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Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-18


over Britain but the air ministry
in London revealed that from dawn
to p. m. not single German at
tack was made.
Berlin announced a total blockade
of Britain and called on anil neu-
tral nations to halt further shipping
to the British Isles. The British
scoffed at the German announce
ment and suggested it might fore
cast shift of plans away from the
air blitzkrieg
The British announced their
bombers had struck at new objec-
tives in Germany including an oil
plant at Leuna, the Zeiss works at
Jena, the MesSerschmidt factory at
Ausberg and aircraft stores at Hol-
ledze.
The British Mediterranean fleet
units including battleships anG
cruisers blasted at Port Bardia and
Fort Capuzzo in Libya, near the
Egyptian frontier. Two Italian
planes which attacked the fleet were
shot down.
lUioll dioO Jlldl
the southern entrance to the Eng
lish channel and the Atlantic coast
al waters of France had been mined
to keep the Germans from utilizing
French bases and ward against an
attack on Ireland from this vicinity.
CONTROVERSY ragged between Ber-
lin and London as to the extent and
effectiveness of yesterdays attack
on the British capital. But one thing
was certain. During the night hours
the Royal Air Force smashed back,
bombing widely separated objectives
in Germany and, possibly. italy.
The Germans admitted that Mum
ich, shrine of the Nazi movement,
WAS bombed but said that no dam
age was done and Glat only one
British bomber apparently made the
attack. Weimar, the city which saw
Germany'S transition from the I'M
erial monarchy to a republic, also
was bombed.
The British admitted that the
Tilbury dock region and the indus
trial southwestern suburbs of Lon
don were bombed but minimized
the military effectiveness of the
raid. They said no German planes
Continued on Page 6, col. d
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-18
Youth Works Wdv
Studying America

HOLLYWOOD. Aug. II. CUP)-
Bill Mayer, 17-year-old student at
the Todd school in Woodstock, ILL.,,
stopped over in Hollywood today
with Orson Welles, actor-writer-
producer, and Welles invited him
to stick around"
AS part of his curriculum, Bill
is studying the manner in which
Americans live, so he decided to
include the movie capital on his
itinerary. He met Welles two years
ago when the actor supervised sew
eral film productions at Todd.
where he once was a student him.
self
The youth said he left his Illinois
home last June IS with SIS in his
pockets. He worked his way to the
coast by washing dishes. waiting
on tables and tending horses. He
arrived with a capital increase Of
&C
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-18
BY HARRY l.. PERCY

LONDON, Aug. IT. UP)-First
Englishman: How did you get on
during the air raid?"
Second Englishman: "Oh, I en-
joyed every drop of it,"
There you have Londons latest
joke, born after yesterdays bomb
attack on the eastern suburbs.
1t will give you a rough idea
of how many shop clerks, stock ex-
change employees, office workers and
others spent the respite from toll
offered them by the air alarm.
AS on the day before when an
alarm sounded-though no German
planes appeared over the city then
-Londoners were calm. There was
no rusing to air raid shelters, no
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-18
Reds UseCourts
In Election Row

PSESCOTT, Aug. II. CUPD-The
Communist party outlawed in Ari-
zona by a ruling of the attorney
general. filed for writ of mandate
,in U. S. district court today to
compel state officials to restore the
party to the September primary
election ballot
The petition for the writ was filed
bv Morris Graham. executive Secre-
tary of the party in this state. He
charged that the Arizona secretary
of state and attorney general had
acted in an arbitrary" manned and
contrary to the federal and state
constitutions in striking the party
off the ballot.
The two state officials supported
their action with the assertion that
Communists could not seek office
because. if elected, their principles
would make it impossible for them
to uphold the constitution of the
United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-18
Extradition Asked
From Mexico

