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Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-27


Fascist war industries.
Throughout the night the German
air force smashed at land objectives
around London-Which suffered a
six-hour air raid alarm-and at the
great industrial areas of the mid
lands, possibly in the Birmingham
area. But during the day the Nazi
raids were reduced to isolated
flights along the southern coast and
an hour-long attack on a ship con-
voy off Scotland.
In Italy, British bombers raided
the great Fiat automobile and air.
plane motor factory at Turin and
magnetic plant near Milan, re-
porting that they had started fires.
Rome said that hangar was struck
at Milan but that otherwise damage
was not serious.
The Fascist press angrily de-
nounced the Egyptians for aiding
Britain and warned that Italy would
answer with "the sword"
A new threat of conflict arose in
the Balkans as a result of a clash
between a Rumanian fighting plane
and a Hungarian bomber, which
was damaged but managed to land
safely. The Budapest version of
the fight was that the Hungarian
plane was patrolling Hungarian ter
ritory when attacked near Debrecen.
The German night raids were
described as the most severe since
mass aerial warfare started. There
was heavy damage and many cas-
ualties.
Severest attacks, apparently, were
in the vital midlands area-the
pittsburgh" of England. London
admitted fires were started by Ger
man bombs and industrial property
damaged in raids on two towns.
The attack on London apparently
was designed to haraSs British
nerves, deprive war workers of their
sleep and interfere with night Shifts
in was factories.
LondOn'S anti-aircraft guns Slam
med away at the raiders and unoffi-
cial reports said they brought down
three. Official bulletins credited
them with one.
The score in yesterdays air action
was set today in London at as Ger
man planes down and 155 British
planes lost. Eleven British pilots
were safe.
The British press felt the air
assault on the British Isles had
entered its second phase. The times
of London suggested the third phase
might be an attempted invasion by
sea.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-27
Arm 10 Preserve
Peace. Cudahy
Advises Veterans
World is Military Mad
And u. S. Must Act,
Says Ambassador

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27.
(UP)--A plea by Ambassador
John Cudahy to the Veterans
of Foreign Wars and the ma
ton, for a United States pre-
pared for war in order to preserve
peace, will be followed today by an
address by Charles j. Post, commits
sioner of the U. S. Department OF
Labor.
Post and E. B. De Groot, Pacific
coast representative of the Boy
Scouts of America, was slated to
speak as most of the $4,000 veterans
and members of the auxiliary made
ready for huge military parade.
The morning and early afternoon
sessions were devoted to reports OF
officers and committees.
Military Mad
Cudahy, ambassador to Belgium,
addressed the convention last night.
Cudahy ridiculed the fear that IAN
adequate army and navy must lead
the United States into wars"
How can any reasonable man
or woman who has eyes to see and
ears to hear, doubt that this world
has gone military mad-and we must
become a military nation
Cudahy, whose address bore the
approval of the state department
reiterated the defense, attributed to
him in a recent press interview, OF
the surrender of King Leopold to
Germany. 1t was for the interview
that the ambassador was called
home to be publicly exonerated after
an explanation to his superiors.
The ambassador likened Leopold
to Gen. Robert E. Lee, who had
no alternative but to surrender"
when he saw his army harrassed
and retreating and thousands of his
people turned into starving, terror
driven refugees"
He said Belgium had not ex-
pected war and "strove for peace,
just as all in this country desire
peace. But peace is not had merely
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-27
Little WaI
Breaks Out on
Soviet Border

BUCHAREST, Aug. 27 UP)-
Informed Rumanian sources tonight
asserted that "a little war" has
broken out in the Russian border
and reports circulated that both
Soviet Russia and Germany are
concentrating heavy forces on Balk-
an frontiers.
Reports from sources close to
the Rumanian general staff said
fighting has been going on for sew
eral days along the new frontiers of
Russia and Rumania.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-27

jr., OF Massachusetts. minority lead
er in the house of representatives
and chairman of the Republican
national committee. He introduced
Gov. Harold f. StaSsen of Mime
sofa, who in turn presented McNary
and formally notified him of the
nomination.
There were seating facilities at
the fairgrounds fgr only 10000
persons but officials said at least
$4,000 crowded into the park. Many
heard only the ceremony. They
stood in corners of the park from
which they we're unable TO see the
speakers platform.
Most of the business houses and
all the state and municipal Offices
were closed In this capital city of
less than 10000 persons--its popu-
1ation now swelled to twice normal
size,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-27
U.s.. Dismisses Charges Against
Asserted 'King-pin' as Trial Opens
In Gambling Racket Case

