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Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-29
Suspended Officer
Opposes Hearings

SACRAMENTO, Oct. g. UPD-
Attorneys for Louis j. Kroeger, Sus-
pended executive officer OF the state
personnel board, said they would ask
the superior court today to enjoin
the board from conducting a hear
ing of charges filed by the board
itself against Kroeger.
Victor L. Diepenbrock, Kroeger'S
attorney said the suit would ask
the court to take immediate juris-
dlction on grounds the suspended
officer fears he will not receive "a
fair and impartial hearing"
Kroeger was suspended June II b.
the board on ii counts OF alleged
incompetence, inefficiency and dis
loyalty to the board"
D.epenbrock said he would ask
for reinstatement of KroCger with
back pay and AT the same time ask
the court to determine the division
o. authority Between the board and
the executive officer, which formed
the basis Of nearly all of the charg
eS brought against Kroeger.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-29
Crime0 DefenSeS
Fell Soy Nazis

The high command in its regular
Communlque said German and allied
troops continued successful pursuit
Of the retreating Russians and
asserted that the RumanianS had
occupied an island in the Sea oi
A2oV and mopped up the Russians
there
BOMBS START FIRES
1t said strong German bombin7
plane forces attacked Moscow ant
Lenin2rad during the night, an,
caused big fires and explosions IN
MOSCOW.
Spanish nationalist "yolunteel5
were credited With taking Il mum
Der OF towns" in enveloping opera
tionS on the Leningrad front ana
with taking numerous prisoners.
Following up an admission by the
high command that bad weather W&h
impeding the offensive on the Rus
sian front, Germanr sharply chang
ed its technique today in its descrip-
tionS OF the situation. to warn that
heavy fighting lay ahead in storm
and bad weather. III cold and snow =.
The argument was advanced that
a German victory had been won
against Russia but that the Russo
German phase of the war had en-
tered a second stage III which peace
must be enforced in additional hard
and heavy fighting"
NEWS SCARCE
There was almost 4 blacEOut o.
specific news regarding the fight
iilg.
Instead the newspapers played up
the peace by force angle, making
it plain that there would be much
fighting in the winter months.
The general approach was made
in prominent display of an article
written Tor the Na2i party organ
National Socialistcchen Partei KOr-
respondenz by Helmut Sudcrmann,
the organs staff director The ar
ticle was called THE Decision.
Sudermann compared the present
situation to that in the French
Prussian war of l87O-l871, when,
as ne put it the uecisIOn had been
won at Sedan but peace did not at
once follow.
Mud and the foundationlesS Stat"
of the roads, which must be attribut-
ed to the weather gods mood rather
than to the power OF Bolshevik re-
slstance. can indeed check and pro-
long for a tlme-Out can no IOngrr
preVent-our victory i'll the East,
he wrote.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-29
Imperial V alley Press

Established April 60, 1901.
Published every afternoon except
Saturday and Sunday Saturday
afternoon issue now succeeded
by the sunday Post-Prcss, eS-
tablished 1856 by the Imperial
Valley Publishing company, 62o
State street, I'll e.cntro. Calf.
Paul Jenkins. publishers; A. c..
Johnston, vice president and gem
eral manager; T.. A. FitzhuGh,
secretary and managing editor.
West Holiday Co. Inc, National
Advertising Representatives
Member. California Newspaper
Publishers Association.
Entered at FL Ccntro, California,
post office as second class mat
ter.
Subscription rates; IN California
6c per copy.
In conjunction with the Post"
Press tSundays), per month 75c;
paid-in advance. 3 months, $2.lO;
6 months. $500: one year. $7.50;
outside California ST. per month.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-29

