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Evening star., 1941-03-31
Firemen to Initiate %
At Exercises TONIGHT

Twenty-three members of the Sill
yer Spring (Md) Volunteer Fire De-
partment who have joined in the
last two years will be initiated at
special exercises at 7:30 o'clock to-
night in the firehouse.
1t. Horace Lineberger of the Met
ropolitan Police Department, Wash
ington, will conduct the exercises.
Charles Fisher of the fire depart
ment Is general chairman. Other
members of the committee are Earl
Culver, Charles Defhnbaugh, Wall
lace Alden, Leonard Peter and Ed
ward Day.
The exercises will be open only to
members of county volunteer fire de-
partments.
Evening star., 1941-03-31
Charles Sterett Grason,
Former Legislator, Dies
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEONARDTOWN, Md, March 81.
Charles Sterett Grason, former
Maryland legislator, who died Sat-
urday at his home near Beachville,
was to be buried today in Trinity
Church Cemetery following services
at the church in st. Marys City.
Widely known in the State, Mr..
Grason represented st. Marys
County for a number of years, first
as a delegate and later as Senator
in the Maryland Legislature. He
was a former president of st. Marys
Female Seminary Board of Trustees.
His home, Cross Manor, is said
to be Maryland's oldest brick house.
He was a grandson of the late Gov.
Grason of Maryland.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Rose Ellicot Grason. and two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Marie Cruett and Miss
Dorothy Grason.
Evening star., 1941-03-31
Silver Spring Gardeners
To Meet Wednesday

The Silver Spring (Md) Garden
Club will meet jointly with the East
Sligo Valley Citizens Association
Wednesday at 1880 pm. at the Dis
pensary Building for program to
be staged by the garden group.
Col William H. England. former
president of the Potomac Rose SO.
ciety and of the Takoma Horticul-
tural Club, will talk on roses. A
colored motion picture on flower
arrangements will be shown.
Evening star., 1941-03-31
Project Will Seek Jobs
For Older Rural Youths
Bs the Associated Press.

3 = the Associated Press.
MANASSAS, Va, March 31-An
older rural youth project, which
may be expanded later to cover the
entire State, will be tested in Prince
William, Powhatan and Shenan-
doah Counties during the next 18
months under the leadership of Paul
Rose, former Powhatan County
agent.
The venture is being sponsored
jointly by the Virginia Tech Agri-
cultural Extension Service, the State
Department of Education and the
American Youth Commission.
An effort will be made to un-
cover employment opportunities for
the older rural youth in the three
counties and a study also will be
made to indicate the type Of train
ing needed by the young people who
leave the farm.
only about 40 per cent of our
rural youth in Virginia are needed
for farm replacements," Mr.. Rose
said.
Evening star., 1941-03-31
PriinceGeorges
Keeps S1.38 Tax
Rate for 1941
Sl,276,533 Budeef
Increases School
And Health Funds
BY JOHN ID. LEONARD,
Star Stan Correspondent.

l
UPPER MARLBORO, March 81
The Prince Georges County Com
missioners, meeting in special ses-
sion today, set the county's 1941
tax rate at $1.38, the same as in
1910, to meet budget of Sl,276,-
533.23.
The new budget represents an in
crease of $79,932.61 over the 1910
budget of s1,196, ,60062.
The assessable basis, for county
real estate is S90,455,708, with the
basis of household goods set at ST.
O46,800, T. w. Baxter, assessment
supervisor, informed the commits
Sioners.
Board President William A. Car
son said it was possible to hold the
tax rate to the 1910 rate because
of the increases in the assessable
basis
Mr.. Carson said the commissioners
feared at first that the tax rate
might have to be increased 3 cents
due to increases in the Board of
Education and health items. How
ever, cuts were made in other items
The new budget also provides for
the cleaning up of the deficit owed
for some years to the State Roads
Commission.
Chief increase in the budget is
that of the Board of Education
which has been allotted S672, ,635, as
compared with s641 500 in 1910. The
amount allotted to the Health De-
partment is sl4,675, as against
s11 $40 last year.
One of the chief cuts in the 1941
budget was made in the appropria-
ton for the county almshouse
which was $4,000 last year and
$4,000 this year.
Interest on bonds Is set at
1922, ,36625, while bond redemption
is $4,000.
Evening star., 1941-03-31
Evening Stor Trophy
Will Be Presented

