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Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-21


the girls story was true. She said
he grabbed her when she ventured
into the drain Saturday afternoon,
dragged her deep into the cata-
combs, and attacked her. McCurdy
was booked for juvenile authorities
on suspicion of kidnapping and as
sault.
After treatment at the city emer-
gency hospital, the girl was return
ed to her parents. She was not in
serious condition.
Margaret and two playmates went
into the storm drain while on a
picnic at Washington Park. The
other two youngsters ran back and
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-21

able for other purposes, relieving
demands upon the supply of virgin
aluminium.
Housewives were cautioned against
contributing any utensils that would
have to be replaced Immediately.
Miss Harriet Elliot, director of the
consumers division of OpM, also
said that scrap aluminium should
not be given unauthorized coli
lectors.
Administrator Fiorello n. La
Guardia of the office OF civilian
defense. has arranged for an army
of 100000 collectors, including boy
scouts and legionnaires, operating
through $4,000 state and local COM
mittees.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-21
Chan Livingston
Called 10 Service

Chan Livingston of Ell Centre, first
of the World War veterans to be
called from the Reserve Officers
association, will report at March
Field for active duty Tuesday.
He is a lieutenant in the quarter
masters reserve and will be induct-
ed into active service when he ar
rives at March Field. He is the
18th valley man to be called from
the reserve but those called before
were not World War veterans.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-21

The dramatic daylight raid came
only little more than three hours
after great fleet of British planes
had a five hour raid on the de-
fenses which thousands of German
troops are building urgently along
the French coast apparently in the
belief that Britain may attempt an
invasion
During the night also the bomber
command had made a raid in force
on the Rhineland and had bombed
docks at Rotterdam.
The air ministry said the bomber
command planes made a sustained
attack on Cologne and started large
fires in industrial areas.
Fighter planes attacked German
airdromes in France throughout the
night, it was added.
INDUSTRIES HIT
In the daylight attack on French
occupied territory today heavy
bombing planes with strong fighter
escorts attacked industrial targets
in the Lille area
At least five German fighter
planes were destroyed during the
raids and four British fighter planes
were missing.
At 8:15 am. (2:15 am. EDIT the
British daylight raiders began rae
ing over toward Calais. Soon it was
Continued on Page g. Col. 60
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-21
FDR Asks Congress For
Emergency Proclamation
D 4Ms!!Ns A.n!M!s
II EpoRTER
HOrseshOes Next

HOrseshOes Next
Instead of fishing, Bill Clements
Joe Paulson, and Sam T. Marshall
hereafter will devote their time to
croquet when visiting at Morena
lake.
They gave up fishing and took
up croqueting when their combined
catch for the weekend was -four
fish
RR would like to suggest that the
trio be given handicap on each
game of croquet. Otherwise they
might strain their muscles.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-21
State Guard to
Meet Wednesday

All persons interested in estab-
lishment of the State Guard unit
in Imperial county will meet at the
county fair grounds at Imperial at
8 p. m. Wednesday to complete re-
cruiting arrangements.
Recruiting still is going forward
rapidly, District Attorney Elmer
Heald said Monday, with men sign
ing up in every town in the county.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-21
Safety First

Safety First
Forrest Manley and his small
daughter Gale had a great time or
the beach at Coronado Sunday.
While they built sand forts, the
sun poured down on them. Manley
was generous with vinegar, sprin-
king Gale with it and smearing
himself -. all but his bald head.
He wrapped that up in a towel
like a Turk. He couldn't run any
chances.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-21

