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Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-06

LOS ANGELES. Marin 6. (UP)-
Musical circles were unanimous to-
day that they like the music of Sir
Thomas Beechman. British orches-
ira conductor, but don't like his
views on America.
Sir Thomas believes this country
has little in creative arts, and no
theater at all except the cine
ma, with its atrocious canned mu-
sic"
His blunt criticism was delivered
at a luncheon of a woman's COM
mittee sponsoring his two recent
concerts with the Philharmonic Or
chestra. The remarks aroused some
protest but did not affect attend
ance at his appearances nor de-
tract from praise of the conductor
for the best concerts here during
the current season.
Invited to talk on whatever sub
ject he chose before the committee
of the Southern California SYM
phony association, Sir Thomas said
it was time someone told the AM
erican people what they lack IN
creative arts.
You have no theater!" he said
land where are your choral socie-
ties? You may have a few, but
look at the numbers We have in
England. Not long ago when was
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-06
His Music Good
Ideas Not So Hot

in New York, raved for three
weeks for q chorus. Finally We got
one. but it came from Canada"
Sir Thomas asserted that "ey-
erything useless" such as music
costs money" but you have a
lot of useless men sitting around
in Washington talking about the
British-aid bill"
And il won't make a tuppence
worth of difference which way they
decide" he added.
The conductor said America has
the talent. setting, and other re-
quirementS for musical develop
ment, and q want to bring you
encouragement. Who knows but that
if the people make use OF their
opportunities, the United States
may become a great center of mu-
steal development"
His audience laughed good-na-
turedly following the talk, but many
music followers expressed resent
ment. The concert management said
it received about a dozen letters
and telephone calls of protest, and
half a dozen were received by Sir
Thomas.
Among those sending protests
were Jean Hersholt and Gene Lock-
hart, movie actors. One leader of g
British aid organization telephon-
ed the concert management to eX-
plain that I'VE admire Sir Thomas
as q musician, but his views aren't
typical of Britain"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-06
Auction Scheduled
On implements

A closing out sale at the Stanton
Baker ranch next Friday, March 7,
will be featured by an unusually
large variety of farm implements
and materials. Everything FIR m
tractors to wheelbarrows will be
offered for sale, including such odd
items as office furniture and tele-
phone poles;
To reach the sale, go one-half
mile due south of Meloland, then
one-eighth mile east. Buyers are
warned that the sale will start at
10 am. sharp. For the convenience
of customers, a lunch stand will
serve food on the grounds.
linn and linn, auctioneers in
charge of the sale, announce that
all goods will be sold for cash only.
(Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-06
14-Year.OId Death
Case Revived

INDIANA, Pa, Mar. 6. CUP
Indicted on charge of murder in
connection with a double Staying
more than IA years ago. Gaspar
Morganti, 40, Los Angeles, Cal
liquor store proprietor, was expect
ed today to be brought to trial Mar.
u.
Morganti is accused of the fatal
shooting of Clarence Eye, %, and
Thomas j. McEwan, %, during an
argument over a broken baseball
bat near Harttown, the. night OF
Aug. 6, 1926.
Judge E. E. Crops denied defense
motion for postponement of the
trial.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-06
BY MILTON BRONNER
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

Uneasy lies the head which wants
to wear a crown. And Don Juan
Carlos Teresa Silverio, third son
of the late ex-King Alfonso XIII
of Spain, "heir" to its existent
throne, has plenty to worry about
if he ever expects to wear one.
He must hurdle a big 'if' in the
person of General Franco, another
one in the shape of SPANS Falan-
gist party, which wants no king,
two others named Hitler and Mus
solini. He must succeed where his
father failed
HOW HE BECAME
ALFONSO'S HEIR
For a long time after he lost his
throne in April, 1891, King Alfonso
wandered around Europe like an
olive skinned ghoSt-living however,
very unghostlike on the large for
tune he had been careful to plant
outside Spain. He chung to the hope
that his penitent people would call
him back.
Last January, he wrote fms to
his hopes by formally renouncing
the throne and making Prince Juan
his heir. The other day, an ailing
heart wrote fins to Alfonso him
self.
Twenty seven year-old Prince
Juan long ago realized he might
be next in line for the throne. Hi,
late eldest brother, the Prince u
the Asturias. was "bleeder" who
renounced the throne to marry c
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-06

