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Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
IL Thomas Dies
Of Heart Attack
While vacafioninq
Pioneer Real Estate
Broker PASSES Suddenly
In No. California

L. J. Thomas, real estate
dealer of Imperial and one
of Imperial Valleys we'll
known residents, died from
a sudden heart attack early
Friday while on a vacation trip
in northern California.
He left Imperial Monday with
his wife and grandson, Ben, of
San Diego, for Dardanelle. Mrs.
Thomas telegraphed Imperial
friends from Sonora that her hus-
band was dead. She sent no fur
ther details.
Immediately upon receipt of
news of the death Gerald c. Thom-
as OF San Diego, a son, left by
plane to join his mother.
Thomas was one of the most
colorful of Imperial Valley resi-
dents and played a part in almost
all types of civic affairs during
the many years he called the val
ley his home. He was born in Kan
sas and came to the valley in JAM,
1909.
For many years he travelled in
the United States and Europe as
a salesman of magic lantern slides
and stereoptican views. He was q
great believer in the advantages
of salesmanship and urged young
men to train themselves in sales
manship no matter what business
or profession they planned to fol-
low.
During late years he was real
estate broker with offices in I'm
perial. In 1918 he was president
OF the Imperial Valley Bankers
association. He was a member of
the California Control club, and
active in the Progressive Republican
club beginning in 1912. He worked
for the Imperial County fair and
for years was active in the Asso-
ciated Chambers of Commerce.
Funeral services were not COM
plete Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
Young wi||kieites
Bolt Club in Row
Over Membership
No Restrictions on Who
Can Work for Willike'
Goal of New Group

Republicans, Democ r a t S
and partyless youths bolted
the young Republicans Fri
day because Young Repub-
lican officials told a Young
Democrat to stay away from meet
ings of their organization.
A few hours later revolving
Young Republicans joined Willkie-
supporting Democrats and young
people with no party affiliations
as yet and laid the groundwork
for the partisan Willkie Vol
unteers of Imperial Valley.
Anyone who wants to work for
Wilkes election without being
dominated by old-line Republican
politicians may join the volunteers
and get busy campaigning for
Willkie," one of the leaders said.
The bolt to the non-partisan
Volunteers came close on the heels
of an ultimatum two officials Of
the Young Republicans served on
Russell Yeager, the piece de re-
sistance of Tuesday nights battle
to keep everyone out of the Young
Republicans except registered Re-
publicans.
He accepted the ultimatum and
said he hoped he would be able to
work in some group dedicated to
Willkie and that the two groups
could work together to elect Will
kie and hold combined rallies as
the election neared.
John Raymond, registered Young
Republican, said in calling meet
ing of the Volunteers at the court
house next Monday night at 8
o'clock:
81 was in that battle at the
Young Republicans Tuesday night
and I still don't see why anyone
Continued on Page 6, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09

plane here, had not been ques-
toned, however.
Officials of American Airlines
Inc, operators of the plane, had
asserted that Stewardess Rosemary
Griffith, "a, had been found un-
conscious in the women's lounge
They permitted no outsiders to
talk to her in a local hospital,
but quoted her as saying that a
man had entered, demanded the
key to the baggage compartment.
then slugged her before she could
see him. On the floor, before she
lost consciousness, she swallowed
the key to be sure that he couldn't
get it.
Last night United Press reporters
learned from postal inspector and
Continued on Page 6, Col. %
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
Debate O. pens on
Conscription Bill

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. (UP)-
Chairman Morris Sheppard of the
Military Affairs committee, open
ing senate debate on the conscrip-
ton bill today, told his colleagues
that the measure is necessary to
meet the threat of certain die
tor-controlled nations"
Urging speedy passage of the
measure, Sheppard said that the
worlds totalitarian countries "evi-
IDENTIFY do not propose to end until
all democracies and freedom shall
be blasted from the earth"
AS reported by Sheppard's COM.
mittee three days ago, the bill
would require 100000 men be-
tween the ages of 81 and 81 to
register for army service. About
100000 actually would be called
up for years compulsory train
ing.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
War Dept
Key Port on Coast

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9. (UP)
The war department today named
San Francisco as "the key port on
the Pacific coast" and said Oak
land and Alameda have the neces-
sary attribute of successful sea-
ports.
The report was one of a series
prepared jointly by the board of
engineers for rivers and harborS
and the United States maritime
commission. 1t included Richmond
and upper San Francisco bay ports.
The survey of a 10-year period
from 1923 to 1887 showed San
Franeisco's 81 piers, wharves and
docks provide 17la miles of berth
ing space for vessels handling gen.
eral cargo and passengers.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
Blonde Tigress"
Escapes Prison

