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Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-05

denial either IN LONDON or WaSn-
ington but it was considered pos
sible that Churchill, Harry L. Hop
kins and Mr. Roosevelt already may
be comforting aboard the presiden-
tial yacht, Potomac, off the north
east coast.
If Churchill has left Britain'S
war bastions for precedent
ing meeting with Mr.. Roosevelt, it
seemed apparent that the Anglo
American leaders are laying plans
for acceleration of coordinated
offensive against Adolf Hitler, based
perhaps, upon Hopkins conferences
with Josef Stain in Moscow.
There were no spectacular de-
velopments on the Russo German
Warfront.
JUNCTION CAPTURED
The Germans said they had cap
tured Tapa, important Estonian raik
junction, that new encirclement
area is being developed 81 miles
southeast of Smolensk and that
great numbers of prisoners and
war material are being taken in the
Ukraine offensive.
Moscow reported that the new
Nazi thrust toward the Leningrad-
Moscow railroad appears to be cas-
ing off and London suggested that
Russian offensive on the Karelian
Isthmus may be in preparation.
Nothing quite like the limited
Roosevelt Churchill meeting on the
high seas off the Atlantic coast has
occurred before.
All official Washington sources
were silent on the rumors, neither
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-05
Enrol Flynn in
Ia Hospital

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. (UP) =
Enrol Flynn, Irish film actor noted
for his adventure roles, was in Good
Samaritan hospital today recover
ing from a streptococci infection of
the nose and throat.
Flynn, now working on the War
ner Brothers film They Died With
Their Boots On" was admitted to
the hospital yesterday in consider
able pain.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-05

llleilG Aidd OCcli lillolllleu VI d Nuo-'
sian search of the German embas-
sy in Moscow it ordered searches
of the Soviet embassies in Berlin
and Paris.
The armored doors, it was said
were electrically controlled. Secret
observation windows we're found and
the embassy was reported filled
with explosives, machine guns, gas
masks, bottles of poison, acid ap-
paratus and handouts.
The announcement said the Ger
mans found an electric inciEerator
in which human corpses were
burned" and it expressed opinion
that the bodies of the White Rus
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-05
BRAWLEy|TES PERISH IN MASS TRAGEDY
18.Month Draft
Limit Rejected

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 up
- The senate today rejected so
10 ~ proposal by Sen. Ro-
bert A. Taft, R., Ohio, that army
service of selectees be limited
to a total of 18 months.
The action provided test of
sentiment OH the military service
extension legislation and fore
cast approval of the plan to
stretch out the selectees' serv-
ice to a total of 2R years.
Taft's substitute would have
provided that the army begin re-
placing draftees with new SOL
diers in April 1912 at the rate
of about $4,000 month.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-05

confirming nor denying them.
Mr. Roosevelt is now cruising off
the northeast coast aboard the
presidential yacht, Potomac. Unus-
ual secrecy shrouded the presi-
dents cruise. No reporters were al
lowed to accompany him and the
Continued on rage 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-05

sian generals Miller and Kutiepoff,
who disappeared in Paris a long
time ago, we're disposed Of In the
embassy.
The official German news agency
DNB reported that In the Berlin
embassy searchers found electrical
ly operated steel doors, various
kinds of "dissolying acids" num-
Der of radio transmitters, weapons,
rubber truncheons and the seals
of embassies and eonsulates OF other
countries. Among the seals, II was
said, was a seal from the Chilean
consulate at Breslau.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-05
FDR, Churchill
Meeting at Sea ~
By UNITED PRESS -

Cryptic statements by British indicated Tues
day that Prime Minister Winston Churchill possibly is
making epic sAtantic flight to confer with Pres
dent Roosevelt There official confirmation or
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-05
Places Assigned
July / Droftees
New Regis+ran+s Sandwiched Between
Lists Of Older Men; Order Numbers will
Determine Time of Call into Service

