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Evening star., 1940-12-29

SOr0ptimiSts Sponsor
Venture Members.
Members of the Venture Club are
business and professional women
between the ages of 19 and % who
are sponsored by Soroptimists.
Whereas membership in the Sorop-
timist group is limited to two rep
resentatives from business and pro-
fessional fields in the city, member
ship in the Venture Club is only
limited to two members from any
one business firm or professional
organization.
The Ventures were put on a ma
tional basis for the first time last
summer when representatives OF
clubs throughout the country met
in Salt Lake City at the time the
American Federation of Soroptimists
held its annual convention. Miss
Jean Meara, the retiring president
of the local club, was elected ma
tional vice president of the Ven
lures.
Miss Meara was succeeded as
local Venture Club president yester-
day by Mrs. Carol Kirkwood. Others
installed were Mrs. Dorothy Her
ring, vice president; Miss Carol
Warner, corresponding secretary;
Miss Alice White, recording secre-
tary, and Miss Olive Whiting,
treasurer.
. Soroptimists to Install
Officers at Banquet.
In the meantime the Soroptimist
Club is completing plans for the
installation of its own officers at
banquet Saturday at the Willard
Hotel.
Gen. Albert L. Cox will be the
principal speaker on patriotic pro-
gram which will include music and
dances.
Four major periods in American
life will be depicted by an Indian
dance, a minuet, the Virginia reel
and a demonstration of modern
dancing by students of three local
studios.
EQlth HOnman Jones OF the Co
iumbia Light Opera Co. will present
songs appropriate to the various
periods.
The program, arranged by Mrs.
Elinor Lee, originally was to have
featured an address by Lord Lo-
THAN. The British Ambassador
death occurred shortly after the
club had received his acceptance of
an invitation to speak. One of the
major activities of the Soroptimists
this year has been to arrange homes
for children of fellow club members
In England for the duration.
Mrs. Bennett will install the new
officers of the club at the dinner.
which will be preceded by a recep-
ton at $50 pm.
Mrs. Lorraine Leese Good
To Become President.
Mrs. Lorraine Leese Good will sue
ceed Miss Bou'ke as president.
Other new of GERS are Miss Estelle
Zirkin, first vice president; Mrs. Lee.
second vice pl, .sident: Mrs. Beulah
Drake. recording secretary; Mrs.
Ruth Baker. corresponding secre-
tary: Miss Agnes Cady. treasurer,
and Mrs. Florence Meara and Miss
Evening star., 1940-12-29
Pilot Club Meeting

The Pilot Club will meet at PM.
Tuesday. at the Silver Bowl, 1914
Connecticut avenue NV.
Evening star., 1940-12-29

Worms in an acre of soil number
from $4,000 to 10000, says Lon
don expert.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
Harry Bridges Calls J. Edgar Hoover
Liar, Then Leaves for Washinqton

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. II. CUP)
--Australian-bo born Harry Bridges
California CIO director and head
OF the International Longshoremen's S
and Warehousemen's union, was en-
route to Washington today. pre-
sumably TO confer with CIO Off
cials in connection with a report
given Attorney General Robert H.
jackson by J. Edgar Hoover. FBI
director. which accused Bridges of
Communism and said he is sub
ject to deportation.
A year ago, Dean James NJ. Lam
dis of Harvard Law School found
on the basis of evidence submitted
by the department of labor that
Bridges was not then a member of
the Communist party.
AS he departed for washington
Bridges declared he was going to
discuss only union matters and not
because of Hoover's statement, which
said "the evidence we have SUBJ
mitted to the department of justice
is sufficient to justify the deporta-
ton of Bridges and outlawing of
the Communist party"
Bridges associates said Hoover's
men could not possibly have gath
cred any more evidence than that
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17

, reviewed by Dean Lands during
the deportation hearing instituted
by the Bureau of Naturalization.
Hoover is lying and he knows
it." Bridges said in a statement is
sued by his defense committee. All
the evidence he has is that which
was reviewed by Lands and then
rejected. The new evidence Hoover
has secured we know to be faxed.
1T was secured by bribery and
intimidation. Hoover says yes Lam
dis says no. Compare the record
and the methods of the two and
any honest man will know who is
telling the truth
Several months ago Jackson asked
Hoover to investigate Bridges, par
ticularly to determine if he ever
had been a member of the Com
munist party. The Lands hearing
covered only Bridges current ac-
tivities.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
Hitler Moves TO
Force Wishes on
French Officials

