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The Phoenix index., 1942-07-18

committee in cooperation with the
Chicago Park district and the
Works Progress Administration.
The center is directed by Miss
Mildred Davis, with Mrs. Marie
Moore, Mrs. Frances Hedge, Mrs.
C1eora Cabell, Mrs. Mary Patton,
Mrs. Heather Bass and William Car
ter as staff members.
Volunteers from the community
frequently contribute their services
to the program and maintenance of
the building. Many organizations
have held benefits for the center as
in the case of the third annual
music festival held Sunday. All the
net profit is being donated to the
Service Mems Centers of Chicago.
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subject of coloring hair.

subject of coloring hair.
GET RELIABLE PRODUCT
Hair tinting isn't as simple as
changing lipstick shades, so be sure
you start with a reliable product
... one that has been on the mar
ket for long time and is known
TO be tried and true. What you
want is a hair shade that will cover
up ugly stresks. do the most for
your general appearance, and not
be too different from the color oi
hair nature started you off with.
Ask your beauty operator TO recon-
mend the right hair coloring for
you.
After you've once started it. keep
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ELECT OFFICERS

On the faculty were Profs. An
ne Voolfolk, Mary Patton, Ber-
nice Kelly, Euclid Taylor, lydia
Peler. Dolores Penny and Mary
l. Hagan. all of whom are ex-
perts in the field in which they
lectured.
Glass officers chosen were Miss
Vivian Lockett, business man
ager for the Association of Col
ored Manneouins, president; Miss
Bernice Johnson, president OF
the Mannequins, valedictorian
aud Miss Matte Dunn, treasurer
of the Dorie Miller chapter OF
the Women's Defense Corps OF
America, salutatorian.
"Master's degrees" for lou
per cent attendance were con-
ferred upon Misses Mary Gibson
Roberta Harrison, Josephine Hall,
Bernice Johnson. Mary Jennings
Ann Carriere Keys, Vivian y.
Iockett, Sarah Moore, Ann NC
Kinney, Quinella McLemore, Lygla
Stravhorn and Evelyn Stanley:
Following the formal part OF the
program prom" was held where
sailors from the newly organized
Camp Morrow at Great Lakes Ma
val Training station and soldiers
from nearby camps were dancing
partners of the girls. Their uni
forms made striking foil for the
girls in their pastel shades as they
swirled outdoors to the music OF
popular band.
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"a MILKING, SIR. SHE SAID"
Hitherto, the milking job has
been strictly ma-culine affair,
but last spring Lawson S. Randall
foreman Of the dairy and instruc-
tor in animal h,,sbandry, faced the
possibility IF losing all of his skill
ed male assistants in the draft,
Sc he decided to train some tc-
minnie hands, just in case.
MODERN MILKMAIDS
These modern milkmaids rise at
four in the morning, to help milk
46 COWS in the herd of 90 beasts
housed in aforementioned barns at
the farm, which is equipped with
mechanical mixers and other
gadgets for up-to-date dalrylng'
The herd sire is Carnation Home
stead Palmyra Segis, relative Oh
Carnation Madcap, the worlds S
champion milk producers.
The girls also report for a Sec
ord milking at one in the after
noon. They make 80 cents an
hour. work eight hours day'
seven days q week.
Milking isrl't their only task
either. They are learning how TO
feed and water the stock, care 1ot
vo,,ng calves. clean the stalls ana
mems. and make themselves uselui
generally. And they seem 10 ike
their job.
500 QUARTS DAILY
Green" mixers are usually
avoided by dairy farmers oe
cause they tend to cut down pro
d,,ction while learning, but MT.
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In the middle eighties the hustle
flourished; twenty years before
that women wore hoops. Along in
the ninetieS the rear OF skirts were
lined with haircloth that was ar
ranged in rolls that' looked like
organ pipes. Not comfortable to
sit on, We are tol0.
Along about 1898 there was a
mania for hip pads. They delighted
the hearts of the skinny-willowS
who took more spoofing than do
the plumpies of today. The funny
men who made pictures for the
comic magazines had a pet topic:
the bride divesting herself of her
factory hair and anatomical up
holStery.
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GIVEN CERTIFICATES

The candidates we're presented
for certificates by Mrs. Frances
TAYLOR Moseley, administrator OF
the School for Charm. and the
degrees were issued by Miss MIL
Ired Davis. chairman Of the board
OF trustees.
The school for Charm" is spon-
sored by the hostess committee OF
the Service Mems Center which is
in turn sponsored by the Chicago
Commission on National Defense
and the city of Chicago in coopera-
tion with the Good Shepherd Com
munitv center. II is administered
bv the South Central Recreation
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Says Hair Still
Crowning Glory
By MARIE DOWNING

