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Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-29
CIoudiness, Cold
In Prospect Here


High cloudiness for Friday and
Saturday. Temperatures slightly
above freezing in the coldest regions
of Imperial Valley. No extreme
cold for the vegetable localities.
Woodrow C. Jacobs relieved him.
self of this forecast Friday on be-
half of the federal fruit-frost service
Temperatures of the last two
mornings in the valley have been
somewhat milder, Jacobs reported,
with the FL Centro key stations re-
porting a low of 80 degrees early
Friday, The El Centro city weather
bureau reported a minimum of 35,
Maximum in Ell Centre Thursday
was 70 and at noon Friday it was
68.
Jacobs said two storms off the
coast give rise to a possibility OF
rain on the coast on New Years.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-29

Finnish ski patrols are constantly
operating behind the Russian lines
in the Salla sector toward Kansal-
akska the Russian White Sea base,
and have approached it several times
it was reported. This is on the rail-
road line to Murmansk and it was
believed here that the railroad had
been reached at one or more points,
No details were available as to
the number or makeup OF the Fin
niSh patrols. The figure of $50 men
for each patrol has been mentioned.
Usually such patrols number about
100 men.
Finnish troops killed 600 Russians
in the battle of Kelja, which ragged
from eight pm. Tuesday night to
noon Wednesday, an official COM
munique announced tonight.
The communique said that during
the battle a number of rifles, auto
matte weapons and ammunition fell
into the hands of the Finnish troops.
The communique said also that the
Firms dispersed two battalions OF
Russians in fighting in the Sysky-
jaervi sector on Wednesday.
Tanks Captured
A battle continued all of yesterday
north of Suomussalmi, near Lake
Kantijaervi, where the Firms de-
stroyed enemy supply columns, the
communique added. In the Kuhmo
sector the Firms destroyed sup
ply column of 40 pack horses and
captured eight Russian tanks.
Authoritative sources denied re-
ports that Gen. Kurt Wallenius,
commander in chief on the mid
Finland and northern fronts, in
tended to start a general offensive
for the present at least, particularly
in view of the numerical superiority
of the Russians.
Intensity of Russian artillery fire
on the Salla front was reported in
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-29
Beauty
Slayer
Sou ght

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20.
,UP)-A statewide hunt was
started today for the man.
iacal slayer of "the girl with
the red rose" as Los Angeles
police asked all peace officers to
watch for a slender, dark-haired
man driving a light truck.
The victim, whose mutilated nude
body was found in a vacant east
side lot near the gas works with a
crushed artificial red rose under
it, was identified as Alice Jerry"
Burns, II, a "B" girl employed by
bars to induce customers to buy
drinks.
The statewide teletype sent out
by Police Chief Arthur c. Hohmann
asked officers to be on the lookout
for man about 25 years of age, 5
feet, six inches tall, weighing about
1876 pounds. He was described as
having deep-set eyes, dark brown
hair combed straight back and to
be wearing light colored coat and
trousers that did not match.
The truck he was believed to be
driving is model "a" pickup, stake
body, dark-colored.
Because the victim was stripped
before she was slain and her face
mutilated with a butchers boning
knife, police said the suspect may
be in possession of her clothes, con-
sisting of a yellow organdie dress,
black three-quarter length coat,
stockings and shoes as well as her
black envelope purse.
Police said these were the only
clues they had been able to gather
that might lead to the apprehension
of the man who picked up Mrs Burns
early Thursday morning at an East
Fifth street bar and drove off with
her When she left with the man,
the girl informed a friend, This
guy has a big roll
Her husband Lannell Burns, 80,
who she married May %, spent
Christmas with her but left Tues
day for San Bernardino, Calf.
where he had obtained a railroad
job, friends said. Police there were
asked to question him.
She had been married previously
in Fort Worth, Tex, police were
told.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-29
Qudkes
Kill
100000
Turkish Provinces
Devastated; Toll
May Be Revised

