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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-24
Just A Few Lines

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-24
FOR BEST LOCAL DOG

New York = American RcpneI Club proposes c new award-"best local dog in the show" The ldea iS to encourage more entries e ciTs cult shows from nearby kennels.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-24
MTAMT.NAssAU RACE

Miami, Fla. = Miami and Nassau Yacht ClubS>wi stage their annual I8A-lnile race from the former port to the later, starting February 10.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-24
PASSVS. RUSH
 WILL FEATURE COTTON BOWL
Texas Aggies Emphasize Aerials; Alabama for
 Ground Plays

Editors Note: Following Is the third dispatch iN Q series cover. ing, the major Bowl football games. A fourth will appear to- morrow.
 United Press Associations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-24
Like To Ski A Bit?

Proper skis biz problem Waterbuans taking e here's the measurements Ao f yoyrf And
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-24

Jack FreneyA road map Bethany the bnso concession and q peach from Old orchard,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-24

Colonel John Joshua RyanA threemotorcd transport apors adjacent to the Good Time track at ooshen houV and Havana, Cuba,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-24

Harry x Cashn-National adaptation of the slogan "ea Cas" after the drinking of tea coffee and water IS pohbi Cressiona edict.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-24

Charley probsThe continued company of his friends good and many elegant ElkS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-24

Ed Fitzpatrick and Frank summa--More time to play so art figure skating and chance to see the Nato'nM open
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-09-26
Light Shower On
Thursday Evening
Helps But Little

Lignt showers which persisted for
half an hour or SO Thursday even
ing brought some relief from the
p~rotractcd dry spell, but was helpful.
IN a small way only tO fall crops. II
was not sufficient to replenish dim
inishing ground moisture nor to re
vive stream flows to normal volume.
Skies were overcast most of the
day preceding the showers, and
clouds likewise hung low today. in
dicating additional rain, but none
had como up To early afternoon.
licndcrSOn'S water supply has In
no sense been threatened by reason
of the scarcity of rain, although the
water level in the lakes a mile east
Of the city is far below normal
Streams that feed the lakes are still
running, eel though IN diminished
volume.
Rainfall has been below normal
tor the year as a whole so far. and
ram has come spasmodiCallv and not
with accustomed ~freQucnce. The re-
suit is that soil moisture is rather
low. and precipitation is greatly
needed.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-09-26
CHURCH
HAS u SUNDAY

Through the suggestion of the pre-
bishop OF the Protestant Epls
copal Church in the United States,
Bishop Edwin A. Penick has dosig-
mated Sunday, September 18th, a.
"Youth Sunday in his Diocese of
North Carolina. The purpose is t.
emphasize both the importance OF
youth and the inestimable value OF
their contribution to the work OF
the ChurCh-that is the bringing IN
of the Kingdom of God with power
Both because of the outstanding
character of this day and thai
Bishop Penick is to officiatc at Holy
I~nnocents church at the clever
o'clock service Sunday morning, the
rector of the parish most urgently
requests that all the youth of thu
parish be present, as we'll as then
elders.
Raleigh's Tom Could, a tackle fol
State college. is # French descent.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-09-26

Feel Surge
Of Tobacco
Business V O | u m e
Mounts With Rising
Prices Of G O | d e n
Weed; Retailers Seek
ing R e p | e n i S h e d
Stocks, Not Easy To
Get.

Merchants of Henderson report
considerable business N The past fcQ
weeks as the result of eNcellen.
prices prevailing on the tobacco mar
ket, and business generally IN III,
city Is feeling The impetus of bette
tunes for the farmers.
That goes for cotton, too. of course,
but cotton : by mean as big a fac
Tor in this section Is tobacco as q
cash crop. Cotton at Il and Is cents
is almost twice as high as a yeaf
ago. Tobacco this week has averaged
around 33 = 81 cents a pound ano
that IiNr"i>e Is nearly twice the Sea-
son average last year, which Va
>l.6b per hundredWclGht
NhI.' tobacco yields are q bit IN
der I9+.. me QouDIcd N'lce vii
##ran Very #uef more money for the
farmers - pend ior their needs Tim
hey ..t hist year, 0r any other Eeaf
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-09-26
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26,l94l
PLEADS GUILTY.

