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Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
Germans Confess
Drive Stemmed bv
Russian Defense s

Dispatches from the southern
front said that German infantry
yesterday captured an Important
but unspecified b"ido9head and re-
pulsed many Russian counter
attacks on that sector iHlee. 1t
WAS asserted. the German, drove
deeply into the Russian lines. d"s-
troying 100 Russian horse-dra|n
ythC les.
Another German division rca0';-
cGly repu)Scd 4 Soviet .@at attack,
dcStroyilg 10 enemy tanks ntlJd-
lue several OF 50 tons.
German mountain troops Wttc
credited with capturing Stalino
and hosting the German war Iaa
on a big factory.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
X. &. JOURNAL SOLD
NEWMAN WILL BE EDITOR

KANSAS CITY. Mo. Oct. 81 up
Sale of the Kansas City Journal
by the Henry l.. Doherty estate was
announced here today.
The name Of the purchaser was
not revealed but it was announced
that Harry Newman will be editor
and publisher.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21

BERLIN, Oct. 81. CUP) - Ger
man quarters indicated today that
stubborn Russian resistance had
slowed down the tempo of advance
against Moscow, but the high COM
mand reported capture of the So
Wet naval baSilon OF Dago guard
ing the gulf of Finland on the
north.
The communique said a 10 daE
battle on the Baltic island base OF
Dago ended in capture of three
thousand prisoners and annihil4
tiCn by Nazi air and naval units
of enemy forces attempting to lle7
by water The victory completed
seizure of all Russian bases on the
south side of the Gulf of Finland
| entrance. although Hango still holds
out on the north.
On the Leningrad front. the Of
ficial news agency reported strong
and sustained Russian counter
attacks near Lake Ladoga but SAID
they had been repulSed
MOSCOW HOLDS OUT
But on the central front. the COM
munique said only that Moscow
again was attacked by the luttWaftc
bombing SquadronS and that Gen.
Ivan Petrov, commander of the 50tn
army, member OF the supreme Soy
let and one of the most SkilllW
Russian commanders. had been
killed. His body aid the bodies CT
his staff were found on the battle
field in the BryanSk area. it said.
Fighting continued severe ON a
great arc before Moscow but reli-
able reports indicated that the
German advance had been slowed
despite efforts of PanZer units to
drive more wedges into the de-
fense lines from the Kalinin sector
on the northwest and Tula on the
south
The purpose of these attacks is
to encircle Moscow and open tNH
way for an attack from the rear.
but it was indicated that the Ger
mans are now preparing for 4 lonA
siege of Moscow.
MAY DESTROY KRENLIN
According to German reports,
Russian troops have taken over the
Kremlin and other important build
ings in Moscow ana may be plan
ming to destroy them with dynamite
blasts if the Soviet capital should
fall. (Josef V. Stain was reported
III London dispatches to have estab- .
lished headquarters on an armorCd
train touring the front lines to rallyh
the defenders of Moscow {
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN TIE DISTRICT COURT OF
TIE UNITED STATES. SOUTH
ERN DISTRICT OF CALIFOR-
MA. SOUTHERN DIVISION.
Nc. 1882 In Bankruptcy
NOTICE OF FIRST MEETING
OE CREnJTORS

NOTICE OF FIRST MEETING
OF CREDITORS
In the Matter of WILMER A,
SWERDFERGER, Bankrupt.
TO THE CREDITORS OF THE
ABOVE NAMED BANKRUPT OF
THE COUNTY OF IMPERIAL AND
DISTRICT AFORESAID:
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
that on the 23rd day of July 194l,
Wilmer A. Swerdferger was duly
adjudicated bankrupt; and that the
first meeting of creditors will be
held at the office of the underSign-
ed, 207-210 Rehkopf Building in the
City Of FL Centre. State of Califor-
mia, ON the lSt day of November
l94l. at nine o'clock am, at which
time the said creditors may attend,
prove their claims, appoint trustee,
examine the bankrupt, consider au-
thori2ing the trustee to sell the
property of said bankrupt, and
transact such other business as may
properly come before said meeting.
Claims must be filed within six
months from the lSt day of Novem-
Der. l94l. the first date set for the
meeting of creditors III this pro-
CerdinB.
Dated: October 81, l94l,
r. B. WHITELAW,
Referee III Bankruptcy.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
RI TTE DAVIS PI lNE>;
To HUSBANDS BEDSIDE

