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Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06

tremendous arsenal is essential
said the president, because the fu-
ture of the United States and all
the Americas is menaced seriously
by the tyranny of aggressor nations
across the sea.
Without naming any specific fig
ure, Mr.. Roosevelt said that bill
lions are needed and are asked for
to provide the weapons by which
democracies can defend themselves.
Explaining that these weapons
would be loaned to the embattled
democracieS such as Britain,
Greece and China-he did not how
ever make specific recommendation
at this time for the machinery to
carry out these transactions. That
will come later.
The president delivered his mes
sage in person to a joint session OF
congress which had just counted
the electoral votes and declared him
elected for the first third term in
American history. Radio carried his
words throughout the country and
beamed them abroad in six Ian
guageS.
Mr.. Roosevelt defined "our ma
tional policy" as this:
First, by an impressive express
sion OF the public will and without
regard to partisanship, we are COM
mitted to all inclusive national de-
fense
Second, by an impressive express
sion of the public will and without
regard to partisanship, we are COM
mitted to full support of all those
resolute peoples, everywhere, who
are resisting aggression and are
thereby keeping war away from our
hemisphere. BY this support, we
express our determination that the
democratic cause shall prevail; and
we strengthen the defense and Sc
curity of our own nation.
Third. by a impressive express
sion of the public will and without
regard to partisanship, we are COM
mitted to the proposition that prin-
ciples of morality and considera-
tions for our own security will never
permit us to acquieSce in a peace
dictated by aggressors and spon-
sored by appeasers. We know that
enduring peace cannot be bought
at the cost of other peoples free
DOM"
He gave congress assurance that
Continued on Page 8, Col. D
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06
Man, Girl Held
For Investigation

Traffic tickets given them because
they drove a car into a Seeley
store early Sunday, were the least
of the worries confronting a San
Diego man and his juvenile female
companion Monday.
Jack Russell McComas. "a, was
held in the city Jail in Ell Centro
while police investigated his activ-
tiles since the accident at Seeley.
The girl, San Diego school pupil,
was placed in charge of juvenile
authorities.
The girl said she went to sleep
while driving the car and crashed
into the Chinese store, damaging
the car and two concrete store pill
lars. She and McComas were un-
hurt. Later in the day the couple,
said to be in a drunken condition,
appropriated a room I'm an Ell Gen.
tro hotel. Ell Centre police were
called to arrest them.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06
Food Stamp Plan
Considered Here

Government officials were sche-
duled 10 be in FL Centre Wednes-
DAY TO discuss possibility of estab-
fishing the federal surplus food
stamp plan in Imperial county
Those receiving relief and SRA
aid may buy the stamps. When they
buy a 50 cent stamp. for instance.
the government gives 25 cent
stamp calling for purchase Of some
item Of surplus food.
The officials we're invited to I'M
perial county By the Fl Centre
chamber Of commerce in hope the
plan Will benefit the ranchers.
There is a possibility the plan may
b. established in five southern Cali
fornia counties
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06
Continued C|oudiness, Possible Rain
Predicted for Valley 1uedayby
Fruit.Frost Service Meteoro|ogist

day temperatures in Imperial Valley
Monday and Tuesday with above
normal night temperatures because
of cloudiness.
A low pressure area 100 miles at
sea, Jacobs said, is apparently grow
ing in intensity, increasing the
potentiality of heavy storms on the
coast within the next two or three
days.
High mountain areas of southern
California were touched by light
snow sunday but temperatures
throughout the state were generally
above freezing. A trace of snow
was reported in the Laguna noun
tainS.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06

tGlcUS TO u1ko advantage OF lllC
Municipal Bankruptcy Act. In eff
feet, the ruling settles forever the
legalitv of district bankruptcy pro-
ceedings and Whittlcs possible op-
position down to the single issue of
fairness of the individual plan.
Although not specifically men
toned in the supreme court case,
the Imperial districts future as we'll
as that of other sorely pressed dis
tricts hinged largely upon Mondays
ruling. The ruling was made III
denial of writ asked by dissent
ing bondholders of the Merced and
Corcoran districts for a review OF
lower court holdings favoring reor-
ganizations.
The decision was not unexpected
in district quarters in Ell Centre,
but it nevertheless was a cause for
celebration.
I'm happy for two reasons"
Chief Counsel Harry Horton said.
'fFlrst because this singles the
opposition down materially and Sec
ondly on a personal score, because
there was talk that we couldn't get
a supreme court ruling in less than
six months or year"
The briefs in the Merced and Cor
coran cases were Iiled Nov. 90. The
ruling followed just Al days later.
Supreme courts elton also
strengthens hopes of a favorable
decision in federal district court
where the Imperial case is now be-
fore Judge Ralph Jenney. Judge
Jenney has already indicated favor
toward the Imperial program ano
has limited argument to technical
objections to the plan.
In event of a favorable decision
from Judge Jenney, placing the plan
in operation, only few moves are
left for dissenting bondholders to
make. They could ask for a new
trial and in event of a denial, ap-
peal to the circuit court of appeals
and thence to the supreme court.
Meanwhile. however, the program
would be in effect.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06
Imperial Girl, II.
Killed in Crash:
Five Others Hurt
Betty Printz Victim of
Accident When Auto
Hits Tree at Boulevard

