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Evening star., 1940-01-30
Japanese Buying
In u. ). Seen Small
Without an EMBARGO
Credit From American
Silk Purchasers Down;
Money Is q Problem
gy the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
SAN RANCISCO, Jan. 30-Amid
all the talk of embargoes, many
competent San Francisco observers,
including bankers who know inter-
national credits, say there is not
going to be much japanese buying
here until Japan gets something to
use for money.
Japan isn't getting so much
credit here from American silk pur-
chasing. In fact, America is buy
ing less silk than the japanese
themselves.
That is the assertion of Kurt
Bloch, investigator for the Institute
of Pacific Relations. Upshot of Mr..
Bloch's Investigations, to be pub
lished tomorrow in the institutes
Far East survey, is something like
this.
American consumption is at a
new low for recent years, down
more than one-third from the con-
sumption rate going when the
current undeclared war in China
started.
Meanwhile Japanese conSump-
ton of silk has doubled and is still
going up. From around 100000
bales annually it has gone to about
100000 bales, while American con-
sumption has dropped from around
600 900 bales in a year to about $780,
600. A rather sharp shift in less
than three years.
Japan's rise in domestic silk con-
sumption comes both directly and
indirectly from the war. Exchange
had to be conserved. SO Japan for
| bade export of funds for purchase
of large amounts of cotton, wool and
Woodpulp for rayon.
American silk consumers, accord
ing to various degrees of their
rather frigid reception of japanese
aims in China, stopped buying silk
stockings. So Japan got less ex-
change and had to take further
conservation steps.
The more restrictions on eX-
change, the less other fabrics Japan
gets, and the more japanese turn
to silk
Also. as Japan gets less Aemrican
exchange, purchases of even prime
war commodities fall, and results
Nf \,
out any such official action.
Evening star., 1940-01-30
Repeal No Solution
OF Liquor Problem,
Dry Forces Told
Drunkenness Worse
Than Before Prohibition,
Says Evangelist Here

Repeal of the 18th amendment
has not solved the liquor question
in this country, according to Sam
Morris evangelist of Del Rio, Tex.
Mr.. Morris, who spoke last night
at a meeting of the United Dry
Forces of the District of Columbia at
the Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Church, declared the liquor question
"is not where it is sold, or who sells
it, but what it will do to your
children"
Legal whisky" said Mr.. Morris,
"is like a rattlesnake that once
craWled from its dark haunts onto
the front street of my home town.
When I chanced by the snake was
striking out vigorously at group
of children watching it.
"Just because that snake had
come out in the open was no reason
why it was less deadly. That, is
true also of prohibition whisky. We
have not made it any less vicious
by making it legal"
Drunkenness Called Worse.
MI Morris, a leader in the move
ment to restore prohibition, indicted
the legalized sale of whisky on
three counts.
First, he said, repealists got in
on the platform that the old sa-
loon would not come back Mr.
Morris declared this to be a false
screen OF words, contending drunk
enness since repeal is much worse
than it was before prohibition.
Secondly, Mr.. Morris objected to
the promiscuous use of young girls
pictures with beer or liquor as an
advertising medium. This, he said,
was making pretty girls the bait
of booze joints
Thirdly. Mr. Morris asked, How
are We going to keep our children
from being exposed to influences
of liquor when every hamburger
Joint, beer hall and general store
in a city or town not only sells
liquor but advertises it blatantly?'
Vote would Be Remedy"
Representative Guyer of Kansas,
author of a measure pending in the
House to restore prohibition in the
District of Columbia, introduced Mr.
Morris. Mr.. Guyer said the Nation S
Capital should serve as an example
to other cities in bringing back pro-
hibition. but deplored the scarcity of
members of Congress sharing that
opinion.
If you had something to do with
the vote here" he said, you could
remedy the situation"
J. Raymond Schmidt. superintend-
ent of the Civic League of New York,
spoke after Mr. Morris and appealed
for financial and moral support for
the movement to restore prohibition.
Evening star., 1940-01-30
Hitler
Continued From First Page)

