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Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-03
80 livestock
IS Trucks Tractors TraiLers

7X14 TRAILER House for sale.
Bargain. c. T. Knight, Pacific
Land q Cattle Co. Imperial. Ga
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-03

FOR SALE l loft. Friedrich Case.
One IL HIP. Parker Unit Anon
ia machine. 3x3x12 cooling tower
with expansion valves and con-
trolls. Ell Centro Fish Market
a .
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-03

29 Poultry

200 WHITE Beghorn hens, VI.
old. South on highway at city
Limits in Calipatria. Call after
pm. ID
$50 YEAR OLD Leghorn laying hens
cheap. Springer Spaniel Pups, 2
months old. r. A. Payne, Phone
Heber 0. 6-6
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-03
% Country PrOperty-SGle

3 ACRES, New modern house, good
soil, plenty water, fruit trees,
bargain if sold at once. Easy pay
ments. mile from Ell Centro on
S. d. Highway. Phone l066-W.
6-6
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-03

FURNISHED single Apt. for rent
Phone 1884. 5-27-u
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-03
Poultry
%

WANTED all kinds of poultry. Pay
highest possible price. S & M
Poultry phone 870O-R-2 Ell Cen
tro, 8714-R-1 Holtvillc. 12-1tf
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-03

FOR SALE-Chicken cafe. middle
of Rose canyon, San Diego Calf.
Highway 101. 6-10
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-03

5-ROOM unfurnished, cool house by
library S5 postofficc. $1,000 mo.
water paid Inquire $50 Olive
$50 If
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-24
Greeks Advance
On VdIOnd
BY A. f. ANGELOPOULOS
IntT New service staff Correspondeni

ATHENS, Dec. "a. - Italian
troops are fleeing in panic toward
the port of Valona. the Greek
high command announced today.
The Greeks have pressed more
than Is miles past captured
Chimara after breaking through
defense lines composed of crack
Italian Alpine troops
Heavy fighting preceded the
break-through, it was said. but
the Italians finally were routed
in disorder. The Greeks are now
close on their heels
Reports from the central front
said that Greek forces had oc-
cupied important positions north
of Tepelini, where the Italian line
also was reported collapsing.
West of Moscopolis, Greek
troops took strategic points
threatening the only road open to
Italian retreat.
According to official claims. the
latest Greek successes threaten the
entire italian defensive system ir
the Kfisura- Chimara-Tepeleni tri'
angle with imminent collapse.
Fierce Italian counter-attacks ir
the. coastal sector were repulseC
by the Greeks, who sent the Ital.
ians into headlong retreat alonl
the road 10 Nalona.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-24
Boasts England
Es at Na<i Mercy

AN ENGLISH CHANNEL
PORT via Berlin). Dec. "a
England is completely at Ger
many's mercy and the Reich will
smash the English Channel bar
rier whenever it wishes, Field
Marshal Walther Won Brau-
chitsch, commander-in-chief Of
the Nazi armed forces, declared
today.
Won Brauchitsch talked to the
crew of one of the "super-guns'
which Germany has pointed
across the channel toward Eng
land. and through them to the
whole army.
"a great and proud year has
passed." he said.
II am speaking to you from
under a Christmas tree in a viii
lage school.
Last year I addressed you
from the Maginot Line, which
was supposed TO shield France
but could not.
To-day we stand on the chan
mel wall which will shield Eng
land only as long as 1t pleases
u.s."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-24
Pope Gives Plan
For New Europe

Continued from Page One)
of the dispute of the parties re-
garding war aims and peace
plans. one common opinion seems
TO emanate-that pre-war Eur
ope and its stately form Is in
such process of transforms
tiOn tina. we are finding our
selves at the beginning of new
era.
Europe and its states. II is
said. win not be what they were
i'm the past.
They will have TO he re-
placed by something better,
more developed and more or
ganically sound. more free and
strong TO escape all the weak
nesses and faults which have
emerged in the past
AN parties agree that IL
would he impossible and indie
d scribable to return To the old
state of affairs"
The Pontff opened his reply {,
tho cardinals with a message o
Christmas consolation and de
clared.
THE solaee we derive from
the richness Of Christmas greet
ings is greater because of the
sad times in which we live.
Our reply to you Is our
paternal love and our wishes, &C
companied and supported by
heartfelt ,prayers/tO God for the
coming, festive gift Of our new
year"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-24

