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Evening star., 1940-11-29
London Bomb Damage Great,
But Not to Military Targets
Germans, Without Control Of Air, Con
Attack Only on Hit-Run Bosis

eeuenth series OF uncensored articles by the
editor the PM ho recently returned from London
Evening star., 1940-11-29
(To be continued Sunday.)

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The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1940-12-20

~. IN English 1a dy, sci appointed
supervisor IF village moraI5, acc
l2od workman Of having rov5rtod to
drink because with hor own o--os"
5ho has son his wheel barr y otaad-
inc outside { public house.
Tho cccusod nan made 10 verbal
13fonso, but tho ao@ao ovonl- Is 10
paced. his Whoo1bGrrow outs +l.o nor
door ma loft it there Gil .ie ut.
--Tho Country-1c,1 L l11.Cl andy
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1940-12-20
HCSlIThL NOTES

HOSPITAL NOTES
Mrs. Jack Larson Of Mooso
Crock is the noth2r OF twin boys.
One little Follow wei ~hs 5lbs Ia,
ounces enc tie othor weighs 5l5e
l30unccs.
Yrs. 4onno tn D2dson Of Indor-
ond3aco Vino hes { BE- y boy born
Sunday morning ct Hoo O'Clock.
He W iC1od 7los 7ounco8 md is EcI.-
ed Robin Robert.
Dr. .stroup is Z patient fror
"csillc.
8obv Dorothy Lovor is being
troa tea TOR Pneumonia.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29

the truck as the train proceeded
south toward Ell Centro. The truck
Burton quoted Van Leer as saying,
stopped and then started up again
Trainmen pried the mangled rear
wheels of the truck from the cow
catcher of the engine after the
wreck. WPA officials understood
the engine of the truck stalled
Usually the 31a ton truck in
which Addison, Holtville resident
and Taylor, Brawiey resident, were
riding was loaded with WPA' work.
men on the early morning trip.
Burton said the crossing, near
the Pacific Land and Cattle COM
pany plant, was not obscured.
On Oct. IL two Imperial boys,
Leslie HodgSon, 10, and Wayne
Hodgson, Is, were injured when a
freight train struck their sedan at
the intersection of the Southern
Pacific railroad and a county road
mile north of Imperial. The boys
were we'll on the road to recovery
Tuesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29
Better to Fight
Now Says Admiral;
Strength Relative
u. S. Might be Weaker
Than Possible Enemies
I'm 1916, is Opinion

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct.
20. (UP) - Admiral Harry
E. Yarnell, former COM
mander of the U. S. N.avy's
Asiatic squadron, said today
he believed the United States
would get involved in war sooner
or later and that it would be better
to fight now than later.
Strength is a very relative
thing" Yarnell, who is retired now,
said. 1T is very possible we are
stronger speaking of the navy, To-
day than we viii be in 1916 despite
our huge program.
1--WE don't know what the Axis
powers may be able to put afloat
in the coming years. We do know
they have great shipbuilding facil-
tiles. We might find ourselves rel
atively weaker a few years from
now"
Yarnell said that as recently as
year ago he was ardently against
getting involved as anyone.
But now I have come to believe
we must help stop this wave Of
international criminality,' he said.
This country will send no troops
to Europe or Asia" Yarnell said,
Our battle will be on the seas, car
ried on by the navy"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29
Republicans Dumb
About U.S.. Defense
SAYS Roosevelt

NEW YORK, Oct. 30. CUP)-
President Roosevelt was swinging
with both fists today in his cam
paign for reelection, charging the
Republican party with failure to
realize the gravity of the present
world situation and of playing poll
tics with national security.
He made these charges in a
speech at Madison Square Gar
den rally last night. Tonight he
leaves Washington for a political
tour of the Connecticut River VAL
ley in Connecticut and Massachu-
setts, to be climaxed by the third
of his six scheduled political
speeches in Boston tomorrow night.
A modified version of the ia
NOUS Roosevelt : Farley political
partnership will speed Mr.. Roose-
velt into New England where big
James A. Farley, former postmaster
general and Democratic national
chairman, an opponent of the third
term, but regular Democrat"
is immensely popular.
Farley appeared on the Madison
Continued on Page 8, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29


forces had cracked Greek defense
lines just beyond the southeastern
tip of Albania
Reports that the Nazis have 10
divisions-Which might total any
where from 100000 to 100000 men
available for use in the southwest
came from British sources which
sought to suggest that the Axis
forces were massed for protection
against Soviet Russia.
The British rushing aid to Greece,
have been seeking to win full sup
port of Turkey in the Near East,
but SO far without success. Turkeys
action probably will depend largely
ON Moscow and the British sought
to suggest that the Soviets are like
ly to oppose the Axis drive into the
Balkans. No other advices sup
ported that suggestion today.
Other reports limited that the
italian offensive against Greece was
merely the preliminary stage of a
much bigger operation and design
ed to draw the British off base in
the eastern Mediterranean. Brit
aims plans of operations-now put
into effect-have been drawn up
long ago, it was stated, and the
British naval command does not
Continued on Page 8, Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29
Bridges Union
Favors Third Term