against any dangers from the east"
he went on.
eff the other world had showed
the slightest understanding Tor
German problems, all questions
could have been negotiated.
England and France, however
were resolved to take up the gantlet
of battle. When Chamberlain
stepped up as a preacher and pro-
claimed his war aims his own his
tory contradicted him.
"Thev have always fought for
God. and never had any material
aims 49,
AS Hitler thus spoke sarcastlcally
the crowd loosed cascade OF Jeers
But England did not want to be
alone-the fighter for God-but they
have always induced other peoples
to ioin with them
Celebration Abandoned.
Because of the war, the anniver-
sary of Hitler's appointment as
Chancellor by the late President
Paul Won Hindenburg January 80
1888, was just another working day
rather than the national Gay OF
celebration it has been in the past
The newspapers recalled Hitler's
appeal to the party seven years ago:
Overwhelming is the task before
us. We must solve it and shall
solve it..
This task today was defined gen.
orally as "a fight for living which
eliminated in the decision between
us and England"
Writing in Hitler's own Voelki'
scher Beobachter, the editor, DR.
Alfred Rosenberg, viewed the pres
ent situation as follows:
"An old, corrupt, but well organ
. lied and militarily strong Worlc
makes a last effort to put through
against Germany, over and above
all her rights in Europe, their SO,
called democratic principle. which
in reality is the domination of bruta
financial market speculations.'
Hitler Pictures Displayed.
The press displayed recent pic
lures of Hitler at the front. The
Voelkischer Beobachter also fea'
tured a sketch of two figures,
stormtrooper with the inscription
1--WE won" and in the foreground 8
steel-helmeted bayonet-bearlng sol.
dier with the slogan, I'VE Will WIN
The customary annual promotion!
nv the Fuehrer in the army, police
and civil service were published.
In previous years the Reichstae
has met to hear Hitler, but it die
not convene today.
Propaganda Minister Paul Josepf
Goebbels had planned to speak, bu1
the press announced he was toe
busy.
Schools and factories will be oc-
cupied with their usual tasks. The
public has been asked not to dis
play flags.
Evening star., 1940-01-30
japanese Demand
That British Return
Il Seized Germans
Insistence Is Made at
Conference of Arttu
With English Envoy
BY the Associated Press.

-
TOXIC, Jan. 30.-The foreign Of
flee announced that Foreign Min
lister Hachiro Arita told British Am
bassador Sir Robert Leslie Craigie
today that the return to Japan of 81
Germans seized by the British. Navy
from the japanese liner Asama
Maru was essential"
The demand was made at a two
and d-a-half hour conference in which
"every angle" of the Asama Maru
case was discussed. The vessel was
halted by British warship January
20 off Yokohama, and the 81, sea-
men returning to Germany, were
taken off. They have been interned
in Hong Kong.
Craigie and Arita agreed to meet
again tomorrow.
Attitude Strengthened.
The foreign office statement was
considered significant because here
tofore the japanese government
had simply reserved the right" to
demand the return Of the captives
Hence the new position was inter-
preted as a strengthening of Japans
attitude.
The foreign Office statement said
Craigie requested today's confer
ence. 1t was agreed that the British
note replying to Japan's protest over
the incident would not be published
Immediately.
The japanese government mean
while is preparing a considered re-
ply" it was stated.
Tientsin Tension Increases.
The newspaper Asahi said that
the Soviet Ambassador, Constantin
Smetanin, had conferred for an
hour today with Arita over the
questions of Russian-Japanese trade
and japanese fishing rights in
Soviet Far Eastern waters.
Tension increased in the block
AIDED British and French conces-
sionS at TientSin. China, after Jap
anese military planes flew low over
the area. Barbed wire around the
concessions has been electrically
charged since Sunday.
Evening star., 1940-01-30
Poi Needed for Film
Is Sent by AirmoiI
From Honolulu
" TIE Associated Press.

