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Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-11

Henry Thacker 81 bookkeeper III
Ell Centro for % years died in Red
lands Thursday after a long i'll
ness.
He had been in i'll health an6
month ago his family took him
to Redlands hoping change il
climate would help him to recove".
Instead he became worse and died
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-11
Associated Farm
Drive Succeeds

Reports from committees indi-
Gated Friday that the Associated
Farmers membership drive will go
over the 100 per cent increase which
was the goal of the organization
with one more week to CO."
President G. c. Bennett said Fri
day, 1T looks as though we will
more than double our membership
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-11

'DllllS llOuoCS, oDCdhNetolNp etiAN' AAON''~S
of prostitution.
The quarrel had driven Mayor
Earl Millikin and four of his coun-
cilmen into hiding at a nearby
mountain resort where Millikin was
variously reported nursing a colo
and a sprained ankle.
In their absence, the city was vir-
tually without a mayor, a city
council or police chief-and the
police force was virtually thumbing
its nose at orders from the power
less council.
Trouble started three weeks ago
when Mayor Millikin nominated
Capt. Walter B. Kirtley as police
chief after the council had rejected
Continued on Page 6; Column y
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-11
What To Do

What To Do
Imperial county wended its solemn
way Friday with large crowd OF
court attaches, attorneys, and de-
PENDANTS present for proceedings.
I'VE will set this down for hear
ing on Wednesday, the twenty third
Aof july" Judge Vaughn N. Thomp-
son intoned. Heads swerved toward
a calendar on the wall. The calen-
dar said July % was Tuesday. Heads
sWerved back to the judge. Noticing
! the uncertainty in the faces before
him, Judge Thompson said
Il mean the case will be heard
July 49," and left the court room.
Court attaches studied the official
calendar 1t said:
Monday 81
Tuesday %
Wednesday %
Thursday "a.
They still were puzzled. They
couldn't figure out whether they
were to follow the judges calendar,
which was wrong, or their own,
which listed the days in numerical
order.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-11


telephone service and MeXicali with
no telephone service.
Ten employees, mostly girls, were
affected by the strike in MeXicali.
The number affected in Tijuana
was said to be much greater.
Border Telephone and Light COM
pany employees went to strike, they
said, in order to force the company
to meet their demands for higher
wages and better working condi-
tions.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-11

VICE dI bIdWlcy,
In the last 10 years the carrot
deal grew steadily and in shipping
point value it amounts to from $2,-
100000 to $3,000,OOO, making it one
of the highest ranking deals in a
state famous the world over for its
vegetable production.
Imperial Valleys season opened
in early January but did not reach
volume until mid-February. After
that steady 40 to as car daily
movement was maintained until the
last week in May. Commercially
the season closed about the middle
of June but the last car was not
shipped until July /.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-11
Strike Cuts Off
telephone Lines
. BULLETIN -

Striking employees of the Border Telephone and Light
company late Friday ended their cakOut under terms
of agreement lUth the company Details of the agree
n1ent not announced.
Telephone communication between the United States
and Mexican border cities still parayzed by strike
Friday while employers and strikers negotiated terms
wages and hours
The strike which went into effect at pm Wednesday
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-11

the areas, but when questioned a
week ago about the reported mine
laying, declared they were practice"
implements.
An army officer attached to the
harbor defenses, said, however: u
wouldn't want to sit on one"
The mine field lies 3la miles
southwest of Mile Rock lighthouse.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-11
Not Exactly

NOt EAdCtiy~
Camp Seeley soldiers were out
running over the countryside Ill
maneuvers. One side was called the
Whites and the other side the Blues
When the battle" became in
tense two White soldiers mounted
non horses tagged down an automo-
). !pile in which Mr. and Mrs Laurie
Derrick we're driving along the high
way. One of the soldiers rode his
horse up close TO the car, leaned
Adown, and peered into the faces
VGf Mr.. and Mrs. Derrick.
oh" he barked in astonishment,
"You amt the enemy, huh?"
I'VE saw the enemy down the road
about an hour ago." Derrick said
as he pointed They went that way.
Gee, thanks!" the soldiers shout
ed as they galloped away. Derrick
became thoughtful.
Heck" he said in surprise, that
makes spy out of me-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-11
CHINESE DIES IN
CYANIDE CELL