DWIGHT, ILL.,, Aug. 9. (UP)-A
posse beat through a cornfield
near the Oakdale reformatory for
women without success early today
in search for Eleanor Jarman,
36, known as the blonde tigresS"
because she once kicked a dying
man in the face.
More than 100 guards and state
police had guarded the cornfield
all night and began a systematic
search at dawn. Two state high
way patrolmen had reported seeing
two women, believed to be the
escaped murderess and Mary Fos-
ter, who fled the reformatory with
her, in the field last night.
Mrs. Jarman had been serving
1879 years for numbering a Chicago
haberdasher during a holdup in
1888. She and her men companions
were identified by almost so holdup
victims.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
MorQenthau Forec casts Five Billion
Dollar Deficit, Recommends Hasty
PASSAGE Of Excess Profits Measure

said, mot only to provide for
changes in the period of amortiza-
ton on war facilities, and for the
suspension of the present profit
limitation on certain army and navy
contracts, but also to enact an ex-
cess profits tax that will provide
additional revenue without restrict
ing the productive activity neces-
sary for defense"
Morgenthau said an immediate
Qualification of amortization policy
was necessary, since a barrier of
uncertainty had arisen in the
minds of contractors doing govern
ment business.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
Demos viii Sell
Campaign Books

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. (UP)-
The Democratic national commit
tee will sell campaign books con-
tanning paid advertising as usual
to raise 1910 funds despite the
proposal of Attorney General Ro-
bert H. Jackson that they be out
lawed, it was revealed today.
Charles Nicholson, national COM
mittee publicity director, revealed
the campaign book program at a
press conference arranged for Ed
ward j. Flynn, who will succeed
James A. Farley as committee
chairman Aug. II.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
Here's Once the
Cava|ryFai|ed

WORCESTER, Mass, Aug. 9. CUP)
John Kehowski, 5. nursed bumps
and bruises today because the "U.
S. Cavalry failed to arrive in the
proverbial nick of time.
He was seized by a group of boys
playing Indians yesterday and tied
to the rear bumper of an automo-
bile owned by Roger Rice to await
rescue by the cavalry Rice ar
rived first, however, and drove his
car until halted by the shouts
of onlookers.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09

The order-plus a new disclosure
gave the mystery sinister cast.
The man the girl said slugged her
from behind in search of the key
to the baggage compartment, ac-
tually got into the compartment
though she swallowed the key to
prevent him from getting it. The
compartment contained part of the
ships mail cargo.
Postal Inspector Thomas Cotton
rode with the planes passengers
on to Los Angeles and soon after
he arrived there, he ordered all
mail that had been aboard the
plane held up pending the COM
pletion of his investigation. He in
terrogated all the passengers, took
their names and addresses, and
permitted them to go their way.
Some passengers, who left the
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09


w. e. Potts. Calexico's are j. J.
Buckley. Max Brentz. Calure Ritter.
and AL Vierhus.
In Imperial's delegates will be
State Commander Dunn. d. J. Nc
Christy. Phil Holman and Jack
Murphy.
The Ell Centre auxiliary delegates
are Mrs. Edna Morrison. Mrs. Doro-
thy Riddle. and Mrs. Katherine
Thompson. The alternates are Mrs.
Fanny Kuhn. Mrs. Hester Lehman.
and Mrs. Viola Nails.
Delegates to the 8 ct 10 con-
vention are Mrs. Grace Ware. Mrs.
Morrison. Mrs. Sophronia Griffin.
Mrs. Florence Richards. and Mrs.
Hazel Dotson.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
Only % Of 1000 Planes
Now Under Construction

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. (UP)-
Secretary of War Henry L. Slim
son told Congress today that the
war department has been able to
sign contracts for only 33 out of
more than 1000 planes provided
for in the multi-billion- dollar de-
tense program.
StimSon said the chief stumb-
ling block was the lack of a salts
factory amortization program, by
means of which manufacturers
would receive tax concessions for
plant expansion costs.
His disclosure of the 33-plane
order jolted members of the joint
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
Valley Lesionnaires Set =
To Jam s. D. for PurIev

