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Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-09
Downey Bitter at
Nomination of Foe
TO Federal Post

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. CUP)-
The senate finance committee will
meet tomorrow to consider Presi-
dent Roosevelt's nominations, in
cluding that of Paul Leake as COL
lector of customs at the port of
San Francisco.
Sen. Sheridan Downey. D. Cal,
has objected to Jeake's nomina-
ton as personally obnoxious to
him." the procedure which usually
results in rejection of a nominee.
The committee probably will refer
Leake's nomination to a sub-com-
mittee, which will investigate his
qualifications and Downey's objsc-
tionS.
Downey said that Leake, who
publishes the Woodland (Calif0
Democrat, has been making false
and inflammatory" statements
about him for more than six years.
Many vicious and untrue" editor
ials about him have appeared in
Leake's paper, Downey said.
Downey's office aides said that
if President Roosevelt had searched
the entire state of California to
find a nominee more unacceptable
to Downey, he could not have sue
ceded better.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-09
-Four Sentenced
In Superior Court

Eight men were taken into su-
perior court Tuesday for legal pro-
ceedings in cases against them.
Francisco S. Bernal was sentenc-
ed to the county jail for six months
for drunk driving near Calexico. He
was ordered deported at the end of
the sentence when the court was
Informed he had been arrested
three previous times for similar
offense.
Tears streamed down the cheeks
of James Deale, Negro. as the court
sentenced him to San Quentin pri-
son for assaulting Police Officer E
H Thetford in Calipatria Christmas
eve He pleaded guilty to the charge
Fred Duckworth. FL Centro youth
was sent TO San Quentin for min
imum of two years after he pleaded
guilty TO burglary He had served
two county Jail sentences for pre-
vious burglaries.
Luis Casadas, caught inside a
Brawley store during a burglary
pleaded guilty and was sentenced
10 San Quentin. Juan Martinez,
Clifford Robertson and Joe Trias,
charged with assisting in the burg
larry, pleaded not guilty and were
scheduled for trial Feb. 5. Eugenio
Duran, Indian. was order
ed TO trial Jan. 25 on a charge Of
stabbirg Dow Leeper. ex-sailor, in
BraWley last month.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-09
Roosevelt Mum on Third Term as
Parfisans Boost Candidacy for 40

ident's head as usual and the pres
ident patting the Texans back. 10
shouts of speech" when he was
introduced, Garner smiled and saso
nothing.
There were more shouts of
speech" when someone said Re-
publicans might have wished to at
tend the dinner to hear Mr.. Roose-
velt's decision on a third term. On
that occasion, it was the president
who smiled and remained silent.
Mr.. Roosevelt chided Republican
leaders-Sens. Charles L. McNary.
Ore, and Warren r. Austin, VT,
and Rep. Joseph w. Martin, jr.,
Mass.-for rejecting the invitation
he dictated for them to attend last
nights Washington dinner as hon.
ored guests. Chairman Homer S.
Cummings = former attorney gen.
eral-of the Washington banquet,
directly rebuked the trio:
"I think" he said, "they missed
their cue when they turned aside
from a gesture of goodwill and fai
to do their part, in troubled tin
to demonstrate the inward unity
of purpose of the worlds greatest
democracy"
Mr. Roosevelt's address was pitch
ed in key of democracy's pur-
poseful unity but spiced with good
humor and without hint of his own
political intentions in 1910. Because
of its philosophical character, the
address aroused somewhat less en-
thusiasm than have the presidents
hard hitting political or campaign
utterances as when year ago at
the Jackson day gathering he brus-
Quely invited conservatives to desert
the party and summoned liberals
and progressives to rally around
the New Deal-Democratic standard.
Last night it was different-a de-
fense of the fact that ST hold party
lines less tenaciously than most of
my predecessors in the presidency"
--and confession that:
ST like to think that most Amer
lean governors or presidents have
seen the E. opportunity in their
office and that their motives have
been primarily of service rather than
OF party or personal aggrandize-
ment."
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-09
War LuII lust Quiet Before Storm,
Chamberlain Tells British People

