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Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03
Boy, Girl Murdered
Near Stockton by
Unknown Kidnapers
Bodies Found in Field
With Hands Bound by
Cloth. Girls Belt

STOCKTON, CAL, May 3.
UP)--The bodies of a Stock
ton youth and Tracy girl,
missing since Sunday, were
found in a field today under
circumstances indicating they had
been kidnapped and slain.
The condition of the bodies pre-
vented immediate determination OF
the cause of their deaths.
The youth was identified as Ma
than Chinchiola, %, member of a
prominent family here. The girl
was Dorothy Woofter, 10, Tracy.
who had been working at the Flame
Inn, Lodi
Chinchiolas automobile was found
abandoned in an alley in Fresno
yesterday. One window had been
smashed in the car and there were
stains resembling blood on the up
holStery.
Miss Woofster's hands were tied
behind her back. Chinchiola's hands
were tied with a belt taken from
her coat and his feet with lining
ripped from the coat
Chinchiola was reported missing
Monday and when it was learned
the girl too had disappeared, it
was assumed they had left together.
No intensified search had been
made. however until the abandon
ed car was found in Fresno.
Miss Woofter's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Emory Woofter, live at Par
ker Acres near Tracy. She came to
work in Lodi after graduation from
Tracy high school and resided in
Lodi with Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Sher-
man.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03
SRA Chief Under
Fire at brdWI eV

was made by one member of the
post.
In a statement issued by Wiles
Nichols. appointed custodian OF the
building by the county board OF
supervisors, he said Holmes was IN
error. Nichols said he Informed the
SRA that the lease was unauthoriz-
cd as soon as nc heard about 1t.
He indicated the SRA had plenty
of time to get another place before
the regular pay day arrived this
week.
The neighbors protested when
the Memorial hall was used as a
pay station one time Nichols said,
and the dozens of persons walk
ing over the dance floor damaged
it. Some of the men had on hob
nailed boots.
mo one can lease Memorial hail
in such manner. The whole thing
Smacks of politics and it is too bad
relief is being used as political
football"
While the smoke of battle still
was thick, the BraWley post, cham
ber of commerce, and merchants
offered the SRA three different
places to use as payStation if they
wished, at least two of them rent
free. Until recently the paymastet
delivered checks at the city Wate:
works but officials wanted a place
in out of the weather they said.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03
Produce Man Who
brandis|1ed Pistol
Freed at Braw|ey
Justice Court Charges
Dismissed on Promise
To Keep Peace

BRAWLET, May 3, A
complaint charging Earl w.
Merritt, 40, produce dealer
with threatening Chris Stur-
gis with a gun here Monday
night was dismissed in justice court
late yesterday
Merritt, who ran amok with a
gun after fight with SturgiS,
promised he would keep the peace
and SWOre he had no anlmoSltY to-
ward SturgiS or any other person
in California. He also promised not
to drink intoxicating liquor. SturGlS
signed the complaint charging Mer-
ritt with a threatened offense.
Another complaint was filed
against Merritt in police court here
charging him with disturbing the
peace That case still IS pending.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03

'tlOn OF ponce recOrdS Wltn view
to accounting for number OF cases
whose disposition was never record
ed on the judges docKet. A vast
majority of the cases were dated
during the interval of october to
January, during which a number
of different officers served as po-
lice desk sergeant, substituting for
the late Jack Stark.
1t was explained that in all prob
ability the cases were disposed OF
normally, fines paid or sentence
served, and records kept in the
usual books, but entries never made
on the judges docket, Normally
the duty of keeping the judges
docket up to date falls to the desk
sergeant, who collects all fines. The
police judge on no occasion collects
money. He is through with case
as soon as sentence is passed.
Records appeared to be in good
condition except for the period of
October to January during which
there was no regular desk sergeant.
The few cases noted during the
tenure of T. P. Farmer as sergeant,
who took over in January, are
probably cases which are still open"
and fines have not been collected.
Introduction of the card index
system for traffic violations was
expected to materially strengthen
the traffic case system, which in
cIle past has kept only nominal
check upon offenders. Active ac-
counts of violators who have not
paid fines or been disposed OF in
some other way will be kept in
one file, representing an accounts
receivable list, while cases which
have been disposed of will be shift
ed to another file for record pur-
poses.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03

