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Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16
1WA in
Bid for
Service
Manager Predic
Air Route Over
Valley Soon

Within a years time -
possibly much sooner-pas-
senger airplanes will dronc
aGoss Imperial Valley from
San Diego, pause at the I'm
perial airport and continue on to
Phoenix to connect with trans
continental lines. new develop
ments in Washington, D. c.. indi-
Gated Friday.
The United Press reported from
Chicago that J. A. Thomas, GEN.
trail sales manager for Transcon-
tinental and western Air Inc, an
nounced that TWA has made appli-
cation to the Civil Aeronautics au-
thority for permission to provide
direct air mail, passenger and ex-
press through service between Chi
cago and San Diego. via Phoenix
and the Imperial Valley.
American airlines already has an
application on file for another pro-
posed line that would fly from
San Diego to Phoenix and thence
I dcl " ol u oll q iOutC. ~
hearing was set for May 27.
/ Clyde Fullerton of Los Angeles.
southern California manager for
TWA. commented in Ell Centre Fri
day:
Il am personally very happy over
the TWA application. I feel con-
fident that we'll within a year I'M
pcrial Valley will have airline SER
vice-and I hope it is TWA."
Fullerton said it is impossible
to anticipate how long the author
ity will require to decide which
concern is best qualified to oper-
ate the new route. In other cases.
however, the time has varied be-
tween so and 90 days.
General procedure is for the au-
thority to set a hearing date TO
question witnesses and gather data.
In this case a joint hearing may
be held. The decision is based upon
which line can most economically
Continued on Page s. Col 81
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16
Mexican's Footprints Lead to Prison
After Court Hearing Without Jury

Francisco Hernandez own foot
prints led him to prison.
At the close of a juryless trial in
superior court the Mexican was
f-uNd guilty Gt burglarizing a home
in Imperial and another in BraW-
ley
Footprints left at the scenes of
the burelaries in the two cities
matched markings on the soles of
the shoes Hernandez wore at the
time he was arrested in Imperial
last month.
Purses taken from the home OF
Dorice Rose and Katherine Det-
weller in Brawley and a watch taken
from the Clyde Oliver home in I'M
perial helped trap Hernandes. Tho
watch was found on his person when
nc was IN the county jail, It was
identified by Oliver as his property
missing since his home was bur-
glarized. Hernandes showed Dep
uty Sheriff Frank Raney where he
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16

: JlOll.
Philadelphia was selected as the
convention city.
Hamilton hoped for Roosevelt S
nomination so that in a showdown
at next November's election the
Republican party can finish off
all threc"-the New Deal the pres
ident and the third term issue.
Opening the committees meeting
to select time and place for the
COP nominating convention, Ham
ilton accused New Dealers of seek
ing to transplant the doctrine of
European dictators TO this country
by booming MI Roosevelt for an
other term.
The New Deal. he said, has
abandoned the American way" for
European systems Of planned Geo.
nOmy.
tIc denounced the seven years OF
New Deal debt, demagoguCry and
dcfeatism', and charged that Mr..
RooSevelts administration had dis
regarded the constitution, attempt
cd to sabotage the judiciary system
and encouraged subversive elements
seeking the downfall of our Amer
ican system.
Recalling Mr.. RooScvclt'S 1886
campaign statement. we planned
it that way Hamilton said that
what the New Deal planned was
failure because today, nc contendcd
Unemployment totals 9,OOO,-
900.
2.-Therc arc 100000 young mon
and women whose hopes for a
career and good life have been
shattered"
3.-The farmers income is less
than in the tWcntieS.
/ 4.-ThouSands of businesses have
failed in the last few years.
He chidcd Democrats for their
lack Of candidates. and asserted
that the Republican party has
available half dozen or more
men. able. trustworthy and human
itarlan men, for the presidential
office.
Hamilton pointed 10 tho Demo-
cratic refusal to fix tho date o.
a nominating convention until alter
Continued on Page g. Col A.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16
Moscow Says Army
Nearing Vital
Railroad Point

