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Evening star., 1940-12-04
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The London Ambossodorship

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Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23

Smyer on the trail was from a tiny
town, <ernville. Calf, where a
woman who gave her name as Mrs
Sam Epstein cashed the draft stolen
from the Ell Centre office. She was
described as weighing $50 to 16O
pounds, heavy set.
AS reconstructed by Investigators
Mr.. X started this phase of a life
OF crime by stealing car in Pleas
ant Grove, Utah. Feb. 2. He drove
it to California and held up Western
Union offices in Riverside Feb. b
and at San BernardinO two hours
later. On Feb. s the car was aban-
doned IN San Diego and another
car stolen the same day. The eve
ming of the following day he held
up the Western Union offices IN
Ell Centro and fled northward.
Mr. x was described as about %
years old, five feet seven or eight
tall, about $50 pounds and slender
Authorities appeared confident
that he would be picked up soon,
probably by the highway patrol A
$l0O reward was offered by Western
Union.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23
Robbery Leads to
7 Troll Of Crime

A twisted, crime spotted trail that
swung from Utah to San Diego
through Ell Centre and north again
was followed by investigators Friday
as they sought the man who held
up the Western Union offices in
Ell Centro and fled with $44 and a
$40 draft.
A 1900 mile trip by an FL Centro
police officer uncovered these facts:
MI y" has held up at least
three, perhaps lour, telegraph offices
during the last few weeks. He al
ways operates with the same dis
guiSe of adhesive tape and perhaps
cardboard over one eye with a
handkerchief over the lower part
OF his face. His moduS operendum
is also the same. as in each holdup
he hands the telegraph operator a
note requesting money from the cash
drawer. He is accompanied by a
woman, apparently Spanish.
First lead that sent Officer Frank
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23
NLRB. RFc Dispute
Boycott Accord

WASHINGTON. Feb. 23 CUP)-
Two National Labor Board officials
related today that the Reconstruct
ton Finance corporation itself first
suggested an arrangement whereby
RFC loans were held up in cases
Of companies alleged to be yiolat-
ing the Wagner act.
Their testimony before the house
committee investigating the labor
board contradicted previous state
mentS by RFC Chairman Emil
Schram that the labor board pro-
posed the arrangement
The house unanimously voted
$4,000 more for the investigating
committee headed by Rep. Howard
w. Smith, D., Va. The committee
has almost exhausted its original
fund of $4,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23

: The assembly, IN Il session that
lasted until nearly two o'clock this
morning passed the Daley bill
which returns relief administration
to the counties by a vote of Al to
35 bare majority, after a five
hour deadlock during which time
SergeantS-at-armS rounded up alb
sent members and opposing fac
tions frantically sought support
When a vote first was taken, the
count stood at SO ayes and 81 noes.
The bill contains virtually the
same restrictions incorporated in
the temporary relief bill which last
night won final approval from both
house ana senate after a free con-
ference committee reached agree
mcnt on minor amendments. In
the senate, the vote was unanimous.
In the assembly it was passed 56
to 16.
The SRA is broke, and if the
temporary appropriation bill is not
signed, it must cease operations
Immediately. Even Should the gov
ernOr sign 1t, an immediate cut Of
40 per cent is imperative. Thou
sands Of recipients will go with
out their cash dole this week,
and 375000 viii be affected by an
Olson veto.
With county relief administra-
ton and the temporary appropria-
ton out of the way, nothing stood
IN the WaV of a go 09V recess
which now seems taken for grant
ed. 1t probably will be called to-
morrow, but the legislators may be
back on the job sooner than sched-
uled ii Olson carries out his veto
threat on the appropriation bill
The lawmakers individually will be
under terrific pressure from their
constituents if dole payments actu-
ally cease.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23

