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The Key West citizen., 1940-11-12

Thomason, 200 pounds of cast
iron, start running with the ball.
Promptly he became one of the
leagues top ground gamers. His
average, through six games. was
slightly better than eight yards
per carry. He specializeS on deep
reverseS. Coach Homer Norton
calls it a toSs-up between Kim
brough and Thomason when you
ask who is his most valuable
man.
The Texas Aggies are a better
football team than the one that
won No. l rating in the nation
last year. They have added ex-
perience. They have poise. They
have been through eighteen
straight triumphs without ma
jor injury. They are conditioned.
They can go either way-as
witness their 875 yards gained by
ground. TAI yards by air.
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-12
BASEBALL TWIN
BILL FORFEITED
RESUME OF GAMES PLAYED
BY ISLAND CITY LEAGUE
FURNISHED HEREWITH

Information supplied by mana
gers of teams in the Island City
League reveals that the double
header of baseball scheduled for
Sunday afternoon at East Martel-
10 Tower was. not played due to
failure of two of the teams not
appearing on the field
Key West Conchs claim a for
felt from the US. Marines and
Pirates from the Troians.
A resume of all contests played
by clubs in the league follow:
September Is
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-12
SPORTS CALENDAR
SOFTBALL GAMES
IBayview Park Field. Zoo pm.

TOMORROW NIGHT
First Game-VP53, visiting, VS..
CCC, home.
Second Game-NavSta, visit
ing, VS.. BomberS, home.
FRIDAY NIGHT
First Game-U.S. Army, visit
ing. VS.. VP53, home.
Second Game-NavSta, visit
ing, VS.. Peppers Plumbers, home.
MONDAY NIGHT
First Game-U.S. Marines, Wis
iting, VS.. CCC. home.
Second Game-Pepper's Plumb
erS, visiting, VS.. BomberS, home
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-12

1st Game:
Marines forfeited to ConchS.
2nd Game:
Trojans forfeited to Pirates.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09

Harding school 257 and the court
house 285.
Meanwhile, voters in every one
of Imperial Valleys Incorporated
communities exercised their voting
authority. Councilmen, clerks and
treasurers will be chosen in each
Voting. however, was not SO heavy as
in Ell Centro.
On the basis of a 60 per cent
vote of Ell Centro's 4494 registered
voters. election observers expected
at least 270O to vote. Because of the
heated nature of the campaign and
the fact that machine politicians
as we'll as rival camps have beat the
bushes for ballots, the number may
go even higher.
AT any rate, a record was almost
III the bag. On the basis of news
paper figures in other years, the
largest vote so far in a similar
municipal election was recorded in
1884 when 2478 cast ballots. Roy Wo-
mack was elected at that time with
1885 votes, Herbert Fawcett by l12O.
Official figures were unavailable
in many instances.
Highest single vote for candi-
date was recorded in 1886 when Har-
ry SoneS was elected by 1926. At
that time Gordon Scriven polled
Continued on Page 8; Col. 4)
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09
Primaries Watched
As Signposts on
Presidential Road
BY UNITED PRESS

District Attorney Thomas f.
Dewey and Senator Arthur Vandon-
berg, rival candidates for the Re-
publican presidential nomination,
opposed one another in the Nebras-
ka preferential primary Tuesday.
At the same time, Illinois Demo-
cratic voters chose between President
Roosevelt and Vice President John
NJ Garner in preferential primary
in that state. Dewey was unopposed
in the Illinois Republican primary.
An outstanding victory for Dewey
over Vandcnbcrc comparable to his
victory in Wisconsin last week,
would be a powerful impetus to his
candidacy and a corresponding set
back to that of VandenberG, politi-
cal observers agreed.
In Illinois, Mr.. ROO5evelts candi-
dacy was backed by the states two
big Democratic machines whose
leaders predicted an overwhelming
preferential vote for the president.
The primary is not binding and
Garner forces said they were in the
primary merely for window dreS S.
ing" to their plan for capturing the
state delegation when it decides
which candidate to support.
In Nebraska, Mr.. Roosevelt was
unoppoSed in the Democratic prl-
mary.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09
Foreign Experts
Believe Big Scale
War Under Wav

