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Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05
Women's Union
Me- cts Fridav

Baptist Women's union will meet
Friday at 2 p. m. with members
OF Women's Council of the State
Street Christian church as their
guests.
A missionary program, dealing
with the migrant work in Imperial
Valley will be presented under the
direction of Mrs. H. r. Johnston.
with Mrs Gertrude Meade, mis-
slonary nurse, as the speaker.
A missionary tea will be served
after the program.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05

The Rev. Mr.. Devon Ellsworth OF
st. Pauls Episcopal church, and
Mrs. Ellsworth, will share honors
with Bishop William Bertrand Stew
ems, bishop of the diocese of Los
Angeles, at tea to be given Sun
day afternoon by st. Paul's guild.
All friends of the Rev. Mr.. Ellis
worth and of Mrs. Ellsworth, have
been invited by the guild, through
the columns of the Post-Press, to
drop in at the Harry w. Horton
home, 69l Sandalwood Drive, be-
tween the hours of $3.50 and $50
Sunday afternoon.
At this time they will have an
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05
Guild Will Entertain For
Bishop and EIIsworths

opportunity to bid farewell to Mr..
and Mrs. Ellsworth who are leaving
the valley for San Diego, the Rev.
Mr.. Ellsworth having been ordered
to report on Feb. Is for duty as
army chaplain at Ft. Rosecrans.
They will also have the privilege Of
meeting Bishop Stevens, one of the
outstanding clergymen of the state
who is making a pilgrimage to the
various churches in his diocese and
who will visit those of FL Centre,
Brawley and Calexico Sunday.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-05

For Reaching Most People at
Smallest Cost Use POst-Press
Want Ads.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
Agitation Grows
For Quick Action
On 4-Sfates Link

Continued from Page One
san LUIS road and awarded con-
tracta for thr work
This inland Blythe road will be
the only Inpayed section in this
international highway unless some
thns Is done soon. Imperial VAL
ley officials said Saturday
WORK on the road from MeXicali
70 san Felip. will begin immedi.' e.
~ under the supervision of Angus
tin Morales. representative of the
Mexican federal treasury. and Edu-
ardo Hoy. contractor Ia charge
With the exception Of the Blythe
INLAND stretch. the long road offers
motorists fine roads for one of the
most scenic trip, IN Canada, Mex
C.. and the United States.
Were going 20 do something
about that missing link. Fern
young o. Calcxico said Saturday
We must get busy Immediately
and pave the road
Young prepared 20 present the
proposition 10 the Imperial County
Highway Development association
at a meeting IN Sherwood's cafe,
Il Centre. al CAS- p. m Monday
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
Yankees Warned
Out Of Shan9hai

leave already has started and
American authorities were attempt
ing to arrange for two American
President" liners, now enrOute TO
Hongkong. to stop at Shanghai to
pick up American evacueeS.
The Shanghai municipal council
Will meet tomorrow III emergency
session to approve a proclamation
ordering all rice stores to sell at
prices set by the council be closed.
The Shanghai Volunteer corps,
composed of men OF all national
tiles. was ordered to the alert Ell
tective rat dawn Monday One bat
talon was ordered to stand by at
volunteer headquarters.
Informed quarters said the step
was a precaution against possible
disturbances inStigated by rice
profiteerS. many OF whom support
the Japanese -Spon re d Wan 8
Ching-Wei regime at NankinG.
By maintaining order the volun-
tcers may deprive the japanese of Il
preteXt for marching into the inter
national settlement en- the grounds
that the municipal council was m-
able to handle the situation.
Thus far. it was understood, the
Marines have not received orders to
leave and SO long as they are here
they will be available for use in
helping to maintain order.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
35 Planes Down
In RQid on Nozis

