Times, The (Newspaper) - June 14, 1941, San Mateo, California PRESIDENT FREEZES ALL AXIS ASSETS News Behind The News WASHINGTON By Kay Tucker Discounted against our people's security aa measured by charts ing stock market movements Is growing fear that the United States will become an active in the European war This cator ii the more impressive be- enuse withdrawal of professional the little most active of Wall tract to activities reflect the of the man in the Every statement or action by the which pointed ward our joining In the produced downward reaction The level of typical trials rails points after President Roosevelt greeted in January of 1940 with hii pledge to defend four freedoms It two points after the deal In September of 1940 re-election sent it down Passage of the lease-lend pro- hardly ripple either way It dropped after his March IS ise of aid to the so-called cies including Greece and once more after his re- cent announcement that he would not permit to lose 0 tht reaction o I British and Canadian stocks was strikingly similar Whereas they should have improved after of United States assistance they er fell or remained sluggish Jf market prices have any significance our experts figure that foreign traders must have discounted the L of our aid the Low Countries Hitler's ies have not the market us severely ms the president's ise and policies The survey that the people are less by foreign than by domestic happenings The stocks used as a averaged 108 when Hitler took over Czechoslovakia and Memel in March of Alter the Nazis sue invasion of Poland the in dex climbed to 109 in a lew weeks The level was at 107 when the Reich delivered its surprise attack on Norway The invasion of thr Countries did inspire alarm within 10 daya after France rendered the average had fallen to 91.5 the heavy nir raids on London in September it reached 102 by early November During tht winter months when airplanes and submarines took heavy toll of British shipping H went down to 97 It was at when Hitler leaped into Greece and around that figure now The current rise suggests that domestic policies evert a more im- mediate influence than abroad The optimism of the past days whether or not it is is attributed 1 Houso rejection of the treasury's original excess profits tax proposals U the sterner tude toward strikes on national de- fense jobs 3 the more ative tone White House policy Besides lifting the market level these things brought Al into the White mse for a handshake with the M whose defeat he urged in 1936 and 1910 The president's drastic Jf action against strikes in California and 1 elsewhere was forced by demands of Army Navy and men They insisted that the defense program would break down unless there was lion in the labor situation and they won out in a sharp cabinet clash But the Administration and Attorney General Jack son is holding out bitterly the proposal of Representative Jone of Ohio to investigate the activi ties of Communists in employ No attempt has been to check up on 500 Stalinist Turn to Page 8 Column Weather Clear today anil day high fog tonight and Sunday forenoon cooler in time moderate to fresh west to northwest wind Today's News is In today's Notice how many of the stories rou read will be FLASHES on the air VOL 36 No 11 YEAH EIGHT PAGES SAN CALIFORNIA SATURDAY JUNE M 1941 So PER PER MONTH BRITISH ON OFFENSIVE ON THREE WAR FRONTS FRENCH FLEET REPORTED IN ACTION Neal O'Hara Says NKW YORK June new order consists of a Unite States of Adolf a the President and Cabinet o course As president of the United State of Europe Hitler would not see a third term But he would Hk permanent Reichstag to be ir there giving him three cheers Nazi and Italian troop the enemy's bayon Bat name anyone in the won who is braver than Virginio Gayd behind l fountain pen Mussolini understands French and German whereas Hitle Just speaks German However n they confer everything nil right us long as Musso III tens in German If the British have been pump ing Hess since he landed in Seol land it about time they on Missing Mate Writes He and Ethel in Jersey Aeschbach Gets ter Girl's Mother De- nies Hearing City REDWOOD CITY June 14 C Aeschbach 30 of Sun Mateo and Miss Ethel 20 of Redwood City former county health ment who dropp rom Bight here on Hay 29 are together in Newark N J his wife Mrs Beatrice Aeschbach stated today Mrs Aeschbach said she had re- airmail letter from her in sband p arke d Wednesday afternoon at Newark in which he her McClure was with him Single The wife quoted Aeschbach as stating in his Of course by now you probably know Ethel is with me I am sorry it had to be Ethel instead of ou lie made no other mention of the Redwood City girl according to Mrs Aeschbach The husband ed that arrived at the hoyne of his mother in Newark last Sunday night Mrs Aeschbach said she went to Miss home Thursday night informed her mother Turn to Page 8 Column t Doping Bared At Inglewood INGLEWOOD June Jerry Giesler of the stale racing board today an- that chemical teats have revealed nine of race horses being stimulated with ing the current season at Holly wood Park He summoned owners and ers of the horses involved to hearing June 23 Stables involved included those of Louis B Mayer movie mag W L Brann owner of one of whose allegedly was stimulated BetH said the trainers horsemen must show cause if proved responsible for the horses condition why they should not lose their licenses and be ruled off California trucks 3 CITY HOME DEFENSE UNIT ORGANIZED HERE Committee of 5 Given Authority in Emergency The setup for a Thres Cities Disaster Relief council fo tion at the call and under tlic direction of a powerful executive committee was approved at a citizens disaster committee meeting he city hall last night Members of the executive cil will be the mayors of ough San and Burlingamo a representative of the American Cross and a representative of he city to be by lie other four executives