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Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-16
Pomona to Induct
New President

POMONA. Cal, Oct. Is up
Dr.. E. Wilson Lyon, former Colgate
University history professor, will bt
inaugurated Saturday as president
CT Pomona college. succeeding Dr.
Charles K. Edmunds. retired.
Lyon. 81, was elected before the
close of the last school term but
his appointment was held up by the
board of trustees until he resigned
at Colgate.
Edmunds president for 13 years.
is retiring at his own request il.
accordance with a college regulation
that presidents may retire after 90
and must retire before the age OF
68 EdmundS is 66.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-16
Bioff on Pan for
Tax Evasion

NEW YORK. Oct. &c. CUP, No.
man T. Nelson, William Blot.
brothcr-m-laW. testified in federal
court today that the west col.;
labor leader gave him detailed in
structionS on how to evadc pay
ments of income taxes ON huge sums
allegedly eXtorted from film COM
panieS.
Bioft and George F. Browne, pres
idcnt of the international Alhanr'
of Theatrical Stage Employees ,AFI D..
are accused of eXtortin& $55000J
from motion picture concerns Ivy
threatening them with destructive
strikes
Nelson, who said earlier that h,
helped Bioff and Browne collect
payments from the film compa~ ~
in the form of seven per cent COM
mission on large raw film purchas, :.
spoke haltingly and III a low voice
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-16
Is That ALP

Football practice was in full force
on the Central field. 1t was serious
business.
Stanley Conkey, tackle pinch hit
ting as a fullback, heaved his 18C
pounds into the air and snagged the
ball He pranced through the line
and barged down the field like a
freight train running wild. Some
one tackled him. He went up, then
came down kerplunk on the ball
Means and groanS issue from the
writhing figure on the ground. Of
ficials ran in fright to Stanley, the
fallen giant. The groanS continued
What is the matter? Tell us
what is hurting you. Are your ribs
broken? Tell us where you hurt?'
begged the officials. The other
players stood around and worried
Stanley raised a co1torted face
, He gasped:
The wind was knocked out of
me-"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-16
Modesto Strikes
a. Union Boycott

MODESTO, Cal, Oct l6. cUP)-
The Stanislaus county board Of
supervisors late yesterday adopted
an emergency anti-secondary boy
colt and hot cargo ordinance.
The emergency ordinance was ap-
proved by unanimous vote OF the
five supervisors and is similar t.
the hot cargo law passed by the
legislature which has not gone into
effect because OF referendum pro-
ceedingS.
The Stanislaus county unit OF
the Associated Farmers OF Cali
fornia, Inc, requested the emer.
gcncy ordinance. Union labor
leaders opposed the request auL
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-16
Council Agrees 10
DO Something fol:
Fl Centre Streets
Lack of Equipment for
Hauling Sand, Gravel
Delays Improvements

Ell Centre city council We'd
neSday night agreed unani-
mously that something ought
to be done about the towns $
streets, "to stop all this
squawking', but decided to post
pone it Just now.
The matter of paving and gravel
surfacing Was brought up by Pub
lie Works Director Walter HcinccEe
who suggested that if the city had
the equipment. i could haul sane
and gravel enough from the hills
and the desert TO fix up the worst
OF the dirt roads.
But the city hasn't the equip
ment, he said.
Councilman Wesley He'll said that
kind of talk had been going on d
long, long time, and that its hi9a
time we got started" because the
"citizcnS are SquaWking.
No action was taken.
The council took cogniZanCc G.
Continued on Page 7; Column i
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-16

ington Wednesday. was credited
with forcing the flax futures price
down from 1922 Wednesday to
LIS Thursday in December quota
tionS.
The treaty, specific details o.
which were not known in Imperial
Valley until Thursday, affects Sco"-c
of agricultural items. Flax, how
ever, is the only major crop grown
in Imperial Valley which will be
affected In addition, beef prices
may suffer, in which case livestock
men here will obtain lower returns
Cattlemen expected soaring demand
to prevent an" sharp decline il
price. however.
Behind the flax price drop was
a sharp reductions on duties charged
against flax imported to this cOun-
try from Argentina.
John Hartzog, Imperial Valley
manager for the California Cotton
Oil corporation, was notified by
his firm that the flaXseed duty has
been lowered to 32'. cents per bu-
shell, as against the 65-cent duty
prevailing before the treaty Went
into effect. President Roosevelt can,
at his own discretion, raise the duty
to 50 cents, Hartzog was notified
The treaty provides for "tempoc-
airy emergency" duty of 3212 cents
and a permanent duty of SO cents,
with the date of change from tenn
porary TO permanent duty left sole
ly TO presidential discretion.
One optimistic factor was noted by
Hartzog. Shortage of boat space, hc
said. may curtail shipments from
Argentina to this country and give
farmers here a measure of addrU
nrOtpctiOD
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-16
Guard Chief Due
Here Wednesday

