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Evening star., 1938-06-30
HANKOW DEFENSE
SLOWLY BREAKING
MatoWchen Boom Is Giving
Way Before Japanese
Yangtze Drive.
/ ~ the Associated Press.


SHANGHAI, June 30.-Chinese
military authorities admitted tonight
that the Matowchen defense system
was slowly giving way before Japan's
drive up the Yangtze River toward
Hankow, China's provisional capital
They said that the main body Of
defenders had withdrawn upstream to
new positions in hills between the
famous Matowchen boom and
Pengtseh. is miles to the southeast,
leaving only rearguards in some Of
, the Matowchen forts to delay the jap
anese advance.
For more than week these forts
and the boom, or barrier of sunken
boats, had halted the Japanese thrust
some ITS miles from its goal The
Chinese admission was believed to
mean the japanese had practically
completed occupation of the barrier
New rains swept the middle and
lower Yangtze River Valley today, in
creasing flood dangers in the path of
the japanese offensive against Hankow,
China's provisional capital
Air forces of both nations continued
to operate despite rain and fog. Chi
nese reported japanese bomber shot
down in the Yangtze sector.
Chinese expressed belief japanese
might attempt to strike south of the
river to cut the Canton -Hankow Rail-
road, main avenue of imported war
supplies, at Changsha, $50 miles
southwest of Hankow
Refugee Train at Hong Kong.
\ HONG KONG, June 80 LR.-A flag
bedecked International train today
brought 800 American and other for
eign refugees here from Hankow, pro-
visional capital of China
Among the refugees were the wives
of German military advisers to Gen.
eralissimo Chang Kai-shek. None of
the advisers themselves, who have been
ordered to leave China on pain of
losing their citizenship and property,
were aboard the train, however. They
are expected to follow shortly.
The refugees left Hankow Tuesday
Evening star., 1938-06-30

Twenty-nine nations were on the
allied side in the World War.
Evening star., 1938-06-30

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Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-02

were announced for the fiscal year
which begins April |. an increase OF
G17.0O0,000 1885 ,000,000) over those
fer the current year.
But by allotments from the G AGO.
GO0G00 t$2000,000 ,O00) defense loan
authorized under a five-year de-
fense plan, the grand total will be
raised to G102 100000 S513,600 ,00O, :,
an increase of 920.22O000 ($101,-
100000 over that for the current
year. This increase alone is great
er than the entire appropriation for
any year between 1923 and 1884
inclusive.
An air ministry memorandum ac-
companying the estimates disclosed
that since April 1885 the home de-
Tense air fleet had been more than
dCubled-from 50 to 1913 squadronS.
AS usual, the detailed figures for
planes were not given. But credible
sources have reported that Britain
is well on the way to a fleet of
10000 planes, the greatest in the
Wor,1.
II was disclosed that between
April 1885, and March 1898, ap-
rroXimately 1900 pilots and 10000
air men had entered the service
compared to the previous three
year average of 900 pilots and 1900
men.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-02
FOUR INJURED
IN TWO VALLEY
AUTO CRASHES
Machines Collide East of
Ell CentrO at Road
Crossing

Intersection of the Gen.
tral Valley highway and the
Holtville highway east of
Ell Centro Tuesday night
was the scene of two autOmo-
bile accidents in which four per-
sons suffered injury.
Mrs. Della B. Martin, SO, Long
Beach; Mrs N. C. Buckman, SO,
Fontana; and N. C. Bnckman, SIS,
also of Fontana, were taken to the
Ell Centro hospital for treatment
of injuries they suffered when the
car in which they were passengers
collided with one driven by M. M
Albee, 81, Brawley.
Highway Patrolmen Paul Brown
and Day Dunning said their inves-
tigation revealed J. c. Martin, 50.
Long, Beach, failed to make
boulevard stop before driving onto
the Holtyille highway. The colli-
sion followed
Barnell Wiggan, 3. son of G. o.
Wiggan of Holtville is in the coun-
ty hospital suffering from kid
ney injury suffered when car
driven by his father and one driven
by Lewis D. Zukerman, 80, Ell Gen.
tro, collided at the Central Valley
highway 80 intersection.
The Wiggan machine overturned
as a result of the collision, Brown
and Dunning reported.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-02
FATHER FEARS
FOR LIFE OF
KIDNAPPED BOY

NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. March
? eUP)-Murray Levine, haggard
and distressed. feared today for
the safety of his 12-year-old son.
Peter who was held by kidnapers
for ransom.
The prosperous attorney kept
constant vigil beside two tele-
phones in his $4,000 home in this
suburb of New York City. await
ing an opportunity to contact the
abductors
Reports that he had received
note demanding ransom payment
within 48 hours under threat of
death to the handsome blue-eyed
boy were denied. 1t was believed,
however, that at least one authen-
tic note, written on a toy type
writer had been received.
Police, who had acceded to Le-
vines plea to leave a clear channel
for the kidnapers to conduct their
negotiations, prepared to abandon
their hands-off policy as another
day apparently passed without a
contact.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-02
RAIN DOES
MILLION IN
DAMAGES
Torrents Flood
Los Angeles
Streets

LOS ANGELES, March 2.
UP)-At least four persons
were killed. hundreds of
families were driven from
their homes, and property
was damaged to the extent of per-
haps Sl,OO0,00O in today's record
rain storm.
Thousands of acres of low lands
were inundated. streets and nigh
WAYS were washed out or buried
under landslides and were closed to
traffic.
Houses were crushed. Many
street intersections in metropolitan
Los Angeles were turned into lakes.
The known ,iead:
Mrs. Ruth Randall. %.
Leonard Travis Randall, 6, her
son.
An unidentified woman and her
baby. in Beverly Glenn Canyon.
Buried under a slide and believed
dead:
Fred WIKI, owner OF a bungalow
court.
Mrs. Randall and her son were
buried under landslide that en-
quilted their home and crushed the
house and the adjoining dwelling.
Husband Saved
Her husband, Joseph Randall, jr.,
and his 5-year- r-old daughter, Carol,
escaped and were taken to General
hospital for treatment.
The adjoining house was owned
by Randall's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Randall, ST., who were away
from home at the time.
Wilk was caught by landslide
while he was digging a drainage
trench around his Yolo Drive bum
galoW court, .##..#s
Two unidentified men who were
buried with him were rescued but
Wilk was caught under tons of
earth and rescuers were assembled
to dig him out.
In the Beverly Glen tragedy, the
flood waters pouring down from
the glen caused a slide at the foot
of the canyon drive, near Seabury
Place.
The slide crushed a dwelling
burying the woman and her baby.
The husband and father escaped.
Continued on Page g. Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-02
WarehOusemen
Vote to Accept
Peace Proposal

SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. tUP)
Striking and discharged" ware
housemen today voted unanimous
ly to accept a peace plan to end
a tie-up of the San Francisco and
Oakland wholesale and warehouse
industry, Eugene Patton, ware
housemens union president, an
nounced.
Patton said the WarehouSemen
were prepared to settle the dispute
as soon as the San Francisco Dis
tributors association accepted a
return to- work plan proposed by
the employers committee of 43, a
group representing leading San
Francisco industries.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-02

u doIltu.
The search was harassed by a
hoax telephone message from Fres-
nc to San Francisco TWA head
quarters that the plane had been
found and by a report from an
East Oakland radio amateur who
claimed to have picked up a mes
sage from the plane. Federal in
vestigators branded the message
false.
Those aboard the missing plane
were crew and six passengers, in
Guiding a man who made his will
yesterday "just in case something
happens, and two Stanford stu
dents, brother and sister, enroute
to the beside of their critically i'll
father.
The man who made his will was
L. B. Waits, Standard Oil sales
man of San Francisco and Bieber,
| Cal. He was enroute to Chicago on
a pleasure trip.
The students were Jay Tracy
Dirlam and Mary Louise Dirlam.
! They were advised their father,
| jay N. Dirlam, insurance broker
of Mansfield, Ohio, was taken
suddenly i'll and that his condl-
ton was serious.
Fear Increases
Fears increased hourly that the
ship had crashed.
The plane, with six passengers
and three crew. left San Francisco
airport at $50 last night for Win
slow, Ariz., but later was ordered to
Los Angeles because of stormy
weather
The storm became so intense over
the Tehachapi mountains, separat-
ing central and southern Callfor-
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-02

the measure Monday met again
in executive session to consider
statements of naval policy which
have been proposed as amend
ments to the bill 1t already has
added two amendments to enlarge
the scope of the proposed program.
One new amendment earmarked
SO 100000. of $15,000,000 expert
mental authorization for a new
rigid dirigible about the size of
the decommissioned Los Angeles
1t also would devote $5,000000 to
development of experimental sur
face vessels, $7,000,000 to lighter
and heavier -than-air craft and
munitions experiments, and would
permit contract authorizations for
an additional $15,000,000.
The other amendment authorized
the navy to expand facilities at
navy yards to take care of the
construction of the AZ combat ships
and 90 auxiliaries provided for in
the program.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-02
FOR MER WAR
LORD CALLED
GER MAN ALLY
Trotsky Denounced, Demo
With Berlin, London,
Russians Say

