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Evening star., 1941-05-27
Can't Stop panzers
With Refrigerators,
Nelson Warns
Defense Purchase Chief
Says U. S. Is Far
Behind in Preparedness
Q, scisl Dispatch to rns star.

D. ecial Dispatch to Ths Star.
BALTIMORE, May 27.-Warning
that you can't stop panzer divi-
sion with q row Of electric refrig-
orators" Donald M. Nelson, defense
director Of purchases, asserted here
last night that the United States
has not tried to do nearly enough
In its preparedness program.
Reports reaching the Once of
Production Management, he said
show that output Of war materials
in the United States and Great
Britain combined is not equal to
that Of Germany and her captive
countries.
At present, he told forum audi
ence, "this country holds only the
second best in a poker game ir
which the loser is a dead man."
Alternative Of Fighting.
Should England be defeated, h,
declared, the United States mus
either become part of the total.
itarian system or fight.
To avoid these alternatives, Mr.
Evening star., 1941-05-27
British Peace Group Asks
Roosevelt Aid in Cable
Rv the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 27.-A peace group
named christianity Calling" an
nounced today 1t had sent President
Roosevelt cable saying peace low
ers of Britain beg you, in coming
speech, to open door to peace on
Allied terms in certainty of victory
and to end scandal of world wide
savagery."
Evening star., 1941-05-27
Soybeon Production

More than 200,0O0,000 pounds of
soybean oil used each year in manu-
facture Of shortening and more than
10 900 900 pounds in the manufacture
Of oleomargarine, according to the
census.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-12
Season kears End
With $4,000 Doves
Killed by Hunters

Doves. minus in excess of 10000
members of their population in In
pcrial Valley. will get a rest after
sunset Sunday W II cn the season
closes for tho year.
Duck season in all parts of I'M
pcrial Valley except along the Colo
RADIO river will open at sunrise
Thursday but sportSmcn declare
there are few ducks in the valley
at present On the California side
of the Colorado strip the season
will open at sunrise Nov. 2.
The usual last minute influx OF
dove hunters was not expected II
be on hand to usher out the season
with a fanfare of gunfire Hunters
said there are not many doves left
anyway not sufficient numbers 10
attract many hunters. The birds
were said to be badly scattered in
the areas where some had been
spotted in the last few days.
SpOrtSmen said the warm wealth
cr may be the main reason for the
scarcity of ducks but declared they
may move in before the season
opens.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-12
Hitler Agents in
New Peace FeeIers
Aimed at Britain
Nazis May Attempt to
Proclaim New Order
On NapOleonic Lines
BY UNITED PRESS

London Daily Mail Stock
holm dispatch reported Sat
urday that the British lega-
ton to Sweden had received
vague peace feelers emanating from
Germany and it was understood that
the British missions to SWltzer-
land, Spain, Portugal, Turkey and
Egypt had received similar ones
This report followed similarly
vague rumors Friday that Germany
had proposed an armistice to Russia
through Japan and Bulgaria. These
rumors were denied promptly and
emphatically.
The Daily Mail Dispatch said
British diplomats at first received
the alleged feelers contemporary
but now could no longer ignore them
because it looked as if they were
preliminary to another German
peace offensive.
According to the Daily Mail Dis
patch, the feelers included conll-
dental offers which purported to
come from different Nazl leaders,
each of whom offered something
different.
1t was suggested, the dispatch said
that Hitler was expecting either to
beat Russia or, more probably. be
held to a stalemate for the winter.
and that he intended to proclaim
his new order in Europe as
working concern and possibly sum-
Continued on Page 6. Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-12
i. s navy CAPTURES NAzI RADIO STATION
Indian Maids
Answer No

The Indians are NOT coming.
Cagmelita Hurst OF the state en-
plOyment office at FL CentrO regrets
to report that milady must abandon
any hope she might have entertain
cd of securing the services OF Yu-
ma Indian lass
Mrs. Hurst and her boss. En-
ployment Manager Tom Finney, Fri
day received an emphatic No
when they asked the Yuma Indian
mission to supply girls for house
keepers and maids in Imperial Val
ley.
Yumas Indian Commissioner Cox
told the FL Cen;ro employment
gO-bctWoenS that the Yuma girls
were loaded down with work, and
besides they didn't think much Of
travelling too far from the mission
This leaves the maid situation
lust where it was. and that's very
bad indeed, Mrs. Hurst said. AT
least as Well-tO-do housewives in
El Centso and immediate cnvironS
today arc obliged to stoOp to the
lowly status of iockeying their oUn
mops around the home, because
women and girls have been lured
away from houseWork by jobs in
defense factories,
The United States government,
through the national youth admins
tration, cognizant of the maiG
shortage here, recently announced
that free courses for domestic
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-12

