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Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-01
81 Cars Ready
forFord Race

Don Shooter and Eddie Moore,
promoters Of the Model T F9Yd
race, were running in circles We'd
nesday in an effort to complete
octall5 for the running Of the 100-
ndle race at the Imperial tair-
grounds Sunday afternoon
Thirty-six cars will compete TOR
prlze money totaling $500
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-01
Finance Fund
DriveLaunched

CALIPATRIA. May 1.-Calipatria
scout leaders "Wednesday morning
launched the annual district fl
nance drive at a "kickoff break
fast at the Del Lingo hotel
District scout leaders, council Of
ficers and Scout Executives Hugh
Wilcox and Bill Kenny we're pres
cnt at the Breakfast
Fl Centre chapter No. lG9. RAM,
will meet Thursday night at 7;3O
O'Clock in the Masonic temple.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-01

can league lead by defeating the
Athletics, l0-5.
Emil BndilH. up from San An
tonic, sQuelchej the Yanks as the
Browns triumphed. 81, in The bat
ut for fifth place.
The White Sox Shclled E.1e 's)n
Dlckman to cover and beat tn" Red
SoI, ga, behind DUNCAN R!Eley'S
6 hit pitching. Jimmy FoXX hlt HON
er No 4. Washington slammed OF
l3 hits to beat Detroit. 9-4 and
knock out Bridges in the bargain
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-01
BY HENRY NCLEMORF-

LOUISVILLE. Ky. Nav !. up
On the eve Of the eve of the Derby
eve Louisville is unhappier than a
tobacco auctioneer with a lisp.
Not because the mint luleps are
mt in fun blossom. or because the
girls aren't as southern belle-lSh as
ever. but because of horse that
is just too fast.
Always before. the arrival at
Churchill Downs Of a blue grass
baby who could whip them all has
been signal for general rejoicing
Then along comes Bimelech.
For the first time the goateeS of
the colonels are at half mast be-
cause Kentucky sire and Kentucky
dam have given TO the track a colt
too swift-for the good of their
own pocketbooks
Col. Ed Bradley's three year old.
with the coat Of satin and the look
of conquest IN his eyes. was a to
9 favorite in winning the derby trial
here yesterdaX-H paid off in the
mutuels at the niggardly rate of
1920 to win. S240 to place. and
So 20 to show.
Bimelech won the race so easily
and showed so much class in trounc-
ing seven other Derby elgibles,
that there is no telling what his
price will be in the Derby on Sat
urday. With $1,000 customers at
the Downs. and with all $4,000 of
them completely sold on Bimelech
as not only the horse Of the year.
but. perhaps, the horse Of all time
his price at post time may be as
fantastic as ! to 20 or even to 80.
Everybody who saw Bimelech run
yesterday knows he viii win the
Derby.
At the same time. they know there
isn't any use in betting on him.
What doth it profit man to bet
So if he can only gain 10 cents"
And the 10 cents only after waiting
in a line for half an hour. The 10
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-01
Stanford Athletic
Trips Approved

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, May
!. CUP)-Stanford University track
and field. golf and tennis teams
will compete in national collegiate
championships in the east during
June. the board of athletic control
announced today
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-01
100000 Fishermen
Go After Trout

SAN FRANCISCO, May l. (UP)
In excess of 100000 fishermen
went into the hills and mountains
OF California today seeking their
first trout since last Oct. 81 and
found, for the most part. conditions
improved over the 1889 season.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-01
Markets at a Glance

Stocks lower and moderately ac-
tive.
Bonds irregularly lower.
Foreign exchange lower.
Curb stocks irregularly lower.
Cotton steady.
Wheat off l5s-2 "a cents; corn off
u - cent.
ubber firm.
Silver unchanged in New York.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-01
MARKET QUOTATIONS
L. A. POULTRY

Los ANGELES, May l. up
Hens, ieghOrns, - - tba. .... 12c
Hens, leghorns, over 4 lbs. 90. 12c
Do. over 4 lbs. ....... ........ 12c
Hens, colOred, 81, to lbs. 49,. 13c
Hens, colorcd, over ! lbs. go. lSc
Broilers, over = up 20 = lbs. 15c
Ero!Iers, over j. UP 10 - lbs. 17c
Fryers, colored. . ]. y. lbs. 49,. 17c
Fryers, colOrcd, over 8, lbs Up poe
koaSters, cOlOred ............. 2Gc
Old rOOsterS, colOrcd .......... sc
Old rOOster~. lcghOru ............ Sc
stag ................... lac
Dackilngs, over pounds ...... 16c
DucknngS, under pounds 49,. lie
OLD ducks ................... SC
1Cne geese ................... 15c
Oid tom turkeys .............. lie
Old hen turkeys 49,. .......... lie
Capons lbs. and up ........ 24c
Rabbits, No. ! VIII. . z TO AZ lbs. lie
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-01
L. A. GRAINS

