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home Friday evening. The follow
ig officers were elected: president,
Herbert Daub; vice president,
Donald Davis; secretary -treasur-
er, Betty Davis; reporter Melvyn
Clarken. adult leaders, Mrs. Will
liam Clarken and Herbert Winn;
junior leaders, Jane Winn and
Melvyn Clarken.
Lenore Golden was present and
offered suggestions. An entertain
ment committee was chosen,
namely Gloria Egley, Junior
Winn, Warren Clarken. After the
business meeting games were
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FOR SALE
At Bargain Prices

One 1886 Chevrolet Coach in Al
condition.
One DS-35 11a to 2 ton Interna-
tional Truck with 5-yard gravel
box with hoist.
One 1887 Ford V-8 with grain
box, steel hoist and gravel box.
One 1888 Chevrolet Truck with
grain box. ...
One 1888 International Pickup.
One 1929 l ton International
Truck.
Two regular MISUNDERSTANDING
Tractors on rubber.
One F-12 notwithstanding
Farmal on rubber.
One McCormick-Deering 1920
on rubber.
One McCormick-Deering 1920
on steel.
One Mccormick-Deering 1880
Tractor.
Two Fordson Tractors.
Two Sets Harness. ...
One lift Land Packer.
One used Flexible Harrow.
One three-bottom Plow Packer.
Two No. Cream Separators, Nc
Cormick-Deering.
Eight other used Cream Separat-
| orS.
One four-bottom Oliver Plow, IA
inch.
One three-bottom 14-inch John
Deere Plow.
One two-bottom 14-inch Case
Plow.
One two-bottom John Deere A.
inch Plow.
One two-bottom 14-inch Oliver
Plow.
Four two-row Corn Cultivators.
Three used Disk Harrows.
Three used Drills.
One Black Gelding, 1900 pounds.
One Bay Gelding, 1400 pounds.
One Black Mare, 1850 pounds.
One roam Shetland Pony mare
with foal.
One Guernsey Cow with calf.
One used Az 1T. Frigidaire.
Several used radios.
One set 900 by SO used Tractor
Tires.
One four-burner American Gas
Stove with oven.
One 1900 bushel Grain Bin.
One 22-inch McCormick-Deering
! Thresher.
Two Hay Racks.
One Steel Wagon.
Two F-12 Power Corn Planters.
Dittbenner & Gluth
i Telephone 676
REDWOOD FALLS
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played and refreshments were
served.
Reporter, Melvyn Clarken
OAK GROVE

The April meeting of the Oak
Grove All club was held at the
Carl Hultquist home Tuesday
evening of last week. President
Harold Hultquist presided and "a
members responded to roll call by
naming their hobby.
The program consisted of All
songs led by Dorothy Flom, ac-
companied by Mrs. Albin jacob
son. Maurice Mattson was elect
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Thorp Entertains
With Street Movies

Placing the protector and screen
at opposite corners of the room
so that movies can be seen by
friends inside the office and by
strangers and other passersby
from the sidewalk, H. D. Thorp
has been entertaining this week.
Crowds get bigger every night, -
he said today. 4.
He has some films from the
country but programs mostly
feature the movies of local ANA
teurS. ..-t .,
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ed kittenball captain and it was
decided to practice Wednesday
evening.
The club decided to purchase
new song books and to send $1.76
to the T. A. Erickson fund. 1t was
also decided to meet the third
Friday of each month. A travel
talk was then given by Mrs. D. R.
McCorquodale. Lunch was served
by Mrs. Hultquist and Mrs. Fred
Siegfried and the group played
games.
Donald Siegfried,
Reporter
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TO CONDUCT SCHOOL

Enrollments are being received
daily for Hawaiian guitar lessons,
Leo w. Isaacs of the Electrified
Arts Studio which plans to con-
duct classes here, announced this
week. Sigurd Anderson instructor,
is now conducting schools at Will
mar, Litchfield and Hutchinson.
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Dittbenner & Gluth
Telephone 676
REDWOOD FALLS
START ROAD WORK