UlclDateG IN 4 hu1e scale IN the
fighting before Viipuri, where Fin
nish messages reported the most
furious battle Of the war was in
progress.
Telephone communications be-
tween Helsinki and Copenhagen
were disrupted at 4:40 pm. Copen-
hagen timeJ
The Re" army attack was direct
ed chiefly against Viipuri.
So heavy was the snow that many
tanks were begged down. Fighting
was most fierce in the no mans land
in the Koivsto sector on the coast.
Finnish batteries on the koiviSto
island group off the town of Loi-
visto raHed the Russian lines with
shells &C all caliberS.
The Russians were making a deS-
perate effort to capture Viipuri to-
day, the 22nd anniversary of the
foundation of the Red army and
navy.
The Finnish second defense line,
south OF the city. held fast at noon
after the repulSe of repeated Rus
sion troops were hurled against the
city.
All civilians in what had been
Finland'S second city. prosperous
port with $4,000 population, had
been evacuated. Viipuri had become
a Finnish Verdun.
Every ounce OF Finnish strength
had been put into the Mannerheim
line in IN attempt to stop the Rus
slams, now only few miles away.
Snow inland a grey flannel fog on
the southeastern coast. favored the
Firms, but the Russians kept on
while their big guns poured shells
into Vi!puri.
Tine second line of the Manner
helm Notifications, along which the
fight now proceeded. was shorter
ard stropeer than the first line. and
more thlckly wooded. Hence the
Firms were III better position than
when they held the first line. But
the Russians attacked without pause
and their shells kept crashing into
Viipuri.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23
Showers Drench
Entire Southland

Rain continued to fall in south
ern California Friday as the western
storm area spread over southwestern
Arizona and parts of Nevada Fri
Cay. Freezins temperatures prevail
ed along the Atlantic seaboard as
Tar south as North Carolina.
Forecasts for southern California
and Arizona promised continued
cloudiness with occasional showers
Friday and Saturday.
Schools were closed in all Imperial
Valley cities Friday following "A
inches OF rain Wednesday and
Thursday as slippery roads in the
rural areas made it impossible for
huSSeS to travel routes.
Continued cloudineSS indicated ad-
dltional rain for Imperial Valley
Friday night but there were no
official forecasts for the area. Coun-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23
Prints Give Clue
In Dictagraph Spy
Plot at Capital
Assembly Committee to
Begin Investigation of
Listening Device

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 80.
(UP)--Sacramento police to-
day We're checking finger
prints of one or more per-
sons found on a dictagraph
discovered earlier in the week in
the hotel rooms of Assembly Speak
er Gordon H. Garland.
Detective Captain Monte Lince-
cum said the prints were we'll de-
fined. First check was being made
in the files of the Sacramento iden-
tification bureau and the prints
then were to be checked against
files in the state bureau of identi-
fication.
Discovery of the recording de-
vice in Garlands rooms touched
off an assembly investigation into
interference with the legislature. 3"
and an assembly inquiry committee
was expected to go into action to-
day, Two Democrats were added
last night to the group.
The seven man committee head
ed by Harrison Call, Redwood City
Republican, is particularly inter-
ested in who ordered the listening
recording device installed.
The installation was traced to
the room of an undercover employe
of the State Relief Administration
and irate legislators scented a first
class espionage plot
They demanded access to records
of Gov. Olson's secret service fund
which shows expenditures of S5Ol2
in the past seven months, according
to State Controller Harry B. Riley.
Continued on Page 6, Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23
CordeK Hui, Mum
Until FDR Speaks

WASHINGTON, Feb. 80. UP)-
Secretary of State Cordell Hull was
reported reliably today to have
told friends that he will withhold
any announcement of his presi-
dental aspirations until President
Roosevelt reveals his plans for 1910.
Word of Hulls views have been
passed out at the capitol as talk
OF his candidacy for the 1910 Demo-
cratic nomination increased. Sew
eral southern Democrats are boost
ing Hull for the nomination and
his name also has been mentioned
in other quarters.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23

Nev-Cal that would obviate the
necessity for a new unit IN the
Brawley diesel plant was based
upon a report from Lester Ready
consulting engineer, that condemn
ed the Nev-Cal proposal on these
grounds:
1.-The district cannot afford TO
place its source of power IN the
hands of a competitor.
2.-Nev-Cal cannot by contract
assure the rate it offers over per-
iod of years should the Railroad
Commission order otherwise.
AS possible means of meeting
the problem of more power re-
ouirements. Ready disclosed that
a new power line from Parker dam
will soon reach Blaisdell, Ariz. and
suggested that a connection might
be made with district lines that
would supply more power than the
Nev-Cal offers.
The Nev-Cal offer grew out OF
reports that the district was con-
sidering purchase of a new engine
at the BraWley plant, because en-
gineers estimated the present plant
would be at capacity by summer
time. Nev-Cal, through President
A. B. West, recently proposed to
supply the required extra power
from its own lines until canal pow
er is available
In a lengthy report. Ready re-
peatedly referred to the dangers
inherent in allowing a competitor
to control the districts power source
and closed with recommendation
Continued on Page 6. Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23

area.
?. Loans for the construction of
homes to cost from $500 to $500
each.
3. Loans for the purchase of a
COW and rent of garden land for
"live-at-home" farming.
4. Establishment of small groups
OF labor homes on FSA-oWned lands.
D. Loans for the establishment
of cooperative farming enterprises.
The increased use of power ma
chlnery, along with a reduction OF
100000 acres in cotton paintings,
has created an army of unemployed
farmers in the south. comparable TO
unemployed northern industrial
workers.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23
'Save.ChiId Group
Disbands Here

