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Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-23
Racial Argument
Lands Z Men, 3
Guns, Axe in Jail

A racial argument still seethed
Saturday in spite of Hindustani,
a Mexican, three guns, and an axe
being locked up in the county Jail.
Trouble started Friday night when
laval Singh suggested that Buta
Singh's 14-year-old stepdaughter,
Carmen, marry Tony Alvarado. Buta
deputy sheriffs said, ordered Tony
to go home.
Tony went home but only
to get his grandfather. M. Alvarado,
who appeared at the Singh home
armed with rifle. Buta couldn' t
find his guns because he had hidden
them under the bed, he said. So
he armed himself with an axe. Tony,
alarmed at the hornets nest he had
stirred up, went for the law.
When deputy sheriffs arrived at
the Singh home IL miles east of
Ell Centre, Buta and his axe were
inside the house and Grandfather
Alvarado patrolling outside with a
rifle. The officers took the two
belligerents and their weapons to
Jail, not forgetting the rifle and
shotgun Buta hid from himself.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-23

its latest tWo-day storm and more
impendS.
ForecaSters j. H. Aldrich and R.
G. Counts got their heads together
today and said they were sorry, but
it probably will rain today, tomor-
row and for perhaps a week longer,
with only short breaks in the Wea-
ther.
And that goes for Southern Cali
fornia as we'll as Northern Calfor-
mia. they added.
San Francisco to date has re-
ceied 23l6 inches for the season
from July l against a normal of
1853 inches. Los Angeles has a
mark of 1709 inches against a nor
NAL of 1922.
But points in Marin county, with
in 10 miles of San Francisco, have
reported upwards of 60 inches this
winter. Marin is covered with hills
and mountains. The forecaSters eX-
planned that the rain whips in
against the mountains and drops
right there; the winds have no op-
portunlty to spread it.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-23
.Mexicaf Stages
Gala Celebration
For Four.Staters
Highway Delegates Meet
Amid Ceremony Put On
By Baja CalifOrnians

MEXICALI, Feb. %. -
One of the most impressive
ceremonies ever held in the
Americas took place here
this weekend when Gov. RO-
dolfo Sanchez Taboada of Baja Cal
ifornia greeted Gov. Culbert l.. Oh
son of California at The territorial
palacio.
The two executives exchanged
flags at the international border
then headed the procession of In
ternational Four States Highway
convention delegates on the drive
to the palace. All traffic was block
ed from the streets along which
the procession proceeded and uni
formed police officer stood at at
tention on every corner. Uniformed
army officers stopped the cars at
Obregon'S statue in front of the
palace.
A line of steel bayonets held by
ARMY officers standing on each side
of each step lined the way from the
historic statue up the grand stair
way to the salon de actos The lines
of MeXicans and Americans brush
ed against the bayonet points as
they climbed the stairs.
Bugles and trumpetS played a
military march outside the palacio.
Inside the building hidden orches-
Continued on Page 6, col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-23
Siberia to Blame
Says sWeutherman

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. % UP)
The weather man decided today
to do a little buck passing. He'd
been blamed for moving the north
vests climate to San Francisco,
San Francisco's climate to Los An
geles, and Southern California S
balmy winters to the northwest,
and he was just a bit vexed.
So he passed the buck on to
Siberia where, he said, great cold
air casses extending into Canada
were generated. These air masses
have pushed the Pacific's winter
storms about 10 degrees south of
their normal course, from latitude
so to latitude 40.
AS a result, western Oregon and
Washington have been basking in
an unprecedented 20-day stretch of
early spring weather. Japanese
ounce, camellias and other flowers
are blooming profusely and the
daffodils are nearly gone.
The San Francisco Bay region
has had a days of rain since Dec.
almost a record-and roWboatS
frequently are pressed into service
in place of the family automobile.
Southern California has been re-
ceiving the rains San Francisco
normally gets. Los Angeles has re-
ceived more than four inches in
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-23
Stars and Stripes Back on High
School in East After Pupils Feel
Hand of Tyranny in Dictator Day.

