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Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-25
Major Hoop|e
Makes Debut Here
The Ma ior'S here, folks.

The Majors here. folks.
Egad, yes! You'll find the old
blowhard i'm all the glory of Our
Boarding House on today's comic
page.
For 16 years a prime favOrite
of American readers, Major
Hooplc and Our Boarding House
make their debut in the Post
Press newspapers as part of a
program to improve these papers
i'm line with the continued growth
of readers, advertisers and of
Imperial Valley itself.
DOnt miss The Major, or you'll
be missing private picnic all
your own. Turn to the comic
page and get acquainted.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-25
Airp|ane Sales
Agreed Upon

WASHINGTON, March 25. CUP)
National defense chieftainS ten
tatively agreed today on a broad
policy permitting sale to great
Britain and France of between 500
and 600 new model planes now be-
ing made for the U. S. army and
navy.
These planes would be diverted to
help fill contemplated Allied orders
for several thousand planes.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-25
Kidnapped Woman
Still Missinq

LOS ANGELES. March 25. CUP)-
Peggy Curry, %, still was missing
today after being kidnapped by three
men Friday night when her escort,
Irving Schneider, druggist, was rob-
bed as they sat in parked auto
mobile
Schneider. who was robbed of $40
and his wrist watch. said he had
met Miss Curry a few days ago
when she applied for work in his
drugstore but did not learn her
address
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-25
Farm Loan Bond
Review Granted

WASHINGTON. March rs. (UP)-
The supreme court today granted
the governments request for review
of the question whether profits
from the sale of federal farm loan
bonds are subject to federal income
tax
Solicitor General Francis Biddle
told the court its decision in the
matter would control the disposi-
ton of many pending claims in
volving large amounts of money"
and affect the construction of re-
cent lending legislation under which
federal bonds are being issued.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-25

the Sutter trial without jury, was
forced to transact other business in
the morning session.
. Sutter was accused OF killing his
former employer, John Mazenauer,
formerly of the Holtville district in
Imperial valley
Although he admits killing MAJ
enauer, Sutter contended in a
statement before trial and in tes-
timony before Woodward that it
was an accident The state sought
to show Mazenauer was strangled
and not, as Sutter said, shot to
death
Suspicion was directed against
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-25
Bakersfield CitY
Inquiry Demanded

BAKERSFIELD, Cal, March 25
CUP-A Kern county grand jury
investigation of the Bakersfield city
administration was demanded today
as the preliminary hearing of City
Councilman j. j. Mcmillan on bribc
charges entered its third day.
Mcmillan. former supervisor of
the census in the 10th California
district, is charged with accepting
a $500 bribc from a gambling cstab-
lishment. Testimony in the court
of Justice of the Peace Stewart
McGee accused Mcmillan of illegal
acceptance of other money.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-25
Yuma Begins War
AGAINST Rabies

YUMA, March 25. tUP)-Yuma
county health authorities today be-
gan the annual program of canine
vaccination in an attempt to check
growth of rabies among dogs.
The immunizationS, directed by
DR.. T. 3. Jones, state veterinarian,
will be administered in Yuma today
through Wednesday, Thursday the
clinic moves to Somerton and on
Friday, to the Wellton district.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-25

scientists. There was a disturbance.
a tornado. on the surface OF the
sun. This was manifest by the
appearance of spots" on the suns
surface, Electrical impulses were
sent hurtling through space. They
never reached the earth. but we're
deflected by the earths atmosphere
some 80 miles away. TO the north
and south poles.
The effect of the collision OF the
impulses with the atmosphere WA
to scramble the man made electrical
impulses travelling through the st.
mosphere. Radio signals became .
roaring static. Long distance tsle-
phone lines were loaded with un-
penetrable noise A cosmic. unseen
Continued on Page ., Co1. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-25

yesterday when there was practi-
cally total blanketing out of
domestic telephone, telegraph and
radio communications and of inter-
continent radio communication. The
cables, too, were disrupted. Early
today, the ocean radio still suffered
with heavy static which made it's
messages almost impossible to read
Engineers of the American Tele-
phone & Telegraph Co.. operators
of the largest system of land wires,
could recall nothing that had dis
rupted the system SO much. Tele-
9raph companies were unable to
send thousands of Easter messages
for hours.
The minute place of earth in the
coSmic scheme was set forth by
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-25
Palm Springs Man
Takes Own Life