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 90. (UPj
Three of the largest local unions
of CLOS international Longshore-
mems and WarehouSemen's union,
the organization headed by Harry
Bridges, today endorsed President
Roosevelt for reelection in repu-
diation of CIO President John L.
Lewis, who endorsed Wendell Will
kie and called on the CIO to sup
port the Republican candidate.
ILWU local LILO, San FrtnciSco,
headed by Bridges close associate,
Henry Schmidt, local L-8 of Port
land and the Los Angeles-San Pc
dro local announced their support
of Mr. Roosevelt. Schmidt said the
action of local LILO, which claims
1000 members, was unanimous.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29

WHICH applleQ 10 TWO Imperial VAL
ley men, as we'll as to one man in
virtually every draft district in
the nation.
In the southend section of I'M
perial Valley the drawing of num-
ber 1853 meant that Salvador Equia
American citizen living in Mexicali
would be considered first for mil
tary training.
In the northend of Imperial
county it meant that Wilson c.
Ferguson would be first considered
by the northend Selective Service
board.
History came close to repeating
itself.
The first number drawn was 1853.
The first number of the first
World war lottery was 258-just
one digit difference from Tuesdays
initial number.
The fate. of II million young
men from 81 to 35 years old rode
in 5000 blue pellets in an ancient
goldfish bowl on the stage of a
Washington, D. c., government au-
ditorium Tuesday. Chance and
chance alone governed the order
in which those capsules-each con-
tanning number-were ladled from
the bowl, thus determining the
progression in which conscriptior
registrants shall be called for a
year of army training.
The first number was pulled from
the bowl by Secretary of War Hen
ry L. Stimson, his eyes blindfolded
by an old strip of linen. Stimson
handed the pellet bearing the num-
ber 1853 to President Roosevelt to be
announced to the crowd
A scream burst from the rear of
the auditorium. Chance-that rode
in the goldfish bowl-had struck
home for the first time. The scream
was that of Mrs. Mildred c. Bell,
OF Washington, D. c., there to see
whether the number of her son
Robert, 81, should be drawn.
1t was. Roberts number was 1873
first to be plucked from the great
glass bowl with its plastic transpar-
ent collar
Robert goes to st. Johns school
IN Baltimore. He couldn't get off
Tor the day so his mother came
down to see if his number would
turn up. 1t did. And if Robert is
healthy and free of dependents as
presumably he is, he will be putting
on olive drab and joining the army
a few weeks hence.
The man in southend Imperial
county who answered to the SECOND
number drawn from the goldfish
ooWl-John Andrew O'Guin, El
Centro post office employe-was
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29
Prorate Fosters
Export Of Lemons

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 80. CUP)-
To encourage foreign shipments of
lemons. additional terms were add
ed to the proposed lemon pro-rate
plan at public hearing today pre-
sided over by Glen J. Clifford, rep
resenting the secretary of agricul-
ture, at Patriotic Hall.
Attorney E. E. Tuttle, counsel for
California fruit growers exchange.
explained that because of the sur
plus in lemons a certain amount
of the fruit would need to be dis
posed of.
The new proviso in the plan al
lowed that elimination would in
clude lemons shipped to markets
outside the United States and Ca
NADIA.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29
Alpine County Has
Only 47 Numbers

SACRAMENTO. Cal. Oct %.
(UP)-Tiny Alpine county has the
only draft board in California with
no registrant holding No. 158-the
first number drawn in today's ma
tional lottery.
The numbers in the county's on
ly board area run up to only At. The
total population of the county, sit
uated in the high Sierra Nevada
range, is only about 500.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29
Bomb in Army Transport
Have Killed 255O

