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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04
rHFNCK INDICTED
ON LEVY CHARGES
8 Grand Jury Accuses
" ,,;r, Of Fraud, Conspiracy,
False Statements

,.,v YORK, June s'-R-
>n h schenck, who ran a STAKE
Ise .,oo into millions and mastery
d >oy' Of the film industry's great
d oI5s .,tions was indicted today by
@Ip0,' grand jury for income
lsls ond conspiracy, and making
* lIa came 70 government in
estisators' p,ssi,n IMMIGRANT
INC .So long ago dreamed of
10Y and success as he doled
'o" sors and pills in a dingy China
1o"ue d,uosrore was charged in
""" .o,nt with having detrauded
aovprnment of more than
.. ae 4 AM in taxes from 1885 to 1887.
r.ontv-four counts were speci-
j.. two indictments against
.n,t 57-year-old chairman of
board and executive director
,' .no oth-Century-Fox film cor
%yration, u,o,o, formed
.horoes unfair and said he
confident that when all the
.,t. are finally determined full
yndication will result"
10 added that two New York
.1itino firms had advised him
'%.r far the years in question he
49,, oorerpaid rather than under
"a my taxes" and said charges
r. had made false statements to
oovornment agent about another
.rson's personal tax are not
true.
Named as co-defendant in a con
,oiracv indictment was Schenck's
20 oo6-a-vear bookkeeper, Joseph
II yoskowitz. who was accused
Il aiding his employer in evading
income taxes
scbpnck was charged with hav-
inc fraudulently deducted from his
gross income losses from the
,,,rnorted sale of stock to his Hol-
vrood friends and with having
aaimpd as business expenses eX-
nenittures which actually were
,arsonaI-in many instances the
|,os,y of lavish entertainments.
He vas charged with %perjuring
himself in statements to an in
-orra1 revenue agent, during an in
visitation of the income of Will
liam Bioff. western representative
|ot the International Alliance of
theatrical Stage Employees and
MOVING Picture operators.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04
PROTEST

BUENOS AIRES, June 3.-GP-
Foreign Minister Cantilo reported
tonight that a protest has been
delivered in Berlin over the sink
ing by a U-boat Of the Argentine
freighter Uruguay, May 81 off the
Spanish coast. The protest de-
mands material compensation for
the ship together with satisfaction
for the injury to the Argentine
flag.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04
WANTS

HARTFORD, Conn, June 3.-P
Homer Cummings urged tonight
with the fervency of prayer that
President Roosevelt be reelected
'for country's sake" The former
U. S. attorney general, in a prepared
speech opening the two-day demo.
cratic state convention, coupled the
plea with the assertion that the
third term tradition must, of course,
yield to the public good"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04
DEMONSTRATIONS

LONDON, June 3-lR-A large
scale demonstration in Barcelona
in which Spanish students carried
banners and shouted Gibraltar is
Spanish" was reported on the wave
length of the Madrid radio tonight
and heard in London. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04

A teacher in Indiana uses his
sportplane to give his students prac.
teal illustrations of geography and
the phenomena of climate. Also, fuel
consumption and aerial navigation
provide interesting problems in arith.
metic,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04
FOUR BOYS DROWN

PITTSBURGH, June 3-R-
Four boys were drowned late to-
day when their home made John
boat capsized in the roaring wat
ers below a dam in the Allegheny
river at nearby Aspinwall. The
victims were Jack Meiser, IS; Will
liam Yester, Is; John Lambert,
10; Charles Gasda II, all Of
Sharpsburg, Pa. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04
OBITUARIES
S. S. KING

Funeral rites for S. S. King,
brother of Mrs. j. H. Garrett, of
20S Wright street, who died on
May rs at his home in Rocking
ham, were held from the late resi-
dence on May %.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04

LOUISVILLE, KY, June 3.-LR-
William Green, president of the
American Federation Of Labor, de.
clared today that labor Is "solidly
behind the President" in defense
preparation but is opposed to in
Movement Tin the European con-
flict."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04

British air raid wardens are
competing with each other to get
gas masks to newborn babies. One
made a new mark by supplying a
mask to a 40-second-old baby, but
W seconds were knocked off that
fcord within a day. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04