machine-gunning residents as they
dashed for shelter.
Without actually identifying the
city blasted by the latest German
raid. an official announcement said
il was Lancashire town.
Reports indicated considerable
number of casualties was caused
as bombs rained down on build
ings. hospitals. houses, shops,
motion picture theaters and work.
mems cottages.
Two of the raiders were reported
shot down.
Bombs were dropped on other
areas, including London. where
one hospital was damaged. Six
persons were killed by bombs
dropped by a lone raider over
PORTSMOUTH.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-24
Everlasting Light
Little Town of Bethlehem Glot0s at Christn,ostidt
Though Beast of War Ranges the World

flung corners Of the earth for the
first time observed Christmastide
in Palestine.
Here where Christ was born thes
chimes of Bethlehem's famous bellS>
echoed across the Judean hills.
Their sound will be broadcast to
the world tomorrow.
Tonight. despite Bethlehem's
wartime blackout. the crowds will
join in singing Christmas carols.
while a modern touch will be pro-
vided by radio broadcasts Of Eng
fish carols from the Chapel of st.
George.
Solemn pontifical mass will be
celebrated later by the patriarch
of the Church of ST. Catherine adj
Joining the Church of the Nativity.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-24
,,,.rr,t,o,., New. Service Cable


BETHLEHEM, Dec. 24.-While
war ragged in Europe and the Near
East. khaki-clad pilgrims on this
martial Christmas Eve streamed
down to little Bethlehem, where
once a star of wonder" and a
crude manger gave mankind a
message of peace and good will.
Like the wise men of old who
brought gold and frankincense and
myrrh, soldiers of the British i'm
perial army and Allied troops
mingled on this holy day with pic
turesque worshippers a tn e
Church of the Nativity.
And all over the Holy Land
thousands Of soldiers from far
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-24
Girl Held in Killing
OF Trotsky Released

MEXICO CITY. Dec. "a. -
(INS)-Sylvia Ageloff. Brooklyn,
N. Y, girl held since the assassi-
nation of Leon TrotSky, was re-
leased from custody at Mexico
City hospital today and made i'm
mediate plans to return home.
Authorities decided she had no
connection with the plot beyond
the fact she introduced Trotsky's
slayer TO the famous Bolshevist.
Miss Ageloff will fly to New York
as soon as her health permits.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-24
Boy, Girl Killed
In AutoCr

PONTIAC, Dec. PA Ferndale
boy and girl were killed and three
persons injured in an accident al
Telegraph and Guarton roads al
2:30 this morning.
The dead:
ELOISE BAKER. 16. of 1347
Saratoga avenue, Ferndale.
ROBERT HAMBELL, II. of
1445 West Troy avenue, Fern
dale.
The injured:
Russell Kouba. 10, Of AL Pear
son avenue, Ferndale.
Virginia Imhoff. II. of 1854
Saratoga avenue, Ferndale.
Russell Howard Bissnette, %, OF
Bolton. Mich.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-24
Raj Raids Rhine,
Invasion Ports
International New, Service Cable

DON, Dec. 24.-British
bombing attacks on Germany
Rhineland and against continental
invasion ports" during the night
were announced by the British air
ministry today.
An official communique stated;
"RAF bombers last night at
tackled Boulogne, Dunkerque.
Ostend and industrial targets in
the Rhineland, including Ludwig
shafen.
zone aircraft came down In
the sea and its crew Is missing"
Along the eastern English coast
watchers heard the continuous
drone of British bombers heading
south and it was believed they
carried out a devastating swoop
on the area between Boulogne and
Dunkerque.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-24
Rumanid Given
Soviet Warning
Init News seric. star Correspondent

Init News Service stan Correspondent
BUDAPEST. Dec. 24.-The So
Wet envoy to Bucharest has pre-
sented a stiff note of protest 10
the Rumanian foreign. office
against "anti-Soviet activities of
the Rumanian government under
the pretext of prosecuting Ru-
manian Communists" il was
learnd here today.
Russia will not tolerate such
activities, the note is said to have
stated.
Although hushed up by Ru-
manian officials and kept out of
the Rumanian press, news of the
receipt of the note leaked out and
spread quickly through the -Ru-
manian capital causing great
alarm. according TO reports
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-24
Pleads for Alaska Colonisfs

