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Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-30
Army Bans Details
ASST. Called to
Alert By Warning
Unidentified Planes
Eliminated as Target,
Announcement Says

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct.
80. (UP)-An air raid alert
IN the San Francisco bay
area caused by the approach
Of unidentified 9irp'anes was
ended nearlv an hour later when
the unidentified planes were elm
mated as potential targets" the
western defense command an
nounced touav.
The army declined to amplify its
announcement that the unidentified
planes were eliminated as poten-
tial targets" A spokesman said:
The statement stands as it is
given"
yellow" and blue" alerts, and
radio b:oadcasting silence were
ordered by the San Francisco air
defense wing when the unidentified
planes were detected, the army an
rounced.
The yellow alert was issued at
1882 a. m. (PWTl. Radio stations
were ordered off the air at 1924
a. m. The advanced. or blue" alert,
indicating unidentified targets are
from five to seven minutes distant
WaS issued at l0:48 a. m.
Theall clear was given at II: :37
a. m. Radio silence ended at 1l:42
IN.
Civilian defense agencies, dis
aSter relief workers and emergency
volunteers manned their posts with
in few minutes after the alert was
given.
1t was San Franciscos 23rd all
raid alert since the start of the
war. and proved an excellent test
for this areas constantly improv-
ing civilian defense set-up.
Forty-nine per cent cf San Fran
Ciscos $4,000 public school students
were sent home from their classes
Automobile and train traffic was
halted on the San Francisco-Oak
land Bay bridge and the Golden
Gate bridge.
All traffic except for street cars
were diverted from Market Street,
San FranciScos main downtown ar
terial. All regular policemen and
firemen. plus auXiliarieS, were sum-
moned to standby duty. Red Gross
disaster conters were manned.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-30

Wreckage OF Splintered homes.
Ray Nielsen, proprietor of the
towns only undertaking establish
ment, said 20 bodies had been
brought to him, "and I keep hearing
or more dead that we can't get tc
in the wreckage."
Twenty of the dead were
Identified by Nelson.
There are some babies that ]
can't identify" Nelson said.
Sheriff Oscar Hamblin said res
cue and rehabilitation work was
progressing as fast as confusion
would permit.
Four doctors and six ambulances
were brought from Harrison, Ark.
SO miles away.
Hamblin said he was unable to
make any estimate of damage.
Berryville, located in the heart
Of the northwestern Arkansas fruit
growing and berry producing region
from which it got its name, has a
population of approximately 1900
and has only three doctors. Sheriff
Hamblin said the local physicians
were unable to give detailed treat
ment to the scores of injured, and
were forced to administer sedativas
and other first aid measures until
help arrived.
In addition to the residences de-
stroyed, Hamblin said several busi-
ness houses also were levelled. He
names the Berryville wholesale
company headquarters, a sawmill
and the Missouri and Arkansas rail-
way depot.
District Judge j. w. Trimble went
TO the assistance of Sheriff Ham,
blin shortly after the storm broke
and assumed supervision of remoy-
ing the dead and injured frcm the
demolished buildings.
The tornado struck between 10
and 1890 pm. I'D say about 10I5."
Tribe said. The judge said many
persons saw the twiSter making its
trail toward the north and west
residential sections, but that ii
struck before many could take shell
te'.
The Wilton family was caught
in their house" said Trimble. The
house was swept off its stone foun-
dation, it just vanished almost"
Wilton was only silently injured
but his wife and child were found
dead in the wreckage of their
home.
Trimble said the homes in the
five-block area were torn to shreds
Roofs were lifted and then thrust
into the ground.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-30
Germans Imprison
Own U-Boat Crew

LONDON, Oct. 80. - CU.PD-A
/ German U-hcat crew which did
not want to fieht any more but
sought to hide the fact is impris-
oned aboard the former Norwegian
merchant marine training ship,
Soerlandet, in Porsanger Fjord on
the extreme northern tip of Nor
way underground reports reaching
the Norwegian government-in-eX exile
said today.
The submarine, detailed to attack
allied conveys on the Murmansk
run, repeatedly lay some distance
off the ccast, fired its torpedoes
into the open sea and eventually
"ntu''ne1 to report the sinking Of
thousands of tons of enemy ship
pm.
The German command, however,
discovered the .u5e and imprisoned
the crew, it was said.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-30

ler's secretary answered the let
ter, expressing limited approval of
Riker's IDEAS" Pieper said.
The contents Of Riker's alleged
letter to Hitler were not revealed
by the FBI, but it was assumed
from the nature of the purported
reply that Riker had eXpounded his
theories on the perfect system of
government" to the German die
tator,
Riker, a native Californian OF
German descent, was arrested on a
federal warrant charging him with
interfering with the morale of the
armed forces and attempting to
cause INSTRUMENTATION and disloyal-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-30
FBI Reveals VIM. Riker's
Exchange With Hitler

