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Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-30
Mystery Fighter
May Give Britain
Mastery of Air
London Says New Night
Flying Plane Can Take
Battle to Germany

LONDON, Sept. 80. (UP)
The British press said TO-
day that the royal air force
has placed in night operation
a new fighter plane which
with other improved types almost
ready for service will shift the air
battle-ground back to France by
spring.
It was the first public reference
to employment of a new model
fighter plane in the battle against
the bombers which the German air
force sends over London each night
Uondon dispatches for several
days have hinted that new methods
Of coping with the night bombing
menace were being tried)
The press stories predicted that
the familiar sight Of air dogfights
over Britain almost would disappear
when the new British planes come
into service.
There was no description of the
new night fighter plane or the
other types which, it was indicated,
have gone into production.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-30

vital supply centers Of the Nazi'
armed forces-oil refineries and elec-
trical works-in bombing raids from
the French Atlantic coast to the
Reich, while German raiders rang
ed over all of England, Wales and
Scotland to blast at London, Liver
pool Edinburgh and other objec-
tives.
A dozen Nazi planes were re-
ported shot down over England
when hundreds of German war
craft engaged in battles with Brit
ish defenders. Most of the raiders
were turned back but others got
through improved British defenses
to bomb the London suburbs and
south coast towns, where long range
British and German guns also duel
led across the channel.
Rome and Berlin, with the aid
of Spain and Japan, continued to
try to build up their diplomatic Of
fensive through the Nazi and Fas-
cist press, repeating assertions that
Spain (alreaGs~ cooperating to the
limit with the Axis soon would
join in the war in order to get
Gibraltar.
The Fascist newspapers followed
the lead OF Germany in assailing the
United States with the purpose of
discouraging American aid to Brit
ain or China. The newspaper Cor
riere Della Sera of Milan described
the trading of American destroyers
and the sale Of American planes
TO Britain as "an act of war" on
the part OF the United States.
In Washington, President Roose-
velt prepared the United States an
swer to the three power pact among
Germany, Japan and Italy by ar
ranging conferences with military
missions from Latin American re-
publics now enroute by air to WASH
ington.
In Berlin, authorized NaZi spokes-
men insisted that the new triple
alliance had in no way weakened
German ties of friendship with
Soviet Russia claim that SEEM
ed well supported by editorial COM
ment in the Communist party news
paper Pravda at Moscow. Pravda
said that the pact would spread
the war, as had been predicted by
Premier Viacheslav Molotov, but
that Russia knew about it in ad-
vance.
Nazis denied reports circulated
abroad that Foreign Minister Joa-
chin Won Ribbentrop soon might go
to Moscow to check up on Russia's
attitude, attributing the report to
Continued on Page 8, col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-30
Health in Defense
Aim Of Conference

SACRAMENTO, Sept. 30. (UP)-
DR.. Bertram Brown, state director
of public health, said today a meet
ing of the board of health will be
held, probably in October to con-
slider means of protecting public
health in areas surrounding troop
concentrations.
DR.. Brown returned today from
Washington, where he attended a
conference of state public health
directors with U. S. Surgeon Gen.
eral Thomas Parran on problems
growing out of the national defense
program.
The California director was NAM
ed to a committee of five designat-
ed to work on the specific problem
of public health administration in
areas under state jurisdiction in
the vicinity of army posts.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-30
Japanese lndict
British Subjects

TOKYO, Sept. 80. CUP-Ten Brit
ish subjects who have been under
arrest since July 81 were indicted
today on charges of violating the
military secret protection law, the
naval criminal codes, and the law
for the protection of military sources.
Several other British subjects were
being detained for investigation.
One Japanese was also indicted and
80 others were warned about their
pro- British activities.
The 10 indicted <1re retired Cap
tain Charles H. N. James, Michael
Linger. Panya Linger, Hamish Nc
Naughton, Henry w. Blyth. George
F. James, Ernest w. James, chair
man of the Cameron company, Ko-
be, John Drummond, director of
the Osaka branch of the Frazer
company, William Charles Detra-
ford, lecturer at the Nagazaki COM
mereial school. and Rion T. B. Will
ley of the Yokohama Rising Sun
company.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-30
u. Close toWar
As TotaHtarian
Navy Base Planned
Vichy Government will
FOrtify Martinique
In West Indies