NV YORK. Dec 24.-UNS)-
Impor TAT on of farmers into
Alaska to raise food and produce
clothing was urged today as a
national defense measure by With
jalmur Stefansson, the explores.
II is almost impossible TO defend
an uninhabited country, Stefan
sson told the Alaska-Y Yukon Pho
neers' Club. b
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-24

else besides chin and chest to be
a real leader.
You have got to have some
thing other than hot air as a
motive power.
We might not approve of Mr..
Hitler.
As a matter of fact. almost 80
per cent of our population very
definitely disapproves of him.
But we have to admit he has
generalship.
He has a certain genius for his
job, however much we may dislike
the job.
That Mr.. MussOlini evidently has
not, and consequently he Is like to
prove a heel-an Achilles heel-in
the Axis anatomy.
WHEN Hitler and MussOlini met
w for the first time in Rome the
event was of great interest TO the
world.
Everybody wondered what each
had said to the other-and what
each thought of the other.
MussClini is related to have
said to correspOndent-"oH the
record" of course:
"Heir Hitler is a fine
man, bat lChen he spoke of
his cOuRtry'S difficulties his
eyes FILED Nth tears.
THAT is a sign Of lceak-
ness"
Possibly it is.
Or possibly Mussolini better
start crying.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-24
British Offensive
Hinges on us.
Aid. Purvis Says
BY JACK VINCENT
Ist1 News service staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Dec. "a. = Ar
thur Puris. head AZ the British
purchasing mission IN the United
states. TODAY pleaded with this
government d help maintain the
British merchant fleet; indicating
that England would take the Of
fensive in the war against Ger
many il she receives increased war
aid from the United States.
Purvis told Secretary of Treas
ury Morgenthau that England $
need for more war aid was great"
in order to drive home to Ger
many - by sheer weight - the
realization that the Nazis cannot
triumph. The best way TO stop
the war;. PurViS declared. was in
maintaining the British merchant
feet and by seeing that there is
swift delivery of supplies to the
RrifiSh Pn1Dlrc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-24
British Get

BY CHARLES A. SMITH
International News service Cable

LONDON, Dec. "a Following
up their heavy assault on Man.
chester, German raiders last night
and early today concentrated on
a northwestern English city,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-24
ThaiIand Artillery
d French Ships

NRANGKOK, Thailand. Dec "a
GNS)AA French armored vessel
and three other ships were sunk
by Thai gAnfire in five-hour bat
tie along the Mekong River, an
official /communique said today.
The four French Indo-Chinese YES
sells. thestatement said, were laden
,,.3tt, fVoane
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-24
CONTINUED from Page One)

L (COntintled from rage OneJ
tains over bad roads against a
nation of anountaineers desperately
defeating their own hills and
homes would have been doomed to
failure.
And IL general did not know
that much instinctively, there was
the experience of the first great
Russian army left frozen on the
battlefields of Finland TO prove it,
A LMOST any kind OF a general
"A would have known, too, that
the italian forces In Africa were
In a precarious position. subject
to attack not only by the British
African armies but by. the ire
sistible British feet in cooperation
with the land forces.
There is no use blaming the
Italian soldiers.
Soldiers cannot help IL If they
are led into impossible mountain
passes and stood up TO be targets
for notwithstanding mountaineers.
Nor can soldiers i'm any way
prevent, by prescience or protest.
being led into traps where they
can be. surprised and surrounded
by hard-fighting, hostile armies,
and bombarded by the great guns
of hostile warships.
Generalship is determining
factor in situations of this kind.
No matter how good an army,
its own generals can defeat it.
THE Roman soldiers were adj
i mittedly the best soldiers Of
their day.
But the Roman armies were
totally destroyed almost to the
last man at Cannae and Lake
Trasimene by the supreme general
ship of Hannibal. 10.
No one blames the brave Roman
soldiers for having walked into the
trap between the hills that Hanni-
bal laid for them at Cannae.
They were led into IL just a.
the Italians were led into the
mountain defiles In Greece where
every crag was an impregnable
fortress.
No one blames the fine Roman
soldiers for having been sur
rounded and driven into the lake
at TraSimene.
They were led into that danger
Gus and indeicnsible position by
their generals.
They were defeated by the SUI
perior generalship of Hannibal.
His destructive generalship and
the inferior generalship of the
Romans came 10 be 50 greatly
feared and 80 fully recognized that
the Romans for awhile refused Ia
meet him in the field.
THINK OF II, The same sort oi
i soldiers who conquered the
world under Caesar were not able
even to meet--for fear of de.
struction--s young Carthaginiar
general with nin1ley army com.
posed partly Of his own people
partly Of native Iberians of the
Spanish peninsula, and partly q
half savage cisalpine Gauls pickle,
up on route TO Rome to Offset tn,
ravages In his ranks made in TN,
terrible crossing of the Alps.
Surely acknowledgements for tn
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-24
PLEADS FOR MATERIALS