Kcarney w. Switzerland pIeadoa
~ ~" Grunk today in cltv
court before Mayor Henry 7. Powc;,
and prayer for judgment was sls.
pended upon payment of the costs
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-09-26

Tobacco prices hit Il ICY high fig
urc ON the Henderson market Thus
day when the days average went 10
S34.l2 per hundredWeight. Sales
amounted to 325.880 pounds fol
Sill, 1889.
1t was the best sale of the season
and found growers elatcd over trans
actions. The few tags that are be-
ing turned are not because Of low
as such, but because farm
crs feel they are not high enough II,
proportion with the market general
ly.
Thursday figures E announced
today by Smith Young, sales super
Visor. who estimated offerings to-
DAY at 100000 pounds, with price
apparently holding as strong as
Thursday. or at least up to the week
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-09-26
CAN 0 ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page F'our

j. Winch city Las been known as
the Gibraltar Of America?
= GIDbon is the name of an ape a
part OF Il chicken, OF d 22lloWS'.
,. WI usually administers the
oath of office TO the President
OF the United States?
t. What is the English equivalent
term for an american billion?
). The planet that can come ncar
est the earth is Mercury, Venus
or Mars.
6. What chemical element is the
most characteristic constituent OF
malChcs2
:. Congress can sit in continuous
session for two years; true or
false?
8. In which state is the fam Us
"Paintcd Descrt2'
Q Who wrote "Kidnapped''?
10. What is a Thcspian?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-09-26
TRAFFIC FINE.

it.'.e Wyuc paid 81 INTO the office
"a. tho city clerk as Il tnc tor a trail
fIr#I# Violation. records there show
cd today.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-09-26

Senior John Barr. who plays tackle
for n, G. States WolfpaCk is majorjng
in textiles.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-09-26
REALTY DEED,

W. n. Smith, ct al. sold c. NJ. Tip
petit, ct al, l1.3 acres Of land in tho
county for $40 and considerations,
according to a realty deed filed with
the Vance Registry Thursday.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-24
President WiI|inq
To Accept Changes
In Arsenal Bill
Democrats, Republicans
Row Over Hearing
Military Experts

WASHINGTON, Jan. "a.
(UP) - President Roosevelt
today was reported willing
to accept three amendments
to the arms lending bill, in
Guiding specific prohibition against
the use of naval vessels as conveys.
Persons who have discussed the
legislation with the president said
he also indicated he would not OBJ
ject to a time limit on the author
ity that would be given him to
lease, lend. exchange or transfer
war materials abroad, or to a re-
quirement that he report regularly
to congress on transactions, except
information deemed by the army
chief of staff and the chief of naval
operations to be military secrets.
This was learned as the house
foreign affairs committee neared
the end of its hearing on the bill.
Democrats of the committee to-
day voted to hear three high mill
tary and naval officials in closed
session after Republican members
vainly had sought an open hear
ing.
After reaching this decision at
private meeting, the Democrats re-
joined the Republicans, who mean
time had held a rump session. The
full committee then recessed until
1880 pm.
The officials TO be heard are Gen.
George c. Marshall, army chief OF
staff, Admiral Harold r. Stark,
chief of naval operations, and Maj.
Gen. George Brett, acting chief OF
the army air corps.
Republican members refused to
attend the executive session but Fish
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-24
BrawIeyites Take
Pdsteur treatment

BRAWLEY, Jan. 24.-Six persons
took Pasteur treatment here today
because they came in contact with
the dog held responsible for the
death of Frank Blume Rutherford
3, from rabies in San Francisco a
week ago.
The child, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Jack Rutherford, former Ell Cen
trans, was bitten by the familys
pet dog in Oxnard in December
DR.. H. A. Blume, uncle of the dead
child, said. The dog later sickened
and was destroyed by the family
without anyone realizing it was
rabid.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rutherford, the dead
boys parents; Mrs. Harriet Collins,
his grandmother; Leonard B III m e,
his adopted uncle; and the two
children of DR.. Blume, who lived
in the Rutherford home in Oxnard
while attending school there, were
advised to take the treatment.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-24

