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its 18th anniversary last Wednesday.
Distinguished guests present in
cluded the worthy grand matron,
Mrs. Minnie j. Burdine. and the
worthy grand patron, Edward c.
Steagall. A card and checker party
will be held at the home of the
worthy matron, Mrs. Florence M.
Parsley, l406 1ngraham street NV,
February 3 at 8 pm. The Past Ma
irons and Patrons Association held
their banquet and initiation last
night.
The Matrons mad Patrons Asso-
citation of 1899 will meet at $500 Six
teenth street NV. Wednesday. A
dinner will be served at $50 pm,
followed by a business meeting, elec-
ton of new officers and dancing.
Mrs. Gladys Lannam was installed
as worthy matron of Seat Pleasant
Chapter Tuesday, Charles F. Lloyd
became worthy patron. Mrs. Ethel
Colmus associate matron and Will
liam Schmidt associate patron.
Other officers include Mrs. Abbie
McAfee, secretary; Mrs Laura
Vaughan, treasurer; Mrs. Mary c..
Price, conductress; Mrs Etle Job,
associate conductress; Mrs. Mamie
Geatty, chaplain; Mrs. Annette
Fisher, marshal; Mrs Leona Syl-
vester, organist; Mrs. Martha Smith,
Adah; Miss Charlotte Lloyd. Ruth;
Mrs. Marian Baden, Esther; Mrs.
Pansy Hargett, Martha; Mrs. Marie
Nairn, electa Mrs. Francis Benner,
warder, and Ralph Bradburn, sem
tinel.
Matron Ruth G. Bowdler of Esther
Chapter announces that colored mo-
ton pictures will be shown after the
meeting February /. The Auxiliary
Home Board will have their annual
card party and dance at the new
temple porperty February 2. The
choir will meet at the home of Mrs.
Gene Jones, 5l23 Eighth street NV,
January 30.
The Star Point Society of Miriam
Chapter has elected the following
officers: President, Nellie Jewell;
vice president, Betty Carbaugh; cor
responding secretary. Mildred Nc
Dowell; recording secretary, Martha
Cooper; treasurer. Josephine Bau-
mann. The members are planning
to have rummage sale, with Lillian
Higdon and Ella B. Hunt in charge.
Lafayette Lodge Chapter cele-
brated it's 18th anniversary Wednes-
day night. Guests were Grand Ma
tron Minnie j. Burdine, Grand Pa
tron Edward C. Steagall and the
matrons and patrons of 1910. The
Past Matrons and Patrons Associa-
ton held banquet at the Roger
Smith Hotel on Saturday night. The
following officers we're elected for
the coming year: President, Mrs.
Ruth N. Daniels; vice president,
Harry w. Baker; secretary and
treasurer, Hugh w. Smith. On
Thursday at l o'clock there will be
dessert-bridge party at the home
of Mrs. Virginia Sayer, 5456 Ne
| OraSka avenue NV.
Friendship Chapter will celebrate
birthday night February l3. A card
party will be sponsored by the Ways
and Means Committee February 3
at 4441 Wisconsin avenue at 8. The
monthly luncheon will be held at
4441 Wisconsin avenue February 6,
IL to 1880. The association of the
past matrons and past patrons will
hold a meeting January % at the
home of the president, Mrs. Nora
Riley, SOFT Thirteenth street NV,
7::30 pm.
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other officers for
the jurisdiction
will be elected.
The meeting will
be held in the
a u d / torium of
the I. o. o. F.
Temple, 4l9 Sew
enth street NV.
Grand Master
Leonard e. Ma
son of Mary
land and Grand
M q S ter l.. G.
Hehin of Vir-
ginia will be
prese t with
DELEGATIONS from
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Woodmen SircIe

