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Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
British Bid For
Cash Presents FIR
With New Problem
Loan or Gift Question
COmplicates Study of
Defense Preparations
BY LYLE c. WILSON

WASHINGTON, Dec. II.
(UP) = Secretary of the
Treasury Henry Morgenthau,
ir., told a house appropria-
tions subcommittee today that Brit
ish treasury officials say heir
nation cannot order any more war
supplies in the United States un-
less financial aid is assured
Morgenthau appeared at closed
session of the committee. Then he
had luncheon with President Roose-
welt, who has begun consideration
of the British requests for financial
aid to keep the British supplied
with dollar exchange for their Am
erican purchases, by loan, outright
cash gifts or other arrangements.
Morgenhau, who has been con-
ferring with Sir Frederick Phillips,
undersecretary of the British treas
ury, told members of the commit
tee, which is holding hearings on
the 1912 treasury -postoffice appro-
priations, that the British were un-
willing to place any more munitions
orders here without help.
He did not indicate. however.
whether his own investigation of
the British fiscal situation had con-
vinced him that the British were
in acute need of financial assis-
tance.
Morgenthau also told the COM
mittee that he personally interpreted
the johnson Act TO bar all loans
and credits to Great Britain while
she is in default on her war debt
to this country. He added that he
would make no effort, in the event
t h a t loophole was discovered
through which aid could be sup
piled to Britain, to use it.
Continued on Page 6, Column 81
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17

French invasion ports.
Fresh British troops, rushed across
the western desert into Italian Libya
have resumed the offensive against
Port Bardia, nearest Italian base
to Egypt. after capturing three more
important frontier forts, British
general headquarters said at Cairo
Musaid, Sidi Omar and Shefferzen
fell to British forces Monday night
following British capture of Sollum,
last outpost in Egypt before the
Libyan frontier, and Fort Capuzzo,
first Italian defense position of
strength in Libya.
In the crowded little French capi-
tai of Vichy, Iitier's ambassadorial
representative, Otto Abetz, brought
about the release of ouSted Vice
Premier Pierre Laval and conferred
with Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
on how France would carry on COL
Liberation with the Nazi new order"
in Europe.
The visit of Abetz surrounded by
German soldiers with Submachine
guns) to Vichy and the unsolved
mystery of Frances future role in
the war ovarshadowed further gains
oy the British on the North African
front in Libya and slow Greek ad-
vances through the Albanian noun
tains.
British empire reinforcementS
rushing through Egypt and into
Libya were reported keeping up the
momentum Of the offensive in which
Continued on Page 6, Col. a
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
Blast Tears Down
Buildings, Kills
Twelve; 10 Injured
Apartment DWellers in
Ohio City Suffer as
Explosion Tears Homes

CINCINNATI, o., Dec. II
(UP)-An explosion ripped
t rough two combination
store and apartment build.
ings here today. At least Il
persons were known dead and 1C
we're injured
Cause of the blast was undeter-
mined. At first it was believed at
tributable to gas but subsequently
one of the tenants who escaped in
jury said someone had been fooline
with acid in the basement
The blast occurred at 3:25 am
when occupants of the numerous
apartments above stores and shops
were in their beds. The two build
ings, each three stories high and
of brick construction, collapsed as
though bombed.
Most of those killed or manned
were victims of falling brick AND
steel girders.
So great was the force of the
explosion that telephone poles in
the street were snapped off and
communications in the area were
disrupted Windows for blocks
around were shattered.
Raymond Roy, his wife and foul
children were asleep when the blast
occurred. 1.-The first we knew of it,
he said, "Was when our bed fell to
the basement We didn't even fall
out of it. But the bricks fell down or
us. 1t was a miracle we weren't kill
ed and yet we weren't even hurt
A baby was born early today te
Mrs. Frank Schnetzer, 40, shortly
before she died in the explosion
Continued on Page 6, col. %
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17

in loss to the grower and lowering
of the valuation of grapefruit
groves in general.
Board members said they previ-
ously were told that the price of
Grapefruit sold on the Los Angeles
market was in excess of the price
last year but several consignment
houses paid much less. They were
told that prospective cash buyers
of valley grapefruit were advised
by some consignment dealers that
it was unnecessary to pay cash for
the fruit since growers can be per-
suaded to handle it on a consign-
ment basis.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17

