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The Coolidge examiner., 1941-06-06
PEACE TALK

We would say that in the face
of British defeats and losses last
week Anthony Eden can be classi-
fled as a number one optimist to
be talking about the sort of peace
that will be drawn up following
the war.
With the Hood and several less
er battleships sunk, the Battle or
Crete lost and a high toll in lost
transports only an optimist could
tell the world what was going to
be dealt out to Germany after the
war.
Mr.. Eden says of Germany, "She
must never be in a position to
our moving closer to war. No one
again"
Now unless the Allies get going
pronto, Germany may have some
thing to say about all this and
more.
When the Hood was sunk the
English "got mad" and in revenge
hunted down the Bismark and
sunk it. 1t would seem that if
England is going to have much to
say when peace is made she is
going to have to stay mad" and
do a lot of more smashing. The
same desperation with which the
English hunted down the Bismark
would do much to halt the Ger
many advance in the Mediterran-
can. Until that advance is halt
ed any talk of a British dictated
peace is a bit premature.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-06-06
Church Is Cooled

A new $500 cubic foot cooler
has lust been installed in Com
munity Presbyterian Church. The
church, says Reverend ]. D. Eas.
ter. will now be as cool as any
public building in town.
Installation was made by the
Pinal Machine Shop.
Sunday sermon topic will be
third in a series on "The Contri
buttons to our Protestant Heritage
of the Major Protestant Denomi
nations" The days thought will
be on the contributions Of the Dis.
ciples of Christ Church.
Holy Communion will be observ-
ed.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-06-06
Memorial Services
Held By Rebekahs


Members of Coolidge Rebekah
Lodge held memorial services in
Masonic Temple Tuesday night.
Odd Fellows, their wives and
friends, were invited to witness
the ceremony, which was pro-
nounced impressive and beautiful
by those present.
Following the services, members
'ot the Rebekah lodge were host
esses to members of the Odd Eel
lows lodge. The occasion marked
the third anniversary Of Rebekah
lodge in Coolidge. Approximately
fifty persons were present.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-06-06

Coolidge Valley rancher,
died following a heart at
tack Thursday, in Long
Beach, California, where he was
spending the summer.
Mr.. Hanna and his family have
lived in Coolidge Valley for elev-
en- years, where he was active in
community affairs. At the time
of his death he was member of
the board of directors of Electrical
District No. 2, but had been fore
ed by i'll health to resign the pres
idency of Coolidge Farm Bureau,
membership on the local Agricul-
tural Adjustment Administration
Committee, and retire from active
ranching.
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvan-
ia, April "a, 1876, Mr.. Hanna's fam
lily moved west while he was still
boy. He married Miss Mary FL
vina Smith of Idaho and some
years later came to Arizona, where
he owned and operated ranch
in the Mariana district and was a
member of the Mariana school
board before coming to Coolidge.
For several yearss>Mr. and Mrs.
Hanna and daughter Kerma have
spent their summers in Long
Beach, where they had gone this
year three weeks before Mr.. Han
mas death.
He is survived by his wife Mary
Elvina, two daughters, Kerma and
Mrs. Jack Nichols; three sons,
Herbert, Clayton and George Jr.;
and a grandson, all of Coolidge;
two sisters, Miss Ida Hanna of
Corpus Christi, Teras, and Miss
Elizabeth Hanna of Waverly, Kan
sas.
Services -foi Ms. Hanna were
held Tuesday at 200 p. m. in Cole
and Maud Chapel with the Rever-
end Earl Ward officiating.
Musicians for the service were
Mrs. B. l.. Steward, Mrs. Avis
Hobby and Miss Marietta Logan,
friends Of the family.
Pail bearers were Clay Hanna,
George Dell, Martin Talla, Phil
Claridge. X. K. Hennes of Casa
Grande, and Harry Beggs Of Phoe-
nix.
Honorary pallbearers were
Fred Wuertz, Edgar Shoemaker,
V. w. Havens, Ed. Lacey, Tom
Carlton of Casa Grande; E. G.
LAYERS Of Casa Grande; A. Van
Wagenen of Casa Grande; c. c.
Conelly of Tucson and ]. c. Nor
gan of Tucson.
Interment was in Greenwood
Memorial Park at Phoenix.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-06-06
Death Takes
Newcomer Here

