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Evening star., 1942-02-20
Bridqe SwindIes-No. IS


Bridge SwindIes-No. IS
Today's swindle was executed by
Robert McPherran, well-known ex-
pert, in the experts game" at the
Regency Club in New York. Don't
criticize West for being taken in,
for any good player might have
fallen just as hard as he did.
South dealer.
North-South vulnerable.
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0873
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&K1075 &Q96
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0AK6
1AK4
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The bidding:
South West North East
IA Pass "a Pass
- Pass Pass Pass
West opened the deuce Of dia-
monds, East played the queen and
South won with the ace. Mr.. Nc
Pherran was the South player and
he had more than stock false
card in mind when he won the
first trick with the diamond ace.
His next play, made without either
speed or hesitation, was the four
Of diamonds from his own handl
Before we see what happened
let's see why declarer made this
remarkable play. Any ordinary line
of play was sure to result in the
loss Of two trumpS, heart and a
club. If the enemy took the dia-
mond trick, South could later dis
card dummy's losing heart on the
diamond king, thus avoiding the
loss of heart trick in exchange for
the unnecessary diamond loser.
Hence Mr.. McPherran couldn't lose
anything by his attempted swindle.
Now look at Vests unfortunate
situation. He naturally assumed
his partner had the king Of dia-
monds. Furthermore, he wanted
his partner to make the next de-
fensive lead, since it might cost
West a trick to lead any Of the
three other suits. So West ducked
at the second trick and dummy
won with the 10 of diamonds!
After that everything was easy.
South drew trumps, discarded dunn
my's losing heart on the diamond
king and gave up only two trumps
and q club.
Yesterday you were Oswald ia
coby's partner and, with neither side
vulnerable, you held:
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oAJ74
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The bidding:
You Schenken Jacoby Burnstone
10 Pass 20 Pass
90
Answer-Bid three diamonds.
This is a forward-looking bid, in
Hting three no-trump, belated
heart raise, or the showing Of a
new suit. While the hand is worth
. raise to four diamonds, you don't
want to go past three no-trump in
70 much Of q hurry.
Score 100 per cent for three dia-
monds, 80 per cent for four dia-
monds, so per cent for two no
trump.
Question No. 1901.
Today you hold the same hand,
but the bidding is different:
You Schenken Jacoby Burnstone
10 Pass 2NT Pass
90
What 90 you bid? Answer to-
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-01
Police Close u p
Abortion Palace

NEW YOK. Apll Up - Police
held two physicians a nurse and a
rccCptoniSt today on charge Of
operatnz an abortion palace one
doo, of Park avenue, and were
lookinc for a third ph"sleian whose
namepla,e was on the establish
ment
They mad watched the expensive
apartment house III which was the
seven room suite for 10 weeks. They
had seen women. dressed in rich
furS ana Jewels arrive IN chaut-
feurcd lmouSineS. enter. stay few
hours AID depart. A pcllCewoman
telephoned for a treatment. She ar
rived u /, am. YESTERDAY on the
arm OF detective posing as her
husband. was made comfortable by
the soltitous recepuonlSt and the
trap Wal sprung
DR.. William J. Haller. A Nurse
Katharlna Eekhoff 3S and Recep-
tionist Evelyn Steiner, %. were ar
rested Eight frightened women. TWO
of whom had Just received pro
feSSlonal services and were resting
in a beaut.full"-appointed "recup-
Grafton nom" two of whom were
conyaleSc.nE and had returned for
checkupS. and four of whom were
awaiting services were questioned
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-01
More Profitable
Days Ahead in U.S..
Hunt for U-Boats

ABOARD FLAGSHIP. L. S. At
lantiC Fleet. April l up - The
United States is warning with in
creasing strength against axis u
boats and "moHe profitable days are
ahead" for the Navy's submarine
hunters. Vice-Admiral H Z. Inger-
soil. cCnIAan0ei oil the Atlantic
fleet. said today
The situation Is bound to I'M
prove with the placing in service of
new destroyers. anti-sub m a rine
craft escort craft and planes he
said
Picturing to fleet correspondents
an intricate and far-flung system Of
operations both to protect conveys
and destroy enemy raiders, he de-
Scribed the battle of the Atlantic
as "a grind" pointing out that his
men had been battling storms anG
submarine menace fer months with
courage and dogged determination
mo one COW have done any bet
ter under adverse conditions of op-
erations he said The grind vii.
continue
AS commander in chief Of the At
lantic fleet. Ingerson is responsible
for protecting convo,s on the Amer
ican side of the Atlantic and for
the direction of offensive warfare
against the enemy where found.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-01
American Bombing
Aces Claim Heavy
Toll of Japanese