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the army of the Nile drove Italians
from Egypt and struck at the coastal
base of Bardia, which some military
sources in London believed might
already have fallen.
British Prime Minister winston
Churchill warned again that a eau
tious attitude should be taken to-
ward the North African offensive,
but he remarked confidently that
although Britain did not celebrate
MANY big victories in the World
war most people were satisfied with
its outcome.
Weather conditions, following sand
storms and rain, were improved IN
the Libyan desert and British ali
forces were strongly attacking all
Fascist bases along the Mediterran-
can coast, having dropped more than
dozen tons of bombs on Bardla tc
start a number of fires.
On the Albanian front, Greek ar
tillery was reported shelling KllSura
one of the immediate detectives OF
the Greek offensive in south AL
bania and a key Italian position on
the central front. On the coastal
sector they were reported to nave
advanced to Yuma, north OF China
ra.
In London, where it was announc-
ed that 4,588 civilians were killed
and 6,202 injured in German air
raids in November, the air ministry
said that British bombing attacks
had started big fires and done
much damage at Mannheim, I'M
portant war industries town in the
German Rhineland, and at the sub
marine base at Bordeaux. Raj
planes made daylight raids on the
French channel ports held by Ger
many after reporting severe dam
age to airplane factories and other
war factories in the Mannheim area
There was hint that the British
soon would take the offensive
against Italy in Ethiopia and Italian
Somaliland as result of the sue
cessful offensive in North Africa
Che usually authoritative BRUSH
press association said that such an
offensive might be undertaken on
q large scale, presumably in an ef-
fort to determine whether Italy
could be knocked out of the war.
In Berlin, Germans scoffed at the
Importance of. the British victories
in Africa, but admitted concern over
developments in unoccupied France,
which might involve the position OF
Gen. Maxine Weygand's large arm
ed forces in the French colonies IN
North Africa. Weygand's presence
in North Africa has been regarded
in some sources as possible threat
against Germany If the Nazis occu-
py all of France.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
Christmas Light
Jackpot Reaches
Total Of So Here
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offices and report Lights up!
Your name and address Will appear
in the next days edition.
SO get busy, hang out your CHRIST
mas lights. and then call 300. }
Meanwhile, the "a prizes were all
ready. They are all in cash this
year-cash that will help fill pock-
etbooks depleted by Christmas shop
ping. There will be six $40 prizes
first awards in six separate divi-
sions. Then there will be SIX 50
prizes, the second place awards IN
the six divisions. Following are SIX
81 awards and six 81 prizes.
The donors, who have so help
fully contributed TO help make III
Centre a Christmasy city, are: I'M
perial Irrigation district, Nev-Cai
Electric, M. O. Simms, w. A, Schenl-
man, Ross Hickcox, Roy WomacK'
Ben Hulse, Imperial Hardware,
Sears, Roebuck, Massey Horton, ana
M. o. King.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
Blast Tears Down
Buildings, Kills
Twelve; 10 Injured
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NCOHlllD6u IIOll rage OLIS)
The unnamed baby was listed by
the coroner's office as the 18th fatal
victim of the blast. The body of
Mrs. Schnetzer was found beneath
Z mattress in mass of debris. The
newly-born baby lay dead nearby.
Two -year-oli Patsy Roy was the
first to Be removed from the wreck
age. She was crying but suffered
only a few cuts and bruises. She
was struck on the head by a brick.
Raymond Roy, her father stum-
bled out of the ruins right after her
and asked the first rescuers on the
scene to get Jessie, his wife.
y held her head as long as !
could but she was pinned to the
bed" he said. please get her"
Mrs. Roy was eXtricated 80 min
utes later. She and her husband
and their four children had happy
reunion in a hospital emergency
ward. None was hurt badly.
Lillian Schnetzer, Is, another per-
son rescued soon after the eXplo-
sion, said she pulled her sister, s
through some boards.
I could hear my parents scream
ing but I could not reach them. II
was awful she said.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
British Bid For
Cash Presents FIR
With New Problem.

