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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-03-21

Il. III the three leading u. u. r.
candidates for the nomination,
Thomas E. Dewey has not ex-
pressed himself, whereas Sen. Rob
ert A. Taft and Sen. Arthur Fl.
Vandenberg have widely different
notions.
Hard to DISCOVER What
The administrator Wants
Apparently the biggest battle is
over appropriations, but it is by no
means SO simple to discover what
the administration really wants in
any of the test votes.
It will be recalled that President
Roosevelt, in submitting his budget,
called for new taxes calculated to
raise $3.50, 000, 900. Nobody on Capt.
toll Hill thinks the President actual
~ wants those new taxes before
election. They think he actually
wants congress to cut $460, 900, 900
from his budget in order to make
them unnecessary.
Obviously it would be next to i'm
possible to get any two people in
the country who could 60 over the
whole budget and reach perfect
agreement as to where cuts totaling
nearly half billion dollars should
be made. Each would have to yield
\ little, here and there, in order for
the two to approve the result.
But congress is definitely deter
mined that there shall be no new
taxes at this session, and it is just
as determined that there must be
drastic enough cuts in the budget to
prevent the necessity of boosting
that forty-ive billion dollar debt
limit before election.
Using Defeats in Ohio
As Third Term Argument
Talk about turning defeat into vic
tory-those Ohio Roosevelt men are
really making history
They are turning a crushing New
Deal defeat in two Ohio congress
siOnal districts into the best argu-
rent they have found yet why Pres
ident Roosevelt must run for an
other term. One point of their bit
ter criticism of Gov. John W. Brick
er for calling the special elections
is now turned on to show their Dem
ocratic brethren. in other states as
well as Ohio, why Roosevelt must
sacrifice" himself and endure four
more years In the WhifNsdouse.
Their attack on Bricker was two
harreled-first, that 1t subjected the
state treasury to a heavy expendi-
t,,re, about $170, 900 and second, that
II forced vote at time when there
were no national or statewide can
didetes to bring the vote out, and
hence gave the Republicans an ad-
vantage.
II is this second point which they
have been talking ever since. I'm
November" they are saying to anti
third termers, unless we have
Roosevelt on the ticket you see what
will happen--the Republicans viii
carry Ohio. If we have Roosevelt
on the ticket we will carry the Buck
eye state, and If we do the Repub-
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Christian Science Church.

The subject for the Lesson-Ser-
mon Sunday, March "a, Matter"
Wednesday evening meeting at
800 o'clock.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-03-21
Begin DeMolay Spring Activities,

Three boys, Joe Johnstona Isfin
Friend and Alton Lasseter, received
their initiatory degrees last Mon
day.
Next Saturday several members
OF the chapter will begin construc-
ton of rifle range to be used by
the lodge and the public. The range
will be located somewhere north
of the river, a definite location not
having been secured yet.
Other activities contemplated for
spring include a tennis team, a
softball team and rifle team to
compete at conclave in April
Fewer accidents resulting from
equipment or truck defects took
place on the railroads in 1888 than
in any year on record.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-03-21
Criticism of F. B. |. Is
History Repeating Itself

After what the British called a
good press" for all these years,
turning in the lane is to be detected
with regard to the Federal Bureau
OF lnvestigation--to wit the Omen
of J. Edgar Hoover.
Criticism is beginning to appear
in newspaper editorials, and on the
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licans might as well not MAKE
campaign, for they cannot win With
out Ohio"
incidentally it is rather interest,"
ing, and the Ohio boys are not over
looking this point either, but ONO
has been on the winning side OF
every presidential contest for good
many years. OF course it went for
its native son, william Mckinley,
both in 1896 and 1900. II went for
Theodore Roosevelt in 1904, for Taft
in 1908, and for Woodrow Wilson in
1912.
Seems to Fit in filth
Lewis Gloomy Comment
Much more important. it went for
Wilson in 1916, the last close presi-
Dental election, although every
state bordering on Ohio, except
Kentucky to the south. went for
Hughes.
Altogether, the third-term boost
ers think they have mighty good
argument. Obviously, the G. O. P.
victory in the seventeenth congress
sional district by some $500 plural
ity can be construed only as sign
pointing to Republican victory IN
November. The point is that this
particular district has gone Demo-
cratic in every election since 1928.
Most significant, however, is the
fact that this district went heavily
Democratic in 1888, which is the
year Senator Robert A. Taft and
Governor Bricker, on the Republi-
can ticket, swept the state.
Projection of this curve. as the
political analysts would say, would
mean that Ohio's rs electoral votes
would go Republican in the presi-
Dental election-unless-the magic
name of Roosevelt is on the ballot.
Incidentally, what is worrying
some OF the New Dealers no little
is that this pair Of elections in Ohio,
in each of which the Republicans
did better than in 1888, when they
carried the state, fits in with John
L. Lewis gloomy comment that ILL
nois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania.
and New Jersey are all set to 60
Republican unless there is some
new hope given to the country by
the Democrats.
Criticism of F. B. |. Is
History Repeating Itself
After what the British called a
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, xssssa1x1sx,
Church News

