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Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-14

Who died amid the deSolation OF
Imperial Valleys most isolated re-
gion along the Colorado river half
way between Winterhaven and Palo
Verde?
The answer to this and other
questions were sought Tuesday by
Sheriff Robert w. Ware and Depu-
ty Sheriff Robert Parrish as they
penetrated the little known, water
logged river bottoms in the vicinity
of MilpitaS and Julian washes in
search of fragments of a human
skeleton found there during the
weekend by two cowboys employ
cd on the Roy Corners ranch.
Half hidden in the sand and
brush, the cowboys found the head,
breast, one arm and part Cf the
other arm of human skeleton
The teeth, they said, were almost
perfect. indicating the man was
young They found no clothing or
personal effects.
Ware and Parrish left Ell Centre
Monday night for Blythe to meet
Constable Hickey, who volunteered
to help in the search They plan
ned TO travel as far as they could
by automobile, then use horses for
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-14
Tugs Puff, But Big
Liner Still Hard
Aground on Sand

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, Jan.
ID. OUP)-Tugs and dredges labored
today around the huge bulk of the
$4,000 ton United States liner Man
haitian, high and fast on sand
bar $50 yards off shore.
Her 200 passengers had been TAX
EN- ashore and her cruise from New
York to the Pacific coast had been
cancelled. She did not appear to
be damaged but her owners wanted
to return her to New York for in
spection before taking her to sea
again.
A suction dredge was pulling
sand from the bar holding her and
two tugs and two coast guard cut
ters were working to release her
but maritime authorities said it
might be several days or a week
before she could be pulled into deep
water.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-14
Woman Complains
OF Killer Dogs

HEBER, Jan. Is Killer dogs
which looted her poultry pens of
two turkeys and so baby chickens
in the last month are police char
acters and need deputy sheriffs to
handle them, Mrs. Donnie Shepard
said today.
A German police dog and an air
dale, she told deputy sheriff, sneak
ed into her poultry pens two miles
north east of Heber and killed a
turkey before Christmas and in
jured one so badly after Christ
mas that she was forced TO kill
it, They killed the chickens early
in December
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-14
Sd. Plane Workers
Reject Offer; Take
Vote on Strike

SAN DIEGO, Jan. IA. (UP)-By
oral vote, 200 night workers of the
Ryan Aeronautical Co. plant today
unanimously rejected company
compromise offer and took a secret
strike vote.
Meanwhile, a Ryan spokesman
said plant officials we're meeting
with II. c.. Malcolm. federal con-
ciliator, and would make a public
statement later today. 1t was be-
lieved counter proposal may be
offered by the company.
The day shift will meet later to
vote on the compromise offer and
if it is rejected, will take a strike
vote.
Richard Frankensteen, interna-
tional representative of the United
Automobile Workers of America
(C1O) said a clause in the unions
constitution made it necessary for
the local to vote again today on the
compromise offer before taking the
strike ballot.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-14
Prominent Younu
EI Centrans Will
Answer Draft Call
Warren Washburn, Lyle
Hartzell, Tom Payne
Leaving Jan. 21st

Three prominent young Ell
Centre men - Warren W.
Washburn, Lyle d. Hartzeil
and Tom l.. Payne jr.-were
included Tuesday in a list Of
81 men who will be called up for
military training Jan. 81.
The trio will be among the first
to go under the new consumption
program, Eleven men, five from the
Southend of the county and six from
the north, have SO far been called
for a year of training. They left
last fall
Others on the list were: Yoshio
Watamura, who held Order NO. 3
on the southend board list, Eugene
Henry Kreuger, William Jess Pur-
cell, Jesse d. Fisher, Carl J. Ming,
Gilbert Ubert, William Sanford XII
ser, Manuel D. Figueroa, Fred w.
Brown, Vernon O. McMullen, Pedro
L. Portela, Ramon Ortega, Albert
Won Rotz, Juan V. Acuna, Alex Ro-
nero, Oliver T. Blaschko, John A.
Newell, Alden Joseph Arant, Cecil
A. Ritter, Vol w. Kenner, Stone
wall Jackson Redden, Alfred H.
Meltzer, Arthur C. Sigrist, Wade
H. Campbell, William w. Morgan,
Charles w. Phillips, Theo. B. Young
blood, Dale d. Taylor. Alternate
selected was Ernesto Sigala, trans
ferred from Fresno.
The young men will go direct to
Los Angeles by bus and from there
will be assigned to training camps.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-14