Major Murncy Mintzer will be H.
Imperial next Wednesday night 10
muater in two units Of the Cali
.ornia State Guard
Men from Imperial, BraWlcY.
Westmorland, Calipatrla, and Holt
Vile districts Will be included IL
jhe approximately so men to be
mastered into the tNo units.
The ceremonies will be public
and will take place i'll the Imper-
ial county fair grounds. The FL
Centro unit was mustered IN last
Wednesday night.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-16
Pubworks Chief
Seeks Power Cut

SACRAMENTO. Oct. l6 up
State Public Works Director Frank
w. Clark said today he Will seer
a reduction in the power rate Sched-
ule for reclamation and flood con-
troll pumping at tomOrroW's meet
ing of the State Railroad Commls-
sion in Sacramento.
The railroad commission is hold
ing a series of hearings to examine
present earnings and rate structures
of the Pacific Gas & Electric COM
pany. 1t will determine if rate re-
auctions can be made.
Clark explained that reclamation
and flood control district pumping
plants operate for the most par;
only during the period of peak
stream flow When am excess of Wa
ter is available for hydroelectrt
power.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-16
= AMBL|Ne
x EpoR1ER
Martial Initiation

Adventure stories are entertain
ing. Sometimes they are helpful in
ways RR hasn't time to figure out
at the moment. But all III all they
are not the best training for lad
on the verge of becoming soldiers
The mood is not right and the
stories have way Of whetting the
imagination to a dangerous point
A lad of 81 years enlisted in the
eleventh cavalry at Camp Seeley.
He spent his first day getting hia
equipment and listening to the old
! timers tell those fantastic tall tales
they save for the new boys.
At last the first awful day drew
to a close The bov went to bed
amid the surroundings so strange
/ TO him He was unable to sleep
Strange noises echoed around his
bed. 1t wasn't his buddies snoring
either. The SnoreS almost drowned
out the strange noises The new
conner thought of all the hair lift
ing adventure stories he had read.
His hair again adopted perpendi
CuldI oJdlItC. I1C Will
shiverS the tales the old timers told
The noises kept up, weird, alien
lonesome. alarming noises al
around his bed.
Next morning at 545 Tor is that
night?D the newcomer crawled cut
of bed. He was sleepy red eyed
and haggard from loss of sleep.
In the daylight he found his
mess kit, knife, fork, and spoon
tied under his bed.
Came the dawn.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-16


marc Konoye and suggestions that
proAxis military government
would take power in Tokyo to strike
at Siberia if Russia fails to halt
the Germans conceded with reports
that diplomats and part of the So
Wet government had left Moscow
because of the threat of encircle-
ment by Nazi pincer operations.
Radio broadcaSts by the Moscow
station described the danger to the
capital as great after a Nazi tank
break through from the west buS
told of stern resistance by the still
unbroken Red army, aided by civil
ians.
Press dispatches direct from Mos
COW were sporadic or entirely dis
rupted for periods Wednesday night
and Thursday, indicating the grav-
it, of the situation in the Soviet
capital. but the official radio con-
tinued to broadcast generaliZed re-
ports from the war front.
TEN MILES GAINED
Berlin dispatches also were vague
but indicated that the Nazi mech
anized vanguard was within perhaUS
so miles of Moscow, having gained
another 10 miles in bloody fight
ing. Some German sources sought
to convey the impression to foreign
correspondents that the Soviet cap.-
tai already was encircled.
A "bombshell' announcement to
be made soon by the German high
command will show that there is
no longer any question of evacua-
ton from Moscow, these sources
claimed without citing any informa-
ton that might support their state
mentS.
The governmental crisis in Japan
remained to be clarified but it OBJ
viouSly was encouraged by the Ger
man offensive against Moscow and
it brought Tokyo closer to decision
on whether to defy the warnings Of
the United States and Great Brit
ain against further forcible eXpan-
sion in the Orient.
How much closer probably will
depend upon the success of Axis
pressure and the character of the
new cabinet, which most Tokyo OBJ
servers believed would be a strong
military-navy government with the
naval leaders seeking to exercise
a restraining influence on the pro-
Nazi army extremists.
PACIFIC PEACE FAILS
In any event, it meant the fail
ure at least for the time oelng OF
efforts toward an agreement with
Washington to relax tension IN the
Pacific. 1t strongly Indicated
gain for extremist elements which
want to defy the United States and
try 10 cash in on The military pigh.
Of Russia and Blitain--and the pre-
occupation of the United States III
the Atlantic.
The Moscow situation as reported
by the Russians was increasingly
grave. Russian forces were falling
back slowly but constantly under
Nazl pressure and German break
through OF apparent Importance had
occurred somewhere along the west
ern front. Moscow said the military
situation had changed for the
worse and that the NaziS continue
Continued on Page 7; Column 5
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-16