SAN QUENTIN, Cal, July II
UP)-Don Wong Kay, murderer of
two fellow Chinese, was executed in
San Quentin's cyanide cell today
after saying as his last words that
I'D go happy if the Japanese were
out of China"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-11

just outside the Golden Gate. II
is in position to hamper naviga-
ton.
The submarine net has been
stretched in double line running
east and west from Alcatraz toward
the Gate. In an emergency, the
navy said, tugs could quickly draw
the net, tugs could quickly draw
trance to San Francisco bay.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-11
, 4Ms5!xs 4s1s4ts
Not A Bad Idea

Pressed into jury service, Rancher
Leslie Bennett appeared at an in
pquest in the Lemons mortuary
Thursday with anything but COM
plimentary remarks about summer
weather.
He sat down and began to enjoy
the almost frigid atmosphere IN
the place.
"Oh boy, is this grand he mur-
INJURED with q sigh of comfort, Il
guess I'll bring my plowing IN
here"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-11
offici iQI FidSco
ConvuISeS CitV
Seattle Poi+ica Factions War Over
Police Appointments, Mayor Flees to
HideawaY; Cops Defyins Pro lem

SEATTLE July II. (UP)-Seatte today suffered iron
municipal beyache brought on by city council pohtc
stemming directly from Gilbert & Sullivan.
The base of the rumpus appointment OF a new po
lice chief and the stamping of Chinese lotteries gam
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-11
Navy Lays Mine
Field Near s. +.

SAN FRANCISCO, July II. (UP)-The navy depart
ment revealed today had laid mine field at the entrance
San Francisco bay and had placed submarine net in
side the bay just west of Alcatraz Island
Navy authorities declined to amplify the brief warning
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-11
Nv. Shi ps Third
OfU.S. Carrots

Imperial Valley produces third of the carot carrot
tonnage of the United States and half that of California
The story of Imperial Valleys $4,000 carrot deal ap-
Friday in the seasons review issued by j. A. Hunter
and W. r. Goodwin of the FederaState Market News
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-11
Hitier'S Stalled
Armies RedoubIe
Assault on inc
Soviet Puts Three Famous Military
Heroes in Command Of Strategic Fronts
AS BIitzkrieg Attempts Fresh Start
BY UNITED PRESS

The Soviet Union put her three most famous military
heroes in command of the Red army fronts protecting
Lenngrad Moscow and the Ukraine Friday the German
armes-olte to dead halt for "a hourswere reported
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-11
TEMPERATURE

Maximum Thurs. 116, Minimum
Fri. "a; pm. Thurs. Ill, Hum "a;
am. Fri. 85, Hum. 81; Noon Fri.
liz. Hum 20.
L.. A. Hay U. s. NO. S18-19;
u. S. No. leafy Nv S17-18. No.
S14.50-15.50; Mpls. Sept. flax S1.90l9.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-28
a Nazi Filters Leave
U.S.. Bound for Orient

SAN FRANCISCO. April o.
Four young Nazi aviators, risking
seizure by the British blockade, to-
day were Orient bound on the
American liner President Garfield
in the hope of reaching their
homeland and duty with the Luft-
waite.
The men-Ewald Flesch. Wer-
ner Naumar. Hans Sandkamm and
Guenther Katzke-quit their jobs
plotting transport planes of a Ger
man airline in South America al
most year ago and headed for
the Reich. Since August. however,
they have been guests" of the inn
migration department in San
Francisco because Nippon Yusen
Kaisha, japanese steamship COM
pany. feared the British Pacific
patrol would seize them at sea and
refused passage.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-28
BY
J. Reean McCrary

when Lord BeaverbroOk's news
papers trumpeted that the en-
plre's most honored title Is no
longer Sir or Lord or even Duke,
but pilot"
AN UNPAYABLE DEBT
"Never has so much been
owed by so many to so few
that's one of Winston Churchills
phrases that has been echoed a
thousand times throughout the
British Empire as people, with
tear-wet eyes, asked God to re-
ward the young men of the
Raj, and to bring them through
safe and sound.
Such gratitude will pay politics
dividends after this war: and nevel
in the history of politics will Z
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-28

