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Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-29
|. v. Lettuce Price Above
Last Year; Outlook Good

An increase in employment ano
subsequent rise in buying power
throughout the nation as a result
of the national defense program,
Saturday pointed toward a profit
able lettuce deal in Imperial Valley
in 194l.
The lettuce market Saturday,
with 205 cars already shipped, held
around $l.20 to $1.25 as compared
to $1.O0 to $110 on the same date
one year ago. according to Stats
ties provided by B. A. Harrigan,
county agricultural commissioner.
Most growers agreed that prices
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-29
Reported MISSING

Relatives of Fred johnson, As
year-old Brawley butcher who has
been missing since early Friday
morning, Saturday asked Brawley
police and deputy sheriffs to search
for him.
He has been operating a butcher
shop at 235 North Fifth street. He
left home at GAS a. m. Friday and
has not been seen since, officers
were told.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-29
Is Injured When
Bus 0yerturns

WICKENBURG, AriZ., Dec. %
(UP)-A Greyhound bus plunged
off l2-foot embankment and
overturned On a highway curve
north of here today, injuring 13 OF
the II occupants.
The injured were brought to
Wickenburg hospital for treatment
Attendants said six of them were
III serious condition.
Highway Patrolman Byron Black
burn said the bus, bound from AL
buquerque to Phoenix, apparently
failed to round the turn, went off
the highway and overturned, COM
ing to rest on its top.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-29
New Grand Jury
Selected Monddv

Superior court Monday will be the
scene of the annual selection OF
10 men and women to serve as
grand jurors for a year.
This week Superior Court Judges
Vaughn N. Thompson and R. D.
McPherrin presided in court where
the names of 80 men and women
were drawn. The 10 members of
the 1941 grand pury will be drawn
from the 80 names.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-29
Blast Sets Fire
Amonq Oil Tanks

CLEVELAND, Dec. %. CUP)-An
explosion caused a spectacular fire
in four oil tanks of the Standard
Oil Co. today but the blaze was
quickly brought under control by
firemen. Two railroad brakemen
suffered minor burns.
Firemen said that "muggy" wealth
er held fumes from asphalt tank
cars close to the ground and that
a spark from a switch engine caus-
cd a flash explosion which set the
oil ablaze,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-29

!. This development followed hot on
the heels of a court order announc-
ed Friday in which Judge Jenney
definitely expressed himself as fa-
vorable to the plan in theory and
indicated that only solution of tech
nical difficulties remained to be
worked out before the plan may go
into practical effect.
Saturdays signing of an interloc-
utory decree declares the plan oper-
ative, but not actually in effect
until legal and technicalities OBJ
stacles have been wiped aside next
month by attorneys for both the
dissenting bondholders and the dis
trict. 1t removes, however, any
fears that the agreement among de-
posting bondholders might expire by
Jan. l, 1941. Their agreement was
written to expire at that date un-
less meanwhile declared operative
The plan has now been declared in
operation not only by Judge Jen-
ney but by the bondholders COM
mittee and the district board as
well.
AS soon as objections from oppos-
ing attorneys have been heard and
operation details worked out a final
decree permitting disbursement OF
funds would probably be the next
step.
A part of the interlocutory decree
signed by Judge Jenney reads:
Now, therefore, it is hereby or
dered and decreed that the plan
of composition set forth in the petit
ton herein and herein submitted
shall be and the same is hereby de-
clared to be temporarily operative
with respect to all securities affected
Continued on Page 4. Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-29

lead the grand march at the pro-
duce ball. Gold cups will be given
for the best displays of packed
produce. This exhibition will be in
charge of Charles Freedman and
Martin Wahl. The 1942 mardi gras
will be held at the same time as
the convention of the Western
Growers Protective association,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-29

Amy empIoye who plays any Ia
vorites in handing out license plates
will be discharged by the head OF
the department" state officials in
formed Captain Frank Oswalt. ct
will be impossible to grant any ia
vors whatever. even in case of emer-
gencieS. The order applies through
out the state. Last year several en-
ployeS in the state lost their Jobs
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-29

for trying to grant favors to friends
Between Jan. and Feb. 4 a
total of 25,O00 sets of license plates
for cars, trucks, and trailers will be
issued at California Highway patrol
headquarters near the intersection
of Imperial avenue and Main street,
El Centro.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-29
ROME WARNS u. S.
AGAINST SHIPPING