Ey TIE Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD. Jan. 30.-Poi,
the Hawaiian food made from
the taro root, upset the polse
of Joe Pasternak. the movie
producer, but not for long.
Well haveto have some poi"
said William Setter, the direc-
tor. The script says Deanna
Durbin, Kay Francis and Cissie
LOTUS eat some - and talk
about it. Send a boy for some
poi"
Mr.. Pasternak sent-but he
had to cable. Hollywood hasn't
any.
So Sidney Smith. executive
chef at a Honolulu hotel, is
whipping up Is servings of poi
and sending it across the Pa
cific via Pan-American Clipper
ship.
Evening star., 1940-01-30
QuintupIets Reported
Born to Egyptian

By the Associated Press.
CAIRO. Egypt, Jan. 30-Uncon-
firmed reports were received here to-
da' thai quintuplets. all girls, were
born yesterday to Sayeda Gehessa
wife of an Egyptian clerk. The
mother has seven other children, six
of them sons.
Evening star., 1940-01-30
Bill Before House
Since May, 1889,
Finally Passes
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
House members wiped their
brows and heaved deep signs
today on learning that bill 6261
had passed.
The House mas been consider
ing the measure, which would
pay various claims against the
Government, since May Is, 1899.
Consideration, of course, was
not continuous.
Evening star., 1940-01-30
Calf, Given Oxygen,
Wins Pneumonia Fight

BY the Associated Press
MADISON, Wis, Jan. 30.-A
three-month-o old Holstein bull given
oxygen for four days, was reported
today to have passed the crisis in its
fight against pneumonia.
The calf is considered the most
valuable ever produced from the
University of Wisconsin herd. 1t is
named university Vrouka Sir
HenperVeld !"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-04-01
SPORTS PARADE
BY HENRY MCLEMORE-

NEW YORK, April !. cUP) Six
new world records were eStablishe
in Madison Square Garden last
night, five of them in track and
field events and one in warmth of
applause for champion whose
spikes have been rusty these many
years.
Lot others tell YOU Of Greg Rice's
smashing 1893 in the three mil"
run; Al Bloz!S' mOnstrous heaYcs of
the eight and II pound shots; and
Allan TOlmich's 5clssoring time in
the 80 and 70 yards hurdles. l would
like to recapture that moment for
you when Faavo Nurmi, the one
time phantom Finn, was softly in
troduced over the lOudspeaker and
came striding from tho darkness of
a ramp into the glare of the big
arena.
He came in with the long, full
and easy lopc Of the Nurmi Of near
~ two decades ago. and wearing
a faded blue running suit. For a
second or two there wasn't a sound.
save that Of his spikes biting into
the pine boards of the track. And
for a second or two you could have
sworn you were watching the same
Nurmi who ran to II world records,
and who was the mighticSt running
man of all time,
Then the needle Of dozen spot
lights Illuminated him and he be-
came PaavO Nurmi, AZ, champion
Of the past, making what might we'll
be his last run, and in many ways
his greatest run. Almost bald, his
face lined by time, and lacking the
depth of chest and steel of thigh and
calf of the young stars who lined the
track TO watch him run. PaaVo
worked five laps, just one lap short
of half a mile.
After a second or two Of silence.
when he settled into his fun stride,
the crowd of $4,000 who had come
to contribute its bit to the Finnish
relief fund. cheered his every step
as if it we're a step that was carry
ing him through the tape for new
worlds mark. At the finish of his
run there wasn't a spectator who
wasn't standing, 70 better yell,
whistle and clap his appreciation
and admiration for the Olympic
champion of 1924
It was an Unprecedented demon
stration for track and field. sport
in which stirring man TO man COM
petition provides the thrill. Nurml
sas alone, and did not even have the
clock, for a competitor. He was run
ming TO. 40 medal, no laurel wreath.
But none If the young champions,
when they broke records later IN
the evening drew the cheers that
Nurmi did.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-04-01
Padres Top Loop Standing
With Single Victory as
Sunday Games Rained Out
BY UNITED PRESS