increase their production OF the'
commodities listed vital to Unlted
States defense and necessary TO
this nations program of aid to the
countries fighting aggression, it was
announced by Secretary Rudolph
Miller of Imperial County Agricul-
tural Conservation association.
Intentions filed with Miller's office
indicated that Imperial Valleys goal
in egg production for the coming
year will be reached easily, and
that hog production here will come
up to expectations.
There appeared to be some doubt
as to whether the valley will be abb"
to increase its output of milk. how
ever. Miller said For several years
there has been tendency of valley
agriculturistS to ship their hay and
COWS to Los Angeles and San Diego,
rather than produce milk here.
That trend doubtless will affect
milk production here. he said.
In the governments program to
increase production of all vital farm
except % ton and
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-12
SUICIDE FLOPS
Bridge Leap Daunts ST. Man

a hospital. He had also slashed his
arm. Doctors. however, gave him
fair chance for recovery.
L changed my mind" he WhlSp-
cred when he rcgained conscious
ness Il was there all night but
couldn't 90 through with 1t.
With Evans coat, shoes and haI
on a girder under the flooring po-
lice also found two notes.
I have taken ny own life due
to i'll health and deSpOndeucy 49,.
John Lawrence Evans, 2655 Pine
street, San Francisco
The second note, addressed to his
wife, said:
L do not want TO be burden to
you"
The bridge has had "a suicide
deaths since it was opened in 1887.
In all those cases. however, the
victims dove or dropped from the
floor
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-12
Defense Housing
Gets First Cali

WASHINGTON. Oct. II tUP1 -
Government officials indicated to-
day that efforts will be made 10
ameliorate effects on the construc-
ton industry of the supply priori-
ties and allOcationS boards curb on
non essential building by providing
contractors with defense housing
contracts.
In an apparent effort to allay
fears of the home construction in
dustry, defense housing coordinator,
Charles F.. Palmer, said he expects
the defense housing program can
be- carried out as originally contem-
plated before it was ordered cur
tailed by the office of production
management.
Under the original program. 525,-
be built between July this year
and next June 30. Of this number
l25.O0O were to be financed publicly
and the remainder privately. The
OPM. however approved only 30O,-
900 of these for the present
SPAB's order. affecting new public
and private construction. was de-
signed to conserve vital materials,
such as steel, copper, aluminium,
brass and zinc, for defense purposes.
1t was Palmers view that some OF
the materials thus conserved could
be made available for the defense
housing program.
Furthermore, Palmer told report
ers, it was his understanding that
no attempt would be made to requl-
sition such materials aircad% in the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-12

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. II oUP)-.
Crazcd by illness, John Lawrence
Evans clambered down a Golden
Gate bridge girder today for a spec
tacular suicide leap after Slashing
his throat and spending all night
beneath the spans flooring.
He lost his nerve, however, Wcdgcd
himself into the framework 213 feet
above the gates Swirling water, ana
screamed for help.
While a brcathlSsS crowd watched
police, firemen and riggcr6 rescued
him after an hours frantic work
with ropes.
Trembling from shock. exposure
and loss of blood, Evans 80, a city
meat inspector on sick leave, was
able to assist his rcscucrs lift him in
a safety belt,
He was UNCONSCIOUS when taken to
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-12
Clarke to Direct
Annual Rodeo

Undersheriff Rodney Clarke OF
Imperial county will direct the peace
officers annual rodeo at the fair
grounds this winter, members of
the Imperial-Yuma Peace Officers
association voted at meeting in
Yuma Friday night.
The undcrsherif, who has directed
the rodeo for five years, was asked
to name his own committees anC
select a convenient date for the
presentation of the show.
At the meeting Chief Of Police
Polhamus of Yuma urged all peace
officers to do their part in national
defense.
Total war calls for total defense,
PolhamuS said.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-12

