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Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-10
Defense Housi
Behind Schedule

work to be done under the Lanham
act.
Critics charged that machinery
of the Lanham act was responsible
for much of the delay. They cited
the findings of necessity" which
President Roosevelt must proclaim
before the act becomes operative.
These findings must be made be-
fore plans can be made for con-
struction of additional housing at
the points specified.
Critics assert that findings were
made and housing emergencies de-
clared at II defense points on Nov.
25, one month and II days after
the bill was signed. This figure,
they said, does not reflect the true
delay since the law was in congress
for several weeks before this time.
The emergency points should
have been determined and plans
made to meet the situation we'll
before the law was passed. they
contend
In connection with these projects,
1t was said the development of
plans and the signing of contracts
will be undertaken quickly. The II
emergency points so far designated
include Vallejo, Calf, and Brem-
erton, Wash.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-10
Soil Building
Goals Announced

and increased yields. Rates
are higher in some cases, the de-
partment said, as the result of de-
creased acreage allotments fol-
some crops.
In line with its emphasis on sol
conservation the department an
nounced the following increased
rates for computing soil building
allowances:
For general crops and non de-
pletlng acreage in deficit genera
crops areas. an increase from g.
cents per acre in 1910 to 70 cents
per acre in 1941; for on-depletine
acreage in surplus producing gen.
eral crop areas, so cents per acre
compared with 49l2 cents this year,
and for commercial vegetable areas
70 cents per acre compared with
90 cents this year.
The rate for commercial orchards
and restoration lands remained un-
changed at $1.80 per acre and AZ
gents per acre respectively. For
rates on range, non-crop pastures
and naval stores where the amounts
vary there was a slight increase
over this year. The rates of pay
ments announced today were:
Corn, nine cents; cotton. 1.37
cents; wheat, eight cents; rice. SIS
cents per hundred pounds; peanuts
s2.25 per ton; potatoes, % cents,
vegetables, per acre, S1.30; general
soil-depleting crops, S1.1O.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-10
inventor Claims
Blast Engine Will
PropeI AirpIanes

NContlnued nom Page One)
ported from Rome the perfection o.
propellerless airplane operated
by compressed gasses and said tt
have achieved a speed of 625 mile.
an hour in tests.
The inventor said he knew about
the italian engine-which he assert.
ed was perfected by a Norwegian
and first offered to this country
and declared:
IF they've done 625 miles an hour
say at 10000 feet, I'll say that vel
do l.5G0 miles an hour"
He added, however, that it Wat
"a mistake at this time to claim
exaggerated speeds"
Tested thus far only on tht
ground, Myers said his engine ha!
been used to drive a Ford station
wagon and has, in trials developed
a thrust of two and a half tons.
A l ,600-horsepoWer Wright Whirl.
wind airplane engine, at full throt.
tie, develops a thrust of three tons
Myers said. He added that his pres.
ent model, opened up, could develoI
up TO 1000 horsepower.
His engine, Myers said, can oper.
ate at 100 explosions a minute ol
$500, making it possible to throttle
it to whatever speed was desired
The fuel, containing in itself The
oxygen needed FOR combustion, i!
safe anG easy to handle, he added
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-10
English Capture
1000 Italians in
Egyptian Smash
Continued from Page One)

