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Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31
Famous Sayings
by Paul Harrison -.
HoIIywood's Fads, Fancies and FoibIes

Tricks OF crooked gamblers In New
York and California lie has been
engaged lcr inycStigat oas usually
private-at gambling places and of
individual members t.. clu5>.
A Stocky. mpaSsiye voting man
with private background and a
law degree there's nothing about
Brill to su-gcat either " stealth OF a
.licker. Brought in as quest, ne
plays conSeryatiyclN dNd Watches.
After discovering what Kind OF
monkey Y-buSiness Is golns ON, hc
reports to the committee ard usual
~ stands by as tae complaining
witness when the dishonest player
is called IN rhtgts never any
trouble when those things are done
quietly Brill said.
He never is able 10 gamble OF
play cards for fun Sometimes,
though, he is engaged as a jGk"
or Walnlns to play with some
group or ut ctlD. He really take
en- 10 the Clean2"s Nth everything
from fancy de2llne to cold desk-.
Later. introduced as magician.
he gives back the money
LEARNED YOUNG
Brill had unusual BEGINNINGS h.
cause his tHthe", thoaGh Il wealthy
rcaltor Who coglJ send HIM to up
pity schools. GEed - d&bble IN thc
carnival business Th" life a..O
fascinated NOMe hubert vino al :
or bc2aN 10 d}Ii the sije.aoT
maeIci0u5 unul in sheer drsper-
ati2n they .hoWed nm hoE % GO -
.ew tricks. Al 9, il" had an &cJ O.
his own and VA plaHlns benefit, ii
hospitals and orphanag,5 A. ne
went ahead to become a lawyer, be
also became Il DISTINGUISHED Maa-
teuT in magic.
In 1887 he had come to California
and was Wait.n2 II take the bar
examination when he Was offered 4
job buSSin- the magic sequence in
a Mae West picture. "EyclN Day
a Holiday Brll turned professional
then. and never has cot around Ia
rractIcma law.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31
Cranium Crackers
FREEDOM SYMBOLS

Two famous Y S. documents #
freedom-the Declaration Of Tudc-
penderce and tie Cor ;tituac. E
are more than 150 years Old. bu.
they are still as strong as eFnH
How well are you acquainted win
these apt old-timers2
!. What Two sienars Of 'oe Co.
sfIturion became presidents?
. Wha. -Wo siano.s o. ne Doe-
laratjon Of Independence beaule
presidents?
3. We're there anr mn who
s!ened both tn" Declarac.on of In.
degendencc and the Con.t..H,icNo
4 Thn Constitution W 2eontc.
Sept. I7.!737. In wha' ecar @as it
ratified oY the ninth ,dccisra,
state ana IN Wha ;car cd = 20
into effect?
5 Which Of these paesaqea IS
from the Declaration O. Indcpona-
cnce and which ron the C0Aat.tI-
ton We. The proDle Of thc United
Statc&, n Ordc! 10 form q more
perfect Union ana We. therefore.
Il" representatives. o. -" C...f
Sta'cs i Amcala. II a.ac.a. 81
presa al nb;ad.
ANSWERS
l George " sL.Ae',s -.
Madison. sigacr& &. IN" c.
ton kceamc prcyidcAta
: john Adam and T.e...
jefferson. ..@ncls o. thc Declare
.o0 Of Independence r"oa;n. aeea.-
drllts. Banlamin Harrison. >"9.aCr
;ien"r. #"- ar";t-eraHd-ta'aea of
tie prc.Idcn' Of tina, name
Z Ycs. Roger SncrmaA Goc..r
Read Benjamin Trank.H Loy..
Morri, Jane Wilson end Gtofc
Cl"mcr I'll" las lolu AL Pcan-
sglganlara, s.9aLd BOIL Documents
4. The ninlh state NJ" Ejann-
shIle' I'd. ;ea 'ac C9asuu,i1"
june 2ll7a&. j. Ya declared d.
the CCl=t.4a1u w Therefore,
c..eo' Ma:"L i7S1
: ". ~ p.,p.c. ). tom
the Representatives l. !sam
the Declaration OF Independence
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31