MOSCOW, March 2 (UP)
Trotsky, eXiled war
lord, was denounced as an
ally over number of years
of the German and British
secret services today as 81 Bolshe-
vik leaders, latest of thousands to
be called traitors in terriblethree-
year purge, went on trial in the
Hall of Columns of the one time
Mobiles club. ===z.
1t was alleged that Trotsky and
the defendants conspired not only
with Germany and Great Britain
but with Poland and Japan to
dismember the Soviet Union, seize
power and return the country TO
capitalism.
Twenty Of the Il confessed their
guilt. Only Nicolas Krestinsky
ambassador to Germany for nine
years, refused to plead guilty.
At the outset of the trial, before
the dreaded military collegium of
the supreme court, the prosecution
alleged that Trotsky, now in Mexi-
co, had been connected with the
German secret police since 1921
and with the British intelligence
service since 1926.
1t was alleged that all of the
defendants were linked with each
other and with Trotsky in glgan-
tic conspiracy, extending back for
20 years, to assassinate Russian
leaders, to murder men who came
under medical care, to partition
the country in league with foreign
powers and to seize power them
selves under a new capltaliStlc
regime
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-02
PERSHING HAS
FAIR MIGHT
WAKES ALERT

TUCSON, Ariz., March 2. CUP)
Gen John J. Pershing, suffering
from a heart ailment and kidney
disease, spent only fair night
last night, but was propped up in
bed for breakfast today, his physi-
clans reported.
DR.. Roland Dawson, former army
physician attending the II year
old commander of the American
expeditionary forces, issued this
bulletin at II am, CST, today:
General Pershing had a fair
night. He did not rest as well as
on the previous night, though he
was alert on awakening this morn
ing.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-02

DIES ON COAST

Donald Hale, son of Dodge Hale,
pioneer in the Imperial Valley
cantaloupe deal died of a heart
attack in Seattle Tuesday. friends
in El Centro were informed De-
tails of funeral arrangements were
not available.
At one time he was manager for
the T. H. Pepper company in
Brawley. His father. now a resi-
dent of Los Angels, is the man for
whom "Hale's Best" cantaloupes
were named.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-02
UPPER BAG
VICTIM LIVES

CAI1PATRIA, March 2. = The
Upper bag murder" of last year
again is in the unsolved mystery
class as a result of the appearance
of man thought to have been
the victim.
Burial of the badly decomposed
body, found in lonely. spot near
Calipatria, under the name of
william Walden" did not close
the case, Deputy Coroner Herbert
Hughes announced Wednesday. The
case was reopened when Chief of
Police Guy Woods again met the
man he thought was murdered.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-02
Woman Killed i'm
Mexico Accident

MEXICO CITY. March Q. CUP)
The u. S. consulate today con-
firmed that two Minneapolis wom-
en-. Mrs. Isadora McCool and Miss
Alma Redman. and their Mexican
Interpreter and chauffeur were
killed last Thursday when their
automobile plunged over an en-
bankment along the Laredo high
way near Jacala.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-02
Cigarette Starts
Blaze in Awning

An awning over window on the
south side of the county court
house was destroyed by fire short
ly after 7 o'clock Tuesday night.
Ell Centre firemen extinguished
the flames before flames ate into
the building. Firemen said The
fire may have started from cigar
cite tossed from a window on the
second floor of the building.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-02
GUESTS LOOT
VALLEY HOME

CALEXICO, March 1.-Two male
guests in a hotel here burglarized
an adjoining room Tuesday night
and disappeared with clothing and
a wallet belonging 10 Russell Cir
gon, he informed Calexico police.
Other Imperial county peace Off
GERS were asked to aid in the
search for two suspects, men who
left the hotel without checking out
and who areaGy had paid a days
room rent.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-02
Demurrer Sustained
In Libel Suit Case

LOS ANGELES. Mar. 2. up
Judge Robert w Kenny today sus-
tanned the demurrer of Peirson M.
Hall, former u. s. attorney and
now senatorial candidate. to the
S1.O0O000 libel suit of William IL.
Neblett, former law partner ana
political partner of Senator VIII
liam Gibbs McAdoo.
Judge Kenny gave Neblett 10
days in which to amend the action
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-02
Kay Francis to Wed
German NObleman

HOLLYWOOD, March 2. CUP)-
Kay Francis, one of the highest
paid motion picture stars in Hol-
lyWood, today announced she will
marry Baron Raven Erik BarnekoW,
a tall young German nobleman
who has been her frequent COM
panion in recent months.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-02
Dinner to Honor
Baseball Players