Relatives and fri en d $
grieved Monday for Betty
Printz, II, Imperial High
school senior killed at Boule-
ward Sunday in a traffic ac-
cident in which five young residents
of Ell Centre and Imperial were
critically injured.
Those injured when car driven
By Robert Printz, brother of the
dead girl, crashed into a tree,
bounced across the highway, and
crashed into another tree, were
Printz, who suffered possible brain
conclusion; LaVina Provazek, 16,
sophomore at Central Union high
school in Ell Centro, in a critical
condition from a brain injury; Cleo
Adamek, l6. Central High school
junior, compound fracture of the
left leg, bruises and cuts; Billy
Littlefield, 10, senior and bus driver
at Imperial High school, head in
juries; Robert Wilson, 10, Central
junior college student, cuts, bruises
and a lacerated mouth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Adamek of FL
Centro- Heber district were pros
trated Sunday night when San
Diego officers sent word that their
daughter, Cleo, was dead. The moth
er tainted when given the message
by Deputy Sheriff Dale Nice. A
short time later Nice told the Ada
mex family that the first message
was wrong and their daughter was
alive. He then was sent TO tell Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Printz that their
daughter. Betty, was dead. They
had received the message earlier
and we're en- route to San Diego
from their home in Imperial.
The party of young people jour
neyed to San Diego Sunday to take
Continued on Page 8; Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06

industry
The plastieizing process though
still In the preliminary stages OF
experiment. Was seen as an aid 70
the defense program As It may be
useful In tie construction OF air
plane fuSilazes and automobile bod
les II Is uehter than steel and
iust as durable. Loughhorough said
The piastieized wood may BE-
nodded Tor any purpose when heat
ed The pHoeess viii also offer a
use for certain typeE Of wood that
have otherwise proved inferior for
build ing purpose Iaughboroush
declared.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06
State Loses Plea
In Little Case

The California supreme court de-
MED Attorney General Earl G.. War
rens request for a rehearing on a
decision of the fourth district court
of appeals in the John Little case,
it was announced Monday
Warren asked for a rehearing of
the lower courts decision in find
ing Little not guilty of nine counts
of Justification of public records in
connection with the theft of $28,-
500 from FL Centro water funds
while his wife, Lillian Richards
Little, was water clerk. The deci-
sion of the appellate court made no
difference in the length of Little's
prison term as the sentence on the
nine counts was to run concurrently
with that imposed in the grand
theft counts of the grand jury in
dictment.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06


to the fresh victory achieved by
British troops in north Africa.
The report of the ultimatum was
officially and flatly denied in Sofia
by high government officials. In
Budapest a Hungarian censor sew
cred the telephone connection when
a United Press correspondent re-
ported the cryptic news that Giur-
giu, big Rumanian Danube port
opposit Rushtchuk, Bulgaria, had
been evacuated" this morning. Pre-
viously German troop concentra-
tions had been reported at Giurgiu
and the Germans were said to be
constructing a big ferry or pontoon
bridge there.
The British forces, capturing Bar
dia and its estimated $4,000 de-
Tenders, swept on in a tightening
drive toward Tobruk, italian base
60 miles to the west. The Brit
iSh high command said that Briaish
advance forces already were ap-
preaching Tobruk.
According to the information
reaching the United Press, the Ger
man ultimatum was delivered to
Bulgaria Saturday and was ac-
cepted by Bulgaria; opening the
way to an imminent move by the
hundreds of thousands of German
troops now poised across the from
Continued on Page 8, Col. a
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06

