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Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05

in increasing numbers recently but
the official toll of ships sunk went
down sharply late in October.
2. The British forces in the Med
iterranean zone have been greatly
strengthened and the RAF will in
tensify bombings of objectives in
southern Italy.
3. A total of $4,000 civilians have
been killed and 10000 wounded SER
iously in air raids on Britain. Four
fifths of the casualties were in Lon
don and only about 300 soldiers
have been killed and 500 wounded
in air raids. Germany has lost 10
airmen to Britain'S one.
a Adolf Hitler's failure to launch
an invasion attempt against the
British Isles is an historic victory
for Britain, but the nation must
remember that the danger of inva-
sion will continue indefinitely.
5. Italian casualties in North
Africa are about 20 to one'for the
British.
6. Britain has established a nav
al and air base on the Greek island
of Crete (which will enable us to
extend the activity of the navy and
air force"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05
Roosevelt Alone in Election Booth For
b8 Seconds as He Casts His Ballot

HYDE PARK, N. Y, Nov. 5. 6UP)
President Roosevelt, alone in a
green-curtained election booth for
68 seconds voted today for the
third term and four more years OF
life for his New Deal.
Seeking to end the two-term
tradition that persisted for a GEN.
tury and half, Mr. Roosevelt cast
his vote in the Hyde Park town
hall, polling place for the third
Hyde Park voting district.
He became the first President OF
the United States ever to vote for
third term as he walked into
the polling booth at 1920 p. m
and the green curtain clicked be-
hind him.
After spending half an hour at
the town hall, the President drove
back TO Hyde Park house to await
Americas verdict on his effort to
succeed himself for a third and
final term.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05
Crowds Pay Last
Tribute to Coach
At Rites in &c.
Friends Heed Request
To Contribute For
Shrub Fund

The First Methodist
church in Ell Centre was
packed and the crowd filled
the church yard Tuesday af-
ternoon when friends gather
ed to pay last tribute to r. M.
Armstrong, 40, instructor and athle-
tic coach at Central Junior college.
Funeral sermons were preached
by the Rev. Dr. w. A. McCleneghan
of the First Methodist church and
the Rev. Dr. George w. Thomas Of
the First Presbyterian church.
Many friends sent flowers to the
services but most of them needed
Mrs. Armstrong; request and con-
tributed to the Armstrong Memoir
lal fund for purchase of shrubs for
the Central college grounds.
During the services at the church
Mrs. Eugene Waterman sang three
songs which Armstrong especially
liked to hear her sing. She sang
THE Lost Chord" by Sullivan; and
his favorite of all church music,
You Ask Me How I gave My Heart
to Christ" by Ware; and the final
number, There Is No DEATH" by
O'Hara. j. B. Fisher played the &C
compartments and other music at
the services.
In the throng at the church were
past and present high school, jul
nior college and Sunday school
pupils who knew and respected
Armstrong during his long residence
in El Centre; fellow members Of
the Masonic order and the Ameri-
can Legion; men and women who
served on the faculty with him;
and church members, neighbors and
civic workers with whom Armstrong
worked. Conspicuous in the crowd
were members of the football teams
who were so greatly beloved by their
coach.
He was buried at Evergreen cem-
etery near Ell Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05