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He took the attitude, committee
members said, that it was up to
congress to act on the issue of
financial aid and refrained from
making any recommendation on the
subject.
The amount Of British commit
ments in the United States is not
known exactly, but is believed to
be in the vicinity of $1,000 100000
to $3,OO0,000,00 Total British as
sets in the United States reputedly
amount to S4,000,O0O,OO0 or S5,O0O,-
100000. The problem is to convert
them into dollars
The question of assuring Brit
ain constant replenishment of her
dollar exchange for purchases of
American planes and other types
of war supplies topped in present
Importance consideration of loans
or gifts to the War-torn country.
That problem appeared more ur-
gent in the light of disclosure
that Secretary of State Cordell Hull
has Informed officials, including the
president, that Britain probably will
face a crisis in the first six months
of next year unless the United
States steps up its deliveries of
war materials. This followed SIM
liar British expressions.
1t was learned that Hull had
expressed his views on the urgency
of the production speedup to COM
mission members William S. Knud-
sen and Edward r. Stettinius, jr.,
who in turn had passed on the in
formation to an executive board
meeting of the national association
of manufacturers in New York last
Friday.
AS for financial assistance to Brit
ain, a movement for outright grants
of American money to the British
was gaining some momentum.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
Storm Will Lift
Wednesday Says
L.V. Weather Man
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Los Angeles had one traffic death
due to slippery car tracks.
The first storm was brief but
severe. 1t whipped up blizzards in
the mountains, heavy rains in the
parched San Joaquin Valley ana
San Francisco bay area, lightning on
the San Francisco peninsula, floods
in the Los Angeles area, and gales
along San Francisco bay of Suffi-
cient force to rip off part OF the
roof of the grandstand of Albany
race track, tear down Berkeley
street decorations and tear branches
off trees in San Francisco'S Golden
Gate park.
It's effects still were felt in the
Los Angeles area, where flood waters
spilled over the Roosevelt highway
from Latigo Canyon north of Mali
bu and where the Ridge Route, con-
Meeting southern California and the
San Joaquin valley, was coated with
ice and snow.
Heavy trucks were barred from
the Ridge highway and only pas
senger cars equipped with chains
and light trucks similarly fitted
were permitted to pass. The high
way was closed entirely for brief
period yesterday. and highway pa
trolmen said it might be necessary
to close it again unless a thaw sets
in.
Los Angeles had 1.30 inches ol
rain for the 24-hour period ended
at am. Fresno had %; Sacramen-
to ST; San Francisco so; Reddine
1926; San Diego 1877 and Eureka q
trace
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
Nev-Cal Reports
Earnings Boost

An increase of $10l ,065 in earned
surplus for the last IL months end
ing Oct 81 was reported Tuesday
by Nevada California Electric on
the basis of a statement OF COM
bined revenues and expenses OF the
corporation and its consolidated
subsidiaries.
Nev-Cai reported earned surplus
for the year of $453,6A as COM
pared with $352,579 for the same
period last year.
The increases outside Imperial
Valley came from higher basic loads
and decreases in operating expenses
that totaled more than $20,00O a
month below 1889 levels.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
Cash Income for California Farmers
Up 10 Per Cent, Still Increasing

California agricultural ecoloiii'' 'o'i-
ference today. ,..,r+ r.
In another speech, Stewart G:
wilson, representing the councii Oh
state governments of Chicago re-
ported that the trend TOWARD eco eco
nomic isolation among the states
through erection of interstate Trace
barrier appeared to have been ar,
rested. Some states have repesieo
existing laws and no new legisM-
ton of the nature was adopted III
1899 legislative sessions.
Parker. in his report to the con-
ference. said that while farm cash
income showed a 10 per cent rise
over 1899 and 13 per cent increase
over the corresponding 1883 perloo'
it still was II per cent under tae
record year of 1887.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
Mine Firm Grants
Draftees Leave

BISBEE, Dec. II. (UP)-Phelps-
Dodge corporation today announc-
ed a policy whereby all employees
called up for military service would
be granted leaves of absence plus
one months wages.
Drafted or volunteer workers will
be given leaves not exceeding a
year and 40 days and will be given
their same positions, with no loss
in seniority, upon completion of
training, the corporation announc-
ed.
Phelps-Dodge employees thousands
of men in its mine properties and
reduction works here and at Doug
las, Morenci, Clifton and Ajo.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
1858 Civilians
Killed in ENGLAND

LONDON, Dec. II. CUP)-The
air and home security ministries
said today that 4,5SS civilians
had been killed and 6,202 injured
sufficiently to require hospital
treatment in German air raids
on all parts of the United King
dom during November.
The period reported included
the Inauguration of German
utter destruction" raids which
began with an attempt to re-
duce the city of Coventry to rub
BILE and which was followed by
aIl-out attacks on such major
centers as Birmingham, Bristol,
Southampton and Portsmouth.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
Auto Court Deaths
Caused by Gas