Nearly all icing conditions lie be.
low the $4,000 feet level.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
Draft Year May
Stretch,I.N.Civic
Leaders Informed

Continued from Page One)
method of hiring a substitute to go
to the army in their place, Nice
had a disappointment.
There will be no substitutes ac-
cepted and no pounties paid for
enlistment" he said. -
After this enlistment it will be
a different story from 1918.
Il remember when we marched
Well, boys, your jobs will be here
when you get back : Seme OF
them were but most of them weren't
waiting
In order to get their own jobs
back after the year of army life
is up, draftees must make applica-
ton within 40 days after discharge.
meanwhile, no Communists OF
members of the German american
bund may be hired to take the
places vacated by American youth"
Nice declared. Applause rippled
through the audience at this state
ment
Following Nice's talk, a motion
picture was shown by representa-
tives of Western Air Express, whose
application is on file with those
OF two other lines for permission
to operate line across Imperial
Valley.
Speakers during the business ses-
sion included:
Charles Wieman, candidate for
the state senate; Pete Ostrander,
who spoke on the Armistice Day
celebration to be held in West
morland; Paul Cook, who reported
on summer activity toward obtain
ing military air base for Imperial
county; Joe Enz, of Holtville, who
discussed activities to boost the
dairy industry,
Sole resolution passed was one
appropriating $3.50 for the All Am
erican canal celebration Oct. r..
The resolution was explained by
Ted Kipf, new associated board
member and one of the celebration
committeeman.
A tribute to the late L. J. Thomas
of Imperial was authorized and the
audience stood for a moment in
honor of his memory
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29

summoned the steel workers or
ganizing committee to meet at
Pittburgh next week to consider
a strike. Murray charged that
Bethlehem. which employs 115,OOO
workers, does not obey the Walsh
Healey act governing labor condi-
tions in plants holding federal con-
tracts. and of the national labor
relations act.
Hillman said that if any viola
tion of the Walsh -Healey act ex-
listed it could be corrected with
out negotiations"
Murray said that all the 81 de-
partments of the Lackawanna plant
at Buffalo, N. Y, had asked the
SWOC for strike authorization
and that some employees who had
walked out at the Johnston, Pa,
and Alameda, Calf, plants had
urged similar action. Principal
Bethlehem shipyards are at Boston,
Quincy (Fore River, Mass. New
The union wants fixed pay rate,
York, San Francisco and San Pedro.
time and one-half for overtime,
double time for Sunday and holi-
days, five per cent bonus for
night work, restoration of seniority
rights and creation of grievance
board.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
AT OIL Finds WPA
Labor Competing
For Defense Wages

SANTA MONICA. Cal. Sept. %.
CUP) Employment of Works Progress
administration workers on national
defense projects in competition
with other workmen was condemned
today by the California Federation
of Labor as it waded through reso-
luton after resolution in overtime
sessions.
The federation continued its an
nual state convention another day
when adjournment time arrived yes
terday because of heavy volume of
resolutions to be acted upon.
c. R. Van Wrinkle. delegate of
the Hollywood Studio Carpenters
Union. sponsor of the resolution
criticizing WPA employment. said
that the American Federation of
Labor, parent organization, will
cooperate with the national defense
program in every way possible and
if employers will cooperate with
us we will furnish all the skilled
workers necessary to fulfill the
program"
He denied that a shortage of
skilled workers exists in vital indus
tries and charged that WPA labor is
inefficient. expensive and slow"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
America FIexes
Defense Muscles in
Great Air Show