Puryis emphasized that theme
throughout his conference, he re-
vealed He also indicated that he
had pleaded with Morgenthau for
more merchant ships ito insure a
steady supply Of war materials
from America to England. COM
menting:
81 don't know Of any better
WAY 10 stop this war than by
maintaining the British merchant
fleet and by seeing that there Is
swift delivery OF supplies tn the
scene OF action"
According TO the British official,
he and Morgenthau held "a pre-
lininary discussion" of President
Roosevelt's new program to lend
or lease billions of dollars worth
OF airplanes, ships and munitions
TO England.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-24
BASES BOMBED

Raj planes continued to harass
the retreating Fascist legions and
deal damaging blows at Italian
bases in north and west Africa.
Plight of the 10000 men trapped
in Barda was revealed by a Brit
ish officer who has just returned
from the front The officer said
that the Italians were unable to
receive any supplies by land. as
the coastal routes were completely
in the hands of the British-while
British warships commanded the
sea off Bardia.
And on the southern African
front, 1000 miles away. lin the
area west of Gallabat our artillery
was active" a communique said.
offensive patrolling continues on
the northern frontier of Kenya.
"S0uth African aircraft
bombed Yayello, Ethiopia. and n
dropped 800 bombs on the target Z
area. Three big italian planes
were wrecked and three others
seriously damaged"
"1n an Raj raid on Berka
fnear the Libyan port of Ben
CASH explosions and fires were
started In hangers. At Benina
(also near BengasD fires were
started. followed by explosions"
Another powerful raid was car
ried out on the harbor at Tobruk,
chief port of entry for men and
supplies.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-24

iob--the divine faculty for organi-
zation and diroction-is the deter
mining factor in almost every
situation-civil or military.
That is something the good
people who are being led do not
always realize until they reach q
military Trasimene or an industrial
Cannae.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-24
CONVEYED SHIPS SUNK

Only slight damage" was
caused buildings in the British air
attacks on southwest Germany
during the night, the communlque
said.
German motor torpedo boats
yesterday sank a 10.000-ton tanker
and a 6.O00-ton freighter. conveyed
by six destroyers, it was announced
today.
The German speed boats carried
out their successful attack off the
east coast of England. according
to the bulletin. which said they
returned to their bases I'M
damaged after a brief engage
ment.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-24
.B,5OO Tons Sunk,
U-Bodt Reports
International New. servic. Cable

BERLIN, Dec. "a. - Returning
from a sea foray. a German SUBJ
marine reported sinking $4,000
tons of British shipping, the Nazi
high command announced today.
Seven British steamers also
were reported TO have been dam
aged in a German air attack on
ship concentrations in Loeb Linnhe
on the northwest coast of Scot
land.
Summarizing last nights aerial
operations, the high command re-
ported that successful" attacks
were carried out on London and
Manchester. Numerous large fires
were reported started in bot h
cities.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-24
HAMPERED BY SUPPLIES

That's what's wanted here
production" Purvis declared.
T welcome the Presidents new
plan we look for. over here
Is an ever increasing flow OF
supplies. That is the way Of
overcoming tOtalitarian power.
The strategy OF war Is domi
mated at any given time byesup-
plies. When weapons are avail
able they exercise an influence
on British strategy"
Purvis said England's wal
strategy would have been quite
different" if she had had plenty Of
war materials. He indicated that
Britain hoped TO change It's
strategy and take the offensive il
its supply of war materials is in
creased by United States produc'
ton.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-24
The Weather
Hot RLf rENPFRKTJ REs

The sun VI set today ~ rs p r..
and rise at 7. % a. n. tomorrow.
The moon VIII rise At 1 - m. to-
day ana set al 2 50 B. m tomorrow
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-24

ny THE way, who is picking
ID out the generals for the Italian
armies:
Who selects and appoints these
bemedalled and bebraided gentle
men who attempt TO conquer the
midwinter mountains of Greece
and who walk into military and
naval traps on the desert shores
OF Africa?
Who supplies the organization
and direction for those armies"
Who is the one who claims the
supreme genius for his job:
Who is the unchallenged. I'M
chaIIengeable leader-the Duce?
The word means leader, does 1t
not:
1t looks as if MIR. MussOlini, who
has assumed the authority, will
have to take the responsibility.
1t is only natural to wonder,
therefore, whether Mr.. Mussolini
is not, despite rather dis
tinguished career, something of a
fOur-fush Understanding like
Louis NapOleOn-all gold braid
and cock feathers and horse
feathers.
THAT chest you know, seems
i just made for medals.
And that chin. Well, we all
know what happens when a man
continually leads with his chin.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-24
Wife Bares Rise
Of Cult Head
Continued from Page Ope)

