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Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-13
Fugitive Sets BIistering Pace for
Cop, MP. and Deputy Sheriff Here
But Long Legs Of Law Equal to Task

and Keesee's long legs brought up
the rear. For the first furlong it
was a dead heat.
1--WE couldn't gain on him nor
nothing. Seemed like everything
just stayed the same" Keesee drawl-
ed, describing the race.
Keating then took drastic meas
ures and drew his gun, firing four
times. That gave Davis some leaden
incentive to greater speed and at
the far turn he was setting a bliS-
tering pace, blistering for the feet
at any rate.
Meanwhile, Keesee's daughter,
Dorothy, 13, was seated in the dep
uty's car watching the spectacle.
THAT was better than movie,
Daddy" she commented afterwards.
You looked just like the Lone Ran
ger!"
Davis ducked into the home
stretch with his lead we'll protected
and was cooling off in a room at
ITO State street when the winded
officers arrived.
What's this all about?" Davis
painted, trying to look innocent and
nonchalant, but sadly handicapped
under the circumstances.
In police court Saturday before
Judge Lee Nuffer Davis pleaded
not guilty to drunkenness and dis
turbing the peace, was quickly found
guilty and sentenced to 30 days.
Davis claimed he was fiddling
with the back door at the New
street address, trying to awaken
friend.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-13
D AABlINe
X epoR1ER
Double Life

= How this happened to be revived,
RR didn't hear, but we DID hear
the story of how Lee Nuffer has
been successfully concealing an
other identity all these years!
Up until now we had just taken
it for granted that the friendly
and fair police judge was nothing
more nor less than he appeared to
be. Somehow RR just never su-
spected that back there in the past
Lee had gone under another name!
1t happened when Lee was home
from college and Harry Woodbury.
was doing some fight promoting on
the side. Harry was trying to ar
range some bouts at Blythe and one
of his fighters took a powder.
You have to help me, Lee, Har-
ry said and gave the collegian the
old pep talk. I'm gonna bill you
as Gorilla Jones and you take this
guys place!" ...... o.. s..,s
There was brief time that Lee
was Gorilla Jones', but only while
he trained for the coming bout. The
fight never came off, so the Gorilla
went back to learning to be law
yer. and so far as we know .nev,sl
> again got closer to the squared
circle except as a spectator.
(This Gorilla Jones is not to be
confused with the fighter of that
name that developed later. Any simi-
larity would be remarkable. Gorilla
Jones No. 2 was dark complexion
ed gentleman)
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-13

members VI bllc COullJy Idil DOdi y
backed Stewart in urging Imperial
county residents to wire Assembly,
man Harvey E. Hastain and Sen
ator E. George LuCkey asking strong
opposition to the proposed amend
ment. 1t is known officially as Item
As in the Amended Budget
The proposed amendment would:
Deprive the Imperial county fair
of its entire building fund, to which
the state last year appropriated
3O,0OO. Out of this fund, part was
spent TO build new roof on the
grandstand and construct new
barn for Future Farmers of Amer
ica exhibits.
Slice the premium fund in half,
it from approximately
Continued on Page 6, col. 50
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-13

Duo utSlSiltu W Cdlt away uIlth-
ploded time missiles or mines in
the event of enemy attack.
One explosion was SO powerful
that it blew a shutter off a window
a mile and half away but left the
bomb truck intact.
The demonstration was arranged
by Major F.. H. LaGuardia and wit
messed by naval, coast guard, and
army officials; high ranking rep
resentatives of the New York City
police and fire departments. and
police chiefs from Long Island,
Connecticut, Massachusetts and
Pennsylvania.
1t was supposed to be a secret,
but newspaper men and others
were on hand, Police kept them
back more than a mile.
Apparently motivated by reports
of time bombs and land mines en-
dangering large areas in British
cities, an aide of the mayor de-
signed an oven-Shaped stainless
steel receptacle for hauling such
menaceS to places where they could
be detonated harmlesSly.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-13
San Diego Tops All Coast
Cities in Building Boom

