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Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-27
Weather Bureau
Says New Storm
Will Pound Coast
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towed to port by a coast guard
cutter, but the Point Arena guards
men were not sighted until early
Friday morning.
The sharp eyes of Arden Grey,
warehouSeman of the Standard Oil
company at Fort Bragg, led to the
rescue of the ten men. He sighted
their craft three miles at sea and
telephoned the coast guard.
Meanwhile, giant breakers pound
ed the Pacific Ocean front, and
streams were running bankful from
days of incessant rain. At Redondo
Beach. combers 25 feet high whip
ped two houses to pieces and dam
aged Is more. At Long Beach en-
gineerS fought to save the Belmont
peninsula and its 20 homes from
being cut off the mainland by the
the waves. Breakers had smashed a
bulkhead protecting the Belmont
shore area and we're Showering salt
water over the homes and gardens
behind it.
Two homes were destroyed by
pounding waves at Ocean Beach,
near San Diego, and work was
rushed to provide a protection for
Ocean Beach homes from higher
breakers expected Saturday night
Five hundred tons of rock was or
dered to break the force of the
waves.
Damage from Long Beach south
to San Diego was estimated at $780,
900.
One man, Daniel ,Sathatos, did not
wait for the waves at Redondo
Beach, to reach his home. He hired
a house-moving crew and had his
$4,000 beach residence hauled out
of reach of the surf.
Heavy rains continued to feed
i the Sacramento, American and
Feather rivers in northern Califor-
mia but weather bureau experts said
/ the danger of flood was past.
/ In Arizona the weatherman prom
ised rain for New Years to provide
additional water storage in import
ant irrigation reservoirs.
/ The news was welcomed by farm
erS who, during the past few weeks
have watched the storage in the five
reservoirs of the Salt River project
rise from less than 10000 acre feet
to almost $4,000 acre feet after
almost inceSsant rainfall in the
watersheds of the Salt and Verde
rivers.
The Salt River Water Users Asso-
citation reported today that its five
dams now impounded a total oi
342,866 acre feet and predicted the
figure would rise to 100000 acre
feet within the next 48 hours. The
reservoirs have not held 100000 acre
feet OF waters in two years.
The let-up in the rain during the
past three days resulted in freezing
temperatures in the northern part
of the state.
Forecast for Imperial Valley was
for increasing cloudiness Friday
night with light showers Saturday
morning. There was little change in
temperature forecast by Woodrow
c. Jacobs, meteorologist. The pres
ent storm is considerably weaker
than the one that hit Imperial Val
ley early in the week, Jacobs said.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-27
Mexicans Face
Smuggling Trial

Vincente Cruz Hercdia, %, and
Miguel Ramos Cruz. %, were head
ed for trial in federal court Friday
on charges of smuggling marihuana
and violation of the marihuana tax
act.
The two Mexicans were held in
the county Jail in lieu of $500 bail
each. They we're arraigned before
United States Commissioner Dorsey
Whitelaw.
They were charged with slipping
through hole in the international
border tense near Calexico with
nine cylinders Of marihuana. ap-
proximately an ounce. Customs Of
ficers said the prisoners paid nine
pesos for the marihuana and ap-
parently planned TO sell it for dou-
bic that amount in the United
States.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-27
Kentucky Woman
Tops New List Of
Best Dressed