Continued from Page One)
dromeS.
whether or not the Japs would
have invaded Australia if we had
not been there is difficult to say,
They might even have come in spite
of US if they had made a really
determined attempt
RESULT UNDECIDED
AS it is we definitely delayed
them and forced them to wait while
they brought up requirements. The
lCng-range result, of course, depends
on how many ships. planes and
equipment the JapS have got to
spare"
When the American bomber pilots
operated as a unit, Carmichael said,
he usually led the attack. If only a
few planes were used, the raid was
led by TWaddell, or Capt. William
Lewis, jr., OF Salt Lake City, or
Lieut.. Ted S. Faulkner of Seattle
! Carmichaels' outfit was the big
noise" of the Allied aerial assault,
/ March 10 on the Japanese New
Guinea invasion port of Lac, which
sank or crippled % japanese ships,
including seven transports and three
deStroyers.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-01
lContinued from page one)

Continued from page one)
study of possible unfayorable re-
9ction in United States China and
Russia
RUSSIA-Red army reports drive
close to VltebSk. near old Polish
border. increases pressure on front
south of Leningrad; repulses in
creasingly strong German counter
attacks on Staraya Russa sector.
LONDON-Britlsh naval sources
foresee big naval struggle in Arctic
waters to thWart expected German
attempt to cut American and Brit
ish war suppl line to Russia, with
Nazi battleships likely to join in
attack.
AXIS CANDLES
Analysis .f developments on these
scattered fighting fronts and mill
tarv reports in London indicated
that the axis was about ready for
a big-time gamble in which Hitler
would attempt to crash through to
the Caucasus and the Near East in
al effort 10 join hands with the
japanese.
Such a pincers attemnt against
tho united nations supply lines in
the Middle East may be the pattern
OF conflict which the enem" is now
attempting to prepare on a world
wide scale
The pattern extends from the
Arctic waters north OF Europe
where a great British-German naval
struggle is expected TO develop
along the allied supply line 10 Rus
sia-to the Ukraine, where Germany
is reported maSsing 1,.250000 men
for an offensive into the Caucasus
Oil fields It stretches on to India
and Burma. where the Japanese ap-
parently are concentrating their
main strength in the hope of sue
cess before an allied counterbloW
can be started from Australia.
RUSSIA THREATENED
In Russia the Germans were re-
ported by British sources 70 have
indicated that their program Is baSec
on a drive with lit maximum mum
bers of men. tanks and airplaneS or
the front from Kharhov to tht
CImea. The plan would be to at
Crimea. The plan would be to at
northern sectors OF the eastern from
with Second-rate troops while tht
axis spearheaG pounds into th'
Caucasus and thence-perhapS il
cOopera ton with attacks on SyrlS
and Egypt-into the Near East.
Against this plan the Red arm
backed by American and British
supplies, was pressing the stronI
collnterattacks designed to break u
enemy bases and concentrations On
tho Leningrad front. the Russian
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-01
Scrap Shortage
MuddIe Charged
ByLoca| Dealer
1CnnIinued from Page one

Continued from Page One,
Scouts and the other organizations
that sell through me" Naliboff said
adding but I can't afford to lose
money, either"
While on the subject of what he
called the mistakes" of govern
ment officials, Naliboff cited still
third example Of "shortsighted-
ness
He said the government had an
nounced a shortage in glass, and
asked the de&- RS 20 cooperate in
building up the supply.
CUTTING UNDER
SO I bought 240 dozen beer bot
ties at 10 cents per dozen. which,
under previous conditions would
have netted me a small profit, oniV
10 be notified that the government
had arbitrarily set the price at SIX
cents per dozen"
Naliboff, who as far back as Is
years ago refused to sell scrap iron
10 the Japanese, because L fore
saw that it would come back to us
in the form of bombs, said no one
can question my patriotism, nor my
. easerness to cooperate in this war.
! But" he aided, "the mistakes be-
in. made by Henderson and Nelson
are making it harder and harder
for all junk dealers TO work the
Government in its scrap campaign.
He said that Il am still hoping
that Mr.. Henderson and Mr.. Mel
son will realize how little theJ
know about lot OF things, anc
leave all of us to cooperate in Tho
was We are best suited for.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-01
Claimants Found
ToBig Fortune