appealed TO the city council to re-
instatc his card license, which tn
city suspended after Arch Bratton,
brother of Councilman Charles
RrattOn, shot a Filipino during 4
wild melee.
The council not onl% refused to
lift the suspension of Sampson'G
license. but revoked il permanently
Councilman Bratton cast the single
vote aA"lnSl revocation.
Sampson's place had been de-
clarod to be a nuisance by police
and in testimony introduced at the
trial OF three TiliDinos WHO alleged
Is attacked Arch Bratton in thu
card room, where he was serving aa
i special officer, the establishment
was ALLEGED to have been operating
an illegal game
The reason advanced by the coun-
ell in voting the revocation, how
eyer. Was that broadway avenue
ali, ady has enough cardrOoms,
ground that was vigorously attacked
By Attorney Kirk.
II WOuId SUIT me II lnere were
no card rooms at all in FL Centre,
Kirk said. But if you are going
to grant n license to one place, it ie
discriminatory 10 refuse to license
another.
A motion was made to table the
matter until The next meeting
and was opposed by Councilman
8ratton. who said we ought to quit
stalling and settle this once and for
all.
His opposition brought an i'm
mediate vote on a motion to revoke
"on the recommendation of Chief
of Police VoYcs." Councilmcn Moore
Hell and Mayor Hatton voting eye
ard Bratiou voting no. Council
man FuWcCtt was absent.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-16
EMBASSIES QUIT MOSCOW AS NAZ|S Gain
u. 5. Debt Bursts
Ceiling Again

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1G. UP
up - Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgentnau said today
there was mo question" that the
federal debt limit would have
10 be raised considerably above
the present limit of S65, 900 ,O00,-
000.
The debt now is S51,554.945.436.
Morgenthau said the present
COVE rnment borrowing program
necessitated by defense prcpara
tons was 80 huge, 30 immense"
that the federal debt would in
crease even moe rapidly, parti.
cularly if the treasury carries
through a plan now under study
to 10 all the borrowing for all
federal agencies.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-16
Consair Adjusts
New Wage Rates

SAN DIEGO, Oct 16 ,UPl-W.
J. Chudleigh, president of Aircraft
Local ll25, International AsSocia-
ion of MacninistS OAFLp today said
,hat Wage rates established in a
contract between the lam and Con.
sulidated Aircraft Corp. last week
are being adjusted now and that
'hc first check for retroactive pay
viii be given out soon at the hu,e
bomber factory.
Chudleieh said that Maj. r. H
E.eet. president OF Consolidated,
Waa talking to the government
md not to the union when he said
Yesterday that he would not sign
ne recent compromise wage agree
aent with the IAN until the Gov
crament promised to help delral
aJlt ct the cost
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-16
To the victors-tlrce trees.

To the vic:Ors-thrce trees.
FL Ccntro city council WCdncsdal )
night bowed to the Will cf the pco-
PIE including the town, fire lad
dies, and ordered tie new @ideWo <
in front of the public library lait
around three OF the six trees nov
standing there.
The other three must 90.
The rumpus started week ag9
after the council had voted to up
root all the trees III front of the
library, in order to extend the side
walk full width to the curb Wher
John @. heard about il, he hoWled
long and loud, and the lOudoet
voice Of all was that of Fire Chiet
Corn Reed.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-16

said i Was the result of a labor
dispute involving several Modesto
grocery stores.
The ordinance, which applles only
to unincorporated areas OF the
county. provides Il maximum PEN
atty O. six months imprisonment
or $500 time or both.
II VAS expected the Modesto cit;
council would be requested to ADOPT
Il similar ordinance. The next
regular session of the city council
is scheduled for oct. 20. but the
council may meet in special session
next Wednesday night to consider
the request.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-16
} Fallen Tree Pins
Farmer ; Hours

After being pinned under a fallen
tree for three nourS, George C.,
Richards of the Meloland district
was rescued late Wednesday.
He was working among the trees
on his ranch when the accident
occurred. A passing motorist no.
ticed the inert figure and went 10
investigate. He thought Richards
was dead but slight movement re-
yealed that he still was alive.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-16
II Valley Youths
Slated for Draft

