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Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25
Naquin Last Living
Person to Lee ave
III Fate d Vessel
BY HENRY McLEMORE
~r,gprr

PORTSMOUTH, N. H.,
May 25. (UP)-Forty faith
oms down, the dead rode
beneath THEN commander to-
day
True TO the code of the sea, Lieu
tenant O. F.. Naquin was the last
man to leave his command, the
submarine, Squalus. He came up
in the last ascension of the diving
bell at midnight, and, exhausted,
spent the rest OF the night aboard
the salvage ship, Falcon, anchored
directly above his ship.
What nightmarish thoughts must
have been his in the warm safety
of the Falcon out there on a calm
sea. His job had been well done
and more than half his crew saved,
something Unprecedented in SUBJ
marine disasters. But he had been
put to strain few men have un-
dergone.
There were those 26 bodies in the
water-filled compartments OF the
Squalus on the ocean floor; the
bodies of men who had been under
his command.
And there had been 80 hours in
narrow, black prison under 240
feet of water when he commanded
80 men who would surely die if he
made a mistake and might die
no matter Wnen he did.
These men were lightly clothed.
1t is hot in an operating submar-
Inc but in a disabled one it is
cold. The temperature in the Squa-
lus was a little below freezing He
had to keep the men moving. II
they stayed still they would freeze.
Yet they couldn't move around too
much because the more movement
the higher the consumption of oxy-
gen and there was no way of tell
ing whether the rescuers would
come before the oxygen supply was
| exhausted.
Most of all, he had to keep the
men from thinking too much Of
the danger of their predicament,
from brooding over the probabili-
ties of slow, agonizing death as
the oxygen tanks emptied, the air
grew progressively more foul and
men began dropping, one by one.
Continued on Page 3; Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25
Five Squeeze Thru Door as Death
Catches Others Behind BuIkheads

PORTSMOUTH, N. H., May 25.
(UP)-Five men escaped from the
flooded after battery room OF the
sunken submarine Squalus before
Electricians Mate Lloyd Maness
swung shut the bulkhead door, thus
saving his own life and the lives
of 80 shiplnates but sealing the
doom of 26, it was disclosed today.
In a navy-approved interview,
Maness said the water was rising
rapidly in the submarine and he
realized time was short if he were
to close the bulkhead door.
Due to the angle of the ship
and the fact that the door opened
from down angle l had to exert
all my strength to swing it into
place" he said Il had partially
closed the door when several men
shouted to me from the rapidly
filling after battery room.
They yelled keep it opened,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25

keep it opened Thereupon I let
the door slip back on its hinges"
ManesS said enlisted men Ray
mond F.. O'Hara, Roland Blanchard,
william Lsaacs, William D. Boul-
ton and Robert L. Washburn pas
sed through the door from death.
Immediately I swung the door
shut and turned down the water
tight screws and walked forward to
join the rest of the crew." he said.
There were no orders issued to
close the doors inasmuch as this
is considered the bulkhead guards
initiative.
II realized, of course, that there
must have been men trapped in
the after compartments, but in an
emergency of this kind where every
bulkhead door in all sections OF
Continued on Page 2; Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25

TO appoint formal inquiry board
to include the foremost experts
on submerSibles. 1t will investigate
all phases of the accident which
sank the $4,000000 submarine
SqualuS and resulted in an appar-
ent loss of 26 lives.
The court of inquiry probably
will consist of seven men, who. il
was said, will be given a free hand
to determine whether the disaster
was caused by human mistake.
failure OF some part of the ships
equipment to function properly
sabotage, or other factors.
Naval authorities said that there
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25
By LIEUT.. OLIVER F. NAQUIN
Commander of the SqualuS

PORTSMOUTH, N. H.,
May 25. (UP)-I was in the
control room at the time of
the disaster. The accounts
are too technical to attempt to
discuss before the ship is raised and
I do not intend to discuss them.
My officers and men performed
100 per cent. There was never any
doubt in my mind at all that we
would come up, especially after we
heard from the Sculpin that the
Falcon was under way The Sculpin
was over us first and did some
grand work. 1 released my one
available marker buoy and COM
municated with the forward tor
pedo room.
Lieut.. Nichols was able to get
off the full story of our condition
by telephone to the Sculpin. 1 later
Continued on Page 2; Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25

