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Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-31
Burglary Solved
Bur Thief EIudes
Hunt by Officers
-Four Slated for Trial
On Charge of Receiving
Stolen Property

Bill Clifford, only missing
piece in a burglary puzzle
solved in Holtville by Deputy
Sheriffs Herbert Hughes and
A. T. Lyons, still eluded cap
ture Tuesday but four persons who
admitted receiving stolen articles
from him were slated for trial in
superior court.
Tangled chains of evidence lead
ing back and forth across the Cali
fornia Arizona border connected
Clifford, Mr. and Mrs. Eurie Upton
and Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Coble with
the CASTOR and Payne store bur
glary in Holtville Dec. 18, officers
said. Also it connected Clifford and
one or both couples with the bur-
glary of a store in Wilcox, Ariz., last
October, officers believed.
The Tiptons were at liberty on
$500 bail each while the Coolies were
held in the county jail in lieu of
$1,000 bail each. Clifford is Mrs.
riptonS father and served two
terms in a Texas penitentiary.
The officers recovered 80 dresses,
half a dozen shirts, and some trous-
Continued on Page 8, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-31

Home For Discarded Father Times
Father Time No. 1910 will be
catching that train on the stroke
of midnight amid a blast of revelry
from most of Imperial Valley as
well as virtually every town, ham,
let and big city in the United
States.
The United Press reported some
Cf the most boiSterouS celebrations
since the booming '20s' awaited the
New Years arrival in every part
of the nation.
Half a hundred night spots in
Imperial Valley prepared for a
record evening of celebration
Chief spots in the Ell Centre area
were both hotels, the theaters, the
Elks club and the Barbara Worth
country club. A social fer young
people at the Baptist church viii.
precede a watch service at the
Christion church.
Seeking relief from the tension
of wars abroad and the defense
program at home, Americans were
expected to mill in the streets, Ca
wort in night clubs and at private
parties by the millions, welcoming
In year of foreboding.
New York's Times Square, always
rlotouS scene on New Years eve,
was expected to be over-run by
more than 100000 horn blowing
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-31

road districts, ana the city OF Ell
Centro to help dig the eleventh cav
airy, their quarters, their equip
ment, and their horses out of the
slush created by the rain which del
uged all Imperial Valley Sunday.
Col Harold M Raynor and Major
Don L. Hartford Monday afternoon
got action when they appealed to
the county board of supervisors to
come to the rescue of the Army.
"The Army has spent $4,000 and
the soldiers spent a lot of money
in Imperial county" Major Har-
ford told the board members. And
all that money was not spent in
one place. 1t was spent throughout
the county. 1t is as valuable as any
big industry and the whole county
benefits. No one is to blame for
the rain. We just want your help in
putting the road to the camp in
shape and We want gravel for the
camp interior. 1t is a swamp today"
1t was decided to haul gravel from
the Plaster City vicinity and dump
it at camp so it can be carried a
la wheel barrow.
Tuesday morning the work started
early and supervisors were COM
pleting what work they had on
hand SO they will be able to send
additional equipment after the New
Years holiday.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-31
A Change in Subscription Rates

The Imperial Valley Press today slight increase in
subscription made by the increased costs of produc
During the three across the country nave
materially increased their
scrpon announcing several successive in
The Imperial Valley Press has consistently endeaVoed to avoid
change able and continue to give
Imperial Valley the kind deserves and to which 1mpe
rial Valley people entitled
primarily such additional bur-
dens heavy increase newpnt eu of the war; heavy
federal thousands dollars
social security taxes increases of from ten to fifty cent in
costs of many supplies.
The rates will month"; 3months 50 10; months.
$500; subscriptions and
become effective January l 1941.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-31
Light Frost Due
New Years Day,
Weather Man Saws
state Digs Out After
Two Weeks OF Rain:
Damage Here Limited