Names and order numbers for the souhends 165 newly
registered slated for consideration for army
service under the Selecve Service SYSTEM
Tuesday from Ell Centro headquarters
Names of the new men, who reached q years Of age
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-05
J Die as Truck
Stalls on Lonely
Desert Hi9hwoy
Only Two Survive Hunger. Thirst, Heat
Af+erVehicIe Breaks Down South OF
Border on Return from Sonora Visit

YUMA Aug s. (UP)-Sheriff T. H. Newman reported
today members of party of nine persons who lei
Santa Ana Sonora for their homes in Brawey SIX days
ago were found dead on the NogalesSan Luis highway
Mexico Sheriff Newman said he received the report iron
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-05
Nuzis Aim Blast
At Red Embassy

BERLIN, Aug 5. (UP)-The Soviet embassy in Paris
equipped with plated doors, bomb and machine
and electric incnerator for the disposal bodies
an official announcement said today.
The said THAI after the German govern
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-05
FL Centro's Tax
Rate Two Cents
Und er Last Year
City Adopts $I.78Per$Io0 Schedule
While Budgets Remain Fluid With
Department ALLEGATIONS Still Vague

Two cents below last years levy the Ell Centre
tax rate will be S1.78 per 500 valuation
City councilmen Monday night ended long-drawn bud
hearings by establishment of the after par
ing proposed expenditures within a few dollars of pro-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-05
County Sets Up
Defense Council

Organization of the Imperial Valley Defense Council
authorized Tuesday by the supervisors of Imperial
county.
Designed to "coordnate and supervise the activities
of governmental agencies and private agencies and
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-05
2 Hn,k7Hs HsSk4tf

An Escort
"Bu,luuuulttttt. There isn't
any speed limit in Arizona!'
A few scccIds before she gave
this suffered remonstrance to a
state cop, Mrs. Clyde Derringer was
breezing along an Arizona high
way at around rs miles an hour,
headed for home.
Her alibi somehow didn't impress
the Arizona officer who was polite
but firm.
Just to be sure that everything
will go along nicely I'm going to
give you a police escort" he inform
ed Mrs. Derringer.
For the next 40 miles Mrs. Der
ringer drove circumspectly at ma
terially reduced rate, while the Of
ficer putt-putted along nearby! And
was she fuming!
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-05

Drum Houston's prayers must
have peculiar potency.
RR is only guessing, of course,
but while driving from Imperial to
AEl Centro Monday while storm
clouds gathered overhead we MOTTO
ed Houston field where the alfalfa
had recently been cut and was on
! the ground
, BET Drum is looking at the skies
and praying" we reasoned.
Several hours later, passing that
way again, we noticed bailers work.
ing despite darkness. Lightning was
Pickering on the horizon.
"Those prayers are okay SO far"
we decided
Tuesday revealed that the storm
had passed. Whatta pray-er!
Likes and Likes
While discussing vacation trips
proposed this year. Mrs. Malcolm
Macurda and DR.. Raynor Clemons
discovered these points in common.
They have been married the same
number of years and anniversary
dates fall on approximately the
same date.
y Both families have boy and a
sgirl and the children are approx
mately the same ages.
Malcolm was raised in the same
house in San Francisco that DR..
Clemons later occupied while at
school there.
i The vacation trips that the two
couples have planned cover exactly
the same route!
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-05
BASEBALL
AMERICAN

AMERICAN
Philadelphia -. 210 200 000-5- 8-3
Boston ............. 500 00l 00x-6- 1870
Knott, L. Harris and Hayes, H.
Wagner; Dobson, Wagner and PVT
lax
New York -. 900 1O2 900, 1873
washington ...... $40 900 O0x-4-8-2
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-05
TEMPERATURES