Funeral services for C. w. AL
bridge, who died Tuesday, May
9th, of a heart attack, were held
Sunday from Col eand Maud Chap.
ell
Born in Mississippi in 1887, Mr..
Aldridge brought his wife here
from Oklahoma a short time ago
because of her health.
He is survived by his wife, Ida,
two sons who came from Califor-
nia and Oklahoma for the funeral
and a brother, Jess Aldridge, who
lives at Casa Grande Valley Farms
east of Coolidge.
Interment was in Florence Gem
etery.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-06-06
Vanishing Art
Carried On Here
BY Aged Indian

Ancient lnQldn aTJS anu CTdllS
are disappearing with the older
generation of Indians.
Today, in Blackwater district of
Gila River Reservation, three miles
west of Coolidge, Theresa New
man, 20. is the only Pima left who
knows the art of OLA making. The
water jars she fashions have the
popularity of exuding enough
moisture through their porous sur
face that by swift evaporation,
keeps the water within cool on the
hottest summer day. One sees
these jars hung near the doorways
of reservation homes, or from a
fence post convenient to the field
workers. All, In this locality, are
made by the hands of aged Theresa
Newman.
She lives with her sons in an
interesting house, the sahuaro
frame of which may be seen in
spots where the adobe wall has
fallen away. The land was allotted
to them "iong ago" by the govern.
ment and while her sons farm and
their wives take care Of the chill
dren, Theresa spends her days
making ollas, that people come
from a distance to buy.
She Is too old to get the clay
this, her sons do for her, but only
a woman makes pottery. The clay
is found about five miles from
their home. In mounds that appear
here and there on alkaf stretches.
Theresa considers white clay best
for OLA making, although she oc-
casionally uses some red clay from
the mountains.
When the buckets of clay are
brought in the contents are dump
ed on a canvas and ground fine by
much beating and pounding, after
which the clay is sifted and mix
ed with fine sand and water When
the required consistency has been
achieved Theresa begins shaping
the lower part of the Ollas over an
old one she keeps for this purpose.
Half of the ola is beaten into
shape with paddles in this fashion,
then removed from the mould and
the remaining half built on a little
at time until the required shape
and size is reached.
When padded smooth the water
jug, which has turned black in
the making, is left two days in
the sun to dry. Afterwards a hole
is dug in the ground and a fire
burned in it to Goals. The ola is
part is covered with carefully
placed on these and the protruding
a tepee structure around it. The
placed lengths of wood that form
wood catches fire and the ola is
burned uniformally from top to
bottom. When it turns white again
Theresa knows it is "well done"
and ready for use.
Theresa is the last Indian at
Blackwater who knows how to
make the water jars. The younger
generation is not interested in the
ancient arts.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-06-06
Sisters Illness
Terminates Visit

Mrs. James o. Carr of Pitts
burgh, Pennsylvania, wife of the
president of Allegheny Ludlum
Steel Corporation, who arrived
last week to visit her brother and
sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Appel, Sr., was called to Los An,
geles Tuesday by telegram an
nouncing the serious illness of hei
sister, Mrs. p. B. Soto.
Miss Ida Soto, Mrs. Soto's
daughter who had been visiting
the Appels for some time previous,
ly, returned to California with her
aunt. Mr.. Appel is expecting daily
to be called to California.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-06-06
County Case
Ends In Death

The life of an American child
was sacrificed to Indifference, Fri
day.
The distressed cries of small
undernourished child issued from
tent in the blazing sun on va
cant property we pass daily on
West Coolidge Avenue. Inside that
tent, five year old Violet Mae Hig'
gins lay On a dirt floor, begging
for water. Her mother had gone
for the day, to pick cotton. Her
father was away, too. Only an
eight year old sister and a woman
who lived in nearby tent, re-
manned to care for the child.
When a welfare worker was
sent for Wednesday afternoon,
May 28th, Violet was taken, too
late, to the County Hospital where
she was operated on that night
and died Friday.
The medical report filled out
for her death, states the cause, nc
doubt, as appendicitis or peritoni
tbs, but a higher record, written
in the searching light of honesty
records it otherwise.
While we went about our daily
tasks Friday, while we attended
to business, or played bridge, OIL
perhaps did our bit to help the
needy of Britain, or worked earn
estly to aid foreign missions, the
life of an American child A FEW
BLOCKS AWAY was sacrificed t.
Indifference.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-06-06
Lions Frolic