Bill Raine, manager Of the Stand
ard oil station in Westmorland has
received a transfer to Brawley where
he will be in charge of station
there.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-06
Heir to Spanish
Crown Faces Ifs

Cuban beauty. His next brother, Don
Jaime, was deaf and dumb.
But there's q big drawback to
Prince Juan's acceptance as figure
head king, while Franco really rules
the roost. Franco, Hitler and Mus
solini have some doubts of his heart
being entirely Hispanic. His mother
is Princess Ena, relative OF the
British royal family. Splitting with
her husband, King Alfonso, after
the revolution against his reign,
she has lived mostly in the England
she loves, as home
After being exiled Don Juan, 900.
went to England, joined the British
Navy and served on various big
ships. Now on the Admiralty reserve
list. he was not called up, for OBJ
vious diplomatic reasons, when Brit
ain declared war on Germany and
italy.
LEARNED HOW TO
ACT AS A FRONT"
Instead ne spent his time in
Rome. That put him near the source
of his pocket money-his father.
From his cousin" King Victor
Emmanuel, he learned how, by re-
manning in the background, king
in a modern dictatorship could act
as front.
And IN italy he met Princess
Maria of Bourbon-Sicily don Juan
comes from the closely connected
royal house of Hapsburg- Bourbon
He married her in 1885. Since they
now have two children, one of whom
is a boy, the succession" to the
non-exiStent throne is safe"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-06

Walker.
Mrs. Irene Brunette recently en-
tertained as house guests, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. J.Burnette of Santa Monica.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ole johnson and
daughter. and Mrs. Joe Patterson
and daughter went to Riverside last
weekend. They also visited in San
Bernardino.
Bill Raine, manager OF the Stand
ard oil station in Westmorland has
received a transfer TO Brawley where
he will be in charge of n station
there.
The Westmorland P.-TA. study
group under the leadership of Mrs
w. A. McFadden held their monthly
meeting at the city library Thurs
day morning. The first part of the
morning was devoted TO child study
and the latter half TO discussing
suitable colors for wearing apparel
There was a fine attendance and
these meetings are becoming more
| popular each month.
The Westmorand Twice Told
Tales met Wednesday night at the
home of Miss Esther Irwin. Mrs
r. P. Ostrander gave a review oil
Mr.. Littlejohn," by Martin Flavin
Current events were given by the
members and delicious refreshments
were served by the hostess.
Mrs. Clarence Walker and her
father, Mr.. Ivey, have returned from
Los Angeles where they spent sew
eral days.
Mary Louise BracKney, who re-
Gently underwent a major operation
in the Brawley hospital, is home
again and is reported to be doing
nicely.
Ernest Page, who for the past
three years has been the WeStmor-
land manager of the Nevada Cali
fornia Electric office, will leave next
week for Calipatria where he will
take up his new duties with the
Imperial Irrigation district. Mr.
and Mrs. Page and their two chill
dren will be greatly missed in the
social and civic life of the COM
munity. Ray Nissen of Brawley will
succeed Mr.. Page.
Phil D. Reed and son were recent
guests of the F. L. Cooks. While
here they accompanied Mr.. and
Mrs. Cook to Mexicali to attend the
States Highway convention OF
which Mr.. Cook is an official.
Mrs. Aubry Lee is in Compton
where she recently underwent ar
operation for appendicitis. Mr.. Lee
who visited her over the week enc
stated that she is improving salts
factorily. Mrs. Lee will not be home
for several weeks as she is conval-
escing at the home of her parents
The American Legion and Auxll-
larry held their regular meetings
Monday night. A pot luck dinner
J preceded the meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-06
Rev. H. 0dgers
Leaves Ca|exico
CALEXICO NOTES

Rev. Mr.. HASTE Odgers who has
been filling the Methodist pulpit
for several months left Saturday
morning for Santa Ana with Mrs.
Odgers who has been i'll for some
weeks. They will not return to CAL
exico because of Mrs. Odgers'
health.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-06
new BOOKS
AT the Ell Centre Public Library
FICTION