Willow Grove will meet Friday at
pm. Preceding the meeting mem
berS and their friends will attend a
dinner at the Fairfax Hotel at 6
pm. The Imps were entertained by
Mrs. Elsie Kanney with the assist
ance Of Mrs. Virginia Clark in her
home January II. Mrs. Alice Glib
bons was elected president. Social
and charitable enterprises were dis
cussed, and contribution was made
by the Grove and club to the Mile
O. Dimes campaign and the tu-
berculosis society.
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ton, to be held in Richmond, Va,
Past Monarch Richard T. Umhau;
publicity, Louis L. Prawde. and aide
to the monarch, Lawrence r. Cruick-
shank.
officers and members of Samuel
Gompers Lodge, No. IS. F. A. A. M,
celebrated the 18th anniversary of
the formation of their lodge Tues
day. After short business meet
ing the members went to Almas
Temple. where entertainment in the
form of several wrestling and box
ing matches as we'll as battle royal
were staged by all. Jim McGrath.
radio announced, was master of
ceremonies. The program was under
direction of Worshipful Master
Frank Paley and his committee
chairman, Benjamin Bortnick.
| TrestlebOard.
Monday-La Fayette Royal Arch
Chapter, special convocation, grand
visitation.
Tuesday-Mount Pleasant Royal
Arch Chapter, special convocation
grand visitation jointly with Wood.
ridge Royal Arch Chapter, special
convocation, grand visitation in
Woodbridge.
Wednesday-Columbia Royal Arch
Chapter, special convocation, grand
visitation.
Thursday-Naval, business; Hiram
business; La Fayette, business; vii.
liam r. Singleton, business; Pet
worth, business; Brightwood Royal
Arch, election and installation o1
officers and Royal Arch degree.
Friday-Columbia, business; Leb-
anon, business; Joseph H. Milans
business; Justice, business; Colum-
bia Conmandery, business; Grand
Royal Arch Chapter school OF in
struction.
Saturday-Grand Lodge school oi
instruction.
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EoeIes' Oyster Roost

Fraternal Order Of Eagles, Wash.
ington Aerie 125. will give an oy.
ster roast at Chubby's Tavern. Cen.
trai avenue. Seat Pleasant, Md.
February 4 at 2 pm.
Evening star., 1940-01-28
Duuqhters Of Isabella

The annual card party will be
held at the Washington Club We'd
nesday ct $3.50 PM. the proceeds
going to charity.
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Acacia and Bethlehem Chapters
will be host tomorrow evening at a
reception to Grand Matron Mrs.
Minnie j. Burdine and Grand
Patron Edward c. Steagall at the
Willard Hotel. All members of the
order are invited
Honor guests, in addition to all
past grand matrons and past grand
patrons of the District of Colum-
bia, include Mrs. Minnie E. Keyes,
right worthy grand secretary, and
Flora E. Campbell, right worthy
grand treasurer, of the General
Grand Chapter; Mrs. Isabel T.
Marshall, grand matron, and Harry
A. Best, grand patron of Maryland;
Mrs. Sybl J. Topping, grand matron,
and William M. Price, grand patron,
of Virginia; Representative w.
Norrell, grand patron, and Mrs.
Norrell, grand organist, of Arkan-
sas; Needham C. Turnage, grand
master of Masons of the District
of Columbia, and Mrs. Turnage.
The grand march will begin at
9, with dancing following the re-
ception.
The Star Point Society of Acacia
Chapter will meet February /, 8
pm, at the home of Verna New
port, 432 Upshur street NV, with
the officers as hostesses. Cards and
refreshments.
Mrs. Mabel H. Foley, matron of
Fidelity Chapter, announces the
next meeting on February 6. En-
tertainment and refreshments. On
February 13 the Ways and Means
Committee will sponsor a supper
from S to 7 o'clock at the Eastern
Star Temple.
Matron Maybell L. Herbert of
Washington Centennial Chapter
announces the annual dance and
card party will be Thursday at
Wardman Park Hotel. There will
be a rehearsal of officers Wednes-
day at Z. At the meeting of Feb
ruary degrees will be conferred
and program furnished by the
dramatic club.
Mrs. Alice Golladay, matron of
Gavel Chapter announces that the
next regular meeting will be sur
prise night in honor of the past
matrons and past patrons of the
chapter. The Auxiliary Home Board
will meet February l at 3514
Thirtieth street NV. A novelty
party sponsored by the Home Board
Committee will be held at the home
of Mrs. Alice Golladay February 9.
The Past Matrons and Past Patrons
Association elected for 1910: Presi-
dent. jeanette Praetorius; vice
president, P. H. Goats; secretary
treasurer, Nora Helm.
The annual dance and card party
of Lebanon Chapter will be held at
Wardman Park Hotel Wednesday,
with Harry " Hayden, jr.. chair
man of the committee. Reserva-
tions may be made with Mrs. Mabel
Stott, Adams 2704, for dancing. and
with Mrs. Marguerite Davis, Wood
ley 1914, for cards.
The Star Point Society will meet
Thursday at 805 Richmond avenue,
Silver Spring. Md.
The 1928 Matrons and Patrons
Association held its annual BAN
quet, followed by cards and dancing,
Monday at the Eastern Star Temple
The newly-elected officers for 1910
were installed. President, Mrs.
Marie E. Summers; vice president,
Mendel Behrend; secretary, Mrs.
Loretta Robinson; treasurer, Mrs.
Lula N. Glover.
Bethlehem Chapter was honored
by the election of Past Patron Ed
ward c. Steagall as grand patron
of the Grand Chapter at their recent
session. Worthy Matron Mildred c.
German was appointed grand chap
lain. The annual dance will be held
February 10 at Almas Temple The
Star Point Society will hold its
semi-annual banquet at the Kene-
saw Apartment, Sixteenth and Irving
Evening star., 1940-01-28
Odd Fellows 10 Meet
For Grand Lodge
Session Jan. 81
Grond Master, Officers
For Jurisdiction to
Be Elected