A stag steak fry at Casa Grande
Ruins picnic grounds replaced the
weekly Wednesday evening dinner
meeting of Coolidge Lions club.
William Lee, a newcomer to
Coolidge, who is employed with
H. r. Moag Motor Company, was
a guest.
Arthur Wahl was in charge OF
arrangements.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-06-06
Death Claims Baby

Funeral services for Claudine
Joyce Ferguson, six months old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Herbert
Ferguson, who died in Eleven Mile
Corner Migratory Camp hospital
Saturday, were held Monday from
Cole and Maud Chapel.
Mr. and Mrs. George Ferguson
the child's grandparents, have
been residents of Coolidge for a
number of years.
Interment was in Florence GENE
tary.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-06-06
Auxiliary Elects
Mrs. Avis Paul

Members of Coolidge American
Legion Auxiliary, who met at
home of Mrs. Avis Paul. Monday
night, elected the following offic.
ers by unanimous vote, to serve
for the coming year.
Mrs. Avis Paul, President; Mrs
Marie MUIR, 1st vice president;
Mrs. Maybelle Taylor, End vice
president; Mrs. Clara Belle Mar
tin, treasurer; Mrs. Mildred
Dodge, chaplain; Mrs. Mable
Jones, historian; Mrs. Lillian
Stack, sergeant at arms; Mrs. Lo
leete Talla, Mrs. Hope Taylor and
Mrs. Lillian Watson will serve or
the executive board.
A joint installation of officers
will be held with Coolidge Ameri
can Legion Post on July 7th. This
event will celebrate the compile
ton of the new Legion home
which is now being constructed
on the site at Main Street and
Northern Avenue, where the LIE
gion's former building was de
stloyed by fire two years ago.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-06-06
PUBLIC ATTITUDE

The general public seems to
have accepted the UNLIMITED
emergency" declaration without
excitement. There seems to be
an absence of enthusiasm about
our moving closer ii war. No one
seems to want it but everyone
seems to expect it and take it as
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The Coolidge examiner., 1941-06-06
To Elect Officers

Members of Coolidge Odd Eel
lows lodge will meet for election
of officers Tuesday night in Ma
sonic Temple.
Ali members are urged by their
officers to be present.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-06-06

q Mrs. Stella Hayduke, George
Hayduke, and Mr.. and Mrs. w. c.
Kroger, spent Memorial Day in
Miami
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-06-06
Death Takes
Geo. A. Hanna
In Coast City

George A. Hanna, six
ty-five, widely k n O. w n
Coolidge Valley rancher,
died following a heart at
tack Thursday, in Long
Beach, California, where he was
Evening star., 1941-10-10
Why Must They Die? No. so Dots s' e, '1'


The place: In front Of 1850 Wis
consin avenue NV.
The accident: A 60-year-old man
was fatally injured when struck by
a scuthbound automobile as he stood
in a streetcar loading zone. The
man was carried on the front of
the automobile II feet to point
where he was thrown to the ground
when the vehicle struck tree. The
car also struck a woman standing
in the zone and carried her until
1t struck the tree. The man died
a few minutes after the mishap.
The time: 7:30 pm. Septem-
Der 16.
The weather: Clear.
The street: Dry, straight and a
9 per cent down-hill grade facing
south. Good lighting.
The vehicle: A 1941 coupe, whose
driver was quoted as saying he was
going 25 miles per hour, but eye
witnesses said it was going very
fast" Police said brakes on the
two left wheels were defective but
the wheels on the right side were
In good order.
The driver: A 24-year-old colored
man with five years driving expert
ence.
Coroner jurys verdict: Driver
held for grand jury action.
Evening star., 1941-10-10

tary aircraft is so great that they
might be reported on the outskirts of
a big city and be striking at the
heart of their objective before a
telephone warning could reach
central headquarters from nearby
points.
Detailed instructions as to local
procedure were received before to-
days raid from Col Clifton Lisle OF
Baltimore. acting chief of the third
defense area, and liaison offlcer be-
tween the Army and the civilian
defense organizations.
The local "air raid is part of a
vast operation designed to test mill
tary and civilian oefenses of vital
population and industrial centers
along the Eastern Seaboard from
Boston to Savannah and lasting, in
the Southern phase of the maneu-
yer, through October 25, according
to an announcement today by 1t.
Gen. Delos C. Emmons, commander
of the Air Force Combat Command.
AiracobraS of the 40th Pursuit
Squadron of Selfridge Field, Mich.
were to be the planes used in the
raid" They were to operate from
base at Boiling Field.
Patrol Wide Area.
In flights of three the pursuit
ships from Boiling have been patrol
ling an area extending roughly be-
Evening star., 1941-10-10