Brawlev LcgionnaireS Frida ~
charged Director Ned Holmes OF
the SRA with using relief as a pol
itcai football
Holmes previously had charged
the Brawlcy Legion post with re-
sponSibility for BraWlcy merchants
losing between $1,000 and $4,000
every month because they refused
permission to use the Veterans
Memorial hall az an SRA pay sta
ton
The director also had said their
action in canccling a lease on the
hall had forced hundreds of SRA
relief recipients to go to Ell Cen
tro to get their checks.
These statements drew fire from
members of the BfaWley Legion
post who declared the lease was
not proper lease, had not been
authorized by the post which had
no right to lease the building, and
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03
Teacher Speedy
Action Saves -Four
Lives in Accident
Speeding Machine Hits
WOman's Auto After
Crowding 1t Off Road

Quick action on the part
of a Holtville rural school
teacher was credited with
saving the lives of four per-
sons involved in a traffic ac-
cident half a mile east of Melolanc
early Friday,
Miss Pauline Allen, teacher at
the Eastside school, swerved her
car off the highway, successfully
avoiding a head-on collision with
speeding car which careened into
her traffic lane while attempting
to pass school bus.
f. -s4Ier swift action, however did
not prevent an accident because
the speeding car grazed the side
of the Allen car and forced it into
the borrow pit beside the highway
Highway Patrolman A. T. Bump
said.
Jose Aleman PuenteS, 80, OF Los
Angeles, driver of the other car
slid the wheels of his car 96 feet
on the wrong side of the highway
grazed the side of the Allen car
and skidded 60 feet in his traffic
lane. During his course down the
highway, Bump said, Puentes' Cal
left the tracks of the right wheel!
Continued on Page 2, Col. u
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03

TlSlIlR lIldJ IL Illdy IOiiiC III tAiS
Balkans or Mediterranean.
Stockholm reported and London
confirmed that the Allies have COM
pleted their abandonment of central
Norway by withdrawing from their
Namsos base. north of Trondheim,
keeping a grip on Norway only at
Narvik in the far north.
That news shocked Allied and
neutral Europe. Anxiety mounted
that Hitler would seek to catch his
opponents off-balance by delivering
another lightning blow-this time
to the southeast.
Abandonment of the central Nor
Wegian Allied bases means that for
the present, at least, Germany'S hold
on the rich, we'll populated central
and southern NorWay-With its near
and convenient air and submarine
bases for attacks on Britain-is un-
challenged except by scattered, i'll
armed bands of Norwegian guerillaS
It meant too, that Sweden now is
at the mercy of the Nazls, econ
omicaliy at least.
Only the rugged, mountain stud
ded and ford d-indented north coun-
try and the iron ore port OF Narvik
where the Allies are closing in on
small German garrison would be left
in Allied-Norwegian hands.
Allied governments will be severe
ly shaken. Already it was being
said in London-on the basis OF
Prime Minister Neville Chamber
lain's announcement of the An
dalSneS retirement-that the future
of his government might depend
on quick arrival of good news from
Norway, or some other front.
The situation of Premier Paul
Reynaud in France was believed to
be even worse 1t was doubted that
his ministry would be able to with
stand merCurial reactions in the
delicately balanced French political
structure.
There was no assurance that bad
news from Norway may not be fol-
lowed by critical developments in
other parts of Europe
Even Britain, itself, as was ad-
mitted by Chamberlain, may be the
object of a sudden German "swoop'
in which the newly acquired Nor
Wegian bases would be of prime
value. Today these bases were re-
ported by Berlin to be undergoing
rapid development and improve
ment.
Most fears centercd on the Medi,
terranean and Balkans where the
British and French fleets have beer
| Continued on PAGE 9. Col. 50
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03
Mystery Surrounds
Hostess Death

CLEVELAND, May 3. tUP)-An
attractive night club hostess was
found dead under mysterious cir
cumstanceS in a driveway near her
home today.
Police said an autopsy would be
necessary to determine whether
Justine Hartford, about 35, was
murdered, died of a heart attack
induced by assault, or was injured
fatally in fall.
Miss Hartford took her present
room Wednesday night, her land
lady. Mrs. Gail Wright. said The
hostess told her only that she had
come here from California two
weeks ago and that her mother
lived in Dallas, Tex.
Clifford C. Laraway, proprietor
of the Kit Kat club, where she was
employed, said she was hired April
"a on the. recommendation of a
customer and that he knew nothing
of her past
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03
Destroyer Blast
Injuries Seaman

SAN DIEGO, May 3. CUP :
Commander F. w. Benson said a
report would be made today on a
machinery arrangement aboard
the destroyer U. S. S. Crosby which
caused the injury of one seaman.
The Crosby was damaged while
in Los Angeles harbor last Mon
day, it was understood, while Serv-
ing as an cScorc to the British light
cruiser Caradoc, which rcfuelcd at
San Pedro.
Reports that the machinery de-
rangement' had caused an explo-
sion in the engine room, ripping a
hole in the destroyers light armor
could not be confirmed. Benson
said todays report would include
details of the trouble.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03
First Olson Recall Petition Filed
With 1875 Names in Northern Calf.