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the radio executive.
7. Mrs. Howard Lynn (of Chi.
cago).
8. Gladys Swarthout, the singer
9. Ina Claire, the actress.
10. Mrs. Gilbert Miller wife of the
theatrical producer.
II. Mrs. Lawrence Tibbett. wife
of the singer.
II. Lynn Fontainne. the actress.
13. Mrs. S. Kent Legare of Wash
lngton, D, c.
IA. Mrs. Harold Talbot, socia
registerite.
Is. Mrs. William Rhineland Stew
art.
No Hollywood star got in the first
Is. But Claudette Colbert, Lii Da-
mita, Paulette Goddard and Loretta
Young got few votes from the SC
fashion experts who made the selec-
ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-27
Christmas Truce
Ends with Rain
Of Bombs, Shells
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through southern Jugoslavia toward
Salonika. Another report was that
the Rumanian minister to Russia
was being recalled.
In Libya British preparations for
the final assault on Bardia went
forward while in Albania the Greeks,
despite Italian resistance and bad
weather pressed forward with their
drive toward Valona.
The Germans admitted that the
British had bombed airdromes, har-
bors and cities in the Nazi-occupied
area of France.
British fears of immediate inva-
sion appeared to have eased some
what. There was some belief in
London that an attack of particu-
lar severity on the invasion coast
Monday night by the RAF may
have again disrupted Adolf Hitlers
plans.
The British expressed continuing
doubt of reports from the Balkans
OF large-Scale troop movements.
Budapest reports continued to in
sist that large-scale movement of
German troops and supplies across
Hungary into Rumania were under
way with view of raising the Ger
man garrison in that country to
almost 100000 men.
Belgrade reported that three Nazi
divisions had been moved into Italy
on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
of this week
The British said they saw no
particular reason why the Germans
should transport SO many troops in
to the Balkans and Italy, especially
at a time when limited rail facilities
are badly needed for transport of
vital supplies.
Some support for the British view
was given by reports from Buchar-
est which indicated that Rumanias s
weak transport system was badly
tied up by winter.
The Germans declined flatlv to
say anything about the reports.
They said that even if they were
advised of the movements they
would not comment on such a mat
ter of military importance.
The Greeks were said to be con-
tinuing their slow, steady advances
on all fronts in Albania.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-27
Farm Bureau Meet
Plans Completed

Plans for the annual Imperial
county farm bureau meeting one
week from Saturday were virtually
completed, according to Scott
Foulds, secretary.
A directors meeting at 10 o'clock
in the morning will precede a din
ner and meeting of all farm bureau
members and friends, Foulds said,
at which George Wilson, federal
land bank director and director OF
the American Farm Bureau Fedora
tion board will be principal speak
er.
The dinner meeting is scheduled
at the California hotel
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-27
Parole vioIafor
Back in Prison

FLORENCE, Dec. 81. (UP)-Earl
HALEY. 18-year old Phoenix youth,
was back in the Arizona state pris-
on today-just % days after he was
freed ON parole after serving two
years of long sentence for a Yuma
robbery conviction.
Young HALEY violated his parole
by stealing car and attempting a
holdup in Phoenix Monday night,
authorities said.
HALEY was convicted in Yuma in
November of 1888 along with two
other youths accused of number of
holdups throughout the state.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-27
By JOHN w. DUNLAP

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 81. CUP
State Senator Jerrold Seawell, pres
ident protein of the senate and
a leader of the anti-Olson bloc in
the Legislature, today said he
would propose a state manager
form of government to the law
makers next month Ito replace
politics with business experience. -
Il am fully convinced" the
Roseville senator told the United
Press, that under the present poll
teal setup, efficiency and economy
can never become a reality until
We place the state government on
business basis and not a politi-
cal basis.
II am also in favor of a legisla-
tive auditor employed by and re-
sponSible only to the legislatur
His duties will be to study the state
government at all times and make
direct recommendations to the leg
islature of any needed changes in
our state functions.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-27
Rotary Founder
Guest of &c. Club

Charles Newton Of Los Angeles,
one of the five original founders
of Rotary. was guest at the El Gen.
tro clubs meeting Thursday noon
in the Barbara Worth hotel.
J. E. Brock gave the program
for the day. giving an interesting
summary of historical facts con-
cerning the early explorations in
North America.
R. H. Cary, former member OF
the club, was also a guest at the
meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-27
Briefs From
The War Fronts
NAZIS SPEED TROOP
MOVE INTO RUMANIA

BUDAPEST, Hungary, Dec. 81
tUP)-A drastic curtailment of nor
NAL Hungarian railroad schedules,
effective at midnight tonight, was
expected TO bring to peak volume
the flow of German army esti-
mater at from 100000 to $4,000
men through Hungary to Rumania,
diplomatic sources reported today.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-27
ENEMY SHIP FLIES
JAPANESE FLAG

MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec 81.
CUP)-An enemy" sea raider, fly
ing the japanese flag. heavily she'll
ed Nauru. one of the Gilbert Islands
in the south Pacific today. Prime
Minister Robert Gordon Menzies
announced. The ship had a Jap
anese name, it was said. The she'll
ing caused considerable damage, but
no casualties.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-27
BERLIN SAYS BRITAIN
BROKE TRUCE

BERLIN, Dec. 81. CUP)-The Of
ficial news agency charged great
Britain today with ending an un-
official Christmas truce by bombing
airdromes, harbor works and cities
in German-occupied France. Later,
it was added, German long range
guns on the French coast bombarded
shipping in the English channel
with good results"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-27
LONG RANGE GUNS
POUND ENGLISH COAST

LONDON, Dec. 81. CUP)-The
roar of erman long range guns
along the French coast and the
crash of British airplane bombs
on invasion ports and other OBJ
jectives on the continent broke a
tree day unofficial Christmas truce
to-day. German big guns opened
a bombardment of the Dover coast
at 4:30 am. (9:30 pm. Thursday
CST) when three shells burset.
Firing salvoes of three, the German
guns continue duntil am. The
bombardment shook the coastal area.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-27
GREEKS REPORT
MINOR ADVANCES

ATHENS, Greece, Dec. 81. (UP)-
A war ministry communique said
today: Local successful operations
allowed our troops to advance and
capture enemy positions. Prisoners
and important war material fell
into our hands" A public security
ministry communique read: All
was quiet in the interior of the
country. italians, while retreating
from Argyrokastron a month ago
took as hostages more than so
prominent citizens whoe fate is
unknown"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-27
TORNADO KILLS 15
IN CUBAN TOWN

HAVANA Dec. 81 (UP)--rostai
officials said today that the aea.n
list from yesterdays tornado at Re BE
iucal, a small town about ~ ,liiies
south of Havana, might reach TO-
search for bodies continued 10
dav. and President Fulgencio Batls-
"a went to the storm area this morn
ing. 1t was estimated that the III
iured might reach $50.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-27
SUE FOR DAMAGES

Suit for S40.475 was filed in SUI
perior court Thursday by Wilson
Revier, Effie Clyde Revier and Odell
Revier against Anna Mayo and 9TH
ers for death of Milton NJ. Revier
in a traffic accident three miles
south of Holtville last May 80 The
plaintiffs charged negligence and
recklessneSs.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-27
ROME SILENT
ABOJT RATTLE RESULTS

ROME. Dec. 81. CUP)-Activlty
of patrols, aviation and artillery
of fighting fronts in Libya and
Albania were mentioned in an Ital-
ian war communique today. but
nothing was disclosed regarding the
tide of battle.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-27
ED LAW VISITS
VALLEY FOR HOLIDAYS

Assistant .. S. DlStrlct Attorney
Ed Law. former state senator from
Imperial Valley. now of Los Angeles
visited El Centre Thursday on a
holiday trip. Law said he would
return to the coast Sunday.
Evening star., 1940-01-07

habit of deformity by straining the
muscles.
Sandbags-sand packed into sugar
bags-held legs in position. Boards
shaped down to fit the bed and
slipped under the mattress served
as improvised Bradford frames and
kept the back straight.
But then. perhaps, Miss Arey
would return and find a mother
holding child in her lap and let
ting the legs dangle, dangerous
strain on weak muscles. Or the
improvised support might have
slipped out of place. Then Miss
Arey would have to begin all over
again, patiently, tirelessly showing
the mothers, explaining to them
again the vital treatment of rest.
She might find neighbors had
advised a mother to let Jimmy get
out of bed and walk around. BY the
time she arrived, Jimmy would be
sagging forward and the treatment
would have to begin all over again.
Shanties Hard to Find.
Sometimes it took her half the
day just to find an out-of-the way
shanty where her patient lay.
Dumping along muddy roads, she
would be advised by farmers to turn
Evening star., 1940-01-07
Nurse Reveals Hordships Met
In Aiding Paralysis Victims
Long Trips Made to
Instruct Parents After
Charleston Outbreak
By MIRIAM GUTENBERG.

