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Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
Ell Centro Churches Invite Attendance
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

God the Preserver of Man is
the subject of the Lesson-Sermon
on Sunday in all Churches OF
Christ, Scientist. The Golden Text
is from Proverbs: The Lord giveth
wisdom: out of his mouth cometh
kowledge and understanding
He keepeth the paths of Judgment,
and preserveth the way of his
saints
The Lesson Sermon in C u d c S
these verses about Jesus from Mat
thew: while he spake these things
unto them, behold, there came a
certain ruler, and worShipped him,
saying, My daughter is even now
dead: but come and lay thy hand
upon her, and she shall live. And
Jesus arose, and followed him, and
SO did his disciples . And when
Jesus came into the rulers house,
and saw the minstrels and the peo-
pie making. noise, He said unto
them, Give place: for the maid is
not dead, but Sleepeth And they
laughed him to scoln. But when the
people were put forth, he went in,
and took her by the hand, and the
maid arose"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
Cannons Heard
Off Juqos|avia

-DUBORVNIK, Jugoslavia, Dec.
~. UP)-Heavy cannonading was
lieard today off this Dalmatian
Fart and it was believed British
warships might be attacking italian
transports EN- route to San Giovan-
nj Di Medua, northernmoSt port of
Albania.
Jugoslav scout planes took off and
fleW over the sea in the direction
from which the gunfire was heard
They found no ships but sighted an
oil patch on the surface Of the wa
ter
It was thought possible that the
gunfire might have been anti-air-
craft guns on Italian ships, at
tempting to drive off British or
Greek planes.
The italians, it was said, are US
ing San Giovanni Di Medua as
their major port of entry into AL
bania now because Of heavy bomb
ing Of Valona and Durazzo by the
British.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
Lothian's Death
Viewed as Blow to
British Efforts

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. (UP)--
Lord Lothian's sudden death was
considered today to have been a
serious blow to British negotiations
for more American aid.
The British ambassador died a
few hours after a public appeal for
more aid had been read in his name
while government officials discussed
whether to extend loans or other
financial assistance and to permit
Britain to obtain more American
ships.
Although special missions have
been working on details of short
of-War" aid from this country, it
was Lord Lothian who arranged
for them and negotiated directly
with President Roosevelt on such
important questions as more air
planes, the destroyer-for- bases trade,
and current efforts to obtain more
ships.
President Roosevelt and other
high administration officials voiced
their desire to accord both official
and personal honor to Lord Lothian
whom they praised as British pa
triot and friend of the United
States.
Final funeral arrangements await
ed word from his three sisters in
Great Britain, and the British gov
.ernment. 1t was considered likely
that if they wished, his body would
be returned to Britain by an Ameri-
can warShip.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

LONDON. Dec. IS. (UF)-Shef-
field famous through j1c world
for it's steel, was rocked G7r n9Urc
during the night by Ho.i 'utt2~-
destruction" air raid but today till
was in the war and still working
despite its dead and its rCiuc
Breaking through a new II. 81
fighter patrol along the easter
coast by weight of numbers, th7
German planes in relays attacked
the Sheffield area as anti-aircraft
guns blazed at them.
Other fleets of German planes
attacked all corners of England in
one of their most widespread raids.
The northeast, southeast and south
west coasts, including Wales, and
London and the Thames Estuary
all were attacked. One or more
German planes returned to the
attack on London around dawn to
cause slight damage in one dis
trlct.
A hail of incendiary and explos-
i've bombs broke on Sheffield late
last night and continued for about
two hours and less severely until
early this morning.
There was extensive damage and
there were many casualties. The
shopping center suffered extensive
ly.
Aided by bright moonlight the
Cie!OaDc drOnpnd first i,ocendiorx,
then explosive bombs. They started
many fires. But firemen, working
in disregard of danger, fought the
fires during the worst part of the
raid and overcame them.
a chapel and other buildings
were fired in a northeast coast
town. Southeast coast areas report
ed more activity than for several
nights. Some bombs dropped in
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
Palermo Falls to
Greek Advance

sura front said Italians were Gov
ering their retreat with tanks and
picked units of Alpine troops, fight
ing along the Nemerchka range,
which rises sharply from the Voy-
usa valley between Premeti and
Klisura.
United Press correspondent in
that sector messaged that the Ital-
ians, apparently realizing the i'm
mense strategical importance Of
KliSura, were counter attacking re-
peatedly at heights south of tn
town. He said the Italians were
falling back to Vaiona on the coast.
The newspaper Radini reported
that in the Pogradec sector, in the
north, the Italians had sent in
reinforcements by airplane in an
attempt to hold back the Greek
advance from the Shkambi river
head to the Shkambi ravine, which
runs westward to Elbassan, 20 miles
away. Elbasan is the main point
in the Soddu line, deiending Central
Albania.
The Radini correspondent said
one regiment of Alpini troops said
been destroyed in counter-at-
tack in the Pogradec sector, after
remaining on the front lines without
relief for II days.
The main Greek advance, for the
moment, however, was on the south
Albanian coast.
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British Capture
More Thousands

