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Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-11

thursday nlSlC from HearL az
tack. She had been in ill health
for many years and never fully re-
covered from a stroke of paralysis
she suffered several years ago.
Funeral services for this pioneer
ranch woman who first came to
Imperial Valley in 1901 were sched-
uled at the Holtville Methodist
church at pm. Sunday with the
Rev. Mr.. Kenneth Engle officiating
She will be buried at Evergreen cem-
etery.
She cooked and served the eve
ming meal Thursday night and after
reading short time, went to bed.
She died suddenly a short time
later.
Few valley residents knew Mrs.
Rose well. She remained at home
looking after the Rose ranch while
her husband travelled over the Unit
ed States in the battle to bring
about construction of Boulder dam
and the All American canal and in
looking after business in connec-
ton with his office as director for
the Imperial Irrigatio district.
She was happiest when looking
after the ranch and caring for the
animals and pets she had there.
Her survivors include her hus-
band and one son, Lee Bonsteel of
the Bonds corner area.
The body was taken to the Fields
mortuary in Holtville.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-11

Col j. L. Bradley, 1t. Col. Stroh and
Maj. R. v Perry-were in the val
ley Friday to arrange a camp site
for the regiment They considered
sites in Calexico area and near
Ell Centre Friday and were expected
to return home via San Diego later
in the day.
There was no announced decision
concerning the site, but officers
pointed out that they were looking
for a camp site, parade ground
and shooting range close together.
Also, there was need for power and
water facilities nearby.
Major Perry. asked why the regi-
ment was being moved from Mon
terey, explained:
"It is simply to put the cavalry
where IL belongs ;. away from the
populated areas in sections where
it can be most effective -
Asked if the camp might become
permanent, he said:
Il cannot answer that. OF course
there is a possibility ;"
There was no indication as tC
exactly when the regiment will be
moved south, but the removal was
expected within a few weeks. An
other camp may be arranged in the
mountains near Campo. ~
Meanwhile, an army drive to pur.
chase 10000 horses was slated tc
get under way in Imperial Valley
soon, Agricultural Commissioner B
A. Harrigan announced. A letter
from Maj. Frank w. Koester of San
Francisco, head of the remount SER
vice for this area, announced that
1700 of the group will be bought by
Dec. 20 in this area, which is made
up of the states of Washington,
Oregon, California and Nevada.
Harrigan was asked to arrange a
central meeting place for horsemen
to bring prospective army mounts.
The Fair board offered the fair
grounds, Harrigan said.
Army prices range from $3.50 to
S165 and the horses must be geldings
OF uniform color, broken, without
defects. Harrigan suggested that
horsemen contact him for further
information.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-11
Mavis Woods Hurt
In Traffic Crash


Mavis Woods, 17-year-old Ell Gen.
tro school girl, was in the Ell Centre
hospital Friday for treatment of a
fractured skull broken jaw, cuts and
bruises suffered in a traffic acci-
dent southwest OF Ell Centre Thurs
day night.
Her companion, Virginia Taylor,
II, Ell Centre, was only slightly
injured.
The SEDAN the Woods girl was
driving skidded on the sprinklec
section of the road when she at
tempted to pass a car ahead of her
highway patrolmen said. The car
went out of control. struck a ditch
bank, and overturned. The car be-
longed to the drivers father, E. w.
Woods.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-11
Marine Corps
Reserve Called
Dive.Bombers

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. II (UP)
About $50 marine cooks and
stewards, employed on coastwise
steam schooners, joined the picket
lines of striking marine firemen
today against Al vessels of the
Shipowners- Association of the
Pacific.
The Marine Cooks ami Stewards
union tCIO) which already was
respecting the firemen's picket lines,
went on strike at midnight when
the shipowners refused an in
crease in wages from $6750 to $50
month, to correspond with wages
on off-shore vessels. and an extra
man for each ship.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-11
Valley
Ava its
FiieStu
Canal Celebration
Starts at I;30
Saturday p. N.