WASHINGTON, April 9. (UP)-
Members of the senate foreign re-
lations committee today expressed
fear that the German invasion of
Norway and Denmark marks the
beginning of large scale warfare.
Sen. Guy NJ Gillette, D.. Iowa,
said that the invasion indicated
Germany was feeling the effects OF
the German blockade. She finds
such action necessary to protect her
lines of supply he said. Il antici-
pate some similar step in the Bal
kans before long
Asserting that the British block
ade cut off a vital life line" for
Germany, Sen. Walter F. George, D..
Ga, said: Il suppose it means the
beginning of the war on a large
scale"
The senators did not believe that
the new German action would in
flame American opinion for entry
into the European war. Sen. Tom
Connally D.. Tex, said that the in
vasion will naturally arouse Amcri-
can partisans of both sides, but the
sentiment for peace in this country
is too strong to permit our being
dragged into the war"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09
Squabb|e, Accident
Hurt Woman, Send
Husband TO Jail
She Jumped, He Says; He
Tossed Her Out, Cops
Believe After Inquiry

BRAWLEY, April 9. - A
family fight and a traffic ac-
cident near here last night
sent a woman to the hospital
her husband to Jail, and their
automobile into a canal.
Mrs. Turner Head was in a criti-
cal condition in the Community
hospital today. She was unconscious
as a result of head injury Officers
believed her husband struck her on
the head with wine bottle during
a family fight. Head, held in the
BraWley Jail on charge of drunk
driving, said she was injured when
she jumped out of their car when
1t went out of control.
After she jumped, Head was quot
cd as saying, he tried to back the
car around SO the headlights would
shine on her. In doing SO he backed
the machine into canal four miles
north of East Main street on the
lockwood road.
Highway Patrolman Walter Walsh
said motorists told him they saw
her lying beside the road short
distance from the accident scene
and about half an hour before the
accident occurred, When they Of
fered help, they said, Head put her
in his car and drove away. Walsh
jailed Head on charge of drunk
driving and assisted deputy sheriffs
in their investigation of the family
fight.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09
Here's Job for
One Census Tdker

PHOENIX, April 9. (UPD-D
Kelley Turner. census director for
Arizona, left today to arrange fol
the population count in the lonely
stretch of land lying between the
Grand Canyon and the southern
border of Utah.
The area is described as one OF
the most inaccessible in the United
States.
To reach the section, Turner must
travel to Boulder Dam cross into
Nevada and come back into Arizona
at the town of Littlefield on U. S
highway 81 at the northwestern tip
of the state.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09

> moved over the Danish border ana
by am. Copenhagen was in Ger
man hands. simultaneously Ger
man troops landed in Norway, Ger
man warships blasted at Norwegian
coast defenses, German airshipS
bombed Norwegian cities-but Nor
way fought back.
Quickly the Allies moved to aid
Norway. Hasty telephone confer
enceS between Paris and London.
hasty war cabinet and war council
sessions decided on immediate
action. Already Allied aid is en-
route to Norway.
Every capital in Europe was on
the alert. SO was Washington and
far off Tokyo. The question on the
lips of high officials and common
citizens alike was: does this mean
long dreaded total war will come?
Certain it was that the Allies were
preparing urgent and drastic counter
measures. British naval units, scat
tered up and down Norway's long
coast, were reported going into
action against German -warSlip6,
transport ships and landing parties.
Germany announced her action as
protective" Propaganda Minister
Paul Joseph Goebbels went to the
microphone of the German radio to
announce Germany would not use
Scandinavian nations as bases for
operating against Great Britain
unless the British compel" such
action.
Germany announced its action as
in retaliation for the Allied sur
prise of yesterday when mines were
laid in three fields within Norwe-
gian territorial waters.
But there was every indication
that the move into Denmark and
Norway had been long planned and
with the same precise attention to
detail and time table efficiency that
marked the German Blitzkrieg on
Poland. the invasion of Austria and
the march into CzechoSlovakia.
French reports tor some days have
mentioned unusual military move
ments along the German Baltic
coast and today it was said that
practice landing and unloading op-
erations had been carried on by
German troop units for weeks.
The German attack was carried
out by a flotilla estimated at up
wards of 100 vessels, comprising
warships, troop transports, mine
layers and auxiliary ships.
The flotilla was believed to have
left German ports before the Allies
laid their mines yesterday. All day
yesterday it moved up through the
Danish straits, into the kattegat
Continued on Page 8. Col 81
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09
Forgers Told TO
Remain Apart