The Save the Children committee
decided to disband in Imperial
county, members said Friday, be-
cause the SRA is doing the work
formerly done by the committee.
Distribution of clothing and sur
plus commodities to needy children
was taken over by the SRA, thus
relieving the committee of this
work
In resolutions passed at a meet
ing this week, committee members
expressed appreciation of the help
given by the national organization
CHER local secretary and executive
director.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23
Gentlemen:

Gentlemen:
This is in reply to your request
for a report on Mr.. A. B. Vests
proposal relative to supply of power.
Mr.. West is in error in that the
new diesel unit of $500 kiiowattS
capacity contemplated to be installed
by the district will be needed only
until the All American canal plants
are in operation. This additional
capacity increases the load which
the districts system can carry both
prior to and after the canal plants
are in full operation.
The proposal submitted by Mr..
West is, that in place of the district
installing an added diesel unit, the
Nevada California Electric corpora
tion-the districts active competitor
at its own expense, will install an
interconnection with the district and
supply pl1or tC the operation of the
All American canal plants, mini
mum of $500 kiloWatts to the dis
trict as auxiliary or standby sery-
ice. The operation suggested con-
templates the practical shutting
down of the districts diesel plant
except as operations are required to
supplement- company's supply
The comany further proposes to
supply standby service to the dis
trict system :ol period of to 20
years after the canal plants are
in operation. .
Interconnection cost to NevCal
is estimated at $75,OOO or more.
Installation cost to the district would
he between $4,000 and $25,00O.
Analysis of the line characters
tics of the Nev-Cal transmission
lines indicates the company can,
with both lines in operation, supply
TO Imperial county load of between
10000 and 25,000 kiloWatts. With
Cne of the lines out, the capacity
OF the remaining line supplying I'm
perial county service would not ap-
pear to exceed $1,000 kiloWattS. It
is doubtful whether the district SyS-
tenn could render adequate service
in parallel with the company's sys-
tenn. under such conditions.
The saving of operating expenses
prior to operation of the All Amer
lean canal plants of $4,000 per
annum would appear possible under
the proposal. but would require a
capital expenditure of approximately
$4,000 by the district. Saving in
operating expenses after the canal
is in operation would be nil.
The question which should be
determinative in this matter is pri-
marily one of business Judgment.
and not of engineering. The district
decided when it started the Braw-
icy diesel plant, to carry on pro-
Continued on Page 6, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23

Closed shop contracts with the
Brotherhood of Lumber Dealers,
negotiated by the Lumber Institute
and the Master Builders association,
contained a clause that all millWork
shall bear the label of the brother
hood, the grand jury charged.
BY withholding the union label
from out-of- state millWork manu-
facturers, regardless of whether they
had contracts with the brotherhood,
the carpenters prevented use of the
out of state products in Pittsburgh,
the indictment charged.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23
FSA Announces 5.Point Program to
Aid PenniIess Missouri armers

WASHINGTON, Feb. %. CUP)-
The Farm Security Administration
today announced a five-point pro-
gram, including collective farming,
to aid oWn-and-out share crop
pers to get a new start immedl-
ately.
The program combines federal
aid and self-help in providing a
house, garden and COW for each
of 1000 diSposSesSed families III
the "bOot-heel' area of southeast
ern Missouri. Several hundred
homeless farmers staged a road
side demonstration there last year.
Major provisions of the plan
are:
|. Rapid expansion of the stand
ard rehabilitation program i'll the
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23

agreements and should be faith
fully observed by both parties"
Citing heavy losses from strikes
in the United States, Roth said
the 98-day Pacific coast maritime
strike IN 1885 cost at least $780,
0O0. .000-nore than the cost of the
San Francisco Oakland bay bridge.
the Golden Gate bridge and the
Boulder dam.
Cost Of the recent Chrysler strike
was about $50 1000, 600 four times ~
great as the total 1899 expenditures
Of the American Red Cross, no
estimated,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23