LONDON. Jan. 9. (UP)-Prime
Minister Neville Chamberlain warm
ed today that the present apparent
inll in hostilities between European
belligerents us the quiet of the
calm before the storm
The prime minister, making a ra-
dio report to the nation on the pro-
gress of the war. warned that the
dire hardships and suffering of wal
are yet to come. He said that the
sole purpose his government now
was to win the war.
Chamberlain began by thanking
the people for their consideration
in view of the "exhausting burden
of prime minister in war time.
Since the day when war was
declared my sole thoughts and ac-
tions have been directed to one pur-
pose-namely, to all I could to
bring this war to a successful con-
clusion.
II have subordinated everything
else. All special feelings and consid-
erations. AS long as I hold my pre-
sent office and until the war comes
w al O11N1 Will llOl Ot utliGNl11
from that purpose nor will I shirk
my responsibilities.
Chamberlain said that the empire
was united as never before" as a
result of the war.
He said that once more men from
all parts of the empire had come
here to take their place" by the SIDE
of Britons to fight the war-a sac
rifice that only the constant ag-
gression' of Germany could have
caused them to make.
He was loudly applauded. Cheers
again greeted his reference to the
unanimous support" OF the empire
for the allies.
This is the quiet before the
storm" he said. We are at war
Vast numbers of men, armed with
the most powerful weapons of des-
truction. are watching one another
from behind their defenses.
There is no general engagement
We do not know how long that will
last.
There are individual contests
that bear full witness to the gall
lantry and daring of those young
men who take part in them. And
air reconnaissance far out over
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-09
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time 27,40O,000 votes-a smashing
record. He said there no longer
was danger that Democrats would
nominate a conservative and he
waved take a walkers" on their
way. as did Mr.. Roosevelt in his
address here.
So. Jackson said it was inevitable
that the party now would first turn
again to Mr.. Roosevelt.
st do not know what his answer
will be-" he said. But I do know
what the rank and file of Democrats
and of citizens generally hope 1t
will be. I am one who earnestly
hope that he will not announce to
the public or even make within
himself any decision at this time.
"Why should President Roosevelt
become the one man in all public
now committed to accept or not to
accept a nomination"
Jackson miscounted there, because
seated next to Mr.. Roosevelt at the
Washington dinner was Vice Pres
ident John N. Garner who has an
rounced his candidacy regardless of
Mr.. Roosevelt's intentions on a win,
lose or draw basis. The two men
met affably. notably so, last night,
the vice president patting the pres
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-09
German Planes in
Attack on Ships
Off British Coast

LONDON, Jan. 9. (UP)-Germar
airplanes attacked five ships off the
east coast of England today, the
air ministry announced.
Because of poor visibility. the
ministry said, British fighting
planes were not able to con-
tact the German raiders. One men,
Der of the crew of one of the steam
ers was slightly wounded.
The renewed German aerial ac-
tivity over British waters resulted in
an attack on q lightship, appear
ance over the Firth of Tay, Scot
land, and an engagement with a
merchant vessel which, using its
anti-aicraft guns to drive off the
planes, escaped damage despite
machine cunning and dropping OF
more than 40 bombs.
Details of all the attacks were
not available but observers on shore
clearly saw two German bombin2
planes swoop low and attack small
steamer plying northwards.
The air ministry announcement
said that enemy aircraft under the
cover of mist attacked two ships off
the coast of Scotland and two more
farther south. The vessels were ma
chine gunned and bombed but there
was no serious damage. A fifth ship
was bombed and damaged by two
German Heinkels.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-09
Shattered Troops
Driven Back by
Finnish Patrols

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its possible result, were not yet
known. But it was understood that
the raid was part of big Finnish
strategic plan.
II had been known that the Films
were operating in ski patrols, all
along the Arctic highway up to
/ Petsamo, near the Arctic sea.
Aside from the destruction of the
/ Russian 44th division on the Suo-
muSalmi front, where the Firms
were now believed to be operating
at the actual frontier. and perhaps
even on the Russian side, there
were persistent reports of battle
still continuing on the Salla sector
! farther north, near the Arctic Cir
Gle. Here the Firms were reported
to have sevred the Russians con-
nectionS. for the moment at least,
with their vital Kandalaksk base.
Kandalaksk is at the top OF an
arm OF the White Sea which ex-
tnds far inland. 1t is main station
on the Leningrad-M d-Murmansk rail-
road and any threat TO it would be
threat 10 the entire Russian far
northern army.
In bitter cold and deep snow.
the Firms on their skis rounded up
small detachments of the Russians
in the forests of the frontier area
where the 44th had been smashed,
as the l63rd division had been
smashed earlier.
Additional quantities of war ma
terial were found and added to the
vast store whose capture had been
announced yesterday, it was said.
For military purposes, the Firms
asserted, the 44th division had
ceased to exist
The Finnish victory almost GER
tainly ended, in view of the wealth
er, any Russian drive for con-
siderable time toward the Gulf of
Bothnia, to cut off communication
along the vital railroad supply line
TO Sweden.
The dynamiting from time to
time of the Murmansk railroad by
small Finnish patrols made the
task of reassembling big Russian
columns in the north one Of enor-
nous difficulty.
All the vast amount of war ma
terial the Firms captured in their
victories over the 44th and, earlier,
the 163d, can be used by the Firms
TO fight the Russians.
Fortunately for them, the Firms
use the same calibre guns as the
Red army, and it was suggested
here that this might not have been
entirely due to chance. Field Mar
shal Baron Carl Gustav Manner
helm, Finnish commander in chief,
and many high staff officers who
fought the Russians in the same
Regions in 1918, and stopped them,
in the Finnish war of independence,
had not forgotten that most of
their war material was captured
from the Red army.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-09
Reprieve Likely
For SD. Murderer

