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Evening star., 1940-07-13

With the wind and the rain in his
panama hat, Father Divine land
about Is OF his Harlem angels"
slipped into the Capital yesterday in
an unsuccessful attempt to present
the Senate a plan to unity the
Americas and urge the passage Of
the anti-lynching bill.
He apparently had not been in
formed Of the congressional recess
during the Democratic convention
in Chicago
The stocky religious leader, clad
in white flannels and a gray coat
Evening star., 1940-07-13

A New York man who threw
away currency in q restaurant was
given a suspended sentence for dis
orderly conduct.
Evening star., 1940-07-13

being stressed. Help-wanted adver-
tisements in the newspapers now
contain the phrase, Please state
clinical TaciaD origin"
In line with emphasis on national
ism, members Of night club orches-
tras are required to wear national
peasant costumes.
The members of the new National
party which, just as in Italy and
Germany, dominates political life,
Evening star., 1940-07-13

and carrying four fountain pens,
finally deposited his bulky petition
In the office Of Senator Wagner Of
New York. 1t is purportedly signed
by 250,000 angels"
The angels" who accompanied
Father Divine on his trip from
heaven" numbered some Of his best
singers and they stopped at several
points in the city to carol the Joys
of peace.
He left in the heavenly limousine
saying he might spend the night
here or return to heaven" via
Philadelphia and the Holland tube,
Evening star., 1940-07-13

Select sroup-o host Of other priced Summer
sovnes. Prices ronse from $o8 to $990.
Choose your the comfort Of A-eondoned soon
When cold weather hove uxurus coot-
and pocket, meanwhile, mpoont sowing.
We your modern storage vos until you ready
for il, in the Autumn
SALON, np
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-03

III FL Centre, bringing the total
of one year volunteers so far to IL.
Inquiries indicated more volunteers
would follow
One announcement made through
board headquarters affected all
men in the present armed forces
who have been discharged since the
draft registration date of Oct l6.
"All men who were in the armed
forces at the time, and therefore
were not required to register, must
register if they have subsequently
been discharged Roy Johnstone,
clerk of the southend board, said.
Quotas were assigned to state gov
ernors Saturday to aid in appor-
tioning local board quotas. The ma
tional total quota provides for
10000 trainees by July l, 1941,
Alaska. Hawaii and Puerto Rico
will supply 1000 men, making the
total of 100000.
In addition, the estimates made
public Saturday contemplate that
the 48 states and the District of
Columbia will have 256, ,485 national
guardsmen and 889,792 members OF
other armed forces in service to
bring the total for the nation up
to 1,935,227 men by June 30, 1941.
The first group if 1926 men from
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-03


stir up class hatred and divide our
people.
Replying to Mr.. Roosevelt the
Republican presidential nominee
said: ito date the third term CAN
didate has not discussed any of
the real issues of 1940" He asked
him "for the benefit of the Amer
lean people, to answer these ques-
tions:
81. In the past seven and a half
years the New Deal has spent more
than 60 billion dollars and more
than doubled the national debt.
Tell us. Mr.. Third Term Candidate,
how long we can continue with an
unbalanced budget? How long can
we continue to pile up the national
debt without bringing about bank
ruptcy or the chaos of initiation?
80. There are more than nine
million men unemployed today, as
many as were unemployed when
the third term candidate ran for
his second term. Mr.. Third Term
Candidate, tell the American peo-
pie how it is that we have made
no net gains in employment under
your latest administration? What
is your program for providing our
people with jobs? Do you sub
scribe to the statement of your
campaign manager that there can
never be jobs in private industry
Continued on Page 3, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-03

