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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-06-20
NAMED ADJUTANT

Heath Bottomly, Helena, has been
appointed acting regimental adjutant
for the summer session at West Point.
The appointment makes Bottomly
second in command for the academy
among cadet officers. Bottomly Is the
son Of r. V. Bottomly. first assistant
attorney general OF Montana.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10

policemen and sheriff's deputies ar
rested suspects ranging from Il to
Is years of age and held them in
the juvenile hall and city hall.
The young suspects, allegedly
members of terrorist gangs" in Los
Angeles east side district, were
charged with murder. robbery, as
sault with deadly weapons, violation
of the juvenile curfew and violation
of the selective service act.
The latest police roundup of the
Mexican youths followed last weeks
indictment of 20 teen age" boys
and girls on murder charges. The
youths were accused of killing an
other Mexican boy and murderously
assaulting a second youth week
ago.
Los Angeles police inspectors who
arrested the youths said they were
armed with knives. sharpened can
openers, guns, chains and rocks. Po-
lice said the young MexiCans had
formed groups and were "indulging
in gang warfare between themselves
in an imitation of the prohibition
gangster days"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10
Government Costs
Up in County

The per capita cost OF Imperial
county government went up 81 per
cent between 1885 and 194O-41,
study of expenditures of county
governments in California revealed
Monday, the California Taxpayers
association said.
In 1885 the county spent SIG O4
for each man, woman, and child in
the county. In l936-37 county ex-
penditures averaged S16.85 per
capita, in l937-38 they totaled
$19.51, in 1938-39 they amounted to
1892. in 1939-40 they were $21.07
and for 1940-41. the last year for
which complete figures are avail
able, the county spent s22O2 per
capita.
Average expenditures by all Cali
fornia counties for all purposes
amounted to $18.70 in 1035-36 and
$29.23 in 1904.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10

at a busy intersection. The driver
of the car, Victor j. Yellis, 10, for
mer Berkeley high school football
star, was killed, and the bus driver,
Lawrence Ole, %. Vallejo, was
knocked unconscious.
The impact apparently Camaged
controls and brakes on the bus,
which pluoghed through the wreck
age and rolled through the down.
town district for almost two miles
at a speed of about 10 miles an
hour. Nine passengers jumped and
suffered minor injuries before Ed
ward Lucas of Berkeley dragged Ole
out of the seat and steered it until
firemen finally hooked a block and
tackle from a truck to the bus and
brought 1t to a stop,
Miss Eileen Carson. 10, Berkeley,
a passenger in Yellis' car, was
seriously injured
Most of the persons in the bus
were on their wav to work at the
Richmond shipyardS.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10
Mrs. W.R. GiImour
Dies in AIhambra

Mrs. w. r. Gilmcur. SO, mother
of Mrs. George 4. Bucklin of Ell
Centre, died early Monday at her
home. los North Valencia street,
Alhambra.
She suffered a stroke last Mon
day from which she failed to rally
Mrs. Bucklin was with her when the
end came. having left Immediately
for her mon,cr-S bedside upon noti-
fication of her illness.
Mrs. Gilmour was an Imperial
Valley pioneer, having come to I'M
perial in 1908 with her husband,
w. r. Gilmour. Following several
years residence in the valley dur
ing which they engaged in ranch
ing activities, the Gilmour's left
for Arizona. returning later to Cali
fornia. They resided in Riverside
for several years before moving to
Alhambra where they have lived for
the past 20 years.
Survivors include her husband, w.
r. Gilmour; one son. George Gil
mour of Philadelphia. Pa; three
daughters, Mrs. George F Bucklin,
Mrs. C. r. Ramsey of San Diego,
and Mrs. Hurst Fitzgerald of San
Luis Obispo; seven grandchildren,
including Patricia and Alvin Buck
lin of Ell Centre, and great-grand-
children.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10
Saboteurs' Friends
In U.s.. MayFace
Treason Charges
Justice Department to
Request Indictments
Against ID Persons