A day and a night of Gel
ebrating were in prospect for
Holtville and Imperial Val
ley Friday.
The celebrating, officially
set to start at 1:30 Saturday after
noon to welcome first water through
the All American canal, will really
get under way early Saturday morn
ing when the first of many thou
sands leave home to converge upon
the celebration site on the All Am
erican canal.
After the afternoon celebration,
marked by the arrival of Father
Neptune down the first head Of
water and the addresses of promi-
nent men who helped in construct
ing the canal, the celebration will
be continued in Holtville with vaude-
vile and street dancing that eve
ming.
Mark Rose, for many years a
director of the Imperial Irrigation
district and a leader in the early
fight for canal on American soil,
will not speak on the program as
originally scheduled Rose asked
to be excused because of the loss
of his wife Thursday night. He was
persuaded, however, to appear with
the other distinguished guests on the
speakers stand.
John C. Page, commissioner of
the Bureau of Reclamation, was
expected to arrive from Los An
geles sometime Saturday forenoon.
He will be met by Evan HeWeS,
chairman of the district board, and
officials of the bureaus Yuma Of
flee.
Former Congressman Phil Swing
was expected to arrive Friday af-
ternoon. He will be escorted from
Calexico to the celebration site by
a delegation from the Cavalcade
association.
Leo Garlic, motion picture ac-
tor, will arrive in special plane
piloted by Chad Sproule, Imperial
aviator, who will chauffeur the &C
tor here from the Mojave desert
where he is on location. Ted Kipf
of the arrangements committee said.
Garlic will be met at the airport
by Capt Frank Oswalt of the high
way patrol and j. R. Snyder Of
Holtville.
A host of distinguished visitors
from all parts of California and
Arizona informed the arrangements
committee Friday that they would
be present. They included represen-
tatives of important cities up and
down the coast, representatives OF
power concerns and railway COM
panies, construction firms that had
a part in building the canal, and
many chambers of commerce. The
governor, also, will be represented
Two hundred Boy Scouts will be
on hand to direct traffic at the
celebration site, Hugh Wilcox, scout
Continued on Page 6, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-11
IFS Life, Death
Writes Japanese
Marine Stewards

TOKYO, Oct. IL (UP)-Admira
Sankichi Takashi, former com.
mander in chief of the combined
Japanese fleet, wrote today that
1T is life ard death matter fol
Japan to bring the Netherlands
East Indies and French Indo- China
within its sphere of influence ano
that Japan's southwark policy
must be continued despite any op-
position.
The southwark policy, he wrote
IN the Kaizon magazine, is the
traditional policy of the navy, and
can not be halted for fear of A
merican intervention. This, he said
was Japan's last chance to expand
southward.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-11
Clothes Asked for
Needy Children

Any children's clothing or shoes
to spare?
Many children from needy FAM
lilies are unable to attend school
this fall because they have no suit
able clothing and Shoes" Mrs. Liefy
Upho!t, county school attendance
supervisor said Friday.
Parents whose children have
outgrown their shoes and clothing" :"
she said, surely will be glad to pass
them ON to these unfortunate chill
dren."
She asked that contributions be
left at the county health DEPART
ment in the basement Of the county
court house so they may be dis
tributed to the children who need
them
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-11
Defenses RepuIse
German Bombers

LONDON, Oct. IL UP)-German
plane fleets, thursting in at Lon
don from all directions, were turn
ed back again and again by the
anti-air denfenses today.
The night raid was the shortest
in recent days. and ended before
dawn for the first time since the
Germans inaugurated their ruth
less "hammer-krieg" attack four
nights ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-11
CAVALRY SEEKS SITE FOR VALLEY CAMP
AT Last
It Happened

SACRAMENTO, Oct. IL (UP)
An erstwhile resident of Ok
lahOma was surprised today
when he was informed he would
not be required to register un-
der the alien registration law.
The man appeared at the fed
eral building and was given the
proper papers to fill out as a
nOn-citizen. He carefully an
swered all the questions, Civ
ing "OklahOma" as the country
of his birth.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-11
y AMBLINe.
4\EpoRTER
Slight Difference

