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Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01

July 4, l942 will bring to Imperial
Valley the most elaborate patriotic
celebration since the old days before
modern transportation made 1t pos
sible for residents TO observe the
national holiday elsewhere.
Imperial Valley residents will have
their choice of two celebrations or
may attend both, as the times are
arranged SO there will be little or
no conflict.
Calexico will have one of those
remarkably interesting and friendly
international gatherings at which
Gov. Rodolfo Sanchez Taboado CT
the northern district of Baia Cali
fornia and rs Mexican officials and
dignitaries will be guests of honor
and entertainers will come frcm
both sides of the international
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01
Fl Centre 10 Get
Marine Air Base

WASHINGTON, July 1-(UP) =
The navy announced today that
Marine Corps Air stations will be
established at Ell Centro and Santa
Barbara, Calf (The field to be
used by the Marines is that newly
completed at Seeley, officially
designated the Ell Centre field)
Secretary vi the Navy Frank Knox
has approved the selection of sites
in the two localities for the new
establishments. Each will be used
as an operational training base for
Marine Corps filters.
At the present time there are
three Marine Corps Air stations in
operation, at Quantico, Va; Cherry
Point. N. c., and Paris Island. s.
c.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01

up to noon. A $500 bond sale across
the counter to one woman. Two
$lO0 bond sales to individuals. Sew
eral $50 and $25 bond sales. Mount
ing enthusiasm on the pocketbook
front, among both clerks and GUS
toners. That was one stores rec
ord.
CHANGE IN STAMPS
1t was not the only one, as the
retail merchants opened their month
long campaign to induce customers
to take your change in war stamps" "
Gordon Scriven, appointed by Sec
retary of Treasury Henry Morgen-
thau as chairman of the Imperial
County War Savings Committee,
was enthusiastic about public reac-
ton to the drive.
Its going over big" he said OF
the drive. "The quota for merchants
is four per cent of their gross sales
in stamps, and most of them are
going to come pretty close to that
figure
The store of which Scriven is
manager was an outstanding exam
pie of war bond and stamp promo
ton. A big fire bell at the store
was rung every time stamp or
bond sale was made. A booth IL
the store was devoted exclusively
to sale of the securities. But Scriv-
EN- himself was more interested in
the overall results.
BECOME HABIT
Il checked up this morning." he
said, land the sale is going good
everywhere. Before tEG months
over, buying stamps is going to be-
come regular habit"
C. Ben Herring, Ell Centro cham
Der of commerce secretary and secre-
tary to the war stamp committee,
reported that there was not one
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01
Planes
Crush;
20 Die
Transport and
Army Bomber Fall
From Heavens
BY UNITED PRESS

Twenty persons lost their
lives Wednesday in two air.
plane crashes in the United
States.
A large transport plane bearing
markings of the American AirlineS
crashed and burned in the noun
famous region of southwestern West
Virginia, killing at least IL persons.
A four -motored Consolidated B.
"a bomber crashed during routine
flight near March Field, Calf, re-
portedly killing nine men. Their
names were withheld until next of
kin were notified A violent eXplo-
sion that occurred when the plane
hit the ground shook houses in
Riverside, several miles distant.
INVESTIGATE CRASH
Major F'W. White said at March
Field that board of army officers
was investigating cause of the bomb
er crash, in which eight were re-
ported to have died as the plane
struck the ground, while one sue
cumbed later in March Field hos
pital.
Army personnel was reported also
to have been aboard the transport
that crashed in West Virginia.
State Trooper Earl Yeager re-
ported that buttons. clothing and
other articles found among the
wreckage indicated that the plane
had contained army personnel.
Another witness said that he saw
papeai containing the American
Airlines stamp and the word flag
Continued on Page 8; Column -
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01