Work on grading approximately
Is miles of Redwood county aid
road was begun this week.
George Huhnerkoch's crew began
work northeast of Lamberton
Tuesday and William Schotten-
bauer opened his grading oper-
ations from Revere south today.
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GET LICENSE

A marriage license application
was made this week by Leonard
Joseph Schmidt of Redwood Falls
and Catherine Ruth Hertling Of
New Avon.
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FARMS FOR SALE - COMING
NORTH? Look me up. Wide sell
ection in several north central and
northwestern Minnesota counties.
Reasonable down payment-ex-
cellent terms. Write or call for in
formation. T. E. Nash, Wadena,
MINI. 41-4tS
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FOR SALE - Black Poll Angus
bull, 18 months old, at reasonable
price. Place % miles west of
Redwood Falls. Walter Naab,
Wood Lake, MINI. 44.pd
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FOR SALE - Shepherd pups, 2,
months old, from good heeling
stock. Priced for quick sale; $1.00
each. Also one pup 9 months old,
which is a very good dog. G. K.
Marquardt, seven miles north of
Wabasso. 44-pd
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE :.
8 John Deere 10 ft. disc harroWs,
John Deere Is ft disc harrow, 2
liz h.p. engines, 2 999 corn plant
ers, GP tractor, 800 lbs. Sudan
grass, John Deere spreader, 1O-in
INC feed mill, 10-in. Slower feed
mill and 10-in. Letz feed mills,
binders, mower, 4 brood sows
to farrow May /, 5-year black
gelding.
Close out on hog troughs.
2 It. 60c 4 #. ST
6 #. $1.50
Come in and see the accuracy of
the new John Deere planter
planting hybrid corn at our store.
ANDERSON
IMPLEMENT co.
Tel. 578
Redwood Falls, MINI. 44-tf
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AUCTION SALE - EVERY FRI
DAY at sales pavilion, Walnut
Grove. Horses, cattle, sheep and
hogs sold by head or per pound.
Walter N. Stearns, owner and
manager. 34-tf
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HORSES, LIVESTOCK

FOR SALE - Polled Hereford
bull. Registered, number 2592365.
Herd bull for two years. Very
gentle. Six miles northeast of
Redwood Falls. D. S. Eischen,
Telephone 11-L-51. 44-2tS
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SEED CORN-45c an acre. Min
nesota state Reg. 403-107 day Hy-
brid corn. Flats S4.00; Rounds So.
Cash with order, delivered to
your town. Give planter plate
number. Chas. Quiram, Water
vile, MINI. 44-2ts
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GOOD PASTURE, - Fences and
water. Prices soc, 75c and $1.00
per head per month. Crimmins
Land and Investment Co., Red
wood Falls. 42-tf
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4H% FARM LOANS 4A%
Insurance in Every Form.
DUEA INSURANCE AGENCY

MONEY NOW AVAILABLE for
Farm Loans at 40, no commission
charge. A. J. White, Redwood
Falls, MINI. 19-tf
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STRAYED - Black fresh COW,
Saturday, April 20, from Mike
Kramer farm, known as the Mic
kel Milne farm. If found notify
Mike Kramer, North Redwood.
44-2pd
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FOR SALE Sudan Grass seed.
State tested. Tel. 3-L-4, Erwin
Draeger, Redwood Falls. 44-2p
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MISCELLANEOUS

FOR SALE = Kerr Kitchen
Range No. 9, dusty white color, in
Al condition. Mrs. Ida Raddatz,
Clements, MINI. 44-4tS
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POTATOES FOR SALE - I will
again have a truck load of pota-
toes at the Skelly Oil station
across from the Gandrud Cream
cry on Saturday, April 81. Early
Ohios, Chippewas, New Mesabas.
James R. Hromatka, Foley, MINI.
Route |. Alt
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SEED GRAIN & FEEDS

