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Evening star., 1942-09-06


and Jack Gilmore, ends; Jack Ditt-
mer and Reggie Vincent; tackles;
Eddie Chovanes and Luther Con-
rad, guards: Paul Flick, center;
Tom Mont, quarterback; Elmer Rig
by and Jack Mier, halfbacks, and
Jack Wright, fullback.
All are letter men except Flick,
who is a sophomore. A tall, husky
lad, he was outstanding on last
years freshman group and stands 6
feet 3 inches and weighs 202
pounds.
Second Team Is Mature.
Among the Whites are: Jack Huf-
man and Marshall Brandt, ends;
John Lockabaugh and Howard
Smedley, tackles; Frank Maxson
and Oscar Du Bois, guards; George
Jarmoska, center; Jack Brenner,
quarterback; Joe Hoopengardner
and Hubey Werner, halfbacks, and
Bill Helbock, fullback.
This gang has three letter men,
Jarmoska, who was regular center
last year, and Brenner and Hoop
engardner. Maxson and Helbock
are the leftover non-letter men,
while the others are sophs.
The Blues, which includes most
of the other leftovers plus a few
sophs, are: Bob Fillipelli and Tom
Hagerman. ends: George Couch and
Arthur Birnbaum, tackles; Tony
Nardo and Warren O'Neil, guards;
Bill Taylor, center; George Barnes.
quarterback; Tom Smoot and Bill
Port, halfbacks, and Louis Chacos,
fullback.
Promotions from the lower to the
upper teams are likely, and there is
no guarantee that the Reds will not
be invaded.
Maryland stepped up its drills
yesterday in two ways. holding two
sessions, morning and afternoon,
and putting on pads for the latter
drill. No scrimmage was held.
though, the "armor" being utilized
to protect the players in charging
against padded dummies which are
used for such workouts.
In addition to the first three
teams, two other complete elevens
and some slop-overs toiled long and
hard. ~
Card Fixed at 10 Games.
The Old Liners finally have their
1912 gridiron schedule Strengthened
out after several revisions made
necessary by cancellations. They
now will play 10 games, and would
have had II on the program had
not Keesler Field been forced to
call things off. There still are two
service clubs on the list, though.
The card now contains five home
games and the same number away,
although two of the home tilts will
be away from College Park, one be-
ing listed, for Baltimore Stadium
and the other for Griffith Stadium.
Here is the revamped list:
September 26, Connecticut
October g., Lakehurst Naval Air Sta
at Baltimore Stadium 81. Florida
at Grifith Stadium.
ginia at Charlottesville. 81, Georgia Pre-
Flight Naval School at Athens, Ga; 2s,
Washington and Lee enomecomine).
The freshmen have five games
listed, all with youngsters of other
schools:
october 16. v. M l. Froshi %. Western
Maryland Frosh: 80, Delaware Frosh at
November 6, Washington and Lee Frosh
at Lexington; 21, Navy Plebes at Annap-
oils.
Evening star., 1942-09-06
Wagering at Marlboro
Shows Slight Decline
By the Associated Press.

BY ire ASsoclHteu PTess.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Sept. 5.--Con-
sistent with the general Slight fall
off In betting at Maryland race
tracks this year, receipts from
Marlboros Today meeting were off
5.4 per cent, compared with receipts
last year. Frank Small, Maryland
racing commission chairman, re-
ported today.
Small advised Gov. OConor that
total betting at the Marlboro track
brought in 1915 ,295 this season, as
against the 81 ,624.o93 handled dur
ing the l94l meeting.
Evening star., 1942-09-06
Relief to Receive
Rollins Grid Cote
BY the Associated Press.