MOSCOW, Feb. 16. (UP)
-Russia's Red army, on the
18th day of a steam roller
offensive against the Fin
nish Mannerheim line, is APP
preaching Kamara railroad station,
only l2'2 miles from Viipuri, Fin
lands second city, a communique
asserted today.
Finnish troops were reported in
retreat, abandoning arms and war
material and suffering heavy loss
eS.
The army communique said Rus
sian troops occupied SO Finnish
defensive Notifications yesterday,
including 81 iron and concrete
artillery forts.
Kamara railroad station is on
the main Leningrad-Viipuri railroad
and hence a vital point. BY adj
varcing along the railroad the Rus
slams would ensure themselves a
direct line for supplies from the
great Leningrad base. and woulc,
be able to pour men and materials
into the front positions.
Today'S communique was the
first In many weeks to report Rus
Continued on Page 8. Col u
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16
|Liiiie's Bail Cut
To Same Figure as
Estranged wife's
Justice Court Puts Off
Hearings Pending
Grand Jury Action

Mrs. Lillian Richards Lit
tie and her husband. John
Little, were equal Friday as
far as bail was concerned.
In FL Centre justice court
Thursday afternoon Judge John
E. Simpson granted Littlcs request
and Topped $3.50 off the original
bail demand Of $3.50.
That made Littlcs bail tho same
as his estrangcd wife'S. $1,000 Now
the only difference is Mrs.
Little is at liberty while Little still
was a prisoner in the county Jail.
He had been unable to make bail
by press time.
Pending completion of grand
jury investigation now under way,
Judge Simpson continued until
March II preliminary hearing on
three charges against Little, as
sault, filed against him by his wife ;
biganly. filed BY Mrs. Lttle's son
by a former marriage: conspiracy
to commit grand theft and conspir-
acy 10 take public money. filed
against him BY the state.
Proceedings in justice court were
deemed lOrmaliticS because of the
grand Jury investigation of the
tContlnncd en- Page 8. Col, -
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16
70 Lives Lost, DAMAGE
Severe as Storm Abotes

NEW YORK, Feb. l6. CUPp-The
ST. Valentines day blizzard was cS-
timated today to have taken almost
10 lives and to have caused sey-
eral million dollars of damage.
Highways throushout most of the
northeastern Seaboard region were
still blocked by Snowdrift5 that in
some places were 15 feet deep. Small
boats and cottages along the Long
Island, New Jersey. and New Eng
land Goa stS were destroyed
In metropolitan New York, five
persons had died from over-excr-
ton while shoveling snow. Cleaning
the streets was a $l,000,000 job.
New Englands deaths numbered
q and damage was Sl,OO0,O00 In
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16
Flying Dentists
Stop atMexicaIi

SAN DIEGO. Feb l6. ,UPD-Dr.
Cecil r. Smith, pilot, and DR.. Jo-
Scph H. Lorcnz. passenger flying
dentists" of Burlingamc. Cal, took
off today from Lindbcrgh Field in
their Stinson monoplane at 1922 a.
m. for Mexicali. on the second leg
Of their proposed vacation flight to
South America.
Tho air-minded dentists. who said
they arc "nciehbors. cousins. and
competitors" planned TO clear the
customs at MPXicali today and arrive
at Mazatlan. on the western Mexican
coast, sometime tonight.
Staying overnight at Mazatlan
the pair will head their trim little
plane for Mexico City to wait for
an authorization TO continue to-
wards OaXaca Mex.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16
Economy Bloc in
SRA Com promise