Accusing The defendants Of con-
spring for three years to prevent
millwork products being shipped in
to the Pittsburgh area from other
states, a special federal grand jury
indicted two trade associations, sew
en- trade association officials, two
union organizations, 18 union Of
ficers and 81 Allegheny county lum-
Der dealers.
Hutcheson, president of the Unit
eG Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners of America, previously had
been indicted in st. Louis and Chi
cago OH similar charges.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23
Housing Program
Measure Passes

SACRAMENTO, Feb. %. up
Gov. Culbert Olson'5 proposal for
an $80,000000 fedcral-financcd
housing program today went to the
senate with assembly approval.
A bill providing for a California
Housing Authority. introduced by
Augustus Hawkins, Los Angeles
Democrat was passed by a As to %
vote in the lower house Yesterday
The measure is one of very few
administration proposals to win ap-
proval of even one house, but it
will meet strong opposition i'll the
senate.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23

The average American citizen
has finally awakened to the fact
that he is an involuntary party to
every labor contract and the in
nocent victim of every strike" Roth
said
Roth declared collusive agree
ments Setween employers and en-
ployees which require the use OF
specified materials or in other ways
restrain free competition also are
against public interest.
He maintained standards which
apply to other contracts should be
applied to collective bargaining
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23
Ca|lpairia Boosts
iron Lung Fund

A fund for financing an iron lung
for Imperial county was boosted by
Sl00 Friday when check was re-
ceived from Calipatria American
Legion Auxiliary and the Calipatria
Women's club.
The money was raised at a dance
Feb 16 and was turned over to
Harold Tyler il, bring the grand
total to SLIPS.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23
RED BOMBING SPURS
SWEDE VOLUNTEERS

COPENHAGEN. Feb. 90. CUP)-
The newspaper Berlingske Aften-
avis reported from Stockholm today
that the Russian bombing of Pajala
had given stimulus to Swedish pub
lie demands for volunteer aid to
Finland.
The Swedish Youth organization,
the newspaper said, issued a mani
festo calling for volunteers to save
the name of Sweden and our future
freedom.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23

ty Agricultural Commissioner B. A.
Harrigan reported no damage to
vegetables in preliminary surveys.
Arizona welcomed rains because
the precipitation allayed fears of
drought IN some sections and began
10 fill tie vast reservoir system
supplying irrigation water for the
Salt River Valley
While the central and southern
Part of the state was dampened by
the steady drizzles. snow blanketed
Flafstaff. the Grand Canyon and
other points in the north.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23

and other labor groups on the capl-
tol steps. The demonstrators had
alternately cheered their own lead
ers and booed legislative relief ac-
ton.
Condcmning the legislature Tor
enacting $l2,20O00O temporary
relief bill over his protests. the gov
ernor said the proposal would cut
relief budgets by 40 per cent. His
listeners clamored for a veto.
Olson replied to the shouts that
my mind is already made up to
Continued on Page 6; Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23
Workers Alliance
Mobi|izes Army Of
Relief Professors
Lawmakers Jeered For
Cutting Funds, Placing
Restrictions on Dole

SACRAMENTO, Feb. %.
(UP)-Angry thousands Of
relief clients today clamored
for Gov. Culbert Olson TO
veto a tightlv-reStricted tenn
porary relief bill as the chief execu-
tive lauded them for demonStra-
ting in the American way"
Governor Olson was cheered
wildly when he appeared before
more than 5000 members of the
CIO affiliated Workers Alliance
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23
Hasty Exodus

Hasty Exodus
They didn't even have to ask
for a motion to adjourn at meet
ing of the McCabe- Eucalyptus farm
center in El Centro Thursday after
noon. BY common consent the ga
thering broke up as soon as the rain
resumed. on the theory that the
farm folk had to rush to get home
while the roads were passable.
The rush to disburse was so great
in the wrong overcoatS!
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23
Norway, Germany
Sian Trade Pact

OSLO, Feb. 90. (UP)-Nor-
wegian Foreign Minister Halv-
dan KOht and German Minister
Kurt Braeuer signed today
new German Norwegian trade
agreement. including a special
protocol providing for a clear
ing arrangement.
Discussions for an Anglo
Norwegian trade pact continued.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23
Unionists, Others
Face Indictment