When Charleston, S. c., was
stricken with an infantile paralysis
epidemic last May, tall, blond
nurse with healing hands and in
credible patience was summoned
from Boston to halt the deformities
that follow in the wake of the
dread disease.
Were 1t not for the efforts of that
nurse, Miss Margaret Arey, almost
so per cent of the ITS victims of the
disease in Charleston might be per-
manently crippled, manned and
twisted for life.
Miss Arey told some of her story
on a Nation wide broadcast from
the White House yesterday. There
she talked mostly Of the need for
orthopedic nurses.
What she touched lightly on and
what wasn't revealed until she was
interviewed before her return to
Charleston late last night, were the
hardships she faced in covering the
923 square miles which make up
Charleston County. the long tricks
through muddy side roads, the pa
tience needed to teach beWildered
mothers how to care for their chill
dren in the face of neighborhood
superstitions, ignorance and poverty.
Long Trips in Auto.
Each day the newspapers listed
more cases. Sometimes there would
only be one or two new victims of
the disease and then every one
thought the epidemic was subsiding
until the next day, when four or
five children's names would be added
to the roll of victims.
Her job began after the three
week isolation period was over.
Sometimes there was no way to
notify the families their children
were ready to leave the hospital.
Then Miss Arey would pack them
in her car, their legs or arms usually
sWathed in casts, and drive them 20
or 30 or 80 miles to their homes.
Many times she would have to go
out into the fields to find their
working mothers.
1t was then she would give her
first instructions. She prescribed
rest and quiet and showed mothers
how to handle the weakened
little bodies.
Sometimes the mothers, frightened
by the stiffness of their once-active
children, would want to do some
thing, anything to make them we'll
again, something more than seeing
that they stayed fiat in bed or kept
positions to hold weakened muscles
into place. preventing the children
from saggine into deformities.
Frames Improvised.
She had to improvise. She
showed fathers how to build boxes
and put bricks into them to keep
the feet fiat against them, instead
Of letting extremities slip into the
Evening star., 1940-01-07

DAILY of New Haven.
Florida-Mrs. Genevieve Pynchon
of Fort Lauderdale
Georgia-Mrs Robin Wood of At
lanta, director of womens division,
Georgia State Department of Agri-
culture.
Idaho-Mrs. Georgia w. Foreman
of Pocatello.
Illinois j. Courtney Fitz-
patrick of Darlington.
Indiana-Mrs. Meredith Nichol-
son, jr., of Indianapolis.
Iowa-Mrs. Edith D. Patterson Of
Fonda, Democratic committeeWom-
an for Fonda.
Kansas-Miss Abbie Bellport of
Lacrosse.
Maine-Mrs. Simon Hamlin of
South Portland.
Massachusetts, - Mrs. Elizabeth
Mcnamara of Cambridge.
Minnesota-Mrs Herrick B. War
rep of st. Paul, member of the
School Board of st. Paul and Of
st. Josephs Hospital Board.
Missouri-Mrs. Samuel w. Sawyer
of Kansas City and Mrs. J. Edward
Bates of ST. Louis.
Montana-Mrs.L Lester H. Lobe of
Helena. member of the Helena
Housing Authority.
New Hampshire - Mrs. Foster
Stearns.
New Jersey-Mrs. William F..
Casey of Atlantic City, and Mrs.
Asher Fitzrandolph of Woodbridge,
N. j.
New Mexico-Mrs. H. P. Pickrell
OF Albuquerque.
New York-Mrs. Norman Mack
of Buffalo, Mrs. William H. Good of
Buffalo, Mrs. Clifford B. Marsh, jr,
chairman Of Visiting Committee of
Buffalo and Erie County Chapter
OF the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis and Mrs. Frank w.
Tlndle, member of Visiting Com
mittee of Buffalo and Erie County
Chapter of the National Founda-
ton for 1nfantile Paralysis.
North Carolina-Mrs. Doyle D.
Alley OF Wynesville, president, North
Carolina Congress of Parents and
Teachers.
Ohio-Miss Bell Greve of Cleve-
land, director, County Relief Bur-
eau Executive Secretary, Association
Tor the Crippled and Disabled.
Oklahoma-Mrs. lila Huff of Okla
home City, Mrs. John P. Butler of
Oklahoma City and Mrs. Donnely
Reid of Oklahoma City.
Oregon-Mrs. Nan Wood Honev-
man of Portland.
PennSylvania-Miss Rita Wilson
OF Pittsburgh.
South Carolina-Mrs. John Nor
rail- OF Beaufort, Miss Margaret
Aroy of Charleston.
Tennessee-Mrs. Abby Crawford
Evening star., 1940-01-07

