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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-03-29

Americans will all be in there for three
long nights battling for the amateur
championships of the United States
and that's just how Joe Louis started
right here in Boston see you all
these! reservations for the Women's
Service Club Annual Easter Cabaret
and Dance at the beautiful Raidbow
Plantation Monday evening, April IA
have hit a new high mark and continue
to mount daily . the Rainbow Plan
tation comfortably seats over 400
people at tables and booths and the
music fr the affair will be played by
Joe Nevis and his New Rhythm direct
from a theatrical tour with Blanche
Galloway plus added entertainment
under the direction of Herbert Loring
Jackson, celebrated master of ceremo-
MES -. dine and dance at the Rainbow
Plantation on Easter Monday evening
with the Women's Service Club
make your reservations early for your
party and purchase your tickets from
Continued on Page 81
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Joyed by all. Congratz are again in
order for this Dramatic group. Well
folks that's all for now :. Remember
take it SLOW until the next time.
Thank million, James and we'll look
for you again soon with a load of turf
dust for the disc devotees which re-
minds me to advise you that only the
push-buttOn automatic tuning radios
need adjusting for the national radio
moving day Saturday, March 20 .
you should catch "Duffy's Tavern" pro
gram on WEEP each Saturday at $3.50
pm. featuring John Kirby's Sweet
Rhythm and Eddie Green, popular race
comedian plus weekly guest stars
Las week Bill Robinson sang and
danced in grand style. the New York
critics call 'Native Son" brilliant thea
tire after its long awaited opening Mon
day night -. Canada Lee was magnif-
cent in the role of Bigger Thomas
but the book was stronger than the plav
because it revealed the inner workings
OF Blggers mind more fully thus offer
ing a more satisfactory explanation of
his deeds the NAACP completely
bought out the theatre for a benefit
prevlew as for the respective merits
OF mral uplift it is said that the drama
has been so adapted from the book that
1t does not vulgarize the interracial
situations but the trend of the writing
has communistic flavor Rev. Adam
{. Powell, Jr held huge mass meeting
at the Abyssinian Baptist Church which
sent hundreds of pickets swarming into
the streets Of Harlem to force the bus
companies to employ colored drivers
and mechanics and the resultant uproar
has reached the proper channels. . An
other big fire burned out the Little
Dixie Cafe this week extensively damag-
ing the popular night club and sweep
ing through the building causing MANY
occupants to flee. let's look at the
sport picture for the week all roads
lead to the Boston Garden for each
day brings in new entries for the Ma
tlonal amateur championship tourna-
ment which gets underway next Monday
afternoon, March 81 at the Boston Gar
den to continue through April | and 2
go. boxing teams have been listed from
II of the 48 state district associations
Of the A.A.U. and indications point
close to 80 teams being represented here
e.. YOU will see more colored amateur
boxing champions in all weights, sizes
and classes than ever before entered in a
national tournament and it is both our
duty and pleasure to turn ont and en-
courage these race athletes who come
up the hard way fighting their hearts
out in the amateurs to reflect credit
upon the athletic proves Of the colored
race . our boys from New York, Chi
cago, Detroit, Washington and the
southern states in addition to the Pacific
coast teams Of Mexicans and colored
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-03-29

attended reception for the newlyweds
was IN progress. The house was
crowded from top to bottom with the
many relatives and friends of the
smiling couple. Some of the MANY
people present included: Willie States.
Mile Barker, Joyce and Gloria Sa-
muda, Mesdames Lippman and family,
Bessie Frye, Julia Hathaway, Mable
Robinson, Ruth Roberts, Eta Richard
son, Lillian Averett, Harry Yates, Ger
trude Bonner, Lillian Langston, Fran
ces HOushaw, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs. Edmonson. Mr..
and Mrs. Harold Weeks, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Bolton, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Fleet,
Messrs. Peter Golf, Harry Holloway.
Howard Mann Milton Allen, John
Motion, Mr.. and Mrs. Turner, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Wooding, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Rivers, Mr.. and Mrs. Lane, Mr.. and
Mrs. Stokes, Mr.. and Mrs. Haywood
Prince.
This column extends its sincerest
congratulations to the newlyweds
Columbus Avenue and parts of this
town look deserted since the departure
of the 372nd for one year of camp life
at Fort Dix. . . They were rendered
many farewell parties and dances
throughout the city beside the sermon,
Rev. Ravenell preached in their be-
half Sunday the 10Th at Ebenezer Bap-
fist Church. The church was so
crowded that your scribe and lots of
other people were only able to hear a
portion of the sermon through the
church doors. 49,. As the boys left the
church a few faces were recognized
There was Robert Lane, Sammy Walk
err, Lloyd Parum, Gilbert Hutchinson
and loads of others. o.. Friday Dist at
Recital Hall, the Greater Boston Fund
Drive Committee for st. Marks Gym
presented the Yodrutas Dramatic Club
of "464' in repeated performance of
"Hiawatha's Boyhood". The play
was directed by that popular actor and
producer, Ralf Coleman. The musi-
cal score was under the direction of
DoIand B. Yates. . Dance directions
were supervised by Mildred Davenport
49,. The prologue narration was de-
livered by that charming and lovely
Roxbu1y lass, Ella Ganett, who also
played the part of Spotted Elk. .. The
cast included Edith Yates, Barbara
Belts, Charlotte Perry, Leona Coleman,
EmilyLippman, Jacqueline Jones, Mary
Yates, Dot Campbell, Florence Powell,
Romano Pyrd, Sybil Carter, Marjorie
Green, Theresa Epps -. after the play
dancing to "Sandy" Sandeford was en-
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New Foundations
Give Natural Lines
Shorter Wasted Ladies Are
Benefited by Change.

