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Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-13
REFORMED

IN A.alaya. the British were n2llt-
in on 4 new line approximately
$50 miles north OF Singapore after
having abandoned Kuala Lumpur
and Port Swettenham. There was
no definite assurance that their
stand would be made there. 1t gen.
era!l.- vas believed that there would
be a gradual retirement 70 Johore
province. which extends some 80
miles north OF the big naval base
&ad which is SAID tO be strongly
fortified ana easier 70 defend.
About Us japanese airplaneS
sWar!ucd over the Singapore area
in the ,as' p hours and II Of them
were reported brought down, lndl-
eating i considerable increase IN
Allied ait strength in the Malaga
area. Since the Allied forces have
been united i Waa understood that
British, American. Dutch and Aus
ralian planes and men were fight
ins ca all Of the important fronts.
The japanese bombing attacks
I'D little damage in the Singapore
4 I'd dIlu Il Il.5!4 d IlLo4. N441CAd4 pA =
dIcted that the Allies would have
al superiority IN tEat area within
he next :ew days. London said that
3. ..1lItIes for handling airplanes
1crs sufficient 70 give the Allies
apo.2or!ty II p.anes were available
..G.es,.u- that heavy American
,eiuioreoirents were arriving.
CLAIMS
TIE japanese. IN Tokyo broad
81. -~3o-,ed that I6 Allied planes,
.ae4ad.n number OF American
98il, craft had been shot down III
nc Malaga sector N the last "a
hour.
II Australia. il was disclosed that
PRIME Minister John Curtin had
opened cirec, negotiations on grand
strategy and defense with the Unit
ri States.
II CHINA. the Chuneking press
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-13
William Summers
SucCumbs Here

CALEXTCO. Jam. William Sum
merS, 70, father Of MIS- Edna Lee
POlkinhon Of Cu.eXIco died IN 4
hospital here late Monday night.
Last rites were ShcPduled at tha
Lemons chapel in FL Ccntro at
2:30 p. m. Wednesday with the
Rev. Mr. Ernest Thacker of the
First Methodist church OF CaleXico
officiating. Burial will be at Ever
green cemetery
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-13

to a formal break with the Axis,
saying Argentina would refuse to
undertake further "pre-belligerency
engagements
Argentine public opinion, which,
strongly fayors Il solid hemisphere
front with the United States. may
influence the governments attitude.
Reliable quarters said there was q
possibility that internal trouble
might result i'll Argentina il it
forces the nation into isolation from
its nelghbors. particularly because
the country needs export outlets
for wheat and beef and vital sup
plies, such as steel and coal, from
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-13

civilian needs on reduced scale
DEMAND TO LESSEN
He explained ,ha, civilian demand
for tires probably would decrease
because Of the baU Oh production
Of automobiles.
The reconstructon finance cor
porauon Will furnish tac mayor part
Of the 100000 900 tgr new liant
construction IN ne governments
program for increasing the output
0r synthetic rubber Joncs sad
Most Of lhc major rubber and
OH companies already working in
luelr he'd Will participate Ia III
cr,asmg the production Of synthetic
rl.Dber They include. Goodrich,
u $ Rubber, Fire toni and Good
year RADbcI COMPANIES. Gull Re
filming. Phillips Petroleum, Shell
Snclalr. Humble, Teyas. Standard
of New jersey md Standard Of
louisiana o. "c.paac..
COOPERATION PLANNED
The new plants probably VIII Dc
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-13

the United States.
The entire program of the con-
ference, aimed at hemisphere de-
tense and economic solidarity,
hinges upon the proposal for Il
joint severance of Axis relations
and high authorities said the
United States and its colleagues were
determined to prevent Argentina
from disturbing the common VIII
through the dissenting role it play
ed in the pan American confer
cnCes Al Lima and Havana.
They said 70 compromises would
be submitted to appease Areen-
tina.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-13
THE PLANES ARRIVE
Wings Over Singapore Not All Jap