Light frost and clear skies
were forecast for New Years
day in Imperial Valley by
Woodrow c. Jacobs, meteor
ologlst, as most sections of
the state counted storm damage
following two weeks of continuous
rain storms.
Damage in Imperial Valley was
limited Tor the most part to losses
IN early lettuce paintings, tomato
paintings and to added feeding ex-
pense for cattle and dairy owners.
Loss in lettuce may be overcome
however, by higher market occa-
stoned by the sudden termination of
the Phoenix lettuce deal in a gen.
eral Arizona rain storm, according
10 b. A. Harrigan, Imperial county
agricultural commissioner.
WaShout of the lettuce deal in
Phoenix, Harrigan said, will give
the valley a market free from
competition until March. A ten
tative program is being discuss
ed in the valley at the present time
Harrlgan declared, to regulate Ship
ments during the next two weeks
TO maintain present high markets.
Maintenance OF the market dur
ing the next two weeks. most grow
ers agreed, should assure a profit
able lettuce deal in the valley.
tomato growers did not fare so
well in the rain storm, Harrigan
said, as shipments from the north
END VIII be delayed at least three
weeks. Other valley crops emerged
Continued on Page 8, Col. a.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-31

aftetr a 45 minuta trip from Bare
to Ell Centro in a sheriff's ca" piloted
by Deputy Sheriff John Crousen
We're drawn ard sworn in Judgt
Vaughn N. Thonlpsons court. They
were originally instructed to report
at Dm. but the half holiday pro-
clamation made it Illegal tC trans
act official business after noon.
A. H Keller OF FL Centre was
ppoin d foreman by judge
Thompson.
Those from FL Centro included
Charles Delp, Warren Currier, Kel-
Ter, Henry Swanson, John F. Wat
erman, John B. McNeece and Irwin
Maupin.
The Brawley group included Mrs.
Grace Little, and George Buffers
Those from Calexico were H. w.
Going and J. H. Mccoy. From Holt
vile were William Burke, jr., and
A. B. Cravath. Charles Ralphs was
selected from Imperial Frank Hewitt
and l.. L. Lyerly from Calipatria,
Frank Farrar and Thomas Killiam
from Bard and T. M. Montgomery
from inland.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-31


If war comes, suggested the Ital-
liam press, Japan-third partner in
the Berlin Rome Tokyo military
alliance-will take the lead against
the United States.
Hitler's declaration, made in q
New Years Day proclamation to
his Nazi party. asserted that he
spoke not in empty phrases but "in
bloody eamestness."
He said Germany would fight to
the end-which he predicted would
be victory-and would destroy "every
power that feeds off these democra-
cies.''
The Fascist criticism of the Unit
ed States was led by Roberto Fari-
nacci, extremist editor of the Re-
gime Fascista.
He said:
THE United States must be con-
sidered the enemy of Germany and
Italy and therefore the proletarian
nations (the Axis and allies but
create a front to destroy their COM
mon enemy
United States conceded with grow
ing indications that in the Far
East and elsewhere Germany was
racing against time to prepare new
blows against Britain before in
creased U. S. aid can tip the scales
OF military superiority.
Russia remained an uncertain fac
tor in these preparations and Tues
day it was learned in Moscow that
Japan, which had sought a perma-
nent treaty to end the long standing
Russo-Japanese fisheries dispute,
would have to get along for the
time being with extension of the
present temporary agreement which
expires at midnight.
The fuehrerS New Years promise
and angry Nazi comment denounc-
ing President Roosevelt's Sunday
speech conceded with accumulating
evidence that German strokes may
be in preparation in such widely
separated regions as the Far East,
the Mediterranean and the Balkans
plus the ever present threat OF
invasion of Britain itself and in
creasing attacks on Britain's vital
sea lanes.
Prospects appeared that these
preparations would be intensified by
Mr.. Roosevelt's frank pledge that
the United States would supply
Britain with mounting stores of
the weapons of war-guns, ships and
planes.
Mr.. Roosevelt's address has not
yet been printed in Germany. But
after "a hours study of the text
by the "highest authorities" the Of
ficial DNB news agency was per-
mitted to say that 1t was of the
highest Importance and the official
line for press comment was laid
down by NaZi spokesman.
This line described Mr.. Roosevelt
as proceeding from a false inter-
probation" of Hitler's re-Christmas
address to German arms workers
and charged that the United States
wilfully had refused to understand
the German attitude.
The American president, it was
claimed, appeared to be assuming
responsibility for the "lost cause
of Britain" Der Angriff spoke OF
notorious untruthS e.. staleness -.
open spitefulness reminding one of
the well-known phrases of the Jew
World Press"
The comment was akin to Hitler's
New Years order of the day which
Continued on Page 8, Col. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-31
L.V.legisIators
Leave for Capital
After Conferences
Harvey Hastain Confers
With Supervisors on
Road Program

