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La gaceta., 1941-12-20

FL Director de Abastecimien-
tos dane, Sc ha visto obligado a
ordenar que en- vista de la esca-
SEE de lana, 81 percentage de es
Ia hilatura que Sc permite en- los
tejidos es solo de 20%. La lana
para tejidos de punto no debe
%contener mas de 800 de esta fl
bra desde el primero de enero
pr6ximo.
La gaceta., 1941-12-20
Ell TEMPO

Nubladoy y POGO frio. Posibi-
lidad de lluvia. Minima tempe
ratura, So grades; maxima, 70.
La gaceta., 1941-12-20

En- LescOvatz, en- Servia, la
tan csperada distribution de le-
che tuvo lugar el Gltimo dia de
octubre, segln comunica "NOvo
Vreme' eel peri6dico Official ma
zi), Fu6 medic litro, Y por Ell Pc
riodo desde ell primero de sep
tiempre hasta el treinta y uno
de octubre.
La ptcotG de la Vergdenza-.
jDe qui6n9
Una "picota de ver9Ienza",
(PGsa a "a "a. pdgJ
La gaceta., 1941-12-20

I'm estudiante de una univer-
sidad cattlica que ACADIA de lie
gar a Inglaterra con un compa-
nero, deapu6s de escapar de Ho-
landa en- I'm peqUeho bote, infor
ma que la persecution alberta
esta en- plena Marcia en- los PAT
ses Bajos. La Guardia Negra Sc
poSesion6 dc un monasterio en-
Leyden poco antes de que Ell es-
tudiante saliera de su pals, y e.
ch6 a les a,bergados en- 81. Els la
costumbre regular de la S. S Ell
1otener j6venes holandeses en- la
Gale Y llevarlos a este antique
monasterio convertible en- el
Quartet General de la S. S. y
ALI apalearlos brutalmente Las
protestas del Burgomaestre son
ignoradas, hasta las autorida-
des militares alamanas sc inj.g-
nan por estos actos, pero son
imponentes contra los privi.e-
.gios de la S. S.
La gaceta., 1941-12-20

Una comisi6n especial de Ia
La gaceta., 1941-12-20
La guerra contra la religion
cOntindG

Mas de 100000 catdicos, h0m
bres, mujeres y nihos han s.do
leportados &c Eslovenia a Ser
via por los Nazis. Iban acOmpa-
nados por 35 sacerdotes. La ma
yor parte de las ig!esias de Ma
ribor y LjUbljana estan eel ra-
das. De los 474 sacerdotes cue
ha1ia originaknente solo que
dan unos treinta para cumrlir
con su sacerdocio. Todas las CO.
mmidades de monjas han sido
disueltas y mas de 400 institu-
tos "de cultura' estan ahora ba-
io 81 control de los nazis.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-14
Plane Factories
Grant Wage Hike

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 13. (UP)-
Pay raises on an equalized wage
scale went into effect in four south
ern California airplane factories to-
day to virtually assure uninterrupt-
ed production of $2,50O,O00,000 worth
of planes for Great Britain and
the United States.
Douglas Aircraft company, Vultee
Aircraft, Lockheed Aircraft and a
Lockheed subsidiary. Vega Airplane
company, granted blanket increases
of 10 cents an hour to their en-
ployes-increases which will total
an estimated $75,00O,00O a year to
10000 workers.
The raises brought the wage scale
throughout the industry with one
exception to rs cents an hour for
skilled workers-the basic minimum
already won by the CIO United
Automobile Workers in contract
negotiations with North American
Aviation, inc.
The scale was set to stabilize
wages and working conditions in
all the defense busy plants and re-
duce possibility of work stoppages.
The companies, Office of Produc-
ton Management, federal labor Of
ficials and the army and navy were
parties to the stabilization pact.
They agreed that the wage raises
would remain in effect at least one
year.
Only large plant not member of
the pact is Consolidated Aircraft
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-14
Privileges Denied
Boys in Wholesale. !.
Petty Theft Case

