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Evening star., 1940-06-24
Accent Is on Comedy
In. Cinema TODAY !.

A laugh is worth a lot these days
and motion pictures are doing their
best to make possible the maximum
number Of chuckles and outlaws in
current pictures. Every one from
Carlo, who recently proved she
could laugh, down to the Mad
Marxes, to whom smile is life's
blood, sees the need of operating for
laughs.
Fortunately, the Hardy, Maisie
and Blonde series have leaned
heavily on laughs from the start.
So have the. Thin Man, mysteries.
with William Powell and Myrna 10y
filling in until the next by slap
sticking in II Love You Again." Bob
Hopes thrillers, latest of which is
"The Ghost Breaker" are patterned
for laughs. '.
Such outdoor epics as Boom
Town" have grasped hungrily for
comedy sequences to team up with
thrills. Even screwball comedy may
come back, Rosalind Russell and
James Stewart now essaying this
field in mo Time for Comedy" Ed
ward G. Robinson makes racketeer-
ing funny in Brother Orchid" !"
jeanette Macdonald and Nelson
Eddy will sing for merry comedy
rather than romantic adventure in
II Married an Angel" and Ann
Sothern is doing scatter-h brain in
''Dulcy."
Jack Benny and Fred Allen get
together in Love Thy Neighbor"
for no other reason than laughs.
The same is true of Mickey Rooney
and Judy Garland for Strike Up
the Band" while Harold Lloyd and
Joe Z. Brown have comedies ready
to start. These examples only
scratch the surface. but they prove
"now's the time for hughs."
Evening star., 1940-06-24
Runs in the Family

When Ann Rutherford recently
had her picture printed on a maya
zine cover for the first time. she
was thrilled and proudly displayed
1t to her grandmother. Grandma
thereupon proved to Ann she was
not the first cover girl in the family
Her grandmother produced a De-
cember. 1914. copy of the magazine
Arizona, on which was a picture OF
the starlet's mother, with the cap
ton: "A rare type of American
beauty"
Evening star., 1940-06-24

just CnlnkS II Is
magnificent. II
any one wants to
60 into the psy-
chologic aspects
of the tiny sing
er's admiration
for the massive
man of the Met
ropolitan Opera
and points west,
that's up to him.
Bonnie just loves
to hear him sing
and that's that.
So he can't be
the John of "Oh,
Johnny" we fig
Evening star., 1940-06-24
Apartments to Let

TO recreate q scene Of an oil well
being drilled In q bleak country, q
derrick was erected in the Lost Hills
80 miles from the nearest town in
Central California for Boom
Town." When the company started
filming, 1t was found that birds,
seeing this one nesting place in all
that barren land, had started nests
in every angle Of the structure. The
film folk shooed the birds away
temporarily, shot the scenes and
departed, leaving the derrick there,
being unwilling to destroy the bird
apartment home.
Evening star., 1940-06-24
'Nynph' for Curtiz

Michael Curtiz, who went on va
cation for the first time in three
years after completing "The Sea
Hawk" at Warner Bros, will return
to the studio to direct 'The Con-
slant Nymph." Olivia de Havilland
and George Brent are scheduled to
play the leads in the screen play
Of the Margaret Kennedy novel.
Evening star., 1940-06-24

teers to help her. To all who would
help, she would supply wool needles
and instructions. Boldly, she gave
her home address, and women came
by the hundreds. They met tho
star, but they're also knitting
sweaters.
Evening star., 1940-06-24

SAASSAe&AS Ss
Poor Lionel
Barrymore. He
is very sick
again. This hap
pens every time
Lionel is between
pic ures. , It
seems that work
is the only thing
that keeps the
elder Barrymore
going. Directly
he finishes a pic
ture his grip on
life see ms to
wane. His doc
tors are veTV
Evening star., 1940-06-24

used in gangster pictures. And
always thought that the guns WELD
ed by Cagney, Bogart ct al. were
dummies!
(Released By the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)
Evening star., 1940-06-24
Puts Fans to Work

Claudette Colbert has been meet
ing the public in droves. Organizing
q knitting chapter of the Red Cross,
to make sweaters for French refu-
gee children, she called for volun-
Evening star., 1940-06-24
Local Drama Groups
Roadside Publicist on Spot;
Meet the Wife Continues
BY HARRY MACARTHUR.