Uncle Sam was closer to
war Monday than at any time
in the bomb-shattered last IL
months, a study of United
Press dispatches indicated.
The Vichy government of France,
undoubtedly partly dominated by
Nazi Germany, announced that it
had decided to proceed with elabor-
ate development OF naval base faci-
lities at the island of Martinique,
in the West Indies, directly north
Of Venezuela and few hours air.
plane flight from Cuba.
simultaneously Italy's most wide-
ly circulated newspaper, Corriere
Della Sera, of Milan, charged that
present United States aid to Great
Britain is an act of war, and added
that President Roosevelt's promises
to keep this nation out of Europe's
conflict is nothing but pure elec-
toral tactics "Details on Page 81
Elaborate improvement of the
Continued on Page 8, Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-30
5 kloreE. V.Boys
Become Pilots

Five more young Imperial Valley
aviators had won their wings Mon
day after passing examinations and
receiving private pilot licenses late
last week under the civilian-train-
ing program of the Civil Aeronau-
tics authority.
The latest batch Of flyers to .ccme
up for successful examination were
Dan Judd, Leonard Moore, Chester
and Donald Young Of FL Centre
ard Woodrow Ingle of Heber.
This brings the total of finished
flyers to 13 for Instructor Chad
Sproule of imperial out of the
original class of IS that enrolled
under the CAA at Central junior
college. One plp;l did not finish
but went direcct to the army and
another will come up for examina-
ton later.
Sproule laid plans Monday for
training another batch of ten stu
dents that will be picked at Central
in the near future. These must be
ready by January for their wings
at which time another class will
start The school was expected to
turn out two classes a year.
Meanwhile, the flying business at
Imperial airport was booming
Sproule said he had more private
students than he could take care
of and had turned some away. The
quickening of interest was laid to
impending military conscription.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-30

approval of this request so there Is
nothing to do but accept. 1t Is EVIL
dent that this was just another Of
the governors promises"
Jordan's deputy post was exempt
from civil service. The salary Is
$4,000 annually.
After Peek was oyerthrown as
speaker of the assembly by anti
Olson legislators. governor Olson ap-
pointed him secretary OF state 10
succeed tie elder Jordan with the
public announcement that II was
understood the younR~r Jordan
would be retained In office.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-30
Opium Smuggling
CilargeLands S.
Man in Jail Here

CALEXICC. Sept. 80 = Melvin Z.
Darling, 39-year-old mechanic of
Imperial Beach in San Diego coun-
ty. was arrested at the border here
during the weekend on q charge
of smuggling opium.
Customs officers. who made the
arrest. were scheduled to arraign
Darling before United States Com
missioner Dorsey Whitelaw in e.
Centro late Monday. The defendant
when bcoked at the county Jail said
he had been in imperial county
only one day.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-30
FRGefs Power to
Take Over Tools

WASHINGTON Sept. 80. (UP)-
The senate today approved a meas
ure authorizing President Roosevelt
to requ!Sition machine tools, NUM-
tions, military and naval equipment
for which export applications have
been denied to foreign purchasers.
The bill now returns to the house
Tor conference in senate amend
ments.
Secretary of War Henry l.. Stim-
son had advised of machine tools,
considerable quantities of metal
working machinery have piled up
on both seaboards. He said that
in many instances title to the ma
terial had passed to foreign owners
who refused to sell or relinquish
control of it.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-30
Raj BOMBS ANSWER AXIS TREATY VICTORY
Land Mines New German Weapon

WASHINGTON, sSpt. s0.-The
German "super-bOmbs" devastat-
ing London are in reality huge
land-mires, capable of d destruction
unequalled by any other type
bomb, according to private advices
received in Washington. These
same capital sources hear that the
land-mines capable of destruction
land by parachut2 from high-fiy-
ing MAJ planes.
Approximately $50 of the land
mines, each weighing more than
a ton, were released on various
parts of the British Isles on sew
eral recent nights, it IS under
stood.
These adv'ces describe how a
fair-sized village can be almost
wiped out by two or three of the
lana-m'nes, dropped frcm high
altitude bOmbers.
Waiting slowly down by para
chute onto a ma II street of a town
one of these super-eXplosives as
SAID to be capable of crushing ev-
cry house within 400 square yards
of the spot in which the mine
lands.
With the mise prevented from
sinking into the earth by the gen.
tie drop of the parachute, the
full force Of the blast is felt by
buildings blocks away. Walls
crumble. Homes when not flat
tened out are gutted of windows
and doors.
A recent NEA Servlce-Acme
Newspictures photo depicting COM
pIete destruction of several large
buildings in London by ore bomb,
is believed to show the work OF
one of the land-mines.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-30