SINGAPORE, Jan s Up -
Imperial forces have abandoned
Port Swettenham. 30 miles south
west OF Kuala Lumpuy on TIE Strait
of Malacca. II was made known to-
day, before a Japanese drive which
became steadily more powerful a.
the climactc phase of ihe battle fol
Singapore approached.
1t had been admitted previously
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-13
SUE FOR DAMAGES

Sui: Ior 52AlC50 u fled II
superior court Monday ~ Feldn-
and A. Kopp5 and Darlene Aliars
against Arthur Holman. JUW
Kooey. Jew FOX. H. :. Zip. and
others. TIE Plaintiffs said they
were injured wren taelr motorcycle
struck q uench il thc road be-
tween rec ti.ld, cI=ht miles "rs;
Of Imperial last Oct. !. They al
legged that the trench vas MADE
when irrigation water WAS per-
United to run from the .lct l'!d>
10 the rOaG
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-13
Growing Allied
Strength Felt

and an official spokesman indicated
concern over Allied high command
plans to put their greatest effort
into defeating Hitler on the theory
that defeat of the Nazis would lead
10 collapse of the other AXIS part
nerS. The Chinese argued that the
fight must be kept at white heas
against Japan in the Far East, that
Japanese lines must be cut and
that the battle for freedom of the
AsIatic peoples must not be- me-
lecled.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-13
OFFICER, CADET

PENSACOLA, FL A., Jan. 13. (UP)
A naval offocrr and an aviation
cadet were killed instantly Monday
afternoon whcn their alrplane fell
In!o 4 snln u Il lO# altitude near
prEaaCala
the3 were Ensign Russell Vroom
AGaln&. ., IF Maplewood, N. j.,
and Cadet Francis Allen Rafferty,.
"A, CT Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-13
Scanning I.v
News Horizon
ANDERSON BEST
SPEAKER AT MEETING

H. R. Anderson, for his talk on
General Douglas Macarthur, was
voted best speaker OF the evening,
and Bill Grassland the most i'm
proved. at the meeting Of the Cac-
tus Gavel ToastmaSter's club Mon
day night in the California hotel
willis Johnson was to,lstmaHicr Tor
the evening.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-13
Is AIRDROMES LOST

An Australian dlSpalch lroM
SINGAPORE asserted that thr Japa-
aeoe had taken Is ROYAL air lore
a!rdromes in all in Malaga and We
trying to repair the Kuantan air
irome on the east coast for mass
aids on Singapore.
For the japanese il is a race
ior airdromeS and other vantage
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-13
MARRIAGE LICENSE
APPLICATION FILED

Application fer a marriage j.
cense was filed with County Clerk
w. J. McClelland recently by Kis-
hen Singh Deol 10, Imperial farm
er and Margaret Singh. l8. The
young people are HnaustIn!S.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-13
VIGIL AT END
Trainmen Mourn Noted Dog

FORT BENTON. Mont, Jan. l3.
CUPD - Trainmen on the Great
Northern Railroad today mourned
the death of Faithful Shep" and
talked of building monument to
the sheep dog who had met all
passenger trains at the Fort Ben
ton depot for more than five years
Shep began meeting trains in
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-13
TANKS SHATTERED

tha. tie Japanese lad en:e. d NuA-
"a Iamn.r yesterday. to tlaG :; strip
ped q eve. -hne .aey could u>e.
Japanese p.a"t> interrupted ,heE
heavy attalS or The Sin1aporo area
during ihe Gayk hours BAT towns
people were awakened today by the
roAl q. Imperial bombing and fight
er planes racing into the op"! GAVIN
SKY.
This Imperial activity WAS IN
shAlE c0niIA>t % the situation a
month ago when everybody VAS
asking Where Tie Buush planes
We're
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-13
Hitler AbundonS
SmoIensk Office