WINTER PARK, Fla, Sept. 5.
Rollins College will play all of
It's home football games this year
as benefit events for Army emer-
gency relief, Hamilton Holt,
president, announced today.
The entire proceeds from the
games will be contributed to the
Orlando Fighter Command
School Base relief fund, to be
allocated to soldiers. their wives,
mothers and children.
The three home games this sea-
son are with Presbyterian Sep
tember 25, Washington and Lee
October and Chattanooga Octo-
Der 30,
Evening star., 1942-09-06
Western Army Stars
Shake Up 0ffense
For Gard Tilt
Wade Sturts Only Five
Players Who Opened
Against Redskins
Ry the Associated Press.

DENVER, Sept. 5--Like any we'll
trained military force after an
initial setback, the Western Army
All-Stars today shook up their at
tack formation for their football en-
counter with the Chicago Cardinals
tomorrow.
Kickoff time is 8 pm, mountain
war time, in Denver University Sta
dunn, with probably not more than
20 900 onlookers paying ticket money
into the Army Relief Fund.
This is the soldiers second en-
gagement, following a 26-7 loss to
the Washington Redskins last Sum-
day in a man-killing five-game
schedule with National Professional
League elevens.
All-Stars to Keep Busy.
Tomorrow night Maj. Wallace
Wade's Army team will hop a train
for Detroit and Wednesday nights
contest with the Detroit Lions, head
back to Milwaukee for game with
the Green Bay Packers September
Is, then on to Syracuse and the
New York Giants September 10.
Mai. Wade said it still was doubt
full whether John Kimbrough, nurs-
ing rib injury all week, would be
able to start at fullback. If not,
Pvt. Frank Emmons from oregon
will get the chore.
Aside from Kimbrough, not more
than four of the soldiers who started
against the Redskins at Los An
geles will answer the opening
whistle here. In contrast to. last
Sundays all-Dixie breakaway line
up representing four colleges, the
one the lean major from Duke read
off today showed nine.
Thomason, Dickey on Shelf.
Two regulars, Jim Thomason,
blocking back, and Guard Leonard
Dickey, both from Texas A. and M,
were too severly bumped around
in the Washington fracas to be used
at all tomorrow.
Grayhaired Coach Jimmy Conzel-
man led his Cardinals off the train
today in time for a workout and
muttered eve won't reach full
stride for another three weeks"
Marshall Goldberg, two-time all
America back from Pittsburgh and
the Chicagoans' leading name"
player to- mountain country fans,
will open at fullback, but "he joined
the team only a few days ago and
I doubt if he'll play very long"
Councilman said.
Probable line-ups.
Evening star., 1942-09-06
Ho|Iohon, ,Ex-Cord, Hopes
To Be Grenade HurIer
Bv the Associated Press.

BY tHe ASsoclated Press.
BINGHAMTON, N. Y, Sept. s.
wild Bill' Hallahan, on the win
ming side in three of four World
Series with the st. Louis Cardinals
has his chance Ito show the Axis
the stuff I've got on a hand
grenade"
The former National League left
handed pitching star, out OF baseball
three years, Is in the Army at Fort
Niagara.
Evening star., 1942-09-06
Roanoke Not to Give Up
Football This Fall
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
ROANOKE, Va, Sept. 5.-Roa-
noke will continue intercollegiate
football this fall
That decision was reached at a
meeting between the schools ath-
letic board and DR.. Charles j. smith
president.
Evening star., 1942-09-06
War Woes Shrink
Richmond Links
BY the Associated Press.

by lIe ASSUCldteU FItSs.
RICHMOND, Va, Sept. s.
Glenwood Golf Club here will
reduce it's course from 18 to 9
holes because of wartime condi-
tions.
Clyde Pearsau, club manager,
said this step was necessitated
by a shortage of labor, which
made 1t difficult to maintain
fairways and green's and by a
lack of certain chemicals used
on the links.
Evening star., 1942-09-06
War Is Likely to Cause
Dixie Baseball Mercer
By the Associated Press,