SACRAMENTO, Aug. IT. CUP)-
A request for extradition from
Mexico of G.. M. Van Brynke. alias
G.. M. Coughlan, on four counts of
grand theft in Los Angeles was
forwarded to U. S. Secretary Of
State Cordell Hull by Gov. Culbert
Olson. Van Brynke is reported un-
der provisional arrest for Califor-
mia authorities at Manzanillo, Co
lima. Mexico. The extradition pa
pers must be cleared through the
Mexican embassy in Washington,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-18
Whittier Probe
Takes Recess

LOS ANGELES, Aug. IT. OUP)-
A special committee inquiry into
two suicides a Whittier State
School or Boys was in weekend re-
cess today after a father of one
of the boys who supposedly hanged
himself charged that his son was
murdered.
ut was murder-that's what it
was shouted John Leiva. father
of Edward Leiva, who was found
hanging from a rope of bed sheet
in the "lost privilege cottage" last
month. They murdered my boy"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-18
Reporter Sees No
Signs Of German
Plan for Invasion
Emergency Airfields
Dot COastline Across
Channel from Britain
BY FREDERICK f. OECHsNER

WITH THE GERMAN
AIR FORCE ON THE ENG
LISH CHANNEL (Via tel
epbone to Berlin) Aug II
(UP)-I saw few signs of
any expeditionary force which the
Germans might be preparing to send
agains Britain in tour of the
French and Belgian coast completed
today.
My tour in company with six
colleagues from Berlin, took me
over about 1000 miles of Germany
Belgium and France.
I found that scores of emergency
airfields dot portions of the French
and Belgian coasts from Ostend
to Boulogne. But I saw little sign
that an expeditionary force was
being prepared.
Our trip was made by airplane
and automobile. 1t was conducted
by the German high command.
I saw how the Germans have
cleverly made airfields out of farm
lands and hangers out of hay
barns.
The airfields are strategically dis
tributed and are part of vast
network which the German air
force established upon Belgian and
French soil for the offensive now
taking place against Britain.
Neither directly on the coast
nor inland did I observe any large
troop concentrations, although they
may have been there out of sight.
I passed frequent columns of
motor busses on the roads filled with
air force men moving to fields or to
anti-aircraft batteries.
These batteries pepper the coast,
But the only army troop train
Continued on Page 6, col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-18
Sportsman Dies on
SD. Golf Course

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 17.-(SpeciaD
DIR. c. w. Foelschow. San Diego
sportsman and veterinary, died Fri
day at the Rancho Santa Fe golf
course shortly after playing a
round of golf with Bing Crosby,
crooner-actor.
Foelschow, who annually played
in the Imperial Valley tourna-
ments, was we'll known in Ell Cen
tro. He was once the amateur golf
champion of San Diego county.
Funeral services will be conducted
Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-18

erous gangsters in the nation y
Siegel was charged, along with two
others, with murder in connection
with gang Staying last Thanks
giving eve of Harry Greenberg,
alias Harry Schacter, reputed men,
ber of the Louis. Gepke) Buchalter
mob in New York.
The others named in the COM
plant. but not yet in custody, were
Henry Champ Segal proprietor of
Hollywood barber shop, a n d
Srank Carbo. fight manager.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-18
Berlin Warns U.S..
Vessel in Dancer

BERLIN, Aug. II. CUP)-The Of
ficial news agency, DNB, said to-
day that the German government
had informed the United States
that the Reich disclaims any re-
sponsibility for damage which may
be caused to the United States lin
er American Legion now enroute
from Petsamo, Finland, to New
York.
The agency said the notification
was given to the American embassy
here on Aug. 16.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-18
Biscay Channel
Mined by British

LONDON, Aug. II. (UP)-The ad-
miralty announced today that the
Atlantic entrance to the channel
water and all the waters of the
Bay of Biscay are dangerous to
shipping"
The admiralty's notice meant that
the British fleet had mined the
entrance of the channel along
line running approximately from
lands end on the southwest coast OF
England to Brest in Brittany.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-18
CaIifornians Hurt
In Mexican Wreck