IONDON. Jan. 10 DUPl-Adolf
Hitler has fled from his new head
quarters at Smclensk. $50 miles
West-southeSt Of Moscow, before
the relentless counter-drive Of Rus
sias Red army. Swiss reports from
Berlin said today.
a Zurich dispatch to the eX-
chanee, quoting unqueStionable
Berlin sources, said Hitler had LETT
SmoIenSk, key town OF the Mos
COW front. for a new headquarters
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-13
LICENSE ISSUED

County Clerk W. !. I-C4rllaLc
Monday issued a marriage Hcenst
TO Eugene G. Kn!g p. BlaW.ey
resident now in the Array Ar
corps. and Janice r Ellis. 26, ol
North Hollywood, 4 BTaWley e.e-
mentary school teacher
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-13
Ten Pounds Off;
He's in Air Corps

HAMILTON FIELD, CAL. Jan.
l3 Donald Dobbie, Berkeley,
passed Army Air corps tests with
flying colors today after reducing
his weight Is pounds in 10 days in
q determined effort to qualify for
service.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-13
DIVORCE SUIT FILED

j. Richard Haynes Monday s1eo
jeanette Still Hughes -2r divorce
alleging that she used fraad 10 m
duce him to marry in Las Vegas
Nev.. last Aug : lie sald sAe re
fused 10 i've with MN.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-13
REGIMENTS TRAPPED

Stockholm dispatches reported
that the Russians had surrounded
Crel. 200 miles south Of Moscow
trappinL at least two German regl-
ments. numbering 60OO men and
go tanks
Berlin reports had told OF feroc-
ious Russian attacks in waves en-
O.el.
A United press Kuibyshcv dis
patch intimated that Kharkov, the
great Donets river industrial CEN
ter 2lO miles south of Olel, might
soon be in Russian hands again.
The dispatch quoted reports that
industrial plants. public utilities
and all other commercial and eco
nomic activities had been paralyzed
because the inhabitants looked for
early liberation and said 200 towns
people had been executed i'll reprls-
al when a German army head
quarters there was blown up.
News Cf Russian advances reach
cd the Inhabitants despite suict2St
German secrecy" the dispatch said.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-13
JAPS SHOT DOWN

:, was reported tha: al lelS, !.
japanese planes Were shot down
yesterday. when more japanese
planes were sceu in the Singapore
area than on any Gay since the
war started. More Imperial planes
were seen also, ard they were hlt-
ting back harder and more ire
quently.
1t Was said officially that six
japanese planes were known to
have been destroyed and mat four
more probably were a Ieas, down
ed
There were lo5 enemy planes
over the island area yesterday IN
fleets Of 20. 20 and 35. Eacn tine
Allied planes engaged them anc
their bombs did no damage.
Singapore, like the Netherlands
East Indies. now mentions Allied
planes. II was known that Neither
lands planes had been active Of!
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-13

anese rule the ~ ever the L. s;
positions, Macarthur was able to
emplace his gun, and direct their
fire so successfully that the jar
aneSe superior weight Of men and
metal was more than compensated
for
LITTLE DAMAGE DONE
Even with the aid OF dive bomb
erS. the Communique said. tie Jap-
aneSe were able 10 infIlct relative
y little damage on the American
Observation-Disclosures proof that these
preyiouSly-prepared positions were
~ell-Selected and Well-camouflaged
Losses to American and Philip
pine troops were relatively slight"
tie communiQue said.
Despite the American success
military observers here cautioned
against over-optimiSm. They said
the Japanese have great reserves
OF men and equipment to throw into
the battle while Macarthur must
fight with constantly dwindling
forces OF men. When MaCArthurs
ammunition and supplies are de
pieted they can not be replaced.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-13
County Fair Will
Stress Defense in
Program This Year
Continued from Page One1
newspaper people
ANNOUN( (EMENTS MADE

