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Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16
Valley Awaits
Census Release
Count Ends
Observers Forecast
10000 Population
For Ell CentrO

There were no established
odds Thursday but there was
a lot Of wondering concern
ing what the 1910 census will
unfold in Imperial Valley.
Nose counting ends Thursday
night.
Chief questeions that will be in
doubt until figures are released,
probably early next week, were
How big is Ell Centre? and, Who's
the biggest, Brawley or Ell Centro?
In the last census, taken in 1890.
BraWley showed a superiority of
about 1000 persons. Since then
observers have forecast all kinds
of population adjustments with
both cities claiming the greatest
numbers.
Most hopeful forecasters saw a
population for Ell Centro of $4,000
and possibly more, while Others
predicted 10000 to 1000, but
whether the guesses are we'll found
ed or merely wishful will not be
known until valley figures have
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16
Gamblers Armed,
Witness Says in
kidnapping Trial
Alvin Bucklin Testifies
Dick YOshida, Mateus
Carried Firearms

LOS ANGELES, May 16.
Especially = Several of the
Japanese accused of kidnap-
ing II. Yamatoda "packed
guns" at the time of the as
serted abduction, Alvin Bucklm.
former Ell Centre special police OF
ficer, told a federal jury here to-
day.
Bucklin's testimony was admitted
after spirited opposition from Ed
Hervey, attorney for j. Sterling
OsWalt of Ell Centre as we'll as
others OF the nine defendants. His
opposition caused unusual proceed
ure in which Judge Ralph E. Jen-
ney ordered the jury from the
room so the witness could outline
his testimony.
Judge Jenney ruled the testimony
admissible and the jury was re-
turned and the witness questioned
Bucklin said he was a special po-
lice officer working in the Little
Tokyo" club in Ell Centro at the
time Yamatoda, reputed west coast
gaming czar, was alleged to have
been kidnapped. That was in late
December, 1898.
He testified that he was hired by
OsWalt, who was then chief of po-
lice, but was paid by Dick Yoshida
manager of the Broadway cstab-
lishment. His orders we're to "en-
force the law and prevent violence
he testified.
Bucklin declared that during Tho
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16

SSupeflOf Judge h. II. MCfnetFln,
/ Revelation of Mrs. Richards
re-marriage to John Little, her CO.
defendant, at Las Vegas last March
9, came when she refused to tes-
tify against Little on the grounds
she is his wife.
3.-Attorney Hugh MacKinnon
rested John Little's defense case
without calling a single witness.
Most startling of the three de-
velopments was announcement OF
the re-marriage of the two defend
ants, whose first marriage was an
nulled last Feb. II, while both we're
awaiting trial.
Only remaining procedure before
the case goes to the jury for de-
cision on Little'S guilt was argu
ments of counsel Friday afternoon
iddgc Mcphorrin said he would
Diace the mans fate in hands of
int jury Friday morning.
Mrs Ilttlc'S plea OF guilty was
regarded as an effort to insure a
shorter pcnitCnti9ry term for her.
self, since probation is impossible
where theft of public money is in
nolIed Had she been convicted of
IL 28 counts, it was felt certain
that the state board of prison terms
ana paroles, which decides what
part of a maximum sentence de-
fenoant must serve, would have been
lcss inclined to leniency.
Other counts. She pleaded guilty
10 the count charging that she
aad Little conspired to embezzle
S285O0 from Ell Centro city water
accounts. The other two counts to
which she pleaded guilty charged
hCr with destruction of public rec
oldS and Justification of public rec
ordS.
Automatically, then, the jury will
consider Littles guilt or innocence
on the same three counts to which
she pleaded guilty. This resulted
from the fact that they were charg-
cd jointly in the grand jury indict-
mcnt.
They face penitentiary sentences
Of from three TO 30 years, | to 10
Continued OH Page 2, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16
Moscow unIooses
Fiery Criticism

MOSCOW, May 16 (UP)-Gov-
ernment-controlled newspapers to-
day accused Great Britain and
France of furthering an. "imperialist
war; and suggested that the con-
flict not only could conceivably
spread to the Balkans and the
Mediterranean, but also to the
Far East.
The official Tass agency circu-
lated editorials carried by the
newspapers Izvestia and Pravda
which supported completely the
German view and charged that
Britain and France were bent on
bringing additional neutral coun-
tries, and possibly the United States,
into new world war.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16
Illness Fatal TO
Frances Combs

