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Evening star., 1941-02-26
Huskin's S Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. HdSktn.

A reader can get the ansDer TO any
question OF fact by tOriting The EUe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Haskin, director, Washington,
ID. c. Please incloSe stamp for reply.
@. Who originated the custom Of
standing when THE Star-Spangled Ban
ner" is played?-C. J. B.
A. 1t was Daniel Webster who insti.
tuted the example of rising for the Ma.
tional Anthem when Jenny Lind sang Is
in Castle Garden.
@. Is there a limit or the State debt Of
North Dakota?-G. M. A.
A. According to Moody's Municipal
tiles, in North Dakota $4,000 900 dollars
is the constitutional limit which State
Indebtedness can exceed the cost Of
operation.
@. How long does it take the earth
to revolve around the sun?-E. H. v.
A. The earth makes complete reyo-
luton around the sun in approximately
365.256 days.
Q. What is the meaning of the name
Elaine?-V. S.
A. Elaine is from a Greek word
meaning light.
@. Is tea an important item in the
present day menu of the United States
Army?-C. C. r.
A. The Army is the largest single
group consumer Of tea in the country,
accounting for more than a pound Of
tea per soldier per year. This is more
than 81 per cent greater than the annual
per capita civilian consumption.
@. Who were the outstanding young
men of 1940?-F. J. L.
A. The following were selected by the
editors of the biographical volume Amer
icas Young Men: Fulton Lewis, jr,
Representative Martin Dies, Jack Frye,
Bing Crosby DR.. c. C. Suits, Col Charles
Lindbergh, Mark Stanley, Oren Root,
Arch Oboler and DR.. George Gallup.
@. How long has the Duke Of Windsor
held that title?-A. B.
A. The title of the Duke Of Windsor
was created December IL, 1886. 1t was
selected by the Duke.
Evening star., 1941-02-26

@. How long does it take the earth
to revolve around the sun?-E. H. v.
A. The earth makes complete revo-
luton around the sun in approximately
365 256 days.
Evening star., 1941-02-26

A reader can get the anSWer TO any
question OF fact by tOriting The EUe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. HdSktn, director, Washington,
d. c. Please incloSe stamp for reply.
Evening star., 1941-02-26

@. What is the meaning of the name
Elaine?-V. S.
A. Elaine is from a Greek word
meaning light.
Evening star., 1941-02-26

@. How tall is Joe Louis7-S. G. ~.
A. He is feet l u inches tall.
Evening star., 1941-02-26

@. When did the late Knute Rockns
become a Catholic?-J. D. S.
A. He was baptized a Roman Cath
olic in 1925.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
Stolen Safe Left
In E.C. Auto Court
By Missing Guest
StrOngbox Returned to
Mission Beach While
Deputies Seek Thief

A safe stolen in Mission
Beach and found in Ell Cen
tro was back home Saturday
while officers of Imperial
and San Diego counties
searched for the man who aban-
doned it in an El Centre auto cabin
and then disappeared.
Pete Shenas, proprietor OF an auto
court near the northwest city limits.
said a man who registered as Bert
Martin of Louisville, KY, rented
the court at 4 am. Dec. % Tor
week. He used the cabin one DAY.
Soon after the week was up, Shenas
entered the cabin and found an
empty safe there. The door had
been torn off the safe.
During the resulting mvestlga-
ton Deputy Sheriffs pete klyne
and Park Burritt discovered the
safe had been wiped clean OF fin
gerprints. When it was taken from
a Mission Beach restaurant 1T con-
tain 1903 in cash and a $35 cheek,
San Diego officials said.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. tUP)-
The American Legion's proposal for
a permanent draft program for
youths of 10 to 81 today gained
congressional support and promises
of immediate consideration by the
house and senate military affairs
committees.
Chairman Andrew J. May and
Morris Sheppard of the house ana
senate committees, respectively, said
they would submit the Legion
plan to members of their groups at
the earliest possible moment.
The Legion's legislative commit
tee here has asked Sheppard and
May to introduce the necessary
legislation simultaneously in both
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
Scratched Prop
Blamed for Crash
Ending Three Lives
BrawIey Filler Declares
Nick ON Propeller
Caused Mexico Crackup