SACRAMENTO, Dec. II. CUP)-
Autopsies disclosed that three tour
lists whose bodies were found Sum-
day in an auto court here died from
the effects of carbon monoXide gas
poisoning, Coroner Jack Garibaldi
said today.
Funeral arrangements for the trio,
Identified as Monroe Oliver Busen-
bark, 30. Yakima, Wash; Veloie
Wilson, 27, registered as his wife,
and Velma Busenbark, 10, awaited
word from a Mrs. woodward OF
Monroe, Utah. believed to be the
dead woman's sister.
Bodies of the victims were foune
in a cabin in which gas heate
was burning.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
FiIipinos TO Take
Partin Mardi Gras

Imperial Valleys Filipino club
this week decided to take an active
part in the El Centro Mardi- -Gras
celebration at a meeting Monday.
Robert Hays, secretary of the El
Centro chamber of commerce, was
guest speaker and outlined the de-
tails of the celebration.
The Filipinos will enter a float in
the Mardi-Gra parade.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
Negroes Request
Jobs with County

A request that more Negroes be
employed by the county as janitors
and in other types of work was
made at the board of supervisors
Monday by delegation of Negroes.
Board members told the delega-
ton they will investigate the mat
ter and see what can be done.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17

STOCKTON, Cal, Dec. II. tUPl
Cash income of California farm
ers for the first nine months Oh
1910 was 10 per cent over the cor
responding 1899 period and prooap-
ly will be IL to 13 per cent hlgher
for the full year, w. B. Parker, state
director of agriculture, told the first
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
Scanning L.V
News Horizon
TOWNSEND CLUB
MEETS FRIDAY

Townsend club No. will elect
officers at its meeting Friday might
at 7:S0 o'clock in the court house,
This club. instead of meeting each
week, now meets the first and
third Fridays of each month.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
SMALLER TREES
ENDANGER SEQUOIAS

SACRAMENTO, Dec. II. up
A thinning program to make way for
a second growth stand of big trees"
in the Calaveras State park today
had endorsement of state forestry
officials. State Forest Ranger James
K. Mace said a survey revealed that
white fir and incense cedar trees
are endangering the future of Sc
quota Gigantea by shading the big
trees.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
WORKMEN TRAPPED IN
COAL MINE EXPLOSION

BECKLEY. w. Va. Dec. II. CUP)
AT least five men were injured
and from l2 to IS others were trap
ped deep in shaft of the Raleigh
Coal and Coke company's No. 4
mine today when an explosion
wrecked a large section of it.
The explosion was believed TO
have resulted from a coal dust ac-
emulation.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
COMMITTEES MEET

Court of nonor and finance drive
plans were mapped at meetings OF
the Westmorland and Calexico dis
trict scout Monday night, according
10 Hugh Wilcox, scout executive,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
DECREE GRANTED

An interlocutory divorce decree
waS granted in superior court Mon.
day to Warren D. Wheat in his
suit against Lorraine Evelyn Wheat.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
INTEND TO WED

Manuel II. Robes, 80, Brawley
laborer, and Sally Valencia, 20,
Brawley housekeeper. Monday filed
a notice of their intention to wed.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
SUPERVISORS PLAN
To ATTEND MEET

County supervisors Monday re-
ceived an invitation to attend the
annual Institute of Government at
the University of Southern Califor-
MIA Jan. > to l3. inclusive.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
FOUND GUILTY
OF BURGLARY

A jury IN superior court late Nom
day found Tiburcio Prado guilty of
burglarizing Tony Orosco'S tent of
his clothing.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
WEATHER

Southern California Generally
cloudy and warmer Tuesday with
scattered light showers; becoming
partly cloudy Tuesday night and
Wednesday with scattered showers
in the mountains.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-12
MISCELLANEOUS

PORN your old gold into value, cash or trade at Nugget Shop.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-12

Girls Grow Up" he had Bob Cummings call him his office and tell the story of his life and that all there There nobody surprised than Bob of the best things producers do another substitute he likely youngster bit picture Moran and that's how Harry Stafford the singer briefly gmpsed in Its Date got his. Gloria The UnderPup her first starring picture
 preyew" established producer custom, but Joe He tried to fall in line but after this still nothing change in his picture gave up likes to plan and his productions without that when pictures finished it's done and there's nothing to cut This is conocastc
 Joe isn't impressed by big figures He'll spend pile on big necessary. and little another, if little will doesn't believe the public impressed by big foosly believes the public impressed only by the by what producer he spent it.
 The fellows includes Dubin hi-and no Dur with Destry Rides Again." Rio"
 be with fellow like Joe.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-12
Jury Out 3 1 Hours Gives
 Gross S55,1q4
Third Trial of Equipment Case Ends : Another
 Appeal Likely

