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Evening star., 1940-06-20
Berlin
Continued From First Page. J

NSOA1CAAluCO V4Olll I II oI Z ago.
necessary instructions Immediately
and made preparations for receiv-
ing the French armistice delega-
tion," said German announcement.
1t did not, however, give the time
or place for the meeting.
(The German radio, in a broad
cast heard in London, reported
graphically that members of the
French government are not all
agreed on the question of laying
down arms"
(There was no explanation of
the significance of this statement
at time when France has sued
for peace, but the broadcast
added, the war in France con-
tinues')
Deny Italy Excluded.
Authorized sources expressed an
noyance over reports abroad that
Italy would be shut out of the actual
armistice conference-presumably to
follow some time after presentation
of the German terms.
Such talk was called utter non-
sense" and it was recalled that Pre-
mier Mussolini helped Hitler at
Munich to formulate the demands
to be handed to the French pleni-
potentiaries.
&C. B. S., in New York, reported
hearing the Berlin radio an
nounce that Italy would play no
direct role in armistice negotia-
tions with France, and that the
negotiations would be between
Germany and France alone.)
The German press emphasized
that Premier Marshal Petain's over
ture for an armistice had confused
French troops, causing some to lay
down their arms while others con-
tinued fighting aimlessly."
For the second successive day the
high command reported resistance
continuing in the vicinity of Thion-
vile, near the northern end of the
Maginot Line.
French General Taken.
Brest and Lyon were but seq
mentS of the German victory across
the width of france. Swift-moving
columns also crossed the lower Loire
River between Nantes, near the
mouth, and Tours, erstwhile pro-
visional capital of the French gov
ernment.
The Reich added more than 20O,-
900 men to its legions of war pris-
oners, according to the high COM
mand's daily communlque, and
among them was Gen. Altmeyer,
commander of the French 10th
Army. The 100000 represented yes
terday's captures.
The high command pictured the
aerial assault on England as pay
pent for night time Allied raids on
unfortified German towns since May
10. These have been made mostly
by British planes. The Germans
almost invariably have accused the
British of attacking mon military
objectives."
Since May TO-" the communique
said, enemy planes, mainly British,
Evening star., 1940-06-20
Great Liners Land
Cheering Anzacs
Begging for War
You Come at Timely
Hour Eden Declares
In Welcoming Volunteer!
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
A NORTHERN BRITISH PORT.
June 30.-Thousands of fighting
Anzacs, who sailed all the way from
Australia and New Zealand in great
liners without seeing one German
plane, have thronged into the Brit
ish Isles, shouting for "a chance at
Jerry"
Packed into an array of world
famous ships whose names were COW
cred with gray paint nine months
ago, the volunteers and their escort
gave this port its greatest spectacle
of the war
Seven months of training in the
Antipodes had bronzed them and
schooled them for battle to defend
the heart of the British Empire.
Few Sights Of War.
The transports. thronged with
cheering men in khaki, were a great
show for the comparatively small
crowd permitted to witness their ar
rival some days ago.
Just as impressive we're the gray
diplomats of the navy that guarded
the journey.
What might have been a subma-
rine caused the protecting men
O war to drop depth charges, but
the only other sights all the way
around the cape were a tanker
burning and the wreckage of an
other ship.
War Secretary Anthony Eden, who
new to Egypt as dominions secre-
tary last January to glad-hand the
first of the Anzacs, sent message
haying, you come at timely hour.
We now can present to our enemy
truly imperial front-a front
which, as he has leraned from ex-
perience in the past. has never been
and never will be broken by him."
Confident of Victory.
When Godfrey Shakespeare, par
liamentary secretary for dominions,
was making his speech, a soldier
turned to bystander and asked,
who is that speaking?"
shakespeare" he was told.
Thanks" he replied, Il thought
1t was Charles Dickens"
Anxiously, the soldiers asked if it
were true that the Germans had
taken Paris.
Don't worry" one said on hearing
confirmation, well have it back in
a fortnight"
Evening star., 1940-06-20
French Planes Reported
FIyinq Back to Fioht