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 30-'UTp-
Father" William f. Riker, leader
of the Holy City Communal Cult
who was arrested and indicted on
a charge of Sedition, wrote a let
ter to Adolf Hitler and received an
answer from the Nazi fueh"er's Sec
retar,', the federal bureau Of invest
igation disclosed today
Nat j. L. Pieper, special agent
in charge of the San Francisco
FBI office. said investigators found
copy of the letter to Hitler dur
inc q search of Riker's effects.
Arthur Castner Riker's right
hand man, informed us that Hit
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-30
Arizona Orders
Work or Fight

PHOENIX. Oct. 30.-OUPD Gov.
Sidney P. Osborn today asked law
enforcement officers of Arizona to
enforce a work or fight" policy,
declaring the time has arrived
when every American citizen
who is mentally or physically quail
fled must either work or fight"
There is no place for drones or
shirkerS or slackers," the governor
told the authorities. He called upon
their assistance to the end that all
qualified citizens support the war
program by taking their places Ell
ther i'm the military forces or in
work"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-30
Attempted Kissing
Told in Court

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 30.-UPD
Elaine Brewer 20-year-old San
Francisco socialite, testified today
that Mark r. Mckee, 54, airline
executive and alleged "harem"
keeper, cnce tried to kiss her and
later invited her TO accompany him
to Los Angeles.
McKee's pretty 34-year-old wife,
Evelyn, is suing the Pan Ameri-
can Airways official for divorce,
She has charged him with having
illusions that he is King Solo
mon. Mckee is the father of II
children.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-30
Secrecy Clocks
|. v. Scrap Plans

Plans of scrap metal collectors
in Imperial county became a mill
tary secret Friday.
The scramble to capture first
place in the list of scrap metal
collections was SO close that COM
mittees in various cities of the
county refused to reveal their ar
rangementS for the collection cam
paign scheduled for the coming
weekend.
Ell Centrans, however, made no
secret of the fact that they are out
to grab first place from Holtville
and Imperial, the cities which have
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-30
BeIgians Protest
Forced Labor

LONDON, Oct. 30.-U.P)-The
Belgian government-in-cxile pro-
tested today "as an outrage of in
ternational law and human con-
science" the forced deportation Of
Belgian workers to German war
factories.
The protest was sent to all of
The United Nations and also dis
patched to Berlin, through a neu-
tral nation.
1t said that in the Iiege region,
men from 20 to 40 had been forcibly
conScripted for labor service. Ac-
cording to German DEGREES, it said,
women also were liable for depor-
taticn, but it was not known
whether any had been set to Ger
many.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-30

Ulle AldIllell lTOIlC across DdUUle-
ground strewn with the wrecks of
Marshal Erwin Rommel's tanks and
were reported to have gained ground
particularly at the Mediterranean
end of the line along the Alexan-
dria -Matruh railroad.
There was no confirmation of
hints that Lieut.. Gen. Bernard
Montgomery has cent laSt-moving
desert columns swinging wide around
Rommels flanks, to strike deep in
the axis rear at such points as
Benghazi
However, the Axis reported new
British efforts to land forces along
the coast behind the fighting lines
in the Matruh area.
Lieut.. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower,
American commander in chief in
London, was reported to be hasten
ing back to Washington possibly for
conferences dealing with imminent
new offensive moves by the United
Nations.
London said the unconf rmed re-
ports were not surprising in view
of the broad hints by Field Marshal
Jan Christian SHUTS of coming Of
fensive presumably in Afri-
| ca.
CONTROL OF AIR
Foreign Secretary An+h~--' Edar.
speaking in Glasgow, said flatly that
the ailles are passing Iro..i .Iie
defensive" and that the war is
taking on q new character, parti-
cularly in the air with the newly
won Allied control of air over north
ern France and Inauguration of
daylight air attacks on Italy.
Admiral Jean Francois Darlan,
chief of Vichy armed forces, was
back in Vichy after a hurried tour
OF Frances North African colonies
and defenses and reported on his
findings to the council of ministers.
Darlan's trip --aS undertaken be-
cause of increasing French and axis
fears of possible Allied move in
West AfriC@, possloly at Dakar or
Casablanca.
There was no late information of
he course of the battle in the Solo
Ions. A Tokyo spokesman cl.imed
that the United States of .lnsive
IN the south Pacific had been
complete failure and that the u. S.
navy had suffered severe losses after
concentrating virtually all avail
able naval forces in that theater.
SECOND BATAAN?
The German higl command claim
ed the sinking of nine merchant
ships CT 68,500 tons in a running
convoy battle said still to be in
progress. Six other ships of 32.425
tons were said to have been sunk
on the supply route in the north
Atlantic.
Reports from Washington and
Fearl harbor indicated that the
pattern of the land fighting on the
southern SolomonS island is Begin
ming to conform to the tactics en-
ployed by the japanese against Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's forces on Ba-
taan peninsula.
A major difference, however, was
the employment on both sides of
large and far-flung air and naval
forces.
MacArthur's bomber s1uadrons
were intervening heavily in support
OF the hard-pressed marines and
army forces on Guadalcanal They
smashed at a japanese shipping
/ concentration in the north Solo
Continued on Page 6; Column ~
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-30
Ex-vaIIev Man
Hero Of TuIagi