succeed Olson, if the recall is APP
proved.
Haas said that similar petitions
would be filed later this month
in Los Angeles, San Francisco and
other counties.
Under the law the petitioners for
the election have 40 days within
which to add supplemental names
to the county petitions and to
complete the filing.
Haas and other Spokesmen for
the movement were confident they
would qualify sufficient signatures
to force the election.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03

SAN FRANCISCO. May 3. CUP)-
Petitions seeking an election to re-
call Governor Culbert Olson were
filed today.
The first petition was filed with
the county clerk of Sonoma county.
II bore 1875 names.
Recall Olson campaign head
quarters said similar petitions would
be filed in at least four other coun-
ties during the day.
Lewis Haas, northern California
director of the recall movement,
submitted the Sonoma petition to
County Clerk Walter Nagle, who
will check the 1875 names and
certify the number of correct petit
toners to the secretary OF state.
A total of $4,000 qualified voters
is necessary for recall election
and for selection of a governor to
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03
Fruit, Vegetable
Stocks Decrease

SAN FRANCISCO. May g. CUP)
The bureau of foreign and do
mestic commerce today reported
that stocks of packed fruits ano
vegetables in the hands of Gamers
on April l we're considerably less
than the holdings for the CORES
ponding 1899 date.
Peach stocks were estimated at
90 per cent less than last year;
pears A. per cent less; peas SO per
cent; corn 25 per cent; green and
wax beans 81 per cent; and to-
matoeS four per cent.
On the canned fish stocks. tuna
stocks we're up 18 per cent; sardines
up 81 per cent nationally and 20
per cent in California; and salmon
stocks lower.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03
Revolt PIotterS Hint at
Third Degree by G-Men

NEW YORK, May 3. CUP)-A
defense attorney in the trial OF 16
men accused of plotting to over
throw the government attempted
today to show the agents of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation had
used the third degree" to obtain
a statement from a defendant.
Edmund D. Wilson, counsel for
Andrew Buckley, implied by his
questioning of agents Jack o. Park
er and j. N. Franz that they en-
ployed a sort of mental torture on
his client
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03
Hard Exercise Bad
For Plane Pilots

TEMPE, May 3. (UP)-lf you
want to be flier in the air corps,
Jay off strenuous athletics after
classes.
That's the advice given Arizona
State college students by board
of air corps officers who conducted
examinations of prospective flying
cadets ct the campus.
Several athletes were found to be
suffering from abnormally fast pulse
action and high blood pressure.
They were told to LAY off, too
strenuous activities, some soft
drinks, cigarettes and advised to
go to bed early if they wanted to
fly for Uncle Sam.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03
GERMAN Bl|TzkRIEG WINS IN NORWAY
FOR CLEAN POLITICS

though the vote to do SO was an.
nounced as Ia to 10.
''This is not an ordinary petition, =
Dempsey told the house, but rather
roll of honor showing the people
of this nation who are for clean
politics.
A small group of members imme-
diately gathered around the clerks
desk to sign the petition.
Californians who joined the first
rush to sign the petition included
Republicans Carl Hinshaw, John q
Anderson. Bertrand w. Hearhart
and Richard J. Welch.
California Democrats signing 1t
were H Jerry Voorhis, John H
Tolan, A. j. Elliott and Harry Shep-
pard.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03
Meihodists Retain
Ban on Women

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j.. May 3.
oUP)--The first general conference
of the Methodist church decided
yesterday that the time was not yet
ripe for permitting women to be-
come full-fledged pastors
The conference defeated a pro-
posal by the Rev A. Wesley Pugh
of Muncie, Ind, to elevate women to
full clergical rights.
Pugh argued that women had
demonstrated their capacity to fill
all other church posts and there
fore should be allowed to fill pastor
atcS.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03

all victims of the mad butcher
blamed for more than a dozen muir
ders in the last five gears.
Officials said all three victims
were men.
The cars in which the bodies
were found we're part Of string
of 100 which railroad officials said
had arrived in the yards on April
q from Struthers, o.
Officials recalle6 that one OF the
earlier victims of the mad butch
er" had been found near Struthers.
Coroner P. j. Henney of Alleg-
heny county said the body OF at
least one man, the first to be found,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03

