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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-02-28
II All Depends on
Weather Now, Says
Fair Secretary
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displays arranged by public agencies
and organizations surprising any,
thing before shown.
Eight farm centerS were busy Fri
day erecting their exhibits, as well
as the Boy Scouts. the Camp Fire,
girls. four chapters of the Future
Farmers. as many All clubs ana a
novel display from the Imperial
County Agricultural Conservation
association.
The fedeal migratory camp will
also have an entry and the state
Blind Institute at San Diego will
show handwork. Another booth will
show activities of the State Street
City Council. children's organlza q.
ton.
The soil conservation booth will
be particularly interesting with air.
plane photographs OF the valley and
an attendant to give exact acreages
of any ranch in the county.
The largest display of cut and
ported flowers ever shown below sea
level will mark other exhibits in
the fair. The potted flower display
will be in the lath house just north
of the fair offices; the cut flowers
will be shown in the main exhibit
building.
The state exhibit this year, erect
ed in cooperation with County Agri-
cultural Commissioner B. A. Harri-
gan. was described as one of the
most novel in years. 1t features
agricultural technique employed by
the ancient Egyptians on the Nile,
as compared to modern Imperial
Valley.
Schools this year Will have one
of the best exhibits in many years,
Stewart indicated. Rural elementary
schools as we'll as urban institu-
tons and high schools will have
representation. County Superinten-
dent E. L. Hiteman. in urging big
attendance on Monday, Schools Day,
announced:
we are vitally interested i'll max
ing this an outstanding school at
tendance day at the fair. We desire
parents and patrons to see and real
ize some Of the things we are trying
to do for the children of our county
The high and elementary schools
have separate exhibits which have
been chosen from the products OF
their daily work and not selected for
exhibition purposes alone
School officials all over the county
inf Cd nv
of children at schools on
Monday would constitute attendance
for the day, regardless of how soon
they were dismissed. He urged all to
see that as many children as pos
sible attend the fair that day. Pupils
and teachers will be admitted free
after 1920 am. Monday.
Seven Imperial Valley girls, rep
resenting seven communities, will
compete Saturday night for the hon.
or of being named Queen of the
Fair. The candidates are: Betty
Reese of Westmorland, Elizabeth
Benson of Imperial, Caroline Maurer
of Holtville, Paddee Fleming of Ell
Centre, Dorothy Thetford of Cali
patria, Erunilda Garlic of Calexi-
co and Marian Elmore of Brawley.
The candidates were selected
through valley 2030 clubs. The
queen will be selected by Imperial
judges from a theatrical troupe and
the remaining six girls will serve
as maids of waiting.
Coronation ceremonies will be held
at the fairgrounds Sunday night.
The Midway, famous adjunct to
the main fair, was moving in Fri
day and slated to offer many new
attractions. Among some of the
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-02-28

features offered by the big Crafts
Show were the Flying Scooters and
the Tilt-a-whirl. The former is an
80-foot circular ride with patrons
steering their own sails as they ely"
through the air.
Also, there will be the athletic
stadium with wrestlers, the worlds
largest motordrome, Follies of 194l,
circus Sideshows with all the freaks,
Lilliputian Village, Rolo Crazy house
and many others.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-02-28
Dolly Playground
Attendance Big

Average daily attendance at Ell
Centres supervised Fairgrounds
curing the last week in January
and the first three weeks of Febru-
airy was $50, Playground Director
William Raaka announced Friday.
School pupils visited the play
grounds at the four city element
airy schools a total of 24.357 times.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-02-28
Ell CENTRAN Is
PROMOTED

Roscoe He'll. distribution engineer
for the Nevada California company.
was promoted to office manager,
the company announced Friday. He
will take the position vacated by
w. d. Hudgins, who is in active
service with the U. 5. Navy. He'll
has been with the company since
1926. .-
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-02-28
SEEKS ANNULMENT

Dorothy [. T'robough Thursday
asked the court to annul her marri-
age to Frank j. Trobough, alleging
that she was under Is years of age
when they married in Los Angeles
July %, 1899 She said they sepa-
rated Aug. 15 1899.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-02-28
COUNTRY CLUB
81 BlRGLARIZED

The Del Rio Country club at
Brawley was burglarized Thursday
night of six quarts Of liquor, Sheriff
Robert w. Ware was informed Fri
day.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-02-28
MASONIC LODGE
TO CONFER DEGREE

FL Centre lodge No. 384. F. and
AM. will confer a degree at the
meeting Monday night, 1870 pm. in
the Masonic temple.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-02-28
DECREE GRANTED