Mrs. Frances Riddle Combs, AZ
year-old resident of Ell Centre. died
wednesday in the Ell Centro hos
pital after brief illness.
Funeral services will be held at
The Lemons chapel at 2:30 p. m
Friday with the Rev. DR.. w A.
McCleneghan, pastor of the First
Methodist church. officiating. Her
sudden passing came as a shock to
relatives and friends.
Mrs. Combs was born in German
Texas, Jan. 10, 1898 She is survived
by her husband, Charles Combs, a
daughter, Alice; a son, Ernest;
her mother, Mrs. F.. A. Riddle: a
sister, Mrs. Earl Snee; and five
brothers, Erwin and Frank of El
Centre; w. D. of Los Angeles; T.
C. of Novato and Henry of the
philippine Islands.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16
P|QvQround Guidance Plan
Laid Before City Council
To Meet Juvenile Problem
Routine Occupies
City Trustees at
Regular ee+ins

Settlement of a water dam
age claim against the city of
FL Centre; stricter enforce
ment of ordinances prohibit
ing dumping sand and soil
into the sewer line; consideration
of card room license applications;
and purchase of office equipment
was included in routine business
before the city council Wednesday
night
A claim of $519 entered by j, D.
Huston, who charged that flood
waters from the city last Septem-
Der damaged his 16 acre alfalfa
field was finally settled for $275.
A committee made up of Neal Gavin,
city clerk, Dorsey Whitelaw, city
attorney, and Don Davis, city en-
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16

a military zone
German armorcd columns knitted
through and behind the main Allied
defense lines but Premier Paul
Reynaud of France said that the
French command at the front re-
ported the situation under con-
troll" Reynaud said the French
government "is in Paris and will
remain in Paris
French sources said isolated Ger
man columns which had penetrat-
ed Allied lines we're believed wiped
cut but there was no definite report
of their fate.
Germany threw three fresh me-
chanized divisions against the
Maginot line defenSes in the Sedan
sector soon after Reynaud had
warned in Paris that the Allies
might be forced to change men
and methods to stem the Nazi
offensive.
Elsewhere tension grew. SWtzer-
land lived in momentary dread of
German invasion Cognizant of
reports the Nazis have massed
troops in the Black Forest near
the Swiss German border Whole
provinces were evacuated and new
regiments mobilized to meet the
feared invasion.
In Rome, Premier Benito Mus
solini turned down a peace plar
| from President Roosevelt, ano
shortly afterwards denied as base
less and tendencious'' reports in
London that Italy had invaded
Jugoslavia.
The German divisions (presum-
ably about $4,000 fresh troops) ap-
peared to be making frenzied
effort to crumple the French lines
after having crossed the Meuse
river and gained a foothold in the
Maginot line defense system.
French tanks, supported by fleets
of French and British planes, were
said in French advices to be en-
gagged in a "plunging battle in
an attempt to break the Nazi drive.
The French government announc-
ed that decree to be published in
the official journal tomorrow will
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16
Court U p1oIds
Alien Deportation

SAN DIEGO, May 16 CUP)-
Aliens whose activities might under
mine American principles of gov
ernment face deportation in this
country's attempt to rid itself of
Trojan horses" and fifth COL
umns" according to a recent ruling
by Federal Judge Ralph E. Jenney,
of San Diego. The ruling was upheld
by a United States circuit court
decision.
In sustaining Jenneys cancella-
ton of the citizenship OF Hermann
Max SchWinn, Pacific coast di-
rector of the German American
bund, the circuit court approved
the principles outlined by Jenney.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16

HSnmenoS IN FL Centr0 ana ma
jor part of the sock stock was sold
within 36 hours.
The bulk of Ell Centre women,
however, were still a bit cautious
about The new hose which is made
not with silk but with a fibre de-
rived from coal
I'm going to wait and see how
Mabels prove out" was the atti-
tude in many quarters, despite the
widespread publicity in national
publications given to the new hose
which sponsors claim will outlast
silk hose by far Unofficial reports
contained miraculous stories of
wearing faculties That brought
ray of hope to husbands who have
to pay the bills for oft-snagged
socks,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16
Olson Says Demo
DELEGATES Free