Newspapers throughout the Un-
tied States Friday carried large
photographs of Capt. Henry j.
(Hank) Adams. il, former member
of the FL Centre police force who
recently killed Is japanese soldiers
on Tulagi island.
Adams, one of the most famous
marksmen in the nation, killed the
Is japanese himself and with his
eight-man patrol assisted in killing
l3 other Nipponese. During re-
cent years Adams was undersherili
of San Diego county.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-30

~. The warrant was issued after
secret prand iury Indictment.
The indictment charged Riker
With telling three soldiers that the
United States shouldn't be fight
ing Italy and Germany since our
destiny is theirs as members of
the Caucasian race. Jewish finan-
cial interests in the United States
and England are responsible for
the war against Germany and
Italv."
Riker, who founded the Holy
City colony 80 years ago to prac-
tice the worlds perfect govern
ment," protested that he was a good
American.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-30

AS tires are turned over TO the
company. owners are given receipts
The tires are ten saipped TO ware
houses in Los Angeles and San Diego
for appraisal he amount that they
are worth 10 sen; TO owners In war
stamps, bonds or cash, according
TO their desires.
Tires may be taken TO the Rail-
way Express office on Main street
near the railroad tracks or company
trucks will pick them up. Because
OF the waiver and receipt that must
be signed, Wolf said confusion would
be avoided II motorists would come
TO the office.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-30
Two Jailed For
Bothering Workers

''JuSt old friends trying to look
after each other" muttered w. M.
Phelps, 40, and Ernest M. Bills, &c
while being booked at the county
Jail Friday morning for disturbing
the peace of workmen on federal
construction project at Seeley.
The men were discharged from
the project Thursday but after
convivial night, decided to return
to work Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-30
Japanese Tanks
Blasted on Isle

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -
(UP)-The navy announced to-
day that a total of IL Japanese
light tanks were destroyed dur
ing the past week and that most
recent action on GuadalcanaI
was confined TO small patrol
skirmishes.
The navy disclosed that motor
torpedo boats attacked an
enemy destroyer during the
night of Oct. 1890 (island time)
and that one hit was scored.
The ship. which "was stop
ped when last seen" was be-
lieved TO have been engaged i'm
reinforcing or supplying enemy
troops on Guadalcanal.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-30

11puIIJ' OI OIbuIIIAdVIUII UtoIBIIdItU Uy
the government to collect all tires
over five per automobile, but a frac-
ton of the estimated number had
been turned in here.
H. G.. Wolf, company agent, urged
that all motorists turn in their extra
tires Immediately in order that a
last day rush be avoided on Novem-
ber 9, final day to get in the tires.
When collections. were started it
was estimated by government Off
cialS that there were 10000 tires
not mounted on cars. All autos are
allowed four for wheels in use and
a spare.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-30
D AMBlINe
~ EpORTER

A""ntion, LegiOnnaires'-
Maybe you Legionnaires of FL
Centre thing you are not going to
be yanked out of bed tc help with
The scrap metal drive Sunday.
But you are!
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-30
CobIins Warned
There's War On

,Gobns and witches have got to get behind the war
effort this Halloween, Ell Centre Police Chief R. r. Voyes
declared Friday.
The chief warned all parents that his officers will be
the prow Saturday night to to it that The sp
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-30
Americans FiQht
On End B tuun'
To Ster invaders
Reports Vague Q Sc onions Fighting as
War Fury Mounts; In CATIONS Point TO
Further Allied Offensive Attempts
: BY UNITED PRESS

The Imperial Sth armys offensive in North Africa Fri
day appeared be gathering headway while the Solo
American forces fought subbornly against major
Japanese attack. The Imperias driving forward
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-30
|. v. Folk Behind
In Tire Turn-in

