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Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-15
nap ON RAILS fatal TO VALLEY man
Third Terrners
Bandwagon Off
ToFast Start
Presidents Name Gets
Round of Cheers at
Demo Convention

STADIUM, CHICAGO, Ju-
ly Is. (UP)-The Roosevelt
third term bandwagon got
off to a rolling start today
within 20 minutes after the
openings of the 1910 Democratic
national convention.
The presidents name was men,
toned by Mayor Edward j. Kelly,
an original draft Roosevelt man.
touched off the first floor demon
stration of the 46 minute gathering
"a 30 second round of cheers
Some delegates crowded out OF
their seats and the New York state
banner was hoisted into the aisle
but there was no parade.
A few minutes later there were
more cheers when Sen. Scott Lucas
of Illinois mentioned the president 5
name. The first full fledged demon
stration of the convention may come
tonight when House Speaker Will
liam B. Bankhead of Alabama makes
the keynote address of the conven-
ton.
Brisk Beginning
The first convention session was
Whacked off to brisk start by
National Chairman James A. Far
ley. His gavel cracked the table at
ll04 am. est. BY 1l:50 am. the
opening, preliminaries were out OF
the way and the convention quiet
until tonight.
The convention opened with still
no public word from Mr.. Roosevelt
on the third term. But a private
telephone wire was in operation
from the White House to the con-
vention and Farley and Roosevelt
eonfsrred by this means before
the first session convened.
Both the White House and the
Farley versions of the conversation
indicated chat momentous matters
were not discussed. The White House
said Mr.. Roosevelt wished Farley
successful convention = without
saying for whom.
Farley said it was just routine"
conversation.
Farley's hat still is in the ring,
regardless of the fact that the
Roosevelt third termers have full
steam up. He said today that he
was playing my side of the street
and it was plain enough that Far
ley's street had no third term signs
on the guidepostS.
Instant Cheers
The cheers were touched off when
Kelly said:
Each presidential candidate has
the stamina and vision to carry the
Democratic party to victory. We are
praying and hoping that man who
can keep the White House as the
lighthouse of humanity will accept
Continued on Page 6 Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-15
Prompt Action
Assured TO Aid
CaIexico Business

The California delegation in
Washington promised prompt &C
ton on the request that the con-
Sular service be increased at MeXi-
cali to expedite issuance of MeXi-
can border credentials, the El Cen
tro Chamber of Commerce was in
formed Monday.
Senators Hiram Johnson and
Sheridan DoWney and Congressman
Ed " Izac telegraphed the chamber
that they recognized the hardship
created by the strict crossing orders
which went into effect two weeks
ago and were seeking a solution of
the problem.
Request for increase in the con-
Sular service was made by the Ell
Centre group in an effort to help
CaleXico businessmen get relief
from the cutting off of most of their
trade from across the Mexican bor-
der, President j. w. Donohue of the
Ell Centre chamber said Monday.
Our FL Centro unit is always
glad to help any of the other Impe-
rial Valley cities" Donohue said,
and will continue to do everything
possible to have the intolerable Sit
uation at the border corrected. We
are not, of course, protesting the
governments precaution in guard
ing the border, but we do insist that
a sufficient force be established at
Mexicali to handle all these Mexi-
can viSaS before the day of judg-
ment comes along.
This is no reflection" Donohue
said, ION the consulate staff, which
is working at fever heat, but if the
government is going to issue new
permits to 5000 Mexicali citizens,
it will take some staff to do it and
we do not want the work to drag
out through the next 10 years and
be deprived of the business which
would come to Imperial Valley if
these Mexicans were unhampered
in crossing the border"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-15
Germans Claim Successes In Attacks
Upon British Convoy in Channel

BERLIN, July Is. (UP)-A high
command communique asserted to-
day that German planes, attacking
a British convoy in the English
channel, sank three merchant ships,
tOtaling 1900 tons, and severely
damaged an auxiliary cruiser and
four merchantmen, all of which
were partly" set afire.
During the night of July 14-15
German bombers attacked airplanes,
ports, airfields and arms industry
factories in south England" the
communique said. The effect of the
bomb attacks on all detectives were
visible from a distance through
fires and heavy explosions. particu-
larly at Faversham."
tFaversham is near the Kent
county coast just below the Thames
estuaryD
During numerous air battles be-
tween German and British pursuit
planes four British Hurricane Sight
ers and two German planes were
shot down, it was said.
The communique said that British
planes last night dropped bombs
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-15