Fascist troops falling back on the
frontier ''bottleneck" near Sollum
I'm the western desert remanantS
of the beaten Italian army con-
tinue their withdrawal, closely fol-
lowed up by our advance troops"
the communique from general head
quarters sasid
"In addition to three senior gen.
erals reported captured yesterday
two other general officers COM
manding divisions are now in our
hands.
"The number of prisoners also
has been increased by several thous-
and but owing to the area of the
battlefield it is still impossible to
give any precise figures.
"All along the Sudan frontier
our patrols continue to haraSs the
enemy and to inflict casualties upon
him."
(The Sudan frontier area re-
fers to Italian Eritrea and Ethiopia
where there have been operations
near Gallabat and Kassala.
The total of five Italian generals
captured was in addition to one
Italian general killed in the Sidi
Barrani sector on the first day of
the British Offensive.
The British advances, repeatedly
extending almost to the Libyan
frontier, were reported to have re-
suited in seizure of huge quantities
of modern war equipment from the
Italians. Gn London, military ex-
perts said that the British advance
might be expected to slow down
because of sand storms and the need
for overhauling mechanized equip
ment used in the desert. In Rome,
the Italians reported severe bat
ties in progress on the road to
Sollum and in the desert area
southeast Of that border point)
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British Sub Sinks
Supply Vessel

LONDON, Dec. 13. (UP)-The Brl-
tiSh submarine Sunfish has torpe-
doed and sunk a German supply
ship of 1000 tons, the admiralty
said today.
Earlier the air ministry said that
a British plane off the Dutch coast
had dropped a stick OF bombs which
burst amidshipS German supply
vessel of 1000 tons.
The Sunfish torpedoed the supply
ship close to the Norwegian coast,
the admiralty said, and also hit and
damaged an oil tanker of about
1000 tons.
The admiralty said that the sup
ply ship was deeply laden and
probably was carrying a large cargo
of ore to Germany"
"The torpedoes from the Sunfish
we're seen to hit and the enemy
broke up and sank Immediately" the
admiralty said.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
TepeIini Under
Fire by Greeks

STRUGA, Jugoslavia, Dec. 13.
(UP)-F'rontier reports said today
that Greek forces had driven to
positions only about two miles south
of Tepelini and that the situation
of this italian base north of Argy-
rokastron was believed critical
The Greeks were said to be bring
ing heavy pressure to bear on the
Italians, who we're described as re-
tiring from village to village, fight
ing a rearguard action.
Some reports said that the Ital-
ians had started to move troops
north from Tepelini toward the vii
lage of Dukaj, four miles to the
northwest on the road to Valona.
Greek artillery was described as
now in position to bring Tepelini
under fire and civilian casualties in
the town were reported as consider
able.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
Nazis Say Raid
Strongest Yet

BERLIN, Dec. 13. CUP)-WitneSS-
es of last nights German air raid on
Sheffield, great English steel city,
were quoted by well inforced Ger
man quarters today that from the
standpoint of striking power the
attack was greater than the utter
destruction" raid on Coventry.
Witnesses described numerous
full hits on steel mills and other
industrial plants"
Fires could be seen as far away
as the Wash, on the English coast,
rs miles away
An "all out" raid on Coventry
last month inaugurated series of
utter destruction" raids on Bir-
mingham, Portsmouth, Bristo |,
Southampton and now Sheffield.
The Coventry raid had been consid-
cred by the Germans as their peak.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
Italians F!eeinq
Toward Disaster
In Frontier Pass