'JapaneSe authorities demand, SAID
the spokesman in discussing the
hating of the British liner Ranpura
and the French liner Aramis.
Japan, he disclosed, claims the
power to halt any ship plying the
China coast to inspect its registra-
ton and determine whether YES
sells are being used for military
purposes helpful to the Chinese
government"
These purposes the spokesman de-
fined as carrying cargo destined for
Chinese military use. He said he
unable to announce a "contraband
list at present but said such a list
was under consideration and might
include medical supplies intended
for the Chinese army.
Shortly before this announcement
a United Press dispatch from Tient-
sin disclosed that japanese authori-
ties had forbidden imports of wool,
cotton and carpets to the foreign
concession there-a move interpret
ed by foreigners as a further Jap
anese attempt to cripple foreign
trade.
Japanese complained today that
British sentry had halted a
japanese navy officer and a Jap
anese interpreter at the bayonet
Continued on Page 2; Col. 6)
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25
Dictators Prepare
Suitable Answer

BERLIN, May 25 (UP) = The
totalitarian powers will suitably
answer the new encirclement drive"
OF Great Britain, France and Soviet
Russia, official information made
available to the foreign press said
today.
The statement said that Berlin
political sources discern another
step in "encirclement" in "the
French British anxiety TO conclude
pact with Soviet Russia, as well
as in the recent declarations by the
British and French foreign min
iSterieS."
This is regarded as proof that
the western powers reject the final
invitation by the axis powers Ger
many and italy, amicably to solve
European problems as embodied in
the German-Italian military pact"
the statement said, referring to au-
thoritative Interpretation of that
pact by the italian newspaper Gior-
male d'Italia.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25
Bids Opened for
Plant Addition

Imperial Irrigation District direc-
tors Thursday opened bids for
earthwork and concrete for addi-
tions to the Brawley diesel plant
and Immediately referred them tC
the engineering department fol
recommendations.
Eleven firms bid on the founda-
ton for the powerhouse building
addition. The low bid was $28,88l
There were seven competitors for
meter and street lighting equip
ment The low bid was $29,372 for
the meters and $18,866 for the
lighting equipment.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25


he considers the action of the fair
board american and a direct
violation of the principles OF free
speech and the right OF free as
sembly.
He revealed at the same time
that, had permission for use Of the
fair grounds been granted, he would
have been unable to speak here
because of legislative duties at Sac
ramento.
This administration invited the
people to use the fair grounds audi
torium no matter who they may
be-Democrats, Republicans or Holy
Rollers-as long as they obey the
customary rules and regulations,
he said.
1--WE feel" he declared. that the
right of free speech is an American
tradition and we will abide by it.
It was un-American and an unfair
gesture for the board to refuse
the labor groups permission to use
the public building when they were
willing to observe the usual rules
and regulations. The boards action
stirred up unnecessary hatred and
bitterness among the people"
He said he already had sent a
letter to Governor Olson asking for
investigation.
The Imperial county fair board
Continued on Page 2. Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25
Chambers Would Adopt Mayor Bowron
AsFirst White Child Born inI.V.

If he accepts the adoption offer
Bowron will be in a class unique
even for Imperial valley He viii
be a settlement as we'll as a
pre-Water baby. -
Just which spot on this untameJ
desert the future mayor could have
been born in away back in 1887 i
a poser, even for a publicity COM
mittee.
Imperial Valley is conceded to
be a garden spot today but it would
nave been q bad spot for newborn
baby 50 years ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25
GiesIer B|ames Eastern Japanese
Gamblers For Yamatoda Troubles

LOS ANGELES, May 25. UP)-
Attorney Jerry Giesler today sought
to prove that eastern japanese
gambling interests were involved il
the Staying of T. Namba, Lodi
rancher, for whose death H. Yama-
toda and two others are being tried
on murder charges.
In crOSs-eXamination of state
witnesses the prominent criminal
attorney inSinuated that japanese
gamblers from Chicago moved in
on Yamatcda, alleged gambling
czar of the Los Angeles little Tok-
20" and sought TO open rival clubs
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25
Fred Smith Heads
|. Y. Contractors

Fred C. Smith of El Centro heads
the newly formed Imperial Valley
chapter of the Building Contrac-
tors Association of Southern Cali
fornia.
He was elected at a meeting at
the Ell Centro Chamber of Com
merce building Wednesday night.
Robert c. Mcdowell of Brawley
was elected vice president and Dan
Taylor of Imperial the secretary
treasurer.
Officers will be installed and the
charter presented by Col. William
H. Evans, association president, at
dinner meeting at the California
hotel at $50 pm. May 81, S. M
Saunders, association field repre-
sentative announced.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25
Paul Cook Gets
|CaIipafria Post