Maximum Mon. 104, minimum
Mon 80. pm. Mon. SO, humidity
81; am. Tues. 81, humidity ~;
Noon Tues. 100, humidity 46.
L. A. Hay; u. .. $50. I S18-S18;
u. s. No. 2 ieafy /. v. $1650-17.50.
No. 2 $14.50-15.50; Mpls. Sept. flax
$1.92A.
Evening star., 1941-06-08

home. Come, Topsyr' Tom called.
Standing on her nest board, Topsy
looked at Tom with one bright eye
and then the other, turning her head
from side to side
"Topsyl Come on, Topsyr'
The birds wings fluttered, and she
alighted on Toms wrist, pecking at
the corn.
Toms heart was humping until
his ears rang. Before Dad was through
training pigeon, it would come when
called, and now Tom was thankful
that Dads birds weren't wild, like
some. so they had to be caught with
a net. Dimly, he heard Robindale
saying, "You see that, Pete? Those
birds are SO tame they'll come when
you call their names. Say, the more l
think about things, the better l like
it. We won't have no trouble getting
tame birds like that into the trap
when they come from the ship"
Carefully Tom took Topsy in his
Evening star., 1941-06-08

Whats that on its leg?" Pete
shouted, as Topsy circled upwards.
THE kids sending a messagew Then
he moved remarkably fast for plump,
soft man, seizing Robindale's right
wrist. Robindale had drawn a re-
volver from his pocket. "You can't hit
that bird with pistol. you FOOL" he
said. "And the noise ="
Robindale put the gun away re-
luctantly. Tom stood dancing with
excitement. GO on, Topsyw he
yelled to the bird, who now was
streaking west towards the silver ex-
panse of the bay. Good old Topsy"
1t was wonderful! Robindale had de-
graded the proud homer strain, en-
gaging it in criminal undertaking -
and now Topsy was vindicating her
race. Tom yelled. ely home. Topsyr
Tom suddenly was all frozen.
Robindale was advancing slowly
and easily. his lips twisted in half
smile. Tom wanted to run, but he
Evening star., 1941-06-08

couldn't move. He stood looking up
at the mans white face. This was like
a dream, when someone is chasing
after you and you can't move.
You're a smart kid" Robindale
said. "A little too smart" Then Tom
saw the quick motion of the white
hand, and yelled just before he went
tumbling head over heels.
The side of his face seemed enor-
nous; it felt strange to his tongue.
The two men we're busy with the truck
now, and Tom lay where he had fall
len. They let down the big end-gate
of the truck, making an inclined plat
form. After tossing out some of the
chicken crates, they pushed the trailer
loft onto the truck. After the chicken
crates we're put in again and the end
gate closed. Tom could see no part
of the trailer above the high wooden
sides of the truck.
Pete, standing a bit away from the
truck, said, THAT trap on top sticks
out. Better knock that off,"
Looks almost like chicken crate,
anyhow" Robindale said.
Continued on poss iwslvs)
Evening star., 1941-06-08
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE
TRAP WITH WINGS
Confinued from preceding pose

left hand and. his back to the men,
worked very quickly, wrapping the
sheet of his notebook around the
birds leg and fastening it with an
elastic he'd had in his pocket. He
wished he had carrier tube for the
message, and hoped the paper would
MT fall off in the wind of fight His
face felt like wood as he tried to smile.
turning to the men.
"Oh, yes, all the old birds come
when called" Tom crossed towards
the live oak, the bird in his hands.
Il WANT to show you Topsy, be-
cause she - hey! He let out the last
with yell. just as loud and sudden
as he could shout, and at the same
time flung Topsy up. 'Heyr' he
shrieked. to startle the bird. "Hey!
Look! She got away! Hey! She got
away!' And he waved his arms and
jumped as he yelled, to be sure Topsy
would fly away fast.
Evening star., 1941-06-08