A scratched propeller blade
was blamed Saturday for the
fatal airplane accident two
weeks ago that took the lives
of l.. E. Sinclair jr. of Cali
patria and two others.
Nal Carberry of Brawley, aviator
who flew to San Diego in an effort
to bring back the bodies, reported
that a broken propeller without
doubt caused the crackup many
miles below Ensenada.
Carberry said he talked with Ger
aid Mokma, American vice-consul
at Ensenada who was witness OF
the crash on the Hattie Hamilton
ranch.
"Mokma told me that just before
the takeoff they discovered scratch
on the propeller, evidently made by
a rock when they landed on the
beach. He said they (Sinclair, Her.
bert Martin and Loran GrisWold
of San Diego worked to erase the
scratch before taking off, Car
berry reported Saturday.
What probably happened was
that the flexing of the blade during
flight caused the end of the blade
to snap off at the point of the
scratch
Carberry said that he also talked
to Robert Jacquot, pilot who first
flew to the crash scene to recover
the bodies, and Jacquot reported 10
to II inches OF "a propeller blade
was snapped off clean.
This couldn't have been caused
by the crash, because the propeller
would bend" Carberry said.
The piece of white that Mokma
saw flutter to the ground just be-
fore the ship Whirled out of con-
troll was fabric and plyWood torn
from wing by the vibration.
Loss of that propeller tip meant
a loss of three to five pounds and
Whirling at about 1900 revolutions
a minute that meant tremendous
weight-many tons = thrown back
and forth"
The terrific vibration, added to the
wind velocity, simply tore a piece of
the wing away.
"The plywood didn't just fall off"
Carberry added. Fragments were
brought back by Jacquot and I ex-
amined them. The force was so
great that the wood was pulled
out, leaving the nails, heads and
oil still in the wing"
Vibration of the plane after the
propeller tip came off was visible
a mile and a half away, Carberry
said
The Brawley aviator, who con-
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
More
Rain
Coming
Scattered Showers
Pre- Here
For W. ek-End

While fresh masses of Arc
tic-born air moved southward
from Canada Saturday blan-
keiing eastern United States
in freezing temperatures, I'M
pcrial county prepared for its Sec
ond rainy weekend as Woodrow C.
Jacobs, meteorologiSt predicted scat
tered light showers in the valley
Sunday.
Rain has already been reported at
some stations south of San Fran
cisco, Jacobs said, and though a
general storm is not expected the
unstable conditions are expected
to produce scattered precipitation in
most of southern California, includ
ing Imperial Valley.
Temperatures in the valley will be
slightly higher than those which
brought light frost to coolest Sec
tions of the county Saturday morn
ing. U. S. Forecaster R. j. Dunn at
Chicago said the cold air would
embrace the eastern half of the
country within "a hours, extending
through the gulf states to the
south.
Strong, frigid winds and sWirling
snow accompanied the new Writer
invasion in some areas. There were
heavy flurrieS of snow around the
Great Lakes and eastward through
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
U.S.. Funds Needed
For Army Roads

SANTA BARBARA, CAL Jan. a.
CUP)-State Engineer Charles H.
Purcell warned today that unless
federal funds are made available
it will be impossible for the state
of California to build roads to the
various national defense camps be-
ing established along the coast
In the ALLEGATION of national de-
tense millions for the construction
of these camps, federal authori-
ties have as yet made no allow
ance whatever for the construction
of access roads to connect these
various cantonments and reserva-
tions with the main trunk lines of
the state highway system" Purcell
told the annual convention of the
mission trials association
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
y AMBl|Ne
&AEpORTER
Our Sentiments


Here is something that strikes a
very very sympathetic note in our
being.
For a number of years we have
been attending meetings OF cham
bers of commerce and city councils
and supervisors and district boards
and welcome banquets and farewell
banouets and all the confabs that
it is a reporters cross to attend.
Never until Saturday have we
heard someone with the gumptlon
to hit the nail on the head the way
Joe Enz did Saturday at Farm
Bureau parley
Joe never misses a meeting but
usually sleeps most of the time,
which is something we are always
tempted to do. Saturday morning
while there was heated argument
going on about a membership drive
Joe didn't look sleepy, however. He
was decidedly restless and finally
got up to make the only open
meeting comment we've ever heard
him give:
isn't it possible that we may ex-
pend so much energy wondering
about how TO conduct this drive
that we won't have any left for
conducting it?'
Bravo. Joe, and the same goes for
just about every other blinkin'
board in the country.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
Newest Flying Fortress Hops Off
For 5000 Mile Non-S Stop Flight at
Hiqh A|titude:Speed 100 MPH