ISTANBUL, Turkey, Dec.
20. UP) - Renewed shocks
were reported in the eastern
Turkish earthquake zone to-
day as official reports told
of frightful destruction and suffer-
ing in devastated cities, towns and
villages.
Reports from an official inquiry
commission which reached Erzincan,
in the center of the devastated zone,
indicated that the death toll in the
disaster might reach 100000 All cas-
ualty figures were accepted with
reserve here, however, pending an
official check, and it was hoped
that figures might be revised sharp
ly downward.
The new quakes were reported
at Giresun, on the coast, Trebizond,
Turhal and Malatya, 180 miles in
land Light shocks continued at Err
zincan.
Eight thousand persons were re-
ported dead at Erzincan and the
official inquiry commission report
said casualties in the entire province
were tragic. 1t was reported there
were 1900 dead among 1000 homes
demolished at cara. Three survivors
were reported among the $50 people
of the village OF Tomruk. Some viii
lagos were reported to have disap-
peared almost without trace.
A civil hospital, a military hos
pital and school at Erzincan were
obliterated, reports said, and bodies
of 90 cadets and 10 officers were
found in the ruins of the military
academy.
Twelve cities and towns and 80
villages were reported partly or al
most wholly in ruins over an area
of more than $4,000 square miles
from the Black Sea coast southwark
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-29

terday. The 13 men are accused
of conspiracy to violate the county's
i-picketing ordinance and con-
spiracy to commit breach of the
peace.
Superior Judge Stanley Murray
sustained a demurrer against the
original indictments when Defense
Attorney Leo Resner contended the
conspiracy charges were not pro-
perly drawn.
Three of the 13 men have been
free under $2,500 bond. The other
10 have remained in jail in lieu
of bail.
The amended indictments accus-
ed the men of - overt acts, in
cluding the threatened storming OF
the MADEIRA county jail Oct l2
when more than 500 strikers and
Sympathizers gathered in front of
the Jail, assertedly to attempt to
release 143 prisoners arrested for
violating an anti-caravan ordinance,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-29

'CnaC all i've county ROAD districts
be consolidated and operated as one
unit but had nob reached an agree
ment as yet.
The one unit plan for road dis
trictS was discussed several times as
a means of saving money and get
ting more unity in the road sys-
tems," Graham said. I'VE have con-
sidered the means to be used in
putting it into effect. We may be
able to work it out"
He said as far as he knew there
were not many cases of inequalities
of salaries among county employees
of comparable ability and respon-
Sibility but felt certain other board
members would agree that they fol-
low the grand jury recommended
ton and investigate.
He expected the board to follow
the grand jury's other recommen-
dation and ascertain if there are
cases in which two persons from
the same family are working for
the public and paid by public money.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-29

Hawaii-NeW Zealand division dur
ing the coming year.
Commenting on its Pacific opera
tions, the Airlines operators told
of the survey flights over the new
route. and of the prospects of in
creased business and passenger trade
with the area down under"
Looking back on 1899, Pan-Amer-
ican said it was its biggest year
on the three -year-old route between
California and China. During the
year the Pacific clippers flew
674,136 route miles and 4.252,583
passenger miles and carried 1853
revenue passengers. It achieved a
ton-mile total in air express of
81, asa and in air mail of l29,385.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-29
Engineer Predicts
New Earthquakes
For CaIifornians

VANCOUVER, B. c., Dec. 90. CUP)
The world is due for a series OF
disastrous earthquakes in 1910, per-
hapS the most disastrous of the
goth century, Edgar C. Thrupp, a
member of the Engineering Institute
of Canada said today
Thrupp, who said he had pre-
dicted several months ago a series
of earthquakes between Christ
mas and Jan. 10, pointed to the
temblors in Turkey to bear out his
prediction.
He claims he can forecast earth
duakes by the gravitational pull of
planets.
The quakeS in the next 13 days
will occur in Chile, California and
Japan, Thrupp predicted. There
will be another series between July
20 and Aug. 5, comparable with the
disasters in Asia Minor in 1922
when 10000 persons were killed,
while third period of risk will come
between Oct. 20 and Nov. 10, he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-29
Islanders Here
Keep Anniversary

Filipino residents of Imperial
Valley were scheduled to COM
memorate the 43rd anniversary OF
the death of DR.. Jose Rial, their
national hero, at a ceremony in
Wilson school auditorium at pm,
Saturday night.
The meeting Saturday night was
said to be the seventh annual an
niversary celebration held in the
valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-29
Japan Seeks New
U.S.. Trade Treaty