continued from Page Ofle)
cruiserS-to the bottom on his lat
est voyage.
A London Communique confirmed
capture of the German merchant
ship Idarwald, out of Tampico, by
the British cruiser Diomede Off
Cuba but said that a prize crew put
aboard was unable to prevent the
crew from scuttling the German
ship.
B.itain sought to bolster oppoSi-
ton to the Axis in the Far East by
following the $l00000.00O American
ment that British financial aid to
the Chunkirg government would be
boosted by $40,000000.
The swift Developments from the
British side of the war front over
Shadowed Hitler'S speech in an arms
factory just north of Berlin.
Speaking from a platform OF steel
erected in an unSpecified Nazi arms
factory. Hitler told his people that
Germany was waging a war "be-
tween two worlds world of the
underprivileged nations such as Ger
many against that of rich powers
like the United States and Great
Britain
He promised to wage war with
out compromise" raining blows up
on England ever harder might after
night" until victory has been won.
The world Germany is fighting is
a world based on lies" in which
wealth and riches benefit the priv.
ieged few while the masses labor
in virtual slavery, he said.
Notably, Hitler made no refer
ence in his address to Italy'S war
upon Greece and only passing ref
erence to Nazi relations with Soviet
Russia.
For the most part he spoke of the
theological basis of the war as seen
from the Nazi viewpoint. He said,
as he has before, that Germany is
fighting for a living space" and
that the riches of the earth are div
ided unequally among the various
nations.
He praised the sacrifices which
German citizens have made to
strengthen their armed forces. He
said they we're invincible but that
Germany would pick its own time
for striking the final blows that
will bring victory.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-10
Mrs. FR Dec ores
Ookies Outmoded

first lady testify.
Photographers sWarmed abou
Mrs. Roosevelt and officials had
to postpone proceedings for several
minutes to permit them to make
pictures.
Its all right" smiled Mrs Roose-
velt. Il should be used to it"
Mrs. Roosevelt said she had no
information tn a the committee
probably did not have in greater
detail with "a great deal more
Authorization"
II can tell you what 1 have seen
and heard" he said.
Chairman John H. Tolan,s D.,
Calf, remarked that Mrs. Roose-
welt had beaten" the committee
to an investigation of migrant con-
ditions in California
Mrs. Roosevelt saiG she had OBJ
served that many migrants who
managed to get piece of land were
not farmers and lacked training
in agriculture.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-10
Woman AbsoIved
In Man, Death

PHOENIX, Dec. 10. (UP)-Mrs
Marie Hernandez, SO, today was
cleared of blame in the fatal shoot
ing of a man identified as Delphino
Gomez, As year old laborer who
broke into her bedroom last night,
Mrs. Hernandez. mother of five
children, said Gomez came to the
ranch house earlier last night and
attempted to get in but she drove
him away.
Shortly after she had retired for
the night, she awoke to find the
man in the bedroom. She pulled a
pistol from under the pillow and
fired four times. One of the bullets
pierced the right side of Gomez
body.
Coroner Harry Arnold termed
the death a "justifiable homicide. y
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-10
Military Strength
Exceeds 1917

RIVERSIDE, Cal, Dec. 10. (UP)
The military strength of the
United States today is far better
that it was in 1917, Brig. Gen. E. B
Colladay today informed the Insti-
tute of world affairs.
The army officer, in command of
the anti-aircraft training center
at March Field near here, said
however, I'VE are not now ready to
defend ourselves on land, although
Our situation is far better than il
was in 1917 and we shall be ready
shortly
Discussing hemisphere defense
Gen. Colladay said the UniteG
States is committed TO defend the
western hemisphere as a military
necessity.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-10

WASHINGTON. Dec. 10. CUP)-
The Agriculture Department today
announced rates of payment and
acreage goals for the l941 agricul-
tural conservation program, design
ed to make more money available
for carrying out approved soil
building practices.
The goal fer soil-depleting crops
S unchanged from the 270,OO0, 900
% 285, 100000 acres established in
1910
In some cases rates are lower be-
cause of the larger funds available
for conservation practices; increas-
rs in funds for crops with smaller
acreage allotments; higher partici-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-10
Hitler, MusoIini.
Laval 10 Meet

BUCHAREST, Dec. 10. CUP)-The
newspaper Curentul reported to-
night in a dispatch from its pub
Usher, P. Seicaru, who is now in
Rome, that Adolf Hitler, Benito
Mussolini and Pierre Laval will meet
shortly.
The dispatch said that the con-
ference was designed to discuss pre-
liminaries to arrangement of a sep
arate peace Of the Axis powers with
France
(Reports of a conference of Laval
and Hitler have circulated repeated
ly in the past 10 days, but have been
Genied in Berlin)
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-10