GENEVA. June 20 R,.-French
planes from North African bases and
French troops from Morocco and
Tunisia were reported today to have
crossed the Mediterranean under
convoy of French and British war
ships to bulwark the French stand
against the Germans in the Lyon
region of Southeastern France.
GA French radio announce
ment said German advance ele-
ments had occupied Lyon)
The battle for the Rhone Valley.
leading to the Mediterranean near
Marseille, about 200 miles oelow
Lyon, developed into a race between
Evening star., 1940-06-20
roops From Down Under Reach Britain Eager to Battle

dawn, the city-third largest in
France-had been staunctlly de-
Tended by the reorganizing
French Army.
(The French radio, heard in
London, said a proclamation de-
claring Toulon would be defended
with all available means If at
tackled by enemy forces had been
issued by the vice admiral in COM
mand Of the port. Toulon is a
military and naval port on the
Mediterranean southeast of
Marseille)
Reich 10 Set Time, Place.
Ofiicially, the status of Frances
bid for "a soldiers peace" was that
the government, in compliance with
Germany's request of yesterday,
had submitted to Germany the
names of plenipotentiaries to receive
the axis peace terms. Germany
then was to set the time and place
for a meeting.
1t was pointed out that II France
should choose to continue the fight
from Africa she and Britain could
squeeze Italian Libya.
"a large part of the French
Navy presumably is in the Medi-
terranean. and in Spain 1t was
said French military planes had
been flying in large numbers
from France to North Africa. 1t
was reported today from Geneva,
however, French warplanes and
troops from North Africa had
crossed the Mediterranean to
help the French armies in France
halt the German drive in the
southeast)
Fight in Square Formation.
Frances armies were fighting in
isolated groups. although a military
commentator said last night, Each,
nevertheless, has conserved its CO.
hesion Of maneuver in retreat"
There also were French troops from
the Maginot Line. trapped in Lor-
1aine behind the German line to the
Swiss border, still fighting their wsy
out. They were fighting IN square
formations, as did troops trapped in
Flanders.
The French were declared to have
engaged the central German forces
in "a new battle" on the middle Loire
River before withdrawing to "es-
tablish themselves on a more favor
able line"
In the west. the Germans last
night were driving south from Cher
bourg, approaching Nantes. where
they would cut OF Frances western
most peninsula and It's ports of
Brest and St. Nazaire.
In the center, the Germans reached
the Cher River, south of the Loire.
The French thus were backed up
against the Mediterranean, the
Pyrenees Mountains along the Span
ish border and the Atlantic Ocean.
Evening star., 1940-06-20
Distribution of Food
Restricted in Bordeaux

NEW YORK, June 20 P,.-Mili-
tary authorities Of the Department
Of Gironde, in which Bordeaux Is
located. issued decree today re-
stricting the distribution of food
and the use Of automobiles, the
French radio announced.
Effective at midnight tonight (6
pm. E. S. t., only military authori-
ties, government officials and the
committee aiding refugees may use
automobiles.
Evening star., 1940-06-20
-50,0 900 Believed Landed.

The array of world famous ships
which safely transported thousands
OF Australian and New Zealand
troops to the British Isles most
likely included the liners Queen
Mary, Mauretania, Aquitania and
the Expresses of Britain, Asia and
Australia. The number of soldiers
may be as high as $4,000.
Evening star., 1940-06-20
Russian Troops Continue
Occupation of Lotvio

MOSCOW, June 20 P. Dis
patches from Riga said today that
the establishment Of Soviet Russian
troops in Latvia was continuing in
an organized fashion and that cheer
ing thousands welcomed them in all
Baltic states.
Evening star., 1940-06-20
Vitality Forum to Meet

The Washington Vitality Forum,
newly organized health discussion
group, will hold its second meeting
at 8 o'clock tonight in the Confed-
crate Memorial Hall, 1922 Vermont
avenue NV.
Evening star., 1940-02-25

of giving the characters in story some
Distinguishing mark whereby readers could
recognize them easily, she also endowed him
with an auburn mustache
This had the effect of anchoring this man
in Mrs. Malinsons own mind very clearly
indeed. At times she had difficulty in remem
bering that she had invented him herself
The marriage between her hero and heroine
did not turn out we'll Until the dark man
came into her life she had never really known
what love was. But now, beneath the deodars
and tropical moon, she learned. And the
dark man begged her to leave her common
place husband and fly with him -.
So they ran away, taking ship to England
And, since Mrs. Mallinson lived in rec
tory, in an atmosphere of stern morality, and
since the publisher had particularly said he
was not adverse to tragedy. it seemed best for
the ship they travelled on to be wrecked; 50
down it went with all hands, and the lovers
perished together.
This" said the publisher, tapping the
manuscript optimistically, has now the max
ings of best seller"
Whether or not his optimism would have
Evening star., 1940-02-25