Continued from Page Ope)
derstood that some gave him a.
much as $4,000.
"Soon after / separated from
him he bought big expensive
limousine and he used to go driv-
ing past me without looking rs l
chugged along in my little car"
The Schafers were married in
Detroit and until IS years ago
Schafer operated small battery
manufacturing firm on East JEFF
ferson avenue. The family then
moved 10 New York and the mas
ter metaphysician was employed
by a refrigeration company.
Schafer, now As. is described by
his wife as very handsome
man" who is a forceful speaker
and "can sell anybody anything. .
I'm convinced that his taxi
ing Of the baby to make her i'm
mortal was just publicity
stunt" she said.
SMART MAN
81 don't think he ever really
believed such a thing was pos
sihle. He's too smart for that
in fact. many persons used IN
say that he was one of tho
smartest men In New York.
Hes especially good at con-
vincing women. He's getting
gray around the temples now
and certainly makes a striking
figure in the pulpit"
Mrs. Schafer declared she had
no idea where her husband OBJ
tanned his new religious belief.
"AIl he seems to believe In IL
TO let every one do as he
pleases," she said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-24
Trapped Italians
Must Surrender
Or Die in Desert
BY w. p. SAPPHIRE
~ New. service star Correspondens

Intl News service stan Corespohoensf =
CAIRO, Dec. 24.-Twenty thouF
sand Italian troops trapped in Bar
dia face the alternative of surren-
dering soon under constant British
pounding. or dying of thirst under
the blazing Libyan sun, IL was re-
ported today. ''.s.'"@'--
At least 10000 Italians already
have been captured in the two
weeks old British desert campaign,
1t was estimated.
West of Bardia the Britons' adj
vance continues with almost no
opposition. as the British thrust
towards Derna. Nowhere was
there any sign that Italian Mar
shall Rodolfo Graziani plans an
immediate counter-offensive 10
rescue the 10000 trapped in Bardia.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-05-29
Hatch Bill To
House Floor
Measure Approved by
Committee; Bridges
Deportation Bill Also
Voted Out.

Washington. May 29.-(AP)-Thc
House Judiciary committee today
voted out the Scnate-approvcd Hatch
bill to extend to fcderal-Statc en-
plovees restrictions on political activ-
ity,
The committee. which once shelly
ed the legislation, reversed itself and
agreed to give it further con&idcra-
ton. was reported to have approved
it by the vote of l6 to /.
The Hatch legislation would
broaden the So-callcd Hatch clean
politics" act passed last year for fed
eral workers 1t would apply to
state workers paid in whole or in
part by federal funds the acts re-
.>tricticn< on ''pernicious" political
activity
It also would limit the cNpcndi-
lures Of national campaign COM
mittee to S3,OOO.O00 in any cam
paien.
A unanimous vote in the House
rule committee gave legislative right
of wav to a bill directing the Secre-
.ary of Labor to depOrt Harry
Bridges. west coast Go leader, to
his native Australia.
Secretary Perkins recently dis
missed deportation proceedings
against Bridges on findings by Dean
James NJ. Lands Of Harvard INV
school in special proceedings. Bridges
tr:tified that he was not a cnmm"n-
ii and did not advocate the over
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-05-29

Columbia. S. c., May 29-(AP)-
Mrs. May Walker Burleson. 5l-ycar-
old socially prominent Galveston,
Tex. woman. was convicted by cir
cult court jury here last night Of
manslaughter for the Staying of her
divorced husbands second wife here
March g. The jury recommended
mercy, bringing in its verdict after
celebrating three hours and q min
utes.
The stately defendant. first wife
of Col. Richard C.. Burleson, United
States Army artillery expert, listen
ed intently as prosecution lawyers
reviewed testimony Of state Witness
es that she walked into d hotel cafe
terra here March 6 and fired two
bullets into the body of the second
Mrs. Burleson. the former Mrs. ISa-
bel Reece KnoWlton, widow of a
Boston lawyer.
The first Mrs BurlcSon had been
declared mot insane in report by
officials Of the South CarOlin, hos
pital where she was held for 30 days
observation after the Staying.