Imperial county's legisla-
tive representatives, Senator
E. George Luckey and AS
semblyman Harvey E. Has
tain, Tuesday held last min
ute conference with their constitu-
ents before leaving for Sacramento
for the session beginning next Mon
day.
Hastain planned to leave Friday
while Luckey expected to leave ear
lier.
At a conference with county su-
pervisorS Monday Hastain said he
planned to work for the road pro-
gram outlined by the highway
groups of Imperial county. In his
opinion, he said, the road from Win
terhaven to Laguna dam, highway
SO from inland to highway go, and
the road from the underpasS on
highway 80 to Calexico were the
most important.
Supervisors, however, told him
they were in favor of the highway
committee program and were es-
pecially interested in the Ogilby-
Palo Verde road. HaStain asked the
board to keep in touch with him
regarding the legislative matters Of
Importance to Imperial county.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-31
Earthquake Echoes
|nI.v.l Lawsuit

F.. S. Lack Monday sued the
Western Loan and Building COM
pany for $100,217 damages or COM
pletion of an alleged contract to
repair earthquake damage to the
Dunlack hotel in Brawley.<
He alleged he took up an option
to buy the property valued at $6o.-
600 and paid the company all due
it prior to Dec. 81. Lack said the
company said he was leaSee. He
requested the court to order the
company to repair the building,
pay damages for loss of profit by
non-use of the property, or the
SlOO,217..
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-31
WestmorIand Gets
New Justice

John B. Miller, former city coun-
Gilman of Westmorland. Tuesday
assumed the duties of justice of
the peace of the Westmorland town.
ship.
He was appointed by the board
of supervisors Monday afternoon
to fill the term left vacant by the
death of Judge Una E. Bailey Christ
mas Eve.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-31

tatlVeS OF Tokyo industrial cOmpa-
MES were allowed to proceed from
Cincinnati to Milwaukee.
They gave their names as Yoshi-
michi Murakami, 81, director of the
Manchuria Heavy Machine COM
pany, Tokyo and Heinking, and Ma
tusuro Miyazaki, 40, metallurgist
and representative of the Manchu-
ria Development company.
Murakami carried about $1,000 in
credit notes from a japanese. COM
pany,
The men said they had been taken
on inspection tours through several
machine tool plants in Cincinnati,
one of the nations important centers
of the industry.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-31

and are ready Tor The "go" word,
from the Los Angeles office.
'WPA officials in Los Angeles
explain to me that the projects can
not be started until there are Job
less men to put to work That is the
reason they give for the delay"
Heinecke said.
No official figures were available
as to the number of men at work
on WPA projects in Imperial VAL
ley at present, because Ell Centre
authorities explained that such in
formation must first receive APP
proval of the San Diego office. Nei-
ther was there data regarding the
stage Of progress of the projects
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-31
Bullet Scared 1910 on
Woy Into Discard With
.Goietv Here, Elsewhere

A badly battered old gentleman
SCARED by bayonet thrusts and bull
let wounds, his brow Wrinkled with
worry and care, packed his scythe
in a suitcase Tuesday and prepar-
ed to catch the next train for the
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-31

and when they might be expected
to close.
1t was learned unofficially, how
ever, that unless there is a con-
tinuance, the Imperial sewer prof.
ect should be completed within a
month or six weeks, thus releasing
an undetermined number OF men
who might be transferred 10 pro-
posed Ell Centre projects. other pro-
jects in the valley were reported
unoffieially TO extend for some
months, probably into the summer.
Meanwhile. Ned Holmes. State Re-
lief Administration chief for the
Continued on Page 8, Col. ID
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-31
SHARE OF FORTUNE
WIllED TO EDUCATION

PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 81 OUP)
The will of the late E. S. Collins,
lumberman who died Dec. 18, was
admitted to probate today and re-
Vealed that third of the $7,000,000
estate will go to educational and
religious institutions.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-31

shrleking, showing celebrants. Mer-
chants were throwing up steel and
wooden barricades to save their
store fronts and 1,489 policemen
were assigned to prevent riots.
AT Chicago, police planned to
continued on Page 8, Col. q
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-31
COOK JAILED HERE AS
DRAFT EVADER IN 6 E

George F. Brown, 25 year old
cook who said he had no residence
was held in the Imperial county iail
Tuesday as draft dodger.
He was arrested at Winterhaven
and is held for the United States
marshal from San Francisco.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-31
FIJI Arrests Two
Jopdnesc i'm Ohio

CINCINNATI o., Dec. 81. (UP)-Agents of the Fed
eral Bureau Of Investigation today confscated camera
two rolls of film and hand-drawn map of Times Square
New York from two Japanese visitors to Cincinnati
The visitors identified by personal papers as represe-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-31
Army Gets Hell p
IL, Fixing Roads

Camp Seeley and its approaches gradually emerged
from the mud and water Tuesday road equipment from
all parts of the county pressed into service.
Motor graders draglines dump trucks, scrapers and
Jewelers. were provided by the irrigation district county
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-31
&c. WPA Project
Delay Continued

Ell Centros proposed WPA project to solve street and
water distribution problems continued hang fire Tues
day. osenslby because of lack of available employable
Walter Heinecke, director of public works. reported
that the projects have gone through all preliminary steps
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-31
Dl AMBLINe
a. EpoRTER
Tale of 4 Chick

Tale of 4 Chick
For several minutes, Marilea
Hansen figured she really had a
problem this week On her door
step, addressed to her, was a pack
age. A note attached read some
thing like this:
:" Only The grim pressure OF
circumstance would ever force me
to do such a thing as part with my
only child. With you, however, l
know he will be in good hands and
I pray that you will give him the
same loving attention that I, his
father, am unable to supply =. y
Marilea looked at the package and
went:
oh mel"
When she opened the package
there was a chirp and out stepped
a black chick Marilea locked re-
lieved and the chick didn't change
expression a whit.
The story behind the incident is
rather complicated. 1t began when
Warren Currier. jr., forgot to buy
a chicken for his familys dinner,
as requested by Mrs. Currier. Two
friends, Martha Jeanne Jenkins and
Langston GOree III, decided they
would do the task for him and
bought chick at the hatchery.
Warren would have none of the
appetizer" so the chick was forced
upon Berkie Lemons. who in turn
got rid of the bird by delivering it
to Marilea, with his compliments.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-31
Hitler Calls for
Destruction Of
Democratic Foes
Germany Racing Against Time TO Beat
Increased American Hell p for Britain as
Italy Says Japan Will Lead Against u. S.
= BY UNITED PRESS =

Adolf Hitler proclaimed Tuesday a Naz aim the
destruction of democratic individuals upon whom he
blamed this and past while spokesman for Italian
Fascsm buntly named the United States of the
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-31
New Grand JurV
Sworn in ere
At Rush Session
Sudden HaEf-Ho|iday Proclamation by
Governor Forces Quick Action to Beet
Legal DeadIine in Choosing Inquisitors

The 1941 grand jury, rushed into existence Tueada!
morning when change of schedule necessary because
Gov Olson pulled surprise New Years half holiday OUT
of his hat was sworn in three minutes aore Tuesday
Nineteen and two Of them still shaking
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-31
Wheel Chair

Wheel Chair
Don't be amazed in case you see
a strange apparition scooting along
an Ell Centre sidewalk backwards,
with legs trailing behind like the
skid on an airplane.
It's just Tommy Beynon, 10, who
has found a means of getting
around despite leg injury. Tom
my. who was burned more than a
month ago, couldn't use crutches
very well, SO his family fixed him
up with a small sled with roll
ers instead of runners. He rests
the game leg on his good one and
pulls himself backwards at a speed
that keeps other members of the
family in various stages of activity
tC keep from being run down.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-31