OAKLAND, Cal, April l. CUP)-
A police search for beneficiaries of
$4,000 fortune held in a Fort
Worth bank turned up one claim
ant today and set the authorities
on trail of a second.
Sheriff A. B. Carter Of Tarrant
county, Texas, enlisted aid of local
authorities in finding c. E. Seger-
krantz and Francis X. Connally, in
whose name the money had accum-
ulated. Segerkrantz's last known ad-
dress was in Alameda and Connal-
lyS in Berkeley.
The trail led first to Mrs. Vina
Segerkrarstz, 50, employed las a
household companion in a Piedmont
nome. She Identified herself as the
widow of c. E. Segerkrantz, former
Oakland barber. He died in 1882.
The search for Connally led to
discovery he had died in 1886. His
widow was understood 10 be travel
ing with a son, while a daughter
was reported to reside in San Fran
cisco.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-01
Remember Manila
Movie Booked

Remember Manila, colored mo-
ton pictuse taken in the Philip
pine Islands by David Griffin of he
National Geographic society will be
shown at Wilson school in Ell Gen.
tro Sunday at pm. by the Fill
pino Community of Brawley.
Proceeds from the showing will go
to the Philippine chapter of the
Red Cross and will be used for
Philippine war relief.
The picture was said to have been
taken with the cooperation of Gen.
Douglas Macarthur and President
Quezon. 1t was completed just be-
fore the Japanese invasion and was
sent on the last mail clipper 10
leave the islands for the United
States before the invasion occurred
It is a cavalcade of Philippine pro-
greSS from the time of Admiral
DeWey's victory TO Gen. MacAr-
thurs last minute preparation for
defense of the islands
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-01
Industry on War Basis

WASHINGTON, April l. up
industries which produced more
than 5000 900, 900 worth of civilian
goods last year have received orders
70 shift to war production a survey
showed today
Investigation showed that 757.5OO
workers were employed last year
in industries now being converted
or under war production board in
structions to shift to manufacture
OF war goods in the immediate flu
ture. An incomplete check indicated
war contracts awarded in these con-
verted plants would approach l3,-
600 900 900.
During April. the most striking
effort at mass conversion yet
launched by the WPB will be made.
A survey OF the l3 industries
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-01

End told to go home
The policewoman turned reccp-
zionist and operated the switch
beard. BY late afternoon six more
women had walked into the recep-
ton room and Is had telephoned.
Their names were taken as well as
the names of the persons who had
recommended them. DR.. Louis G..
Small 40 was arrested when he
drove up in his Automobile.
DR.. Haller was booked on charge
of criminal abortion. Misses Steiner
and Eckhoff and DR. Small were
charged with aiding and abetting.
Police said prices ranged from
5000 to $500 and customers had come
from New Jersey PENNSYLVANIA Con-
nectcut West Virginia and New
York
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-01
California Paper
Production Urged

SACRAMENTO, April /. up
Kenneth l. Fulton, acting state de-
fense council director, today asked
Gov. Culbert L. Olson to appropri-
ate $2,500 from his emergency fund
TO further study of possible pro
duction of quality low-priced news
print from California redwood.
Fulton. a member of the Califor-
MA utilization commission, said he
oeleved the enormous tonnage OF
redwood slash and other materials
wasted every year could be used
for neWSprint.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-01
"DIEHARD" PLAN

The BritiSh-owned newspaper, the
Statesman, today described Cripps
as still "a bondsman of the die
hards" in London and asserted that
not once during the New Delhi
negotiations has he said that the
authority of the British India Of
flee would cease.
Unless the British cabinet author
ICES Cripps to make it clear that
the old regime is ended and new
men and methods are at work v
CrippS mission will end in failure,
the newspaper said.
Ghandi, spiritual leader of the
NationalistS, was for unqualified
rejection of the British offer. Nehru,
left wing congress leader, was for
acceptance with reservations. Nehru
had been unable to get Sir Stafford
Cripps, British cabinet envoy, to
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-01
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS, Ell CENTRO, CALF