MEXICO CITY, Aug. II. CUP)-
John Ewald and his daughter,
Ruth. of Claremont, Cal, were
dead today and another daughter,
Dora, was in serious condition as
a result of an automobile acci-
dent on the highway between Pueb-
la and Vera Cruz.
1t was reported that their auto
mobile, driven by Ewald, plunged
off the road on a curve while ira
Yelling down grade at high speed
Dora Ewald apparently was par
alyzed by the shock, and was being
brought here from Puebla by am
bulance.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-18

will require six months for COM
pletion.
Additional applications for WPA
aid to improve the Tamarack road.
which runs from Imperial 10 West
morland. and for improvement Of
the road running east from I'm
perial, have not been granted. ae-
cording to County Supervisor A.
Y, Preble.
The two projects will cost ap-
proximately $4,000, Preble said,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-18
$4,000 Highway Project
Under Way Here Monday

An $SO.920 WPA project to re-
pair and improve that section of
State Highway II between Ell Cen
tro and Brawley will get underway
Monday. according to Herbert c.
Legg, southern California WPA ad-
miniStrator.
State Highway II. which is a
farm -to-market road running from
Calexico to Brawley, passes three
miles east of Ell Centre. The pro-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-18

forced to search his 35-room Holmby
Hills mansion for an hour before
they finally dragged him from
tiny attic cubby hole on a secret
murder warrant
Sportily dressed and as nonchal-
ant as if nothing had occurred,
Siegel walked into central police
station and posed for photographers.
He was photographed shaking hands
with district Attorney Buron Fits,
then dismissed the cameramen
with: That's enough boys"
Described by New York authori-
ties as "one Of the six most dang
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-18
Joke Reflects LondonerS'
Reaction to Bomber Raid

panic or hysteria. The only con-
gestion occurred after the raid when
the city's hordes of workers started
home.
In cinema theaters the lights were
turned on when the alarm was
sounded to give patrons an oppor-
tunity to go to shelters if they
wished.
At the Regal theater near Marble
Arch 600 persons were seeing MY
Two Husbands" Only two walked
toward the exits when the lights
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-18

ject was planned to repair earth
quake damage to the northern sec
tion of the highway.
Included in the improvement
program are. excavating. removing
and laying existing shoulders, sur
facing and oiling, removing and
reconstructing pavement. INSTALL
ing guide posts, reconstructing ex-
pansion joints.
Approximately lot workers will
be employed on the project, which
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-18

L. Hiteman said Saturday he had
been informed a week end con-
ference possibly would result in
still more of the $280,715 originally
asked by schools of the county.
This sum was half of the s510.188
earthquake damage to schools In
the county.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-18

pdII UI IIIt UuIUtII IUI ItPdIIo . IItCto-
STATED by the shake of May 18.
OF the $4,000 released Saturday
$4,000 was to be used for repairs
of the Brawley elementary school
buildings and $4,000 for small dis
trict projects where one half of
the cost of repairs was included in
the 1940-4l budgets.
County School Superintendent E.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-18
Picture PIoyboy
Held as Gon9ster

HOLLYWOOD, Aug IT UP)-Debonair Benny (Bug-
sie Sege film colony bon vivan said today his arrest
on murder charge involving New York's Murder, Inc
"was all a surprise to me-
Surprise or not district attorneys investigators were
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-18
Schools Get Part
Of Quake Funds

Release of 100000 for emergency repairs to earthquake
damaged schools in Imperial county announced Sat
urday by Governor Olson
The from the emergency fund voted by the
legislature to relieve Imperial Valley residents of part of
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-18
Platform Debate
Challenge Hurled
ToNeW DeuIHedd
Party Lines Down Says Liberal Democrat
Nominated for President on Republican
Ticket; New Deal Distributes Poverty

ELWOOD, Ind, Aug II (UP)-Wendell Lewis Wkie
accepted the Republican nomination for president today
address in which he endorsed conscription and
teria aid to Great Britain national defense
and suggested that President Roosevelt may de
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-18
German Air BIitzkrieQ at
Complete Stondsti|| as
NoziS Announce Blockade
RAF Raiders Bomb on Continent as Navy
Blasts Italian Bases in Libya; Claim
Of Great Damage to London Denied
by UNITED PRESS