Ii HoI1ip'l D'Ct'i'.
ANNOUN( EMENTS MADE
Highllyhts Ct the Monday night
meeting were
Announcement that Farm
Bureau Day" WI. b" held for the
first tnrr III sayeral years.
L.So. AZ tnat $831G ua> DevI'
allocat"d to the junior division this
year, as @g&inst $75 for that diViy-
iln at ihc tirat county fair many
yCars ago.
Iistina Of total premiums reach
ing 5000 this year
Remindcr that the Imperial
county lalr will be one of very few
TO operate in southern California
this year san Diego and Los An
geleS fairs have been cancelled be-
cause of the war emergency
Announcement that four days of
morse racing will feature the fair
this year. Additional interest in
horses will center on the two-day
horse show, long an outstanding
feature Of the exposition.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-13
VILLAGES RETAKEN


a United Press dispatch from
KmDyahev said the Russian ad-
yanle had been accelerated all
aiClg the Moscow front and that
l57 inhabited places had been re-
captured in three days.
The advance was said to be es-
pecially strong on the southern
flank. aimed at Smolensk, where
one Red army unit had advanced
nine miles in q single day.
Kuibyshev reported that the Ger
mans had started to abandon some
fortified positions after the Rus
SLAMS threw big force of expert
ski troops into the front lines 10
hara>s communications and, in
swift marches through the snow
t-und woods by night, to surround
aad cut oil Ge.man strong points.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-13

Department Motor Vehicles VIII personal Cheeky
Final date for payment February A. The amount due is
shown the lower eft-hand corner of your 94l reg
Stration card which must accompany your remittance
Notice will nor he YOU from the Motor Vehicles
Department. Bank of Amerea Money Orders obtain
able any branch of only 10C ten cenr) EACH
You do not have to be a Bank of America depostor
to this convenient, time and money saving service
Member FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE eoRPoRA1ioH
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-13

somewhere in Southern Russia.
RusSiuu forces were known to
have been within 40 miles of
Smolcnsk. on the tragic road upon
which Nap9leon's grand army died
after capturing Aosalsk.
II was plain that the new head
quarters which Hitler established
there just before Christmas. when
he assumed the supreme command
ol the umy in pursuit of an in
ner call" We're NOW threatened.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-13

Ws4sh re Japanese baa hoped 10
Se.'en /. < positions II nrCNara-
;Ioa fos a L~anG assault
Fer - EoWS. tae department
said on ,he basis Of reports from
Macarthur the battle rased without
cessation with the boom Of heavy
gun.lre rolling Ike :EaHder over
twisted juuEieS arc mogH'a.">@>
peaks az Ba;aaN province
TANKS SHATTERED
Columns Oi enemy tanks AID
other armoved units rs Wei a~ ~
f.ntrY concentrations We're shat
tered ana dispersed bN oar iise
With heavy Japanese losses. the
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-13
BIGGEST JOB YET

Theme Of Monday nights meet
ing. cCncurred in by fair officials.
and others present
vas voiced by Secretary Stewart
when he pointed out that the "Wdr
ives us a bigger job than ever
in maintaining past standards as
an aid to morale and boost Tor
AGRICULTURAL defense production.
England, Stewart pointed cut.
closed all fairs during the first
wear cf the war. but found the
policy TO be Il mistake and open
ed them all the next year.
Fair directors present at the
meeting were Pltzcr, Paul Alvey OF
Callpatria, Gcbel Hurst of Fl Cen
tro Archie Drcasher of Westmor-
land. John De Paoli Of HoltWllc
and Wesley Anderson Of CaleXic0.
A II. Keller, veteran treasurer Of
the fair beard, was a guest, as were
Ted Kipf. Associated Chambers OF
Commerce president; Baxter Love
land. Imperial County Farm Bur
eau president; and Art Sinclair Of
the county agricultural commits
si0ncrS office.
Newspaper editors and publish
rrs. a5 we'll rs others, made brief
remarks, largely pledgIng whole
hearted support 10 the fair this
year as in the past
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-13