Wnlle lCdlldn DOIIlDlIlg pldIlcS az
I tackled British troops landing on
the island of Crete and British
bombs roared in the center of Ber-
lin, the out-numbered Greek army
suddenly counter attacked through
snow and rain on the mountainous
war front that guards the road
to Florina and Salonica.
/ Crack mountaineer units dashed
into Albania, captured the village
of Bikliksta and about $50 Ital-
/ ians, and drove forward seven miles
beyond the border, according to
unofficial reports in the Jugoslav
frontier. Official statements in
Athens merely said that the Greeks
had thrust three miles across the
border, but other dispatches re-
ported that they were endangering
the italian north wing from the
rear.
/ The full extent of the Greek
counter thrust was undisclosed and
there was no definite indication as
to whether the stab into Albania
might be quickly overcome by the
numerically superior Italian forces.
There seemed to be no question.
however, that the Fascist north
wing offensive toward Florina and
Salonica had been halted for the
time being, if not threatened with
encirclement.
| The other main Italian thrust
was down the west coast of Greece
toward Janina, which Fascists said
might fall at any time since the
Greeks were reported to be falling
back through the hills. italian
troops apparently were trying to
encircle Janina, one column having
advanced beyond the town, accord
ing to Rome dispatches, while 9TH
ers swing around it, The main
Italian column was reported at
Dobra, IL miles from Janina.
Weather conditions were of great
assistance to the Greeks and a
severe handicap to the Italian
mechanical and aerial forces oper-
ating in mountainous area. Neu-
trail experts therefore were inclined
to discount the ultimate effect of
Greek counter-attacks pending fur
tNer details of the operations.
Aerial warfare between Britain
and Germany again was intense.
with Berlin reporting extremely
heavy attacks on London and other
British objectives despite opposi-
tion by strong fighter forces of
the Royal air force. Fires and ex-
plosions in arsenals and industrial
sectors were reported.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-03
British Land on
Island of Crete

NEW YORK, Nov. 2 (UP)-A
British broadcasting company re-
port that a German attempt to
seize a meteorological observation
station in Greenland had not been
successful was heard today by the
Columbia broadcasting system.
BBC said that German expe-
dition of so men. which had at
tempted to take the station, was
captured by the Norwegian patrol
boat Fritjof Nansen.
The broadcast said that the Ger
mans long had been handicapped
because of inadequate. weather fore
casting facilities, due partly to lack
of cooperation by Danish and Nor
wegian weather service personnel
ut Greenland
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-03
Teacher Appointed
Recreation Head
For City Program

William Raaka, teacher at Wilson
school, Saturday was appointed
director of Ell Centro's CITY, wide
recreation program.
He had special training in physi-
cal education and wide experience
in playground work, members of
the recreation board said when
they selected him from among the
20 applicants for positions in the
playground system.
The board also appointed Howard
Cooper, Augustus Shaw, and Mrs.
Irene Prince as a committee to
work with Raaka in studying the
immediate recreation needs in every
section of the city They will re-
port to the board as soon as they
complete their study.
Other members of the playground
personnel will be appointed by the
board soon.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-03

eIiiu CiiiiOlcli, ldiIllllco VI AIIlcIlCdIl
civilians, sailors and marines who
remained behind. Fears of United
States involvement in the Far East
ern conflict, and the possibility that
the men left behind might be in
termed, caused many fearful fare
wells. Several hardened sailors and
marines wiped tears from their eyes
as they saw their wives and chill
dren go.
More than 1000 persons went
out in tenders to Nd the 200 aboard
the ship good bye, and the Japa-
nese put on a demonstration, send
ing nine airplanes to circle the
American consulate, the American
club and the embarkation jetty.
The Pierce sailed down the dark
ened Whangpoo past scenes of hea-
Wy fighting in 1887, and of recent
guerrilla fighting, en- route to Kobe,
Japan, to pick up more refugees.
Darkened Japanese warships lay in
the river, not far from several
American gunboats-the last re-
naming American naval units in
the region since the Asiatic fleet
was concentrated in the Philippines.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-03
California Draft Quota
Set at 38,017 for Year

California held quota of 38.017
men Saturday that will be this
states contribution in conscripted
soldiers who will help form the
first 100000 to receive a years mil
itary training.
The states gross quota was 49,
878 men, the United Press reported
from Washington, D. c., but this
was reduced by 10740 guardsmen
called and 68,121 volunteers.
Additional volunteers probably
will reduce the quota even more.
There was as yet no official no.
tification of Imperial county's own
quota. but Selective Service boards
appeared convinced it would be
comparatively small. Four more men
had volunteered for service Satur-
day at the southend board offices
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-03
Russ.Finn Veteran
Joins j. 5. Marines

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 2 (UP)-A
young veteran of the Russo Finnish
war, who said his fighting ex-
perience consisted of closing my
eyes and blazing away" was a men,
Der of the U. S. Marine corps to-
day.
Lawrence Mendelsohn, 10, of Long
Island said he went to Finland
last December on visit" arranged
by an organization called the
Loyal Firms" and was Immediately
mustered into the army with four
other Americans of Finnish des-
cent.
He fought with the Finnish ski
patrol at So month. He now gets
$2l as a marine private. OF his
aid to the Firms he said, Il never
had any experience with fire arms.
I just closed my eyes and blazed
away"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-03
Final
7 uIks
Slated
Wi||kie to Speak
Garden with
Growing Appeal
BY LYLE G. WILSON