There appeared to be no question
now that Hitler was attempting all
out pincers offensives through
Egypt and the Ukraine toward the
Near East, and London military
spokesmen said that Japan was
moving armed forces northward tc
Manchukuo for a possible attack
soon on the Soviet Union in Siberia.
Those developments coincided with
disclosure at Washington that the
United States aircraft carrier Wasp
had recently" delivered aerial re-
Inducements to the hard-pressed
British garrison at the island OF
Malta. London advices, however,
said that the Wasp had been in ac-
ton in the Mediterranean for at
least two months, and it appeared
that the delivery of reinforcements
was prior to the Nazi drive some
200 miles into Egypt.
THREAT REMAINS
Cairo dispatches we're slightly
more encouraging. but the threa.
to Alexandria. Cairo and Suez still
was extremely grave. with the Axis
forces reporting they had reached
Ell Alamein, only 60 miles from the
key naval base.
A late dispatch from Cairo said
that major battle already may
have started in the Ell Alamein Sec
tor and indicated that it might be
the decisive engagement in defense
of Egypt.
The fighting around El Alamein
meant that the columns of Nazi
Marshal Erwin Rommel had ad-
vanced some 200 miles into Egypt
and had pushed eastward about 80
miles from El Daba in the last "a
hours. This seemed to represent a
slowing of the Axis advance and
official British statements that sue
cesseS had been scored in the rum
ming battle in the desert and that
"a number of" enemy tanks were
knocked out tended to support this
conclusion.
FOE STILL STRONG
There was definitely no assur-
ance. however, that Rommels main
strength had been sapped since the
extent of the British successes were
not even indicated and it naturally
would require time to bring up
the main enemy forces to Ell Ala
mein, which Berlin described as
Continued on Page 8; Column -
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01
Tire and Car Situation
Is Sod Story in !. v.

Imperial. coumty's tire and car
situation is too sad to talk about
but here goes.
This county this month will get
no help from the state pool of tires
pool to which every county in the
state contributed 10 per cent OF
it's quota. The county won't even
get its 10 per cent back
The quota Is way low for the
number of vehicles anyway, as the
quota was based on population. This
was done because there was no
census of trucks and car available
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01
Houston Survivors
Safe in Jap Camp

MELBOURNE, July l-(Austral-
ian Broadcast Recorded BY UP in
San Francisco)-Suryivors from the
United States cruiser Houston and
the Australian cruiser Perth, sunk
in the battle of the Java sea, are
safe in Japanese internment camp
in Batavia.
This news came today in a broad
cast by Roland Rivett. son of Sir
David Rivett, chief of the Austral-
ian commonwealth scientific and
industrial research ccLncil in Mel
bourne.
Rivett is held with Australian and
American civilians and naval men.
He spoke over the japanese con-
trolled Batavia radio.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01
Calls Get Results
For Poundmaster

Statesmen say you've got to make
calls to get results, and City Pound
master James Scroggins finds it
equally applicable TO the cat and
dog. herding business, judging by
the June report OF the Ell Centre
police department, released We'd
nesday
A hundred and &C calls were
made during the month on dog and
cat business, the report said, and
added that as dogs and SO cats were
put away" during the month Six
dogs and six cats were placed un-
der quarantine, and license sales
netted the city $68.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01
Drunkenness Leads
Arrest Parade

Drunkenness accounted for more
than one-half the arrests made By
Ell Centro police during June, the
departments monthly report show
ed wednesday.
Out of total of l08 persons ar
rested during the month, Al were
arrested for drunkenness and 20
for being drunk and disturbing the
peace. Fourteen were jailed for dis
turbing the peace, 10 as vagrants,
and others for various offenses'
Total police department collec-
tions from general fines and traffic
fines during the month was report
ed as $1349.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01
County Employees
Over Bond PIedqe

Imperial county employees are buy
ing almost 5000 worth of war bonds
a month more than they are pledg-
ed to under the voluntary payroll
deduction plan, County Clerk w. j..
McClelland reported Wednesday.
They have signed up to buy $l,320
in stamps and bonds from their
salaries but in June they bought
$l,5l8 worth.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01

movie producer husband Of the ex-
star, Anna Sten.
PERJURY CHARGE
Because the 57-year-old Atwill de-
MED these accusations, the jury
charged him with perjury in 30
page complaint and held him for
trisl under $1,000 bail.
Husband of General Douglas Mac
Arthur's first wife and one of the
movies most popular portrayerS OF
British colonels, outraged fathers
and Nazi spys, Atwill insisted
through his attorney, Isaac Pacht,
that he was being prosecuted be-
cause he refused to be blackmailed
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01
Wait for Bathroom
|qnites Old Feud

DALLAS, Tex, July l-(UP)-A
Commute wait outside a bathroom
door ignited the smoldering feuo
between H. B. Moran. Jr., % and
his 92-year r-old father. police said
today.
The angry youth fired % cali
Der rifle through the door and criti-
callv wounded his father
The younger Moran told police
that he had wanted to shave, but
his father wouldn't unlock the bath
room door.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01
Conquest Of Egypt
Would Give laps
Chance at Siberia
Three-COrnered Drive
By Axis FOreseen if
ROmmel Takes Nile