ROME, Dec %. CUP)-Virginio
Gayda warned in the Giornale D.
Italia today that delivery of Am
erican war material to Britain in
United States ships by way of Ire
land would be an open violation of
United States neutrality.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-29

UII all CIdDOTdUt UdIICt.
This dinner dance, carrying out
the mardi gras idea, will be in
charge of Mark Magee, Stevens
Harris, and Walter Havekorst. 1t
will be, the master committee said,
a general rehearsal for the ambi-
tious event planned for 1912.
A mardi gras queen will be select
ed to preside over the dinner and
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-29
Mordi CroS Plan
Abandoned Here

Plans for the Winter Garden Mardi Gras in Ell Centro
abandoned Saturday with the exception of produce
ball scheduled for the night of Feb 1.
The master committee of produce and Ell Centre
businessmen Friday night decided to cancel all the
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-29
Refundin9 Plan
Made o perotive'
Judge Gives Preliminary Approval to
Bond Proposal; Only Technical I+ems
Stand in Way Of Real Operation

Refundng of Imperial Irrigation Districts 0O(
debt took another Jump actua realization Saturday
when Judge Ralph E. Jenney of federal district court
Los Angeles joined the district board and the friendly
bondholders in declaring the refunding plan operative
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-29
No FdvoriteS in
License Renewal

First come first served . and take them as they
come.
These the orders issued by state officials Satur-
day they made final arrangements the annual auto
mobile license plate renewal period beginning Jan g
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-29
New Storm Hits
AS Waves Batter
Calf. CodStIine
No General Rains+om ExpectedH Here.
Says feather Man; Sea Does Greatest
DAMAGE on Coast; Homes Destroyed

A rainy weekend forecast for California Saturday
storm moved inland from the Pacific Ocean bring
ing continued heavy to southern coasnes in the state
and additional rainfall to the entire coastal
Woodrow c.. Jacobs, valley meteorologist predicted
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-29
San Diego Calls
For Canal Water
Preparedness Boom on Coast May
Bring Colorado Water TO Southland
City Thru Canal Ahead of Sche duIe

Indications that Colorado river water may flow the
hills to San Diego county long before schedule
ent Saturday following request from the San Diego Coun
ty Development federation for:
can immediate investigation to determine the bes
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-29
British Bombers Pound
German Submarine Base
p AMBl|Ne
~ EpoRTER
Quick Alteration

Quick Alteration
This mystery is just as puzzllng
to RR as it was to Ed Law.
"There is just one thing 1 would
like to know" Ed remarked on a
visit to the valley this week. RR
assumed an expression that might
be described as "knoWing' and Ed
continued:
i've been curious about this myS-
terry ever since last May. Please,
can you tell me why? UP until
that date I had received the Impe-
rial Valley Press quite regularly
at my home in Los Angeles. But
on that date, which conceded with
the earthquake, I suddenly started
receiving the paper at my office
and it has been going there ever
since!
what I'd like to know is, was
that quake strong enough to change
my address on that mailing machine
OF yours"
That staggered us. The only ex-
cuse we could think of right off
the bat was:
1--WE were afraid the news of the
earthquake would be too much of
shock to your wife and thought
you'd better have a chance to read
the paper first and thereby soften
the shock"
Excuse us while we go have look
at that mailing machine.
Goodbye, Moe
There was loud bang Friday
afternoon behind the courthouse.
Heads popped out of windows in
surprise and curiosity Along with
the heads, Sheriff Bob Ware pop
ped outside to investigate.
Bob almost collided with a lanky
Negro who was quite evidently in
a hurry to get somewhere else. The
Negro didn't pause but did his best
to disappear rapidly.
What in the Sam Hill happened?"
the sheriff asked Jack Caradine at
the county garage.
"Oh, nothing much :" said Jack
with a faint smile. At last he ex-
planned.
did you see that colored gentle
man doing a heel and toe? Well he's
only been out of Jail a short time
and he kept hanging around here
like it was home until we got a
little too accustomed to his COM
pany.
"Some of the boys just accident
ly dropped a firecracker under his
chair :"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-29
New to Them