er will have the following crew:
Lieut. M M. Mum, Lieut.. P. F. Da-
Wis, Lieut.. G.. E. Glober, pilots, all
of Fort Douglas, Utah; Technical
Sergeant H. A. Indie, staff ser
geant E. w. Meeker, and Captain
o. O. Benson of the Wright Field
aero-medical research laboratory.
Captain Benssn will test and
tabulate the physical reactions of
the crew at the high altitude. The
flight is expected to furnish new
data on long distance trips for the
latest improved type of improved
flying fortress as we'll as the effect
of continuous high altitude flying
upon pilots.
Although temperatures outside
the ship will range around 30 de-
greeS below zero, the cabin will be
heated to go degrees. The men will
be equipped with special oxygen
apparatus.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05

r. L. Adams, professor of farm
management at the University of
California and spokesman for a
group of Federal Land Bank Off
cials who visited Imperial Valley,
was reappointed director of the
National Farm Credit board, the
United Press reported Saturday
from Oakland.
The reapDointment was made by
Gov. A. G. Black of the MICA
at Washington, d. C.
Adams chairmaned a group of
high land bank officials in Decem-
ber who toured Imperial Valley
and heard farmers appeals for
improved credit facilities.
Prof. Adams name was selected
from the three highest nominees
of 129 National Farm Credit loan
associations in the 18th district
which comprises Arizona, Utah. Ne
vada and California. His term of
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
Hopkins Confers
With Diplomats

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. tUP)-
Harry Hopkins, President Roose-
velt's personal emissary to Great
Britain. called today on Secretary
of State Cordell Hull and other
state department officials concern
ING details of his mission.
Hopkins, who is expected to leave
soon for a visit of about two weeks
in the war-ravaged British Isles,
declined to discuss details of his
talks with Hull. Assistant Secretary
of State Breckenridge Long IN d
James E. Dunn, political adviser to
Hull.
His conferences at the state de-
partment lent weight to the belief
that he probably would carry an
important message to British lead
ers. A close friend of the president,
Hopkins was assigned to his special
mission yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
Co-Ed Suspected
OF False Alarms

BERKELEY, Cal. Jan. 4. (UP)
A University of California coed.
Aileen Brokaw, 20. was held today
as suspect in a series of false
fire alarms sent in from boxes
near the university campus.
Dressed in slacks rolled to her
description of girl seen running
from the scene of several false
alarms. Police said she admitted
turning in four alarms this week.
She was taken to the Alameda coun-
ty detention home pending dis
position of her case.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05

meeting OF the county 1afm bureau
in the California hotel
Tracing the development of pres
sure groups in the United States
since 1900, Wilson stressed the duty
of the nations farmers to overcome
the power of those group, including
labor, to preserve democracy.
Well organized agriculture must
act as a balance to check the trend
toward bureaucracy in the United
States because democracy Wilson
declared. cannot succeed under such
a setup.
The shift toward bureaucracy,
Wilson said, is shown in figures
revealing that in 1900 there was
one government employe for every
100000 persons. Today there is one
government employe for every $50
persons.
Farm bureau board of directors
met in the court house for their
regular monthly business discus
sion before the general meeting of
all members in the afternoon, but
pletion of plans for the annual
membership drive occurred.
Directors agreed that the method
used in previous years had proved
successful and scheduled breakfast
meetings in each section of the
county to start separate member
ship drives. Considerable discus
sion was given to the problem of
dividing city memberships but no
action was taken.
The tabled resolution regard
ing opposition to donation of money
by district and county supervisors
for celebrations in the county was
brought to fife by Charles Wieman,
then re-tabled after 30 minutes of
pickering
Gene Imler, Spruce e-Westmorland
director, observed that the passage
of such resolution might hinder
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
Cavalry Denies
Condemnation

RumOrs that the army camp
north of SeeIey had been CON
demned" were answered Satur-
day with a firm denial from au-
thorities at the 11th U. S. Caval-
ry encampment.
There is no truth to the re-
port Capt. J. L. Hathaway de-
clared.
Asked if the government
would invest more than $4,000
in camp and then abandon
it, Captain Hathaway said;
."Of course not"
Construction activities were
virtually at an end Saturday. as
Maj. ID. L. Hartford, in charge
of camp building, left for Mon
terey. Before departure Major
Hartford said there were only a
few odds and ends to be COM
pleted.
He said plenty of gravel had
been brought in by truck and as
soon as the roads within the
G,mp dry sufficiently more can
n .raveled as protection in case
rther rainfall.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05