Presentation of The Evening Star
Trophy will feature the annual BAN
quet of the Prince Georges County
Federation of Citizens Associations
in the Bladensburg Firehouse Thurs
day at pm.
The award will be given to Walter
F. Mulligan, president of the asso-
citation, in recognition of his civic
activities during the past year.
Frank Fierstein heads the Ar
rangementS Committee, assisted by
Charles Sayre, Mrs. Geneva Steuart,
w. R. Beatty, Mrs. N. G. Tayman
and Fred Cast. Mr.. Fierstein also
is in charge of reservations.
Evening star., 1941-03-31
II Maryland Counties
To Send 841 SeIectees

Seventeen counties in Maryland
will supply BAL men to the Army
between April 81 and 80, selective
service officials at Annapolis an
nounced today.
Quotas for this period, as reported
by the Associated Press include:
Montgomery Board No. 2, "A men;
Prince Georges No. 3, So: St. Marys
No !, 1S, and Frederick No. 2. so.
Evening star., 1941-03-31
Vienna Auxiliary Elects

Mrs. George King has been elected
president of the Women's Auxiliary
of the Holy Comforter Episcopal
Church at Vienna, Va, it was an
nounced today. Other new officers
include Mrs. c. A. Ashton, vice presi-
dent; Mrs. William Bennett, secre-
tary, and Mrs. Thomas r. Moreland,
! treasurer
Evening star., 1941-03-31
De MoIuy Meeting Listed

George Fleming Moore Chapter,
Order of De Molay. is to be REIN
stated at a meeting in the Masonic
Temple, Hyattsville, Thursday night.
The chapters Advisory Council
comprises Paul L. Messersmith,
chairman; Francis C. Little, Robert
L. James, Sylvan Deitz, Edward N.
Barron and Elgin M. Noack.
Evening star., 1941-03-31
VIII Address PIT. A.

Mrs. Eloise Cason, psychologist for
the elementary schools of Mont
somery County, Nd, will speak at
a meeting of the Parent Teacher
Association of the Takoma Park
Elementary School on Philadelphia
avenue At 8 pm. Thursday at the
. sehool. 4
Evening star., 1941-03-31

In March, Beware Of:
l. Crossing a street at a point
other than a crosswalk. -Four
pedestrians were killed doing
this in March, 1910. Three of
these were over 55 years of age.
2. Standing in the street. A
93-year-old man lost his life do
ing this in March of last year
The sixth traffic victim during
March, 1910, was a passenger on
a truck who was crushed be-
meath a spool of cable when the
truck overturned.
Evening star., 1941-03-31
Conoreoution to Meet

The annual meeting of the congre-
cation of the Takoma Park Presby-
terian Church will be held Thursday
at the church. 4
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31

military aircraft equipment valued
at S5,000000 Several hundred sol
diers carried oUt the order Frid~s
morning..
Mr.. Roosevelt blamed Air ASso-
crates for the latest dispute, mvolH-
ing reinstatement of strikers. Fl
aid the comrany bad failed TO carr
ont national defense board recon-
mend2tiTns
Tic UAW m"mbcrs aCrccd 10 rc E
Urn 10 work Thursday Whca VA
department representatives Wers
asS,ened to supervise their rc-oa-
ploEmcat Demonstration by non
strikers. however, twice prevented
thc mon from VorEing
The seizure Ordry was the thlrG
Mr. RoOscvcll has issued. The army
took ever the North American planf
Al IneleWood CIii. Juuc 9 ana
later rctmNcd II to puvat" manage
mont The navy ,22N oyer TIC Fed
cal Shlp-b.&dlpa and Drydoe'
corporation at Kc7rnV, n j, Aus
-, still IS operating H.
With coal mIncS owned by stNHj
companies operating under a l5-da}
truce, final settlement OF the unioa
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31
0PA Asks Freight
Slash for Steel