Wine on the Desert, Max Brand;
Hold Back the Dawn, KEITH Frings;
The Secret Front, Paul Calico;
Lance Falls in Love, Louise Hauck;
To Sing With the Angels, Maurice
Hindus: Clear Before leven, Edith
Holton; Inconstant Star, Adelaide
HUMPHREYS; H. M. Pulham Esquire
John P. Marquand, Curtains For
the Judge, Thomas Polsky; Raiders
of the Cherokee Strip, George Rod
new: Rustlers of the Basin, George
C. Shedd; The Ravens Wing, Eliza
beth Spriggs; Quick Service, P. G
Wodehouse.
NON-FICTION
Life For LIES Sake, Richard
Arlington; Japan in China, T. A
Bison; England's Hour, Vera Brit
tain: Contract Bridge 1941, Ely
Culbertson; The World Since 1914
w. C. Landsman; Brief Music, En-
met Lavery; Story Of Old Dolls ano
How to Make New Ones, Winifreo
Mills; Behind the Lines, A. A
Milne; You Be Judge, Ernest Nor
tenson; Toward Freedom, Java
haral Nebru; Psychiatry for the
Curious, George Preston; The
Wounded Don't Cry, Quentin Rey-
nolds; Daylight Through Mexico
Marcene Riley; On Desert Trails
Everett Ruess; Betcha Can't Do 1t
Alexander Van Rensselaer,; MY
Mother is a Violent Woman, Tommy
Wadelton; The Next Great Indus
try, l.. K. Wright; The Faith OF
Morn. Archer Wallace.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-06
| WestmorIand
News Notes
WESTMORLAND NOTES

Mrs. Elsie woodward, the former
Miss Elsie Riatt and who was a
teacher in the Westmorland school
before her marriage, was week
end guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Byron
Walker.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-06

Mrs. Irene Brunette recently en-
tertained as house guests, Mr.. and
Mrs. R. J.Bunette of Santa Monica.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ole johnson and
daughter. and Mrs. Joe Patterson
and daughter went TO Riverside last
weekend. They also visited in San
Bernardino.
Evening star., 1941-09-09
Three Eagle Flyers Reported
Missing Oyer Nozi France
Tobin, First Credited
With Victory, One Of
Americans Lost
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. s.-Three flyers
Of the American Eagle Squadron are
missing from operations Sunday
over German-occupied France, an
American source said today.
The flyers: Eugene Quimbly
Red) Tobin of Los Angeles, H.
s. Fenlaw of Lewisville, Tex, and
William H. Nichols of San Carlos,
Calf.
An Eagle Squadron source COM
mented: Yesterday, of course, was
the first time we lost three pilots in
one day.
Our boys just ran into tough op-
position. They were hoped on by
a hell of a lot of enemy planes
Pilots on the sweeps reported
Messerschmitts literally were swarm
ing over France. One said he sighted
at least a hundred"
Credited With First Mani Plane.
Tobin, big and red-haired, was
reported to have been the first flyer
from the United States to shoot
down a German plane over Britain.
To close friends he always said,
IT couldn't help shooting at him.
I was flying on patrol one day and
there he was"
Tobin never would confirm his
shooting down of the plane, how
ever, saying. Man, you get In more
trouble with the r. A. F. over a
thing like that than with the Ger
mans"
Is or IL Claimed for Eagles.
One American source said that
against the Eagles losses, II know
unofficially they have shot down at
least 16 or II German planes. In
addition to this they are credited
with a number Of probables and a
number of German planes dam
aged"
Tobin, with three other United
States youths, headed for Europe In
the early days of the war with the
idea Of forming another Lafayette
Escadrille.
r. A. F. Changes Mind.
They reached France about the
time of the French collapse and
barely got out ahead of the invaders.
Finally reaching Britain, Tobin and
his companions tried to join the
r. A. F. r. A. r. officers were not
interested. They said the youths
did not have enough experience.
Tobin and the others dejectedly
prepared to return to the United
States, but then found that this
was not easy either. The American
Embassy finally aided them, but
when they were about ready to leave
Evening star., 1941-09-09

sight and hand it over to him as a
present" Sebold testified.
Rankin said, don't worry. It's
already in our possession
The witness, a middle-aged for
mer employe of the Consolidated
Aviation Corp, said that after an
intensive course in Hamburg spy
school" he was given instructions,
steamship ticket, $1,000 in cash
and several assignments in the
United States.
Identities Documents.
He identified as instructions from
Hamburg headquarters pieces of
paper no larger than a postage
stamp. He said they were micro
photographs of ordinary-size docu-
ments, which he could enlarge to
their original size.
Sebold testified that Rankin had
given him detailed instructions to
give to others and had told him tc
set up secret radio station and
report ship and convoy movements
in code.
He said that on his arrival he
was met by agents of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation and the
State Department, turned over to
them his money and micro-photo-
graphs and al information on the
German rings activities and men,
bership, he said.
And since then have you been
Evening star., 1941-09-09
Truck Strike
Continued From First Page)