HOLLYWOOD. Oct. u CUPb -
Mo'lon picture actress Be DAVIS
today prepared to fly to the bed
SIDE OF ncr husband, Art}W Farna-
oorth, stricken with pneumonia Il
a Minneapolis hospital
Miss Davis planned to charter 4
private plane for the trip in ease
cr husbands condition changes to
he worse.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
Today S
WarMoves
By Louis F. keemle
of the United Press
War Desk

Even while the battle of Moscow
is at its height with the strongest
concentration Of which Germany IS
capable maSsed on the central front,
events are shaping more and more
towards an approaching battle front
in the middle east
East of the Black Sea in the eau
casuS isthmuS may be the ground
where the British ana Russians Will
join forces in battling the Ger
mans. AT any rate, it is a possible
answer to the continuing demand
in England for active intervention
by Britain to create another front
while Germany is still heavily en-
gagged in Russia.
The German drive along the Sea
of AZov towards Rostov is a direct
threat not only to Russia but TO
the Caucasian oil fields and to
Britain in the middle east. Only
ITS miles south OF RoStoV lie the
great oil fields Of the Krasnoc u
region, from where the pipe lin"5
branch out north, WeSt ana east.
HITLER NEEDS OIL
1t would be a prize of incalcu-
liable value to Hitler. If he can
take those fields in workable con-
dition, his oil problem might be
solved. Even if the wells. refiner-
les and pipe lines are put out OF
commission, RussiaS source of oil
would be cut off
Established in the Caucasus, HiL-
led would be in a position for
thanking drive on Suez through the
middle east, while the axis forces
strike simultaneously from North
Africa
The Near East and the Mediter-
ranean is an essential goal Tor
Hitler if he is to consolidate his
conquest of Europe. As long as
Britains naval power holds out,
he in handcuffed,
Hitler's problem is to defeat Bri-
tain. If he cannot do 1t by oirect
assault, he is likely to try it IN
the Mediterranean basin, throw
ing nthe punch which his Ital-
ian ally lacks. removal OF Russia
as military factor in his rear
apparently was considered nee
essary preliminary.
BRITAIN PREPARING
Britain has been busy building
up her defenses in the middle east
for more than a year. Step by
step she lined up Syria, Iran, lraq
and now Afganistan in solid
front from the Mediterranean clear
across the northern border of IN
dia.
To defend this frontier, Britain
has her middle eastern army under
Lieut. Gen. c. j. E. AuchlniecK.
Prime Minister Churchill disclosed
more than Il month ago that this
army numbered more than 75O,-
900. 1t may be a million by now
Back Of this force is the Indian
army under Gen. Sir Archibald
Wavell When WaVell was transfer
red frCm the middle eastern CON-
mand to India, some observers
suspected that it was promotions
to a more important task rathct
than a rebuke for British reVerSeS
in North Africa. That surmiSc ap-
pears to have been borne out
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-21
BY UNITED PRESS