PALM SPRINGS, Cal, March 25.
CUP)-Hobart Garlick. ST, owner OF
the fashionable Oasis hotel here,
shot and killed himself at his
home today, police reported.
Garlick had been respondent since
the death of his wife, Isabel Morris
Garlick, in November. 1898. He had
been in i'll health and confined to
his bed for the last two weeks.
Garllck was treasurer of the Cali
fornia State Hotel owners aSSo-
citation for many years. He bought
the Oasis hotel in 1927
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-25
Director Seeks
Control Of Girls

HOLLYWC Cd, March 25. tUP)-
King Vidor, famous film director,
today demanded the return from
France of his two daughters so that
they may be educated in the Eng
lish language and American customs
away from the dangers of the Euro
pean war
His daughters, Antonia, II, and
Belinda, l, now are in southern
France in care of their mother,
Eleanor Boardman, former film
star.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-25
Cafe Operator Describes Black List
Of Places Refusing BoneI|i PayoH

Meanwhile Judge Clarence Kin
caid today continued to May 5, the
separate trials of Fred E. Stewart,
Oakland member of the equalization
board, and Danny RiSsman, skid
row" cafe operator. Both were in
Gicted with Bonelli and the others
but demanded and were granted
separate trials.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-25
0'Dea Estate Row
Postponed Again

LOS ANGELES, March 25. tUP)-
Judge Ruben Schmidt today grant
ed an indefinite postponement OF
the Michael Francis ODea estate
contest because dispositions of -four
Irish claimants to the S5000.000 for
tune had not arrived.
Meanwhile negotiations for settle
ment of the claims of the IA remain
ing cousins" of O'Dea, which caus-
ed delay of the trial two weeks ago
we're continued.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-25

Sutter when he appeared in Mazen-
auerS automobile, bought tW o
ranches, and loaned a friend $500.
Investigation by officers here and
in Imperial county, aided by Har-
old Gillett of the State Bureau of
Criminal Identification, brought
about his arrest.
1t was discovered that Sutter,
after Mazenauer'S death. forged
documents transferring Mazenauers
bank account from FL Centre to
stockton, then drew out the money
by representing himself as Mazen-
aucr,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-25
Court Sets Aside
Negro Conviction

WASHINGTON, March 25. CUP)
The supreme court today set aside
the conviction of Bob White. Polk
county, Tex, Negro, under sentence
lol death ON II rape charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-25
Judge Will Quiz
Suspected Killer

STOCKTON, Cal, March 25. (UP)-Cross- examination
Dominic Suffer- Manteca farm hand accused of murder
delayed today until the afternoon session of the San
Joaquin county court
Superior Judge Marion Woodward, who is conducting
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-25
D AM.!!Ne
x EpORTER

reverse SaleSmanShlp-
Mrs. Percie Thacker's faithful at
tendance at salesmanship classes
puzzled some of her friends.
why do you go to those classes
all the time, Mrs. Thacker?" one
of them asked, you don't sell any,
thing"
Il know it. she retorted. 81 60 to
learn al the Salesman's tricks so I
can increase my sales resistance"
Central Cooling
Thermometers in Imperial Valley
hit the nigh mark for the season
Sunday, ga degrees, but full knoWl-
edge OF that did not prevent Charles
Halliday from sticking to the years
most ridiculous story
He said he spent a delightful
weekend in the Chocolate moun1
tainS, using a pick and shovel to
dig for gold.
Il USED that pick and shovel all
weekend and didn't work up a
sweat" he said. Used them to lean
on, a la WPA?
Who Won?-
The honor of hitting the sunrise
minute on the nose for Easter SUM-
rise services was claimed by Ell
CentranS.
Exactly tthis is their story one
minute after they started their SER
vices AZ 5:45 am. the sun peeked
over tie horizon.
Oh, Pioneers, Sing
CaleX.canS and other valley resi-
dents who attended the services at
Paha Wocanda 20 miles west of
the border city, were called upon to
do some genuine pioneering and
road breaking before they reached
the SITE
The huge truck carrying the
singers begged down in the sand
and mad to be lifted out or the
crowd would have had no music and
the musicians no audience.
Delayed Cooperation
Police Judge Lee Nuffer will be
little late to keep his date with
Sheriff r. w Ware in the appen-
dicitiS section of the Ell Centre
hospital
So long ago that their intimate
friends were little weary of hear
ing about it, they agreed to 90 to
the hospital together. The sheriff
made it Monday morning but Nuffer
can't make it until Tuesday night.
NlIffar isn't Sick his wife said
his physician won't let him take
trip unless he has his ailing ap-
pCndiX removed.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-25
History Reverses
For CQvuIcdde