SAN FRANCISCO, April IL CUP
San Diego. center of tremendous
national defense construction, re-
ported the largest volume of build
ing permits of all the major cities
of the Pacific coast during March,
the western monthly building sur
vey prepared by H. r. Baker g. Co.,
California investment banking firm,
showed today.
The value of San Diego's build
ing permits jumped from $5,769,o14
in February to SCHOOLS in March.
The magnitude of the San Diego
building boom was demonstrated in
a comparison Of the figure for
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-13

sand on each OF the tnree previous
days the rain Gods crossed wires
and brought rainfall of varying in
tensity throughout southern Cali
fornia.
The weatherman explained the
unusual situation With an involv-
ed report which said, "A cold mass
of air, moving southeastward over
southern California, caused moder-
ate to locally heavy showers. A flow
of dry northerly air will cause gen.
orally clear weather over the week
end"
Fridays storm, which brought
scattered showers TO Imperial Val
ley centered in the San Diego area
where go inches of rainfall was
reported. Water SplaShed over curb
ings in downtown San Diego. Doz-
ems of motorists were stalled. Some
were rescued by roWboat crews.
A heavy snow fall was reported in
the mountains west of Imperial VAL
ley. The snow storm centered in the
Lagunas but motorists reported snow
as far east as Jacumba.
Rain was also reported at scat
tered points between Los Angeles
and San Francisco, according to
the weather bureau.
An unusual April storm also struck
in Arizona at midday Friday, the
general storm continued overnight,
piling up from three to Is inches
of snow at Flagstaff, Ash Fork,
Winslow, Prescott and Jerome, and
sending sheet of heavy rain to
Phoenix and the area to the south
and west
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-13

March. 194O-$899,65
Los Angeles. with $7,804,586, and
Boise, Ida, with S2,169.110, ranked
second and third behind San Diego.
The survey showed that permits
from the SO largest cities on the
Pacific coast reported a total of
$40, ,959,976 in March 1941 compared
with $33,640,792 in March 1910.
Substantial increases in dollar
volume of permits in March this
year over last year were reported
by California. Arizona, COLORADO,
Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mex
leo, Oregon, Utah, Washington,
British Columbia and Hawaii.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-13
Yanks Que|I Nazis
In Mexican Fray

NAZATLAN, Mex, April IL
(UP)-A group Of Germans In
the hotel Belmar dining room
attempted to prevent the band
playing the "Star Spangled
Banner" during a Rotary club
meeting yesterday. Several Amer
leans, some world war veterans,
intervened in favor of the mus
icians. Glasses, dishes and bottles
filled the air.
Police restored order before
there were any casualties. No
one was arrested.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-13
Up With the Weather

A barometer is a handy little
gadget, especially when it records
such rapid changes in the weather
as the one belonging to Herbert
Going of Calexico.
Friend of ours took a gander at
the contraption Friday, saw that
the weather was clearing" and
started stroll down the street. Two
blocks away and five minutes later
he was dampened by a shower!
Meanwhile, the weather gadget
had changed from clear" to rain"
but our friend groused:
1T doesn't lie, but heck, I can
SEE what kind of weather we are
having"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-13

His feet we're no fleeter than the
feet of three "flatfeet" SO Sam
Davis, 22-year-old Ell Centro Negro
was in the hoosegow Saturday for
80 days.
Sam was surprised Friday eve
ming b. Police Officer w. S. Keat-
ing jr., a military policeman, and
Deputy Sheriff Dee Keesee as he
tried to pry the hasp off door at
127 New street. He fled when the
prowl car and the deputy's car
arrived on the scene.
Heating took out after the fleeing
Davis first, followed by the M. P.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-13

90 CnlJdren OF Valley pIOf1eerS WIZ
play. The Forester Sextette, all
descendants of that famous pioneer
the late E. E. Forester will sing.
Mrs. Carmen Gibson, rural school
music supervisor, will lead COM
munity singing during the dinner
hour.
Rain or shine the event will be-
gin at 10 am. The association will
provide beans, coffee, and butter
milk. Those who attend will have
to take their own basket dinners
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-13

from MOUNT olympus 10 AlDdIiid.
While the British air force hack
ed at German communications lines
with mounting fury and British
armored patrol blasted infantry
along the Jugoslav border, the Nazi
spearhead was reported striking at
the Greek town of Phlorina in an
effort to drive fatal wedge through
the allied defenses.
Reports that the Germans had
reached Phlorina lacked confirma-
ton but after breaking through
the Monastir gap on the Jugoslav-
Greek border they were in a posi-
ton to jab at the Phlorina- -Koritza
road which, if cut, would trap the
Greek forces in northern Albania
and threaten to turn the entire
defense line across northern Greece.
The results of the Phlorina opera
tions, however, may not be known
for some time.
NAZIS HAVE TROUBLE
A second German column was at
tempting to hit the eastern end Of
the Greek British line by driving
westward from Salonika, but the
Germans obviously we're having
some trouble in maintaining their
lines in Jugoslavia.
In addition to the big-scale Raj
attacks, reports said that the Jugo-
slavs still were resisting in the
mountains and Turkey heard that
counter offensive had been started
to recapture the important Jugo-
slav town of Skoplje. The Rnkara
radio also reported that the Jugo-
slavs had occupied the Italian port
of Durazzo, on the Albanian coast,
but there appeared to be no sup
port for such statement.
Neither the Germans nor British
reported their main elements en-
gagged as yet, although such action
may already have started. A BIC
broadcast heard in New York said
Continued on Page 6; Column 81
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-13
S. D. GOODWILL TOUR
CANCELLED HERE