Ioldi VOUe III LnlS county De1Ore
the polls close at 7 pm. of more
than two-thirds of the county's
close to 10000 registered voters.
One Brawley precinct, No 8 with
its polling place at I'll K street,
had cast exactly one-third of it's
total registered vote by few min
uteS after noon. Registrations there
is 258. The vote reported at 1925
pm. was &c.
Throughout Imperial county and
most of the nation it was impos-
sible to determine the trend Of
voting, but few scattered pre-.
cincts in the eastern states, largely
Republican strongholds, gave Wen
dell l.. Willkie an early lead. Bet
ting odds, however, still favored re-
election of President Roosevelt.
Uniform Heavy Vote
A cross-section view of Imperial
county precincts, including 16 of
them scattered from the northern
to the southern extremities of I'M
perial Valley, showed uniformly
heavy voting in all areas. The 16
precincts surveyed had cast to-
tai vote of 1881 at 1890. This in
cluded Ell Centre, Brawley, Calexico,
Imperial and Holtville.
President Roosevelt and his op-
ponent were among the first voters
as polls opened in eastern states.
Willkie, the man who "came from
nowhere" to win the COP nomina-
ton at Philadelphia last June, vot-
ed at 9:42 am. EST at public
school in New York City.
Mr.. Roosevelt, the first president
ever nominated by a major party
for third term, cast his ballot,
as usual, in the Hyde Park, N. Y,
town hall at 1920 pm. EST.
Most early returns were from
normally Republican territory and
could not be regarded as signifi-
cant.
Summer weather throughout the
country. with only occasional show
ers in some sections, helped swell
the vote
II urge every citizen to vote ire
spective of how he votes" Willkie
told reporters as he entered his pre-
cinct polling place with Mrs. Will
| kie.
The president signed the Hyde
Park poll book as No. 292 and be-
came a little impatient when pho
tographers kept popping their flash
guns around him.
Lets go and vote" Mr.. Roose-
velt said, moving away with his
wife and mother.
Sharon, N. H., was the first town
to report its results. 1t went for
Willkie, "a to 7.
Stirred by political dispute as it
has not been since 1916, the nation
has registered 6O,0OO,0OO voters and
the largest poll in history is under
way.
Battle For House
Republicans are battling not only
Continued on Page 8, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05
California Nav
Decide TigI1test
Vote Since 1915
80 Percent of States
Registered Millions
Slated to Vote

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov.
5. (UP) California votes
today in the tightest cleo
tion since 1916 when Wood
row Wilson defeated Char
les Evans Hughes by $500 votes and
won a second term in the White
House.
The cloSeness of the race between
President Roosevelt and Wendell
l.. Willkie has caused political OBJ
servers once more to cast a specu-
lative eye on California in the be-
lief that the final outcome will
depend on the states % electoral
votes and the predicted balloting
of 3,250.000 citizens - u
The United States weather bu-
reau forecast rain for northern CAL
ifornia today probably reaching the
San Francisco bay region before
nightfall, but fair weather with
temperatures around IS degrees
was predicted for the southern end
of the state
Fair weather or foul, Secretary
OF State Paul Peek believed fully
80 per cent of the states 4,O52, 1896
registered voters would go to the
polls. If this percentage holds true,
it will mean that about 600 900
more will vote today than exercised
their franchise four years ago.
Bulk Democrats
While the presidential race held
the center of the stage, contests
Continued on Page 8, Col. So
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05
Crowd Watches Wi|Ikie Vote as He Calls
Upon All Americans TO Mark Ballots

NEW YORK, Nov. 5. (UP-Re-
publican presidential nominee Wen
dell L. Willkie cast his own ballot
in the election race between himself
and President Roosevelt today and
called upon all other Americans to
vote before the polls close.
Willkie walked into the polling
booth amid cheers from a crowd
of about 200 and cast his ballot
at 9:42 a. m. EST, one minute
after Mrs. Willkie had voted.
AS he walked from the red brick
reporters and said:
Il urge every citizen to vote
irrespective of how he votes. The
right to vote is both a duty and a
privilege and should be exercised
by every American. I want to ex-
press my thanks to all the people
of the country for the generous
reception given me wherever I have
been in this crusade"
In his final appeal, before a Ritz
theatre crowd and a nation wide
radio audience, Willkie said that a
free way of life can be preserved
in America only if we become a
united people
For 713 years we have had dis
cord, and we are having discord at
a time when we look across the
seas and see that it was discord
and weakness from within that
caused the democraeies of Europe
to collapse before totalitarianism. .
he continued.
Il can't say anything to you about
how well 7 can or have led this
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05