NEW YORK, Nov. 2. (UP)
The 1910 presidential cam
paign is roaring, toward to-
nights climax in Cleveland
and New York where the opposing
candidates make their last major
bids for votes.
President Roosevelt is swinging
through upper New York state and
western Pennsylvania en- route to
Cleveland where for the first time
in a state other than his own.
Officials of the CurtisS- Wright
plant which Mr. Roosevelt is visit
ing in Buffalo, N. Y, at noon, an
nounced that the full working
force of 1850 men would be on the
job at time-and-one half pay for
their overtime. The plant usually
operates a skeleton Saturday crew
Wendell l.. Willkie, Republican
presidential candidate, will speak
tonight in Madison Square Garden
where Mr.. Roosevelt has been ac-
customed to ending his campaigns
with rouSing Saturday night ral-
ly. Mr.. Willkie broadcast last night
from his special train in Harrison,
N. j., charge that Mr.. Roosevelt
was feeding the nation deceptive
optimism" in outlining his objec-
tive of an annual production OF
$4,000 airplanes.
I'VE should stop fooling our
Selves the Republican candidate
said, with talk about rapidly
reaching goal of $4,000. Any
body who knows anything about
production will understand that
after years of neglect and abuse
of industry by the New Deal that
goal cannot be reached short of a
period of years More talk won't
bring us closer
Mr.. Roosevelt, at the same time.
was speaking from the Brooklyn,
Academy of Music, a comparatively
small auditorium of rich political
background. Former Postmaster
General James A. Farley, who re-
signed as Democratic national COM
mittee chairman because he was
opposed to a third term, made his
second major campaign appearance
with Mr. Roosevelt.
Herbert c. Hoover told his aud
lence in Salt Lake City, Utah, that
the campaign issue was preserva-
ton of democracy. He said the
Roosevelt administrator began with
three economic ideas from which
arose "the odor of totalitarianism
You will find every one of these
Continued on Page 3, COL a.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-03

The October record of $78,095
for repair and reconstruction work
is an alltime high, according to
Ralph Congreve. Ell Centre building
inspector, and considerably above
the amount expended Immediately
after the serious quakes of 1927.
Residential construction fell eff
somewhat during the month, with
only five of the SO permits issued
going for new homes. Residential
construction permits totaled $4,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-03
Bridges Backs Up
John l.. Lewis But
Remains Neutral
Labor will Suffer if
Roosevelt Reelected,
Declares CIO Leader

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov.
2. (UP)-Harry r. Bridges,
California director of the
Congress of Industrial Or
ganizations, last night ap-
proved the content of John L..
Lewis address, in which Lewis had
endorsed Wendell l.. Willkie, but
Bridges said he wanted to make 1t
clear that he was not supporting
any presidential candidate.
Bridges praised Lewis, national
CIO president, for displaying the
courage of a lion' in the radio
address denouncing President Roose-
welt and urging election of the Re-
publican candidate Bridges spoke
last night before the San Francisco
CIO District Industrial Union coun-
Gil.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-03
CREEKS KNIFE 7 MILES THRU AXIS Lines
Airline Chief Tries for Record
In Cross Country Transport Flight

schedule and said he hoped to
land at jacksonville in three hours
and So minutes.
Baker, trying to better the trans
continental mark set two years ago
by Howard Hughes, was flying a
transport slightly larger and more
powerful than the Lcckheed IA in
which Howard Hughes established
a coast-to-coast record of 10 hours,
"a minutes in 1888.
Four Lockheed officials and test
engineers accompanied Baker from
Burbank A fifth passenger, Don
Marshall, Lockheeds Dallas repre-
sentative, joined the group here.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-03
Olson Names Negro
To State Agency

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Nov. 2 CUP)
Gov. Culbert Olson today ap-
pointed Leon H. Washington, jr.,
Los Angeles Negro, as a member of
the state immigration and housing
commission, replacing Melville Doz-
or, jr, also of Los Angeles.
Washington is the publisher of
the Los Angeles Sentinel, a Negro
newspaper. The state position is
-salaried, service at the pleas
ure of the governor.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-03

California will be ready by Nov 18,
Adjutant General r. E. Mittel-
Staedt announced
California's total quota of 49,
878 compared with Arizona's gross
total of 1887 and Nevadas 2,007.
Arizona's net quota was 1908 and
Nevada'S 624.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-03