The Pacific Coast league
baseball clubs move into the
first full series of the season
tomorrow with San Diego's
Padres in first place by a half game
over six other clubs. San Diego
took its Saturday encounter from
Los Angeles 5 to before rain
washed out the abbreviated series
yesterday. AS a result the Padres
are the only unbeaten team in the
circuit.
Hollywood moves on to San Diego
tomorrow while Los Angeles returns
to its home grounds 20 entertain
Portland. San Francisco opens the
night season at Oakland while Sc
attic goes to Sacramento.
San Francisco and Portland, rain
ed out Saturday, split a double
header at San Francisco Sunday.
The Ducks took the opener 9 to g.
betting Sam Gibson, usually an
opening day winner, from the
mound. The Seals came back to
take the nightcap to 3, hammer
ing Ad Liska from the mound in
the fifth inning after nine hit
barrage.
Oakland and Sacramento also
split a pair, the Acorns winning
the first 9 to 6 and the Solons the
second game, 4 to 3.
Hollywood managed 60 gain to
l lead on Seattle before rain forced
a halt in the only other game OF
the day.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-04-01
BENCHW FARMING
by Burdette Kline
-Post-Press Sports Editor

even the great LondoS could toss
Szabo around if the chips were
placed "Squarely" on the line.
Szabo started his wrestling career
in high school in Hungary, when
he was still dreaming of becoming
an engineer and hadn't yet con-
templated a trip to the United
States. Wrestling and soccer foot
ball are the major interScholastic
sports in Hungary and nine out of
ten youngsters compete in wrestling
tournaments within the schools.
That, of course. is during peace
full times in Europe" Szabo said
smiling. drilling is the major sport
al the moment. varied only by dig
eing trenches and the practice of
entering bombproof shelters.
Szabo dug into his steak with
equally as much zip as he puts into
his wrestling performances before
declaring he was at present an
American citizen, and that as such
he was perfectly contented.
II doubt if they could drag me
back" Sander said between bites
of ice cream.
And chances are il would take
good many to drag him back
II he decided to resist.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-04-01
Central Jaycee
Meters Win
Valley Baseball

Ell Centre junior college tennis
team returned from La Jolla last
weekend with a 5-4 victory over
La Jolla high meters in the first
meeting of home and home series
The results:
A. Hens Of. K. Drummond JJ
6-1, 6-8. ga
G. Matterra Of. j. Hens tECp
So. 6-3.
B. Creelman Of. Ray Barnes CEC)
Sc. 6-3.
Bill Caughlin Of. George Hall
CLJ. 60. 8-6.
Connie Lazo Of. j. Heckleman
tLJ. rs. 60.
Ralinger Of. Radcliffe EC), rs
60.
Hens and Hens ,EC) df Mat
terra and Drummond. 81. 6-3;
Barnes and Caughlin (EC) Of. Bish-
OPP and Mcdonnell. 81, 81; Crowell
and Hatch Of. Lazo and Radcliffe
oEC), 6-3. 6-3.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-04-01
L. A. LIVESTOCK

Los ANGELES. April !. Up
Hog salcablc 14Ou: very SLOW f"
hight truckins stronger at 3.3"-G;
nothing done on load lots eastefhS'
bulk held above 5.S5: hevay SOW
-J.3J.
CattIc saIeable $500. bulk stcerS
and heifers unhold: carly sale "A Il
ella ~Ses about steady: load good 80
10 fed steers $50; several loads me
dunn to good steers oZo-9.-3; bet
hcifers held around SIS; common 70
good cows CT; Gamers and cutters
4.5o-5.75; bulls 6.25-675; of flo -,
calves saleable 900; active; fully
steady: vealers 10-12.50: some held
higher; few down 10 8, few calves
S 10.
eteady: medium to good TIA ID
spring lambs $50; good and choIec
quoted to 9.75; load 81 ID wooded
lambs 7-75: better grades lacking
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-04-01
Former Negro Grid Star to
Head Wrestling Card Thurs.