WASHINGTON. Oct % Up
Soviet Russia has first call todag
on munitions-planes. tanks ant
which were ordered originally
for the U. 6. Army
The army will have TO relinquis.
claims for prior delivery on mucA
equipment so that there will be NJ
delay in carrying forward the Rus
sianJaid program, authoritati}
sources said.
Some officials believed that 50 fal
as aircraft is concerned, that pro-
cedure may delay equipment for the
"a combat groups which it Is pro-
posed to set up in The army ali
forces. However they said it Woulc
not hamper the training OF per
SOnnel.
Although no official disclosure
has been made Of the details Of tie
Russian aid program developed a.
the recent Moscow conference, de
fense officials said these were
among the general understanding
|. United States aid to Britain
not TO be curtailed as the result OF
the program to supply Russia With
war materials
2. Britain to contribute a share
OF its own arms production to Rus
Sia
g. An open end program, max
ing it possible for Russia to aug
ment its list of present require
ments.
There has been no disclosure of
how Russian aid will be financed
but an official suggested that pres
ent gementS-treasury and re-
, loans against future deliveries OF
Soviet gold and raw materialS-Wlll
be continued for a while.
There is good chance that some
of the new $5,985 100000 lend-lease
funds now available may be used to
help the Russians the officials add
ed, emphasizing, however. that Mr.
Roosevelt has not yet made such q
determination.
The new lend-lease appropriation
bill was signed yesterday by Presi-
dent Roosevelt, who simultaneously
issued an order creating the office
of lease lend administration in the
office of emergency management
succeeding the office of defense aio
reports, which was abolished. The
order redesignated Edward r. Stet-
tiniuS, Jr., as lend-lease administra-
tor in charge of the new agency al
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-29
Turkish President
Warns Nation of
Peril to Freedom
ANKAPA. Turkey. Oct, % Il

ANkARA, Turkey Oct. % up
President Gen. Ismet Inonu warn
ed his people today that they live
on the very edge OF holocaust
and said that Turkey is ready for
all sacrifices to maintain her ma
tional integrity.
Before reviewing a military parade
in celebration of the 18th anniverS-
ary of the establishment of the
Turkish republic, Inonu said;
"A terrible struggle is shaking
the world. The only way for us tC
avoid being drawn into the fire is
TO do our work in a normal man
ner. Despite all OF our cares We
must never forget that We live Oh
the edge of a holocaust
we must increase production
and reduce and regulate eXpendi-
ture. Work IN schools, on farms anG
in factories must be intensified.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-29
Reds Start Drive
Against Invaders
On Moscow Front
BY EDWARD ". Rc1ttie, j

LONDON o.. 29 up - Rus
sia asserted today that its Red
army, after stopping the gigantic
German offensive on Moscow, was
counter attacking fiercely at points
along almost the entire lenght of
the Moscow front
"a United Press KuibysheV dis
patch said the Russian attacks in
the Maloyaroslayet5 sector south
west of Moscow had attained the
proportions Of a counter offensive }
Russian successes were claimed III
at least six sectors Of the Moscow
front and it vas said that in only
one sector. toward TIE northern eng
Of the line. had the Germans sue
ceeded in making the slightest ad-
vance Here. It was admitted, the
Germans had made gains at a town
designated as ". Special dis
patches broadcast by the Moscow
radio and heard by the United
Press listening posi- said there was
fierce fighting here, and that the
streets were heaped With German
dead.
LINE REINFORCED
Advices received here SAID Mar
Shal Semyon Timoshenko. com
manding the Russian southern arm
les. was moving strong reinforce
ments into the lines before RostOy
as the Germans and their axis aux
iliaries continued a ferocious anC
costly offensive.
But in authoritative quarters il
was admitted that the Germans
were intensifying their drive against
the Crimean peninsula.
Berlin claimed that the Russian
line had broken in the Perekop Is
thmus leading to the Crimea ano
that the Germans were pursuing
retreating Russian troops
VILLAGE RETAKEN
Russian dispatches reported al
German attempts to cross the river
IN" repulsed and said that in the
course of Sanguinary battles in tho
MaloyaroSlavetS sector southwest oil
Moscow the Germans had beer
forced to abandon the village ID"
Russian troops also reached anc
consolidated positions on the river
p it was said
1nformantS asserted that the Ger
mans faced a formidable task il
the Crimea, not only because of The
courageous Russian defense but be.
cause Sebastopol. Even if Sebasto.
pol fell Russia had a battleship
five cruisers, 81 destroyers, SO mo.
tor torpedo boats and so subma.
rines in its Black Sea fleet i Il
which it could continue to haras.
any axis shipping engaged in {
possible sea-borne invasion attempt
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-29
Bolivian Urges
Unity in Americas

FHCFNIH o.. D. Nl'-l ne
United state ~Loa.u uu .4s" slsht
Of Its opportGut; 10 .ul'e with al
South American e. M'r.'. and do
away With little prr1.al.oe and COM
plaints OF T2uEer imperialism mat
have hamp.red relation. M the past.
Rodolfo Sorian, r. BoNrian pullt-
ical leader laid Htr" yesterday
Sorano, accompanied b, oscar
Tenhamm. V. duoc'o. i public
roads of Chic. ys'rd Cioy Sidney
p. Osborn during 'uW Dl the state
to inspect highways.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-29
BY JOSEPH w. GRIGG. Jr.