III WV iduShOo' oAt ~
mained leaning back against the trail
er tongue found it hard to breathe.
The men walked about the loft, in
specting it and making critical COM
ments. Pretty good job" Robindale
finally admitted. "If the birds are
trained, that's all we've got to worry
about" He asked Tom: where's
your old man loosing the pigeons"
Salinas. He's tossing them up one
at time, ten minutes apart. He was
to toss the first one at eight thirty
this morning"
And how many birds are there?"
Sixteen
'That'll take about three hours"
Pete said, and looked at watch.
Quarter to ten, now. And III take
him couple hours to get back here
after he lets the last bird loose. He
won't show up before one o'clock this
afternoon at the best, and chances are
all the birds will beat him here. They
travel; don't have to wait for traffic"
Tom was biting his lip. Why hadn't
he thought quicker? Why hadn't he
told the men that Dad was only
few miles away and would be back
soon? That might have scared them
away
well, if he's back before one. it's
his hard luck" Robindale said cas-
ually, and Tom suddenly hoped Dad
wouldn't return sooner than that
! HE men went over to live oak
nearby and sat down on the brown
grass underneath it. When another
bird arrived, Tom brought it to the
trap and jotted down the time of
arrival, trying to do everything as if
he suspected nothing While waiting
for the next bird, he looked carefully
around, trying to see something that
would suggest a way to save the birds.
But the rolling hills to the east and
the valley and bay to the west, whose
quiet expanse had seemed so beautiful
earlier, now meant only isolation and
distance.
His heart leaped as he heard the
sound of a car on the road below. He
couldn't see the road into the hills ex-
cept for brief stretch below to the
west, and he watched the curving sec
ton of road with his heart in his
throat. What if, for some reason, Dad
was returning Unexpectedly? Dad
would fight rather than lose his birds,
and he wouldn't stand chance
against these two men. They might
have guns. Bad as it was to lose the
birds, it was better than for Dad -
The car came into view below "a
rattley farm truck chugging up hill
and Tom was little faint from relief
Three more birds arrived, and as the
third one came into the trap, an idea
came to Tom and he wondered why
he hadn't thought of it before. He
might have saved all the birds. if he'd
thought of it sooner. Dad would be
angry at him for being SO stupid
Instead of putting down the time Of
arrival in his notebook, he wrote,
"Robindale stealing trailer. Call po-
lice" Then as he took the bird from
the trap and put it through the little
door. he put his hand through with
some corn in the palm, and called
softly: "Topsy. Come on, Topsy,
girl" Topsy was one of the old birds
being kept in the trailer as mate
to one of the young homers Dad was
training. But Topsy's home was at
the farm cote, not this trailer, and if
she were released. she would fly straight
Evening star., 1941-06-08

"TDEv GIVE you An EXTRA found in
no other corn flakes -Vitamin
b.. This is the missing vitamin'
8 out of 4 people don't get enough
Of in their daily diet. Yet Vita
min b. is necessary for abundant
energy, sound nerves, normal
growth and appetite"
Evening star., 1941-06-08

AND UNCLE Jeff, the noted diet author
ity, slipped Mother new idea. TRY
the new Post Toastiesw he said.
They're marvelously rich in that
corn fakes flavor everybody likes
toasted to stay crisper in milk or
cream. Every fake is packed with
quick-energy food value, and :"
Evening star., 1941-06-08

YOU CAN LEAD TINE CREW TO BREAKFAST, Mother found
but you cannot make 'em eat! Bobby would
glover Maybe that stuff is good for me, but, gee!
l just don't like it" Dad added, 'And when break
fast does taste good-it isn't nourishing enough"
"Oh DEAR" thought Mother, what shall l do?
Maybe Uncle Jef'can help me out 80
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-25
'WRITER FORUM {
 GUEST SUNDAY
Dan Stiles to Lecture On
 New England at Second { Congregations Church 1