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 9. UP)-
A 90-day reprieve probably will
be granted by the governors office
for Robert C.. Perry, so, scheduled
to die Jan. 19 in San Quentin
prison for the murder of J. r. An
thony, San Diego bank janitor, it
was learned today.
1Ne reprieve was requested by
the advisory pardon board to per-
nit investigation of Perry's appli-
cation for executive clemency.
An application for pardon was
received by the governor from Sid
ney T, Graves, 81, former state
assmblyman and member of the
Los Angeles county board of super
visors, who served a sentence in
San Quentin prison on a bribery
conviction. He was paroled in 1897
and asked for a pardon 80 can
again be useful citizen His term
expired March, 1888.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-09
Halt False Alarms
Or Pay PenaItyIs
Warning of Police

Police and fire department Off
cials joined Tuesday in a cam
paign to halt false fire alarms in
Ell Centre.
After two false alarms in two
weeks, Police Chief J. Sterling Os-
walt offered a reward of $25 for
evidence leading to the arrest and
conviction of any offender.
Police had no suspects in mind,
beyond four girls of high school
age who were watched opening a
fire alarm box. They did not turn
in an alarm, however.
The two boxes that were recently
pulled" were located at the high
school and at New and Orange
street.
Fire Chief Corn Reed stressed
the seriousness of false alarms, both
in danger to citizens and expense.
1T costs about $50 for every
general alarm, in salaries, insur-
ance and depreciation on equip
ment." he said. However, the worst
hazard is to traffic. Speed is a
vital part of the fireman's job and
in every call there is a certain
amount of danger. Unnecessary
calls merely add to the hazard
Chief Reed reiterated plea to
citizens against turning in gen.
eral alarm when the blaze is minor
Car fires, brush fires and minor
blazes can be taken care of by
a single truck from the station
house, without the need for calling
all regulars and volunteers"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-09
BoneIIi Target of
New Attack When
LIQUOR Board Rows

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 9. (UP)-
The Los Angeles branch of Nc
Kesson e. Robbins company largest
distilled spirits concern in Califor-
MIA was under a five-day liquor
license suspension today after a
stormy board of equalization meet
ing featuring new charges against
William G.. Bonelli, Los Angeles
board member.
Bonelli is under indictment in
Los Angeles Tor an alleged shake
down" of the liquor industry. Lii
quor industry officials seeking to
delay action in the McKesson &,
Robbins case accused Bonelli of
prosecuting the company as a re-
prisal against liquor wholesalers
who refused to join a certain whole
Salers association being formed to
compete with the California Liquor
DiStillerS association.
The suspension was voted several
weeks ago on IA counts of falsifica-
ton of records and book juggling
but a reconsideration was granted
for more investigation. L. j. Gill
bert, secretary of the California
Liquor Distillers association, urged
full hearing later on grounds the
case was one of the covert acts
mentioned in the grand jury in
dictment against Bonelli and others.
Gilbert quoted Bonelli that its
possible to send a force of auditors
into any wholesale house and find
something wrong, if not on page
one, then on page two"
Bonelli retorted his testimony
showed the quotation was in an
swer Ito totally different ques-
ton" John l.. Mcdonnell, chief
investigator for the Los Angeles
district attorneys office, interject-
ed that he had personal knowledge
Bonelli made such statement but
refused to answer when Bonelli
asked him if he himself had heard
it said.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-09
Jurors Selected for
Doctors Trial