CiCW iCCCllIly IldilolCllcu W Illc
valley from Tucson, was beheaded
near Curlew siding on the railway
cutoff between Holtville and Braw-
ley shortly before midnight Sunday
j. M. Markwalt, 65-year -old Braw-
ley resident, suffered loss of his
right arm when a switch train
struck him as he slept on the ice
loading platform in the railroad
yards in Brawley.
Officers said both men apparently
had selected the railroad right of
way as a sleeping place.
Apparently Ballenger's head was
severed by train which passed the
spot where the headless body was
found about 1920 pm. Sunday. The
train crew members said they were
unaware that an accident had &C.
CURED. Residents of the Curlew
section found the body and called
officers. Deputy Coroner Frank Ra-
ney said the head was found in the
brush several feet from the tracks.
Markwalt'S right arm was torn
off above the elbow. He was given
first aid treatment in Brawley and
later transferred to the county hos
pital at Ell Centre. He was con-
scious Monday and physicians said,
barring infection, he probably would
be able to leave the institution be-
fore long.
An inquest was scheduled at the
Hopes mortuary in Brawley at 4
pm. Monday in the Rosser death,
Raney said.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-15

-Of the San Diego county back-coun-
try.
San Diego county fires were con-
trolled on all but one front today.
Miller has ordered his investiga-
tors to search for a person, prob
ably a pyro-maniac, he said, who
may have started all of the fires
which were breaking out in the ad-
joining canyons near Dulzura with
out apparent reason.
Indians Held
Two Indians charged with start
ing a smaller fire June 26 on the
Campo reservation were held in the
county Jail.
About 400 CCC youths and state
forestry crews from San Bernardino.
Riverside Orange and Kern coun-
ties were concentrating their ef-
forts today on a stubborn 1000-acre
fire in Hollenbeck canyon four miles
northwest of Dulzura.
A l0000-acre fire near Dulzura
was under control in all but a few
spots. forest rangers reported. Twelve
thousand acres near Campo were
being patrolled by crew of go
CCC youths.
Smaller fires in HARRISON Canyon.
Alpine, Sycamore Canyon, Live Oak
Springs, totalling about 5000 acres,
were reported under control.
Only two or three small homes
were reported destroyed, but the
flames lept to within a few feet
of a score more. Only frantic back
firing saved these homes, and they
Continued on Page 6, Col g.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-15
TWAS Only Eight Years Ago That
Democrats Met in Chicago, But
What a Different PictureIt Was

CHICAGO, July Is. (UP)-Beer,
banks and the bonus
The soldiers bonus, remember?
And 1--WE want our beer. Banks
were failing all through this area.
Adolf Hitler scarcely had been heard
of and the milling throng gathered
here talked of Albert c. Ritchie,
Newton D. Baker, Franklin D.
Roosevelt and AL Smith.
All of that was eight years ago
June, 1882, and the Goth Democratic
national convention was gathering
in Chicago to nominate a presiden-
tial ticket.
AL Smith, brown derby and all,
was the happy warrior" and the
lobbies Of Congress hotel shouted
stop Roosevelt from every sign.
1t was the last "dry" national
convention. Banks continued to
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-15
Former District,
City Official.
Dies on Coast
J.S.LOOfbOurOw SuccumbS
To Heart Ailment;
To-Day Illness

j. S. LOofbOurOW, So, for
mer assessor-cOllector of the
Imperial irrigation district
and Ell Centre city clerk
from 1922 to 1924, died from
a heart ailment in Los Angeles Sun
day.
He was stricken 10 days ago while
at work in his office at the Los An
geles Title Insurance and Trust
company. He was taken to hospital
for treatment but failed to rally.
III 1920 Loofbourow resigned as
district assessor-collector and two
years later became city clerk of El
Centre. He left Imperial Valley in
1924 and went to Los Angeles where
he first was associated with the
Security Title company. At one time
he was employed by the Sones Lum-
ber company in Ell Centre. He play
ed an active part in Masonic af-
fairs and during his residence in
the valley was a member of the
Blue lodge and the Royal Arch Ma
sons. He was a past high priest of
the Royal Arch Masons and a past
patron of Signal chapter of the
Eastern Star in Ell Centre. He trans
ferred to La Brea Masonic lodge No.
$50
| His survivors include his wife.
Mrs. Edna Loofbourow; two daugh-
terS, Virginia and Marjorie; and a
son, Jack, his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. w. Loofbourow, a sister, Mrs.
Ruth Southworth, brother, James,
all of Long Beach. Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry MadduX of Ell Centre left
Sunday to be with the family.
Services, which will be in charge
of the Masonic order, will be held
Wednesday at 10 am. at Reed Bros.
mortuary, 721 w. Washington with
interment at Forrest Lawn.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-15

