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Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-07
Police Protection
Assures Cat Meal
Cats have got to eat TOO.

Cats have got to eat TO.
Things were back to normal at
SIS Hamilton Tuesday but a hun
cry cat raised such q commotion
there Monday evening that Ell Cen
tro police had be called in to in
veStigate.
1t seems that the folks at that
address went on a fishing trip and
forgot to let their feline pet out
or take it with them. Tabby stood
1t for awhile but when the pangs
of hunger began to gnaw. began to
look around for something to eat
Neighbors became worried about
the way things were falling around
in the house while Tabby was
searching for mouse or anything
else edible so they called police and
Officer Jim Scroggins was detailed.
Scroggins was able to let the cat
out, feed 1t, and have it taken care
If until the owners return.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-07

has obtained rides for hundreds of
people travelling to different places
in Imperial Valley and out.
In obtaining rides for travellers to
coastal cities, the plan has been
especially successful. Herring said,
pointing to the rs who were able
to get transportation over the
Fourth of July holidays to out-of-
valley places through the chamber.
Herring was able to find a ride
for an entire family of four to Los
Angeles with an El Centran making
the trip alone.
The majority Of calls received by
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-07
A Practical Mind.

Margaret Ann, nine year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. M. C.
Pinnell of CeleXico, was greatly in
terested in the Bible story CT Christ
feeding the multitude with five
loaves and two fishes.
"If that was all the bread and
fish they had" she asked her Sun
day school teacher, why didn't
they go somewhere else to get
something to eat?"
''They couldn't" the teacher said
They were away out in the Wild
erness and had to- make the five
loaves Of bread, .and the two fishes
serve for their dinner"
We'll. then" asked Margaret Ann
in a practical tone, what did they
do for supper?"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-07

pocoCio iiOiiL WcoI VI FL hldlIleln.
An advance of about l25 miles
from the kursk area to the Don
river by masses of German infantry.
tanks and artillery was acknoWl-
edged by Moscow, which reported
that the Red army had launched
powerful tank blow at the Ger
man north flank, near Orel, and
was fighting staunchly for Voron-
ezh.
The first phase of the Russian
counterattack ON the Orel sector
was described as successful but II
was not known whether Marshal
| Semyon Timoshenko would be able
to press a full scale offensive and
it was emphasized that the Russian
position on the Voronezh front was
critical despite repulse of repeated
enemy efforts to cross the DON
Late dispatches from the fighting
fronts showed:
EGYPT-'British Imperials, aided
by American and British planes and
fresh American-buil tank units.
broke up Axis columns and forced
the enemy to pull back his southern
flank west of Ell Alamein. There
still was no decisive change in the
battle front, but the British were
holding the initiative locally.
ARCTIC - Germans claim an
American heavy cruiser and 28 of
38 merchant ships carrying supplies
to the Red army were sunk en-
route to MurmanSk and that air.
plane and submarine attacks on
other vessels continue. Allied sources
made no comment but NaN claims
of damage to conveys have been
greatly exaggerated.
RUSSIA-iMoscow dispatches re-
port fighting on Kalinin, Lake Il
I men and Don river fronts. with large
enemy tank and infantry forces
attempting to cross the river.
The Russians said the first Ger
man efforts to force the Don were
repulsed and that the battlefields
were "carpeted with enemy dead"
but delayed dispatches indicated
that the situation was desperate
and that the enemy was surging
closer to the Moscow Rostov rail-
road, which Berlin claimed had
been cut.
A German high command COM
munique claimed that Voronezh had
been captured and that the greatest
masses OF men and machines ever
assembled on a battlefield were
striking at the Red army.
PRISONERS CLAIMED
Voronezh is especially important
because 1t is on the railroad from
Moscow to Rostov and the real
goal of the Germans southwark
toward Rostov and the Caucasus oil
fields. The German press emphasiz-
ed that Hitlers long-projected Of
fensive now was getting underway
on the Russian front. Many prison.
ers were claimed.
On the Egyptian front. there was
no decisive change despite the in
tensified aerial attacks by Ameri-
can and British airplanes, including
a daylight raid on Benghazi, and
the fact that .:iuch stronger Allied
reinforcementS had reached the
front. American tanks, such as were
in action briefly with United States
crews in Libya, were making a good
showing against the Germans.
British battle groups, adesert
, combination of infantry and fast
mobile units, broke up several Axis
columns in comparatively minor
, clashes west of Ell Alamein, and Nazi
Marshal Erwin Rommel was report
ed pulling his forces southwestward
to protect his flank from stabs by
New Zealand troops circling behind
his lines.
Day and night, the Allied aerial
Continued on Page g. Column So
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-07