During 1888. 488 hunting accidents
with 73 fatalities occurred in Penn
SYlvania
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MEMBER

MEMBER
American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association. Nation
al Editorial Association.
California Newspaper Pub
fishers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31

Biggest industry in the United
states is the manufacture Il ma
Chinery.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31

Zachary Tayiol one OF the presi-
dents OF the United .5citrS Na& a
soldier and cotton plultrl.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31

The camel j. = native oI ,hr
North Aucscsn ytn'.as.I.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31

Approximately 2I2a 900 Union
troops wcre cnea=eG - The CItil
Var.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31

Australia l. clcs,- 10 Canada
than 10 FnsI5nd /. dars., linz
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31

INDEPENDENT
IMPARTIAL
and
INDIVIDUAL
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31

We have a depressing number
Ct college and university alumni
vino are little more than sKilltUl
tcchnicians
President Alexander c.. RluA-
Ecn Uaiv". - of Michigan.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31

L1sn. - 'irc, .reonGs you al
ro.h - "u. b"!osa DG,Ino -
D c0.r. .ss a., ...' ..atr -. ,.u-
Acton II. t#II"a
JciE y e., Oy.tN.d CG.f..
pas4cugt lDldc3.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27

tdlS manner. The treasury plan,
starting surtaXes at the rate OF
II per cent on all taxable income,
would bring in some $1,521 100000.
The congressional proposal, how
ever, embodied new hidden"
lcvies, including onsump ton
taxes" on such articles as sugar.
coffee, tea, cocoa and electric light
bulbs, which would yield about
S2l7 100000 1t also would impose a
new federal tax Of SIS on each
automobile in operation.
The new plan was presented the
committee by C. E. STAN, chief of
the staff Of the joint congressional
committee on taxation. He submit
ted memorandum warning that
imposition of heavy surtaxes on
low income groups may result in
severely nandicapping many in
dividuals in the discharge of debts
already incurred and the meeting
of their ordinary expenses of sui
sistence.'
He believed corporation taxes
should be raised and promised later
recommendations on that score
The treasury likewise has reserved
until future date its recommen-
atoms on revision of the excess pro-
fits tax structure, but it proposed
that the normal corporate income
tax be boosted from the present
maximum "a per cent to 80 per cent.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27

SAN FRANCISCO, April &c (UP)
Sgt. Peter Innes, of the u. S.
army, testified four Communists
instructed Harry r. Bridges about
1886 speaking tour of New York,
Baltimore, Boston and Philadelphia.
Times, a government witness yes
terday in the second deportation
trial of Bridges, said he was a for
mer National (CIO) Maritime Un-
ion official. but no Communist His
testimony largely was supplemental
to that of William c. McCuistion Of
Texas, who said the political bu-
reau and executive committee OF
the Communist party had ordered
Bridges to address striking seamen
liz Madison Square Garden.
He said he met Bridges at New
York airport aid went with him
to hotel where Joseph Curran,
had Of the NMU, Roy Hudson,
Tommy Ray and Al Lannon, "all
Communists, gave him instruc-
tions on the speaking tour.
After the Madison Square Garden
rally he said, there was another
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27
| Not Fifth Column;
IFS Quake Survey
By Federal Agency