WASHINGTON, July 21
(UP) President Roosevelt
asked congress today to de
clare a full or limited ma
tional emergency as a means
of retaining selectees and national
guardsmen in active service for the
duration of the emergency.
In a message to congress, the ma
ton and the whole world, MI
Roosevelt warned that America S
army would begin to disintegrate
within the next two months unless
congress acts.
He said that the responsibility
now rests soley with the congress
The danger confronting the Unit
ed States today is infinitely great
err than it was a year ago when
congress enacted the selective law
Mr.. Roosevelt said.
II am. not asking the congress
for specific language in a specific
BILL he said. But can say frank
ly that I hope the congress will
acknowledge this national emer-
gency either for a specific period
or until revocation by the congress
or the president"
ELIMINATE LIMITS
He also asked that congress elm
mate the provision which limits
to 100000 the number of selectees
who may be inducted into the arm
ed forces in any one year.
Because of the sWiftness of mod
ern events, I think the congress
should also remove the restrictions
in regard to the numbers of selec-
tees inducted each year for train
ing and service" he said.
He urged congress to instruct
employers to hold open the jobs
of men who have been held in the
army.
The president further promised
w oiaCi Vic lClIlll W clNllldil ll4S
of Officers and men whose reten-
ton on active duty would impose
undue hardship and that selectees
and enlisted men of the national
guard, who have reached the age
of %, be transferred from active
service to reserve component as
rapidly as possible"
The presidents message was read
in both houses of congress shortly
after noon.
APPEAL TO PUBLIC
1t was a move without precedent.
Mr.. Roosevelt was asking reluc-
tant congress for the necessary leg
islation, but he was going directly
to the mass of American citizens.
Radio networks were rebroad-
casting the message to the entire
world by short wave, and later will
rebroadcast it by beam in six for
eign languages.
"One final word Time counts"
Mr.. Roosevelt said "Within two
months disintegration, which would
follow failure to take congressional
action, will commence in the arm
les of the United States. Time
counts. The responsibility rests sole
ly with the congress.
BY proclaiming an emergency,
either limited or unlimited, con-
Continued on Page 6; Col. D
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-21
America Launches S
Pot-Pdn Parade

WASHINGTON July 21. (UP)-A national house to-
house canvass begins today to collect estimated 20O0O
900 pounds of scrap aluminium needed for the production
of warpanes and other defense weapons.
Housewives will strip their kitchens of unneeded pots,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-21
'Unendin9 Stream
Of Planes Spills q
Death on Europe
Craft Fly in All Dire c+ions, at All
Alti+ud es to Blast Germans Preparing
Defense Against Invasion by British

LONDON, July 21 (UP)-Swarms of British planes
raced over Dover Strait today to make one of the great
est daylight raids the French invasion coast and
the sky seemed filled with bombing and fighter planes fly
ing in all directions and at all attitudes down chimney
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-21
Farmers Battle
Hot Cargo Move

Associated Farmers of Imperial county Monday started
plans to block movement to suspend operation of the
ho cargo and secondary boycott bill which recently pass
ed over the governors Veto
eve informed that the Teamsters union persuaded
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-21
Berlin Says Red
Units Crushed
By UNITED PRESS

The Nazi uftwaffe pounded heavily at Russian front
line troops Monday and German claimed six Soviet
divisions have been crushed and others face annhlaton
because of encrclement. However, neither Berlin Mos
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-21
Girl Imprisoned
I'm Drain Tunnel

PASADENA, Cal July q. (UP)-Police held ID
yearod boy today charging he kept 12yearod Margaret
Ann Vail captive in storm drain II hours while posse
of SO officers searched the miles drain tunnels
running beneath the city. Alfred Henry McCurdy, the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-21
BASEBALL
NATIONAL.

Pittsburgh - 003 OBI 002-8-11-1
Brooklyn .......... Oil DOL 000-3-10-0
Heintzelman and Lopez; Kimball,
Tamulis, Brown and owen.
(Only game scheduled in either
league.)
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-21
Little Fishie In A Brook

Remember -Ierb Gerrish of the
immigration border patrol? Since
he left Imperial Valley and wen.
to live on the coast he has had
every kind of boat from a canoe
to a cabin cruiser. He was boat con-
scious with a vengeance.
Now he is almost through with
boats. He has gone in for trout
fishing. When last seen he was
rolling troutstreamWard in a station
wagon equipped along the lines OF
sea going craft.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-21
TEMPERATURES

Maximum Sun. lis; Minimum
Mon. 81; p. m. Sun. 80, hum. 2g
a. m. Sun. 80, Hum. SO. Noon Mon.
108, Hum. %.
l.. A. Hay u. s. NO. l 1913;
u. S. No. 2 leafy /. v. S16.50- 1850.
No. 2 S14.5O- 1850; Mpls. Sept flax
$1.84A.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-21

Old Sol gave him a hotfoot.
Army Practice
We have a couple of heel and
toers in our midst. It's fact. Hans
Merklein and John Kearney non-
plused the tourists at Grand Can
yon and in Yosemite with their
walking ability.
They walked down the seven miles
of the Kaibab trail to the bottom
of the Grand Canyon, slept on the
sand without coats or blankets, and
then back up the IL mile Bright
Angel trail to the top. They were
only 80 minutes behind the mules
on the return trip. The easterners
and middle Westerners marveled a.
the fortitude and walking ability
of these hardy Westerners.
Hans and John only sneered at
the one hour hike to the bottom of
Bryce canyon, saying that was for
kids and old ladies. They, as he
men hiker upper and downers would
have none of it.
Up the ledge trail to Glacier peak
went Hans and John in two hours.
They hiked back down in one hour
and As minutes. A record or some
thing.
1t must be wonderful to be like
that.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-21