workers in this industry will be
WORKING on war contracts expected
to total Sl50OOO000 after the end
of this month.
ELECTRICAL APPLTANCES-In-
complete reports showed $l5,0OO,O 900
worth of var work already was in
manufacturers hands. The INDUSTRY
must convert by May 81.
VENDING MACHINES - Already
approximately 10 per cent OF the
industry holds war contracts for
work after the April 80 deadline.
METAL FURNITURE-ConVerSion
deadline is May 81. Plants needed
approximately $4,000 workers to
make $3.50 900 600 worth of house
hold and Office metal furniture and
furnishings.
VACUUM CLEANERS-April 80
is conversion date. Some $5O,0OO,OOO
in war contracts have been distrio-
utCd
LAWN MOWERS-About third
Of the industry has been shifted TO
var work Deadline is June 30.
OUTBOARD MOTORS-War con-
contracts already match last years
dollar volume of Sl70OO,OOo. The
industry shifted to military goods
on March 81
TYPFWRITERS - The industry
has not been told to convert on a
specific date, but all the output Is
now going to military, governmental
and lend-leaSe uses.
TOYS-After June 80, no critical
metals may 90 into toys. That means
production will have to be restricted
chiefly to wooden. earthenware or
oth.r non-critical materials Already
30 out of 600 plants are working on
war goods.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-01
India HeSitoteS
Because ofU. s.

NEW DELHI, India, April l. tUP)
The possibility of unfavorable re-
action in the United States today de-
layed completion of statement by
leaders of the all-India congress
explaining why they are "compell-
ed to turn down Britains offer of
postwar dominion status for India.
Possible repercussions abroad,
particularly in America, were re-
ported considered by the congress
working committee in the drafting
of the answer to the British pro-
posals brought here by Sir Stafford
Cripps. British cabinet emissary,
The leaders of the congress were
said to be studying a plan drafted
by MohandaS K. Gandhi and Java
harial Nehru as an alternative to
Brltain's offer. The congress plan,
it was believed, rejects Britain's
proposal because the British insist
on retention of responsibility for
the defense of India.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-01
Americans Stop
Botoon Offensive

reported new gains.
On the central front. the Russians
said they were nearing ViteoSk'
which is rs miles from the old FIJI
ish frontier and $50 miles southwest
of Leningrad. In the same area
the Soviet press reported recaptur-
ing "a villages and killing 7oOO
enemy troops.
In the south. the Russians said
that the Germans had SO far lost
$4,000 dead in the l5O-day siege OF
Sevastopol in the Crimea. But it was
emphasized that the main purpose
of all these counteDlows is to break
up the enemy preparations for sum-
ner offensives-to permit the Rus
sian troops to cling to the offensive
as long as humanl" possible and, II
enough war material reaches them,
to keep it this summer.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-01
Aliens
Coo st

LOS ANGELES. April l CUP -
Two trainloads of Japanese women
and children left today for the
Manzanar reception center at
Owens Valley in the first compul-
Sorp movement of enemy Aliens
from vital coastal defense areas n
southern California.
The women and children. num-
bering more than 1000, will join
approximately $50 men volunteers
who moved to Manzanar last week
to prepare the colony for their. ar
rival. Evacuation authorities said
two more trainloadS would leave
Los Angeles later tbs week.
The transfer of the first 1000
alien and American born japanese
to the newly-created induction CEN
ter at Santa Anita also will begin
this week. Crews already have start
ed construction on 400 buildings to
accommodate $4,000 aliens at the
Los Angeles county fair grounds at
Pomona.
The Army leased the Pomona fair
grounds for five-year perod. 1t
is planned to have the new induc-
ton center operating within three
weeks.
japanese from the San Pedro and
Long Beach areas will be moved to
Santa Anita in groups of 500 daily
Army officials said. After registra-
ton at the former racing plant, the
aliens will be moved inland to the
various reception centers such as
ManZanar
When cleared of Japanese, the
Long Beach-San Pedro area will be
placed under curfew which will
prohibit any japanese from enter
ing or leaving the area without spe-
cial permission. The complete ex-
odus from these districts is expected
to be accomplished b. Sunday.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-01

later. War contracts amount to ap-
proXimately $l5O,0O0,OOO
RADIOS and phonOgraphS-After
April -. some 10000 employees will
be making military sets for air
planes and tanks War contracts
total approximately S500OOO,000
REFRIGERATORS - All of the
industryS $4,000 workers are expect
ed to find Jobs in the converted
plants after April 80. War contracts
are near. 500. 100000
JUKE BONES, weighing and
amusement machines - The 10000
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-01
Blood Donations
Needed in Valley