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20. CUP)
Japan earnestly desires renewal
of the abrogated American-Japanese
trade treaty, Tatsuo Hawai-, min
ister-at large to the United States
and Europe, said here today
He said the United States was
within its rights in terminating
the treaty, but continued nom
existence of treaties will cause in
convenience between the two ma
tons.
The day will come" said Hawai-,
when both nations will realize
they should review and revise their
actions"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-29

reflected confidence in the future,
A. P. Giannini, chairman of the
board of Bank of America, pointed
out America is still here. doing
business at the old stand and max
ing headway into new fields"
Last year we had peace and were
expecting war" he said. Nov there
is a war so we can look forward to
peace"
A. d. Mcdonald, president of the
Southern Pacific company, looked
forward to continuation Of the gains
in general business and in volume
of railroad traffic shown in recent
months.
Pan-American Airways contem-
plated the opening of its California
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-29

to police. Police, in turn, passed
the buck to the sheriff's office,
The firing pin was unpulled when
Richard Larry, Doyle Smith, Claude
Gilmer and Carol Childers found it.,
Police said the bomb might have
been left during wartime encamp-
ments in the valley, or possibly was
brought here by strikers in the
1934-35 labor difficulties.
Sheriff r. w. Ware was undecided
what to do about it, whether to pull
the PIN and run or to keep it
around as a questionable paper
weight.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-29
Fire Races Ranch
Home in Valley

Fire Thursday destroyed the John
Bentley home, located on the Cohen
ranch east of FL Centre, when Louise
Bentley II, and her IA year old
cousin, were preparing dinner for
the family.
Oil, which dripped from the kero-
sene stove. ignited. Flames spread
through the frame house before
any articles could be removed.
Louise, her cousin, sister and two
brothers escaped from the burning
house without injury.
Bentley was working in field
nearby when the fire started. His
wife was working at the home of
neighbor.
Efforts of farm hands to extin-
guiSh the blaze were futile.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-29
Just an Also Ran
Children to Get
Hot Lunches Here

Hot lunches will be served 1869
needy, undernourished school chill
dren during the remainder of the
school year by arrangements be-
tween the SRA and officials of 25
schools in Imperial county.
Food will be supplied from the
surplus commodity division of the
SRA and served the undernourished
children whose parents were unable
to provide them with hot lunches
The projects were approved by
the SRA and projects for still other
schools were being drawn up, Ned
Holmes, director of the SRA in I'm
perial county said Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-29
FiIipinos Strike
In Garlic Fields

HOLLISTER, Cal, Dec. 80. (UP)
Five hundred Filipino field work.
ers were on strike in the San Juan
Valley today as the garlic planting
season started, and their places were
taken by Mexican laborers.
The Filipinos. members of the
Filipino agricultural workers union,
demanded a 35-cent hourly wage
scale, five cents above the current
wage, and recognition of the union.
The strikers denied charges OF
ranch operators that they had been
threatened with deportation if they
cid not leave the fields. They
said similar charges were voiced
during strike of Filipinos in the
Stockton celery fields recently, ana
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-29
Sabotage Hinted in Fire
Destroying Ship Designs

REVERE, Mass, Dec. %. (UP)--'
Fire early today destroyed valuable
patterns and casting designs for
several destroyerS now under con-
struction. Investigators suggested
saboteurS may nave started it.
The fire spread quickley through
the plant of the Revere brass foun-
dry which is turning out special
castings for destroyers being built
at the Bath, Me, iron works, to the
exclusion of all work.
Fire Chief Thomas j. McCarrick
asked state police and the state fire
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-29

marshal to investigate the possibili.
ty of sabotage because of the rapid
ity with which the fire spread
through the lh story frame struc-
ture.
A curtain of water sprayed be-
tween the plant and numerous oil
tanks beside the Chelsa river, near
est of which were 200 feet from
the flaming uilding. prevented a
conflagration. working in freezing
weather and dense clouds of smoke,
firemen quickly quelled the blaze,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-29
Olson Discards
Conference Plans

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 30. CUP)-
The Olson administration today dis
carded plans to have conferences
of legislators to go over the pro-
gram for the special session of the
legislature in January.
State Finance Director John r
Richards said it was impossible to
schedule date and place suitable
to all the legislators so full data
on new taxes and other measures
will be sent the solons by mail from
time TO time.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-29
IS MADEIRA Strike Leaders Indicted
For Violating Anti.Picketing Law

MADEIRA, Cal, Dec. 30. CUP)-
New MADEIRA county grand jury in
dictments against 13 alleged lead
ers of last October's cotton pickers'
strike were on file today while the
men awaited arraignment on the
conspiracy charges Jan. 5.
The grand jury returned the new
and amended indictments late yes
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-29
Mrs. Cole Funeral
Held Friday