German targets
bomb loads over Berlin and othsr
Apparently -ome Of the planes
eli .u.C he North Sea OF thu
Eu-.... Channel since the German
..-H command reported only .
British tomDers Gowned. one made
a forced .andin2 IN unoceupied
Fra.c. where Tie crew vas interned
Tie Germans admitted tha; seven
persons were killed and 90 injured
II Berlin alone
A more successful phase o: the
British air offensive was scored
over I,a.y where the Rome COM
mau.q4t admitted that a long at
ta.E was carried out against Brin-
C!S. Forty persons were killed and
90 injured IN the raid, the largest
losses Sc. admitted in a single at
tacG on the Italian peninsula
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
Kiwanis Club
Hears DR.. Reed

What Kind o. Man Am 1?'
was the stimulating subject discus
sed by DR.. L. A. r ed fcr the El
Centre KiWanis club az its meet
ing Friday noon in the Barbara
Worth hotel.
DE- Reed, pastor OF the Pasadena
First Church OF the Nazarcne, is
one of four visiting pastors con-
ductine a preaching mission in I'M
perial Valley.
In his talk d." Reed emphasized
the Importance ct training in re-
li4ious fundamentals in the home
and school. and the necessity Of
living the Christian religion daily,
not just on Sunday. Adherence or
lack of adherence to these prin-
ciples determines TIE type Of man.
Willis c. Barrett was welcome Il
as new N 1mb2r
Geor2 Kit va called upon to
discuss his recent tmp to Florida
describing HalieuS interesting in
e.d2nta and places.
L. R MI. Hayden Sears of
,ne Methodist ehugch was chair
man Of the day and introduced
L Feed.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
Worlds Biggest
SeapIane Launched

Continued from Page Onei
modiica'i ~ 10 could b. converted
INTO q troop carrier II such a step
Acre necessary
The Graf, IS surpa sed In size
only by the armys 70-tou BIB
four-enunod b-Rber winch recent
Is wa> completed by tie Douglas
Aircraft Corp. Santa Monica
The uayy ky queen carried
crew Of II men and has an m
terror pace approXmately ths
s.z- Of a uru-room house Il mas
l. Wing pan OF l8l feet. and Is
Io~'rcc by our Wright cyclone du-
pic" oA.n'- With a total oi 1000
horsepower Each Of It's propcllors
measure l76 feet. making them
thc largest IN the world
Sped of the craft is a CLOSELY
guarded ccrct. So Is NJ potential
Ians l. o. Enown. however that
!. has fuel capacity equal 70
ordinary tank car
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
Incipient Strike
Failure Here

An lnGplcnJ strike died a.
Diitn Saturday mornng III the H
P Garin pea ted near Thompson. 5
clDaain2
Men from the Brawley migra-
tory camp were SAID 70 have urgeG
d Walkout when growers said they
crgld not pay cents as the market
va only three cents.
The leaders took two carloads
Of Fllpinos frym the field, Garin
employees said, but crew of ap-
proH.matcly 10 went on with their
work, apparently satisfied with the
u cent rate which enabled them
" earn as high as So TO S. a day.
There was no violence and no
plckets appeared.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
Amundsen Living,
Says Turin Paper;
Recounts Finding

ROME. Nov 8 ,UPl-The news
paper La Stampa Of Turin said to-
day that Capt. Roald Amundsen,
famous Polar explorer who has been
given up as dead since 1928. has
been found by an American fur
trader employed by the Alaska Trad
ing Corp
The newspaper said Amundsen.
who was lost with five companions
while making an air search for the
los; Italian Polar drieible Italia.
HaS found living among Eskimos
on a ford in a bay OF the North
BaftIn sea.
The fur trader was said 10 have
talked with Amundsen, who. the
newspaper said, stated ne did not
desire TO return TO civilization be-
cause he was happy among the ES-
kimoS
"Amundsens location has been
placed in a ford near Davis Strait
and Baffin sea- La Stampa said.
This locality IS inhabited by Es
kimos, who live by fishing The Alas
ka Trading Corp. is one of the COM
mercial companies conducting busi-
ness activity here.
II AmIndsen were alive he would
be Il He was a hero OF the Arctic
70 which he devoted his lie A cita
ton issued in Rome IN 1923 said
Legendary hero OF the Arctic; lost
his he IN an aviation accident while
preparing 70 bring aid 10 the cast
aNays OF the dirgible Italia a SUB
lime example Of human solidarity. OF
braPery and of chivalry
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
Mortgage Menaces
Old Family Home
Of Screen Actress