DJ t14c ASSUEIdCVU PTeSS.
ATLANTA, Sept. 5.-Gasoline ra-
tloning and other wartime exigencies
may result in temporary merger of
the Southern Association and the
southeastern Baseball Leagues next
season, says Trammell Scott, South
ern Association president.
Specializing as an individual only.
Scott said IAN operator in a South.
ern Association city, for instance.
might arrange to transfer his players
to a city normally in another league
combining with the operator there
to carry on a club in the Southern"
Evening star., 1942-09-06
New Orleans Carnival
Dates Are Announced

New Orleans Sugar Bowls mid
winter sports carnival events have
been set as follows:
Tennis, December 1928; regatta,
27; boxing, %; basket ball, 80;
track, 81, and ninth annual foot
ball classic January l.
Evening star., 1942-09-06
Arcs Out, Miomi Tries
TWILIGHT Football
Hy the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, Sept. 5.-The Uni
versity of Miami will try twilight
football this fall, Coach Jack Hard
Ing announced. The first two home
games on the schedule will begin at
4:30 pm. and probably will be over
by 7 pm.
Wartime lighting restrictions have
banned night football.
Evening star., 1942-09-06
Long Shot Wins, Track
Mark Goes to BeuIuh
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 5.-A
S10320 winner, a new track record,
and the victory of Mrs. H. E. Selby's
Boston Lassie in the inaugural
highlighted today's opening program
of running races at Beulaln Park.
Philcade. owned by Miss Mary
Hode of st. Louis, paid $10320 for
winning the fourth race. Honey
Chile, from the Marks and Clark
stable of Cincinnati, lowered the
track record for mile and a quarter
to 2:0525, clipping three -flfths of a
second off the old record.
Evening star., 1942-09-06
Seohuwks and SeuqueIs

Navy pre-fiight football teams are
using part of their host schools
nicknames in some cases. At Iowa,
they've adapted Hawkeyes to Sea-
hawks and at st. Marys they'll be
known as the Seagaels.
Evening star., 1942-09-06
6. W. NetwomenH Hold
Top Rung in Loop;
Nationals Next

The George Washington team still
is in first place in the District Wom-
ems Tennis League, having won 10
and dropped five of it's matches. but
this weeks honors go to Dorothy
Dyer of the Racqueters.
She Is the first member of the
league to complete and win all her
matches, ending last week with two
victories.
viz
Evening star., 1942-09-06

Results.
Dorothy Dyer (Racqueters) defeated T.
]. Hamilton (Army Navy, 10--s, 6-1;
Dorothy Dyer tRacaueters) defeated Eliz-
abeth Emmert mount Pleasantly, 60,
Go; Clara Ockey tWardman) defeated
Betita Martinez George Washington),
e., 6-2; Frances Raban (Wardman)
defeated Irene Bogart tRacqueters). 3--6,
6-3. 7-5; Sally Miller (Wardman) de-
feated Helen Price (Racuueters), 6-1.
Ga; Hattie Kobin (Rock Creek defeated
Betty Zimmerman tRacoueters), ID,
70; Madge Lennon tRock Creek de-
feated Irene Bogart Racqueters). 6--2;
S-6; r. R.. Waller (Army Navy defeated
Dorothy Towns Mount Pleasant, defeated
Hattie Kobin Crock Creek, 7-5, 6-2.
Evening star., 1942-09-06
Virginia Pistol and Rifle
Matches Are Slated
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Sept. 5.-The
State championship pistol matches,
postponed several times, will be held
on the range near here September
a..
Evening star., 1942-09-06
Look Baltimore Game With Packers Tomorrow First Real Test
Old Liners Reach Tough STAGE
As They Don Pads First Time
Sent Against Tuck|ine Dummies as They Polish
Attack, With Five Teams Getting Much Action