WASHINGTON, July l.
(UP) - Military and naval
experts suggested today that
the long-expected Japanese
attack on Siberia may begin
If and when the Germans succeed
in conquering Egypt and head for
the back door to Soviet Russia's
Caucasian oil fields.
That would provide for a three
cornered Axis squeeze on the Rus
slams from Europe, the Middle East
and the East.
Absence of further Japanese at
tempts to extend their occupation
Continued on Page g.; Column u
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01
Yuma Gets Army
Gunnery School

YUMA, Ariz., July / All Army
air corps flexible gunnery training
school will be constructed here at
a cost to exceed $3,00O.0O0 with all
necessary work and land acquisl-
ton not to exceed $9,000,000.
Final approval of the project was
made by the United States war de-
partment this week, u. S. Senator
Carl Hayden of Arizona telegraph
ed Yuma officials.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01
Navy Announces
Ship Torpedoing

WASHINGTON, July l-(UP) -
The navy announced today that a
medium sized U. S. merchant vessel
has been torpedced off the north
coast of South America. Survivors
have been landed at an east coast
port of the United States. This
was the second torpedoing announc-
ed today.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01

ed loss OF Lingchwan on the Honan-
Shansi front in north China which
the Japanese had claimed some time
ago. Fighting continues in that vital
coal mining area, however.
The Japanese were said to have
concentrated 10000 men and "doz-
ems" of airplanes in the sector.
The Chinese inflicted / 900 casualties
on the invaders in the environs OF
Lingchwan, the communique said.
A japanese column attacking on
the southern slope from Hweihsiea
of northern Honan province was re-
pulsed in another engagement.
Also lost was the highway town
of Yukiang, the communique said.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01

ply them. No relief Is in sight from
the state car pool
Los Angeles and San Diego ra-
tioning officials declare their pity
for Imperial county and their
willingness to help but as yet have
been unable TO do anything
In the meantime some farm
equipment is standing idle In the
fields during harvest time because
II is impossible to get tires. A situa-
tion that thus far It has been mn
possible To correct
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01

HCUUI hUWIII'
Atwill who denied there even was
-skin-only an old, moth
eaten bear skin-answers to grand
Jury charges of perjury tomorrow in
connection with the year-old. hush
hush investigation of alleged wild
parties in his isolated Pacific Pail
sades mansion.
The jury charged him specifically
with showing his guests three lewd
films, 1.-THE Plumbers Girl" The
Daisy Chain,' and a sequel to the
latter. 1t accused him of serving
liquor to Sylvia Hamalaine, buxom
l6-year- old from Hibbing, Mimi,
and of seeing her In "a compromis-
ing position with Eugene Frenke,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01
BRITISH RALLY FOR SUPREME EFFORT
p AMsllue
(&EpoR7ER
Grea. STUFF.

Great Stuff.
Those who stayed away from the
town meeting Tuesday night GER
tainly were bunch OF sillies. Did
we have fun!
Town meetings are places where
all the family may go and heip
out with the program. Join in. as
it were, to forget the war and what
not.
There was something heart NOV
ing when the audience and all the
actors sang Americas songs to-
gether. We hope Stan Atkin will
be there to lead us again as we
sing and we hope We can sing
more. He makes everyone sing well
whether they can sing or not.
1t was a good show.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01

at the time the quota was set up
and 1t still is not available.
Ell Centros rationing board ap-,
proved applications but at the end
of June found themselves short li2
truck castings. rs truck retreads,
snd los truck tubes. They were
short Is car castings, 96 car retreads.
and 80 car tubes and will get moth
ing from the state pool
Members of the board have also
approved applications for six new
cars but dealers are unable to sup
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01
Germany Violates
Exchange Plan

WASHINGTON, July l-(UP) -
Germany has violated the exchange
agreement under which American
and Axis nationals were being
repatriated by Withdrawing safe
conducts for the exchange vessel
Drottingholm, it was announced to-
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01
We amt foOlin!