Catherine Romny todays Mrs Romney is as
probably full well Roadside Theater the
dispenon information to the public and she spot only be-
demanded realism
Sheep" which
Evening star., 1940-06-24
Fans Greet Enrol Flynn
With Shambles for Lunch
Actor Cut in Melee as Admirers
Wax Overly Enthusiastic;
Deanna Graduates
HOLLYWOOD.
By SHEILAH GRAHAM.

have received letter from the Enrol Flynn South America
quite time himself While lunchng
$500 mady excited broke through the dining
yelling
Evening star., 1940-06-24
Wee Bonnie's Favorite
Singer Robust Baritone
John Charles Thomas Might Be Hero
Of oh, Johnny but He Is Not;
Tucker Band to Make Picture
BY JAY CARMODY.

Ask Bonnie who favore
ton the opposes
herself.
Miss Bakers favoe singer quickly John Charles
baritone thunderous Bonnies mais
smaller than small brunette bewtchng
this week they have not been
Evening star., 1940-06-24

sHoREHAM TERRACE, Connecticut At
Calvert Dining and dancing. Two floor
shows, 9:3O and II 80. Dinner. 50, in
cluding cover. Supper cover soc. AID. O700.
LOG TAVERN INN. Richmond Hwy. Dine.
dance under the stars" Howard Pyle's
music. Dancing rain or moon. No cover.
virginia fried chicken a. speciality.
MARYLAND CLUB GARDENS, on Marlboro
Pike. Featuring Nadine and her coed
band. De Luxe dinner, S1.25. Dancing
until o'clock Phone Hillside O6O0.
MADRILLON RESTAURANT, washington
building, 18th and New York Ave. The
favorite place to dine, the popular place
to dance.
RAINBOW ROOM. Hamilton Hotel. l4th
at X. Cocktail and dinner dancing. 30;
10-1. Min. Saturday only, 81. DI. $3.50.
HAY-ADAMS HOUSE-OverlookinE White
atmosphere Of charm. dignity. and gen
tiity. Luncheon, -S5c; dinner from 81 %.
Organ music nightly during dinner.
THE NIGHTINGALE, Richmond Hwy, 81
mi: south Of Alex; Daneing: $50 to Il l
Bill Downers Orchestra. Temple 4640.
Evening star., 1940-06-24

stitches. Nine fanS required hoSpital'
treatment! The net result of F1ynn's
South American tour-"Captain
Blood" has been revived In : 40
Evening star., 1940-06-24

VH21o VSOSA t@3 WHY 11"VC xHVV DOC21 w
witched practically ever, does not
envy Thomas vocal might. She
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-04
Rome Says British
Determined

ROME, Aug. 3. CUP The Italo-
German aim is to destroy "once and
for all Britains political and mill
tary structures" the semi-official
weekly publication Relazioni Inter
nazionali said today in asserting
that while Britain still is capable
of offering resistance her fate has
been determined.
The publication offered the fol-
lowing among its reasons for pre-
dieting Britain's collapse.
Canada refuses to send troops and
South Africa is hostile. (The second
Canadian expeditionary division ar
rived in London yesterday
United States moral support is
giving way since President Roose-
welt has been forced to adopt a
neutral policy for constitutional and
election campaign reasons.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-04
School Budget for
E|Centro Hurdles
Threat Of Boost
Total Reduced in Spite
OF Earthquake Damage;
Repair Bids Accepted

Ell Centre high school and
elementary boards complet-
ed their toughest budget
assignments in a decade this
week and emerged with a
financial program that reduced
the combined expenditures $4,000
below the 1939-40 budgets.
The high school budget was set
at $2l4,256 as compared to 1858 900,
despite the need for an eXpendi-
ture of an estimated $4,000 in
earthquake repairs. The elemen-
tary school budget was set at $780,
500 as compared to $134,000 last
year. Earthquake repairs will cost
approximately $4,000 in the ele-
mentary system.
Bids for earthquake repair work
were accepted early this week, &C
cording to Guy Weakley, super
intendent of Ell Centre schools, and
were taken under advisement.
Board action will be delayed until
state money to share the expense
is available.
School officials believed bids
would be awarded in time to COM
plete repair work before Sept. 30,
the date set for the opening of
school, Weakley said.
Because of the added expense OF
Continued on Page 6, Col. ~
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-04
Musso|ini Hints at
IT, Attempt TO
Take Over Canada
Editor Tells Alleged
Interview With T. R. as
Basis for Opinion