COOPERATION PLANNED
The new plants probably VIII Dc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-27
LandIady identified
Trinkets of Victim

The two officers visite d
Mother" Duncan who tearfully
identified the pathetic trinkets
as belonging to her roomer; then
they decided 10 meet the next
day at the bridge in the hope OF
locating some other clue.
Shortly after dawn the follow
ing morning. while deputies and
a gang Of laborers began the
backbreaking task of chopping
through the granite-like ice,
Johnston and Byron examined
the bridge. At one end OF an
abutment nearest Virgins they
discovered a darg crimson spot.
'Tf this II bioodstain,"
guessed the sheriff, somebody
lifted her SHOULDER high and
tossed her I'm"
Byron nodded as his eye
caught a lone shock Of corn
stalks standing near by like a
landmark in a bleak field. Both
men, with the same thought In
mind. hurried toward il. There
they found the stalks coated
with the same sinister spots as
appeared on the bridge abut-
ment.
Within an hour the work OF
handing together posse began
and there was no lack of mem.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-27
River Fails 70 Conceal
Body of Slain Teacher

seen her guest safely aboard.
Mr.. HenSel verified the state
ment, 30 Sheriff Johnston turned
his attention 10 the railroad.
The station at Virgins In a
small flag stop where traffic Is
never heavy, and the only train
that stopped there that night
was the Burlington 302 in
charge OF Conductor c. N.
David.
The latter remembered the
attractive teacher as a passen-
ger. Brakeman J. II. Cochran
was even more specific because
he remembered taking her suit
case from the train and de-
posting IL on the platform.
The sheriff decided that the
girl had evidently accepted a
lift from some one she knew: but
instead of being taken 10 her
hotel as she had expected. she
was kidnapped and was now
either being held prisoner or had
been slain.
With the aid OF his deputies
and also the local newspaper.
Sheriff Johnston made a thor
ough canvass of the town: but,
after a week OF vain questioning,
he was convinced that the girl
had been taken out Of town.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-27
Phone Call Revealed
Youth Had Left

While Byron got the clothing
off to Boulder for blood analysis,
Johnston phoned the police ut
Sand Point, Ida. The sheriff re-
ceived the depressing informa-
ton that young John Schopnin
had left the vicinity three weeks
before and not even his father
had the slightest idea as to his
whereabouts at that time.
Five more months passed. On
June 81, at Stockton, Cal, the
narrowed eyes of Police Capt.
F. II. Fredericks stabbed across
the room 10 where a young.
good-looking fruit picker sat
waiting to be questioned on a
charge of driving a stolen car.
Fredericks held a blond curly
lock in his fingers that matched
the hair of. the suspected car
thief. He got up and walked
over to the young man and
showed what he held In his hand.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-27

bers. But II wasn't until two
weeks later that Byron's deduc-
tions were proved correct, and
then it came by accident.
The morning mail brought
word from Boulder that a shell
marked as having been found
in the yard of a rancher named
Schopflin had been fred from
the same gun that emitted the
shells picked up at the corn
shock.
Both officers huTriedly pre-
pared to make the trip to the
ranch when a trackwalker
calmly walked IN and laid a
dirty revolver on the table. 1t
was a five-shot .38 Hopkins and
Allen said he had found it an
hour previous on the railroad
tracks.
Again the two officers were
about to leave when the phone
shrilled. 1t proved to be the
long-awaited call announcing
that the body of Enid Marriott
had been found. Deputy Sheriff
Anderson gave the details.
At a small farm they were
greeted by Mrs. Mary Schopflin,
a kindly old lady who had origi-
nally given them permission to
search her yard. Johnston knew
her husband to be hard-work-
ing. God-fearing man, but he
was not so sure about the 20
year-old son. John. who was
',noWn as a pool hall habitue.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-27