For the first time Bucharest cor
respondents we're allowed to trans
nit heavily censored accounts of
what was frankly called a rebellion
by Iron Guard extremists.
Reports received at Ruschuk on
the Bulgarian frontier asserted that
between $500 and 5000 persons had
been killed in the outbreak in Bu
charest alone. There was no esti-
mate of casualties elsewhere in
the country.
The accounts of the Rumanian
outbreak came as:
Lord Halifax, Britain'S new am
baSsador to the United States ar
rived aboard the new British dread
naught, George v.
British troops, aided by Emperor
Halle Selassie of Ethiopia, pressed
into Italy'S East Africa empire an6i
smashed deeper and deeper into
Libya.
The first account of the three
bloody days in Bucharest was die
tated by United Press Staff Core
spondent Frank Stevens from Bu-
chareSt to Zurich, Switzerland, for
relay to the United States.
A censor cut his line each time
he tried to answer inquiries but
he managed to report that he had
been under fire much of the time,
while Antonescu's troops battled
with the Iron Guard in the streets
of Bucharest and Jews were herded
into cellars and slain.
His carefully phrased dispatch de-
scribed moral support given An
tonescu by German troops, but Ber-
lin insisted that Nazi garrlsons
in Rumania had not intervened in
the civil uprising. 1t seemed appar-
ent, however, that Antonescu had
Germany's backing in his fight to
regain control of the country.
Bucharest streets were strewn
with wreckage from the fighting
and rebels still held out but were
said to have been bottled up in one
area of the city. What the situation
was outside Bucharest was not def
initely known but reports from bor-
oering countries indicated that
was continuing at many
points.
In Africa the British reported
heavy air raids in the region be-
tween Tobruk and Benghazi and
acceleration of their attacks in
East Africa. Little Italian resistance
in East Africa was reported with
Fascist troops retiring, apparently
toward stronger positions, in the
Continued on Page s, Col. d
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-24
kidnop
Figure i
Held
H.yamatoda Faces
Bribery Charge
In |. A. Court

Five japanese - including
H. Yamatoda, leading actor
in one Of Imperial Valleys
strangest dramas - who al
legedly paid a police serg-
cant 5000 in supposed bribe money
only to learn later it was a trap,
entered demurrers in Los Angeles
Friday to an indictment charging
conspiracy and bribery.
The five we're Yamatoda, Katsu-
tara Sera, Sekijiro Shimohara,
George Yamato and Kiichi Iwana-
gl.
Yamatoda, chief witness against
J. Sterling OsWalt, former Ell Gen.
tro police chief, charged Oswalt
conspired TO kidnap him and take
him to Mexico two years ago. Os-
waits first trial ended in disa-
greement and he will again face
trial, this time in San Diego. Feb.
II.
The bribery charge against va
matoda followed a manslaughter
complaint which was eventually
dropped.
The five suspects, who are at
liberty under $4,000 bail each, are
charged with one count OF con-
spiracy and three of bribery, based
upon the story Police Sergeant Guy
Rudolph told the Los Angeles coun-
ty grand jury, according to United
Continued on Page s, Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-24

Twelve Imperial county school
districts will divide 100000 pie
Saturday.
Representatives of the II districts
will meet in County School Sup
erintendent E. l.. Hiteman'S office
with state school officials delegated
to apportion the 100000 allocatior
to assist in repairing earthquake
damaged school. buildings.
The 100000 was voted by The
state legislature to help the dis
tricts where buildings were dam
aged in the May 18 earthquake
of last year. This sum is in addi
ton to the $4,000 allocated to
certain schools from Governor Oh
sons earthquake emergency fund.
BraWley elementary schools receiV-
ed $4,000 of the $4,000 fund, FL
Centro elementary school, and the
Ell Centre high school district $4,000
each, and the remainder was given
to schools in the county.
DR.. Charles Bursch, chief of the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-24

lar west InurSQay nlgnt ana FIJI
day moved eastward iate Friday, ac-
cording to Weatherman Woodrow
c. Jacobs, but clearing skies fore
cast for Friday night and Saturday
will only be temporary.
The new storm was expected to
reach southern California by Sum-
day, bringing considerable cloudi-
ness and possible rain to the I'm
perial Valley area, Jacobs said.
Valley lettuce growers were con-
cerned as the storm threatened to
continue because delay in harvest
at the present time may cause con-
siderable loss.
Truck crops in northern Califor-
mia, where rain has fallen almost
steadily for the past month, are in
danger of spelling because of too
much moisture. The U. S. Wealth
er Bureau predicted additional
heavy showers there over the week.
end.
The storms, which moved eastward
from California, pushed a cold wave
diagonally across the nation from
the Rocky Mountains to New Eng
land.
Snow and rain were reported from
the Rockies to the Appalachian
mountains except in a few northern
states and portions of the East guilt.
A fresh cold mass was forming in
northwest Montana as pressure rose
in that area, and general SHOWS
over the plains region were fore
cast.
Temperatures already have fallen
in the upper Mississippi river val
ley, the Great Lakes region, the
Ohio valley and New England after
a comparatively mild spell that had
brought rains to most of those Sec
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-24
Legionnaires TO
Meet in E! Centre