at lilt SdlllOIll1d llUOCl.
More than 100 farm bureau men,
bers. attending the 26th annual
gathering, heard Wilson blame re-
straint of trade for economic in
stability in the United States, hit
labor unions, urge opposition to the
present trend to bureaucracy and
implore agriculture to lead in the
fight to keep this nation out of war.
War, Wilson said, did not solve
world problems in 1917, neither will
it solve problems. There is less rea-
son for conflict now than there was
% years ago. War may be newt
able but it is not solution
Shifting to national government
Wilson took subtle jab at the ad-
ministration when he said Farmers
are the only ones now prepared to
assume leadership for the return to
Democracy. in this nation
The American Farm Bureau dir
ector blamed labor unions for a
share of the present economic in
stability confronting the nation and
placed unions at the top of the list
of pressure groups which have
brought a tremendous list of re-
straints to trade.
Pressure groups first began to
appear in 1800,' Wilson said, land
since that time have developed to
the peak they have now attained.
It is a break for this country that
the CIO and AFOL split. Under
one leadership labor would have
too much power"
Restraint of trade has reduced
production, and production repres-
sents wealth." Wilson impressed his
listeners. production cuts and
other curtailmentS have lowered the
standard of living in the United
States and will continue to lower
that standard unless a new program
is devised"
Wilson then switched to interna-
tional trade, again blaming restric-
Continued on Page 8, Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06

menQatlon Tor new legislation In
his first message to the new legis-
lature.
In brief, Olson's recommendations
were:
1-Changing relief to abandon
the cash dole; substitute work re-
lief, making opportunities for the
unemployed to produce for their
own needs; funds for the SRA to
train jobless for employment in CO.
operation with the state employ
ment service; vocational courses lin
educational institutions to train all
jobseekers.
memorials to the president and
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06

Unstable weather conditions in
southern California. which brought
scattered showers to the valley over
the weekend, promised continued
eloudiness and possible light rain
Monday night and Tuesday, accord
ing to Woodrow c. Jacobs, meteorol-
ogiSt.
Jacobs predicted below normal
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06
Presidents MESSAGE in a Nutshell

At no previous time has
American security been as seri-
ously threatened from without as
it is today"
:" D.. For what we send abroad,
We shall be repaid -"
&c. They (t.le dictat0rs) will
not wait for an act of war on
our part"
We will not tell them
(the demOcracies) they must
surrender merely because of
inability to pay >. for the weap-
Ons they must have"
The American people
have unalterably set their faces
against tyranny
Our most useful and
Immediate role is to act as an
shall ask this congress
for greatly increased new ap-
propria tions :"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06
Suitcase Stolen,
Recovered Here

A cup of coffee very nearly cost
Jack Worrell a suitcase In Fl Cen
tro Monday.
Worrell reported 10 police that
while he was in a cafe getting coffee
someone stole suitcase from his
car parked in the 400 block on
Main street.
Later, Ernest Martin was arrest
ed near the railroad tracks and the
suitcase recovered Martin was
sentenced to 60 days In jail
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06

have at least years college training
Early applications were requested
so that medical examinations may
be passed in plenty of time before
the new course starts.
More facilities for training were
slated at Imperial airport, Sproule
said. A new hangar, built by Sam
Poster. will be erected west of the
present office building as we'll as
a new shop and office building.
The hangar will be 80 feet by 80
and the shop 20 by 80.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06
Barbara Worth
Author GraveIy III

George Wright of Imperial is
staying in Palm Springs with his
brother, Harold Bell Wright, who
is IN a critical condition, relatives
said Monday.
The author and former Imperial
Valley resident who wrote The
Winning of Barbara Worth" was
stricken with pneumonia last Fri
day and was placed in an oxygen
tent His brother planned to re-
main with him until his condition
improves.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06
BrawIey Baby Wins
New Year Prize

Alvaro Marquee. eighth child Of a
farm laborer OF the Brawley district,
Monday was crowned the first baby
born in Imperial county In l94l.
Gifts donated by Fl Centre mer-
chants and dealers were collected
by the baby's father, Rafael Mar
quez, Monday and taken TO the
Marquee home seven miles east of
Brawley.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06
FDR ASKS BILLIONS FOR BRITISH ARMS
|. V.GirI Widow
OF Crash Victim

M" Lloyd J. Hughes, tn e
Grlna" Esthe" May Story of
,. tyiilc WIS en- route to Grand
& pids Mic, Monday with the
body cf her husband, one OF thc
v;itin,5 Of t12 Navy b2nlbin3
! ne crash IS miles east of San
lego sunday.
EuGhcs, Il si'3t ci2Ss rai:oman
was on cf tic fo,r men who
saved tr:ms 3lve; b. blilinG oni
e The bonaer Thursday in =
gal bich GYcUt wet T,xcs,
',rt di Il in the Sun Diego crash.
Eti5 widow and his five month
ID Sou Were LETT TO gricve for
,lir.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06

will probably BE- doubled IN size
i'm order 10 train even more poten-
tial flyers for the armed forces.
Chad sproule. ar instructor. an
nouneed that written examinations
will be given Monday night and
flight examinations this week Tor
the graduating class. The new class,
expected to total 20 viii start In
Feb. |. Applications may be made TO
Dean Glenn Kieffer Of Central jun
ior college. Applicants must be be-
tween 10 and &c years Of age and
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06
Broken FirepIug
Floods Businesses

