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Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-02

Almost cot trampiod on in l
crowd While traNol.ng TIE width
and length of our falN vale Sunday
afternoon I happened TO notice scE-
eral cars resting :uDDcr outside the
FL Centro baseball stadium. Cur
iCSity aroused I soon found my
self Strding throu2h the portals.
And what do you think I found?
You guessed it. A baseball game.
There within the confines of
the baseball park boaStins the
finest seating arrangements for
spectators of any city in the val
ley. eighteen of FL Centres prOmiN-
ing Youngsters we're batting their
hearts GU, IL one of inc ilnest
sports. The FL Centre Redbird>
and the Bri;z All stars. two
hometown tcaHS from the count.
>cat in the winter baseball! league,
we're putting on an exhibition OF
good ball for me and about AZ
others who had straycd in and
who had become so cngrOSSrd
that they had forgotten TO walk
out in disgust at the thought oi
baseball.
Is 1T IMPORTANT?
Il IS rUmorCd d. ound mat crowd
of 80 At a baseball game in /.
CeAtrc. the CITY that claims to head
the l>t in matters Of extreme IN
portanco throughout the valley. -
large Maybe the folks don't tle-
IRE a game that keeps kids minds
'and maybe few groWnupa viz
come TO watch thcmD off WowIes
and other problems these day
very important Well. I 2ucss thaf -
where I'll have TO disa gree
Eyid"ntlr. they don't fcr' l'H.#
'ha' va, about il up Al BtaH,s.
t.lher for At = game thcro s51neas
= rnoIaand people rlfto or '' j..
their teams know they WcEr lh'rH-
c,'cd At a game last sea.on ~
BraNlcy betWCCu two OF tHc l"'aHe
teams. l5G0 .urncd out
Now please don't anyDrds tlint
I've been hired b. the BlaNlcf
chamber Of commerce 70 'cG 6cpa
the fair pueblo # Fl Centre r.
from that For some reason r.
uSt got il in my NOg4in 'na' im -
town thai -Din9 10 pia" hor' -
ono ~ the Do,' teams III 'Lc =f#
ioa25t. 'Ho pHt bHgh P@a.r T..
tnc training season starting So
lat f tic month RI C"u'rn ."'ia
- irgc Il .h@nt d'IcIoac} q! b'.s
BE- hope ISM entirely loat. NJ
Gr BOB Ha'tou aHd Policeman Jaes
Tactctt. who manage. the 70 IL
RcdbIrd team. show up ro-u.a -
at the lcaauc games ana mao"
'hcg1l be- able TO spread solnr =
tur.r g7e.ir2 fsr -" -p1r' a.
alnr"4 d fey Of he clfizc:s 5c..#.
thc PIRATE come m'1 town II.
- anTNr"-
Ea4clc WI. ruamp.Da r.'.
VIII. mammoth tackle ~. T..
r. CcM,ro lnlor college t..,..
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-02
INDIANS, TR0jAkS
MEET This WEEK

SAN FRANCISCO. FeD 2 up
IAr Stanford UlIyerslty DasEc'-
ball team. HIth ooublc }Ie'ury
over UCLA ndcr me bolt enter
tam the University # ~outheiH
California quintet a. Paip Alto 'L.
Weok end ii scIce tat' las 4
decided DcarlAg on 'ic outcome Of
the southern division Pacific Gas
conference race.
The Cardinal. have D"eu boa'cn
only once tn scaSOn auG + thcg
can get b" The TgoNs. 'hos. VIII
1Gs' about aa;" i" .azc caEcLc3.
California 2.r- ..G'a ~ mccs
CCLA Oh tao Pr ramy. H. q
palF u "a&e- 'aa' r:a '=s..y i
tL--Lf
IN Hd'p4cc.' 2aae. s. Mays.
cc,hG oL.s 'r Stanford ~ u1r':-
c!N California .aee= to CAIse,..'g
ot "a FRANCISCO f.@r Tgc>da, a44n,.
Il" D.1a lhumped thc Gao. ID %
= IL ,hclr frs mcoul2 IT, san
FraHclscp Athletic =. j. tarcs Sa.'a
Clara the same lI..'
California haa q Gatc WIN Cal
A2gica a. Be!Er.cs Tasa,as m2Nt
Hh.lo Co..cgr II Paclno cM'cl,an.a
San JGsr Sta'r. c.. Aagics face
cop a. Stnek'rr Thursday ana 5a'-
urda" n.gn's
FrlGar and Saturday Hi4hts USF
meets Nevada at RrGo san Fran
rIscO state cntrr,alu. Humboldt
State Whllc Frc.u1 S'a'o 9ooa 70
san Diego
Saturday A.lA, " -.
Stanford -. UCLh = W .a..-
~ state - Cgc4c. 5.,'e 81;
Wasaap',a . Os-y.. f. C..-
foluIa h2gIee ~ Hc.a1. -. -
Mar q Co.iIra4 o. 1:r:' .....
Rrd.audS A.. POmo.a - f.r.:.r
State Il SaI jose 5-n. -. U@C
. USF 10. Montana q. MoA'a.a
STATE T. HgmyoI' STATE %, Cm'o
STATE >. Sacramento JC 81 Place
JC 81. Flagstaff Teachers T.. Temp
Teachers % MEMO JC u Salinas
JC 81 Modcsto JC ~, Santa Ro.a
&c - Cal Teen 81 Occidental a.
Portland 81 Gonba3a 20 Western
Washington 80. Eastern Washington
81. PUGET Sound 40. Pacific Luth-
cram y. Central Washino'On -. St
Martins H.. Utah AH"Ic. " Colo
RADIO State q; Greeley state 43.
Colorado College 26.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-02
COCHRANE RESISTING