It's Peculiar
And speaking of immigration bor
der patrolmen, Chief Dick WE'LL
sunburned his feet while on a beacl
party this weekend.
Old Sol gave him hotfoot.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-21
: Retuin
1roop ps.;
Plea
President Warns
Bre akup Facing
Armed Forces

WASHINGTON, July q.
(UP) = President Roosevelt
asked congress today to de-
clare a full or limited ma
tional emergency as a means
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-21

Ell. CENTRO BUSINESS
BAROMETER
Evening star., 1941-07-09
Policeman Acquitted
Of Assault Charges

The Police Trial Board today ac-
quilted Policeman j. P. Miller OF
the ninth precinct of charges OF
assaulting 15-year-old Charles Cow
ington, 631 F street NE. in arrest
ing the youth in front of the Ullne
Ice Arena last April 8.
The board handed down its de-
cision shortly before noon after
hearing one additional witness, who
was unable to appear at the first
hearing last week. He was Harold
Snyder, a friend of young Coving-
ton.
SNYDER said the officer arrested
Covington as he, Covington, and
another boy we're walking past the
arena on their way home. He ad-
mitted he did not see Officer Miller
strike the youth. but said that
Covington told him later at the
ninth precinct that the policeman
had hit him in the mouth and
broken a tooth.
Covington had testified that he
was struck in a taXicab en- route
to the station house and assaulted
again at the precinct. The officer
denied the charges.
Members of the trial board were
Inspector Maurice Collins, chair
man; Assistant Corporation Counsel
James w. Lauderdale and Capt
Hugh H. Groves of the 18th pre-
cinct. Covington was represented
by Attorney John ODea, and Po-
liceman Miller by David A. Hart
former assistant United States at
torney.
Evening star., 1941-07-09
Soup Box Derby
| Facts in Brief

What: A coaster car race
for boys from II to IS years of
age, inclusive, sponsored by
The Star, in cooperation with
the District of Columbia De-
partment, American Legion.
More than 200 boys will compete
for scores of awards. topped by
the NJ. E. Coyle Trophy and
chance to represent Washing
ton in the national finals, Au-
gust II, in Akron, Ohio.
When: Saturday, beginning at
10 am. with a band concert
and short parade. Racing will
continue through the afternoon
after a noontime intermisslon.
Where: Pennsylvania avenue
Sc. over a 1,000-foot course
between Texas avenue and Car
penter street.
Spectators: Public telephones,
refreshment stands, comfort
stations and first aid facilities
will be provided. There will be
ample parking space on streets
near the course. Nearby park
areas will be suitable for picnic
lunches during intermission.
The limited supply of grand
stand tickets will be exhausted
by allotments to families of
contestants. but plenty OF
standing room along the course
will be available.
Evening star., 1941-07-09
|Parent-Te Teacher
Congress Fights
Milk Price Hike
Rains End Danger
Of Fodder Shortage,
Officials Are Told

The District Congress of Parents
and Teachers has filed protest with
the Commissioners against any in
crease in the price of milk in the
city, it was learned today.
The protest took the form of a
memorandum to the city heads and
officials of the Health Department
describing the proposed increase
of l cent a quart as "unwarranted"
According to the best information
available, the PIT. A. leaders said,
recent rains have removed the pros
pect of fodder shortage for cattle
which milk producers advanced as a
reason for the increase.
Adopted by Executive Committee.
The letter of protest was adopted
by the Executive Committee of the
congress.
I'VE believe that the price now
received for milk in this area and
which has prevailed for long time
past. is adequate to justly and fairly
compensate all those properly en-
titled to share therein" the men,
orandum declared. I'VE assert that
upon our best information and be-
lief. the said price is higher than in
all but eight cities in the United
States: that the producers here
should accept the present rate and
rely on it to bring about an increase
in the consumption of milk, thereby
tending to reduce the amount OF the
present surplus and with the natural
increase in receipts therefrom, be
content with the amount of profits
accruing to them"
Membership Put at $4,000.
The memorandum puts the mem
bership of the congress at 1921 &C
credited members and calls attention
to the activities of the group in get
ting milk for needy families. 1t de-
nies the population influx caused by
the expanding national defense pro-
gram is reason to advance the milk
price.
Proposal to increase the price OF
milk through increased payment to
the milk producers of the local milk
shed was one of several proposed
changes in the local Federal milk
marketing order on which the De-
partment of Agriculture held recent
hearings The matter is currently
pending before the Secretary OF
Agriculture.
Evening star., 1941-07-09
Library Of Congress,
Gets Collection
OF KipIing Items
Material Presented
By Widow of
w. M. Carpenter