BERLIN, oct. % CUPD A special
high command communique assert
ed today that German forces haG
broken through the PerekOp isthmuS
at the entrance to the Crimea an6
were pursuing the beaten enemy
The break came, the high corr
mand asserted after a savage /!
day battle, starting Oct 18 ana
ending yesterday, as the result OF
which the Germans captured or
destroyed l3 tanks and lO9 field
guns.
German planes were credited with
attacking war important" objectiye3
heavily in the MOSCOW area despite
bad weather, and it was said that
all the raid!ng planes returned sat2.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-29
Soviet Notes New
German Offensive
In 0reI Section

KUIBYSHEV, Oct. 90 up -
Reports from the front said today
that Soviet forces are counterat-
tacking at Maloyaroslavets and
other points along the Moscow de-
fense lines but admitted that q
strong new Nazi attack has beer
launched in the Orel area after
intensive air and artillery lombard
ment.
The Germans, it was reported
have been concentrating large fore
es in the Orel region for the past
five days despite incessant attack
by the Red air fleet. The attacks
were said to have destroyed at least
80 tanks, 30 armored cars and 6
Nazi planes.
The attacking forces at Orel were
reported numerically superior TO the
Soviet defense corps under Cen
eral Yermakov. Despite the weight
of the German attack, it was re-
ported, Yermakov'S lines SO far have
held firm against all attempts by
the Germans to drive aImored
wedge into his fortified positions
Large forces Of German tanks are
being used, it was said, despite the
bad terrain conditions.
1t was indicated that the Orel
push was a phase of an intensified
onslaught upon Moscow which So
Wet commanders has been expect
ing.
The Russian counterattacks were
coming forward simultaneously
presumably in an attempt to disrupt
the German offensive plans.
Radio Moscow as heard in Lon
don said that six cOunterattackS are
in progress along the MOSCOW
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-29
Burglary FizzIes

The burglary" at the home Of
Mrs. Clara Pullenza. All South
Fourth street, in which police Werc
told a portable typewriter was stol
en-, turned out to be an inside JOB
Police Judge Lee Nuffer learned in
court Wednesday,
Mrs. Fullenza's son John admit
ted that he had taken the machine
and sold it to John Fortune, 53l
Olive, for $40
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-29
Bids Opened on
Coache|Ia Branch

YUMA, Ariz., Oct. 80. CUP)-A
low bid of 50 2,o39, ,499 was submitted
late Monday by Morrison KnudSen
Company, Inc, ana M. H. Hasler,
Los Angeles, for excavation of %
miles of the Coachella branch OF
the All American canal, Bureau of
Reclamation Construction Engineer
l.. j. Foster announced.
The job also includes lining and
structures in the - mile sector.
The bids will be sent to the Denver
office OF the bureau where the
contract will be awarded later.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-29
u. s. to Sacrifice
Goods to Russia

salarx ot SlO0)a q .oIr
Purpose of the order. .. wa es-
plainad was 10 tormalV' ldmlnls-
tration Of the innd ,n..e program
Il authorized Strttnus subject tC
such policies d, me President may
from time 20 time prescribe, TO ex-
erci5e any powcs of authority con-
ferred upon the Pr"-id"u' by The
lend-lease act with respect 10 any
nation whose dclua" fL" President
shall haec found ro T." r,'1 10 tie
defense Of The Uufrd state.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-29
EMPEROR IHSPECTS
TOKYO FISH MARKET

TOKYO, Oct. 30. tU)-The Dome!
news agency reported that Premier
Hidegi Tojo interrupted his morn
ing Horseback ride today for d
"blitzkrieg' inspection of Tokyo ;
Central fish market. He spent a
half hour there, the agency said
picking up TWO fish and asking Are
those still edible"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-29
Wrestler Asks for
Final Divorce

HOLLYWOOD. Oct. 90 up -
Bob Gregory. wrestler. who in 1887
married Princess Baba" of Sara
wax, today asked a certificate of
final divorce in superior court.
Gregory was granted an inter-
locutory decree Oct. "a, 1910, Oh
grounds that the white princess OF
Borneo had deserted him.
The wrestler said Princess Baba y
she herself makes 70 claim to
rCyalty-iS still living in England
and asked that the divorce decree
be made final now
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-29
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF INTENDED SALE