George Pullenza Thursday was
granted a final divorce from Clara
Pullenza
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-02-28
The Value went of a Decade

Starting Saturday, March LIST, and continuing
through the month of March, when you buy
new 1911 Model Electric Range, here is what
1.-The last word in Cooking Pleasure.
"A complete, 8-piece set of Wear-Ever Alu-
minum FREE Retail value STATS
3.-Your new Electric Range wired in with
out additional cost.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-02-28

You can buy your new Electric Range on easy
EFHA terms the longtime purchase plan made
available to you by local dealers through coop
GRAFTON of the Imperial Irrigation District For
as little as 81 down you can own and enjoy
1911 Model Electric Range.
SEE YOUR DEALER TODAY
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-02-28
How To Relieve
Bronchitis

Circumcision relieves promptly be-
cause It goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
U soothe and heal raw, tender, in
famed bronchial mucous mem
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
q bottle of Creonulsion with the I'M
Outstanding you must like the way it
quickly allays the cough or you are
to have your money back.
CIRCUMCISION
for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
Evening star., 1941-10-20
U. S. May Take Over
JobIess Relief Setup
R1 tie Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI. Oct 20-The Times
Star said today that Paul V. McNutt
Federal securities administrator,
had confirmed in an interview re-
ports that President Roosevelt
would soon ask Congress to author
ize complete liberalization of
Ohios system of unemployment
compensation, 'and those of other
States"
Mr.. McNutt. who addressed a
rally for support of United Service
Organizations yesterday. departed
for Washington by plane. He car
ried with him, he was quoted as
saying, the draft of letter embody-
ing the law to nationalize unem-
ployment compensation insurance
which the President expects to sub
nit to Congress.
Evening star., 1941-10-20
Families Of MISSING
Sailors on Kearny
Eagerly Await News
Letter From Crew Membe
Reached Bride on Day
Destroyer Was Attacked
Ry the A soCiated Press

Ry the Associated Press.
We're still kicking around" said
a letter which the 2O-year-old bride
of Lloyd Dalton LaFleur, pharma-
cist mate on the U. S. S. kearny, re-
ceived in Philadelphia Friddy-the
day the destroyer was torpedoad $50
miles from Iceland. And would
certainly enjoy a little liberty in
the u S. We still can't tell anV
one where We are or anything that
might give our whereabouts. :"
Today Pharmacist Mate LaFleur
was one of II sailors reported
missing.
He and Catherine Berndelle were
married in Philadelphia jane 90
They were together in Norfolk
month, then the husband wa> sent
early in August.
so YOU will have to wait little
longer" his letter added. We
should be in before long. aod if we
do, we will go to the Navy Yard
maybe"
Since her husband left. youthful
Mrs. La Fleur has been at the home
Of her parents III Philadelphia.
Other Families Await News.
Other families of missing sailors
of the Kearny waited despairinglv
today in various sections of the
country for further news.
Louis Dobniker. water tender,
second class, is missing, and his
mother. Mrs. Jennie Dobniker of
Cleveland. explained that except
for a last-minute change in orders.
the sailors brother Frank would
have been aboard the Kearny.
Frank Dobniker, %, was under
orders to board the kearny. but in
stead he was sent to an electrical
engineering school at the Washing
ton Navy YARD A third son, 30
also is in the Navy, a veteran of 10
years, and he wrote his mother re-
Gently from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Had Planned to Retire.
Louis Dobniker was 40 and had
served in the Navy for l9 years. He
had planned to retire on pension
in a year or two His mother re-
called that when he visited her last
June he told her he hated to leave
Cleveland-he feared he would
never see her again.
Mrs, Mary Gray Stolz. a widow
living on farm near Spangler, Pa,
heard from her son the day the
Kearny was tOrpedOed. but TODAY
she had learned that Iral William
Stoltz fireman. first class, was miss
ing. His letter said he was well
and vrey happy" The mother was
hvSterical today.
One of the few relatives who ex-
pressed hope was Ira Young. rail-
road fireman of Reader. Ark. His
son, Machinist Mate Harry Tull
Young, was missing.
I'm going to keep hoping he's
alive the father said.
Evening star., 1941-10-20
Hornet Joins Fleet;
New Warship Can
Garry 100 Planes
Swift Vessel includes
Features Developed by
Recent Fighting
By CLAUDE 4. MtHONFY
49, ez .o,,-,,.