CLOVIS, Cal, Jan. 9. (UP)-The
trial of DR.. Dewey Conway, accused
of violating the state medical act,
started today in Clovis justice court
with attorneys questioning prospec-
tive jurors.
Justice of the Peace John E,
Burke was presiding at the trial.
DR.. Conway was arrested month
ago by state medical board inves-
tigators who accused the physician
of prescribing what they termed
his homemade remedies of herbs
and grasses. DR.. Conway was said
to have travelled throughout the
state and to have treated hundreds
of patients in numerous cities.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-09
PURCHASE OF PLAQUE
TO HONOR BOARD

Councilmen authorized purchase
of large, bronze plaque bearing
the names of the 1888 library board,
which will be placed near the door
of the new library. The plaque is
intended as a tribute to faithful
board members whose work was
largely responsible for the new
building. The names are A. H.
Kellar, chairman, o. G.. Horne,
Ross T. Hickox, Carrie r. Hanson,
D. B. Roberts and Agnes Ferris
Bigelow, librarian.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-09
Masonic Lodqe
InstaNs Master

C. c. Bramkamp was installed as
master of El Centro lodge No. 384, F.
and A. NJ. Monday night in the
Masonic temple, succeeding D. B.
Roberts who has served as master
for the past year,
Charles Knights, inspector for the
lO8th Masonic district, installed the
new officers, and Charles E. Sones
acted as master of ceremonies. Re-
reshments were served after the in
stallation.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-09
Imperial alley Press
Established April 20. 1901.

Established April 20, 1901.
Published every afternoon except
Saturday and Sunday saturday
afternoon issue now succeeded
by the Post-Press Sunday, les
tablished 1886 by the Imperial
Valley Publishing company, 625
state Street. FL Centre. Calf.
Paul Jenkins, publisher; A, c.
Johnston, president, and
general manager; K. A. Fitz-
hugh, secretary and managing
editor. West Holiday Co. Inc,
National Advertising Represent
atiyes.
Entered at FL Centre, California
post office as second class mat
ter.
Subscription rates, sc pen copy.
In conjunction with the Post
press (Sundays), per month.
Soc; paid in advance. 3 months,
s1.s5: 6 months, $3.25i one year.
Ss11.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-09
Man, Widow Found
Dead in Auto Camp

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 9. CUP)-
John C. Bloeser, Sc, wealthy business
man, and Mrs. Sally H. Cowart,
51-year widow, were found dead
last night in an automobile camp
cabin near here.
Police believe their deaths we're
accidental and due to carbon mon
oxide poisoning. The coroner was
to perform autopsies today.
Detectives said they believed the
couple had been dead since Satur-
day. The bodies lay side by side
on the floor of the bathroom.
Bloeser is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Mary Bloeser; three sons, and
q daughter, Mrs. S. E. Russell, of
Oakland.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-09

the sea . are a high indication
of courage and endurance.
But in the air as on the land
we know that what is happening
is merely the preliminary.
The results of the first four
months I think we shall find are
not unsatisfactory. The oceans OF
the world have been swept clear of
German shipping.
THE German fleet, at the begin
ming of the war less than quarter
of our own. has lost by capture,
sinking and above all by scuttling,
22S, GOO tons. And the rest of it is
bottled up or consigned to the Bal
tic
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-09
JobIess Benefits
Refused Strikers

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 9. (UP)
--Jobless benefits for 260 San
Francisco messenger boys re-
Gently on strike against the
Western Union were denied by
a referee of the state employ
ment department today but pay
ments were allowed to four mes
sengers who had no connection
with the strike and stayed away
from work for fear of bodily
harm.
The benefits applications were
turned down on grounds that
260 boys were actively engaged
in a strike and thus not en-
titled to benefits under the state
law. No names were given out by
the department.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-09
Rambling Reporter
Continued from Page One)

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ster. Johnnie Benson. His age is
about a trifle under two years.
Ever since Christmas Johnnie has
cast longing glances at a toy iron
his sister, Mary Margaret, received
as a present. The other day he
caught up with it, or maybe i,
caught up with him.
Before anyone noticed the new
activity Johnnie had disrobed and
performed a pressing job on his
ah-pants! And very good job al
that.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-09
WINE CONSUMPTION
GAINS 20 PER CENT