RRIDGEPORT, Conn, NOV. D.
CUP)-The family home on fashion,
able Clapboard Hill, which Gene
Tierney left to make career 1or
herself on the stage and in the
movies was threatened with seiz-
ure today to satisfy an unpaid.
S5005 mortgage.
Earl D. Sprague of Stratford,
Ccnn., obtained a foreclosure jud9-
mont OF the first mortgage in su-
preme court yesterday. Judge
Frank P. McEvoy. adding $526 III
fees to the mortgage. did not assign
law day for redemption of the
home and three acres. because the
Tierney's attorney J. Kenneth
Bradley, said they were trying to
refinance the degt. They owe
$4500
. The note was executed by the
Belletier Corp.--composed of Miss
Belle L. Tierney-Which was form
ed to handle Miss Tierney's in
come when she was single and
under age.
The property valued at $12500,
is owned by Mrs. Tierney. The
mortgage was made in 1888.
Florence d. Foster and Helen
F.. Bulkley, of Fairfield Conn. hold
tls of two mortgages totaling $l4,-
SEQ on the home: the Morris Plan
Company, of New York, Whose $4,000
mortgage was reported to have
been reduced to $500 and an eX-
elusive St Margaret's school for
girls Of Waterbury, Conn.,, were
named codefendants in the action.
St. Margarets has sued Tierney
III common pleas court, charging
that he had not paid a bill for
Miss TierntyS tul,ion, bl> the
suit was withdrawn early this year
when he challenged the amount
claimed.
Miss Tierney and her parents
have been pickering over the handl-
ing OF her juvenile earnings since
last June, when she married Count
Oieg CaSsini, Hollywood designer.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
Closed Shop Means
No Peace 10 Ford
A Workers Strike
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tually interCeded with company Of
ilclais IN their behalf
machines were ummed IN the
Bennett charged that l5 Welding
pressed steel bmlunl and The cir
cu.atIng hose was damaged
Leonard SAID The machinery was
not damaged except by pear and
oIrt and operations could have
been resumed 90 !No magte,. but
Bennett insisted 'la, repair Uere
needed
Psesldeu' r J II Taoma. u thr
UAW-CIC SAID '.e mon -tauds
sGlarely behind Leonard IN al ms
negotiation. attn rnc Fafd Motor
company
Compan, and lulaa Doke men
SAID me s'ry.r would return 10
their fObs Monday tnes normally
Gont work on Saturday Rhlr me
wage dispute o. adjusted
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
Power Firm Wins
Safety Rating

California Electric Power COM
pany truck drivers received a certi
ficate of merit from the National
Safety council for safe driving in
the last year.
The company placed seventh in
the national rating IN competition
with a class of 81 fleets of trucks.
Company trucks drove Il total Of
100000 miles with only 10 acci-
dents. Even a scratched fender
counts against the record
In the five years the company has
participated in this national COM
petition it has won first place twice
and this year received its second
citation of merit
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
BEWARE OF UNIFORMS
Prof Warns of Draft Marriages

.t,u .at -a.G aud WEN tie ,lme
,uH.r. .a lr' uu horseback and ride
3D., p.air.cs. I coun. on yoa
That tnev would need such cour-
aLc WI. Indicated 6y Mrs Nellie
Taylor Ross. director OF ;he United
Sta'es mint. Who predicted hard
times whichever WAY TIE Wag goes
Soon >.e sa.d We shall oe
Wtl.a- ot. old clothes As badge
q Eo.c- and denying ourselves
man, comiort eneeriullE TIA
CUR mer have suns and planes 0a.-
Iosnips and tanks
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
Neutrality Act Heads For
Final Showdown i'm Hou sc