iilOoU D1Lily oIllOOi.
Enrolment in some of the schools
was higher than last year while
in others it was lower. School Off
clals contended it was too early to
estimate what the attendance will
be when schools settle down to
business.
On the first day of school in the
El Centro system 204 junior college
students enrolled, so more than on
the first day last year. The high
school enrolment Monday was 674
or So less than the first day in 1889
Elementary school enrolment was
down this year too, with 1928 en-
rolled this year and 1884 last year,
a drop of 56.
Brawley elementary schools start
ed Monday with 1,513 pupils enroll
ed. The total last year was 1858 at
the close of the first two weeks of
school. Brawley Junior college en-
rollment closed with IS in junior
college as compared WIN an Oct.
8 enrolment last year of 107. High
school enrolment this year is 568,
q less than last year.
CaleXico high school had 312 Mon
day and elementary schools S14;
HoltVille high 230 and elementary
schools 425; Imperial high had 178
Monday and the elementary, schools
$50; Calipatria high had 167 Mon
day and the elementary schools 355;
and the Westmorland system 236.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-30

and Calipatria, was tentative and
dependent upon congressional ap-
preparations.
Ell Centre was put down as re-
curing S214500, Brawley $53.25O,
Calexico S789OO and Calipatria $l6,-
500.
Paul Jenkins chairman Of the Ell
Centre chamber OF commerce aVia-
ton committee and vice-chairman
of the associated chambers COM
mittee. explained that the recon-
mendaJions were made by the Civil
Aeronautics board on the basis of
a nationwide study aimed at bring
ing air facilities up to par The prof.
ect calls for ports that may serve
as intermediate fields suitable to
military as well as civil use.
After a long distance inquiry to
William Carroll at Santa Monica,
assistant to the regional supervisor,
airport section, of the CAB, jenkins
reported:
THE CAB apparently arrived at
its recommendation regarding I'M
perial Valley airportS quite indie
pendently There is no way to
tell just how high up the valley
fields are on the preferred list or
to determine how soon the ports
will be constructed. Carroll told me
that as far as he knew proposed
expansion did not include the pres
ent county airport at Imperial"
1t was assumed that the CAB re-
ferred to a tract OF 1900 acres near
Seeley that has been gradually
decided over to the county during the
summer as a possible airfield site.
Carroll was not familiar with the
program considered for
Calexico, Calipatria or Braw!ey.
The airport development program
listed 83 tentative projects in Cali
Continued on Page 8, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-30
Law Delays kidGlap
Hearing for Day

REDWOOD CITY, Calf, Sept. 80.
CUP)-San Mateo county's efforts
to rush Kidnaper Wilhelm Jakob
Muhlenbroich to prison for life
struck a one-day delay today when
the county court insisted that Muhl-
enbroich be represented by counsel
whether he desired it or not.
AS the kidnaper, who stole the
only son of Count and Countess
Mare de Tristan of Hillsborough in
a futile attempt to collect 100000
ransom, made no move toward OBJ
tanning legal advice. Superior Court
Judge Maxwell McNutt named two
attorneys to represent the 40 year
old German.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-30

Job.
You give as your reason for maxi
ing this request Jordan wrote Peek
referring to the asserted demand
for a resignation. that you are
convinced that you are not going
to receive another appointnel from
Governor Olson and therefore you
viii be a candidate for the office Of
secretary of state in 1912.
your action in requesting my
resignation is contrary to the pro-
misses made by Governor Olson at
the time he appointed you but YOU
say that you have the governors
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-30
Hays Injured in
Vacation Accident

Robert Hays, secretary of the FL
Centro Chamber Of Commerce who
was injured while on a vacation in
northern Canada, will have to wear
a cast on his knee for 10 weeks,
his physician said Monday.
A boy on bicycle crashed into
Hays just as he stepped from his
car in front Of a hotel in Rele-
stoke, Calgary. 10 days ago. He re-
turned to Ell Centre with Mrs. Hays
during the weekend. He will be
forced to walk on crutches for
several weeks.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-30

5:55 am. on the coast. which it does,
then it rises in the valley ten min
utes earlier. because we are two de-
grees latitude away. Bob figured.
Fifteen degrees would mean an
hour difference.
So at 5:44 one little dove will
probably yawn and stretch and poke
his fellow dove and twitter:
Another day! What a dull lifef"
And if the other dove has q lick
Of sense he'll answer.
Wait a minute, pal :.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-30
Olson Pron2is G Worthless
Soys Jordan. Resisnins