Butter: Los Angeles, 32isc; but
terfat, Imperial Valley fob. ranch.
grade A, 41Hc; manufacturing milk
36c; route gathered cream, 32c.
l.. A. hay: u. S. No. l I v S16.50-17.
u. 5. No. 2 Ieafy, S14-S15; U. S.
No. 2, $780, Mpls. May flax S1.62Is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-21

This is another in series OF
articles on furniture and cabinet
making appearing each Saturday
in the Real Estate section OF The
Evening Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-21

ment Of the projects through the
construction and normal renting
period.
Having learned by bitter expert
ence that this figure was danger
ouSly low, F. H. A. has long since
lacked it up to 3 per cent.
IS. Questionable financial pro-
cedure has been advanced as a rea-
son for the failure of half the eight
projects. Due largely to the alleged
writing-up of land values in the
two foreclosed projects. Congress
last year amended the National
Housing Act to limit the principal
amount of Government-insured
rental housing mortgages to the es-
timated cost of completed physical
improvements, exclusive of land,
public utilities and streets, taxes,
interest and insurance during con-
struction and organization, legal
and miscellaneous expenses Incl
dental to construction.
Interestingly, this proviso. in con-
junction with decree that labor ON
such projects be paid prevailing
wages, has greatly curtailed the
volume of construction under this
section of the act.
High Rent Fatal.
a. High rent is the final COM
mon cause of housing failure. Origi-
nal room rents in all eight ailing
projects were we'll above the F. H. A.
programs $l4.50 average. Having
admittedly burned its fingers by
authorizing above mass market
rents tin some F. H. A.-insured
projects they ran as high as $50 per
room per month";, F.. H. A. five
months ago ruled that it would
approve no future projects in which
this figure exceeds $3.50, with the
possible exception of those planned
for metropolitan centers of one mil
lion population or more. where the
ceiling was set at SIS per room.
IF their sponsors had paid stricter
attention to local housing markets
and had F. H. A. several years ago
brought currently existing limita-
tons into play" the Architectural
Forum points out, chances are
that most of the eight ailing projects
would never have been built or.
II built, would be in better health
today. But they may still get WELL"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-21
Eight Sick Projects
OFF. H. 's218 Due
To -Four Main Causes
High Rents, Short Capitol,
Poor Timing and Bod
Financing Listed

Out of a total of more than 2l8
F. H. A-insured large-scale rental
housing projects, eight have failed
within the last six months prin.
cipally because of high rents. in
sufficient working capital, out-of-
season completion. and questionable
financial procedure, the Architec-
tural Forum magazine reports today
in its September issue.
Analysing the case histories of all
eight failures. the magazine points
out in summarizing its conclusions
that:
Significantly. all eight of the
projects have run into trouble for
one or more of these four reasons:
Il. Poor timing of construction
contributed to the downfall of no
less than seven of the eight projects.
F. H. A. cannot require that a
project be completed at the outset
of a locality's normal rental season !:
it can only preach the obvious i'm
portance of this factor.
Adequate Capital Essential.
%. Insufficiency of working CAPT.
tai. particularly when combined
with the off-season completion of
a project, is usually fatal, but for
tunately it is something F. H. A.
can control
When most of its ill-starred prof.
ects were approved for mortgage in
surance, F. H. A. required that the
sponsoring corporations have a
minimum working capital equal to
only l per cent Of mortgage prin-
cipal over and above the estimated
funds necessary to carry develop
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-21
Added Life of Houses
By Gore Measured

Repairs may add years to the life
Of house. A Midwestern univer-
sity had heard this many times, but
it wasn't content with that. 1t
wanted to know exactly how many
years could be added.
Proper attention to roof drain
age, foundations and footings in
Creases the life span of a house.
the investigators had heard. but
they wanted that translated into
years, months or days-as the case
may be.
In general they found:
Drainage OF roof and surface
water we'll away from the building
and keeping cutters and down.
spouts in good repair may add as
much as 178 years to the life of a
building.
Proper foundations may add IA
years.
Proper painting. when the build
Ing is erected and as often as
needed thereafter may add 1913
years