Dan stiles, writer. lecturer ana pl1bkographer. viii give his newege ililstrated lecture. s,lsew England aa Play" Sunday evening at the Forum of the second COngreeaticnax church at 7:30 ?. m.
 i Dan Stiles has lived in New EsigS land all his life and knows the sec~ ton thoroughly. He began get~ ting acquainted with New England as a boy growing up tn . ciergy~ mans family In Vermont. He cons tinued the process as he attended public schools in Vermont and then New Hampshire. He was raduate0 from Phillips Exeter Academy iil New Hampshire, took B. A. ae Yale University, then post graduate work at wesleyan university In Connecticut. Since college, Dan Stiles has divided his time between teaching, newspaper work, writings lect,iring and photography. He il. frustrated his feature articles with his own pictures and several of his prints have won blue ribbons in camera salons. Dan Stiles Is a professional name adopted by George
 Many people believe that the Yankees are . dour race. that they never do anything more exciting than "settin", or "whittlin", when they feel like playing. The truth is quite otherwise. New Englanders have shown almost as much genius in devising ways of amusing tfen1- selves as they have in creating me. chanical gadgets. This lecture film by Dan Stiles reveals some Of the more picturesque ways in which Yankees entertain themselves. Heres for example, are the Connecticut Foot Guards all dressed up in thsir gaudiest uniforms; fishing, cance~ ing, and camping in Maine's North woods with the ascent of Mount Kathadin as an inspiring climax: spills and thrilsl in the gentel art of fold boating; vermont'E little worlds Fair" almost the only uri- spoiled country fair in New Eng la,si; woodchopping as a sport, ice boating at Bantam Lake skiing as North Conway, and many others. "New England at Play" is designed principally for entertainment, al- though anybody who knows and loves New England will find h packed with interesting information In addition to Its humor. It is an all natural color film. N
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-25
Construction Work
 Closes Five Roads
Detours Provided on Each Route Where Repairs Are Underway-Two Projects Started on Route No. 63

erly. Nangatuck. Elimination of underpass.
 Route No. 67-Woodbridge. Install lation of drainage on Arnity Hill.
 Route No. 9l-Woodstock. Gull vert replacements on South Wood- stock West Woodstock road.
 Route No. 94 - Glastonbury. 1 3-4 miles of bituminous inacadam pavement on Heron avenue.
 Route No. 97 -- Sprague. Three span deck girder bridge and ap- breaches at Shetucket River in Baltic.
 Route No. l19-North Stonington. Bridge and Culvert at Assekonk Brook.
 Route No. 125 Trumbull. IA mile of storm sewer and bituminous gutter.
 Route No. l32 - Bethlehem. Con- structing miles of bituminoui macadain from south end of present improved section.
 Route No. 162 - West Haven Side drainage on Jones Hill road.
 Route No. 203 -. Windharn. Cul- vert replacement on the South Windham- Windhan1 Center road.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-25
IARnEsT RADIUAE sgORE

Radium is worth e65 900 8 gram. Eieht drams, the largest anaouns of radium in any one place in me world. afe in Memorial Hospital, New
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-25
Governor Names
 Bird, Arbor Day

Governor Robert A. Hurley, in . proclamation designating Friday, May 2, as Bird and Arbor Day, calls on the people of Connecti- cut t0 Join In a program to make the state "of future years an even lovelier place, more musical with the rustic of leaves and the song of birds." The text of the proclamation follows:
 "Believing that it is we'll for us to pause even in this time of trou- ble in order to give thanks for the wealth of unearned beauty wherewith our lives are surround cd, hereby appoint Friday, May 2, as
 ARBOR AND BIRD DAY
 Let us remember on that day, and help our children to under stand, the huge debt that we owe to trees, our partners in three hundred years of toll and our noble lifelong companions. Let us think with renewed affection on that day of our feathered friends, the birds. And may all of us then do what we can to make the Con- nccticut of future years an even loveIier place, more musical with the rustic of leaves and the song of birds.
 Given under my hand and seal of the State at the Capitol, In Hartford, this twenty third day of April in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty one and of the independence of the United States the one hun. dred and sixty-flfth.
 ROBERT A. HURLEY. By His Excellency's Command: CHASE GOING WOODHOUSE,
 Secretary
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-25
LEGION WOMEN MEET TONIGHT
Mrs. James German Enter tains Club; MethOdists
 Supper Tomorrow
WATERVILLE
COrrespOndent-Mrs. B. W. Henion, Telephone S-5l62