Slight Difference
And now, please all rise and sing
God Save America :"
1t was at the Brawley-El Centre
football game and Paul Post in
properly reverent tones made the
foregoing announcement.
But there was dissention in the
ranks, apparently, for what they
sang was God Bless America .
What A Greeting
Here is a fervent hope that Capt.
Frank OsWalt has the power to car
ry out his duty Saturday, and that
Leo Garlic, too, has the stamina
to do his part.
Cap already has a load of books
and papers that friends have asked
him to get Leo to autograph At
the rate he is going he will need
a special truck to carry them and
Leo will need mimeograph to sign
them all.
See The Show
We can hardly wait for this feud
to settle itself between Red Harrigan
and Lucille Cannon.
1t started out with a slight wager
upon the result of the World Series.
The result was a headache to Lu-
cille and a thing of Joy to Red
Then it shifted to pitching quarters
at line on the floor. Lucille's first
toss carromed off a desk and land
ed squarely on the line for a win.
only Red called foul and they
pitched over.
This time LucilleS quarter landed
rolling and ran outside and down
the steps for another dead loss.
Never again will I compete with
you unless l can choose my own
game quoth Lucille and Red re-
piled:
Bottle pool, faro or tit tat toe,
name your weapons"
Lucille thought a moment and
decided:
I'll run you foot race around
the courthousel Rut I have to have
week for getting in training"
SO now we can't wait. Anyone
who wants tickets can apply to RR.
o
Serious Matter
AL DeVore's dyspepsia was SER
ious matter Friday.
II see where they've decided to
draft two million men right away
instead of 400,000!' friend re-
marked casually. AIS face dropped
so far and SO fast it bounced.
"Whhhhere did you zee that"
ITS in the paper somewhere :. :"
said the friend, carelessly. AL went
through the paper in a frenzy, until
the gag dawned on him.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-11

ihipeiiei Ndiity. lilcy dppCdlCu Oil
the same program Thursday night
at Calexico and Friday noon at the
Holtville Rotary club.
lac spoke on his war experience
Friday morning at a junior college
assembly IN II Centre.
Fletcher was slated to meet at
am. Saturday with members of
the Young Republicans club .at the
Barbara Worth hotel and at 10 am.
he was scheduled to confer with
directors of the Brawley school con-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-11

The Daft home argued 1t Ii the
only such home In Salt Lake.
Taggart and a sister. Mrs. Davis
Straus OF Stafford. Ariz., both received
sums of $500 under the will. A
granddaughter, Ethelbell Hansen.
was cut off with 81 because Of her
unkindness 10 me-.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-11
City Shop Picketed

Union men picketed the Southern
Barber shop in Ell Centre Friday
Afternoon as a protest to the cut
rates said to be in effect in the
shop.
The pickets were said to belong
to the BARRIERS union with head
quarters in Ell Centro.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-11

cerning emergency state funds for
earthquake repair. Saturday after
noon he will attend the All Ameri-
can canal celebration, and Saturday
evening he expected to attend an
annual Columbus Day banquet at
Calexco on invitation of Father
Michael j. O'Conaor.
Izac, meanwhile, will meet with
Young Democrats Sunday morning
at 10 am. at the California hotel,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-11
County Prepares
1900 Tax Bills

Bad news for Imperial county
taxpayers was in the making Fri
day in the office of Assessor-Col-
lector Dan West.
West and his staff rushed to-
ward completion the 10000 sep
arate bills to be mailed taxpayers
Oct. 81 or Nov. /.
The bills this year were sent to
the holders of 38 953 parcels of
real property.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-11
Nazis Claim Great
Raids on Britain

BERLIN, Oct. II CUP)- Nazis
asserted today that London had
suffered its greatest air raid of
the war during the night while ad-
mitting that British planes had
heavily bombed the great port of
Hamburg.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-11
HoItviIle Mans
Legacy Held Up

$500 legacy due j. Victor Taggart of HotviIle was
6eayed again Friday because his sister, the late Alice B.
Bauer neglected to the old adys home to which she
left her money. " 80
In superior court in Los Angeles Thursday the Sarah
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-11
Germany SEXES
Rumoniu Control
by UNITED PRESS =