Continued from Page One)
their positions in relation with each
other. Thus, with previous figures
at hand, the crew may determine
the new readings and discover di-
rection and degree of land shift
during the quake.
Stations are sprinkled all over
the valley with some located in
or near most of the major COM
munities.
Sammons explained the myster-
ious blinking lights that so aroused
some Ell Centro westside residents
as his men communicating with
each other by Morse code. The
tower is one of nine located at var
ious points around the valley and
constantly moved from place to
place as work progresses. Highest
tower is 143 feet, but the majority
are 103 feet. Readings are taken
from one tower to another
Reason for the nocturnal activity
on the towers is because of heat
waves during the day that might
make readings difficult, Sammons
said. The flashing light is purely
so that crews may talk" back and
forth.
Sammons said that his crew is
measuring only horizontal shift and
that another crew, now working at
Boulder dam TO determine what
effect, if any, the weight of Lake
Mead has had on surrounding ter
ritory, will soon move in to measure
the vertical effects in Imperial
Valley.
Meanwhile, measuring is almost
completed by Sammons crew in
the northend and only the border
territory is left to go. Queried con-
corning new angles to the earths
that might be forth
coming from his report, the lieu-
tenant indicated that a compilation
of complete figures would be nee
essary first. He SHE'D away from
question concerning what happened
along the International border and
said they did not yet know whether
the quake had caused the United
States and Mexico to trade" pieces
of ground.
In any event. the boundary is
by longitude and lati-
tude and therefore there could be
no incident.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27
x-Ray Program,
Outlined Here

tuberculosis and Health associa-
ton members Friday night delayed
purchase of a portable X-Ray ma
chine and decided upon a years
trial X-Ray program planned to
control the spread of tuberculosis
IN Imperial county.
Under the years trial plan the
association will furnish X-Ray
films for private physicians to use
for patients unable to pay for their
own X-Rays. Patients and their
families and others who come in
contact with them thus may be ex-
anined and treated if they have
The disease. When desired, spe-
cialist will help local physicians
interpret the X-Rays. Tile associa-
ton favored a tuberculosis staff of
local physicians to assist with tu-
berculosis patients at the county
hospital
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27
Outlet for Surplus I.v.
Tomatoes Offered in Plan

. An outlet for surplus I'M
perial Valley tomatoes was
promised Saturday in an an
nouncement from Federal
Surplus Commodities Cor
poration. IN which the government
revealed a plan TO expand produe-
ton of tomatoes for canning by so
per cent to meet demands under the
Lend-Lease act and Ior relief.
Such a program Viii be welcom-
ed by valley growers. according to
Mrs. Earle Henking. northend grow
er. because the government would
guarantee a return to growers which
would allow a profit on tomatoes
which otherwise would be left in
the fields.
Canneries have purchased surplus
tomatoes in past years, Mrs. Hen
king said, but as rule prices were
not sufficient to pay for picking
the fruit for shipment.
Under the FSCC program, how
ever. the government will guarantee
an increase of from S2.75 to $500
per ton over 1910 contract prices
to growers. The government urged
Gamers to offer contracts immed-
lately in order TO speed the program.
The valley has not shipped any
tomatoes to canneries for the past
two years because Of prevailing low
prices. Mrs. Henking said. but grow
ers both in the inland area and il
the southend of the valley would
profit under such a program.
Tomato markets hold well until
May or June for valley fruit, the
northend grower said. but weather
conditions and heavier production
on the coast in those months re-
duce demand and the price consa-
ouently is lowered.
Under the proposed government.
program the valley could take ad-
vantage of the canne1y offers in
those months and ada to the seas
onal profit.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27
Convict Reveals
AIcatraz Horror