NEWPORT. r. l., Feb 2-CUPD--
WclorWCieht boX.ng champion
II eddie Rcd, Cochrane, a boxing
Instructor at the naval training
station here, WAS reported in good
condition today at the naval hos
pitaI after suffering head injuries
Nlon struck by an automobile.
-Four stitches were needed to close
thc scalp :a,erajion Cochrane SuS-
tHineu yesterday when nit while
WALKING to the station
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-02
WAR BASEBALL"
MAIN TOPIC AT
LEADERS, C0NFAB

NEW YORK. TrD. . Up
Pa scbal!'s leaders TI - CO..
solemn cogacIi t0d"Y aaG p.s.
game war program
Around bIIIiaYG-23rru 'aa
them GrcIdc What tao 1a'.!
pa ,IMo 'hr .amc 'arrs ]
.'... a., 2-l a. J.. -" s.'.,.
c:..r..na". H'tr are IN. e..
'...a t.e~ %i. a"c.s.
l-H9". laa:, 49, .anr -.
whether he'll 9lp. -.
1aacaaM
: H1v man chas-" a..
lu"j Il pIa5 and nnN ....l #....
thc2 sal contribute T. HE 24
fOl'
There Aage bee many I.'
tIons as to how baseball .s.r
DO its bit and the magna1cs .
consider all Of them In tact p.
hayr some ideas # their oU
Larry MacPhail president q =
Brooklyn Dodgers. has .Gg}",'
that a small percentage OF ,u
muor league admissleh b" u.rr
buy ID flying fortress to br nam
"KeneSaW Mountain Lands.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-02
CHICAGO GRAINS

CHICAGO Feb = tJP GtaI0 n.
turcs tumblcd more than 4 cent q
bushel today under selling inspired BY
Indications that the government VIII at
tempt TO prevent further sharp price
adi anccs.
Wheat closed IL 10 II, cents buShc.
lever: corn was off l 10 ] = oats off
=, TO Ia. rye off l. to Us. ana SOY.
beans off 2%k TO 5.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-02
LOCAL BUT1ERFAT
L. A. POULTRY

It> A\GELES Feb - ,r.
Hcu> LccrHn> ~, - a., lbs
Hens LcENo-rS Over %ri.f
Hens Icc oHt. 3 his and up
HcH>. ya.arcd ! To = lbs
lens, uoIored over D y lbs 4 up :
Broilevs. /. a up IL lbs. -. l
Rroilcr> over Il. and up TO -. l
H-yers. Les. vore ~ TO 5 lbs. !
Fryers. colored. . n to 81. lbs .
sryers. colored over 81 TO A. .
Roasters, Co1ored over A.. lbs
Old p8tk> Vie Tcki. {
apons over ; lbs and up ...... >
Young Tom Turkeys - lb up :
Young Tom Turkeys IA - 10 up .
Young Hen Turkeys 10-up -. .
Did Leigh orns boosters ........ Q
Ducklings, Pekin over 5 lbs. :. l
Capons s to slbs ............... .
OLD RooSiCrS, culorcd
Stays, crlurCd .......
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-02
TEAMS T0PlkY