WASHINGTON, Aug. TO-
(UP)-Thc justice depart
ment plans to seek indict-
ment of the ii alleged con-
federates of the eight Nazi
saboteurs on charges of treason
and knowledge of treason. it was
learned from an authoritative
source today.
These charges we're discussed at
conference of Attorney General
Francis Biddle and members of his
staff. No official word was forth
coming, but it was learned that
treason charges had been agreed
upon.
Death can be the penalty for
treason, although the trial judge.
at his discretion. may impose SEN
tences of not less than five years
in prison and not less than q $10.-
900 fine.
Persons convicted of guilty know
ledge of treason miSpriSion OF
treason is the legal term-are sub
ject to not more than seven years
imprisonment and fines of not more
than $1,000.
Meantime, saboteurs George John
Dasch and Ernest Peter Burger,
who talked and escaped the fate
of their six comrades in the cleo
trio chair. remained in the district
Continued on Fage 6: Column 81
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10
Water Floods City
Cutters on 9th St.

A workman accidentally knocked
the cement cap off a city water line
Monday and sent hundreds of gal
Ions of water gushing directly from
a primary settling basin into the
gutter along Eighth street.
Water ran for 80 minutes before it
could be shut off at 1880 am. BY
l pm. the stream had reached Hell
avenue and was proceeding toward
Main.
A water pump was installed to
pump the flood into sewer lines be-
fore it could cross Main street and
do possible damage 10 recently oiled
roads.
Charles Lowell, basin man, started
the flow into the street and was
responsible for shutting it off.
Walter Heinecke, public works dir
ector, said no damage was done.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10

'attacked with "rapidity and vigor'
lie reported that at least one OF
cur cruisers was sunk
Two U. S. cruisers, two destroyers
and a transport were damaged in
the operation in which Allied forces
are trying to recapture islands in
the Tulagi area of the southerly
Solomon islands.
He said information as to the
extent of damage inflicted on the
enemy was incomplete at this time,
but that large number of Japa-
nese planes have been destroyed
and surface units put out of ac-
tion.
King said that an initial surprise
attack was effected and that plan
ned landings" were accomplished.
The text of Kings statement:
"Q Offensive operations by U.
S. naval and other forces, looking
to the occupation of islands in the
Tulagi area in the southeasterly
Solomon islands, have now been
underway for about three days.
900 The operations are under
the immediate command of Vice
Admiral Ghormley and under the
general control of Admiral Nimitz
Certain of the forces under Gen
Macarthur are cooperating.
"(3) The objective of the cur
rent operations is to expel the
japanese from the Tulagi area and
Continued on Page 6: Column q
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10
Showers Cool Off
l.V. Thermometers

Showers, light i'm the south
and heavier i'm the north, fell
in Imperial Valley early Mon
day and brought welcome relief
from the heat which had pre-
vailed for more than a month.
Rainfall in Ell Centre was .01
of an inch and i'm Brawley was
40 of an inch CalcxicO report
cd only light sprinkle. Rain
fell at intervals in Jacumba
and adjacent mountain areas all
day Sunday and Sunday night
there was a heavy dOwnpOur.
Heavy rain was reported as far
down on the desert as Coyote
Wells.
Thermometers dropped Sun
day when heavy clouds piled up
in all directions and Obscured
the sun throughout the day.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10
War Workers Children
Present Problem at LA.

LOS ANGELES. Aug. 10. CUP)-
Lack of facilities to care for child
rem of mothers working in war in
dustry plants is alarming educa-
tors and welfare workers, it was
disclosed today at hearing con-
Quoted by State Senator Robert w,
Kenny's interim committee.
More than $4,000 women are now
working in defense plants in SOU
thern, California, Personnel Mana
ger j. G. Jenkins of Lockheed Air
craft Co., told the committee, and
more will be employed to replace
men called into the armed forces.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10
Second
Front
Neurer
More Americans
Reach Britain as
Bombing Promised
BY EDWARD w. BEATTIE

