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Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21
Aerial Warfare
DwindIes inL Lun
Preceding Storm
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at sea in the area.
Berlin gave the days air score at
IA British planes downed and three
German planes lost.
British figures claimed that 71O
German planes had been downed
since Aug. with loss of at least
$500 trained German airmen, COM
pared with 1872 British planes down.
ed, with fewer than 300 airmen
missing.
Churchill's address was hailed in
London papers. Only one feature
appeared to stir controversy. This
was the proposal to lease defense
bases in the western hemisphere
to the United States for 99-years.
Some conservative members of par
lament desire to cut the lease
term to Is or 81 years
Tension continued between Greece
and italy. Greek experts reported
that examination of the torpedo
which sank the Greek cruiser Helle
indicated it was italian. On the
Greek-Albanian frontier, Mrs. Daut
Hoggia, widow of q slain Albanian
nationalist to whose killing the
current tension is attributed, claim
ed that her husband was killed by
a Greek border organization.
Italy reported that the British
had bomber Mega, Gelib and Dire
dawa in Ethiopia by air.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21
Nazi Propaganda
Denies He's Man
Of Mystery

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21.OJP)
DR.. Gerhardt A. Westrick. the
German trade expert who yehe-
mently diSclaims the role of a
man of mystery. today remained
aboard the japanese liner Nitta
Maru, which is taking him toward
home.
Passengers reported that DIR
WeStrick was acting more normal
He had travelled in secret across
the country from New York to Los
Angeles with his wife, two sons and
Baroness Irmgard Won Wegenheim,
his secretary. He was unwilling to
talk at Los Angeles before sailing,
and he emerged from his locked
cabin at San Francisco only after
reporters had repeatedly pounded
upon the door.
why all this man of mystery
talk?" he asked affably. Your
government knows that an not
mysterious at all. have had many
pleasant dealings with your state
department"
DR. Westrick emphatically denied
that the NaZi government had or
dered him home because of the
publicity of his conversations with
industrial leaders had drawn.
He said he had come to the
United States Ito bring about mu-
tual commercial dealings between
Germany and this country"
why. I can't understand why
the United States doesn't want
trade with Germany" he said. I'VE
could buy very much of your cot
ton, lard and other commodities.
Germany could be extremely help
full to the United States today and
at all times.
Every country must cooperate
in order that the world again may
have peace. 1t is not a question
that can be settled by one nation
all nations must get together. You
and I will laugh about our present
difficulties in a short time"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 81. (UP)-
William S. Knudsen, chairman OF
the National Defense commission,
said today that the aircraft industry
is cooperating 100 per cent" with
the defense program, but that the
important tool and die industry is
failing to keep pace.
"The tieup of the national defense
program in the aircraft industry
occasioned by the federal profit
limit has ended-the industry is
playing ball 100 per cent" Knud-
sen said on his arrival last night
with Maj. Gen. H. H. Arnold, army
air corps chief.
Knudsen and Arnold will make a
three-day survey of the southern
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21
Defense Delayed,
WiIIkie CHARGES

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riate thing for Mr.. Roosevelt and
me to engage in joint debate on
defense during one of his visits to
defense projects.
''I think I could show conclus-
lively that the administration de-
fense program is hopelessly made
quate, delayed, and improperly Or
ganized.
"Mr Roosevelt should tell us how
much (armamenD is on hand, and
how much on order.
THAT won't waste any of his
time. He probably would be making
speech anyway. and it would just
give me privilege of making a
speech at the same time and then
each could reply to the other
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21
Court Studying
Hann-Eggers' Plea

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 81. CUP)
The state supreme court today
held under advisement a last min
ute fight of supporters of Ham and
Eggs pensions to place their pro-
gram on the Nov. general elec-
tion ballot instead of waiting until
1912 for a vote.
The court yesterday heard oral
arguments on petitions to compel
Secretary of State Paul Peek and
registrars of several counties to &C
cept on circulated petitions sigma
lures they had disqualified. The
disqualifications left the initiative
1850 signatures short of the num-
ber required.
The states highest court once be-
fore rejected similar petitions.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21
TrotskyDyingo Of
Wounds Suffered
From Assassin

