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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23

WASHINGTON, May % CUP)-
The senate, voting billions for ma
tional defense at a break neck pace,
today approved sl,473.756,7 1913 navy
appropriation bill to hasten war
ship construction and expand the
naval air force.
Rear Admiral John H. Towers,
chief of the navy air service, told
the senate naval committee that
under the new program the navy
will have a total pilot supply Of
$3.50 in 1941; $500 in 1912; 1900
in 1943 and 1850 in 1914.
Towers said that he has con-
ferred frequently with Maj. Gen.
H. H. Arnold, chief of the army
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23

British troops were fighting des-'
perately to drive back the Germans
who arrived at Boulogne with
powerful armored column. London
warned that loss Of the channel
port would be terrible blow and
that if Boulogne fell, Calais probab-
ly soon would be untenable.
Loss of these channel ports would
place the Allied army of approx
imately 100000 men in north
France and Belgium in grave peril.
Unless it could fight its way
thru the German corridor it would
be forced to attempt evacuation
with inadequate port facilities un-
der the shattering bomb attack
of the German air force.
The fall of Boulogne was said
by German spokesman to be pos
sible and even probable but they
declined to say that the port al
ready had been occupied by their
columns.
The grave news of Boulogne was
given to the British House of Com
mons by Prime Minister Winston
Churchill who admitted that the
outcome of the battle was not GER
tain.
Churchill's statement, indicating
that the German offensive had
created chaos and imperilled per-
haps a million Allied fighting men
in Flanders climaxed series OF
trip-hammer blows on the home
fronts and the war fronts.
1.-The German high command
reported that enlightenment of allied
forces was squeezing the British
back from the Scheldt river, that
German troops were smashing all
allied counter blows and driving
northWard from the Somme valley
toward Calais, which is % miles
from Dover. The Germans said
they bombed the Dover harbor
works but London denied it.
2-The British admitted that the
French channel ports were under
such severe bombardment that they
could be used only part of the time
and that the main lines of allied
communications were in gravest
danger.
3-Britain stiffened the home front
against Trojan Horse activities.
1t also was announced that the
headquarters of Sir Oswald Mos
ley's Fascists Union was raided
mine or ten men, including Mos
ley, were reported arrested. that
167 Irish Republican army members
had been deported, that Capt Archi-
bald Ramsay. member of parlia-
ment. had been imprisoned under
the defense act and that others
had been ordered detained because
of membership in organizations
which might be used against the
national security. France reported
the arrest of 40 former Communists
of Trojan Horse activities.
4-The British government an
nounced consultations with Fire
to guard against the possibility of a
! German invasion of Ireland to Sc
cure a base for attack on England,
An allied spokesman in London
warned that the situation remains
very grave" particularly as regards
communications with the allied
armies in northern France.
The renewed German thrust to-
ward Calais and the narrowest part
of the English channel dover is
only 25 miles from Calais was &C
companied by burst of declara-
Continued on Page 2. Col. g.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23
Saturday Declared
Legal Holiday

State, county, and municipal Of
fices will close in Imperial county
Saturday in conformance with a
proclamation issued by Governor
Olson.
He declared the holiday to honor
the opening of the 1910 California
Golden Gate exposition at Treas
ure Island.
Banks ana title companies also
will close as Saturday was declared
legal holiday. The Post-Press will
publish on schedule
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23

From another source 1t was learn
ed that the bureaus chief concern
was defense of the vast electrical
supply furnished by the dam Ior
KEY Pacific coast cities. 1t Was
pointed out that should a saboteur
succeed in wrecking 1t. half Of
Los Angeles electric power supply
would be cut off as we'll AZ that
of rich western agricultural snd
mining sections. Xxx
Boulder Dams power plant. only
half completed, has nine 49,
ators--eight large ones prQQ(o ~
81, 500 kilowatts each and . Nnaoe
one with an output Of $500 100
watts. That gives the pln0t = -
pacity of approximately 50o0oo No.
watts.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23
Quake Timed From
Brawley to Here

