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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-17
Santa Heartily Welcomed
Council Notes

All members OF the city coun-
Gil were present Monday evening.
Residents OF River Blvd. ex-
pressed their thanks for ever
green trees which have been
placed in the parkway there.
A change from commercial to
industrial district was petitioned
by Clifford Goldsmith for lots
three. four and five and the
northeast half Of lot six in Park
ridge subdiv sion. The request
was referred to the planning COM
mission.
American Radiator and Stand
ard Sanitary Corporation was
granted permission to erect street
barriers while loading and unload
ing equipment at their storehouse
on Rabbit st.
Petition OF Ballard Blvd. resi-
dents for a street light at the Har-
riet st. intersection was referred
to the budget committee.
There were no objections to a
sanitary sewer to service lot 21
in Normal Heights subdivision
and the project was approved.
Chief of Police Ralph L. South
ard was authorized to destroy ce-
deemed sewer and water bonds
and coupons in the amount Of
S10,3S75O.
Aldermen Erwin r. Schill.
John Ableson and William A.
Jellis were named on an aviation
committee TO investigate feasibi-
lily of a joint airport for Washte-
nav county, Ann Arbor and Ypsi-
lani.
Members OF the city council
were invited to join Rotary and
Kiwanis clubs Dec. 90 to hear a
TAIN ny MAJ plu VI la hItutt On
THE American City. Facts con-
ceEning Ypsilanti will be given.
Efforts will be made TO have
the y. Huron St railroad cross
ing improved so that there will be
a greater road width filled in be-
tween the tracks. II is also plan
ned to have warning signs i'm
proved.
j. Knowell Hart, assistant city
engineer reported that approx
mately two thirds OF the cement
blocks can be salvaged from the
Gilbert property on Grove St.
Quality of the blocks was quest
toned and no action on their use
was taken. They were in a wall
surrounding the property and
many have fallen down or have
been pushed down to avoid haz-
ards to passetsby. 1t was decided
TO leave the house as II Ia for the
present and to investigate possibi-
lily of using it for the WPA sew
ing project and the welfare Of
flee.
A total OF S96,965Sc was report
cd on deposit in city funds
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-17

BERLIN ms Raj. aircraft
during the night bombed and dam.
aged the famous Mannheim Cha.
teau. German officials declared to-
day, adding that art treasures In
the chateau are safe
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-17

Representative Sol Bloom. above,
Of New York, chairman Of the
house foreign affairs committee,
suggests amendment 10 the john
son act II necessary 20 provide
Great Britain with war funds.
Bloom Is co-author Of the act.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-17
TODAY IN LAST WAR

CRy Associated Press.
Dec. l., l9l5-Serbs and Bulgars
engaged in heavy battle in Black
Drin valley
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-17
Flashes of
Late News
THE WEATHER: Wednesday
Fair, Cold

LONDON-INS-For the hrst
time since Italy entered the war,
Lloyd's OF London today quoted
war risk rates for Mediterranean
shipping cargoes. The London
Daily Telegraph commented that
this indicates confidence OF the
underwriters in the ability OF
Greece 10 maintain her successes
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-17

CHARLESTON, W. Va.-lNs
The west Virginia Depart
nent Of Mines announced today
that il had received an unof-
fetal report that a dozen min
ers were trapped IN the No. 4
mine Of the Raleigh Coal and
Coke Company near 8eekleY
in southern West Virginia, by
an explosion.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-17
German Diplomatic ENJOY
Will Confer With Laval,
Dismissed French Officer
Inquiries Into Reasons For
Dismissal at Meeting
With Petain
DEPARTURE OF LAVAL
GREATLY 'REGRETTEO'
Greek Troops Capture Peak
Dominating Adriatic
Coast

(Rv International News ServIc.)
Cairo. Dec. i7-lNS-- In
creased pressure on Premier
Mussolinl's embattled leqlons
In Llbys and capture OF three
new italian frontier points wers
announced by the British hiuh
command In Cairo today. I'm ad.
dtion TO sollum and Fort Cap.
uzzo, the communlque said.
"our troops captured the enemy
frontier ports OF Musald. Sidlo-
mar and Sheltered"
Washington. Dec. ~ ms
The British embassy In Wash.
ington today officially declared
that il was satisfied that the
recent death OF British Ambas-
sador Lord Lothian was due TO
natural causes.
Viehy, Dec. 17-UP- Pierre
LsVal's confinement was ended
today on the request OF Otto
Abetz. German ambassadorlal
representative.
London. Eng, Dec. t7-lNS-
The British government today
revealed that Germany from
time to time has made peace
ovsrtures based on German dom.
lnstlon Of THE European con-
tlnent and that Great Britain
has always and Will continue TO
reject them.
Lord Smell. speaking on behalf
OF the British government In the
House OF Lords, said Britain
will never agree TO any ar
rsnaement which leaves Ger
many In control OF Europe.
Vichy. France. Dec. 17-UP-Ott
Abctz. Germany's chief diplomats
envoy TO France, seeking an expla
nation from Marshal Philippe ~
Tain OF his dismissal OF Pierr
Laval from the cabinet, asked Il
See EUROPEAN WAR-Page 6
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-17