FOR SALE-Bison. Flax, $2.25 a
bushel. Arthur Kuehn, Echo. pd
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FOR SALE-Thirty- five bushels
Bison Seed Flax. Dittbenner &
Gluth, Redwood Falls. Tel. GIG.
44-2tS
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LOST and FOUNl

FOUND-Pair of brown silk and
leatherette gloves Also pair of
childs anklets in the Hat Box,
Redwood Falls. Owner may have
same by calling at Gazette and
paying for this ad. 44-1t
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FARM LOANS-are now avail
able at 40 on conservative loans.
The State Bank of Redwood
Falls. 9-tf
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FOR Stationary Beach Farm,
80 acres, good buildings, six cot
tages, Is boats, two motors.
August Schauer Willard, MINI.
42-3pd
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FOR SALE-Alfalfa hay in barn.
Fred Dahms, 10 miles south of
Redwood Falls. 44-pd
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WANTED-Experienced maid for
general houseWork. Mrs. L. H.
Brown, telephone 500, Redwood
Falls. AL
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FOR SALE - Two pair of forty
foot steel spans suitable for brid-
ges. Mel Kramer, Lucan, MINI.
36-tf
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FOR SALE-16 # by 20 ft. cot
tage, well built, has screened in
porch. Cheap if taken at once.
Call GIT Redwood Falls. 44-1t
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REAL ESTATE

FARMS FOR SALE - From $50
to $50 an acre. Close to Tracy.
Charles Filkins, Tracy. 44-2p
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MIR. FARMER - When in Red
wood Falls, enjoy a good dinner
at Randgaard's cafe. MONDAY
dinner, 80 cents. Alt
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FOR SALE-Sudan Grass seed,
Sc pound. State tested. Ernest A..
Raddatz, Redwood Falls. 43-3pd
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LIVESTOCK AUCTION - Every
Tuesday at the Tracy Sales Pavil-
ion. One of the largest and most
sanitary sales pavilions in Mime
sofa. w. H. Shoeman, owner. 25-tf
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FOR SALE-Sudan Grass seed, 3
cents a pound. State tested. Pete
Sell, one mile north and one mile
east of Clements. 41-4pd
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RATES-One cent is charged for each word
in a Gazette classified ad with minimum
charge of 25 cents for the first insertion in
case the ad contains less than Is words Want
ad customers will please send cash with orders
to avoid bookkeeping expense.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-24
AN Property Of
Frenchmen Who
Fled Confiscated
Twenty-Three Ministers
Of Old Government
Face Charges

VICHY, July "a. (UP)-
A sweeping decree cOnfiscat-
ing fortune and property Of
Frenchmen who fled France
at the time Of the army's
collapse, including former cabinet
members ana deputies and senators.
was published today by Marhall
Philippe Petair's government in the
official journal.
The decree. which also withdraWS
French nationality from those who
left France between May 10 and
June 80 without orders or valid per-
mission names % ex-ministers and
parliamentarianS.
Members of the last war cabinet
named in what may be the prelude
to purge included Georges Man
del former minister of interior,
Caesar Campinchi, eX-miniSter of
the navy. Edouard Daladier pre-
uier when war broke out, and
Yvonne Delbos. former education
minister.
Provision is made for trial by
courts martial, especially of mem
bers of the government or parlia-
ment who left the country at a
time when they had been mObiliZed
into the armed services.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-24