said, admitting that the picture for
quick settlement was very dark.
Railroad officials pointed out,
however, that only a very small por-
ton of the Districts food supply
moves in miscellaneous carloads. Mr..
Blackstone estimated that perhaps
Is per cent of the tonnage in the
less" carload lots which unload
at the Pennsylvania depot is food.
And the less" carload lots them
selves make up only about 20 or 80
per cent of the total railroad ton
mage into Washington, he said.
The embargo, which meant the
lines declined miscellaneous ship
ments here from other cities, was
ordered to prevent goods from piling
up at the station here as individual
deliveries were tied up by the strike.
The union, it was understood, took
the position that it had no control
over the movement of goods in the
trucks of individual firms. The only
service affected by the strike is the
delivery service of the railroads,
which have a contract with the
various trucking firms. However,
union truck drivers employed by
some individual firms were refusing
to pass through picket lines thrown
around the freight stations.
Compromise Offer Repeated. ~
Mr.. Sheehan said the negotiations
got nowhere at conference" last
night. The strike is over wages, and
the companies renewed their original
offer to compromise by increasing
drivers wages from $31 to $33 weekly
and helpers from $3.50 to $27.5O.
The strikers want $35 and $50, re-
| spectively, for the two classical
| tions.
The labor concilator saw little
likelihood the strike might be cer-
titled to the National Defense Me-
diation Board. Most of the goods
are clearly non-defense material, he
pointed out, and the board Is en-
powered to consider only disputes
affecting the defense effort.
Some 600 truck drivers and help
ers, members of the Drivers, Chauf-
feurs and Helpers Local Union, No
639, of the American Federation OF
Labor Teamsters' Union, struck
against % trucking firms yesterday
Union representatives at the meet
ing at the Washington Hotel last
night included Thomas P. O'Brien
of the International Teamsters
Union; Linwood A. Trainham, Sec
retary- treasurer of the striking To-
cal. and A. w. Stream, busines:
agent. Representing the COM
panies were J. P. Flaherty, Harry
j. Kane. jr. and r. q I,ackie.
Evening star., 1941-09-09
Spy TrioI
Continued From First Page.)

reality-in several parts Of the
world.
WAS the station ever built?"
asked United States Attorney Har-
old M. Kennedy.
'It was constructed in April,
1s40," said Sebold.
@. BY whom?
A. BY the r. B. I.
@. And who operated 1t?
A. Two r. B. I. agents.
@. And they followed the instruc-
tions you received from Hamburgs
A. Faithfully.
Sebold said they had sent be-
tween 200 and 800 messages to
Hamburg. and when asked how
long the station had operated, he
replied, until now. ~ s7,..s--...
Already Had Bombsight.
Earlier Sebold testified that q
German espionage agent in Ham
burg told him in January, 1910,
that the Reich already had Amer
ica's treasured Norden bombsight.
Under threat of death, he said, he
had agreed to cooperate with the
German secret police.
He said that his mentor in espio-
mage, whom he knew as DIR. Ran
kin" and whom the indictment
named as Nikolaus Ritter, a con-
spirator still in Germany, had told
him of the transfer of one of
Americas most valuable defense
secrets.
II told Rankin, in an effort to
make an impression, that I might
get the famous American bomb
Evening star., 1941-09-09
Telephone Firm Here
Usinq Substitute Metals

The Chesapeake g. Potomac Tele-
phone Co. announced today that 1t
Is cooperating with the Bell Tele-
phone Co. in a program to find
substitutes for materials needed in
t1e armament program.
BY using substitutes, the Bell
System has already been able to do
without 100000 pounds of alumni
mum, almost a third of a million
pounds of nickel, more than 3,000,-
600 pounds of zinc and $500 pounds
Of magnesium.
These substances have been
diverted TO armament manufactur-
ing-and the aluminium saved was
enough to build more than 275
fighter planes.
The telephone system has been
able to save these metals by such
methods as replacing aluminium
with steel in the finger wheel" on
dial telephones, coating telephone
pole lines with lead instead Of using
zinc and in other ways.
Evening star., 1941-09-09
Silver Spring Firemen
Hurt at Tukomu BIuze