American Legionnaires and mem
bers of the auxiliary to 40 ct s,
and 8 ct 40 in every nook and cor
ner of Imperial Valley prepared
FRIDAY to attend state conventions
IN San Diego during the next five
days.
Members of the Legion will rally
around State Commander w. S.
Dunn OF Imperial and usher him
out OF office at the close of his
term with a demonstration of ap-
probation.
The Imperial Valley boys band.
costumed in brilliant yellow shirts,
big black sombreros, and Levi over
alls will represent the valley legion
posts in the big parade. Every legion
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09

post and auxiliary unit will be
represented by their colors and a
marching line if uniformed mem
bers.
In San Diego, the convention city,
war planes roared in mass forma-
ton over the town Friday and the
flag -decked downtown district hum
med with excitement as the van
guard of more that 25,000 Legion
naires and affiliated veteran groups
arrived for the convention.
Brawley's official delegates are
Hayes Parker. Walter Kretz. Charles
Nice, II. p. Wilke. Bern Monte. and
Wiles Nichols.
The Holtville post delegates are
Martin Munson. Ray Mouser, and
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
1910 CottonLoa
Plans Announced

WASHINGTON. Aug. 9. UP)-
The commodity credit corporation
today announced a 1910 cotton loan
program, under which growers who
planted within their acreage allot-
ments may borrow from GIG to 9.9
cents a pound on 1916 inch stock.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09

The orders for his return to the
United States conceded with a pub
lie rebuke to Cudahy by acting
Secretary of State Sumner Welles
for views expressed by Cudahy in
a recent newspaper interview in
London. Cudahy had praised the
conduct of German soldiers in
Belgium.
Welles said the interview was
given ''in violation of standing in
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
OPIUM SMUGGIER
SENT TO PRISON

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 9. CUPl
Frank Wong, Los Angeles importer.
today was sentenced to one year
in federal penitentiary in connec-
ton with attempts to smuggle $l8.-
600 worth of opium from the S. S.
President Coolidge.
Charles Erwin, member of the
ships crew, is awaiting sentence and
two other men are awaiting trials
in the same case.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
Britain Strikes Back at
Italian Armies S, Continues
Air Raids into GERMANY
p AMel|Ne
X zpoR1Ee

She Is Too
People aften have been tried be-
yond endurance. Such one was
Miss Helen RumSey. Her name was
left off the official list Superin-
tendent Guy Weakley sent the Post
Press when new teachers were an
nOunced.
AS soon as the list, still minus hel
name, was printed she was over
Whelmed with why, I though you
were going to teach in FL Centre
this year Are you going back to
MelomadP" and What happened"
IT wore her down. She called for
help.
SO, RR hastens to announce, she
is going to teach in FL Centro, at
Harding school, in fact.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09

structions of the department of
state, and certain of the views ex-
pressed by the ambassador are not
to be construed as representing the
views of this government"
The formality with which Welles
made public his rebuke and the
orders for Cudahy's return to the
United States indicated that fur
ther discipline may await the en-
voy.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
Mid Air SIu99in9
Mystery Deepens

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Aug 8. (UP)-What happened
to the beautiful sewardess of the luxurious sleeper
plane high the Tennessee mountains became of
mystery today postal authorities ordered the planes
mail impounded for inspection
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
Views of Envov
Cause His Recall

WASHINGTON Aug. 8. (UP)-President Roosevelt
today ordered John Cudahy, American ambassador to
Belgium recalled to the United States immediately for
consultation -
The announcement of this move was made bv the
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
Baseball
By UNITED PRESS
NATIONAL


Brooklyn .......... 900 900 010-18-0
Boston ............. 900 600 OO0-0-4-3
Wyatt & Phelps; Erickson &
BerreS, Mast.
Chicago at Pittsburgh, night.
st. Louis at Cincinnati, night.
AMERICAN
Philadelphia 80. 900 600 000-0 2 2
New York ..... 600 Oil 00x-2 8
Babich. Huesser & Hayes: Ruff
fling. Sundra & Rosar.
Boston 212 00-
washington ------.-------.--.---.-. ZUU w
Ostermueller, Bagby & Foxx
Leonard & Ferrell
Detroit at Chicago, night game.
Cleveland at st. Louis, night.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
Dec cision HinQes
On echnicoIitv
I'm Fed erQI Law
Jurors Ask Judge If Former ChiefCan
Be Convicted Without Proof He Knew
yamatoda Was to be Taken Across Line

LOS ANGELES Aug g. (Specal)-The first indi-
cation that jury trying j. Sterling Oswalt and others
kidnapping charges may be debating outright acquitta
of the former Ell Centre police chief came TODAY when
jurors deved into records of the 13week trial after re-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
Far East Sees England Give U p Lengthy
Influence to Consolidate Positions.
Eliminate Empire Weakest Points
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS
United Press Foreign News Editor