A verdict awarding w. D. Gross $55, ,l94.05 in damages was read in District Court this morning as the third trial of the suit of Electrical Research Products Incorporated versus W. D. Gross came to an end.
 The jury reached an agreement at 10 o'clock last night. It had been out for little more than 31 hours. E. M Richardson was foreman.
 Though finding for the defendant generally, the jury refused to al low any exemplary damages.
 The verdict is essentially the same as in the first trial of the suit. The jury in the second trial was un- able to agree and was dismissed after AZ hours.
 Attorneys for the Corporation in- dicated they would appeal again
 Members of the jury were Mrs. Fred Shindler, Mrs. Robert Fra ser, Esther M Ralston. Mrs. A. J. Goodman, H. L. Clark, Alice o. Swanson, E. M Richardson, Mrs. George Getchell, H. O. Adams, AL bert Pasquan, Mrs R. c. Smith and George A. Fleek.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-12
Hollywood Sighh And Souuds
By Robb,n Coons-.

af HOLLYWOOD, Cal, April 12There's fellow in town who does everything wrong
 producer his Pasernak off and far off he likes people to call him Joe Every body knows producer addressed AYes MT So People Pastemak Joe and they don't have to prefix with yes
 Paste1nal-I Joe--is smalish fellow with grin hi-ya look Everybody knows should look important but Joe is too busy to look important
 Equally known it is that producer should follow policy does Joe knows, guess array marked private he figures das have hard time convincing secretaries walk into his office and make tell how this is
 players be natural he ha truck with He wouldn't let Deanna Durbn have a single how egise alarm joy, and he hid public notice there might be a concealed the public Joe figures the all they need to know for the acting carried into private life wrong of course but what can anyone do?
 The guy believe tests. He gives them, while he has convince another studio boss by age likes have finn When he needed leading
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-12
Shower Last Night
 Honors Miss SaIoum


 Complimentary to Miss Leona Salcum, who will be the bride of Robert F. Smith on May II, a miscellaneous shower was given last evening by Mrs. w. R. Her mansen at her residence in h e Jensen Apartments.
 Bingo was the main diversion of the evening with honors going to Miss Edna Almquist and Miss Sa- loum.
 The honoree opened gifts from Mrs. Carl Jensen, Mrs. J. M. Sa- loum, Miss Carol Erskine, Miss Edna Almquist, Miss Elsie Blythe and Miss Elspeth Douglas
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-12
HERE FOR TREATMENT

Mrs. Christina Anderson and her son Leslie were admitted to the Government Hosital today for med ical treatment. They arrived here on the steamer Mount Mckinley.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-12

mar on the Public Health Control of Milk Supplies to be held at Seattle from April Is to 20.
 This seminar, conducted by ths U. g. Public Health Servlcc, is for the purpose of. discussing the Pub lie Health Service Standard Milk Ordinance which is iii effect in the Territory, and will be attend ed by all State and local milk saili- tarians of the Norwest.. e1-aA'
 Nasi will return on the steamer Alaska at the expiration of the conference.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-12

DO YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE $500? WE can sell two dwellings, fur
 nished, in good locaton, yielding
 $l02.50 per month Gncludes owners quarter at $40) for $5,000, S1,500 down, $45 monthly with interest at 68o.-Shattuck Agency.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-12
KAARL0 NASI TO
 ATTEND SEMINAR
 ON MILK CONTROL

Kaarlo w. Nasi Public Health Engineer of the Territorial Depart ment of Health, sailed today on the Mount Mckinley to attend a semi
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-12

For Want anu For Sale Empire classifieds bring results.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-12
BARTLETT URGE5
 CHANGE IN HALIBUT
 BOAT REGULATIONS

A protest against the new hah- but fishing regulation which allows boat to clear for only one area per trip was sent yesterday by Act ing Governor E. L. Bartlett to Ed ward w. Allen. Secretary of the International Fisheries Commis- sion. Bartlett urged that the regu- lation be changed to that in effect last year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-12
ALICE JOHNSON
 BRIDGE HOSTESS

Miss Alice Johnson was hostess last evening with five tables of bridge at the West Tenth Street home of the Henry Greens.
 Honors were won by Mrs Chris Wyller, first; Mrs. Charles Sabin, second; and Miss Alice Armstrong, low
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-12

MAYTAG Washing Machine and Ironrite Ironer man back in town. Ironrite Ironers, Maytag Washing Machines, Maytag 110- volt A.C. light plants. Terms: $5 down, $5 monthly, liberal allow ance for old machines. Call J. H. Anderson at Juneau Transfer. Phone AS.