us. ARMY HEADOUAR-
TIERS EUROPEAN THEA
TER, Aug. 10. (UP)-Arriv-
al of another large contin-
gent of American troops and an
official statement that United
States bombers will join the Royal
Air Forces aerial offensive against
Germany today advanced Allied
preparations to aid the Soviet Un-
ion by striking at the Axis in the
west.
Our enemy at the appointed time
will feel the might of a thoroughly
coordinated British and American
air force" Maj Gen. Carl A.
Spaatz, U. S. air commander in the
European theater, said in a state
ment that followed an official Brit
ish pledge to "scourge the Reich"
city by city
The urgency of the Allied action
in the west was indicated not only
by disclosure that another big and
we'll equipped United States force
had landed at British port but
also by Spaatz' statement that the
ali force would go into action ahead
OF schedule.
Maj. Gen. Mark w. Clark, COM
mander of the United States ground
forces in the European theater and
champion of offensive warfare,
has stated that American troops
didn't come to Britain to "sit on
their rear sides and be on the de-
fenSive."
| Gen. Spaatz said:
Within the immediate future,
operations in accordance with plans
that have been in the making be-
tween the Raj and the American
air force will commence.
"The American air forces and the
Royal Aid Force have worked in
such full cooperation that we are
proceeding ahead of actual schedule.
ut is most gratifying to all men,
berS of the American air force
to realize how helpful our British
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10
$4,000 on Tap
In City Treasury
For Street Work
Delay in Obtaining
Materials May Slow
Down Projects Here

El Centre has $23,912.1O
but doesn't know what to do
with it.
Long awaited checks for
additional surfacing of city
streets arrived Monday morning
at the office of City Clerk Neal
Gavin. Now it remains for council
men to obtain further information
from the state treasury, whence
came the money, to determine how
it will be spent.
Councilmen know this much: ::
that it will be spent on paving
project No. two, which calls for
topping 26 blocks of streets with
oil. Amount to be spent for labor
and amount of materials remains
to be decided as we'll as when
necessary and final permission to
use certain materials for the pro-
iect will be given by the federal
government.
Since the last large project, now
nearly finished. was begun the gov
eminent has made it increasingly
difficult to obtain oil and other
materials.
Shipments of oil needed to fin
ish three blocks of paving on pro-
ject No one were ordered held up
last week because they had been
diverted into military us.
Public Works Director Walter
HCineCke sounded an optimistic
note when he said he had learned
that it would be possible to get
the go-ahead sign from Uncle Sam
under a blanket okay to be given
the California highway department
on roads not using vital materials.
All things to be used for project
No. two would not be considered
vital, Heinecke said.
Mayor Bob HattOn was glad that
the money had arrived. for, he
said, although the present council
may not be able to make use of
the money it will always be there
for the purpose of improving the
streets and will eventually be used
for that.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10
Sol ONION ISLANDS BATTLE IN FIFTH DAY
japs at hickan
Sent 10 Prison

HONOLULU. Aug. 10 (UP)
- Five japanese workers at
Hickam Field began prison SEN
fences today because they ridi-
culed conscientious workers
and tried to get them to work
less hard.
Maj. Samuel E. MurreIl of
provost court sentenced one to
a year in Jill, and the others
to nine months.
Prosecution witnesses said the
workers had been told they
were "suckers" for working so
hard. However, this was denied
vigorously by one of the de-
PENDANTS, Shichi Tao, who re-
ceived the one-year sentence.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10

the legislature should memorable
Congress TO take federal actio'
where that is necessary 10 insure u
national overall program
Mrs. Rosalind @. Bates. vice prei-
ident of the Women Lawyers cl'ib
and president of the California BIS
mess Women's Council, told Kenny
the problem OF finding places 10
leave small children was acute, IL
is particularly difficult 10 find such
institutions. she said. because OF the
late hours involved in the various
shifts.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10
Local Men TO Aid
Recruiting Drive

Mayor Robert Hatton of Ell Cen
tro Monday appointed four Ell Cen
trans to serve with him on civic
committee to sponsor the current
Navy recruiting campaign in the
community.
Members of the committee are
Guy Weakley, superintendent OF Ell
Centre schools Councilman P. L.
Moore, Otto Bradshaw, rancher; and
Henry L. Loud, real estate dealer.
The recruiting campaign is nation
wide and similar committees were
formed throughout the United
States.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10

Tuesday with Ell Centre Masonic
lodge No. 384 in charge. Burial will
be at Evergreen cemetery.
Breedlove was born at Valley
Center in San Diego county Feb
16, 1890. Among his survivors are
his mother. Mrs. Edith Rogers
Breedlove; a brother, Roy E. Breed
love of Ell Centre; and two sisters,
Grace of FL Centro and Mrs. Les
lie l.. Sheldon of Beverly Hills.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10