WASHINGTON, May 3. (UP)-
Rep. John j. Dempsey, D., N. M.
today formally initiated a petition
to force a house vote on senate
approved amendments extending the
Hatch act prohibition against per-
nicious political activity to state
employees paid from federal funds.
The petition was placed before
the house at the opening of the
days session. 1t requires 218 sig
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03

natures-a bare majority-to make
it effective. If the signatures are
obtained. the legislation would be
brought TO the floor over the veto
of the house judiciary committee.
Dempsey had obtained sc sigma
lures at the end of the first hour.
Dempsey's action came as a ma
iority of the committee members
claimed to have voted against
tabling the Hatch amendments, al
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03
AFL Union Signs
Canninq Pact

SAN FRANCISCO, May 3. (UP)
The way was cleared for an an
uninterrupted 1910 canning season
today following the signing of con-
tracts between the AFL Northern
California Cannery council and the
California Professors and Growers
The contracts, ratified by 10 AFL
locals, will cover $4,000 to 10000
workers at the peak of the canning
season
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03
Noon Temperature
Promises Drop

Another hottest day was re-
corded in Ell Centro Thursday when
the mercury edged up to los dur
ing the afternoon. Friday was warm
but the noon reading of SO indicat-
ed it would be cooler than Thurs
day.
The minimum Friday was II. At
am. it was 70 with a humidity OF
ID, unusually low. The humidity at
noon was Is. At 5 pm. Thursday
the temperature was "a, humidity
IT.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03
Suspect Held for
Posing as Oman

SAN FRANCISCO, May 3. tUP)-
A man identified as Frank McGraW,
35. accused in Seattle of imper-
sonating a federal agent and bilking
a druggist of $95, was held here
today following his arrest in DAILY
City auto camp. McGraW, unem-
ployed salesman, told officers he
came here with his wife and three
children from Seattle several days
ago
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03
Plane Propeller
Kills Machinist

SAN DIEGO, May S. tUP) =
Aviation machinists mate, R. w,
Humphry, 81, Coronado was dead
today of injuries caused when he
was struck on the head by an air.
plane propeller.
The accident occurred at the
North Island naval air base late
yesterday. Humphry was attached
70 the aircraft carrier, enterprise.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03

had been "disarticulated" by the
slayer, explaining that he had been
dismembered with scalpel or knife
by someone who possessed knowl-
edge of surgery. Henney said the
man had been dead possibly two
months.
Discovery of the three bodies
prompted officials to order search
of the 100 box cars in the belief
they might contain additional vic
Tins.
The word "Nazi" was carved
crudely across the chest Of one OF
the bodies.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03

Buckley, alleged member of a So
called action committee recruited
among members of the Christian
Front in Brooklyn, made a state
ment and then refused to sign it,
Parker testified.
Did Buckley say he was being
perSecuted?" Wilson asked.
No Parker replied.
Did any agent say to him, Our
third degree is not of physical
nature. but we will wear you
down. '?'
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03

NO"
Did Buckley complain OF the
use of OGPU methodist"
NO"
Did you say TO Buckley TO hell
with your constitutional rights.'?"
mo"
The statement OF another 0e-
fendant, George M. Kelly, read into
the record, said the group did not
intend TO foment q revolution but
only to keep the Communists from
doing so.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03
Union Organizes
U. 5. Navyyard

SEATTLE. May 3. CUP)-Inter-
national Organizer Charles c.
Hughes today said drive opened
in Puget Sound navy yard in Brem-
erton a month ago had increased
American Federation of Labor union
membership 20 per cent,
Nine locals have 100 per cent
organization in their crafts" Hughes
said
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03
New Mad Butcher
Victims Found

PITTSBURGH, May 3. (UP) Three dsmembered
bodies-possiby victims of Clevelands Mad Butcher OF
Kingsbury Run'-were discovered today in box cars in
the Pittsburgh Lake Erie railroad yards McKees
Rocks All three had been dsmembered skilfuly have
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03
Baseball
BY UNITED PRESS
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Chicago ..,............. 001 600 003-4-l0-0
New York ....-....... 100 OlO 33X-8-9-3
Smith, Brown & fresh; Breuer &
RoSar.
st. Louis ... 900 900 440 0-8-15-O
Boston ......... 10 002 l21 l-9-12-0
Kramer, Coffman. Whitehead d
Swift, Harshang, Susce; Bagby,
Wilson. Heving, OStermueller q
DeSautel.
Dtroit at Philadelphia, postponed
rain.
Cleveland at Washington, post :
poned cold weather.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn at Pittsburgh, postpon-
ed. cold and rain.
Philadelphia at Cincinnati, post
poned, wet grounds.
New York at Chicago, postponed
cold
Boston ..--.....''. wv ~ y
ST Louis ........... ...........-........ Ouo U
Posedel & Lopez; WarneKe q
Padgett. HA AA4k1
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03
Police Improve
Check on ruffic
Case DisposdIs
Auditors Plan Further Inspection Of
Records; Oversight Blamed for Lack Of
Entries in Docket by Desk Sergeants