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on the Is foot villa wall, and steel
door had been built into the front
door frame.
Recently Trotsky had told the
United Press correspondent that he
believed another attempt to kill
him would be made during the Ger
man blitzkrieg on Great Britain.
Yesterday afternoon TrotSky was
in his study. He had been busy on
a monumental autobiography and
on his merciless propagandist at
tacks on the present Russian regime
which he regards as having bertay-
ed the ideals of his collaboration,
Lenin, and in aiding prosecutors to
prepare their case against his last
asSailantS.
Elsewhere in the house were
1rotsky's wife, their grandson, three
bodyguards and Trotsky's secretary,
Joseph Hanson.
Late in the afternoon cries were
heard from the study. The guards
and the secretary ran in, led by
head guard Robbins. They found
Trotsky desperately wounded, lying
on the blood stained carpet Stand
ing over him, pistol in his hand
and a British made raincoat on his
arm, was Dreschd
The pistol had not been used.
Dreschd had attacked Trotsky with
a sort of cut down alpenstock. 1t
had head or 7 inches long. One
end OF the head was a sharp point
the other claWed, like a hammer
In secret pocket of the rain coat
was a new dagger, to 10 inches
long.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21

as we stand together, we are in
vulnerable to attack from without,
he said.
Dies said that his committee had
found 100000 people in the United
States belonged to communist,
Fascist or Nazi organizations. The
danger was not in their numbers,
he said, but in the strategic po-
sitionS held by their leaders.
He absolved motion picture stars
Frederic March. James Cagney and
Humphrey Bogart of charges that
they were members of the COM
munist party.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21
Junk Dealer Held
On Check CHARGE

Phillip Goodman, 40-year-old Ru-
manion junk dealer. was held in the
county Jail Wednesday on charge
of giving Nelson Correll, a rancher,
a bad check.
The junk dealer was arrested in
Los Angeles and returned to face
trial in Imperial county, Sheriff
Robert w. Ware said.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21
SIS Bail Forfeited
In E. Court

p. A. Judd. Fl Centre business
man. who was arrested Saturday
for driving while under the influ-
ence of intoxicating liquor, for
feited SIS bail in El Centre police
court Wednesday morning.
Judge Lee Nuffer reduced the
charge to reckless driving in court
Wednesday. explaining the offense
was the first for Judd.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21
Sacramento Sees
Draft Marriages

SACRAMENTO, Aug. 81. UP)-
County Clerk Tom F. Patterson
checked over his marriage license
records today and discovered the
coincidence" that every young
nan in the bureau yesterday was
between the draft ages of 81 and 81.
Six couples were issued licenses
and eight others filed application
to we'd
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21

BLACK-DRAUGHT'S satisfying
effectiveness is due to a splendid
combination OF vegetable ingre-
dients, chief of them being an
intestinal tonic-laxative', whic h
helps tone lazy bowel muscles.
Next time, try all-vegetable, time
tested BLACK DRAUGHT. It's
economical, too. % to 40 doses: 25c.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21
Casey at the Bat
Author Succumbs

SANTA BARBARA, Cal. Aug. 81.
UP)-Ernest Lawrence Thayer, who
wrote the immortal baseball poem,
Casey at Bat" died today at the
age of n.
He suffered a cerebral hemor-
rhage and succumbed at his home
in nearby Montecito.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21
Lazy Insides Answer
AN-VesetabIe Call

You ought to know this easy way
to get relief when you're lazy in
testinally and it has you headachy,
bilious, with sour stomach, no energy
A spicy, akomatic, an-vegetabe
product taken by simple directions
at bedtime, usually allows time for
a good nights rest; acts gently,
thoroughly next morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21
WEA Their
FORECAST