ROME, Aug. 3. (UP) =
Premier Benito Mussolini's
newspaper Popolo D'Italia
of Milan, said today in an
editorial that the annexation
of Canada by the United States
still is possible.
An allegedly hitherto unpublished
interview with Theodore Roosevelt
which indicated the former presi
dents approval of such a project
was cited by the newspaper.
The editorial said that the trans
fer of the British government to
Canada would increase the lkeli-
hood of annexation.
Luigi Barzini, author of the edi-
torial, said that he had had a pri-
vate interview with Theodore Roose-
welt, at a time when he was presi-
dent of the United States
Roosevelt, banging his fists on
a table, expressed rage at the Bri-
fish because of their alliance then
with Japan, Barzini said, and add
ed:
Roosevelt told me that England
must be careful not to support
Japan's anti-American policy be-
cause the question of Canada is
still open and the United States
can liquidate it in few weeks"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-04

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3. CUP
C. j. Haggerty, president Of the
California State Federation of La
Dor, pledged the support of "or-
ganized labor in California" to
Senator Hiram w. johnson today
in commenting on President Roose-
velt's statement that johnson no
longer is a liberal
organized labor in California is
supporting the reelection of United
States Senator Hiram w. Johnson,
not on the basis of partiSanship,
but because johnson is true lib
eral in that he has fought for
progressive legislation throughout
his entire career" Haggerty said.
The president remarked during
a press conference that no one
can consider johnson liberal and
progressive democrat. The senator
is seeking the Republican, Demo-
cratic and Progressive nominations.
There has never been time
when Hiram johnson was not SOL
idly behind the laboring man or
woman. He understands their prob
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-04
Churchill Warns
Peril of Invasion
Not Yet Passed
RumOrs Hitler Will Not
Make Direct Attack
Called Propaganda

LONDON, Aug. 8. (UP)
"A statement issued at the
prime minister's residence
at No. 10 Downing street
today said that Prime Min
lister Winston Churchill wishes it
known, that the possibility of Ger
man attempt at invasion (of Bril-
tain) have by no means passed
away"
The warning by the prime minis
ter followed period in which
British newspapers had specialized
on the possibility that Adolf Hit
Ter had been forced to abandon his
threat of invasion of the British
isles.
1.-THE fact that the Germans now
are putting about rumors that they
do not intend an invasion should
be regarded with the double dose
of suspicion which attaches to all
of their utterances," the statement
said.
Our sense of growing strengNl
and preparedness must not lend
to the slightest relaxation of vigi-
lance or moral alertness," the state
ment added.
The military expert of the Lon
don Evening Standard said today
that fresh propaganda was emanat-
ing from Vichy, France. designed
to persuade the United States that
the invasion of Britain was at hand.
These signs persuade me that
something is at hand" the STAN
dard's expert said. "Is it really in
vasion. Possibly. But I still believe
that it is unlikely yet"
He suggested that Egypt might
be the next item on Hitler's agen-
da.
The Evening Star, however. said
that Hitler "is bound to try to
attack us somewhere as soon as
possible. Nothing will hold him
back except the prospect of bet
ter chance for victory at later
moment. With acute and intelli-
gent planning the Germans COM
Continued on Page 6. Col. 81
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-04
Woman Leaves PET
$50 Per Month

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8. UP)-
Ching Ling, a chow dog, is we'll
fixed for the rest of his life, unless
the cost of dog living rises above
$50 dollars a month.
The will of the late Mrs. Ger
trude Potter Daniels of Pasadena,
filed for probate yesterday, pro-
vided that amount for her dog for
the rest of his life.
The daughter of the late Orrin
w. Potter, Chicago steel magnate,
Mrs. Daniels will also provided a
life annuity of 100 a month for her
housekeeper, Mrs. Aver Anderson.
The rest of the estate, upon which
no value was placed in the will,
was left in trust for her two sons,
Donald Potter Daniels and George
H. Daniels.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-04


Krupp armament works at Essen.
The sudden silencing of the Bre-
men radio station during the night
was taken to mean that British
planes again were ranging over
northwestern Germany.
Pilots reported that at Kamen,
after bombs had been dropped,
there were greenish flashes, many
fires started and the whole target
seemed mass of flames" At
Reisholz pilots reported observing
a dozen fires, which merged into
one big one. Large explosions were
observed at other points, and pilots
said they saw one German plane
dive to the ground, apparently hit
by one of its own anti-aircraft
guns.
A single plane dropped bombs
on the Krupp works for five min
utes. Several hits were scored, it
was asserted, and fires were started
which could be seen plainly until
the plane entered clouds at 1900
feet.
Analysis of reports showed that
this bombing raid was confined
almost entirely to the small highly
industrialiZed area between Co.
logne and Dortmung in the Ruhr
Oil plants at Homburg and supply
depots at Hamm and Krefeld were
attacked. A supply depot at Mann
helm, to the south, also was bombed
as were several airdromes in north
west Germany.
In daylight raids, the airdromes at
LeeuWarden and Haamstede in Hol-
land we're bombed.
Meanwhile German airplanes re-
sumed scattered, small-scale bomb
Ing raids on the British Isles today
Nazi planes dropped few bombs
Continued on Page Col. y
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-04
Contract Pledges
Return of Jobs

BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug. 8. CUP
A clause guaranteeing seniority and
return of jobs to conscripted en-
ployes was included today in a
contract between a CLIO union and
the Birge Wallpaper company.
Believed the first in labor con-
tract, it was negotiated by company
representatives and Ralph w. Till
olson, agent for the playthings and
novelty workers international union,
Go affiliate.
The clause states that ANY en-
ploye called upon by the government
in the land or naval forces, or for
service or training in any home
defense units of the United States
during a time of peace and before
and declaration of war by the
U. S. shall:
FIRST. accumulate seniority dur
ing his period of absense. and
Second, be guaranteed return TO
employment upon his conclusion of
such service period"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-04
California Labor Chieftan Lashes
Back at Roosevelt Criticism of
Hiram Johnson, Defends Liberalism

lens and has always supported leg
islation which bettered or protected
the lot of the workers." Haggerty's
statement continued
Labor is facing a crucial period
during these times of crisis. More
than ever in the history of the
country do we need men in Wash
ington upon whom we can depend
and Hiram Johnson is one of them.
Regardless of party or politics, Hi
ram johnson can count upon or
ganized labor's unqualified support
in the coming election"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-04

mentS saturday ana Judge Ralpl
F.. Jenney prepared to place it in
the hands of the jury.
Defense attorneys sketched va
matoda's career as the head OF q
coast-wide gambling syndicate and
said his testimony was worthless
because of "uncounted, untold slug
gings and murders" in which they
accused the gambling car of par
ticipating in.
"OsWalt is far worse than these
japanese defendants" Assistant U.
S. Attorney Harold Shire said. 1.-The
evidence has proven conclusively
the guilt of all of them. But Os-
walt, who should have set an ex-
ample in law observance, is the
most culpable of all"
He declared that oswald as a
chief of police betrayed the trust
that he as a peace officer had
sworn to uphold
Shire ridiculed the defense con-
tention that oswald was intoxicated
on a trip to Ell Centre when he
had Yamatoda as prisoner and
that he didn't know what hap
pened."
1.-The trip from Indio to Ell Cen
tro took many hours" Shire said,
and when Ell Centre was reached.
the Japanese defendants were per-
United TO intimidate Yamatoda.
The whole affair was a plot to
force Yamatoda to turn over his
expensive possessions, including the
atre interests, and then run him
out of the country"
Defense attorneys branded va
matoda as a "racketeer and
thug
In an impassioned closing argu-
ment, Defense Attorney Lorrin An
drews declared that the whole case,
which has occupied three months
federal court time, was an out
growth of feud between rival
gambling interests in which va
matoda posed as a victim. He said
Yamatoda's attempt to muscle in"
on the Little Tokyo club in Ell
Centre had brought about the
charges against the defendants.
Edgar Hervey, another defense
attorney, followed Andrews to ad-
dress the jury.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-04
OHIO COUNTY SETS
MARRIAGE RECORD

CLEVELAND. Aug. 3. UP)-An
all-time record. attributed by Of
ficials to the consumption bill pend
ing in congress, was set at the
Cuyahoga county marriage license
bureau today when 1870 couples ap-
piled for certificates.
Probably 10 per cent of the male
applicants are moving their mar
riage ahead to escape the draft, :"
said Herman Beckman, deputy pro-
bate court clerk.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-04

Kuthe said he received tele-
phone call yesterday from an exc
cutive of the SRA in Sacramento
who said if Kuthe had criticized
the ruling he was through with
the SRA" Kuthe said he had been
quoted correctly and then he was
notified of his dismissal.
Kuthe said even if an SRA en-
ploye were a member of such an
organization "he would lie about
it."
Edward M. Sehottland, Kuthe's
assistant in the Fresno office, was
named acting director in the merg-
ed four-county area. Kuthe came
to Fresno as head of the office
here last March.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-04
FINLAND BANS ALL
UNOFFICIAL MEETS