meeting new problems.
Grady told the delegates that
Germany's trade policy is a planned
form of economic penetration and
includes aggression.
Rumania is an example of the
results which follow signing of trade
agreements with Germany, Grady
declared, pointing out that:
IF Great Britain loses control of
the seas and Germany controls
continental Europe, Germany would
apply its bilateral trade system TO
South America for the purpose of
gaining economic domination there.
And such domination means. in any
country, the infiltration of the mill
tary, fifth-eolumnists. the placing
of men in key posts.
England must win the war to
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17

prevent this. and we must help her.
We must also help the Latin AM
erican countries by pursuing our
good neighbor policy, which has
proven itself effective and sound and
by lending money and eonsumating
commodity agreements"
Germany, Grady declared. car
ries on her trade with a political
purpose, as a means of aggression.
It means the government control
of trade. not the American system Of
private control.
Much of the United States sue
cess is barring such aggression de-
pends upon the swift completion
of the national defense program.
Grady said You've got 10 be pre-.
pared for military war If you are
going to put on economic pressure"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
Publisher Says
Invasion Likely

LONDON, Dee. It GUP)-Lord
Beaverbrook, minister of aircraft
production, said today that Ger
many might attempt to invade the
British Isles even before spring.
We must recognize that the enc
my is making preparations for an
invasion of Britain even before
springtime comes. an invasion by
land and sea but principally by
air" Beaverbrook said in a broad
cast.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17

The board also recommended that
growers endeavor to set a minimum
price on the trees for all this years
crop and in the future take. action
to guarantee the grower having
something to say about what his
product shall bring
Deputy District Attorney Charles
c. Halliday and Agricultural Com
missioner B. A. Harrigan. represent
ing grapefruit growers, said prices
returned to grapefruit growers by
commission houses is less than the
cost of production. Since this prac-
tiee. they said, has been in effect
for several years many growers have
pulled up their trees. This resulted
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
FB| Men, Police in Eight States
Seek Near.Sighted German Chemist
Mysteriously Missing at Princeton

fields when he disappeared.
DR.. Fernholtz left home Saturday
to exercise his two cocker spaniels
around the shores of the lake. The
dogs returned As minutes later, wet,
but it was impossible to tell whether
they had been in the lake or
through the underbrush.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
Santa Claus Due
Back Wednesday

Santa Claus will be in El Centre
for a return engagement Wednesday
night when stores and shops begin
their holiday schedule by remain
ing open until 9 pm, schedule
to be followed until Christmas.
This week Santa Claus visited
more than 100 children confined to
their homes because of illness and
took them a little gift.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17

HeaId tod the JUSTICES, "because the
probation department is so under
staffed that it is almost impossible
to handle probation cases in the
eight judicial courts, the seven num-
icipal courts, and the two superior
courts of the county as is required
by law.
THE attorney general instructed
me, however, to tell you that
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17

you have no legal authority to
suspend fines or sentences unless
the defendant first is granted pro-
baton. And you cannot fine a de-
fendant and suspend part of the
fine. You must collect all of 1t.
You may permit payment of fines
in installments but you must col
lect each installment or send the
defendent to jail
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
Grapefruit Price
Cutting FIoyed

Attempts to revive Imperial Valleys waning grapefruit
industry began Tuesday after county supervisors Mon
day condemned misrepresentation made by commission
houses and recommended guarantee of minimum price
of SD ton for fruit on the trees.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
Program Urged to
Attract Farmers

gigantic plan to attract to Imperial Valley OF
the 1000 families from which the government purchased
land needed in defense programs launched Tuesday
W. E. Hancock, Ell Centre real estate dealer and Gene
Lott of the county board of trade told the board of
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
Hitler Moves to
Force Wishes on
French Officials
Three Italian S+ronshoIds Fall Before
British Desert S+eamroI|er; German
Pressure at Vichy Releases Laval
BY UNITED PRESS :

Adolf Hitler moved swiftly and forcefully into the
trous governmental eruption in defeated France Tuesday
while B1ans desert armies pounded at the Italian base OF
Barda and British bobers blasted German targets a.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
Storm WiIILift
Wednesday Says
l.V. Weather Man
Death, Destruction Left by Gales from
San Francisco Sou+hward; Crops Here
Suffer Less Than at First Indicated

Imperial Valleys first winter Storm which brought SO
inches Of rainfall during the past 36 hours threatened
break late Wednesday, according to forecast by Wood
row C. Jacobs meteorologist The storm which left
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
JP Courts Must
Collect Fines