Mediterranean narrOWS De-
tween Sicily and Africa where new
German dive-bombing squadrons,
aided by Italian warplanes, have
sought to snap British communica-
tions between the eastern and west
ern portions of the inland sea.
Raj planes attacked Catania, Sic
lily, where it is believed Nazi air
plane reinforcements have been
based In an attack Sunday night
they reported they probably had
destroyed nine German Junkers 87s
the dive bombers which went into
action against British Mediterran-
can sea power last Friday for the
first time.
Virginia Gayda, Fascist editor who
often speaks for Benito MusSolini,
emphasized the importance of the
new air versus sea power struggle
in the Mediterranean. He claimed
that the joint German-Italian air
attacks on the British fleet were
designed to prevent the British
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-14

Hull WOuld be tne llrSU WlJNeSS CIl
the measure and he added that
others wishing to be heard should
request time from the committee.
Bloom declared that while he did
not plan specifically to invite testi-
mony from such men as Wendell L..
Willkie, Alf M. Landon, Herbert
Hoover, Joseph P. kennedy and
William c. Bullitt, he would be
glad to hear them all, if they
appear"
"The real, facts are what We are
after" Bloom said. Anyone that
has something to contribute that
might help to enlighten the COM
mittee, we would De glad to hear"
President Roosevelt returned from
a weekend at Hyde Park this
morning to survey with congress
sional leaders reaction to the bill
that would give him unDrecedent-
ed time powers to make the
United States the great arsenal
of democracy
Sources close to the White House
indicated that Mr.. Roosevelt was
confident the administration has
enough votes to pass the bill with
out his intervention. They indi-
Gated he would remain aloof from
the controversy and cited the fact
that he had declined even to COM
ment on WILKES endorsement of
the bills objectives.
In line with this attitude, White
House Secretary Stephen T. Early
declined comment on congressional
proposals to place a two-year time
limitation on Mr.. Roosevelt's pow
ers in the lend-lease-bill.
81 think that the White House
will just let the congress work
out the bill itself Early said
Congressional leaders went to the
White House soon after the Presi-
dents arrival to study proposals
advanced by many sources for mod
ification of the aid-to-B Britain mca-
sure. There have been indications
that the administration would COM
promise on some features, but they
have met sharp rebufis from op-
position leaders who seek complete
defeat of the bill.
Chairman Sol Bloom of the house
Continued on Page 3, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-14

relief administrator.
The Phillips Daley joint commit
tee on relief completed a draft of
the remaining eight of 10 relief
bills last night. They provide for
mobilization of jobs a public
works program, surplus commod-
tiles program and stamp plan such
as now is being carried out by the
federal government.
The bills also establish an SRA
appropriation for April, May and
June, by which time the counties
presumably would be ready to take
over the burden of relief; set up an
appropriation for the two years fol-
lowing, as well as appropriations to
liquidate the SRA and for increaS-
ing the state share of aid to the
aged,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-14

the cab and sprinted along the
crowded thoroughfare as PATROL
man Edward Maher ran up from
his traffic post a block away. He
and the bandit exchanged shots
and the bandit fell AS the police
man knelt beside him the bandit
lifted his gun and shot him TO
death.
The other bandit ran in the OPP
posite direction, firing several
shots at a traffic policeman. The
policeman returned the fire and
closed in as the gunman sought 10
escape among shoppers in Wool
worths. They fought through the
aisles until the patrolman knocked
the bandit out with his gun butt.
Police said the bandits were
known as the "Distofano Brothers"
their loot. a s649 payroll fell into
the street after they jumped from
the cab and lay there until police
found IL later.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-14
Brawley Merchant
Hurt in Accident

j. J. Karam, A. Brawley mer-
chant. was in a critical condition
in the county hospital Tuesday.
suffering from chest injuries in
flicted in a traffic accident near
INLAND during the weekend.
The Brawley residents car COL
lided head-on with one driven by
Lille Tyler, 90, inland housewife.
Mrs Tyler told Highway Patrolman
Walter Walsh that Karam was driv-
ing on the wrong side of the road
When she swerved into the other lane
to avoid a collision, karam also
swerved into that lane, and the
cars met head-on. Mrs. Tyler and
Marie Bennett, %, also were in
jured
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-14

IldQ 10 De Idkell 10 hospital.
The battle was fought within the
shadow of the Empire State build
ing at 34th street and Fifth ave.
Shoppers in two huge stores-B.
Altman's and Woolworths fled in
terror.
In WoolWorth's one of the bandits
was trapped and dubbed uncon-
scious with a pistol butt while
customers fell over each other in
their efforts to get out of the way.
The bandits ran into Altman's
after killing Alfred Klausman, 55.
importer, in a payroll robbery in
the elevator of an office building
at E. 34th street They fled out
of another entrance to the store
and jumped into a taxicab. The
driver, Leonard Weisberg, did not
start quickly enough to suit them,
and one of them shot him in the
back of the head. He was near
death.
One of the bandits leaped from
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-14
Clearing Skies. No
Rain Forecast