SACRAMENTO, May Is tUP)-
ASKED today if he would be cam
didate for chairman of the Californ-
ia Democratic delegation to the
national convention, Gov. Culbert
Olson answered.:
Il will allow the members of the
delegation meeting here Saturday
to organize just as they feel like
organizing, without interference
from any direction"
Olson is the titular head of the
party in California and actively
headed the victorious delegation
pledged to third term for Presi-
dent Roosevelt
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16

affiliated. The effect in Ell Centro
was hardly felt at all, however,
for only three drivers at this depot
belong to the Brotherhood. Others
give loyalty to the AFL Amalga-
mated Association of Street. Elec-
trio Railway and Motor Coach en-
pioyes, which is recognized by the
company.
The FL Centre agent said he cx-
pected the three to strike, but had
other drivers available to take their
runs. He anticipated no trouble.
The strike call affected employees
from Portland, Ore, to Ell Paso.
Tex, and from San Francisco to
Salt Lake, Utah. Picketing was re-
ported at most of the stations.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16

The first shipment to Ell Centre,
as we'll as other sections OF tho
nation, was small. Only 10 per cent
of manufacturers received permis-
sion from the inventors, Dupont
company, to make the stockings and
only 10 per cent of their retail out
lets were given allotments. In II
Centre the two outlets we're M. O.
King company and Johnson's. An.
other allotment was not expected
before June and 1t will be at least
two years before companies can
get into large scale production.
The new hose cost about the
same as high class silk. tl.26 and
$l.35 a pair, depending on sheer
ness, To an untutored eye they arc
scarcely distinguishable from saik
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16

our park system :"
Control of the program would be
vested in a committee of three,
drawn from the city council, the
Coordinating Council and the schoo
boards which would have power to
set up the budget and employ full
time director to supervise the en-
tire plan.
The director would be placed on
the police force in the capacity Of
counsellor to the children, serving
as a preventative measure to re-
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16
d AMBL|Ne
& zpoR1ER

Double Duty
What will we do if the mayor
doesn't get here in time"
Softball sponsors worried over
this possibility wednesday night at
the opening game of the season in
Ell Centro Mayor Bob Hatton was
to throw out the first ball in time
honored fashion.
well, if he doesn't get here we
can have the president of the league
throw the ball to the umpire!'
someone suggested and Pat Patter-
son, who is not only league prcsi-
dent but umpire as we'll, was i'm
mediately relieved:
That's the ticket. That's what
We'll dol he said.
But a few minutes later he was
more worried than ever and return
ed to blustcr
Hey! That's me- I can't throw
the ball and then run out there and
catch it,
False ClimaX---
We can't seem to get off the sub
ject of the bail game:
When a Post Press photographer
set off a flash bulb just before
Mayor Hatton chunked the first ball,
the audience applauded Then there
wasn't any applause when the ball
was actually thrown!
Mayor Hatton explained his poor
throw by saying:
"The flash unnerved mel In fact,
I couldn't see for an hour alter
Wards!'
We Suggest
What's this we hear about Lewis
Mitchell's dog? We hear the dog
should be named Wrong-Way Corri-
gan. (See Lewis for details)
Out of Place
Here comes the mayor again This
must be his day.
Early Thursday morning Ed Ma
ley, salesman. returned to his car
parked in the 900 block on State
street. It was shortly after midnight
and he had Just completed a deal.
As he opened the car door Gruff
voice querred:
whats the big idea trying to
get into nv automobile?'
1t was Mayor Bob Hatton in
side the car chewing the fat over the
recently adjourned city council
meeting.
Maley's car was parked farther
down the street.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16
Breeze Brings
Relief TO Valley

A breeze brought relief to 1mpor-
ial Valley, soaked by several days
of early summer, and the tempera-
ture was under 100 at noon Thurs
day for the first day in solid week
Wednesdays maximum was los,
two degrees under the record SO
far this season, set earlier III the
week. The mark at noon Thursday
was go 1t was II at 5 a. m.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16
Faye Burke's
Mother Dies

Mrs. w. R. Gumm, 70. mother of
Mrs. Faye Burke of El Centre, died
Wednesday night at her home in
WaXachochie, Texas, relatives and
friends in Ell Centro were informed
Thursday
Mrs. Burke was with her mother
at the time of her death. Funeral
arrangements will he announced
later.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16
Pacific Greyhound Bus Strike Has
No Effect Here, Officials Declare