Woodrow Wilson Strobe
who has brought his flying
tackle and flying block from
the UCLA football team tc
professional wrestling. will
make his premier appearance in the
Imperial Valley come main event
time in the city limits arena Thurs
day night.
STROBE. the best Negro wrestler
to don pair of trunks in history
of the sport will tangle with Hank
Matheney.
In another feature spot Pantel-
con Manlopig will battle Box Car
Jacobs. a behemoth who has been
around for a long time Manlopig
is the Filipino champion and is
currently seeking bout to qualify
him for a shot at Jimmy Lon6os.
Ramon SeviTla and Sonny Lamont
former vaudeville star, will clash in
the opener.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-04-01
League to Open
Friday Afternoon

Imperial Valleys high school
baseball league opens Friday after
noon with Holtville scheduled to
meet CaleXico, Ell Centre high to
play at Brawley.
Holtville's smuggling Vikings will
be loaded for the league opener.
according to Coach T. S. Walker
and will start their ace finger,
Norman Sharp with Lefty zumstein
held in reserve.
CaleXico will pit Armando VAL
encia, the leagues most effective
hurler one year ago, against the
HoltVi11e nine.
fluffy Hester was slated to pitch
for Ell Centre against the rapidly
improving Brawley nine, and will
be opposed by Martin Navarro anG
his smooth fielding teammates.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-04-01

Except for a slightly CaulifloWer-
ed pair of ears. you might mistake
Sander Szabo. Pacific Coast Wres-
Ting champion. as substantial
farmer or as civil engineer. a
profession he started to follow.
The Hungarian adonis. who has
wreStlcd IN an estimated 1900 bouts
since he came to the United States
in 1881, was being feted in an I'M
perial Valley cafe after last week S
bouts when l manaeed to strike
up a conversation which revealed
an amazing personality in the per
son of the famous grappler.
In ali Szabo has wrestled l9 years.
nine as an amateur in Hungary be-
fore he came to the United States
and has probably engaged in nearly
$500 bouts. He was winner OF the
light heavyweight championship OF
the world in the 1924 OlymplcS.
II was III 1881. when the Hungar-
ian wrestling team Travelled 10 the
United States 10 compete in the
1882 Olympics that Szabo signed
an attractive professional wrestling
contract
Since that time Szabo has earned
approximately three-quarters OF
million dollars, considerably more
money than he would have earned
as a civil engineer. He spent three
years studying in Hungary uni
versity to become an engineer.
SZabo. who couldn't speak word
of English when he came to the
United States. but who now car
ries on a conversation with the
ease OF a college professor won 200
straight bouts before he was de-
feated by Jimmy LondoS IL title
: match.
Sander is probably one of the
few erapplers in the game today
who actually knows all OF the bona
fide wrestling technique, and if
wrestling were strictly wrestling.
he would have no peers. for not
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-04-01
L. A. PRODUCE

LOS ANGELES. April !. ttPl-
Trading was moderate with rainy
weather.
Asparagus; san Diego jumbos &c;
medium Tc1 local jumbos 80 u { !;
Imperial punched fey SIC; san LUIS
Oh>po large 9-l"c.
Cabbage: local cannonball 3o-6oc !;
Oxuard 7u-s5c; san Diego $l.o0; To-
al red $125-s1.50, savoy Soc.
CantalOupes: Imperial pony 34s
81. 90: pony Orange pack s275-S3.h0;
I'D Ass Sl7.OO; irregular ~ilats ST.
$50.
squash: White summer Imperial
GoacheIla crates 81. 40-S1.75; flats
>l.25-S150 san Pedro Tugs S2.o0-
S2.25: Italian Imperial Wy and Goa
rhclla Wy crates S1.35-Sl.65: flats
$1.25-s1 so; san Pedro Tugs 81 10
S2.G0: san Diego Iugs S1.3o-Sl 10.
hight colored 1890: yellow crook
neck Imperial Wy and Coachelia Wy
crates S1.5O-S20o.
Tomatoes: inland & lmperia Wy
irons s1.50-S275 12-tops $50
81 80; loose Tugs 50 71c.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-04-01
'Greq Rice ofNofre Dame Runs Finnish
Distance Star Into Ground in Three
Mile Feature at Madison Square Garden