Great Britain Struck back through The air at Italian
armed forces in east Africa Friday and continued pound
ing aerial and sea with Germany.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
The Right idea

The Right Idea
Just to make the chamber of
commerce feel right about it, we'll
let them have the story of Donald
Lawson, 5, whose family recently
moved to Napa. Where it's cool.
you know. Donald came back on
a visit.
Pow do you like it up there?"
q friend asked
"Aw." said Dorald, IT don't like
it. When I get married and an
automobile. I'm going to move back
to Ell Centro."
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09

Phonetic
A correspondent, evidently a bit
muddled by all this war business.
and possibly an isolationist at
heart, gave vent to all her perleXity
the other day through the simple
device of spelling. The copy desk
was startled to find reference in
her report to "the form wars"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
More Errors

More Errors
The proof reader is on vacation,
folks so Just take it easy Person.
ally, although our pride was hurt
no end, we couldn't help getting
a bang out of the typographical
error in this, now, newspaper which
said. in describing social marty:
Those present were Mr. end Mrs.
Cecil Patterson and laughter :"
A gay time must have been had
by all.
Unkindest Cut of ALL
1t was the eighth inning. The
Imperial bows softball team had
an 18 to 3 advantage over the Post
Press boys team from Ell Centre.
(The game, we blush to confess,
ended 90 to 3 in favor of the I'M
perial Youngsters In that eighth
inning, one of the Imperial youngs-
ters made an error. From the
leather lungs of an Imperial rooter
came a below:
"Whatts' the matte with you.
anyway. You act like you must
have played on Burdette Kinne's
team some time"
Burdette, Post-Press sports editor
and coach for the boys who lost,
was still sinking deiectedlv down
dark bypaths at last reports.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09

Butter: Los Angeles 29tsc; but
terfat, Imperial Valley I. o. b. ranch,
grade A 381ac; manufacturing milk
323c; route gathered cream 28hc.
l.. A. Hay: u. s. No. I $3.50
U. S. No. leafy $ll.50-$l2; us. No.
2 S9.5O-1O; Mpls. September flax,
Sl.52hz.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09

Quite an Old Gal
Another error was closer to
} home. Even while a chuckle was
going around on the subject of the
correspondents spelling, the copy
desk had headline called to its
attention. The headline reported
that the Ell Centric chamber Of
commerce had just celebrated its
84th birthday. The story. which
was right, said it was the 34th.
Tring to make an old gal out of
er, eh?
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09

(TOtal cash, checks and drafts sent
through the two FL Centre banks.)
Evening star., 1940-04-18
Bremen Is Reported
Sunk With $1,000
Troops Aboard
Berlin Denies Story
Told by SoiIor Token
From Torpedoed Ship
BY the Associhted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, April l8.-Exchange
Telegraph, British news agency, to-
day quoted Norwegian survivor Of
the torpedoed British steamer Stan
cliffe as saying the German liner
Bremen had been sunk of Nor
way with $4,000 troops.
The seaman, named Rydningen,
was saved after the Stanclif1e was
torpedoed of the North Scottish
coast last Friday.
The agency quoted Rydningen as
saying that a telegram announcing
safe arrival at Norwegian port
had been found in the Bremen cap
tain's pocket and that it was sent to
Germany by Norwegian authorities.
Report Denied Last Week.
German authorities in Berlin
last week denied earlier reports
that the Bremen had been sunk
early in the occupation Of Den-
mark and Norway. Today au-
thorized German sources said
they had no information on the
liner, but that the latest report
sounds like "the same old swindle
which has been frequently re-
vived by the British.')
Rydningen was one of 16 survivors
landed today at a Northern port by
vessel which rescued them after
they spent three days in an open
boat. The bodies of six Of their
companions were in the boat.
The Stancliffe, Ashton steamer,
was torpedoed 40 miles of the north
coast of Scotland last Friday, with
the captain and 13 others killed or
swept overheard. The remaining "a
launched a Ifeboat; 7 died at sea
and l soon after the landing.
Unrestricted War Threatened.
Robert Evans, the second engi-
neer, said the German submarine
which torpedoed the Stancliffe came
alongside the lifeboat after she was
launched, and, covering her with a
machine-gun, took Rydningen
aboard.
Rydningen said the German cap
tain gave the warning that the Ger
mans would sink every ship at
sight and spare nobody after May"
Then, he said, he was handed a
bottle of rum. 500 cigarettes. the
lifeboat's position and the course to
steer before being returned to the
lifeboat.
Among the survivors landed today
were three colored men suffering
from frostbite and with feet so
swollen they had to be carried
ashore.
Evening star., 1940-04-18
Hungary Is Reported.
Planning Soviet Plea
To Check Na1is
Budapest Losing Faith
In ltoIy's Influence in
Keeping Bolkons Safe