SAG HARBOR, N. Y, Feb. %
CUP)-The stars and stripes waved
triumphantly today from the flag
pole on the Pierson high school
grounds, where yesterday $50 Amer
lean boys and girls groveled under
the heel of a dictator. deprived of
free speech and religious liberty,
spied on by secret police, and
bounded by strutting storm troop
ers."
Americas first dictator day, eli
max of bill of rights week. was
a huge success. And when E. Ray
mond Schneible, principal of the
high school and dictator for the
day. announced to the assembled
students at D. m. yesterday the
experiment was over, and I'VE are
now back in the United States of
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-23

lI6 dlT dCGlOll Oll CiiS biiUioii
coast was on scale comparable
to the big battles OF last fall and
the London press believed it marked
the opening phase of a British
German struggle for control of the
air frontier"
On the Far Eastern front there
were no signs of easing tension.
Vichy said the French government
had rejected japanese compromise
proposals for settling the conflict
between Indo-C China and Thailand
Vichy feared that the rejection
would cause additional tension be-
cause of the large Japanese naval
concentrations in Indo-China wa
ters and the prospect OF new border
fighting.
The German ambassador to Jap
an, Eugen OFT, was reported to have
made verbal representations to the
Japanese foreign office against the
Japanese offer to mediate the war
between Britain and Germany.
The British admiralty announced
the laying of great mine fields de-
signed to box in Italy and cut pos
sible routes by which the Germans
might descend upon Tunisia and the
Italians escape from Tripoli.
Key to the new mine fields were
the narrow waters between Sicily
and North Africa. The British said
they had cut the central Mediter-
ranean at its narrowest point. Only
British vessels equipped with charts
of the new fields can safely traverse
them.
The action was believed to be de-
signed to block any moves by the
Axis powers to use sea lanes to
bolster Italy's fading position in
Libya. Previous speculation has CEN
tered on the possibility Italy might
attempt to evacuate her garriSons
at Tripoli by sea or that the Ger
mans might move in on French
TuniSia.
The British move to bolster her
position in the Balkans and Turkey
centered on the activity of foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden and Gen.
Sir John Dill, chief of the imperial
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-23
Lend Lease Foes
Hold Bill Would
Put u. Sin War
McCarran Argues Draft
Army Won't Come Back
If Measure Adopted

WASHINGTON, Feb. %.
(UP)-Sen. at McCarran, D.,
New, declared in the senate
today that if the British aid
bill is enacted, he feared
every man who goes into the Army
under Selective Service will "be
gone for good and all
The Nevada senator, making an
unscheduled speech against the
measure, declared in choked voice
that IF this bill is enacted into
law, it means war-War under the
ignominious name of never having
been declared by congress.
IF this bill is enacted into law,
every boy in the District of Colum-
bia who has been called into ac-
tive service will never return-they
will be murdered or manned and
return to spend crippled old age.
Continued on Page 6, col. 4
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-23
FL Centre Named
In Poker DISPUTE

Because it has five poker games,
FL Centro Saturday was named in
a petition asking review of an in
junction prohibiting poker playing
in Gardena.
Other cities listed as evidence of
poker playing in the state were
San Diego with 81, tops in the
state, San Francisco with 40, Long
Beach with 80, Brawley with eight,
Sacramento with Is.
The petition was filed in Los
Angeles. 1t contended that rs Cali
fornia cities have more than 500
draw poker games, similar to the
one sought in Gardena. Attorney
Samuel Rullem said previous state
rulings have held that draw poker,
if clubs merely rented tables and
space to players, is legal.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-23
School textbooks
Criticize America,
Committee Finds
Authors Play Down Best
Features, Play Up
Worst Ones, Charge
NEW YORK, Feb. %. (UP)

NEW YORK, Feb. %. (UP)
Social science textbooks
commonly used by 100000
American secondary school
children contain much crit
icism of the American form of gov
ernment and the system of private
enterprise, and the textbooks gen.
orally are on g very low level" a
committee of educators reported to-
day in study prepared for the
national association of manufac-
| turers.
The committee. headed by DR..
Ralph West Robey, assistant profess
sor of banking at Teachers College.
Columbia University, examined 600
textbooks on economies, sociology,
civics, history and geography. DR..
Robey said they found "a very no
table tendency in many of the books
to play down what this country has
accomplished and to place the en-
phasis on defects"
The whole emphasis is placed
on the cne-third of the population
who are under-fed rather than the
two-thirds who are well fed," he
SAID. They emphasize the small
number CT large corporations rather
than the large number of small
ones. The authors point to the very
wealthy people-rather than to the
fact that we have the greatest dis
trlbutlon of wealth in all the world
yet in most instances you don't
get leftiSt point of view; if you
had an out-and-out leftist slant it
would be much simpler to handle.
The NAM. had announced that
DR.. Robey and his staff had been
engaged to make AL objective sur
vey, determining the truth or falsity
Of charges that un-American con-
cepts had crept into textbooks, and
DR.. Robey said that under no cir
cumStanceS is it (the NA.M) going
to do anything that might be in
terpreted as a blacklist or white
list OF American textbooks.
DR.. Robey was aiaed in the study
by DR.. Ida G.. Greaves, formerly
OF Iowa State college and Barnard
college and now with Packer Col
legiate Institute; Vladimir D. Ka-
zakeeYich, lecturer at the American
Institute of Banking and an editor
OF the MalXiSt Publication. Science
and Society; and A. Mackenzie
Pope, of the staff of University of
Vermont and Williams college.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-23