DALLAS, Tex, Nov. 2. (UP)-G.
T. Baker, president of National
Airlines, landed here at 1923 a. m
CST today on his attempted record
breaking transcontinental flight in
a transport plane.
Baker, flying a twin-motored
Lockheed Lodestar rnonoplane. took
off from Burbank, Calf. at 3:03
a. m. psf and landed here five
hours and 25~ minutes later.
After taking on 500 gallons of
gasoline, Baker and five passer-
gers took off at 10:41 a. m. for
Jacksonville, Florida.
He was an hour ahead of his
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-03
CIinq to Life

Henry H. Addison, 81, and Tho
mas E. Taylor, 46, WPA workmen
injured when their truck and a
train collided in Imperial Monday,
still were alive Saturday. Addison
was said to be in about the same
condition as shortly after the acci-
dent while Taylor was showing a lit
tie Improvement.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-03
Football

Notre Dame7, Army 0.
Colgate 6. Holy Cross 0.
Penn 20, Navy 0.
Muhlenberg 20, Gettysburgh 0.
Bates 2, BoWdoin IL.
Penn State IL. South Carolina 0
Dartmouth 26, Sewanee O.
Boston College Is, Manhattan 0
Harvard 0, Princeton 0.
Brown 6, Yale 2.
Michigan State 80, Kansas State
Georgetown %, Syracuse 6.
Fordham IA, North Carolina o.
Cornell 27, Columbia 0.
Ohio State 81, Indiana 6.
Duke Al, Georgia Tech 7.
Tulsa 7, Detroit 0.
Duquesne ID, Marquette 0,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-03

dlture OF S9I ,2y5 was begun IN EI
Centro during October, S78.095 of
which was for earthquake repair
and other construction work.
Not since January, 1888, when
permits totaling $113,790 were issued,
has the building activity for a
single month approached the $780,
900 figure. The total building ac-
tivity for 1888 involved the expen-
diture of only $171,986. or less than
$4,000 above that begun in the
first month of the year. Ten months
activity this year exceeds $48O,000,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-03

driven by Raul Rijelio Garlic. 20.
Calexico clerk. went out of control
on a curve and overturned
The car driven by Drake was
demolished, Calexico police said
Miss Wade and Peters both suffer-
ed head injuries. severe shock. and
possible internal injuries.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-03

II NSREV1O SI S''1feSt 1ItVO q FuI hOtE
truck on Imperial avenue, Calexico,
shortly after'4 am. Saturday. Drake
and Lola Smith, a passenger. I'M
perial. escaped with slight injuries.
Carlos Garlic, AZ. Calexico, suf-
fered a broken collar bone in a
one-car accident northeast of El
Centre at 1880 pm. Friday. A car
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-03
October buiIdinQ
Hits J Year High

Building in Ell CentrO reached year high dur
ing October according to statistics released Saturday by
the city engineering department. and Ell Centro rec
ord for repair and alteration construction in single
month established Construction involving an expe
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-03
Americans Leave
Quakin9 Orient

ABOARD LINER PRESIDENT PIERCE, Homeward
Bound From Shanghai Nov 2. (UP)-A vanguard some
200 Americans evacuatng the Far East the advice
the state department started for home at II today
aboard the President Pierce Most of them were women
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-03
WiIIki G Asks FDR
To Tell Position
What About Initiation. Unemployed.
Reason for Third Term? COP Candidate
Asks; Criticizes Appeals to Class
= BY WILLIAM H. LAWRENCE =

ABOARD WILLKIE TRAIN, En- Route to New York
City, Nov. 2. (UP)-Wendell l.. Wkie charged today
that President Roosevelt in his Brooklyn speech last night
employed "the tactic of Lenn the strategy of Hitler
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-03
Four Injured in
Traffic Mishop

Three men and girl in critical condition Satur-
day result of injuries suffered traffic accidents in
Imperial county Friday night and early Saturday
Aileen Wade, H. and Charles Peters 81 both of mpe-
rial, injured when d car driven by Lave Drake of
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-03
British Land on
Isle Of Crete as
BomberS Attack
Counter-A++ackins Defenders May
Slash atItaIan North Wing from Rear
In Surprise Drive: More Details Awaited
. BY UNITED PRESS :

Greek troops knitting the Albanian frontier Sat
urday reported threatening to wreck the Italian
offensive into northern Greece but Fascists claimed slow
advances the southwest toward the key of anna
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-03
Campaign Roars Toward
Climax Toniqht in ~
y AMsLINe
1\sp0RTER
The Daid Walked