American Legionnaires of 1mper-
ial and San Diego counties will as
semble in Ell Centro Feb 8 for a
twenty second district meeting.
Vice Commander Jack Breal of
San Diego will preside in place
of Commander Martin Munson Of
Holtvillc, who is i'll Sawtelle hospi-
tai recovering after an operation,
The Legionnaires will have lunch
con at the California hotel and
hold their meetings in Veterans
Memorial hall.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-24
Soldiers Charged
Normal Rents, Say
Army Inspectors

Eleventh cavalrymen living in Ell
Centre were in only a few instances
subjected to rents higher than those
charged other renters. Army in
spectors announced Friday after
completing a survey of the houses,
courts, and apartments rented by
the families of soldiers stationed
at Camp Seeley.
The inspectors told the Ell Gen.
tor chamber of commerce the ~
found less than half a dozen places
where the soldiers were charged
more than civilians.
1t was explained that the in
spectors were interested in ascer-
tanning if rents had been boosted
because the renters were soldiers
and their families and not in as
certaihing if the rents in Ell Centro
were out of line in general.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-24

weather FRIDAY, sponsors nOpeu Ioi
clear day for the parade. In cast
of rain. however. John Donohue,
parade marshal, said the event
would be postponed one week.
Meanwhile, the children of Will
son and Washington schools were
prepared to play their part in the
march and children all over the
city received clean up question
naires at assemblies.
The children will take the ques-
tionnaires home and check the
items that need cleaning or re-
pairing, then recheck and return
to the schools after the campaign.
In this way there will be a means
of knowing exactly how much was
accomplished during the drive
William Raaka, city recreation
program director, was active in Su-
pervising the school parade entries.
He told the children to gather at
Wilson school playground at $50
so that judges may inspect them
before the parade itself starts at
1890. Contestants will be from
Continued on Page 8, Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-24

closed offices for the director OF
public works and city engineer, an
office for the mayor and draft
ing room. The council chambers arc
located in back of the rest room
at the end of corridor.
The revised city hall program
was accepted when plans for city
hall building appeared matter OF
the distant future. It was financed
through rise in rent OF $50 a
month. making the city pay hence
forth $500 a month. A contract for
two years was signed on this basis,
with option for renewal In case
new city hall building had not been
arranged in the meantime. The city
has made no capital expenditure
in the move. the owner paying all
charges with the exception OF equip
ment alterations. Heinecke said
these alterations would not run
higher than 500.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-24

Sdlu CIle UNDERSTANDING Was dt ttlc
conclusion of Tuesdays conference
that the shippers were to call an
other conference Friday.
UP until after noon Friday there
had been no call.
when the Tuesday conference
ended, the situation was this: the
shippers committee had agreed ver-
bally to all our demands except the
one eliminating the split bench
and the one requiring all new en-
ployes to join the union within six
days." Rasmussen said.
They refused, however, to put
the agreement in writing"
Rasmussen declared that the
members of the committee, rep
resenting all the large growers and
shippers of the valley save three,
had indicated they could not take
upon themselves the responsibility
of committing the whole industry
without first conferring further
with those they represented.
AS far as was known, there had
been no mass meeting of shippers
and growers in the interval.
Although the split bench issue
was important the chief stumbling
block appeared to be the all-union
provision of the proposed union
contract. 1t was believed in author
itative quarters that the shippers
would face strike before agreeing
to this.
The split bench, as explained by
Rasmussen, is a policy OF having
part of the workers at a bench
working by the hour and part by
the piece, resulting in what he de-
scribed as an unfair speed up.
Shippers had agreed verbally to
other conditions asked by the union
regarding wages and working con-
ditions but Rasmussen denied that
these conditions are now in effect,
"There is a good deal of chisel-
ing going on, especially on wages"
he declared,
Rasmussen had asked for and ex-
pected a counter-proposal from the
shippers to appear at Fridays meet
ing-if the meeting ever developed.
Meanwhile, Robert Whitelaw, Sec
retary for the shippers committee,
could not be reached for comment
and the only word from the office
OF Fred Bright, prominent COM
mitteeman, was that there would
be no meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-24