By the Associated Press.
BUDAPEST, April ls.-Hungary
is contemplating talks with Soviet
Russia to ward of . possible Ger
man invasion OF Southeastern Eu-
rope. authoritative persons said to-
day.
Just as Rumania and Yueoslayia
appeared to be turning toward Mos
COW for support of their neutrality,
Hungary, long regarded as the most
anti-Soviet nation in Europe, was
believed planning to follow a similar
course.
The hope for Russian support was
based principally on the belief that
the Russians. despite their non-ag-
gression and trade alliance with the
Reich, are against any German ad-
vance into the Balkans and may be
able to bring enough pressure on
Germany to hold her off.
The Yugoslav government has an
nounced that delegation would
leave for Moscow to sign a treaty
for a resumption of trade relations
severed since the Russian revolu-
ton.
Evening star., 1940-04-18
Program of the D. A. r.
Tonight-Pan-Amer Eveninx.

Ion1ght-Pan- American Evening"
Concert, until Band Orchestra It. Charles
Assembly, Rsns sa-wnfrsd Kemp principal
eo by e 5
State flags and flags American Union 0 ~
1nvocatonDr James shera Montgomery chaplain Repre-
Use the Flag COMMITTEE
The National Anthemhe assembage Mrs Leland Duxbury
Greetings Henry M Robert n pres
Response 6r director Union
Good Neghbor Policy for the Americas Dr.
Ridley watkins Soprano Gertrude McRae NASH &C.
salvador % Chairman sn'e Gov D'
The retiring of the
Muic-United States Navy
Morning.
5sns leader ssndls. assistant .'
c called q 1 pPesdsa " the pages
ss psSs and o to s sss William
Committee 1'''' '''''' vice
Reading Of the general
Final report OF the Resolutions Committee Een
q s:sn: sa1sf 0, Fulton
unfnisned eG%nsnsaaes: eusines:,
hduic-United States Navy Band Orchestra
At IL O'Clock.
ns and
the presidents sensseeet
nj States Navy Band oseess
State the retiring vice snal and vice presidents
Of State regents and state vice
Presentation newly elected honorary presidents general
st. Be the Te That sind the ..ses.s.
Ben sst,ne q he sas1.n se;s1. general
Adjournment ninth Continental Congress.
Ad'isc-united States Navy Band Orchestra.
Tomorrow Afternoon
s Whit. ao:: : =: 81 os,oef ''' ''' 0''''''' 0'0''''
Evening star., 1940-04-18

best left to the astrologers at Coney
Island"
OF domestic propaganda, Mr.. Ours
Ter charged "trickery' in the motion
picture industry, where directors
and writer's conSpire together to slip
into dialogue and action Communist
propaganda"
He criticized the Institute Of Prop
aganda Analysis which, he said, ap-
parently had not got around to
investigating this and other propa-
ganda sources, including the Con-
gress Of Industrial Organizations,
consumers unions decrying "the
American way Of production and dis
tribution," and textbook writer's
seeking Ito corrupt the outlook of
our young people"
Mr.. Oursler warned the delegates
of the widespread activities of
foreign undercover agents in the
United States, particularly Nazi
representatives.
der Feuhrer's agents are busy in
our midst" he declared II have no
doubt at least one OF them has
copy of this address right now"
He charged that as a direct or in
direct result Of Germany's interna-
tional propaganda machine, there
are in the United States alone 800
societies formed for the purpose of
"fomenting anti-Semitism.
Mr.. Oursler referred to the investi-
cation of un-American activities and
the Overwhelming majorities" Of the
citizens who made it clear they
wanted the investigation continued.
Determined to "Clean House."
"Al the radical propaganda in the
country" he said, "all the sneers,
jeers and smears could not divert
them from their determination to
clean house"
Mr.. Oursler said that though this
Nation is sympathetic toward vari-
Gus countries in theii wars" propa-
ganda has not yet succeeded in
making any substantial group Of
American citizens believe that we
should get into this war"