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Evening star., 1941-06-13
Weddings of Interest
To Social Circles
In Nations Capital
Miss Barbara Sears Henning
Weds 1t. Thomas O'Connell
At Walter Reed Chapel

Walter Medical Center
Hnning and 1t Thomas Courenay oConn u A.
the Capital Is the
Tribune Washington and
Hnn the bridegroom the Ct Col and
A. OConnel U. A. of Fort Mcclellan, Ala.
Chaplain u. S. A, performed the
chief chapain the Rev. William Arnold
assisted.
bride escorted the altar by her father Her
neckne with tight pulled
the shoulder bodice and train fell from the full
dirnd skirt illusion fell from Juliet Of
Belgian lace trimmed blossoms Her only
was string Of sephanot
centered pure white orchids.
Bride Is Attended
BY Her Sister.
The brides Landon Head wife OF Capt Head OF Fort
Wrighson who made her debut the
attendants Mrs Head wore
with high necklne and long
full dlrnd MISS
the style
Evening star., 1941-06-13
Leave for Hanover

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Stafford
have left to spend the week end in
Hanover, N. H, where Mr.. Stafford
will attend the reunion of his ella 5
at Dartmouth.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-20
Ford Signs Closed
Shop Agreement

WASHINGTON. June 20 CUP)-
The Ford Motor Co. today signed a
union shop agreement with the
CLOS United Automobile Workers
union.
The contract covers all of the
10000 production and maintenance
workers at Ford plants throughout
the country.
The announcement of the agree
nient was made simultaneously by
Philip Murray, president of the
ClC, and Edsel Ford, president OF
the Ford Motor Co., and R. J.
Thomas president of the UAW.
The national labor relations
board announced complete settle
m!ent Of all cases involving the
Ford Motor company and the UAW
The union shop agreement will
permit the company to hire any
workers it desires, but will require
them to join the UAW within 80
days.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-20

FR Soys
Berlin Warned Of
u. S. Determination
To Guard Rights
BY LYLE G. WILSON

WASHINGTON, June 20.
(UP) - President Roosevelt
told congress today Germany
had tried to drive the United
States off the high seas by the
ruthless sinking of the steamer
Robin Moor, and proclaimed Amer
ica will not yield to such "outrag
eOuS and indefenSible" acts "of ar
international outlaw
The president, in special mes
sage to congress marked by strong
language, told Nazi Germany thai
"the United States will neither be
intimidated nor will it acquiesce ir
the plans for world domination
which the present leaders of Ger
many may have"
1--WE must take the sinking of the
Robin Moor as a warning to the
United States not to resist the
Nazi movement of world conquest"
the president said.
ut is a warning that the Uniteo
States may use the high seas OF
the world only with Nazi consent.
WILL NOT YIELD
Were we to yield on this we
would inevitably submit to world
domination at the hands of the
present leaders of the German Reicn
I'VE are not yielding and We do
not propose to yield
Using such terms as outrageous,
''indefensible,' brutality" 'interna.
tional outlaw" Mr.. Roosevelt de-
clared that this country will hold
Germany strictly accountable for
the destruction OF the Robin Moor
The American vessel was sunk by
submarine in the south Atlantic
May 81, and its 46 passengers anu
crew later were rescued.
Full reparatien for the losses
and damages suffered by American
nationals will be expected from the
German government Mr.. Roose-
Velt said.
The presidents message was COM
pletely unexpected until White
House Secretary Stephen T. Early
announced the move a few hours
before it actually was sent to con-
greSS.
Mr.. Roosevelt drafted it hastily,
comforting personally with under
secretary of State Sumner Welles
and by telephone with Secretary OF
State Cordell Hull who is resting
up at his hotel apartment following
a recent dilneSs.
INSISTS ON RIGHTS
The president thrust aside all
Continued on Page 6, Col q
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-20
School, Tax Boosts
Called 10 View in
Farm Bureau Study
Elementary Increases
1877 Per Cent in Five
Years, FOulds Notes

Elementary school tax lev
les in Imperial county in
Al over 1936-37 and high
creased 1877 per cent in 1910
school levies were up 38 per
cent above the same period Secre-
tary Scott B. Foulds of the Farm
Bureau announced Friday.
The increase was revealed in a
survey of comparative school costs
which Foulds began in 1886 ano
has made every year since.
THE average elementary school
rate for l940-41 is more than dou-
bic the average rate for 1867
FouldS said Part of this increase
is due to necessary repairs after the
earthquake of May 18, 1910 but
more of it is due to the tendency
to increase the lew since the state
tax law was changed to permit
school boards to levy up to 80 cents
Continued on Page 6: Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-20
70 More Men from !
Valley Join Draft
Army on Sunday Z !.
NOrthend Sends II With
Nine Going from
Southern Region