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. (UP)-
The defense housing program was
said today by informed officials to
be encountering delays and to be
far behind schedule at many army
posts.
The army has designated 10 pro-
jects to be built, but on Dec. 9
contracts for only eight had been
signed.
Nest of the criticism of the pro-
gram is directed at the Lanham act
which was signed by President
Roosevelt Oct. IA and provided
S150,000,000 for housing. The army
subsequently turned over $45, 1852, 500
to the federal works agency and the
public buildings administration for
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-10
Ice Skater Hurt
In Auto Crash

SEATTLE. Dec. 10. (UP)-Vivi-
Anne Hulten, &c. of Hollywood, one
of the nations leading ice skaters
suffered a cerebral conclusion to-
day when an automobile driven by
Gene Theslof, New York figure
skater, crashed into a truck.
Theslof. who was charged with
reckless driving. told officers he
noticed a boulevard stop sign too
late, Skidded through an intersec-
ton and crashed broadside into
the truck. Anne Dumble, II, of
Portland, Ore, was also seriously
hurt. Miss Hulten and Theslof haG
completed a skating engagement
here.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-10
Scanning. I.V
News Horizon
SOCIAL SECURITY BOARD
HEAD IN VALLEY

Arthur w. Louch. manager of the
San Diego office of the Social Sc
curity board, said Tuesday repre-
sentative of his office will be in
room No. 3 at the El Centro post
office from 2 pm. to pm. Thurs
day to meet employers and employ
IS wanting information concerning
the federal program of old age and
survivors insurance.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-10
Mining Promoter
Sent 10 Prison

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10. CUP
Federal Judge Harold Louder.
back today sentenced William l.
Barnard, 65, Reno mining pro-
moter to three years in fedora
prison on charges of mail fraud in
connection with the sale of Sl5.O0C
worth of stock on the Trinity Min
ing company.
The cases of Charles r. Topping
65, Los Angeles and Denver promo
Yer. and Frank R. Wicks, 56, Los
angeles mining engineer, were re-
Ierred to probation officers who
were ordered to report on Dec. 2e.
Barnard and Topping pleaded
guilty and Wicks entered a nolo
contendre plea last Saturday
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-10
w. II. BROOKS ESTATE
SET AT $4,000

The late w. H. Brooks, former
Imperial county supervisor, left an
estate estimated at $4,000.
His wife, Mrs Grachie A. Brooks,
Monday filed a petition asking that
her husbands will be admitted to
probate. The will, she said, was
dated June 26, 1927. Most of the es-
tate was believed to De real estate.
Brooks died last NOV. 27.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-10
FATHER AND SON
SUE FOR DAMAGES

Robert F.. Emanuelli, 26 and his
father, Julius Emanuelli Monday
filed suit against Petrolane Ltd,
Earl Rawlinson and others for S26-
62l for damages allegedly suffered
by young Emanuelli when a trac-
tor caught fire. They charged that
Rawlinson was careless in installing
a new fuel system in the tractor ana
it caught fire.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-10
By RUBY BLACK

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. (UP)-
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt today
told the house committee investi-
eating the migrant worker problem
that "Oakies"-migrant workers
seldom made good farmers because
they had mo fodern direction in
agriculture.
Making her second appearance as
a witness before congressional
investigating committee, Mrs. Roose-
welt described conditions she had
seen in migrant camps in California.
Some of them, she said, were "pret-
ty bad"
About 200 spectators heard the
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-10
First Christmas
Lights j p Here

Continued from Page One)
lives at 500 South Seventh street
where Patsy has decorated trel-
lis with twinkling Christmas lights.
One point which should be kept
closely in mind this year is this:
The idea behind the Christmas
lighting movement is to spread the
spirit of the time. 1t isn't nee
essary to spend a lot of money on
an elaborate display but what El
Centro does want is some kind of
display on every home in the city.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-10
WILSON PUPILS
VISIT POST-PRESS