There's an old saying "a for woman's blues
new hat" and we're inclined to agree that iauny
little number perhaps the quickest way old
gloom away You feel top of the world when you walk out
of the store in new hat and for while the glow lasts
finally there the moment when you have to take
off your bonnet. Then how do you look?
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buStleSS. Women harnesSed them
selves with tight brassieres that
caused the breasts to lose firmneSs.
Many of them now wish they
hadn't Tissues became SO depleted
that no exercise or treatment
brought them back 10 normal.
To wear our present day styles
with distinction the waistline must
be trim. A certain amOut of full
ness sbove and below IS necessary
to create a pleasing outline. The
girl with the undevelOped bust
doesn't qualify. With the broad
shoulder cut on coats and suits it
is especially necessary for her tc
put up a front.
USE COCOA BUTTER
Exercises that lift the arms, pull
on the muscles of the chest are all
helpful swimming, rowing, ten
mis-, golf, for example. Swinging In
dian clubs is probably the best OF
of all, but how many girls will
bother to do that? Not many.
AT bedtime massage lightly with
lanoline or cocoa butter; one med1-
UNI is as good as the other. Use
the flattened fingers, sweeping
round and round with slight up
ward pressure. Be gentle, don't
take a chance of injuring the deli
cate glands. Swing the hands high,
wide and far back. Six times with
one hand, six withthe other and
repeat.
In the morning apply cold water
Dry gently, friction with alcohol.
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IT'S CAREER NOW! FIRST GRADUATING
CLASS OF ARMY HOSTESSES FINISHES
Pledge To Bring
ToMen

CHICAGO-(ANP) - In a colorful lantern-lit garden
the first group of trained hostesses was graduated
from Chicago Service Mems Center auxiliary Saturday ngn
Radiant in their dainty evening gowns and traditional white
cams as thew wound their way into the patio in the pro-
cessiona young dedicated themselves to the work
of provding recreation for men in service.
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WORLD OF
WOMEN
They Milk Their
Way Thru College

HAMPTON INSTITUTE, Va.-"A mlkin, SIR she
said" And there's more truth than poetry these words,
which in substance constituted the reply OF four young
women students at Hampton Institute when asked how they
are meeting their college bills for the coming year These
enerprsing coeds earning part of their expenses TINS
summer bv milking COWS at the college dairy.
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Girls Must Put Up
A Fu||-Sized Front
BY HELEN JAMESON
distributed by King Features Syndicate Inc.)

NOiStIIUutCu IAIIIS HodVuIeo OyIu1O"Ue, Iho'I
1t only since the steerbbed corset chucked into
the discard that wome bodies have been free of sarora
distortions Take glance through history of fashions
you will be surprised We should thank heaven that have
become emancpaed that the present silhouette is the
NAL and the artists deaslender and legs trim
hips, neat wastlne youthful lifted rounded breasts.
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This unique convocation cul-
minated a training program OF
10 weeks in which six lecture
demonstrations were attended, de-
signed to enhance tn charm and
devotion which these young wom-
en- volunteers bring to their work
at the center.
The courses covered a range
from personal appearance devel-
opment and guide service to pre-
pairing a tasty snack for hte serV-
ice men.
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MICA SINCE 1903

Mica has teen produced in the
United States since 1903, when the
first mine was dug in New Hamp-
shire to supply material for lamp
Chimneys and stove windows.
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NO SUBSTITUTE FOR
SHAMPOO

There's no known substitute for
regular and thorough shampOoing
Do it least once a week ii your
hair is inclined &c be oily. Notice
that your beauty operator chooses
a good liquid shampoo because il
cleanses each hair thoroughly with
out leaving scaly film
Then, sensible health routines,
proper diet and exercises are ma
tures way to make your hair glossy
and full of life Get outdoors as
much as you can .... eat lots of
vitamin filled carrots, lettuce, and
milk and eggs. and walk, just
as fas as you can, every day 81. OF
if your prefer, be regular follow
er of your favOrite sport But do
get. some kind of exercise, even if
it's a daily dozen each morning be-
fore an open window at home
These basic rules will do Won
GERS for your crowning glory. ...
but they can't do anything to light
en- the burden of premature streakS
of grey and dullness. That's why
it's well to look little into the
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BOYISH FIGURE ERA