CHICAGO, Aug. 27 CUP)-The
federal government opened the in
come tax trial of an alleged oper-
ator of multimillion dollar gamb-
ling syndicate today BY dismissing
charges against William r. Skid
more, reputed "kir2-pin" of the
operation. and three co-defendants.
The dismissals were moved by
government prosecutors as selec-
tion Of a jury began before Judge
John p. Barnes to try a charge that
William (Big Bib johnson evad-
ed paymert of $1887,664 in taxes
on his income from gambling en-
terprises during the last four years.
Skidmore, reputedly Johnson's
partner, and II others had been
accused of aiding and abetting the
evasion. In addition to Skidmore.
the government dismissed charges
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-27
McNary CIimaxes Political Life
By Accepting Nomination for
vice.President on COP Ticket

SALEM, Ore. Aug. 81 CUP)--A
few miles from the farm on which
he was born, Sen. Charles L. Nc
Nary today climaxed his political
career by accepting the Republican
vice-presidential nomination.
Before perhaps 10000 persons he
sounded the keynote on which he
based his candidacy as running
mate to presidential candidate Wen
dell Willkie.
The ceremony was held at the
state fairgrounds here in the state
capital On the platform with Nc
Nary were 50 members of the Of
ficial notification committee a
party leader from each state, terri
tory and possession-and dignitar-
les high in the official life of Ore
gon, the Pacific northwest and the
nation.
Presiding was Joseph w, Martin,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-27

contain a greater number.
Failure to comply with the order
within the four months will be pun
ishable by fines not exceeding 81 1000
and Imprisonment for not more than
six months. Exempt from the order
are diplomats, consuls, and aliens
who will be leaving the country
before Dec 26.
Secretaries of associations and
clubs composed of foreign born resi-
dents assisted postmasters of the
county by distributing preliminary
questionnaires among their men,
berS.
The preliminary questionnaires
we're arranged so the aliens will
have time to gather data as to date
and ports of arrival and the names
of boats on which they reached the
United States and other factual
matter.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-27

against William Goldstein. attor-
1ey for Skidmore, Orrie Alexander.
tlleged gambling house operator.
and Miss Bernice Downey, operator
Of currency exchange through
which the government charged the
gambling profits passed.
Skidmore still faces a charge of
evading approximately S5OO.OO0 tax
on his income for 1933-38 inclusive
and Goldstein is under indictment
for perjury in telling a grand jury
that he didn't know buildings he
bought for johnson and Skidmore
were used for gambling purposes.
U. S. District Attorney William
]. Campbell said Skidmore was dis
missed from the johnson case sole
ly to protect the government in a
very good peronal income tax case" !"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-27


1900. To these votes, however, must
be added whatever percentage of
1241 absentee ballots is finally voted.
OF these, 440 have been voted al
ready. These must be counted be-
fore Sept 3, but will not be counted
Immediately.
County Clerk w. j. McClelland
exlained that the absentee ballots
which have been filed in his office
will be held until Sept. 8, or until
he is certain all those which have
been mailed out to prospective vot-
ers have been returned or discarded.
With so many absentee ballots in
the mail, observers believed there
was little chance the absentee re-
suits will be counted by the county
board of supervisors before Sept. g.
The exceptionally light vote
throughout the county Tuesday
morning gave rise to the belief that
only from 80 to 35 per cent of the
19646 registered voters here would
go to the polls.
OF the total number of registered
voters, 12,200 are Democrats, 6,596
are REPUBLICANS, and the rest are
divided into other groups. Two are
Communists.
On the basis of indications before
1890, Ell Centre was casting the
heaviest vote of the incorporated
areas, with Brawley and Calexico
equally light. Rural precincts fol-
lowed the usual pattern of a COM
paratively lighter vote in each pre-
cinct. Imperial, at its city hall pre-
cinct, was one of the highest in
the county at 1890, with 60 per-
sons having voted there at that time.
Voters were balloting on a United
States senator, with Hiram john
son three to one favorite to win
election at the primary; a congress-
man from the Imperial-Sa Diego
district, with Ed Fletcher favored
slightly over Ed v. Izac; and on
state senator, state assemblyman,
superior court judge, supervisors in
three districts, and county central
committeeman in five Supervisorial
districts.
Candidates for state senator were
George Luckey and Charles VIE
man, for assemblyman Harvey Has
tain and Herbert Lowdermilk, and
for judge Vaughn N. Thompson and
Charles Childers. In the Ell Centro
district superNsorial race Hugh Os-
borne was opposed by I. S. McEl-
vaney, in Brawley B. M. Graham
was opposed by I. A. Pearson, and
IN the Imperial district A. Y. Preble
was unopposed
Thirty-five persons were running
Tor "a positions on Democratic and
Republican county central commit
tees.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-27
Purge Campaign
ADDS Interest TO
Calf. Banotinu
Olson Seeking to Rid
Legislature of His
Personal Foes

