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Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21


Hull that such acts are piracy, Mr..
Roosevelt said that it was believed
no lives were lost although the ship
SANK
But. he added. it was also be-
lieved aeveral persons might have
been injured in the explosion.
One boatload Of survivors has
been picked up he said, and tW)
additional boafloadS are belng
sought.
The president said that the tor
pcdo was launched by Submar-
inc. He left the unmistakable infer
ence that the attacker must have
been German.
The attack occurred between
South America and Africa, close
to the equator, Mr., Roosevelt said.
He added that the ship went down
nearer the southern bulge of Africa
than the South American coast.
It's specific position, he said, was
g degrees north latitude, IA degrees
west longitude.
Explaining that he had received
the news of the sinking only three
minutes before his press confer
cnCc began, the president said he
was unable to determine immed-
lately how many men were aboard
the Lchigh.
The president added an emphatic
ditto" to The weekend statement
If Hull that the United States
government did not often write
notes to international highwaymcn
MI Roosevelt said the Lehlgh
had discharged her Cargo at Bilbao
Spain, and was running empty to
the gold coast of West Africa on
a trading voyage when it was sunk
Was it sunk in American de
fenSive waterS?" reporter asked
Mr.. Roosevelt responded in stern
tones that rcsounded throughout
his office. tthe sinkinGl took place
on the seven seas. he said.
Who do YOU suppose sank the
Shlp?' he WAS asked.
Mr.. Roosevelt replied with an
ether question who do you sup
pose? 1t is certain that the Lehi2h
was sunk by a submarine. he said
and it is equally certain that it was
not British. Argentine French, MOI
American. The process of elim!na-
ton in such cases is useful. he said
and suggested that reporters put on
their thinking caps.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
Defending Planes
Guard 5. +. Harhor

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. p. up,
Army and navy planes roared out
over the Pacific today to intercept
and harass an imaginary enemy
fleet approaching San Francisce
bay in test of the bay harbor
dctcnseS.
At the same time. an air raic
alarm VAS sounded at the Presidil
OF San Francisco on reports al.
enemy plane had been sightcc
over the Golden Gate.
A third report sent naval forces
hurrying toward Point Bonita where
planes sighted AN enemy submac-
inc 1t might have been the same
one reported within seven miles
OF tfe Golden Gate at outset %!
the war games yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
Infant ScaIded by
Overturned Kettle

Elizabeth, -year-old daughter
of Carl Schooss of the PoSt-Prcsa
advertising staff, and Mrs. Schooss.
was critically scalded Tuesday
morning when she pulled a kettle
of boiling water from a stove at
the SChooSs home.
The child suffered burns on her
arms, legs, stomach, and back. She
was rushed to the FL Centre hos
pital where She was treated by
physicians.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
Wcman Injured as
FreiQht Hits Auto

Mrs Barrymore Peak Of P2s2-
dcna was treated by Dr. F. "
Peterson shortly after midnlIA.
Monday for minor face cuts Stu
tanned when a car in which Shy
was riding with her husband wa
struck by a Southern Pacific freleh'
train at e Ccntros Main stree
crossing.
Peak was uninjured
Radio Patrolman Lloyd Edwards
who investigated the accident sale
members of the train crew DOil
him Peak ignored a warning si.nl.
of a train flagman. drove around
a car stopped at the crossing d.
rcctly in the path of the freight
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
VaI!eyites Escape
Injury in Crash

Mrs. Neal Gavin, wife of Ell Cen
tro'S city clerk. son Jimmy and
Deputy District Attorney Ralp h
French, Mrs Cavin's brother mar
rowly escaped serious injury near
Valentine Neb. last Sunday wher
their car hit calf that was
trying to imuaIe a road hog.
News of the accident was re-
ceiv'd Tuesday by the city clerk
who was reassured that the party
was safe but temporarily stranded
while Nebraska grease monkeys re-
paired their wrecked automobile
Mrs. Gavin and French were
cnroutc to Murdo, S. D.. and Ha-
warden, Iowa, to visit relatives. They
expect to be gone until November
I
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21