Baseball players OF the Sc
attic Indian Pacific coast lea
cue club will be h0pored nj
Ell Centre Chamber OF Com
merce dinner toniaht at the
barbara Worth hotel.
The dinner Is set for $3.50.
The pur,sase of the dinner
Robert HAYS. secretary oil the
chamber said. Is TO better ac-
quaint the people of vi Centre
with players of the Seattle ciub
which Is training In Sportsman
Park.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-02
Move tn Eliminate
Gila Project Beaten

WASHINGTON, March g (UP)
The house today defeated an at
tempt to strike 100000 appropri-
alton for the Gila reclamation
project in Arizona from the $125,-
100000 interior department 1899
supply bill.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-02
Hoover, Schuschnigg
Confer i'm Vienna

VIENNA, March 2. tUP)-Her-
bert Hoover visited President Will
helm Miklas and Chancellor Kurt
Won Schuschnigg today.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-02
BRITAIN TO BUILD
HUGE AIR FORCE
IN WAR DEFENSE
Corps of Scientist Mohlized to Work on England's
Secret Plans; Fleet of 10000 Planes
Part of Program

LONDON March 2. (UP)-Great Britain announced
the greatest air force estimates her time history
today and disclosed that she had modified corps of
scientists to aid in secret air defense plans.
Air force estimates totang 973,5OOOOO ($367 OOOO
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-02
Storm Kills Four.
Homes EnguIfed
Rain, Snow Hinder Hunt for
Air Liner, Feared Crashed in Wild
Territory Near Fresno

FRESNO, Cal, March g (UP)-Two hundred men
fought through binding rain and snowbogged mountain
wilderness today in search of Transcontinenta West
air transport with nine aboard which disappeared last
night the Serras of Fresno and is feared to have
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-02
Final Touches
Put on Bill
For Big Navy
New Amendments Provide Dirigible
Funds, Developing Surface Craft,
Tests on Munitions

WASHINGTON, March g (UP)-Chairman Carl Vim
son. d. Ca of the house naval affairs COMMITTEES predict
ed that the administrations bilon-dollar authorization
bill for bigger navy would be reported to the house today
The committee which completed public hearings on
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-02

camera, range Under ana all, on q
beck shelf at home.
O.
Where They Want Him
Many motorists have many diff
ferent reasons for describing the
current weather in many different
terms-none of them compliment
tary = but Undersheriff Rodney
Clarke's complaint is in no way
connected with motoring. The
weather has gone to Rodney's vocal
cords, and he can't talk above a
whisper. All the deputy sheriffs
around the sheriff's office have
been having a grand time, shout
ina questions to the underSheriff
across the room So far his an
sWering sign language has been of
the elementary kind you couldn't
misunderstood if you tried.
Father and SON.
An unusual item in the news
deals with the Lions club meet
ing here Tuesday, when speaker
of the day was T. M. Elliott, who's
spent 20 years in China. He was
introduced by Robert Elliott. club
member. his son, who was born in
China. Robert. incidentally, is di-
rector OF the state relief admins
tration for Imperial county
They All DC It
Sometimes RR believes there
aren't SO many bad boners in the
Post Press. at that. Anyway, moth
ing like this from a Yakima, Wash
paper;
MIS-. although elderly, had
enjoyed life to its fullest during
the past few years. Her husband
died in 1885"
"Ss Advertised"--
The clerks at an Ell Centro gro
Gerry store are still chuckling about
the irate housewife who dashed in
with wildly outflung fist brand
ishin2 a can which had contained
spinach
Look here" she demanded. Look
at that picture"
On the can was a picture of one
OF those tasty menu items that
can be prepared with spinach-if
you like spinach. A beautifully
drawn egg was reposing, in the
picture, atop a heap of spinach.
THAT picture shows spinach and
an egg, the housewife expounded
When I opened the can, there
wasn't anything but spinach in it
Where's the egg?"
OF All Times
Tho weather being what il is
Chan Livingston had flat tire
Wednesday morning. Now he's con-
sidering the purchase of a horse.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-02

Signals Over
Lee Landerman was all a-dither,
tas who wouldn't beo, when he
careened into the Ell Centro police
STATEN Tuesday night to report that
some unredeemed thief hal stolen
an $85 camera, complete with range
finder, from his car while it was
parked on Main street. So thor
ough was the thief, Lee declared,
that he even extracted the camera
from the case and left the case
on the scat of the car.
Two hours later Lee telephoned
to report that he had located the
camera, range finder and all, on a
beck shelf at home.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-02