NOTICE is hereby given that Don
aid F.. Offill. Vendor, residing at Ell
Centre. California has sold to Ray
+. HigpinbOtham, Vendee, residing
at Ell Centre. California, all that
business belonging to the Vendcr
now located at 200 North Imperial
Avenue. in the City Of FL Centre,
County oi imperial, State Of Cali
fornia, known as EngliSh village
Service Station which includes all
collpmcnt and merchandise owned
by the Vendor
The agreed purchase price upon
aforesaid service Station is the sum
of $4,000. and Will be paiG by the
Vendee to the vendor ON the 3lSI
day of October. l94l, at the office
of the Security Title Insurance ana
Guarantee Company, 678 Mann
Street. FL Centre. California, at tn"
hour of 200 pm.
Dated this oath day of October,
194l.
DONALD +. OFFILL,
Vendor.
Scribcd and Sworn to before me
this oath day OF October, l94l.
SEAL
II r.. ANDERSON,
Notary public in and for the
County of Imperial, State OF
California.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-29
DONALD f. OFFILL,

Scribcd and Sworn to before me
this oath day OF October, l94l.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-29

Notary public in and for TN"
County of Imperial, State OF
California.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-24
Soldiers Get
Warm Clothes

Atlanta. Oct. "a. - When Jact
Frost'S trigid fingers reach dow
into Dixie, they'll lind the army prs
pared, for troops in the fourth corp
area have changed from cotton KHAKI
10 wooden olive drab, it vas announc
cd today by Lieutenant Colonel W.
liam F. Ritter. in charge of the sup
ply division of the fourth corps ar
1uartermastcr'S office here. III
change was made October Is.
With more than a third of III
ctal continental United States arm,
stationed in the eight southeastern
state comprising the fourth corp
area, the expenditure necessary fol
ln- change is enormous. Each sol
dIcr's issue of the WOODEN uniform
costs the government approximate,
$50.
The total expenditure in the fourth
corps arca was S30,777.087.77.
Each enlisted mar is issued tW
WGGlen trousers, one field cap, On
wool serge coat, ono field jacket, onf
wool o%vercoat, two flannel Worsteo
hirts, three pairs wooden drawers
ne pair wooden gloves, four pair
light wool socks. and three Wool1
understands. Mechanics and cavalry
troops received in addition, mack
naWS.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-24
Capital Gossip
BY HENRY


Rals'gh, oct. 24-Evcr since The
World War of l917-'l8, there have APP
peared periodical statements by this,
hat and the other person that ma
tIonal prohibition was put over"
While the "b0ys" were in France.
Now North Carolina has its coun-
terpaTt OF This contention-only this
time the "boys' We're only on man
euVerS and not on the BODILY battle
aelds Of the Marine and Meuse-.Ar-
COME.
The charge, or ratner its an at
tempted explanation of the recent
ABC setback rather than a charge,
comes from Franklin county where
advocates Of legalized sale of liquor
n county stores took a first-rate
licking at the hands of the prohibit
tionists.
A leading Franklin county figure,
who prefers moi to be quoted by
name, was in Raleigh this week, OBJ
Viously about as detected as a poll
teal figure can be at the result of
the election. Asked about the reasons
for the upset of the control forces,
he frankly confessed that the princi-
pal n was indifference and oVer-
confidence. which led directly to in
action IN election day; but as a sec
ondary reason he talked about the
fact that there are two companies
Of youngsters from Franklin county
n National Guard service and he
pointed out that both these units
We're actually in the field on maneuV-
arS on election day-a fact which
prevented any Of the soldiers from
getting furloughs to come home and
vote in the election.
There was no provision for alb
5cntee ballOting in the liquor poll, so
there just wasn't any way for the
-oldiers to have any say-and the
Franklin county figure who was
,alking said most of the young men
would have supported the ABC sys-
tenn had they had an opportunity
TO vote.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-24
This and That

A sincere and fine tribute to the
ability of Earle Cooley, editor Of
the Greensboro News who died
Wednesday, was paid by this col
umn's sometime collaboration Lynn
NiSbet who said: after the World
War of 1878 I was unalterably
opposed to the League of Nations,
but I subscribed to the Greensboro
Daily News Just to read Colonel
Godbey's editorials in support of it."
This corner submits there could be
no greater praise. Judge John
Stroupe of CataWba county obvious
ly believes in leaving the door wide
open for a possible candidacy for
Congress. Now I know absolutely
said when Judge Rudsill, also of
said when Judge Rudisill, aisle of
CataWba, definitely declared himself
ont Tho Wilmington shipyards
will not be able to launch their first
sap IN connection with Armistice
Day exercises, it now appears. Gov
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-24
RUPTURE