NlCHN. France AP-Chief Of
State Philippe Petain announced to-
day the French army class OF 1895
would be demobilized progressively.
beginning Dec. 20. Fathers will be
the first discharged
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-17

LONDON-INS - Twenty-three
British. allied. and neutral vessels.
totalling l0l,190 tons, were sunk
through enemy action during the
week ending Dec. 5. the admiralty
announced today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-17

Viehy, Dec. 17-UP-- Pierre
LsVars confinement was ended
today on the request OF Otto
Abetz. German ambassadorlal
representative.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-17

MIAMI BEACH. Fla.-lNS-
j. Edgar Hoover. director OF
Fedora Bureau Of lnVestlsa-
ton. today referred to Attor-
ney General Robert II. Jack
son at Washington all ques-
tions regarding details Of the
Volurinous reP-rt he announe-
ed Monday, which declares the
Communist party should be
outlaWed.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-17

TOKYO -AP- The maximum
price Of soap in Japan will be linn
tied TO 10 sen t2.34 centsl a cake,
beginning Thursday. 1t was an
nounced today. The government
set the maximum price in order
10 conserve the use Of vegetable
oils and fats The better qualities
Of soaps thus will be eliminated.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-17

ROME AP Italian torpedo
launching planes hit 6,O00-ton
British cruiser with two torpedoes
while the warship was Smelling Bar
dia. on the Libyan coast. the Italian
high command reported today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-17

ROME-AP Food hoarders will
be punished by death in more
serious cases" the government an
nounced today as Fascist party
leaders undertook 10 keep a strict
watch over supplies. rationing and
prices.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-17

LONDON AP-A- Scotland Yard
report to the home office said today
alleged Communists had posted
agents in underground shelters in
attempts to undergone British
morale
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-17

NICHY. FRANCE p AP-In a
roundup Of Communist suspects in
the area around Lyon. police ar
rested ia persons charged with dis
tributing Communist tracts, it was
TODAY.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-17

NEW YORK-UP-P. G. Wode-
house, British humorist and crea-
tor of "Jeeyes", the brainy butler,
is now No. 1876 in a German con
centration camp. the Columbia
Broadcasting System reported to-
day.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-17
To Cooperate

Continued on Page six)
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11
Van Looms Story Of Democracy One
0fMost important Stories Of Times

What have 5000 years
taught us about Democracy?
What is the big threat to
Democracy?
What should every Amer
lean know about Democracy?
The answer to these i'm
portant questions is on the
editorial page of the Post
Press today. 1t lies within
a series of articles by one of
the nations ablest historians,
Hendrix Willem van Loon.
1t is called the STORY of
Democracy.
One of the most impor-
tant stories of our times, it
has been so simply written
Ihat a child can understand
it, 1t is so significant that
every man. woman and child
should read it.
Van Loon is the author of
"The Story of Mankind" and
many other best sellers, His
STORY of Democracy" is pub
lished for the first time in
the Post-Press. Each chap
ter is accompanied by a pen
and ink cartoon drawn by
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11
Enjoys Jockey
In Conference OF
Peace Terms
Finland Weights Decision
On Peace or War in
Northern Europe
BY ZOE ALIEN MORRIS

Finland today weighed 4
decision that means peace or
Intensified warfare in north
"rn Europe and may directly
affect tho outcome of conflict ba-
tween Germany and the Allied pow
CTS.
Finnish Premier RiSto Ryti and
his associates received Soviet Rus
Sia S modified terms for peace IN
secret meetings at MoScOW-rc-
DOrtedly at the United States en-
basSY and press reports reaching
Scandinavian capitals asserted that
a successful conclusion had bn",.
achieved.
A lint that settlement Of The
war III Finland might be near also
WaS believed to have been given il,
the British House Of Commons by
Prim" Minister Neville Chambar-
lain. who SAID that Finland had not
made direct appeal to the Alice
powers fOr aid although Britain
aad France Stoou ready 10 help
with all resources
Although Chamberlain'% Stato-
mcnt would b. of great Importance
if the Moscow negotiations collapse
it was believed thai he was fight
ing a rear guard action III an
attempt to offset the adverse effect
CONTINUED on Page >; Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11