and pave the way for assault on
the island of Corfu. the Rome high
command reported that crack Al
pini troops had broken through the
Voiuss (Viosa river sector about
Is miles north of Janina.
Fascists remained extremely ret
icent in regard to military opera
tions, but the communique said
that strong enemy resistance was
overcome Rome newspapers have
repeatedly emphasized that rainy
weather hampered the Italian troops
and that the Greeks were well
armed with British guns.
British and Greek air forces were
reported to have operated with
great effectiveness against the Ital-
ian columns and bases but the Fas-
cist air forces dealt heavy counter
blows in the aerial war over Greece.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05
Failure of Radio
Beam Blamed in
Air Death Of Ten
Passengers Died Without
Knowing They Were
In Great Danger

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov,
5. (UP)--Civil aviation board
authorities today investigat-
ed the failure of a radio
beam, which apparently led
a United Airlines plane to destruc-
tion and 10 persons to instant death
on jagged Bountiful peak in the
Wasatch mountains.
There apparently was little doubt
that the failure of the beam was
responsible for the accident, which
stopped the big airliner's instru-
ment board clock at 3:34A am. PSF
yesterday, in the midst of a snow
storm. c. v. Hall, United Airlines
vice president, said that cab tech
nicians had tested the beam, found
it working irregularly and warned
pilots not to depend upon it-after
Pilot Howard Fey had wandered off
his course trying to pick up the
signal to Salt Lake City and crash
ed.
Faulty Signal
Hall admitted that Fey probably
/ had been led by the faulty signal
into the mountains, which have be-
come a veritable graveyard" for
commercial aviation. Thirty-six per-
sons have been killed in crashes
lin the vicinity during the last three
years.
Searching parties reached the
wreckage late yesterday afternoon,
after it had been located from the
air. Both motors of the plane had
been driven through the wings and
one wing was torn away, while the
| fuSelage was broken half way back.
| The bodies of Fey and Thomas
Sandegren, co-pilot, we're Is feet
from the wreckage and still strap
ped to the seats. The body Of Stew
ardess Evelyn SANDING was bent at
the waist over a seat, indicating
that she had been attending pas
Senger when she was killed. The
other bodies were inside the cabin
and officials said they apparently
had died without knowing they
we're in danger.
Removal Delayed
The bodies will be brought down
a torturous mile -and-a-half noun
tain trail on pack horses today to
Centreville and taken to Salt Lake
City. Darkness made it necessary
TO delay removal of the victims.
The plane was en- route from the
west coast to New York.
The dead we're Fey. of Oakland,
Cal; Sandegren. of Alameda. Cal:
Miss SANDING, of Alameda; Mr. and
Mrs. II. c. Muir. of Detroit; E. Dyb-
dahl, Of Fergus Falls, Mimi; Joe
Caffero. of Oakland. Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. Wilson. of haywood, ILL.,, and
G. l.. Stevenson of Sacramento, Cal
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05
Chest Workers
Shape Plans in
Kickoff Meetinq
Advance Gifts Committee
Confers, Goal Will
Be $4,000

Campaign plans for the
annual Ell Centro COmmunl-
ty Chest drive began to take
shape Tuesday afternoon
following a Kickoff" meet
ing of the Advance Gifts commit
tee Monday noon.
Branch organizations and associ-
atoms will be solicited in the first
week of the campaign, starting NOV.
13. the advance gifts committeeman
decided, and general employees and
business houses will be contacted
the following week.
Further plans for the drive,
which will aim at quota of $4,000
this year, will be mapped at a
meeting of the campaign executive
committee at the Chamber of Com
merce building at O'Clock Wed
nesday afternoon, according TO
Judge Vaughn Thompson, chair
man.
The drive quota was increased
from $500 last year to the 1910
figure to provide funds for the
Salvation Army, new agency un-
der the community chest and for
slight increases in the budgets OF
other agencies cooperating under
the drive program.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05
FIRST
RETURNS