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Harrison Cole, mother of Mrs. H. c.
Cow of FL Centre, who died We'd
reSday in San Diego, were held
there at II am. Friday.
She was survived by her husband
Henson j. Cole; two daughters, Mrs.
Cow and Mrs. r. S. Carnachan;
and a son, Lloyd E. Cole.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-29

but not before the patterns and yal-
liable machinery we're destroyed.
McCarrick said damage 20 the
building was about $4,000. He was
unable to estimate the amount OF
damage to machinery. patterns and
designs.
Investigators said the fire started
in a large oven used for drying cast.
ing cores. Coal is fed into the oven
through doors from outside the
building. though the cores are ln-
serted from the inside.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-29
FL. Young Heads
CaIexico Chamber

CALEXICO, Dec. Of. l.. Young
was elected president of the CaleXico
Chamber of Commerce Thursday to
succeed J. H. Mccoy.
E. r. Gilmore was elected first
vice-president and treasurer, and
w. l.. Jacobs second vice-president,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-29
Rusty Hand Bomb
Offers Problem

Deputies at the sheriff's office in
Ell Centre handled a rusty World
war hand grenade Friday and won-
dered what to do with it.
Several boys found the relic in
grape fruit orchard a half mile
west of the city and turned it over
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-29
finn SKI TROOPS TRY TO HAMSTR|NG' REDS
d AMBlINe
X EpoRTER
Literal Interpretation

Literal Interpretation
AL Devore, erstWhile native son
of Ell Centro and now more or less
faithful to Los Angeles, wrote us
an interesting item that he had
picked up from a couple who visited
Russia just before war broke out,
It goes:
lone of the screWiest tales
about how the peasants in one
Russian village were given a pep
talk about how to vote at forth
coming election. The speaker urged
the peasants to vote for someone
they admired and looked UP to,
About half the village voted for
a huge, venerable oak tree in the
community!
1.-THE man I got this from swears
it's the truth and since he's a
Mormon bishop you can't contradict
him"
From the same source AL learned
that the folk of Russia are not
forbidden to attend church services
but called fools and ridiculed If they
do. All but the older people have
accepted the propaganda and quit
religion cold
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-29
Coast Business
Foresees Uptrend

SAN FRANCISCO Dec. 20. (UP)-Paclflc coast IN
dusra and financial leaders looked ahead to l940 today
and found it promising continuation OF the advances
they experienced in 1889.
Yearend statements of the "big business" spokesmer
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-29
Patrols Threaten
To Slash Vital
Army Supply Line
Daring Attackers Sli ip Behind Russian
Lines, Reported Raiding Railroad That
Feeds Soviet Soldiers on Wide Front

FINNISH MID FINLAND ARMY HEADQUARTERS,
Dec. 90 (UP)-One Finnish ski patrols may have
reached Russias Leningrad Murmansk railroad at
tempt to cut that vital supply line of the Red
the far northern front Finnish informants said today
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-29
Board to STUDY
Report by Jury
Road District Consolidation Study Will
Be Considered by Supervisors Tuesday,;
Husband-Wife Job Question Up

Imperial county supervisors will discuss grand jury
recommendations for improvement of county
at their meeting next Tuesday, Chairman B. NJ. Graham
said Friday.
Board members have considered the recommendation
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-29
Nv. Board Blocks
State Control
Of County Fair
Wont Be Political Football Says HuIse
As Supervision Of Grounds Turned Back
To County OverHeads Of Appointees

Imperial county supervisors and fair board members
moved in unison Friday in effort to insure future
ty fairs against political domination from Sacramento
by placing control of the fair grounds at Imperial in the
hands of the county On the record routine entry in
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-29

"Checking" The Russians
Little Finland got $40 break
Friday in Ell Centre, but doesn't
know it vet. John Stranlund turned
in the first check to the Finnish
Relief Fund that has been received
by the Post-Press. The check was
forwarded to New York
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-29
Scythe Misses