The straight-front corset Great
ed the ramrod figure, but it was
an improvement on the wasp-waist
bird cage that proceeded it.
Coming closer TO our own day
we recall the boyish shape encaS-
ed in the frock that was cut like
pillow case with low-Slung belt
about the hips. That meant that
the figure had to be practically
The Phoenix index., 1942-07-18

Perhaps you complain, "Oh dear.
my hair looks awful If 1 could on
ly get it looking right once I'd
sure keep it that way" If you do.
plan a course of action and make
your hair attractive!
First check UP and see that YOU
take good care Of your hair. Spare
the brush and you spoil your hair
use a good stiff brush at least
a hundred strokes every day to
keep your hair in fine condition.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-11
Man Makes Cannon
To Commit Suicide

NEW YORK, Sept. 11-(UP'-Ill
and weary of living, 7l-year-old
Joseph Podubinski worked the past
few weeks at fashioning two min
iature cannon.
They were finished yesterday. He
clamped them to a bench in his
Staten Island home, set two chairs
in the line of fire, loaded their Il
inch muzzles with black powder and
slugS, then lighted the fuses. He
and his wife sat in the chairs. The
fuses didn't work very well and he
had to light them several times.
A daughter, Mrs. Sophie Marsh
lyin, found the bodies. Notes told
the story. Podubinski was too sick
to smoke or drink and no longer
could eat the food he enjoyed. His
wife of so years did not want to
live without him.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-11
CaIexiCo to Join
MexicaIi in Fete
For Independence

CaleXico planned to turn out in
great numbers next Wednesday to
help MeXicalli celebrate the annual
anniversary of Mexican Independ-
ence day.
Stores in Calexico will close at
l p. m. Wednesday and remain
closed the remainder of the day
50 proprietors and their employees
may join the festivities.
The celebration will start Tues
day night with a festival on Fifth
street fronting the city park in
CaleXico. Street dancing, music.
entertainment, and refreshments
will comprise the festivities. At
II p. m. the ceremony of the
Critic will take place. This cere-
mony commentaries the time il
1910 when Hidalgo read the
Declaration of Inde. Lndence.
A patriotic parade will take place
in MeXicali Wednesday morning
and a bull fight was scheduled at
the Mexicali Plaza de Tcros in the
afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-11
D AMBl|Ne
NEpoR1ER
Chapter Three

If this keeps on there will be
few Ell Centrans left outside the
tractor deal which started out with
Wallace McCielland, gathered up
Harry Horton, and at last accum-
ulated Ted Reynolds.
One of RRs most secretive op-
eratives found out that there was
q reason for McClelland borrowing
the Horton tractor. 1t wasn't a
game even though it looked like
one from the sidelines. McClel-
land wanted to plow up the Rey-
nolds yard which Is an itty bitty
lawn, really, and could be spaded
up in about four hours of not too
rigorous work.
First McClelland and Reynolds
tried to borrow tractor from a
neighbcr. They didn't take it.
however, because they had to crank
it, That was almost as much work
as spading. So they borrowed Hor-
tons tractor. They worked with it
for hours and could not figure out
the mechanical gadgets. They
called in Horton who dug up the
whole lawn in about 10 minutes.
RR haStens to beg McClelland
and Reynolds not to worry because
they couldn't work the gadgetS on
the Horton tractor After all, they
used mules back in the days when
McClelland and Reynolds were
farming.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-11
Senate Committee
Ignores President
On Income Curbs
Top Limit Refused as
SOlOns Near End in
Preparing Schedules

WASHINGTON, Sept. IL.
(UP) = The senate finance
committee indicated today
that it would ingOre Presi-
lent RoOseVelt's request for
high bracket income taxes to put
n top limit of $25 1000 on the amount
of annual income any individual
might retain.
The committee has completed ac-
ton on individual rates in the
house-approved revenue bill and
hopes to dispose of remaining minor
and technical amendments today
and tomorrow.
Tax tables prepared by the treas
ury indicated that under the new
high rates proposed by the senate
committee a married man with two
dependents whose net income--be-
fore deductions for personal eXemp-
tionS but after deductions for con-
tributions, taxes, interest paid. bad
debts, etc.-amounted to $50000 n
year, would pay $26,836 in federal
income taxes, leaving him $23,354.
But persons with incomes slightly
above that level - including Mr..
Roosevelt, whose salary as president
is $4,000 a y=ar-would be able to
retain $4,000 or more.
The tables showed tnat n married
man with two dependents and a net
income of 100000 would have $3l,-
939 left after paying federal income
taxes; the $5OOO00 man would have
$J9,806 left; the $l,000,000 man
would have $92,029 remaining; and
anyone earning $5000,000 a year
would give Uncle Sam all but $349,-
BOG.
The senate committees final ac-
ton on individual rates was adop-
Continued on Page 6; Column 81
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-11
Phillips, West to
Address Meeting