The London kXrnMee TELEGRAPH
Agency quoted Berlin press report
Tuesday that civil War" Was roc
ing in former Yugoslavia and thai
more blood had been spilled thai
Britain had lost in all the wal.
Since the outset Of the Russian
German war. more than 700 Serbs
and ClOats-includiyG women have
been hanged and Shot, no, count
ing hundreds killed in figntin-. ,"~
change telegraph said.
Hardly any day pass without
acts of sabotage burnmgs. and re
talialionS by both sides" it said.
The Berlin reports summarized,
according to the telCp sraph'S IurlC i
correspondent. that the situation III
Croatia and Serbia was "CXtremcly
grave, and all efforts to crush the
guerillaS had failed. It was saId
they had fortified mountain hide
outs from which they conducted
surprise raids.
REPRISALS FEARED
Reports from VIc"y indicated thll
German repr4sals POSSIBLY the cT-
ecution Of more hostages were
feared beCau*r of the assassination
of Lieut.. Gel Karl Friedrich Hoitl.
German commander OF the import
ant Nantes area on the occupied
French coast He was killed yes
terday while on his way To hi, Of
flee near the Nantes cathedral.
The London radio. heard III New
York. reported thai 1000 Poles Lad
been arrested in Jhn Wilno area
for espionage, and the Moscow IA
dio. transcribed in London, said sc
Belgian journalists, civil servants,
priests and teachers had been eX-
ecuted thus lar in October, Of a
Montgomery County sentinel., 1941-02-27
Police Court Convictions
DONALD A. DELASHMUTT

DONALD A. DELASHMUTT
Edward G. Bell, disorderly con-
duct, 5 days in Jail.
Virginia P. Harding, disorderly
conduct, $3.50.
Alfred E. Smith, disorderly con-
duct, $12.50.
George w. Cline, reckless driv-
ing, $27.45.
Porter Brewer, disorderly con-
duct, $3.50.
Gladys Washington, disorderly
conduct, $3.50.
Preston Baker, assault and bat
terry, 10 days in Jail.
Maurice Farmhouse, reckless
driving, $51.45.
Newman Lynn, no license,
$22.45.
Ernest Palmer, disorderly con-
duct, $3.50.
Howard Kirt, exceeding 80 miles
per hour, $11.45.
Lemon Reed, unreasonable speed,
$11.45.
June Hoes, disorderly conduct,
$3.50.
Schlinskey C. Hungerford, fail
ing to stop on right side of high
way, $6.45.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1941-02-27
MONTGOMERY
M SIDELIGHTS
By ELSIE WHITE HA1NEs

Always "jotting" down some
thing, our note book has collected
so many odds and ends-here are
a few of them to help clean up
for the Spring season:
Tomorrow, February % is the
World Day of Prayers it not
interesting to note that, starting
with a small group of Presbyter-
ian women years ago, the custom
has now encircled the globe? In
towns and villages all over the
world women hold services from
the same prepared program-and
during the twenty-four hours of
the first Friday in Lent, it is al
ways 2.30 p. m. somewhere-and
women gather together for prayer.
Among the things we have
recently discovered, is a Maryland
paper printed in 1773-we were
still under the King of England!
But perhaps more interesting
is a Montgomery Free Press of
1839-more of that later.
Miss Mary Hutton says she has
a dispatch box like those of Mrs.
Wilcox and Mrs. Haines, only
larger-she knows nothing Of its
-disappointingly, but says
it was in their home at Chopper
when she arrived there-80 years
ago!
Our dear little Miss Fields,
daughter of the Matthew Fields
who established THE SENTINEL in
1856 - tells us that her mother
was a Beckwith-that the Beck
with property here was patented
to them around 1929, was called
Locust Thicket-and she thinks
the old mill with wooden wheels,
on what is now Fraley property,
was probably the Beckwith's
mill mentioned in early days =
Can anyone enlighten us on that?
4
The Lease-Lend bill-H. R. 1776
we associate the number with
an interesting event in our coun-
try, and when history is written
one hundred years from now-we
think it will show that we are
now facing a crisis just as great
as that of 1776.
AS we sit in meetings where
women are carefully considering
every word of the measure-at-
tending hearings on the bill-we
~ A. ~ - -
Montgomery County sentinel., 1941-02-27
Rockville Methodist Services

The Rev. G. Ellis Williams,
D. D., district superintendent, will
preach at the Methodist Church,
Rockville, Sunday, March 2, at IL
a. m. DIR. Williams is the District
Superintendent of the Washington
West District of the Baltimore
Conference of the Methodist
Church. This Sunday will be OBJ
served throughout the Methodist
Church as Compassion Sunday"
and the purpose is to raise 81, ,OOO,-
600 to be sent to the war sufferers
in Great Britain, China, and to be
used at home in the interest of our
boys in the camps.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1941-02-27

