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Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-04

elleQ ledTS Vi Iltl UlOllitl, Mlo. =
j. McKinnell, that the blonde IT.
ger Woman" who escaped last
night, might kill herself rather than
be recaptured.
I'm afraid she will never be TAX
en- back to the hospital alive Mrs.
McKinnell, who talked with her
daughter yesterday, several hours
before Winnie Ruth fled, said, when
advised of the escape.
AS search spread for her over
the cactus covered desert surround
ing the hospital. the Rev. R. H.
Warren, a family friend, whose
home the slayer visited in her flight,
disclosed the nature, but not the
contents, of one of the two notes
Winnie Ruth left there.
"She said in the message she just
couldn't stand it any longer and
she had to get away" Warren said
"She said she feared for her life. -
Continued on Page s, Col. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-04
EI Centro. City Of
Christmas Lights,
Goal for Contest
Four Cash Prizes Ready
For First Residents
To Get Lights Up

Make Ell Centre the City of
Christmas Lights!
With this as a goal, the
Post-Press opened its third
annual Christmas Lighting
contest Monday and announced
four CASH PRIZES will be awarded
for the FIRST persons to report:
my Christmas lights are on!"
If your lights are already up, call
the Post Press at 300 and qualify
for the preliminary contest. If they
are not yet up, scurry around and
get them up. Then call the Post
Press.
First person to call will receive
a prize of So. The next three to
call in will receive awards of 81
each.
Get busy! Get your lights up! Get
a prize!
This is just the start, however, of
a much larger contest, more elabor-
ate and far reaching than ever
before attempted in the annual
campaigns to make El Centro the
"City of Christmas Lights.
Pasadena has its Tournament of
Roses; New Orleans has its Mardi
Gras; Reno has its divorces and
Cheyenne its Frontier Days. Now
Continued on Page 8, Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-04
Democrat Leaders
Discuss Problems

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 4. CUP)-
Party organization and wider dis
tribution of activities of the state
administration were discussed today
by the executive committee of the
State Democratic Central committee
in the senate chambers.
Paul Peek. state chairman and
speaker of the state assembly. pre-
sided at the meeting after confer
ring with Gov. Culbert Olson, one
of the programmed speakers.
Olson explained the chief purpose
was to secure wider dissemination
to the public of both national and
state administrative work. He said
he might touch upon the third
term boom for President Roosevelt
in his talk-he has supported this
move earlier-and would ask sup
port of the administrations plans
for the coming special session Of
the legislature,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-04
BoneIIi Trial
Opens ii, l.. A.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 4. tUP)-
William G.. Bonelli. Los Angeles
member of the State Board of
Equalization, went to court today
in an attempt to escape trial or
conspiracy and bribe solicitation
charges upon which he was indicted
recently with Fred E. Stewart. Oak
land board member and six other
men in connection with a $10,000,-
900 liquor license payoff scandal.
Bonelli's attorney prepared to ar
que before Judge Clarence Kincaid
for demurrer to the true bill on
grounds it is insufficient, unintel-
ligible and unconstitutional
If the demurrer is denied, Bonelli
was to enter pleas to the 68 counts,
which include one count of conspi-
racy to commit extortion, bribery
and grand theft, and 81 counts Of
soliciting others TO commit crimes.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-04

CItdSlllS pIOSpeCGo VI d lOllS OIL uS =
gle directly or indirectly affecting
other nations. Italy, warning the
Soviets out of the Balkans, permit
ted thousands of Fascists to stage
demonstrations denouncing Russia
and supporting Finland. The Scan
dinavian nations, sending many
volunteers to aid Finland, frightened
their defenses. Sweden was reported
reshuffling her cabinet after
strong Nazi press attack on her
foreign minister.
The Allied powers, denouncing
the Red army invasion and charg-
ing it was part of a deal made be-
tween Moscow and Germany, SYM
pathized with the Firms but con-
centrated their energies on putting
into effect the double blockade of
German exports with which they
hope to destroy Nazi Germany.
The Finnish armed forces con-
tinued to fight back. Official dis
patches said they were holding
off the Red army on the southeast
ern frontier with the aid of snow
storms and powerful defensive
line. One bulletin said 1000 Rus
slams had been killed by land mines
near Terijoki and at Moscow the
Soviet press, while claiming steady
military gains, admitted that prog
ress was proving difficult.
One Finnish plane crew reported
it had wiped out unit of Al Soviet
soldiers. One member of the crew
claimed that the unit was cut down
with brief burst of machinegun
fire that demonstrated Finnish
craftsmanship.
The commander of another air
squadron reported to headquarters
that while we don't want to boast
the boys downed six Red planes
Another pilot reported that he had
downed one Soviet plane and dam
aged others in a singlehanded at
tack on a Soviet squadron.
A Finnish battery was described
as destroying a Russian battery in
Continued on Page 8, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-04