Chairman Elizabeth Merrell Far
agoh of the Los Angeles committee
for the care of children in wartime
said the American way of living is
suffering serious dislocations from
concentration on the war effort.
Mrs. Paragon advocated a ma
tional plan for pre-school child care
and ample financing in order that
schools will not have shortened
terms or insufficient staffs.
THE state should take the initia-
tive where possible to put this pro-
gram into effect" she said, and
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10
Crash Sends Bus
On Runaway Ride

Ell CERRITO, Cal, Aug. 10 CUP)
Police today investigated a COL
lision which caused one death and
sent a loaded Greyhound bus roll
ing down a crowded street with the
driver unconscious. Firemen STOP
ped it by improvising a block ecd
tackle "lasso"
Witnesses reported the bus struck
a Car which was making a U-turn
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10

Allied land forces known to be in
volved presumably American
commando o-trained marines and per-
haps Australians-ha landed on
the Japanese islands.
There were o..icial warnings in
Australia and Washington against
speculation, but the fact that the
attack is now in its fifth day led
some quarters to believe that land
ings may have been made or at
tempted
RIOTS IN INDIA
J In India, the British government
called out troops and cavalry in
an effort to suppress spreading
riOting and bloodshed in Bombay,
Delhi, and other cities after the
arrest of Mohandas K Gandhi and
about 200 of his nationalist lieut.
enants.
AT least IL persons were killed
and scores injured in the rioting,
touched off by the arrest of Gandhi
after the all-India Congress party
had approved his call for nation
wide passive resistance in support
of demands for IEdia's immediate
independence.
A general strike was spreading
in defiance of British official ban
and British arrests occurred in
the Calcutta region where most of
the 1,500 Indian factories turning
out arms and war supplies are
located. 1t appeared, however. that
there has been no general strike
as yet in the Calcutta area.
REDS STILL RETREAT
On the Russian front Germanys
offensive against the Maikop oil
fields of the western Caucasus gain
ed more ground in two vital sectors
around Armavir and the Red Army
| fell back to the foothills of the
! Caucasus mountains.
! A great tank battle ragged at the
northern and southern approaches
to Stalingrad on the Volga with the
Russians apparently holding their
ground, at ieaSJ Tor the time be-
ing. The Germans, although claim
! ing steady advance that has car
ried them far south of Armavir, ad-
mitted that Russian forces attack
| ing the Nazi flank around Voro-
nezh had succeeded in crossing to
the west bank of the Don
! Speculation over the possibility
of second front in western Eu-
rope was heightened by announce
ment CT the arrival of another large
contingent of United States troops
! III Britain.
NOT FOR DEFENSE
The new AEF forces we're landed
! to bolster the forces which Maj
Gen. Mark w. Clark is whipping
into shape fer the day of the sec
ond front invasion.
Clark, a champion of offensive
warfare, said that the American
troops are not in Britain to "sit ON
! their rear sides and be on the de
| fenSive."
! In China, United States air fore
e5 continued to deliver strong blows
against the japanese bases over a
wide area.
American bombers protected by
fighters raided the Japanese Indo-
China base at Haiphong and scored
direct hit on a 4000ton ship as
! Continued on Page 6; Column ID
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10

on the floor near his right hand
was a bottle of medicine his phy-
sician had given him to take when
he suffered attacks of the heart
ailment for which he was treated
during the last six months. The
cork still was in the bottle, so
apparently he died before he was
able to take the medicine.
Funeral services were scheduled
at the Lemons chapel at 10 a. m.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10
In The Family

Dave Roberts, that venerable at.
torney, entered downtown eating
establishment and joined a group of
his cronieS.
He took card out of his pocket
and Solemnly began to study it.
Lee Nuffer looked over Roberts
shoulder. In fact, he peeked
Hey" demanded Lee. "how did
you do that. You're as old as the
rest of us and we can't do it,"
Roberts was studying draft papers
which placed him in draft classi-
fication IA,
Before his cronies tore him to
pieces, Roberts admitted the papers
belonged to his young son.
But he vowed 'em before they
caught on.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10
y AMBl|Ne
EpoR1ER
Invasion, No Less