New to Them
On Christmas eve young couple
with two small children, a boy and
a girl, entered All Ell Centre store
They milled about in the crowds
looking at the toys. The children's
eyes were large and anxious.
Finally they settled upon a doll
for the girl and a toy truck fol-
the boy. Carefully, the man counted
out 20 cents for one gift and 2s
cents for the other The children
Rugged their toys hungrily.
A Warm-hearted saleslady sug-
geSted that maybe the children
would like a piece of chocolate ano
she gave each a chocolate cream
The children accepted the gifts
silently and turned them over in
their hands, wonderingly
What is it," they asked
Unbelievable? Yes, it is, but il
happened.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-29
MARKETS IN BRIEF

Butter: l.. A. 32c; Butterfat, Imperial Vale
fob. ranch grade 41c; Manufacturing milk 351ac
Route gathered cream 31Hc.
L. A. Hay: U. S. No. $14.50-15; u. S. No. 2 leaf!
$135O-H; u. S. No. 2 $12.5O-13; Mpls May Fla
$1.61.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-29

Maximum temperature 68, minimum 46; S am.
temperature A, humidity IS; noon temperature SO,
humidity "a; S am temperature 61, humidity Sc.
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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-12-06
Projecting Around
Project

A poor grey stray cat hiding in
the three story building to keep
warm. Death and illness hover
ing over the project. :. Condol-
ences to the Samuel Stewards.
Mrs. Ben Harvey i'll with scarlet
fever. Mrs. Chas. Palmer get
ting little "Jackie" started off to
school. Skinny Young soft
shoeing in the snow. Narvo
Brooks trying to engage cute little
Mary Margaret Allen in CONVERSE
ton. q. Tenants are busy taking
turns shoveling snow-a fine spirit
of cooperation is prevalent.
Mrs. Margaret Williams taking
little Tommy to and from nursery
school. An important recrea-
ton meeting Friday night, 1000
Dupont, at 800 p. M. Lucille
Jordan quite a mother these days
fussing with her adopted baby.
Where is Marie Commodore? Will
whoever took Ora James overshoe
at the Burt Lewis home, please
return the same so Maggie Lewis
may retain her name as the per-
feet hostess.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-12-06
Substitute for Old Chores

SUBSTITUTE TOT Oi0 CnOreS
Various factors in modern life
nave made it more and more diff
icult for growing children to take
an important part in family activi-
ties" says Prof. Ernest Osborne of
Columbia Teachers college.
Chores in a city apartment or
even in a suburban home are al
most non-existent. It is only nat
ural that children are given little
chance to share in the remaining
responsibilities of the home or in
the planning of home activities.
1T is necessary for parents to
make conscious efforts from the
earliest years of the child's life to
include him in the planning of fam
lily activities and to allow him to
assume certain responsibilities for
which he is adequate. Only as he
gets the feeling or the satisfaction
that comes from helping to plan Q
vacation or some other project, will
he develop the basic pattern Of CO.
operation essential to good citizen
ship"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-12-06
Social and Persona |
. ST. PAUL
By Estyr L. Bradley
693 Carroll Ave.-Dale 9612

WekThe advertising department hit jackpot
week with brand baby boy Thus in social reporting
lance Mr. and Robert JONES' 05 N Chawo St. receiving
congratulations Monday
Bethesda Hospital The arrival weighed bs
named Robert r of couse And Bob
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-12-06