quiry.
Not only have subpenas been is
sued for officials of Fresno, Tulare,
San Joaquin, Merced, Santa Clara,
Monterey, Contra Costa and Sono-
ma counties, but executives of the
Associated Farmers are under sum-
monses.
Subpenas also have been issued
in connection with the Salinas let
tuce strike of 1887, but it was not
yet known how much time the COM
mittee would have to inquire into
that phase of agricultural labor,
Another inquiry which may be
thoroughly explored if time permits
covers labor troubles of last spring
at the Red River Lumber company's
plant at Westwood
The committee sessions here are
the first to be held outside of Wash
ington, D. G. Following the initial
session Wednesday, weeks recess
will be taken while Sen. LaFollette
fulfills public speaking engage
mentS,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-04

Clated FARMERS, corporations ana
law enforcement agencies in agri-
cultural counties were subpenaed
for presentation at todays session.
U. S. Senator Ebert Thomas, DEM,
Utah, presided.
Thomas will be joined Wednesday
by u. S. Senator Robert LaFollette,
Prog, Wisconsin, for opening of the
actual hearings in the postoffice
building here.
The governors of three western
states-Culbert L. Olson of Cali
fornia, Charles A. Sprague of Ore
gon and Robert T. Jones of Arizona
have been invited to attend and
present their viewpoints on the
problem of civil liberties, particu-
larly as it affects the agricultural
workers. Gov Olson has promised
to attend personally; the others
will come or send written state
ments, it was declared.
Expert witnesses, including Prof.
Paul Taylor of the University OF
California, also will be called to
provide the background for the in
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-04

Mrs. Elizabeth Embury OF 704 State
street started a campaign against
the wrestling and boxing matches
which we're slated to start a week
from next Thursday in the old Fox
theater building at Seventh and
State streets,
Monday the list of citizens and or
carnations protesting had grown
to the extent that the city council
agreed to call special meeting for
7:3O Monday night at the council
chambers.
On record against wrestling within
the city limits were the Ministerial
Association and the Ten Thousand
club board of directors. Affixed to
the petitions of protest were more
than 200 names.
The Ten Thousand club directors
confined their protest to business
grounds, maintaining that the pro-
posed location was unsuitable and
that arenas should be outside the
city limits.
The Ministerial Association, how
ever, attacked the proposed arena
as doing moral damage" to the
community.
Also in active leadership against
the arena were Mrs. John Green Of
AS Sandalwood and Mrs. Evalyn B.
Westerfield of 705 State street.
City officials said that no permit
had yet been issued for the arena,
but pointed out that there are no
ordinances that would block the
plan. Wrestling and boxing are le-
gal within the city limits when in
the proper zone. Present zoning or
dinances would permit the arena
at Seventh and State
Pete Peterson of Brawley. one of
Continued on Page 8, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-04
Farm Bureau Heads
Continue Program
Thru New Season
Officers Reelected at
Annual Meeting of
County Organization

Reconstructed officers of
the Imperial county farm
bureau Monday prepared to
continue present policies of
the administration in 1910,
an administration which was de-
scribed as one of the most efficient
in history of the bureau at Satur-
days annual election meeting.
Unanimous ballots were cast Sat-
urday for the reelection of G. F.
Kamm as president, Scott Foulds as
secretary and for the election OF
Baxter Loveland as president
j. E. Harshman, retiring vice.
president, offered the nomination
of Kamm for reelection, pointing
out the accomplishments of the
veteran director from Holtville dis
trict during the past year.
Election of officers followed a
routine business meeting in which
Continued on Page 8, Col. D
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-04
Miners Continue
Treasure Hunt