Herring are from transportation
seekers. however, instead of travel
ers Offering to share their cars. The
ratio is almost three to one in ia
vor of residents wanting rides in
stead of Offering them.
In the local field Herring is press
ing the plan for workers to share
their cars The Imperial Irrigation
District reports that almost 80 rer
cent of their employees are now
making best use of car space and
will try to make the plan 100 per
cent effective.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-07
Take Another Look

One of RR's best secret agents
reported Tuesday that there are
scads of old tires on various old
wrecks of automobiles standing in
the yards Of numerous Ell Centre
homes. Four such tires were noted
on an old Car IN one yard.
So take another look Turn them
all in before the drive closes Fri
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-07
Cheated OF Glory

AL Thomas is a greatly disgusted
man. He said:
II rip the rubber soles off my
shoes and donate them to the rub
Der campaign and Art Sinclair gets
the credit for it. Just wait until
catch him taking another nap. I'll
rip off his rubber soles and leave
him on his uppers the way am"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-07
SUPERVISORS SIT AS
EQUALIZATION BOARD

The Imperial county board of su-
pervisorS bepan sitting as a board
of equalization Mondoy end VIII
continue as such until after 'h''v
%. TaXpa"ers may confer with
board members if they are not
satisfied with the assessments on
their property.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-07
PAIR SENTENCED

Ray Martinez, ~, and Wayne
Critchlow, SO, laborers. were the
only offenders appearing before Po-
lice Judge Lee Nuffer Thursday
morning. Both were sentenced to
five days in Jail when found guilty
of being drunk. Officers said they
poured" the pair into the bastille
Monday night.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-07
Share Ride Plan
Declared Success

Increased response by Ell Centro citizens to the share
your car plan was noted Tuesday by c. Ben Herring,
chamber of commerce secretary who is in charge of the
group riding plan but people should take part
he said Since the nstgaton of the rubber rvation
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-07
Probe Asked of Alleged
Fuvoritism to British at
Expense Of lin Deposits
S. Supervisors Charge Government
flinders Development Of Vital Deposits
In West to Protect English Monopoly

SAN FRANCISCO July 7. (UP)-The San Francisco
board Of supervisors today asked congress to investigate
charges that the U S. government has hndered develop
mant of tin deposits in California.
Allegations that British mining interests in this country
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-07
Public Question No. l.

Does anyone know why Hugo
Miller never drives his automobile
around Ell Centro anymore? Why
does he always get someone else
to drive for him?
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-07
BY RICHARD ID. MCMILLAN

Copyright 1912 BY United Press
WITH THE BRITISH ARTIL-
LERY, Ell ALAMEIN L 1 N E,
EGYPT, July 6-8 a. m.-UP) =
Two German prisoners, aged 80
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-07
German Command
Tells of Attack
On Arctic Convov
RommeI Again Forced Back in Egypt
By British and American Tanks and
Planes on El Alamein Battlefront
> BY UNITED PRESS

Nazi high command claimed capture of the Don river
city of VorOneZh and successful attack Allied Arctic
convoy in two blows at the Russian front today but in
Egypt the Axis columns forced back again the
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-07

El Centre Business Barometer
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-09
Board Considers
County Budget

The board of supervisors de-
voted most Of the day Tuesday to
consideration Of the budget for
the fiscal year beginning on July
1st. But few citizens attended
and observers commented to the.
effect that the budget hearing
this year was the quietest ever
held.
Before adjourning, the board
reduced the county levy 10 cents
and the Kenady and Ervinton
district road levies by the same
amount. The school levy will be
the same as for the current year,
$3.50.
The board did not provide
funds for the e-establishmen Of
the Health Unit and it also cur
tailed by a few thousand dollars
the amount requested by the To-
cal Welfare Department.
On Monday, the board spent
part of the day considering rou-
tine matters.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-09
LITERARY CONTEST
HERE ON SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT

The annual high school liter
airy contest, which was postpon-
ed from an early date in March,
will be held in the auditorium Of
the local school this Saturday
afternoon and night.
In the afternoon, contestants
from the five high schools will
vie for honors in the spelling
match, extemporaneous essay
open forum, dramatic readings
and declarations.
The program at night will con
sist of a short one-act play, pre-
sented by each high school. There
will no admission charge for the
afternoon program, but a small
sum will be assessed for the mite
program in. order to help defray
expenses of the meeting.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-09
DRAFTEES WILL BE
CALLED UP SOON

Draft headquarters has served
notice that some of the men who
registered on Feb. Is may be
called to the training camps in
Moy and that June, most prob
ably. would see a lot Of them in
service. Those who registered on
that day were men between 50
and "A and those who had be-
come 20 and 81.
The intent regarding this
group was made plain in 6 selec-
tive service order to all local
draft boards. They were told to
start classifying the new regl-
strants Immediately and prepare
to fill the June call and possibly
the May call. in part, from them.
It was explained that those
who registered before Feb. 10th
were referred to as the first age
group" and those who registered
on Feb. Is as the second age
group. Beginning June /, it was
said, men from both age groups
will probably be called, particu-
larly if the first age group is ex-
h2usted.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-09
VICTORY PLEDGE
DRIVE UNDERWAY

Rev. L. D. Perkins, chairman
and a corps OF workers thruout
the county are actively engaged
this week in securing signers for
the Victory Pledge.
This movement is underway
throughout the nation, and is de
signed to secure the pledge OF
each and every person to save
more and more money for the
purchase of defense stamps ana
bonds.
The campaign in Dickinson is
meeting a hearty response, ac-
cording to early reports.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-09
Singing John
Gillian asses

sSingin' john Gillian died at
his home near Wise late last
week at the age of 90, and was
buried in Hurricane Cemetery.
He was familiar figure thru
out this county 35 years ago
when he tramped over the hills
prospecting for walnut stumps
and singing psalms. He was an
independent candidate for the
House Of Delegates n 1908
against the late John L. Litz,
the Republican nominee, but was
defec,ted, probably because he
failed to register as a candidate
in this county. He was a veteran
of the Spanish-American war
and came Of one Of the first and
leading families in Wise county.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-09
DAUGHTER OF JOHN
COX DIES IN KENTUCKY

freezing, April 9.-Relatlves
here of Mrs. Hseter Cox Hol-
brook received word of her death
at her home at Neon, KY, this
week. She had been afflicted
with pulmonary trouble for three
years and her death was not UNI
expected. Burial was in the Ne
on cemetery.
She was daughter of John
and Lille Cox and was reared
on Pine Creek and was % years
old.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-09
WELL
REPRESENTED In
THE PHILIPPINES

1t is reported that Dickinson
county has about thirty-one SOL
diers stationed in the Philippines.
AT noon today came the news
that the American forces had
asked for an armistice after war
ring with superior armed ana
greatly outnumbering forces OF
The Nipponese for the past few
months. Many an anxious par
ent in this county will await the
news from this battlefront in the
days to come.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-09
DEA TO HOLD SPRING
MEETING HERE APRIL 10

The annual spring meeting Of
The Dickinson Education Associ-
alton will be held at Dickinson
Memorial on Saturday morning,
April 10. Supt. Robert F. Will
Jams of Smythe County has been
invited IS guest speaker.
A panel discussion with the
theme, Saving to Save Ameri-
AN Democracy" will be held.
Mem bers Of this panel include
several teachers and two county
linens.
The election of president for
the coming two-year term will
be the chief item of interest dur
ing the business session. At this
session the teachers will hear re-
,3orts from the chairmen of the
various standing committees.
Everette B. Stanley is the re-
firing president.
At this meeting teachers will
receive instructions and supplies
necessary for registering civilian
sugar users on May 4th. The an
nual high school and elementary
music festival will be held dur
ing the afternoon on this date.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-09
WOULD PREFER TO
BE A GENERAL


A letter from J. Chalkley Buch
anan states, in part, that he is in
the Civil Service and located out
on the Pacific coast. His defer
:nent from military service ex-
pires in July, and he looks to be
going to the wars shortly there
after. In conclusion he says he
wouldn't make any difference be-
tween the army and navy, but
if given military preference,
he would prefer to be general
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-09
JAP SOUVENIR