Coach Clark Shaughney at Maryland already pretty
has made his mind about the players on whom he will
have to count this fall Picking where spring practice
drills last week he had his leading three
complete the Whites and Blues The Reds will COM
prise what probably will the starting eleven
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-30

were being eyed with a view of
turning them into the scrap heaps
IN the nation wide scramble to get
enough rubber to stave off gasoline
rationing and save the country from
the necessity of curtailing military
activity because of lack of rubber
for military equipment.
President Roosevelt issued the
order to government agencies as
drastic new rubber conservation
measures, including probable ex-
tension of gasoline rationing. ap-
peared likely for American motor
lists unless the Presidents Today
extension of the collection drive
produces results.
White House Secretary Stephen
T. Early said that the President
had Instructed Budget Director
Harold Smith to "go into action and
see to it that all government de-
partments and agencies in Wash
ington and throughout the United
States turn in every possible ounce
of rubber to the campaign"
Partial blame for the failure of
the rubber scrap campaign to date
was placed Monday on government
officials by Petroleum Ccordinator
Harold l.. Ickes. 1t appeared, mean
time. that further conservation
measures would be inevitable but
that their severely would depend
upon the amount of scrap which is
collected.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-30
Turn in Rubber,
Officials Ordered

Government agencies throughout
the nation including those in I'm
perial Valley, Tuesday were ordered
to contribute every possible ounce
of rubber to the scrap collection
campaign. the order coming direct
from President Franklin Roosevelt.
A cursory survey of the govern
ment agencies revealed that the
Imperial Irrigation district, Imper-
ial county, and the city of Ell Gen.
tro already had made contributions
to the collection campaign but
were making a re-check to deter
mine if there we're more rubber
articles and equipment which they
could toss into the scrap rubber
heap.
Rubber floor mats in automobiles
rubber mats and runways in offices
and halls rubber seat cushions,
rubber pads for typewriter tables,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-30


Four hours after the vessel dockcd
the bulk of the passengers were
being questioned by the agents. The
diplomats and their families left the
pier as soon as they were permitted
off the ship.
Previously. when the Drottning-
holm, which crossed the Atlantic
under a safe conduct in an exchange
of American and Axis nationals,
reached quarantine before docking
customs agents arrested three alleg-
ed members of diamond smuggling
ring sought for five years.
One of the first Drottningholm
passengers to debark was Mrs. Ruth
Mitchell. sister of the late Brig.
Gen. William Billy Mitchell. She
served with the Jugoslav Comitadji
(guerillasi and had been imprison-
ed in IL Nazi concentration camps
before she was releas ! in an ex-
change arrangement md expressed
the belief that bombing of Ger
many would defeat the NaziS.
They can't take it," she said.
Although she had married an
Englishman, Stanley Knowles, in
the Balkans, she said she preferred
to be addressed as "Mrs. Mitchell" )"
She left the United States 3h years
ago and joined the Comitadji at
Belgrade on April 10, 194l. few
days before the German invasion
of Jugoslavia, where she had been
studying folklore.
She was made member of the
staff of Kosca Pecanac, guerilla
leader, and like all the Comitadji
carried poison to commit suicide
rather than submit to capture.
Nevertheless, Gestapo agents sur
prised her at a beach when she
was wearing only a bathing suit
and trousers. She asked permission
to change her clothes at home and
went into room there while the
Nazi agents waited in another.
"I shut the door and Immediately
destroyed some important papers
which I had there" she related
IF the Germans had found them,
might have been killed without
trial"
She was ill-treated in the IL camps
and prisons where she was detained
Mrs. Mitchell said.
"They were the filthiest prisons
in the world" she said of five Bal
kan jails in which she was held.
Il was treated like the lowest crim-
inal."
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-30
Germans Complain
OF Revolt Plans

LONDON, June 30-(UP) - The
German foreign office publication,
Deutsche Diplomatische Politische
Corresponding complained today
that the Allies were melting the
residents of occupied territories to
revolt with promises of second
front and threatened ruthless sup
preston of outbreaks.
I'm leaflets dropped over coun-
tries under control of the Axis
powers and In broadcasts, the Al
lies promise the early arrival of
British and American forces and
appeal to assist the Allies by armed
revolt" the publication was quoted
by radio Berlin.
Deutsche Diplomatische Politische
Korrespondenz then cited safety
of the Axis armies" interests OF
the occupied countries" and the
Hague convention In an effort to
justify use of "the hard rules of
martial law"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-30
lid Boosts Wages
For All Employees
To Hold Manpower
Rising Cost of Living,
Competitive Offers
Cause Salary Hikes