tween Washington, the Virginia
Capes and Richmond. Civilian OBJ
servers in these areas are charged
with reporting the altitude, type,
number, speed and direction Of the
enemy bombers.'
Monday heavy bombers will enter
the general operations and the pur.
suit ships at Boiling will act as in
terceptors in an attempt to defend
Washington and the surrounding
area. This phase of the maneuvers,
it was said, will continue for about
three days.
Heavy Bombers to Take Part.
Heavy bomber squadrons will take
of from Boiling Field and from
other Air Corps bases on Long
! Island and in New England to test
military as well as civilian defense.
The bombers may take long sweeps
to sea, returning over the coast at
some unannounced point to deter
mine the efficiency of the warning
system.
Searchlight and anti-aircraft bat
teries will be brought into play. The
/ pursuit squadron will be on call
during the entire period, ready to
get ships into the air at a moments
notice to contact the bombers and
drive them away from their OBJ
] iectives.
Evening star., 1941-10-10

Mai. Gordon Saville, executive
offlcer of the 1st Interceptor Com
mand at Mitchell Field, N. Y, told
the Baltimore Sun last night that
Maryland's reports we're so widely
scattered from the observer posts
that they did not provide a COM
plete enough picture for interceptor
(plane) operations. The officer said
he did not intend to be critical In
that Maryland observers probably
were misinformed about hours OF
duty and other work.
Many Unnecessary Calls.
Such probably was the case as the
Baltimore filter branch reported lit
tie activity other than merely IRON
ing out the faults in the intricate
warning system. The wires were
kept hot with many unexpected and
unnecessary telephone calls. OBJ
server posts reported which hadn't
been listed in action, and enthu-
siastic citizens. attached to no posts
called in unwanted, unneeded in
formation.
The Baltimore nerve center is a
unit within unit. 1t is an outpost
Of the region command in Phila-
delphia. but, at the same time, is
equipped to take the place of Phila-
delphia If that important center is
put out of commission Philadel-
phia also can take over Baltimore S
work If Baltimore is knocked out
Evening star., 1941-10-10
War Building
Continued From First Page.)

quarters that the Army did not in
tend, at the end of the emergency
to relinquish its occupancy of the
new buildings so that it can be
turned into a repository for Govern
nent records. according to the
wishes of the President, Gen. SOM
ervell denied this.
He said it will be dandy" rec
ords building but added
Let's get through the emergency
first"
Limestone Facing.
He said it was decided at today S
White House conference that the
exterior of the building will be faced
with Indiana limestone and the in
terror with concrete
Gen. Somerven said the building
was scheduled for completion Il
months from this past September
IS. the day the first section of Its
foundation was laid. He said he
hoped to have 100000 of the build
ing's ultimate 2500.000 square feet
of office space ready for occupancy
within eight months
Accompanying the general was
George E. Bergstrom, architect at
tached to the War Department., who
designed the building.
Until today the War Department
had maintained a policy of secrecy
regarding the exact proportions O.
its new building. Nothing could b,
Evening star., 1941-10-10
Mrs. Emma CasteN,
Former P.-T. A. Head
In District, Dies
Her Activities Included
Work for Many Civic
And Women's Groups