Ave-, is on the road to recovery at
Ancker Hospital.
The Luncheon and Game Club
met with Miss Hazel Fox. An
appetizing luncheon was served.
Mrs. Cecilia Stone won first prize;
Mrs. Jane Jones, second, and Mrs.
Alberta Robinson, third. The next
meeting will be at the home of
Mrs. Clara Williams.
Miss Katherine Hopkins, 900 W.
Central Ave., and daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Steve Hopkins, is an
Honor Roll student at John Mar
shall High School. Her name was
inadvertently omitted last week.
The Parent Teachers Association
of Mckinley school met Tuesday
evening at the school.
The Young Ladies' Sodality of
st. Peter Claver Church have a
basketball team that practices
every Saturday night on the Halle
Q. gym floor with James Lee
coaching. Members of the team are
June Morris, Rosamond Collier,
Deloris Carter, Juanita Schuck,
Peggy Rhodes, Hattie Mae Smith,
Betty MCGOWAN, Mary and Lorraine
Bradley and Marguerite Payne.
The Twin City Branch of the
National Association of College
Women will meet today (Friday)
at the home of Mrs. w. Donald
Brown, 6O8 E. 18th St. Mrs.
Frances Nellie Chavis of Detroit,
Mich, will be a guest.
Mrs. o. A. Gum, 638 st. An
thony Ave-, will return home next
week from a western trip. Mrs.
Gum left the city on the 10Th of
November and has visited friends
and relatives in Spokane, Tacoma,
Seattle and Portland.
The Cameo Social Club held it's
semi monthly business meeting
Wednesday, November 81, at the
Sterling Club. Plans were made for
the annual Christmas party. The
next meeting will be Wednesday,
December II, at the home of Miss
Marguerite B. Tresvan, 804 st.
Anthony Ave.
Mr.. Theodore Charleston of Lou
|isville, KY, will renew acquaint-
ances with Twin City friends on his
visit here during the Christmas
holidays. He will be the house
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. o. D.
Charleston, S7e St. Anthony Ave.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Walker, 931
st. Anthony Ave-, have returned to
the city from Louisville, KY, where
they went to bury Mrs. Walkers
mother, the late Mrs. Mamie Faux
ner.
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Social and Personal
O MINNEAPOLIS q

Little Miss Janet Stone, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Stone, 858
Bryant Ave. No., celebrated her
LIST birthday Nov. rs. In honor of
the event her parents gave her a
birthday party with the other Stone
children and Janet's god-mother,
Mrs. Pearl Mckinney, as guests.
Refreshments were the traditional
ice cream and cake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Wedding
ton, of 2430 Fifth Ave. &c., OBJ
served their cotton wedding ami
versary last week. They were
guests at a dinner party given in
their honor by Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lard Jones, 214 w. 31st st.
MIR. and Mrs. Alex Eason, SOB
Fremont Ave. No., are the parents
of seven-pound baby boy, born
Sunday, December 1. Mother and
babe are doing fine.
"The Trade Unions and the De-
Tense Program" will be discussed
by Max Goldman, leader of the I'M
employed, movement, when he
speaks at the Sunday Forum at
$3.50 p. M, December 8, at 919 Mar
quette Ave, Minneapolis, sponsored
by the Socialist Workers party.
Sunday Forums, held weekly, are
open to the public.
Mrs. James e. Jones, 1900 Port
land Ave-, was hostess Tuesday
afternoon, December 8, to the
Booker T. Washington Study Club.
Mr.. William Cratic, Jr., was the
guest speaker and spoke to the
group about his work with the
Minneapolis Welfare Department.
MIR. Harry Mayes of 1916 4th
Ave-, was announced as a winner
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a2:1z S o r. "a; 81 -,

were going to braid it) all over your
head, and taking one part at a time,
brush upward and outward with Wig
orous strokes. Keep this up until
your scalp fairly tingles with life
you have already improved the cir
culation, and good circulation to the
roots of your hair will result in
stronger and healthier hair.
If your hair is dry, try oil treat
ments or shampoos. Keep out of
the sun-on windy days, remember
to wear some kind of covering on
your head because the elements are
hard on hair and render the problem
of caring for the hair a most diff
cult one.
If your hair is oily, use egg sham
poos to help brighten it, to bring out
the sheen which is ordinarily hidden
by the accumulation of Oil from the
scalp.
It is never good to scratch the
head-instead, place your fingertips
on your scalp and gently, but firmly,
move the scalp backwards and for
wards, and from side to side. This
exercise has a stimulating effect and
will reward you in hair beauty and
health.
For the next several weeks, con-
centrate on your hair. 1t is lot
more beneficial to follow a few rules
for beauty regularly, than to con-
fuse the mind with many which, In
the end, are forgotten because it is
too hard to remember so much.
Don't go around envying others
beautiful hair when it is so easy to
have beautiful hair yourself.
What ore your beauty problems?
Write: Marie Downing, Lriense
Beauty Bureau, 1909 LindeH
Blvd. St. Louis, Mo-, and she will
be glad to answer them. Be
sure to enclose d self-addressed,
stamped envelope.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-12-06