PANAMA CITY, Oct. 20. CUP)-
A bomb found in the hold of the
United States army transport Re-
public would have meant almost
certain death for the 1850 army
officers, troops and officers wives
and children aboard had it not been
discovered in time. Henry F.. Dodd,
master -at-arms of the vessel said
today.
Dodd said he discovered the bomb
which contained two quart cyl
inders of nitroglycerine-when the
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29
Juan Britting|,aIn
Famous Mexicaii
Builder, Succumbs
Heart Attack Fatal to
Industrialist Who
Built Jabonera

Juan F. Brittingham, 81,
one of the greatest indus
trialists of Mexico and one
Of the builders of Jabonera
del Pacifico in Mexicali, will
be buried in Los Angeles Thursday,
Imperial and Mexicali Valley
friends we're informed Tuesday.
He died Monday from a heart
attack short time after he was
stricken at his home.
Funeral arrangements included
Rosary at pm. wednesday at
the Cunningham and O'Connor
mortuary and final services at St.
Vincents Catholic church in Los
Angeles at 10 am. Thursday.
He was born in st. Louis but
lived in Mexico for more than half
a century where he was beloved
for his many humanitarian en-
deavors and his skill in promoting
the industry of the country. At each
of the industrial plants he estab-
lished Birmingham also established
a school, hospital, and recrea-
tional facilities for his employees. He
founded Mexico's first cottonseed
Oil mill, soap factory, and glass
factory. He also organized the
Bank of Laguna at Torreon.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Angela Brittingham; and six sons,
Juan G., Edward G. and Nelson
g., all OF whom lived in Mexicali,
Albert A. who lived in Calexico,
Louis G. and Harry A.; and a
daughter, Esperanza B. Mabee:
Is grandchildren, and one great
grandchild.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29

summer UnaU naQ given Une ma
ton an additional seven billion
dollars for defense.
"If in June, congress had obeyed
the presidents behest to adjourn,
the United States would still have
seven billion dollars less defense
ON order than it now has," Willkie
said.
He said the Democrats had con-
troll of the congress and that if
the Democratic party "had a leader
who knew how to lead it, America
today would not be defenSeless.
The Republican presidential nom-
inee Travelled into Ohio today for
final campaign to win that state S
26 electoral votes. He enters West
Virginia for the first time in the
campaign when he speaks at Hun
tington and tonight at Charleston
Willkie issued a formal statement
in reply to the presidents speech.
He referred again to Secretary of
State Cordell Hull's foreign affairs
speech Saturday night in which
Hull said that as early as 1885 he
had warned against inadequate
powers of Self-defense
THE president, in his address,
showed that despite any opposition
in congress, he was able to secure
the passage of any armament bill
that he deemed necessary for the
defense of the United States" Will
kie said
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29
Football Squad
Attends Funeral

RICHMOND. Cal. Oct. 30. CUP
The San Francisco State college
football squad will attend the fu-
neral today of tackle Jack Tandy
Richmond, who was fatally injured
Friday night in a game with Cali
fornia Polytechnic.
After the colleges athletic de-
partment authorized a decision by
the team, the squad voted to GO
through with is scheduled game
with Laverne college next Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29

ministrator, seeking recognition of
their demands. None of these en-
ployes were discharged at the time,
but the ten involved in today's
action were laid off later and ap-
pealed to the personnel agency.
The board accepted designations
of IA former employees of the Ala
media county office of the SRA
and agreed to dismiss from the rec
ord charges of incompetency and
inefficiency filed against them by
B. o. Willford, former Alameda
county director.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29

for reinstatement were denied with
prejudice" by the SRA board OF
personnel standards and appeals
on grounds of "acts prejudicial and
inimical to the public service"
The Los Angeles demopstration
grew out OF demands by a group
of employees that seniority be the
sole basis for deciding which en-
ployes we're to be retained in a
general reduction of SRA staff
members.
Approximately 200 persons, only
40 of whom were ever identified,
forced their way into the office OF
Walter Chambers, then relief ad-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29
Sam Schoenburq
ToServe Is Years

The state board of prison terms
and paroles Tuesday ordered Sam
Schoenburg, 40, to spend Is years
in San Quentin penitentiary for
killing Charles Meyers in Ell Centre
July %, 1888.
Meyers, found near the scene of a
disastrous packing shed fire in east
FL Centro, died from a bullet wound
in the stomach. Schoenburg plead
ed guilty to a charge of murder
which the court set at second de-
gree.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29
DISTRICT TO HELP
ON ARMlSTICE DAY