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 4. (UP)-
Henry Jones, who is engaged in the
unique business of mining" on the
Hollywood Bowl parking lot with
mechanical prospector he calls a
Doodlebug, went back to work today
confident he would make strike"
within a day or two.
Jones and another man, Ray
Johnson, took Sunday off and made
a survey of their findings SO far
two rusty watches of Goth century
vintage. not of the treasure they
believed was buried there by a
sheepherder rs years ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-04
Administration BuIks at
Recall Of Envoy to Reds

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. (UP)-t
Recall of U. S. Ambassador Laurence
A. Steinhardt or severance of United
States relations with the Soviet
Union appeared today to be equally
remote in view of authoritative in
Gications that the administration
does not feel either action would
be to the advantage of this nation
or of world peace.
That summation of official judg-
ment-as of today-came to the
United Press from an adequately
qualified spokesman but with
stipulation against revealing source
of the information.
1t was stated semi officially that
the United States would refuse to
recognize the conquest of Finland
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-04
Protection for
Prisoners Ordered

Out of the death of girl prisoner
in the Westmorland city Jail last
month, developed Monday mornings
order that greater care must be
exercised in protecting prisoners" in
branch county jails in Winterhaven
and inland.
The order was Issued by the
county board of supervisors at the
request of District Attorney Elmer
Heald and Sheriff Robert w. Ware.
Ware was instructed to order his
deputies to exercise greater diligence
md thus prevent tragedy such as
that in Westmorland. They re-
ferred to the death of Lupe Mendez,
10, who set fire to Jail bedding and
smothered to death in the fumes
from the smoldering mattress,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-04

lnQlCaJlnS UnaC Britain naQ gained
its biggest naval victory of the war,
the officers and men of hundreds
of Allied warcraft were ready or
receipt of the flash to impose a
blanket blockade on German ex-
ports to the entire world.
There was uncertainty as to the
exact hour for the start of the
blockade. The economic warfare
ministry, in charge of the new form
of "contraband control" said how
ever that the export blockade would
start at midnight tonight.
1t was asserted that royal air
force planes had made bombing
attack on a German warship
squadron near the big German
Helgoland naval base, off the Ger
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-04
Sea Adventures
Begin Cruises

LONG BEACH, Dec. 4. UP)-
Two groups of sea-going adventur-
ers were at sea today on long cruises,
one to New York via the Cape Of
Good Hope and the other to the
South Seas.
DR.. E. Allen Peterson and his
pretty young japanese wife, Tani,
put out in their 36-foot Chinese
junk Hummel- -Hummel on a 10000
mile trip to New York at almost
the same time family group from
Oregon lifted anchor off the 40
foot ketch Oregon Webfoot and
headed for the South Seas.
Peterson and his wife accompan-
led by Wendell K. Parks, Seattle
seaman. sE
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-04

if the Soviet Union overruns that
nation. This government already
has refused to recognize conquest
of aggression in Manchukuo. Ethio-
pia, Austria, Czecho-Slovakia. AL
bania and Poland.
If decision against recall of the
ambassador or break in relations
finally is made, it will be in defiance
of concerted Republican drive to
compromise the whole basis of U.s.
Soviet Union relations as developed
by President Roosevelt since 1888
Republicans plan to carry the
Soviet Union recognition issue into
the 1910 presidential campaign.
why all this tenderness toward
Russia" former President Herbert
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-04

bank camps" which always have
created a health menace to Imperial
Valley residents and migratory
workers and their families.
Harold Tyler, jr., and Robert
Hays, president and manager of the
Ell Centro chamber of commerce,
and Roch Maquar, Ell Centre labor
contractor, represented Ell Centro at
the conference with Kinkead. Clyde
Rogers and D. c. Beck, members of
the Heber chamber of commerce,
represented that city.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-04
Central High School Speech Team
Wins First Place in 5. D. Contest