DENVER, Nov. 5. (UP)-PreSi-
dent Roosevelt had lead of 100
votes in incompleted and unofficial
returns today from 20 of Denver's
373 voting precincts. The unof-
ficial tally gave the President $500
votes to 24o0 for Wendell L. Willkie.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Nov. 5. CUP)
Incomplete returns from lat of the
2,7l0 Kansas precincts today gave ::
Roosevelt 6,492; Willkie 1922.
HART'S LOCATION, N. H., Nov.
5. (UP)-Second New Hampshire
community to report election re-
turns today. Harris Location gave
for president: Roosevelt S; Willkie 3.
FAIRMONT, w. Va. Nov. 5 CUP)
First returns from West Virginia
an incomplete tally from 26 pre-
cincts in Marion county, gave
Roosevelt 1856, Willkie 888.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 5. UP)-In-
complete unofficial returns from
"a Of MiSsouri's 4,484 precincts gave
Roosevelt $50; Willkie 2,O39.
DALLAS, Tex, Nov. S. CUP) -
Scattered returns from the states
254 counties today indicated a sub
stantial margin for President Roose-
velt with Wendell Willkie getting
heavier-than-normal Republican
vote.
In Houston. first balloting gave
Roosevelt 507 votes against WILKES
IS.
PITTSBURG, Kan, Nov. 5. CUp)
The first 40 votes counted here
today gave Wendell l.. Willkie 26
votes and President Roosevelt Ia
ihey were from two precincts.
POINTE AUX BARQUES, Mich.
NOV. 5. (UPo-This hamlet on the
very tip of the Michigan thumb"
maintained its record today of
being the states first precinct to
report. 1t gave Roosevelt 2 and
Wilkie l3
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05
Supervisors Promise Cooperation in
Obtaining Federal AirportinI.V.

Another move forward in the plan
to obtain federal funds for a huge
government airport in Imperial
county was made Tuesday by the
county board of supervisors.
BY a unanimous vote the board
instructed Chairman A. Y. Preble
to write the Civil Aeronautics au-
thority, promising the cooperation of
Imperial county and its residents
in providing a suitable site and as
sisting in other matters incident TO
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05

Relaxed and smiling and ap-
parently relieved that the bitter
campaign was over the President
drove to the town hall with his
wife, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, and
his 86-year-old mother. Mrs. Sara
Delano Roosevelt.
Mr.. Roosevelt came 20 the polling
place not as President OF the United
States but simply as Franklin Del
ano Roosevelt, the squire OF Hyde
Park house.
Your name, please?r asked Mrs.
Emma Crapser. chairman OF the
third district election board.
Franklin ID. Roosevelt" the Pres
ident replied
Sign here please--your number
is 292," said Mrs. Crapser, and Mr..
Roosevelt signed the poll book.
He was the 292nd person In his
district TO use the voting machine
today: his mother was 293rd and
Mrs. Roosevelt was 294th
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05
Make Post-Press
Headquarters
10 Get Returns
Roosevelt or Willkie?

Roosevelt or Willkie?
Fletcher or Izac?
Wieman or Luckey?
Some time tonight or in the
early hours of tomorrow, Imper-
lal Valley will know.
And the first to know will be
those who make the Post Press
office their headquarters. Every
body is invited to do so.
A special leased wire, set up
for the election. will bring ma
tiOnwide returns to the Post
Press office as fast as they are
available. An augmented local
staff will gather returns from
practically every precinct in I'M
perial county as soon as the
election boards finish their tai
lies.
The results will be available
Immediately to those who visit
the Post-Press office during the
evening.
Meet your friends tonight al
the POst-Press office.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05