1t takes an earthquake exactly
Is seconds to travel from BraWley
to Ell Centre.
Desk Sergeant P. l.. Greenlec IN
Brawley police headquarters was
talking to Sergeant Cliff Reed IN
the highway patrol headquarters II
Ell Centre via telephone.
there's a good one" Greeniee
shouted as a quake shook his Oh
flee. -,
wait" shouted Reed, and N
see how long it takes it to get
here :. There it is. Exactly 10
seconds"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23

Brooklyn, N. Y. which is the ad-
dress of the publishing company
which puts out literature for Je-
hovah's Witnesses.
The people who burned the PAM
phlets said that slogan on the
front was Religion is Your Enemy"
but other issues of the Watch Tower
circulating in Texas today bore
inscriptions of an exactly opposite
nature, largely quotations from the
bible.
The trio distributing the litera-
ture also played photograph rec
ords-another custom followed by
Jehovah's Witnesses. But the rec
ords, like the pamphlets, were de-
stroyed by the crowd
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23

can account for their past history"
BaShore said.
81 don't know whether we were
or we're not prompted by rumors
late last year that foreign agents
had devised plans to mine Boulder
Dam. They (the rumors) probably
did influence the commissioner
John G. Page"
BaShore said that the revised
QUESTIONABLE was not a direct re-
suit of the spread OF the war. but
"of the general situation" He said
it was not directed at aliens alone;
that all employees were asked the
same questions. He said that he
knew Of no dismissals that had
resulted from answers to the ques-
tons.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23
Were You Counted in Census? There's
Still Time; Act Now..Notify Office
InE| Centro-.Get Your Name on List

will be in his headquarters in the
State Employment office at 1874
South Sixth street, Ell Centre,
during the two days. His office
will be closed Saturday because
of the holiday called by Govern
or Olson.
Books will close Friday night
and be sent to the area head
quarters in San Diego for final
checking and compilation of tot
ais.
North said he anticipated an
early announcement of the popu-
latiOn totals for Imperial county.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23


man declared they ought to be
hanged. He provided a rope but was
unable to get other members OF
the crowd to help with the proposed
lynching.
Today it was uncertain just how
much Nazi sympathy the three sus-
poets had They we're disciples OF
the sect of Jehovah's Witnesses and
distributed pamphlets which mob
leaders said bore swaStika on the
cover. That, they were sure, brand
ed them as Nazi propaganda and
they proceeded to burn the complete
stock.
But the name on the pamphlets
was the watch tower, and the pub
fishing address was III Adams st.,
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23

Any Imperial county resident
who has not been counted in the
census may get on the official
list by visiting census headquart-
ers in Ell Centre Thursday and
Friday.
william r. North. ST.. director
of the census In Imperial county.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23
TO CHRISTEN DESTROYERS

BOSTON, May 23-tUP) - Two
new destroyers, the U. S. E. Nichol-
son and the U. S. S. Wilkes, will
be christened at the Boston navy
yard May 81, it was announced to-
day.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23
Baseball
BY UNITED PRESS
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Pittsburgh at Brooklyn, postpon-
ed, threatening weather.
Cincinnati at New York, poStpon-
ed, rain.
Chicago at Philadelphia, night
game.
st. Louis-BoSton, postponed.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York .... 200 600 0O0-2 s
Detroit 49,. 200 900 O01-3 7 G
Ruffing e. Dickey; Newsom &
Sullivan
Boston at Cleveland, postponed
rain.
Philadelphia 600 03O 0lO-4 l6 4
Chicago - 020 010 0QOx-13-l3-C
Babich & Hayes; Lee g. fresh.
washington ........................... Dol OK
St. Louis ................................ 100 OF
Masterson & Terrell; Coffman &
Swift.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23
Hvsteriu Blamed
For Mob Mistake

DEL RIO, Tex, May 80 (UP)-Anti-Nazi war hystera
blamed today for mob demonstration here which
nearly resulted in the lynching of two and
Leaders of the crowd of 400 angry citizens, which
the trio out of yesterday branded them agtatos
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23
Heat OffOswuIt
As Prosecution
Shifts toH Henry