been justified Mrs. Mallinson was never to
know, for the firm went into liquidation before
ever the book was published and the book
never appeared in print. The blow was tenn
pered for Mrs. Malinson by the fact that she
got her twenty pounds down before the disas-
ter happened. For the first time in her life she
had ready money. She was stunned by her
good fortune, and determined to 20 straight
on and write another book.
Alas, the we'll of fancy had run completely
dry Not an idea would come. And presently
she fell to thinking things over, and pondering
on the story she had already written, and she
began to wonder what would really happen
if one put an advertisement in the agony
column of newspaper. Wouldn't it be fun
just to try?
The answer to her advertisement was six
feet four, and very handsome. Mrs. Mallinson
says she got sort of shock when she first met
him. because she could not help feeling she
had seen him somewhere before.
He married her and took her to India.
Look -" he said on their first evening
together in their new bungalow. Il want to
show you something"
Evening star., 1940-02-25

In the fast fading daylight she saw mosque
with pearl cupola and jade minarets, and
there came from the distance the voice OF one
CRYING, "Ho, Allah-ill- allah ..'
Il always think" said Hector Mallmson,
whimsically, those two palm trees look as II
they were listening to the fellah!'
Then only did Mrs. Mallinson face the fact
that she was up against something odd. Inc
whole of her time in India had dreamllke
quality, in which, most uncomfortably, she
had shrewd suspicion what would happen
next. Bits of her own book kept cropping up IN
a fashion that was highly disconcerting, until,
says Mrs. Mallinson, there were times when
she really hardly knew where she was. She
longed to tell the whole story to someone. But
already she knew that her husband would
never understand. He was kind and good
natured, but very stupid.
! HE rebellion came as an immense surprise
to everyone except Mrs. Mallinson. who had
been waiting for it, with guilty feeling that
perhaps the whole thing was her fault.
Its that damned fakir fellah over the
frOnCeT VINO Is at CIle OOIIOIl VI IL dA AAC AAuSs
be running guns through, though we can't for
the life of us discover how he does il" her
husband told her.
He must have secret store somewhere IN
the bazaar. We've sent for reinforcements, but
it's going to be pretty nasty, I'm afraid, they
don't arrive soon. l heard -"
She interrupted him:"t Hector, it's not
the fakir j.. . If you could only find someone
called Kota Khan . . I'm sure he's the
man -.
The only Kota Khan know of is HARM
less little babu who sells silk in the Burra
Bazaar"
..Yes That's the man, Hector. know
that's the man"
He threw back his head then and laughed
at her. Women, he said, got some pretty wild
ideas Was that feminine intuition?
He went out still laughing.
But between the bungalow and the orderly
room his slow mind moved round what she
(Continvsd on poos 20)
Evening star., 1940-02-25
Il Short Story Complete in This Issue

4
. WRITE this story down exactly as Mrs.
Mallinson told it to me. She is gentle
d little old lady with twinkling blue eyes, and
does not suggest either adventure or romance.
'Of course my dear" said Mrs. Mallinson,
there may be some quite ordinary explana-
ton for it all. All can tell you is. that have
never been able to find it myself"
As a girl she lived with her parents in
country rectory. Winter was coming on and
the rector's daughter had urgent need of
new coat She sat often and long, chin on
hand. trying to think of the various ways
there are in which money is made. Finally she
decided to write book.
Daydreams of her own. and her secret thirst
for adventure, went into the making OF that
rather unlikely story. 1t was about girl who
lived in the country, and longed for home
of her own, and seeing no probability of ever
meeting any eligible young men where she
was, put an advertisement in the agony COL
umn of daily paper. The answer to the ad-
vertisement was young Adonis. six feet four
in height He fell in love with the heroine. mar
ried her, and took her out to India with him.
Il must own, DEAR" said Mrs. Mallinson
that having got them to India felt had
made grave mistake. For you see knew
nothing whatever about the place. l chose 1t
entirely at random, from globe of the world
She had had no difficulty whatever with the
story till the Indian part began. After that 1t
was uphill work.
However, she grappled courageously with
the landscape She threw in mosque, and
pearl cupola, and four jade-green minarets.
Two palm trees stood beside it, leaning to-
wards it as if they too listened to the voice of
one who cried there daily that there was no
God but Allah. Mrs. Mallinson tells me she
was particularly proud of that part.
Rereading her book later, the young
authoress came to the conclusion it lacked
movement So she put in a rebellion. The
rebellion reused the entire neighborhood and
fakir over the frontier was suspected OF being
at the bottom of it.
But in the end it turned out to have been
engineered by Misunderstanding little man
called kota Khan, who kept the silk shop and
sold umbrellas and curios to tourists. Ware
houses supposed to be full of silks and mer-
chandise were veritable arsenals.w
Mrs. Mallinson says she was Immensely
pleased with her story. She wrote THE End"
with flourish, and sent it off to a publisher.
Evening star., 1940-02-25