threw the 10 pound shot IS feet and
the eight pound shot rs feet and Is
inches.
There had been cheers for Al Toll
mich of Detroit who had skinned
over the 10 yard high hurdles in 8.4
seconds to better the previous world
record of 90 seconds. The cheers
grew louder when Tolmich came
back to do the 80 yard low hurdles
in 6 seconds flat. two tenths of a
second better than the world record.
Shortly after 10 p. m. four men
trottCd up to the starting line for
the three mile race, and this is what
the customers had come to see. In
one lane was Maxi, grim and SER
lous. and standing off the track with
a Stop-watCh in hand was Paavo
Nurmi. the peerless Nurmi who is
too old to run in competition now
but who had come across the sea
to encourage his countryman- Rice,
one year out of Notre Dame and
now running for the South Bend
Athletic Association, was in another
lane and the other two were Don
Lash of Indiana and Joe McCluskey
of New York.
Lash. making a final challenge,
passed Maxi to take second place.
The flying Finn finished third, but
he broke two records with the tor
rid pace he set in the early stages.
He did the two and a half miles In
Il 40 compared to the previous in
door record of ll45.8 and he was
elocked at two and three quarter
miles in 12:51.9 compared to the
previous record of 1858.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-04-01

NEW YORK. April /. up
They'll be singing Cheer, clSer
for old Notre Dame" under the
spires at South Bend today, for one
of their boys made history in the
greatest indoor track meet ever held.
Five world records fell last night
in the star studded competition at
Madison Square Garden. but the
at the audience sWarmed into the
streets was that of Gregory Rice.
Notre Danes chunky. wirv distance
man who ran the great Taisto Maxi
Of Finland into the ground in a
three mile race that brought l4000
persons out of their seats. yelling
Rice had to break a world record
to do it, Two and a half laps from
home Rice took command With an
incredible burst of speed and won
going away in 13 minutes. 52.3 See
onds. Thus he clipped SO seconds
off the world record of IS 500 which
he set recently at the National A.
A. U. games.
Records had fallen like autumn
leaves when the band played the
Finnish national anthem and the
Star Spangled Banner before the
start of the three mile race. Twenty
eight OF the top track and field
athletes of the nation had assembled
to run. hurdle and put the shot for
the benefit of the Finnish relief
fund.
The crowd had watched Al BloziS.
Georgetown great shot putter
smash two world records when he
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-04-01

Barbara Worth golfers Sunday
scored a 45l2 to 2l12 victory over
Del Rio golfers from BraWley in
a team match played over the for
merS course.
Del Rio sent As players to the
southern links. The odd number
was accounted for when DR.. j. L.
Parker arrived somewhat late and
alone. He was teamed against DR..
Claude Peters of Ell Centre.
In the number one match Lover
idge Marsh and Bud VeSS took 2i2
points for BraWley. VeSS. normally
of Ell Centre, substituted for Lyle
KuriSaki. who failed to appear
They played against Forrest Fer
guson and Jack Jones for one nine
and Jones and T. S. Walker for
another nine, when Ferguson drop
ped out
In the number two match For
rest Manley and Logan jenkins
shipped Tunney Williams and Les
Rogers for three points and in the
third match Jersey Birchfield ard
Wayne Elvander broke even with