To meet the rising cost of
living and in order to hold
present employees, Imperial
Irrigation District directors
voted raises varying from
two to 22k per cent for its 75O full
time employees Tuesday.
Effective July 1, the boost in
salaries Of the water division alone
Is expected to total $4,000, while
in the power division the raise will
he $4,000.
Workers on the lowest paying jobs
will receive the largest increase.
All hour wages we're raised seven
and a half cents an hour while men
on monthly salaries received SIS ad-
ditional per month. None of the
elective officers was granted addi-
tional money nor the executive su-
perintendent, Evan T. Hewes.
TOTALS BOOSTED
The hike in wages brought the
total district payroll up to $144,0O0
a month. Water employees will now
receive $4,000 as against $106.0o0
before the increase became effective.
Power workers wages will now be
Continued OF Page 6; Column A.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-30
BY UNITED PRESS

The Axis offensive pushed
through redoubled Allied
aerial attacks in a 45-mile
advance across the Egyptian
desert and battled British mobile
units Tuesday in the Fuka sector
about 120 airline miles from Alex
andria naval base.
Britain's eighth army, reinforced
by fresh tank units and tough Amer
ican and New Zealand troops and
supported by American and British
bombers, was fighting more Stub
bornly and effectively, but still had
failed to halt the columns of Nazi
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.
Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck, as
suming direct command after re-
moval of 1t. Gen. Neil M. Ritchie,
still was fighting a delaying action
on a battle-ground of hundreds of
square miles around Fuka and pre-
pairing to make his main stand, ap-
parently, on narrower, bottleneck
front near Ell Daba, 80 miles west
of Alexandria.
ReinforcementS were reaching the
Continued on Page s; Column q
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-30
German Spies Face
Death Pena|tyin
American Courts
Government Officials
Confer on Punishment
For Sabotage Group

WASHINGTON, June 30.
(UP)-There were increasing
indications today that the
eight German saboteurs who
were captured in New York
and Chicago would be court mar
tailed.
Justice and war department Of
ficials continued consultations OF,
the case for the second day but
declined to discuss the possible type
of prosecution that will be followed
They emphasized that there was no
precedent.
Court martial was foreshadowed,
however, by the discussions, engag-
ed in by Attorney General Francis
Biddle, Secretary of War Henry L.
Stimson, Maj. Gen. Myron c. Cram
er, Judge advocate general, and
other officials of each department.
The only statement forthcoming
was a brief one by Biddle who said
last night that the two departments
were "in substantial agreement up
on the steps to be taken in the pro-
secution of the eight German sabo-
teurs who we're apprehended by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
shortly after landing on our coasts
from Nazi submarines" He said a
further and more detailed an
nouncement concerning this matter
may be expected within the next 48
hours"
There are several complicating
factors in the case:
l. Whether all eight can be tried
by a military court, inasmuch as
two are American citizens-Ernes:
Peter Burgur by naturalization, and
Herbert Haupt by the naturaliza-
ton of his father.
2. Whether Burgur and Haupt
can be "denaturalized" on the ground
they transferred their allegiance to
Germany, thus placing them in an
enemy alien status and subject to
CONTINUED on Page 8; Column ID
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-30
Grader Picks Up
Unexpected Load