TO Albania.
The Italian base of Koritza, on
the northern front, was reported
under bombardment by Greek ar
tillery and the famous Evzone troops
were said to have completed the
encirclement of an entire italian
division of probably 1900 men in
the frontier mountain region near
Gorbec, north of Bikliksta. Three
more Albanian villages were re-
ported taken by the Greeks during
the night.
An attempt was made by Italian
airplanes to carry aid to the Fas-
cist lost division but Athens dis
patches said that the rescue planes
lost their way and dropped supplies
behind the Greek lines,
On the western front, where the
Italians are seeking to take Janina
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05

the port.
The supervisors agreed to pro-
vide legal and factual information
needed, TO acquire the title, to op-
crate the site as an airport, to as
sist in maintaining the airport, and
operate and manage it for the use
and benefit OF the public.
The supervisors decided to show
Civil Aeronautics officials several
sites in Imperial county, and let the
officials take their choice.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05

"1tis grand HE, Churchill
barked confidently to the House of
Commons, "if we don't weaken"
The prime minister, while con-
fident, sternly warned Britons of
many hardships and dangers ahead.
He said that:
|. Britain must expect still heav-
ier submarine attacks in the next
year but I'VE are making extensive
preparations" to combat them. Both
Italian and German submarines
have been reported in the Atlantic
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05
Valley PILES UP HUGE TOTAL VOTE
KEEP SCORE
ON RESULTS!

Here's your score card with
which to tally electoral votes dur
ing tOniSht's lOt-cOunting. AS
soon as a state shows a definite
majority for candidate, mark
down the number of electoral
votes which the victorious can
didate receives from that state.
At the moment one candidates
total passes the 266 mark-there's
your president.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05

crusade, but can say this to you:
That no man in all the history of
time has ever felt deeper dedica-
ton or sense OF obligation to the
cause that he has led than I feel
to this cause that I lead.
And we must win, we must
win this cause
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05
It's a Grand Life . Don't Weaken
Says Churchill as He Claims Victory;
Ready to Fight on Through 1874

LONDON, Nov. 5. (UP) = Prime Minister Winston
Churchill declared today that Great Britain had won an
historic victory German invasion plans had establish
ed Greek bases for unlimited counerbows against Italy
and was preparing to fight if necessary through 1914
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05
Third of 10000
Listed Cast Their
Ballots by Noon
First Returns Give WiTIkie Lead But Odds
Still Favor Roosevelt For Most Part;
Weather Favorable Over Nation

Imperial county voters Joined parade of 6OOOOOOO
Americans troopng to the polls Tuesday to vote the
unprecedented issue of third term.
More than one-third of Imperial county's total vote
had been cast shortly after Indications pointed to
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05
Greek Defense Cracked,
Fascist Armies Claim
: Italian Airp|anes Attempt to Garry
Aid TO Lost Division Trapped
In Frontier Mountain Region
- BY JOE ALEX MORRIS -
United Press Foreign News Editor

Fascist armies claimed to have cracked the main Greek
defense line before anina the western front today but
suffered further in the north aggressive Greek
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05
Cafeteria Style

Sunday evening Mrs John Dono-
hue and Dan Grumbles, the barbe-
cue king, went to the packing house
to gather up 200 pounds of beef for
the 10000 club party. The packing
house had forgotten about the mat
ter and the beef was unWrapped
Undaunted, Mrs. Donohue and
Dan pitched in and wrapped the
meat themselves. 1t was a chilly ex-
perience, however, because the
wrapping was done in a 40-degree
Ice box.
what would the 10000 club think
II they could see you now?" wonder
ed Dan.
They would think I was crazy"
said Mrs. Donohue. And they'd
probably be on the right track"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05
Coming And Going

There was no doubt about Mari
lea Hanson knowing all the answers
Monday at a political rally at the
high school. And there wasn't much
doubt either about her knowing the
questions, too!
Marilea finished with her talk
and stood ready to answer ques-
tions from the floor Because she
had been afraid that there wouldn't
be enough questions she had labor
iously written out a few and
planted" them amosg the gather
ed students.
The hitch came when question
ers" arose and then had difficulty
in reading Marilea's handwriting!
That didn't bother Marilea, how
ever, because she prompted each
one and then answered the question
so rapidly that the reply was out
before the startled student had fin
ished deciphering the note.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05
Thoroughly At Sea-