CAIEXICO, March 25.-The crinkled parchment pages
of history began turn backward Monday as Calexico
donned pioneer rega in preparation for the Desert Cav
alcadc Thursday, Friday. and Saturday.
Flags and banners futtercd in the downtown area and
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-25
Allies PuShinQ
To ShoWd own
II eutrdIS
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS -
United Press Foreign News Editor

The Allied powers sffened their attitude toward Soviet
Russia and the little neutral states Monday in struggle
strangle Germany On the North Sea- central stage Of
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-25
Four Near Death After
Easter Accident: Leroy
Holt Escapes Uninjured
'HoItvi|Ie Residents in Hospital from
One Crash; Former Banker. Superior
Court Judge Unframed in Another

Imperial county emerged from the Easter holidays
Monday without traffic fatality but with four victims
of Ell Centre accident critically injured they die
Four IIoltve residents in the county hospital,
the seriously injured Of the victims of auto
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-25
Auditor Reveals
Staggering Sum
EmbezzI ed Here
580-Pase Transcript Of Grand Jury's
Evidence, Filed Near Press Time, Thought
To Contain Sensational Disclosures

Ell Centre sos during the last five years through
thefts from the city water department, Auditor George
Robertson estimated in grand jury testimony filed IN the
form of a transcript in superior court here Monday.
Filed near press time the 580page transcript promised
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-25

Butter: Los Angeles 29c; but
terfat, Imperial Valley I. o. b. ranch.
grade A. 3Sc; manufacturing milk
32c; route gathered cream 2Sc.
L. A. hay: U. S. No. Sl3.5o-lG
U 5 No. 2 leafy 1850 1880; U 5 No.
2 S1O5O-1l, Mpls. May flax Si.9S.
Evening star., 1940-08-04

break. A pair of youngsters would
be wrestling with no style whatso-
ever until finally one would get
licked with absolutely no excuse for
his defeat. The poor little soul
didn't know enough to break his
opponents hold by kicking him in
the chest and twisting his neck.
1t was one of my first duties to
give these taggers such elementary
education as how to slip out of a
half-nelson and how to get ham,
merlock on the opposition.
Patience Required.
Conditions were even worse when
they boxed Although many must
have attended Sunday school. there
was not one who understood the
simple beauty of a good stiff upper
cut, and some couldn't even tell
the difference between left hook
and right cross to the jaw"
Miss Hawkins determined to cor
rect these deplorable deficiencies in
their education. At first they re-
jected her proffered services as
trainer and sparring partner, hav-
ing natural masculine antagon-
ism to the thought of having a girl
muscle in on the sacred cauliflower
industry, and she had to use pa
tience to overcome this handicap.
Gradually it was done. One by one
Evening star., 1940-08-04

porarily are in abeyance-we had to
keep clear of her territorial waters.
Well out to sea we cruised up the
Vancouver coast, ever wilder and
more desolate Here, 80 miles at sea-
were fleets of fishing boats, many of
them no more than 20 feet long.
They stay at sea for days at time.
Visit Pacific Graveyard.
BY noon we were off Barkley
Sound, up which sailed some of the
earliest settlers of Vancouver, to
establish themselves far inland on
landlocked harbors.
Past Triangle, course is shifted
toward the 60-mile- wide mouth of
Hecate Channel, between the Cana
dian Queen Charlotte Islands and
British Columbia's mainland.
The channel eventually narrows;
there are mountains along both
sides and at $50 we cross the inter-
national boundary into American
Evening star., 1940-08-04
,an Washn gons First Four Years. Has Had Vigorous Ira