fd11dlfS cOinlntIee, Is studying llle
Burke WadSWOrth SelectiVe COM
pulSory military training bill The
senate committee is scheduled TO
act soon on the measure which Is
designed to create ii fully equipped
and trained army ui 200 900 men
and 800 1000 reserves at Il cost oil
ST ,O0O 100000 for the coming year.
Rep. John j. Sparkman, D., Ala,
asked Gen Shedd how many mar
ried men would be in the proposed
october draft of 100000 men.
None" Gen. Shedd replied.
when will the draft reach men
with dependents" Sparkman con-
tinued.
Never in time of peace Gen.
Shedd replied firmly.
Gen. Shedd urged the committee
not to write into the bill any "eX-
emptions' from compulsory train
ing. He explained there are virtual
ly no exemptions to such service
but merely "determents' He insist
ed that the war department be given
authority to fix such "deferments'
and that the bill be drafted along
broad lines.
OKelliher estimated that there
are 4,500000 men between 81 and
80 without dependents who are not
essential to agriculture and indus
try and who are physically fit.
Sparkman asked what provision
had been made to protect men who
might be buying homes on the in
stallment plan.
Gen. Shedd replied that the men
drafted, with no dependents, would
not likely be buying homes.
Lieut. Col M G.. White said
that the war department is study
ing the problem and will make
recommendation ito protect those
men.
The $6000000 1000 cost of the army
for the next year was revealed by
high army officials appearing be-
fore the house deficiency appropria-
tons committee.
That figure is 81 100000 more
than is contemplated in the present
$4,8130O00O0 total" defense bill
now before the house deficiency ap-
propriation's committee.
The conScription law would re-
quire registration of every male in
the country between the ages of 18
and "a for defense duty.
The army. Gen. George c. Mar
shall, chief of staff, has told con-
gresSional committees, plans to call
up 100000 conscripts and mobilize
the national guard by Oct. |. Sub
Ject To congressional enactment, the
army tentatively has recommended
Sept. l as the start of registration
of men from 81 to 81 years for ac-
tive military training.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-24

Office Std1I ana MS secretary naQ
not been informed of the purpose
of his visit to Los Angeles, they
said
Changes in the SRA were made
necessary by the need for economy
because of reduced legislative ap-
preparations for relitf purposes,
S. G. RubinoW, state administrator,
said. Previously he announced it
would be necessary to reduce the
administrative staff by 1900 per-
sons.
After a conference with Governor
Olson Tuesday RubinoW and men,
bers of the SRA board of personnel
standards and appeals sent notices
of changes to offices in the north
ern part of the state san Francisco,
San Mateo, Alameda, and Contra
Costa counties we're consolidated
into one unit Sacramento, Amador,
El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sierra,
and Yolo counties were consolidated
while SRA offices in Fresno, Ma
dera, Merced and Mariposa county
offices were merged into one.
F., Los Angeles and San Diego were
expected to be continued as individ-
ual units but consultations Wer,
expected for all other counties r
the state.
The reorganization will eliminate
directors and a number of oth'a
employees in the individual counties
officials said, and mean a ldrg'
saving in rent and other office ex
pense.
1t was announced the SRA viii
maintain headquarters in eacl
county, possibly in connection will
county welfare offices or othe
agencies but local business will b.
carried on in most cases by trav
cling representative. Small brancl
offices may be continued in SOM
counties, however.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-24
Roach Identifies
Skeleton as That
Of Lost Brother

Jack Roach, resident of the Holt
vile area. said Wednesday he was
convinced the skeleton found near
Jacumba last Thursday was that OF
his missing brother, Tom Roach.
He returned from San Diego coun-
ty where he was summoned to look
at clothing found near the skeleton.
He said the clothing belonged to
his brother, Tom. The missing man
left Imperial Valley late last March
for Modesto and nothing had been
heard from him since his depar-
ture.
Tie skeleton was found by four
Imptrlal Valley boys while on a
hike through The mountains near
Jacumba Clothing had been par
TALLY burned III a small tire near
the bones. The identification. Off
Gers sad. Wao made from fragments
Of the Wearing apparel.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-24