Butter: Los Angeles. s9lsc; But
terfat, Imperial Valley. fob. ranch
grade A. 37lsc; manufacturing milk
32hc: route gathered cream 29c.
L. A. Hay: q. S. No. l $780,
1900; No. 2. leafy s14.o0; No.
2, $3.50: Mpls. flax, May sos.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-02

BUILDING PERMITS
TO DATE THIS YEAR
S17,407
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-02

OF All Times
Tho weather being what il is,
Chan Livingston had flat tire
Wednesday morning Now he's con-
sidering the purchase of horse.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-02
BANK DEBTS

TUESDAY
$357,651.O6
Evening star., 1938-05-20
LUNCHEON HONORS
MRS. EDNA BUSHEE
More Than go Leaders in
Social Service Work
Attend Event.

Mrs. Edna Keene Bushee. identified
with social work in the District for
more than 80 years, was given a
testimonial luncheon yesterday at the
Parrot Inn in recognition of her serv-
ice in this field.
The event was attended by more
than go leaders in social service work
here, many of them former co-Work-
ers of the guest of honor.
Judge j. Wilmer Latimer sketched
Mrs. Bushee's work as chief proba-
ton officer of the Juvenile Court un-
der his administration and later said
she was responsible for the large part
of the success of the Children's Pro-
tective Association. formerly the Juve-
nile Protective Association, to which
he once nominated her as executive
secretary.
At one time she worked under the
Board of Public Welfare during the
administration of the late George S.
Wilson. ElWood street, Mr.. Wilson's
successor, yesterday told OF her de
votion to the interests of her clients
and the affection in which she was
held by her co-workers."
DR.. John Van Schaick, jr.. former
president Of the Board of Education
and at present editor of the Christian
Leader, presided at the luncheon, the
arrangements for which we're directed
by Mrs. r. Thomas West, Lifelong
friend of the guest of honor.
Mrs. Bushee's work as first school
attendance officer in the public schools
was described by Robert L. HaycocK,
assistant superintendent of schools IN
tho District. She also was in charge
of child labor permits before the
passage of the present child labor
laws.
Among her first work in the social
field in Washington was her service
with Associated Charities, now the
Family Service Association.
Evening star., 1938-05-20

Century Club at a dinner given in his
honor at the Lafayette Hotel by more
than 80 representatives Of the company
from Washington, New York and
Philadelphia omces.
Robert G. Simmons, general man
ager of the company's Government
department, presented Mr.. Bradfield
with q gold watch in behalf Of the
president, Lewis H. Brown, In recog-
milton Of his IS years service with
the firm.
Evening star., 1938-05-20
BIRTHS REPORTED

Charles and Martha Gentle. twin girls.
Harry and Catharine Crowder. twin girls.
George and Ellen Bokman. twins. boy ans
william and Gladys Pumphrey boy.
Lloyd and Louise Mathers. girl.
Allen and Eleanor Coe. girl.
George and Dorothy LiVlnRS, girl.
Frederick and Catherine Barker. boy.
Charles and Margaret Drummond. boy.
Thomas and Lillian Sisk, girl.
Elmer and Viola Heron. girl
William and Mary Reilly. girl.
Joseph and Madalaine Huffman. girl.
Milton and Bessie Dorr. girl.
Lester and Marian Briggs, girl.
Orville and H. Aimee Slye. boy.
John and Dorothy Stepp, boy.
Abram and Helen LETTER boy.
Walter and Wilma Raleigh. girl.
Lawrence and Ella Pelrce. girl,
Edward and Dorothy Duckett, boy.
John and Elmira Hilhouse. boy.
Giuseppe and Maria Arata, boy.
Oswald and Pauline Gnotta. girl.
HAYDEN and Charlotte Combs girl.
Willis and Carrie Jacobs girl.
Daniel and Elman Walker. girl.
Edward and Cornelia Wells. boy.
Theodore and Elizabeth Washington, girl
Chai and Soonie Lee, girl.
AlonZo and Elizabeth Washington, girl.
Amos and Eleanor Collins. girl.
Evening star., 1938-05-20

The coffee tree Is native to Africa.
but today the Latin American repub-
lies furnish four-flfth Of the worlds
coffee, and, although the cocoa tree Is
native to South America, most Of the
Evening star., 1938-05-20

Central America has three trans.
continental railroad lines, one in
Guatemala, from San Jose to Barrios:
another in Costa Rica, from Punta-
renas to Lmon, and a third In Pam
anna City.