Irrigation district directors Tues
day authorized appropriation of
$3.50 to aid Westmorland in staging
the countrywide Armistice day Gel
ebration Nov. IL.
The appropriation was made at
the request of Commander John
Hansen of the Westmorland AM
erican Legion post; E. H. Imper,
post member; and E. H. Cain, rep
reSentaSive of the Westmorland
Chamber of Commerce.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29
London Sends Up
Anfi.Air BarraQe

LONDON, Oct. 30. CUP)-Anti-
aircraft defense batteries raised a
terrific barrage around the capital
tonight as high flying German
raiders criSs-crossed the capital.
After two hours intense firing, there
was lull and the first raid in
which two high explosive bombs
were reported dropped in a resi-
Dental suburb.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29

years he was notary public and
took care of his friends legal busi-
ness.
He shod horses. he cut hair and
he extracted teeth according to the
best technique expounded in books
OF dentistry. In his spare time he
operated grocery store and meat
market.
Brown married Christiana Neibur
of Grizzly Flats 81 years ago. and
they reared five children.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29

ship. 1t was smoking"
Dodd said he rushed ii to the
main deck and after cursory ex-
animation, threw the explosive
overheard. "A detail then accom-
panied me below decks. wearing
gas masks to search for other
bombs but we didn't find any"
The officer explained that ap-
parently the bomb had been timed
TO go off when the ship was well
away from the California coast
where rescue operations would be
difficult.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29

Imperial, and Thomas E. Taylor,
as, driver of the truck, were hor-
ribly mangled when taken from
the wreckage of the truck cab after
the collision at the Fourteenth street
crossing at Gas a. m. Tuesday. They
were not expected to live.
Rear wheels of the truck were
dragged the length of a city block
before A. Van Leer, engineer on
passenger train No. 1858, could stop
the locomotive, Chief of Police w.
H. Burton of Imperial said
Van Leer told Burton he saw
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29

Republic was one day out of San
Francisco en- route to New York
through the Panama canal.
THE internal machine was 10
Gated four decks below" he said
ut was II by 18 by 10 inches in
size and consisted of two coils
wadded in cotton, a timing mech
anism and the nitroglycerine.
II had noticed a strange odor
and investigated The smell grew
stronger as 1 climbed deeper into
the hold. I finally found it four
decks below in the after part of the
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29
Train Hits Truck Here:
Two Critically Injured

IMPERIAL, Oct 29.-Two WPA
workmen narrowly escaped instant
death here early today in collision
between locomotive and a truck.
the second railway crossing acci-
dent in this area in 16 days.
Henry H. Adkison. 54, foreman
of a WPA road project south Of
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29

Louis, where he was born. AS a
youth, he was a sheepherder and
a miner, but his ambition rapidly
extended into other fields, in New
Chicago, Grizzly Flats, and finally,
Fiddletown.
In the gold mines, he was sue
cessively millman, foreman, watch
man, engineer and part owner of
the Mt. Pleasant workings.
For 25 years, he was postmaster
of Fiddletown. For IA years he was
Amador county surveyor. For 40
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29
D AMsl'Ne
(\spoR1ER
Don't Look Now
"Quiet please!"

"Quiet please"
Daniel Lyons. the immigration
: service man, was so in the habit
of making this announcement ev-
cry time he entered a certain El
Centro cafe that he didn't notice
who was present one day last week.
Quiet followed from all except
one persona squalling baby. The
mother of the child gave Lyons a
look that would stop a clock.
Since then Lyons has looked be-
fore he yelled.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29
ABSENTEE BALLOT
TOTAL REACHES ASS

The absentee ballot total reach
ed ass Tuesday.
County Clerk w. j. McClelland
said Tuesday that absentee appli-
cations must be in by Oct. 81. To
date 396 absentee ballots have been
mailed and SO voted in McClelland's
office in the court house.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29
10 SRA Strikers
Barred from Aid

SACRAMENTO CAL, Oct 20. (UP) = Ten former
State Relief Administration employees who participated
demonstration at the Los Angeles headquarters of the
SRA last February barred today from any future
employment with the relief agency Petitions of the ten
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29
Nuzis Mass Million Men
To Back Up Fascists in
Onslaught Against Greeks
Lons-Range Offensive to Break British
Power in Mediterranean Believed Cause
OfAggression; Rome Claims Victory
BY UNITED PRESS :

Germany repeatedly massed million the Bal
kan front Tuesday to back up Itays offensive agans'
Greece and presumably to participate in longrange Of
fensve against the British empire in the Mediterranean
zone. Dispatches from Tirana Albania meanwhile, re-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29
Added Attractions