Imperial Valleys two local draft
boards Thursday had oeen called
upon to furnish II additional youth,
for the new call November 3-18
e. Centres board No. l59 receiyec
& quota OF 28, while the BraWley
beard. No. 1873 was required to fur
Mish 43.
Quota for the state was set at
JQpO
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-16
NOVEMBER DEC EMBER
ROMANCE ENDED

CHICAGO, Oct. 16. CUP)-A Ci-
yOrce ended a year-old November
December romance today, CroWnlnr
insult, said Mrs. Sophie Barthlot;
73. was that her husband, Herman
told her he was only 80 when h'
was rcallN 86.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-16
Hunters Exceed
Ducks i'm Valley

Duck season opened in
but the Colorado river distri
ers than ducks in the field.
Most successful shooting
the rice fields, hunters said.
sunrise a cloud of ducks rose FROM
the rice fields, becoming perfect
targets for the hunters waiting tc
usher in the season.
Several large delegations of duck
hunters arrived in northern Impe-
rial county Wednesday night, and
Thursday morning joined the local
hunters in a mad race to bag tha
ducks which this year represented 3
small part of the thousands usually
in Imperial county at this time o:
the year
The only reported alteration be-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-16
Music With Meals

Ell Centro Elks will go in for ear
trumpetS soon. Every luncheon
hour sounds like the roofing sec
! ton of a university for mad men
Every conversation is carried OIL
In the key of c because speaker
have SO much competition. Jack
hammers, saws. cement mixers,
pounding, and just plain confusion
caused by repairs and recorstruc-
ton. The ElkS are cleaning house.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-16
.Jopon Threatens
Arms Showdown
Over u. s. PoLicv
Tokyo Takes Advantage Of Grave Peril
To Soviet Capital as Panzer Troops
Break Through Russian Defense Line
BY UNITED PRESS =

Axis armies drove hard fighting Russian defenders
back toward impered Moscow Thursday and prompted
Japan to seek government for threatened
showdown in the Far East The resignation of the cabinet
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-16
Ire aty Cuts Flax
Price y Gents
Farmers Here Fee First Results of
Reciprocal Trade Pact as Duty Drops
From IS to 327z Cents on Imports

Imperial Valley farmers Thursday offered seven
and half cents less than on the previous day for their
flax bushels Uncle Sans threeyear reciprocal trade
treaty with Argentina made its first effects felt here
The treaty. signing of which announced in Wash
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-16
Broadway Frocas Echoes
In License Revocation
Card Room Braw| RecaI|edby Council
Action Denying Operator Permission to
Reopen at Scene Of Shooting Melee

Johnny SAMPSON whose Career as card room opera
tor in FL Centre beached by brawl III his Broadway
pasttime, emporium last March, Wednesday nigh
his hopes Of re0penng his chance palace scuttod for
good SAMPSON through his attorney, George R. Kirk.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-16

II parts OF Imperial county
t Thursday with more hunt
was done in the vicinity of
When the season opened az
tween hunters and farmers occurred
in the Wcstmorland district A group
of hunters resented the demand o.
T. Tenney goat rancher, that they
pay a So toll to use what Tenney
said was his private road. County
officials were called in to ascertain
if the road is private. No complaint
was filed.
The annual waterfowl shooting
season opened in other sections OF
California also except along the
Colorado river. The Colorado river
strip will open Nov. >,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-16
Todays Ads LIST Saturdays Dollar Day Bargains
TEMPERATURE

Maximum Wed. 81, minimum
Thurs. So. 5 pm. We'd "a, humidity
28. S am. Thurs. 63, humidity Co.
Noon Thurs. 90, humidity 26.
LOS ANGELES HAY
U. S. No. l S2O.21; U. S. No. 2,
leafy /. V. $500; U. S. No. 2 SI6.5O-
1850. Mpls. Dec. flax S1.75.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-10

WAsHTNGTON-United states
forces which have occupied Iceland
viii protect the worlds oldest re-
public
The island, built almost entirely
on volcanic rocks. first was colo
nized BY Norsemen. Its govern
ment was an independent republic
from $50 to 1868 when it Joined
Norway. Both countries came I'M
der Danish rule in 1891.
When Norway separated
from Denmark In 1914. lee
land remained under Denmark.
Iceland gained recognition as
a sovereign state In 1918, al
though the Danish king also
WAS its monarch.
After Denmark was occupied
by Germany the Icelandic parlia-
ment met on Nav is, 1910. and
dissolved the union with Denmark
The country covers an area nj
about 10000 squar. miles. not
more than one-fourth the area is
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-10
Public Works
Awards High