America, the finest land in the
world the Star Spangled Banner
was sung with gusto.
Some of the worst features of
relationships was demonstrated. Two
students from each class were des-
ignated as secret police to spy on
their classmates. Uniformed men,
berS of the school band became
storm troopers. They dragged sus-
poets before student Judges" on
trivial or trumped up charges, on
which they were tagged for con
centration camps without trials. ="
False dogmas were circulated,
such as: "All persons under 81 are
OF unsound mind and are not cap
able of making decisions for them
selves" and the students had to
memorize and apply them.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-23
4th Draft TO Take
Many from Calf.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb % CUP)
Headquarters of the Ninth Army
Corps area announced today Cali
fornia would provide the greater
number of 10000 Selective Service
trainees called up in the fourth
draft call March 1871 for one year
army training.
The quotas announced by Corps
headquarters were: California 1000;
Washington 1880; Oregon $50;
Montana 480; Utah 40; Idaho 800;
and Nevada no.
The draftees will be sent to four
reception centers, distributed as
follows: 1904 to Fort Macarthur
San Pedro; 3,026 to Preside of
Monterey; 2,187 to Fort Lewis,
Wash; and 1888 to Fort Douglas,
Utah.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-23

tlOnS 10 contend WIN at parade
time Saturday. Mud clogged the
wheels of the ancient vehicles and
masked the feet of the horses and
mules. Gaily triumphant in spite
of the rain, the floats presented a
brave appearance. Spectators, just
as courageous in the face of decid-
edly threatening weather conditions
and discomfort because of dampnesS,
greeted the long line of entries with
undampened enthusiasm.
Max Brents, grand marshal of
the parade, said the parade was
destined to move in spite of any
thing but a second inundation of
the Colorado river.
More than 5000 persons witnessed
the Cavalcade Pageant Saturday
night and stayed in the rain for
everything but the last few scenes.
The pageant was almost over before
light mist was noted. The mist
increased and at last rain began
to fall. The cast went on with the
performance, living up to the old
theatrical tradition the show must
go on"
An education in American his
tory unfolded before the eyes of
the audience packing the bleachers.
They watched enthralled as the
symbolic scenes pictured the historic
progress of settlement in Imperial
Valley Indians, horses, mules, wag-
ons and more than $50 men, women
and children costumed appropriate
ly, told the story in music, song,
dancing, and pageantry.
AS the Calexico celebration drew
to a close the MeXicali mardi gras
began. The Cavalcade grand ball
scheduled for Saturday night was
dedicated to the International Four
States Highway association, the
Masons attending the 30th annual
get-together of Imperial Valley Mas
ons, and vegetable buyers.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-23
GIRL OF 8 UNHURT IN
DRAlNPlPE PLUNGE

LONG BEACH, Cal, Feb. 90 CUP)
Eva Landon, 6, slipped into a drain
age ditch today and was washed into
60-foot pipe
A motorist heard her screams
and rushed to the other end of the
pipe. He caught the girl when she
popped out in the rush of muddy
water. She was unhurt.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-23

of employment, chairman, Mrs. w.
j. Meagher, women's representative,
r. P. Moore of Nevada California,
c. w. Heinecke, city director of
Public Works, D. N. Neff, business
manager of Carpenters union, Guy
A. Weakley school superintendent,
Wesley He'll, city councilman, Carl
E. Gober N.Y.A. area director
Gertrude Perritt will serve as sec
retary.
The groups objective. as outlined
by Gober, is to coordinate and cor
relate the interests of the various
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-23

because Meteorologist Woodrow c..
Jacobs completed his stay in the
county on Feb. Is and forecasts,
other than long range predictions
from San Diego, were unavailable.
The San Diego weather bureau
predicted showers east of the noun
tains, which according to records
of the past, can mean anything
from light showers to steady
doWnpour.
Skies to the west of the valley
however, appeared heavier Satur-
day than those which brought II
inches of rainfall to valley cities
Friday night. Rainfall Friday night
caused considerable damage to al
falfa hay which had already been
cut and additional slight damage
to lettuce, peas, carrots and toma-
toes.
Damage to lettuce, however, was
negligible because a large share of
the crop will not be cut anyway,
due to the present low market. One
hundred five cars were shipped
from the valley Friday to 80 cent
market.
Usually reliable sources estimated
rs cars would roll from the valley
Saturday, with considerably lower
count Sunday. The market should
strengthen slightly over the week.
end, bringing around $10O for SIS.
Flood damage on the coast has
been held to minimum thus far
in the storm but continued rainfall
Continued on Page 6, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-23
Chinese Murder
Suspect kabbed