The outstanding Kipling collec-
ton of the late William Montelle
Carpenter of Evanston, Ill, has been
presented to the Library Of Congress
by his widow.
The collection has been placed in
the rare book department, where
it will serve as a lasting memorial
to Mr.. Carpenter.
Archibald MacLeish, Librarian OF
Congress, pointed out that Mr. Car
penter, who was only a year
younger than Kipling. spent more
than 40 years assembling the COL
lection. Mr. Carpenters interest
in the English author began in
1888 when he bought a copy Of the
pirated edition of Plain Tales From
the Hills"
The material includes autograph
manuscripts of kipling's stories and
poems, original letters and sketches
corrected galley proofs, photo
graphs, cartoons, magazine articles
and stories and first and later edi-
tions of all the works.
Perhaps the most interesting OF
the many autographed manuscripts
is the first draft of "MoTgli' S
Brothers, the first of the jungle
stories. 1t covers II folio pages
and is inscribed at the top of the
first page: Susan Bishop from
Rudyard Kipling, Feb. 1893" Susan
Bishop. it was learned. was a girl
hood friend of Mrs. Kipling ano
attended her at the birth OF hel
first child, Josephine. in 1892, while
the Kiplings were living at Brattle-
boro, VT.
Evening star., 1941-07-09

make minor changes at the school.
Safety is the watchword, and we are
determined to repeat last years no
accident record
Among the cars unloaded at the
INSPECTION center during the second
day of hauling was that Of Billy
Warner, 13. II Pine street, College
Heights. Md, last years Derby
runnerup.
Plans for Course Completed.
Special care was taken by the
truckers. in order not to damage the
covering or framework of the racers.
The cars. although sturdily built for
the most part, would have been
unable to stand up under rough ham
ding. They were placed on end,
dashed to the inside walls of NOV
ing van and padded heavily.
Plans for physical arrangements
in the course area were completed
yesterday when Maj. Ernest w.
Brown. superintendent of police;
Traffic Director William A. VanDuzer
and Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, District
director of highways, assembled at
Pennsylvania avenue and Carpen-
ter street Sc. with a group of as
sistants. Marking of lanes for the
racing, provision of public convent
ences and diversion of traffic during
the Derby program were among the
matters discussed.
watch The Star for Derby NelCS J
Evening star., 1941-07-09
Senate Unit 10 Consider
Suffrage Plea Tomorrow

A Senate subcommittee consider
ing Washington's plea for suffrage
will meet at 10 am. tomorrow in
stead of Friday, Chairman McCar-
ran announced today
The hearings were completed two
months ago and tomorrow's closed
meeting will try to reach a deci-
sion. Senator McCarran has given
no indication of his own leanings.
This meeting will offer the first op-
portunity the subcommittee men,
bers have had to exchange views. The
other members of the subcommittee
are Senators Connally of Texas and
Kilgre of West Virginia, Demo-
Gratis; Norris, independent, of Ne
braska, and Austin, Republican, Of
Vermont.
The pending proposition is the
Capper-Sumners proposed consti-
tutional amendment to confer on
Congress the power to grant the
District voting representation in the
House, Senate and electoral college,
as well as to establish any degree
Of local seK-government Congress
may deem adviHPle.
Evening star., 1941-07-09
Lord and Lady Halifax See
Neiohborho0d House

Lord and Lady Halifax yesterday
inspected the Barney Neighborhood
House, 470 N street SW., and
watched children from S to Is
years old engaged in vacation
school activities.
They were accompanied by the
head resident, Miss Margaret Bell
Merrill, and the president of the
board of trustees, Mrs. George C.
Thorpe. The British Ambassador
expressed interest in the day
nursery where a number of chill
dren were playing.
Franklin Arthur, IA, of 474 N
street S.W., presented Lord Hall
fax with a model ox-cart filled with
Carolina pine, saying it symbolized
fuel to keep the fires of Britain
burning.
Dolores Naylor, Is, of 921 Sixth
street S.W., gave Lady Halifax a
knitting bag which had been
woven on the settlement loom.
Lady Halifax spoke briefly to the
children in the assembly room.
Evening star., 1941-07-09
Many Are Reported
Stocking Up on Coal