on northern and western Germany
"at random causing "unimpor-
tant" damage
BRITISH WITHDRAW
NAIROBI, Kenya Colony, July Is.
CUP)-A communique today said
that the British garrison at Moyale
had withdrawn after standing off
five days of siege by italian forces
Military sources reported there
had been fierce fighting at Moyale
for several days and that the Ital-
ian colonial troops fought better
there than at any other point in
Africa.
LONDON PERILED
BERLIN, July Is. CUP)-Author-
lied German sources said today that
Germany would regard London as
a legitimate military objective in
view of announced plans to defend
the British capital street by street.
The question was raised by the
speech of British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill in which he said
that Britons would rather see Lon
don in ashes that to surrender to
Nazi domination.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-15
II Valley Men
SubpoenaedBy By
0swaIt Defense

Eleven Imperial Valley citizens
were subpoenaed Monday to ap-
pear as defense witnesses at Los
Angeles Tuesday in the trial of j.
Sterling Oswalt, former Ell Centre
police chief, and seven others ac-
cuSed of kidnap-conspiracy in con-
nection with the alleged abduction
of H. Yamatoda, wealthy Japanese
gambling boss.
Five were members of the Ell Gen.
tro police force, two of whom had
been subpoenaed previously by the
prosecution. They were: T. P. Par
mer, T. j. Harris Jack Tackett,
Floyd Ackley and Frank Record.
Record and Farmer were called to
Los Angeles by the government pro-
Secutor but dismissed on the ex-
planation that their testimony
would duplicate that given by other
officers.
Private citizens Subpoenaed we're
Herb Norris, Ell Centro theater man,
Marion Aten, farmer, Larry Weiss,
shed worker.
Three federal officers were called,
Edward O'Connor of the customs
service and Alfred R. Dick and
Charles Williams of the immigra-
ton service.
Two other Ell Centro police Off
GERS, George Bucklin and Roy Du-
pont, testified as prosecution wit
neSses in early stages of the trial
and may be recalled.
Witnesses were told to report at
Judge Ralph E. Jenneys court at
10 am.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-15
Council Winds
Up Work Upon
City Budgets
Last Minute Touches
Put On Program For
Next Year

Routine business accumu-
lated in last weeks nightly
meetings of the Ell Centre
city council Monday was put
on the list for disposal at
Monday nights session, the last
before establishment of the tax rate
Wednesday night.
Routine business consisted of a
final check of city department bud
gets, reports on Investigations of
valuations contested by property
owners and last minute property
owner protests.
Also on the council schedule was
meeting with the Ell Centre Tax
payers association, which last Thurs
day asked the board to allow them
to discuss city tax problems before
fixing the city tax rate.
Observers agreed that there was
little likelihood that single nights
conference would affect budget con-
cluSionS arrived at after many weeks
of study.
Lava iCSdiulllS IIle dIIlOunC Oh
money available for street paving
and repair accumulated in gasoline
taxes was to be delivered by M. j.
Shelton, city engineer. who con-
Quoted state highway officials in
San Diego Monday
Money available through gasoline
taxes will have some effect on the
engineering department budget, ac-
cording to Director of Public Works
Walter Heinecke.
The city tax rate, which will be
set on Wednesday night was ex-
pected to be Slightly below the 1899
40 figure of $l85, due to proposed
departmental economies.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-15
Two Hurt as
Fire Follows
Auto Collision

Two men suffered slight injuries
and car and truck were DESTROYED
by fire in a traffic accident near
Holtville early Sunday.
A coupe driven by Buster Junior
Cummings, Is, Holtville truck driv.
er, crashed into the back of a pick.
up truck driven by Jake M. Small.
24-year-old Yuma salesman. Cum.
mings told highway patrolmen that
he was blinded by the lights Of an
oncoming car and did not see tho
truck.
The Cummings car veered off the
highway, skidded approximately leS
feet. and overturned in the borrow
pit. Both machines burned. Cum
mingS and Melvin James Shambur-
ger. a. were treated at the Valley
hospital in Holtville for minor In.
juries.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-15
England Clamps Down Upon Food
Rationing Preparing for Siege;
British Praise Fighting Speech