Saturday.
Lumber and materials dealers in
Ell Centro gave their assurance that
there is no immediate shortage OF
metals used in the construction OF
private dwellings. and indicated thai
present supplies here are sufficient
to meet the demand for at least
another year.
One concern, the Latham Lumber
company, even went so far as to
state unequivocally that there is
no shortage in its stock of any ma
terialS.
That firm. in a paid advertise
ment. warned Imperial Valley folk
against being scared by scarcity
talk" into putting off building Of
that new home
PLUMBING, WIRING HIT
The only discordant note apparent
in the SurveT was that metals es-
sential to plumbing and ho\e wir-
ing probably will fall short of the
demand, unless existing regulations
governing the standards of materials
used for these purposes are relaxed
somewhat
This would seem to indicate that
while there is plenty of lumber,
cement and other materials not
presently classified as vital to de-
fenSe, and which predominatc in
private home construction, h o m C
builders might possibly experience
some difficulty in odbtaining ade-
quate wiring and complete plumb
ing facilities.
But even here. the situation does
not justify deferrment of plans to
build a new home at present, be-
cause existing stocks of these wiz
ing and plumbing materials appears
to be ample to take care of current
needs, it was said.
Later on, when these supplies are
exhausted, builders probably will ask
for revision of present stringent
Continued on Page 6, Col. a.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-12
City Collecting
$1,000 Per Day

This is almost unhcard Of here
he said First half taxes become
delinquent the last Monday in No
vember, but the citys debtors have
until April %, 1912, to pay the Sec
ond half.
There appears to be method in
this madness, however. BY paying
the second half taxes now, taxpayers
may deduct the entire amount from
their income tax statements next
March, whereas if they put off pay
ing the second half until the April
deadline, the money will not have
been actually spent, and therefore
not deductible, Gavin said.
Collectible city taxes and street
bonds this year total $244 776
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-12

City Clerk Neal Gavin reported
Saturday that he is doing a land
, office business in city tax collec-
tionS,\ - with Ell CentranS pouring
more than $1,000 per day into the
municipal Golfers.
Collections for the first 10 days
of October totalcd $1,000, an in
crease of $45OO over the same period
year ago.
Even more remarkable than the
amount of money collected, Gavin
said, is the fact that city taxpayers,
who have just received their state
ments for first and second half
assessments, are paying both halves
at the same time
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-12
$4,000 Damages
Asked in Suit

In an amended complaint filed
Friday against tie Nevada Cal
fornia Electric company, Jimmy
Gene Phillips. ), asked for S220,0Ga
damages and his father, J. S. Phi!
lips. for $4,000.
Last Feb. 10 the boy was burned
when he came i'll contact with high
voltage wires at the Meloland sub
station of the Nevada -Californi~
company The child, the complaint
said, lost his left leg, his left arm
part of his right hand, and suf-
fcrcd other injuries
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-12
Columbus Day
Celebrated Monday

Columbus day, on Sunday this
year, will be celebrated on Monday
by a holiday in state, county, and
municipal offices. in banks, and
title companies.
All other concerns, offices, stores
and establishments were to operate
on REGULAR Monday schedules. The
Post-Press will publish as usual.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-12

WASHINGTON. Oct, II ,UPl -
Price Administrator Leon Henderson
today notified tire manufactures
that his office would not object to
advances in consumer list prices on
tires and tubes provided they do
not exceed 9 per cent above June
l6 levels.
The price would not become effec-
tive until about Oct. 20, Henderson
said. because manufacturers will
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-12
PRICE RISE IN
TIRES SLATED

first be required to clear their new
schedules of list prices with OPA
before issuing them
The OPA's action, it was explain
ed, was taken as a result of higher
costs of rubber, cotton and other
essential materials. as we'll as labor
The extent to which the price boosts
will be reflected in prices paid by
consumers was uncertain, since
many purchases are made at dis
counts below list prices.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-12