Limp. limp, limp.
Shuttle. shuttle, shuttle.
Mrs. Leta Mae Bryan limped and
now and then hoped Gown the hall
at the county court house. Her
face bore a look of pain. She
muttered in an annoyed manner.
She limped into her office. Quite
a crowd had followed her into her
office. The crowd watched in an
interested manner.
Leta Mae groaned as she sat
down. She united the shoe string
and pulled off her shoe. Out popped
cricket, frisky and chirping.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10
200 LA. Juveniles Held
In Gang Warfare Roundup
Charges Range from Murder to Assault
Against Youngsters; Police Get Haul
Including Guns, Knives, Other Weapons

LOS ANGELES Aug. 10. (UP)-More than 200 Mexl-
boys and girls in Los Angeles city as today on
charges ranging from murder to common assault IN the
latest outbreak of juvenile gang warfare.
In ctv- wild, roundup late Yesterday more than 500
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10
Carl BreedIove
Dies Suddenly

Carl Breedlove 52 who had been resident of Imperial
Valley sine, 1907 died Saturday night from heart attack
suffered while alone at his home Meloland
The body found beside table where he had been
sitting dinner when he suffered the fatal attack Lying
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10
Admiral Reveals
Solomon LundinQ
-BULLETIN--

WASHINGTON Aug. 10. (UP)-Admira Ernest J.
King, Commander in Chief of the u S. Fleet announced
today that American forces have succeeded in eectng
landings the Solomon islands The enemy has
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10
Secrecy Shrouds
Attacks S Outcome
In Pacific Area
Rioting Follows Gandhi Arrest in India
AS Mobs Battle Police; Russians in
Additional Withdrawals in Caucasus
BY UNITED PRESS

The first strong American offensive of the cghtmonth
old in the Pacific entered it's fifth day of naval land
and air assaults the Solomon islands Monday with of
fical secrecy hiding the progress of the battle
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10

NATIONAL
Philadelphia Brooklyn mite game
st. Louis ............................... 900 O2O
Pittsburgh .............................. 900 140
M. Cooper, Pollet g. w Cooper;
Wilkie, Dietz e. Phelps.
AMERICAN
lst Game
Philadelphia ... 900 900 400-4-5-1
New York ............ 900 600 1OO-l-4-0
Fowler, Wolf & Swift, Fagner.
Ruffing e. Dickey.
2nd Game
Philadelphia OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. %
New York ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. w
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10
It's Fishy-

It'r Fishy-
City hall was a shamples. And
no wonder. Auditors going over
the city's books in the annual audit,
could not find one of the cost books
supposed to be in charge of Mary
Weiss. The auditors told her she
didn't turn it over to them with
the rest cf the books from her de-
partment.
The hunt was on. Mary turned
her office and desk upside down.
Still the book was missing She
finally became desperate and had
the whole city hall force searching
Clyde Lee became disgusted. With
a tough look but minus the gum
shoes and magnifying glass of other
detectives, Clyde strobe into the
auditors office. He lifted one piece
of paper on the auditors desk and
there was the missing book They'd
had it all the time!
Was Mary mad? She was.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10

So Is This
1t is always a relief when fish
ermen change their tune even a lit
tie bit.
John Raymond, who brings fish
story back to Imperial Valley after
Continued on Page 6; Column 2
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10
Baseball

NATIONAL
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-10
WEATHER

WEATHER
Maximum Sunday 80. Minimum
Monday II. pm. Sunday 81, hu-
midity 81. 5 am. Monday IS, hu-
n:idity 81. Noon Monday 81, hu-
midity So.
BANK DEBTS
FL Centre Business Barometer
Saturday S401,071.89
Last Year S286,9O9.26
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Ophelia
To Elect
Garden Program TO Be
Given Monday Afternoon

An election of officers will
be the highlight of the Ophella
Garden club meeting in Fish
er's Civic Center Monday al
ternoon. The executive board
will convene at 1890 and the
general meeting will follow at
100, the new officers being
chosen at that time.
For the program, opening at 2
o'clock. Mrs. c. A Blakesley will
give a talk on The Perennial Bed
and Border" Mrs. r. o. Byrd
will give some garden reminders
and Mrs. Gales Mccort will show
q table arrangement. There Will
also be a discussion of defense
work for the coming months.
Hostesses for the tea hour will
be Mrs. Frank Reichardt, Mrs.
Homer Hsrtwich, Mrs. Bert sund-
green and Mrs. George Burlin-
game.
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