HELSINKI, Finland, Aug. 3. (UP)
President Kyosti Kallio banned all
unauthorized public meetings to-
day under pain of one years i'm
prisonment after disorderly pro-
Russian demonstrations throughout
the country yesterday.
Police had to use their batons to
disperse demonstrators who cheered
Josef Stain, and onlookers killed
one demonstration in a Helsinki
suburb.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-04
Olson Says Federal Help
For Migratory Crews Due

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3. tUP) =
The federal government is needing
a plea to help California with its
migratory worker problem, but no
help will be forthcoming in time
to stave off the states relief fund
cris, Gov. gilbert Olson said to-
day.
Unless the legislature votes more
money, SRA rolls will be cut about
in half October l, he said.
Olson, in a press conference,
praised President RooseveltS repu-
diation of U. s. Senator Hiram
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-04
Revenge at Last
La. Guards Vital
Strategic Areas

LOS ANGELES, Aug. g. (UP)-
Strategic public works and indus
tries in Los Angeles county were
being protected today from sabo-
tage and possible fifth column ac-
tivities by new set of county or
dinances.
The new measures, which went
into effect yesterday, bar tres
passers from the grounds of air.
ports, aviation plants, dams, reser-
voirs, power plants, electrical trans
mission lines. oil refineries, oil tank
farms. oil and gas pipelines and
equeducts.
A maximum penalty of $500 fine
Ind six months in Jail is the penal
ty for violators.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-04

lief to the migratory needy flooding
our state.
While I have had an encourag-
ing reaction from Washington.
have little hope that any federal
emergency aid sufficient TO mater
tally relieve our crisis will be forth
coming in time.
The SRA can probably carry on
pretty well through September. but
after that. God only knows what
we will be able 20 do. have sehe-
duled their reconvening for Deeem-
ber2. and nothing has been sald
about any session earlier than that"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-04

dictatorship"
johnson, who campaigned for
Mr.. Roosevelt in 1892, said in a
statement:
MY record for 30 years is open
for everyone to read 1t is my
treasure. No man, however exalted
his position, shall, with impunity.
attack it,
At his press conference yester-
day, the president said emphatic
ally that he would not support
Johnson. who is running for re-
nomination in the Aug. 81 Cali
fornia primary on the Republican,
Continued on Page Col. ~
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-04

affiliated WITH un-AHleflcdH Or
CARNATIONS.
Kuthe said earlier this week the
so-called Americanism ruling was
IAN insult" to the integrity of
SRA employees. He said the order
was discriminatory" since en-
ployes of other state agencies were
not required to sign such an affi-
davit.
The State Department of Per-
sonnet. Standards and Appeals is
sued the order requiring SRA en-
ployes to sign an affidavit that
they are not connected with any
organization whose intent is to
overthrow the United States gov
eminent or whose aims are con-
trary to the U. S. Constitution.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-04

Johnson as Democratic candidate
for reelection.
The governor said he asked the
Federal Work Projects administra-
ton to expand its California pro-
gram in order TO help relieve the
states approaching shortage of re-
lief funds.
IT based my request upon the
serious migratory worker influx into
California, with its consequent ag-
gravation of our relief problem"
he said. st explained to federal
authorities that theirs is rightfully
the responsibility for extending re-
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-04
yDenies Boast
AGAINST japan

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. UP)-
The chief of naval operations, Ad-
miral Harold R. Stark. issued the
following statement today:
"A statement was made yesterday
and again today in news broad
casts that the navy high command
has advised tn President tn e
United States fleet could bottle up
the Japanese fleet in three weeks.
I know of no such advice.
1T is deplorable to me that this
type of news and interpretations
thereof should be published in any
FORM
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-04

ince coast, it was claimed by
American business sources that
the Japanese were ignoring repeat
ed formal protests regarding res
trictions on American trade and
appeared to be suspending negoti-
ations with individual Americans
for payment of war damages or in
IDENTITIES.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-04
NEWSBOY HEIR TO
LIFE INCOME

COLUMBUS, o., Aug. 8. UP)-
For many years Henry Shaffell.
41-year-old newsboy with one leg,
delivered papers to Mrs. Mary G.
Siebert, widow of Columbus bank
er.
Mrs. Sieberts will today estab-
lished $4,000 trust fund provid-
ing Shaffel with $50 a month for
the rest of his life. The balance
of the income is to go to Shaffers
niece. Shaffel said he would keep
on selling papers.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-04

Some of the businessmen were
described as saying that the situ-
alton was the worst since the
China war started and was more
damaging than the restrictions on
Japanese trade in Manchukuo.
In addition to seizure of an Am
erican merchantmen by Japanese
warships off the Chekiang prov