S. P. Greenwood, driving the city
grader working on the paving of
Imperial avenue, thought he had
rather a big load on the grader
blade Tuesday morning. When he
turned around he saw he was push
ing the car of Elmer A. Messner.
Messner said he was coming out
the entrance of an auto court. at
Imperial and Main when the piece
of road equipment bumped him. He
said he had stopped momentarily
because of the approach of cars
from two directions.
His car was half on the street
and half on the auto court prop
erty when the grader collided with
him.
The running board. side and
fender of the MeSsner auto was
dented.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-30
STORES PUSH
STAMP SALES

ficates that will be used for arms
to smash aggression.
Fred Nebel-Thau, contracting mer-
chants regarding stamps, reported
that on Tuesday the majority of
the retailers In the city have been
contacted and that they have
pledged themselves to 100 per cent
support of the campaign.
G. Ben Herring, war bond and
stamp secretary for El Centre, said
that he would conduct store-to-
store canvass Tuesday, carrying
special kits and information for
setting up stamp sales.
Clerks will ask Mr.. and Mrs.
John @. to take all or part of their
change in stamps. 1t will be these
small sales that will add to the
endurance of Uncle Sam as he out
PAGES the field.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-30

Angeles, was kllleQ instantly Wnen
his truck and an S. D. and A. train
collided west of Ell Centre where
highway 80 crosses the railway
tracks. None of the passengers or
the train crew suffered injuries,
officials said.
Johnson's truck was sliced in two
pieces, the front of the vehicle end
ing in crumpled heap on the east
side of the tracks and the rear part
ending in similar condition on the
west side Of the tracks.
The locomotive plunged off the
rails and turned over on its side
as did the baggage car. The first
of the four passenger cars plunged
off the tracks but did not overturn,
grinding to stop at an angle tend
ing to shuttle up the passengers in
side. The track was ripped up for
a distance of 125 feet.
Beer and smashed bottles Uttered
the scene.
Doctors from FL Centre were
rushed to the wreck scene and
taken through the coaches to exam
inc each passenger. They listed the
injuries, as bump on one woman's
head and a slight cut on the wrist
of the engineer, Clifford Yenawine
of San Diego. The passengers were
calm in the face Of their miraculous
escape from death or critical in
jury, officers said.
Another engine was used to pull
the train back to Ell Centre and
the passengers were taken on their
journey westward by bus at noon
Tuesday Tracks were expected to
be repaired and ready for use some-
time Wednesday. The locomotive was
demolished and the baggage car and
one passenger coach badly damaged
The truck was the property of the
Pacific Fruit lines and was headed
east toward Ell Centre from San
Diego. The train was headed west
ward. It was train No. 36p and
aboard were SO passengers and q
train crew of six men.
Deputy Coroner Herbert Hughes
said he planned an inquest later In
the week.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-30
Stores Put Off
Summer Schedule

Ell Centre retail stores will moi
go off their 0 p. m. closing time
for Saturdays until July Is in
stead of July Is as they had orig.
inally planned 1t was announced
Tuesday.
Members of the mercantile trade
relations committee In their meet
ing Monday evening decided to
make the change. From then till
September IL the stores will close
at 6 p. m.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-30
Senate Votes War Funds
At Billion Per Minute

WASHINGTON, June CUP)--
Moving swiftly against the fiscal
year-end deadline, the senate today
approved the s42,S2O.OO3,O67 army
appropriation for 1943 by voice
vote and returned the bill to the
house for concurrence in minor
amendments.
The senate considered the record
measure for only about 35 minutes.
On this bill. 1t thus acted at a rate
of more than $1,000, 100000 a min
ute.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-30

Ell Centro's merchants Tuesday
poised for the race-a race with
victory over the Axis as the prize.
At their starting blocks they were
little tense as they fingered the
batons of war savings stamps and
bonds that will be passed by the
retailers to the American buying
public. First baton pass is sche-
duled for IL noon Wednesday as
the retailers shove off on the first
lap of the Retailers for Victory
race.
The initial sprint for the lead
will be 15-minute selling spree
when nothing will pass over the
counters but stamps and bonds and
from then on it will be gruelling
grind as the sellers go all-out in
an effort to sell stamps and bonds.
It is the money from these certi-