SACRAMENTO, Feb. l6. up
Need of more relief funds for Fcbru-
airy today brought agreement from
the assembly economy bloc" to
add Sl,500.0O0 TO the $1O.7OO.OOO tom
porary relief bill 10 hasten final
passage during the weekend.
Administration forces complained
the S4,000000 allocaicd for Fcbru-
airy and March was insufficient and
tho concession from the powerful
economy coalition followed. The sum
Of S4Oc00OO will be retained for
March and the $l,5OO,00O carmarked
for the remainder of February.
The long dreary arguments or
minor amendments continued today
as the third week of the legislature
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16

nearcd close.
The lower house Wranglcd past
midnight last night on tho amend
mcntS and may be forced to con-
tinuc through tho weekend to get
the relief bill finished. Relief Adj
ministrator Walter Chambers warn
I'd that the SRA has been without
funds since Wednesday and unless
the temporary appropriation is vot-
I'd by Monday by both houses,
checks TO relief clients will be held
up.
Tho temporary ALLEGATION. tightly
restricted by the anti-Olson forces,
Il 10 carry the SRA until June !.
Chambers predicted an imuedatc
reduction in budgets or caSs load,
CT both, if the total for February
and March is held to $500 900. He
said $2,5o0,000 was required for Feb
ruary and S60GG,0OO for March.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16
Man Shrinks, Sues
Wife for Divorce

LOS ANGEL LES. Feb. l6. OUP)--
Joseph E. Mayott went to court
today to seek a divorce on these
grounds:
When hc was six feet tall he
wore the pants" in his family.
Then he contracted an incurable
malady which caused him to grow
shorter. With each inch no lost
MS wife pecamc more of an Amazon
Today he is barely five feet in
height.
His vile, he said. beat him, knock.
ed him to the floor and jumped
on him, locked him in the house
on occasions. and took his war vet
eran's 3cnSion away from him to
spend on herself.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16
Webb Miller SAYS
Russ Advance No
Sign Of Collapse
Reporter Believes Finn
Positions Still Good
Despite Rcverses
BY WEBB MILLER

LONDON, Feb. 16. (UP)
-RusSia'S capture Of ad-
vanccd positions before the
Finnish Manncrheim line
constitutes the Films most serious
reverse of tho war. But in my
judgment. based on two months
with the Finnish army and many
visits 10 the isthmus front, the
Russian advance does not fore
shadow the collapse of Finnish re-
sistancc or a Finnish debacle.
So long as both ends of the
1annerheim line remain firmly
anchored by big gun batteries at
Koivisto island on the Finnish
right flank and the Lake Ladoga
batteries on the Taipalc river on
tho left. the Russians cannot cx-
plot their capture Of forward Man
nCrhclm positions.
These heavy Finnish thanking
guns arc still able to hurl a heavy
cross fire into the Soviet positions,
Moreover, on large part OF the
so mile Mannerheim front. the
Firms still maintain their origina,
positions. which have been pune
tured on comparatively narrow Sec
tors.
From personal observations l can
testify that for two months the
Firms had been preparing for this
evcntuality.
To paraphraSC tho late Gen. Fer
dinand Foch, Allied World war
commander in chief, the Firms have
been getting ready to fight in front
of tho Manncrheim line, on the
Mannerhcim line and behind the
Mannerllelm line.
In the course Of few miles. I
counted eight auxiliary lines of
tank barriers behind the Manner
helm front. Even far behind Vii
Continued on l'age 8, Col. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16
BoneNi Jurors
Selected atl. A.

los ANGELES, Feb. l6. oUP)-
A jury of eight women and four
mon today was accepted by opposing
counsel to try William G. BonelE.
equalization board member, and six
others or conspiracy and bribery
charges in connection with south.
cn California's liquor shake down
scandal.
Attorneys started Immediately to
select three alternate jurors and
testimony was expected to open late
today.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16
Britain 10 Send
Soldiers TO Finland

LONDON. Feb. Is. CUP)-A royal
decree permitting Britons to fight
in the Finnish armed forces was
published in the London Gazette
today. The decree. dated Feb. Is,
permits Britona under certain cir
cumstanccS to enlist in the Finnish
army and provision was made for
recruiting British subjects for the
Finnish forces here.
The government took the position
that Rriton6 should be allowed to
fight for the Firms in accordance
with a resolution by the League OF
Nations assembly calling for aid for
Finland.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16
Fugitives from
Here Scattered