Moro blood donors are needed II
the defense effort, Dr. E B. God
frey. county health officer, sale
Wednesday and civilians are urgec
10 20 10 the health department IL
the court house any Tuesday be
tween p. m and p. m. 10 havc
their blood typed
We have only l80 persons typcc
as blood donors, Godfrey sac
We arc anxious to have this mum
Der increased 70 800 Immediately
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-01
JapaneseLooter
Prefer Cameras

CHUNGKING, April l-tUP' =
Allied nationals who escaped from
japanese held Hong Kong said to-
daE the widely known japanese
fOndneSs for cameras expressed it
self II the sporadic lootng which
be2an Immediately after the occu.
patIon.
Tic japanese preferred cameras
first. then watches; then cigarette
lighters.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-01
BILL JONES PROMOTED
TO CAPTAINS RANK

Refer tc w w. tBiln Jones here
after as Captain Jones. The former
Ell Centran recently was promoted
to the rank of captain in the I'm
tied States air corps. He is sta
toned in Porto Rico, he wrote rela-
tiveS, but eXpectes to be trans
ferred somewhere else soon.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-01
Phone 300

which already have been listed for
conversion showed
AUTOMOBILES - ProdaCtion of
CIVILIAN passenger ears ended Feb
and all but heavy trucks stopped
rolling off thc production Inc a
month ago. UHo,:elal Detroit esti-
mates placed TIE iNoastrYs war
contracts at between $iooo0oooOOO
and $4,000. 100000
LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT-Larecr
oonCClns must Step makln- wash
ne machines and lr0ucrs April Is.
smaller plants mus convert a month
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-01
Scanning I.V.
News Horizon
FARM CENTERS TO MEET

Farm center meetings this week
are scheduled for Calipatria inland
at Calipatria high school Thursday
and Spruce -Westmorland at West
morland grammar school Friday
Time for the meetings is 7:30 p. m.
Frank BeySchlag, county farm ad-
visor. will speak at both meetings.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-01
Theater Suspends
Lew Ayres Film

HACKENSACK. y. J. April /
up - The motion picture DR..
Kildaire's victory. N which Actor
Lew Ayres plays the leading role
vas suspended by The Fox Theater
today.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-01
CountyFairs Hit

SACRAMENTO, April l. up
The 81 county and district fairs If
California today were requested By
the state division of fairs and ex-
positions to cancel plans for 1914
fairs if they would interfere witt
the war effort.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-01
From where | sit y "
by Joe Marsh
@RsseNsssag

Well :. the brewers feel the same
way about it. They don't want their
beer sold in wrong surroundings.
They know it doesn't pay. And they
know it hurts the good name of
beer.
was reading the other day how
the brewers and the beer distribu-
tors work together and cooperate
with law enforcement authorities.
The idea is to make careless beer
retailers clean up their places and
practices :. or close up.
4
It's a good plan and it seems
to me it ought to work. under
stand it is already in operation in
number of states and is being
extended.
It's mighty fine thing when a
great industry has the gumption
to do a job like that on its own
initiative. And if Sam Abernethy
was right, the brewers should be
mighty successful because
they're running their business the
way the public wants to see it run.
Che IM.o
.SFsfesfs III
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-01
INTEND TO WE'D

Sam T. Higa, 26, Fl Monte talm-
er, and Ayakc Nakama, a, inland
resident, Tuesday filed notice of
their intention % wed.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-01
INTENTION TO WE'D

A notice of their intention to
marry was filed Wednesday by
Tony L. Perez. 27. Modesto barber.
and Epimenia Meza. 20, CaleXico
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-01

accept his reservations SO the work.
ing committee had decided funani-
mously that the offer couldl not be
accepted in its present foFm.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-01

BRsTstOrekeeper / ever knew was a
fellow named Sam Abernethy.
Sans speciality was to take over
some rundown store that some
body else had given up as failure.
Then Sam would turn it into gold
mine.
But the most important thing
Of all" he used to say, lis TO re-
member who's Bossi"
You may think you are Boss of
your business but you're not.
The Public, your customers, are the
real bosses and you've got to
run your business the way they
want it
assasEass
That little statement Of Sans
made a big impression on me =.
particularly since it certainly
seemed to work so we'll in Sans
case.
And Sam isn't the only one.
zee the beer industry feels the
same way certainly, the brew
ers believe in running their bust
ness the way you and would like
10 see it run.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-01

Folks like us like TO see beer
sold in clean, quiet, decent places.