Model Ordinance A model ordinance embodying the plan is to be gone over hy the city of the three com- and then submitted to the at their nestings July 7 Record High budget Fixed High School Legislature Under tbe executive the is divided into three Private authority which must recruit drill personnel municipal authority embracing fire and other usual city functions and the Red Cross which direct actual rescue work in event of disaster The executive committee would be vested with the power to de- clare stale of emergency power which tbe three Turn lo Page 2 Column 4 COLORS FLUTTER OVER CITY FOR FLAG DAY The liberty ami freedom for winch our flag stands alone in war-torn world was forcefully brought home to thousands of San comity residents as lined the and appropriate ceremonies in observance of Flag Day Feature of the county-wide ob- servance of the birth of the flag will be the elaborate program to lie held on the baseball field Central Park here tonight at 8 o'clock Sponsored by the San Mateo Elks the local program will be put on by Boy Scouts tornl and auxiliary groups fraternal labor school children unions and The program will be staged in the ball park witb Arthur W Tyo general in the role of master of ceremonies He will in- Mayor Harold Anderson of Redwood City who will welcome tbe throng and Exalted Ruler Chanteloup of the Elks will the lodge's ing Tbe history of tbe flag will read by Dr J C McGovern anc by D chan ge in the flag will be demonstrated by a of the Mug carried by it Boy Scout The band of the Boj Scouts and the A choir ol Mateo Junior college wil render music Warren national man of the American Legion dc commission will a talk to climax the patriotic program PARK FAMILIES OPEN OWN PLAY PROGRAM Determined to provide recreation for their children during the summer vacation several San Park families toda were launched on a campaign to secure support of residents o their district Germans Mining Waters of Norway STOCKHOLM i dispatch from Norway night reported tbat German tary authorities have heavily mined Norwegian coastal waters in the few days taken e r pre caution a believe d to be in preparation for early military action According to the report from Norway the German rations have been noted along the whole F R Still Kept to Room by Bad Throat WASHINGTON June Roosevelt remained in his residential quarters at tbe White House today because of a continued throat and a slight fever running about a half degree above IX SPAIN BILBAO Spain June has rained 42 days The group has sent articles of incorporation of the San Mateo Park Recreation Committee to Secretary of State Paul Peek in Sacramento The corporation is non-profit anil is formed to establish tain and conduct an program for either or both minor children and adult individuals to the end that a wider and deeper appreciation of the most beneficial use of leisure time may be on the of all euch sons Directors are Stanley Harry Frank and B F all of the park Parents who wish to join th program must pay for th first child ami for each tional child Tbe money will b used to hire a recreation ami assistant Ten families were ot a recent meeting 25 other were reported interested Letter have been sent to park resident notifying them of the program WELLES SCORES NAZI BLUSTER ON ROBIN MOOR WASHINGTON 14 Undersecretary of Slat Sunnier Welles replying to German threats to sink all ship carrying contraband to the British said today thai through out the history of the Stales the people have never been impressed by what they regard as bluster and threats The German threats were made in connection with the sinking of the American Steamer Robin Moor would not admit the vessel wa sunk by one of their submarines Certain assert et are clear These he said are th fact that an American merchan in accordance the his although authorized Kari quarters Turn to Page 2 Column 1 ax Rate Cut of 3 Cents Predicted Despite In- creased Cost A- reduction in the San Union High rict lax rale was predicted ay despite a record 2 budget f of tiling by the trustees nt a session last night The cut in tlie rate will be Deadlock Over Relief Blocks Clocks Stopped at Noon as Hour of Adjournment Passes SACRAMENTO June Another compromise relief plan was offered the legislature late today by Senator Jerrold well It appropriate 000 o wind op the SKA by October 1 1911 Expropriate to transfer SKA projects lo the stale social department between October 1 and in tax will et the district between nd more anticipated plus the increase in the district's valuation Superintendent -Th -42 maintenance x rate expected to be 62.9 cents et by the board of supervisors With approval of the wnd issue at last week's ion a appropriation was in the budget for ion of the unit of a branch at an at the Matco school ami a building nt the plant Accumulated funds vill make up the difference between he bond issue anil the building total tie WIN uu arm en r Imv January 1 1913 when this IU U would end appropriate 000 for an interim study of 10 zerA anj five to work out a permanent plan including public works and increase aid Id counties for age pensionE from split to With the passage of tbe hond our finances arc in excellent and witb a cent tax rate during the next two years ye vill for ment for the new Martin lid A technical developed bile the board was the election results and as a result Turn to Page 8 Column Safety Head For Urged REDWOOD CITY June Possibility of the caunty engaging full-time traffic safety engineer considered at a meeting of the San Matco county safety commission last night The proposal will be her study nny dation be made to the super- visors It pointed out that there is insufficient time to in appropriation for that purpose n the new budget Commissioners suggested that engineer he added to some county possibly the road department on 1 permanent study safety factors for incorporation in new highway construction and eliminate hazards on