Hand over all your rubber wheth-
er you need it or not and then go
back and hunt for more!
These statements issued Wednes-
day from scrap rubber campaign
headquarters in Imperial county as
those in charge of the drive de-
clared they had stopped playing
and were out to fill the county
quota even it if left the county
without bit of rubber anywhere.
We've got to give rubber articles
that we need" said M. o. Simms Of
the campaign committee, I'VE will
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01

DedliliS OIL HedVy JapdneSe aCCacKS'
from two directions on the little
68-mile segment of the railroad still
in Chinese hands. The communique
indicated, however, that the invad-
ers had brought up reinforcements
to close the pincers.
The captured town was said to be
Yikang, l3 miles east of the last
previously announced Japanese posi-
ton at Keweiki. 1t meant that the
Japanese eastern and western ad-
vances now were only some S5 miles
apart, with the eastern forces driv-
ing out from Shanghai and the
western forces presumably moving
on from Yiyang.
The communique also acknowledge
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01

Pretty Good .....z..s.-.zss -,
Legionnaires were working like
anything at Hipass Health camp
Sunday, throwing dirt like a bunch
of beavers as they cleared away a
firebreak around the camp Two
men would shovel a wheel barrow
full of dirt and one man would
haul it away.
After lunch two such trios were
working. Along came Judge Vaughn
N. Thompson and NJ. c. Pinnell
who had not been working thus
far that day.
Want to take hand?" one OF
the persp;ring Legionnaires said to
Pinnell, and handed him shovel
He began shoveling.
Want tc help out?" another
shoveler asked Thompson.
That's what came for" Thomp-
son said as he accepted the offered
shovel.
First one and then another OF
the original sextette of Shovelers
and wheelbarrcW pushers wandered
away and left Thompson and Pin
nell alone.
Thompson shoveled a wheelbarrOw
full of dirt, laid down his shovel
pushed the wheelbarrow over hill
dumped it. and returned.
I'm pretty good" Thompson re-
marked in a dry tone, I'm doing
the work of three men"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01
NEW FARM CHIEF

SACRAMENTO. July l-(UP) -
State Director of Agriculture W.. j..
Cecil today announced appointment
of v. o. Wolcott as chief of the
bureau of field crops, succeeding l.,
M. Jeffers, resigned.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01

Lieut. Rossiter, the doctor at
Camp Seeley. deserves some oleand-
ers, we hear.
He was called to help examine
the service men on the wrecked
train near Seeley Tuesday morning.
He was afraid to risk his tires as
he had applied for retreads and
couldn't get them. But, being a
doctor, he had to answer the call.
Away he went on a motorcycle,
OF all things.
Now he's in the hospital suffer-
ing from broken leg. Injured in
motorcycle accident.
s Oleanders to you, Doctor, and a
nice cast fer your leg If you need
It.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01
What's Story Of
Tiger Skin Rug?

HOLLYWOOD, June 30. (UP)-What happened on the
tiger skin rug the bar of Lionel AtwPs house the
question before the court today wild revels by nude
guests" declared the Cuban beauty Virginia
Lopez Nothing, nothing at all" insisted Movie
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01
Jops Extending
RoiIwoy Control

, CHUNGklNG, July |. (UP)-The Japanese have oc-
cuped another town ON the Nanchang Hangchow railway
further extending their control along that vital eastwest
communications ne Chinese high command communique
announced today The Chinese for several ays had been
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01
E. e. Retailers
Open Bond Sales
Merchant Sells $1,000 Worth Of
Bonds and Stamps Before Noon

Thousands of dollars poured into Uncle Sans till
through the retail of Ell Centre Wednesday to finance
a looping right to the jaw of Adolf Hitler.
The customers came, they told and they bought
war stamps and bonds Twelve hundred dollars in sales
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01

have to use 543stiCutes for the
rubber floor mats in our cars and
trucks and other items in our
homes, offices, and public buildings.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01
You Meanies-

You MeanieS-
Bad luck to that bunch of very
horrid men Whu played such Joke
on Jimmy Bailey at the Seeley air.
port construction job Tuesday.
Even though they were getting even
because someone played the same
joke on them one time, it still was
naughty of them. Very naughty, in
deed
They had Jimmy running all over
the place looking for round,
square monkeywrench. He would
report that there was no such ami
NAL and they would send him to
another place. He ran around in
circles until his tongue was hanging
out and he was painting like a liz
ard.
Shame on the whole lot of you
fer five minutes.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01
RHLLETIN
By UNITED PRESS =

Axis armed forces drove deeper into the Egyptian and
Russian fronts Wednesday despite supreme effort by
British defenders of Suez and Red army counterattacks
that cost the enemy heavy losses.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01
Baseball