left at the sawdust pile, right at
the white house with the green
shutters and then on and on until
she came to the midwife who knew
where everybody in the neighbor-
hood lived. And then, perhaps, she
would have to walk the rest of the
way, miles through fields, mud
splashing on the starched white of
her uniform.
That's the story Miss Arey didn't
tell. That's what she's going back
to. For after the excitement of an
epidemic has died down, the years
of massage, Of special exercises, of
long, arduous after treatment begin.
She probably won't 60 back to her
pleasant job in Boston for many
months-not until the children of
Charleston walk again.
Evening star., 1940-01-07
Newark Mayor,
6 Others Cleared in
Land Purchase Trial
Agitation Begun in
1885 Led to Fraud
Charges Against rs
By the Associated Press.

6y tue ASSOclate0 EEeSS.
NEWARK, N. j., Jan. 6.-An out
of-county jury tonight acquitted
Mayor Meyer c. Ellenstein and six
co-defendants in the Newark land
purchase conspiracy trial.
The verdict climaxed agitation
which had circled about the Mayor
and his fellow commissioners since
1885 and which resulted in the in
dictment of 26 persons on charges
of conspiracy to defraud the city
in municipal purchases of meadow
land.
1t was the second trial for the
Mayor and five other defendants,
the first having ended in a mistrial
April % when a juror became i'll
during deliberations.
Out nine hours, the jury acquitted: !:
Mr.. Ellenstein, City Commissioner
Pearce r. Franklin, Anthony F.
Minisi, former city commissioner;
Frank A. Boettner, former corpora
ton counsel; Morris Klein and
David B. Raschkover, real estate
appraisers, and Joseph Heimberg,
political ward leader.
Their cases were the first to be
decided by jury. Four defendants
won directed verdicts of acquittal
during the first trial and one dur
ing the second. Among those freed
by the judges were the two other
members of the 1886 city commits
sion.
The charges centered on the city
commissions resolutions of Decem-
Der 4, 1885, to buy a 2.9-acre tract
of land for $33,364 and a 1.5-acre
tract for $44.813 and a resolution of
September 16, 1896, later rescinded,
to buy 48-acre tract for $50, ,535.
The State called the prices unwar-
ranted and attempted to show the
prevailing price was $4,000 an acre
The land was used in development
of Port Newark and Newark Air
port.
High feeling, fed by Supreme
Court investigation and charges, the
protracted first trial and the SUBJ
sequent arrest of man on a charge
of subornation, led to acquiescence
OF both sides to jury from outside
the county.
Evening star., 1940-01-07