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug.
27. (UP) California voters
went to the polls today to
ballot on primary nOmina-
tions for federal, state and
local offices, with the reelection
campaign of veteran United States
Senator Hiram johnson, Republican,
the major issue.
Local legislative contests assumed
above-normal importance because of
the purge" campaign of Democratic
Governor Culbert L. Olson, seeking
to rid the state legislature of un-
friendly lawmakers.
Each of CALIFORNIA; 19 incumbent
congressman sought denomination.
Thirteen candidates scrambled for
the vacancy left by the death OF
the late Thomas Eaton of Long
Beach.
Polls are open from am. to 7
pm, except in San Francisco,
where the hours are from 7 am.
to pm.
The conScription battle in con-
gress has intensified the senatorial
campaign in California, since the
veteran johnson is an ardent isola-
zionist. He resigned as governor OF
California in 1917 to enter the SEN
ate and has been a caustic critic
of draft legislature in the current
controversy.
Three Speeches
johnson confined his active CAM
paign to three radio speeches from
Washington defending his isola-
zionist theories as one "who wants
no war"
He was opposed on the Republi-
can ballot by three Democrats, AS
Continued on Page 6, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-27
Bookkeeper Found
Dead in Bed

HOLTVILLE. Aug. 81 James
Austin Rosenbalm. 4O-year-old book
keeper. was found dead in bed at
his home here early today by his
wife, Mrs. Ladean Rosenbalm.
Death was attributed to a heart
ailment from which he had been
suffering for several months. His
physician said he had been dead
between five and six hours when
his body was found at 6 a. m.
In addition to his wife he is
survived by son. Robert, 6, and
a daughter, Joan. 4. The body was
taken to the Fields mortuary.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-27

numbers who called at the Ell Gen.
tro post offices for the preliminary
missionaries which must be filled
out before the final questionnaire
is filled out and sworn to before
postal officials. A total Of 200 pre-
liminary questionnaires were ex-
pected to be distributed by Ell Gen.
tro postal officials, Postmaster
Frank Richmond said.
In Ell Centro district it was esti-
mated that approximately 5000
aliens will register and be finger
printed within the four-month per-
iod the government set aside for
that purpose. The Ell Centre area
reaching from Meloland to Dixie
land and the district between I'M
.perial and Ell Centre to a point
south OF Heber is not expected to
be the area of greatest alien regis
tration, officials said, as the agri-
cultural sections were believed to
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-27
Republican Nominee Spurns Aid
Of Father Cough|in Because
Of Priests Racial Prejudice

NEW YORK. Aug. 81. (UP)-
Republican Presidential Nominee
Wer,iell L. Willkie said today that
he did not want the support of the
Rev. Charles E. Coughlin, Detroit
radio priest, if he understood cor
rectly that Coughlin opposed GER
tain people because of their race.
WILKES declaration followed a
question regarding his reaction to
an editorial in Coughlin's news
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-27
German Motor
Companies Set to
Fiqht in Africa

ROME, Aug. 26 CUP)-German
motorized companies in Africa are
now ready to participate in Italian
drives against British territory, the
official Stefani agency revealed to-
day.
The German companies are in
Ethiopia, the agency said. They
have been residents of the colony
since the italian conquest of Eth
iopia in 1885. In future fighting
their units will be Incorporated into
the larger Italian motorized COL
umnS.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-27
Francis Lederer
Denies He's Red