While Tuesdays edition of the
imperial Valley Press was being
put together 26 members of the
j-l2 class of Wilson school watched
from the sidelincs. The pupils, un-
Ter Mrs. Fannie G. McCrcry tour
I'd the Fost-Press plant from front
office to backshop.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-10
DECREE GRANTED

In superior court Monday an in
terlocutory divorce decree was
granted to Mary Sosa Ahumada
in her suit against Lauro Ahumada
She accused him of extreme cruelty.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-10
FIRE BREAKS OUT
IN CANADIAN SHIP

Boston, Dec. TO- (UP)-Fire
broke out aboard the Canadian ship
R. j. Cullen about 200 miles east
of Boston today but was reported
under control.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-10

| paper ana ne tOld me. i nave one
regularly delivered at my homer"
O.
No Joke
We were running over a valley
weekly periodical the other day and
noticed a letter from a HOltville mar
bemoaning the fact that there is
90 dentist IN that fair city
why should anyone be upset by
| that?' we inquired out loud. re-
calling the times when our parents
mad TO hog-tie and pull TO get US
into a dentists chair. That shoulo
be a break"
A compatriot fixed US with a stony
stare and replied:
If you were in HoltVille and had
toothache you wouldn't think so.
Which isn't very funny in fact
not funny at all, but neither is
toothache.
Fancy Dressed
At Varsity c limitations at Cen
trail high school these points caught
our eye:
Dave Mcbride and Stan Conkey
were dressed in red flannel under
wear, but we couldn't tell whether
the rosiness was natural or from
the padding they got.
How can Bud Ritter sleep in a
pair Of BAHAMAS as loud as those
lac W0rc2
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-10
RambIinqR Reporter

Continued from Page One)
paper and he told me: I have one
regularly delivered at my homer"
Evening star., 1940-03-07

lures year at $4,000 per picture.
And it's a waste of time Offering
him $40 ,999. It's $4,000 or nothing.
Evening star., 1940-03-07
the story of "Des-

s~~es-AA S.s~N~>'
any one!" says Basil. The DOCTOR
sleuth, who has been trailing him.
is pushed by Basil under a subway
train and loses his life. Martin Kos
leck, aide-or accomplice-to Rath-
bone, is killed.
Basil meets up with Ellen Drew,
is going to kill her Immediately, but
falls in love with her. While pom
dering Ellen's destruction, on an
18th-f1oor balcony, Ellen is In his
arms, and he's just going to Jump
when the police arrive. So Basil
drops Ellen-on the right side Of the
balcony-and jumps alone. But it
is not a horror story" Basil reiter-
ates. No, it is not a horror story. It
is only the most frightening sequence
of events I've ever listened to.
4 +
The daughter of Thomas Edison
is watching Spencer Tracy on the
Edison, the Man" set. She seems
pleased with Tracys portrayal of
her father. The take" consists Of
a negative head-shake by Tracy.
1--WE been shaking my head for four
days now. Didn't he ever say 'Yes'?"
Spencer demands.
Tracy tells me that "The Year
ling" has been put back on his
schedule and won't be shot" now
until midsummer-in Florida: "And
it's so hot in Florida in the summer"
he means. Next movie for Spencer
is Boom Town." with Clark Gable,
Claudette Colbert and Hedy La
MARI. Its a mans picture-with
only small part for Hedy," remarks
Tracy.
Spencer agrees with me that what
Hedy needs most at this period is
"a good picture more than a long
part who gets her in Boom
TOWN." I ask him. mot me"
sighs Spencer. TN fact, I don't get
any girl. No one loves me- Il do"
G'm quite brazen0 Then you'd
better come into the picture" says
Spencer. Dye hear that, Mr.. Pro-
ducer?
The most easy-going picture in
Hollywood right now is "Turnabout'
at the Hal Roach studio for two con-
Trajectory reasons. Boss Roach is
directing. and the leading players
are husband and wife, Adolphe
Menjou and Verree Teasdale. When
I come on the set, work is at a
standstill. The director is selling
tickets for the Santa Anita Handi-
Evening star., 1940-03-07
Tobias and Angel
Is Kin6.Smith Plav