WASHINGTON, Oct. 81. up
The office Of price administrations
and five other government agencies
today asked railroads to reduce their
rates on shipments Of iron auG
steel articles by all-rail routes iC
the Pacific coast in the intcreat
of national defense and price sta
bility."
The CPA, OPM. Maritime Com
mission, Army, Navy and the Pro
curemcnt Division of the Treasury
submitted the request for the re
duced freight rates to the Trans
continental Freight Bureau III Chi
cago, which considers all transCon-
tinental freight rates.
Defense officials said the effect
of the order would be to lower tho
rate per 100 pounds for iron anl
steel freight shipments and at the
same time raise the minimum cal
loadings from the present system OF
10000 pounds to 10000 pounds. The
rates proposed would be graded
downward from $ll5 per 100
pounds from the Atlantic Seaboard
to rs cents per 100 pounds from
Colorado shipping points to all Pa
cific coast ports.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31
200 Horses Will
Parade ArInistice
Day in Fl Centro
COlOrful Procession
Promised for Holiday
Celebration Here

More than 200 horses will
appear in the Armistice day
parade in Ell Centro Nov. Il,
F. II. Mitchell of Boyce Aten
American Legion post an
nounccd FridaT.
A mounted troop from Camp
Seelcy the Imperial County Sher-
ifs mounted posse, and, if present
plans carry, the colorful Charros
of Mexicali.
In addition, Mitchell said, there
will be large numbers of men, Wom-
en-, and children mounted on their
favorite horses.
The Armistice day parade this
year is bound to be one of the most
interesting and colorful in the his
tory of Imperial Valley" Mitchell
said. The splendid display of horses
and their coStumcd riders alone
will make it worth while One or
ganization will be represented by
IT'S persons; the gaily dressed Camp
Fire girls Many other organizations
will be as we'll represented"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31
jobIess Benefit
Demands Decline

Imperial valleys share in the
Calf.oJja defence boom is re-
flccted III the sharp decline in
number and amount of unomploy-
mcnl insurance payments disburSed
IL September through the El Cen
tro office of the state department
of employment, manager Tom Fin
ue% announced Friday.
Total unemployment checks paid
to valley workers was 1851, aggre-
eating SIS. 1872. as compared with
Ill checks amounting to S20737
II September 1910, Finney said.
Job insurance payments for the
whole ata,e curing September OF
this year decreased 32.5 per cent
below payments for the same period
a year ago Total amount paid If
the state was $297896l, as against
S4414857 in September 1910.
Tie FL Ccntro office placed a
totai Of . workers in that month.
September 1910 placements totaled
Isl, FianeY said
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31
Army Seizes Factory as
Defense Strikes Subside

shop dispute between the companies
and the United Mine workers DCIO'
depended ON NEGOTIATIONS before the
mediation board. The board met FIJI
day to select an II man panel tor
the bearings.
UNIV President John l. Lewis,
who called off the fOur-day strike
after a conference with union lead
crs on President RooScvclt'S pro-
Dceod truce. said the controversy
Was on the way to compcltc settle
ment
II hi appeal to the striking weld
ers. HjllMan asked them to retu"A
10 3oI, pendina settlement OF thai.
demand for an independent union
within tho American Federation o.
Labor He invited leaders oi II.
Welders and tie AFL to confer Wir
him IN Washington.
The stu.;o has hampcrCd con
s'ra5 ION a, Pacific coast sMpyards
heldine S865, ,COo000 worth of de-
tense contacts.
Al Pittsburgh. the Irwin Works u
Toe Carnegie Illinois Steel rorroru-
ton resumed operations late Thur
Continued on PGgC 3, Col -
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31

Hundreds of I'm perial Valley
school children will descend on
Camp Seeley Saturday morning to
witness Col. Frederick Herr receive
the cavalry review with his guest
of honor. Fred Harder of Holtvl!le,
who received the Distinguished Ser
vice Cross in World War No. l.
Col Herr will officiate in the ab-
sencc of Col Harold Rayner, EleV-
enth cavalry commander,
A thousand mounted men will
pass in review, waking, trottlng,
and galloping their horses in sue
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31
BY UNITED PRESS