Eastern fashions this season bring
good news to the women with short
er-WalSted or not-so-Slender figures.
Whether by happy accident or with
planned intent, the designers this
season have created styles which
f1atter the average woman, as well
as the tall, willowy types.
Waistlines are not so deeply in
dented, but are released a bit to
give a more natural body line. Soft
fullness is concentrated at front and
back, with sleek side lines that mini
mize hip width. And the sloping
shoulder, acclaimed as high fashion
in resort showings, is disappearing
from the new lines except in a few
extreme styles, because it proved to
be unbecoming to most figures.
Shoulders are generally built out
to the high, wide and handsome line
that is becoming to women's figures
because it makes the waist look
smaller and the hipline narrower by
contrast
Designers of foundation garments,
carefully following the special re-
quirements of this new silhouette,
have produced a wide variety of
cOrsets, brassieres and all-in-ones to
underline the new clothes properly
by streamlining Women's figures to
their best proportions. The approved
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many different tricks of styling and
construction in these new garments,
but they all have in common the
ability, when properly fitted, to re-
distribute pounds so as to bring a
new high in grace and attractive
ness.
Styllsts recommend that women
buy their new foundation garments
before they try on the new styles in
frocks, formal dresses, suits and
coats, so that they may have the
benefit Of good figure when they
are choosing the fashions which
they can wear best. This idea is a
help to the clothes budget as well as
to smart appearance, because ifyour
figure is properly proportioned when
you have clothing fitted, alteration
charges are much less likely to
mount up.
Your favorite corsetiere will know
which foundation garments are best
for your particular figure. Do plan
your time SO that you allow her all
the time she feels is necessary to
fit your new foundations properly.
This is the secret of bringing out
all the latent beauty in your natural
figure. 1t isn't wise to insist on the
same garment you bought last time,
because styles change, construction
of the garments changes, and your
figure changes, too. Your corsetiere
can detect figure changes so slight
that you may not be aware of them;
her wide knowledge of figure con-
troll is your best assurance of get
ting the right foundation garments
to solve your individual figure prob
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ChOpin's Interlude

In July, 1881, when Chopin was in
Stuttgart, he received word that
Warsaw had fallen The Russians
were in possession of the city. The
composer was profoundly moved.
To give vent to his emotions he COM
posed Revolutionary Etude" for the
piano
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We have with us this season a
vogue which is spreading like wild
fire throughout the length and
breadth of fashions domain. 1t is
the use of gay prints with monotone
woods. The possibilities offered in
this new movement are almost
limitless. Then, too, there is some
thing fiattering about a costume that
uses print for the dress and plain
fabric for the coat or cape. One of
the charms of this happy alliance of
print with plain is the opportunity
it offers for eye-appealing color eff
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Wanted To Rent

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Style Notes

You can buy jeweled zip fasten.
ings.
This is a year of years for
navy.
Red for prints is new, smart
color trend.
Ask to see the notwithstanding
crinkled cottons.
Navy, pastel plaids, beige, flow
er hats, wells, frilly neckwear for
Easter!
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-20
Government Board
Attempts to Crash
Expert Testimony
Retired Army Man
Can't Give Opinion
Commission Argues

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20
(UP)-Wallace H. Walker,
assistant general counsel of
the federal power commits
sion, today questioned the
legal propriety Of a retired army
officers appearance on behalf Of
the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. in
a case which might ultimately be
against the United States"
He moved that the testimony OF
Brig. Gen. George p. PillSbury,
former assistant chief of The army
engineers, be stricken from the rec
ord of an FPC examiners hearing
on the electric company's proposal
to build a $2O,000,000 hydro electric
project on the Pit river in Cali
fornia
Walker asked Pillsbury what al
lowances he received as a retired
army officer and how much he
received from P. G.. & E. Pillsbury
replied that he was paid $375 a
month b. the government and re-
ceived $50 a day from P. G.. & E.
as a witness.
Walker said that an active en-
Continued on Page 6; Column D
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-20
ResCuers Battle
jung|es with -Four
Crash Survivors
Eight Victims Die
In South American
Airliner Tragedy