Testers : Bruce Crum E. Ellis Hood Monroe Free.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1941-02-27
st. Luke's Lutheran Church
Redland

Redland
Ralph Hershberger, Pastor
1000 A. M. Adult Sundaylschool.
Hoo A. NJ. Divine worship.
400 P. M. Junior choir rehear-
sal.
7:30 P. M. Church council meet
ing.
Thursday:
$500 P. M. Lutheran League
topic Between Justification and
Sanctifcation" by Mabel Smith.
Junior Mission Band meets.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1941-02-27
Potomac Methodist Church

Miss Dorothy Cecil, soprano, in
the Ninth Street Christian Church,
Washington, D. c., will be guest
soloist on Sunday morning at the
Potomac Methodist Church. The
pastor, the Rev. E. c. Soper, will
preach.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1941-02-27

wonder what were the reactions
of the women of 1776 to the pro-
posed Declaration-or were the
poor dears to busy to think much
about it?
Attended hearing in Annap-
oils on the "Fresh Egg ,Bill"-
been rather suspicious of eggs
ever since-seems that one can
look thru an egg with aid of a
candle) and tell whether the hen
that laid it was the first on the
nest-whether it was laid today or
yesterday-or last year! Senator
Humphrey D. Wolfe looks more
like Governor Warfield, than ever.
Our Senator Peter was there.
We went over with Mesdames Fry
and Hostetler-who get much
amusement out of the fact that
we are not excited about Jury
Duty for Women. Heck, someone
has to keep the home fires burn
ing.
Attending women's meetings in
Silver Spring and Bethesda areas
we hear them talk of Silver
Spring and Bethesda,-and the
upper part of the County"-we
go to meetings of the Civic FEEDER
alton or the County Congress
they too, talk of Silver Spring and
Bethesda and "the upper part of
the County"-it makes us sound
so far away like" Way Out West
in Texas"-or was it Kansas?
Mentioned this to the neighbor
sitting next to us recently-"Does
make us folks from the upper
part of the county feel sort of
like 'furriners,' doesn't it," was
his reply.
Seated between, and slightly
back of, Mrs. j. Frank Wilson
and Mrs. w. w. Welsh, at a
League of Women Voters meet
ing-was much amused when they
expressed approval of the report
that the Fireworks Bill" would
be passed, by saying quite right,
quite right" then Mrs. Wilson
added: "But I always did like a
good firecracker." $50 did T."
says Mrs. Welsh, nodding her
head for emphasis. They get
around-that pair!
Mrs. Welsh will entertain the
Rockville Women's Club at her
home, in March, for its 41st birth
day-she was the first president.
Reading our collect for the Club
Women-which starts "Keep US,
o, God from pettiness" and ends
"and o, Lord God, let us not for
get to be ind,"-brings the
thought that perhaps it is being
read only with the lips. With
so much hatred and malice over
seas-how could there be so much
left over to be distributed among
us women?
Having read that women's hats
were going to be sensible" this
Spring, we bought a sensible one
one of the kind that a husband
always approves of-(on his wife)
the man of the house cast
ing admiring eyes at a neighbor's
HIATT looks for all the world
like a valentine heart-shaped
with red ruffies on top - went out
and bought one we can tip at
dangerous angle-want to buy the
nice sensible one?
Montgomery County sentinel., 1941-02-27
Coming Events
March / = Dance, benefit Gath
ersburg High School alumni, at
High School auditorium, 10 to 1.

Rockville Christian Services
Spiritual Attitudes" will be the
sermon subject at the IL o'clock
worship service at the Rockville
Christian Church, Sunday, March
Il.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1941-02-27

When weather conditions become
disheartening, just remember how
cheerful the birds are about it.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-14
WHY GIVE UP AFRICA?