st. Josephss Catholic Church.
Sunday Masses 8 and 10 a. m.
Baptism after 10 a. m. Mass. Sum
day School after 10 o'clock Mass.
Confessions Saturday evening
at 7.30.
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Office sizes. Il
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-03-21

what the attitude of the Republican
candidates for President will be on
it. OF the three leading G. O. P.
candidates for the nomination,
Thomas E. Dewey has not ex-
pressed himself, whereas SEN Rob-
ert A. Taft and Sen. Arthur Fl.
Vandenberg have widely different
notions.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-18
Physicians Give Up All
Hope For Recovery of
Veteran Idaho SOlOn

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.
(UP)-Mrs. William E. Bor-
ah, wife of the veteran Idaho
senator, said today that
physicians had given up all
hope for his recovery from a cereb-
raj hemorrhage.
The 74-year old senator suffered
the hemorrhage Tuesday morning
when he slipped in the bathroom
of his apartment, and has "been
in coma most of the time" since
then she said. He has recovered
consciousness occasionally.
His physicians, headed by DR..
Worth Daniels, have told her there
Is no hope for his recovery" Mrs.
Borah said.
After a visit to the senator's
apartment, Miss Cora Rubin, his
secretary, told reporters in a trem-
bling voice:
The senator is very, very criti-
cally i'll. He is unconscious most of
the time, but regains consciousness
at times to call for Mary, his
wife"
Miss Rubin said that the senator
was breathing regularly and SEEM
ed to be in no pain.
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-18
Bridges Proposes
5.Year Peace Plan

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 18. (UP)
Harry Bridges, California CIO
director, proposed a five-year peace
plan for the San Francisco water
front in a speech before the Junior
Foreign Trade association, the or
ganiZation disclosed today
Bridges appeared before the group
last night, talking for two hours
and answering questions for two
more hours.
I'VE are prepared to propose a
five-year peace plan for the San
Francisco waterfront, guaranteeing
against strikes and stoppages Of
work over that period in return Tor
nothing but an equally binding as
Surance that none of the bettered
conditions won since 1884 will be
challenged or repudiated," Bridges
told the organization.
He said he was confident arbi-
tration of wages and hours con-
ditions arising from a 53-day strike
of CIO ship clerks here would
close the open-shop loophole" on
the docks and open the way tor his
proposal.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-18
Senator Entitled
Compensation

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Jan. 18 (UP)
The third district court of appeals
today held that State Senator w.
P. Rich of Marysville is entitled
to workmens compensation for in
juries he received in an automobile
accident while he was returning
from the funeral of the late Sen
ator John B. McColl in Redding,
Dec. %, 1888.
Rich was designated by then
Lieutenant Governor George Hat
field as a member of an official
senate committee to attend McColl's
funeral. He and Senator Thomas
Mccormack of Rio Vista were driven
by state employe in a state auto
mobile, which overturned in a
ditch on the return trip. Rich was
near death for several weeks and
Mccormack was seriously injured.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-18
Freezing Weather
Hits Entire US.