The San Diego Chamber of Com
merce Saturday cancelled its sched-
uled good will tour of Imperial
county next Tuesday and announced
it probably will take place in two
weeks.
Ell Centre Chamber of Commerce
members, however, will meet as
planned at the Barbara Worth ho-
tel at noon Tuesday to elect NOM
mating committee to select a list
of officers for the annual election.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-13

Ranked behind Boise in the value
of March permits were:
San Francisco $2,l03.348; Denver
$1,7l705l; Portland si,7l2,400; Sac
ramento, $1,536.618; Seattle. $685.
$40; Oakland, 81 l,l67 $50; Long Beach
$l.163,330; Burbank. $l,l25,084: Hon
olulu .594; Vancouver. b. c.
$8l6,230; Salt Lake City $6l5,607;
Tacoma $535,74l; Richmond $4o0,-
Sis: South Gate s488,37l: Glendale
$479,050; Spokane s44l,937; Fresno
$4l6,lI5; Pasadena $441. 1.046 Stock
ton 1888, ,763; Santa Monica $364,542:
Phoenix s362,i70; Inglewood $685.
PA.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-13
Germans Say U. 5.
Action ILLEGAL

BERLIN, April IL (UP)-Au-
thOrized Nazi Nources said today
that the United States action in
extending protection to Green
land was illegal and that they
would take appropriate action
The German government, ii
was stated, will not react until
the attitude of the Danish gov
ernmcnt at Copenhagen has been
made known.
German military successes in
the Balkans, it was added, are
a "shattering blow to President
ROosevelts political prestige"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-13
VAz|S drive WEDGE TOWARD ALLIED Line
AND. HE SHALL RISE ..

made the announcement, for on
many battlefields soldiers scarcely
paused in the business of killing
to remember Him who died for
them.
Although many miles from bat
tlefield, Imperial county and the
rest of the nation lay in the shad-
ow of the guns and that fact lent
an ironic significance to the day
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-13

and their own table service, COM
mittee members announced.
The business session will take
place during the. morning when
the annual election of officers was
scheduled. The Rev. Mr.. E. l.. Car
ter of the State Street Christian
church of Ell Centre will pronounce
the invocation and County School
Superintendent f. L. Hiteman will
lead the salute to the flag.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-13

And on the third day, He shall
rise -
In country churches, in mighty
cathedrals, on deserts, mountains
and on the seas, the Christians
of the world will announce again
Sunday miracle of nineteen hum
dred and eight years ago-the res
direction of Jesus Christ.
It was a sad world, however, that
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-13
What a Break

Unluckiest guy in the county was
a chap, whose name RR missed,
who just got out of the navy not
long ago. He had hardly been out
Before a draft board gave him the
high sign and suggested that he
shoulder gun for year and sup
plement his sea training with a bit
Of land experience.
Poor guy went back into the navy.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-13
AnachrOnisn-

For the moment, lads playing
tennis on Central courts this week
decided they were seeing things.
The thing they saw, however,
was pleasing to the eye for it was
Pat Jones dressed fit to kill in a
hoop skirt of the '9Os era, en- route
10 a costume party.
Pat went as the strawberry
Blonde, and very. very fetchingly.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-13
Valley Pioneers
Schedule Picnic

Conversation, basket dinners, and music will be the
main features of the annual picnic of the Imperial Valley
urday.
rural school orchestra composed of between so and
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-13
Bombs Just JissIe
Secret Carrier

NEW YORK, April IL. (UP)-Time bombs shattered
the silence of the isolated Bergen Beach section of Brook
yn at hafhour intervals today one was hurt and
practically damage done. -...4
The bombs exploded inside an erstwhile secret "bomb
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-13
Fight Urged to
Suve Fair Funds
Political Raid Endansers ALLEGATIONS
To Imperial County Exposition, Schools
OfAsncu|ture Throus shou+ California

vital blow will be struck at the future of the Imperial
County Fair if proposed amendment to the California
state budget is adopted by the legislature at hearing
in Sacramento Tuesday, Secretary Manager " Stewart
of the county fair association said Saturday
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-13
It'll Be Clear
WeQthermunSQ
Forecas+er Insists Easter Sunday Here
Will Bring Sunshine. Warmer Weather
EXPLAINS Unusual Recent Situation