An order that they stay away from
each other for three years was in
cluded in the probation requirements
issued in superior court Tuesday in
the case of Kenneth Stevens and
Claire D. Leach, convicted of four
counts of forgery in Imperial county
They will have to go to San Quen-
tin penitentiary if they fail to pay
back the money they obtained on
the checks they passed in E1 Centro
Brawley and Imperial. Leach will
have to go to Jail if he fails to pay
a $3.50 fine. In addition they will
have to observe all the moral and
social obligations included in all
probation orders.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09
british Throw Naval MiQht
Against Germans: Fighters
At CRIBS i'm Aerial Test
London Announces
Good News Likely
Within FewHours
BY UNITED PRESS

Germany occupied Den :
mark W t hout resistance
Tuesday, invaded embattled
Norway in a lightning offen-
sive on the southern and western
coasts and challenged the combined
allied naval and aerial forces.
Unconfirmed reports from Paris
said Germans had landed in SWed-
en-, as well.
Meanwhile, Great Britain and
France rushed powerful air ar
mada and naval fleet to Norway
Reports we're broadcast from Stock
holm, Sweden, that an air battle
was in progress between British and
German planes, and that a set
battle was raging somewhere off
the Norwegian coast.
A United Press correspondent in
Oslo, Norway's capital that is now
| occupied by German forces, report
ed air battles between British and
Nazi planes over the city. Germans
occupied Oslo and the south coast
of Norway as the Norwegian troops
fell back
The British admiralty confirmed
in part reports that naval battle
was in progress and added There
is reason to believe that good news
may be forthcoming
The Norwegian government with
drew from Oslo to Hamar, to the
north, after declaring war, while
its troops fought OFF an invasion
that spread from Oslo to far-north-
ern Narvik.
Berlin explained the invasion as
protective.
An air battle between British and
German planes was in progress off
the Norwegian coast, the Stockholm
radio announced shortly after the
British government had declared
that Britain and France were rush.
ing full aid to Norway.
German troops occupied the Nor
Wegian capital, surrounding the pub
lie buildings ana communications
ccnterS. Fleeing residents were or
dered to return to Oslo.
The Nazi invading forces already
had moved into all important areas
of Denmark, passing through Jut-
land to Aalborg, the main town in
northern Jutland. German planes
landed on Danish soil, from which
Continued on Page 8; Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09
Lady Bug Roundup
New Western Slant

BlSBEE, April 8. tUP)-ItS round
up time here, but the subjects to be
corralled are not horseS-they're
lady bugs.
County Agricultural Agent Mark
Bliss, stationed at Wilcox, reported
That a great number" of lady bugs
we're wanted for export to the Salt
River Valley where potato crops are
threatened by aphis.
Lady bugs, Bliss said, are mortal
enemies of aphis. The insects are
said to abound in hordes in the
western part of ChochiSe county.
The problem is to catch them and
send them to the Salt River Valley.
Bliss said lady bug cowboys
would be paid for any of the insects
they. "corralled,"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09

INTO the Quadfuple hammer QeaCnS.
Winfred Joel Needham, ambulance
driver, said the blonde, blue-eyed
girl was very calm when he entered
the Davis home last Thursday. She
pointed out to him where each
member of her family lay and coolly
told him all the information he
Wantcd NcCdham testified.
"WC were shocked that she could
ten those things Needham said.
"Shc told 1t that her mother mad
mt hCr IN the Bathroom
"Shc SAID She sat by her mother
for half an hour as her mother tMrS,
Lolita Davis, 361 tried to burn her
hair. Chloe told me she had blown
out the matches for her mother.
my little brother marquis, 81
isn't moaning any more" Needham
said Chloe told him.
My sisters. Daphne, 8, and De-
bOrah Ann, e., moan once in a
while"
AT the hospital where the two
sisters and Chloe were taken, Need
ham said the buC-cycd child shock
cd and amazed all listeners" when
she said:
oh boy, | sure saw something
this morning.
-Four murders right in front of
my eyes!'
Chloe told police her mother beat
the three children with a hammer,
Continued on Page 8: Col. s.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09
Get the Returns
Who was elected?