Orbin Reece, Of Clintwood, re-
ceived an interesting souvenir
last week, a piece Of aluminium
from a Jap plane. 1t was sent to
him by his son Kemper from
Hawaii, and is a piece Of one Of
the planes brought down at Pearl
Harbor during the Jap attack on
Dec. 7. However, the plane was
not brought down by Kempel
but by anti-aircraft fire.
It is hoped such souvenirs
will become so plentiful that all
the boys may send some to all
their friends, relatives and ac-
'quanitences.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-09
LOCAL BOY IN AUSTRALIA

Word has reached relatives
of Stanford Childress, youngest
son of c. c. Childress Of Clint
wood and Mrs. Frances Colley OF
Sandlick, that he is stationed
with the forces under the COM
mand of Gen. Macarthur in Au-
stralia.
Young Childress will be re-
membered as one Of Dickinson
Memorial High Schools best foot
ball players while attending
school here some few years ago.
After leaving Clintwood, he
worked for some time as coal
loader at Clinchco and then Sc
cured employment somewhere in
California. He was stationed at
Fort Ord, Oregon, before being
taken for foreign service.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-09
INFANT DIES

The one-year old child Of Mr.
and Mrs. Willie Roy Buchanan
of Darwin died yesterday after
noon from a short illness of
bronchial pneumonia Burial was
in the family cemetery toda1
with Elder Grover Crabtree II
charge of services.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-09
Services Held For
Mamie Strouth

Funeral services for Mamie
Strouth were held at the home
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Strouth of Honey Camp, on Tues
day afternoon. Rev. Grover Crap
tree of the Old Baptist church
was in charge of services and the
community choir rendered sew
eral songs.
AS reconstructed from the
news story in daily papers and
from a limited amount of infor-
nation given out by the sergeant
who accompanied the body homo,
Mamie was killed almost instant
ly when he interviewed as a mill
tary policeman in a quarrel
among some negro soldiers at a
road house just off the army
base premises. The negroes were
quarreling and fighting among
themselves as to who would next
use the telephone at the ROAD
house. AS the fight progressed
young Strouth and other MP's
attempted to halt it. One negro
attempted to unarm Strouth and
then all the negroes fled in the
darkness across the military res
ervation. A shot by an MP was
fired over the heads of the flee
ing soldiers. They returned the
fire and Strouth received three
wounds, one each in the heart,
stomach and leg. He died with
out regaining consciousness. Two
other military police were wound
ed and two negroes slain. It Is
reported that the negroes had
stolen the revolvers or failed to
turn them in after returning
from the pistol range that after
noon.
The body of the slain soldier
reached home Sunday afternoon.
He is survived by his father,
and mother, six brothers, Silas,
Morrell, Leonard, Newton, Wood-
row and Luther, and three Sis
tiers, Effie, Roxie and Dixie.
Funeral services were attended
by a great throng of relatives
and friends.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-09
MethOdists To Have Banquet

The Methodist church here will
hold banquet in the commun
ity building tomorrow night. A
tasty menu has been announced
and the public is invited. Pro-
ceeds will be used to pay off
church indebtedness.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-09
PRIODE PROPERTY
DESTROYED BY FIRE

A house just the other side Of
Glen Gap on the Fremont road,
owned by L. A. Priode, was de-
stroyed by fire on Friday night
of last week. Roy Fleming had
just moved into the property q
week or SO ago and his house
hold furnishings were total
loss. The house was partly COW
cred by insurance.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-09
STILL VERY ILL

Noah Vanover, 75-year old
Freezing citizen, remains critical
ly i'll and is not expected to re-
cover. Relatives from a distance
have been called.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-09

E. A. Hyde, ecployed by the
construction company building
the Dante-Hammon road, was
home over the week end
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-09

Tennyson Haynes of Freeing
was here on business Wednesday
and dropped in to sign up for a
year with the Herald.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-09

Pridemore Steele, of the army
air force, is spending a short fur
Tough with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Gussie Steele.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-01-09
Pullman POrters
Get $50 Wage
Increase i'm Year