Twenty more men were
slated to leave Imperial Val
ley Sunday for a year of SER
vice in the army.
The northend board will
donate II men to the cause and the
southend nine. -
OF the southend's group, seven
are valley men and two are trans
fers from other boards. Their names
are: ..,
Leon F. Baker, Juan S. Diaz, John
L. Hodges, Robert B. Underwood,
Ira Marion Hearen, Mar j. Yuen,
Idell Jones, Charles Honable, and
Albert NJ. Gusman.
On July 6 the army will receive
another 34-man shot in the arm.
18 from the northend and Is from
the southend. ,...t,a.s
Meanwhile, questionnaires re-
turned to both southend and north
end boards in waves. The northend
board sent out its last questionnaires
Monday, meaning that every regis
trant within is jurisdiction had or
should nave received a question:
naire. The southend completed Us
QUESTIONABLE mailing a few days
later. Absolute deadline for return
ing questionnaires is Saturday and
for the southend Wednesday.
Men who have not received ques-
tionnaires, but who registered last
Oct. l6, were warned to contact
their, boards or face severe penal
ties.
Plans were completed for the new
July registration day when all
young men who have reached their
21st birthday since Oct. Is, 1910
must appear at various points in
Imperial Valley. State headquarters
announced that young men may
more or less pick and choose as
to the district N which they pre-
fer to register.
In case of men who spend part
OF their time in one section and
part in another, it is up to the reg
istrant to make his choice OF what
board will have jurisdiction over
him.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-20
Judge Rebukes
Valley Prisoners

Jack Roche of Holtville, who was
on the receiving end of a scathing
rebuke administered by Federal
Judge Ralph E. Jenney in San Diego
early this week, will be sentenced
to Jail and fined July for possess
ing and selling untaxed brandy in
his resort north of Holtville.
Federal and Imperial county Of
ficers testified against Roche.
Judge Jenney expressed the be-
lief that Roche lied on the witness
stand and had also lied to his coun-
sci. Jenney asked the U. S. attor-
neys office to determine whether
perjury indictments shall be brought
against some of Roche's witnesses
IN the case. A jury found Roche
guilty.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-20
KIink Cleaned Out
As Drunks Depart
Pending Repairs
Emptiness AffrOnts
Efforts to Improve
BastiiIe's Beauty

For the first time in about
two years the Ell Centre city
jail was empty Friday. Not
a single prisoner pined be-
hind the bars of the renovat-
ed bastille.
In way, this was a personal
affront to the authorities who only
this week decided to redecorate the
Continued on Page 6; Col. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-20

Yard officials said the missing
submarine carried two officers and
33 men.
The O19 was in company with
two sister submersibles. the O-8 and
O-10 when she submerged.
The %, out of New London,
Conn, is one of the oldest subma-
rineS in the service of the U. S.
navy.
The O-10, which first reported
that her sister ship was missing,
reported at mid-afternoon that the
rescue ship Fa;con and seven other
vessels were at the scene where the
O-9 submerged in $50 to 375 feet of
water.
One of the searching vessels, it
was reported, has located under
water sounds.
Scene of the sinking is east of
the Isles of Shoals, about u miles
off Portsmouth.
Of the Squalus' personnel of SO
men, 26 perished and 33 were res
cued dramatically by diving bell.
Assisting Capt. j. j. Brown in di-
recting today's search is Comdr. Al
len R. McCann, who also partici-
pated in the Squalus rescue and SAL
wage operations.
The O-9 displaces 480 tons, is 172
feet inches long, of 17la foot
beam, and 13-foot draft. She was
built in 1918, was Ge-commissioneo
in 1880 but recently restored to
service.
She carries four bow tubes and
eight 18-inch torpedoes. She was
built by the Bethlehem Steel Co.
The Falcon is equipped with the
latest rescue devices, including the
diving bell and recently improved
diving suits which permit men to
work at greater depths over longer
periods.
Waters where the O-9 submerged
were estimated to be from 10 to
1875 feet deeper than that in which
the SqualuS sank. Expert divers
converged on the scene, including
some Of the best from the diving
training station at Washington, and
second rescue boat was enroute
from New London, Conn.,, to aid the
Falcon.
Helium combined with compressed
air pumped from surface craft to
the divers was expected to aid con-
slderably in underwater work.
The 90 was equipped with an
escape hatch to which the diving
bell could be attached. 1t is nee
essary for divers to prepare the
matches for use of the bell and to
attach cables to the submarine to
direct the descent of the bell.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-20