LONDON, July Is. CUP)-Food
rationing was intensified for a siege
today as the country chorused ap-
proval of Prime Minister Winston
Churchills promise of a last ditch
fight against any attempted Ger
man invasion.
Seven German planes-five bonn
bers and two fighters-had been
doWned Sunday in a spectacular
fight over the Dover Straits and
Royal Air Force planes had made
their greatest raid of the war on
German objectives.
Believing that the German air
plane attacks on Great Britain and
its shipping were only starting the
government, in order to strengthen
food resources, limited tea con-
sumption to two ounces a week per
person, limited the combined but
ter-margarine- cooking fats ration
to eight ounces a week, announced
that no iced cakes, cream buns or
eclairs might be made by confcc-
TONERS after August 5 and banned
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-15

close for months thereafter until
finally there was a bank holiday.
nationwide-March 6, 1888. The sOl-
diers got their bonus.
That bonus came hard. Whs0
Democrats came here eight yoayS
ago bonus army" was marching
on the capitol. 1t encamped On
Pennsylvania avenue and on tl1e
Anacostia flats and was ejectsd ~
a show of force and . hundred ~
so tear gas bombs that sent the
bonuseers flying. M
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Woe
nominated here for prestdent an4
the congress elected In WovGnnoog
with him, voted the bcua1e ~ ~
soldiers, reopened the ban1G a1>1
gave the country beer.
All Of that WAS eight ysass -
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-15
Bafista Leads in
Cuba BaIlofinq

HAVANA, July Is. Fnlgen-
clio Batista, Cuba's strong man".
claimed a three to two lead over
DR.. Ramon Grau San Martin today
in a presidential election which
had cost at least six lives and had
brought angry charges of fraud by
Grau Martin supporters.
Returns from 686 polling places
of a total of about $500 had given
Batista 109,501 votes against 67,l53
for Grau San Martin, and returns
from 1905 polling places gave him
1868 votes against 1O8,24O.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-15
81 2Entombed in
Mine Explosion

PORTAGE. Pa, July Is. (UP)-
An explosions in the Sonman Coal
company slope mine occurred today
and at least So men were reported
entombed
A spokesman for the company
operated by the Koppers Coal Co.,
Pittsburgh, reported the explosion
occurred in a section in which 70
men were reported at work. Eighteen
of these men have come ou1 OF the
mine, the spokesman sad.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-15
Cook TO Address
Republican Meet

Judge F.. T. Cook of Westmor-
land, Imperial countys representa-
tive at the Republican National
convention, will report on the con-
vention at meeting of valley re-
publicans at the Barbara Worth no.
tel tonight.
Cook, who will be principal speak
er at the dinner meeting at 7:3O
went to the convention as an unin-
structed delegate.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-15
Palestine Hit
By Air Bombs

JERUSALEM, July Is. (UP)-
Enemy aircraft bombed the Hal
ia area today in the first air
raid on Palestine.
Haifa is port and Industrial
sector that has been built up
rapidly in recent years, especial
ly in connection with migration
of Jews, including a large num-
ber of Americans, to the Holy
Land.
It is mOdernized city and
chief commercial center of Pal
estine.
Arabs and Jews went together
to the air raid shelters.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-15
'PVro-MuniQc' Hunted I'm
Hills Near Valley AS
Brush Fires Controlled
u.s. Acres Burned TO a Crisp In
San Diego County; Two Indians
Arrested At Campo Reservation

SAN DIEGO, Cal. July Is. (UP)-E. S. Miller, super
visor of the state forestry division in San Diego county
said his special Investigators the trail of severa
persons suspected of starting brush fires that have made
virtual mo mans and' of an estimated $4,000 acres
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-15
Slight Shock Does
Valley No Damage

Imperial Valley residents expert
enced slight earthquake shock at
6:35 pm. Sunday. No damage re-
suited.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-15
z 1'cs7zs z%'{'ss
Difficult, But Worth It

