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Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
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ON YOUR NEW BATTERIES
One and two year guarantees. See us
and you'll buy.
CARTER MOTOR & SUPPLY CO.
1868 Main Phone 60
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
Personals, Special Notices

GIVE A Portable for Graduation.
Underwoods, Royals and Remette
at $2975. Time payments arranged
OFFICE SUPPLY COMPANY
521 Main st. Phone 70
5-28
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
24Wanted - Miscellaneous

DEAD STOCK removed free. Phone
Immediately. Brawley 84-J.
I. v. Rendering Co., Brawley, Cal.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20

LAWN AND GARDEN NEEDS!
Lawn mowers, solid rubber tires,
IA in. 5 blade. de.......-............... $3.50
Lawn mowers, iron wheels Is in,
4 blade ...................... $500
so it. Garden Hose IS in. ........ $270
Is #. Garden Hose IS in. Soc. $1.55
WHITING MEAD co.
Phone 1872 1878 Main
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20

EVERYTHING For your cooler re-
pairs. Quality pipe fittings, wire,
black garden hose, excelsior, lum-
her ptc
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20

HOUSE with fur. Plenty shade.
Room for cottages. Brighton
$1,000, terms, $500 cash. Box 242.
FL Centre. $50
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20

FURNISHED air. cooled 2-rm. apt.
Frigidaire, elect, fur. Innerspg,
mattress. Mission Apis, 235 No.
9th ST. II
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20

OUR STEEL filing cases have not
yet advanced in price. 4-drawer
file SCI. With lock, $29. l drawer,
$3.50.
McCOY'S OFFICE EQUIPMENT
673 Main Ell Centro Phone 1853
5-23
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
i9-City Property for Sale
W. f. HANCOCK
THE FARM LAND MAN
Since 1914
IL miles west of Court House
Phone 639

$3.50 BUYS equity in property at
627 Len Rey. New modern house
near schools. Write H. L. Wolfe
1710 Maple Ave, Los Angeles 526
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20

UNFURNISHED 2 bedroom house.
Will furnish on lease Inquire
1918 State. 5-2l
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24-Wanted - Miscellaneous

WANT TO BUY used bags or will
clean and patch your used bags.
Imperial Valley Milling Co., Phone
112. Holtville. 4-28tf
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
Every day is BONUS DAY for Want Ad readers
| 5-Summer Homes Sale, Rent

SPEND a cool summer in Beau
mont. TWO attractive, small fur.
houses suitable for two or three.
Best location, clean, elec refrig
SIT and $23 per mo. 730 Edgar
St, Beaumont, Calf References
required. 5-2l
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20

WHITING MEAD co.
Phone 1872 1878 Main
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20

OPPORTUNITY. for young man,
1920, to learn trade. SOC per
hour. See Mr. Mann at Post-Press
3 p. IN.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20

SEE US for used electrical fixtures,
sash and doors, fire doors, steel
folding gates, steel industrial
sash. brick, pipe and most any
kind of lumber.
Ell CENTRIC LBR. & TRAD. CO.
1909 Adams Phone 1892
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20
l0-Apartments For Rent

BROOM furnished apt. Light, hot
water for shower S425 per wk.
Apply 1888 Park, after 2 pm.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-20

ARE YOU FAT and BULGY? Lose
$40 pounds quickly at Beauty
Clinic, 127A So. 9th. Phone 675.
5e31
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-21
Beginning of Gas Lighting

"Gas for lighting had it's begin
ming in this country in 1916 when
Peale employed it to light his mu-
seums in Philadelphia and Balti-
more. It was first supplied to pri-
vate houses in Baltimore in 1920,
and was introduced for street light
ing in Boston in the same year and
in New York in 1923. It's first use
in the Episcopal church was in st.
Marks and St. Bartholomew's
churches in New York city in 1886.
Gwen in New York city the two
principal chapels of Trinity parish
were not equipped with stoves until
1915, the only defense that people
had against the winters cold being
the tin boxes filled with Goals that
they brought from home. Anthra-
cite-burning stoves were introduced
in st. Peters, Albany, N. Y, in
1928, but they did not prove salts
factory and the old box stoves had
to be put back to supplement them.
In St. Luke's church, New York
city, a further step in the evolution
of heating was made in 1880 when
the stoves were moved from the
body of the church, and an attempt
was made to heat it entirely by
'fiues from without.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-21
Flower Containers Are
Important Accessories