as they picked themselves up after
straight left to the button or a
wallop in the solar pleXus from the
Hawkins fist, there dawned in their
black eyes and bruised countenances
a new CLEAN of respect for her, and
their little hearts were filled with
determination to become worthy
citizens and perfect their defenses
for the future.
Il have lost track of them since, y
she sighed. Il know in a vague
way that they grew up and took
various careers. Possibly some of
the better ones may have become
pugilists. No doubt some of the
others became politicians. What
ever they are doing, I trust they
are still grateful to me-"
Does College Work.
After this phase of her career she
entered the University of Washing
ton to study journalism. She also
took a course in penology, inspired
by her understanding of and work
with wayWard boys of the neigh
borhood. The penology became so
much more important than the
Journalism that after her gradua-
tlon she went to. Los Angeles to
take a job as director of play
ground. Her work there was not
nearly so strenuous as it had been
Evening star., 1940-08-04

waters, with an increasing number
of small, densely forested islands
below.
Moor Near Ketchikan.
Capt. Jones "cuts the gun" at 4:04,
at 4:06 we are on the water and at
Alp we moor around the corner
from Ketchikan in sheltered bay
There is yacht waiting to take us
to a town which stands on very long
legs; the whole 4-mile water front is
on piers, there is tioe range of %
feet and it is low water. At Anchor
age the tidal range is &C feet, we are
told, the same as in the famous Bay
of Fundy. At Nome, however, the
range is a mere feet What part
of Ketchikan does not stand on stills
most of its main street is of
planks on piles-is chiseled into the
mountainside. 1t is exceedingly pic
turesque and we are not too regretful
when Gov. Gruening insists that the
Evening star., 1940-08-04

clipper schedule be changed to per-
NIT us to remain here overnight
and continue to Juneau in the morn
ing.
The weather held good on Monday
morning. After sampling the famous
Alaskan salmon berries and huge
blueberries, which grow in a tropical
profusion among the hemlocks,
spruce and jumpers. we boarded
the clipper and took off into a
sunny, dewey morning after night
of showers. The islands and main
land grew progressively more mag
nificent as We headed by Clarence
Strait, past Etolin and Prince of
Wales Islands, past McHenry Inlet
and through -takingly beau
tiful panorama of wild islands, tow
ering mountains and winding chan
nels.
We passed the mouth of Stikine
Strait, cruised alongside the noun
Evening star., 1940-08-04

agreed. But If it becomes neces-
sary I think I'll call a policeman.
Now maybe you'll believe me when
I tell you I am essentially femi-
nine"
You win," said. But what are
your duties?"
Pretty much the same as be-
fore" she replied. More than ever
nowadays the woman's angle is
needed for social problems, espe-
cially those involving domestic re-
lations.
When I go to a home to in
veStigate the very last thing I want
to do is to get tough and make
trouble. Instead 1 want to prevent
it. I want to straignten out diff
culties before they become serious
enough to mean involvement with
the law. 1t is quite human and
natural for some policemen to meas
ure their efficiency by the number
of arrests they get followed by con-
victions, but take an entirely oppo-
site viewpoint and chalk up one vic
tory for each unfortunate that I can
save from being, hailed into court"
Marked Sincerity.
There was no mistaking the sin
cerity Of this kindly Western lady
as she said this. I could not help
but hope that her confreres on the
force would agree with her and not
get upset over her attempts to take
customers away from them. After
all, any fisherman would hate to
have some one come along and
scare most of the fish away from
his best holes. AS If In answer to
the unspoken thought, she contin-
ued:
Women are well accepted in po-
lice work in Washington. although
this is not always the case every
where. My experience has shown
me that without doubt every big
city should have woman's bureau
on its police force. All too many
have merely police matron or two,
and they are not always of a type
competent to give constructive ad-
vice"
"Yours would be sound, I'm sure"
I answered. Have you any sug-
gestions to the public on how to
improve conditions and work your
self out Of job?"
Well" she said, I'D like to see
The Star urge. one thing-clubs to
help wayward children. I know
how they feel and can guess better
than most adults what they'll think
up next If not stopped"
Evening star., 1940-08-04