BRAWLEY, Feb. ga Chinese
card dealer was in Jail here today
on a charge of committing a murder
in Stockton more than a year ago.
Merchant Patrolman Keat Grig-
gers arrested George Louie jim, the
card dealer, in a resort at Ninth and
G streets. The picture and finger
prints matched those of the man
wanted for beating a man to death
with an iron pipe in Stockton, Jan.
IL, 1910. The Chinese said he was
not guilty.
The officer and A. c. Joy, special
watchman, recognized the Chinese
from a picture and description
printed in a circular showing wanted
men.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-23

demand for extra copies of the edi-
ton, Post-Press executives Satur-
day advised subscribers and other
readers to make advance reserva-
tions for copies to be mailed to
friends, relatives or business &C
quaintances in other parts of the
country. Extra copies will be sold
for 10 cents. Persons desiring to
have such copies mailed can send
their order to the Post-Press, to-
gether with 10 cents for the edi-
ton and five cents for postage
along with the name and address
of the person to whom it is to be
mailed-and the edition will be for
warded as soon as it is off the press.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-23

VIII repreSent CHe IITSC newspaper
attempt in the history of Imperial
Valley to give a complete panoram-
ic view of the valleys life from
all viewpoints agricultural, busi-
ness, civic, social, cultural, govern
mental, recreational and residential.
Each of the editions special sec
tions will begin with full page
photograph or drawing, with a SYM
bolic Border printed in color.
Scores of photographs taken in
every part of the valley and ad-
joining territory make the edition
the most lavishly illustrated one
ever published in southwestern Cal
ifornia.
Anticipating an unusually large
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-23

public departments and agencies
of Ell Centre with the aims and
activities of the N.Y.A."
Through services OF the advisory
committee the NYA. hopes TO OBJ
tain a better prospective OF ita
established projects and learn how
best to revise them 10 further meet
employment needs In fields where
there has been lack Of semi
skilled workers.
N.YA. projects we're designed 70
give jobs and experiences 10 youths
between the ages OF 10 and 25.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-23
Prisoner Escapes
CITY Jail Here

One hour was al K. McCloud, AZ,
stayed in Jail after his arrest Fri
day evening on a drunk -vagrancy
charge.
With his buddy, William Frippin,
26, McCloud made a dash for free
dom when a trusty opened the Ell
Centre Jail door. McCloud made
it, but Frippin was halted. A gen.
eral pickup order was issued for
the fugitive
Frippin was lodged in safer quar-
ters at the county Jail and an at
tempted escape" charge added.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-23
Advisory Group
Formed for NyA

move to adjust National Youth administration prof.
ects in Ell Centre to better meet the needs of employers
was under way Saturday after selection of advisory
committee
The new committee was made up of T. l. Finney valley
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-23
Special Edition
Due Wednesduv

The Inland Empire Edition of the PostPress news
papers, heradng the annual Imperial county midwiner
fair will be issued Wednesday by the Imperial Valley Press
and Thursday morning by the Morning Post
In five sections carrying at least 40 pages the edition
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-23
British RepuIse
Mass Air Attack
In Big Dosfisht
London Believes Onslaught Represents
Beginning Of Struggle for Control Of
Skies as Spring Offensive Nears
: By UNITED PRESS -

Royal air force planes beat off repeated attempts by
the Naz luftwafe to penetrate Brtans coastal defenses
Saturday strong British efforts went forward to bolster
their position in the Mediterranean and the Balkans.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-23
5 More Days Of
Rain Predicted
Imperial Valley Weather Doub+fulin
Absence of OfficiaIForecast; General
Rainfall Due for Most Of Southland

The weatherman Saturday predicted five more days
of rain for southern California, where oWlands OF the
coastal area already flooded and highways blocked
by landsdes.
The exact fate of Imperial Valley during the fve-day
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-23
Threat Of Rain Fails
To Interrupt CovaIcode
After Pageant Success
Eight thousand Witness Performance Of
Historic Review Near CaIexico as
Great Festival Near Final Stages

