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Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-20
More Selections

More football guesses on the
weekend winners:
Brawley over Imperial-Without
fear of contradiction, except from
Imperial players.
FL Centre over Calexico-By 13 to
6. as the Spartan pass attack clicks
to better advantage than Calexi-
cos running thrusts from its vaunt-
ed spread.
Washington over UCLA- The
Bruins go back to their losing ways.
San Francisco over Hardin Sim
mons-In the days upset.
Notre Dame over Northwestern
The Irish forget the Iowa fiasco and
60 to work.
Boston College over Auburn-But
a good spot for a reversal.
Columbia over Colgate Every
body's doing it to Colgate.
Georgia Tech over Florida But
closer than it appears on paper.
Mississippi over Mississippi State
in a back yard grudge battle.
Penn State over Pitt-Or maybe
a tie.
San Diego over Santa Barbara
State-The Aztecs prove their VIC
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-20
T.. A. PRODUCE

Los ANGELES, Nov. 20. UP)-
Trading was moderate with the
market somewhat unsettled ae-
count holiday tomorrow.
Asparagus: Imperial select 5.9o'
ex fey 400; fey 2.75.
Cucumbers: san Diego 10 % I;
Laguna Beach 1.50; Imperial 100
10. CT.
Maria As 125-l.50; 5s 115-1.25;
Lompoc As 1.25-150; San Luis Obs
po As 1.5O-I75; 5s 1.25-1.35; Oxnard
As 1.00-1.25.
Peas: San Diego 9-10c; San Pc
dro Sc: Coachella bush 5-6ci I'm
perial 6-7c; San Luis Obispo sugar
l5c; China 25e.
Squash: White summer local ana
San Diego 5075c; Coachella I'm
periaI 50-75c; Italian San Diego
e5-s5c; San Luis Obispo 100-1.15;
Imperial 65-S5e; yellow erookneck
Coachella and San Diego S5-1.0Oi
Cream local SO; banana 1-1h; Hub
bard II 1 nc.
Tomatoes: stones 4x5s 1.25-1.25
5x5s 1.5O-1.75: 6x6s 1.15-1.35; San
Diego 4x5s 1.25-1.50; 5x5s 1.50-2.0O;
6x6st1 .2b-1 SO; San Luis Obispo 4x5s
1.35-1.50: 5x5s 1.50-1.85; 6x6s 1.25-
SO; Berros 5x5s 200; stems Santa
Barbara and San Diego 2-layeI
5x6s and larger 1.40-l.75; Ocean,
Slayer 6x6s 1.40-l.75.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-20
Zale Decisions
Fred Apostoli

SEATTLE, Nov 20. (UP)-Tony
zale of Chicago, recognized by the
National P.oxing Association as
worlds middleweight champion
won a non-title decision last night
over Fred Apostoli of San Francisco
in a 10 round bout at Civic audi
torium.
The bout developed from a slow
start into a. frenzied finish with
Apostoli on the floor for a seven
count at the end of the 10th round.
The crowd of 5000 thought Zale
had won by a Knockout because the
timer couldn't find the hammer to
ring the gong.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-20
L. A. LIVESTOCK

Los ANGELES, Nov. 20. tCP)-
(Federal-State Mkt. News ServiceD
Hogs 800, bulk medium to good
165-212 lb. California and eastern
lights 6.75-7.15; choice around 200
lb. lacking: off weights 5.75-6.75;
odd sows 5-5.25.
Cattle 600, slow, steady. few me.
dunn light steers 9.25, few heifers
7.75 down; good lacking; cows 5.75-
SIS: few to 7.25; Gamers and cut
ters 1880; few stock cows ,5-5;25;
Duas 6-6.i5; some held higher,
stock bulls e-625; calves 500, slow,
few 1aies about steady. odd vealers
to 11.50; choice quoted above 12.
4eAas calfes s.25, few stock calves
$50. oo
Sheep 300, steady, two decks So
lb short wooled lambs $50, sorted
~ per cent; good to choice wooled
lambs quoted $50 and good ewes
AIS above. -,
- =. LES livestock market Will
be closed Thanksgiving day.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-20
Boston College Nominated
As Top Team Of the East