Opening guns in the political
campaign doomed family in West
morlard Tuesday night at a public
political rally sponsored by the Re-
publican Willkie club.
Only five candidates accepted the
clubs invitation to appear at the
first of a series of meetings Sched-
uled for all valley communities be-
fore the primary election August 81
Approximately 100 attended
F. T. Cook, prominent Republican
and Imperial county delegate to
the Republican national convention.
gave each speaker 20 minutes to
put over a campaign talk
Charles Wieman, candidate for
state senator on the Republican
ticket, opened the speaking program
by declaring he is not controlled
by any group, and has not bartered
promises in exchange for political
backing.
NO one is entitled to ride into
offices on both political parties"
Wieman said," and ]. promise you !
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-24
Details Of Security Zone Told
To Pan-American Pariey De|eqafes

HAVANA, July "a (UP)-Dele-
gates to the conference of American
foreign ministers today heard plans
for collective trusteeship' of
European colonies in the western
hemisphere and proposals that the
Panama declaration, establishing a
hemisphere neutrality or security
zone. be converted into formal
treaty.
The committee on the preServa-
ton of peace, meeting under the
Craftsmanship of the United States
Secretary of State Cordell Hull,
heard two proposals for safeguard
ing European colonies on this side
of the Atlantic for the duration
of the war.
Two proposals were submitted to
Hull'S committee, one Cuban and
the other by the United States, al
though it represented a composite
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-24
Political Broadsides Boom FaintIy
AT Westmor|and as Firstof
Pre-E|ection Rallies Conducted

shall Straddle no fences II you want
me to represent you in the senate"
His opponent, George Luckey.
candidate on the Republican and
Democratic tickets, was not present.
Harvey E. Hastain, canidate for
assemblyman on the Republican
and Democratic tickets. said II elect
ed his main interest would be to at
tain a balanced budget for the state.
This is an agricultural county"
Hastain said, and believe Its res
identS should be represented by y
farmer"
Herbert Lowdermilk. his opponent
who also is candidate on both
tickets. was not present.
Judge Vaughn N. Thomps0r can
didate for reelection TO the superior
court bench, pointed TO the record
he established during the II yeesS
he served the county an judge.
There Is no training school fOF
judges. There Is no way they eeu
prepare themselves for ssrvtce oo
CONTINUED on PrSs Z Oh q II
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-24
Germany |rked
ByDefiance Of
Great Britain

BERLIN, July "a. CUP)-German
ire rose sharply today over Great
Britain's refusal to accept Adolf
Hitlers appeal to common sense"
Newspapers denounced British lead
FRS and showed by their comment,
that they awaited confidently the
zero hour for a total attack on the
British isles.
So far there had been no hint as
to the time for the attempt to in
wade Britain. But everything indi-
Gated that it would be made, and
soon.
England has decided to resist" "
said the Frankfurter Zeitung. No
thing now remains but to break the
resistance by all the forces and
means at the disposal of Germany
until final complete victory has
been achieved
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-24
0swa|t Youngsters
Take Stand in
Defense Of Father
Trio Testifies Former
Chief Never Owned
Yellow Coupe

LOS ANGELES, July "a.
(SpeciaD - The voices of
three children were called to
the defense of their father
today.
Jack, II, Gene, Is, and Pauline,
10, children of j. Sterling Oswalt,
former El Centre police chief took
the witness stand in federal court
here in the kidnap-conspiraey trial
of Oswalt and seven others charged
with abducting H. Yamatoda, Japa-
nese gambling king.
The trio testified concerning q
yellow coupe" that Yamatoda
claimed was used to transport him
across the International border at
Calexico. They said their father
had never owned an automobile OF
that description.
Oswalt, too, had previously de-
MED ownership of the machine.
Pauline, Jack and Gene were
called to the stand by Defense At
torney Edgar B. Hervey who also
questioned T. j. Harris, Ell Centre
patrolman.
Harris testified that he had been
on the Ell Centro police force eight
years and that on the evening of
Dec. %, 1888 he had noticed black
sedan carrying five strange Japa-
nese cruising on an Ell Centro street
near the Little Tokyo club.
The car crossed back and forth
several times and it aroused my
suspicious, so I reported it to the
desk sergeant and also to Richard
YoShida at the club Harris said.
YOShida, for time manager of
the club, is a defendant.
At this point Hervey halted his
examination. The prosecution did
not croSS-examine but told Harris
he would be called on to answer
"one question" later.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-24
Mercury Stays
High as Nation
Scared 9Th Day
Hot Winds Sweep Over
Plains States, Death
Toll Climbs to 200
BY UNITED PRESS