Inc puOllSIlcI Was VI
aback when he inter-
viewed the author of
this surprising tale.
What do you know of
India, and tribal rebel
lions, child? Where did
you get your local
COLOR"
Blushing prettily, the
young authoress said
she just made it up as
she went along.
Its not a bad story.
Surprising that anyone
so young should know
so much about a life
she has never expert
enced ="
You mean you will
actually publish it,"
IF you will make a
few changes, yes"
lHE story, it ap-
peared, was too short.
Also it lacked passion.
"If," said the pub
Usher, looking at her
doubtfully, "you think
you can remedy this,
we will publish the
book in our New Writ
ers series, and pay you
twenty pounds down.
But the story requires
another man. Perhaps
he could fall in love
with your heroine also,
tension - We are not
either"
They wanted passion
should have it. Biting
writer set herself to enla
She invented a tall da
a the sea- Rememhe
pub6sha had given her
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-20
FARM SECTION
Agriculture Dept.
Plans F..3cd
Ccr.7o, Projects

WASHINGTON, CT 10 irrPyA-
Secretary of Agriculture Cauie n.
Wickard today annourc1d thet tho
first nroioct - de" t'o l"G7 em1i-
bus flood cc7trol VII bc long
range floo1 cor u; a. c'r'-er se+ifn
program in the Lc1 Aag-,eJ water
shed.
Expenditu-e r SlA.G01 cf flood
control fumes win permit wo k 70
start immediately o. tie hr -
Seco and the San F,rnarGN Ucllev
sections of the watershed. Wickard
said. Total cost of the project is
estimated at s11 ,335 900. the ederal
government paying $8,3S0o00 and
the state and local governments
and farmers in the area contributing
S3,OO5 ,000.
Agriculture department experts
said, however, that benefits in the
form of reduced flood damage, soil
and water conservation would reach
$42,G00,000 within so years.
Wickard called the coordinated
watershed and river Improvement
program "a new approach to the
national problem of flood control
by proper conservation use of
lands where floods originate"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-20
BUILDING SECTION
Fl Centro
Building
Total Up

Ell Centros building permit total
approached the $45OOOO mark Sat
I urday as permits totaling $24,890
were issued for construction in the
city during the past week.
The 1910 total remained more
than 100000 above laEt years
record pace.
Permits issued this week:
w. A. Vize, 4l3 Len Rey, $35,
repairs; j. Bransen, 1881 Vine, $25,
shade; w. A. Anderson, 3rd and
state, $4,000 quake repairs; j. Ferris,
534 Ell Centre, $780, repairs; S. d.
Carey, 228 No. 9th street, $75, re-
pairs; Ed Royce 658 Commercial,
$50 rebuild chimney.
Sam Danenburg, 447 Broadway,
SIS, repairs; Mary Gonzalez, ITS
Orange street, $6CD, alterations;
John r. Robertson, CTS Main street,
$4,000, repairs; Mrs. Polk 653 Or
ange street, $45; Ray Williams, 298
Main, $475; Imperial Valley Grape
fruit Growers Assn, $1,000, quake
repairs; John P. Harrison, 7l8
Hamilton, $1,000, dwelling; Mrs
James Beronio, sos State, $4,000,
remodel and repair building.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-20
Valley Growing Problems Discussed
At Special Meeting in BrawIey

soil analyses but that such infor-
nation can be determined by trials
made under field conditions on
ranches.
90 Imperial Valley soils do not
respond to applications of sulphur,
lime, or potash. 90 Ranch field
tests are needed to determine if
phosphate requirements for row
crops cannot DC lowered by applying
phosphate fertilizers in .concentrat-
ed bands or zones near the cror
rows rather than mixed throughout
the plant beds.
Local work which it was men
toned might be carried on by
or in cooperation with the uni
versity truck crops division includ-
ed field plots by local ranchers
in cooperation with the farm ad-
visors office and the truck crops
division on practices which are
known to be promising. A seConc
activity might be somewhat SINH
lar cooperative plots involving more
intensive study of new problems
made by a member of the truck
crops division WHO might come her
from the university for 6 to {
months out of the year. A thirt
possibility might be plots, also Of
new Investigations, under the direc-
ton of the truck crops division car
ried on by the agronomy division
at the experiment station at Melo-
land. Results obtained here Woulc
later be substaniated by extension
field demonstration plots on farms
Any of these three methods OF
local investigation would be planned
with the active assistance Of the
Imperial County Farm advisors Of
flee. DR.. Knott indicated that in
formation developed by his division
of the college would be available
to farmers through the agricultural
extension service.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-20
nan1-Egg Report
Accepted by Peek