A dispute between rival unions
to which drivers of the Pacific
Greyhound bus lines belong sent
an undetermined number of drivers
out on strike Thursday.
The Walkout was called by the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen,
with which some of the drivers are
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16

roughly $4,000 a Year Tor four Su-
pervised sports centers, were turn
ed over to the council in form Of
a report for study. The report had
previously been presented to the
schools and to the Coordinatillg
Council.
Mrs. w. j. Meagher, one of the
Heading sponsors, pointed out:
1--WE are anxious 20 learn public
reaction to the plan. We realize
the need for economy as much aa
anyone, but we feel that at pres
ent the city's children are not
gaining the proper benefit from
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16
Baseball
BY UNITED PRESS
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Pittsburgh at New York, postpon-
cd, rain.
SiiiciiiilaCl l0u
Brooklyn ............................ ... 0l0
Called end of 4th, rain)
Derringer & Hershberger, Ham
lin e. Phelps.
Chicago -. 200 900 12O-5 0
Boston 49,. 200 900 020-4 2
Lee & Hartnett: Sullivan, Pic
chota g. Lopez.
st. Louis at Philadelphia, post
poned, rain.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington at Cleveland, post
poned, rain.
New York at Chicago, postponed,
rain.
Philadelphia at Detroit, postponed.
rain.
boSGoil ......... ..s.s-....'
ST Louis ............. .......=...........# - U
Galehouse 81 DesautelS; Kennedy
g. Swift,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16
Roosevelt Asks Billion
For Defense: Seeks Air
Force Of $4,000 Planes
Put War Factories on 24-Hour Basis,
Modernize Army and Navy. Train Pilots;
Aggression Nearer, FDR Warns

WASHINGTON, May 16. (UP)-Presdent Roosevelt
today proposed to congress S1,182OO0 900 emergenc
national defense program and called for $4,000 mtar.
and naval arpanes to meet the threat of modern
The combined air strength of the army and navy nov
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16
Coal Sock Shocks
FinickY Fashion

Feminine fashions in Ell Centro and the rest of the
ton we're recovering Thursday from the shock of
sock
The new Nylon stockings, awaited for many months by
fashion followers, went sale Wednesday at two esab
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16
Supervised Play Program Would Cost
E|Cen+ro $4,000 Per Year; Sponsors
Anxious TO Learn Public Reaction

playground recreation program under consider
alton of the Ell Cenro city council Thursday after
taton Wednesday night by members of the recreation
mttee of the Coordinatng Council
Recommendations which estimated cost to the city OF
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16
Pour
Into Big Battle
Or Belgian Front
French Say Situation Under Control
Despite Vicious Maxi Thrust Against
Main Line; Paris Made Military Zone
BY UNITED PRESS :

Both Germany and the allied nations poured hundreds
thousands fresh troops into decisive battle the
Belgian front Thursday in day that saw the fate OF
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16
Lillian Richards Guilty.:
Re-marria9e Revealed as
States Testimony Barred
Water Clerk Admits Guilt on
Three of % Counts; Illus bands Defense
Rests Without Single Bit Of Evidence

Three startling developments characterized closing mo-
of the Rchards-tte embezzlemen trial in superior
court here Thursday:
LILLIAN Richards plea of guilty To three out of %
counts was accepted and the other counts dismissed by
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16

Butter: Los Angeles 27c: but
terfat, Imperial Valley Z. o. b. ranch.
grade A 36c; manufacturing milk
3Oc; route gathered cream e6c.
L. A. hay: y. s. No. s14-s14.50;
U. s. Ne. 2 leafy s13-14; u. 8. No.
2 S11-s11.50; Mpls. Sept. flax
S1.75R.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Bids for Dormifories
To Be Opened Tomorrow