Britain. Ask Mr.. Churchill about
it, and he won't know what you're
talking about. But Lord Beaver
brook knows. and linked in
Canada-born Beaverbrook are the
three forces that have set in mo-
ton this revolution;
1.-The emergency industrial
Il OF the outposts of the Brit
ish Empire; the rising import
snce of Britain's "colonials."
C-The tremendous expansion
- OF the aircraft industry in
side Britain, and the magnlfi-
cent achievements of the Royal
Air Force.
C-The coming 60 power of
- Britain's middle class In the
Royal Air Force, first noted
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-28
BIoodIess Revolution

peoples gratitude have been so
h IN e thy earned. Review the
record:
Britain's army has lost every
major engagement to date.
The royal navy has scored
a couple of major successes, but
as in the case of the victory over
the Italians in the Ionian Sea,
Britain's naval victories have
generally backfired. And no
matter how you look at it. the
royal navy is losing the Battle
of the Atlantic today.
Those are the two senior serv-
ices" in Britain's armed forces.
All the young aristocrats are in
one or the other of them. They
have all the old traditions, all the
gaudy dress uniforms.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-28

In marked contrast are the boys
of the Raj, whose uniforms make
them look like Greyhound bus
drivers-"riff-raff," the snobs in
the Guards regiments used to call
them. They've come off the streets
of Britain, sons of trades people
and clerks and CT lem lists and
preachers and village doctors.
They are the middle class come
to power. Aviation has done for
them what the cross-bow did for
the yeomanry back in the days
when heavily armored knights
ruled the battlefields.
But this ''riff-raff' held the be-
sieged island of Britain against
odds of 10 and often 10O-to-1 last
September and October when
Continued on Page Six)
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Student Given Dale
With MarIene Dietrich

WOOD, April 2s.-
lNS) SO that science might be
served. Robert Moore. San Fran
cisco State College student. and
Marlene Dietrich. screen charmer,
were 10 have a blind date today.
The willing martyr scored 90
points out of 100 in an emotion
reaction test conducted in a
psychology class in which photo
graphs of film actresses were used
to measure feminine allure.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-28
PLANES DESTROYED
LEAVING GREECE

SYDNEY. Australia. April Is
GNS)-Evacuation of certain Aus
tralian troops from Greece has
begun and as far as it has pro-
ceeded has been successful" p. c.
Spender, Australian government
treasurer and air minister an
nounced today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-28
London Strike Halls
Meat Distribution

LONDON, April 2S.-GNS)-
Distribution of meat in London
came to standstill today as the
result Of $500 employees in 80
meat depots.
The strike was called TO pro-
test the dismissal of 81 workers
at depot recently "blitzed" by
the NaziS This was the first ma
ior strike IN London in recent
months.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-28
ITALIANS QUIT DEssYE

ROME, April 2S.-QNS)-Ital-
ian forces have evacuated Dessye.
Ethiopia, the high command an
nounced today.
The Italian war bulletin also
stated that Fascist forces occupied
the Greek island of Corfu in the
Ionian Sea.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-28
Uroes AII-Out Aid

CHICAGO. April 2S.-QNS)-.
The United States must give all
possible aid TO Great Britain to
avoid the possibility of van
pushed Britain being turned
against American by an appeaser,
in the opinion of Ernest w. Gibson,
national chairman of the Commit
tee to Defend America by aiding
the Allies.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-28
Fatal Jail Fire Probed

BELLE VERNON, Pa. April IS.
"A thorough investigation was
planned today into the fire at the
Belle Vernon Jail yester-
day morning which took three
fives. including that of a young
woman who had been detained for
blowing an automobile horn too
loudly.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-28
Plane Output Kept Secret

WASHINGTON, April Is
INS)-Secretary of War Henry
L. Stimson today banned publica-
ton of airplane production figures
TO place them in the same cate
CORY of military secrets as troop
and ship movements.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-28
DessyeCdptured
By British
International New. servIc. cabl.

NAlROBI, Kenya Colony, April
28.-Capture of Dessye, Italian
stronghold about $50 miles north
east of the Ethiopian capital of
Adds Ababa, was announced by
the British command in Nairobi
today.
The important Abyssinian high
way junction, one of the last
Fascist strongholds in East Africa,
fell to attacking British forces at
6 p. m. on Saturday, it was an
nounced.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-28
Continued on Page Five)
KreisIer S Condition
Called Still Critical

NEW YORK. April 2S.-QNS)
The condition of Fritz Kreisler,
world-famous violinist, today was
reported as still critical at
Roosevelt Hospital. where he was
taken Saturday after being hit by
a truck on a busy midtown street.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-28