The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
of the District of Columbia will hold
a two-day session beginning jan
uary 81. when a grand master and
Evening star., 1940-01-28

Spalding Council, Knights of Co
lumbus, will meet Thursday in their
clubrooms at the Knights of Co.
lumbus Hall at 8:15 pm, with
Grand knight M. J. O'Callaghan
presiding. Since this is the last
meeting of the council before Lent
there will be a special entertainment
program.
Evening star., 1940-01-28

DeIphions
George Washington Delphian
Chapter will meet Wednesday at 10
O'clock at Georgetown Library.
Evening star., 1940-01-28

Inc FellOWcra1J CluD OF benJd-
min Franklin Lodge recently elect
ed the following officers for the year:
Sol Stichman, president; Allan B.
Baker, vice president; Samuel B.
Brook, secretary; I. Skolnick, treas
urer; D. E. Buchalter, sergeant at
arms, and Nat Summers, captain
OF the Fellowship team.
George S. Foreman, grand high
priest of the Grand Chapter of
Royal Arch Masons of the District.
accompanied by the other officers
of the Grand Chapter, will make the
following visitations this week: Mon
day, La Fayette Chapter; Tuesday,
Mount Pleasant and Woodbridge
Jointly, and Wednesday, Columbia
Chapter, No. l, in the Masonic
Temple.
William G. Keafauver, president
of the Association of Worshipful
Masters of 1896 Perpetuated, an
nounces that they will hold their
January dinner meeting Tuesday
evening.
The Fellowcraft Club of George
c. Whiting Lodge will meet Thurs
day at Georgetown Masonic Temple
At the January meeting Herbert
Stewart was elected president and
Judson George the secretary-treas-
urer.
Kallipolis Grotto at its annual
meeting Wednesday elected: Mon
arch, 6. Walter Umhau; chief justice
Louis L. Prawde; master of cere-
monies, Elmer Stein; treasurer, L
w. Estes, past monarch; secretary
E. w. Libbey, past grand monarch
venerable prophet, Raymond 500;
trustee, w. j. Erskine. past monarch
sentinel, Sidney Feldman.
The retiring monarch, A. Harry
Ostrow, was presented with a pas
monarch's fez and jewel. Monarch
Umhau is a member of Naval Lodge
washington Naval Chapter, R. A
NJ, of which he is a past high priest
Adoniram Council. Royal and Sc
lect Masters; Orient Commandery
knights Templar; Convention o'
Amounted High Priests and thu
Anchor Masonic Club. He announced
the following appointments: Mar
shall, I. Glukenhous; chairmen o
committees. care of the sick, Richare
L. Trice: Supreme Council conven
Evening star., 1940-01-28

The Star Point Society of Acacia
Chapter will meet February l. 8
pm, at the home of Verna New
port, 432 Upshur street NV, with
the officers as hostesses. Cards and
refreshments.
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Joppa Lodge Chapter celebrated
Evening star., 1940-01-28

Mrs Mabel H. Foley, matron of
Fidelity Chapter. announces the
next meeting on February 6. En-
tertainment and refreshments. On
February 13 the Ways and Means
Committee will sponsor a supper
from to 7 o'clock at the Eastern
Star Temple.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-04-26
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company !
(VZAJEMNA SPOLEcNOST) s
FREDERICK ECKER Chairman of the Board LEROY A. LINCOLN President r
Madison Avenue New York N Y |