SACRAMENTO, Sept 30. (UPl--
Deputy Secretary of state Frank M
Jordan today handed his resignation
to Paul Peck, secretary of state. with
the accusation he had been asked
to quit in violation Il Gov. Culbart
Olson's promise" to keep him in
office.
Jordan, sen of the late Frank c
Jordan, who held the secretary of
state position for % years before
his death last February. said the
resignation would be effective Oct.
81.
The younger Jordan said h would
be candidate in 1912 TO seek Peek's
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-30

until their edging movement is
scarcely any movement at all. He
is Just an anxious hunter in I'M
perial county. straining at the leash
for sunrise Tuesday and with it the
opening of dove season.
At 5:44 the doves will be safe, but
at 5:45 on the nose it will be Katie
bar the door for our feathered
friends. Because 5:45 is the official
Imperial county sunrise time.
We have a special sunrise time
all our own because Bob Whitelaw
figured it out. If the sun rises at
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-30

leo, the Mississippi, the Idaho and
the Arizona. The cruiser Boise also
came here.
Smaller ships of the fleet arrived
at San Diego.
The battlefield left its bases early
in April for what was to have been
annual spring maneuvers of about
six weeks duration. Because of the
world situation, however. the fleet
spent the six months in Hawaiian
waters and two-thirds of the ships
still are in the Pacific area.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-30

BtaCn and San PeufO IOr ufyuOCk-
ing, repairing and also to grant the
personnel leaves.
The docks at the three ports were
jammed with wives, children and
other relatives of the men who
were rushed ashore as soon as the
ships docked. Approximately 5000
men were aboard the "a ships which
arrived today and half of them
Immediately were granted leaves.
The four battleships arrived at
San Pedro were Admiral James o.
Richardson's flagship, the New Mex
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-30
Find Your Brother
Crowds Swarm 10
|. A. County Fair

POMONA, Cal, Sept. 80. UP)-
All attendance records for the Los
Angeles county fair, which closed
last night, were broken, officials
disclosed today with the announce
ment that 726,941 persons had Wis
tied the fair during its 17-day run.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-30
he F.Ie cts In
a. los Angeles

SAN PEDRO, Sept. 80. (UP)-Thousands of bue-garb-
ed enlisted and officers of the United States fleet to-
day received shore leave at their home bases after having
spent the last six months in in Hawaiian waters
third of the fleet arrived TODAY at San Diego Long
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-30
q /. Y. Air ports
Up for Expansion
Civil Aeronautics BoardRecommends
Expenditure Of Fe ederaI Funds to BUILD
Additional Facilities in Valley

A program for airport improvement submitted by th5
Civil Aeronautics board Monday included four proposed
Imperial Valley fields which would cost $36315O, the
United Press reported from Washington, d. c.
The list which included Ell Cantro Brawley CaleXicC
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-30
1OOO-MiIe Pdth I
O. De estructi on
Left by Bombers
Berlin Prepares TO Evacuate Children.
RedoubIes Diplomatic Offensive while
Planes Fail in Attacks on Britain
. BY UNITED PRESS =

The Axis powers diplomatic offensive gave way to in
tensfied in the air Monday Great Britain and Ger
many batted 1000 mile front from Scotland to the
River Rhine. Royal air force bombers concentrated
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-30
$4,000 Stud ents
Return TO Desks
I'm ". Schools
Enrolment Figures FIuctua+e forNew
Scholastic Year Compared TO Last;
Session Ends Longest Vacation

Imperial countys than 10000 school pupils
all back in school Monday at the close of what for many
of them the longest summer vacation they had.
Prolonged by the need of repairing earthquake damage
to school buildings vacation ended Monday in the
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-30

Table Set
Daddy, she's poine to have two
more puppies" Forrest Ferguson's
young son announced trumphantly
That nuzzled Fo7Te-t bit be-
cause there had been no signs
of the family pet adding to the -four
puppies born several DAYS ago For
rest asked the child how he happen
ed to know.
well there are onlv four plp-
pies" the lad explained, "but she's
equipped for six"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-30
Hunters on Your Mark Get Set But
Don't Go TooSoon, Else Warden1l
Gei You for Shooting Before 5:%

"Now?"
mo, not now"
"Now?'
"No hang it, look at your wateh!"
And so he will look at the watch and it is 80
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-30
% AMBLINe
~ EpoRTER
Ready and Waiting