Living-room accessories are tell
tale touches of an artistic hostess.
And she realizes that flower con-
tainers are most important!
Throughout the year, growing
plants or cut blossoms always add
livable touch to any room.
Since the fireplace is usually a
center of interest in the room, here
is an excellent place to arrange
plant groupings.
Crystal cornucopias, Wedgwood
garden pots, Lenox urns in soft
shades of dusty rose, sage green,
golden yellow, white shell pottery,
glazed pottery in chartreuse and
peachblow, Myrtle wood vases, Chi
nese pewter and copper containers
:. all are, designed for every style
of hearth.
Here are few hardy plants that
will flourish in these containers:
Wandering jew, Philodendron, Eng
lish, Kenifworth and grape ivy.
Flowering plants include hardy
fuchsia, new-growth honeysuckle
and nasturtiumS. Give them plenty
of water and an occasional summing
and they will last for some time.
To soften the severity of round,
unframed mirror, place two decora-
tive wall brackets on either side
about one-third distance up from
the bottom of the mirror. On these
brackets use a pair of decorative
containers with trailing ivy.
On a high Georgian mantel try a
large pottery cornucopia on one end
with variegated ivy trailing across
the mantel. Complete the picture
with pair of lovely figurines at
the other end.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-21

each played fountains adorned with
cherubs that once graced the gardens
of Versailles. Another larger foun-
tain surmounted. with Giovanni Be-
logna's famous bronze figure of Mer-
curry splashed gently in the rotunda,
modelled after the Pantheon in Rome
and thanked by columns of green Ital-
ian marble. Guests who could not
crowd into the hall where the Presi-
dent delivered his address, heard thru
loud speakers installed in the other
galleries.
The Marine Band furnished half a
dozen orchestras scattered through
the Gallery.
A bit of news announced in con-
nection with the opening was the loan
to the Gallery of group of Ameri-
can paintings by Chester Dale and
the donation of a collection of prints
by Miss Ellen Billiard and three
anonymous donors. Later on the Gal
lery expects to obtain the art collec-
ton of Joseph E. Widener, Philadel-
phia traction magnate and philan-
thropist.
The National Gallery will be open
to the public without charge every
day in the year except Christmas and
New Years Day.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-21
Greenbackville

Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Lee and grand
daughter, of Chester, Pa, spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. Norman
Birmingham. Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
Birmingham and children, of POGO
moke City, spent Sunday in the home.
Miss Goldie Birmingham remained
for a visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Mason, of Phila-
delphia, Pa, spent a few days this
week at their home here.
Mr.. Roy Watson and Mr.. Willard
Northam of Newport News, Va,
spent Sunday, with Mr.. and Mrs. Jno.
E. Pruitt.
Mr.. Walton Hudson has returned
home from Baltimore, Md, where he
has been a patient in hospital for
quite some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Tarr and Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel Lilliston spent Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Phillips
at Hebron, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodros Dryden, of
Wilmington, DEL, spent the weekend
with her mother, Mrs. Henry Crow
ley.
Mr.. Byrd Cherrix, of Wilmington,
Del, spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. Lora Brimer.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hancock, Mr..
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-21
SANITATION IS URGED
IN COUNTY DISTRICTS

The Sanitation Inspector of the To-
cal Health Dept. has revealed by
his inspections of farms and public
places, that people in the County still
fail to see the need for improving or
replacing their outside toilet with a
proper one. They claim it is to oex-
pensive because the price of $23.96
is too high. This is due to a misun-
derstanding on how the Works Pro-
gress Administration and the State
Department of Health operate the
present toilet project.
If the property owner will supply
the proper lumber and hardware, it
will then be necessary for the owner
to buy only the sanitary unit which
is $6.0S. All labor involved is sup
piled free of charge by the w. P. A.
All advice is given free of charge by
the County Sanitarian who can be
contacted by simply dropping card
to him at the State Department of
Health office in Snow Hill, Md.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-21