A weekend flood, no less wet be-
cause Il was man made, threatened
20 swamp business houses in El
Centre in the 400 block on Main
street
A garbage truck driving through
the alley between Main and Broad
way clipped a fire plug. A geyser
followed that soaked adjacent
buildings until city crews shut off
the water
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06

congress urging establishment OF
the proposed regional authority and
greater speed in construction OF
the Central Valley project. In the
meantime. amendments to the Gen.
trail Valley act releasing revenue
bonds authorized by the act and
enabling their use 10 help finance
local public utility districts"
3-Further regulation and control
over the small loan business 10 pre-
vent usurious charges.
4EUniversal compulsory health In
suranee. administered by the state
department OF employment.
Continued on Page 8. Col -
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06
Two Minor Fires
Reported Here

Two minor fires broke the monot-
onv for FL Centro firemen over the
weekend.
Sunday noon a blaze was extingu-
ished at 857 Brighton avenue where
a gas heater caught fire to a win
dow drape. Monday forenoon 9
shack at 7O6 South First street,
occupied by Mary Jiles, was par
italy destroyed by flames.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06
p AMsiINa
6 Q g eepORTE0

CCSturaet.--
Saa Francisco night clubs have
seen some strange sights on New
Years eve, but they never saw a
stranger one than Sebe Robinson
hitting the hign spots with Bob
Ware.
En- route tc the bay city Sebe's
ankles got cold and he tied a cou-
pie Of bsndanas around them. Un-
fortunately, he forgot to take them
off ard snooped into first one
swanky spot after another with the
CAV ribbons trailing behind him.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06
TO More Nv. Lads
Ready for Wings

Ten more Imperial Valley youths were within strk-
ing distance their wings Monday the time came for
final examinations for the current Civil Aeronaucs au-
thorty class At Imperial airport.
At the same time disclosed that the next class
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06
OrQdnized Farm
Action Demanded
National Farm Bureau Director Urges
Agriculture 70 Lead Fis hi Combating
Lower Standards, Bure in y. S.

Organized action by farmers of the United States
offered solution to national and international prob
lens Saturday afternoon by George Wilson, American
Farm Bureau Federation and Federal Land Bank director
the annual meeting of the Imperial county farm bureau
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06
Olson Presents
14-Point Program

SACRAMENTO Jan. g. (UP)-Governor Cubert Oh
son today gave the state legislature optimistic picture
OF increasing state and said he would
mend enactment of at the 54h biennial session
opening this The governor made point recon-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06
Tyranny Menaces
American Future,
SoVs President
Roosevelt Asks Congress to Provide
Weapons for Warrins Democracies;
Shuns Mention Of Specific Means

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. (UP)-President Roosevelt to-
day asked for appropriations and authorizations
to provide bons of dollars worth of weapons for
tons fighting against the march of aggressors in all parts
of the world Such assistance from America turned into
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06
Bulgaria Falls
To NQz Threats
BY UNITED PRESS -

Private advces received by the United Press said
day that Bulgaria had yielded to German utmatum and
that Nazi troops will shortly occupy that strategic Balkan
country This move long rumored appeared to consti-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06
Supreme Courts
Ruling Supports
RefundinS Case
Tribunal UphoIds Constitutional Right
Of Irrigation Districts TO Put Selves
Under Bankruptcy Act; Speeds I'D Plan

far-reaching L. S. supreme court decision Monda"
swept another leg out from under the opposition t.
Imperial Irrigation districts S10G0000 refundng pro
The courts action upheld the right of irrigation dis
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06
Forget Me -Nots--

Forget Me -Nots---
While on the subject of New
Years. Pauline Duringer and Mrs.
Ben Herring came away with two
tricky reminders. The end of Paul
ines nose locks as though it had
collided with something hard in
violent fashion and Adella's eye
is in mourning.
Don't know how Pauline got her
decoration but we do know about
Adella. She was at the golf club
New Years eve and was on the
other side when Al Devore aimed
a haymaker at balloon!
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06
Soldiers Have a Name for it

Soldiers Have Name for it
For once Bob Hays missed a bet
and the poor chaps rather cut up
about it.
All these weeks Bob has permit
ted the army camp north of Seeley
TO be called the Seeley camp, even
though it's officially listed as the
FL Centre camp.
Nov that may seem a minor
thing to you, but to a chamber of
commerce man its a tragic mistake.
Please. can't YOU do something
about it? Call It FL Centre camp,
Continued on Page 8, col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06

