's 14 sub plants 25-year that section of the city from acreage to Posted Seeks class in a few vears at one of tha Martin sakl he had been has been mostly active in improvement to Page 3 Column 2 to determine public sentiment of representative citizens on the proposal and found business leaders i that such a large arid through that Activity has become acquainted the needs and problems of the Voters of tlie city can make no mistake in electing Board to would carry The consensus of men is that there be no question of a bond issue of for men all experienced in civic and business affairs and all peculiarly capable because of that experience in taking on problems of a fast growing on Strikes north end branch school being FRED BAILEY Martin said But they express doubt that a Turn to 8 Column 1 WASHINGTON Mar LP Vice H- Davi More Rain ESCAPE the Defense n panel tiding Board Chairman A Dykstra and CIO Philip to meet here Mon County Edward R McDonald and other city officials narrowly escaped a plunge into a ravine with labor and representatives of the Harvester company More of the same kind of p Station that left almost half car struck an tlie Waldo tunnel lo Pago 3 Column 8 nch of rain in parts of Han county within a few hours Chief John J most seriously injured of the sirt in C A Buck was cut on the lip and A J Colma Meets today will keep San Mateo was Jn Mills Memorial man was bruised wraps tonight and tomorrow according to the with a broken right leg two fractured ribs cuts on both City Treasurer Frank Bloom escaped Trade Head Tho forecast was for showers night and F little Ward went wrong with Yo Turn to 3 Column r McDon aid a mechanism the car Japanese cuts on the legs His glasses were broken in the control into a two-foot rock bulkhead which prevented it discussed Minister Funk today th Indicted by Jury PHILADELPHIA March LPJ Retired Senior United Stales Circuit Court Judge J Warren but his eyes were not injured Judge J Ward two ribs fractured and iras cut on the right leg and left hand down the steep embankment north of the Waldo tunnel A short distance to the south the Tarn to Page 2 goods and currency European and East Asiatic sphere after the victorious of th well informed quarters sail vU was indicted by a federal a jury today on charges of conspiracy to obstruct in connection 11 with the bankruptcy PRIVATE AIR FIELD conferred with Funk Field Marshal Hermann anil Foreign Minister Joachim vor of William Fox former millionaire motion picture magnate rt Fox also indicted CARLOS in He was guast of honor nt a slat luncheon given by Adolf Hitler referee 5 Fox immediately pleaded CARLOS Mar Flans for developing the Kan Carlos airport into a super field for private planes at an eventual Race Result and court set April -1 at 2 p m foi e were Inid before the San Carlos city council Itare Knur onus 1101 Davis 74 and once the nation's highest ju ris t below th e by John W Kelly of Francisco a representative of of 2 SO 2.5 Sky Victory Aviation last night the US American according order abandonment of Spy Ann Preview Actor wer plans to males an initial road extension of Brit tan t Nazis to of This would provide a east of E3 Camino Real be cause the road bisects property Flor am Nutria ran Dogs for ration building nnd machine shop he use for a runway The council referred the Sir furlongs lift WASHINGTON March Flynn I tho city a All dogs in Germany are to negotiations for council also decided e registered for military service can be work not to open bids April Hay d commerce department started by 1 Kelly nnd light in ff fay Department officials said The company was for evening Sine believed the dogs would be used December 6 19 10 and the City park awaiting Archive ati draft and by Frank A Flynn to Page 2 Col am n Slavs Mobilizing Army Hitler Demands Answer Germans Told Frankly Pact Not Popular New Gov't Firmly in dle People Near teria for Joy BELGRADE Mar new Jugoslav ment it wai reported tonight Lias informed Germany that events speak for themselves and certain portions of the axis pact are not likely to win acceptance by the Jugoslav populace That was the reply given to German Minister Viktor von ren it when he presented himself to the new for- Momcilo nnd for a statement of the sition of the new regard to tlie signature of tlie by Jugoslavia in Vienna day outline of tho Jugoslav at- was said lo been pre- sented as the nation's armies st run up to the frontiers to protect