Continued from Page One)
where they could box, play games
swim, and take their girls to dane
ing parties.
Il believe their offenses started
as pranks. With too much free time
on their hands and no place they
could afford to go for amusement,
Nance said, their natural youth
full energy and spirit of adventure
got them into trouble. They must,
of course, pay for that trouble now
but perhaps it all could have been
avoided if they had had some other
activities to interest them. At any
rate, it is something for the resi-
dents of all communities to think
about"
Juvenile court officials ruled that
none of the Is boys dealt with Fri
day may drive any car after pm.
unless accompanied by a parent,
none shall frequent billiard rooms or
pool halls, none shall drink any
alcoholic beverages or frequent
places where liquor is sold as a
business, no boy in the group may
associate with any of the other
boys in the group in social activit-
les during the probationary period,
each boy must make restitution for
what was stolen in such an amount
and in such manner as shall be de-
termined by Nance.
None of the boys may leave I'M
perial county without receiving
written permission from Nance, and
each boy must report to Nance at
his office in the court house once
each month or at such times as he
may direct.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-14
NavyFaces Big
Test Hunting Sub
As Ship Goes Down

Continued from Page One
can defensive waters" or of being
fired on by American patrol vessels,
Axis authorities evidently intend
at least to go through the motions
of keeping up the fight in the pre-
scribed area.
Whether Mr. Roosevelt's shooting
orders actually persuade Germany
to abandon half of the Atlantic
area she has proclaimed to be war
zone may not be definitely known
until after the war is over. But
over period of weeks there should
be a reasonably good indication of
Axis tactics If considerable time
elapses without raiders being sight
eel or without further loss of ship
ping, it will be assumed here that
the Axis have concentrated their
operations nearer to Great Brit
ain.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-14
RED ARMY GAINS

Similar counterbloWs by the Rus
slams were reported still in progress
on other sectors, especially IN the
region about 100 miles south of
Leningrad where the Germans ad-
mitted the Red army had made i'm
portant gains in an attempt TO re-
lieye the former czarist capital
Berlin said that heavy air bombing
Of Leningrad's defenses continued.
Elsewhere the war was more than
ever a combination of diplomatic
and military-naval maneuvers. In
the Atlantic, the Germans claimed
that their U-boat attack on 40
ship British convoy now had claimed
% British merchant vessels of l64,-
900 tons and three warships. The
type of warships was not indicated
except for earlier statements that
fast little British Coryettes we're
helping to guard the merchantmen.
The German press added only
inyective TO the official spokesman's
reply to President Rooseyelt's order
for the American navy TO shoot
first in American defense waters
against Axis submarines But there
was every indication from Axis
sources the submarines would con-
tinue, more cautiously perhaps, to
hunt enemy merchantmen in the
American zones and that there
would be new encounters involving
the American navy.
The Nazis put great emphasis on
their statement that Hitler-not
Mr. RooSeyelt-Would decide the
next step, indicating their anxiety
over permitting the American exec
utiye to seize the initiative which
has been such an important factor
in Axis conquest.
The growing belief that the United
States now was facing a shooting
war had important repercussions
elsewhere, particularly in relation
TO anti-Nazi activities in occupied
Europe
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-14
Roosevelt Opens
Worlds Longest
Arms SuppIyLine

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 tUP)-
The longest military supply lines in
world history were ordered opened
today by President Roosevelt in or
der to divert portion of American
war materials to Russian troops
engaged in a death struggle with
Germany on the eastern front
The United States mission to
Moscow. headed by lend-lease Ex-
peditor F.. Ayerell Hartman, re-
ceived last minute instructions from
the White House before its depar-
ture for the Soviet capital and the
three-power talks which will de-
termine full extent of Anglo -Ameri-
can aid to Russia's fighting forces.
Departure of the mission for Lon
don, the first step of its historic
journey, is expected hourly
Hartman disclosed after confer
ring with the President that prob
ably the most important point of
entry for American supplies will be
the Persian Gulf-opened for allied
operations by Russo British occu-
patton of Iran.
Utilization of this gateway en-
tails dispatch of shipments 1880
nautical miles from New York to
Basra, Iraq, at the head of the
Persian Gulf, for trans-shipment
over the ancient " golden road to
Samarkand," through the Caucas-
ian mountains over hundreds of
miles of poor transportation lines,
to depots for Russian fighting units.
Shipments to Basra from the
United States west coast would
travel approximately the same dis
tance by water.
No military operations in the his
tory of the world have been con-
Quoted with a major base of essen
tial materials so far distant. Sue
cess of the endeavor is completely
contingent upon the ability of
Great Britain to control the seas
and the results of Mr.. RooSevelt'S S
order to U. S. forces to sweep Amer
ican defense waters clear of axis
raiders.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-14
Russian Attacks
Smash Nozi Unit