Difficult, But Worth It
1t seemed like safe bet at the
time-but George Loudon jr. failed
to reckon with the hungry determi-
nation of two independent girls.
IF you show up at "a certain
cafe in Ell Centro) at am. Sun
day I'll buy your breakfasts" he
informed Peggy Kelly and Charlotte
Hobby. To himself he remarked:
I'm cinch. They'll never get up
that early, even to eat
But George underestimate them,
because when he showed up at the
cafe, sleepy eyed. there were the
girls with their breakfasts already
ordered!
1T was worth it, just to see his
facer one of them remarked
A Furriner-
What a glorious accent she haS!"
we marveled to Ed Covington Sat
urday after Ed had shown us through
the hospital" quarters at Hipass
camp. We referred to the soft,
southern speech of Mrs. William
Outlook, the nurse
Yes" Ed agreed, "but when
asked one of my youngsters how he
liked the nurse, he said:
Swell, only she doesn't speak
English"
Some Assignment
The responsibility was all on John
McClaves friends, not upon John.
McClave, an Ell Centre carpen-
ter, was at work on a Calipatria
job and "camped out during the
time. In the process of camping he
was bitten in the heel by what ap-
peared to be small rattlesnake.
When no dire results followed the
bite, John decided to continue his
work but cautioned his friends:
IF get sleepy, wake me up and
see if I'm dead!-
Confidence
I'VE can't lose
Those We're the words of con-
fident Ralph Ege. manager of the
b team All-Stars just before the
game Friday night.
After the first inning, Ralph
changed his words to:
Wed be cinch if we only had
a good pitcher
After the third inning Ralph was
chanting:
IF we only had a pitcher and the
boys weren't SO nervous
After the fourth inning Ralph
mumbled:
IF we only had a pitcher and
the boys weren't so nervous and
we had better infield the game
might be close ="
He didn't say anything after the
fifth
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-15
Train BeheQd $
Brid9 Worker
N ear HoItviIIe
Railway Crew Members Unaware Of
Accident; BrawIey Man Loses Arm in
Similar Mishap, Believed Recovering

One Imperial Valley resident beheaded this week.
end and anOthers torn off while they slept
BraWley.
Ballenger w. Rosser 30. member Of railroad bridge
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-15

Butter:Los Angeles 29kc; but.
terfat, Imperial Valley 4. o. b. ranch,
grade A 3Shc; manufacturing milk
32Hc; route gathered cream 28,sc.
l. A. hay: U. s. No. l $13.0o
U. s. No 2 leafy S12-l2.50: U. 8. No.
Q $1O-10.5O; Mpls. September flax.
S1.57H.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-15
Baseball

NATIONAL
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-15

(Total cash, checks and drafts sent
through the two El Centre banks.)
Friday S436 735 OK
Evening star., 1940-01-04
Rosslyn Girls Swamp Champs,
Reach for Pin Pennont With
Record Total of 1906

Their nth pennant in six years in
the Ladies' District Duckpin League
loomed strongly today for the Ross
lyn maids following sweep over the
champion Lucky Strikes in which
they shot an all-time Central
South Atlantic record of 1906.
Only recently Rosslyns snapped a
Lucky Strike winning streak and
hauled the latter out of first place,
but last night at Rosslyn they
poured it on with games of 500, 588
628, the latter a season record for
Washington's leading women's loop.
Lead-of Roller Blanche Wootton,
with the seasons second highest
league set Of 40, led the smashing
attack. Her games were 157, III
and 142. Aiding in the big team set
which cracked Rosslyn's league
mark of 1,750 were Capt. Evelyn
Ellis with 348: Gladys Lynn, 32l ;
Evening star., 1940-01-04
20 Years Ago
In The Star

Indications are that several
Virginia universities will employ
professional football coaches next
fall.
Robert White, pro at Chevy
Chase Club since last June, has
resigned and will 60 to New York
to help supervise the construction
of the new American Golf Club
on Long Island.
Jess Willard has been cleared
of charges of profiteering in sale
or cord wood cut on his property.
Navy Plebes, heavier and
stronger, defeated Western High
School in basket ball, 80 to Is.
Nordlinger and Burke played well
for Western.
Evening star., 1940-01-04
Cose, Arm Sound, Signs
For Roise With Mats

The signed contract OF George
Case, fleet Washington outflelder
today was tucked In the files at
Griffith Stadium and Prexy Clark
Griffith was hoping the remainder
Of his hired hands would be as eager
to get in line.
Case, base-stealing champion of
the major leagues last season, was
Evening star., 1940-01-04
Boys ShouIdering Heavy
Proorom to PIoy Come.

I don't think this is any too good
for the high school or prep school
star. But under our football system
today it is the only way many uni
versities can match the schedules
they are forced to face.
The kids are asked to carry out a
million dollar program. At least,
from half a million to a million.
They love football but they also take
q heavy battering.
There are a dozen arguments to
be offered on either side. The COM
plications are almost beyond belief.
But as far as Chicago or any other
universities are concerned I can say
this-you can't have your unprose-
lyted, unpaid Phi Beta Kappas and
have any chance on any American
football field. You'll merely get your
ears pinned back of your spinal cord
Evening star., 1940-01-04

given q substantial raise, Qrimth
said, and the fiery Trenton youth
reported In q note to the Mats pres
tdent that the sore arm which
shelved him for the final two weeks
OF the American League campaign
again is fit.