SEATTLE Public works
awards in the Pacific northwest
last week reached q new high for
the year of sl0.3ssl52. topping
the previous weeks high point of
si0,0eT ,257.
A S3.524.s55 eoxt-plns contract
for construction OF ia miles OF
rosdbed for the Alaska railroad
will be placed with the West Con-
struction Co. Southboro. Mass. 10
form the largest single project.
Bids opened in Seattle on May
IL were rejected Is too high. The
Seaboand Construction Corp.
Mount kisco, n. Y. was low bid
der then.
J. A. Terteling a Sons. Boise.
and Stevens a Koon. Portland. re-
eeived q s3.145.s41 award for sd-
difional building work AZ the
umatills ordnance depot at Her
mission. Ore.
Benjamin II. Sheldon. Spokane.
will construct housing project at
Geiger Field. Army sirbase near
Spokane. for s4se.s00. The job
will involve $50 housing units for
non-commissioned officers and
their families.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-10

HIS statement aroused specula.
ton whether he reflected the al.
ministrstion's attitude toward tn
Far East in the event Japan move.
toward closer collaboration viii
Germany In its attack upon Rus.
STA and particularly II the Tokyo
government acts 10 obstruet prom
ised deliveries Of United states al
10 the Soviet Union.
Certainly We should not permit
reef Of islands from kamehatka
10 borneo TO stand as a military
and naval barrier between the
United States and the continent
Of Asia" AoNutt told a meeting
Of wsshingtons Chinese colony
In unfriendly hands. such a bar
rier would block forever our trade
and intercourses with CHINA and
the Dutch East Indies
The time has come 10 elar-
ifyr the issue. Of the Pacific.
And when that issue IL elsri-
fled, not merely China and
Indo-C hina--but the hong suf-
ferinE common people Of
Japan viii have n new free
dom.
There IL no time to waste II
We are to prevent the constructive
unifieation Of the totaliiarian bat
tie front"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-10
People in
The News
By UNITED PRESS

Gov. Cuibert Olson 81 California
in Intervening nine-vssr-old 10
seph Spineili TO see II there NAV -
eNtenuating circumstances which
should lead 10 communication Of the
death sentence q the lads mother.
The mother - Juanita The Ouch
e>sl >pinelli. convicted Of Staying
a member Of her underworld gang
Dr. Harold Cor. chief baeteriolo-
gist AZ the Rocky Mountain spotted
fever laboratory at Hamilton.
Mont. SAYS horses are the carriers
Of sleeping sickness which attacks
humans. Equine and human sleep
ing sickness are quite similar. he
said
Miss Marjorie Hardy Of the Ger
mantown Friends school. Phila-
delphia. - unopposed for the presi-
denoy 81 the Association for Child
hood Education. meeting in Oak
land. Calf
Prof. Henry T. Seatt. vitsmin
authority. SAYS teaspoon Of cod
liver oil contains the same amount
Of Nitamin d as 1000 servings Of
spinach. He was testifying in a
Los Angeles patent case
George johnson Armstrong, IS,
was hanged In Wandsworth prison
in London. lie was the first Brit
ish subject executed In this war
for violation Of the wartime treas
ury act.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-10
AGENTS UNCOVER
AMAZING CONDITIONS

DLANr survey work by the FBl
l has uncovered some amazing
things In defense Industries
la one plsnt. there MAS the most
eareGul check Of sll bluepIints
and models, with strict inslstenee
that all such specification material
be rsceipted TOR while IN use, then
locked IN safe at night. This
looked good. until it was discovered
there was = glass window in the
hack OF the vault, easily scces-
ible from a small landing leading
70 the plant yard. At another
plant no one knew the name or
record of the man guarding the
hlueprints. and IL was found he
had been hired only = few days
before. without investigation.
When the plant surveys first
began. one agent assigned TO a
factory for inspection was able TO
walk into the plant Al three DIFF
ferent entrances without being
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-10

Meetings ~ the Washington
state and Puget Sound regional
PLANNING councils are scheduled for
the latter part Of this week. the
regional meeting to be in Seattle
Thursday and the state meeting in
Olympis Saturday.
Although TacOma's Msvor Cain
= chairman Of the Puget Sound
group. he will not be able 10 at
tend the meeting Earnest A.
White. Pierce county engineer is
secretary OF the Puget Sound
board. The conference will be
held In room AZ Social Science
rail. on the University Of Wash
iagton campus. beginning at 10
q clock.
The state council. of which Ben