New York, Jan. GA. Phillip
Randolph, president of the Inter
national Brotherhood of Sleeping
Car Porters, announced an agree
ment with the Pullman Sleeping
Car Co. for an increase of $24 per
month for porters, maids and at
tendants, or an increase of 10 cents
per hour.
The agreement also gave the
porters back pay Of $21.60 per
month retroactive to Sept. 1.
Local officials of the Brother
hood, including A. R. North, were
pleased with the wage increases.
The new increase is the second
one of the year. An increase of
IS per month was made several
months ago.
Service department employees at
New Brighton Ordnance plant
wear green uniforms and black
bow ties, hot diggety dogI
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-01-09
Urban League
"Aux" Announce
S1OO Scholarship

A scholarship award of $4,000
is being offered by the Women's
Auxiliary to the Minneapolis Ur-
ban League. This will be the first
annual scholarship award provided
by this organization to an out
standing Minneapolis youth. This
scholarship will be awarded on a
basis of character, scholarship,
need, leadership and promise. De-
tailed instructions regarding meth
cd of submitting an application
can be secured at the office of the
Minneapolis Urban League, 24O
South 4th st.
Mrs. E. L. Sims, president of the
Auxiliary, in making the announce
ment, stated that the women of the
Urban League Auxiliary regarded
this annual scholarship award as
one of the organizations major OBJ
jectives.
Any student eligible for admis-
sion to an institution of higher
learning in the state of Minnesota
or who is now attending such an
institution is eligible to apply fol-
the scholarship. Members of the
Scholarship Committee are Mrs
Chas. W. Washington, Chairman
Mrs. Josephine Chambers, Mrs
Alene Neal, Miss Essie Mason and
Mrs. A. E. Smith.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-01-09
Cooking School
To Open Soon

Mallory's Catering Service an
nounces a six weeks cooking school
including catering service instruc-
ton which is to open soon. Date
for registration is set for January
Is and you may register at the
Citizens Headquarters at 345 East
38th st.
A competent instructor has been
engaged and jobs will be secured
for those who complete the course.
There is a growing demand for
trained people in this field. For
further information call Mallory at
COlfax 4705.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-01-09
Several Hundreds

OF your white fellow Americans
read this paper every week. They
range from bankers to teamsters,
from governors to members of the
city council School teachers, So
cial workers, college deans and col
lege presidents are numbered
among the names on our subscrip-
ton lists.
Practically all of these people
buy the paper to learn better the
hopes, aspirations and opinions of
Americas Black One-Tenth. Many
of them are deeply interested in the
solving of one of Americas chief
problems, the so-called race prob
lem.
All of these persons are either
friends of the progress of the
group or potential friends. Help
keep your local Negro paper up to
standard by buying it weekly and
supporting its advertisers.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-01-09
Workers Urged
To Apply For
Defense Job!

President Roosevelt pointed
his address to the CONGRESS- O
the United States on the Estate of
the Union," that there should be
no racial discrimination in the ma
tional defense program. He def
nitely referred to the using of all
man-power available in order to
achieve victory for our country.
C. W. Washington of the Min
neapolis Urban League, and S. Vim
cent Owens, executive secretary of
the st. Paul Urban League, urged
Wednesday that all Negro citizens
seeking employment should take
the following steps:
1. Register at the Federal En-
ployment Security Office, and at
any or all of the following plants
holding defense contracts.
Some of plants are as follows
Twin City Ordnance Company,
2515 University Avenue, Mime
apolis, MINI.
Northern Pump Company, 18th
St. and Marshall Ave. N. E., Min
neapolis.
Munsingwear Corporation, 71S
Glenwood, Minneapolis.
Minneapolis Honeywell Co.,
2753 4th Ave. S., Minneapolis.
Diamond Iron Works, 18th Ave.
N. and End St., Minneapolis.
Flour City Ornamental Iron
Works, 2637 9th Ave. S., Mime
apolis.
Crown Iron Works, 1929 N. E.
Tyler, Minneapolis.
Continental Machines, Inc, 1901
Washington Ave. S., Minneapoh.
International Harvester Com
any, 2572 University Ave., S
aul.
Minnesota Mining and Manufac
lring Co., 900 Fauquier St., S,
'aul.
American Hoist and Derric
'ompany, 60 South Robert St., 81
aul.
The Urban League should b.
gifted of any discrimination en-
ountered by workers in their eff
orts to place their applications.