Less than 10 cent of Imperial Valley motorists
tires had been turned into the nations stock pile Friday
only 10 days before the deadne set for collection of the
needed rubber
After several weeks of pickups by the Railway Express
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-30

Making History
Charlie Nice of Brawley never
has been known as one of those
qliet, gentle public speakers. Charlie
is known far and wide as one of
the fire-eating type wfc believes
in calling a spade a spade, and
decorating his remarks with a lot
of c1lorful you-know- what
He was scheduled Thursday night
10 go on the air with political ad-
dress he had written. He really
went to tcwn while writing it. OF
course, he had to submit it to the
powers that be before it could be
poured into the ears of the dear
public.
Come down here in a hurry,
Dan Thornton telephoned Hugh
Osborne, "Charne Nice has his ad-
dress full of cuSs words, and the
government won't permit it
So Osborne and Thornton tool;
out all the naughty words.
And for the first time in history,
Charlie had to content himself with
whoops, whizzes and blasteds.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-30
Tornado ButterS
Village. Kills 28
IS Homes. Business Buildings LevelIed
By Sudden Storm; Bodies Buried Amonq
Wreckage; Toll of Lives May Grow

BERRYVILLE, Ark, Oct. 80. (UP)-Twenty Weight per-
sons We're known dead today after tornado whipped
through this small truck gardening community last night
and eVeled between rs and 100 residences and business
buildings Moro bodies believed still buried in the
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-30

Lese Majestic
While Mrs George Whitcher was
on duty alone at an air raid warn
ing observation pest Thursday, she
was pretty busy. She really was
doing a job. The workmen at the
service station where the post is
located were called away
At the very moment she thocght
she had a group Of planes sr.tted,
she was practically deafened by the
roar from one of those diesel trucks
goin" bv. She could see the planes
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-30
WEATHER

Maximum Thursday 78, minimum
Friday as; am. Friday SO, humid
ity 81; noon Friday 73, humidity 81;
pm. Thursday II, humidity 81.
BANK DEBTS
The Valley settler., 1942-09-04


 Have you locked your spare tire7 Are you taking chances? There have already been several cases of st olen tires in the @ community. That are you doing about yours? The regulations in regard to is- suing 'cer6ificates for replacing such lost tires, are not sympathetic. specifical1, stated they say, "certificates may be de- nied to persona guilty of abuse or ne- glect in the care of their tires, even though they are otherwi se e1igib1e." This also means tires driven at speeds faster then the speed law allows. What Is the speed limit?
 Var Price & Local Rationing Board. NEg INDUSTRY IN OPERATION
 Then L. c. Stock, general manager of the MvFCA was Out side this spring, he foresov that the difficulties in the ship. ping traffic which have happened, would happen. He bought a machine to cut s1ats for the thousands of crates required by the co-op every season. It wns long time on the way but finally arrived to be dropped on the dock at Seward, whereby many of its essential parts were broken.
 This week 1t was set in operation in temporary quarters in the cabinet shop.
 Continued page 4).
The Valley settler., 1942-09-04
PRICE CEILINGS

Ceiling prices in Alaska went into ef- feet on Sept ember l, 1942. These prices are for your protection. They are one step in the program to prevent inf1ati on. The cooperation of the consumer, the mer- chant and the office of Price Admini stra- tion is necessary to make this program work. Dealers are required to have the ceiling prices consp1cuous1y posted for your information. Watch for them. The government expects no person to pay moro than the regulations of the Price Control program allow. There is no change in this program c ont emp1ated at present.
 Cases of individual hardship because of this program will be dealt with lem ient1y If proof Is established that com p1iance is impossible.
 From week to week a list of the comnod ities which take a ceiling price will be publi shed. For this week the list fol- !
The Valley settler., 1942-09-04
TROUBLE PREVAILS ON MATER
 MAIN; CAUSE NOT DETERMINED