:tiOn for another year.
The W2athCrman. an unpredict-
able gent at best. brought lash
ing west wind to the valley Sunday
but failed to completely spoil Sun
days show as an estimated 5000
persons crowded through the gates
to see a san Diego day program
and the final Is events III the I'M
p rial Valley horao show.
Sundays crowd repeatedly sent
tho attendance mark for the 1910
show well beyond the record OF
10000 persons in 1899 but Dorman
Stewart fair board secretary. had
not completed an official count by
noon Monday
All-Star 4-H'rS Chosen
T. M Meanley and Mrs. H. Hell
bush dominated in the horse show
events Saturday and Sunday af-
ternoonS and Joanne McKim took
a majority of the honors among
local riders.
Following the All demonStra-
ton contests. livestock parade ana
Continued on Page >, Col -
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11

sHaggren, 81, Portland, and Sol
Green, 23 transferred to the OREGON
hospital from the California State
hospital in 1887.
The first death. that of Lnavv
was discovered at about 430 am. by
an attendant, j. Dull. who was max
ing round of inspection. He found
Leavy dead in his bed and removed
the body to the morgue under the
impression the man had died OF
heart failure.
Dull returned Immediately to The
ward and found Haggren and Green
dead in their beds, stran9led with
a pillow case, as later investigation
showed Leavy had been.
The ward was locked from The
outside. DR.. J. C. Evans. Superin-
tendent of the hospital, said the
stranglings could only have been
committed by one of the other six
inmates
The district attorneys office. the
county coroner, and hospital au-
throities all admitted they suspect
ed one of the other inmates but
refused to give his name.
1T is impossible to take a state
ment from any one of the Six DR.
Evans said Those mems minGs
are in such a condition that they
can neither understand nor answer
question. There are certain phvsi-
cal indications that may lead us tc
the one man who did the stranGling
hut we can say nothing definite
on the point now
Officials could get nothing CO.
herent from others in the ward who
apparently watched while one OF
their number murdered the three
as they slept.
Suspicion, however centered Oh
Cne of the inmates, who's name was
not disclosed. Deputy District At
torney Joseph Felton, said then
suspect had scratches on his face
and arms, ana that the pillow Slig
used in the bizarra tragedy haG
been found III his bed.
The door was locked and tbs
windows were barred. officials sad
indicating thai one of the SIX other
ren who were in the ward did
the Staying.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11
Two Persons Hurt
AS Autos Smack
North Of CaIipatria

CALIPATRIA. March II. = Two
persons were injured and a driver
arrested on a charge of reckless
driving as a result of a traffic ac
cident near a pea field six miles
north of here at 9 am. today.
frankie Reynolds, 5. resident of
the federal labor camp at BraWley,
suffered broken collar bone,
Charles Richard Woodburn, suffered
nose injuries, ard Andrew f. Wadell,
leg injuries.
The accident occurred when L. D
Thomas. resident of the Three Rock
camp at INLAND, drove from long
line of parked automobiles into the
path of a car driven by Woodburn,
Highway Patroiman Lewis Mitchell
said.
Both machines were badly damag-
ed. Mitchell gave Thomas a ticket
for reckless driving and put him
III Jail here,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11
Governor Fires
Back at Foes on
Smear Campaign
Aim of Opponents is To
Attack All Along Line
Executive Declares

SACRAMENTO, Mar. II.
UP)-Beset by threats of
recall, a hostile legislature
and disheartening defeat on
all sides, Gov. Culbert L.
Olson today fought his adversaries
as vigorously as when he made his
inaugural speech IA months ago.
Some may say Governor Olson
has waged losing battle, perhaps
an ill-advised attempt to bring a
New Deal to California. but none
can show that the silvery haired
former state senator has backed
down one inch.
! Olson must have voiced his inner
thoughts last night in Los Angeles
when he said: Believe me, ours
is an uphill sometimes a discour-
aging fight F.. We meet with bit
ter opposition and political racket
eers."
Rested from a weekend OF pri-
vacy, the chief executive added
tersely:
What l want TO make clear to-
night is the relationship and the
close connection of all the attacks
made against this administration
and its governor The aim of our
opponents is to attack all along the
line-on water and power, on public
utility services. on natural resources,
on taxation, on relief, on low cost
housing, on public health measures,
on wage standards and labor rela-
tionS, on a sound program for de-
cent work for our hundreds of thou
sands of unemployed, and even in
misreprcsented horse racing issue"
The governors regime SO far has
been difficult. His serious illness
week after Inauguration nullified
his leadership of a recalcitrant leg
islature. which defeated almost his
every move. Mrs. Olson died sud-
denly and some of his party lieuten-
ants broke away, including Lieuten-
ant Governor Ellis Patterson.
Olson'S program suffered COM
plete collapse in the hectic special
session of the legislature just end
ed. He lost control of the lower
house with the custer of Speaker
Paul Peek by a coalition of conser-
vative Democrats. His "a point
agenda was riddled, his relief rec
concentrations ruthleSSly disregard
nH
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11
Filipino Sentenced
To50 Days for
Illegal Gambling