LONDON, Dec. 13. CUP)-Italian
troops, fleeing in disorder through
western Egypt toward the Libyan
border, are conve1ging on a death
trap at Sollum, it was reported to-
day.
Under mercilesS attack day and
night by British land, air and sea
forces, the Italians are approach
ing a narrow gorge, like the neck
of bottle, between Sollum, on the
Egyptian side of the border, and
Bardia, the italian base on the
Libyan side, it was understood.
The British victory in Egypt was
assuming such proportions, as eX-
perts saw it, that there was specu-
lation whether Benito Mussolini
might not be forced to call out his
fleet in a final attempt 20 stem
threatened disaster.
The Daily Express even suggested
that Adolf Hitler might suddenly
order an attempt to invade Great
Britain in hope of bringing the war
to a quirk end.
He must do it quidkly if he is
to keep Mussolini at the head in
Italy and not find himself attack
ing an enemy much better equip
ped than himself"
British Empire mechanized units,
hty fnn geTt, ~
the Italians both toward the Liby-
an frontier and toward the coast
along which extends the only mo-
tor road to Libya, Royal Air Force
planes were bombing and machine
cunning. day and night, the re-
treating italian troops, their bases
in the rear, and Italian airdromes
and all the time the guns of the
British eastern Mediterranean fleet
were blasting the italian line cf
withdrawal.
The Italian position. it was indi-
Gated, was becoming more precar-
ious hourly as the retreating troops
neared the frontier.
Their sole passage to Libya was
through the Sollum- -Bardia bottle
neck With the prospect that thou
sands upon thousands of troops
would jam toward it, under unceas-
ing attack by land, air and sea
forces, confined in the last stage
to two narrow passes through the
gorge, belief increased here that
The British drive might smash be-
yond the possibility of immediate
repair the italian army of north
Africa.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

ATHENS. Greece, Dec. 13. tUP)-
Greek capture of Porto Palermo
on the Albanian coast, was an
nounded officially today and a
captured Italian commander was
quoted that the Italian command
in Tirana was considering whether
to ack Greece for an armiStlce.
The Itelian commander was quot
'ed in authoritative quarters here
that the italian leadership was split
on the issue of either trying TO
, gain time to reestablish its lines by
asking for an armistice, or with
drawing deeper into Albania in hope
that the Greeks would be halted
by their heightened communlca-
tions lines and the weather, which
is growing steadily worse.
The latest Greek victory, the cap
ture of Porto Palermo, marked an
advance of 20 miles up the Albanian
coast in eight days.
The captured Italian commander
said the Italians planned counter
offensive for the spring regardless of
whether they asked for a winter
truce of withdrew beyond the
Greeks reach.
The Greek advance into Porto
Palermo was headed by Greek ar
mored cars and captured italian
Wight tanks. Experts here doubted
that the Italians could hold Chi
mara, five miles beyond Porto Pal
ermo and now the immediate Greek
objective on that front.
-On the other end of the southern
front, the Italians were reported
falling back from Tepelini along the
upper Voyusa river valley and the
battle was said to be developing
steadily in favor of the Greeks both
before Tepelini and Klisura, a few
miles east. The heaviest fighting
was reported south of Klisura.
Greek correspondents at the Xii
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. 13. UP)-
British forces battering Italian
troops back toward the Libyan from
tier captured several thousand more
prisoners. including two generals
commanding divisions, a war COM
munique said today.
1t was understood that the new
prisoners brought the total cap
tured to at least $4,000 since start
of the offensive.
Previously, more than 10000 Ital-
ian prisoners including three gen.
erals officially had been reported
captured and unofficial sources said
that a much larger number may
have been siezed as the British
land, sea and air forces bombarded
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
Jews Drown When
Shin Founders

ISTANBUL, Turkey, Dec. l3. tUP)
Two hundred Jews including 70
children, drowned yesterday when
their refugee ship foundered in the
sea of MarmOra off Siliviri, it was
reported today. Two life boats con-
tanning refugees sank as the ship
was being dashed to pieces on the
rocks, reports said. 1t was believed
that 1870 refugees we're rescued.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
Soviet Gendarn1es
Fire on Runanians

BUCHAREST, Dec. 13. CUP) -
Military sources reported today that
some persons were killed and some
wounded when Soviet gendarmes
and frontier guards opened fire yes
terday on 5000 Rumanian peasants
on the northern Bukovina frontier.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
STATE ST. CHRISTIAN
5th and State SITS.
EJ,yi,, Cartar naSfor

Church school $50, Ethel Maui
pin, superintendent.
Morning service 10:45. Sermon
Destiny of Man"
j. B. Fisher, cnoir director.
Three c. E. societies, $50.
Evening worship 7:30. Sermon
Where Can Find God?"
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JOHNSON CHAPEL, A. NJ. f.
I89 East State Street
>. A. Amos, pastor

Church school: 9:45; Miss Fera-
lyn Lewis, superintendent
Morning worship: II a. M; Ser
mon: The Unspeakable Gift" Mrs.
Ruth McGregor, soloist
At 800 p. m. Rev. w. M. Fowler
of CaleXico will be the guest speaker
for pew rally service
Allen Christian Endeavor league,
6 p. m.
Evening worship p. m; Ser
mon: The Divine X-Ray."
Christmas exercise and s tree
Thursday, Dec. 10.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Seventh and Orange SITS.
Harold Z. DOty, TIL. B., pastor