The army seized an aircraft par1s
factory Friday and work was rcsur.-
ed in captive coal mines, leavin2
one major defense strike unsettled
A Walkout of 5000 weldcrs in W.
coast ShipyardS.
In that dispute, Associate Director
Sidney Hillman Of the Office ct
Production MANAGEMENT, renoWc
an appeal to the Welders to retUr ,
to their jobs.
President Roosevelt ordered tn
war department Thursday nlght tc
seize and operate the Air Associates
inc, plant at BendiX, N. j., bCcaaee
repeated United Automobile WOr6-
ers oCIOD and management strife
had interfercd with production Of
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31
l.indy REEVES Charge Of
Dictatorship Agoinst FDR

NEW YORK. Cr.. 81 UP,
Charles A 1u3borIh tol1 20Oa0
person. attending M hm"rlyln Firs'
ally IN A,dd,-,n Sq"aro Gardco
iast night tN"r jrc 'dsn' Roo e
Welt and his administration 'prcacl
abc0t preserving democracy ar
freedom abroad. Wh,lc they practice
dictatorship AVID aub,erlUgc at
home"
He appealed TO ali Americans to
unite behind the demand for a
leadership in Washiugton tha;
stands squarely upon American
traditional leadership OF nteerity
instead OF subtcrlUge, or opcnneSs
instead of secrecy. leadership tha.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31
Reds Repu|se New
German Onslaught
AS Far East Stews
Crimea Only Front on
Which Nazis Advance,
Reports Indicate
By UNITED PRESS

Russian troops fought stub
bornly Friday against pow
erful Nazi offensives against
Moscow's southern approach
es and into Crimea while a new
japanese threat against Thailand
and the Burma Road appeared 10
be building up in the Far East.
Reports from the Soviet war front
told of a pounding German drive
on the Tula salient, 100 miles south
of the Russian capital, new frontal
attacks on the central Moscow sector
and a continued drive SouthWard
into the Crimea.
The Germans claimed that the
Crimea offensive was approaching
a rout for the Russians who were
said to be in full flight.
On the high seas Berlin claimed
another submarine success, the sink
ing of $1,000 tons of shipping, COM
prising six ships, plus destroyer
and two patrol ships This boosted
the German shipping claims for the
week to more than $4,000 tons.
A National BroadcaSting Corpor-
alton reported at Manila heard ru-
mors that the japanese have crossed
into Thailand. There was no confir-
nation of this report from any other
source.
TROOPS MASSING
However, Shanghai reported Jap
anese troop concentrations IN
French Indo-China which were
thought there TO be in preparation
for moves against Thailand and
possibly the Burma route of sup
plies to China.
In Tokyo growing concern was
expressed by spokesmen and the
press over the possibility the Unit
ed States might emplo| strategic
bases obtained from China ann
Britain against Japan. Such fears
might be employed as oStensiblc
Justification for japanese moves
against Thailand and the Burma
route The increased flow of U. S.
supplies to China has stepped no
importance of the Burma road.
The Japanese Indicated that they
expect a definite turn III relations
with the limited States-for better
or for Worse--by mid November,
presumably before the special ses-
sion of the japanese diet convenes.
WAVFLL ON MOVE
An Australian radio report trans
mitted rumors that Gen Sir Archi-
bald Wavell has started moving his
forces northWard from Iraq ana
Iran TO aid the Russians in defense
of the Caucasus. This report was
not confirmed in London and was
viewed with some skeptiCism,
Wallace Carroll, veteran United
Continued on Page 8, Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31