"A weird, unearthly shrek broke
the stiffness of the old house :"
E. l.. Carter, who was telling the
ghost story for members of the
Christian Endeavor gathered on
Halloween for haunted house"
party near Heber, had just about
reached this blood curdling point
when there was a rustic in one
corner of the room.
The figure of a scarecrow, that
only a few moments before had
quite obviously been stuffed only
with straw, began to move! Slowly
'the strange figure came to life and
after a stunned instant the gather
ed members of the Christian Endea-
vor came to life, too! Only hasty
intervention and explanation that
the ghostly figure was frame up
kept the young people from scat
tering.
A member of the group had quiet
ly substituted himself for the scare
crow
Mr.. GOdiva-
Meryl L. Ingram was Stumped
Saturday morning and as a result
the immigration officer went back
without his man.. 5- t
Ingram called at the county Jail
to pick up a prisoner. The man
was finally located in one of the
cells with hardly stitch of cloth
ing covering his frame.
Il washed my clothes last night
and they aren't dry yet" he ex--
planned.
So Ingram had to either sit down
and wait for the clothes to dry or
go home. He went home.
Surface Deep
Two-year-old Earl Bradley Mar
tin, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Waugh, found a novel way of COM
bining comfort and necessity the
other day.
When his grandmother informed
him that he had better put on his
shoes, the youngster obligingly went
into his room He emerged sometime
later with a pair of shoes" painted
on his feet with shoe polish
Shoes are for effect alone, any
how, SO why not?
Secret Practice
InduStriously welding a fish net
over a goldfish bowl one morning,
Mrs. Ray Dessert was getting more
piscatorial results than even Penny
Richmond in his widest dreams.
Business must be rushing" a
pasSerby commented.
mot right now" Mrs. Dessert
confided. but every once in a
while customer wants a goldfish
and 1 have difficulty in catching
them. I'm just practicing up on
my technique"
Wonder if she was saying to
herself:
Keep your head down swing
slow ;. use your wrists :"
Neglected.
If Peggy Cox isn't speaking to
some of her closest friends, We don't
4 blame her a whit.
Halloween night those same
friends were supposed to pick her
up and take her to the football
game. But they forgot and as a
result Peggy had to stay home and
read ghost stories to herself!
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-03
MARKETS IN BRIEF

Butter: L. A. 32c; Butterfat, Imperial Valley
fob. ranch grade A 41c; Manufacturing milk 35c
Route gathered cream 31c.
L. A. Hay: U. s. No. l, ]. v. $15-15.50; u. s, No
leafy, l. v. S14-145O; U. S. No. 2 $11-1150; Mpls
Dec. Flax $1.49.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-03
WEATHER

Maximum temperature 9O minimum Al; 5 am
temperature 81, humidity ST. noon temperature 80,
humidity 20; pm. temperature 79, humidity 80.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-07

might tag him, Wealthy Corpora ton Lawyer" Backers say he is a 'social-minded conservative - the right prescription for both candi- date. and a President at this time.""
 Previous campaigns have shown him to be a weak starter, but a Republican nomination for U. S. Senator, his opponent was vet eran hot campaigner. Wiseacres gave heavy odds against Taft, but he stumped every county in Ohio and won by 75,000. When he ran against Acknowledgements Sem ator Bulkley, political sharps again gave him scant chance. He boldly attacked the New Deal, challenged Bulkley to a series of debates, and was elected by l75,000 majority.
 When Taft entered the Senate in January, 1889, he had had sev- eral years of state legislative ex- perience. As Republican leader and Speaker of the Ohio House, he directed revision of the states tax system. It is said to have been mode for several states.
 He won assignment to such im- portant Senate committees as ap- propriations, banking. and educa- tion and labor. He jumped into the economy battle and was credited with leading part in defeating the Presidents $3,000,0O0,000 Spend- lend program last summer.
 Taft had big moment early this year when he told President Roose- welt how to balance the budget" 1" Briefly, these are his aims A de- sire to balance the budget elimi- nation of bureaus and reduction of employees; change in methods of handling relief, housing, agricul- ture and government loans; reduc- ing subsidies; and critical analysis ol iHly anu NdVJ totilildtcS.
 Taft probably would concentrate his campaign fire on New Deal do- mestic policies He has been mod erately critical of Administration European policies but fought with Roosevelt for repeal of the arms embargo. He said it tended to pro- mote, rather than prevent war.
 AS an example of his political courage, admirers cite his speaking