Los ANGELES, May !. UPJ --
Wheat
No. l hard while 49,. $1.721.-1.77Ik
W. ] soft white ...... $1.7O-1.75
Barley
No. ! Bri west As lbs. -. 93% -9S%
Corn, No. . yellow ...... 1851 81
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-01
Day, Angott to
Clash for Title

LOUISVILLE, KY. May l. CUP)
"A skinny lad who fought his way
back from the scrap heap was 3
TO 2 favorite today to beat Derby
towns favorite in prizefight to
determine the lightweight cham
pionship.
Davey Day of Chicago will meet
Sammy Angott of Louisville on the
eve of the big race and the winner
will be recognized in 46 states as
king of the lightweights. In New
York and California, Lou Ambers,
Herkimer, N. Y. leads the list of
1876 Founders. but the National Box
ing association stripped him of his
title because he failed to meet
proper NBA contenders.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-01
CarIeton's No.Hitter Sinks Champion
Cincinnati Reds. Stretches Brooklyn
Winning Streak TO 2; Yankees Lose
NEW YORK. NAV / tUF

NEW YORK May l. UP)-The baseball world Brooklyn rNefled-
MS upside-doWn
In Brooklyn, wild gathered the bts stood stree
poked their Il Challenging
voice you
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-01

AfTndNuO NaIt0CIa IUtSuaN aITt.-
noon TO defeat Coach Sheldo
LouRhborouRh' charges Go
CaleXico collected two runs in
the third lrnjne, one in the fouyn
and three in the seventh BY pound.
ing The usually reliable Martin Ma
Nailo for 10 safe hits
Acuna and Garlic were the lead
ing stickers for the CaleXico Bull
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-01

The law of averages-Will find you
a buyer if you are willing to take a
fifty thousand-to-one chance and
advertise the article you wish to
sell in the Classified Section!
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-01
Hanson Fovors BrdWIey in
I.vs Track Championships
BY BURDETTE KINNE :


BY BURDETTE KINNE -
Coaches Of defending champion teams usually have the
filters couple of days before their athletes put the title
the block, it not surprising to find that Coach
Larry Hanson regarded every event in the county track
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-01

Los Angeles extra butter .. 27
Grade milk .......... =. e. g6
MFG. milk .............. :. .. 800
Route gathered cream - 2G,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-01
CoIexico Holds to
Baseball Lead

Caexco high school still supreme in baseball Wed
nesday for the Bulldogs held the league leadership
again and were headed toward second straight champion
ship and the 18th in 16 years.
The Bulldogs capitalized on the three-ht hurting OF
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-01

LOS ANGELES AWARDED
SYRACUSE, N. Y, May l. (UP)-
Los Angeles yesterday was awarded
the 1941 women's international
bowling congress by the 23d annual
congress meeting here now.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-01
l.. A. BANKS

LOS ANGELES May !. UP)-
TSansamerica ..,.,.....,... ~ =
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-01
E. Centro PH5;sss: sssisessssi + Directory
is to your advantage TO know these Business and Profess
siona people .. They we'll known. reliable firms that
deserving Of your patronage.

Upho|steryFirm
Steadily Gaining
Asked concerning the service
his firm renders customers,
George II. Morris of the Nor
ris Upholstering company i'm
I'll Centre replied mOdestIy:
Good, we think"
He did not underestimate, as
the steady growth of patronage
indicates.
Morris has been in the up
holstering business ten years
of his IL in Imperial Valley
and during those years has
been quick to learn all the
needs of his customers. His
plant specialiZes in both auto
mobile and furniture upholster-
ing as well as work on canvas
goods and installation of safety
glass.
The quality of Morris work
is without a superior and his
plant is fully equipped to give
high grade, tOp-nOtch service
while his employees are trained
to give the best in courteous
treatment to customers. The
location is 661 Broadway.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-01

dogs and Navarro and Luckev were
the only players 10 ht safely for
BraWley.
The score:
CaleX}co COZ 100 3-6-IO-o
BraWley OOo 600 o. 30
Valencia and Acuna: Navarro
and MeStaS.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-01
MPLS. FLAX FUTURES
LOCAL BUT1ERPAT

=
July .................. 81
Sept. ................. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-01

Games behind leader.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-01
Standings
PACIFIC COAST IFACUE
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Games behind leader.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-01
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Games behind leader.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-30
Five Sisters. Housekeeper Perish
When Flames Destroy Only Stairway