Across the continent still is heard
A dying ~missionary's word.
When our hardened hearts I stir
red
Why give up Africa?
Though years and years have Glidec
by,
Yet. we stand idly by
We do not seem to hear the cry,
Why give up Africa?
When difficulties around us press
And all is fear and distress,
All evil does u soul possess.
Why give up Africa?
In the midst of wal and destruction
Bombs hurting in every direction,
Hearts are crying in desolatlon,
Why give up Africa?
Hosts of weary hearts are there
To them we all must share
Our most %sincerest prayer.
Why give up Africa?
When Jesus said that we must go
To every land of sin and woe,
He meant dark Africa, We know,
Why give up Africa?
Willie Mae Faulkner.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-14

blood, a very technical procedure.
l will try, in a few articles this
week, to describe ir simple terms
how blood examinations are made
and what can be learned from
them-and especially what cannot
be learned from them.
To many people a "blood test
means the immunity reaction
known as the Wasserman test.
This is a reliable test for certain
immune bodies in the blood but it
IS by no means even a small part
of the things the doctor learns
from the blood, Nor do l intend
to discuss it further here.
In general. the blood is exam
ined for six things:
% The anatomical blood ele-
ments-white and red blood cells.
GU The amount of ~coloring mat
ter - hemoglobin in the blood.
CD Immune reactions for typhoid
and many other infections. (4)
Coagulation time. 90 Sentimental
ton rate. CO. Chemical compost
ton.
Taking these in order: Exami-
nation for the red and white blood
cells should be made in The routine
of any examination. Every normal
human being has exactly the same
concentration of red and white
blood cells, in every drop of blood.
The fat and the thin, the pale and
the ruddy, so long as they are nor
NAL, have all the same number per
square inch.
i, Five Quarts in Normal Body
There are about five quarts of
blood in the normal body - al
though this varies somewhat ac-
cording to size and w~eight--so we
each have exactly the same mum
Der of little red blood cells scurry-
ing all over the premises, on their
very necessary errands Of useful
ness and mercy. They are the
freight cars that bring our body
cells air and food and building
blocks, and repairs anG medicine
and screen doors, and they remove
the garbage and clean the streets.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-14
Both Sides Rain
Bombs, Make Claims
CONTINUED From Page One)

the British use of ~parachuteS.
In an attempt to blow up a com
m~unications lines and a water works
the Italian communique said, Brit
ish parachute troops landed in the
region Of Calabria and Lucania III
southern Italy last Monday nigh,
with machine guns and hand
~grenades.
Alertness of Italian sentinels was
said to have frustrated the attempt
The high command said that the
British were rounded up before
they could do any serious damage
but that two Italians We're killed.
British military sources in London
saying any invasion of ltaly's home
soil was news to them, limited that
the parachutists might merely have
been filters who bailed out of {
oowned bomber.
In Berlin, the German high COM
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-14
E! Ep d; !,

sadie published his aunt's words.
Old Mrs LinWood would come
a-runnlns, cane and all. There
might even be one of those family
feud things he had heard so much
about.
We must go now, Sadie" he
said. trying to speak calmly. II
know you'll use discretion in quot
ing my aunt"
Discretion, my eye!" said Aunt
Sallie.
Sadie let go her hold on the car
and stepped away from it. Joel
quickly sped off, before she could
cling again or ask any more ques-
ions. When the a reached a less
crowded area, Joel slowed down.
lie glanced at his aunt.
You're a fine one," he said.
Don't you know that Sadie per-
son likes to quote people verba-
tim? Honestly, Aunt Sallie, you
ought t. be spanked"
You can't talk to Aunt Sallie
like that" said a voice behind him.
Joel canned on the brakes. He
and Aunt Sallie turned. Bill was
looking up at them from beneath
the automobile robe. His hair was
all disheveled, his tie was hanging
loose, and there was an abrasion
on the end of his nose.
Well, for mercy's sake" Aunt
Sallie cried. where did you come
FROM"
I've been hiding under this
robe" said Bill. Thanks a lot,
Aunt Sallie, for telling that re-
porter what you did"
where's Rita?" Joel asked.
"Gone!" said Bill.
with DOM
Eyes, with Don"
Aunt Sallie reached back; she
touched Bills hair, the injured
nose, the outraged tie.
You poor darling" she said ten
derby. You mus. have bumped
your nose on the car floor
NO, Aunt Sallie," said Bill, II
didn't bump my nose. That's where
Don hit me-"
"What' said Aunt Sallie and
Joel in inison.
But you ought to zee HIM." Bill
went on. He laughed mirthlessly.
Hell look swell getting married
with a black eye
You mean you hao a fight ?"
said Aunt SallIe.
"Yes'm. Round behind the
church. ! dragged ION there. Rita
tried to separate us, and-and-
well, I'm afraid her eye may be
black, too"
civilian Randall Latham, this is
aWful!' A',nt Sallie cried. you,
hitting a Toman-even Rita"
Il didn't hit her" said Bill. Don
did"
We'll, tor goodness sake never
in all my"
He meant to hit me-" Bill ex-
planned, but Rita got in the way"
He glanced behind them. step on
it," Joel. A cars speeding after
us" He looked again. Gosh. it's
that Sadie Young,"
Joel sped on. They turned into
Oak avenue.
Shall | take you home first,
Aunt Sallie?' he called.
"Certainly not said Aunt Sallie
I'm going to stick to you boys
Drive on to your apartment
Bill threw aside the robe and
sank down upon the rear seat. He
brushed himself, tried to fix his tie
and then, seeing his high hat on
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-14