space appeared at least to balance
the growing evidence OF strain on
Germany's relations with the two
major powers still outside the wal
Russia and the United States.
Admiralty figures, including an
upward revision of more than 100,-
900 tons in previous reports of loss
es for April, made evident thai
Britain is losing shipping at rate
far in excess of the present capac-
it,; of British and American ship
yards to replace it.
Britain's tonnage losses for the
three months of spring-bulged by
the sinkings incurred in the Greek
and Crete campaigns-are running
per year, exclusive of ships put
out of operation for weeks or months
because of damage which failed to
sink them.
ESTIMATES GScC,IY
President Roosevelt estimated
two weeks ago the combined capac-
ity of Anglo American yards coulo
not build more than half as many
ships as are being sunk at the pres
ent rate. Some estimates indicate
replacement, at last until the huge
expansion of American shipyards
now under way comes into produc-
ton, will no. equal so per cent OF
British losses.
Some encouragement, however.
was offered by a prediction from
an authoritative source that June
sinkings are expected to show con-
siderable improvement. The same
source reported that, with the aid
of former American destroyers and
coast guard cutters and new British
built corvettes and destroyers, con-
siderable success has been achieved
Continued on Page 6; Column u
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-20
BY UNITED PRESS

A strike threatened Friday to
paralyze construction of the $14,-
100000 Curtis Wright airplane plant
at Columbus, o. .N E. =
AFL building trades workers an
nounced they would strike unless
non-union employees installing tele-
phone equipment were withdrawn
from the project. No deadline was
set for the Walkout.
The dispute developed Thursday
when more than $50 AFL electric
ians left their jobs to protest against
employment of the non-union work.
ers. The Ohio Bell Telephone COM
pany rejected union demands and
the building trades workers ap-
pealed to the office of production
management. The company con-
tended the union could not supply
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-20
Rubber Rationins Order
Cuts Civilian Supplies

WASHINGTON, June 20 CUP)-
The government moved today to
control all imports of rubber and
ration it to manufacturers produc-
ing automobile tires and thousands
of civilian consumer items.
The office o. production man
agement announced it will reduce
the amount of rubber given to pro-
cessors for civilian production
This means a reduction in the
output of automobile tires, inner
tubes, boots, shoes. garden hose,
gloves, flooring, nipples. bathing
suits and caps, washers, gaskets
and approximately 10000 other con-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-20
Suspect Hostage
For Witnesses

NEW YORK, June 20 up
George E. Browne, president of
the international Alliance of
Theatrical Stage Employees (AFL)
was admitted to $4,000 bail in
federal court today with the ad-
mOnition he would be sent to
Jail if anything happened to wit
nesseS scheduled to testify against
him in an eXtortiOn trial set fOI
Aug. IS.
Browne, vice president of the
American Federation of Labor.
and William BiOff, convicted
rander and west coast chieftan
Of the alliance, are accused Of
conspiracy to extort $3.50, 600
frcm four film companies with
threats to strike $4,000 men and
women in their studios.
Assistant United States AttOr-
ney Matthias +. COrrea told Judge
Edward A. COnger the govern
ment had reason to be serious
ly concerned over the safety
of witnesses here and in Chicago
and Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-20
STRIKE HITS
PLANE PLANT

experienced workmen but the union
said it's members had been hired
by Bell affiliate on a similar pro-
ject at Cincinnati.
1t was said that Thursdays walk
out did not affect general construc-
tion, which was reported 80 per cent
complete.
The labor department at Wash
ington announced settlement of two
construction strikes at Baton Rouge,
La. involving 400 AFL building trades
workers, the Stone and Webster
engineering company and the Kel-
log Construction company.
A tentative settlement, announced
by the department, averted walk
out of $50 United Mine, Mill and
Smelter Workers (CIO) at the
Moundsville, Va, plant of the
United Zinc. Corp.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-20
Few Ballot in
BrawIey Election

BRAWELY, June 20 (UP) - Less
than 100 persons had voted at l
pm. today at the election called
to permit residents to express heir
opinion on a proposed 100000 bond
issue for rebuilding the city hall,
library, and fire hall
Voting was slow during the
morning at the three precincts in
the city but officials expected the
interest to increase during the later
afternoon and early evening. The
money was needed, officials said to
replace the buildings damaged in
the earthquake of May l8, 1910.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-20
'Dedih Sentence
Comnuted; Terrier
Going Into Army
Court Saved Life of
Dog Doomed by Will
OF Late Mistress