WESTMORLAND, Sept, II -
John Phillips, Republican candidate
for congress from Imperial, River
side and Orange counties, and N. E.
West, Democratic candidate will be
the principal speakers at the first
fall meeting of the Associated
Chambers of Commerce. of Imper-
ial county at Westmoreland Veter-
ans hall next Friday night
f. H. Cain OF Westmorland, new
president or the organization will
assume his duties for the first time.
During the evening Cain will ap-
point a representative to the coun-
ty council to serve under the State
Manpower commission of which
Rex Thompson is chairman for
southern California.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-11
GREEN TELLS WORKERS
TO END STRIKE

WASHINGTON, Sept. II. CUP)--
President William Green of the
American Federation of Labor today
ordered strikers at the Western
Cartridge Co. plant in East Alton,
ILL.,. to return to work Immediately.
Green nevertheless denounced the
company for allegedly provoking the
strike which began three days ago
in defiance of War Labor Board
order. He told the East Alton work
ers to submit their complaint to
the War Labor Board Immediately.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-11

of his arrest, were identified by
federal bureau of investigation
ballistics experts as the same guns
which killed Irving Leopold, his
wife and her son, Stephen, and
Ralph NORM, Jr., 19-year-old driver
of a car which the slayer COM
mandeered for AS escape.
Melrhen said Christy told him
that he had served time in San
Quentin and Auburn, N. Y. prisons
for highway robbery. The officer
quoted him as saying he had been
all over the country" since his
release five months ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-11
III. Y. Men Apply
For Naval Reserve

A total of II Imperial Valley mer
applied for enlistment in the Un-
tied States Navy within the last
few weeks and will be sent to San
Diego next Monday for final eX-
animation and enlistment in the
Naval Reserve.
These from FL Centro included
George II. Rice, Marion Eugene
Kneitz, Jose r. Sampayan, Catalina
c. Castro, and herman F.. CaSiano.
Those who enlisted from Brawley
were Bert w. Winford, Wayne H..
HarberC, Ralph E. Burnett, Leroy
Rhodes, and Donald Mack Ruston.
Richard E. Hansen enlisted from
Imperial.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-11

HOUSTON, Tex, Sept. ll-(UP)
Oil men reported today the
Baruch committees rubber report,
which the President inferred would
result in nationwide gasoline ra-
ticning shortly, threatened serious
economic repercussions in the gaso-
line industry, including the possi-
BILE elimination of many small
competitors.
In addition. spokesmen for major
oil producers said, the rationing
probably would result in severe dis
location of the tax structure of
many states which obtain a large
income from gasoline taxes. School
systems, they said, would be most
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-11
Lons-Sousht Killer Of
-Four i'm Florida Nubbed

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Sept. IL
(UP)-Vincent Christy, 36-year old
eX-convict of Los Angeles and San
Francisco, was en- route to Miami
today in the custody cf three Of
ficers to face charges of murder
ing four Miamians on July II.
Christy was arrested here We'd
nesday five minutes after he al
legedly held up Ernie Stauss. Jack
sonville business man, robbing him
of six dollars and his car.
Police recognized the resemblance
of Christy to the description of
the unidentified Mania quadruple
slayerand notified Miami officers
Detective Captain f. w Melchen
Special Investigator I. r. Mills and
Sgt John l.. Dease of the Miami
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-11

formed satisfactorily, the army or
navy, or both, would then place
contracts for the proposed 500
ships
The suggestions, now in Nelson's
hands, include no restrictions that
Kaiser find new sources of mater
ials. Such proviso was included
in the letter which was sent to
Kaiser after his visit here last
month
Nelson's aeronautical advisers
pointed out that the need for planes
was so great that the matter of
scarce materials should not be per-
mitted to stand in the way of pro-
duction of needed cargo planes.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-11

Nelson and his associates be-
lieve that so many millions of dol
lars are involved in constructing
these flying freighters" that any
untested models should be put
through exhaustive experiments to
demonstrate that the completed
ships are as good as the blueprints
indicate.
If Kaiser is given permission to
go ahead with the seven-engine,
two-hull super-cargo flying ship, it
would be an innovation in Ameri-
can aviation.
The tests in question conceivably
would be conducted by the armed
services and thus, if the planes per-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-11
Strike
Truce
Sought
Gov'+Holds Off
As War Industry
Trouble Continues