Labor turned to ldleneSS by
stoppages since the first of the year
is sufficient to have produced more
than 1900 giant cannon-carrying
tanks worth almost half billion
dollars, or their equivalent in
fighting and bombing planes, guns
or munitions, survey disclosed
today.
Last year 6,500,000 man-days
were lost in America by stoppages,
but already there have been ap-
proximately 100000 man-days
lost this year and the stoppage
graph shows a sharp upward turn
this month.
Those $4,000, 900 man-days equal,
on the basis of a five-day week,
$4,000 man-years. That is, the
TIME lost by stoppageS this year
has the same effect on production
as there would be if 10000 men
quit work for a year.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-28
Reported
Fleeing Thrd(e
International New. ser,Ie, Cabin

LYONS, France. April 2S.-
President Ismet Inonu of Turkey
has gone to Turkish Thrace, where
of the population has
been begun, the Lyons radio re-
ported today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-28
u. 5. Troops on Way
To Newfoundland

NEW YORK, April 2S.-QNS)-
An undisclosed number of Amer
lean troops were aboard the army
transport Leonard Wood today en-
route to the new United States
base at Newfoundland.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-28
IMPORTANCE SHOWN

The defense Importance of such
a stoppage may be gagged from
the fact that the new Chrysler
tank arsenal at Detroit contem-
plates manufacturing Ia 2S-ton
artillery bearing tanks a day with
three shifts of 5000 men each.
Thus, with 5000 men at work
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-28
Britain S Ordeal

In the fifth of a series of ar
tcIeS based on his personal
conclusions after a Today sur
vey OF Britain at war J. Reagan
MeCrsry, International News
Service special correspondent,
expresses the belief that Britain
is undergoing a political fer
ment in which the young men
who typify the spirit of the
Raj will come TO the fore as
the rulers of Britain after the
war.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-28
Supreme Court Reconvenes

WASHINGTON. April 2S.-
GNS)-The Supreme Court con-
veneS today after a two weeks
recess.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-28
PeeIer Is Back

Westbrook Pegler returns. 10 the
Times editorial page tomorrow
after a months vacation. He tells
what he saw-with zip.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-28
JudgePugs|ey
Repriirndnds
Graft Jury

Circuit Judge Earl c. Pugsley
and defense attorneys were an
gered today when the county graft
conspiracy trial jury was handed
three volumes containing the tes-
timony of Sam Block. a state. s
witness, contrary to customary legal
procedure.
The jury requested the testi-
mony TO assist it in its delibera-
tons. which resumed at 8 a. m.
after a weekend recess.
A deputy sheriff assigned to the
court, Bernard Baker, obtained the
volumes from the court stenogra-
piers office and gave them to the
Jury.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-28
Labor Strife Jumps
10000 Tanks Could Have Been Built in Time Lost
by Stoppoges Throughout U. S., Surrey Reveals
By w. w. CHAPLIN
Init News Service National Defense Expert

on a five-day week. output of this
factory will be 1876 tanks a year.
With $4,000 men working at the
same task the annual output
would be 1913 tanks. Those
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-28
McGREA PROTESTS

When former Prosecutor Duncan
C.. McCrea. a defendant. found this
out he went storming TO Judge
Pugsley's office in protest. The
Judge was obviously angered He
went 10 the door of the jury room
and asked Baker:
ibid you give the jury copies
OF court testimony"
When Baker replied that he had,
the judge sent a detective into the
jury room TO remove the volumes.
you are to take orders from
me-" the Judge told Baker.
The jurors were then sum-
moned into open court. and Judge
Pugsley told them:
1T has been brought to my
attention that In my absence
and without my permission you
were given copies Of testimony. =
ONLY 10 MINUTES
Thomas II. Holmes, foreman of
the jury. replied that the jury had
the volumes only about 10 minutes.
I'VE read very little In them,
your honor" he said.
Judge Pugsley then said:
II don't know by what mis-
take they were given 10 you
without being given TO the
Continued on Page Eight
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BY J. REAGAN McCRARY

Init News Service Special Correspondent
NEW YORK, April 2S.-A blood
less, noiseless. and as yet unfelt
revolution" has transpired behind
the smoke-screen of the Battle OF
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-28