WASHINGTON. Nov 8. up
President Roosevelt's drive for auth
onty to deliver American war wea-
ront IN American ships to belliscr-
ant ports today faced its final
and crucial test in the house after
winning senate approval, SO to 81
House leaders. who plan to call
Tie neutrality law revision bill up
Ter consideration Wednesday, the
Gay after Armistice day, said the
lower chamber would endorse it
by a margin of 80 to IS votes
Opposition leaders disputed this
and promised afight.
The neutrality law revision bill
originated in the house, limited to
repeating the section which pro-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
u. 5. Air Traininq
Shifts West, South

WASHINGTON. Nc 3 Up -
The war department totay an
nGunccd transfer q bomDafdle.
training facilities from BarEedale
Field. Ia. 10 Army air corps scaOo.
On the Gulf coast and tar We
where weather conditions az gen
orally more favorable Tor such H.
struCtlOn.
BaIkecale Field vi be turned
over TO the commanding general oi
the air force combat command who
will designate i as an an force
base TO replace Albuquerque \ NJ
WHEN Is TO become one Of tie ncW
stations for training bombardlers
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
SHANGHAI. Nov. g CUP)

SHANGHAI. Nov. CUP)
American authorizes today attempt
ed to arrange for two liners to call
at Shanghai to evacuate Americans
as the Shanghai municipal council
took drastic steps to avert rice riots.
The developments conceded with
the likelihood that United States
Marines soon will be withdrawn
from China. leading observers here
to believe that Japan might attempt
to take over complete control Of
this wealthy far eastern commercial
metropolis.
Probable imminence of the with
draWal of United States Marines
from Shanghai. Peiping and Tient-
sin was believed to have made
American remaining here more
aware than ever of the gravity of
the Pacific situation. A rush to
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
Mrs. Eiva Maxson
Buried SUNDAY

Last rites for Mrs. Elva B. Max
son, 80, were scheduled at the HENS
chapel in FL Centre at 2 pm. Sun
day with the Rev. Mr.. Joe Nation,
pastor of the First Baptist church,
officiating
Mrs MaxSon, an Imperial Valley
resident for more than 81 years
died late Wednesday or early Thurs
day in her cabin near Ocotillo Sh,
was a niece of the late James H.
Baker, Imperial Valley homesteader.
She will be buried at Mt View GEM
etery.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09

in the neutrality law, caused oppoh-
ents of foreign policy TO fight 1t
as a war measure. They charged
il was the last vote congress would
be called on to take prior to one
on a declaration of war.
Administration supporters UNI
formlv denied that the bill would
lead to war. Some said it would
make war less likely. while otherSS
said war might come to the Unlteo
States in any event. Several spoke
frankly in justification OF war as
natinal policy although they Sald
they were not ready to vote lor
urar
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
Rancher Succumbs
To Sudden Attack

Friend, vii assemble az the Lem
ons ciapc. IN Z! Centre a. pm
Saucay tC- funeral services fof
Lawrence Az, 40 rareher Who died
TAg:soa' f,om a cerebral hemorru-
ao".
Tn Pcp VI EDWIN Carter ~ H.
S'a,e s'rce' Christian church Rlii
Oitclatc ~ 80 rites
AVIS had lyec II Imperial Val
lev for IS yea! He Is survived b..
Als wife Mrs Alberta AFls an
other relatives.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
Mayor ProcIaims
Community Chest
Week in EI Centre

Continued IRON Pace one
,uous lob tor is 2l2d,E and even
gayIi
The eight participating agencies.
he went on. "lne.adns the Ameu-
can Red CrGs- Tie Boz Scouts O1
America. the Welfare Board. tn
Camp Fire 2l'ls. the Y.WC.A, the
HIpass Health Camp. the Society
tor Hard of Hearing and the Sal
vauOn Army, are rendering for us
an invaluable serYIce-cxpertly per
forming services yllal.Y needed IN
the community
Wednesday. the Chest Campaign
Will 20 INTO tull SWING, starting
with send-oit breakfast at IN
Barbara Worth H0tcl
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
Failure 10 Provide