SAC PAULA, Brazil, Aug.
20 (UP) - A rescue party
was en- route here through
the jungles today with four
injured survivors of a Pan
air Do Brazil transport plane crash
which killed eight persons.
Since Monday noon The dead and
injured had lain amid the wreckage
on an almost inaccessible mountain
top only seven and a half miles
from this city of more than 1000, 900
inhabitants. David Novak, the
planes steward, brought news of
the crash here.
The injured included the only
the scene of the crash late yeSter-
day waited for dawn today to at
tempt the difficult trip back with
the injured.
Abe injured included the only
Continued on Page 6, Col y
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-20
Author Asks Pardon
To Escape Death
Al Nazis' Hands

SACRAMENTO, Aug. 20 CUP)-
Richard Krebs, better known as Jan
Valtin and author of the best seller
Out of the Night, today filed an
D application for pardon which he
hoped would block possible depor-
tation to Germany, where he claims
he would be executed.
Krebs was convicted on an as
l sault charge in Los Angeles in 1926
= He served a tnrm in San Quentin
prison and later wrote his now
famous book exposing Communist
activities in this country.
Gov. Culbert Olson, answering a
recent appeal for clemency from
Editor William Allen White, said he
regarded the book las sufficiently
factual to show clearly the patterit
of the activities of Communist
party line members their ruthless
methods and their entire and IA
natical allegiance to the Russian
controlled comintern to the eXclus-
ion of any and all other loyalties
inconsistent with the Communist
party line as laid down by for
eign dictator"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-20
First Hot Cargo
Petition Filed

SACRAMENTO, Aug. 20 CUP) =
Secretary of State Paul Peek today
announced filing of the first petit
ton seeking a referendum on the
anti-hot cargo and secondary boy
colt law, containing 81 names from
Ell Dorado county.
Sponsors of the referendum cam
paign must file 1858 valid sigma
lures with the secretary of state on
or before Sept. IL, which would up
hold the act from going into effect
Sept. 13 and place it before the
voters in 1912.
Labor groups were securing sigma
lures throughout the state in an
effort to block the act passed by the
legislature over the governors veto
in June.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-20
District
Rate
S3.77
Assessment Same
As Last Year;
Valuations Down

The Imperial Irrigation
district tax rate will be $3.77
per 500 valuation, the same
as last year.
Directors set the annual
rate late Tuesday afternoon at
their regular weekly session.
Because of reduced assessed val
uations amounting to $438 .631, the
$3.77 rate was designed to raise
$l,217,861 or $14,284 under the 1940-
Al amount. This represents re-
duction equivalent to .044 in the
tax structure, directors explained,
based on the difference in the as
sessed valuation of $38, ,466,511 fol
the fiscal year l940-41 as compared
with $38. .O27,88O for l94l42.
The new assessed valuation rs
set by the board of equalization
Aug. Is, included provision for the
usual estimated Is per cent delin-
quencies as is required by law, di-
rectorS said.
Levy for operation and mainte-
nance was reduced from 1922, las
for last year to s217,861 as set ur
in the levy for the coming year
All other items remained the same;
drainage fund, $150,000; emergency
fund, $4,000; Laguna dam fund
$4,000; redemption fund Ito pay
interest on bonds and warrants ant
provide for their retiremenD, S725.-
600.
Budget requirements for operation
and maintenance totaled Slab ,00C
as against last years figure of ST.
348, ,00G, an increase of $685. ,000 The
difference was expected to be made
up from other than tax sources
such as land sS.les, rentals, water
sales, and miscellaneous revenues.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-20


fenses of Leningrad and battered
Russian armies protecting the main
Ukraine war industries after falling
back to the Dnieper river. while
Moscow reported strong local Of
fensive by the Red army had push
ed the Germans back through five
villages on the central CMoscow)
front and still was advancing.
Both sides were using air-borne
troops and small tanks according
to Moscow dispatches, which said
that tanks were landed behind the
German lines, APPARENTLY in the Smo-
lensk sector, to lead the Russian
counterattack
GERMANS SHOT DOWN
Farther south, probably in the
region of the bomb wrecked and be-
sieged Russian port of Odessa, the
Russians said their fighters had
shot down four big four-motored
German Junkers transports carry
ing small tanks and had turned
back others attempting to cross the
Soviet lines.
Moscow failed to indicate whether
the German transports, which prob
ably also carried parachute troops
or infantry, were being uSed on a
large scale.
Berlin reported that the luft-
waite had sunk 80 Russian vessels
and bombed a heavy cruiser and
other ships off Odessa so heavily
that the Soviet attempt to evacuate
that port by sea had been frustrated.
The Nazis also claimed that the
Russians were suffering huge losses
in "Dunkirk" excavations of Tallinn
and the Lake Ladoga areas in the
north.
ICELAND SEES BOMBER
The luftwaffe also was in action
far out at sea. A big German bomb
er flew over the capital Of Iceland.
causing a 45-minute air raid alarm
and was vainly chased by Ameri-
can-built Tomahawk planes and
British fighter craft. Both Ameri-
can and British forces are in occu-
patton of Iceland but dispatches
did not specify whether American
pilots joined in the chase.
Fighting was intense on three
! Continued on Pag, 6; Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-20
FOES BATTLE With air. BORNE TANKS
South Atlantic Ferry Service Will
Get Planes to Africa In Time