Woodrow C. acobs, Imperial
Valleys weatherman. cast a wary
eye skywaFd Tuesday and pre-
dicte'd clearing skies with only
intermittent cloudiness for the next
two days.
The general storm which brought
heavy rain to central California
and light showers to southern Cali
fornia has moved inland north of
San Francisco, according to Jacobs,
and will bring no general rain to I'M
perial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-14

/. Over and above all expenses
and including bond interest and
principal due under the proposed
refunding plan, the district has a
cash balance.
2. Maintenance and operation
costs of the irrigation division have
been cut $l66,000.
3. The power division made a
net profit of $36,340 after paying
interest and bond principal retire
ment.
4. A balance of nearly half
million dollars rests in the drain
age fund.
The black report was made pos
sible, Hewes explained, by recent
rulings from Judge Ralph E. Jen-
ney of federal district court placing
the current refunding plan tenn
porarily operative. All figures and
conclusions are based upon the
plans setup for reduced interest
and cancellation.
In addition to the rosy financial
picture presented to the board,
Hewes outlined these developments
during 1910;
SiXty-nine miles of new drains
were dug, all except 1.5 miles by
the district. Landowners laid go
miles of new tile drains. During the
year, 576 miles of existing drains
were cleaned, returning them to
usefulness.
Thirty-eight miles of deep drains
were channelized, 80 fumes were re-
built and 81 bridges, 81 fumes and
Is bridges were repaired
During the year a contract was
signed whereby the district may
obtain Parker dam power as a sup
plement and the Bureau of Reclaim
alton agrees to run a line from
Blaisdell, Ariz.,. to connect with
Drop No. 4. Hewes expected power
delivery from this source by 1912.
Enough water flowing in the All
American canal to permit power
generatin was expected "early in
l94l'', Hewes said. Before water is
turned in west of the Eastside high
line, additional sdrainS may be dug
and clay lining for the new Briar
canal installed, however.
HeWes reviewed the disastrous
earthquake of May 18, counted the
damage to the canal at more than
a quarter of a million.
Particularly encouraging was the
picture HeWes presented of the
power division. Customer total has
grown from $3.50 in Jan. l, 1910 to
9440 July and 1929 on Jan. |,
l941, he reported.
He said there are now 1925 farm
homes receiving energy from REA
lines as compared to 1725 at the
end of 1899.
Power revenues during the year
totaled $708,483 and operating costs
were $594,900, leaving an operating
revenue of $113,583. Deducting S76,-
GIT for revenue bond interest and
retirement and 1856 for interest on
the diesel engine contract, a net
profit of $36,340 is left.
Financial statements on the irri-
CATION system showed an income
OF 81, 1885, from assessments and
S7,4l7 from penalties and costs. TO-
Continued on Page 3, Col. q
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-14
Arizona Undercuts Lettuce Market
With Inferior Produce, Growers Say

Arizona lettuce growers Tuesday
were profiting on a high market
the expense of Imperial Valley
growers in a post-season Spurt in
the Salt River Valley lettuce har-
vest.
Reports from the Arizona lettuce
center indicated that a shortage il
valley shipments had revived the
harvest in fields which previously
had been abandoned.
Valley growers denied. however.
that there was a shortage in valley
shipments. claiming that the Ari-
zona shippers were moving inferior
quality lettuce at prices below the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-14

draft OF the county reileI cOnCrol'
bill was endorsed by the joint re-
lief committee. Hays said the two
plans were not related.
The Hays-Rich bill would amend
the 1895 relief act and provide pay
snent in kind for food, clothing and
shelter.
1--WE don't propose" said Hays,
"that anyone should go hungry, un-
clothed or unhoused. We simply
are determined to prevent the mis-
use of relief money.
TOO many times the relief check
finds it's way to the corner saloon
and as a result the children and
mother of family go hungry. That
is the kind of things we are deter
mined to STOP
Payment in kind details would be
left to the discretion of the state
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-14
Human Skeleton Found in County's
Widest. Most Isolated Region;
Officers En- Route by Horseback

the roadless section they said was
between Corners ranch and the
place the bones we're found.
Search for the bones and for
clothing and personal effects in
the Wild almost impenetrable fast
nesses, waterlogged when Imperial
dam backed up the river flow, was
expected to take day or two, Ware
said.
The cowboys estimated the bones
were lying in the sand about Is
miles south of Corners ranch, which
was believed to be Is or 20 miles
south of Palo Verde.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-14
Man Missing in
laQuna Mountains