DAYTON, O., Jan. 4. (UP)-Ihe
armys newest type of flying fort
resS" a B17-C left Patterson field
this afternoon on a nonstop, nom
refueling high altitude endurance
flight to Ell Paso, Texas, and re-
turn, it was announced today.
The announcement from the ar
mys experimental air laboratory at
Wright Field said the ship and its
crew of six was scheduled to be
back over Patterson Field at 7:30
a. m. tomorrow. 1t then will engage
in triangular flight between Day
ton. Columbus and Indianapolis
before landing at 10 a. m.
The 3,O00-mile trip to Ell Paso
and back will be made at mini
mum altitude of $4,000 feet with a
scheduled average speed of 100
miles per hour.
The four-motored Boeing bomb
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
Trio Suspected In
Short Chance Deal

Three men, suspected OF being
bunco artists, were in the county
Jail Saturday awaiting June .
trials for El Centre petty theft
charges.
The men, Dewey Goddard, 40, H.
j. Carter. ST, James Sinclair, 55,
all of the Calipatria transient
camp, were accused by w. N. Schro-
der, attendant at an East Main
street filling station. of short
changing him out of $40.
Sinclair had previously been ac-
cused of bilking H. C. Payne, Cali
patria filling station man, cut of
S5.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05

Australian troops, aided by tanks
masses of heavy artillery, Royal air
force bombers and fleet units in the
Mediterranean pressed home their
attack on a nine-mile front.
Already they had pushed two
miles through the main defense
lines of Bardia ai&l were believed
to have accounted for about one
third of the Fascist defenders in
asualties-killed, wounded or taken
prisoner.
The final phase of the action, ac-
cording to the United Press cor
respondents on the beach outside
the city and aboard a British war
ship offshore, is near.
The RAF hammered home one of
its strongest blows at Germany with
the third night of attack upon the
great North Sea port of Bremen,
an attack that appeared to compare
in intensity with the "Coventrizing
raids of the German air force on
British cities.
British airmen reported they left
the port a "sea of flames" and
estimated that damage inflicted was
the greatest yet accomplished by
the Raj. 1t was directed at docks
factories, naval yards and war fac
! tories.
Fear of a Nazi coup in Bulgaria
grew as Belgrade dispatches quoted
a German spokesman as saying
Germany would not permit her
Axis ally to suffer IAN italian Dun
kirk" in Albanias ports of Valona
and DurazZo.
Jugoslav sources believed that
Germany intends to drive through
Continued on Page 4, Col g.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05

blanket power to the White House
for operation of the current 'lend-
lease" plan for producing British
war materials was carried to the
capitol by Senate Majority Leader
Alben w. Barkley after he confer
red with the president.
Capitalization of the congression-
al attitude toward the proposal
awaits Mr.. Roosevelt's state OF the
union message on Monday when
he is expected to develop the Brit
ish aid plan in greater detail. Sew
eral senator's, however, expressed
immediate opposition to BLANK
check" power.
Barkley said the administrators
program has not yet been translated
into legislative form, but that he
understood it would put no limit on
the extent of American aid to be-
leaguered Britain.
Sen Gerald P Nye, r., N. D., said
he would demand an investigation
of British empire. resources in this
hemisphere before congress author
ICES any such plan. He said he be-
lieved Great Britain has large in
vestments here, in Canada, and in
Latin America that could be used
for arms purchases, and that there
is no need for the United States
to undertake to pay for its needs.
Nye characterized as "a guess
treasury estimates that British in
vestments here might total $5,000,-
100000 or $7,OOO,OO0,0 900, asserting
that these amounts might or might
Continued on Page 4, Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
R. |. Adams, Recent Visitor to I.V.
On Credit Question. Re.Appointed
Director of National FCA Board

office became effective Jan. and
will run for three years.
AS a member of the Farm Credit
board, Prof Adams also becomes
director of the Federal Land Bank,
Berkeley, the Federal intermediate
Bank, Bank for Cooperatives and
the Production Credit Corp, the
four permanent units of the Farm
Credit administration in the 18th
district.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
Permanent Draft Plan
For u. S. Goinin9 Favor

the proposal before presenting it
to his committee. probably in the
form of an amendment to the pres
ent law. If given approval, he add
ed, he might introduce the legisla-
ton as a committee-sponsored pro-
gram.
Two other house members-Rep.
James E. Van zandt, R., Vt, a
former communicative chief of the
Veterans of Foregn Wars, and Rep.
Dewey Short. r., Mo, a vigorous
opponent of the draft act last
session-heartily endorsed the Leg
ions plan.
Van Zandt, said he favored i'm
mediate reduction of the conseript
age to reduce the "inequities' of
the present age range.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05

houses. The selective service act,
as now drafted, remains operative
for only five years. Men of 81
through 35 are subject to military
training under the law.
National Draft Director Clarence
A. Dykstra recently discussed with
President Roosevelt a plan for a
permanent plan to train men as
they reach the age of 81.
Neither May or Sheppard would
express their personal opinions of
the Legion's proposal pending a
further and more detailed study.
May, however. said he was inclined
toward some equitable" form of
permanent draft system.
He said he intended to ask the
waf department for its views on
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
-Four Injured In
Truck.Bus Crash