and Mrs. Maurice Hancock and Mr..
George Hancock of New Church, Mr..
and Mrs. Norman Collins and daugh-
ter, Ann, Mr.. and Mrs. Seth Hurley
and Mr.. Harry Collins were dinner
guests Sunday in the home of Mr.,
and Mrs. Robert Ellis.
Mrs. S. B. Merritt spent part of
last week with relatives in Whining
ton, Del.
Mrs. Ev. Hudson and Mrs. George
Holloway, of Chincoteague, spent last
Monday with Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice
Doughty.
Mrs. Leroy Moore, of Millington,
Md, spent part of last week with
her father, Mr.. Charlie Sharpley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Duncan, of
Salisbury, Md, spent the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Russell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Crowley and
children, spent Sunday with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. Parsons at
Portersville, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Coffin spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. William
Chapman in Baltimore, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ebe Birch, Mr.. and
Mrs. Grayson Birch and children,
Rose, Marie, Susie Lee, of Chincotea-
que, spent Monday with Mrs. Henry
Crowley.
Miss Frances Hudson, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Walton Hudson, of near
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-21
MILK SHIPPERS TO HOLD
MEETING In SOMERSET

A meeting of the milk shippers to
the Princess Anne Cooling station
and farmers interested in dairying
will be held this coming Wednesday
evening, March Goth at 1880 O'Clock
in the Courthouse at Princess Anne.
Mr.. Clayton Reynolds, field repres-
entative of the Interstate Milk Pro-
duction Cooperative will attend the
meeting and will discuss the milk
situation at the local milk plant. =
The milk company desires to in
crease the milk supply from this area
and it is hoped that all farmers in
terested in dairying and the future
development of the cooling station,
will attend this meeting.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-21
HOT OFF THE CREDIBLE

The most important rule to remem-
Der when cooking vegetables is to
cook them only until the vegetables
are tender. Color and flavor are as
important as crispness, and nutritive
values when they are affected by the
different processes of cooking should
be guarded as far as possible.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-21

Greenbackville and Mr.. Howard VIM
brow, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Will VIM
brow of Greenbackville, were quietly
married on Wednesday evening,
March 18th by the Rev. J. H. Gardner
at the Methodist parsonage at Stock
ton, Md. The only attendants were
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Wimbrow.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-21

To be satisfying a meal need not
be elaborate but show good selection
and be planned around the meat dish.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Schedule on Car Line
Criticized at Meeting