NEW YORK, Nov. 70.
UP)-Experts and fans al
ready have consigned Boston
College to the Sugar Bowl
as an opponent of Tennessee
on New Years day, but Boston
Coach Frank Leahy sees Auburn as
a formidable stumbling block next
Saturday.
AS the season wears onto its final
weeks it becomes increasingly hard
er to keep a football team at top
pitch. and Leahy realizes this dan
Ger in facing a strong Auburn CLUB
irving to atone for fumbling away
victory against LSU last week.
In rolling over eight straight op-
ponents by a total of 290 points to
AS. Boston College has not had a
letdown all season and Leahy fears
that one might be due to follow
that tough 1918 victory over
GEORGETOWN last week. Fasteners
who saw that bruising game figure
that any of the Bowl promoters
could do worse than scheduling
those two great clubs for replay
Jan. /.
Boston College attained top rank
ing in the east in the eyes OF most
experts despite the announcement
of the Lambert trophy committee
that Cornell still had a shade the
better OF it in the standings Tor
the eastern championship. There
seems little basis for keeping Cor
nell at the top since the Big Red
conceded defeat to Dartmouth.
All concede that Cornell probably
would lick the same Dartmouth
eleven. nine times out of 10, but
there is a unanimity OF opinion that
all concerned in this unprecedented
situation acted il an honorable ana
sportsmanlike manner: Referee Red
Friesells admission of error; Cor
nell's concession of defeat; Dart
mouths acceptance of victory.
The defeat, first suffered by Cor
nell since 1888, makes the Cornell
Penn game Saturday all the more
attractive. without this loss the
Big Red undoubtedly would have
been heavily favored against the
Quakers, but now it shapes up as
an Ivy league climax.
Georgetown. ranked third III Lam
bert standings b. virtue of its great
stand against Boston College, ends
its season Saturday a big choice
over George Washington and lead
ing contender for the Orange or
Cotton Bowl bid.
Fordham, almost forgotten since
being upset by St. Marys, still is
one Of the ranking teams OF the
east and will seek to boost its Bowl
stock against Arkansas in the Sec
tons only Thanksgiving Day game
of consequence.
With the Ivy league and many
other eastern teams ending the
season this week, the sections last
big program also includes: Army
Princeton, Boston U-Western Mary
land; Brown Dartmouth, Catholic
Providence, Colgate-Columbia; Cor
nell-Penn, Duquesne-Villanova, Har-
vard-Yale, Holy Cross s-Manhattan,
LafayetteLehigh, Toledo, Pen
State-Pittsburgh, Rutgers Maryland.
Temple invades Norman to meet
Oklahoma and West Virginia goes
west to tackle Michigan State.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-20
.Jenki Defends
Title Friday

NEW YORK, Nov. 20. UP)-
When the boxing commission toss
ed most of the book at AL (Bum-
my Davis, an important secret
leaked out: There'll be a light
weight championship fight at Mad
ison Square Garden Friday night.
It's doubtful if metropolitan fans
would have learned of this title
tilt until after it was held, were
it not for yesterdays commission
meeting at which young Davis was
fined $4,000 and had his license to
fight revoked.
Two mystery men appeared at
this meeting where the sock solons
were Furnishing Davis for repeated
low blows against Welterweight
Champion Fritzie zivic last Friday
night. These mysterious individuals
started undressing. A puzzled re-
porter inquired, What's this-a
strip tease?"
Promoter Mike Jacobs clacked his
store teeth in wrath, and snarled:
"These men are Lew jenkins of
Texas and Pete Lello of Gary, Ind.
Jenkins happens to be lightweight
champion of the world Lello is
challenging him. They fight Is
rounds for the title at the Garden
Friday night. They are now strip
ping for a physical check-up. If
the commission wants to take away
my promoters license for revealing
these facts. let it go ahead"
Uncle Mike was very angry at
the commission. He failed COM
pletely to see any publicity benefits
for the Jenkins-Lello fight accru-
ing from yesterdays meeting. He
figured, instead, that the penaliz-
ing of Davis on Tuesday would just
about ruin the gate. 1t would flood
the papers with blurbs about Davis,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-20
" LOOP Title At Stake Thursday
Imperial Plays
Braw|ey High
Gridders Tonight