Mrs. Emma Nelson Mclean
Castell Sc, of 4531 Forty-fifth street
NV, former president Of the Dis
trict Congress of Parents and
Teachers, died yesterday at Doctors
Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at
230 pm. tomorrow at her home,
with burial in Glenwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Castell was the daughter of
the late Richard A. Mclean mem
Der of the composing room force of
The Star for many years, and sister
of the late William H. Mclean, also
of The Stars composing room, as
was her grandfather, William r.
Mclean. All three were at one time
in charge of the composing room.
Mrs. Castell, who served as presi-
dent of the Congress of Parents and
Teachers in 1886, was a pioneer
worker for milk and hot lunches for
school children. She was on the
board of the PIT. AS Hannah
Berliner Sanders Memorial Library,
founded at Der suggestion III memory
of a past vice president.
She was former recording sec
retary of the Society for the Pre-
vention of Blindness and member
of the Board of Directors at the
time of her death and also was a
member of the Chevy Chase Wom-
ans Club, the Ladies Medical Aux
iliary and the Columbian Women.
Mrs. Castell is survived by her
husband, Dr.. Louis B. Castell; a
son, DR.. Richard A. Castell; her
mother. a sister, Miss Richie Nc
Lean, and a brother, Perrie Mclean
all of this city, and two half-sisters,
Mrs. Mary Marshall Of Sanford. Pa,
and Mrs. Arthur Thomas of Wash
irpfnro
Evening star., 1941-10-10
10000 Volunteers
AT Posts Today as
Air Raid Observers
| Army Reasonably Well
Pleased With Early
Results of Tests

More than 10000 volunteer OBJ
servers were at their posts along the
Eastern seaboard today, ready for
an 1ntensification of the Army s
mock air raids, which began yester-
day.
Warning filter centers in Boston,
New York, Philadelphia and Nor
folk and network units in other
cities, including Baltimore and Rich
mond, received warmups from time
to time yesterday, and Army off,
cials were reasonably well pleased
with the results.
However, Maryland received a
dressing down from authorities for
being the only State participating to
turn in poor observer reports.
According to the Associated Press,
Evening star., 1941-10-10

of action-as 1t will be in theory at
least once during the simulated
raids.
Richmond was attacked l3 times
Yesterday, but officially the city was
rsided only three times, the number
of raid signals flashed in from the
Norfolk center. All agencies due to
be notified had been warned by the
raid warden within four minutes
after the first alarm was given-ex-
cept the Red Cross, whose telephone
was busy.
Evening star., 1941-10-10

learned about the plans between the
time, early in September, when the
President ordered the building re-
duced in size, and last Tuesday, when
the War Department issued a press
release on the structure.
The release contained no figures
as to the buildings size Subse-
quent efforts of reporters to learn
the dimensions-how they compared
with those of the originally pro-
posed building-met with little sue
cess until today.
Called Ridiculous"
Gen. Somervell branded as ''ut-
terly ridiculous" information given
The Star by an architect close to
the War Department purporting to
show that while the original plans
for the building contained provisions
for 10000 workers and the revised
plans, as released recently by the
Army, provide for only 10000, the
net effect will be the same.
This architect, who declined tc
AoNC IllS uocbs polllICO OdI tilot
the supposed reduction in the build
ing's size amounted in reality only
to giving twice as much floor space
to each employe so that the outside
dimensions of the structure will be
reduced only slightly, if at all. He
backed up his inference by calling
attention to the buildings cost, ap-
proximately s3l 100000.
The originally proposed building
which was ordered reduced in size
and resituated by President Roose-
velt, was to have cost s35 100000
The architect advanced the theory
that extra expenses" incurred dur
ing the process of the work would
make up the s4.ooo,oo0 difference in
the end
Cites Presidents Orders.
Informed of the architects atti-
tude early today. Gen. Somervell de.
clared he did not intend to answer
anonymous" critics, but added:
DO you think any Government
official in his right mind would fai
to conform to the President's
orders?"
Congressional testimony on the
original building placed its size ir
terms of square feet at 1000 900
Earlier in the week, an Army
press agent told The Star it was a;
yet impossible to determine the
actual size of the building in terms
of square feet because the plan,
were not fully complete. He sale
the War Department was in sucf
a hurry to get on with the building
that as fast as the design for 9
basement was worked out the con.
tractors were being put on that ONT
phase of the construction.
Announced as Surprise.
Another theory advanced by ,
local architect was that the building
never would revert at the end of thu
national emergenck to records
building, the ultimate purpose th'
President ordered 1t designed for.
This critic wanted to know why il
was that a building intended fol
storage was to have an air-condi
tioning plant costing about $3.50 900
The War Department projec
originally was sprung as surprise
on the public generally last July
when the funds for it's erection cam,
to light as an item in big ap'
preparation bill. The fight to NOV,
it from in front of the cemeter!
and reduce its size, taken up b,
civic groups and individuals, was lee
by the National Capital Park ant
Planning Commission and the Ma
tional Commission of Fine Art
until the President intervened.