WINTHROP w. ALDRIcH, New York, n. Y.
Chairman of the Board
Chase National Bank of New York
EDWARD r. STETTINTUS, j., N. !. C.
Chairman Of the Board
United States Steel Corporation
WILLIAM w. CROKER. San Francisoo. Cal.
President
Croker FIRST National Bank
ANGRY HOUGETON. Corning, N. Y.
President, Corning Glass Works
LOUIS s. ST. LAURENT, Quebec, Canada
Member, st. Laurent, Gagne, Deviin 6
TaSchereau, Attorneys at Law
ERNEST z. NORRIS, Washington, D. c.
President, Southern Railway System
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-04-26

We Fort Worth, Texas, pat
nactielty Joe Butler, farmaf-
sky kluk, Sc primal k zavraz-
deni dvacitilete zeny mlekaTe
Clifton Becka, protoze mu Wy
hubovala pro rychlou jlzdu,
kdyz v auto veil d6ti. Mlada
zena, drzfcf kolem krku sveho
ctrnactimes1cniho synka a pla-
cici, byla nalezena umlrajicl
We SVEN domove v osade Axle.
Kluk nejdfiv pravil detekti-
vnm, re Beckova byla strelena
cernochem, kdyz pripravova-
la obed v kuchyni. zena byla
strelena v kuchyni. Kulka pro-
|.jela jeff telo a rozbila nadobi.
JEFF muz pc navratu nasel man
zelku umirajicf v pfednim po-
koji ma dlazbe. Vyrostek Sc
pozdeji primal, re sam zenu
streliI re zadu, protoze mu do
mlouvala.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-04-26
Vitr prestehoval domek.

F. D. Curry, houstonsky kve-
thar, varil kavu v malem Dire
venem domku u Fairbanks "a
silneho vetru a deste. Najed-
nou Sc mu zdalo, re S domkem
vitr zachvel a kdyz vysel ven,
stavenl sedelo ma Zemi sedm
stop cd zaklad1. Curry pra-
vii, re varil kavu ma elektric-
kych kamnech a kdyz vftr do
mex vyzvednul a prestehoval,
re Sc ami kava nerozlila. S Cur
rym bydll uvnitr diva osmnacti-
lett mladlci, z mich jeden be
loch a druhy cernoch. zadne
.jine staveni vedle nebylo pc.
SkOZenO.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-04-26
Tszce zranena.

K velmi bolestnemu zranen1
pTisla Anezka Svitakova, dee
ra manzel1 J. Svitakovych, st.
Pohanl vytahovadlo v Medical
Arts budove We Forth Worth,
a onoho dine mezitim, CO ona
vystoupila ma chodbu, nekdo
jiny vytahovadlo wal, ale il o
tom neTekl a tax kdyz Ona Sc
vracela, spadla do prazdne
sachty. Utrpela zlomeni ra-
meme, tezke zraneni ma hlave,
zadech a take zraneni vnitfn1,
Naleza sc v nemocnici Vsech
Svatych. Jeji stav je velice
vazng.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-04-26
Ma cests ma Floridu zabili Sc
pfi padu.


Diva muzove byli zabiti a dali
81 diva poraneni, kdyz letadlo
Sc s mimi sr1tilo a shorelo v hus
tenn lese nedaleko Higganum,
Conn. o zivot pTisli 41lety
Harry E.. Noyes z oston, Mass,
obchodnfk S auty, a jeden z je-
no zamestnancG, jmenem Ro-
bert Rideout.
Poraneni byli 4Olety Charles
Smith z Marblehead, Mass,
rovnez NoyesIv zamestnanec,
a 38lety John R.. Hartwell z
Brookline, Mass, pilot letadla.
Mali zprerazene kosti a RUNE
-pohmozdeniny, lee jejich IRA
nen1 nen1 kriticke.
Leteli z Bostonu do Palm
Beach, Fla, kde Moves 81 Wy
drzuje druhy svGj domov.
Moves byl tez nadsenym jach-
tarem. Pred dv6ma mesici je-
no 72-stopova jachta "Tioga'
zvftezila pTi vyrocnfch zavo-
dech z Miami do Nassau. Stu
doval v Dartmouth a zanechal
vdovu s dvema detmi.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-04-26

Hornata krajina zahladila
stopu pc uprchle zene Isabelle
Messmerove, cernosske brunei
ce, ktera utekla v noel z veze-
nj okresu Tctor, v Texasu.
Messmerova byla odsouzena
ma tri roxy pro vrazdu base
balloveho brace Buford Arm
stronga. Re sveho vezeni do
stala Sc ven, kdyz nahodou "a
mex u dvefi sc neuzamknul.
Tato zena utekla jiz z polep-
sovny v Clinton " New Jersey
dine 20. ledna 1889 a Arm
strong byl zabit v turistickem
taboTe v breznu tehoz roku.
Dne Z. Tijna byla zatcena v ST,
Louis a dopravena k soudu dc
Texasu.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-04-26