lhT i-J., L. yl-
it r~uefulir.
"Darned swell oi yys. -,
said, Sending Sadie into fhs r ,dv
Ike that. Thanks a lot. old man"
Don't mention it," said Joel
dryiy. Protecting you has cot to
be a habit"
They reached Main street, and
sped on. Then into Oakland ter
race. There Joel brought the a
10 a standstill. He leaped u So
did Aunt Sallie. So did Bill. They
a across the sidewalk and into
the apartment house.
Thank heavens, VIC lost her."
said Bill.
But not for long" said Joel.
What's to prevent her coming
here ?"
Nothing" said Bill. But she
can't break down the door, or can
she ?"
Probably" said Joel.
Ihey got into the small self
service elevator, and Bill touched
the button marked Three" A few
moments later they were entering
the bachelor apartment thew had
quilted less than an hour before.
Bill threw his high hat upon the
lounge.
WELL he said, ct would seem
I'm still a bachelor"
Yes" said Aunt Sallie, land the
next time you decide not to 20 on
being one, do, for goodness sake,
choose a woman with some sense"
Bill doesn't like brainy women"
Joel reminded. And then: Pardon
me. while l get out of this link
I'm wearing" He walked into the
bedroom, calling back: You two
Will have to hold the fort against
the charging reporter
Almost at once the buzzer rang.
Bill stiffened. Aunt Sallie caught
her breath.
"Well?" said Joel. DO some.
thing" He closed the bedroom door
behind him, leaving Bill and Aunt
Sallie alone.
The buzzer kept on ringing. Evil
IDENTIFY Sadie was leaning against it.
"She knows we're home" said
Aunt Sallie. The cars right in
front of the door"
"All right" said Bill, "IE speak
to her" He went to the speaking
tube. "Hello!' he called.
"Hello!" said Sadie, her voice
sounding tinny and far-off. 81 want
to speak to Mr.. Latham. And
don't tell me he isn't there! He is.
He was hidden under that robe
saw him through the rear window.
l.
If you'll shut up for half a sec
ond," Bill cut in, I'm agree with
you that MI. Latham is here. Mr..
Latham is speaking."
oh" said Sadie. Then she
rushed on. Mr.. Latham, l want d
stateme + from you. II see that
you get fair treatment. that the
town people won't laugh too much
over the jilting, and"
I've got nothing IT, say"
snapped Bill. And you'd better be
darned careful what you write
Maybe you've heard of libel. Or is
there a guardian angel that pro-
tects such pests as you society re-
porters? ?"
Bill" said Aunt Sallie. you'll
get her mad, and then she'll write
something dreadful"
Let herr" said Biz. "Al.l Gee
what happens"
Gro BE Can{t1n. n