A forerunner of predicted frigid
weather in the midwest were Thurs
days sub-zero readings in Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Iowa. 1t was
rs below in northern Iowa. The
airport thermometers at St Jo-
seph, Mo-, showed 20 below and in
Kansas City it was II below.
There was occasional snow in
Kansas and Missouri Wednesday
night but Thursday, except In
southern Missouri and eastern
Kansas the skies were clear.
The intense cold increased the
work of relief agencies in the cities,
There were hundreds of calls for
fuel and for heavy clothing. Food
kitchens were worked overtime car
ing for homeless men.
The weather bureau said the cold
front was sweeping over the entire
country and freezing weather is
expected along the gulf coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-18

Back from testifying before the
LaFollette committee in Los An
geles, District Attorney Elmer Heald
declared:
II have not had time to get the
case in order for the jury, arrange
witnesses and so on But as
soon as possible the entire case
will be presented
Asked if he intended to go into
all phases, including possible har-
boring a fugitive angles, Heald said
emphatically:
Il intend to lay the whole case
before the grand jury.
Every person directly or in
directly connected with the case
will be questioned and every con-
ceivable angle will be investigated
Everyone who knows anything
about it will be called to appear -"
Heald said he had reviewed the
case briefly before the jury Thurs
day but did not know exactly when
he will be prepared to go into it
more deeply.
In the meantime, authorities were
alternately hopeful and doubtful of
capturing John Little, husband of
the former water department clerk,
who is wanted on bigamy charge
as we'll as questioning in the en-
bezzlement case.
Officers appeared certain he was
not hiding in California and au-
thorities over a widespread area
of the west and south were on the
lookout for him. Several false
alarms were reported.
Mrs. Little is accused of taking
$12,555.91 between July and Decem-
ber of 1899 by juggling accounts.
In an oral confession she placed
part of the blame upon her hus-
band, saying he destroyed records.
Repercussions in the city clerks
office, meanwhile, brought shake
up of personnel and in the engin-
eer's office further study of water
consumption reports.
A two-hour inquiry Wednesday
afternoon into the puzzling point
that the city was actually pump
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-18
Theft Case Echoes
AS Trustees Move
To Remedy Fault
Three Persons to Take
Varying Duties Under
New Office Setup

A thorough reorganization
of the water department per-
sonnel was in process Thurs
day in Ell Centre and final
details will be completed at
an adjourned meeting of the city
council Thursday afternoon.
Under the new system as out
lined by City Clerk Roy Johnstone
all cash will be handled through
one employe who will have no
connection with billing or posting,
The change followed on the heels
of disclosure that $12,555.91 IN wa
ter department accounts was miss
ing during the July to December
period in 1889.
Clyde Shellstrom will fill the va
cancy left by Mrs. Lillian Richards
Little, former clerk now facing
charges of embezzlement. Bonded
to the extent of $4,000, he will
share the duties of billing and
posting of water department &C
COuIlUS Will fNOodllc LdDl uCllCilCs
who is also bonded to $4,000. They
will also handle other tax billings.
Mrs. Faye Burke will become
cashier. Bonded to the extent OF
$4,000 she will receive all the
cash from water accounts as well
as tax payments, but handle none
of the billings.
In this manner, three persons
will handle separate parts of the
water department activities that in
the past were the duties of only
one.
Mrs. Pearl Burke will continue
as bookkeeper. bonded at $4,000
and Johnstone's bond remains the
same at $4,000.
Wednesday night at the city
council meeting, an otherwise dour
session, was enlivened somewhat
by G. E. Wade, formerly of Holt
vile, who questioned councilmen
Continued on Page 2; Col. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-18
War Fronts Active;
Blast Hits London;
Firms Defeat Reds
Intense Cold Fails to
Prevent Activity on
All Major Fronts
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS
United Press Foreign News Editor

United Press Foreign news Euieor
Europe's war zones were
active Thursday despite in
tense cold that dropped tenn
peratures to more than so degrees
below zero in the far north.
On the outskirts of London.
tremendous gunpowder explosion
shook a big factory area, damaged
houses, sent up a vast smoke cloud
and reportedly caused so casualties.
The blast created fear of an air
raid and then of wartime sabotage
such as the government had pre-
viously learned was plotted against
British railroads.
The British ministry of supply
announced that five persons were
killed in the gunpowder factory
explosion. An undetermined num-
ber were injured, most of them
slightly.
The ministry said that inveStiga-
ton of the cause of the explosion
was underway
Off the northeast coast of Eng
land, Nazi U-boat torpedoed and
sank the Norwegian steamer Unid,
from which 16 men were rescued.
The British steamer Cairnross, 5494
tons, was mined and sunk off the
west coast. Forty eight were res
cued
From the Finnish fighting fronts,
there were reports of important
developments. Messages reaching
scandinavian newspapers but lack
ing official confirmation told OF
Finnish successes on the north CEN
tral Salla front and on the eastern
front north of Lake Ladoga where
ii was claimed that the Firms had
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-18