Individuals and heads of business
concerns are stocking up in advance
on their coal supplies for the future.
reports reaching the Merchants e.
Manufacturers Association indicate.
officials believe it is due partly
to apprehension about future de-
liveries and partly to an appeal of
the Bituminous Coal Commission
to buy now" so the railroads will
be free later to haul other defense
materials.
Edward D. Shaw, secretary of the
Merchants & Manufacturers ASSo-
citation, said "the people know they
can get coal now and they don't
know how it's going to be later. It's
partly a question of transportation;
the railroads can haul it now, but
they may be loaded down later with
movement of manufactured goods
and raw material for the defense
program"
He said members of his organiza-
ton in the fuel business had re-
ported increased sales this summer.
Fuel oil also is being purchased in
unusually large quantities for the
season, 1t was said.
Evening star., 1941-07-09
Posters Go On Display
Telling How Shopper
Can Save on Gasoline
Customers Are Asked
To Garry Their Small
Packages Home

| How the shopper can aid in the
| conservation of gasoline in the Dis
trict, in the current campaign to
save sufficient amounts to make
| compulsory restrictive measures un-
necessary, Is described today in
posters being displayed in depart
ment and speciality stores.
Customers are requested to carry
all small packages home in order
to reduce gasoline consumption by
delivery trucks. The Merchants &
| Manufacturers Association an
nounced it was distributing such
display cards to stores affiliated
with the association. The card
states:
Aid national defense. Save gaso-
line. Please take small packages
with you. District of Columbia
Petroleum Conservation Commit
tee"
Circulars Sent to 16 Governors.
Meanwhile, circulars embodying
the Districts gasoline conservation
program were distributed by Secre-
tary of Interior Ickes to the Gov
errors of 16 Eastern States-Maine,
New Hampshire. Massachusetts,,
Rhode Island. Connecticut, New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida and Vermont.
Mr.. Ickes said the essential prob
lem is one of transportation. The
transfer OF so tankers to the British
shuttle service and the diversion of
others to the use of the American
Navy has made heavy inroads on
the Atlantic Coasts customary
means of receiving petroleum. prod
ucts," he pointed out.
Edward D. Shaw, secretary of the
M. & NJ, wrote to Mai. Beverly C..
Snow, chairman of the District
Petroleum Conservation Committee,
that it was the desire of the mer-
chants to cooperate III the cam
paign and conserve gasoline.
Deliveries to Be Cut.
supply dealers group of the M. &
M. notified Maj. Snow that be-
ginning July u no deliveries of
building materials would be made
! on Saturdays. Notices have been
sent out to all members of the
group who have voiced willingness
to join in the conservation drive.
Store customers are urged to need
these suggestions for saving gaso-
line:
Notify stores of times when de-
liveries can be received, so as to
avoid return trips avoid having
many articles sent out on trial when
you expect to keep but one or two;
avoid unnecessary return of articles;
give advance notice when ordering
coal and oil, to permit efficient truck
routing, and avoid calls for night
deliveries.
Evening star., 1941-07-09

remarked. but he did not know her
new name The soldier said his
mothers sister also lived in WASH
ington, but he did not know her
married name either.
Mrs. Sidney Laudermilk. 1922
North Livingston street, Arlington,
Va, the boys aunt, read the article
about Pvt. Willis in The Star. AS q
result he not only found his mother,
but also his grandmother, Mrs. P. T.
Johnson; two aunts, Mrs. Lauder
milk and Miss Myrtle johnson. and
two uncles, Robert and Hugh
Johnson
The Willises are natives of Chase
City, Va. Mrs. Lewis said she too
had been searching for her son.
Evening star., 1941-07-09

An 18-year-old Army private and
his mother were reunited today at
the new Arlington Recreation Gen.
ter after a separation of seven years.
during which neither mother nor
son knew the whereabouts of the
other.
The reunion was brought about
when the mother, Mrs. Earl johnson
Willis Lewis, read an article in last
Sundays Star, in which it was re-
ported Pvt. Clarence Willis was
looking for his mother. whom he
knew lived in Washington, but
whose name he did not know.
Pvt. Willis, recently transferred
to the recreation center from Fort
George Meade, said his mother had
Evening star., 1941-07-09
Girl and Boy Injured
In Traffic Accidents

Clarice McCoatny, 16, of 37O5
Eastern avenue NE, suffered bruises
and a slight head injury when a
car in which she was a passenger
was in a collision last night at
Bladensburg road and Montana
avenue NE. She was treated at
Casualty Hospital.
Twelve-year-old Clyde Embrey,
635 H street S.W., was treated at
Providence Hospital for a possible
fracture of the jaw and cuts about
the face received when an automo-
bile struck the push wagon in which
he was riding near his home yester-
day.