failed to report, and about 1000 per
sons employed at the Gary tin mil.
had walked off their jobs.
ShutdoWnS at South Chicago al
fected about P500 men. The COM
pany said it was not informed why
men failed to report for work. The
dispute at the tin mill, where the
Steel Workers Organizing commit
tee CCIO) has been staging dues
drive since oct 5. was attributed to
a disturbance between dues pickets
and non-union workers.
Union officials declined comment,
COMBAT CARS THREATENED
AT Detroit, the labor department
cancellation service held an urgent
conference TO attempt to reach quick
settlement of an AFL -CIO dispute
threatening paralysis OF military
combat cars.
The war department expressed
grave concern" in the dispute
which concerned rival unions at
the Spicer Manufacturing company
Toledo, O., and its subsidiaries, the
T1llloudlt tOUttl IIOlAuCbo bOIlllJtllS
Hillsdale. Mich.
President William Green of the
American Federation of Labor inter
vened in an AFL Walkout at the
Calico chemical division of the Am
crican Cyanamid Co, Bound Brook
N. j.. urging striking chemical work
ers to respond Fundamentally to
a defense mediation board appeal
that they return to work.
RUBBER INDUSTRY MENACED
The NDMB said the strike might
force a serious stoppage in the en-
tire rubber industry b. the end Of
Continued Oh Page g. Column -
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-12
11th Cavalry Man
Turns Diplomat

CAMP SEELEY, Oct. 11.-Cap-
tam Albert E. Ebright of the Elev-
onth United States. cavalry was Sci
ected to meet Vice President LARGO
Harrera of Peru when his plane
landed in Los Angeles late Friday
and accompany him on tour of the
nation.
He was designated to meet the
visiting dignitary by the adjutant
general in Washington. Captain
Ebright has been assistant planning
and training officer at Camp Seeley
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-12
Back from Tour

Senior members of the All Club
Of Imperial Valley returned Friday
from marketing tour conducted
by specialists in that field.
The young people visited market
ing cooperative associations and
several agriculture industrial plants
in the Los Angeles area.
The group included Louis Ander-
son, Penny Latham. Robert Thomp-
son, Alice Arner and Wally Chris
tiau
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-12
REAL ESTATE
ACT|VlTyGROWS

John II. ROBERTSON home at 63d
SandleWood and jim. SluShcr bought
the Wahl home at 627 WenSley
Other recent deals include The
sale OF the w C. Reed home at 65a
SandeWood to A H. Keller; sale
of the Richard Haas homo at $40
Wensley to Viggo Hansen; and salt
of the Mrs. Martha Dyson homc
at Eighth and Holt to George Fur
ukawa. All these deals were made
by Herbert LoWdermilk.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-12

its first land victory over Ger
man unit.
The German forces in Russia were
reported only IS miles from Moscow,
Soviet officials admitted Nazi gains
in the Ukraine, and elsewhere Hit
Ter was putting more and more pres
sure against retreating Red lines,
but the wars spotlight was usurped
momentarily by an American navel
announcement in Washington that
the regular North Atlantic patrol has
discovered and disposed OF Ger
man radio station in Greenland.
The text of the navy announce
ment:
while on its regular patrol IN
Greenland waters during September
a U. S. naval vessel encountered
and inspected a small Norwegian
steamer of about 60 tons.
Examination of the personnel
on board revealed that the vessel
and her company of about 20 had
been dispatched to Greenland under
the auspices of the Nazi authorities
IN Norway W eoCdDlioii a ioNic S'e
ton from which were to be sent 10
German authorities weather reports
and other military information. A
mong the personnel was an agent
of the German Gestapo.
"A search of the Greenland coast
brought to light radio station man.
ned by the agent and two other
Norwegians all of whom had been
disembarked from the Norwegian
vessel
All the radio. equipment and
supplies established ashore by this
German sponsored expedition have
been disposed of and the personnel
evacuated from Greenland.
THE vessel and her personnel are
now being brought to an United
States port for examination"
The navy would not expand the
announcement.
GERMANS ADVANCE
Meanwhile German armed forces
claimed they have ended the battle
of the Sea of Azov and are fighting
through fierce Red army resistance
Continued on Page 6, Col. a.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-12
Dies at CaIexico

CALEX1CO. Oct. IL IRWIN
Stanley, 55-year-old ranch laborcr
who had lived in the CalcXico area
35 years, died FRIDAY after Ions
illness
He Was scheduled to be buried
Saturday after private funeral
services in FL Centre. Stanley was
employed on the Guntcrman ranch.
AS far as can be ascertainCd he ha.
no surviving relatives.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-12

A brisk exc .;ngc of homo real
estate was predicted for El Centre
this winter.
Real estate dealers agreed Satur-
day there is demand for homes but
they must be priced right Scarcity
of homes was expected to stimu-
late the buying, carly activity in
dicated.
Most recent of the deals were
made by the Tyler Insurance ag
ency, Martin Wahl bought the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-12
FOOTBALL RESULTS