score of county Officials, groWerS,'s
shippers, Associated Farmer off,
cials and others. Most of them came
home without having been given
a chance to testify.
Those who did testify, observers
said, presented Imperial Valleys
side of the picture. SO thoroughly
that the La Toilette committee
Thursday turned to an investiga-
ton of The Neutral Thousands,
Los Angeles women's organization,
evidently abandoning further IN
quiry into valley labor troubles.
Apparent plans to hold Imperial
Valley up to the world as a COM
munity of "lawless morons which
should be wiped off the face of the
earth" were dropped like a hot
potato by the committee Wednes-
day.
While more than two dozen val
ley residents were called to testify
during a purported investigation OF
the Associated Farmers of Imperial
county, the committee devoted just
II minutes to the Associated Farm
ers as such and questioned only
two witnesses about the organiza-
ton.
Most of the section devoted tc
Imperial Valley dealt with labor
troubles in the valley several years
ago.
Less than a dozen of the valley
group was questioned. The remain
der may be asked to testify in the
investigation of the Farmers Trans
portation association, valley bred
and valley nurtured organization
formed to insure safe transport OF
valley products to coast markets.
That investigation probably will
take place early next week.
Senator LaFollette, head of the
senate committee delegated to fer
ret out infringements of civil lib
critics" soon lost interest in the
Imperial Valley setup and ignored
additional testimony handed to him
By his assistants. 1t was quite ap-
parent, members of the valley group
declared, that "the trend of the
testimony was not to mis- liking"
Home from the hearing Thursday,
the valley residents summoned be-
fore the committee recalled the
testimony given and the evidence
presented by all sides in the ques-
tions which without a doubt inter-
ested LaFollette.
In answer to Joseph M. Caseys
statement that two laboring men
were murdered in cold blood" in
lettuce shed strike in Ell Centre
several years ago, G. G. Bennett,
president of the Associated Farm
erS said:
casey, a representative of the
AFofL was responsible for the death
of those men. He called a confer
ence of shippers to arbitrate the
matter. While the shippers waited
union members themselves said
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-18

obJectlVeS.
The defensive scouting planes late
yesterday spotted the invading
force about 400 miles west and
slightly north of Monterey, steam
ing at IA knots toward the Califor-
mia coast. At this speed it was
believed an attack would come
shortly after noon today.
Close to $4,000 troops, aided by
some 10000 sailors, are engaged
in the most comprehensive war
games ever held in the United
States. True to army and navy
tradition which coins words from
alphabetical arrangements, this is
James" war, or the joint army
navy exercises.
The Black invading force already
has gained a foothold on the Cali
fornia coast at Laguna del Rey, two
miles east OF Monterey. 1t was
paper" victory, for no troops
were involved in the landing.
But the attacking air force in
flicted considerable damage on air.
ports and railroad systems as far
east as Reno in lightning raids
from the sea yesterday.
An official communique issued
last night said:
During the daylight hours all
activity was largely confined to
the air. Bomb attacks were made
by the Blacks on San Francisco
airport, Hamilton Field (the bomb
ing base at San Rafael, Fresno
airport, Reno, a Blue cruiser. Moi
fett Field cat Sunnyvale, former
navy dirigible base) and Camp Ord
(north of Monterey and headquar-
ters for the defensive force.
Considerable damage was done,
particularly at Fresno.
1.-The general headquarters Blue
(defenSive) air force was active,
but information is unavailable re-
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-18
Merit System
Extended in State

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Jan. 10 CUP)
The state social welfare board to-
day extended the merit system to
SO counties with passage of stand
ards conforming to federal social
security amendments.
The action released to California
the February federal aid allotment
Of $3,000,000 for aid and $150,000
for administration
Similar action was taken by the
board in October but the federal
board objected to designating the
state commission as the merit rat
ing board, Under todays reso-
luton. the state personnel board
will administrate the examinations
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-18
Finland Records
10 Below Temp.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 UP)-
Weather bureau officials said today
that reported temperatures of 70
degrees below zero on the Petsamo
front of Arctic Finland. while m-
usually severe. were not unheard
of in Northern Europe.
Temperatures ranging down to 80
below have been recorded in several
places, they said, and the town
of Verkhoyansk, Russia, can boast
a worlds record low of 90.4 de-
greeS below zero.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-18
Bogus Census Men
Active in Fresno