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4. CUP)-
-Four passengers were injured early
today in a collision between a
Greyhound sleeper bus bound for
San Francisco and an oil truck on
the ridge route two miles south of
German.
The four, who suffered minor
injuries. were Rosa Leal, 36, Rt. l,
Hanford, Cal; Robert S. Reynolds,
25, 1888 Fulton ST.. San Francisco;
Ruth S. Bushfield, 90, of the Y. W
c. A, Seattle Wash, and Gail ].
Steward, sd, Long Beach, Cal They
were removed by ambulance to the
Lebee hotel in Lebec Calf,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
No Postcards Out
For III Licenses

Post cards showing the amount
due for 1941 license plates will not
be forthcoming this year Captain
Frank Oswalt said Saturday.
The amount due was listed on
the 1910 white slips" he said. so
the cost of mailing post cards was
eliminated, resulting in a tremen-
dous saving to the state"
He declared that all car and
truck owners should take the white
slip to highway patrol headquar-
tiers when applying for 1941 license
plates. In case a transfer of owner
ship is involved, the motorist
should take both the pink and the
white slips with him when apply
ing for plates.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05

UII4eI IUI IIIt navy Dufedu OF aerO-
nauties.
Vinson said that he was disturbed
by discouraging reports of national
leaders and experts about defense
progress. He said he believed that
in nation noted for mass produc-
ton the constant keynote should
be speed and efficiency and not
delays.
Vinson and Chairman Andrew J.
May of the house military affairs
committee announced earlier this
week that they would begin sepa-
rate Investigations of the status
of the rearmament program.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
MOVIE ACTRESS
BECOMES MOTHER

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 4. 6UP) = A
daughter was born today to Jane
Wyman, blonde movie actress and
wife of actor Ronald Reagan, in
the Queen of the Angels hospital.
DIR, Robert Blackmun, her physi-
clan, said the actress and child
were doing very we'll"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05

Congress upon our reeommenda-
tion,' Vinson said. voted billions
of dollars for defense and the com
mittee is firmly resolved To see 10
it that the will of congress is car
ried with the greatest results poss-
ibie."
After hearing Towers the COM
mittee will receive testimony from
Rear Admiral Morren. chief of the
navy's bureau Of yards and docks.
r e ar Admiral Samuel Roblnaon
chief of the bureau of enRlneerl,,a.
Rear Admiral W Il. FurIong. chief
OF the bureau of ORDINANCES. ana
other naval officials.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
I'VE HAD AMNESIA'
MAN SAYS AT BRAWLEY

BRAWLEY. Jan. 4.-"I've had
amnesia since New Years and just
remembered who 1 am,' said Harold
c. Hutchinson, As, Palm Springs
resident. in police headquarters
here early today.
He askeG police to telephone his
family he was safe and to come and
get him.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
1000 BILLS DUE
IN LEGISLATURE

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 4. (UP)-
There is every indication that the
1941 legislature convening Monday
will be flooded with upwards Of
1000 bills and resolutions as in
1899, although there was the usual
ballyhoo today for a brief and bus
inesslike session.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
Cove. Charge

Cover Charge
Hershel (Curly) Marsh of Imper-
ial had heard about the high prices
On New Years eve elsewhere, but
he had never had such a taste of
them as he got at Indio.
En- route to Los Angeles with a
group of friends, Curly stopped off
at Indio for a bit of celebrating.
He wandered from one table to
another and finally ordered ham
sandwich. When the check came it
was for $12!
twelve bucks for a ham sand
Wich?' Curly moaned.
The waitress, framed by other
members of the party, had given
Curley the bill for several hours
entertainment
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-05
House to Probe
Defense DeIovs

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. (UP)-Chairman Carl Vnson
announced today that the house naval affairs committee
will begin widespread investigation of arplane and
ship construction next Tuesday
First witness will be Rear Admiral John H. Towers