The weatherman considered crystal gazing Saturday
before forecasng clearing skies and bright sunshine fol
southern California Easter Sunday.
Saturdays forecast marked the fourth straight day
that the u S. Weather Bureau predicted clearing skies
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-13
Raj Bombs Blast
PQnzer Units in
Albanian Passes
Report Says German Troops Hammerins
A+Key City Where Roads Converge
Behind Greco-Bi+ish Defense Positions
- BY UNITED PRESS

British Imperial forces grappled with Adolf Hter's
armies the opening round of the battle of Greece Satur
day. with Nazi panzer units sabbing at the key link in
the defense line thrown up by British and Greek troops
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-13
WEATHER

WEATF7EK
Maximum temperature 72, minimum 49, a.m
temperatuer 49, humidity 80; noon temperature 6S
humidity Al; am. temperature 54, humidity 81.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-13

L. A. HAY-U. S. No. l, l. v. $17 u. S. No.
leafy, l. v. S16.50-17; U. s. No. 2 $14-15; Mpls.
Sept Flax $780,.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-13

Total Cash, Checks and Drafts Sent
through The Two FL Centre Banks)
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-26
STUDY IN RELATIVELY

A short time o0o, q dog which was
suspected Of having robies ran loose in
the city Of Peorio. illinois. The onimol
had bitten Z year old boy. II the dog
was not captured at once to test him
for rabies, the boy would have to take
onti-robies inocuIotion - which is both
painful and somewhat risky.
The dog got loose because three
women undertook to stoee dog de-
livery at the city pound in protest
against onimol experimentation which
they contended entoiIed suffering on
the part Of the animals.
Commenting on this, the Peoria
Journal Transcript sold: Apparently
the question thus posed is one Of reo-
tivity in suffering. Even if it be ossum-
ed thot the choroe animals suffer under
experimentation is true Ia charge
denied by medical research workers. ;.
the situation presently disclosed here is
that il the dog which is q robes suspect
escapes capture and return to the
pound, the boy bitten by the dog will
certainly not Escape the pain and suf-
ferino incidental to onti-robies inocuIo-
ton. This is q neat little study in reIo-
tivity."
The Peorio cose seems to be one
where ignorance Of the necessity Of
animal experimentation by qualified
scientists drove weII-meonine people to
q dangerous extreme Of oction. If ex-
Fermentation on animals is forbidden,
the experiments must be made on hui
man beings. Science cannot guess. 1t
must prove And proof comes only from
experimentation.
Medical experimentation on oni-
mails has resulted in some Of the greet
est and most beneficial medical, dis
coveries. 1t hos been the means Of SOW
ing hundreds of thousand of human
beings from suffering and deoth To
forbid, it would turn back the clock Of
medical advancement.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-26
GROWING PAINS

It's no fun to grow up Not for in
dividuoI people, and not for countries
So many responsibilities 90 with it,
We've often suspected, especially
during the lost 80 yeors, thot America
was growing UP. bullying out Of those
short pants we wore until the turn Of
the century, ond yet not used to long
ones.
II you need any further evidence
Of the foct, note that the Los Angeles
city council hos passed on ordinance
making 1t illegal to volt around and
watch the troins come in.
When free American citizens no
longer hove the right to cluster round
the "deppo" to wotch "Or Number
Nine" or THE ConponboII" 90 thun-
derino through, thot's q sign thot we've
lost something. Moybe it's our freedom
-moybe, on the other hand, its just
or Yum
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-26
" il is successful, no country will ever
be sofe from the kind Of outbreak
which Bolivia hos just squelched.
no WlsHFUL WAITING