Nose Gullett of Ell Centre Tues
day asked peace officers to search
for Eugene Biggs, a man he out
fitted to work the Gullett mine
in the Laguna mountains two weeks
ago and who hasn't been seen
since.
The missing man, who apparently
has the missing equipment and
Gullett's truck with him, was de-
scribed as about 60 years of age,
dark complexion, unshaven, was
five feet and six inches tall, and
weighed about $50 pounds. He was
driving a 1925 truck registered to
Jack 0. PuSey.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-14

market established for No. l quality
lettuce.
B. A. Harrigan, county agricul-
tural commissioner, said that 1866
cars had been shipped from the
valley through Tuesday, a total
shipment equal to that of year
ago on the same date.
Salt River valley is shipping
Junk" lettuce at our expense" Har-
rigan said The shipments will
drop the bottom out of present
lettuce prices"
Total shipment from the Phoenix
area totals 1916 carloads while ship
ments from Yuma stand at 1900,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-14
Stapp Faces Court
Charges Friday

Arrangement in superior court
was scheduled for Friday for Har-
old Stapp, 10, who inferred cars he
stole in an isolated spot near I'm
perial.
Tuesday he waived preliminary
hearings in justice court on four
grand theft charges filed against
him,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-14
FL. CENTRANS AGAIN TO
GET PARKING TICKETS

Resumption of parking tickets
for overtime psrkers in Ell Centre
was announced Tuesday by the po-
lice department. Marking and tick
citing machines that stay beyond the
time limit on Main street and cross
streets was halted temporarily by
muddy weather,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-14
Grapefruit Growers
Meet Wednesday

Imperial Valley grapefruit grow
ers will attend a meeting at the
county court house Wednesday
night at 7:30, to discuss marketing
problems, according to B. A. Har-
rigan, county agricultural comis-
Sioner.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-14
Raj Battles for
Mediterranean
British Planes Blast German Bombers
At tFascist Base While Balkans Again
Sprout Rumors Of New Nazi Plans
BY UNITED PRESS -

Great Britain threw Royal air force planes into the
battle for Mediterranean control Tuesday new ru-
mors ran through the Balkans of imminent German
move in that area British air power applied at the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-14
Crowd PeriIed in
N. y. Gun Battle

NEW YORK, Jan. ID. (UP)-Lower Fifth avenue one
of the worlds busiest shopping districts terrorzed
today by gun fight in which policeman and civilian
were shot and killed and another civilian and bandit
wounded second bandit was beaten so badly he
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-14
Bill Would Ban
Cash for Relief

SACRAMENTO, Jan. ID. (UP)-Cash paymens to re
lief recipients would be discontinued under terms of bill
introduced in the senate today by Ray W. Hays, Fresno
and William p. Rich, Marysville.
The new relief proposal came shortly after the final
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-14
Foes Of Aid Britain Bill
Promised Hearing Before
Committee; Hull Called
IIWi|Ikie. Landon. Hoover Not Asked to
Testify But May Appear. Chairman
Saws as Measure Starts Thru Mill

WASHINGTON Jan. Ia. (UP)-Chairman Sol Bloom
said today that the house foreign affairs committee would
open it's doors to opponents we'll sponsors of the ad
minstratons aid Britain bill which hearings will
start tomorrow He said that Secretary of State Corde
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-14
Operdtion Costs
Sliced $4,000
Under 80 Figure
Public Power System Shows $4,000
Profit, Chairman Hewes' Annual Report
To Irrigation District Board Reveals

Imperial Irrigation district in the black Tuesday
for the first time in seventeen long, lean years..
An annual report submitted Tuesday afternoon to the
board directors by Evan T. Hewes president revealed
tboco vito noipt
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-14
y AMsllNe
A\spoR1ER

Emergency
1T took a drowsy nod to make
Minor Simms break a resolution
OF % years standing.
For more than a score of years
he has not smoked a cigarette. He
had not, that is, until just a week
or so ago while motoring in Arizona.
Driving alone with only the hum
of the motor for company, sleep
kept lurking in the background and
for an hour Minor fought that
dreadful battle that only motor
lists know. In spite of himself
his eyes would close and only open
again by an effort of will and fright.
At last he broke down and FUN
bled in the cars glove box. He found
few crumpled cigarettes left by
some passenger. He lit one, and
with that psychological help man
aged to keep awake. (Unpaid adv
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-14