EASTON, Me-. Dec. 30 UP)-
Five sisters and their 19-year-old
housekeeper perished early today
when flames swept a IL story
wooden building containing a gen.
eral store and an apartment.
Only the childrens father and
mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter smith
and a brother, James. II, escaped.
The dead were Doreen Smith, 10,
Marie, Z Carlene, 6; Irma. 4; Lin
da, 10 months cid and Mrs. Vera
Davenport, 10.
The fire, apparently starting in
the rear of the block housing C. A.
Landers' general store. quickly des-
troyed the only stairway exit from
the upstairs apartment.
Smith. his wife and son, aroused
by smoke, jumped unclothed from
window into foot deep snow
that surrounded the building. The
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-30
California Sees
End of Downpour:;
Records Broken
New Storm Forming in
Far North, But May
Break Without Striking
BY UNITED PRESS

Southern California mop
ped up the debris in the
wake of a week-long storm
Monday and looked forward
cheerfully to a fair New Years
Day.
Leaden skies continued over north
ern California, but weather bureau
officials there, also, forecast an end
to the torrential doWnpours that
have Wetted the entire Pacific wa
tershed for the last 10 days.
Only pesSimistic report was that
another storm was forming far in
the north, but officials said it might
lose it's force before reaching Cali
fornia.
Rainfall during the Christmas
holiday season had broken records
in many California communities,
sending rivers near the flood stage,
pounding beach homes with gigan-
tic waves, and leaving one town
Alviso, near San FranciScO-under
at least an inch of water. San Fran
cisco itself reported total rainfall
for the season OF over 10 inches, as
against slightly more than seven
last year.
San Diego's season total, since
July /, is 8.O8 inches, of which COL
inches fell in the recent storm.
Heavy rains, but no snow, were not
ed in the San Diego mountain area.
Record reaking rains fell
throughout Arizona Monday, bring
ing precipitation to rangelands and
boosting storage in reservoirs pro-
viding irrigation water from farm
lands in the central portion of the
state.
Heavy showers began in the Phoe-
nix area Sunday night and by noon
Monday brought 153 inches OF pre-
cipitation. The rains raised the De-
cember rainfall total to $40 inches
highest for any December on rec
ord since 1914.
Many Phoenix streets were flood
ed, hindering auto traffic. In the
southern section of the city, the
rainwaters stood two feet deep and
threatened houses. Many house
holders were forced to use boats to
get around.
Yuma also was treated to drench-
ing rains, getting 1.30 inches over
night. d. -.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-30

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 80. (UP)-
Three of the states most we'll
known murder cases will be recall
ed Sunday when the state advisory
pardon board meets at Folsom pri-
son to hear executive clemency ap-
plications by Nellie May Madison,
Louise Northcott and Dewitt Clin-
ton Cook.
The board will hear a total OF
Is murder cases, including four
women, on the 45-case calendar.
Cook is sentenced to be executed
Friday, Jan. 81, for the murder of
Anya Sosoyeva, Russian dancer and
student at Los Angeles City col
lege on Feb. "a, 1899. Cook also
was charged with assault with a
deadly weapon with intent to COM
NIT murder in connection with at
tacks made on Della Bogart and
Myrtle Wagner later in 1889 Cook
applied for communication of SEN
tence from death to life imprison-
ment.
Nellie May Madison was sentenc-
ed to be executed for the murder of
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-30
Londoners Battle
Flames; Japanese
Stirred by Nazis
Germans Increase Force
In Pacific to Bring
Trouble for u. S.
BY UNITED PRESS

LONDON, Monday count
ed fresh scars from a Nazi
fire raid on the Christopher
Wren buildings of the ancient
CITY as President Roosevelt's
declaration of all our aid for Brit
ain brought an Axis charge that
America had launched "undeclared
war; on Germany, Italy and Japan.
There were repercussions in the
Far East where a dispatch from
Shanghai said that reports were
circulating that the Germans hope
to increase sea warfare in the Pa
cific and encourage the Japanese
in stroke aimed at thanking the
great Singapore naval base by es-
tablishing strong Japanese posi-
tions in Thialand and French Indo-
China.
1t was said that the Germans
sought to convince Japan that Rus
sia would be kept pre-occupied in
the west and unable to interfere
with southwark drive by Tokyo
and that U. S. interference need
not be feared.
Such a move by German would be
in line with the strategy of the
t(i-partite militeEy alliance and
presumably would seek to raise
simultaneous threats to the United
States both in the East and West.
The Moscow press, it was noted,
has in the past few days shown a
sudden interest in internal con-
ditions in Japan, describing the
japanese regime as sorely beset
with military and economic prob
lens. Monday the Soviet press
printed dispatches attributed to a
Japanese spokesman characterizing
the effort to defeat China as "hope-
less and the tri-partite alliance
as unreliable.
From the Jugoslav frontier came
report-unconfirmed-that a full
German division had landed in
Albania and was taking up posi-
tions in the central part of the
country. There was heavy fighting
north of Pogradec where the Greeks
closed around the strategic town of
Lin. A frontier reports said the
Greeks had fought their way into
the town but it was not certain that
they could retain their hold.
London newspaper columns made
angry charges that the NaZi Illft-
waite deliberately tried to burn out
the heart of London without regard
for military detectives.
The huge fires which sent pill
lars of smoke and flame high into
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-30
By The Bells
Raj Attacks Bases
In African War