WASHINGTON, Aug. 90 CUP) -
Hundreds of American-built war
planes will reach Britain's middle
east forces over Jne South Atlantic
ferry in time to meet a possible
winter thrust by the Nazis in the
southern Black Sea area, defense
officials said today
Facilities necessary to operate the
new ferry route announced this
week by President Roosevelt will be
ready by November or December,
it was said.
Pan American Airways, VIII C h
will operate the service, planned to
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-20
Arena Sells Sheds
To|ce Company

BRAWELY, Aug. 20 - The A.
Arena produce packing company re-
Gently sold all Arena packing sheds,
office space, and equipment to the
Imperial Ice and Development COM
pany for $4,000.
Sale of the property will not af-
feet operations of the Arena conn.,.
pany, officials said, but will reduce
the companys investment. Arena
will rent the building and agree to
take all ice, light, and power from
California Electric company.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-20
BY MARGUERITE BROOKS

Bloody fingerprints on the refri-
gerator door! Opened letters! A
desk ransacked and its contents
spilled on the floor! Dresser drawers
rifled!
Mrs. Herman Graves, housekeeper
at the Ell Centre home of the vaca-
tioning F. A. Whitaker family, call
ed police to deal with the ravages
of what she believed was an insane
burglar on a rampage. Nothing was
gone and all doors and windows
were locked.
Officer Wilfred Tyler found and
jailed the untidy miscreant for ma
licious mischief.
Monkey business, and I do mean
monkey business, Tyler wrote on
the police log.
Chattering in frenzy, his beady
little eyes swapping with mischief,
a pet monkey was coaxed back into
the cage from which he escaped
Tuesday to bring havoc to the Whi-
taker home and terror to three
Pekinese dogs, VITO canaries, and
parrot shut in the house with
him.
The monkey business consisted of
overturning the canaries' cage,
spilling cigars, matches, and syrup
all over the floor, turning out the
contents of cupboards, drawers, and
the desk land smearing up the re-
frigerators while trying to get in
for little snack.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-20
Farm Hand Admits
$4,000 Extortion
Demand on Actress

LANCASTER, Pa, Aug. 20 CUP)
Charles Robert Parson, 23-year-
old farmland, confessed today, po-
lice said, to sending letter to Gin
ger Rogers, film star, demanding
$4,000.
The youth was arrested last night
on charges of sending notes threat
ening the lives of Mayor Dale E.
Cary and Alderman j. Edward Wet
eel, and taunting police about these
and other eScapades.
According to Detective Capt. Will
liam Sullenberger, Parson said he
planned to use portion of the
$4,000 he demanded from Mayor
Cary to finance a trip to Hollywood.
While awaiting arraignment on
attempted blackmail charges, police
said Parson also told them of the
etter to Miss Rogers.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-20

file an application with the civil
aeronautics board today for permis-
sion to conduct" commercial serv-
ice" between the United States and
the African west coast by way of
Natal, Brazil, and the South Allan
tic.
While establishment of the new
South Atlantic ferry route ostensi-
bly, is for the purpose of facilitat-
ing delivery of planes to Britain's
middle east forces, certain respon-
sible quarters said that the same
channel might be used to move air.
craft to Russia.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-20
Father of District
Official Passes

Funeral services for the Rev. Mr.
J. w. Maddux, father of r. H. Mad
dux, business manager of the I'M
perial Irrigation district, will be
held at the Brown mortuary. 1915
South Flower street, Los Angeles.
Thursday.
He died Monday night at his home
in Los Angeles after a long illness.
The Ell Centran was called to the
coast city early Monday when his
father suddenly became worse.
Rev. Maddux had been a minister
in Los Angeles since 1907. He en-
tered the ministry in 1892.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-20

dishonesty on our part can take
this advantage from u.s." he said.
Some would have us out Hitler
Hitler or out-gabble Goebbels. The
American people have been exposed
freely to practically every trick in
the Berlin bag for several eyars.
and the net result is nothing TO
make Berlin happy. The net result
of it all is that America is lining
up solidly and effectively against
all that German propaganda rep
resents. The softening-up process
apparently has served only to make
America hard"