Church school 9:45, E. M. Watson
superintendent.
Morning service II. Sermon Your
Spiritual Exercise. Mrs Blaisdell,
Two B.Y.PU. $50.
choir leader.
Evening worship 7:30.-- Sermon
"Is Spiritual Baptism Ever Any
thing but Immersion. Music by
young people. Ordinance of baptism.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
FOURSQUARE CHURCH
Eighth and Orange
Row n p AInarf naSf0r

Church school: 9:45 a. M; G. o.
Anderson, superintendent.
Morning worship: 11:00 a. m. Ser
mon: Courage Special music,
Margaret kaufman, solo.
Crusaders: 6;30 p. m.
Evening worship; 7:30 p. IN. Ser
mon topic; Which Door" Special
music: girls chorus and instrument
tai trio.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
Nozi BIitz Raid
Hits Ste al CITY

ths southwest, including Wales.
a Blazing barcagc Of alti-alrcraft
run fire tGwlrtc1 Nazi planes
wh'ch dropped r,2uy flares over a
Thames Eetuary towl in prepara-
tiCn for bomhi-g.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
HOLTVILLE FIRST CHRISTIAN
9Th at Fern

Carlton G. Buck, pastor
Church school 9:45, T. j. McDon-
aid, superintendent.
Morning worship H. Sermon Re
building Family Affairs" Music by
Frieda Helen Buck.
Five c. F.. societies $50 p. m.
Evening worship 7:30.-- Sermon
Ready for the Masters Use"
Duet, Mrs. Fred Heisner an d
James Ryerson.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
8th and Orange
X. c. Rogers, pastor

X. {. Rogers, pastor
Church school 9:45, Lovejoy Irwin
superintendent.
Morning worship II. - Sermon
More Precious than Gold
Music: Mrs. Woodrow Preece.
N. Y. P. S. The Five Ships" $50.
Evening service 7:30.- Sermon:
DR.. A. E. Sanner of Pasadena, supt.
southern California dist, speaks.
Solo: r. G. Rogers.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
Sixth and Orange

George w. Thomas, d. d., pastor
9:45 a. m.-Sunday school; Mrs.
Stephen B. Her, superintendent.
Morning worship: II 100 a. m. Ser
mon: "Articulate Christians" Solo,
William F.. North.
Christian Endeavor: 600 p. m
Evening service: 7:30 p. m. with
MethodiStS at Methodist church.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
SEELEY COMMUNITY
p I. Smith. DaStOr

IL DTfIINfT, PhSVOT
10 a. m.-Bible school, Mrs. p. j.
Smith, Supt.
lla. Worship service; topic,
Does God Care?"
6:30-Two Christian Endeavor
societies.
7:30-Evening service, moving pic
lures, Rev. o. L. Bodie of San Di-
ego in charge
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
l.. d. S. Church (MOrmOn)
John X. Adams, branch pres.
Veterans Hall

Sunday school, 10 a. m.
Priesthood meeting, 1870 a. m.
Sacrament meeting, 7:30 p. m.
Relief society, Tues, p. m.
Primary association, Wed, $3.50
,. m.
M. l. A., Wed., 1880 2. m.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
ST. MAkY'S CATHOLIC
Fifth and Orange
Father w. F. Clayfu, pastor

Masses Sunday, and 10 am.
Week days, 7:50 am.
Catechism instruction Saturday,
10 am.
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GRACE LUTHERAN
8th and Holt SITS.

Rev. Paul Neipp, pastor
Bible class $50.
Morning service 10:45.
Sermon 1.-The Parable of the Two
Debtors
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ASSEMBLY OF GOD
10th and Park

Church school 9:45 a. M, Martin
superintendent.
Morning worship: HOO a. m.
Young peoples society: Gas p. m
ENangelistic services, 7:45 p. m.
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FIRST METHODIST
Eighth and Olive

DIR. w. A. McCleneghan, pastor
Church school 9:45.
Morning worship IL. Sermon topic
"Preparers of the Way"
Special music by Georgiana Sones
Mrs. Grayce Percy and choir.
Epworth league and Wesley club
$50.
Evening worship 7:30.
Choir Christmas musicale. Pres
byterians will worship with Method
lists.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
SALVATION ARMY
636 Broadway

636 Broadway
Adiutant James Pylant in charge.
Jail service, 9 am, county jail.
Sunday school, 10 am.
Holiness service, IL am.
Young people, $50 pm.
Open air service, 7 pm.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL
Rev n ". Ellsworth. vicar