CAIRO, Dec. 30. (UP)-The Royal
Air Force middle east command
reported today that British bomb
ers rained explosives on Tmimi,
Derna and Gazala, Italian bases.
At Tmimi, fires were started and
aircraft were attacked, communi-
que said. At Gazala and Derna
bombs straddles military targets.
Our fighters continued offensive
patrols, but no contact was made
with enemy aircraft" the middle
east command said
A raid was said to have beerR
carried out in Italian East Africa
on a motor transport, repair and
workshops.
The British empire forces mean
while were preparing to close in on
besieged Bardia. General headquar-
tiers said Italian artillery fire from
the Libyan port had increased.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-30
Army Plane Down
On Hop to Calf.

PHOENIX, Dec 30 (UP)-A U. S.
army attack plane forced down on
the desert by engine trouble was
found unchanged today near Eh-
renberg, Ariz., just across the Colo
RADIO river from Blythe, Calf. The
pilot, 1t. Clair E. Ryan, was un-
injured, the highway patrol re-
ported.
The ship "a type ALI Northrup,
was forced down yesterday after
noon on the last leg of a trans
continental flight to March Field,
Calf, shortly after a takeoff from
the emergency field at Salome
AriZ.
The plane first was reported down
in the rugged desert country 90
miles northeast of Yuma. A party
of Yuma officers, searching for 1t.
Ryan all night through driving
rainstorm, was advised that the
ship and pilot had been located.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-30

cnamDef OF commerce, the board OF
supervisors and road district No. 2,
gathered at the chamber offices
Monday forenoon to hear Col Har-
old M. Raynor, in command of the
cavalry regiment stationed north of
Seeley, and Maj. Don L. Hartford
describe the conditions left at the
camp by weekend of heavy rain
fall.
Men can scarcely walk about the
camp without going down eight
inches in mud {. This is the first
time have had on leather boots :.
Our heavy equipment had to be
moved to the graveled portions of
the camp to keep them from miring
down from their own weight" the
colonel said.
The situation, summed up, was
this:
The two mile, graveled road from
Seeley north to the camp has been
badly beaten down by rain and
travel until it is a "waShboard"
marked with chuck holes. The light
ly graveled roads within the camp
have virtually disappeared under
the pounding of travel.
The solution, as tentatively ar
rived at during the conference, was:
Arrangements were started to OBJ
tain dragline from the Imperial
Irrigation district and place it at
the gravel pit near Plaster City
where army trucks could be filled
to carry road-building materials to
the camp.
A delegation was expected to ap-
pear before the supervisors Monday
afternoon to make further arrange
mentS for help.
Major Hartford explained that his
available funds for road building
have nearly all been spent and that
in the near future a much greater
demand will be placed upon not
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-30
Held in Stolen
JeweIry Sales

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 80. CUP)
Nine persons were arrested In
Los Angeles and one man was taken
into custody here today as suspects
in operations through which stolen
Jewelry and clothing valued at
$425, 900 was sold to the public,
chiefly to patrons of the gambling
ship Rex in southern California,
police announced
The man seized here was identi-
fled by police as David Pelsinger,
So. Raiders said he had two mink
coats valued at $4,000 each and
ring valued at $500 in his possess
sion.
Pelsinger was held for return to
Los Angeles where the others were
being held. 1t. Henry Powell of
Beverly Hills assisted Inspectors
Dick Hughes and James johnson
in the raid here.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-30
GEORGE WASHlNGTONS
GRANDDAUGHTER TO WED