card index file to keep close track traffic viola
tion and disposition installed Friday at the Ell
Centre police department in to bring records up
to date and clarity the files.
At the same time auditors planned further inspec-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03
British Abandon
Last foothoId in
Central Regions
News Shocks Allies, NeutraIs; Next
Move of Nazi Machine in Mediterranean
Or Balkans Expected Momen+ariIy
- BY JOE ALEX MORRIS -
United Press Staff Correspondent

Germany emerged victorious Friday from her Scandi-
navian BtZkrieg 80
Europe tensey awaited the next Naz stroke with fears
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03

Test Case
To Burdette Kline goes the hon
or of having been the first to ask
for and be tactfully refused tax
ride in one of Ell Centro's police
cars. The refusal was due to tho
new regulation banning use OF city
equipment for any but city busi-
ness. If the cops can out-talk Kin
ne, they have cleared one of the
highest hurdles.
Hardly apropos of the above, but
still on the subject of the police
department, Frank Smyer relieved
himself of a marvellous idea this
week which, he thought would have
solved the whole economic problem
What we need is new country,
quoth Frank in professional man.
ner. There is no place for the sur
plus to go, now that we can't &C
Continued on Page 2; Col. 4
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03
S1'os71s zxs{'1s

PhilanthrOpiSt-
Whether it was payment OF in
terest or principal or standing
dabt or just burst of philanthropy
RR couldn't find out, but the fact
remained that Aage Kaiser broke
down this week and sent strawberry
sundaes with whipped cream) to
every member of the Bank OF AM
erica staff!
That last phrase isn't exactly
true, because Arno Yaeckel was
home in bed. Some might gather
the impression that Kaiser chose
this particular time to make the
gift, because it would be cheaper
but what's one sundae more OF
less?
Give us a tip the next time you
feel wave of wild abandon COM
ing on, Aagc, and we'll be lurking
nearby.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03
Our Town, Hot or Cold

Our Town, Hot or Cold
A headline in a coast newspaper
caught our eye Friday morning. 1t
announced that the temperature
in Ell Centro was l05 while in Los
Angeles the mercury stood at a
'mere 80 odd.
Doggedly loyal, we'd rather have
1O5 in Imperial valley than zero in
Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03

Butter: Los Angeles 27c; but
terfat, Imperial Valley {. o. b. ranch.
grade A 36c; manufacturing milk
3Oc; route gathered cream 2ec.
L. A. hay: U. S. No. 1 si4-sf4.5o;
u. S. No. 2 leafy $13-14; U. s. No.
2 S11-11.5O, Mpls. Sept. flax l.S6AA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Schmidt left imme
diately following the dinner for tn
North, and upon their return wi
make their home in Washington
The bride attended George Wash
ington University and is membe
of Pi Beta Phi. Mr. Schmidt grac -
uated from Marquette Universit
and is an engineer in the Depart
ment of the Interior.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-11
Sir Willmott Lewis
Will Be Speaker
At English Union

The English Speaking Union
will hold its annual dinner Fri
day at the Mayfower Hotel.
The speaker will be Sir Willmott
Lewis.
DR.. James r. Angel, national
president, will preside, and others
at the speakers table will be Sir
Evelyn and Lady Wrench, who
also will speak; Mr.. and Mrs.
Alanson B. Houghton. the former
president of the Washington
branch; Mr.. and Mrs. Henry ].
Fisher. DR.. and Mrs. John Bartol.
Mrs. John Barton Seymour and
the British Charge d'Af1aires and
Mrs. Neville Butler.
Those who have taken tables in
clude Miss Mary B. Adams, Mrs.
William S. Corby, Col. Wade H.
Cooper, Col. and Mrs. Wrisley
Brown, Mrs. Harry Covington,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Ellis, DR..
and Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor. Mr..
and Mrs. Lawrence Houghteling.
Mrs. Hennen Jennings, Miss Bes-
sic Kibbey, Mr.. Lynch Luquer,
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlos del Mar, Mr..
and Mrs. James Oliver Murdoch,
Mr.. Robert Lincoln O'Brien, Mr..
and Mrs. A. B. Houghton, Capt.
and Mrs. Chester Wells, Mrs.
Gilbert Hitchcock, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jennings Price, Lady Leslie and
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Singer.