Collect all fines levied in justice courts and suspend
sentences fines unless the goes through the
y probation department. the orders issued justices
of the peace by county supervisors Monday
This will work hardship District Attorney Elmer
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
- AMBlINe
~ EpORTER

Dry Revenge
This item, coupled with the one
above, puts us in two different
places at one. How do we do it?
With mirrors, friends.
May the spirit of Santa Claus
overlook and forever forget the
contemplate souls who sat on the
sidelines and gave instructions while
We slaved to pack Christmas bund-
les for the Elks. The scoundrels
consumed all the free refreshments
so that when we finished the job
there was none left for the weary
Mud Comradie-
Maybe it is Just because we per-
sonally enjoy rainy weather, enjoy
the way the drops tap on hat
brim and the clean smell of moist
air E. but it does seem as though
there are more people grinning dur
ing a rain storm in the valley than
during the normal sunshiny weather.
Have you noticed how it is easier
you. or he, are trudging through
mud? Perhaps it is just the warm
feeling of companionship in adver-
sity or maybe it's pat subject
of conversation.
Anyhow, there is no inequality
about good rain storm Rich and
poor alike get their feet muddy
and Just as much rain falls on the
house of the wealthy as upon the
modest dwelling. Only difference
is that one roof may leak.
And Titen and then
The turkey is really enough to
make us want to go back again
and again to the annual dinner for
Calexico football players. But we
have another reason for wanting
to go back next year
There were about 30 people at
the dinner Monday night. There
were 60 pounds of turkey consumed.
Divide by 30 and you get two pounds
of turkey apiece, which is a lot
of bird and explains why turkey
alone would lure us back again.
But the extra lure is to hear
Claude Ritter Claude started to
tell a story that went something
like this:
Tin a hard-shelled Baptist at
heart :. Once when 1 was young
ster we used to ride in wagons and
This is where Mrs. Ritter stepped
in with:
Eve heard that story so many
times I'm not going to hear it
againr'
She kept her word and Claude
didn't tell the yarn. Maybe Mrs.
Ritter will relent next December,
after a years rest.
Imaginative
What fetching names the young
er element chooses for their dances:
Jinglebell 1--WE, Winter Whirl and
Handful of Stars.
e
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17

Imaginative
What fetching names the young
er element chooses for their dances:
Jinglebell 1--WE. Winter Whirl and
Handful of Stars.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17

Butter: Los Aneles, 35c: but
terfat, Imperial Valley fob. ranch.
grade A, 44c; manufacturing milk,
3S14c; route gathered cream 34isc.
l.. A. Hay: U. S. No. 1 S14.50-15;
U. S. No. leafy, S13.50-14; u. s.
No. 2, S12.50-13; Mpls. Dec. flax,
Sl.59h.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-06-13
MRS. NAVARRO, 73,
DIED WEDNESDAY
RITES WILL BE HELD THIS
AFTERNOON AT 500
O'CLOCK

Mrs. Mary Babcock Navarro.
70, died yesterday afternoon at
4:30 o'clock at the residence. 426
Elizabeth street. Funeral Serv-
ices viii be held this afternoon
at 5 o'clock from the residence,
Rev. John c. Gekeler. Of First
Presbyterian church, officiating.
Pallbearers, who will serve,
are: Karl o. Thompson, B. Curry
Moreno, Ross c. Sawyer, Ed
Cato, III, Robert Spottswood and
Carl Bervaldi.
Lopez Funeral Home will be
in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Navarro is survived by
two daughters, Mrs. H. 7. Pill
lans, of Mobile, Ala, and Mrs.
Clyde Brunson, of Washington
D. C.; three sons. Dan L. Ma
varro. Ray Navarro of this city,
and Babcock Navarro fof Chi
cago: one sister, Mrs. L. c. Brin-
ton, and seven grandchildren.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-06-13
AUTO COMPANIES
PLEDGE SUPPORT
FACTORY FACILITIES TO BE
USED FOR MANUFACTURE
OF ARMAMENTS

WASHINGTON, June 13.-
United States automobile manu-
facturers today let it be known
that they stood ready to offer
full cooperation in construction
plans of the defense program
Individual firms have pledged
aid, which will see thousands of
workers switched to such tasks as
fabricating planes, tanks and
manufacture of ammunition in
the near future.
Most auto officials believe gov
eminent orders for ornaments
can be filled without serious
hindrance to auto production.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-06-13