CALIPATRIA, May 25. - Paul
Cook, former Ell Centre and Heber
school teacher, is the new super
intendent of schools in Calipatria.
He was highly recommended for
the position. He was principal OF
the Heber school for the last two
years. For three years prior to that
he taught in the El Centro schools.
He is a graduate of Dartmouth col
lege in New Hampshire.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25

Dexter, demand appeared to center
in food preparation and auto mech
anics.
Nearly half, As per cent, enter
the trades after leaving school,
Dexter said
OF the trade fields open to stu
dents, auto mechanics and food
preparation combined represented
more than third of those employ
ed in all trades, Dexter found.
An employment table drawn up
by Dexter. on the basis of high
school graduates for the last three
years, showed Al per cent were
employed, 10 per cent in college
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25

Giesler sought from Frank Asani,
prosecution witness, the admission
that he had been offered employ-
ment at a rival establishment if
he testified against Yamatoda,
Asani denied the charge.
Yamatoda and his compatriots,
5. Kinowaki and M. Inoye are ac-
cused of beating Namba to death
and carrying off his body in a
blanket. The body has never been
recovered. F.. Takeuchi, indicted
With the other three, turned state S
evidence after charges against him
were dismissed.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25

The Associated Chambers OF
Commerce has offered Mayor
Fletcher Bowron of Los Angeles the
honor of having been the first white
child born in Imperial Valley.
Since Bowron is a man without a
birthplace, the publicity commit
tee of the associated group took
pity on his plight. He was Offered
Imperial Valley as delightful spot
to have been born in SO years ago.
The offer was prompted by re-
cent interview in which Mayor
Bowron was quoted as saying he die
not know where he was born, but
that it was some place in Cali
fornia.'
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25
damned in Divinq
Bell, Men Joke in
Face Of Tragedy
Sailors Face Disaster
In Sight of Rescue
From Ocean Bottom
Copyright, 1899, by United Press
ABOARD THE CRUISER

ADohIND LII 0h - loCIe
BROOKLYN, Off Port s.
mouth, N. H., May 25. (UP)
The last eight men alive
on the Squalus were coming up
from the blackness of 40 fathoms
under the sea to the blackness OF
the night above in a bell when the
cable that was hosting them JAM
med.
In that moment, when it seemed
that the watery grave from which
they had just escaped was about
to close in on them again. they told
jokes and laughed.
A tall, powerful diver, with an
cry, red scratches on his neck and
face from the job he had been do
ing, was in the bell and told today
about the laughter that rang out
when men looked death in the
face.
The divers name is j. H. Nc
Donald and he was flown here from
the Washington naval station to
aid IN the rescue work on the
Squalus. There were 10 men in
the bell-eight from the Squalus.
Mcdonald and a fellow diver J.
Mihalowski
The life of another man was rid
ing on the strength of the cable that
Jammed, too, for prowling around
the Squalus on an errand of rescue
was another diver.
Continued on Page 2. Col. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25


day from the office of Guy A.
Weakley, superintendent of Ell
Centro schools.
Assisting in the survey were DR..
w. r. Blackler and Walter F.. Dex-
ter jr. of the state department OF
education. On the basis of their
recommendations the junior college
curriculum will be altered to better
prepare students for later employ
ment.
Demand for trained young peo-
pie in Imperial Valley appears to
be good-in fact better than in
most other communities we have
studied" Dr. Blackler declared.
In the trades field, studied by
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25

commandant of the Portsmouth
navy yard, said aboard the cruiser
Brooklyn.
He said there was the "barest
possibility there might be air in
the flooded after compartments OF
the submarine-Where the 26 men
were trapped-but added that "the
cold makes it virtually hopeless"
"One of the men who came up
from below said it was 27 degrees
down there" he continued. "One
couldn't live very long in that tenn
perature, even with air"
1t will be the divers last trip
to the Squalus, from which 33 sur
vivors rose to the surface yesterday
and breathed fresh air for the first
time in nearly 40 hours.
The diving crew again ran into
bad luck when Lieut.. j. K. Nor
riSon, chief diver, fouled his life
line while attempting to remove
a down-haul line from a forward
to an after hatch of the submarine.
A new down-haul line was sent
down with a second diver directly
to the compartments.
The possibility that further life
aboard the submarine would be
found was remote and, it was un-
derstood, the divers would take q
last look out of consideration for
the relatives of those who had lost
their lives.
The 80 survivors owed their lives
Continued on Page 2. Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25
Armstrong Retains
We|ter Title