NORFOLK. Va. Oct 20-The U.
s. s. Hornet. an aircraft carrier that
will carry nearly a hundred planes,
formally Joined the feet here today.
She is the first aircraft carrier
built completely after the start OF
the current war. and is said 10 have
many features based on lessons
learned in the last two years Of
fighting.
The Navy, reticent to describe the
new craft. says merely she is 76O
feet long. has a beam of 63 feet, and
a speed in excess of 80 knots"
Built Ahead of Schedule.
Secretary of the Navy Knox is to
see the new vessel placed in service
and is scheduled TO make an eX-
temporaneous talk as it joins the
feet. Mrs. Knox also is on the pro-
gram. She chriStened the ship
nearly a year ago. Construction has
been six months ahead Of schedule.
Capt. Marc Andrew MitScher is to
be commander of the new carrier.
He has been assistant chief OF the
Bureau of AeronauticS more than
two years and has seen service on
the Saratoga and the Langley.
other aircraft carriers.
The 20.0OO-ton Hornet is classed
as a sister ship of the Yorktown and
the Enterprise. though she contains
ThOSp fun
ships. The Navy makes little def
mite commitment regarding the arm
ament of the ship, but James Fight
ing Ships. the British reference
book on naval vessels. says the
Hornet has eight 5-inch .38-caliber
combination anti-aircraft and hori-
zontal guns. Is of the 11-inch anti
aircraft guns and Is smaller
weapons.
To Carry Crew Of 1000.
The Hornet will carry a crew of
more than 1000 officers and men.
The area of the landing deck of the
new carrier is a secret, but 1t is
known to be ample to handle the
planes attached to the vessel. Super
structure of the Hornet is set to
one side to permit room for the
landing of planes. which are taken
below deck for storage
There have been six other Hornets
in the United States Navy. The
first was a Baltimore Sloop that Was
destroyed in the Delaware River in
1777, and the sixth was a converted
yacht used in Cuban waters during
the Spanish American War.
Evening star., 1941-10-20
Another Destroyer,
Traded 10 Britain,
Sunk, Says Berlin
Listed by Eyewitness
Among Victims Of
Attack on Convoy
p Inc 40, ated Pres.

81 the Assc, ated Press.
BERLIN. Oct. 20.-A DNB eve
witness account Of the German SUBJ
marine attack on a British convoy
in the North Atlantic last week de-
clared today that one of two de-
stroyers sunk apparently was one Of
the former United States warships
traded to Britain for bases.
The news account said that a lone
submarine opened the attack in
which the high command said Sat-
urday that 10 freighters and two de-
Stroyers were sunk.
Flames and explosions from three
sinking vessels. DNB's anonymous
eyewitness reported, attracted
other Uboats 10 the scene of the
mid-ocean battle which lasted at
least three davs and nights.
He said that he was aboard the
submarine which spotted the CONVOY
and that il included more than 20
merchantmen in addition to pro-
tectlng vessels.
he convoy was encountered
$50 pm. in violent weather. with
visibility cut down by a rainstorm
and the first successful torpedoes
struck home about an hour later,
he said
The weather grew worse the next
day, yet the submarines kept on the
convov's trail. DN.B.'s reporter said.
For hours on end. the detonation
Of wildly and aimlesslv dropped
depth charges would not cease" he
recOunted, adding that heavy R A
F. Sunderland fighting boats also
joined the battle
Still, he said, he knew the sub
marines were remaining on the
attack because he could see smoke
from fires and explosions aboard the
merchantmen.
One tanker stood in the story
night like a giant, ehostly blazing
torch he SAID
This account said the two de-
stroyers went down within a few
minutes of each other and termed
the one identified as a former United
States vessel a Churchill class
ship.
Evening star., 1941-10-20
Navy Statement on Keorny
Announcement Lists Missing Men;
Vireinion Seriously Injured

"Iral William Stoltz. fireman. first
class, Spangler, Cambria County
Pa.
Sidney Gerald Larriviere, fire.
man, first class, r. F. D., Lafayette
La.
George Alexander Calvert, fire.
man, first class, Gillespie, Ill
Russell Burdick Wade, fireman
third class, Houston, Ala.
Harry Tull Young, machinist
mate, second class, Reader, Ark.
Dwight Floyd Pyle, seaman, Sec
ond class, Bainbridge, Ga.
The man critically injured is:
Samuel r. KurtZ, torpedoman
third class, R. F. D. No. 3, Erie, Pa
THE man seriously injured is:
Leonard FrontakoWSki, chief
boatswain's mate, Norfolk, Va.
The men seriously and critically
injured have been transferred tc
the hospital,
The next of kin of the missing
and the two critically and seriously
injured have been notified by the
Navy Department.
Evening star., 1941-10-20
U.S.. May Quit Rum Making
To Manufacture Alcohol
Bv the Associated Prees.