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CAL, Dec.
80. CUP)-Lieut. Kennett Washing
ton Patrick, U. S. NJ, great-great-
gre a t. grandnephew Of Gearge
Washington, today disclosed his
engagement to Dorothy Jane Hunt
Finger, Pasadena socialite and SEN
ior student at Scripps college.
Lieut.. Patrick, a graduate Of An
napolis, is stationed aboard the u.
S. S. Arizona. He said the wedding
would take place next summer af-
ter his fiance is graduated from
college.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-30
One Major Crash
Mars Rainy Sunday
On Valley Roads
HOltville Man Injured
When Machine Skids
On Slippery Pavement

Imperial Valley sloshed
through the rainy weekend
with only one major traffic
accident, Captain Frank Os-
walt of the California High
way patrol said Monday.
Cars and trucks skidded, slipped,
and refused to start but drivers and
passengers miraculously escaped in
jury except for one instance.
Hirshel Mccullough, 33, theater
projection machine operator OF
Holtville, was in the Valley hospi-
tai in Holtville Monday suffering
from a back sprain.
He was injured a mile east OF
Meloland early Sunday morning
when his car skidded in the mud,
swished back and forth across the
pavement, and overturned in the
borrow pit.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-30
Three Notorious Murder Cases
Scheduled for Review at Folsom
As Killers Present CIemency Pleas

her husband Eric B. Madison, Of
Burbank, but former Gov Frank
Merriam commuted the sentence to
life. The board of trustees of Te-
hachapi prison for women recon-
mended her term be commuted to
Is years.
Louise Northcott was paroled but
is making application for commu-
tation of her sentence. She plead
ed guilty to murder in Riverside
county in 1928 and her son was
executed for the axe death of Wal
ter Collins, II.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-30

A $500 claim submitted by Mrs.
Margaret Floyd, San Francisco, for
the death of her husband was de-
MED. Floyd, a longshoreman, fell
from a dock in San Francisco and
was drowned Jan. IL, 1910. Mrs.
Floyd contended the state was negli-
gent in falling to provide life saving
facilities on the dock
Mrs. Floyd is receiving a $4,000
state industrial accident commission
award at the rate of $23.91 a week.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-30
Joint Services TO
MenoriaIize Two

Joint memorial services were an
nounced Monday for both L. E.
Sinclair jr., of Calipatria and Her
bert Martin of San Diego, formerly
of Imperial Valley. Services will
be held Tuesday at 9 am. at the
Calipatria Union church.
Sinclair and Martin lost their
lives a week ago in an airplane
accident in Mexico. The bodies were
buried near the crash scene. L. E.
Sinclair ST. said Monday there had
been no step taken so far toward
disinterrment. Under Mexican law,
bodies may not be removed within
five years unless special permission
is obtained.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-30

the commissions ship figures, stress
ed that they involved vessels or
dered before the big rearmament
drive was started. They said that
while construction work is ahead of
schedule, launchings next year will
be further apart than in the past
six months.
The commissions report said that
army and navy orders accounted
for approximately So 900 100000 OF
the approved contracts. The COM
mission must approve all defense
contracts of 100000 or more before
they can be awarded.
The report said that 100000 un-
men and women have gone
back to work in the past two months
and that several million more will
be needed by next November.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-30

erican opinion, which, generally,
agreed with the president.
In Rome, the president was called
the leader of an undeclared war
against the Axis powers; in Berlin,
a spokesman said the highest Off
cials would study his speech; in To-
kyo, there was no comment, but
shortly before he spoke, the Japa-
nese army charged that the United
States tried to weaken Japan.
Great Britain hailed the speech
NaZiSm ever uttered.
The chief divergence of domestic
opinion concerned the extent this
country should aid Britain.
Alf M. Landon, 1886 Republican
presidential nominee, said: Il think
the president made fair statement
of our situation" William Allen
White, chairman of the committee
to defend America by aiding the
allies, said: His statement was
calm and magnificent" Verne Mar
shall, chairman of the No Foreign
War committee, said: THE president
called for greater weakening Of
our own defenses by giving them to
some European belligerent."
Senators and representatives gen.
orally agreed with the PRESIDENT
premise that America should aid
Great Britain and her allies but
there was disagreement as to meth
cd and extent.
Mr.. Roosevelt spoke to a huge
audience from the oval room of the
White House last night His fire
side chat" had been widely publiciz-
ed in advance to put as many AM
ericans before their radios as pos
sible. He talked on all radio net
works and his words were relayed
by short wave throughout the world.
Peace Talk Spurned
He rejected suggestions that he
take the initiative toward a nego-
tiated peace and spurned German
and Italian threats that certain
types of aid to Britain might be
considered war-like acts.
He took note of the German-Ital-
ian-Japanese military alliance which
he said was aimed at the United
States.
He said an expeditionary force
movement of troops outside our
borders was neither sought nor
contemplated.
But he said Great Britain must
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