LONDON, May 25. (UP)-While
his small daughter slept in her
mothers arms at the ringSide,
Henry Armstrong of Los Angeles
retained his world welterweight
championship tonight by winning a
l5-round decision over Ernie Rod
erick of England.
The little Los Angeles Negro, one
of the worlds great fighting men
at his weight, had things his own
way from the opening bell to the
closing one.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25
Senate Blocks New
Revenue Bond Bill

SACRAMENTO, May 25. CUP)-
The senate today refused to con-
slider the administration n-sponsored
Garrison revenue bond bill, killing
motion by the author, j. C. Garri-
son, D., Modesto, to withdraw the
measure from committee. The vote
was % to ID.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25

was no indication thus far that the
accident would be attributable to
sabotage.
Preliminary reports here indi-
Gated that the mishap came from
failure to close a l4-inch intake
through which air was drawn into
the engine and crew quarters when
the ship was on the surface. This
should have been closed before the
craft submerged. Officials believed
that either a crew member erred
in performing his required duty or
that faulty mechanism prevented
closing the valve.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25
Navy Calls Court Of Inquiry Into
SquaIus Disaster; Loss of Lives
Blamed on Valve Enclosed in Dive

WASHINGTON, May 25. (UP)-The navy department
prepared today for formal of inquiry into the
submarine disaster off Portsmouth as congress requested
report of the accident by noon
Secretary of Navy Claude A. Swanson was expected
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25
Rescue Workers to Enter
Flooded Compartments in
Hope Some Still Alive
diving Bell PIunses for Last Time to
Make Sure Of fate Met by 26 After
80 Survivors Brought u p Safely

PORTSMOUTH, N H., May 25. (UP)-The navy sent
two divers 40 athoms down to the floor today in
the forlorn hope they would find living among the
26 believed dead in the sunken submarine Squalus.
owe in the navN never give up Admiral c. w. Cole,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25
Japanese Blockade China Coast in
Move to Cripple Foe, Say Question
Not of Rights, But Of Demands
Nippon Forbids Imports of Key Goods in New
Move to Cripple Foreign Trade, Complains
Against Action of British Sentry

SHANGHAI, May 25. (UP)-A japanese navy spokes
man proclaimed virtual Japanese blockade of shipping
on the China coast today in explaining the boarding
British and French liners the high seas by Japanes
warship parties "t is question of rights but of Wha
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25
Patterson Asks Olson
TO Investigate County
Fair Board After Snub
Estate Official Declares ctRefusns
Auditorium for Meeting Un-American.
Violation of Free Speech Rights

Lieut.-Gov. Ellis Patterson Thursday asked Gov. Cul-
bert L. Olson to investigate the Imperial County Fair board
which Wednesday night refused permission for meeting
Nav which Patterson and DR.. Towne Nylander were
speak. Patterson told Post-Press reporter in long
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25
Youngsters Find Best Chances for
Jobs as Mechanics, Merchandisers,
0rin Food Preparation, Survey Says

Imperial Valley youths the lookout for jobs have
the best chance of employment in auto mechanics
pared food trades merchandising.
This the conclusion drawn from survey of en-
poyment possibilities in the Central Junior College dis
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25
Baseball Results
BY UNITED PRESS


AMERICAN
Detroit ................. .0O2 900 00O-2 8 2
New York ............ .O10 900 40X-5 4 G
McKain, Rowe and Tebbetts
Ruffing and Dickey.
Cleveland .........301 2lO 1911 l
Boston ........... 900 600 600 0-l
Feller and Helnsley; Auker, Dick
man and Desautels.
st. Louis ......... 900 0l0 000-l 3 !
Washington loo 020 10x
Lawson, Marcum and Glenn; AL
exander and Ferrell.
NATIONAL
New York 900 600 l00-l 8
Cincinnati 900 10l 40x-6 IL ]
Hubbell, Coifman, Salvo and
Danning; Moore, Thompson and
Lombardi.
Brooklyn ............ .030 0l0 202-8 Is 2
Pittsburgh .........010 100 000-g
Pressnell and Phelps; Klinger
Swift, Heintzelman and Dickey.
Boston 00C
ST. Louis 900 20C
Turner and Lopez; Weiland and
Owen.
Philadelphia ...................... 1O2 100 &C
Chicago ............................. .30l 900 90
Mulcahy and Davis; Page and
Mancuso.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25
Squalls Chief
Tells of Disaster
In His Own Words
Officers, Men Performed
Hundred Per Cent Says
Submarines Chief