Another distinguished visitor. the
diocesan vlc9-prealdent, the VERY
Rev Francis OFT, will be present
as viii be delegates from the Cath
2llc Youth Federation Of the arcl
diocese OF Los Angeles
The San Diego diocese includes
the counties of San Bernardmo
Riverside, San Diego and Imperial
The c y. o. clubs in each county
are united in a deandsy and each
deanery president is automatically
vice president of the diocese.
Tony DeVita is president of the
El Centre c. Y o club and George
Egan of the deanery The do
cese number some so individual!
clubs
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
JuriSt LumbQsts
Drunks at Wheel

The last time I had a drunk
he had driven truck which killed
five persons. There but for the
grace of God goes all drunk driy-
erS."
Judge R. D. McPherrin in super
ior court Monday gave a jury his
opinion of drunk drivers, express
ing his sentiment after the jury
found not guilty man who had
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
IS MEN ENROLL IN
ELECTRICAL COURSE

Seventy-five men enrolled in the
electrical course given at the night
school at Central Union High school
under the sponsorship of the I'M
perial Irrigation district.
One section of the class will be
reserved for beginners and the 9TH
er for those more advanced. The
classes are open to the public, The
classes met for the first time Mon
day nioht.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21


CaleXico city park when Bishop
Buddy will say the Mass He Will
be guest Of honor at the breakfast
which Will take place immediately
afterwards III the Hotel de ANA.
Recrcaloral activities are sche-
duled for the remainder of the
day up to / pm. when the main
business session Of the convention
VIII be held in the Barbara Worth
hotel. At this time, amendments.
resolutions, elections and choice
of next years convention site will
be considered.
The closing event will be the
banquet that evening in the hotel
A total of $50 reservations are
already made for this affair
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
d AMBL!Ne
EpoRTER

Let Us Be Clean
The PostPress error department
turned out a honey of boner
Monday. You know. dear readers,
a mistake OF the first water.
Anyway said we Bank Group
Will Hear Loan Expert" Then went
on to say that Two classes in
bathing will start with Banker
Hazel Gallagher teaching economics
and Banker A c. Yaeckel teach
ing fundamentals"
Oh. dear.
One reader wrote to RR:
Probably Gallagher will advise
how to bathe without soap and
Yaeckel will remind that it is
fundamental to wash behind the
ears"
Oh dear, twice more.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
3rd Child Comma

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 21-CUPl-
Dancer Fred AStairc revealed today
that he and his wife. the former
Phyllis Potter, were expecting their
third child sometime in February" "
The actor, currently at work on
the Paramount lot with Bing Crosby,
said he hoped the child would be
a girl. The Astaires have two chill
dren, both boys
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21

county. This year we are going
to tell about the county as a whole
and devote little or no space TO
the cities. We don't want the pub
lie to get tired of them"
Allen also told how the DeAnza
riders will travel from Imperial
Valley to Riverside on the days be-
tween the Cavalcade performances
and the DeAnza Days celebration
in Riverside, one of the most spec
tacular events in southern Califor-
MIA. He said they again will follow
the train of DeAnza across the des-
ert and mountains and reach River
size on the opening day of the
! celebration.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21

All board members expressed the
belief that the annual Cavalcade
and the booklet prepared and dis
tributed by the Cavalcade commit
tees had accomplished great things
in advertising Imperial county, its
attractions, and its assets.
Tom Allen, Calexico businessman,
presented the case of the Cavalcade
publicity and advertising committee
to the supervisors.
These Cavalcade booklets will
be different each year" Allen told
the board. Last year we told all
about all the cities in Impcri:
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21

(CP)-A 19-year-old mother
padlocks today and her 62-
FaNette county authorities.
l. a farmer living three miles
1argeS of assault with intent
h"r husband was in Vandalia, where
lie vas arrested later. Cahoon SUI
rendered his keys only after Chesh-
lcr threatened TO knock down the
doo@ te give his wife fresh air.
Cheshior said he believed that the
mC,her and child would have been
Suttocated by the fumes from a
Kerosene lamp III the room.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
JAPAN PUTS FORTH A
NEW PEACE FEELER

IUh1O. OFT y TUPI-An Eng
hsh newspaper close to the foreign
ct;lco sad editorially that Japan
was III a position to mediate a
world wide war because of her axis
affiliations
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
Quite A Record