OAKLAND, CAL, June 20.
(UP)-Rowdy, a white and
tan fox terrier whom Supe-
rior Judge T. w. Harris saw
ed from a death bequest in
the will of his mistress, will join
the army air corps as a mascot.
Judge Harris last night ordered
Mrs. Barbara Nelson Of San Fran
cisco, who took Rowdy for a walk"
the day he was to be killed. and
kept him for week, to turn the dog
over to Frank Paramino, Rowdy's
special, court appointed admins
traitor
Paramino promised to keep Rowdy
at his home until the will of the
late Mrs. Clara Edgarton is probat-
ed. Immediately after which he will
release him to technical Sgt. Alfred
L. BOWcS VI IldiiiAVoiA AASN' O'
Paramino led Rowdy off on a
leash, ending a week OF controversy
during which thousands had joined
a "Rowdy defense committee" and
the navy, army and marine corps
had fought for him. He was prom
ised a can of dog food day for the
rest of his life, and scores wanted
him for a pet.
Mrs. Edgarton, who died recently
in Illinois while visiting relatives,
had a clause in her will which SAID
he must be executed "painlessly'
SO he would not be lonely and
friendless. Mrs. Edgarton picked
him up five years ago when he was
a cfyaV
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-20

her on a party year ago. DR.. Muir
rell thought she should be avenged,
and made a whip of leather thongs,
bound to a stout oak handle.
Caldwell testified DR.. Murrell in
vited him to the teachers cabin,
but as soon as he entered, Dr. Muir
rell drew the shades, pulled a pistol
from his pocket, and told him to
take off his shirt and lie on the
floor Caldwell said Miss Keith and
Miss Rhoads took turns whipping
him for as minutes.
Miss Rhoads filed criminal assault
charges against Caldwell, but with
drew them.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-20

the valley, almost 100 carloads
ahead of the total for this date
last year. The market was steady
for best grade watermelons but
slow for ordinary grade Klondikes
and stripes 16 to 20 pound average
were quoted at $2750 to $3.50
a ton with a few larger quoted
higher Last year the market was
$3.50 to $50 a ton.
Total cantaloupe, honeyball, and
honeydeW shipments to date totaled
4,05l carloads as compared to last
years total on a similar date, A.
267. The market was quoted at
$1.50 to $165 for standard ASS and
jumbo Sos.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-20

She heard the verdict without visi-'
BILE emotion, and Circuit Judge
Charles Jackson fined her $100 anc
court costs.
Miss Keith contended that she
was forced to flog Max Caldwell, %.
a former high school athlete, now
employed in pool room, by Dr.
Robert Murrell, an osteopath, who
is engaged to her room mate, Miss
Hilda Rhoads, 26. Miss Rhoads and
Miss Keith are the only teachers
in the little Usage Beach, Mo-,
school.
When DR.. Murrell proposed to
Miss Rhoads, she was said to have
confessed to him Caldwell assaulted
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-20

In history. Supplies now In the
hands of tire dealers. it was said.
also are at high level"
However the production divi-
sion said, control is felt to be nee
essary because of shipping uncer-
tainties and the need OF building
adequate stockpiles as soon az pos
sible."
The OPM also revealed that II
has received proposals from western
steel companies which would In
crease their productive capacity by
lo56O00 tons at cost Of $1,000
100000.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-20
Body Of Woman
Found in River

The body of an unidentified wo-
man was found Friday morning
floating in the Colorado river near
the Mexican border.
Yuma and Imperial Valley Of
ficers went to Wnterhaven to as
SiSt in identification and ascertain
other facts in connection with the
discovery.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-20

sumner items for the duration of the
emergency.
1t was believed price control Ad-
ministrator Leon Henderson would
act to keep prices from rising as
a result of the curtailment.
The rubber rationing program
will be handled by the OPMs pri-
critics division, the office of price
administration and civilian supply
and the rubber reserve company, an
RFC subsidiary.
The CPM emphasized there is no
rubber shortage at the present
time Imports are at highest rates
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-20
Oink, Oink-

Oink, Oink-
Coming so sudden-like, the as
signment had Mrs. Bill Seibert
stopped cold.
1t was during home department
meeting that the members were re-
laxing with a bit of fun, calling
upon one another for various per
formances" 1t was suggested that
MRS. Seibert "grunt like a pig!
Now that might seem simple
enough, but on similar occasions
RR can recall getting so excited
as not to know his own name so
Mrs. Seibert has our complete SYM
pathy.
After a couple of false starts,
she got an idea.
Hold everything for minute!'
sshe said and went outside the house
to collar her young son. There was
a whispered consultation during
which the puzzled boy relayed the
necessary noises and Mrs. Seibert
returned to give dandy imitation.
Now RR has no idea what the
boys reaction was, but somehow we
can't imagine him doing anything
else except walking away shaking
his head muttering:
"These womenl Don't they do the
darndeSt thingS!"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-20
Woman BoInbardier
Arrives in London