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9. CUP)-
Preliminary estimates today indi-
Gated national consumption of Cal.
ifornia wines for 1899 would total
66,000,000 gallons as compared with
54,890,000 gallons the preceding year
u gain Ct 70 ps- cent.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-09

Councilmen heard and took under
consideration a letter from Herbert
Norris urging remaining FL Centro
stadium in honor of the late Jack
Stark, valley baseball leader.
STARK did more for baseball in
the valley than any dozen men I
know :" Norris wrote.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-09
EMPLOYE PROTESTS
IN DEPT. SQUABBLE

Cecil Pollard, for ten years a
city employe in the water depart
ment, appeared before the council
to protest in an intra- department
squabble.
Pollard charged that he has been
denoted without due cause and
attempted to answer asserted criti-
cisms. The council preferred not
to take action in the absence OF
Water Commissioner Charles Bla-
lack.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-09
WEATHER

Southern California = Unsettled
Tuesday night with showers west
portion and SHOWS over mountains;
Wednesday partly cloudy; moderate
temperature; moderate south to
southwest wind off coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-09
City Trustees in
Busy Session Here
Take Up Problems

Continued from Page One)
to mark violations.
RENAME STADIUM.
NORRIS URGES
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-14
Fast Growing Demand For
Skilled Workers In N. Y. City

Albany, n. Y. 0LNS).-A rapidly
increasing demand for skilled workers
is developing in certain occupations,
primarily the metal trades, says a
report on current employment con-
ditions in New York State by Milton
0. Loysen, Executive Director of the
Division Of Placement and Unemploy-
ment Insurance, State Department of
Labor. The demand is attributed to
the fact that the national defense pro-
gram is swinging into production.
The report says that outstanding
current developments are the wide
spread hiring of older skilled work.
ers, the increased employment of
young inexperienced workers, the ten
dency of certain large defense pro-
duction centers to draw skilled work.
men away from some of the smaller
towns, and the beginning of plant re-
organization to subdivide jobs and re-
duce the number of skilled workers
required.
The workers in greatest demand are
the highly skilled metal tradesmen.
These include tool and die makers, bor-
ing mill operators, turret lathe oper-
ators, machinists, electric arc welders,
moulders. and pattern makers.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-14
Ace Limits Raised
For Naval Workers

Washington, D. C-Qualifed work
ers who have not passed their G2nd
birthday anniversary will be accep-
ted as boatbuilders, shipftters, sail
makers and shipjoiners for the Coast
Guard depot at Curtis Bay, Nd, the
Civil Service Commission announced
in raising the age limits for these
jobs. An urgent call was also sent
out for rigger helpers, fange turner
helpers, foundry furnacemen and air
craft instrument mechanic helpers for
the navy yard at Portsmouth, Va:
and the naval air station at Norfolk
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-14
MACHINISTS REPORT
221 MORE CONTRACTS

Washington, D. C.-The Interna-
tional Association of Machinists, A. F.
of L. affiliate, signed 221 new and
renewed agreements with employers
during the last month, General Vice
President F. d. Laudemann reported.
Firms covered were lacted in IS cities
in 10 states and Canada. Substantial
wage increases, time and one-half for
overtime and work performed on Sat
urday, Sunday and holidays, the eight
hour day, the 40-hour week, and Sc
niority rights were secured for thou
sands of union members by the con-
tracts.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-14
CITY ACTS TO
"FREEZE" RENTS

FL Paso, Tex-In a move to block
soaring of rents because Of the pres
ence Of several thousand National
Guardsmen and Regular Army re-
cruits here, Major J. +. Anderson has
appointed special committee to fight
skyrocketing Of rents. The committee
is studying legal and publicity steps
to prevent undue increases.
founder and is business agent of the
st. John local of the International
Alliance Of Theatrical Stage En-
ployes and Moving Picture Machine
Operators
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-11-14
New Brunswick Labor To
Drive For Aid For Widows

Edmundston, N. B. 0LNS).-At the
annual three-day convention of the
New Brunswick Federation Of Labor,
composed of A. F. Of l.. locals, G. R.
Melvin, of st. John, was elected sec
retary- treasurer for the 23rd consecu-
tive year. He is believed to have
served longer than any other fedora
tion executive in Canada. J. A. White
bone, Of St. John, was elected to the
presidency for his eighth consecutive
year. Melvin was a founder and bus
mess agent of the st. John local of