HUUcU ACCIdCVIO1IS-
Such service.
We wandered into the theatre at
Holtville Monday night and Mana
ger John DePaoli pulled out few
of his popularity tricks. He served
soft drinks, tipped us off to what to
watch for in the news reels and
generally played the host.
Any more OF this and we'll be
expecting a T-bone steak, medium
rare.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29
Board Called Up

One coincidence connected with
the draft lottery that didn't make
the wire services was:
The first number called, 1853, was
the number of the northend Selec-
tive Service board in Imperial coun-
number
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29
WiIIki G Answers
Defense ChurQes

ABOARD WILLKIE TRAIN, En- Route to Jackson, O.
Oct. 20. (UP)-Wendel L. Wikie, replying to President
Roosevelts charge that Republicans had failed to sup
port his defense program said today the nsstence
of the COP that congress remain in session during the
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29
Front er'Juck
Of Trad eS' Dies

FlDDLETOWN, Cal, Oct. 20. (UP)-Neighbors from
miles around called today to their last respects to 9
but who, unlike the in the proverb did pretty we'll
at them ALL He arrived in the mother lode country on Am
OX- drawn in
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29
Gone In A Draft

We confess this column is brief
er than usual today, but blame it
on that blamed conscription.
We can't stay away from that
teletype that is ticking out the
draft numbers, long enough to
write anything, even if we had
anything to write
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29
7st Number Gets
Couple in Valley:
Others Affected
Secretary ofWar Pulls First Pellet
From FatefuI Goldfish Bowl as Nation
Prepares for Peace+ime Conservation
First Valley Names, Numbers On Page

First Valley Names Numbers
America chose Tuesday by the free democracy of lot
terry the order in which young shall called to the
coors that strong nation may continue to live in free
dom and in peace" The first number drawn was 152
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29

Butter: Los Angeles 32c; hut
terfat, Imperial Valley fob. ranch.
grade A, Ale; manufacturing milk
35c; route gathered cream 3lc.
L. A. hay: U. s. No. I. v. Is. 1880
U. S. No. 2 leafy S12-S13; /. v.
and Antelope S14, I4.50; u. S. No. 2
S11.O0; Mpls. Dec. flax S1.45
Evening star., 1940-09-08
New Mexico Classified
As Still Democratic
Special Dispatch Ia 1hs eta,

Special Dispatch 70 ihs Star,
SANTA FE, N. Mex, Sept, =
New Mexico at this stage of the
campaign is still apparently In ths
Roosevelt column. Democratic
leaders say there is no doubt abou,
1t; Republicans express a hope tina,
Wendell L. Willkie may carry It,
Mr.. Willkie is showing much
greater strength than Mr.. Landop
did In 1896. Democratic registration
for the September Il primary ex-
ceeds the Republican by more than
10000, however. On either this
basis or that of the 1886 election
Mr.. Willkie is faced with the task
OF making more than 10000 "con.
versions"
A number Of Democrats have ex.
pressed preference for Mr.. Willkie.
However, the working -class vote, in
cluding w. P. A. employes-heavy
in this State-is but little affected.
II at all, by this trend.
Heavy Democratic primary regis.
tration may be accounted for In
part by the contest for the senatorial
nomination, by long odds the
main race. Representative Dempsey
Is opposed to Senator Chavez. All
observers say the result is likely to
be close. Senator Chavez has the
backing Of the powerful Democratic
organization, including most of the
county chairmen. Mr.. Dempsey Is
making his campaign chiefly on the
issue "the people versus the bosses"
Present indications are that Gov.
John e. Miles will be renominated
over former Gov. Clyde Tingley.
Evening star., 1940-09-08
West Virginia Seems
In Democratic Column
Special Dispatch to The Star.

0peCiAi DlspAtCu 70 Ing 6tAr.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Sept. T.
Any impartial observer would be
compelled to record from present
evidence that West Virginia again
will be found In the Democratic
column November S.
The State now has the largest
registered Democratic majority in
its history. Its advantage stands ut
about 10000 out Of total State
registration Of roughly 1000, 900
voters.
That is an advantage which, Of
course, could be overturned BY q
landslide vote such as upset the Re
publicans' long reign in 1882, but
whether the factors that bring about
such unpredictable phenomena are
present in this campaign is some
thing too far in the realm of alb
straction. There is no denying Wen
dell L. Willkie has q tremendous
popularity in West Virginia. Whether
1t is Of upsetting proportions is
another question.