Romance has trailed Old Glory
since it became our national flag
163 years ago. Since that time it
has symbolized the hopes, aspira-
tons and spirit of a nation de-
voted to the cause of liberty.
Prominent among early Amefi-
can flags, forerunners of the Stars
and Stripes, were pine trees. rat
tlesnakes and other designs. The
Grand Union flag, with a British
jack appearing where fOrty-eight
stars are now shown in a blue
field, was the immediate ancestor
of our national flag.
Pine tree flags were displayed
by the cruisers of Washington
fleet which operated in New Eng
land waters. and such flags bore
the words, IAN appeal to Heav-
en-.
Rattlesnake designs were fire.
quently used by the southern
colonies, and a flag of this type
was carried by the U. S. Marines
and bluejackets from the Contin-
entail Navy, who made a landing
IN the Bahamas in March. l776.
The rattlesnake symbol, with its
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-06-13
MOVE To BRING
MANUFACTURERS
STATE C. OF C. GROUP Re
cEIvES PLEDGE OF WIDE
COOPERATION

JACKSONVILLE. June h
FNS) In order TO co-0rdinate
activity between its various com
mittees. the Florida State Cham
Der of Commerce recently in
stalled Technical Advisory
Board which Is composed Of rep
resentatives from each classifics-
ton of business in the state 70
furnish necessary counsel. advice
and data.
Hailed as a great step forward
In the industrial progress Of
Florida. the Advisory Board al
ready has received many letters
from other organizations through
out the state pledging whole
hearted cooperation with the
State Chamber 20 make Florida
a manufacturing as well as q
producing state
It is planned TO retain the
major manufacturing activity
within the state and export the
finished product rather than the
raw materials. Many southern
states have instituted similar
groups to cooperate with their
state chambers and have met
with excellent success.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-06-13
USHA AUDITOR
DUE NEXT WEEK
TO GO OVER ACCOUNTS OF
LOCAL AUTHORITY; LOAN
PAYMENT COMING

Key West Housing Authority
officials stated today that an
auditor of the United States
Housing Authority is expected to
arrive in Key West the first of
next week, ostensibly to go over
the accounts of expenditures
made to date on the local prof.
ects.
This procedure is necessary, it
was stated, before the initial pay
ment on the $4,000 advance loan
can be made to start the local
authority off with a clean slate.
The advance loan was granted
on MAY 18th last, when the
USHA signed the loan contract
agreement calling for a total loan
of S650,000 for the white and
colored projects here.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-06-13

motto Don't tread on me-, also
appeared on the drums of Ameri-
can Marines at that time.
The Grand Union flag was
popular with naval men and it
was sometimes called the First
Navy Ensign" There were scores
of other colonial banners, each of
which found special favor in the
colony where ii originated.
Even today there is a certain
mystery about Old Glory His
tOrians fail to agree as to who
designed it, although tradition
points to Betsy Ross, a Quaker
City seamstresS, as the maker of
the first Stars and Stripes adopt
ed by the Continental Congress
on June II, I777.
With a deep appreciation of the
benefits we enjoy as citizens, each
of us should display the Star
Spangled Banner on Flag Day,
and by so doing honor the birth
of our flag No flag in the world
is more beautiful No flag spreads
its folds over more highly fav-
ored land than ours.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-06-13
BEACH PROJECT
CALLS FOR ALL
GROUPS TO ACT
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS GO
OVER FIGURES: TO CALL
MEETING OF INTERESTED
ORGANIZATIONS

Project for building beach and
recreation improvements on Rest
Beach was presented at the
meeting of the county commits
sionerS last night by Chairman
Carl Bervaldi and discussed from
various standpoints.
The entire project calls for ex-
penditure of S64, 452-s26, 279 for
the beach proper and $38,173 for
the groinS which will be located
to divert the sand forming the
beach.
Federal funds for the project
are placed at S21,491 for the
groins and the sponsors contri-
button will be S16.682. For the
beach proper, federal funds in
the amount of S14.691 will be
provided, while the funds of the
sponsors will be S11,588. The
project will provide work for 126
men for six months.
The project was discussed at
some length and il was finally
decided to call meeting of in
terested organizations, and go
into the matter in all its phases
in an effort to conclusively de-
termine what parts of the Spon-
SorS' contribution is to be borne
by each.
Accordingly. Commissioner T.
Jenkins Curry was designated to
contact the Kew West Hotel and
Tourist Homes Association. the
board of public works and the
city council and make arrange
ments to have the members meet
with the county commissioners
and discuss the project in full.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-06-13
SAFETY DIRECTOR
ISSUES WARNING
CAUTIOUS AUTO DRIVERS TO
LOOK OUT FOR VACATION
ING CHILDREN