Editors NOte:-Lieut. Oliver F.
Naquin, commander of the sub
marine Squalus. in the following
dispatch tells in his own words
of the disaster.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25
y AMBLING
(\EpORTER
A Warm Race

A Warm Race
About the only ones left in cap
tivity in Ell Centro who still have
nerve enough TO keep on wearing
coats, collars and neckties are Dr..
Raynor Clemens and E. B. Patter-
son.
Until now, Patterson has had vir-
tually no competition at all. He
has blanketed the field with scarce
ly any trouble and outlaSted the
hardest male.
Contender Clemons has our best
wishes in the derby. but if We were
placing a wager we'd put it on Pat
terson to stay under blankets the
LONGEST He's had more experience
Expressive Safety
This is just a tip. Don't try any
double talk ON Dr. Warren Fox.
The Doc" can out-double talk
and out-pig Latin any of the ex-
perts we've ever heard.
He calls it "Tottenhash' and it
sounds like that, too. Doc learned
the gibberish on the sidewalks OF
New York as a youngster and can
say:
Go jump in the lake you big
lug!" in a manner that is beautiful
and not insulting although hardly
intelligible.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25
A Tradition

A Tradition
Ira Aten just can't seem to break
the habits of years, and we know
the district office force would be
mighty sorry if he did. We ran into
him while he was buying candy at
a Main street store and inquired
what it was all about.
Just getting a few things for
the girls over at the district" he
said. They're like my children. ."
Quick Peace
1t was the first time we had
heard the alterations between Dr.
c. S. Brooks and Jake Verberg and
the intensity of the battle convinc-
ed us that another friendship was
on the rocks. Next day at the Elks
club the two were as chatty as
ever, however, and a friend ex-
planned
They've been doing that for
years. They always make up. It's
the atmosphere of brotherly love,
you know
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25

Butter: Los Angeles. 25c; hut
terfat, Imperial Valley fob. ranch,
grade A, 32cl manufacturing milk.
2515c; route gathered cream, 23e.
L. A. Hay: U. S. No. /, $500;
No. 2 leafy, S14-14.5O; No. 2 $3.50
13. Minneapolis flax July Sl.70.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-01
Civ Limits Extension
Starts Lively Argument
Vigorous Opposition in Prospect When Council
Meets; Committee To Meet Tonight To Make
Recommendations at Coming Called Meeting

Henderson Chamber of Commerce di-
rectors would not as body take any
active part in the proposed extern
sion fight. A telephone poll has re-
vealed sharp division among them
on the issue.
When the Councils committee is
ready to report, special meeting of
the board will be called to hear it
and the full body will then take some
action in the matter of requesting
Representative w. A. Hunt to put
through bill in the legislature to
permit an election.
Most of the opposition that has
been heard so far has appeared to
come from those on the outside VINO
would be taken in, which does not
mean, necessarily, by any means,
that all on the inside will be favor
able. They are not.
Whatever the outcome may be, a
decision must be reached quickly, il
is pointed out, in order to get the
bill through the legislature, if it is
finally decided to go in that direc-
ton
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-01

Action of the Henderson City
Council Monday night in naming a
committee to suggest new limits for
extension of the territory of the city
has caused lively argument in the
community, and opposition to the
proposal has developed along with
the enthusiasm for the venture.
Meantime, the committee of the
Council which was instructed to
make suggestions for new city limits
planned to meet tonight to undertake
10 come to some agreement on pro-
posal. This group consists of Alder
men F. B. Hight, chairman, M. Y.
Cooper and d. G. Loughlin. Of this
trio, it was understood Mr.. Hight and
Mr.. Loughlin arc definitely favor
able to a general expansion to take
in all outlying suburbs in every di-
rection. Mr.. Cooper's views were not
learned. At least one other member
of the Council has privately express
ed his favor for the general expan-
sion proposal.
Indications today were that the