Nazi planes roaring Rumana heightened fear
of showdown in the Balkans the Near East Friday
Great Britain and Germany fought with relentless fury
the air. Flying low Bucharest than $50
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-11
Political Foes
Stumpins Valley

II the atmosphere was trfe warmer than usual Fri
day it was politics, not sun. ~ -
Chief activity centered in the race for the Uouso d
Representatives from this district Both Col Ed Fetche,
of San Diego and the incumbent Rep Ed lac were II
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-11
Mrs. Mark Rose
Passes Away at
|. Y. Ranch Home
Pioneer Woman's Death Casts Shadow
Of Sorrow Over Canal Celebration;
Funeral Services Scheduled SUNDAY

The death of Mrs Mark Rose cast a tragic shadow
Friday preparations for the All American canal eel
ebraton Saturday.
Mrs Ella NJ Rose 78, wife of the All American canal
most militant backer died at her home hear Bonds Corner
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-11

Of Ie'fV Iahc OIty, OVdII
asked to be named recipient of
S245,835, claiming the Daft home
was meant when Mrs. Bauer wrote
in her will:
The balance OF my estate to old
ladies' home located in Salt Lake
City, to be used for comfort of old
ladies'
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-11
1400 Men Will :
Be Stationed in !
Local Quarters
Permanent? ! Cannot Answer That SAYS
High Ranking u. S. Army OfficerHere
To Select Place for Reqimen+aI Camp

Because the mission of the cavalry longer lies near
the big cities the Eleventh u S. Cavalry regiment of 14OO
men and OFFICERS will invade Imperial Valley in the near
future for indefinite engagement.
Three high army officers from San Francisco head
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-11

Butter; Los Angeles 31Isc: but
terfat, Imperial Valley fob. ranch.
grade A 40lsc; manufacturing milk
34Hc; route gathered cream 30,6c.
L. A. hay: U. s. No. $13-S14.;
U. s. No. 2 leafy S11.50-12.50; l. v.
and Antelope $13-13.50; U. s. No. 2
$10-$10.50; Mpls. Dec. flax Sl.47.
Evening star., 1940-06-11
Natures Children

by a light covering of straw or
leaves.
In the North as we'll this useful
annual has cousins that are acch-
mated to the various climates and
soils, and the only thing the grower
must do is to choose the one that
will be happy in the particular part
of the United States in which he
proposes growing the sweet pea.
Do not forget that you may pro-
pagate new varity yourself. You
never know what your flower child
will be or what it will do until
you work with it for some time, but
a more thrilling feeling is hard to
find than that which comes from
working with plants toward their
advancement and perfection.
For the earliest flowers. SOW the
early winter Towering types. You
can have them in almost every
color. The summer Towering sweet
pea will bloom later in the season
and should be planted at the same
time as the earlier ones. They
sleep a little longer in the warm
earth.
Plant in well-prepared soil and
cover the seeds from one to two
inches, deeper in sandy soil, which
is much easier for the baby plants
to creep upward. In heavy clay
soil, plant closer to the surface
for the opposite reason.
OF course, you must buy fresh
seed from a reliable firm. Then
plant them several inches apart
to have large flowers. One ounce
of seed will plant a row go to 10
feet. Do not cultivate your plants
while the soil is wet. These plants
flourish in rich earth with light
dressing of prepared food added to
the soil by working it in carefully
Aphids are very fond of the juice
of the sweet pea. Sunshine dis
courages these wee sap suckers, Sc
see that your sweet peas have as
much bright sunshine as possible
And do not permit your flowers to
make seed if you wish to have a
long cutting season.
Evening star., 1940-06-11