Go TO jail for year
jose Silva Of Calexco Friday
was sent TO the county jail for a
year for failure 70 provide FOR ms
wife and two children This Was
the sixth time Silva had been taken
TO court on such a complaint but
his wife dismissed five Of the CON-
plants This time she ignored ms
promises 70 do better.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
MEETING HOUR CHANGED

DiStrict Attorney Elmer HeaId
Saturday announced that the State
Guard will meet at Veterans Me-
mortal hall at 10:15 Tuesday morn
ing before the Armistice day parade
in El Centro. The parade hour was
changed to II am, Heald said, so
he had to change the hour for the
guard to assemble.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
U|timatunl Given
SD. Strikers by
U.S.. Navy Chiefs

Continued from Page One)
BY the Railway Labor act, President
Roosevelt interviewed in another dis
pute Friday night. He created a
special emergency board to mediate
the juriSdictional dispute between
the AFL teamSterS and railway
clerks union at Detroit.
The clerks union struck Oct. 4
at the Detroit Railway Express
Agency, demanding a wage increase
and protesting recognition OF the
teamsters union. The railway medi-
tation board interviewed and the
clerks voted to return to work
pending negotiations. Teamsters
refused, however, to accept medita-
ton and established picket lines.
Creating the emergency board,
Mr. Roosevelt said the strike
threatened 10 interrupt inter
stnte commerce IN eight major
cities. The teamsters union had
threatened TO order sympathy
Walkouts in other cities
ANOTHER APPEAL
The President appealed to the
striking tcamstcrs to return TO
work within 48 hours while the
new board conducts hearings.
Datroit also was the scene of an
unauthorized strike which halted
the Ford Motor Company's largest
assembly line.
Personnel Director Harry H. Ben
net charged that slow downs and
w1rk stoppag geS nau occurred almost
daily and that hope for harmon
ioua relations with the United Auto
mobile Workers Unicn have not
materialized Union spokesmen, ad-
m.tting the strike was unautroried.
aid II was caused by demands for
wa3e adjust mentS and that the
men would resume work Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
|. Y. Board of Trade
Defends Self in
Publicity Handling

Continued from Page One)
Bile for their efforts to secure COM
mercial airline service for the val
ley. jenkins and Preble recently
appeared before the civil aeronau-
tics board at Washington and asked
that q valley stop be required when
and if the board grants permit
for a new airline connecting sou
thern California with Arizona ami
eastern points.
The December meeting of the
chambers will be held at CaleXico.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
Scanning l.V
News Horizon
FOR DAMAGES

Joe Aguayo Friday filed suit
against D. r. Harryman and others
Tor $500 damages and asked that
the defendants be enjoined from
using his gravel pit equipment.
Aguayo also requested that Harry
man and his associates be pre-
vented from interfering with the
gravel pit and equipment because
he said their unwarranted use OF 1t
Is a hindrance to the Aguayo gravel
and sand business in BraWley.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09

ceivc and concur in Sena I e
amendments, speaker Sam Rayburn
was planning to provide at least
one full days debate. in view of
the Importance of the legislation.
The day the house passed the
limited bill. the nation learned that
one of its destroyefs-the Kearny-
had been torpedoed, at a cost Of II
lives.
LOSSES GROW
Before the senate's final action,
another destroyer, the Reuben
James. was torpedoed and sunk with
a toll of 90 officers and men.
The senate's enlargement of the
bill to repeal all shipping restrictions
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
Vinfrido Rites TO
Be Held Sunday