Who was elected?
Until I o'clock Tuesday night
(tOnight the answer to that
question will be locked in the
ballot boxes in Ell CentrO. After
that hour, however, the "cat will
be out of the bag, so to speak,
and the Post-Press offices will be
the best place to learn how the
vote is going.
All candidates, as well as vot-
ers, will be welcome to sit in as
returns are phOned in at inter
walls by Post-Press staff members
located at each precinct.
If the election boards move
with normal speed, definite re-
suits should be known by 10 pm.
The Post-Press will not publish
an extra edition.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09

that Germany's forces would guar
antee that the Scandinavian coun-
tries would mot glimpse British
or French face for the duration of
the war;
The high command communiQlle
said that no incidents occurred an.
ing the landing and march of NM
troops into Denmark.
"On the Norwegian eoast ~ en1f
considerable resistance M nonr
OSLO" the cosnmunique sat6. s3&(o
resistance wss broken this a1tegUoo1
and Oslo was occupied" Il. 4.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09
NORWEGIANS SINK
TWO GERMAN SHIPS

LONDON, April 8. CUP) - The
Stockholm radio said tonight that
an official Norwegian report from
Oslo announced the sinking of two
German naval ships by the Nor
Wegiaos. Quoting the Norwegian
report, the Stockholm radio said
that during the night three Ger
man naval ships had arrived at Oslo
Fjord.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09
NuziS Boast Scandinavia
Won't See British Face

BERLIN, April 9. tUP)-Germany
annouhCed today that Nazi armed
forces had "protectively" occupied
Danish and Norwegian territory
after fighting in the Oslo zone and
bombardment of Kristiansand and
that the Nazi air force was guard
ing the Norwegian coast against any
Allied challenge.
Military operations are being
carried out according to plan,' an
authorized source said after the
high command had announced the
peaceful occupation OF Denmark
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09

MOSk admitted signing a $236
check on the governors secret fund
witch later was cashed by R. E.
sSshell an investigator connected
with the spying on Garland, but the
executive secretary reiterated this
was for previous, legitimate inves-
tigation of prospective appointees.
mo money has been paid by me
or anyone else in the governors
office for dictagraph equipment or
for service in connection Herewith"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09

MoSk said.
Mosk's statement was prompted by
rumors he was about to quit, fol-
lowing the resignation of Director
OF Motor Vehicles Howard R. Phil
brick, who was implicated in the
dictagraph incident, and announce
ment OF Charles F. Henderson, mill
tary aide to the governor, that he
probably would resign in the near
future.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09

and the occupation of all important
Norwe5ion bases. Oslo was occupied
by German forces, the high com
mand announced.
1T can be assumed that resistance
in Norway has ceased by now" an
authorized NaZi source announced.
The Nazi air force is forming a
flying curtain" along the coast Of
Norway and Denmark and in the
Helgoland bay for protection against
any counter-action by Great Britain
or France, and Foreign Minister
Joachim Won Ribbentrop promised
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09

attached to the order in view OF
the special cabinet meeting.
Earlier in London, foreign re-
ports that British expeditionary
force was enroute to Scandinavia
following the German invasion OF
Denmark and Norway were deniedJ
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09
FRENCH REPORT
NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS

PARIS, April 9. fUP)-Engage-
ments are occurring at several points
off the Norwegian coast between
Allied and German naval units the
foreign office said in its daily bull
letin today. The foreign office said
that the engagements were oc-
curing under particularly heroic
conditions because the sea is very
rough and gale is blowing"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09
375Fami|ies on
Relief Here

A total of 375 families or l,4OO
individuals received relief from the
SRA in Imperial county this week,
Director Ned Holmes said Tuesday.
The total dropped from 600 fam
lilies which were on the relief rolls
last week.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09

Far From Home
Nothing like the power of the
press! CThe politicians will prob
ably be making cracks about that
phrase by nightfailD
When news story recently quot
ed NaSagaWeya, Ont, as the hamlet
where Mrs Annie Swami of near
Ell Centro was we'd, Mrs. Swami
never imagined that anyone in I'm
perial Valley would know of the
towns existence.
Imagine my surprise when some
days afterwards a couple from Holt
vile appeared and the man said he
was born near there!" Mrs. Swami
wrote RR Tuesday.
IF there are any stray Nasaga-
Weyans SO far from home I would
certainly be glad to hear from
them"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09
Flashes from
The New Front
UNITED STATES
SUSPENDS TRADING

NEW YORK, April 9. CUP)-For-
NAL suspension of trading in Danish
and Norwegian currencies was Or
dered here today by the semi official
foreign exchange committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09
Lons-Planned Campaign |ndicatedby
Speed, Efficiency Of Troops Striking
Into Norway, Denmark: Aims Uncertain
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS
United Press Foreign News Editor

German military might struck into Scandinavia Tues
day with that sent tremors throughout Europe
With clock-ike speed and efficiency German troops
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09