LOS ANGELES, May 23. (Specal)-Judge and jurors
federal court here today turned their attention temper
ary away from Ell Centre Police Chief j. Sterling Oswald
to inquire into alleged connection between Los Angeles
Detective Lieut. Louis Henry and the purported kidnapping
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23
Sheds Remuin On
Full Schedule
Packing Houses. Field Crews Continue
Work as First Domestic Water Reaches
Valley Through Repaired Canal System

Not packing shed was closed in Imperial Valley
Thursday field maintained at full strength
and heavy melon shipments continued to roll to eastern
and coast markets Imperial Irrigation district crews
rushed repair work canals soutl
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23
Allies in Trap
As Nozis Smash
To Channel CITY
Armored Columns Occupy Boulosne
AS British Fight Desperately to Slash
Through Corridor; Outcome Uncertain
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS -
United Press Foreign News Editor

German columns smashed into Boulogne, scant ~
miles across the Channel from Britain Thursday, and
brought to England the imminent peril of INVASION
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23
Wafer i'm Canals Again;
BrawIey Plans New City
EpoR7ER
Still Alarm

Still Alarm
Irene CroWell, Winsome Holtville
lass, was speaking over the tele-
phone Wednesday when a tiny
~uuake shook the house.
Earthquake! o o o o o o.
and she dropped the receiver and
ran outside Later, she resumed
the conversation and when asked II
she'd like to attend movie she
y hazarded:
We'll if there are any air
dromeS.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23

Double Duty
Informed that some OF the peo-
pie in the Holtville theater dropped
on their knees and put in a few
ticks at prayer while the quake
oEas going on, 14year-old Margaret
10 Nelson remarked:
II think I could pray and run
at the same time!'
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23

A Good Host
To get away from the quake for
a moment, it somehow astonished
us to learn that Ben Herring was
once fire chief. He's such a
jovial chap, we can just imagine
him in red hat and uniform BEAM
ing in the rosy light of the flames:
rs everybody happy?"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23

Half and Half
Lloyd A. Dunlap was in the act
of buying pair OF shoes when the
quake occurred He had just closed
the deal A few seconds later he
found himself at home. On one
foot was a new shoe and on the
other was an old one
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23

I'm Transit
Larry Hanson and Bill Maxwell
got in some good fishing at the
Colorado river, while Cecil Gillett
got in some poor fishing and lot
of walking.
Everytimc Larry caught a fish,
Cecil dashed along the bank and
started fishing in that spot. He
would hardly be there minute
before Bill would shout that he
had captured one and Cecil would
rush to that spot. He kept shuttl-
ing back and forth SO many times
that he was dog tired and virtually
fish-less.
He did, however, make the dogs
bark on the other side of the river
He Can't Miss
Percy Palmer. BraWley, is the
only predicter RR has heard who
can't be wrong. Percy's prediction;
1.-THE longer we go without any
earthquakes, the closer the next
one is"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23

Butter: Los Angeles 2Sc; but
terfat, Imperial Valley I. o. b. ranch,
grade A &c; manufacturing milk
sic, route gathered cream 27c.
L. A. hay: u. s. No. 1 s14-s1l50;
U. 8. Ne. Q leafy $13-14; u. 8. No.
2 S1i-$11.50; Mpls. Sept. flax
S1.77B.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23

Force of Habit
Forrest Manley dropped off to
sleep on couch at the golf club.
For awhile all was quiet. Then
someone moved a table.
Forrest leapt up and began CROP
ing around sleepily. Then he came
to and explained. rather foolishly:
II was looking for the alarm
clock to turn it Off"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23

Image in Sound
Ninety nine times out of a hun
dred the girls at the chamber of
commerce offices are deadly at
guessing the identity Of telephone
callers by the infection of their
voices. The toughest to distinguish
are Gordon Scriven and John
Hearne, who are almost identical
over a phone, so a chamber Secre-
tary informs u.s.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-05