CALEXICO, Feb. 22-Undaunted by rain, mud and
threatening clouds Caexcans today went forward with
their historical Cavacade of Imperial Valley, giving
modern example of pioneer courage.
The horse and buggy parade had horse and buggy cond
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-23
D AMslINe
AAEpORTER

raul fCtNtlC lli11C iiio iiN'C -
day night, but no one saw him.
Paul, portrayed by j. Addington
in Calexico's Cavalcade, was slated
for only a brief appearance. A spot
light was to be thrown upon him as
he streaked across the landscape on
horseback.
The spotlight was thrown" and
Paul streaked but the spotlight and
the streak never could get together!
Load For Bill
Bill Clements came so close to
receiving a novel and decidedly
unexpected gift Saturday that we
almost wish he had got it.
"This load goes to Clements,
Eddie Sides was told and Eddie
started off with a load of lawn
fertilizer. Automatically he headed
for Bills corner on Main street
Guess he doesn't want it dumped
in front" Eddie reasoned only half
thoughtful,y. Guess I'll dump it in
the alley in back.
He drove around and got to think
ing:
"Wonder what the dickens Bill
wants with fertilizer down here?
Don't see any lawn around this
alleyw
In the nick of time he realized
it was E. F.. Clements who had Or
dered the load, for his home.
Before and After
Twinkling like four little spark
lers, four highway patrolmen went
out to the CaleXico Cavalcade Fri
day night to escort the governor
Badges FURNISHED and uniforms
spruced, the four were Tilley Daley
Paul Brown, Roy Wells and Sgt
Cliff Reed.
You should have seen them when
they came back! just try riding a
motorcycle over mud road in the
rain and you'll get a general idea!
INVASION
Whenever Marilea Hanson goes to
Washington, D. c. on the trip she
won in a D. A. r. contest, congress
is due for an uproar that will make
the lease-lend fight look like a
taffy-pull.
Marilea promptly sat down and
wrote letters to all the congressman
she particularly wanted to see on
the trip and warned them she was
coming If we know Marilea-they'd d
better be there, waiting!
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-23
WEATHER

Maximum temperature 49, minimum 50; am.
temperature 81, humidity 94 noon temperature 65,
humidity 10; S am. temperature TO- humidity 67.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-23

LETTUCE MARKET -
L. A. HAY:-U. S. No. 1, l. v. S1550-16-U. 8. No
leafy i. v. SIS; u. S. No. 2 Sl2125O; Mpls Sept.
Flax Sl6Oh.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-23

Total Cash, Checks and Drafts Sent
through The Two nj Centre Banksl
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-25
Vital Statistics
BIRTHS

BOYS
Boy, we're born to:
Sylvia Aipsrt. 27ts Clements.
Alma Alzner 600 Whitmors road,
Joan Adis. 1875 Chelsea.
Jeanette Anderson. e3s Lothrop.
Jeanne Andrsss, Sis Half Moon road, Bir.
mingham.
Irene Bsltramo, oos5 springwens
Elizabeth Braun, ee7 Madison, Birminghan
Helen Bsrnthai, 1850 Bishop road.
Marie Borrago, 6002 yPlainvisw.
Nellie Bachaio. ts<i Central.
Celia Blondy. 1901 Cortland.
Marian Birnbsum, 777s Gladstons.
Dehhs Bensfnger. I'LL Fairview
Dorothy BrouiilArd. ace Eastiawn.
Anne Bslloli. tt4e Burns.
Irene ssnins,i; a!3s Ess, conar.s..
Eileen Benn. 5054 Hillsboro.
Edith Cohen, 2<2e West Grand avenue.
Nell Cantrsil lass East Jefferson.
Maxine Crowley 1891 Lemphsrs.
Arleen Crawford. 1850 Wsshburr.
Helen Coleman. 3T5 West Evelyn. Haze
Park
Dorothy Duquetts. seO3 Clarion.
Martha Dries, 54O5 Holcomb-
Margaret Denomms, 1887 Tsn'hns road
Eas<~ Detroit.
Ruth Durtinger. 1880 ruiler
Elizabeth Erickson, Eloiss. Mich
Gertrude Eisenberg 7O02 GLADSTONE.
Marie Freds. 1910 Mansfield
Helen FthpgA 1919 Merrick
Lillian Fisher 1881 Northlswn.
Marion ouertin. 500 East JEFFERSON.
Mary oesry. SIT Gladstone
Pauline Gncksmsn. 3770 Monterey.
Helen Gubala. 7s4o Belmont Hsmfrsmek
pslsls Gross 7se7 chsrsvoix
virginia Guthrie. 3ooos southrsis rosd
Royal OAK.