Quite A Record
Time was turned backward in Ca
lexico at the reunion of Calexicc
high school pupils Of the vintage Of
1918 to 1919.
Remember when" and what
happened to- were the most fire.
Quently heard words.
Everybody was called upon to tel
what they had been doing since
they left the school. Some haG
moved to other communities, some
had married, some had accomplish
ed great things and some things Of
lesser importance in the world.
I've been married five times. "
a woman said thereby capturing q
record.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21

'OOCltJ,' vi AlNlI CIiSlllCCIo Oii OiiN
"navy's part in defense of the
west coast confirmed that the
fleet is at present guarding the
safe passage of important cargo
ships" in the Pacific.
We must not overlook the pos
sibilitieS for conflict in the Pacific,
he said. Under existing precariouS
conditions it is impossible to guess
what the future may have in store
Citing an Hypothetical situation,
GreenSlade said attacking planes
launched from enemy aircraft car
ricrS would seek to bomb the great
aircraft factories of San Diego and
Los Angeles and cause panic and
confusion among the civilian popu-
lation of those two thickly popu-
lated areas"
But, operating at high speed, the
U. S. Navy, with help from the
armYs GHQ air force, would repel
the attack and the result would
have involved damage 20 us and,
undoubtedly, disaster to the enc
my"
Grecnsladc referred to the hypo-
thetical attacking force as the
Blues.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
Seizure Facing
Struck Air PIun&
Plane Wa|kout Deadocked. Goa! Miners
Hit as 10000 Forced from Work; Rail
Dispute Up for Presidential Action
= By UNITED PRESS -

The big stick of government seizure, used twice before
apparently hung the aircraft parts plant of Air Asso
ciates, Inc, at BendiX N. j. Tuesday and Walkou
10 500 Go United Mine Workers diSrupted production
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
Supervisors Send
Adams 10 Capital
In Quest of Loans
Fl Centran to Request
Easier Farm Credit
ror Valley Lands

Financed by the Imperial
county board of supervisors.
J. d. Adams of FL Centre will
go to Washington to contact
President Roosevelt and 9TH
cr officials in hope of arranging
adequate farm loans for Imperial
Valley.
As chairman of the California
Farm Debt Adjustment commission,
Adams will arrive in Washington
Noy l with Representatives of San
Dieeo and Orange counties. The
Imperial county board of super
visors Monday voted to finance
Adams on his trip east, providing
funds not TO exceed $500 for that
purpose
SyMF ATTY EXPRESSED
Adams planned the "Trip after re-
ceipt of letter from a high govern
mcnt official in which the official
said, I am completely sympathetic
with the plight of Imperial Valley
and it does appear that Imperial
Valley is being Disseminated against.
Il appears TO be unlawful to max"
any land bank loans because of the
blanket mortgage existing on most
81 ,he valley property due to irrl-
cation problems. 1t is a matter for
Continued on Page 8; Col y
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
OpM SEEKS SOLUTION
Husband Locks
IN, Chains

Y NANDALlA, ILL.,, Oct. 2l.
Was free of her chains and
Haar-old husband was held b,
The arrest Of Neal Cahoo
south Of here, Saturday on e
L XII three men OF whom nc was.
Jealous led 20 the discovery that
he kept his wife l2sie. 1cttcvcd III
,h"r farm home.
Sheriff c. F Chcshlor with Il
warrant for Cahoon's arrcsc. wcYr
to The home, found the window,
boarded and the door padlockcd
Mrs. CahOOn shouted 10 him that
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
County Supports
Desert CuvuIcode

Preliminary arrangements for the annual presentation
of the Desert Cavacade in CaeXco April 9, TO- and
received boost Monday when the county board of super
vsors instructed the board of trade to conrbut2 toward
the cost of tkc 1912 advertising booklet.
approved contributions
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
ATTACKER "CRIPPLED"

In few days tafter the attack,
he said, we hear the final chapter
of the running fight down the
coast. The aVenging force dispatch
ed by the commander-in-c of
the Pacific fleet arrives to join the
trailing destroyers, closes in on the
now crippled carrier and it's es-
Continued on Page 8, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
Enemy Attack on Pacific
Coast Could Not Succeed.
Nuvv Commundunt Ayers
Rear Admiral Confirms Reports Fleet
Now Guarding Cargo Vessels Crossing
Pacific, Says Invasion improbable