BN me ASSnClateC PreeS.
ST. THOMAS. Virgin Islands
Oct. 20.-The United States Govern
ment may go out of the rum busi-
ness, or at least cut down on pro-
duction.
Frederick H Walton. president of
the Federally owned Virgin Islands
Co. said today the concern was
considering changing over to the
manufacture of alcohol necessary to
the production of smokeless powder.
The Virgin Islands Co. originally
went into the rum business to afford
an outlet for sugar cane production
in the Virgin Islands" Mr.. Walton
said.
Now. however, the United
States is facing an estimated
shortage OF at least 100000 gall
Ions of industrial alcohol this year.
We are, therefore, exploring the
possibilities of using our productive
capacities for the manufacture of
industrial alcohol for the Govern
ment'
Evening star., 1941-10-20
B. the Asscciated Pres.


The text of the Navv's announce
ment concerning the casualties
in the torpedoing of the Kearny
giving list of missing, follows:
The Navy Department today an
nounced that the U. S. S. Kearny
destroyer attacked by a submarine
undoubtedly German, early Friday
morning, has reached port
"Dispatches received from the
ship report IL members of the crew
missing, one man critically injured
one man seriously injured and eight
men who received minor injuries
but who are in no danger.
The missing men are:
Floyd Andrew Camp. ships cook
first class. National City, Calf.
Lloyd Dalton Lafieur. pharmacist
mate. second class. Beaumont. Tex.
Luther AISLE Curtis water tender,
first class, Wilmington. N. c.
Herman August c. Gateway
water tender. first class. Troy. N. Y
Louis Dobnikar, water tender
second class, Cleveland, Ohio.
Evening star., 1941-10-20

U.S.. Food as Result
0fUkraine Losses
Agriculture Officials
Report Difficulties in
Obtaining Supplies
R1 the Asscciated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Russia may have TO turn to the
United States for food supplies. par
ticularly wheat, as result OF the
loss of rich grain producing areas
of the Ukraine, Agriculture Depart
nent officials said today.
1t was suggested that importation
of grain from this country into
Vladivostok would release a con-
siderable quantity Of Siberian grain
for shipment westward into that
portion of European Russia not oc-
cupied by Hitler's forces.
There was no indication that the
Russian government has approached
the United States for food supplies,
but officials saio the war had raised
serious obstacles for the Soviet gov
ernment in the task Of supplying
its army and civilians.
Exact Situation Unknown.
Of1cials said rigid censorship
prevented this country from know
ing the exact food situation in Rus
sia. However, report prepared by
the Office of Foreign Agricultural
Relations on the basis OF past pro-
duction and information that was
available before the Germans moved
against Russia had this TO say:
Soviet Russia at the beginning of
the present war had smaller eX-
port surplus of foodstuffs that could
be diverted to domestic use than in
1914. when such a margin proved
most helpful in meeting suddenly
increased requirements oCcasloneo
by mobilization and war.
Oficials said there was little re-
liable information on the actual ef.
/ feet of the war on farm operations
/ during the current season. Sovlet
reports were said to be optimistic
! 1T was claimed" the department
report said. that to a large extent
women replaced tractor drivers anc
combine operators who we're called
to the colors. and that as result
Of the cooperation of women apc
city workers harvesting was com
pleted in many Southern now wal
zone districts much earlier thar
last year.
Information Contradictory.
'Informa ton on the extent L
which crops in regions occupied b.
the NaZis have been saved or de
stroyed is scant and contradictory,
it added.
The report said most source
agreed that little if any livestock
and virtually no farm machinery
was left undestroyed by the Rus
slams in occupied areas. This sit
uation. the report said would make
harvesting of the l941 crop anc
seeding of winter grains this ALL
tumn extremely difficult for tht
Germans.
Evening star., 1941-10-20
Navy Lost No Men
In World War Until
Week of u. S. Entry

BY the Associated Press.
The Navy lost no men in the
World War until the very eve
of this country's entry.
JOscphus Daniels, the Navy
Secretary during the World
War. later wrote that the first
blueiacket TO lose his life was
John I. Eopoulcci of Washing
ton, one of the gun crew which
the Navy furnished for the
s. S. Aztec when President Will
son ordered the aTming OF
merchantmen.
The Aztec was tOrpedOed and
sunk off France on April ,,
1917, the night before MI. Will
son sent his message 10 Con-
gress asking for declaration
Of war. War was declared
April s.
Evening star., 1941-10-20
Brothers Collide Heodon