Successful farming requires q
thorough knoledge of marketing.
Realizing this, the farmers Of q
generation ago organized marketing
cooperatives, whose main job is to
see that member farmers get fair
price for their goods.
The Farm Credit Administration
has published series of pamphlets,
entitled "You and Your Coop" They
explain what marketing cooperation
means to the farmer; how marketing
cooperatives are organized, how
they are managed and how farm
products may be merchandised
through such organizations. The
Pamphlets likewise describe how to
''size up" cooperative in order to
decide whether or not you wish to
belong.
Cooperation is the key to scien-
tific farming. Information such as
this is invaluable to the progressive
farmer. The pamphlet may be obtain
ed by dropping a card to the Farm
Credit Administration, Washington,
D. G.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-05
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICE

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES
God" will be the subject Of the
Lesson-Sermon in all Churches OF
Christ, Scientist, ON Sunday,
January z.
The Golden Text will be from
Joel 1927, Ye shall know that l am
in the midst of Israel; and that !
am the Lord your God, and none
else."
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol-
lowing from the Bible, Pas. $3.50
II will hear what God the Lord will
speak, for he will speak peace unto
his people, and to his saints"
The Lesson-Sermon also will in
clude passages from the Christian
Science textbook, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures
by Mary Baker Eddy, among which
is the following, page sos, Through
divine Science, Spirit, God, unites
understanding to eternal harmony
The calm and exalted thought or
spiritual apprehension is at peace. y
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-05
1910 JANUARY 1910
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Air Official Predicts
10000 Pilots by 1912

America will be able to put 10000
licensed pilots in the air by the
close of 1941.
That is the prediction made by
Robert H. Hinckley, chairman Of the
Civil Aeronautics authority.
Flying in mass formation, 1000
pilots would cover an area Of about
go square miles-enough to cast
shadow over New York city. But
Hinckley said that at the present
rate Of increase, including the c.
A. A. pilot training program, Amer
ica's potential air power easily
would reach the 10000 mark in three
years.
cat present 26,144 pilots hold GER
tificates, an increase of 5000, or 30
per cent within the year." Hinckley
said. with the progress that has
been made the number Of fliers will
be tripled within three years"
Another indication of Americas
growth in the air is being recorded
in plane production.
during the nrSt SIX months OF 1889
1927 airplanes were built for do
mestic use, compared to $50 for the
first six months Of 1888, the c. A. A.
chief said.
cat the same time, It Is nearly
three times safer for a person to
fly the nations airways this year
than 1t was last year." he declared.
During the authority's first year Of
fllnctioning there were only three
fatal accidents on the nations air
lines and only one pilot killed. The
statistical records show 10000
miles flown per pilot fatality, ST.
700, 900 miles per passenger fatality
and 24,430,00 miles per fatal acct
dent"
In reviewing the accomplish
ments, Chairman Hinckley gave
credit to operators of air lines for
a remarkable record, stating that
they had co-operated fully with the
authority by improving equipment
and personnel, and by seeking to
improve the utility Of all flying.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-05
Murder Pays This Man

More than 80 times year bull
let-sputtering gun is fred, poisoned
darts are thrown, or stilettos fly
all with the intention Of committing
murder-on the fifth floor of the
Time & Life building in Rockefeller
center, New York. And all these
understanding gadgets are kept I'M
der control by one man, James w.
Polling, editor of Doubleday Doran's
Crime club. He is employed by
the publishing house to see that once
a week one book, complete with at
least two murders, is sent forth to
the murder-mystery readers Of
America. The murders he COM
mits, however, are far outnumbered
by the ones he prevents, which &C.
cur in the so unsolicited manuscripts
which pour into the Crime club each
month. Yet 1t can be truthfully
stated that here is one man who is
paid to see to it that murder IL
committed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-05
HALF MILLION SOCIAL sECUR-
ITY NUMBERS FILED