Southern California Fair We'd
nesday night and Thursday but
morning cloud or fog in west por-
ton; little change in temperature
moderate northwest wind off coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21

business has shown q mark
ed improvement in volume,
over business received at the
old location" stated Henry
MarcOt only yesterday.
The store recently was NOV
ed from 463 Main.
The new location, as II. Mar
cot, owner and manager, point
ed out affords an ideal spot
for customer convenience. PIen-
ty of parking space for auto
mobiles is always available.
Two employees, besides Mar
cot. assure courteous services
from the complete stock of
domestic and imported liquors,
wines and beers.
"A large stock of iced goods
Is on hand at all times for
customers TO select FROM" Mar
cot said.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21

Record for "a hours ending
5 Am. Wednesday:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-13
N. Y. OIL

NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-P-Cot-
tonseed oil futures stirred sluggish.
ly today despite a government re-
port showing consumption for the
season just ended at the highest
with one exception-in 10 years.
Final prices were l to 2 points low
er on turnover of IS contracts.
Refiner interests bought Septem-
Der and sold later deliveries as
they transferred hedges.
The July consumption report
lined up with trade expectations.
Interesting to the trade was a drop
in refined cottonseed oil imports
during the past season to only 81,
barrels from 147, $40 in the previous
season.
September closed 5.53b, Oct,
5.56b, Dec. 5.67b, Jan. Sob, March
5.78. B-bid).
Crude oil was unchanged at 4 IL
to 4 SO cents a pound nominal in
the southeast and valley and 400
to 4 3-8 In Texas. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-13
VIEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK. Aug. 12.-R-Fears
of crop damage by tropical storms
in the south helped lift cotton fu-
lures 4 to 10 points today in brisk
trade.
Another important influence was
the effort of the market to adjust
itself to terms of the government
loan rate announced late last week.
Leading spot interests, for in
stance, bought October and ecem-
Der deliveries but sold March, May
and July. At the same time Bonn
bay brokers bought stable quanti-
ties of May and July against sales
of near months.
The list climbed as much as 8 to
IA points at one time but top marks
were clipped by profit taking and
selling from Memphis.
Worth street cloth dealers report.
ed business was again dominated
by demand for heavy goods, with
some improvement in ducks follow.
ing last weeks large army and
navy orders. Sheetings also came
in for more attention.
Exports Saturday nil; season Sc
far 1890. Port receipts II, 1873.
Port stocks 2,471, 618.
Range follows. 1
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-13
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-RAThe
British pound and the Swiss franc
gained a bit today in relation to the
United States dollar in free cur.
rency trading.
The pound rose one cent and the
Swiss franc .05 of a cent.
The Canadian dollar slipped rs
of a cent at 86.75 U. S. cents.
The Hong Kong dollar declined
.05 of a cent while the Shanghai
dollar rose a similar amount.
Closing rates follow Great Brit
ain in dollars, others in cents.)
Canada: Official Canadian con.
troll board rates for U. S. dollars:
buying 10 per cent premium, SELL
ing II per cent premium, sell
lent to discounts on Canadian dol
lars in New York of buying 9.91 per
cent, selling 900 per cent.
Canadian dollar in New York
pen market 10 ID per cent dis
count, or 86.75 U. S. cents.
Europe: Great Britain, official,
bankers foreign exchange commit
tee rates., buying $4,02, selling
$4.04; open market, cables 1893 IL.
Germany 1000; (benevolent) 1925;
Finland 2.05n; Greece .68; Hungary
19.50n; Italy sos; Portugal 1856;
Rumania .48n; Sweden 23.86; Switz
erland 22.79; Yugoslavia assn.
Latin America, Argentine official
29.77; free 22.65; Brazil official
Cos; free sos; Mxico 20. 40n.
Far East: Japan 23.48; Hongkong
22.21; Shanghai 5.55.
Crates in spot cables unless 9TH
erwise indicated.) N-nominal. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-13
W.StOCk Range Since 10:
WHAT STOCKS DID
RICHMOND LIVESTOCK