Helping Hand
Like a little ray of sunshine
Jack Davis descended upon three
frightened and confused little girls
at the courthouse Monday.
whats the matter, youngsters"
Jack asked. The children were e
standing in foyer apparently not
knowing which direction to take.
After using modicum of mind
reading and pinch of clairvoy-
ance, Jack arrived at the conclu-
sion that they were selling tickets
for a church shindig and lacked the
courage to approach the staffs Of
the various offices with sales
campaign.
So. Boy Scout Jack purchased
two from each and then helped
start them off in one of the Of
fices. 1t was a sell-out.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-14

What's in Name
Hope this doesn't violate pro-
fesSional ethics. but It's too good
to pass up, violation or no viola
ton.
When some strangers to FL Centre
had need of a physician they were
told to call DR.. Claude Peters. In
looking up the number in the tele-
phone book they got the number Of
DR.. F. w. Peterson and DR.. Peter
son agreed to come right away.
The strangers, however, still thought
they had called DR.. Peters.
When DR.. Peterson arrived the
strangers greeted him with the in
terrogative:
"Dr. Peters?" and the physician
replied:
"No, DR.. Peterson
"Holy smoke" mutt tered the
stranger, "how old is your father?"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-14

Lettuce: Imperial As S1.35-1.65:
SIS S1.15-l.25; San Fernando and
Oxnard SIS 75-S1.00. L. A. local loose
40-60c.
(See Page 4 for Dairy Mkts.)
l.. A. hay; U. S. No. I Nv. S17-17.50;
u. S. No. 2 leafy, S14-S15; U. 5.
No. 2 S13-l3.50; Mpls. May flax
S1.71M.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1941-08-22
PROPOSES ALL
TAX EXEMPTIONS
BE ELIMINATED

WASHINGTON. Aug. % - A re-
commendation that Congress wipe
out completely all tax exemptions
on personal incomes was laid before
the Senate finance committee yester-
day by Walter A. NJ. Cooper, Chair
man of the taxation committee of
the American Institute of Account
ing Present exemptions are $4,000
for married persons and $500 for
single individuals. The Treasury has
recommended a reduction to $500
and $3.50, respectively.
In a prepared statement Cooper, a
resident OF White Plains, n. Y, al
SO urged that normal income taxes
be withheld at the sources on all
payments of salaries, dividends. in
terest and other fixed or determined
incomes. Social Security taxes now
are collected in a similar manner.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1941-08-22
Car Drivers Must
Get Territorial
Operator S License

Under the new Alaska Highway
Traffic Act passed by the last leg
isiature. every person who operates
a motor vehicle in the Territory
must have an operators license. Eff
fectiYe July 1. this year. the licenses
cost 81 and are good until Deem
Der 81, 1892.
Applications are now available at
the City Clerks office Every opera
ter must apply in person for the Ii
cense and make a sworn application.
which must be done before an off
Ger qualified to administer an oath.
Copies of the new traffic laws and
the regulations set up by the Ter
ritorial Board of Road Commissions
are now available at the City Hal
No person under 16 years of age can
get a license.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1941-08-22
INDUSTRIOUS IN 0. S.
PORT UNDERGOING
REPAIRS. BRITISH REPORT

New York, Aug. % = The Bril-
fish press service announced this
week that the famous battle-scarred
aircraft carrier Illustrious is in an
American shipyard undergoing re-
pairs and that Captain Lord Louis
Mountbatten, Counsin of King
George who arrived by Clipper Tues
day, would command the ship and
supervise repairs. The announcement
authorized by the British Ministry of
information in London, did not dis
close the exact whereabouts of the
23,000-ton vessel. British Admiral
ty reports published June Is said
the mighty vessel, a year old and
with a speed of more than 80 knots,
was almost destroyed in Axis plane
attack January 10 near Sicily and
again at Malta where she took re-
fuge.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1941-08-22
Leningrad
In Danger OF
Nazi Capture
lBy Associated Press)

BERLIN. Aug. % - Three key
cities in the main Leningrad defense
ring-Noyogue. Kingsepp and Narya
have been captured in a German
drive which is within Is miles or
less of Soviet Russia's second city,
the German high command announ-
ced. A communique from Adolph
Hitlers headquarters repeated the
claim of the partial destruction of
% Red army divisions in the Tx
raine and also claimed the capture
Of Kherson at the mouth of the
Dnieper river. Thus the German pres
sure was suddenly and sharply inten-
sified at the northern end of the
long Russian front, directly imper-
ling the old Czarist capital, while
the broad drive TO the industrial
heart of the Ukraine ranged IN
abated around the banks of the
Dnieper.