Still seeking its first victory
of the season, Imperial h & n
schools football team goes to
Brawley tonight to meet tn e
third place Wildcats. The kick
off is set for s o'clock.
The Cellarite Tigers rested all
week i'm an effort to have all
players in good shape for to-
nights tussle. Imperial dropped
n 3I-O decision to Ell Centre one
week ago.
Brawley. upset by HOltville.
10. last week. will probably at
tempt to run up score on I'M
perial tonight to restore the team
in the good graoes of Brawley
fans.
Probable starting lineupS-Im-
perial: Reynolds and Tenn ends,
Grace and Pineto, tackles; Little
field and Murphy. guards; Hav-
ems, center; Nakazona, Danskin,
King, Donaldson, backs.
Rrawley: Ulloa and Lessicka
ends. Jack and Hall. tackles; Mi
yagi and KOhatsu, guards; Brow
nell, center; Navarro, Williams.
Minter and Burnett, backs.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-20

The league leadlng FL SeIlIIo
Spartans need only this victory to
clinch the league title, while a win
for Calexico will leave the Bulldogs
still needing victories over Imperial
and Brawley.
For Ell Centro it will be the first
time in four years the Spartans
have made a bid for undisputed
championship of the league and for
Calexico it will be an old story for
the Bulldogs won undisputed titles
in 1888 and 1899 and shared the
crown in 1887.
Comparative scores of past games
this season gives Ell Centre an edge
in scoring ability, but CaleXico gets
the nod on defense.
Ell Centre defeated CaleXico, IA
13, in the first meeting between the
two teams, but the Bulldogs played
without the services of Lauro An
drade, ace back. Andrade will be
on hand for this one and Covington
has elaborated the Bulldog offense
to take full advantage of his run
ming ability.
The Spartans have also improved
their offense and have half dozen
new plays to spring on the Bulldogs
from the Border city.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-20

tories nave HOl U6Sl IIuhcS'
Harvard over Yale-In which eX-
greats resume long standing rival
~.
Hitting Sport Highlights
Larry MacPhail will pay for Kirby
Higbe out OF the advance ticket
sale. With ducats for Brooklyn's s
home games being peddled under 3
group plan. the sale already has
hit the $4,000 mark 1t is expected
to reach s1O0,ONN the price of Pitch
er Higbe. long before Feb. l. when
the advance group sale ends.
Hank Greenberg, Jimmy FoXX
and Joe DiMaggio can't find any
thing misleading about the title OF
their circuits latest moving pic
ture. It is titled Batting Around
the American League They've
been doing that for years.
The Yankees have Buddy Rosar,
but with Bill Dickey slipping and
Arndt Jorgens, the invisible back
stop. going into business. the club
is looking for a young catcher.
There was no secret Notre Dame
practice for the Iowa game.
The storm blew down four Sec
tions CT the Carter Field fence.
Michigan won't care if a picture
of one of its stars never again ap-
pears on the front cover OF a ma
t:onal magazine. A year ago a week
" used Tom Harmon the day be-
fore Illinois upset the Wolverines.
Minnesota took advantage OF the
jinx this fall.
Auburn is closing with a zoologi-
cal schedule Following the Glenn
son and L. S. U. Tigers. it tackles
Boston College Eagles, Florida Ga
tors and Villanova Wildcats. 1ne
Auburn lads themselves are known
as the Tigers.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-20
l.. A. STOCKS

LoG ANGELES. Nov. 20. CUP)-
Trading on the Los Angeles stock
eA.ndn1e was dull today with most
issues ghoming slight losses on a
turnover Of $500 hares during the
early session.
Universal Consolidated was the
only issue to gain, swelling at sk
UP Y Issues showing losses in
GUIDED: Central Invetment, 81, off
4; Southern Calf. Edison com
mon 27K off b; Southern Pacific
SIS off u A; Consolidated oil 6, off
4; Standard oil Of Cal, 19h, off
2. Lockheed 30 off 1; Vultee 8A
of 4
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-20
kiNefer Named
Indian Manager