., An Imperial Valley man was
searching for Van Ess street in
Los Angeles when he came upon
pair of sailors.
Can you tell me where I can find
Van EsS?" he asked.
The sailors, with hopeless looks
on their faces, replied:
Sorry, we can't help you. We've
been trying to find Los Angeles for
the past five hours"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05
D AMsLINe
l\EpoRTER
Unprecedented


An astonished desk sergeant at
the Ell Centre police department
watched goggle-eyed at a. m.
Tuesday when Mrs. N. A. Contos
walked into the station house.
Gracious, this is awful" he
breathed to himself. Mrs. Contos
was accompanied by several police
officers and somehow the desk SER
geant couldn't bring himself to be-
lieve that this was real A prom
inent church worker, brought to
the station at a. m! Gracious,
what a scandal.
The sergeant was considerably re-
lieved, however, to learn that Mrs.
Contos had just completed count
ing the returns from the 10000 club
shindig at the Donohue ranch and
was in search of safe place to
leave the money over night.
The officers escorted Mrs. Contos
home, probably the first time she
had ever had a police escort.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05

Butter: Los Angeles 32c; but
terfat, Imperial Valley fob. ranch.
grade A, Ale; manufacturing milk
Csc; route gathered cream 3lc.
L. A. hay: u. S. No. I. v. Is, 1850
u. S. No. leafy S12-$13; i. v.
and Antelope S14, 14.50; U. s. No. 2
S11-S11.50; Mpls. Dec. flax S1.48.
Evening star., 1940-07-07
Features This Week

MONDAY - WMAL, Washington
Merry Go Round, 7:30; WRC,
Continentals' Quartet, 900; Burns
and Allen, $50; VOL, Who Are
You? 7:30; Mystery Hall, 800;
WJSV, So You Think You Know
Music, TOO; Radio Theater, 800.
TUESDAY - WMAL. Information
Please, 7:30; Musical Americana,
800; WRC, Meredith Wilson's
Revue, $50; Summer Pastime,
900; VOL, Lest We Forget, 7:15;
Laugh and Swing Club, $50;
WJSV, We the People, 800; Pub
lie Affairs, 9:15.
WEDNESDAY-WMAL. This Our
America, TOO; WRC, Plantation
Party, 1880; Abbott and Costello,
500; VOL, Serenade for Strings,
$50; Pageant OF Melody, $50;
WJSV, Uncle Jim's Question Bee,
TOO; Public Affairs, 9:15.
THURSDAY - WMAL, Montreal
Symphony, 500; Singin ana
Swingin', $50; WRC, Good News
of 1910, TOO; Bing Crosby, $780,
VOL, California Melodies. 1880;
VOL Presents. 10; WJSV, Vox
Pop, $50; Public Affairs, OILS.
FRIDAY-WMAL, Strictly Business,
TOO; Show Boat, 800; WRC, Abe
Lyman's Waltz Time, 800; What's
My Name, $50; VOL, Sinfonietta,
7:30; Command Performance,
$50; WJSV, Al Pearce and Gang,
$50; Grand Central, drama, $3.50.
SATURDAY-WMAL, Radio Guild,
700; Grant Park Concert. $50;
WRC, I'm an American, 100; Ma
tional Barn Dance, 800; VOL,
American Choral Festival. $50;
Democratic Convention Preview,
9:35; WJSV, Peoples Platform,
500; Gay Nineties Revue, TOO.
Evening star., 1940-07-07
WEDNESDAYS BEST LISTENING

Incidents in fight for suffrage dramatized Eel
of History; WMAL, lis pm.
The vast resources of America pictured the
episode of This, Our America WMAL, pm.
A character makes his debut Mr.. Meek little
who constantly gets into trouble WJSV, 7:3O pm.
Abbott and Costello introduce perfect robot waiting
their comedy show; WRC pm.
Attilo Baggiore tenor the supply the
Webers Pageant of Melody; VOL. $50 pm.