Bids for the construction of three
dormitory buildings at the District
Training School for Feebleminded
at Laurel, Md. will be opened tomor-
row at the District Building. Dis
trict ohicisls have anticipated the
cost may run to about $17000Q, but
hope to build a fourth dormitory
If sufficient funds are available.
Several other Jobs also have been
advertised. On April % the Com
missioners will receive bids for con-
struction of vocational building
at the Industrial Home School at
Blue Plans, D. c, replacing an old
structure which was criticized re-
Gently by Mrs. Roosevelt. Funds
for the project, estimated to cost
some $l4, 900, already had been made
available.
Contractors offers for construc-
ton of the parking area and ga
rage at the Municipal Center will
be opened April IS, the cost being
estimated at $l35 900, and on April
80 for landscaping on the grounds
OF the Municipal and Juvenile
Courts Buildings In Judiciary
Square, estimated to cost $4,000.
Evening star., 1940-04-15

Democrat, Of Montana had "put
himself out of the running" by ap-
pearing with Mr.. Lewis at the recent
convention of the United Mine
Workers of America.
Mr.. Green also said permanent
labor peace was impossible as long
as the precent G. I. O. leadership is
maintained"
He predicted victory for the A. r.
L.-U. A. w. A. in G. M. "key plants"
and said campaign soon would be
undertaken to organize Ford Motor
Co. workers.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Lewis Plans 10 Rule
u. s., Green Warns
6. N. Auto Workers
Prediction Speech
Points G. !. O. Head as
WouId-Be Dictator
~ the Associated Press,

ny tne ASSOClaCeu PRESS.
FLINT, Mich. April 15.-A siz.
Fling denunciation of John L. Levi!
Is a man harboring dreams of be.
coming dictator in the United States
rang in the ears of General Motors
workers today as they prepared fol
Wednesdays bargaining election.
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor, lev
eled the charge against the head OF
the rival Congress of Industrial Or
ganizations in a speech to workers
here yesterday.
Mr.. Green, making a drive fo1
votes for the A. F.. L.-affiliated
United Automobile Workers OF
America, spoke in the same audi
torium in which Mr.. Lewis appeared
a week ago in behalf of the rival
c. I. O.-U. A. w. A.
II charge" Mr.. Green said, "that
the leader of the c. I. O. today is
secretly planning a political revolu-
ton comparable to that which made
Stain the dictator of Soviet Russia
political putsch comparable to that
which made Hitler the dictator of
Germany.
IT charge that this man, suffer-
ing from delusions of grandeur. is
secretly deslrous of becoming the
dictator of the United States of
America"
"SOld Down the River"
Mr.. Green challenged Mr.. Lewis
to explain why he was "threaten-
ing" to marshal the ''underprivi-
legged groups" into third party
unless it was to ride into power
as dictator of America with their
support" He said Mr.. Lewis was
playing the game of the Com
munist party"
I'VE (the A. F. of ID do not die
tate to the membership of the
American Federation of Labor how
they shall vote" Mr.. Green said.
I'VE have never sold the workers
into bondage with the Democratic
or Republican parties, but we have
maintained their political inde-
pendence as free Americans.
1--WE will not now permit the
workers to be sold down the river
to a third party, no matter how
alluring its promises"
Mr.. Lewis last week eXhorted the
workers to make it unanimous"
for the c. I. o. in the forthcoming
election. Mr. Green spoke to an
audience estimated at 1000, Mr.
Lewis to an estimated 10000.
Mr.. Green asserted that the c..
I. O.'s four years of operations in
the auto industry were "a tragic
mistake"
Charges Intrigue.
"The automobile workers." he said,
"have suffered more from c. I. O..
dictation, intrigue and mismanage-
ment than perhaps any other group
of workers in the country.
"The G. I. o. has used you for ex-
perimental purposes. involved
you in constant warfare with man
agement, used you as testing
laboratory in experimenting with
revolutionary processes, never
sought your welfare"
He assured employees of four plants
they would be permitted to control
''your own union your own way for
your own benefit" if they chose the
A. F. L.-U. A. w. A. in the forth
coming elections.
His only reference to presidential
candidates was a statement during
an interview that Senator Wheeler,
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Truck Crops Backward
As Result of Cold
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COLLEGE PARK, Nd, April 15.-
Unseasonably cold weather has re-
tarded the growth of truck crops in
Maryland and other Eastern States.
the Agricultural Marketing Service
reported.
Spring seeded plants were killed
in some sections of Maryland and
Delaware and the growth of crops
carried through the winter was held
in dormant state" c. E. Burkhead
and Paul L. Warner, agricultural
statisticianS, reported.