Something like half million Soc
ial Security numbers for workers
are now filed in the Office Of the
Maryland Unemployment Compen-
sation Board and the figures grows
steadily. These cards or numbers
are stored in long rows of filing
cases and are in duplicate. One set
of files runs alphabetically and the
other numerically.
or the names and numbers filed,
between 100000 and 100000 are
those of employees whose occupa-
tions are covered by the Maryland
unemployment compensation act.
Some of these employees may be
covered by this law. Some not COW
cred now may be covered later, as
their occupations shift. For instance,
cook in a private home can get
no benefit as the law now stands
but II employed in a hotel or rest
aurant where the total number of
workers amounts to four or more,
there Is protection. One may be in a
covered occupation one year and out
Of 1t the next, SO the files include all
employees who ask for the Social
Security card. The Social Security
Offices, of which there are four in
Maryland, issue these cards.
In the first half of December
benefit payments paid to Maryland's
unemployment amounted to $780,
$50.
Claims for unemployment bene-
fits fled with the Maryland Unem-
ployment Compensation Board in
the four weeks ending December 16
numbered 56,641. In the preceding
four weeks the total was 48,550.
In this calendar year, up to De-
cember 16, claimants who never be-
fore asked compensation in Mary
land, numbered Abs.
Original claims in the four-week
period ending December 16 num-
bered 2.260. In the preceding four
week period the aggregate was
2,096.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-05
Archeologists Uncover
Rich Finds in Arizona

Bones Of an Indian medicine man,
entombed in the most elaborate
vault and accompanied by the rich
est burial offerings ever found In
the Southwest, have been discov-
cred in the hills near Flagstaff, Ariz.,
by psychologists Of the Museum Of
Northern Arizona.
DR.. Harold Cotton, director Of the
museum, said the discovery was
made during test excavations Of the
famous ridge runs, a 30-room pueb.
10 believed to have been built and
inhabited as early as the Twelfth
or Thirteenth century.
The vault itself was found under
the heavy flooring in a remote cor
ner of the crumbling pueblo.
Beside the bones, DR.. Cotton said,
were more than 100 pieces Of jew
elry, statuary, pottery and other
artifacts, indicating by their great
number that the Indian was Of great
importance in the prehistoric COM
munity, probably q medicine man
Of great magic"
It was believed the tribesmen,
fearing the power Of the deceased
witch doctor, showered great num-
bers Of gifts upon him to court
his goodwill In the world to which
he had departed and into which
they, too, were destined to go.
The gifts represented some Of the
finest Indian handwork ever found
in southwestern United States. The
most intricate piece Of work was a
cylindrical basket about five inches
high and slightly less than two
inches In diameter. Its entire sur
face was inlaid with more than 1900
pieces Of turquoise and decorated
further with polished porcupine
teeth.
The basket was damaged slight
ly, but Psychologists were confident
it could be restored.
The ruins in which the vault was
found are in the same general area
where excavators a few years ago
discovered the first ball courts ever
erected in what is now the United
States.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-05
Radio Telephone Calls To
Coast Guard Headquarters
Bring Aid To Two Vessels
Barge Crew Picked Up From
Lifeboat; Fire Extinguished
In Yachts Engine Room

Two radiotelephone calls to Coast
Guard headquarters at Norfolk, Va.
were responsible recently for averting
tragedies aboard a barge which sank
near Cape Henry Light, and a yacht
which caught fire while sailing on
Chesapeake Bay, rs miles south of
Baltimore, Md.
A radiotelephone call reporting that
the barge Westmoreland was sinking
resulted in the Coast Guard dispatch
ing a cutter to the scene. The three
man crew was picked up from q
lifeboat.
A fire in the engine room of the
70-foot diesel cruiser, Episode, was
extinguished by the crew of light
house tender after Coast Guard head
quarters at Norfolk received call
asking for assistance.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-05
Special Delivery Envelope

Another step in the expediting Of
special delivery mail has been an
nounced by the post Office depart
ment with the disclosure it had ap-
proved special delivery envelopes
containing a bright yellow and green
border. Such envelopes could be
spotted easily in the mass Of ordi-
nary mail and not get mixed up or
delayed, 1t was pointed out by the
department. These new special de-
livery envelopes will not be provid-
ed by the department, but any man.
ufacturer or other person or con-
Germ is at liberty to make or print
them, the department said. The en-
velope decided upon by the depart
ment has a border comprising alter
mating green and yellow half cir
cles with intervening spaces be-
tween the two.