NATIONAL
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01
Axis Stokes All
In 3-Front Drive
To Cain Victory

RommeI's Advance in Egypt Slows Down
With Decisive Battle in Prospectus
Russian Crisis Grow. Japs Threaten
= BULLETIN -
LONDON, July 1. (UP)-A special German coninu-
nique tonight said SevastopOl had been captured.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01

AMERICAN
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01
WEATHER

Maximum Tuesday ia. Minimum
Wednesday 70. S pm. Tuesday l08.
humidity ii. am. Wednesday 76,
humidity Al. Noon Wednesday l04.
humidity 26.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-01
Oleander Department

1t was a good show.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-25
Man Serving Life in Mcneil Prison
For Child's Murder Asks for Writ

Murder of 15-month-old baby
in Shanghai year ago-a crime
for which the stepfather of the
child, a 22-year-old marine. is
serving a life term In the Mcneil
island penitentiary - will be re-
viewed in federal court here on
March 80. it was disclosed Tues
day.
Gerald e. Easement. was con-
victed of his stepson's murder from
the u. S. district court for China
at Shanghai. where he was serving
with the American forces.
Federal Judge Lloyd l.. Black
said Tuesday he will hear Case
ments plea for writ of habeas
corpus at 3 p. m. on March 80.
Was Denied Jury
easement petitioned for the writ
on the grounds that he was denied
the right of trial by jury.
The morbid story began on
March Is a year ago, when man
wearing the uniform of marine
was seen leaving Easements home
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-25
City Sugar
Quota Is Set
95 Pct. Of Whot
II Was Yeor Ago

Tacoma's sugar quota for March
is 10 be Is per cent greater than
was anticipated and e5 per cent Of
what was consumed during the
same month last year. II was dis
closed Tuesday by Martin Traub.
chairman of the Chamber of Com
merce sugar committee.
The ruling vas made by the war
production board. Trauh said, and
was based on population increases
during the past year.
Under the national sugar ra-
tioning plan, consumption during
1912 is to be so per cent N 1871
consumption. on monthly COM
parative basis.
The Is per cent extra ALLEGATION
applies to metropolitan Tacoma
distributors and manufacturers,
Traub said, and probably will have
little direct or obvious effect on
the retail market
Congressman John NJ. Coffee has
been active in obtaining the in
creased quota. Traub said. and is
still endeavoring to enlarge the
quota in as much as Tacoma man
ufaetnrers and distributors serve a
large market in the adjacent mill
tary establishments, although they
are not considered as a portion of
the consumer population.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-25
Tobacco on Bus
Burns =" Rider

CITY councilmen looked inquir-
ingly at their cigars and cigarets
Tuesday and confessed with mods
of the head that smoking is an
obnoxious habit-in buses.
They agreed that much with
William Paddison, of 1905 So.
18th st. who asked the council to
change its smoking ordinance and
make deputy police officers of bus
drivers to enforce it. Paddison's
main complaint was that passen-
gers get on busses with cigars.
cigarets or pipes in use and hold
them in their hands as they ride.
They aren't smoking" he con-
fessed. but they make the buses
reek and it is obnoxious TO non
smokers.
Law enforcement officers of
the city and county are the princl-
pal offenders. They get on the
bus and ride up to the courthouse
with cigars or cigarets IN their
hands or mouths"
The mayor agreed with Paddi-
son he would write TO the Tacoma
Transit Co in the eomplainer's be-
half and call attention 70 the eN-
isting ordinance. which he thought
adequate II enforced. In his
opinion q man with a cigsret IN
MS hand can be construed as
smoking.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-25
Tafum Pleads
Not Guilty
To Try Mon Joiled
In Dope Robbery

Ralph Tatum. charged with
armed robbery al the Tacoma
Drug Co last June when more
than s. 500 worth Of narcotics vas
taken BY a gang. entered a plea
Of not guilty Tuesday when he was
arTaigned before Superior Judge
f VI. Card. presiding.
The case was assigned to Judge
F G. Remains department for
trial.
Tatum. a tall. intelligent-look-
ing fellow. Is said by police to be
a wizard electrician and extremely
clever artist with crayons. Some
of his crayon work has been shown
at police headquarters here. Ia
tum is credited with devising and
installing some of the bug work
at Alcatraz prison where intricate
devices disclose presence of saws
or knives concealed about the
clothing of prisoners.