British
Loss Huge.
Say Nazis
International New. Service Cable

Der LIN. April 28.-In "un-
counted" numbers, the bodies of
British and Anzac soldiers are
being washed ashore along the
Aegean coast. testifying to the
success of German attacks against
the forces being evacuated from
Greece, Nazi military circles said
today.
The beaches at Volos. Piraeus
and other ports are Uttered with
the badly mangled" remains of
British and Australian troops
caught aboard fleeing transports
and other vessels which were mer-
cilessly bombed by the luftwaffe,
it was said.
German mechanical legions are
sweeping deeper into the Pelopon-
nesus. the southern peninsula of
Greece, following the occupation
of Athens. threatening to trap
whatever units of the British Ex-
peditionary Force managed to
cross the Corinth Canal beneath
the unrelenting attack OF Nazi
dive-bombers.
Other ground units simultane-
ously arrived at Patras after cross
ing the Gulf of Corinth. Piraeus.
the port of Athens, and Megara.
isthmian port west of the Greek
capital, also were taken.
WORSE THAN DUNKIRK
Military experts insisted that the
British debacle in Greece was a
second Dunkirk-but worse than
the first" Losses in troops and
transports were far higher than
when the British evacuated Fland-
ers, il was said.
Up to yesterday, total Of Brit
ish ships sunk was 2S7 .0Dg toms
$4,000 tons more than at Dunkirk
and the figure is expected to go
much higher.
In addition, il was said. IS
transports were heavily damaged
by explosive and incendiary bombs.
A German war correspondent
who flew to Athens reported that
when the swastika was hoisted
atop the acropolis. the royal Greek
flag was left in its accustomed
place on another flag pole.
DESCRIBES SCENE
His description Of events said.
British troops deserted
Athens long before the arrival
of the first German soldiers.
The port of Chalkis offered a
pitable sight. Many proud Brit
ish transports lay In the harbor,
Quilted and half-submerged.
Looking toward the Aero
polls, we saw the Greek flag
alongside the swastika, visible
expression of the manner in
which the Reich observes Greek
honor.
PLANES DESTROYED
Nearing the Athens airport of
Tatoi. we notice numerous bar
ricades and smashed planes
across the field, but we managed
to land without difficulty and
drove into Athens with soldiers
and Greek airmen.
"Piraeus resembled ships
cemetery. Five medium sized
transports lay bitten through by
fire and torn asunder."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-28
AWARD OF FAME

The commission as colonel which
Llndbergh bade farewell to today
was awarded him IA years ago
while he rode the crest of public
acclaim for his nonstop fight
from New York to Paris.
Other honors bestowed upon
him at the time included the Dis
tinguished Flying Cross and the
Congressional Medal of Honor of
the United States. the French
Cross of the Legion of Honor and
the British Royal Air Force Cross.
He also was awarded the Wood
row Wilson Medal following a
goodwill tour of Mexico. Central
and northern South America, and
the West Indies.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-28

"Your remarks at the White
House press conference on April
Is, involving my reserve COM
mission In the United States
Army Air Corps, have, of course,
disturbed me greatly.
II had hoped that might
exercise my right, as an Amer
lean citizen, to place my view
point before the people of my
country I'm time Of peace, with
out giving up the privilege of
serving my country as an air
corps. officer In the event Of war.
'But since you, In your capac-
fly as President Of the United
States and commander In chief
of the army, have clearly Inn
piled that I am no longer Of use
to this country rs . rcserve
officer, and In view Of other
Implications that you, my Presi-
dent and my superior officer,
have made concerning my 10y
atty to my country, my charac-
ter and my motives, I can sec
no honorable alternative TO ten
dering my resignation as colonel
In the United States Army Air
Corps Reserve.
81 am, therefore, forwarding
my resignation TO the secretary
of war;
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Doubts
0nLoya|ty 10
Roosevelt


NEW YORK, April 2S.--
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh
today resigned his commits
sion as colonel In the United
States Army Air Corps Re-
serve because Of the remarks
made by President Roosevelt
concerning the famous fiier's
loyalty at his press conference
last Friday.
Lindbergh's decision was made
known In q formal letter to the
President.
The letter follows:
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REGRETS DECISION

81 take this action with the
utmost regret, for my relation
ship with the air corps II one Of
the things that has meant most
TO me In life.
81 place it second only 10 my
right as citizen to speak freely
to my fellow country men, and
to discuss with them the issues
Of war and peace which confront
our nation I'm this crisis.
II will continue to serve my
country to the best of my ability
as q private citizen"
Respectfully,
"Charies A. Lindbergh."
AT his press conference last
Friday, Mr.. Roosevelt likened
Colonel Lindbergh to the Copper
heads of Civil War days, using the
term "Vallandigham"-the name
Of an Ohio congressman who was
exiled first to the Confederate
lines, then to Canada, after q
trial that ciirnaxed VAL
landigham's attacks on conduct
Of the war by the Lincoln adj
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Continued on Page Eight
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IN THE
NEWS

San Francisco, April 23, 1941.
Mr.. William Randolph Hearst,
San Simeon, Calf.