SACRACMENTO, Get. 10. tUP)-
Secretary Of State Paul Peek TO-
day accepted a revised statement
of petitions filed in Los Angelo,
county for the Ham and Eggs pen
sion plan, which rescinds a previous
qualification of the scrip proposal
for the 1912 general election ballot
An amerded certificate submitted
by Los Angeles officials cut the
number of signatures previously in
cluded in a supplemental filing with
the secretary of state from 43,49C
to 28,554.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-20
Trained Employees
Defense Need

Industries engaged in national de-
fenSe programs need a long list of
trained artisans to help rush their
work, Thomas Finney of the Cali
fornia Employment service an
nounced Saturday.
Finney asked that those inter
ested in the work may contact him
at his office at $40 State street,
Ell Centre.
Included in the list of artisans
needed are: an inspector and assis-
tant inspector of general construc-
ton, coppersmith, die sinker, lofts
man, shipbuilder, instrument MAX
er, machinist senior tool and gauge
designer tool maker, anglesmith
(other fireS), iron worker, ordnance
man, patternmaker. sheet metal
worker, Shipwright. barrel rifler
barrel Straightener, barrel turner
guagemaker, operator tool grinding
machine, lens grinder, machine ad-
Juster, aircraft armament mech
anlc, aircraft electrician, aircraft
engine test operator aircraft mech
anlc, aircraft sheet metal worker
and aircraft woodworker.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-20
Robert Carrothers
Dies in Crash

SAN DIEGO. Cal. Oct. -. CupD
The tennis world today mourned
the death of Robert Carrothers,
Is, who was killed in an automobile
accident last night before his spec
tacular playing had a chance to
mature.
AS national junior singles and
doubles champion, Carrothers was
considered one of the brighter ten
mis- prospects. He won the boys ma
tional championship three years
ago, the western Canadian title in
1888 and the Missouri Valley crown
last year. II 1910, he transformed
about the country, taking the ma
tional Junior title.
The tennis player was killed
when the automobile in which he
and three others were riding over
turned on the coast highway last
night, 10 miles north of here.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-20
Farm Market
Shows Result Of
European War

SAN FRANCISCO Oct. 10. CUP)
The effect of European war on far
western fresh, canned and dried
fruit markets was shown today in
reports of declined exports submit
ted by the bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce mere.
John j, Judge, district manager
of the bureau, said that for The
year ended June 30, 1890, United
Itates exports of fresh fruits to-
tailed S22,8395 533 as against S45,l63,-
ass for the preceding year. Much of
the fruit originates on the Pacific
coast.
During the period exports OF cit
rus fruits totaled $ll,092,0O7 as
against $l7840,220 for the preced-
ing year; orange exports fell to
S7,972 039 from $l3,466,00O; apple
shipments totaled $4,32l,2O7 as
against $l5,253, ,7O2; and grape ex-
ports totaled $2,197057 as against
1885, 42l. Pear exports declined
$5,939,1
The bureau reports said the sharp
curtaiIment in apple ana pear ship
mentS was due chiefly to curtailed
takings by Great Britain and the
disappearance of the French mar
ket. In the case of citrus fruits,
however, not only war conditions
but increased sales by other pro-
iucing nations cut into the Ameri-
can trade.
The bureau reported, however.
that during the year the market in
South America for North American
pears and apples improved greatly.
The reports indicated that can
ned and dried fruit exports also
were affected by the war;
During August exports of can
ned fruits totaled 1,239,0OO pounds
as against 35,859 900 for the same
month last year, while dried fruit
shipments dropped to 4,004,OOO from.
the 25,l36,000 pounds shipped The
corresponding month. Lard, cured
ham and cured sholder exports also
dropped sharply during the month
while canned milk exports reached
record figures and canned salmo,
shipments increased from 2,888,OOC
pounds in August 1899, to 7,548 600
pounds in August this year