Kdyz Elizabeth Robleyova,
58leta, nakupovala v Cleveland
Heights Sc SWIM manzelem, O.
bratny zlodej il urfzl kabelku
a zmizel nepozorovane sc $40
Zastavili sc v obchode 1851
Mayfield rd., a pax sli k autu.
Teprve kdyz zena vstupovala
do auta, zpozorovala, re koze-
ne poutko cd kabelky bylo Cd
Tfznuto. PAX teprve zpozoro-
vala, re krvaci ma prste, byvsi
Tlznuta asi bTitvou a niceho ne
poc1tila.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-04-26

vzklicenf z nedostatku vlahy
ma podzim a ma pocatku zimy.
Mraziva vlna ma jihozapade
zp1sobila nejake skody ma o.
vsu, kukurici a jecmenu. Sa-
zenf kukurice ucinilo jen maly
pokrok. Kvetne pupeny ma o.
vocnem stromovf byly pone-
kud poskozeny chladnem v jiz
Mich a centralnich oblastech.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-04-26

z La Grange Sc sdeluje, re
.vypomocny pokladnfk Prvnl
Narodni Banky Bollmayer
zproneveril bance obnos ST.
743.79. skoda vsak je kryta
pojistenim. Utrpenou skodu
banka oznamila pojistujfci
spolecnosti, jejiz mfstni jedna-
tel cely obnos lined bance wy
platil.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-04-26
DIR RS

FREDERICK H. ECKER, New York, N. Y.
Chairman of the Board
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
JOHN ANDERSON, New York, N. Y
Chairman, Executive Committee
Charles Pfzer g. Co., Inc.
MITCHELL d. FOLLANSBEE, Chicago, III.
Member, Follansbee, Shorey and Schupp
Attorneys at Law
JOSEPH p. DAY, New York, N. Y.
President, Joseph p. Day, Inc.. Real Estate
LANGDON p. MARVIN, New York, ~. Y.
Member, Emmett, Marvin and Martin
Attorneys at Law
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-04-26

V Hillsboro, Texas, 62lety
Jess Copeland Sc utopil, kdyz
Sc pokousel prebroditi rozvod-
neny potok blackberry pc We
likem deSti.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-04-26
Uhorel.

V Blue Rapids, Kansas, byl
popalen j. w. Kovanda, 82le-
TT, pTi paleni travy a velmi br-
Nv popaleninam podlehl. Ko-
wanda drive bydlel v Humboldt
Nebraska. Vlastnil reZnicky
obchod.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-04-26
PAM Rooseveltova Dude
vyZnamenana.

Pi. Franklin D. Roosevelt OBJ
drzi medailii, jez davana jest
kazdorocne magazinem Ma
ton "a vynikajicl sluzbu We We
CT americkeho socialnlho po-
kroku. Bude il venovana ma
hostine uspoTadane l. kvetna
" New Yorku.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-04-26

WILLIAM L. DE BOST, New York. N. Z.
President, Union Dime Savings Bank
JEREMIAH MLBANK, New Yoek, N. Y.
Milbank 8 Co..
DALTON CORY COLEMAN
Montreal, Canada, Senior Vice-Pres;dsot,
Canadian Pacific Railway
NEWCOMB CARLTON. New York, N. Y.
Chairman of the Board
Western Union Telegraph Company
LEROY A. LINCOLN, New York, N. z.
President, Metropolitan Lite
Insurance Company
HARRY w. CROFT, Greenwich, Coma.
Former Chairman
Harbisop.W alkeg Refractoriss Company
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-04-26
Uhorel pri pozaru krovi.