Jugoslav threat from any quarter Premier declared the nation hoped to nny difficult IPS with its but that it would follow henceforth a policy of ence This pronouncement was made Turn to 2 Column 4 nni asked f OVER MILLION SLAVS MASSED AGAINST NAZIS Mar Jugoslav army of men vas by diplomatic sources to be manning a defense em extending miles in depth to oppose any German march through Jugoslav territory to attack Greece Will Stand Put Tt was believed here that slavia would revert at once to a determined policy of nnd complete neutrality nnd would ply refuse to ratify the agreement by which the old regime put the country into the tripartite axis Diplomatic quarters saw forced lo chose among three to accept Jugoslav n drive on Greece through to try to drive through Jugoslavia's Vardar valley to Greece before the army got set for defense or to delay its Balkan campaign and adjust its troop dis- positions so as to protect its flank on the Jugoslav side of Bulgaria Defenses Manned Tlie army wng said to be manning R system of nil I box and other defenses through which a German army have to fight its way under some difficulties Acceptance of even n tacit Turn to Page 2 Column 3 Japanese Land Near Hong Kong SHANGHAI March Strong forces of Japanese troops I Ted on Ki tsh LC h bay ea ste rn province between Hong and Swatow today The troops reported ad- on an undisclosed Domei patches said there live The landing was affected un- der cover of naval guns but agency dis- had been re- sistance by Chinese troops bay provides good deep water anchorage and it was be- the Japanese hart landed as they have nt several other south China points recently in an at- tempt to stop smuggling ol arms plies to Chinese troops Italians Launch New Albanian Drive March 28 Military quarters said that Hie Italians had launched i attack on the forces i bania and It is unknown whether Mussolini is again ions Inside Today's Times PA on C IK 14 Serai Story PACK T shitty H-S tn Stork IMC K IS 15 County II School V U S Cemetery A appropriating for im- at the new Golden Gate National cemetery here was passed yesterday by the house of representatives ing to a telegram received today by City Attorney Ii A Eapsey from Congressman John Z son in Washington D C The telegram It gives me pi ca su re to i that the department civil function a appropriation was passed by tho houfe of yesterday containing for the new construction at Gate National cemetery The amount u des I terns for road construction installation of water mains nnd con- struction of fences to enclose the entire The property opposite an was purchased by the ment Inst year im- provement work is now under way Nazis Protest Cruelties to Axis Residents Noon Deadline for Deci- sion on Policies Passes Without Word LONDON Mar The air ministry said tonight that 1000 persons had been tilled and 7000 wounded in one of a series of Royal Air Force on the srent shipping base of Bremen The ministry did the sources of its claims but disclosed that the RAF now is using a new type of- bomber which can carry heavier loads of bombs some as much as five BERLIN Mar 28 Reports that Jugoslavia was mobilizing rapidly and had called army classes during the reached dip quarters today as many protested to the new Jugoslav government against the alleged maltreatment of German citizens The Gennan government hurt vainly for a reply to an urgent request that the slav government make a ment of policy It was understood that a reply been by noon today 2 a m PST and admittedly no such reply had been received Jugoslav circles said np re- ply was for another 24 hours Unofficial observers believed that the German government was disinclined to let the situation drift and would insist on quick catton It was made known that reports o 2 Column 5 Churchill to Be On Air Sunday Noon LONDON March British corporation tonight thai Prime Winston Churchill will de- liver a speech at 9 p m noon PST Sunday BBC said the speech would be broadcast to the United Slates ami the western hemisphere Jan Valtin Jailed For Deportation WASHINGTON March justice department today announced that Richard Krebs alias Jan who wrote Out of the has taken custody in New York City on warrant instituting proceedings Against him Home Improvements Save Money Your home is cm ment If if becomes down its value Putting off repairs and alterations c o v t money MODERNIZE an FHA LOAN Applications j of San Mateo An independent Rani