DOVER, Del. Oct. 20 (Pl.-Two cars
driven by the Lockerman brothers,
John. 20. and Hazel, 19, collided
headon Saturday night and they
were taken to the Kent General
Hospital, each unaware of the iden-
tity of the other driver. Hospital
attendants said they would be told
today.
Evening star., 1941-10-20

tomorrow. The President sent Mr.
Hopkins to spend Saturday night
as Mr Harriman's guest at Arden
near Tuxedo Park, on the west side
of the Hudson.
The President yesterday received
a sort of double-pley, Stalin-to-
Harrimanto-Ho Hopkins report on
what Russia might be expected tc
do. Apparently the Hopkins out
line of the Hartman message was
so intriguing that Mr.. Hartman
himself was summoned.
Evening star., 1941-10-20

MISSING IN KEARNY TOR
PEDOING-The three sailors
pictured above are listed by
the Navy Department as
among the IL missing after
the U. S. S. Kearny was tor
pedoed $50 miles off Iceland.
A. P. Wirephotos.
Evening star., 1941-10-20
Roosevelt
Continued From First Page)

to explore thoroughly with the mill
tary and foreign policy chieftains
in Washington all topics brought
up by the President
Mr.. Roosevelt abandoned the pure
ly country squire aspect of his holi-
day after the Kearny casualty news
was announced and after he studied
the reports which Harry Hopkins
brought to him here from talk
with Mr.. Hartman at the Hartman
estate. Arden.
Originally it had been planned
that Mr.. Hartman. who reached
this country Friday from Europe.
would not see Mr.. Roosevelt until
Evening star., 1941-10-20

parts of the plug
and the constant
explosions burn
out the cleo
trodes or force
them gradually
out of position.
This cuts down
power, pickup
and gas mileage.
B e f ore b a d
weather sets n
have a Call Carl
check-up. If your
p u gs n e e d
cleaning adjust
ing or replacing,
Evening star., 1941-10-20

Call Carl mechanics will give you
the type of job you'd expect at
Washington's Little Detroit" Drive
In night or day at Call Carl in
RrightWood, Northeast or Down
town.
Evening star., 1941-10-20
Car Care
What Causes Wear on Your
Spark Plugs?
BY ED CARL

In the spark plugs Of your car the
spark fires about 10000 times min
ute. The small electrodes between
which the spark fires are essential
Evening star., 1941-10-20

lOSI.
BILLFOLD, lady's. black leather: money.
faTd ae pfnS
Park Hotel
CAMERA; kodak Baniag aTt special; lost
Reward. Box Ills. Star.
sfaN1F az 10 ISIS fh bsf5
Prince Georges County Md. left home
Friday night. Laurel, Md. Reward. D1.
or Monday.
SortheTn Bethesda. Phone Oliver SOS.
DIAMOND WRIST WATCH. ladys. eth st,
and z or Maine ave. s.v.: Tues. m:
reward. MA. 1920. IL
DOG, miniature collie, sable and white. blue
Arlington Ridge I'd: reward Glebe ,3663.
THoFBAL EsGs ea GE mnssaFs s4s fsia ReTard
HOSPITAL PIN; ,Georse W%shinston Uni,
versity; name, m. E. Storey" gate 1875
Reward Telephone WO. 2614.
vicinity Mass. and Western aves.; reward.
LADYs HAMILTON GOLD WATCH. satur-
day evening; vicinity Conn. ave. or KENYON
tins' between Peoples Drusstore and
north side of Butternut st, to 9th, Takoma.
Reward. owner. GE. 2349.
POINTER PUP. brown and white spotted;
fhldrfas nM RA 1o7 Pst ssis.lf R!aafd 4ooo l'lh, st.
PURSE. dark brown. lost in vicinity of
eth and 1O.h and SITS. ne; contents
were, S25. keys, laundry ticket. s5 re-
ward. NE. 1891.
ROLL OF BILLS either on Colonial ex-
press or in Union Station Saturday eve
ming: reward. CHI. 0a24.
WATCH. h. s. girls, white gold, oblons,
Irving St, 14th ST: car, R. I; ave ave,or or bus
WILL THE PARTY who found black pocket
hook amber top and . straps. kindly re-
turn to address on letters inside and re-
csivs liberal reward. MI. 3133.
WIRE-HAIR TERRIER, male. lost vicirit-
LanFleT Va; answers TO name Of "bos-
vellH; reward. Call CH. o720.
Evening star., 1941-10-20
FOUND.
LOST

FOUNTAIN PEN. mans, at 9TH and NV
on Tuesday night, about : o'clock. J
Pace. Natl 5000. Ext oil.
Evening star., 1941-10-20
Hull Calls Attack
On Kearny Hitler
Move 10 Rule Waves
Assoi|s Hiehwoymon
Methods, but Implies
No u. 5. Protest

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