Air Britain to a sudden and unexpected
halt Saturday Royal Air Force bombers struck deep
into Germany and the British Mediterranean fleet blasted
Italian bases in Lbya. There explanation for the
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-18
= AMBLINe
a. EpoRTER
Wrong Number

County Auditor Walter Carey
has received some unique letters
in his day. But the dilliest dilly OF
them all arrived this week.
1t was written in Spanish which
Walter couldn't read with the
greatest of ease. So he had it
translated. The uneXpurgated trans
]ation said:
Esteemed Sir
Please send me $1.25 package
of . :. vegetable compound at
once. And please enclose that
powder which I understood goes
free with the vegetable compound
Esteemed Sir, I appreciate your
|indness and enclose money Or
G.. for SIPS.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-18
Baseball
BY UNITED PRESS
AMERICAN

BY UNITED PRESS
AMERICAN
New York at Philadelphia. post
poned, rain.
Washington -. 300 021 03O-9 II
Boston ............ 212 600 52x-12 18 l
Leonard, Carrasquel & Ferrell;
Terry, Bagby & Foxx.
Chicago ........................ 4O1 0O3 90
Detroit ........................ OO1 100 10
Knott & fresh; Trout. Hutchin-
son. Seats & Sullivan.
st. Louis ........................ 600 100 o.
Cleveland ........................ 600 100 O.
Niggeling e. Susce; Harder &
Hemsley.
NATIONAL
philadelphia at New York. post
poned, rain.
Pittsburgh --............ 0l0 220 900 o.
Chicago .................... 600 600 131 O.
Klinger, Brown & Davis: Mooty
Root. Pace. Raffensberger & Todd
Cincinnati ............... g.
st. Louis ................ o.
Turner & lombard: Cooper &
Padgett.
(Only games scheduled@
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-18
Yes, We Dress

Yes, We Dress
Even bachelor establishments fire.
uuentlv have a festidiOus inmate.
Thornton Fitzhugh, a bachelor,
is great shakes as a cook and took
over the duties at the E. A. Fitz-
hugh menage during the absence
of Mrs. F'itzhugh.
He brewed few succulent viands
Friday night while the man of the
house pounded away on some sort
of complicated furniture construc-
ton clad, RR bushes to reveal, in
nothing but shorts.
His face beaming with the zeal
of culinary accomplishment Thorn
ton appeared in the construction
department and ordered:
Put your pants on. Dinners
ready
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-18
Stung Again

Stung Again
A pleasant little drive along a
country road was violently inter-
ruptod bv Mrs. Laurie Derrick
night before last.
In the midst of a conversation
she whooped like soul in tor
ment. clawed the air madly, and
. climbed toward the great outdoors
across her husband as he tried
to keep the family bus from wrap
ping itself around a telephone post.
One of those evil tempered yel-
low Jackets bit a piece out of her
shoulder.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-18
MARKETS IN BRIEF

Butter: l.. "A. 23c; Butterrat, Imperial Valley,
fob. ranch grade A 3Sc; Manufacturing milk
32c Route gathered cream 28c.
l.. A. Hay: u S. No. 1 $13; U. S. No. leafy $115O
12; U. S. No. 2 $9.5O-1O; Mps. Flax Sept $1.511z.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-18
WEATHER