V New Albany, Ind, 77lety
James Sinkhorn, z okresu
Floyd, byl zaskocen plameny
pri vypalovani krovi a uhofel.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-04-26

THOMAS III. BECK. New York, N. Y.
President. The Crowell-C Collier Publishing
Company
WALTER EWING HOPE. New York, N. Y.
Member, Milbank, Tweed and Hope
Attorneys at Law
SAMUEL w. FORDYCE, st. Louis, Mo.
Member, Fordyce, White, Wayne, Williams
and Hartman, Attorneys at Law
GEORGE McANENY, New Yoek, n. Z.
Chairman Of the Board
Title Guarantee and Trust Company
ROBERT v. FLEMING, Washinston, d. C.
President and Chairman Of the Board
Riggs National Bank
FREDERIC w. ECKER, New York, N. Y.
Vice-President
Me1opolitau Lila Insurance Company
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-22
Germany Repeats
Claim of Success
In Bombing Raids

BERLIN, Aug. % CUP)-German
air attacks on the British Isles
yesterday were described as success
full today by the high command
which said that bombs had blasted
numerous industrial works, ports,
railroads and Is airdromes."
Bomb hits were observed in in
dustrial works at Skegness, Great
Yarmouth, Whitney, Coventry,
Bournemouth and the Port of
Bridlington,' the high command
said.
I'm South h m ton dockyard,
among other things, ship in dock
was hit. During an attack on a
convoy off the east cost of England
we succeeded in damaging one mer-
chant ship by bomb hit"
1t was claimed also that last
night German planes effectively
bombed an airplane factory SOUTH
east of London and an arms fact
ory near Brighton.
British bombers which last night
raided northern Germany caused
Only Slight damage, according to
the high command, which said also
that the British lost seven planes
yesterday while German losses
were placed at six planes.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-22

SHANGHAI, Aug. % (UP)-N. F..
Altman, commander of the American
troop of the Shanghai Volunteer
Corps, appealed today for additional
American volunteers to aid in de-
fense of the international settle
ment.
1t was understood that United
States marine authorities intended
to inaugarate special intensified
training courses for American vol
unteers, who would be assigned
to aid in defending the central part
of the settlement, the important
business and financial district,
which withdrawing British troops
had guarded.
The American consulate general
made representations to the Jap
anese consulate general today con-
cerning damage done to American
property at Chungking, the temp
orary Chinese capital, by japanese
bombing planes.
Usually we'll informed japanese
reported that Japanese army ne
gotiators had completed the draft
of a peace treaty with the Japa-
nese sponsored regime at Marking
which purports to administer ter
ritory occupied by Japan and seeks
to undermine the Chinese govern
ment.
The informants said that the
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-22
LV.Dove Season
Opens October 1st

Dove hunters congratulated each
other Thursday upon receipt OF
confirmation of dove hunting sea-
son in Imperial Valley this year.
The season will be from Oct. l to
Nov. Is, inclusive, according to con-
firmation received by R. B. White
law, secretary-treasurer of the I'm
perial Valley Fish and Game Con-
servation association, from j. S.
Hunter, chairman of the bureau OF
confirmation, and other officials.
Shooting may continue from sun
rise to sunset and the bag limit is
IL.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-22
RAF Claims Direct
Hits on Harbors

CAIRO, Aug. %. CUP)-Direct
hits on ILtalian oil tanks, harbol
works and naval jetties were scored
at Tobruk and Eladem, Italian
North AFRICAN bases, during raids
Monday night, the Royal Air Force
said in a communique today.
The communique said also that
three Italian Savoia 79 planes were
damaged seriously in a British raio
on Sidi Ell Thimi, Libya, yesterday
The South African air force ano
Rhodesian squadrons were said to
have made numerous flights over
Italian Somaliland. According tC
the communique a jetty and hang
ar at Mogadiscio, capital and chief
port of Italian Somaliland, were
hit while direct hits were scored or
buildings and Caproni plane or
the ground at Merka.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-22
British Convoy Runs Gauntlet Of
Biq Berthas on French Coast Cliffs

bombardment of enemy ships during
the war, British men O. war es-
corting the convoy put out smoke
floats to screen the attacked YES
sells.
The thunder of the German guns
shook towns on the English side
of the channeland observers OF
the cliffs here saw the flashes of
the German artillery in long rows
through the haze. There was a
shattering din each time the guns
doomed, apparently firing in bat
teries of four.
The shelling started about II
a. m. -Four great columns of water
leaped up from the sea on the first
salvo.
Eighteen vessels were in the Brit
ish convoy and they were subjected
to the German fire for about 40
minutes.
Fearful of a German aerial at
tack at the same time the convoy
was under fire. British fighter
planes flew over the convoy, ready
to repel any attack from the air.
(Arthur Menken, United Press
correspondent at another southeast
coast port, reported that after es-
Gaping bombardment by the Ger
man artillery the convoy was at
tackled by German dive bombers,
apparently again escaping harm)