Central high school won first
place in the speech tournament con-
Quoted this weekend at San Diego
State college, competing against
nine high schools in San Diego
city and county.
Phyllis Purdy placed first in the
extemporaneous division; Bill Ell
lott, first in oratory, and Howard
Rhodes and Jack Gum, second in
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-04

debate, division A, experienced de-
baters.
Bob Weakley, Helen Moore and
Marilyn Ingle made the finals in
the eXtemporaneous division. Other
members of Centrals team are;
Marilea Hanson, Earl Rex, Donald
zayala, Reed Anderson, Lorna NC
Cleneghan.
Herbert Hoover high school won
second place in the tournament and
San Diego high school, third.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-04

man North Sea coast. 1t was re-
ported that one German cruiser was
struck direct and that other war;
ships, including a second cruiser
and several destroyers, probably had
been damaged. One German pur-
suit plane was shot down, it was
asserted officially, and all British
planes returned safe TO base.
A series of official announcements
indicated that five and perhaps six
German submarines had been sunk
in recent days.
/. The air ministry said that a
coastal reconnaissance plane sank
a submarine $50 miles out in the
North Sea yesterday, with it's entire
Continued on Page 8; Col. ID
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-04

c. Hoover tartly inquired in a week.
end statement demanding Stein
hardt's recall. The Republican ma
tional committee joined the dispute
with dossier of Republican pro-
tests against recognition in the first
instance, quoting Harding Coolidge
Hoover administration spokesmen
against accepting the Communists
state among the community OF ma
tions
But on the basis OF information
advanced today from administration
quarters and evidently in response
to the Republican campaign. II ap-
pears that President Roosevelt II
reluctant TO act along the lines
suggested.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-04
LEAGUE ASSEMBLY
TO CONSIDER REDS

GENEVA, Dec. 4. CUP)-Prime
Minister Eamon de Valera of Fire,
president of the League of Nations
assembly, has convened the assem-
bly, for Dec. II, it was announced
officially today. The meeting was
called upon Finland's demand that
league sanctions be imposed against
Soviet Russia.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-04
Machine Age

Machine Age
! Dick Lott must be grabbing page
from Rockefeller.
At the go!e club the other day
Dick played three holes with me-
chanical support. He would hit his
tee shot, get in his autmomobile
and drive up the fairway to the
ball, hit an approach shot and then
drive to the green.
(Which is all very we'll if the
player is an expert and doesn't let
the green's committee chairman see
him. But what about RR, who has
terrible habit of exploring all the
dense Jungles in the rough? Use
a tractor maybe)
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-04
Victory BoIsters
British Blockade

LONDON, Dec A. (UP)-Brtsh and French warshps,
steamng slowly along patrol routes in the North Sea,
the Atlantic and the Mediterranean awaited admiralty
flash today to impose and drastic blockade against
Germany Their morale high after official announcements
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-04
Associated Farm
Probe Under Woy

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. a. (UP)-The U. S. senate
civil liberties committee today opened investigation
of the California farm labor situation including farm
strikes migratory labor questions and the activities of the
Associated Farmers of California Records of the Asso
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-04
Ruth Judd FIees
For Second Time
Trunk Murderess Walks Out Of Arizona
Asylum Again; Officers Fear Suicide
Nav Climax Latest Insane Escapade

PHOENIX Dec 4. (UP)-Winnie Ruth Judd, 34-year-
old double slayer escaped from the Arizona state asylum
for the second time in five weeks because she feared for
her life and couldn't stand Imprisonment any longer
note she left behind disclosed today The note strength
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-04
Ministers. Women. Others
Protest BoxinS-WrestIins
Arena Inside City Limits
State S+reetResident Starts Campaign
To Halt Plans for Sporting Events;
City Council Calls Special citing

Wresters who had planned to open in Ell
Centro called upon Monday to defend themselves
outside the ring we'll inside when group of citizens
bombarded the city council with protests.
The anti-arena drive began Saturday afternoon when
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-04
Finnish Defiance
Slows Up Soviet
Invaders Drive
Sweden Norway Send Many Volunteers
To Help Sister Nation; Defenders Tell
OfVictories Over Attacking Troops
By JOE ALEX MORRIS
United Press Foreign News Editor

Firms feared Monday that the full power of Soviet
Russa-especiay in the ar-was about to be unleashed
against them After four days of warfare there in
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-04
p DAsDdNe>
N EPoRTER
Going Hunting Apart