s. R. Cawagdan, Ell Centre Fill
pino, was sentenced to so days in
the city Jail in Ell Centro police
court Monday for operating illegal
gambling at 207 New street Satur-
day night.
Cawagdan and Il other Filipinos
were jailed Saturday night as El
Centro officers raided the establish
ment. Officers reported that ap-
proximately $50 was confiscated in
the raid All FilipinoS except Ca
wagdan we're released Monday.
Seven men, all but two of whom
were MeXicanS. were sentenced on
charges of drunkenness and dis
turbing the peace.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11
Wife Dives Three
Stories, Falls at
Husbands
Plunge Follows Quarrel
Of Hollywood Pair;
Woman May Die

HOLLYWOOD, March II.
(UP) = Peter Ruric, Holly
wood film writer, quarreled
with his wife. Mushel, early
today, police said, and as he
drove off in his automobile, she
apparently jumped from the third
story window of their apartment
and struck the sidewalk beside him
She may die.
Ruric told Detectives o. w. Krie-
valid and R. r. Johnson he and
Mrs. Ruric, 81, had quarreled yes
terday and resumed their spat again
late last night. He said he left his
wife in the apartment and pre-
pared to spend the night elsewhere
Il was just starting my automo-
bile" he told the officer, when
heard a thump on the sidewalk a
few feet away
There was my wife,"
Mrs. Ruric, a bride of six months
was clad in a pink nightgoWn. She
appeared to be under the influence
of a sedative or alcohol when he
left her. Ruric explained, and he
did not consider their angry words
more serious than spat.
Il cannot see what could have
caused her to do such a thing" he
cried.
At police receiving hospital Mrs
Ruric was found to have a frac-
tured hip. arm and ankle. pos
sible broken back and internal in
juries. Ruric, in state of near col
lapse, was beside her as she under.
went an emergency operation.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11

road six miles northeast of Holtville
collapsed Sunday night in front OF
an automobile carrying Mr.. and Mrs.
B. E. Layton and their two small
children. The car plunged into the
eight-feet deep crater, head first
THE road in front of me just
disappeared, Layton told highway
patrolmen.
Before he could apply the brakes
the car dove in. In a few seconds
the crater began to fill with water
from a canal on one side of the
highway and a drainage ditch on
the other.
Wind and darkness added to the
terror of the scene as Layton fought
to extricate his family and carry
them to safety. Water began to
swirl about the feet of Mrs. Layton
who. bleeding and unconscious, still
clung to her children.
Carried Family
Layton carried his family from
the sinking automobile, wading in
the muck and mud. He deposited
the mother and her children in a
safe place at the edge of the road
and ran to a nearby farmhouse fol
help. Guy Weatherbie, the rancher
had to go to the home of a neigh
Dor to telephone for an ambulance
to take the Laytons to the Valley
hospital in Holtville. Mrs. Laytor
suffered cuts and bruises but wa!
not in a dangerous condition. The
others escaped injury.
The road was undermined b.
water seepage. Elmer Hartzog. I'm
perial Irrigation District Superinten
dent, said Monday. Gophers tun.
nelled from the canal to the drain
age ditch, permitting water to creeE
under the roadbed
1t was impossible to extricate the
car from the ditch Sunday night bu
district crews hauled it out of the
water Monday morning.
Highway Patrolman Paul Brown
said the Layton traffic accident wa!
the StrangeSt ever to occur in I'M
Continued on Page 2; Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11

glng the river as Deputy Sheriff
Gohn CrouScn and his assistants
attempted to locate tho body in
the SWirling water above the in
take.
Kui2zair and Powell Randolph. al
50 OF Brawlcy, dared each Other L
swim tn" rivcr, officers SAID Kai@-
Zair entered The water fully clothed
and swan into the racing current.
He disappeared near an intake
above the dam.
AS District Attorney Elmer Hcald
drove near the river bank, he sale
he SAW Randolph running along
the brink shouting for help. He
told Heald he and Kaizzair dareC
each other to swim across to the
Arizona side.
Randolph joined the sCarchcr
Monday in an attempt to find the
body OF his missing friend.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11
Mexican Sent to
Prison for Life