SACRAMENTO, Oct. 21. (UP)-Any attempt to attack
the T. Pacific coast would result in disaster for the
enemy, Rear Admiral John W. Greenslade, cOmmandant
of the 18th naval district, said today.
The admiral. talking at gathering Of the American
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
Survivors al SEQ
In Open Boots as
Submarine Flees
Ship Goes Down Near Southern Bulge OF
African Coast; Was It In Defense
Waters?' II Was on Seven Seas'-FR

WASHINGTON Oct. 21 UP)-Presdent Roosevelt
announced today that the 9OCO-ton regher Lehgh, ty-
inc the American. flag torpedoed in the south Attain
tic at 9 pm. Sunday night. ~ c,u
ndorsinu +bo statement of Secretary of State COrdel
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21

tat nlnc CapllNc coal MINES IN Ala
bama.
Elsewhere in labor management
relations, increasingly important be-
cause of the urgency of industrial
omy:
Icaco to the booming defense econ
Presidential action became inev-
table in tho huge railroad wage
ront.oyerS". the CIO Steel Workers
union at Detroit requested an FBI
investigation into the cause of a
Seven-day steel strike. and the CIO
United Automobile Workers and the
Bell Aircraft Corp scheduled a con-
ference to discuss demands threat
ening strike action among the COM
pany'S 10000 employees at Buffalo
and Niagara Falls. N. Y.
OPM SEEKS SOLUTION
In the Bondix dispute. The office
OF Production Managcment StruC-
&l9d with a COmpanY-umion impaSSr
over the rehiring OF strikers in ali
continued on Page 9, Column !
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
TEMPERATURE

Maximum Mon. II, minimum
Tues. 48. pm. Mon. IS, humidity
81. am. Tues. 81, humidity IS.
Noon Tues. 20. humidity As.
LOS ANGELES HAY
u. S. No. S2O5O-22; u. S. No. 2,
leafy l. v. S2O.2O.5O. U. $. No. 2
S16.50-175O M.pls. Dec. flax Sl.779i
Evening star., 1941-12-13
Wartime HOUSING

The vast proportions of the emer-
gency housing program for Washing
ton and vicinity proposed by Defense
Housing Co-ordinator Charles F.
Palmer tend to give some idea of the
transformation which the city and
its suburbs is scheduled to undergo
under pressure of wartime needs.
More than $4,000 additional home
and apartment units and 1,500 dormi-
tory units for Federal workers are
scheduled to spring up in the Metro
politan Area between now and next
July, at an estimated cost of approx
mately 00000,000. Included will be
10000 homes built by private indus
try, designed to sell for not more
than $4,000 or to rent for not more
than $50 a month; 4,50O homes to
rent for not more than $35 per
month, to be built by the Govern
ment with Lanham Act funds; $500
loW-rent apartment units, to be
erected by the Defense Homes Cor
poration, and 1,500 dormitory rooms
for single persons.
The apartments will be distributed
over the District and nearby Virginia,
Mr.. Palmer said, while the homes
will be built in Washington, Arling-
ton, Alexandria and in Prince Georges
County, Md. Since so extensive a
construction program will profoundly
affect traffic conditions, municipal
services and the general appearance
of the Nations Capital and its en-
virons, it is important that careful
consideration be given to the selec-
ton of sites for these hastily con-
ceived projects. This is a problem
which should not be left entirely to
private contractors, nor, for that
| matter, to defense housing officials.
Evening star., 1941-12-13
A Iona Hop