Ohio Univ 20, West Kentucky I
Dartmouth l8, Colgate 6
NYU 7. Texas A & M 40
Army 81 ,VMI 20
Harvard 0, Cornell 7
Stanford freshmen 25, Southern
California froSh 6
Michigan 40; Pittsburgh 0.
Northwestern Al; Wisconsin H.
Michigan State 13; Marquette 7,
Princeton O; Columbia y.
Yale l3; Penn %.
Syracuse 6; Holy Cross o.
Penn State 27; Bucknell l3.
Williams 80; Northeastern 0.
Navy Al: Lafayette 3
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-12

hands of builders unless there was
evidence that they were being hoard
cd for the purpose of obtaining ex-
cessive prices,
IF a person wants to build
commercial or non-defense residen-
tal structure he said, its my
understanding that if he has the
materials he can go ahead
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-12

wheat, the various county conSerVa-
ton associations were given the
Herculean task of obtaining Signe
intentions of production aims from
every farmer in the United States,
Miller'S office alone Is required
TO contact and sign up 1925 farm
operators mon owners and 1928
owners who also operate their farms.
Since the government allowed no
funds for this purpose. the whole.
task must be accomplished on a
voluntary basis. Cooperation OF the
owners and operators was urgently
requested by Secretary Miller.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-12
D AMBL!NG
X EPORTER

The Villains
IF especially vicious, time will be
added for its training"
Corporal s. w. Johnson, jr.. Pfc.
Patrick j. Shertall, and Pvts. FREQ
Lonigro, Edward Pendergast, and
George p Maizer stood in an ur
easy group in front of the bulletin
board at Camp Seeley They were
reading the order detailing a group
of rough riders to the remount
stables to break newly arrived
string of horses.
IF especially vicious, time will
be added for its training they
read the order again. 1t worried
them.
Next day wills signed and hymns
sounding instead of a march tune
the detail trudged to the remount
stables.
Silence greeted them. The stables
were as bare as SclecteeS pocket
YOU know, empty.
Who posted tnat there false bull
letin?
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-12
Dues Fight Shuts
Down Steel MiII
: BY UNITED PRESS

Output Of defense materials at two plants of the Car
negie Illinois Steel Corp cripp I'd Saturday by labor
dispute affecting least $500 Company spokesmen
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-12
GERMANS ADVANCE
Farmers Pledge
Production Hike

Imperial Valley farm owners and operators SATURDAY
had set mark patriotic cooperation in th2 GOV rnment
out agriculture production for defense for the rest OF
agrarian America to shoot at.
More than 200 of them voluntarily signed pledges to
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-12
New Homes Still
On Can Do List
Materials Firms Declare Priorities
Will Not Prevent Construction; Ad Says
Scarcity Talk Undu|y frightening

Prospective builders of new homes in Imperial Valley
have nothmng fear from the recent ruling of the pror
ties division the office of production management placing
virtual ban private construction, survey of valley
building materials and financing agencies disclosed
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-12
50 YEARS OLD

WASHINGTON, oct. IL. tUP)--
Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone be-
came SO years old today Stone.
formerly an associate justice of the
supreme court, assumed his duties
as chief of the tribunal at the
formal opening of the fall session
last Monday
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-12
.ydnks in Action
On Greenland as
Moscow rembIes S
Berlin Claims BIi+z Has Cleared Way to
Great Industrial Basin; Hi+Ier's Army
Advancing Within IS Miles Of ca pital
By UNITED PRESS

While German forces claimed Saturday night to have
ended the battle the of Azov with annihaton of the
last mass of troops protecting the DonetS industrial
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-12
"COuId hare SOid an
arsenal" UitH q Want 1d.

OIAfu HtNN 'Npft W.
arsenal" Uith a Want Ad.
Several days ago this want ad
was run in the miscellaneous
classification Of The Post-PrcaS
want ads.
10 GAUGE PUMP Gun also p
automatic rifle. 1929 Hell PHI
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BanGo. Did the oNucr get re-
suits?
Hugh wilcox called IN Ia stop
his ad And incidentally to stem
the constant ringing OF his phone
TO put 1t in his own words, Il
could have sold an arsenal
That's the way with Post Press
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with tremendous power They Il
move anything,
If you too have something you
want to buy. sell, rent or swap
call 300 today and learn the easy
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