Waterville, April 25.--A business meeting of the Casper s. Davis American Legion Auxiliary, will be held tonight at 8 o'clock at Fra ternity hall, with Mrs. Dorothy Cook, president in charge. Reports will be given on the recent enter tainmeht which featured Hank Law son. .e.
 The weekly games of bingo will be sponsored this evening by the Holy Name Society of St. Michael's church at 8:30 o'clock in the parish hall. The public is invited to par ticipate and the committe in charge will include Patrick Shea, Thomas Kelly, Robert Cosgriff, William Brennan, George Graham and Fred Truelove.
 Mrs. James German of Homer street entertained the following members of her card club Wednes- day afternoon, Mrs. Daniel Sulli- van, Mrs. Joseph Seery, Mrs. Will liam Heaney. Mrs. Francis Whalen, Miss Josephine LaChance, Mrs. James McAree and Mrs. Thomas Buckley. Prizes were won by Mrs. McAree, Mrs. Heaney, Miss La- Chance and Mrs. German.
 Pythians to Convene
 A district meeting of the Knights of Pythias of the 4th district will be held this evening in Speedwell hall at 8 o'clock. Grand Chan. cellor Elmer H. Lounsbury of Hart ford and his staff will pay an of- ficial visit to the lodge, and the Past Chandeliers association of the 4th district will confer the rank of Knight on several candidates from Goodwill lodge of Waterville and Theodore Roosevelt lodge of Waterbury.
 Details of Uniform Rank men from Hartford and New Haven will be present. This will be the first affair of its kind held by the Wa terbury Pythians this spring and a large attendance is desired. The new disqualification plan will prob ably be discussed by the Grand Chancellor. The 4th district includes all Pythian lodges in Waterbury. Watertown and Thomaston. The af- fair will be in charge of District Deputy Grand Chancellor A. K. Warren of Waterville.
 Edward s. White, chancellor commander of Speedwell lodge, will preside during the preliminary pro- ceedings. Refreshments will be served. The ceremonies will be witt messed by members only.
 The Women's Society for Chris tian Service of the Grace Metho- dist church will serve roast beef supper tomorrow evening at 6 o. clock, in the church parlors for all members of the parish, their families and friends, after which Rev. Dr. Albert Marion, district superintendent. will preside at the annual meeting and fourth quar- terly conference.
 Scouts Elect Offlcers
 Girl Scout Troop, No. 16, held election of officers at their meet ing Wednesday afternoon at the home of Ruth Batchelder. on Chapel street. Elected were: President, Ruth Batchelder; vice president Alice MacMullen; treasurer, Nancylou Totten; secretary, Mary Ryan; so- cial times, Elsie Collins.
 Plans were made for a days out ing during the summer and hike for Saturday, May 10, probably to the Greystone caves. Mrs. Everett Cook was in charge of the meet ing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-25
YOUNG. SALESMAN
 UNDERsELLs

Keene, N. H.,s-s(u.PJ - As signed to investigate a report that a "dish salesman" was making the rounds of local homes and selling his wares lat c very low figure. poe ice were surprised to find he was only s years old. After questioning, the youngster admitted the crockery came from his mothers pantry shelves. F.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-25
SINGER ONCE TRAPPED RATTLERS

New York -- CUP.l = Lucille Johnson. who used to sing with the Chicago Opera Company and now stars at the Glass Hat Club, earned money for her career by one of the most unorthodox methods - she was 8 professional rattlesnake trap per. Miss Johnson used to catch the snakes on a ranch near Boise. Ida. She used the money for singing les- sons.