EAST ALTON, H., Sept.
II. (UP)-Union and man
agement representatives, fac
ed with threat of drastic
government action, renewed
efforts today to settle the strike
which has halted production of vital
munitions at the huge Western
Cartridge company plant.
Companies of the Illinois reserve
militia were standing b. for pos
sible action at the strike scene. Gov.
Dwight Green ordered 1000 mem
berS of the. militia to mobilize at
armories throughout the state and
to await further orders.
Leaders of the striking AFL chem
ical workers reported some prog
resS" late yesterday in negotiations
with Frank owen, president of the
company, and agreed to resume the
ply, director of the state labor de-
partment, arranged the conference
and Federal Conciliator William F.
White attended.
The union refused TO modify its
position demanding complete rein
statement of Francis Bunny, presi-
dent of the local, whose dismissal
touched off the strike Tuesday in
the smokeless powder division of the
plant. Production in other depart
meItS was curtailed drastically late
Wednesday when the union posted
a large force of pickets at the en-
trance of the plant and most of the
several thousand employees refused
to report :JI wOri.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-11
OIL MEN SEE
RATION PERIL

drastically affected.
Loss in taxes to the federal gov
ernment, it was estimated, would
approximate ,000,000,000 annually
while the slash in the incomes of
oil producing states would be even
greater
Executives had anticipated scme
form of rationing, but they regard
ed the committees proposal as radi-
cal.
Not in 40 years has the oil in
duStry been faced with such q
crisis" one said The report
overlooked many vital angles in the
business of producing and refining
oil "
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-11

Inc CHECK, caSIleQ tuesday dJ Il
LIE Sueur, Mimi, bank $50 miles
from here, cleared through the Spar
ta State bank today and was in the
keeping of an agent of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation. Authorities
hope to learn from an army serial
number scrawled on the back of the
check the identity of the slayer-or
slayerS-of Miss Neil Pietrangeli,
25, and Miss Dorothy Baum, 80, both
of Kenosha, Wis.
The suspect who cashed the check
at the LIE Sueur State bank gave
his name as Robert Bailey, and said
he was Miss Pietrangeli's sweet
heart" The check was taken from
her checkbook. When asked by the
bank cashier, L. d. Peterson, for
Identification, the man gave the
serial number, which the cashier
jotted on the back of the check.
Dist. Atty. Leo j. Goodman said
he had been informed that the
Federal Bureau of Investigation at
st. Paul, Mimi, already had cb-
tanned the serial number, and had
forwarded it to the war department
for the name of the soldier to whom
it was issued. Goodman said the
FBI at st. Paul had sent an agent
to LIE Sueur to question the cashier.
In cashing the check, the suspect
signed his own name and that of
Miss Pietrangeli, saying the bank
Continued on Page 6; Column y
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-11

Actual shipments to consuming
mills for the month amounted to
100000 of the scheduled 1888 900
tons.
This is particularly serious in
view of the fact that July should
be one of the besJ months for the
movement of scrap material" Paul
C. Cabot, deputy director OF the
WPB conservation division, observed.
The figures, Cabot said, did not
cover all the scrap material col
lected during July which had not
been prepared for shipment, and
did not reflect the increase resulting
from the iron and steel scrap col
lection campaign which got under
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-11
Acid Test Likely for
Mammoth Freight Planes

WASHINGTON, Sept. ll-UP)-
Nelson's aviation advisers have
recommended that Henry J. Kais-
er, west coast contractor, be given
government approval for materials
and facilities to build several sample
mammoth cargo planes, it was
learned today.
Nelson was understood to be CIV
ing serious consideration to the
recommendation Final action
would be contingent upon Kaiser's
plans for flying boat-reported
to have seven engines and two hulls
being approved by aviation ex-
perts. ...--
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-11
REDS BURN BRIDGES BEHIND STALINGRAD
FARE, Please!
Passengers Pay, Collect

nicely for several blocks. That was
as far as he went. Then another
assumed the position, and this went
on for As minutes with various
amateurs filling in for the missing
conductor. The motorman hadn't
even noticed.
Finally the conductor rode anoth-
er car to the transit office, eX-
planned matters satisfactorily and
was dispatched to catch up with
his motorman.
The transit company said the
cars cash bcx seemed to be in
order
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-11

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11-(UP)-
A capital transit company street
car motorman and his conductor
are now Strengthened out on just
what happened to separate them
yesterday.
The conductor got off at a stop
to inspect a switch. A playful pas
senger pulled the signal cord -
twice--which to the motorman
means go ahead He went ahead,
leaving the conductor stranded.
Another passenger took over the
job of collecting fares and did