FRESNO, Cal, Jan. 18. (UP)-
Residents of Fresno were warned
today to beware of bogus census
takers.
Roy c. Traber, Fresno district
supervisor for the U, S. bureau of
the census, said reports had been
made that a few salesmen were
representing themselves to be CEN
sus takers.
Traber said, I'VE are making an
immediate investigation and will
seek the arrest of anyone fraudu-
lently posing as census employe.
Such action is a federal offense." !"
He said persons employed by the
census bureau have Identification
and should be required to identify
themselves.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-18
Insurance Taxes
DeadIine SATURDAY.

SACRAMENTO, Jan. Is. (UP)-
California employers must pay their
unemployment insurance payroll
taxes for October, November and
December by Saturday of this week
to escape a 10 per cent penalty,
w. F. French, chief of the division
of unemployment insurance of the
state department of employment,
said today.
Payments will be accepted if they
are postmarked by midnight, Jan.
20, French said. He explained the
10 per cent penalty is charged in
cases of failure to pay by the de-
linquent date without good cause. "
In addition interest of one per cent
month is charged on the delin-
quent payments.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-18
Refunding Validity Test Submitted
To State Supreme Court at Hearinq

Bank of San Francisco, holder of
a small block of the districts, bonds,
to proposed refunding plan. The
supreme court is to pass on valid
ity of an injunction issued in SUI
perior court to prevent the dis
trict from filing its refinancing pc
tition in a federal court but later
set aside.
The bank opposed the refunding
plan on grounds that the state
enabling act used by the district
was invalid.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-18
School Districts
Get Tax Money

A total of $2OS,64365 in first in
stallment school tax money was
made available to school districts
Thursday.
The money, destined to be used
for general expenses in the var
ious school districts, was what was
collected on the first inStallment
of the 1939-1940 taxes.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-18

appointee to the high court, ad-
ministered the oath. He also swore
in Robert H. Jackson of New York
to succeed Murphy as attorney
general.
Mr.. Roosevelt injected humor-
GUS note into the informal cere-
mony by requiring both Murphy
and Jackson to sign in his pres
ence certificates affirming that they
neither paid any money or prom
ised to pay any money for their
appointments. Signature of such
certificates is routine and required
by statute but ordinarily is not
done in the presidents presence.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-18

While midwest and eastern United
States prepared for its coldest
weather of the winter and temp
eratures of Is to 80 degrees below
zero, Imperial Valley residents
shivered in the grip of "below
normal temperatures for the sixth
successive day Thursday.
Thermometers in the colder sect
ions of the county fell to 20 de-
grees late Wednesday night and
early Thursday morning, according
to Woodrow G. Jacobs, meteorolo-
gist for the fruit frost service.
Jacobs predicted light frost for
Thursday night and Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-18
Lettuce Market
Reported Stronger

Imperial Valley lettuce deal prom
ised good returns to farmers once
again Thursday as the market
came out of its recent slump to
send prices for 4s-5s and straight
SIS to $1.1o-$1.25 per crate, accord
ing to the Federal-State market
news service.
Demand was very strong, espec-
tally for good stock, the news SER
vice report said, and the market
was described as firm with a strong
undertone.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-18

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 18 CUP)-
The state supreme court today
took under advisement a case test
ing legality of refinancing of ir-
rigation districts throughout Cali
fornia.
At issue was the constitutionality
of the 1884 law authorizing irriga-
tion districts to file refunding pc
titions.
Suit was brought when the I'M
perial Irrigation District sought to
overcome opposition Of the Peoples
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-18

Vl V1lcfff oOUUIICIII OdIIIUIIlId Itol-
dents. were delayed here by mech
anical trouble in their fleet of two
automobiles and one truck carry
ing their belongings to their fu-
ture tax-free home on East Caicos
Island, British possession $50
miles off the coast of Florida.
Were tired of California's crack
pot economy" said Richard Irvine.
leader Of the pioneers" Were
going to place where we can I've