No Bad Penny
Even though it presented tech
nical problem that had this office
talking to itself, nevertheless Mrs.
Duke Johnsons action the other
day deserves a corsage of oleanders
Mrs. Johnson, who won $40
prize in the Christmas lighting
contest, endorsed that award over
to the Post-Press for use next year
in the annual contest!
Which was pretty swell, we
thought. For Pete's sake don't let
us forget to cough up that saw
buck next year.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-06

Butter: Los Angeles, 32i9c; but
terfat. Imperial Valley fob. ranch.
grade A, 41lsc; manufacturing milk
36c; route gathered cream, 32c.
l.. A. hay: u. S. No. l v S16.50-17,
U. ). No. 2 leafy, SI4-Sl5; u. $.
No. 2, $3.50; Mpls. May flax S1.69.
La gaceta., 1941-01-20
PARA LA MUJER
DEL HOGA


la tendencia Latina Ameri-
cana de los Estados Unidos reel
bio un mayor apoyo cuando Rus
sekS, de la Quinta avenida, EN-
New York, preSent6 una docena
o mas de trajes, muchoS de ellos
cen un fuerte gusto y tendencia
sudamericana, en- ell fondo pin
toreSco del Club Copacabaa. Sc
eScogi6 la bora de medianOche,
cuando el p1blico de los teatros
invade ell Club. AL son del ritmo
de la Gambia Y teniendo por res
paldo unaS palmeras heladas,
las mOdelos escogidas de bas-
tante estatura, empezaron su
deSfile.
Sc vieron encajes y multi-vue
los en- cascade desds las caderas.
Uno con el corpino negro tiene
una falda extendida cue luce CO.
mo les pliegues de un cake" de
cumpleanOs'. Otro es una ma
70.
La gaceta., 1941-01-20

81 &c adorros nogros = blanoos.
L. camisa de gaucho es ahora
co~nsideralia elegible para las
fieStas. RuSsek las preSenta en-
e~stampadcs. GrandeS rosas 'col'
fueron exteudidas en- FL fondo
blanco de otro vastido. Las man
gts >nohas recondean los cuer-
pos de la falda gaucho, sujeta
cen b0tones de pedreria. La fall
da aparece Sostenida con una
banda p%rofunda sobra la cual
luce un amplio cintur6n de cue
Para dar mayor caracter in
tcnacional al desfile de modas,
Sc presentaron trajes informa-
les de brccados chinos. Con los
vestidos tropicales de noche Rus
SEEKS mostr6 elegantiSimas pie
les. La mas hermosa envoltura
10 era una larga capa de cola an
cha.
La gaceta., 1941-01-20
Prim n Dta de Fiesta

Ell pr6xirno sabado Sc iniciara
la magnifica fiesta annual Car
naval Latino Americana, bajo
los auspicios de la Camara de
Concrete de West Tampa. Esta
fiesta es en- honor de la Reina
actual de este festival, tftulo que
ostenta la Srta. Hortensia Va
lima.
Tambien en- este bale, que ten
dra efecto en- los salones del E.
dificiO del Centre Espanol de
West Tampa, seelegira a 10 nue.
va Reina y su COrte de Honor.
Aspiran a Renal las cuatro
Damitas de la Corte de S. M.
Hortensia Vallina. Para damaS
Sc han inscripto diez bellas da-
mitas, en- representation de dis
tintos Clubs Civicos, SOciedades
Y Club particulars.
A la medianoche Sc presenta-
"a a la Srta. Margarita Foyo,
Reina de los Deportes de Cuba
1941, que llegara en- la manans
de csc mismo dia. Tambien Sc
hara la presentation de los ar
La gaceta., 1941-01-20
NOTAS SOCTALES
(PoR MARIO R%ODRIGUEZ)

ia cue no fue 6bice para que la
fiesta bailable del Centre Astu-
riano sc viera muy lucida.
I'm verdadero chit" Sc anOto
la orquesta 'Rundy Bundy', con
su magnifica Interpretation de
la mGsica de "jazz". A la termi-
naci6n de cada pieza, el publico
le tributaba merecidas salvas de
aplausos.
Las mesas oolocadas alrede-
dor del salon para comodidad de
los patrocinadoreS de la fiesta,
Sc vefan ocupadas en- su totali-
dad.
Bonitos n1meros de varieda-
deS fueron presentados.
Para ell entrante domingo a.
nuncian la pr6xima.