Continued from Page One)
said the work was more than he
could do.
The solitary cell was all black,
nine feet long, five feet wide ana
seven feet high. My clothes were
taken off and I was placed in there
nude he said. After my clothes
had been searched for particles
of tobacco. they were thrown in to
me. But not my shoes. I had no to-
bacco, no soap, no toothbrushes. 1t
was like stepping into a sewer be-
cause OF the bad p-ump:ng facilities
Two blankets were thrown in at
pm. There was no mattress. nc
bed, no furniture. In the morning
you got three or four slices OF bread
l got one full meal every five days
During the Is days I was in there,
I had two full meals.
The cell is called by inmates
the ice box he continued. There
is an old-type ventilator in the
wall, open to the winds of the Gold
en- Gate. l shivered all the time. I
was in M stocking feet on con-
crete. AT times l would get in a
corner and put my coVeralls around
my head to keep warm. Then I
would move them down around me
When you walk in the black cell you
have TO keep one hand on a wall
so you won't get dizzy or hurt your
self.
I'D sit in one position until my
legs went to sleep, then I'd move
Then I'd lie on the floor. It was
cold concrete and damp. You never
have a bath in solitary. All the time
1 was in there saw only one man
get a bath. He had a bucket of
cold water thrown on him."
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27
Navy May Patrol
Ship Safety Lane

Continued from Page Cne)
Greenland, but had been elected
by Danish authorities.
Officials were unable to say
whether the second party is ir
Greenland at the moment. But Mr.
Roosevelt said plainly that if they
are, the United States will counter
act them. He did not specify just
what steps would be taken.
A possible clue to the nature Of
this action was contained in the
comment of Sen. Tom Connally, D..
Tex, a ranking member of the
senate foreign relations committee
who said:
IF Nazi military and naval forces
should undertake to seize any part
of Greenland, I'd be in favor OF
instructing the navy to eject them.
I regard Greenland as a part of the
western hemisphere, which we are
pledged to defend"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27
Arizona Lettuce
Season Crosses
Five Millions

PHOENIX, April 26. fUP)-The
federal-state market news serves
said today Arizona's spring lettuce
season has set an all time high with
10000 carload shipments valued at
near S5.000,000.
The season, the report said, win
leave growers a fairly satisfactory
profit" Prices were said to have
started at the ''unprofitably low
level" Of 35 cents per crate but
to have advanced progressively
throughout the season.
The unusually large number OF
lettuce shipments from the Salt
River Valley area was caused by
low temperatures which have ex-
tended the season well past the
normal closing date, the report
pointed out.
Lettuce produced IN Arizona this
year went to every state in the un-
ion as well as Canada
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27
Radioman Faces
Contempt Charge

SAN FRANCISCO, April 26 CUP)
James CNeil, radio news an
nouncer and former press agent,
was to face Federal Judge Harold
louderback today on contempt
charges for failure to heed SUBJ
penas to testify as a government
witness in the Harry Bridges de-
portation hearing.
C'Neil furnished S2500 bail late
yesterday after deputy marshals
found him in a Washington street
residence. He declined to submit
to finger-printine, and United
States Attorney Frank j. Hennessy
later advised it was not mandatory.
O'Neil also said he would not
testify against Bridges.
His wife said he had had nothing
tc eat for two days; that the FBI
had bounded him until he had lost
lis latest job at a Marysville radio
station; that he had had no sleep
because the FBI had kept him
awake.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27
Citrus Prices NOT
Apf TO Rise

Increasing production IS likely to
prevent prices of citrus fruits ane
returns to citrus growers from ris-
ing materially during the next two
or three years despite favorable
home market, this is a statement
BIZ farm advisor Frank Beyschlag in
reviewing a report by the Clan
mini Foundation of Agriculture eco
Monies at the University of Califor-
MIA.
Written by Drs. H. R. Wellman
and Sidney Hoos, the report indi-
Gates the same fundamental prob
lem confronting growers OF or
anges. lemons, and grapefruit; large
supplies keeping prices down even
in the face of an expected rise IN
domestic consumer demand that
should more than balance the loss
of export markets due TO the war.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27
Attorneys to Hear
Technical Talks