Rosary for SIMON V!ntudo. Fl
Centran killed IL a traffic accident
90 miles east OF Yuma FRIDAY
vas scheduled AT the Lemon
chapel H. r Ceuuu al 80 p III
Sunday
Mas will be al 81 Mary Cath
ohc church al 10 a n Monday He
will be- buried ~ Evergreen Gem"
tpTy
Vinfndo u VA killed when "a
speed,ne coupe ial.rc 90 make "a
curve IN the highway Aulona
offices SAID
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09

onto heg hometown 1a5 aaa ~t..
with her family unul a!> se:'lt,
ends. Imitation and Tie auge!ta.n"
OF future events make H. >Wa.
Army salary aeYea mort pges~.-
ious thing on which 70 bank.
WOMEN CAPABLE
. Mrs. George Gor.on. 4 Kansas
City civic leader. said hoYever. thar
she maintained confidence y tou..
American Womaahood e Nea.n,.
the difficult period ahead
You have the courage Of ,hr
pioneer mothers dogmaa. Wlt..4
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09

COLUMBIA. Mo. Nov. UP
Girls were warned today 10 be-
ware of the lure Of 4 uniform ana
to think twice before marrying
prospective drattees.
Rushing into marriage before the
sweetheart leaves for training camp
is a pretty rapid way into the dl-
yorce court. said Dr.. Leslie Hoh-
man. bachelor psychlatrlst and
child care authority al Johns Hop
kins who addressed the Stephens
College forum on the American
woman and her responsibilities.
He advised against marrying
draft registered men unless the
romance was a fully developed one
that included mutual understand
ing ana appreciation OF problems
involved. That. he explained. was
good advice for any prospective
bride whether her tlance was Army
material or not.
ROMANCE SECONDARY
Most OF these marriages paS"C
on attraction alone enc in dlH0:cc
courts" he said. The romance and
whip cream of marriage IS second
ary to understanding responsible
ties involved.
Henry Bowman. professor OF
courses in Marriage and the Fam
uy" at Stephens. concu!:e1 WIN
DR.. Holman.
II recommend against these hasty
pre-draft marriage because the
participants don't nave time TO
think clearly about VIVA they re
getting into" Bowman SAID.
He recommended. however, that
if the girl does marry the boy ana
he goes to camp. she better ham
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
OBTAINS nWORCE

An interlocutory decree was
granted in superior court Friday to
Lizzie Jones in her suit against
Aaron Jones. She accused him OF
extreme cruelty
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
FINAL DIVORCE DECREE
GRANTED

Lottie Leona Coleman Friday was
granted a final divorce from M. c.
Coleman.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
DECREE GRANTED

Otila CanSino Friday obtained an
interlocutory divorce from Recardo
Cansino on the grounds OF wilful
deSertion.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09

Robert Carlton.
weekend guests from Los An
peles al the home of Mrs. Violet
Collins were her son and da1gh'eIS.
Bill Collins. Miss Anna Coi4lnS ana
Miss Mary Collins.
Friends OF C H Cannon Will
be pleased TO learn he IS reco'eI-
ing nicely after several weeks Ill
ness at his home.
Elm school enjoyed q HalloV cen
party Thursday evening. SeTt.a4
prizes we're given. an evening oi
games and refreshments Werc en-
joyed.
Mrs Leonard Dennis and infant
son are home from the E CentFo
hospital
James Collins son Of Ms violet
Collins. who Iss on The current list
OF selecteeS vas eaest Of hoNoI
AT a farewell dinner party Tues
day evening at the home Of Mr.
and M Ted Roe Guests were
Mrs Violet Colin T-mm4e Co..
ins and BA! Collins q Los An
eeles
Babble Roseubaum WAS N Los
Angelic over the weekend while
there he attended tAe football Sane
between I. { ! A and Cali
fOruIa
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09
I'm
Notes

Mrs. Ruby Carlton motored 20
los Angeles over the weekend Wnere
she visited with her husband, MI
Robert Carlton
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-09

hiblts the armin4 Of merchant ships.
It Was approved 259 to 1873. But
when the senate passed it last
night it carried authority for Amer
lean ships 10 enter belligerCnt
ports and pass through combat
zones.
COURSE UNDECIDED
Leaders had not decided whether
to ask the house to accept the SEN
ate version or to send it to con-
ference. The former course was
indicated and had parliamentary
priority.
But instead of the usual one
hour granted by the house rules
for discussion of motions to re-