can continue to drive forward in
that sector they may pinch off the
other German push southeastward
from Gomel to the Ukraine. If they
fail to continue, however, the Ger
man strength in the direction of
Kiev appears to have been sufficient
to break down opposition slowly and
might collapse the whole southern
front.
For this reason. London experts
regarded the operations as the most
important of the war and described
the Red army situation as serious.
The central front battle over
shadoWed renewed German thrusts
at Leningrad. Berlin said some
Leningrad defenses had been PEN
etrated after heavy aerial lombard
ment over a period OF days. The
Russians said they had driven back
German forces threatening KieV
from the west and that Odessa still
held out firmly.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-14
I'D Adams Goinq
To Salt Lake CITY

j. D. Adams of Ell Centro, chair
man of the California Farm Debt
Adjustment commission, planned to
leave Los Angeles Sunday for Salt
Lake City to assist in planning the
1912 agricultural defense program.
He was summoned to the meeting
Sept. Is and Is by a telegram from
Eugene Casey, special executive as
sistant to President Roosevelt The
meeting was arranged by the Unit
ed States department of agriculture.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-14

cribed as Kilians cousin.
It was indicated still other men
were being questioned.
Warren said Lange had made
full confession of the schemes op-
erations, and that Jilk and Kilian
later made statements concerning
their part in the alleged swindle,
which Warren said was "astound-
ingly simple.
He said the accused men set up
eight dummy companies which sent
to the unemployment insurance
compensation bureau regular re-
ports listing names of workers and
making the necessary contributions
for them.
After payments had been made
in behalf of employers and employees
for some time, the firms" would
inform the state of the discharge
Of one or more of the employees
Warren said.
Later these employees would
make claims for unemployment
compensation which continued far
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-14

in excess of contributions to the
fund.
Killian and Jilk, Warren said,
we're the men who appeared to
collect the compensation checks in
various California cities.
Kilian, Warren added, apparently
lived a "Jekyll-Hyde" existence,
serving as a respected school Of
ficial on weekdays, posing as a
shabbily- dressed "jobless man on
weekends.
The scheme was made possible
because of procedural weakness in
the unemployment bureau Warren
explained.
There was no cooperation be-
tween the disburSing department
and the department handling pay
ments made by employers. One
agency did not check the other,
thus neither knew what the other
was doing
He said there was no evidence
of dishonesty in the department
itself.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-14
RAF Rains Bombs
On Nazi Industry
In Great Attack

LONDON, Sept 13. (UP)-Brit~
ish bombers, attacking in force,
rained bombs on industrial obJec-
tives at Frankfurt, Germany, and
on other targets in the great indus
trial Rhineland last night, the air
ministry said today.
Docks at Cherbourg also were
bombed the ministry said.
Coastal command planes attacked
the port of st. Nazaire and enemy
ships off the Frizian islands.
"a supply ship of medium size
was hit"
The Raj lost two planes in the
course of the nights activities, 1t
was admitted officially. -
The air and home security minis
ters said in joint communicate
that "a small number of enemy
aircraft were over this country last
night"
"A few bombs were dropped" the
communique said. AT one point in
the northeast there was a small
number of casualties and some
houses were damaged. Two enemy
bombers were destroyed"
In Berlin the Germans admitted
British raids on southwestern Ger
many last night and said several
civilians had been killed or
wounded. The official news agency
said one British plane had been
shot down.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-14
Fake Burglary
Uncovered Here

Murder will out and SO will a
faxed burglary.
"A 20-year-old service station oper-
ator confessed Saturday that he
staged fake burglary at the station
where he worked in Ell Centre to
cover shortage of $3.50 in the
cash box.
Deputy Sheriff O. Hand, sent to
get fingerprints of the supposed
burglar, discovered that a back
window in the station had been
smashed with a shelf support taken
from a case inside the station. That
broke the case.
The boy said he went outside just
before closing time Friday night,
smashed the window, went back
inside and scattered merchandise
around, walked out the back door,
left it unlocked, and went home.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-14
JekyII-Hyde Teacher Held
In JobIess Fund SWindIe

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. IS up
-Four men. including two educa-
tors, were in jail today accused of
mulcting the state Of possibly s30.-
600 through fraudulent unemploy-
ment insurance claims.
Investigators for Attorney Gener-
al Earl Warren who made the ar
rests, identified the men as:
Raymond F. Kilian, 45, principal
of the Templeton union high school,
Can Luis Obispo county, and a
former assistant superintendent o.
schools in Nevada
Leonard Sledge, dean of Auburn
Junior college, Auburn.
Martin Lange, Berkeley, former
office manager and now a special
instructor for the unemployment
compensation bureau.
John A Jilk, 25, Oakland, des-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-14
Scotty Davidson
Dies at HOSPITAL