Criticism of the regular schedule
on the Pennsylvania avenue Sc.
streetcar line was voiced in an in
formal discussion held last night by
the Randle Highlands Citizens As
sociation. Although a regular busi-
ness session was scheduled for last
night, no formal actions were taken
due to a lack of quorum.
Paul Mudd, president of the
group, termed the street car service
to Sousa Bridge completely made
uuate in view of the regular and
ample operation of cars on the Navy
Yard line" which branches on
| PENNSYLVANIA avenue at Fights street
Sc. Mr.. Mudd declared that large
numbers of residents living on the
south side of Anacostia River and
who consequently depend on street
car-shuttle bus connections at the
Sousa Bridge terminal have regis
tered complaints with the associa-
ton. Mr.. Mudd added that at the
April meeting of the group the mat
ter will be submitted in resolution
form.
1t was announced that q special
meeting of the Executive and Mem
bership Committees was held last
week, and plans outlined for mem-
bership drive to be climaxed by a
party in the spring. Mrs. o. w.
Rickard heads the membership
body.
Last nights meeting was held In
the Orr School.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Roosevelt TO Broadcast
To A. A. A. Birthday Parties
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
Agriculture Department officials
said they expected more than $780,
900 farmers to attend A A A. BIRTH
day anniversary celebrations in the
Midwestern and Southern farm
belts tonight to hear broadcast
speeches by President Roosevelt,
Vice President Wallace and Secre-
tary of Agriculture Wickard.
Farm leaders expected the talks,
to be made from Washington, to
give clues on administration plans
for keeping agricultural income in
line with rising industrial prices ard
wage rates resulting from defense
spending.
The celebrations are held at a
time when farm leaders in and out
of Congress are pressing for legis-
lation which would boost prices of
major crops.
officials said the farm dinners
would be held in rural schoolhouses,
churches, courthouses, other public
buildings and in homes. Today is
the 9Th anniversary of a call issued
to farm leaders by the administra-
ton in 1888 for conference at
which the first Agricultural Adjust
ment Act was formulated.
Edward A. O'Neal, president OF
the American Farm Bureau Fedora
ton, in q speech on nationally
broadcast farm program, appealed
for legislation which would raise
agricultural income to 100 pei
cent of parity" with industry anc
labor. He said farmers were re.
ceiving little if any benefits from
defense spending, but that instead
their costs were rising to make theil
position even more difficult.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Seattle BIackout
Finds Citizens in
Festive Mood
Only Emergency Call
Was One Asking Police
To Halt Wife-Beoter
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SEATTLE, March 8.-All the
lights of Seattle-wel, nearly all
of them-f1icked off for Is minutes
last night in the first defensive
blackout test for a major American
city, but that didn't black out the
festive spirit of the city's 100000
residents.
The experiment went off on sched-
ule, with almost complete co-opera-
ton of all the citizens and without
reported accidents.
The only emergency call reported
by police was one asking them to
stop a man beating his wife
Thousands paraded the downtown
streets, shouting and whistling for
the duration" Hundreds knotted
before a hotel and yelled a warn
ing to the one guest who had neg
lected to douse his room light. Movie
patrons deserted the shows for the
quarter-hour to join the joyous jos
tiers, then returned to their seats.
There were no traffic miShaps.
All automobiles within the city were
stopped and those entering were
halted at the city limits.
During the period from l0:40 to
1885 pm, only navigation lights
in the harbor, running lights on
moving train, few isolated lights
and blobs of illumination from an
aircraft company and Shipyard
working on defense orders broke the
island of blackness" for which
blackout organizers had called un-
der a special city ordinance.
Maj. Gen. John F. Curry, COM
manding the Northwest district of
the Army Air Corps, praised the
volunteer organization of wardens
and assistants.
Seattle" he said, has set an
example for the whole country of
which it can justly be proud.
Even after learning how thoroughly
the whole experiment had been plan
ned, 1 didn't dream that the black
out would be as nearly total as it
was. That can be due to only one
thing-the fine, patriotic spirit of
the vast majority of the people who
co-operated so thoroughly.
Saw Only Authorized Lights.
A newspaperman who few over
the city along with the Army air
planes during the test said he could
see no lights other than those of the
shipyard, airplane factory, harbor
and airways. legal and national
defense considerations made the ex-
tinguishing of these impracticable).
Forgotten lights provided most of
the theoretical trouble for wardens
who were organized on a precinct
basis and included war veterans and
Boy Scouts. A few stores neglected
to make arrangements for dousing
window lights. but one all-night
drugstore closed for the first time in
so years The store manager had to
secure a special paddock for the
locklesS door.
BY error, even the police radio
station was "blacked out" when a
master switch In the buildings elec-
trio circuit was thrown. -,--.
Like Londoners, Seattle residents
had real trouble with only one
thing-tobacco. Hundreds could not
resist the longing for cigarette
during the dark Is minutes. And
each match flared so that it out
lined nearby buildings. The amount
of light from a single match or Gig
arctic lighter was surprising.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Tracks in Snow Lead Police
To Suspect in Assaults

Yesterdays heavy snowfall was re-
sponsihle for the capture of a suspect
in a recent series of reported at
tempted assaults on University of
Maryland co-eds.
Prince Georges County police at
HyattSvile are holding a 37-year-
old Washington insurance salesman
for questioning.
Police reported he was caught at
tempting to hide from police beneath
porch in Riverdale after having
been tracked for more than a block
by his footprints in the snow.
Kenneth CroSman, l08 Jackson
avenue. Riverdale, chased the Sus-
pect after hearing woman's
screams while walking toward his
home last night, police said Mr.
Crosman called police and Corpl
Louis j. Mackall and Pvts. Richard
Pearson, Edwin Cissell and Edwin
Thompson trailed the suspect to his
hiding place.
Corp. Mackan declared q woman
living on Lincoln avenue identified
the man being held as one who
grabbed her as she was about tc
enter her house last night. Her
screams, police said, had attracted
Mr.. Grosman to the scene.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
7 Mediterranean Conveys
Bombed, Italians Claim
3, the Associated Press.