WASHINGTON. Sept. %. tUP)-
President Roosevelt today hailed
the roar of some 400 military and
commercial planes over Washing
toms new airport as symbolic of
our determination to build up a
defense, on land and in the air
capable of overcoming any attack
Never before had so great con-
-centration OF aircraft flown over
an American city as in this sur
prise" demonstration. There were
240 army fighters and bombers,
some from airdromes as distant as
Michigan. Louisiana ard New York.
The l65 participating navy planes
included squadrons from the air.
craft carriers Wasp and Ranger,
which were anchored somewhere
along the Atlantic coast.
Laying the cornerstone OF the air.
ports administration building, he
spoke after the planes, mostly army
and navy, had passed in review
overhead
They represent in small way
the power we ultimately must have
and will soon have" Mr.. Roose-
welt said
Rather let me describe this as
just a gratifying flexing of the kind
of fighting muscle democracy can
and does produce
He added that the more planes
the United States has, the less will
be the danger of attack from "a
broad.
The President recalled that it
had once been anticipated by George
Washington and his collaborators
that the capital would become a
center of channels of transporta-
ton. He noted that there was a
new airport close to the Potomac
rivers edge. The new airport, one
of the worlds finest, will be placed
in service in December.
For proof of the value of the
growth of aviation to the nations
defense we can make comparisons
with Washington's day." Mr.. Roose-
welt said. He had citizenrv
ready to sprin gto arms because
ready to spring to arms because
knew how to use them. Every
gentleman wore a sword and every
farmer had a musket which he used
almost daily to bring food to his
table.
But two years ago less than
$4,000 of our people-only one
fiftieth of one per cent OF the
population-knew how to fly an
airplane. If only that proportion
of the American people had known
how to use musket in Washing
tons day the continental army
would have consisted of little more
than a corporals guard
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
Head Reports on
Bar Convention

Plans 10 bring the public SER
vices done by members of the legal
profession before the people of the
state were made this week at Cor
onado at the annual convention of
the state bar of California District
Attorney Elmer Heald said Satur-
day
He attended the meeting as pres
ident of the Imperial County Bar
association. He was accompanied
by Ebert Berry secretary; Ross T.
Hickcox, official delegate; Deputy
District Attorney Russell Yeager.
Closer cooperation between coun-
ty and state bar associations. and
more help in preventing the in
crease of juvenile crime were among
the main topics discussed.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
Californian Heads
US. Postal Chiefs

COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 20. (UP)-
Michael O'Rourkee, postmaster of
Beverly Hills, Calf, today was
elected president of the national
association of postmaster at the
final business session of the asso-
cciation convention.
Boston was chosen for the 194l
convention
Other officers elected were Philip
j. Gallagher. Woburn, Mass, first
vice president; Joseph Riddle, Wich-
ita, Kan, second vice president:
Joseph F. Conrad, Scranton. Pa,
third vice president; Miss Marie
WEIGH, Elba. Neb., fourth vice presi-
dent; John j. Hart. Ottawa. ILL.,,
secretary-treasurer. and William H.
Mccarthy. Sar Francisco, editor.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
Boys. Girls Going
Back TO Books

Continued From Page u
to be done. This will not disturb
class schedules.
The entire faculties of high
school, junior college and grammar
school were present at the luncheon
meeting at hotel Barbara Worth
Saturday. Brief talks were heard
from Roy Womack. high school
board head, and Harry Sones. chief
of the elementary board, as we'll as
representatives of the Parent Tea
cher association, the service clubs
and the Ministerial association.
The gathering was designed to
acquaint new teachers with the
citizens and promote greater un-
derstanding of the school program.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
San Diego Plans
Anti.Air Baraqe

SAN DIEGO. Sept. %. UP)-
Marine corp authorities today an
nounced that unusually extensive
anti aircraft artillery and machine
gun practice will be held here next
month.
Mariners and aviators were ad-
vised that coastal defense guns hid
den. or the Fort Rosecrans reser-
vation on Point Iona will fire into
a sector extending 10 miles out to
sea during the periods Oct. to Il,
Oct IA to 10, and Oct. q TO 25.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
Air, Diplomatic
Warfare Reaches
Height ofFury
Continued from Page One)