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Nov. 20
(UP)-Wade CRed) Killefer, until
recently manager of the Hollywood
club of the Pacific Coast league,
today succeeded Jewel Ems as man
ager of the Indianapolis Indians of
the American Association.
Leo T. Miller, president of the
indianapolis club, who announced
the change, said Ems had been re-
leased to the Cincinnati Reds of
the National League where he will
serve as a coach, replacing Jimmy
Wilson, now manager of the Chi
cago Cubs.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-20
Hotel BowIers
Hold Lead With
4-0League Win

California hotel bowling team
clung to its lead in the El Centre
major league Tuesday night by
shutting out Dr.. Dupont keglers,
1 to 0.
The second place Gullett grocery
bowlers stopped 20-30, 81, and
Imperial Valley Building and Loan
upset Snider's garage, 81, in the
other league match.
High series Of the night was
chalked UP by George Kendall Of
the California hotel team, with a
el2, and high game was tossed
by Bradshaw of Gulletts, 241.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-20
CHICAGO GRAINS

CHICAGO. Nov. 90. (UP)-Grain
futures followed soy beans lower
today. December and May soy beans
plunged the limit of cents before
buying interest improved.
A small rally in the first hour
Of the session was short lived as
outside markets failed to respond
fully and the short covering which
bolstered the modest recovery move
lacked the vigor to sustain prices
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-20
Baltimore Buys
Pitcher, Catcher

PHILADELPHIA Nov 20. CUP)-
Pitcher CLYDE Smoll and Catcher
t-9e Kracher have been sold to Bal
timore in the International league.
the Philadelphia Phillies announc-
ed today.
Southpaw Smoll was used princl-
pally IN relief pitching last season
and was credited with two wins ano
eight losses. Kracher was a substl-
tute catcher and is a native OF
Palmyra, N j.
The price was not revealed.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-20
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YORK, Nov. 90. UP)-
The stock market turned weak in
moderately active, pre-holiday trad
ing today, with losses ranging to
more than points.
Dow Jones preliminary closing
stock averag ges: Industrial 1922
off 2.26: rail 29.1S of 0.51; utility
20.42, off 0.47; and 65 stocks 44.40,
off 0.S0.
Stock sales approximated $4,000
shares against 100000 yesterday.
Curb stock sales were 10000 hares
compared with 100000 in the pre-
vi4t1g GeEinn
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-20
Golf Tourney
Pairinqs Drawn

Pairings for the first in a series
of intra club golf matches at the
Barbara Worth country club, will
be drawn Thursday by team cap
tains, Forrest Manley and Forrest
Ferguson, according to Wade Ram
sey, tournament chairman.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-20
Markets at a Glance
By UNITED FIRES,

Stocks weak in moderate trading.
Bonds lower; L. S. governments
higher, some at new highs for the
year.
Wheat off 1872 cents; corn off
15s-21s.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-20
Title Defenders
Of Ca exico to
Meet &C. Threat
Caiex:co-EI Centre Seasonal Records

FL Centre O Brawey Hotvile 0
FL Centro Imper CalexicO G, Imperial
10 oItyile Ia
F Centre IA, CalexicO {, Brawey
Ell Centre r. Brawle Calexico 49, HOtvile 0
Imperial CaleXicO D. Grossmont
25 Total Pts 5O-Opponents 2O
Ell Centre and Caexco high school football teams play
the climax game of the valley league season Thursday
afternoon at Calexico field and when the final gun has
sounded the annual Thanksgiving day classic the win
ner will have clear field to the loop championship.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-20

Football contest experts We're re-
minded Wednesday that only two
more days remained to get selections
in for this the ninth week, Of the
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-20
MPLS. FLAX FUTURES

1Elax quotations courtesy the
Southwest FIaxseed assoeiD tfon.1
December .................. S1.57h
May .................. $780,.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-20
Football Contest Entry Deadline
Set for Thursday at pm. This Week

contest.
Entries must be mailed or brought
to the Post-Press before 2 p. m
Thursday.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-20
WINNERS
GAMES