NC CioStu SATURDAY morning 10 give
painters two full days in which
to redecorate. The office will re-
open Monday.
The change is in line with the
completely revised setup which
gives the clerks office somewhat
larger quarters and the engineering
office greatly enlarged floor space
Director of Public Works Walter
Heinecke expected that the offices
would be all moved and in new
quarters by the end of next week.
Under the new lineup, the present
corridor paralleling the clerks Of
flee will be abandoned and that
space given to the clerk. On the
other side of the northern partition
the engineers office will be located
where the rest room used TO be.
The rest room. in turn, has been
moved to the north.
The engineers office will include
an open space and counter with
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-24
Valley School Districts to Divide
100000 Earthquake Repair Fund
Al Conference Here on Saturday

division of the school housing COM
mission, and Walter Morgan, as
sistant superintendent of public in
struction in California, will listen
to the representatives of the fol-
lowing districts as they present
their claims: Alamo, Verde, Jasper,
Palmetto, Meloland, Holtville high,
Holtville elementary, FL Centro high,
FL Centre elementary. Brawley ele-
mentary. Calexico high and CAL
exico elementary.
The earthquake damaged districts
originally asked for $280,000 and
agreed to match the sum with a
similar amount to be spent in re-
pairing the damage.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-24

as following an OITef OF much
higher salaried position in San
Diego where he formerly lived and
worked before coming to Ell Centre
last summer.
The defense program has so
speeded up coast construction ac-
tivity that civil engineers are in
constant demand. Shelton was ex-
pected to take over the water and
sewer construction end of large
home building program at San Die
60.
AS to a successor, Heinecke indi-
Gated Ralph Congrcve, present build
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-24
Premium Received
On nI.V.FIaxseed |.

A 17-cent premium for Imperial
Valley flaxseed was received on
the sale of the first two blocks Of
seed according to an announce
ment Friday by Argyle McLachlan,
secretary of the Southwest Flaxseed
association.
The first sales involved 10000
acres. McLachlan said.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-24
Lettuce Price
Highest Since 81

Two hundred cars of lettuce were
shipped from the Imperial Valley
Thursday, according TO report by
the Federal State market news SER
vice, boosting the seasonal total to
2679 cars.
The market was described as
steady and returned $l,75 to grow
ers for heavy 5s. Thursdays price
was the highest for Jan. % since
1887. On the same date one year
ago heavy 5s brought Sl.50.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-24

ing inspector, was in line for the
job. He said no one would be named
to fill the gap at present. With work
already lined up for water main i'm
provement, Heinecke indicated there
would be no great necessity for en-
gineering work in the near future.
Shelton's successor will make the
fourth city engineer for Ell Centre
in less than a year. Phil Knights,
engineer for many years, resigned
last spring following April elec-
tions and was followed by Don Davis
who in turn was followed by Shelton.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-24
Fall from Freight
Injuries Negro

James johnson. Negro, was re-
covering in the county hospital
Friday from injuries suffered when
he fell from the top of a freight
train in Brawley early in the MORN
ing
Several ribs were broken, Deputy
Sheriff Frank Raney said. The
Negro told the officer the lights of
a switch engine blinded him and
he slipped from the train a mile
and a half north of Brawley.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-24
CABBAGE SPILLED
OVER HIGHWAY

Cabbage slaw blanketed the high
way a mile west of Heber late
Thursday
His truck, top heavy with cab
bage, spilled the vegetable to the
pavement in negotiating the turn,
Art Harsock Alhambra truck dri-
yer, told highway patrolmen.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-24
MUM AS UNION AWAITS PARLEY
Debt Limit Boost
Before Congress

WASHINGTON, Jan. "a. tUP)
Chairman Robert l.. DoughtOn @;
the house ways and means COM
mittee, today introduced legis-
latiOn to raise the national debt
limit from 5000, COO, 600 to $685.
GG0, 0,C00,G0G and remove tax eX-
empt:ons from future federal
securities.
Eoughton said the ways and
means committee probably would
start hearing On the measure
next Wednesday.
He said Secretary of the Treas
ury Henry Morgenthau, jr., will
be the first witness.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-24
MAN DIES EN- ROUTE
TO COUNTY HOSPITAL

w. K. Richards, II. former resi-
dent of Portola, Calf, died in the
county ambulance early Friday
while en- route to the hospital from
a Brawley auto court where he had
been living. He had lived at the
camp about month. The body
was taken to the Lemons mortuary
pending funeral arrangements.