3S the Associated Press
ROME, March 8.-Stefani, Italian
news agency, reported today that
two large British conveys moving IN
opposite directions in the East
ern Mediterranean were bombed by
italian planes in an action in which
the high command said Yesterday
cruiser, a destroyer and three
merchant ships were hit.
Stefani said later reports showed
fourth steamer was set aflre
The agency said big bombs hit
the cruiser and three merchantmen
in one convoy and destroyer and
steamer we're hit in the second
convoy.
An italian warship of medium
tonnage" was reported by the Ital-
ian high command today to have
sunk in the Mediterranean from
an unascertained cause"
The announcement said many OF
the crew were saved.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
New York City College Staff
Communists 10 Be Purued
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, March S,-The
Board of Higher Education Admins
trative Committee for City College
resolved last night ito clear from
the College of the City of New York
any staff member found to have
aided, advocated or propagated any
subversive doctrine or activity or
who have engaged in any unbecom-
ing conduct"
The resolution came in the midst
of a legislative committee investi-
CATION of subversive activities in
public schools, in which q City Col
lege instructor testified that 54 in
structors and tutors at the college
were Communist party members.
Meanwhile the subcommittee Of
the Board of Higher Education, ap-
pointed to investigate alleged sub
versive activities, said in Statement
that each individual case of an in
structor or tutor referred to in th'
hearings was being studied and thai
appropriate action will be taker
promptly"
At yesterdays hearing, William
M. Canning, history instructor anC
self-styled former Communist, saiC
a group of the college history teach
ers planned to revamp American his
tory to shCw that communism wa!
goth century Americanism and tina
it was forecast by Abraham Lincoln
Evening star., 1941-03-08

Heavy snow has fallen in portions OF
the Middle Atlantic States southern new
York and Southern New England, ana
heavy rains in portions OF the South Az
lantic and east Gulf States and light 10
moderate precipitation has occurred IN me
Ohio and lower Mississippi Valleys ana
portions of the west Gulf States in con-
nection with the extensive southern as
turbance which is moving northeaStNaro
with two centers, Snow Hill. Nd. l,O0O.7
millibars (29.55 inchesl, and Charleston
s. C., 1,0Ol.7 millibars C29.S2 neheS1;
Northeast or east gales have occurred along
the Atlantic Coast from Cape HattereS 70
Nantucket Mass Pressure is relatively
low and falling over the northern FIalns
States and Minnesota Minot. N. OAK.
l ,OO9 8 millfbars (29S2 inchesl. Pressure
is hish from the Pacific States east south;
eastward to the southern Plains States and
the west Gulf coast, ana II remains hlgn
over most of the Western ATLANTIC ocean
except near the Atlantic Coast Ely, Ney,
1851 8 millibsrs (3O,47 inchesl, and ship
about 600 miles eaSt-SoutheaSt OF Nan
tucket 1O2S.1 millibars t3O.36 incheSD;
Cold air of polar origin has overSpread
most of the southern half of the United
States in the rear of the Southern aus
turbance. while the temperature has risen
in New England and New YORK and from
the North Pacific States eastward to the
northern Lake region
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Jury Is Still Out
In S5O5,0OO Tax
Evasion Case
U. S. Charges Skidmore
Received $l00 q Minute
For Protecting Gamblers
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March ga Federal
Court jury tackled anew today the
task of determining the fate of Will
liam L. Skidmore, accused of $685.
600 tax evasion on income which the
Government contended was swollen
with tribute from gambling oper-
atorS.
The eight women and four men on
the jury took the case yesterday
afternoon and debated for II hours
without reaching verdict. Then
they were locked up for the night
and ordered to resume deliberations
today.
There were six counts in the in
dictment, covering the period 1883
38, and a verdict of guilty on each
would subject the defendant to a
maximum total penalty of 80 years
in the penitentiary and $4,000 in
fines.
Skidmore, bald, stock and 68, was
described by prosecutors as the man
who arranged protection" for gam
bling house keepers.
Lived as Country Squire.
This service, the Government as
serted. brought Skidmore a golden
harvest that enabled him TO live as
a country squire on sumptuous
Northern Illinois estate, raising
blooded cattle and prize ring horses
and playing golf on a private course.
The prosecution submitted evi-
dence purporting to show Skidmore
spent s748,000 from 1888 to 1888, or
about S500,0O0 more than he listed
in tax reports. Skidmore was en-
abled to spend so freely, the prose-
cutors contended, by the Sl00-a-
minute" take from bookmakers
policy wheel operators and other
members of the gambling gentry
who would pay to avoid police inter-
ference.
Dealings With Gamblers Denied.
Defense Counsel William Scott
! Stewart asserted the Government
had sought to make the trial a
gambling case" and had failed to
prove Skidmore kept any money
which might have come to him from
gamblers. The defendant, he added
didn't have to pay taxes on money
that goes through his hands"
| Skidmore reiterated from the wit
ness stand that he had never dealt
with gamblers, that his sole business
was a Junk yard and that his lavish
expenditures came from the pile
he made long before 1888, For many
wears Skidmore, friend of politicians
operated saloons and later conducted
a bail bond business.