Sheriff Robert w. Ware and his
deputies need fleet of planes to
gather in the prisoners arrested
in various parts of the United
States for crimes committed in
Imperial county.
George Ramsey. AWOL from the
county Jail for three weeks, is in
custody in Ell Paso. Harry Reese,
wanted for theft, was arrested in
New Bedford. Mass, and Pete Or
tega is held in Fresno for assisting
in the burglary of the George Hick
cox home near Westmorland last
month
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16

PennSNlEania, mountainous rural
areas where 90 inches of snow fell.
Wcrc still isolated. Thousands or
automobiles were stranded.
At ProvincCtoWn. Mass the 500. GOO
Wharf theatre the nations oldest
summer playhouse was doomed as a
result of the blizzard. The theatre
was gradually collapSing into Prov
incCtOWn harbor.
Two ships were missing. another
was in imminent danger of founder
ing and fourth was described as
drifting derelict" in the storm-lash-
ed Atlantic.
The missing yes ;els were the New
Bedford dragger Palners Island
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16
Second Hand Man
Found Guilty

BRAWLEY. Feb. l6.-Bcn Smith,
second hand dealer Of this city, was
found guilty in Justice court here
today Of failure TO report to police
when he purchased some second
hand property.
The complaint against Smith wa
signed by Deputy Sheriff Joe Liz
arraraS who accused him of failing
to report when he purchased some
farm equipment from Manuel Lo-
pez Romero. Romero was convicted
of stealing the machinery from Ar
ther Kohns, Holtville ranchcr. who
identified the property as his. Judge
II. B. Griffin will pronounce SEN
tCnCc ON Smith Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16
SRA Hearing in
l. A. Postponed

SACRAMENTO, Feb. l6. fUPp--
sam Houston Allen. discharGed Los
Angeles county director of the State
Relief Administration today failed
TO appear at scheduled hearing
on an order abolishing the Los
Angeles county SRA headquarters.
The hearing. which had been re-
queSted by Allen. was postponed in
definitely" The ouSted director was
to have appeared before the SRA
board of personnel standards and
appeals, which originally recon-
mended the closing of the Los An
geles county office to Gov Culbert
Olson,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16
Youth Held for
Theft Of Money

J. c. Brandt. "a. was arraigned
in superior court Friday on charge
of taking S8l8.53 from cigarette
vending machines belonging to a
Los Angeles company which en-
ployed him TO service tho machines.
He signed confession IN which
hc admitted taking tho money be-
tween Sept |. 1899, and Feb. IL.
1910. He said he used the money
for hospital medical. utility and
general living expenses.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16


is on the railroad to Viipuri, and
at two points between Muolaan-
jaervi and VuckSi.
The communque said the Rus
slams succeeded in penetrating to
Finnish positions despite heavy
losses
The Finnish communique said
that the greatest Red army pres
sure was between Hatjalahden lake
and Vucksi, in the center of the
Mannerheim line, and at Taipale,
on the left flank of the line ad-
jaccnt to Lake Ladoga.
About 500 Russian airplanes car
ricd out raids over Finland yes
terday. the communiquc said, and
at least eight Of them were shot
down. Most OF the aerial attacks
were on the isthmus in support of
the Russian offensive.
Finnish planes, hoWcber, bombed
the enemy camps and railroads
successfully" and observed fires
breaking out after bombing the
camps. The railroad is the main
Russian supply line from Lenin-
grad.
Northeast of Lake Ladoga. the
Firms reported they had repulsed
Russian attacks among the islands
there and on the shore, capturing
one enemy strong point. Russian
losses were described as heavy.
The communiqlc also said that
isolated Russian dctachmentS on
tho central Kuhmo front were be-
tCOntinued on Page 8, Col a.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16