Attorneys Of Imperial county Will
meet 1t the Barbara Worth hotel
at $50 pm. next Friday night ID
hear the first of a series of lee
lures sponsored oy the state bar
Of California.
William T. Fowler of Calipatria.
president of the Imperial County
Bar association, SAID Roland G..
SWaffield, Los Angeles attorney,
will discuss Trial Procedure and
Tactics at the meeting. This meet
ing viii be the first of a group of
advanced legal educational insti-
tutes which will include three lee
lures Of two hours each.
Other speakers IN the series in
clude Ralph w. Smith of Los An
geles who will discuss Inheritance
Tax Problems" on May 9, and
Thomas Hart Kennedy, also of Los
Angeles. who will discuss Labor
Law Problems" on May 16.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27
Warmer Weather
Speeds Collection
OF Garbage Here

Continued from Page One>
swarms of flies that breed rapidly
in decaying garbage residents must
live up to the law"
Bristol also warned against the
practice in business alleys of leaving
large wooden cartons for trash men
to pick up. Technically the trash
men are Tot required to pick them
up unless in easily movable form
he said, and pointed out that fire.
quently the collectors are long de-
layed N breaking the boxes down
Garbage and trash collections
will be continued every day in the
business district, Bristol said, but
urged that property owners also
pay close attention to covering wet
waste scraps from restaurants,
etc, SO as to eliminate fly breeding
places.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27
Airing Scheduled
For ak Schemes

WASHINGTON, April 26 CUP)-
Public hearings starting Monday
were ordered by the house ways and
means committee today to get the
taxpayers reaction to the proposed
s3,600,000,000 dip into their pocket
books to help finance the defense
aid British air programs.
Latest plan before the committee
vas one drafted by its own experts
which would impose lighter sur
taxes on lower and middle bracket
individual incomes than proposed
earlier by the treasury.
The experts plan would start in
dividual Surtaxes at six per cent
on all taxable net income, and
would raise about $1l00,000,OO in
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27
Bridges Pictured
As 0beyins Reds

meeting, at which McCuistion
turned over money collected at the
meeting to David Leeds, secretary
of the New York Communist party.
Bridges demanded his expense
money! Times testified. Ray told
Leeds to pay Bridges and Leeds
gave him approximately $500. When
I protested I hadn't received ex-.
pense money, Bridges said he would
take care of me later"
Bridges attorneys asked him
what he thought about Commun-
lists.
Il think congress should vote an
appropriation and send Communists
over to Russia where they can have
it,
AS to the defendant, he said:
I've nothing against Harry
Bridges personally. In fact, l. think
I still owe him $40. The country
and the labor movement would be
better off if he was deported.'
Bridges is California director of /.
the CIO.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27
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Continued from Page One)
to swift blitZ units driving SOUTH
eastward from Thermopylae and a
second Nazi column that circled
across the Island OF Euboea and
took Chalcis had returned to the
mainland at a point only 25 miles
from the Greek capital, according
to the Nazis.
Both columns, the Germans add
ed, were pressing the British ana
Greek rear guard back on Athens,
while the luftwaffe continued aerial
attacks that ALREADY have reported
ly sunk $4,000 tons of shipping and
damaged 64 other vessels as COM
pared to a total allied loss of 2l4,-
900 tons in the evacuation from
Dunkirk.
The German armies had been de-
layed by the stubborn fight made
at Thermopylae, where the new
British 25-pound guns appeared
to have been most effective. While
the rear-guard continued to slow
down the enemy, the BEF was re-
ported making good its withdrawal
from Greece while cheering Greeks
shouted Well see you again."
GOING TO CRETE
The British, al,l probably part
of the Greek forces, were believed
evacuating to the Island of Crete,
where the Greek government al
ready had been established.
The fight to rise again" will go
on, Greek Interior Minister Costs
Maniadakis, told the people OF
Athens as he left for Crete, anG
the coming battle for liberty will
prove the unity of the British and
Greeks.
Germany rapidly was preparing
for the next steps in the battle If
the Mediterranean. Nazi forces were
reported TO have spread out rapidly
over Greek islands along the Tur-
kish coast and commanding the en-
trance to the Dardanelles. Athens
radio reported the islands of Sam
othrace, Lemnos and Lesbos had
all been taken by the Nazis. Axis
forces appeared to have flanked the
Turkish coast by possession of these
islands and the Italian Dodecanese
islands in event of a struggle with
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
Notice of Time and Place Appointed
for Proving Will and Hearing Ap-
plication for Letters Testament
airy.
And Petition to set aside Estate to
Surviving Spouse.
In the Matter of the Estate of
JOHN FROHLY, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that a
petition for probate of the will and
a petition to set aside estate to
surviving spouse of John Frohly
deceased, and for the issuance to
Carl Huffman of letters testament
ary, has been filed in this court
and that Friday the 2nd day OF
May, 1941, at 200 o'clock pm. of
said day, at the courtroom of said
court, at the Court House in the
City of Ell Centro, County of Impe-
rial, State of California, has been set
for the hearing of said petition,
when and where any person inter-
ested may appear and contest the
same, and show cause, if any they
have, why said petition should not
be granted.
Dated April %, 1941.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk.
By MAXINE CONSOLE,
Deputy Clerk.
(A23; M2, incl)
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27
1q41 BuiIdinq
Pace Dowf.