Schedule fer commercial lr3su"
basketball games this week pits
the FL Centre town team against
the Raj and the junior COLLEGE
plays MeXicali on Monday night
III the Ell Centre gymnasium. On
Tuesday night tic ]. c. is Sup-
posed to play the RAJ while
HOltville will tanglc with the FL
Centre town team.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-02
l.. A. STOCKS

Angeles stock exchange merely ma@kC
time today IN one OF the lIghtest days
of trading in lis history. Two issues
were up. three were unchanged and none
were up with only 1900 snarcS II at
tive trading The list:
Pacific Finance 10. Tarnsame,Ira j
Southern California Edison Common -
down e AIenAsco lie, down ) cents
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-02
ANORITIES FAIL

The carly favoriteS Bennie HOG
ali OF Hershey. Pa. anG Slammng
Sam Snead of Hot Springs. Va.
f1iled TO come in among the first
. pros Hogan, leading money
winner last year and N front SO
far this season. tied with five 9TH
erS for 18th place. with i42, while
Suead came in one behind.
Back Of Dawson and Cooper fo.
low gross came Horton Smith, the
Pinehurst, n. C. pro, and Bobby
Gardner, San Dloco amateur. with
a best ball of 63-69-132. and Smith
won S75. Sncad and Crosby. the
tournament host. tied for third
Low gross honors with Goggin and
Ted Hobgood OF Las Angeles. Their
rest ball aggregate was 1874 and
Sread and Goggin won $50 apiece.
Two teams shared low net hon
ors. L. A Nlcolletti Los Angeles
amateur, and Gibson vino split
first pro money with Mangrum.
and Ralph Wolfe, Los Angeles
amateur, and Herb TolSOn, Chi
c2go pro. TolSon and Gibson won
S2l2 each. Third net was Won by
Nelson Hill Lo, Angeles amateur.
and MangruM, with Mangrum
pocketing $50.
Gibson led the tourney in moner
won, with 1912, and Mangrum was
next with $50
A gallery Of 5000 turned out for
tho final l8 holes yesterday. and
at least hat OF tue spectators
trailcd the fours0mc consisting Of
Hogan and SMcad. playing with
comedian Bob Hope and Crosby as
amateur partucrs. Although none
Of tho CONTESTANTS complained. It
Va onylola tho crowd cn.' Hogan
dnd Sncad ec"cra &'roEc,.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-02

IUN Nt0NI.Us TIONDVU OH ICOu
M,uas. aaeh. Star pitcher, for five
nuns IN the first inning. They add
cd iaa" mere eli him and his broth
or. Raul. who finished the last
two innings. The two hurlcrs gave
up siX hits.
Jack Sutuc. Redbird twirler, went
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-02
IL. A. GRAIN

Los NNTIFTF-~- FcU.
Barley No. west. Sl.92 = q !. 81 =
Barley malt type -. s.97i- n 2.17i
Milo No. yelo Cal s1.72i q .77'2
Milo No. yelo Z. bulk SLIT q So
Feed Oats ..-... ....... S3.2O-4.JO
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-02
Markets at a
Glance
ny UNITED pRTSS

Stocks trcRulaf'l mrhci and quIct.
Bonds irregular |. s governments
lower
curb stocks IfrcCulaflN lower
Silver unchanged IN New York
Cotton off as much as S2n5 a bale.
Wheat off /, tu i cents. com vlt
! TO IL.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-02
REDBIRDS WIN |

Ell Centres Redbrd baseball boys (nonc Of the team
is over ~ Years OF age( won their first &ame IN winter
league competition Sunday, 93 And who did they pick
victims but th2 Ortiz All Stars previous leaders in loop
ntN who drOpped into second place bchnd IIeber.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-02
MARKETS
- BAROMETER

Imperial Valley hygrowcrs the markets chief bcneeiarCs
Monday Angeles bringing
L. alfalfa S324 L No. eafy S2l5O
growers
stronger
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-02
HELPFD COOPER