From It's very geography, the right
little tight little island of Britain
cannot be expected to be entirely
self-supporting in war, but still it
is rather surprising to learn that
there is serious shortage of frogs
there. Frogs, it seems, are needed
for physiological research work in
connection with war wounds.
No explanation was given for the
deficiency of British frogs, but no
time was wasted either. "Frogs?"
Mr. Churchill may have said, when
he got the news, almost swallowing
his cigar in surprise. well, well,
what will we need next, wonder? A
strange thing, modern war. How
ever, let me see Oh, yes, I have it.
If I remember my Mark Twain, they
have frog jumping races in America,
and seem to recall an extraordinary
story heard once in New York, about
frog raised in Arizona, where it was
so dry that he had to be given SWIM
ming lessons after he was grown. OF
course, some one may have been
pulling my leg, but I'm sure Harry
Hopkins can take care of U.s."
In consequence, 1000 sleepy hiber-
mating batrachians were flown from
America to Britain, establishing a
long-hop record for the species which
makes the Calaveras County achieve
ment look sick.
Evening star., 1941-12-13
THIS AND THAT
Bu Charles Z. TrdceDeH
each other all over the world. Even W.

each other all over the world. Even we
have more sense than that"
Owl ewes are directed forward. They
must turn the head to look in any direc-
ton. This gives them the "owl-like"
appearance which has become proven
bial.
The eyes are surrounded by circles OF
feathers which help in their odd appear
ance.
Eight species have been identified at
one time or another in Washington and
vicinity, The barn owl is the one which
at one time nested in the towers OF the
Smithsonian Institution. Heat from the
building caused them to lose their sure
sense of season. Eggs were laid and
Matched in fall and winter.
The long-eared owl was at one time
fairly common, but is now very rare.
The short-eared owl is rare, but when
found at all is permanent resident.
The barred owl is a fairly common
permanent resident.
The owl with the most unusual name,
| the saw-whet owl, is an occasional Wis
itor in winter. Only about 20 records of
| it have been made in this vicinity.
The screech owl is fairly common
| permanent resident. In the old days
several of them roasted every winter in
| the trees of the Department of Agricul-
ture grounds.
The great horned owl is rare.
The great snowy owl sometimes flies
| down from the North.
Barn owls are fine little fellows, and
| not so little, after all; they are about 18
inches long, with a wing spread of
nearly feet.
All owls have big wings.
1t is said that barn owls will eat their
own weight of food every night. Au-
| thorities say that one barn owl, seeking
food for its children, will catch in a
| night more mice, gophers and other
| ground creatures than a dozen cats.
Scientists, trying TO find out how
| much one of these owls would eat, gave
a specimen as many mice as it could
! hold. The records show that it sWal-
| lowed eight one at a mouthful, and
took in the ninth, but was so full by
that time that the tail of the ninth
mouse hung out Of its bill for a long
time. In nature, however, where the
owls do not have their food served up
to them in this fashion, prey is caught
with the feet and torn TO pieces with
the hooked beak
Pellets found beneath the roosting
place Of pair Of barn owls at the
Smithsonian Institution showed that the
birds had eaten 225 meadow mice,
pine mice, 179 house mice, 20 rats,
jumping mice, 20 shrews. l star-nosec
mole, and l vesper sparrow.
The screech owl is the smallest of the
lot. He is 10 inches long, with wing
spread of % inches. 1t is said that
many Of these little owls are faithful tc
each other for life.
The saw-whet owl gets its odd name
from the rasping sound it makes in
early spring, resembling the filing Of a
! saw.
Evening star., 1941-12-13

many included, would endure perma-
nent conquest of China by Japan, and
Germany, were Slavic monarchy at her
command, would companion Russia in
war to eliminate Japan as an equation
in Asiastic politics.
We desired peace with Japan and are
compelled to fight her; Germany wants
war with Japan and any nation that
can deflate the presumptions of Japan's
militarists. The japanese military con-
cepts of conquest and the Germans
could not avoid conflict of annihilation.
A Rome can tolerate no equal, and Ger
many each instant must be formulating
projects to conciliate the nations that
must be her endless neighbors, and
for the common good of such a concert,
while warning, certainly, for Germanic
European hegemony, would not hesitate
to sacrifice any Asiatic people. The
irritating hypothesis of the Germans is
that they can realize, as a result of war,
the nations and the continents content
ment, oblivious Of the verify that no
civilized people willingly endures slavery,
and that such medieval postulate is op-
posed by universal sentiment. Japan's
future, which formerly was a goodly
prospect, is that of war-bound peoples
and unless the militarists relinquish
pseudo that defies the laws
of nature and of God, her isles will
forfeit that which is the supreme majesty
of lawful nations-an independence ever
lasting. EDWARD CONN.