GAMES WINNERS
Ell Centre vs. Calexico
UCLA VS.. Washington ...----.-.--------
Hardin Simmons STU -..-------....---..--
Northwestern Notre Dame
Auburn vs. Boston College
Columbia vs. Colgate
Georgia Tech VS.. Florida
Mississippi vs. Mississippi State -.----~---
Pitt VS.. Penn State ----.--.----------..
Santa Barbara vs. San Diego State -------,---------
NAME ....--.-.-..--..------
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-20
L. A. BUTTER & EGGS

Los ANGELES, Nov. 20. tUPJ-
Extras Sac; prime firts 33 cents;
standard 32lac; undergrades 80 Z C.
fHrE. EEEs
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-20
l.. 4. BANhS

Los ANGELES. Nov 20. tUfl-
Transamerioa ...s.......... %"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-20
L. A. HAY
l.. A. GRAIN

LOS ANGELES. Nov. 20. 9UP1-
Mating barley ....-. SI.l23z LII "
40
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-20
The POST-PRESS
SPORTS
BENCHW ARM|NG
bv Burdette Kinne
--Pos'-Press Sports Editor

tories have not been flukes.
Harvard over Yale-In which eX'
greats resume a long standing rival
~.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29
Baptist Minister Dies In
Chair For Daughters Death

day he will be buried in New Cam
den cemetery, Camden, N. j., be-
side the bodies of his wife and OF
the daughter he had murdered.
Dworecki, 40, was, until his arrest
and conviction, pastor of the Polish
Baptist church, at Camden. His
daughter, Wanda, was rebellious
adolescent who had given her wild
owed father trouble and concern.
She disappeared August 7, 1889 and
the next morning her body was
found In the rain-Soaked weeds OF
field. She had been strangled and
her skull lad been crushed by
having been beaten with a rock.
Police arrested Peter Sllewchuk,
81, a former boarder In the Dwor-
ecki home, who had had dates with
WanCa. He said Dworeck had hired
him to kill his daughter, saying to
choke her, hit her with a rock,
twist her neck, and make sure she's
done" He obeyed instructions. he
said, wherelpon Dworecki refused
| to pay him his fee-$100, He said
he had received only few dollars
"for expenses.
Dworecki was convicted october 5
after Shewchuk had pleaded guilty
and testified against him. Dworecki
denied, In testifying in his own be-
half, that h. had wanted his daugh-
ter dead or had hired anyone to
kill her. He said he had been bru-
| tally treated By police, threatened
nth mob violence, ami thus forced
to make damaging but untrue adj
missions.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29

State College, Pa, March 20. CUP
Fraternity leaders at Pennsylvania
State college joined today IN the
search for sex fiend who slew IT.
year-old Rachel Taylor, freshman
coed from Wildwood, N. j.
Authorities believed she was slain
by someone she knew. She en-
countered the killer while talking
from a bus stop to the college dor
mitory, half mile away, about 1:3O
a. m. yesterday. Her body was found
four miles off her route, so she evil
IDENTIFY accepted ride in an auto
mobile. She was inclined to be shy
and her friends were certain she
would not have ridden with a
stranger at that time of night. Her
only friends in this vicinity were
college ones, so the investigation
centered today on the campus.
Wilbur Leitzell, the college town
executive, called the inter-fratern-
ity Council, representing all SO chap
ter houses on the campus, to a
meeting in his Office last night. He
asked the presidents OF each trater-
nifty to report any member absent
without explanation from his room
between 1.21 a. m. yesterday, when
Miss Taylor was seen alighting from
a bus. and dawn. Half the 5000 men
at the college belong to fraternities.
I,eitzell discussed the case In de-
tail with the fraternity leaders, ex-
planning the type OF maniac TOR
whom authorities were looking.
Miss Taylor's body was found yes
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29
JOHN SHARON IS
GIVEN CHANCE
Passed Bogus Checks
With Employers Name;
Will Get Job Back