Hi> impressive p,ag Wa, gtSp1n-
>ible III l5rge WaE tO" Harry
lighthouse Cooper Of Chicaeo
cettiug into the money. A, ii team.
Dawson and Cooper taned III a
be>t ball - G2-65-i25 fo1 loW gross
score. and Cooper WOE $3.50
Because IT, j. SIMON Pure
Dawson had 10 pa>- ND first purse
of $500 and With thc second money
o. S6eQ it Wtut % Lloyd Nangrum
Of Monterey Park. Ca. and Leland
Gibson of Kansas CITY. Mo. each
takIne 500 as winning pros. They
came in with ,36
Third professional money Of
S475 went . Herman Barron OF
White Plains. y. y, who carded
7o-67-137. and Joe Brown Of Des
Moines Ia won fourth purse of
1915 with 4 card OF 66-70-l38.
Willie GogGin OF White Plains was
fifth with 72-67-I39. winning
$500, while Ralph Guldahl of
Rancho Santa Fe and Herman
keiSer of Akron, O. split sixth and
seventh purses each getting 1925
for identical scores Of 68-72-140.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-02
PROS GET COIN
As SDAWSON WINS
CROSBY TOURNEY

DEL MAR. Ca. Feb Up
I've Professionals shared frs. and
second purses Of Bins CsoSby's
SIKH annual pro-ama,cur golf
tournament today. but the winner
and new holder Of ;hc tourney re-
I'd VAS Dappea johnny Dawson
a HOLLYWOOD sporting soods sales
man.
Dawson &6-}eag-o.d amateur.
free a bulimu. t. III itr nnII Is
hoe round yesterday alter >ettins
the PAGE Saturday Wiz >enSat-
lonl IS His card Tor the 36 holes
NaS i33 No better -lau he tour
ramen; record i mdcr pa. and
three not'cs .hua ;he best OF the
nGj.on> ,cadIu1 n"oirs,oua.>.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-02
L. A. BANKS

Los ANGELES. Feb. =. up
Bid Asked
Transamerica ......-... #....-............ 14ls
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-02
There aren't any profits
where there aren't any footsteps

If You merchant if Nou have goods to sell to shop
pcrs yo0H know there's truth i'll the phrase that there
0rcHI any prQGts ~hTe there aren't any tooSeps
Footsteps buyers ccascIessly passing shulng
whispering footsteps N AISI.ES make retail business
profitable Il lack OF them breaks it.
Ipcopc don't know you, don't believe in you or If they
PREF iz to direct their footsteps to other stores other
counters ii is the though you dd not exist
Would YOU 90 with into nearly every home in town?
Would you 90 with twice, three times, five times
week tell the story of your store to buyers to and
women who need and uaH the things you sell and have
the money 10 pay the prices you ask'
They ask to They pay the pennies necessary TO
make certain that will come. They believe in in
lcgrily They like the character and the quality and the
completeness Of the news we print.
Forgive the observation but what priceless privilege
for you, go into their homes, into their hearts and
minds with US and tell your business story in advertise
ing to win their Friendships, their beliefs in your nIcg
ntN Their preferences or all that you do and say and sell
There's the way to generate footsteps, buyers, sales,
profIH .... there's the way to KEEP those things
there's ONE way to meet your executive responsibilities.
Evening star., 1942-09-06
BY Joseph A. Fox.
Star STAFF Writer.

MATHEWS, Va.--The jangling sound
Of a telephone chills the women OF
Mathews now, for their men are chal-
lenging the cunning of the Axis on the
seas-and some are not returning. At
home, the women and children wait for
the message they know is coming. Some
times it's the brisk, cheerful report of
a safe arrival. Again, faltering con-
dolence
The war is very real down in this
narrow strip of country which breasts
the Chesapeake between the reaches of
Piankatank River and Mobjack Bay.
The county has population of about
1000. Few are the families which
have not made their contribution to
the forces which this Nation has MUS
tered for the fight Of free peoples.
Youth and age have answered the call.
Mostly they man the ships which are
keeping the supply line open to armies
on distant fronts, for by training and
proud tradition. Mathews men are SAIL
ors. Since Pearl Harbor the lurking sub
marine and shrieking dive bomber have
become old stor1es-almost common
place. Their toll of dead and missing is
more than a score. Eight were captains.
But they 60 back.
Some few, it is true, have quit" the
Evening star., 1942-09-06