MAIN; CAUSE NOT DETERMINED
 Last Hednes sday the flow of water of Palner's water utility system suddenly stopped and that was that. Investiga- tion failed to reveal any break in the pipeline tho the entire four miles of water main was searched thoroly. - Late Thursday an obstructi on in the main was discovered and thru the night there was ample supply of water for people ond 1ive- stock. This morning, like the historic G asi FIT sg sss Tes 0a few businessmen exceptions, Is at work on the problem.
 In the meantime, John Bugge's never failing we'll is constantly being pumped, At the beginning of the drought, Mir. Bug gets natural gallantry prompted him to do e raa-raoth job of pumping end carrying water to cars for the ladies but rulaor has it that 35 hours of steady gallontry Is proving to Nr. Bugge that gallontry is not. so good when called upon in large doses. The we'll of elegant water, on lis place in Vest Palmer, is the one that sup piled the first coloni sts.
 Mir. Stock is one of the workuen at the scene of action so the paper g6es to press without his Co-oo notes. The tra- gedy of that is that the Biz Boss left to battle with the pipeline this morning
  Since the World Almanac states that Labor Day is holiday of legal backing in AL aska, the Valley settler"rec oruaends" that buying be done tomorrow for two days head. The Trading Post will probably be closed next Nonday.
 The wedding of Kiss Betty Moffitt ,daugh- ter of lr. and Hrs. Archie Noffitt of Pa1- ner, to John Durcnd of Anchorage, wes sol- ernizeG last Suneay at high noon at the 1n1tea Presbyterian church by the Rev. 0. V. aanda11. The bride and bridegroom were attended by Mr. and Ars. Tom Peterkin of Anchorage. Mr. and Nrs. Moffitt, par erts of the bride, and Mi ss Ann Moffitt, were in attendance. The new1yweds will live in Anchorage.
 Mre. Arthur Anderson of Ek1utna, was dinner guest, Wednesday evening of Mir .and Mrs. M.P .Nu11aney.
The Valley settler., 1942-09-04
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TIRE AND TUBE NOTES
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-12
Rheumatic Happy;
Relieves Pain Quick

ibESanda oi sufferers from thf tls'urog
pens OF rheunnatsfn. scat4ca lum'8g8 rau-
ga and nruutls-afr certainty Atg.y over
theu discovery at kUklID Now tasy hive
iound quics acting formula Witch .sr,iIy
rr'EYcs floer crh1nsfIr. muscular ACHES and
T'nfH- NuRi I'D s t~i'' aur'fy and dcr.0f1Nir
contains no op'ates " you want o. feel a..a,r
the ~ OF reliei from pl.u-.s1 y1u cta vur. ir
T. ace and saecp m CumloFt-tc wa and try
fURl 10 uDd,f THIS unnciad gu1rariee 81 f!,e
very trryt three d'~c- DO rslt relieve TINT rrufI
pam W your SftT'3ctipi your rlpr~y all 10
tsiunded Don suHef Ask your dfugEst tu1dy
iot NURIIO "a tins guarantee.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-12
OLsoN's LETTER

Governor Olson in his letter &c
Miss Davies said:
IL have just been advised by
Brig. Gen. Joseph .. Donovan,
the adjutant general of the
State of California, that YOU
have turned over the Marion
Davies Foundation Hospital in
Southern California 20 the First
Medical Battalion, California
State Guard.
II understand that you have
also made available all of the
facilities and equipment "a that
We can use those facilities ~ "a
state guard war base hospital
As governor OF the State az
California and on behalf Of the
people, I want Ia thank YOU for
this splendid contribution in
making this hospital available
10 the guardsmen whose sole
goal and main objective il 10 aid
and protect life and property
during our present war emer-
gency."
The message Of thanks was
written by the governor immedi-
ately after he learned that the
Institution 10 be known h. the
Marion Davies War Work Hos
Nal. had been made available for
Duration uf- the war ny TTc
actress. whose work as the
founder and head OF the Marion
Davies Clinic has gained wide
apclairr,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-12
DIR. puBUR'S PRAISE

CnStintinC in his praise TOO
VAS Doctor Wilbur, the noted eau.
Gator. declaring:
"Any help given 90 the state
guard I'm the present crisis - Of
great Importance because the
guard Will become Of increasing
importance a. In" war prog
TeN~e~
Doctor E,}f declared
"Thc >outhcrn California suh.
committee on health tll WH.U
hc b. chairman acting for the
governors committee on health.
welfare and consumer interest
81 the state council Ot defense,
has been impressed with the
nerd for facilities which could
provide beds for the I'm iurcd "
The community were faced with
q major disaster. The need -
real and ,itals
"Onc Of the first moves 90
meet the probable need has been
hY Miss Marion Davies, in turn
ing over the facilities ot her
hospital for the use OF the state
guard.
Isl A. BARRACkS
AT the present time this
beautifully designed, two-story
structure Of concrete and steel
will be used a. headquarters
and barracks for the first mcdi-
cal battalion OF southern Cali
fornia.
II he characteristics. far
sighted. public spiritedne~s Of
Miss Marion Davies j. rCCOg
nlIablc in this timely act, The
state guard has accepted her
~ and has already taken ad-
Vntage of the shelter pros idcd
hX ~