employees. wired he could not come
to Sacramento for lack of funds.
Il know the contempt these
groups hold for subpoena" Yorty
declared, and I will ask the assem-
bly, to vote authority for a sergeant
at-arms to go to Los Angeles and
bring Ecolin up here with his rec
ords. We want to know which OF
our state employees belong to this
organization and also show these
people that subpoena must be
obeyed."
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16

and the auxiliary schooner Scrctha
of Yarmouth. N. S.
The ll5-foot Boston trawlcr Flow.
her bow smashed. was bring kept
afloat by bucket brigade" 320
miles cast OF Boston, but Capt.
Gremmer Eggerstrom messaged that
the water was gaining on his 10.
man crew. Her sister ship. the Crest,
was standing by.
Coast guards feared the IL crew
members of the 72-foot Gloucester
fishing schooner Doris NJ Hawes
may have perished. The motorship
Pygmalion reported sighting The ves.
sci, drifting derelict," 10S miles
Oft Cape Hatteras,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16
Clio Wins Election
AT Bright Shed

The CIO carried the collective
bargaining agent election at the
Fred Bright shed in Ell Centre
Friday.
A total of 35 votes were cast
for lie CIO, 9 for the Fruit and
Vegetable Packers association, and
l6 voted to have no bargaining
agent at all
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16

had thrown ono Of the purses miss
ing from the BraWlcy home. Rancy
later 9ound the other purse in
tho same vicinity.
Tho McXicaI'S attempt to throw
the blame on vaguely described
accomplicc, apparently failed to im-
press the court.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16

mVHI1S OF TVPdIT HIIP UIoCdTueU
on{ vacant lot near the BraWley
store Arizona officers did not give
1.-THE youths names.
Highway patrolmen who arrested
the boys placed them in charge OF
the United States marshal at Tue
son because the boys committed
a federal offense when they took
a car stolen in Los Angeles across
the state line into Arizona.
Only part Of tho car number was
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16

shown on the crumpled repair slip,
Sheriff Robert w. Ware said The
name of the car owner. N. M. Fall
of Whittier, appeared there, how
ever. The name and part of the
car number revealed that the Fall
car was reported stolen in Los An
geles. Tracing it to Arizona was a
simple matter thereafter, Ware
said
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16
Negro Infant Dies
In Water Ditch

CALIPATRIA, Feb l6.--Robcri
Mays. three-year-old son of Mr.. ano
Mrs. Robert Mays. Sr.. Negro resi-
dents of this area. drowned in an il.
rigaton ditch today.
Deputy Sheriff Guy Woods sale
tho child slipped into the water
while playing on the ditch bank.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16

7 UH9 Wdo 5UUpcHaCu II tne ncdr-
ing room to bring his records to
Sacramento Monday. HS demurred
on grounds he had no money to
make the trip and Stalkcd away
with the remark: You Just try
and sec them-in a pigs eye"
YOrty said the sheriff in Los
Angeles had been unable to serve
Subpen3S on officers of Labors Nom
Partisan League or the Workers
Alliance, while William Ecolin, sec
rctary Of the State, County and
Municipal Workers of America. a
10 affiliated organization of state
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16
Republicans Set
Par|ey June "a
COP National Chairman Hopes FDR
Is Third Term Candidate SO Election
Can Settle New De al Issue in u. S.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. (UP)-The Republican Ma
tonal Committee today heard Chairman John D. NJ. Ham
ton hope for the nomination of President Roosevelt
Democratic third candidate and went to select
June 21 as the date of the Republican nominating
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16
SRA Union Defies
yorty Committee