are In no danger Of attack at all
We are vulnerable to attack, and
in my judgment we would be at
tackled, under certain possibilities
that may occur, If We had no Army
or Navy to cause the aggressor to
think twice before he struck.
To be unprepared is to invite at
tack. To be prepared is to prevent
attack. To be unprepared is to
threaten the stability of this Gov
ernment, the overthrow of its insti-
tutions. the liberty and freedom of
our country and our everyday way
of life. To be prepared is to pre-
serve this form Of Government and
its institutions, our freedom and
liberty and our way of life, and to
be able to hand them down to our
children and our children's children.
We need less of the will for pac-
ifism ands more of the will to pre-
serve this Nation We need less of
the spirit of indifference and more
of the spirit of self-sacrifice for the
common good. We need less of soft
and indolent self-concern and more
of the deep and abiding love of
liberty, patriotic instincts and the
spirit of our forefathers. We need
these things to be strong enough
to escape the fate which already
has encompassed nearly dozen
nations in the last five years.
Army Our Police Force.
Every city has its large police
force to prevent crime within it's
borders. The Army is our national
police force, to prevent interna-
tional crime, the attempt by any
aggressor nation to invade us and
break the peaceful laws of our every
day lives.
The Army. our national police
force, must be Of such size and
equipment that it is adequate to
deal with these outside aggressors
so that we may continue to dwell
here in the security and safety to
which we are entitled
While we wish to avoid war in
every honorable way, we should
not shrink from it when our homes
and way OF life are threatened by
invasion, any more than we would
shrink from dealing with one who
attempted to force his way into our
private homes, and rob or destroy.
We are living in times that may
change the whole course of human
history. We all know what is tax
ing place throughout the world
today. We owe it to our ancestors,
to ourselves and to our children
that these things shall not happen
here, that this great country shall
be prepared and that we have the
will to preserve it and hand it down
to those who may come after us. no
less secure, progressive and fine
than our forebears have preserved
it and handed it down to us.
Evening star., 1940-06-11
THE WASHINGTON c, TUESDAY, JUNE H.

with the complete modernization Of
equipment of these forces is going
to cost money-much money. There
Is no way this can be avoided. Our
problem is to get the most out of
the taxpayers dollar for defense
purposes. The plan outlined by
Gen. Marshall, and which I hope
Congress will adopt in full, is de-
signed to give the country the best
standard defense possible for the
least money. During the last 10
years we have spent an average of
about $50O,00O,000 a year on our
Army and National Guard. This
was used for maintenance training,
equipment and all expenses Incl
dent thereto. The new Army will
cost at least twice that much a
year, in all probability, as it will be
equipped with tanks, armored cars
armored airplanes and other weap-
ons. For while it is going to cost
more than twice as much as the old
Army cost each year, for large sums
are necessary for initial equipment.
housing, etc.
Good Insurance for U. s.
1t will, nevertheless, be a good
insurance both for our security and
our future welfare. Not to have
this insurance Is to be in the posi-
ton of the owner of a house who
has no adequate fire insurance on
his home when fires are breaking
out, all over the neighborhood. Our
problem Is to get this insurance on
our national welfare without un-
avoidable delay.
May I be permitted to say a per-
sonal word? Your speaker was a
soldier in the last war, serving
with fighting troops in the Ameri-
can Expeditionary Force in France,
in engagements where some of his
friends and comrades made the su-
preme sacrifice or were severely
wounded.
No one wants to avoid war more
than one who has actually taken
part in it or will have to take part
in another. Such men want to see
war honorably avoided If 1t can be
done.
I deplore the idea that still exists
in some quarters in our country,
that our Nation ought to have no
Army or Navy at ALL or that it
ought not to put itself in state
of adequate preparedness and should
not even resist invasion If it comes
This is the surest way to really
bring on an invasion of this coun-
try by acquisitive and aggressor ma
tions, for we are the richest and
most desirable loot in all Of Chris
tendon.
Chinas policy Of being unpre-
pared was an inducement for Japan
to attack China. which has cost
the Chinese people already 5000, ,000
lives among its men, women and
children, and only Heaven can count
the incidental suffering, destruction
and misery to the living.
Urges Navy Second to None.
If we really want to avoid war
we should have a powerful Navy
second to none, on the sea, beneath
the sea and over the sea, and an
Army at least the size of the one
have described, on the land and
in the air. Then no one will want
to attack us. for the price of that
attack would be too costly and they
could not hope to achieve success
in the face of such preparedness.
But we cannot have that insur-
ance against war coming to our
country SO long as ell-meaning but
ill-advised persons continually
preach, in the face of all the grim
and sad facts of this hour, that We