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 23. UP)-William L. Iutcheson,
general president of the AF Carpenters union, and 40
other defendants indicted today two counts of a
conspiracy to restrain and monopolize interstate
merce in violation of the antitrust act
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23
Finns i'm verdun
Stand at viipuri
Russians Hur| Massed Forces Against
Back-to-Wal Defense in Effort TO Win
Decisive Victory on Boasted Anniversary

IIELSINKI, Finland, Feb. %. 'UP)-The Red army
shock troops smashed through and seet in cmacc
offensive against the Manerhem line today after losing
than 5000 dead-according to Finnish communique
in yesterdays attacks Russian tanks and artillery par
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23
Protection Asked
AqdinSt Strikes

CHICAGO, Feb. %. (UP)-Other states should fol-
low the lead of Wisconsin and enact legislation ouawing
use of secondary boycotts and picket lines protection
to persons not involved labor disputes in the opinion
of Amon f. Roth president the san Francisco employ
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23
Two Relief Bills
Ready for Olson
Veto Regarded Almost Certain as Twin
Measures Pass Legislature; One Would
Return Dole Administration to Counties

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 23. (UP)--Two relief bills may
come to Gov Cube L. Olson today for veto One return
ing relief to the countless he will reject with enthusiasm
The other, appropriatng $l22OOOO0 for temporary SRA
funds, he probably will turn back with regret.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23

OVERHEARD
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 23. (UP)
Overheard in the crowd at the
Workers Alliance demonstration
here today:
"TheSe aSSemblymen don't
make very much money - only
500 a month. We get more than
that on relief"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23
But We'll Buy
Soys Answer to
Power Compo
A.B. Vests Proposal Unsatisfactory to
Directors, Would Not Provide Enough
Power, Would Cost $25. 600, is Claim

Directors of the Imperial Irrigation district Friday
turned thumbs down on proposal from NevCa Electric
ppv extra needed power the district and countered
with SUGGESTION that Nev-Ca sell its system to the dis
t Darision o refuse an offer of additional power from
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23
Side Show

SHE SnOW-
According to the United Press,
William H. Barton of the Hayden
Planetarium in New York has an
nounced that five planets-Mer-
curry, Jupiter, Venus. Saturn and
Mars-will appear in the order nam
ed on the western horizon at SUM-
set Friday night.
Barton. waxing lyrical, described
the parade as:
THE celestial bodies will hang
one above the other in the twilight
plow like a necklace of colorful
jewels"
,Sign him up to press agent
the next Worlds Fair, boySD
Fortunately for Imperial Valley.
the spectacle will continue for two
weeks. With the current fog and
rain you would need crystal ball
to see it.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23
Partial Text Of
Engineers S Report
On kev-CaI Offer
West in Error, Declares
Consultant Following
Study of Proposal

Editors Note: Following is an
abbreviated text of the report Of
Lester S. Ready, consulting en-
gineer for the Imperial Irrigation
District. regarding proposal by
Nevada California Electric to sup
ply auxiliary power to the district.)
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23

Women at beauty parlor in FL
Centre. with their heads under dry
crs or whatever those contraptions
are. were somewhat startled the
other afternoon to hear childish
voice singing:
"Oh johnny Oh johnny"
II was a small, flaXen haired
youngster who was gayly serenad-
ing other customers while her mo-
ther was undergoing a wave or
something. When she ran out of
words in Oh Johnny! she shifted,
rather abruptly, to Silent Night
and when she felt her audience
Shipping she fell into School Days.
How old are you?" queried some
one and the child answered.
"SiX!'
Wei. it WAS rather obvious that
this was stretching point SO the
child was urged to ask her mother
her age. The child came back with
the announcements:
Now I'm three and half!'
Asked to sing again the youngster
thought a minute and remarked:
Il don't think it would be quite
right to sing Down Mexico Way.
do you?"
cThc child was Patty Lou Gie5,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. E. II.
GieSD
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-23
Olson Lauds SRA Union
For Booing Legislature
n AMBLING
II EPORTER
Special Equipment

SPECIAL equipment
Young Ted Smycr was bemoaning
the fact thai the only baseball bat
he really liked had been broken.
We'll, perhaps when the Padres
get down here maybe l can pro-
mote Il good left-handed bat for
you" said his father. Ted bats on
the port sidcD
handed bat" queried Mrs.
Smycr.
Sure" said Ted. It's not my
fault if I'm left handed and have
to uSc a special bait"
It was several minutes before
Mrs Smyer caught ON.