Shield Expert Here Again
f. J. ME'NHARDI, widely know,
T,Npcrt of Chicago. will personally
,e in Raleigh. n. c.. at the Sir Wal
cr Hotel. Monday only. Oct. 9th
rom 10 A. NJ. to 4 p. NJ. and 6 =
i. to 8 =. NJ.
MIR. MEINHARDI says: The Mem
1ardi Shield is a tremendous i'm
)roVement-Well known for produce
ing immediate results. 1t prevents the
Rupture from ~protruding in 10 DAYS
N the average-regardless of size or
location of Rupture and no matter
now hard you work or strain. It has
o leg straps (No Surgery OF Injection
Treatments used.) Mr.. Meinhardi has
been coming here for Is years.
Caution. If neglected - Rupture
nav weakness. backache. con-
itipatlon, nervousness. stomach pains.
tic. or sudden death from str&nCula-
ton.
Men having large RuDtures which
AVE returned after Surgical Opera
ions OF Injection Treatments are also
invited. When all others fail-see
lElNHARDI. lie will be pleased TO
cmOnStrate to o privately With
vt CHARGE. (Only men invited.)
White only
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-24
School Group
Meets Nov. 4

School boards of the North Con,
trail District of the State education
association are to meet in Raleigh
on tuesday, November 4, at $50
p. M. 1t was learned To-Day, and a
number of school authorities from
this city and county are expected to
attend.
Work of the association during III,
past year viii be reviewed and There
will be a discussion of plans for the
coming year, II is understood.
Vance is in the North Central Dis
trict. which comprises seventeen
counties, as follows: Granville. Per-
>on. Vance. Durham. Halifax. War
rem, Harnett, Franklin. Nash, Wake
Orange, Moore, Johnston, Wayne.
Chatham and Lee.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-24
States Share OF
School Cost Here
S196,27+ In Year

Expenditures by the State for
maintenance of the eight months
school term in Vance county amount
ed to Sl96.274.52 for the year ended
June 80, 1889, latest figures avail
ale, according to a compilation just
Issued from the Raleigh office of the
school commission.
During the same period the State
spent ~S22+,1l7.65 in Franklin and
~. SPOTS in Granville. while in
Warren the outlay was Sl86, 1864
Heaviest outlay was Sl,0l8, l84.57 in
Guilford. Durham received S493, 854.-
SO. and Wake $685.. 1929. For the
State as Il whole the spending
amounted to 2i.828,0l8.84
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-24
Leaf Totals
Well Above
II Millions

IodaNS sales on the Uender-
son tobacco market ran season
totals almost to ii II million
pounds according to Smith
Young, sales supervisor. He es-
timated the days transactions at
55n.0e0 pounds.
THURSDAYS figure was 214.348
pounds. selling for S95.495.i0, for
an average of S3l.S1 per hun
dredWeight. This made the sea
son total I5.a20n12 pounds.
bringing St6SS.lG6.95. If the us
ual heavy offerings are on ware
house floors Monday. and if
prices hold to present levels. e
son sales through that date
should pass l5,000. 600 pounds.
and cash payments should be
approximately $4,000. 600.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-24
FORFIGN-BORN DECREASE

The proportion of foreign-born per.
SINS IN reducing rapidly. explain.
the census, because immigration ha.
been greatly restricted since 1871
md higher death rates prevail among
the foreign-born because of their in
creasing average.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-12-05
wooDLAiwN

The woman's Society Of Chris.
tian Service held Covered Dish
Luncheon in the Church House, the
twenty-seventh The pastor reviewed
a book that the Society was supposed
to read.
Mrs. Robert Taylor and Roberta,
Of Blythedale, were dinner guests
Sunday Of Mrs. @. w. Poist.
The G. q. G. was entertained by
Mrs. Edmund Brown, Saturday af-
ternoon.
Mr.. Robert Miller, of Philada.,
called on his sister, Mrs. Rowland
Tome, Saturday.
Frank Sherrard, who has been
stationed at Norfolk, Va, is visiting
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. c.
Sherrard.
Mrs. Henry Love, Misses Martha
Love and Martha Wier spent Friday
In Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade H. Elgin, Sr.,
of Washington, d. c., were week
end guests of their cousin, Miss
Leila Thompson.
Little Ada May Brown was op-
Grated on for appendicitis at the
Union Hospital in Elkton, Monday
Miss Bruna Abrahams of Amber,
Pa, and Mr.. Chas. X. Abrahams OF
Balto., spent the week end at Wood
lawn.
The Sunday School Board met at
the home of Mrs. Milton Fletcher
Tuesday night.