Going Hunting Apart
Unsociable chaps, this William A.
Maxwell of FL Centre and Clare
ERiessen of Yuma!
q A few days ago Bill and Clare
Started out hunting together. The
start was the only thing they did
comparatively. Scene of hunting was
on the Colorado river and because
Clare's license was for Arizona he
had to hunt on the Arizona side and
because Bills was for California
he had to do his stalking west Of
the river.
It must have been chummy BOOM
t> ok and forth at each other
: 3oss the riverl Nothing like a
! lie buckshot to call friends
t hntion.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-04

rd and Semi-Hard-
lso from the Livingston family
Is ne this amusing situation.
han and his wife were discussing
Finland invasion with more
4 an average interest. CHAINS
mother came from Finland. When
Mrs. Chan remarked that Finland
was sturdy and probably would put
up stubborn resistance, Chan re-
marked:
Eyes, the Firms are a stubborn,
hard-headed people!"
We'd give a lot to have seen
Estelle's expression.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-04

Butter: Los Angeles 31c; but
terfat, Imperial Valley fob. ranch,
grade A, 4Oc; manufacturing milk
33c; route gathered cream 29lsc.
L. A. hay, U. s. No. l S16.-s17;
U. S. No. 2 Ieafy s14-l5.OO; U. IS. No
2 S12.5O-S13.5O; Mpls cash flax s1.S9.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-04
~ With ResShentation-

hy With ResShentation-
Il loung Philip tivinston probably
l2a't realize how many juvenile
res he put into words the other
hing when he closed his nightly
yers with: y
Il Oh Lord, make me a good
4 and let me do as I p1ease!"
Milford chronicle., 1939-07-21

time with Mr.. and Mrs. George
Thompson in Brooklyn. ". Y. and
attended the New York Worlds Fair
and other points of interest
Mrs. Thompson will be remember
ed as Miss Allie Murray of this
town. She also had little visit with
Rev Howard B. Warren. another Sell
byvillian. Relatives visited in Will
mington were Mr.. and Mrs. James
Flood and children. Nora. Evelyn.
Marjorie and Jeane and Mr.. and Mrs
Lawrence Barlet and also Miss Mary
Flood; in Philadelphia. a cousin of
her late husband.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pepper. his
father and her brother, Messrs. Fred
Pepper and Harvey Williams, of this
town, accompanied by Mrs. Lillian
Pusey Lynch. of MillsbOro returned
on Sunday night from a six weeks
trip to the West Coast and other
places of interest. While in CaIifor-
mia they spent one weekend with
Clifford Simpler lRed TopD of this
town, who is with the u. S. Navy and
is a cousin to Mrs. Pepper and Mr.
Williams. He is the fourth son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Simpler His
wife. Mrs. Thelma Collins Simpler.
has also gone to spend the summer
with him.
Milford chronicle., 1939-07-21
FRANKFORT

Mrs. Jesse Lilliston. Of Albany. Ga.
is visiting her mother. Mrs. Robert
". Dasey, on Thatcher street.
The Presbyterian Sunday School
held its annual picnic Thursday OF
this week at Bethany Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. John S. Tingle of
Omar were visitors last week to the
New York fair.
Last Sunday, at about break of day,
the interior of the car of WinnamOre
Hudson, Jr., was discovered to be on
fire. The origin is unknown. Il was
at Fenwick Island where he was
spending the night.
Mrs. J. W. B. McNeal is having her
fouse repainted.
Mrs. Norman c. Gum, chairman of
the local Red Cross, was a guest of
Lamont DUPONT, chairman of the
State Red Cross. at a dinner last
Friday evening. at the HenlOpen Ho-
tel. Rehoboth.
Nancy Lee Gum, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. G. Massey Gum. has re-
turned from a three weeks visit to a
camp at POcono Pines. Pa.
Rebecca Graves is entertaining her
cousins, Nancy Lou Graves and Jane
Graves, of Boston. Mass
The Frankford Free Library ac-
knOwledges the generous donation of
several books from A. C. Hudson of
Georgetown, and Jack Udell of this
town
During July and August. the Ii
bIary will be open Tuesday evenings
from to s. aud Friday afternoons
from to ,.