advisor to Imperial Irrigation dis
trict, the convention voted to oppose
a plan of the state comptroller's Oh
flee for charging so per cent OF the
revenues from leased lands, lnSted1
of the nominal rental charged at
present.
The comptroller, on advice from
the state attorney general, 1t was
charged, has proposed to revise the
existing blanket lease rule, under
which irrigation districts may lease
state lands for as low as five cents
per acre for sublcasing to farm opc'-
atorS. to allow the state TO collect
onc-half of all monies earned from
such lands.
The associations opposition was
based chiefly on the contention that
anv monies realized from land
leases should go to the counties and
the irrigation districts IN Whlch
the lands arc situated.
ABUSES CONDEMNED
The convention adopted a strong
" wordcd resolution offered BY
Arvin B Shaw, attorney Tor the
Palo Verde irrigation district caStl-
eating certain districts for abuS-
inc their tax title privileges, and
condCmning the association OF coun-
ty boards of supervisors for its
efforts to change existing laws re-
lating to those titles.
ShaW's resolution declared that
some irrigation districts" have mis-
used the privilege granted them
under the law b. withholding LANDS
to which they had obtained tiC.e
through tax liens from the market,
with the result that those lanes
had not been restored to the tax
rolls.
ALL IN NORTH
The districts to which he alluded
he said later, were all situated III
the northern part of the state. He
added that the situation has been
corrected to some extent"
Under present methods of dis
posing of tax title lands, and OIL
the basis of a 1882 supreme court
ruling, the state and the irrigation
districts are given equal title, with
neither exercising priority over the
other.
This arrangement is not quite
so complicated as it at first would
seem, Shaw said, because of a
"gentleman'S agreement between
the state and the irrigation dis
trict affected, whereby the district
is permitted to purchase the states
title, and subsequently sell the land
Continued on Page 8; Column a.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31

a flare but its light was paled when
an instant later, the plane plowec
into the ground, exploded, and
sent a great tower of flame leap
ing into the sky No one on board
had a chance,
After the plane had burned for
more than six hours. provincial
police inspector Glen Jordan eX-
amined heaps of ashes and twisted
metal and announced that there
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31

Val
The Iirst brief navy announcement
today did no. say how many men,
if any we're lost.
The navy promised that informa-
tICu would be announced as soon as
j. is received.
Tne faet that the Reuben James
was OF ccaXCJ duty led to the sup
position that several Ships were in
the vicinity. This might make pos
sib!e tie rescue OF at least some
of the crow. A direct torpedo hit
ca a thln-sklnncd ship like a de-
Stroyer is almost certain to cause
casualties.
Announcement Of the sinking fol-
lowed by a few hours a German
comnuniquc from Berlin saying
that a destroyer had been sunk
recently at some undisclOSed place
That Berlin announcement did not
give the nationality Of the destroyer
IN London. a high authoritativ,
British source said that the torpe-
doing of the American destroyer
marks the opening of Germany :
lNQlScrlnlnate naval warfare agalnS,
TIE United States"
1t looks said the source, "aS
if the Germans see they cannot
60 on and reach their objective un-
less they so for us. Their objective
is to prevent Britain and Russia
from getting United States goocs
to win the war"
NiII POLICY CHANGES
The source said that it had beer
quite clear until the last few weeks
Jhat the Germans deliberately hac
avoided attacking United States eS-
cOrung vessels.
The cumulative experience Of
recent Gays, he said, indicates the>
have got beyond that stage. Thi:
is shown b., successive attacks or
Continued on Page 8, Col. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31
New Chaplain on
Duty at SeeIey

CAMP SEELEY. Oct. 3l-Lieut.
George R. Barber, reserve officer
and pastor of the Christian church
in Montebello for the last five
years took the place of Lieut.
David Sayres as chaplain at Camp
Seeley.
Sayres was ordered to foreign
service. Lieut.. Barber joined the
eleventh cavalry Oct, %.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31

demonstrates lts AmCricanlSm by
taking the American people into its
confIdencc.'
Other speakers were Sen Bur
ON X Wheeler D. Mont; John
CudahF, former United States am
baSsador to Belgium, and John T
Fl}nn chairman of the New York
chapter of the American First COM
mittee
Fifty detectives in plain clothes
Were scattered through the audi
ence and 725 police guarded the
auditorium and excluded from
block on all sides Of it, all who did
not have a ticket or could not prove
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31
I.V. Men TO Attend
Army Camp Par!ey