AS the mercury clung to
the tops of thermometers
throughout the nation today
for the sixth consecutive day
the death toll passed the 200 mark.
The U. S. Weather Bureau forecast
no relief until Thursday night
Hot winds swept from the south
west across the plains states scar
ing grain crops. Temperatures
ranged from lis degrees at Pierre,
S. D., to the 80s in the foreSted
northern resort areas.
At least 48 died of heat prostra-
ton and l56 were drowned.
Heavy rains on the eastern sea-
board brought temporary relief in
that area last night but the fore
cast was for higher temperatures
again today. Showers were predict
Continued on Page 6, Col. %
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-24

of the views of various delegations
After the meeting Hull said that
the Cuban proposal and the one
presented by the United States
were essentially the same in purpose
but differed in detail.
Great interest centered in the
meeting of Hull's committee be-
cause of Argentina's threat to
block the United States-sponSored
plan under which the 81 American
republics would establish a col
lective trusteeship" over European
possessions in the western hemis-
phere to prevent march of totalitar-
ianiSm into the new world
The committee for the preserva-
ton of peace, it was learned, ap-
pointed drafting subcommittee
indicating that revisions are in
prospect for the colony proposals
heard by the committee today.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-24
German Aerial Onslaught Hurled
Back as War Rages in Heavens

LONDON. July "a. (UP)-Ger-
man airplancs struck with bombs
and machine guns from the English
Channel coast to Scotland today
but were hurled back with severe
losses i'll major air battle along
the southeast coast.
AT least II German planes were
reported shot down on land or over
the channel, although an air minis
try communique at afternoon
listed only six victims of the Brit
iSh counter attack.
More than 100 planes participated
in the biggest battle near the south
east coast. when German bombers
and fighters attacked British con-
voy in a daring thrust against the
the Thames estuary east Of London.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-24

Pressing what appeared to be a
preliminary phase OF the long
threatened, German blitzkrieg Of
fensive, the Nazi bombers came over
the British Isles in increasing num-
bers, accompanied by swift fighting
planes.
One big squadron attacked the
Thames estuary convoy while anti
aircraft guns roared along the
thickly-populated and vitally impor-
tant shipping and naval area east
of London.
Within a few minutes, royal air
force fighters had taken the air
to oppose the German air fleet.
They swooped down from high alti-
tudes and with guns blazing, drove
the raiders back to sea.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-24
RUSSIAN UlTIMATUM
TO NlAND REPORTED

STOCKHOLM, July "a CUP)-
The foreign office today said it
had no information regarding pri-
vate reports that Russia had sent
an ultimatum to Finland, demand
ing complete rehabilitation of the
Finnish army. A report from Tallinn
said that Gen. JOhan Laidoner,
commander in chief of the Estonian
army, had been arrested and was
en- route to Moscow.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-24
Pope GivesUp
Hone of Peace

VATICAN CITY, July "a. CUP)-
Authoritative Vatican quarters said
tonight that Pope Plus XII had
abandoned hope for any peace set
tlement between Britain and the
Axis powers as a result of British
rejection of Adolf Hitler's warn
ing to talk peace on his terms or
face destruction.
According to ecclesiastical circles,
feelers made through Vatican chan
nels following Hitler's speech be-
fore the Reichstag Friday brought
negative results.