TAMPA, June Is FNS).-OveT
100000 school children, students,
and others are now on their an
nual summer vacation, stated
Asher Frank, director of the
Florida Safety Council, this week.
This means that motor vehicle
drivers must be unusually care
full. Most of these children are
thinking of a good time and not
about accidents They are play
ing on all streets and highways
Be especially careful. Mr.. Driver
not to mar their holiday by in
juring one of these innocent chill
dren or causing their family un-
necessary suffering.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-06-13
%%[%N%~~NH
new BATTLESHIP
LAUNCHED TODAY
U.S-S. NORTH CAROLINA
GOES DOWN BROOKLYN
YARDS WAYS

NEW YORK. June l3--The
U-S-S. North Carolina. sister
ship to the 35.OOO-ton USS
Washington launched June Bird
was let down the WAYS this after
noon at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
as-hundreds of United States Cd
eratives guarded against espi0n-
age.
The North Carolina went down
the ways on $4,000 pounds o.
grease as Secretary Of the Navy
Edison and state officials from
North Carolina and New YORK
witnessed the ceremony.
1t is expected that the new
warship viii be completed II
about year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-06-13

WAR ON
RIVIERA
MANY FRENCH RESORT CIT
les BOMBED BY ITALY'S
AIR FORCE: MALTA CASH.
ALTIES LISTED
GBy Associated PreSsI

ROME, June 13.-Italian air
power again came into the Euro
pean war today, according to re-
ports issued here, relayed from
Italian war headquarters else
where.
Several squadrons appeared
over two or three cities along the
French riviera and several direct
hits were reported.
Previous reports had stated that
a concentrated raid was made
on the BritiSh-contrOlled island
fortress of Malta. Casualties in
this engagement were said to be
80 civilians, with that number or
more seriously injured.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-06-13
|WPAslHLITARY
PROJECTS ON
PREFERRED LIST
INVENTORIES NOW BEING
PREPARED FOR co-oPERA-
TON IN NATIONAL DE-
TENSE PROGRAM
especial To The Citizenl

JACKSONVILLE, June 10
The placing of WPA projects of
military background on a pref
erential basis is the first step to
bring the program into line for
cooperation in the proposed ma
tional defense plan, in the opin-
ion of State Administrator Roy
Schroeder.
The present peace-time pro-
gram can be easily and quickly
expanded TO handle national de-
tense needs in the way of road,
airport and military base con-
struction as well as many other
types of facilities, points out
Schroeder.
The Work Projects Administra-
ton has built and equipped hun
dreds of airports throughout the
country, including such big ports
as LaGuardia Field in New York
and the Chicago Municipal Air
port. and here in Florida it is
building the master airport at
Miami as well as assisting in the
development of several military
air base facilities. The organ
ization is in a position to expand
this work for full training and
air defense purposes.
The WPA has well-organized
sewing rooms that can be utilized
by the Red Cross OF to furnish
hundreds of workers to private
production to meet any demand
for that type of service that
might develop in private bust
ness.
There are thousands of other
WPA professional and non-con-
struction workers that can also
be easily trained and shifted to
various defense services if the
demand requires.
I'm order to be ready TO carry
out any part of the defense pro-
gram that might be assigned to
the Work Project Administration
a complete inventory of possible
project operation under the pres
ent program is being completed" ,
! states Administrator Schroeder.
Such an inventory is developing
the types of work that can be
carried on by various existing
projects in line with national de-
Tense needs should WPA be called
upon for any specific service"
Project work already put on
the preferential list by order of
Washington include: Army and
Navy work being done at Jack
sonville, Tampa. Key West, Pen
sacola and Valparaiso and airport
work at Gainesville, St. Peters
burg and Miami. This work has
been earmarked by the Navy
and War Departments as of first
importance in national defense,
and the list may be added TO
| from time to time.