Ready and Waiting
1t was probably ~ long time ago
that Bill Wright of Ell Centre ceas-
ed being amazed by his brother
Bob. That's why Bill only chuckled
when ne picked up a newspaper
clipping from Shelbyville, md, the
other day and discovered that Bro
ther Bob had equipped a crypt at
the Shelbyville mausoleum with a
fancy paint job, bed, radio, pipe
and tobacco.
The clipping didn't explain why
he cid it, but as Bill remarked:
It's al old Egyptian custom"
Anyhow, Bob got lot of publ
city out of the stunt and a radio
offer to go to New York Wonder
if the stunt would work twice
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-30
Say II Ain't So

say III HinJ So
Russ Richmond. who is so much
q Tulane man that he turns green
when he thinks of his Alma Mater
was an even greencr green than
usual Saturday afternoon when he
rushed into the office and COM
planned:
"These darn radios have Tulane
!, getting beat 27 TO 7. Before I'll be-
leve that I'll have to see it in
print"
Alas and alack. it was true and
there it was in print and there was
Ttass wondering II maybe he would
MT have been better off if he'd gone
to work in the mines when he was
12 instead of going to college to
grow up and bet on football games
Find Your Brother
Pity the poor chap who lost his
ball out at Barbara Worth golf club
Sunday. We overheard him moaning
to a friend
"That rough is pretty rough. When
! lost my ball I dropped another
over my shoulder like the rule book
says and then I couldn't find that
ball'
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-30

Butter: Los Angeles 30l1c; but"
terfat, Imperial Valley I. o. b. ranch.
grade A 39Iac; manufacturing milk
3315c; route gathered cream 29'ac.
L. A. hay: T.. S. No. 1 $13-13.5O;
U. S. No. 2 leafy S11.50-12.5O; I. V.
and Antelope S13-13.5O; u. s. No. 2
SlO-SIO.5O; Mpls. Dec. flax S1.45.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-17
Legal Notices
ORDER OF NOTICE

EDWARD H. KIRSCHBAUM and
RUTH Il. KIRSCHBAUM both of
Waterbury, New Haven County,
Connecticut,
LEWIS s. REED, individually and
as Trustee OF the. estate OF
THOMAS PAGAN, of Waterbury,
County of New Haven, State of
Connecticut: MARGARET PAGAN
individually and as trustee of the
estate of THOMAS PAGAN, absen-
tee, of Waterbury, County of New
Haven, state of Connecticut:
LANES s FAGA Al =, and ,or W1 Ldd1d
of Hartford. State of Connecticut,
MRS. MARGARET PAGAN HEv-
rem, of Willimantic, County of
Windham, State of Connecticut,
HARRY PAGAN, formerly of Wat
erbury, County of New Haven,
state of Connecticut, now of parts
unknown, and the administrator,
Widow, Heirs, Representatives and
Creditors of said HARRY PAGAN,
lie any there be: THOMAS PAGAN,
Of Clearwater, State of Florida.
STATE of CONNECTICUT, DIS
TRICT of WATERBURY,, IS. WAT
ERBURY, July 16. 1910.
Upon the complaint of said plain
praying lOT TedSOH5 InGISlH OcL
forth for foreclosure and possession
of mortgaged premises, returnable
on the first Tuesday of September
1910, before the Court of Common
Pleas for the Judicial District of
Waterbury, State of Connecticut, 1t
appearing to and being found by
the subscribing authority, that the
residing in Clearwater. Florida, and
absent from this State and that the
defendant MARRY PAGAN Is gone
to parts unknown.
1T IS THEREFORE, ORDERED,
That notice of the tendency of said
complaint to be given to said de-
PENDANT HARRY PAGAN by pub
fishing this order in the Waterbury
Democrat, a newspaper printed in
Waterbury, three days successfully,
commencing on or before the 18th
day of July 1910, also, by the de-
posting of a true and attested copy
of said complaint, citation, and of
this order of notice in the Post Office
of said Waterbury. postage paid, by
registered letter directed to said
defendant THOMAS PAGAN, at
Jackson Building, Clearwater, Flori-
da. on or before the 18th day of
July 1910, by some proper officer
or Indifferet person.
WILLIAM NJ. GILLETTE.
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas.
STATE of CONNECTICUT, COUN-
TY of NEW. HAVEN, IS. WAT
ERBURY, July 18th, 1910.
The above and foregoing is a
true and attested copy of the
iricinal Order of Notice, in my
hands for publication, and with my
endorsement hereon.
Attest:
ALBERT FRANCIS.
7-17-St Deputy Sheriff.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-17
LIQUOR PERMIT
NOTICE OF APPLICATION

This is to give notice that l.,
Stephen F. Raczynski, of 1856 Baldwin
St., Waterbury, Conn, have filed an
application dated July 18th, 1910,
with the Liquor Control Commission
for Package Store Beer Permit for
the sale of alcoholic liquor on the
premises. rs Woodtick Road, Water
bury. Conn. The business is owned
by The Fulton Markets, Inc, of 225
East Aurora ST., Waterbury, Conn.,.
and will be conducted by stephen
F. Raczynski, of 1856 Baldwin St.,
Waterbury, Conn, as permittee.
STEPHEN +. RACZYNSKI.
Dated July 18th, 1910. 7-17-24