imperial county will be repre-
sen'ed N Los Angeles Saturday at
Il conference called By Gov Olsor
TO .tudy veneral disease problems
III connection with areas IN the
vicinity cf army oncampments.
District Attorney Elmer Hcald
Sierti Robert w, Ware, Dr. E. B
Godfrey, county health officer, anC
Lawrence Niles deputy health Off
cor. were invited to attend.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31

business in the area.
outside tho restricted zone, young
volunteers of the first to fight
division" of Fight for Freedom, Inc.
passed out tracts denouncing Lind
bergh
Flynn attacked radio networks
which, he said, arbitrarily shut
from the air the voice of this great
gathering" He offered statistics
which he salo proved that the three
major radio chains had offered 1877
broadcasts devoted to intervention
isl propaganda against six for the
isolationist side" in the last three
DAYS
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31
KIDS TO SEE
ARMY REVIEW

cession while the cavalry band plays
appropriate music. Full field equip
ment, including tin hats, will be il.
order.
This colorful spectacle was sche-
dulcd to begin at am.
Every school in the valley was in.
vited to attend and before noon Fri
day Camp ceeley officials were in,
formed that more than 36 bus
loads of youngsters will arrive al
the camp in time for the review
Col Herr said adults also ma,
witness the ceremonies.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31
ARIZONA ENTERS
GRAIN-HAY SHOW

CHICAGO, III, Oct. 81 lUPl :
Arizonas first entries for the l941
international Grain and Hay Show,
to be held Nov. 30 to Dec. at the
Chicago stock yards, were made to-
clay by r. A. Land, Pima county
farmer who will exhibit white corn
grown on his farm near Sahuarito.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31
Mrs. Andrade Dies:
Funeral Friday

Mrs. Andrcsa Andrade. IS, wife of
Frank Andrade of the area north
of Ell Ccntro died Thursday and
will be buried in Evergreen Genet
cry Saturday.
Rosary was scheduled at the LEM
ons chapel at tbs pm. Friday, ser
vices at the chapel again at 1920
am. Saturday, and rites at ST
Marys Catholic church at II am.
Saturday.
She was born in the Cape Verde
Islands and had lived in Imperial
Valley for 20 Years.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31

ST. THOMAS, Ont. Oct. 81
CUPD-Witnesses established today
that an American Airlines plane
was trying to make an emergency
landing with its motors Sputtering
when it crashed On larm IA miles
west Of here last night. killing its
II passengers and crew of three
There was a drizzling rain, Wis
ibility was poor, a misty fog shroud-
ed the ground The plane dropped
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31
(Az| TORPEDO SINKS II. 5. DESTROYER
Air Crash Kills "

could be no question of identifying
bodies. All had been more or less
reduced to ashes.
The dead: crew: Cooper, David L..
"a, Syracuse, N. Y, pilot-captain
owens, Richard L. 81. Wichita Falls
Tex. co-pllot; and Blackley. Mary
E. Z. Hamlet, N c.. stcwardess.
Passenger: Bacon. j.. Detroit,
Benz, Erwin A, 35, Ann Arbor
Continued on Page 8: Col. a.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31

Schmidtmann said. Those in charge
a shorter time will receive $40 4
month. Those appointed are Mrs.
Ruth Acty, Mrs. Hilda Barnum, Miss
Helen Dundee, John Merrill. and
I. j. Stewart, all at Washington.
Miss Helen BarSumian, Theln,a
Garman, Charles Guthrie, and Glen
Merrill, all at Wilson; Mrs. Elsie
Charvos and Maurice McCampbell
at Mckinley; Mrs. Florence Slocum
and John LleWellyn at Harding.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-31

frOm 3.3U pm. 70 D pm. WOIluu9
and for girls from $3.50 pm. to pm
Wednesday.
At Wilson, Mckinley, and Harding
schools fundamentals of football
will be taught the boys and circle
games and soccer will be taught the
girls.
Supervisors TO have charge Of
the children at the various schools
each afternoon and Saturday morn
ING will receive $50 month