Fred "Scotty" Davidson, IS, Grip
pied popcorn vender on Second
street in Calexico for more than 25
year, died Friday night in the coun-
ty hospital where he had been a
patient for eight years.
He was born in London, Eng, and
had lived in Imperial Valley for
35 years. AS far as can be ascer-
tained he has no living relatives.
He was scheduled to be buried at
Evergreen cemetery at $3.50 PM.
Sunday.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-14
CIaireF Seymour
Dies in Detroit

Claire Frances Newkirk Seymour,
30, former Ell Centran, died sudden
ly in Detroit Friday.
News of the death came by tele-
gram to her father, A. w. NeWkirk
of Ell Centre. She was in Detroit
on a theatrical tour with her hus-
band, Fete Seymour, when her
death occurred. No details were sent
her father. She was graduated from
Central Union High school in the
class of 1929. She was a dancer and
travelled widely with theatrical COM
panies.
Her survivors are her father, A..
w. NeWkirk of Ell Centro; her moth
er, Mrs. Jessie NeWkirk of Julian;
and brother, A. w. Newkirk, jr.,
of San Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-14

company but a spokesman for the
firm said that "a satisfactory con-
clusion will be reached in the very
near future" to raise wages there
to the stabilization level.
North American and Vultee have
contracts with the CIO Auto Work
ers. Lockheed-Vega have negotiated
but reached no agreement previous
ly with the AFL Aeronautical lodge.
Douglas workers have specified no
bargaining agent.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-14
Scanning I.v
News Horizon

Rural school principals and teach
ers of the fifth and sixth grades
in rural schools in Imperial county
will meet at McCabe school at 9;30
am. next Saturday. Mrs. Ruth KEEP
ley, instruction supervisor, will out
line plans and programs for the
year.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-14
San Diego Records
Mild Earthquake

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 13. CUP)-An
earthquake lasting more than so
minutes was recorded here today
on the seismograph of Fred Robin
son, seismologist, but the shocks
were not strong enough to be notic-
ed here.
Robinson said the quake which
began sharply at 1913 am. and
lasted until 108 am. had a decided
east-west motion. He said it was
probably centered in the Pacific
ocean several thousand miles west
of San Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-14
So|on's S Daughter
Attempts Suicide

NEW YORK, Sept. Is CUP) =
Mary Bland Reynolds, 23-year-old
daughter of Sen. Robert r. Rey-
onlds, D., N. c., attempted suicide
by gas Thursday night because of
a quarrel with her close friend,
Thomas Farrell, magazine publisher
her mother said today.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-14
OLSON PROCLAIMS
CONSTITUTION DAY

SACRAMENTO, Sept. 13 UP)-
Gov Culbert Olson today proclaim
ed tomorrow Constitution Sunday
and the week of Sept. 1920 as Con-
stitution week in observance of the
154th anniversary of the signing of
the u. S. Constitution.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-14
Will Hitler
Declare War?
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page One
against Nazism and to seize the in
itiative from Hitler by ordering
shooting war against Axis submar-
ines in American waters. This IS, in
effect, a modernized version of con-
yoying, of delivering the goods. In
many ways, the chief executive has
gone as far in support of the anti
Axis armies as the United States
would have been able to go now
even under a formal declaration
of war.
Second, Hitler must halt the flow
of goods from the arsenal of de-
mocracy" or face the increasingly
grave danger of losing a long war
Third, in order to attempt effec-
lively to interrupt the flow of sup
plies to Britain and Russia the
German submarines must now defy
(as Rome and Berlin have indicated
they would) the orders which Mr.
Roosevelt gave the United States
navy to shoot them on sight inside
the vast western hemisphere zone
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-14
TWO RURAL FIRES

Fire destroyed hay stack on the
A. B. Jones ranch in the Calexico
area Friday night and brush fire
ran wild and burned several fence
posts six miles south of Brawley,
deputy sheriffs we're informed.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-14
WHAT FAILURE MEANS