Folsom prison Tor life was the
sentence imposed in superior court
Monday on Juan MARTINEZ, one of
the trio convicted last week of bur-
glarizine the Boston store in BraW-
.cy late last year.
Martinez had two prior prison
sentences on the federal recor6
bearing his name and fingerprints.
His companions Joe Trias anG
Clifford Robertson were sentenced
to San Quentin penitentiary for
hlrglari2ing The BraWley store
Judge Vaughn N. Thompson recon-
mcnded 10-year sentence for Trias
and years for Robertson after he
Sunlmarily dismissed their applica-
TONS for probation.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11
Husband Accused
In Divorce Suit

Mirta ESparza Barnes filed suit
for divorce from Arthur P. Barnes
Monday, charging extreme cruelty
and excessive use of Intoxicating
liquors.
The screams of their two small
children, she said, once forced him
to cease his attempts to choke her.
She accused him of having a quar-
relsome and nagging disposition. She
requested the court to restrain him
from molesting her and the chill
dren.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11
L.V.Fair Amonq
) Best in State

Imperial county's Midwintcr
Fair was classed Monday in the
first five of California's So an
nual eXpOsitions.
A. f. Snider of Sacramento,
chief of the state division of
fairs and eXpositiOns, in IMPERIAL
Valley on a brief visit, declared:
This has been splendid fair.
Without doubt il is one of the
finest in California. l would
rank ii in the first five in the
entire state"
Asked concerning current pol
itical turmoil i'm connection with
fair board appointments, Snider
sidestepped with:
"The administration is con-
cerned solely with helping the
fair"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11
County Employees
Accused in Accident

Imperial county and two county
employees were defendants in 81
416 damage suit filed Monday by
Milton Greene for injuries ailegcdly
suffered in traffic accident last
Dec. 20 !
Greene alleged that A. L. Thomas
and Ray Barnes, county employees,
were driving county truck loaded
with lettuce crates. AS the truck
and Greene's sedan approached each
other on the highway a mile west of
Meloland, he said, lettuce crate
fell from the truck into the path
of the sedan, striking it and causing
it to oVerturl.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11
Privilege TO
Live in EI Centre

Hearst Magazines has Just re.
leased its annual business survey
map which shows that:
Ell CENTRIC is DESIGNATED
AS ONE OF THE Is PRINCIPAL
TRADING CENTERS IN CALI
FORNIA.
This city Is the ONLY principal
trading center in Imperial Coun-
ty. according to the survey!
Ell Centre Is In TOP QUALITY
COMPANY. The other II prin-
cipal trading centers are des-
ignated as:
Los Angeles. San Diego. San
Bernardino, Santa Barbara, Bsk-
ersfield. Fresno. salinas, Han
Francisco, stockton, Sacrsmsnte,
Santa Rosa, Chico, Masysville
and Eureka. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11
District Scout
Committee TO Meet

Ell Centre boy scout district COM
mittee will meet at the California
hotel tonight at $50 to discuss plans
for the scout program during the
remainder of the year.
Routine committee reports will be
heard at tonight's meeting, accord
ing to Hugh Wilcox, scout execu-
tive
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11
x EPORTER
McaSlcy Bert

Ever since we first met him we
have admired Bert FaWcett's youth
ful enthusiasm and eXhuberance.
But youth has its drawbacks as well
as its compensations and Bert has
encountered one of the former. He
has the measles
Sunday Bert linguished in bed.
looking bit feyerish. and fingered
q new set of golf clubs. wishing he
could be out side to use them
Nothing romantic ever happens
to me- Bert complained. I'm the
kind of guy that goes to war and
gets kicked bv a mulci"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11
BrowIey Man browns While Trying
To Swim Colorado on q Dare
Squire Kaizzair Sucked Into Intake At
Imperial Dam After Challenge;
River Dragged for Body

WINTERlIAVEN, March 1l.-Officers dragged the
Colorado river above Laguna dam today for the body of
Squire kazZar As, of BraWley who drowned while swim
ming Sunday afternoon.
1.-TWO molor boats and huge SeinS empOyed n drag
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-11
rio StronsIed
By Modmon in
Insane Ward
Three Inmates Found Choke d to Death
With Pillow Sill p; Officials Certain One
Of Six Must Have Been Killer

SALEM, Ore, March H. (UP)-Three inmates of the
state hospital for the insane stranged in their beds
a ward for chronic patients
Ihe dead men We're Jack LeaNy. 81 Aurora Ore l owl