Two firemen were injured last
night while fighting . blaze at 1919
Piney Branch road, Takoma Park.
Md.
Chris Kronenbitter and Steve
Richter, both members Of the Silver
Spring Fire Department, received
cuts and bruises when they re-
sponded to the call to help the Ia
koma Park Fire Department.
The fire, which destroyed an un-
occupied frame house of one and
one-half stories, was well under way
when firemen arrived. The struc-
ture had been vacant for several
months, the flremen said. and no
cause for the fire was determined
Immediately.
Evening star., 1941-09-09

morrow afternoon or night.
Five-day forecast for the period from
7:30 pm. Tuesday. September 8. l941. to
7:30 pm, Saturday, September ID, 1e41,
Middle Atlantic States District OF CO.
lumbia. Virginia, New Jersey Delaware,
Maryland, Eastern Pennsylvanla and New
York)-Temperatures above normal at be-
ginning of period becoming near normal
after Thursday. Moderate showers in
Northern Appalachians from Wednesday to
Friday and over the Middle Atlantic States
Thursday and Friday.
Ohio Valley (Kentucky, Ohio. West Vir-
sinia. Western PENNSYLVANIA and Tennes-
see-Moderate- to. heavy local showers
will spread slowly eastward from the
see into the Upper Ohio Valley and Eastern
Tennessee by Wednesday night followed by
mostly fair toward end Of week. Tenn
peratures will fall to about normal after
Wednesday with below normal in western
Tennessee and Lower Ohio Valley.
Weather Conditions Last "a Hours.
Quite warm air of tropical origin Is
spreading northeastward over the Ohio
Valley and the southern portion of the
Middle Atlantic States into the Lake region
and the northern portion OF the Middle
over Iowa Monday morning has moved
consin, with a trough of low pressure ex-
tending south-southwestward to Texas.
This disturbance is accompanied by rather
general showers in the Lake region, the
Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri VAL
leys and the West Gulf States and fol-
lowed by cooler weather which is spreading
southeastward over the Plains region.
Evening star., 1941-09-09
War Supplies Exports
SIS, ,072,276 in July
p. the Associated Press.

~ SEe AsSOClaJe0 ereSSs
The State Department announced
that arms, ammunition and imple-
ments of war valued at $196 $50, ,030
were licensed for export during July
and that 500 9,072,2 ,276 worth actually
were shipped.
For the seven months ending with
July, the licensed total was $1,057,-
e76,1e1, of which 1881 ,403, ,432 were
actually exported.
The countries to which the articles
were sent were not announced.
In a separate announcement, the
department said the general licenses
authorizing expectations to Canada,
Great Britain, Northern Ireland,
Newfoundland and Iceland had been
amended to include shellac and
titanturn.
Evening star., 1941-09-09
Iranians Accept
British-Russian
Terms for Peace
Axis Legations Oustins
And Surrender of Their
NutionoIs Agreed To
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press. &
TEHERAN, Sept. s.-Iran today
accepted British Russian peace
terms, agreeing TO expel German,
italian, Hungarian and Rumanian
Legations here and to deliver Axis
nationals to British and Soviet
authorities.
The terms provide also for a
British zone of occupation comprts-
ing the southwestern corner Of Iran,
an area about 400 miles long and 100
miles wide in which the country's
rich oil fields lie. and a Russian
zone about 500 miles long, varying
in width from so to $50 miles deep,
lying across the northern portion OF
Iran just north Of Teheran, the
capital.
Iran still is trying to persuade
Britain and Russia to reduce these
zones of occupation, but. a govern
ment spokesman told Parliament,
Iran had no choice except to sub
NIT. Parliament approved the
agreement.
acceptance Of the peace terms
by Iran also was announced by
the British Foreign Office)
Under the peace terms Iran must
supply all possible rail facilities for
the transport of war supplies to
Russia. The agreement divides the
country into three sections, Iran
herself remaining in control Of ter
ritory between the zones of the two
Allies, but the transport agreement
makes certain that the supply route
to Russia will remain open.
The British line runs from
Khanagin on the Iraq frontier east
to Kermanshah, southeast to Khur-
rambad. south to Dizful and Haft
Kel and then southeastward to the
Persian Gulf at Bandar Dilam.
The Russian line runs east from
the Iraq frontier near Oshnouyeh,
south of Lake Urmia through Kazvin
to Samnan. The capital is excluded,
the line running Just a few miles
to the north.