You want the admiration Of 9th
ers, don't you? Then, use your
head! Dull, dingy hair has a re-
polling influence on people. You
yourself know that you don't turn
your head and look second time
at someone whose hair is unkempt,
discolored and drab-lOoking.
Despite the popular saying that
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" 1t is my
belief that Gentlemen Prefer Wom-
en-" no matter what the color of
their crowning glOry--IF 1t Is a
cOlor--One colOr-any color that is
attractive.
Look at your hair in the front, on
the back of your head, and lifting
several strands, look underneath.
Is 1t streaky and vari-cOlOred, is it
spotty? Is it lovely because Of Its
well-groomed appearance?
If you are disappointed in the
way your hair looks, If the cOlOring
does not suit you, apply an ac-
credited coloring and see for your
self how much improved your ap-
pearance will be.
Don't be a stay-at-hOme, don't lose
opportunities for happiness and ro-
nance, simply because you may
have overlooked the appearance of
your hair. It's so much a part of
you but that is all the more reason
for taking care of it-beautify your
hair with regular treatment and a
well-rounded diet.
The subject of proper foods for
general health, as we'll as hair
health, will be considered in later
column, so for the time being we
shall think only about what daily
routine will help to develop your
hair so that you will be the envy of
your friends, and the admiration of
your masculine associates.
The small amount of effort ex-
pended in brushing your hair daily
will pay handsome dividends. Use
a strong bristled brush. Divide the
hair into small sections Gas If you
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of a guessing contest. His prize
award was an electric clock.
The Bonnie ct Belle Bridge Club
met Tuesday evening, December 8,
at the home of Mrs. Burton Lewis,
951 Aldrich Ave. N. First prize
was won by Ora James; second by
Octavia Mason; the guest prize
went to Mrs. Thelma Gribsy. The
next meeting will be at the home
of Mrs. Octavia Mason, 951 Aldrich
Ave. N.
Expected for Holidays: Miss
Martha Wright, teacher at Georgia
State College, Savannah, Ca, will
visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
S. Wright of Robbinsdale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chalmer Lawson
of 1926 Oakland Ave. S., are the
parents of baby boy born We'd
nesday, Nov. %.
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ST. THOMAS CHURCH NOTES

49, 4AO0A<Ao 44O4SGA4 4NO 4IC
The st. Thomas 'Women's Aux
iliary met Wednesday afternoon,
December 4, at the home of Mrs. T.
B. Carey, S705 Fifth Ave. So. The
next meeting will be December 10
and officers will be elected for the
new year.
The confirmation class will be
confirmed Sunday, December 20, at
A p. m. Don't forget the Penny
Carnival given by the Sunday
School. The Women's Auxiliary
entertained the members of the
minstrel cast Wednesday evening
at the home of Mrs. Hobart T.
Mitchell, 3612 Elliot Ave.
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Sizing for Rugs

Rugs in constant use frequently
lose their shape and just won't
lay down because the sizing on the
under side has deteriorated. Ac-
cording to the extension service Of
the University Of Nebraska agricul-
ture college, the life Of such rugs
may be prolonged by resting them.
First thoroughly clean the rug by
shampooing and let it dry. Then
tack it napside down on the floor
and apply a solution Of one part
glue (one-fourth pound and eight
parts water 1.-TWO quarts). Il the
rug is light weight. be sure not to
put on so much glue that it pene-
trates to the right side. After ap-
plication Of the sizing. let the rug
dry for "a hours before relaying.