John Sharon, "a, of 96 Hill street,
charged with passing bogus checks,
was granted IL weeks continuance
by Judge Theobald E. Conway in
City Court today. The continuance
was granted after the man whose
name he had forged to the checks
went to bat" for him, saying he
would give Sharon back his job. a
The man was John Drew, Of West
Cheshire, who said he'd employed
Sharon since he was discharged
from the state penotentiary some
time ago. He said Sharon was q
good boy, but he got into trouble
because of waterbury gang. 4
Sharon was arrested by Detective
Lieut.. Edward McElligott March q
on a charge Of passing q check Of
$3.50 at the Brown Clothing COM
pany on North Main street Feb. 8
Sharon was told by the court to re-
port regularly to the probation Of
f1cer.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29
CATHOLIC PRIEST
GRANTED PATENT

West Warren, Mass, March 20
(UP)-The Rev. Omer J. Chevrette,
pastor of st. Thomas Catholic
church, has been granted patent
on a process for painting fresco
on CLOTH" it was learned today.
Father Chevrette said examples
of his method soon will be sub
mitted to art centers for critical
appraisal.
He explained that his patent COW
ers the application of pure dyes
and water pigments on absorbent
cloth with brush.
Principal advantage of the pro-
cess, he sail, is that it is excep-
tionally economical and suitable for
the execution of panels for decora-
tive purposes and for such pliable
textures as stage curtains.
The pastor said instead of paint
ing on the surface of canvas, his
process permits the saturation OF q
cloth by the artists in manner
that results in a product which has
transparency, depth and the soft
ness of pastels.
He said one of his "Frescoes in
CLOTH" a work 71k by 5h feet, cost
between So and 81, considerably
less expensive than an oil painting
of similar proportions.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29
COLLECTION OF
REFUSE BOTHERS
DR.. Godfrey Expresses
Hope Some System Will
Come This Year

DR.. Edward J. Godfrey, city
health officer, today expressed the
hope that action on the establish
ment of municipal system OF
refuse collection and the erection
OF city incinerator might be taken
this year. He said he would present
recommendations to the Board OF
Heslth as soon as possible, in the
expectation that the health board
would present the two proposals tC
the Board of Public Works.
Letters to officials of cities where
refuse collection systems are now in
effect have been sent by DR.. God
frey, and he expects to have consid-
cradle information of value to sub
nit to the health board. DR.. God
frey is also securing information on
the cost of building and maintain
ing o municipal incinerator.
IncineratOr Talked OF
The possibility of having an in
Generator built with federal aid
through the PWA or the WPA, is
being investigated also.
A municipal refuse collection
system, according to DR.. Godfrey
would greatly aid the community
health program. Refuse would be
collected regularly, on the same
plan as garbage is now collected
This would do away, 1t is felt, with
the steadily recurring complaints OF
illegal dumping Of rubbish, with It's
consequent hazards to health. The
cost Of such system is estimated
by DR.. Godfrey at about $4,000
year.
An estimate of the cost of an in
GENERATOR will be prepared by DR.
<6ao.. Ai....oi a. Hlnnn o.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29
GREAT BRITAIN,
RUSSIAN PACT
SOviets Have Proposed
Trade Agreement; Tur=
key Sticks to Allies
BY FREDERICK KUN
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent


London, March 29.-(UP)-Russia
has of1icially proposed to Great Bri-
tain the opening of negotiations for
q British Russian trade agreement,
reliable sources said today.
This news was disclosed soon after
the ministry Of economic warfare
had announced that the Russian
steamships Selenga and Vladimir
Mayakovsky, long detained at Hong
Kong under the British blockade,
had been transferred to French au-
thorities. Both ships were believed
to be on the way to French Indo-
China under French warShips eS-
cort.
It was understood that Ivan
Miasky, Russian ambassador, acting
under instructions from Moscow,
had communicated a Russian trade
agreement offer to Viscount Halifax,
foreign secretary, Wednesday.
1t was believed also that British
leaders took the opportunity to dis
cuss this offer with French lead
ers at yesterdays Allied supreme
war council meeting here.
Britain in Doubt
Britain's attitude toward the Rus
sian offer was in doubt. Several
foreign diplomats expressed doubt
that Britain would accept. They
cited Allied, and particularly
French, misgiving lest any commod-
tiles supplied to Russia under a
trade agreement might be forwarded
(Norti,o,1od m paon ~