through to bomb London from a
great altitude.
The attack appeared to center on
London docks, and power station
north of the River Thames, but
apartment houses and factories as
well as objectives on the southeast
coast suffered damage and there
were casualties.
With aerial fighting roaring to
new high in the last "a hours and
British representatives emphasizing
at Washington the need for ever
increasing aid, experts were general
ly agreed that the final trend of
war in Europe depended on air
power. The British reported 1873
.Nazi planes shot down in "a hours,
the Germans reported 10l British
craft destroyed and both sides
claimed tremendous damage in
bombing attacks on enemy objec-
tives.
The steadily mounting tempo of
aerial bombing of Germany and the
stubborness of British defenses gave
special point to the Nazi spokes-
mans explanation of the new triple
alliance as it affects both America
and Russia.
The sale of 30 United States de-
stroyers to Great Britain, ne point
ed out, was not important in re-
gard to the outcome of the war.
Nor, he added. is RuSSia's limited
aid to China of decisive nature in
the struggle in the Far East. There
fore, such material aid to Britain
and China does. not come within
the scope of the new .three-power
agreement pledging Japan, Germany
and Italy to fight as a common foe
any nation that interferes in their
program for new orders" in Europe,
Asia and Africa.
1t was intimated, any material aid
that might have decisive effect on
the outcome of the war or tend to
prolong the conflict would be in an
entirely different category.
Nazis also sought to reassure
South America that Germany has
no plans for interference in the
western hemisphere, but the posi-
ton of Russia remained the biggest
question mark and potentially the
most important factor in the crea-
ton, OF totalitarian new orders"
Moscow published news of the
new alliance but was silent in re-
gard to its Importance to the Soviet
Union.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
Youth Who Wanted
Star to Pay0H
Mortgage Freed

HOLLYWOOD, Sept %. (UP)-
William Senior. 19-year- youth
from Reading, Pa, who wanted
Ginger Rogers TO pay the s950O
mortgage on his fathers hotel, is
free to leave jail and return to
Reading if some one provides rail-
road fare
Senior. arrested Tuesday when he
pounded at the door of a Beverly
Hills mansion in the mistaken be-
lief that it was the actress home
pleaded guilty to carrying con-
cealed weapon, a % calibre pistol.
Municipal Judge William Frederick
son suspended a 30-day jail SEN
tence on condition the youth re-
turn to Reading Immediately Po-
lice said, however. Senior has no
money for fare.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
Some Chi|dsLife
On Borrowed Time

Continued from Page One
appeal to drivers to remember the
times when a child has darted across
the street in front of them-to re-
member and to drive slowly and
cautiously when near schools or in
any district where there may be
child traffic"
To further insure protection for
the young pedestrians, Chief Cox
ordered several extra details to start
Monday. Special officers will be on
duty at the various grammar schools
to direct traffic and see that streets
are crossed safely.
"A little more care, little more
alertness on the part of the drivers
may help save a life" Chief Cox
added.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
WiIIkie Reports
On Vote Drive

but disregarded the substance. of
democratic and constitutional gov
ernment.
He speaks at 800 p. m. EST at
the Empire race track in Yonkers,.
N. Y, a New York suburb, closing.
the Republican state convention.
He titled his talk "a report to the
Republican party
It will be his first New York ad-
dress of the campaign and his first
purely Republican gathering since
his nomination at the Philadelphia
c. o. p. convention late in June.
The speech will be broadcast by an
eastern regional network of National
Broadcasting Company stations.
Willkie will stay in New York less
than "a hours before turning west
again, beginning rear platform ap-
pearances at South Bend. Ind, early
Michigan to Detroit, where he
speaks Monday night before the
National Federation of Women's
REPUBLICAN, clubs. A tour Of important
Michigan industrial centers is
scheduled Tuesday, and he delivers
a nationally broadcast speech on
foreign affairs at Cleveland We'd
nesday night. A Pittsburgh speech,
probably on labor, is scheduled
Thursday night as the Republican
nominee steps up the tempo of his
campaign.
.Willkie IN his Madison speech
charged that the Roosevelt admin
.istration had concentrated power
in the hands of the president but
had left the forms Of power with
other branches of government. He
said that was exactly the route by
which Octavius-who no doubt had
the noblest of motives-ended the
Roman empire and was identically
the route by which modern Euro
pean democracies ended.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
THE POST-PRESS

Published every Sunday by IN,
Imperial Valley Publishing com
pany, G25 State street, Ei Centre.
California, as successor to the
sunday issues of the Morning
Post and Valley Farmer, and
the. Saturday issue of the I'm
perial Valley Press.
Paul jenkins, publisher; A. c.
Johnston, yice-president and
general manager: f. A. Fitz-
hugh, secretary and managing
editor.
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
BY WILLIAM III. LAWRENCE