Scythe Misses
Death held no terrors for Jack
Caradine Thursday. Jack tweaked
the grisly gentlemans nose, jerked
back a life and got away with it!
When one of Jacks sows gave
birth to a litter Wednesday night,
two died of the cold and third
was as stiff as a frozen washrag
Thursday morning Jack wrapped
the stiff figure in a blanket, placed
it atop the heater in his automobile
and started for Ell Centre
At the county garage Jack left
the motor going on his car so that
the heater would continue to heat
and before long the piglet revived!
At intervals all day long Jack
visited his charge with a bottle Of
warm milk and by nightfall the
dead" pig was back at the lunch
counter along with his brothers and
sisters.
The only pig we ever heard of
who owes his life to an automobile.
Flowers in December
Talk about Jack and the Bean
Stalk! If L. E. Ripley keeps on
growing his prize winning sweet
peas bigger and better each year
1t won't be long before he will need
a lumberjack to fell them! He left
few samples at the Post-Press
Thursday and they are magnificent,
Just an Also Ran
A sidelight on the Adron Afford
party for 80 at Christmas time:
c. A. McDaniels had to sit by
and watch with greedy eyes while
the other guests worked through
mountain of turkey, chicken and
ham. McDaniels had indigestion
and couldn't eat a bite
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-29

Butter: Los Angeles soc; but
terfaI, Imperial VaneY fob. ranch.
grade A, 40c; manufacturing milk
S4c: route gathered cream 2Sl2c.
L. \. hay: U. ). No. Sl6.5O-l7.5O;
q. 5. No. 2 leafy S15.50-l6' u. 5. No.
2 12.5O-13.5O. Mpls. May flax S2.O7.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-05-29
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.


Well have the sea anemones been
named the flowers of the sea. Excel
lent colored pictures have been
shown on the screen, giving us some
idea of the great beauty that is to
be found among the anemones.
Many of them are conspicuous in
tide pools along the seacoast be-
cause of their resemblance to garden
flowers. Some are large, others quite
small, but all are interesting.
When sea anemones are fully ex-
banded, and that is when they are
hunting for food, they resemble
pinks. chrysanthemums. dahlias and
carnations. Usually the anemone
has been given the name it bears
because of its close resemblance to
that particular flower.
What is sea anemone? 1t is a
coelenterate, which places it as an
animal higher in the scale of life
than the sponge, for the reason that
1t is constructed for more active
existence. It has a visible digestive
cavity, and also possesses singing
cells with Which 1t paralyzes it's
prey.
The members of the coelenterate
family are mostly marine animals,
and we know them as jellyfish, hy-
droids, sea fans, corals and anem-
ones.
The sea anemone known as the
dahlia has smooth column, which
may be as much as inches wide
and that number high. 1t has wide
crown of hollow tentacles, arranged
IN several circlets about a central
opening which in reality is a slitlike
mouth. The column and tentacles
are contractile, the skin being soft
and elastic enough to flop into a
mass with the slightest conviction on
the part of the flower that it is
wise to do so, Is it sensitive or play
Ing 'possum?"
Thus, when the anemone is hun
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-05-29
Natures Children
Sea Anemone
(Urticina cranicornis)

cry, the tentacles bloom and be-
come death traps for the small ami
mails that either Intentionally or by
chance come within reach of the
singing CELL These batteries have
enough stored energy to kill the
small creatures and they are car
ried at once to the mouth by the
rapidly moving tentacles. The di-
gestive sac is very simple but effec-
tive.
Sometimes the flower" lies on the
bottom of the pool and appears to
be nothing more than a shapeless
mass. Look bit closer and you will
see many white threads proceeding
from tiny pores. These threads are
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tipped with minute poison darts.
Any inquisitive neighbor receives a
shock, sufficiently strong to be fatal
to small animals, and at least enough
to drive away the stronger ones.
The eggs of this sea anemone, like
those of its kind develop into a
ciliated ball, which goes swimming
about for short time, until it
reaches stage in its growth where
1t must seek an anchor and settle
down. Rocks or shells are the chosen
foundation, and soon another anem-
one is rearing its head, spreading
tentacles like petals, and scooping
into its greedy mouth tiny animals
of the sea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-05-29
Brain TwizzIers
BY PROF. J. d. FLINT,
Boffled Banker

Probably most of us at one
time or another marvel at the
efficiency of bank tellers. The ease
with which they perform their
numerous duties, particularly the
handling of bills and change, is
really remarkable and undoubtedly
due to their long practice. One
such teller was particularly adept
at his duties and prided himself on
the speed with which he executed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-05-29

them. His record was almost flaw
less until one day a sweet little old
lady presented a twenty-dollar bill
and said, If you please, sir, I'd
like to have this bill changed into
dollars and half-dollars and I'd like
to have one more half-dollar than
dollar bills" The teller looked at
her suspiciously you aren't kid
ding me, lady?" She didn't hear
him so he started to work and
finally figured 1t out. Can you?
(Answer on Page B-8)