NEW YORK. Aug. 81. CUP)-
Francis Lederer, the actor, today
denied he was a Communist at a
private hearing before Chairman
Martin Dies of the house commit
tee investigating American ac-
tivities. He said testimony to that
effect given by John l.. Leech.
Communist organizer is "a complete
AMI vicious lie"
Franchot Tone and Lionel Stand
er, actors also mentioned by Leech,
we're to see Dies later in the day,
presumably to make similar de-
malls.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-27
Hotel CIerkin
El Centro Dies

Charles Curran. a. formerly a
clerk at the Ell Centre hotel, died
Tuesday in an Ell Centro hospital.
He is survived by five children,
three sons and two daughters, who
are living in Iowa.
During his 25 years residence in
Imperial Valley Curran lived in El
Centre, Brawley and Calexico. The
body was taken to the Lemons NOR
tuary pending funeral arrange
ments.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-27

paper, Social Justice"
Il am not interested in the sup
port of anybody who stands for
any form of prejudice as to any
body's race or religion or who is
in support of any foreign economic
or political philosophy in this
country" Willkie declared.
The Republican nominee was
asked whether Coughlin fell within
Continued on Page 6, Col, y
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-27
American Ordered
To Mexican Pen

HERMOSILLO, Sonora, Mex, Aug
81. CUP)-The supreme court of
Sonora today confirmed a prison
sentence of three years and four
months against John Lloyd Good,
an American citizen and formerly
general manager of the Cananea
Copper Co., in connection with the
death of fellow American, Henry
Forrest in a fist fight November
81, 1899.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-27
= AMBlINe
~ EpoRTER
A Lemon To a Lemons

Now you take the big car and
we'll take the small car"
Frances and Betty Lemons did a
. sister act in chorusing this to their
father, Bert Lemons, while on a
visit to San Diego. Bert's eyes
gaped but his face remained as
expressionlesS as the bottom of a
bucket
mo. you girls like the big car,
so YOU go ahead and take it," Bert
remarked but the girls shook their
heads.
"Not a bit of it, they persisted.
We've taken it too much. You go
ahead
whats this sudden solicitude
about?' Bert inquired suspiciously
and the girls explained that it
might be Fathers Day. but anyhow
they Just wanted to DO something
for their dear old Daddy
They wanted to DO something
all right. The day before they had
outrun a motorcycle officer in the
big car and knew he was laying
for them the next time out!
Economy in The Morning
When slycr breakfasts are THOUGHT
of, Dick Cook will be munching
them.
Ham and eggs in the cafe where
Dick breakfasts sell for -35 cents.
pIIt ha,,o conGuricI ic
25 cents, So Dick orders the sand
wich, takes off the bread and has
made a dime.
Now he's trying to trade the two
slices of bread for a cup Of coffee!
SupcrIatsve-
A fine case of distinction in time
confronted Mrs. Genevieve Kenyon
this week at the county clerks
office when a sincere Mexican was
trying to convince her-without
benefit of birth registration-that
he was born in the United States.
"How long did you say you had
lived in this country?' Mrs. Ken
yon uueried. The Mexican, striving
for n stronger expression than
merely "since I was born, replied:
Ever since ! had sense of hu
NOR"
He kept such straight face that
Mrs. Kenyon was inclined to whis-
per to herself:
"If that's true, he still doesn't
live here
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-27
Aliens Streaming
To PoStoffice
For Registration

Natives of virtually nation the globe crowded
Imperial county post offices Tuesday the first day OF
the alien registration demanded by the United States
ernment.
All races and nationates represented in the
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-27
Dull boIIotinQ a.
Marks Election
Day for Valley
EI Cen+ro Leads Incorporated Areas
By Slight Margin; Voting Even
Lighter in Rural Districts

Fewer than $500 persons went to the polls in Imperial
county before y 80 pm Tuesday mark between
opening and closing of the countys 83 polling places.
Observers believed that not the usual final rush
to vote before the closing of polls at o'clock would push
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-27
Daylight Raiders
Slash Britain,
Raj RetQiQteS
English Bombers Strike Heavy Blows
AtNazi and Fascist War Plants;
Ship Convoy Under Air Fire
- BY JOE ALEX NORRIS -
United States Foreign News Editor