SACRAMENTO Feb 16 (UP)-Faurc of subpenaed
witnesses to appear today halted the Yory committee in
veSgatlng Communism in the SRA after brief but heat
ed furry between Chairman Sam Yory and Oscar Fuss
president of the Los Angeles Workers Alliance.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16
crumPIed Paper
TrdpS ; Thi ewes

crumpled automobile repair slip led to the of
three youths wanted charge of burgarzng the Braw
Icy Cash Grocery last Saturday night.
Two MeXicans and Japanese youth arrested at
Buckeye, Arz. Thursday night in stolen traced by
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16
Reds Crack Munnerheim
Line; Finns Bomb Soviet
Railroads. Supply Camps
'He|sinki Admits Russian Troops Inside
Defenses. Claims Heavy Losses Paid
AS Price Of Temporary Victory

IIEISINKI. Feb. 16. UP)-A communquc today
announced that the Rcd army offensive against the Man
nerhem line had penetrated 'to Finnish positionS' at
three points on the kareian lsthmus.
The communique said the Russian advances made
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16

Sales on CrutcheS-
AT first we were mighty SYM
pathetic toward Jack Kirkpatrick
after he hurt his ankle in basket
ball game at the high school. But
now were beginning to suspect a
little method behind it all.
A friend Of ours saw Jack, a for
lorn figure on crutches, doing a
land office business selling SUBJ
scriptions to The school annual. He
was working the sympathy gag over
time. and now he has sold more than
either the freshman or the soph-
more claSs
Worst of it was. if the sympathy
gag failed. he corraled customers
by poking them into corners with
his crutchcs!
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16

IBrrrrrrrrrrrrr-
Wonder if this spoiled Foster
McClurc's dilmerl
Mcclure marched into an Ell Gen.
tro cafe the other evening. shortly
after man had dropped dead
there. The heart attack victim hat
been carried away and there was
10 excitement when Mcclure enter
cd.
Il want a steak. right away" he
ordered. A waitress named Clara
Nhjsked into the kitchen and oui
again and planked the steak in front
of him. 1t had taken about two
seconds.
Mcclure consumed the steak
thinking to himself that this cafe
had tho most remarkable service
IN the world And then someone
told him. He got the steak cooked
for the man who had just passeo
out!
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16
AIRLINE EXPECTED HERE WITHIN YEAR
Il EPORTER

Spring Again
Somehow it amused us greatly
burly Paul House picking sweet peas
in front of Ben Hulse's place! Never
can tell who the finer things in life
will bowl over next!
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16
Which Is Which,

Which Is Which,
Phil Holman brought up very
rice question in language determina-
ton, or something. the other day
when ho returned from interviewing
Il number of Indians OH the Yuma
reservations regarding old age secur-
ity
This beats me-" he sighed. "ThOSe
DIndians answer every question quite
, readily. but ] still can't get the
straight of it. To every question
they reply with an Ugh and l can't
tell which Ugh means yes and which
means no."
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16

Butter: Los Angeles 32c; but
terfat, Imperiai Valley Z. o. b. ranch.
grade A. 42c; manufacturing milk
36c; route gathered cream 30'ic.
L. A. hay: U. s. No. sl6.50-l7'
L. S. No. 2 leafy Sl4-s15; U. s. No.
2 s11-sl2; Mpls. May flax sl.s7.
Lettuce: IS & IS S1.50-S2.S.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-20
NAZI AIR FLEETS
TAKE BRIEF REST
Only Minor Scout Forces
Sent Over England To
Check Raid Results

BERLIN, Aug. 19.-R-Ger-
many's air fleets took a semi-holi-
day in the air war against Eng
land today, sending over the Eng
lish channel only minor forces OF
scouts to check results of more
than a week of mass assault, and,
apparently to spot fresh targets.
What the Germans called arm"
ed reconnaissance" today was a
far cry from the raids by hum
dreds Of planes which began Aug.
8. But it came amid indications
that Germany is %readying her arm
ed might for the blow which the
Nazis hope will knock out Eng
land and end the war
There were indications that the
huge assault might come this
week.
Just as ne had warned during
the invasion of the lowlands and
France, Adolf Hitler informed
Great Britain through Swiss diplo-
matte channels that the British
must treat his parachute troops
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