For several dogs the RusSionS have
had the best Of the bottle Of the heod-
lines. Even in wire-photos supposedly
showing success, Moscow is now beot-
ina Berlin. Yet the American public is
still very much in the dark about the
true stote of the Nozi-Red war front.
Pictures seem above lying, but can be
even more misleading than Official
communicates. They tell only tiny
segment Of the tremendous story. They
con Re and sometimes are foked
BerIin's relotive reticence has been
taken as an admission that the German
ornies have been stopped in front Of
the "StoIn line" which roughly follows
the old Russian border. It moy be only
a IulI while the Nozi mochine cleans up
in the Soviet's new buffer territories
and refueIs for new offensive. Those
who wish for Nozi defect con find hope
in certain features: Russion resistance
has not collapsed, the Red Army oP-
peers to have the equipment, oreonizo-
ton and morale to montoin on octive
front, and Russian national feeling
seems to be united in opposition to the
Nozis.
Yet so much is unknown the
octuoI position Of the ormies-ond
both sides ore so untrustworthy thot it
would be foolish to indulge in any COM
pIoc-nt "breothine SPELL" Morally,
the Russion regime is built on sond and
cannot be firm oily Of free men. Brit
ain and America must rely on them
selves for victory over totoIitorionsm.
HitIer's ottock on Stolin offers them
not time for nap, but for redoubled
effort. Even should there be consider
obIe Russian successes, no one should
be luIIed into q dangerous stote Of wish
full woitine.-From The Christian Sci
ence Monitor.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-26

This country is building q greet
mechonized army. The very soul OF
thot orrny will be oiI-eosoIine to pro-
Bel Il. and lubricants to grease the
jntrieote mechonisms. So one OF me
extremely important questions OF tne
time IS this: Have we the motor fue'
" need-ond will there be enough
left over for reivlion demonds otter
mjlitory requirements are met!
Thot vitol question wos recently
answered BY the Texos Company. 1t is
estimoted that gasoline for the Armys
$50 600 motor vehicles-tonks, pIl1z
buooies. trucks, etc.-moy toto' w.
Oo0 600 ooIIons yeor. Thot's lot OF
oos - yet, soys the Company, Amer
ico's refineries can turn out that billion
oollons in less than two weeks. leaving
50 weeks to produce for the air force,
He Navy and the civilian population.
Thot shows how we'll the oil industry
S prepored for this emergency. Under
the lAmericon private enterprise
system. Il has developed, on its own
initiative and with its own money, the
greatest plant OF its kind in the world.
Thus, oil belongs with those other greet
industries - electric power, railroads,
njnino, etc.-which ore reody to meet
any denqnds circumstances moy inn
pose. Thdf 10 WRot the privote enter
orise syster,-the democratic system
Hos done for this country. It is the
system which hos made America greet,
and which we are building our defense
TO protect.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-26
.
. IN STAMPS
Fruit Growing Is VitoI
To u. S. Defense Effort

r ONDON reports cotton-packed
- peaches are selling for APP
proximately 81 each, showing
what war does to prices, especially
in a country not self-sustaining.
United States has q surplus of
foods-insurance against food
shortages and ersatz diets. AS
early as 1913 U. S. postal authors
ties recognized philatelically the
importance Of fruit growing with
the 81 parcel post stamp above.
Food is as vital to national de-
tense as guns. The Army needs
It to keep in fighting trim; civilians
need it to maintain morale.
Apples. oranges, lemons and
grapefruit are plentiful in Amer
lea. Their importance and value
cannot be overlooked.
u. S. annual apple crop aver
ages l2l,755 bushels. Oranges ap-
proximate 100000 b o X e S,
grapefruit 100000 boxes and
lemons IL 600. 900 boxes.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-26

HOLLYWOOD, July 26-The
Cinderella tradition is q part Of
Hollywood, and it's considered .
dull week when the local fleet of
pumpkin coaches fails to deposit
two or three newly discovered
cuties at the studios. The trou-
BILE is that when the time clock
strikes six months, usual dura-
ton of a trial contract, nearly
all of them are tossed out a side
gate and presumably live unhap-
PLY ever after.
And so it's q pleasant duty to
introduce q young woman of
photogenic beauty, obvious
charm and proven talents. This,
readers, is Janis Carter. Note
the blue eyes, the reddish-blond
hair, the appealing and express
sive features and other admir-
able characteristics.
In just few months you will
be able to file into theatres and
see Miss Janis Carter in action.
Chances are, too, that you will
hear her lyric soprano voice, al
though this is not money-back
guarantee. With the perversity
common to studios, 20th-Fox
might put her into a straight
dramatic role.
Just as important as the sue
cess Of her screen test, probably,
and her experience in the hit
musicals, 81 Married an Angel"
"DuBarry Was Lady" and
Panama Hattie" is the fact that
Miss Carter has the persistence
and energy of a salmon going up
stream.
SYMPHONY
From high school in Cleveland
through Western Reserve Uni
versity, she earned the money
for vocal training by modelling
clothes and, during summers,
was a restaurant hostess at the
air terminal. In college she was
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-26
DIVISIONS
WITHIN DIVISIONS

In the next step, however.
the new OPM organization
goes right back to whot It hos
always been. with knudsen