5th near Orange Streets
Holy Communion, 7:30 am.
Choral Eucharist, IL am.
Church school, Sat, 10 am.
II. S. Girls Guild, $50. Sunday
Choir rehearsal, We'd, Z pm,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

CHEVROLET SO Master Coupe.
Car completely recOnditiOned
in our own shop, new finish,
color harbor gray, new up
holstery, none finer.
Old price 1925 500
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Evening star., 1940-02-04
along the Danube before Turkey and

along the Danube before Turkey and
the allies could land any appreci-
able forces on Rumanian soil or
overcome a Bulgarian resistance
which might, II thus assured Of
early and powerful aid, put UP =
desperate fight. What neither ma
ton could perhaps safely attempt
alone, both together would have .
far better chance Of accomplish
ing.
The one situation which might
check such an attempt-might not
only defeat 1t. but would be likely
to overawe the Bulgarians-would
be determined stand on the part OF
Yugoslavia, backed by italy. against
1t. In collaborating with Russia in
an invasion of Rumania. Germany
would have to run the risk OF In
viting active italian hostility. Thus
the Balkan situation remains con-
fused and uncertain, subject to the
interplay Of many forces and many
interests, with the military factors
largely dependent on political ad-
justments. Rumania's position, In
particular, is not happy one, but
then neither is Bulgaria's.
OF one thing we can be certain
both at Belgrade and at Rome, the
Evening star., 1940-02-04
In any military adventure in the
BaIkans which she cannot be cer-

In any military adventure Ia the
Balkans which she cannot be Ger
tain Of bringing to 4 swift and VIC
torious conclusion with decidedly
limited forces. It would be one
thing to quickly overrun Rumania
with 20 or 80 divisions. 1t would be
another to become involved In a
long, desperate struggle with a
Turko Rumanian combination,
backed by reinforcements from the
allies middle eastern armies. The
latter result might well prove such
drain on German strength as
fatally to weaken her position IN
the west.
Germany took great Garland
some risk-to make sure Of avoid
ing such a lengthy involvement in
Poland. She is hardly likely DELHI
erately to invite, under more difh-
cult conditions, similar involve
ment in Rumania. But it may be
well to note that just as Russia pro-
vided the reinsurance" which made
doubly certain the result Of the
Polish campaign, so Russia is in a
position to do likewise in Rumania.
A joint German-Russian attack
on that country would have every
chance of establishing itself firmly
Evening star., 1940-02-04
BY the Associated Press.

6y tne ASbOClAIeu FIeos'
NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-A dozen
years ago Mary Carolyn Davies
wrote poems that heaped gold upon
her, and she drank the wine OF pub
lie praise. Today she was too Ill to
write. Her purse was empty and
she had no food.
The poet-novelist was found sick
and emaciated In q bleak little hall
bedroom, packed with manuscripts
and little else.
Almost hysterical because her
plight had become public knowledge,
she said she still had poems IN her
heart but not quite the strength
just now-to make them come out.
II thought I'd say nothing" she
said. II wanted to keep going-to
fight it out by myself. I've licked
other things. I can beat this"
Doctors said the poet is suffering
from anemia. Her neighbors say
she has too little food.
Evening star., 1940-02-04
Mary Carolyn Davies, Poet,
Found Sick and Destitute

Illness of her mother several years
ago followed by her own illness
gnawed her resources away and
slowed her facile pen-she once
turned out enough verse to keep
six stenographers busy-until now
she depends on home relief for
1885 a week rent and $3.50 weekly
for food and medicine.
She said she would Tight back,
and those who thumbed through
her poems today believed her, be-
cause. they found this:
I am alive and I am young,
There is gladness on my tongue,
And my lips are red"
Evening star., 1940-02-04
Girl Students Amiss
On Economic Terms
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROCKFORD, ILL.,, Feb. 3.-Prof
Memo Lovenstein Of the Rockford
College faculty asked students to de-
fine . number Of economic terms
Some Of the girls came up with:
Fixed capital - stationary city
where the Governor lives.
Cumulative stockholm 900 guinea
pigs.
Elasticity Of demand - woman &
prerogative.
Latent competition-lying down
on the lob.
Evening star., 1940-02-04

allies and the Germans are striving
desperately for advantage. The de-
cisions to be taken at Belgrade, and
their results, may well determine
whether the allies will succeed In
opening up . new eastern front
giving scope for offensive operations
against Germany, as they undoubt-
edly desire to do. II they accom-
plish this, they have taken a long
stride forward toward victory.
(copyright. 1e40, New York Tribune, Inc.)
Evening star., 1940-02-04
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