ABOARD WILLKIE TRAIN, Ell
Route to New York City, Sept. %.
CUP)-Wendell L. Willkie headed
east today to report to the Repub-
lican party on his efforts to win
support of Democrats and independ-
ent voters in l8 eastern states which
twice have cast their electoral votes
for President Roosevelt.
He ended his western Stumping
tour at Madison. Wis, last-night.
with a charge that Mr.. Roosevelt's
administration was attempting to
re-elect itself for a third term with
"blank check appropriations by
congress, and an assertion that
the president observed the forms,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
Britain May Open
Burma Road Again

Continued from Page One)
Indo China created a new situa-
ton regarding the Burma road and
the triple alliance presumably would
make this attitude stronger.
Some diplomatic sources took the
view that failure of Britain to re-
open the road would be a slap at
the United States, in view of Wash
ington's loans TO China and the EN-
barge on scrap iron TO Japan.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
Strike May Halt
Defense buiIdinQ

WASHINGTON, Sept. %. (UP)-
Defense officials strove today to
prevent a strike in Bethlehem Steel
Corp plants and shipyards which
are working or, more than ,$1,0OO,-
100000 worth of vital defense ma
terials
Hope for speedy settlement of
the dispute between the Congress
OF Industrial organization and the
company was voiced by Sidney
Hillman, the national defense ad-
visory commissions labor coordina-
tor and former clio vice president
Philip Murray, CIO vice president.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
Rambling Reporter

eContinued from Page One)
courthouse with an even ten little
ratletS!
The event spelled her doom, how
ever. for Lawrence Niles. deputy
health officer, must have figNed
that the multiplication was getting
out Of hand. He put them all to
sleep IN an improvised lethal gas
chamber.
So ended Mrs. PipSqueak- -Peesie.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
WILL ATTEND MEETING

Young Willkie Volunteers will
send Mrs. Emily Kaford of Ell Cen
tro To represent their organization
and Imperial county at a lO-county
conference of feminine Willkie sup
porters in Los Angeles Monday
noon.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
Scanning i.V
News Horizon
YOUNG wILLKIEITEs MEET

Young Willkie Volunteers will
meet at Willkie headquarters at
6l5 Main street. FL Centre, at 8
pm. Monday. Important campaign
problems will be discussed during
the evening.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
PRISON TERM SET

Isaac Davis, Negro of FL Centre,
was sentenced to San Quentin peni-
tentiary for an aggregate of Is years
for committing morals offenses and
first degree .burglaries in Ell Centre
He was sent to the penitentiary
more than a year ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
GEM CLUB MEETING

Members of the Imperial Valley
Gem and Mineral society will meet
at 7;45 pm. at the court house
next Tuesday night for their annual
election of officers. The club re-
Gently put in temporary display
of desert fossils and minerals in a
show case in the court house lobby.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
PEACE OFFICERS TO MEET

Imperial Yuma Peace Officers will
meet for their first fall session at
the International Country club in
Caiexico at pm. next Friday night.
Earl Roberts will be entertainment
Chairman
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
CoMMANDERY MEETING SET

The Imperial Valley Commandery
No. Sd will meet at 7;30 pm next
Tuesday at the Masonic Temple in
FL Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
PRISON BOARD ACTS

The state board of prison terms
and paroles Saturday set the term
OF Jack Norman Williams at five
years. Williams was sent to prison
from Imperial county for grand
theft.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
HAS OPERATION

Walter Wortendyke, examiner at
the California Highway patrol was
operated upon at E. Centre hospital
late Friday. Surgeons removed his
appendix.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED

County Clerk w j. McClelland
Friday issued a marriage license
to Gilbert Murrietta, 20, and Jessie
Moncada, 30, Yuma residents.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
GET MARRIAGE LICENSE

Estel Lee Lain, %, Imperial, and
Bobbie Ann Anderson, l9, Ell Centre.
obtained marriage license Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
WEA THEIR

Southern California-Fair Satur-
day night and Sunday. somewhat
cooler. Low cloudiness along the
coast and clear in the mountain
and desert areas. Gentle to moder-
ate west winds along the coast.
Record for "a hours ending 5 am
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29

pion, Commander and Presi-
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easy CIT. terms.
Evening star., 1940-01-02

Monte Carlo gambling has re-
sumed.