in the old days in Washington
State, and she had more oppor-
tunity to study the home condi-
tions of the boys from the woman S
viewpoint tempered by masculine
understanding.
About this time the Los Angeles
County Welfare Board was organ
ized to make conditions better for
the lower income groups. She
joined it as a field worker. 1t was
her duty to investigate many fami-
lies and report back with recon-
mendations of what ought to be
done in each case. She learned to
distinguish the worthy from the un-
worthy, the shiftless from the thrifty
and the genuine from the fake. Her
previous experience had been a big
help, and what she learned at this
stage was even more important for
her future.
To broaden her knowledge of what
had now become her specialized
field she volunteered, when a call
came in 1884, to go to Nevada as a
social worker. In the course of her
duties she travelled over every coun-
ty in the State, much of her work
being done right out in the desert,
where she got to know every cactus
plant by sight and quite few by
touch.
In 1885 she took sort of long
distance examination for the posi-
ton of policewoman on the District
of Columbia force. 1t was just a
shot in the dark, and when month
had elapsed and nothing further
was heard of it she shrugged her
shoulders and forgot about it. After
that she travelled extensively, and
among her travels was a trip early
this spring to Buenos Aires.
Called to Capital.
There fate stepped in. The long
shot matured. She got wire from
Washington notifying her that her
application of five years ago had
been accepted-and please to come
on and attend the police rookie
school. She got here as soon as
possible, attended it. qualifying as
a sharpshooter in the process and
passed with flying colors.
What I'd like to know now," I
said. sis something about your du-
ties here. Will you wear uniform,
tote a gun and take up the elusive
trail of Louie the Lug and his pals
or possibly 60 after the gun molls?"
"This is my uniform" she smiled,
"and don't expect to spoil its effect
by adding gun"
"But you can make arrests, can't
you?" I persisted.
Eyes, I have that right" she
Evening star., 1940-08-04

ing fate-the only thing to do was to
make good in a masculine world.
With the rough assistance of the II
boys she succeeded.
Last Barrier Removed.
Discarding all such feminine "trip
peries as dolls, sewing sets and the
like, she plunged into the task.
Gradually she learned how to
throw a stone straight, shoot
marbles and spin tops. So far so
good. 1t was a greater strain to
make friends with toads, snakes,
mice and bugs and keep them as
pets in her room, but she made the
grade. She learned how to put a
worm on a hook, how to wrestle
and box and how to whistle through
her teeth. Her greatest regret was
the sad fact that she had no
pockets that she could stuff with
marbles, fish hooks, strings, sinkers,
chocolate eclairs and dead frogs, but
the boys generously overlooked this
failing. They began to think that
she was almost as good as a boy.
One memorable day, when she
kicked like a steer at having to
wash her hands and face before
sitting down to supper, they went
into executive session, removed the
last barrier and elected her one of
the boys.
Ever since" continued Miss Haw-
kins, "I have in way been one of
the boys, even if do use lipstick
instead of a razor. I hope I have
a good understanding of the mascu-
line viewpoint on life-although I
insist that I am also quite femi-
nine"
Problems Grasped.
From constant association with
her IL cousins and brothers she be-
came interested in the lives and
problems of other boys not so fortu-
nately placed in life-the class that
has since become identified as the
underprivileged. Even at that early
day she could see that something
was wrong. Many were developing
into toughs and gangsters-and all
for lack of proper direction in their
recreational activities, which con-
sisted mainly of violent rough houses
and fist fights. She determined to
do something to help, and here it
was that her upbringing stood her
we'll. She would be able to enter
right into the heart of the problem
not just waste time telling them
not to fight but show them how,
as long as that was their principal
amusement.
'It was really pitiful," she said,
Ito see the ignorance under which
they struggled. They just didn't
know anything. Sometimes I would
sneak up on them when they were
at play, and my heart would almost
Evening star., 1940-08-04

tains on Zarembo Island and into
Sumner Strait, with the famous
Wrangell Narrows opening into the
mountains ahead. We entered Dun
can Canal, which nearly divides Ku-
preanof Island in two, jumped a low
gap between cloud-topped mountains
and cleared the island into Frederick
Sound, with Admiralty Island to the
left. rather indistinct under clouds
and shreds Of fog. We pulled into
Stephens Passage, with traces of
l0,000-foot peaks in the Coastal
Range, cloud -shrouded. visible far
away on the mainland. Our first
icebergs began to appear, spawned
by Taku Glacier.
Entering narrow Gastoneou Chan
mel, discovered by Joe Juneau, whose
name lives in the territorial capital,
We gaped at the 81 100000 abandoned
Thane copper mines and the Tread
we'll mines, still working, with sub