Tobias and the Angel" which
opens at the King-Smith Studio
Playhouse Saturday night, will bring
Keinert Wolff, the playhouse direc-
tor, before Washington audience
for the first time.
Mr.. Wolff, supported by q cast Of
students at the King-Smith school.
will play the Archangel Raphael,
the role he created in the first
American production of the comedy
seven years ago.
Tobias and the Angel" is the story
of a god who takes a holiday on
earth, here amusing himself by per-
forming sleight-of-hand tricks with
the lives of human beings. 1t was
one of the successes Of the London
theater in the 1880 season.
Evening star., 1940-03-07

yarn: 11:20 an, las, $50, $50
1885 and S:A6 pm.
Columbia-'T Take This Woman
With Spencer Tracy and Hedy La
MARI: 11:15 am, 1:20, 3:25, $50
7:36 and 9:1J pm.
Lttle-"The Lion Has Wings,
powerful and dramatic ones: III!
am, 1:10, 2:55, 4:35, $40, 8 ant
9:45 pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts
continuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1940-03-07

cap. lucky it's the boss holding up
the productionD
Menjou is dressed, fit to kill, in a
black cutaway with an diversified
white carnation in his lapeD and
black and white striped trousers. He
shares a dressing room with his
WIFE. It's funny to watch them pre-
tend to upstage each other. After
one of their scenes. Roach demands,
"How's that?" She was terrible, -
says Adolphe.
Menjou tells me of inside infor-
nation received to the effect that
Roosevelt will run for a third term.
The idea is obnoxious to Adolphe,
who says, 1T will only postpone
ruin for another four years" In
spite Of Roosevelt, Menjou is credit
ed with tidy sum in the bank
two million dollars! He is one of
the shrewdest bargainers in Holly
wood; he makes three or four pic
Evening star., 1940-03-07

shouldD In connection with key
Largo" which he directed, started
his professional career as an actor.
That was shortly after his quick
surrender of the University of
Washington-the Pacific Washing
ton-in favor of the curriculum of
the New York's Academy of
Dramatic Art. The major trouble
with him as an actor turned out
to be not his acting, but the fact
that he could not keep from being
fascinated by all other aspects of
the theater. That, obviously, is a
most unactorlike performance and
by way of atonement for it, Mr..
McClintic became director. CKey
Largo" will be his third contri5u-
ton to the Nationals season, the
other two having been "Mambas
Daughters" and mo Time for
Comedy.D
AS director Mr.. McClintic is a
beautiful object lesson for those
Hollywood and Broadway geniuses
In the same business who spend all
their time being worried lest they
should be typed. He has an amaz-
ingly simple and effective way of
avoiding being typed, merely by not
doing the same type of play until
he has done another type of play.
A casual review of the last three
Evening star., 1940-03-07

tiny" Rathbone
is a psychiatrist
with a killing
complex. He kills
his first wife and
the man with
whom she has
committed adul-
terry. I'm still
not a villain!"
says Basil. He
marries a 6 a l n,
and his second
wife dies under
suspicious cir
c u m S t a n c e S.
ct at a 6 a ! n
Evening star., 1940-03-07