Dorothy Lamour was not born
In Chicago but in New Orleans.
Therefore, II was fitting that in
1881 she was chosen Miss New Or
leans for a bathing beauty contest in
Galveston. Tex.
In this contest Dorothy finished
twelfth. II was not until 1884 when
she was band canary in Chi
cago that she was given a screen
test and subsequently signed by
Paramount. At the moment / do
not know who the genius was who
, first thought Of having Dorothy
wear a sarong in film but l will try
To find out.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-27
Bloody Clothes Found
In an Allie Trunk

"Where are your men folks,
Mrs. Schropflin?" asked the
sheriff.
"My husband Is homestead
ing In Sand Point, La. John is
with his father"
They went through the house
carefully taking in every detail,
but found nothing Of value until
they got to the attic; there they
went thoroughly through an as
sortment of boxes and trunks.
Crammed deep in one of the
latter. under a heap of ancient
junk. they found muddy pair
of boots and whipcord trousers.
The latter was heavily en-
crusted with mud and blood. The
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-27
Willingly Confessed
Staying of Teacher

you're wanted ON . charge
more serious than driving q
stolen car. IL I can prove this r.
your hair I am going 60 charge
you with attempted criminal as-
saulf.
The woman you tried TO at
tack on n country road near here
three months ago was too gnme
for you and she fought until you
got scared. When you ran away,
you left this hair In her hands,"
Then the truth crossed Fred
erick's mind:
you're John Schopflin!- I
knew your face from somewhere
but couldn't quito place II.
They'll be mighty glad to see you
I'm Colorado. Schopfiin, and that's
where you're going"
The youth waived extradition
and was shipped TO the Fort
Morgan County Jail. where, to
the relief of both Sheriff Johns
ton and Detective Byron, Schop-
fin willingly confessed.
In September. John Schopfiin
went to trial on the murder
charge. The case was so ably
handled by District Attorney
Roy johnson that the verdict
was never in doubt.
The youth was quickly found
guilty and sent to the state peni-
Tertiary at Canon City, where
he is now Inferred" for the rest
of his life behind rocky walls
that are as bleak and cold rs
the ice crypt which failed to hold
the secret of his crime.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-27
Had q Months Pay
Coming on Departure

Yesterday was pay day and
she had o months pay coming
TO her"
In Virgins. Sheriff Johnston
talked 20 Mother" Duncan.
owner of the Deeds Hotel where
the schoolteacher lived. The
landlady related that Miss Mar
riott left on Friday night No
vember ii, stating that she was
taking the train TO Denver TO
visit her friend. Mrs. Lester
Kindschy and would return homo
Sunday night.
On the phone, Mrs. kindschy
assured the officer that Enid
had left Denver on Sunday by
train "a she had planned. She
was certain Of this because her
brother. Edward Hensel, had
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-27

T,HE freezing fury Of the north
= swept down on Colorado on
November ID. to abruptly end a
period of unseasonably warm
weather.
On that morning. ut Fort Nor
gan, Sheriff Rufus A. Johnston
received a call from the little
town OF Virgins, Ave miles to
the west
Superintendent Of schools
talking. sheriff. One Of our
teachers, Enid Marriott, has dis
appeared.
"she was supposed 20 appear
for classes yesterday, morning
and. knowing the kind of girl
she In, feel sure something
mighty serious has happened 90
her. otherwise she would have
notified me.
Yesterday was pay day and
she had q months pay coming
TO her"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-27

left you soon strike the hotel
and the main street where the
girl might have been seen.
$50 i figure that the kidnaper
took the right turn. to the north,
where there was little chance Of
being seen and recognized.
The county map shows that
this road crosses and recrosses
Bijou Creek, which is an ideal
concealment for q body--espeI
cially since IL has showed and
the creek In frozen solid. i sug-
gest we start searching In that
vicinity"
Two boys from nearby Vallery
burst into the sheriffs office and
reported that while out hunting
rabbits they spied nail file and
automatic pencil frozen in the
ice of Bijou Creek under a con-
crete bridge about five miles
north,