Failure to invade this zone l or
der to attack ships enroute TO Brit
ain would limit the Axis underSeas
boats to a comparatively small part
of the Atlantic between Iceland and
Scotland, where all of Britain's nav
al and aerial escort strength could
be concentrated.
Furthermore, a question OF Nazi
prestige, already injured in Russia
despite vast military advances,
would be involved in failure to
challenge Mr.. Roosevelt. Hitler is
not yet worried by uprisings in oc-
cupied areas but he doesn't want
to see them encouraged
Fourth, in order to defy the pres
ident's order the Axis submarines
for their own safety must be pre-
pared to shoot first if they get a
chance.
There are certain disadvantages
to a declaration of war on the
United States, even if Hitler has
decided that warfare is inevitable
1t would be contrary to Hitlers pro-
gram of meeting his foes one by
one. 1t would shorten whatever
time might otherwise be lost in
bringing American production power
into full swing. The fuehrer's final
decision probably will be determined
by the success or failure of his
armies in Russia in the near future
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-14
FINAL DECREE
GRANTED

A final divorce decree was grant
ed in superior court to Mercedes de
los Cobos in her suit against Ray
de los Cobos
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-14
DIVORCE OBTAINED

Laura Ann Johnson Friday OBJ
tanned a final divorce from Harold
Lewis Johnson.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-14

Continued from Page One
spearheads northeast against Bry-
ansk and southeast to flank the
Ukraine defenders on the eastern
bank of the Dnieper.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-14
SPEARHEAD SMASHED

The Russians now report they
have smashed the spearhead aimed
at Bryansk and Moscow and if they
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-16
Weed Eradication
Program Begins

Weed eradication began in earn
est in Imperial Valley Wednesday
when the summer harvest season
tapered off sufficiently to permit
increased activity in the weed con-
troll program of the agricultural
commissioners department.
Agricultural Commissioner B. A.
Harrigan said the weed control pro-
gram is progressing satisfactorily
with rancherS burning off the weeds
on their property, the irrigation
district clearing weeds from ditch
banks, and his office eradicating
perennial weeds from along the
highways.
Camel thorn, the worst of the
weeds a few years ago." Harrigan
said, 'is almost entirely stamped
out. We still have some Johnson
grass, morning glories, and white
horse nettles to fight. In general
however, the weed situation is un.
der control"
Difficulty in getting chlorates usec
in weed poison it is said, may hin
der the eradication campaign some
what. Defense industries took the
bulk of the chlorate supplies.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-16
9 lid or
Slated

WASHINGTON, July 16 CUP) -
The civil aeronautics authority soon
will announce a training program
for civilian glider pilots to create
q reserve for future military glider,
operations, it was understood today.
The projected training program
follows closely a decision by army
officials to include glider units in
the expanded air corps.
Meanwhile, Sen. Pat. McCarran,
D., New, introduced legislation to
establish a glider unit in the ma
tional youth administration to pro-
vide pilot training.
Interest Of American officials in
the military possibilities of gliders
has been increased by the use which
Germany and Russia have made OF
them in military operations. The
German army landed many troops
on Crete with gliders towed by air.
planes.
The new program will be pattern
ed after the present civilian air.
plane pilot training system which
already has produced about $4,000
pilots. The glider courses will be
open only to young men of between
10 and 26 years of age who have
had at least two years of college
education or its equivalent.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-16

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, July l6
CUP) = U. S. marshals began a
roundup today of 20 persons accused
in a federal grand jury indictment
of conspiring to overthrow the
United Stataes government by rev.
olution.
Warrants were issued for defend
ants in Minneapolis, st. Paul, and
New York. All we're accused as
members of the Socialist Workers
Party, Trotskyite branch of the
Communist movement. Twenty-one
defendants are members of a Con-
gress of Industrial Organization
General Drivers Local 544 which
last month bolted the American
Federation of Labor and obtained
q CIO charter.
Frank Barnhart, regional direc-
tor of the United Construction
Workers Organizing committee, with
which CIO-544 is affiliated, an
nounced that national CIO officers
! had promised to provide bond for
release of union members after
their arraignments which may be
held today.
The executive board of CIO-544
asserted the indictment was part Of
a campaign to smear the CIO and
disrupt its campaign to organize
truck drivers.
The indictment returned in St
Paul yesterday charged the defend
ants had organized a pattern for
revolution, including plans to seize
key positions in industry and trade
unions and foment rebellion of en-
listed men in the army and navy.
Socialist Workers Party leaders,
laborers to arm themselves for the
revolution The indictment accused
the indictment said, had encouraged
the defendants OF organizing "un-
ion defense guards" to aid in over
throw of the government.
Among those indicted were Miles.
Vincent, and Grant Dune. brothers,
who led the union local out of the
AFL into the CTO and who directed
Minneapolis violent trucking strikes
in 1884
-Four national leaders of the So
cialist Workers party also were in
dicted. They are James Cannon, ma
tional president; Albert Goldman
New York attorney; Felix Morrow