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. l2.-(R-
w. ). Dept. Agr.) - Livestock:
laoss-market steady with Friday.
Quoung good and choice 1870 to 225
p loo N o,55 to CTS the top. 100 to
tlv IDS. 4.75 to 5.25; 100 to l4O lbs.
10 10 10 o.75; 40 to 100 lbs. SIS to
o oae l6O to 1870 lbs. $40 to 6.55;
s so 10 $50 lbs. COS to SIS; 25c to
svv lbs, rs to 6.25; over 300 lbs.
s'oo to Sis. Sows under $50 lbs.
~ olo $50; over $50 lbs. $50 to
wv, Cattle-Steers active, strong
% cents higher than week ago.
9 aeoa grass steers mainly 900 to
avv' lew higher. Top 1000 for
s,sln on grass steers. Common and
n,eulum grassers 700 to 800. Re-
w s.p,s OF cows and bulls fairly light
nsrket mostly Is to so cents higher
c ran iast Monday. Good slaughter
NV o'oo to $50, medium fat cows
a Seo 70 $50, Gamers and cutters
'No 70 100. Good sausage bulls
sso 70 900, light weights 500 to
fu1,' Vealers active. Market not
n y established. Quotable strong
strio w cents higher, 900 top for
Reooy good and choice offerings.
I, os OF good and choice spring
Conn., Genius light, market strong to Is
m.;s, hlgher, top 900. Mediums
IL NY 200 to 800, common 500
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-13
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-R-Top hog
prices advanced to $3.50 only 10
cents below the years high markof
81 achieved early in July. All class
es of cattle continued to advance.
Lambs opened mostly steady, but
weakened in later trade. closing
10 to IS cents lower.
With consumer demand strong
and hog prices rising, best whole
sale pork loins jumped another
cent to q cents a pound, the high
est level since the war boom last
September.
Best sters and yearlings were
up IS to Is cents.
(U. S. Dept. Agr.)-Salable hogs
l. 1000; total 10000; General mar
ket less active than early; mostly
steady to 10 higher than Fridays
average; top 600; bulk good and
choice 200 to 240 lbs. SOS to 80;
24O to 27O lbs. $40 to IS; most 270
to 300 lbs. 600 to SO; some 300 to
IS" lbs. $40 to IS; most 27O to 300
lbs. 900 to SO; some 80 to 35
lbs. SIS to 6.10; most packing sows
800 lbs. down $40 to 85; few smooth
butcher kinds $50 to 800; good 260
to $50 ID. offerings 4.85 to $50;
shippers took $500; holdover 1000.
Salable cattle 1000; calves l.
600; best steers and yearlings ID to
Is higher; active at advance; me-
dunn to good grades maximum up
turn; run mostly fed steers and
yearlings 100 lbs. upwards; top
12.15 paid for 1185 and 1900 ID.
averages; next highest price 1900
paid for 1888 ID. Colorado fed steer
several loads LIS to 80: best year.
lings 11.50; heifer yearlings HOO;
heifers shaded steer advance; COWS
and bulls 10 to Is higher; weighty
sausage bulls to 7.20; weighty cut
ter cows $50; only 200 head stock
cattle in crop; mostly Texas bred
calves and yearlings selling at 1925
down; good Montana yearlings $50
several loads Montana and Wyo-
ming grass steers first of season
in crop; vealers Is higher at 1880.
Salable sheep 5000; total 1000;
early sales spring lambs steady;
closing 10 to IS lower; best ma
tives and Westerns to all interests
1000; most late sales $50 to IS;
throwouts 7.50 down; fed yearlings
Is to rs, steady; few fat ewes
BIS; bulk 2.75 to $50. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-13
Closing Bond Quotations
tBy the Associated press)
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-tR-Shaking
OF an early decline largely reflect
ing hedging of the new crop in the
northwest, wheat prices today raj
lied to score fractional net gains.
extending the recovery started late
Saturday.
Wheat had dipped as much as 1-2
CEN in early dealings. Closing fig.
ures, near the best level of the day,
were l-8 to "a cent higher than Sat-
urday, with September "a IA to 1-8
December rs IL to 3-8.
Some buying came from mills
While s%preaders we're active. Ell.
dence that large quantities of new
grain r going into storage for
government loans h helped to
strengthen sentiment buo on the
whole trade was largely profes.
slonal, with most dealers awaiting
European developments.
Corn closed unchanged to II low.
er, September 80 7-8 to 3-4, Decem.
Der Sc; oats 3-8 to 10 lower; soy
beans SO to 70 higher; rye IA to
90 up and lard unchanged to 2
higher.
Minneapolis wheat fell about a
cent at one stage rejecting hedg.
ing. Combined receipts at Mime
apolis and Duluth totaled 1859 cars
compared with 3l9 a week age and
100 a year ago but it was reported
the larger percentage of receipts
were going into storage. Govern.
ment agents said half of last weeks
receipts at Kansas City were ear
marked for loans and stocks there
were estimated at near capacity of
60, 000, 900 bushels.
Pit brokers blamed the current
period of reduced trading to I'M
c~ertainties about international as
well as as domestic affairs. For
minutes at a time not a trade was
made in the wheat pit although
business was better than in Febru.
airy and March, 1889. With air war.
fare increasing over Britain, many
dealers, brokers said, preferrednot
to take a market position at least
until a more definite idea as to the
outcome of the conflict a be
formed. Furthermore, traders who
would sell hesitated because prices
already r below rates at which
producers cooperating with the
government can obtain loans while
those who would buy were not en-.
couraged by huge surplus supplies
in North America and the seriously
disrupted international trade. /
Omen Hjch T.ou, cIose
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-13
DRY GOODS

NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-(R-Gray
goods again held the spot light in
the Wort hstreet cotton goods divi-
sion today. Sheeting attracted some
attention on the strength of antici-
pated army bids for 1,co0,0 90 yards
Friday. Prices were unchanged.
Buyers of wooden goods are in.
clined to mark time. Inventories
are considered ample for govern
ment orders already contracted
and little activity is looked f r
prior to customary mid September
cloak and suit orders for quick de-
livery.
Trade in rayon was slower than
last week but the situation as re-
CARDS 10, IS and 20 per cent aceate
blends was described as tight in
near deliveries.
Silk business remained routine at
best. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-13
y. S.. Revenue
Act Of 1910
BY CHRLES s. LOWRIMORE
G. p. A.
FARMERS INCOME EXEMPT
FROM TAX

Dividends received by farmers
from stock owned in the following
corporations organized by Congress
as instrumentalities of the United
States are wholly exempt from all
income taxes, both normal and sur
ta::, and as a consequence the de.
tense tax.
Federal Land Banks,
Federal intermediate Credit
Banks, and
National Farm Loan Associa.
tons.
However, income received in the
form of dividends from the fol-
lowing corporations:
Central Bank for Cooperatives,
Production Credit Corporation,
Production Credit Associations
and
Banks for Cooperatives, organ
lzeS under the provisio-.s of the
farm credit act of 1888 constitutes
taxable income and should be in
cluded in the farmers tax return
as gross income, these dividends
eng subject to the normal tax,
surtax and defense taxes on in.
dividuals and corporations.
Interest on farm loan bonds is.
sued under the Gederal Farm Loan
Act, or under such Act as amend
ed is exempt from all income and
excess profits taxes, which in
cludes all surfaces and defense tax
es. This exemption applies equally
to individuals and corporations,
who may hold such obligations.
The exemption includes interest on
farm loan bonds of Federal land
banks, joint stock land banks and
the interest on debentures of the
Federal land banks, joint S t o C k
land banks and the interest on de-
bentures of the Federal Interme-
date Credit Banks.
Although the exemptions from in
come of interest on bonds issued
under the Federal Farm Loan Act
applies to all individuals and other
taxpayers as well as those CLASH
fled as farmers, certain of the d.
vidends above apply to farmers on
ly, because of the restricted own
ership of stock under the Farm
Loan Acts. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-13
BONDS MAKE GAINS
in NARROW TREND
Traders Continues To Watch
For Indications On Fate
of Great Britain

NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-R-
Bonds edged forward in narrow,
irregular fashion today as traders
continued their watchful waiting
for indications as to how the bat
tie of England may resolve.
Turnover, 2 ,723, 500, face value,
was the smallest for a weekday
since July 8, 1899, and compared
with $3,473,8 75 last Friday.
German and Italian government
issues slipped major fractions dur
ing the day while British defense
units were fighting off G e r m a n
bombers. At the same time, Ca
madam government loans rose frac-
tionally.
The corporate list was somewhat
less llStleSS than Of late, although
transactions still were far from
active.
On the rising side, by fractions,
were Anaconda 4 LIS at 103 "a;
St. Paul SIS at 4 SO; Goodrich 4 Las
at 104; Portland General Electric
4 lbs at 81 IA; Western Union SIS
of go at IS SO; Youngstown Sheet
& tube As at los ID.
Among the bonds slipping a sim.
liar amount were Penn Dixie &C.
ment IS at 100 3-4; Nickel plate
4 LIS at S; Erie IS of rs at IL
"a; American & ForeignPoWer IS
at IS IA.
u. S. governments, in languid
dealings, closed 9-32 point lower
to 1872 higher. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-13
Five Naval Recruits
Are Visiting Parents

Five young men Of the Whining.
ton section are on leave of absence
after completing a period of pre-
liminary training at the naval
training station base at Hampton
Roads, Va, r. L. Deloach. local
recruiting officer, said yesterday.
They include: George c. Moore.
of Whiteville; Johnnie j. Pope, Of
Magnolia; James H. Moore, of
Currie; Walter P. Singletary, Of
Clarkton; and David B. Canon,
of Wilmington.
Canon, seaman, second class,
who vas recently attached to the
U. S. S. Rueben James, is to re-
port to Piney Point, Maryland, for
duty with the torpedo proving
grounds, general detail, upon the
completion of his leave, Deloacb
said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-13
NEW YORK SUGAR

NEW YORK, Aug. 12-R-An'
other furry of liquidation b e a I
down the world sugar contract to
record low prices today. Final quo
tations were off 4 to S IL points on
sales of $500 tons.
Short covering stabilized the mar
ket at times but follow-through was
lacking. December closed 70 LIB.
March .78b.
The domestic contract set off on
a steadier tack but a last minute
dip put the close down l to 2 points
on sales of $3.50 tons.
In the raw market sales came to
light from last Friday, of $4,000
bags of prompt shipment Cubas at
the duty.aid equivalent of 2.65
cents a pound and $4,000 bags OF
Cubas to clear August 20 at the
same price. Duty-free offerings
were held at 2.70.
Refined remained locally at 40
to 4.S5 cents q pound.
AZ. . ~rnoo fo11ouvss
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-13

CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-R-(S. S.
Dept. Agr.)-Potatoes, arrivals
lib, on track 172, total u. S. ship
ments 1923; supplies moderate; de.
mdand fair; for Nebraska cobblers
market firm with slightly strong
er tendencies; for Nebraska bliss
triumphs market slightly weaker,
for bliss triumrhs other sections
market barely steady; for Idaho
russell burbanks market steady;
Idaho russell Burbanks U. S. No. i
2.15 to 2.25 to 2.25, Idaho bliss
triumphs U. S. No. 1 l.65 to 1.75,
Oregon bliss triumphs U. S. No. l
100 to 100, Nebraska cobblers fair
to good quality ITO to 1856;
Nebraska bliss triumphs good
quality l.55 to LIS, Colorado bliss
U. S. No. / ITO, Min.
early Ohios generally good
quality 1.25. 3