old of important discoveries" he
asserted, adding that research is
being conducted in various parts OF
the country and the problems at
tackled from every angle, including
the cause, transmission, prevention,
the care of the sick and rehabilita-
ton.
Terming the infantile paralysis
drive as "a mighty movement reach
ing into every corner of the United
States" Basil O'Connor, president of
the National Foundation, said that
since the fight against the disease
has become consolidated in the
foundation that organization has
become ''the symbol and the hope
of the people OF the country in their
desperate effort to rid themselves of
this invisible invader"
Expense flinders Progress.
The slowness Of progress in devel-
oping effective treatments of the
disease or discovering methods of
prevention was blamed by Dr. S. D.
Kramer of Lansing, Mich, on the
hindrance to investigation of the
disease caused by the expense.
Research divisions of universities
or hospitals" he explained, could
not cope with the added burden of
expense entailed in Investigations of
this disease except in casual and
SpaSmodic manner"
The National Foundation, he said,
has more than justified the hopes
and expectations for an organized
attack upon this disease" He added
that the foundation has laid a plan
and established a precedent for
fuller, more complete national CO.
operation.
Guests at the dinner last night in
cluded:
Mrs. Cordell Hull, wife of the
Secretary of State.
Mrs. Stanley Forman Reed, wife
OF the Supreme Court justice
Mrs. Charles Edison, wife of the
Secretary of the Navy.
Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, wife of
the Secretary of Agriculture.
Representative Mary A. Norton of
New Jersey, chairman of the House
Labor Committee.
Representative Edith Nourse Rog-
ers of Massachusetts,, ranking mi
nority member of the Civil Service
Committee.
Miss Morv DicLforJ
Miss Dorothy Thompson, COL
umnist.
Miss Mary Anderson, head of the
Women's Bureau of the Department
of Labor
Miss Katherine Lenroot, director
OF the Children's Bureau of the
Department of Labor.
Miss Mary Irene Atkinson, direc-
tor of the Child Welfare Division Of
the Childrens Bureau, Department
of Labor.
Mrs. George Eli Bennett of Balti-
more.
Mrs. Charles Younggreen of New
York.
From the Committee for the Cele-
bration of the Presidents Birthday:
Commissioner D. Walker Wear:
Tom Wrigley; Miss Dorothy Ducas:
Miss Freddy Millet: Vaughn Weidel;
Erwin E. Reynolds: Ben Morgan;
Miss Jeanne V. Fisher; Miss Bar
bara Memison; Miss Clare Tull,
and Sam McIlWain.
Guests Representing State and
Cities.
ArkanSas-MrS. Curtis Stout of
Little Rock, president, Arkansas
Congress of Parents and Teachers.
Connecticut - Mrs. Matthew A..
Evening star., 1940-01-07
Goodwill Industries
Films to Be Shown

Motion pictures Of Goodwill In
dustries at Work" will be shown and
explained by Mrs. Grace Kizer to
the Home Missionary Society Of
Ascension Church Tuesday at $50
pm. at the church.
Activities of the industries also
will be outlined Tuesday night for
the Summit Park Citizens Associa-
ton.
On Thursday Mrs. Miller Kicker
son, promotion supervisor of the
industries, will address a meeting
of the Silver Spring Section Of the
Montgomery County Lay Health
Committee.
Evening star., 1940-01-07
Milton of Chattanooga.

Milton of Chattanooga.
Texas-Mrs. George H. Pittman
of Dallas.
Virginia-Mrs. Fred M. Alexander
of Richmond and Mrs. John GAL
leher of Richmond.
Washington-Mrs. Eileen Baum
garten of Seattle.
West Virginia-Mrs. Arthur M
Hill of Charleston.
Wisconsin-Mrs. Louise Givan of
Milwaukee.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-10-17
Two Candidates for
All Club Work Trip

Two entries. have been filed for
the Chicago trip sponsored by the
Extension Service for outstanding
achievement in All club work. Ruth
Simmelink of the Sagebrush Six
All Club of Locust Grove and Mar
garet Smith of the Double r Nu-
triton Club of Kennewick each
have a very outstanding club record.
The members records are sent to
the State. All club agent and the
final decision is made by the state
staff.
The award is a ten-day trip to
Chicago during the International
Livestock Exposition, November 80
to December 2. Thirty-two dele
gates are sent from the state of
Washington each year to see the
Exposition and Chicago.
Since All club members are be-
tween the ages of 10 and 20, the
most outstanding member usually
has at least five years of club ex-
perience. This trip is alternated
each successive year between a boy
and a girl. This year girl is ell
gible.