Maximum temperature 1O7, minimum IS; am.
rs, humidity 66; noon temperature lO6
umidity 33; pm. temperature 1O2, humidity 20.
Evening star., 1940-11-22
THOMAS j. OWEN & SON, Auctioneers,
1431 Eye Street Northwest.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE THREE
STORY BRICK AND STONE APART
MENTs, LOCATED AT % i433 BELMONT 5
STREET, NV
dub BY VIRTUE. virtue of certain deed Of trust
407 ct seq of the % lsnd No records ~ l9l1e fhe
District OF Columbia, and at the request Of
the party secured thereby, the under
in ron of bs T sell at ppSIie agctiqn
THE THE FOURTH DAY OF DEcEMBER, Ap.
l940. AT FOUR O'CLOCK PM, the fol-
uate. in the District Of Columbia. and des-
ignated as and being lot numbered Fifty
Two t52l in the subdivision of the South
plat recorded in the Office of the Surveyor
for the District of Columbia in Liber
District l. at folio 76;. said described land
peing now snown for taxation purposes as
Also all plumbing, boilers, hot-water
heaters, engines, dynamos, heating and
tinguishing system. screens. Venetian
blinds, carpets in corridors, ventilating or
sh.des shiroeendition rN system ,.a awnings window
leum, wall or in-a-door beds janitors'
tools and equipment, and all the furniture,
furnishings and equipment Of every kind
hereafter be owned by Columbia Builders.
Incorporated. in and upon said premises.
Or. or WHICH i may hereafter be placed in or
to any equity which may be acquired BY
the said Columbia Builders. Incorporated
in any such equipment as result of the
making of installment payments on ac-
count OF the purchase of the same. and
all each and every of the interior i'm
provements and fixtures. movable or i'm
movable. of every kind and description in
and upon said premises or which may here
after be placed in or upon the same or
used in connection Herewith; 1t being
understood and agreed that the words land
and premises" wherever they occur in
these presents, shall be deemed to include
all the furniture. furnishings and fixtures
and personal property above mentioned
and conveyed.
TERMS: Sold subject TO prior deed
of trust originally for S37 100000. further
particulars Of which will be announced at
time of sale: the purchase price above
said trust to be paid in cash. a deposit Of
S1,000.00 required. Conveyancing. record
ing. ETC., at purchasers cost. Terms to be
complied with within. thirty days, other
wise deposit forfeited and the property
may be advertised and resold at the dis
CHARLES " KOcNs.
Southern Bldg.
JEROME s. MURRAY,
.o1e,as 2o.2s,dea. Trustees.
Evening star., 1940-11-22
MONEY TO LOAN.

ond-trust loans. taxes. lots and construc-
tion loans; deals closed in "a hours; small
monthly payments; reasonable rates. W. T
COTHERN. 915 New York ave. NV Ma
7416. 22s
LOANSREAL ESTATE, 1st AND 2nd
trusts. taxes, ground. home improvements,
business auto and personal METRO
REALTY CO.. 905 N Y. ave. NV. ME. 1887.
MONEY TO LOAN AT LOWEST RATES OF
interest on first trust on improved d. c.
property
Evening star., 1940-11-22
PROPOSALS.

FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY. PUBLIC
Buildings Administration, Washington. d
ca cate will viii be publicly Opened % in this Once
at 10 m, standard time, Nov. 30, 1910.
for additional heating and ventilating. in
asatatni inr at washington. ASH M Se D G. Drawings and
specifications may be obtained az this ONCE
Pubs p The sanIs t The z
missioner OF Public Buildings, Federal
COMMISSIONERS. D. c., WASHINGTON.
November 10, 1940.-Pursuant to authority
contained in Public Act No. 2s5, 10th Con-
gress. approved August 3. 1899. sealed pro-
posals will be received at Room 500. Dis
cernber Is, 1870. and then publicly opened
and read for the purchase OF the following
real estate; no longer REQUIRED f9r public
proved with 2Istory brick building tfor-
merry occupied by Fire Engine CO, No. 26l.
s4s pa mpqoyed Sd Nth sorg 9f BRICK b1dns
formerly occupied by Fire Engine Co. No.
IL, 3l19 14th st; NV 90 lot s4O; square
formerly occupied by Fire Engine Co. No.
81, 1912 M ST. NV. Blueprints may be
obtained upon application to the once of
the Assistant Engineer Commissioner, D. c.
Ala District Building NJ c. HAZEN, JOHN
RUSSELL YOUNG. D. MccoACH. Jr..
Commissioners, D. c.
COMMISSIONERS, D c; WASHINGTON
November is: I940.-sealed proposals will
until 2 O'Clock pm. December ., 1910.
end then publicly opened. for Hidening:
paving and repaving the roadways Of
18th st. NV, from l. st 10 P ST.. Rhode
Island ave NV, from 18th St to 18th
ST. and Massachusetts ave. NV, from 18th
st. 10 18th st, approaches to Scott Circle
underpass. with about 11,700 square yards
of reinforced cement, concrete base course
and about 1000 square yards Of sheet
asphalt pavement. or alternate The at
tention OF bidders is directed 10 the spe-
cisl provisions covering subletting or as.
Signing OF contract and TO the use OF
domestic materials. Attention of bidders
is particularly called to the requirements
as TO conditions of employment TO be OBJ
served and minimum wage rates TO be paid
under the contract. The acting director.
District of Columbia Employment Center.
is Mr.. Edwin Jones' SOS E 81. NV. Apply
Room 427. District Building. for proposals
PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Navy
Department, Washington d. c., until 10
o'clock am. December 3. 1910. for fur
nishing truck, hydraulic sand recondition-
ing ROOM machine tools, locomotive. electric
cranes. truck crane; until 10 O'Clock am,
December 5. 1880 for furnishing pig iron,
and until 10 O'Clock q m. December q.
194O. for. furnishing spyglasses. to. the
Navy Yard, Washington, D. C. etc. Apply
for proposals 10 the Bureau of Supplies and
Accounts. RAY SPEAR, Paymaster General
of the Navy. no22.29.
Evening star., 1940-11-22
CHRYsLER 1887 4-door sedan; gray. vi
radio; 1885.
MA. 1000

202O NJ St. NV Ma 1aOoI
DODGE 1896 four-door sedan. imms
late; S227 Flood Pontiac. 1921 Connec|
cut WO S40l
Evening star., 1940-11-22
no12,13,14.15 .16,1s,19.2
FUTURE.
THos. J OWEN g. SON, AUCTIONEERS.


TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IN;
PROVED E REAL IrGSv 6STAIE SrCo CoNsiSIINTG SIpT
No No a2f ; STREET NE WASHING
BY Virtue Of certain deed Of trust duly
land records of the District Of Columbia;
secured thereby. the undersigned trustees
PTPH PTf%Ie BAY oF MoN6AE N64EMBE EE D 1910
AT THREE-THIRTY O'CLOCK PM. the
following described lang % and premises; t stu
seven hundred and hfty-eight 75sl. be.
said o tSF 81 eef noh II from me the SS Southwest
corner of said lot and running thence north
with the west line. of said lot 104 feet 3la
inches to the northwest corner OF said lot,
thence east with the north line OF said lot
40 feet ga inches to the northeast corner
Of said lot. thence south with the east line
west parallel with the north line Of said
lot 40 feet 2h inches to the place of begin
ming; improved by premises known as No.
Terms Of sale: Sold subject to an indebt-
edness secured by deed OF trust recorded
in Liber 6S9s, folio 23l. Of the land records
Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Company.
washington. D. C.. further particulars of
which Will be announced at time OF safe:
OF the purchase price over and above said
deed of trust one-third is to be paid in
cash, of which q deposit OF $3.50 will be
required at time of sale, and the balance to
be secured by second deed of trust on the
property sold. payable in one and two years
after date of sale. with interest at the Iate
semi-annually or all cash, at the option of
the purchasers. Terms of sale to be COM
piled with within is days from date Of sale.
in default Of which the property will be
resold at the risk and cost of the defaulting
purchaser after fve days REIMBURSEMENT
in some newspaper published in Washing
ton. d. c. All conveyancing. title exami-
nation, recording and revenue stamps to be
ct the expense Of the purchaser.
GEORGE E. FLEMING,
EDWARD L. HLLLYER,
Trustees.
once, Union Trust Co.,
18th and n 9ts NV.
Observation-Disclosures 10,