proven roads wherever The commission announced that plans are completion for ii traffic to be conducted by the San Mateo Junior adult Tarn lo 2 Column 2 SACRAMENTO June 14 Clocks were stopped in the legislature today ing factions struggled to find a solution to the relief program adjournment ing the weekend without a re lief Sine die adjournment was scheduled for noon today but there IVEIS rm chance for ending the session until tonight possibly morrow houses worker slowly the calendars one after another caucus held on the knotty problem of relief Abolition Prevented Latest proposal of the Olson ad- ministration was to vote a Turn o r Column 2 Mine Fields To tie i Laid at U S Ports WASHINGTON June navy hydrographic office today the will jc engaged in mine planting ion in Vork harbor from June 15 to September 30 The op- will be undertaken in a quadrilateral the center of which wll lie approximately 3400 yards from Sa Barefoot Burglar Enters Los Altos LOS ALTOS June U Police believed today barefoot burglar who had been victimizing Oakland and San residences fo r month s had m ovc d into area Two homes were robbed last night Jewelry worth was taken from the H L Hamilton residence Jewelry worth ami ly a nook light The office y advised to ing vestals will conducted in Los nnd San Diego bors VICHY TELLS HULL FRANCE KNOWS COURSE VICHY June circles replied to tary of State Hull today Kith the assertion that nan collaboration is a policy which France has adopted of her own in- acting as the sole judge if hor aspirations are in the of her and tions Scores Intervention The French spokesman reiterated French denials of nny grounds for British intervention in Syria It was paid the foreign of- fice is studying Hull's statement and nmy issue an official reply later The spokes admitted that German bad used Syria as a stone and the armistice commission in Syria might have sent some into Iraq but that the Axis powers only were acting within their rights the armistice convention Frace Sole Judge collaboration if an inhuman imposed by the Germans but a thing mined by France alone France re- mains the sole judge of what her aspirations are in the realm of her liberties and BERLIN June man spokesman today that it was simply impossible for many to carry on an argument with the United States concerning France's position in Syrin and ed for time being no Nazi Turn to Page J Column 2 Axis Assets In U S Frozen June 14 Roosevelt today nn executive order freezing all German and Italian as sets in the United States The order also freezes tbe as ets of all invaded or occupied Eur countries not previously fro zen Albania Austria Czech Danzig and Po Baseball Results NATION AT New ponrd: rain ri St ahil and Mancuso Boston 100 000 Pittsburgh 001 102 arid Masi H tr nnd 000 000 Chicago 001 100 000 00 002 02 Franks RAF Blasts at Heart of Nazi War Industry British Advance Slow in Syria Seek to Save Damascus By Harrison Salisbury Stuff British forces carried the at- ack to the enemy in the air Germany and on land in Syria and Libya while the Axis to induct a new er into the Military alliance Britain's middle eastern com- mand reported that the Allied in Syria ly the area of mandated territory under the and revealed two es in the fighting in the Western front Gains in Libya A German motorized column ween So Hum and was in- by a British patrol and 12 vehicles destroyed while at British roops sallied out And wrested rom Germans perimeter in R salient held by tbe planes blasted heavily at he rich industrial region last night and smashed again at Brest three bfg warships taken refuge This morning air force bombers over he English channel and blasted German bases including airdromes n Northern France French Fleet Active A radio Budapest report claimed hnt the French fleet had sailed rom Toulon Several such reports beon circulated since the start of the British campaign in Syria have not been confirmed However reports front Beirut planes warships a attack upon tbe British fleet off tbe coast this The mm unique claimed French forces are holding their avin on all fronts against Allied Attack that there was no action south of soue just south of Damascus and Tarn to Page 2 Column 5 of tbe freezing order was made by White Mous Secretary Stephen T Early Transfer Prior to this order the Presiden had frozen the funds of 14 othe European nations which had bee invaded or occupied by Germany Until today's order the tota amount of frozen foreign assets i the United States amounted t about The action was believed designe to prevent the further transfer o Axis funds nnd out of th United States through neutrals Recently it had been reported thn lUlian funds bad bee transformed to the o certain American U S Holdings Germany and Italy were eil in government quarters to have Ji between and Crouch Koerst son and Warren Olson and Cullough 000 010 n 0 101 020 6 0 Felfer and Hemsley and Chicago 000 010 10 0 Boston 001 OW 10 I Smith and Tresh Karris ing and St Louis 001 12 I s 000 in direct holdings In the United to Tape 3 Column -I Olson Gets For Cow Palace Fund June The legislature today approved ard sent to tbe governor the Shelley allocating in horse racing funds to the San Francisco Cow Palace The directs that be set aside for premiums the re- cash totaling was taken 000 000 7 for maintenance and tbe borne of Charles A hire footprint was found in the earth outside a window at one of the Anker and ter and H a y ts W a Jf Washington postponed rain by agricultural district in Francisco and San Mateo The vote was 51 to 5 the exact a DAY Is a home worth it to you You can own a modest home in lust a few years ii you will forego a few present wants far the sake of IhU future comfort and Why remain tied to a landlord when you can be the lord of a manor of your Let us outline a plan to help you attain goal Peninsula Federal Savings and Loan ATTEND THE FLAG DAY EXERCISES PRESENTED TONIGHT BY THE ELKS CLUB AT SAN MATEO PARK