sHoREHAM BLUE ROOM, Connecticut at
Guiding cover. Supper cover Soc. AID. 07OO.
GOLD ROOM at WESLEY HALL. 1908 K
Eaneseon Isrfs f S5e; dinner. Ss! siSo n'0u' nome
ROBIN HOOD nm. 1922 X NV. Dinner,
$l;oo. HAMMOND organ during cocktail!
nd yn 10 al son Edds Whsese
Building, 18th and New York Ave.-The
favorite place to dine, the popular place
aerf1 lssa Be- .ns snass a.s
ner. Cocktails in Club l6
METRoNoME ROOM w.rdman Park
ssy BrSas %Ss' snss Sy EDDY 9 o 1
Min, ST 00 sat. 81 so. CO. 5000.
BURLINGTON HOTEL. Vermont at Thomas
Circle. 4 SQUARES from White House.
BSnen sSSs ss U sse 75e and ST. s''
LOUNGE RIVERA. Hotel 24OO 18th st.
chestra, featuring. Adele Van. 10 til 9.
Min. 81: Sat. holidays. S1.5O CO. 1900.
Maryland MAJ CLUB GARDENs on Marlboro
until ii O'clock Phone Hillside oeoo.
SCHNEIDER'S, famous for strictly frst
family and enjoy your favorite Lenten spe-
cialS. 427 18th st. NV.
RAINBOW ROOM, Hamilton Hotel, 14th
ut X. Cocktail and dinner dancing. SO;
supper dancing to Milt Davis and his Or
chestra 10-1.- Min. Saturday only, 81.
DI. $3.50. J. J. Connolly Mar.
HAY-ADAMS nOUSE-OverIookin White
House At 18th and n SITS. Dining in an
tility. Luncheon, S5c; dinner. from $1.25.
Organ music nightly during dinner.
SHAR-ZAD. Carlton Hotel Dancing to Bill
McCune's Orchestra, featuring Catherine
Min, S1.5O after 10 pm. ME. 2626.
ARBAUGHS RESTAURANT. c6O6 Conn.
Ave. Only at Arbaugh's can you get real
Bar.b-o sparertbs and aged charcoal
broalsd steaks. Mixed drinks, wine, beer.
Evening star., 1940-03-07

Where and When
Current I heater Attractions
ard Time Of Showins

ard Time ut Showing
National-"streets Of Paris" roll
licking musical with Carmen MI
randa: $50 pm.
Earle-"Dr. Ehruch's Magic Bull
let," biography of q noted scientist:
1918 am, 1:10, 4:10, 7:05 and 10
pm. Stage shows: 1905, 3:05, 6 and
8:55 pm.
Capitol-"Broadway Melody OF
1940," with Eleanor Powell and Fred
Astaire: 10:45 am, 1885, 4:25, tbs
and 10 pm. Stage shows: 12:45,
1886, 6:25 and 9:10 pm.
Keith's-"Vigil In the Night"
Carole Lombard goes dramatic In q
hospital: 11:35 an, 1885, 3:35, 5:35
1885 and 9:35 pm.
Palace-"Gone With the Wind
with Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh
Continuous performance from 9:45
am. through 2:45 pm. Reserved
seat showing at 8 pm.
Metropolitan-"His Girl Friday
Rosalind Russell in gay newspaper
Evening star., 1940-03-07
'SapS at Sea-

"Saps at Sea" is the final title Sc
lected by Hal Roach for his forth
coming Laurel and Hardy picture,
previously known as "Crackpots. !"
Supporting Stan Laurel and Oliver
Hardy in "Saps at Sea" are James
Finlayson, Ben Turpin, Dick Cramer,
Harry Bernard and Eddie Conrad.
Evening star., 1940-03-07
Film for Frances

Frances Farmer will jcin George
Brent and Humphrey Bogart in
Money and the Woman" which
Warner Bros. will produce from
James M. Gains adaptation Of his
own novel. Kurt Bernhardt, who
directed Crossroads Of the World"
recent importation, will direct
Money and the Woman"
Evening star., 1940-03-07
His Name Is Never in Lights,
But He Could Put 1t There
Z Guthrie McClintic, Guiding Hand
Of Key Largo Turned Director
BY Choice, Not Chance
By JAY CARMODY,

His lights does he notices
believe
the husband Of Katharine
tried Mr. McCinic
chance work with the drama expansive
woulo be possible limit himself
Mr. Mcclintic whose mind when
Evening star., 1940-03-07
That Change in Title
Caught Mr.. Rathbone
Tracy's Performance in Edison Role
Pleases Daughter of Inventor;
'Turnabout' Is Easy Work
HOLLYWOOD.
BY sHEILAH GRAHAM.

When Basil Rathbone handed
he back to without reading it. wise studio
etled Destiny the Rahbon
it, liked it, picture
through with and viainy
villains him, and