Building permits totallins slo,-
243 were issued in Ell Centre dur
ing the past two weeks to boost
the seasonal mark TO SS7,736, far
below the record on the same
date one year ago when permits
totalling Sl60,726. had been issued
Largest porm.ss during the
past two weeks are issued to A.
A. Kaiser for construction OF a
$500 residence at 1856 He'll, to
p. Harrison and Sons for con-
struction OF 5000 residence
at s3S So. 5th and to Charles
Nolan for $500 of repair work
at 764 Main.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27
Death 4 Battle on
In Mediterranean

that nation. which London said was
still determined to resist Hitler.
The British view was that the
Germans would try to strike quick
ly in the eastern Mediterranean af-
ter they seize Athens and that
blow might also be directed at Glib
raltar. Dispatches from Berlin
seemed to agree the Nazis did not
intend to permit any "intermission"
or rest period in the battle OF the
Mediterranean but there was no
definite indication of the direction
in which Hitler might turn next.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27
Army Air School
Deal Considered
For Valley Area
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clared.
Lines must be surveyed, locations
determined, rights OF way obtained
before excavation ever starts" he
said. Believe it or not, the most
difficult part Of all is in obtaining
rights of way"
He said it was easy enough to
obtain rights of way after land had
been SO damaged by lack of drain
age that 1t was practically worth
less. but much more difficult before
the harm was done.
The problem is serious but not
as serious as some may have led
you 10 believe" he continued. we
can see our way cleaI now on how
to drain the valley. The most press
ing problem is how tie finance the
individual farmer in draining his
own ranch There is no uues-
tion in my mind that Imperial VAL
ley can be kept in production in
definitely, with proper drainage"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27
Mrs. Addie Lewis
Dies Suddenly

Mrs. Addie Lewis. 70. mother Of
Mrs. Lenora Fitzgerald and Ray
Lewis OF FL Centro, died from a
heart attack Saturday at the Fitz-
gerald home at 733 Orange avenue.
The body was taken TO the Lem
ons mortuary pending funeral ar
rangements. Mrs. Lewis was a pio-
neer of Montana and had lived IL
FL Centre only a year.
She is survived by two daughters.
Mrs. Fitzgerald Of El Centro and
Mrs. May Stoddard of Great Falls
Mont; and two sons; Ray Lewis
Of El Centro and Ernest Lewis OF
Wise.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27
CHURCHILL DECLARES
NAZlS TO BE REPAID

MANCHESTER. Eng, April &c.
up - Prime Minister winston
Churchill promised today that Brit
ain will pay Germany back three
fold for German air raids on Eng
land.
Viewing air raid damage here.
the prime minister said: 1T is a
tragedy but they will get it back
three fold"