LONDON, June 90 (UP)- Jac-
queline Cochran, the first woman to
fly a bomber from North America
to Great Britain, arrived today. She
said she had "a wonderful trip
without incident and in perfect
weather.
She said her only companion ch
the flight was Bomber Captain G.
Carlisle.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-20

Dy WA.
These statements, Adams said.
criticized members of the senate
and house as "grafters and tories
and condemned the WPA as rid
died with graft. favoritism and
politics"
The size of the appropriations
will make it necessary for the WPA
to eliminate federal work relief
in half of the nations counties with
in 80 days.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-20
His Were Safe

Young Charles Ray Scroggs COM
pleted business deal not long ago
with Bill Gray during which the
ownership of two of the formers
rabbits was transferred, but the
rabbits did not change hands.
You keep them for me, will
your" Bill asked and Charles ac-
quiesced.
Not long thereafter Charles came
back from a visit to the rabbit
huhtch and announced:
That's certainly TOO bad. Bills
rabbits are gone. Must have run
away"
His father, Pervis Scroggs, ques-
toned:
How do you know that the miss
ing rabbits were Bill's?"
, Well" said the boy, I counted
mine and they were all there"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-20
Teacher Guilty
Of fFIog9ins Man

CAMDENTON, Mo, June 20. lUP)-Aidythea Ke1tH
g. school teacher today prepared to ask for new trla
after being convicted Of lashng husky youth accused o.
raping her room mate.
Jury found her guilty of common assault last night
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-20

to spend the funds in eight months
instead of II. The other sought to
strike out a house provision pro-
hloiting use of the funds to pay the
salary of David LASER, WPA admin
lStratlve employe who formerly
headed the Workers Alliance.
LASER, whose job pays $4,000 a
year, listened in the gallery as Sen
Alva B. Adams, D., Colo, denounced
him for statements he said LASER
had made prior to his employment
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-20
, 4Ms5!xs 4s@s4ts
New Name For 'em-

indicative of the agricultural
training Gf any of a Post-Press
wantad taker was this prize boner
P. T. Martin telephoned in an
advertisement concerning the sale
of several heifers. The Wantad takel
confused a word or two and it came
up:
". first, second, and third
class heifers :"
The word calf, of course, was mis-
taken for class. Now Martin is try
ing to figure out what in thunder
is a third class heifer"!
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-20
Senate Approves.
Slash i'm Relief.

WASHINGTON, June 20. (UP) - The senate today
passed and returned to the house the $9369OOOO relief
Dill Tor the next fiscal after brief fight over two
amendments offered by Sen. James E. Murray d. Mont
Both amendments were rejected by voice vote One
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-20
US. SUB SINKS IN SQUALUS GRAVEYARD
DO Ha.s Knou

:. that white mans first dis
covery Of California was made
in whai, is now Imperial county?
Ante-datine Csbrillo's landing
on the California coast was de
Alarcon's discovery Of Califor-
MIA when h e landed on the
banks Of The Colorado river in
what is now imperial county.
Hst>a Rnas About
A'4aeaiol WaMex!'
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-20
British Confess
HuQe SEQ Losses
Admiralty Revelation Overshadows
New Reports Of Brewing Russo-German
Crisis; Submarine Menace Spotsh+ed
BY UNITED PRESS

Great Britain Friday admitted the Naz bitz has
sent more 100000 of shipping to the bottom IL
each month since March l.
This revelation of the terrific drain which is
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-20
Shi piping Peak
II eur for Melons
Market Steady as WatenmeIons. 'Can+s
Roll from Valley in Growing Stream;
Prices Generally Over I940 Season

Imperial Valley melon shipments neared the peak for
the Friday with 173 carloads of mixed mel
and 26 carloads of watermelons heading for dining
tables throughout the nation
Thus far this season 636 carloads of waermelons left
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-20
90 Goes Down
With 81 Aboard;
Rescue Started
World War Submarine. Recommissioned
For Emergency Service. Feared Lost;
Searchers Locate Underwater Sounds

PORTSMOUTH, N. H., June 20 (UP) = The United
States submarine 90 has been missing since she submerged
in routine dive at 1896 (EDT) off the Isles of
Shoals where the submarine Squalu sank two years
it announced at Portsmouth navy yard this after