Tho special cabinet meeting ended
abruptly session of parliament
and came after the government had
ordered all military leaves Cancelled
Officially it was explained that
cancellation of the military leaves
was merely a precautionary man.
euver. However, it was felt generally
that greater significance could be
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09
Won't Quit Says
Olson Secretary

SACRAMENTO, April g. (UP) - NJ Stanley Mosk,
executive secretary to Gov. Culber Olson denied today
he has any intention of resgnng his position declaring
he is not involved in any in the planting of cagraph
in the hotel rooms of Assembly Speaker Gordon Garland
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09
Girls Unnatural
Calm in Murd erS
7 cid at InQueSt

LOS ANGELES, April g. (UP)-Choe Davis, II, told
hospital attendants after her mother, two sisters and
brother had been found slain "Oh boy! sure saw some
thing this morningfour murders right in front of my
eyes, testified today the coroners inquest
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09
Dutch Cabinet in
Special PdrIeV

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, April g. (UP)-An
extraordinary cabinet meeting called late today to
consider quarters said reports that large British
fleet carrying expedonary army, seaming north
ward close to Dutch territorial waters.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09
OSLO RADIO SAYS
NEW GOVT FORMED

STOCKHOLM, April 9. ,UP) -
The Oslo radio station reported
tonight that the Norwegian govern
ment had resigned and that gov
ernment of national defense" would
be formed. with the occupation
of Oslo by German troops, 1t was
presumed that the radio announce
ment was German-Sponsored)
BERLIN SETS UP
PUPPET GOVERNMENT
BERLIN, April 9. (UP)-The Off
cial news agency reported from Oslo
tonight that Vikdun Quisling, lead
er of the anti-CommuniStic national
union party, had declared himself
head OF new Norwegian govern
ment.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09
D AMBl'Ne
x Ep0RTER

Treading Water
Most amusing touch of the cleo
ton RR has noticed yet was Mon
day night when candidates and
campa.guers worked like demons
on the Eastside, garnering votes.
A good percentage of the "voters"
they rounded up were not even
registered!
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09
Ballot Total Nav
Top 5000 Figure
In City CamPaisn
1900 Cast Votes in County Seat During
Morning Hours; Other Towns Show Less
Interest in Selecting Officials

legion of Ell Centro voters that may top the 5000
mark for atme record in municipal ballong marched
TO the polls Tuesday to select three councilmen CITY
clerk and treasurer.
Voting started in volume as as the polls opened
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09
BERLIN SETS UP
PUPPET GOVERNMENT
AMERICAN VESSELS
ORDERED HOME

WASHINGTON, April 8. CUP)-
The American Scantic line has Or
Continued on Page 8; Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09

rat d'III. lIIe PUIIS VIII TtmaIn
open until pm.
Shortly after noon Tuesday 1900
had cast their ballots. The city hall
precinct reported 285, Mckinley
school 2l0, Washington school 100
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09
TravclOguc--

Remember the turtle with the
chain that turned up at Mrs. Wooda
BleSy'S home? 1t has moved on
ward and now is at the M d. Chap
man home a mile and a half north
of Ell Centro on Fourth street. 1t
doesn't belong there, either.
Just to keep you informed.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09
War Paint

War Paint
Ralph Reynolds may look a little
green around the giilS, but he's only
i'll about $398 worth.
Ralph was painting on step
ladder the other day when some
thing slipped Gncluding Ralpn and
when he landed a gallon of green
paint landed, too--on his head!
1t took gasoline and turpentine
in liberal doses to bring him around
to point somewhere close to recog-
nizable.
Il don't mind being green but
think of wasting that $3.98 l paid
for the paint" was his complaint
Miscalculation--
Besides compass and a chrOnO-
meter Hans Merklcin, Fred Sterling
and Noel Smith should have had
an cupboard motor with them when
they did a little pioneering last
weekend.
The courageous trio started out
in roWboat launched in the Colo
RADIO river at Blythe and sent their
automobile and trailer Oh to I'M
perial dam, which they expected to
reach Sunday night.
At in the afternoon the mariners
were only halfway to the dam. They
made the best of it by hitchhiking
TO palo Verde, only to realize that
all their CurrCncy was with the
Continued on Page 8; Col ID
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09

Butter: Los Angeles 27c; but
terfat, Imperial Valley Z. o. b. ranch,
grade A 36c; manufacturing milk
3Oc; route gathered cream 26c.
L. A. Hay: U. s. No. l $f4-14.50'
u. S. No. 2 Ieafy S13-14; U. s. No.
2 S11-S11.5O; Mpls. Sept. flax $3.50.