Nazi daylight raiders sashed sporadicay at British
coasts today Italy threatened declaration of
Egypt and Great Britain reported the royal air force had
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-27

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Butter: Los Angeles soc; but
terfat, Imperial Valley I. o. b. ranch.
grade A, 39c; manufacturing milk
33c; route gathered cream Zoe.
L. A. Hay: U. s. No. $12.50-l3;
u. s. No. 2 Ieafy $11.50-12; u. s. No.
2 10-1050; Mpls. September flax,
$1.45R.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-27
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-24
MAKING film OF
STATE HOSPITAL
TO BE SHOWN AT STATE
FAIR AT TAMPA NEXT
FEBRUARY

CHATTAHOOCHEE, Oct. "a
FNS) A 25-minute motion pic
ture depicting the facilities and
operation of the State Hospital is
being filmed this week and will
be used as a feature of the hos
pital exhibit at the Florida State
Fair in Tampa next February.
The picture will open with the
recording of a meeting of the
Board of Institutions at ITALIA
hassee, as direct governors of the
institution, and the scene will
then shift to the State Hospital,
which it continues, starting with
the presentation of DR.. ]. II. Their
rell in the superintendent Of
flee, followed by a complete tour
of the institution which will show
medical care of patients, ward
scenes, the dining room, shots of
patients at work and play and
other interesting features.
Following the show at the
Tampa Fair, the film viii be dis
played before civic clubs and
other groups as a means of ac-
quainting the general public with
the work of the institution.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-24
THE ONLY WAY TO WORLD PEACE

More thar twelve years ago fifteen
nations of the world renowned war as an
instrument of policy and instructed rep
Aug. II, 1923. Subsequently, forty-eight
nations assented to the pledge.
So4e of the nations were sine ere in
their ~enunciation. Others were not, as
the history of the world since that day,
h; demonstrated. This does not mean
demonstrates that another Pact of Paris
would be useless.
Some day in the future the nations of
the earth will have a new pact of peace
but it will undoubtedly contain clauses de-
signed to punish the outlaw nation that re-
sorts to war.
The United States, as the most power
full nation OF the modern world, must be
willing to assume its share of the respon-
sibility for maintaining peace. We see
clearly today that refusal to do so in the
past has not protected us from the danger
of war Let us avoid the same mistake
again.
There will always be outlaw govern
ments in the world, ready to use force for
national ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, which is polite
term for ordinary stealing The outlaw
governments will respect no treaty
promises but they will pay attention to
superior gun-power.
The neral is this, that peace-loving
nations must maintain, either individually
or collectively, sufficient force to deter
the outlaws. By working together, the
peace-loving nations can reduce the cost of
the job but if they want to insure peace
they must be prepared for war
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-24
AIRPORT COMING!

within weeks time we confidently
ex. ct to have funds on hand to apply to-
warls purchase of land for an army air.
port, is the way an answering telegram
was worded as transmitted to Florida's
Junior senator early this week.
Subject came up when the senator adj
vised officials here that definite. allotment
of funds for an army sub-airbase could be
made FOR site Gin or near Key West pro-
vidine: land would be furnished.
The challenge will come pretty near
being the most rapid ever met in this
county, due chiefly to the excellent work
performed by a special county commission
committee-of-one who had been busy on
lust such a proposition for the past two
months.
Previously the establishment of an air
port for Key Yves had been completely
surveyed and pI )perty earmarked on
Geiger key of sufficient size for military
and private use. Civil Aeronautics Au-
thOrity had indicated interest in establish
ing the airport on the same terms out
lined in the special National Defense prof.
ect listed by the senator.
Those interested in the airport move
have corservatively predicted that close to
a half million dollars a year will be added
to the amount of money spent in this city
by reason of having this facility The adj
diton in military personnel together with
private patronage that will make use of
the airport will account for that amount
being spent in our city.
The aforementioned week has just
about elapsed The Citizen is confident
that announcement of money on hand
will be made within the time limit, and
that immediate action will follow aimed at
purchase of the land involved.