"Now. IN the Caribbeea it's nice and
warm"
Young James Calls, already second
odacer after but four and one-haH years
at sea, greets friends.
Il can't talk" he admonishes.
Mrs. Coffee Pot" Hudgins says that
even the home folks don't know what
their men have been through.
THE boys don't tell me anything" she
explains.
There is little outward manifestation
OF the grief the community has expert
enced In the loss Of stalwart sons. A
memorial service was held a few weeks
ago, on the bridge that connects Gwynns
Island to the mainland, and flowers were
cast to the waters. Some day, no doubt,
stone or bronze will commemorate the
Mathews dead. but whatever is done will
be simple, for these people do not 20 in
Tor show. Against the time when 1t is
wanted. painstaking record Of Mathews
at war Is being maintained by Paul Tit
low, managing editor of the Gazette
journal, which serves both Gloucester
and Mathews County. In addition to the
men lost at sea, this record also contains
Evening star., 1942-09-06

by Capt. Charles Hudgins, widely known
as Coffee Pot" Capt. Hudgins has q
weakness for hard candy and loud con-
versation, but he denies that he was
overly-fond of coffee despite the nick
name. Capt Hudgins always liked to
be home nights" so f1shed the bay In
stead of going to sea. He has two sons.
however, who are upholding the reputa-
ton OF the island as producer of good
seamen. Capt. Ellis Hudgins-better
known as "Percolator" long had his
own ship, and Cole w. Hudgins, has
qualified as first officer, but ships as
third because 1t gives him more chance
to study for his masters license. Collie. at
n, is on the way to being one of the
youngest shippers in the business. Right
now, Capt. Will Hundley at %, is the
youngest Of the Mathews commanders.
Another Hudgins on the way is "Dripo-
lator,' son Of "Percolator," who is deeply
involved at present with such unpleasant
matters as arithmetic and spelling.
Two Respess brothers are also in the
list OF the "a captains hailing from the
island with its population of 500. Capt
Percy Respess, veteran of the First
World War, is with the Pocahontas Fuel
Co.; Capt. John Randolph Respess is
Bethlehem skipper. The latter practi-
cally went to sea by the hitch-hike route
when he was no more than a youngster.
AS the story goes, he was fishing with
his father not far from home when a
ship dropped anchor nearby, and the
captain yelled out that he was looking
for boy.
Throw me rope" said John Ran
dolph. who inherited the impulsive spirit
that goes with that name.
And that was the start of a career.
Gwynns Island also was the home of
the fabulous Capt. Charlie Brown, whose
deeds still live. although he has been
dead 65 years. Capt. Charles son, Capt,
Alonzo Brown, Is still on the island, but
he long since quit going to sea after such
new-fangled ideas as steamships and
lighted beaoous virtually had perverted
the sailors trade.
Evening star., 1942-09-06

Cole Hudgins, one of the
neO generation OF G,Dynn's
Islanders, who already has
earned his first officers papers
and now is looking for a
masters license.
ocean with curse. But not for long.
While this Government needs men for
ships, Mathews County will not be un-
needing. Some fine names are in the
list Of those who are gone-Hodges,
Calls, Hudgins, Respess-but others are
carrying on.
Mathews Oldest Skipper.
Capt. Jesse William Hodges, at es the
Oldest skipper out of Mathews, once
more is on the bridge of a Ford ship,
after trip home where his wife and
mother of their IA children told him
quietly that Dewey and Leslie would not
Evening star., 1942-09-06

wise for the D. T. Sheridan Co. of Phila-
delphia; Coleman is first officer on a
Ford ship. David was a second officer
but is now navy yard rigger. Sherman,
another son, went to sea for while, but
turned to the dairy business.
Mrs. Hodges, it might be said, is also a
master so far as the family is concerned
and 27 grandchildren and one great
grandchild round out the associated
households. She also runs their 300 acre
farm, because "Cap'n Jesse doesn't know
anything about farming" She has, how
ever, just lost bout with the Agriculture
Department, and thinks that crop con-
troll is pretty silly with food short and
people going hungry.
1t seems that last year she raised 300
bushels of wheat and was well satisfied
about it, Then she discovered that was
more than the law allowed. That matter
was adjusted somehow, after she had
indicated her belief that the Agriculture
Department must have Hitler concealed
around the premises. This year, she
is her limit, so when sowing season comes
In few weeks, she will bow to higher
authority, and keep two or four acres of
wheat land out of production.
Mrs. Hodges needs lots of cheering
these days, so not infrequently there is
Sunday dinner gathering OF such di-
mensions that the dessert course calls
for three freezers of ice cream. Then
some one will bring up the story of the
bracelet. When the family only num-
bered IL children, Mrs. Hodges decided
to get 12-link bracelet The Norfolk
jeweler who fashioned the band said she
really needed something nicer than that,
SO he made it a 14-ink affair. That was
prophetic. Mrs. Hodges laughs when
she recalls that neighbors said she was
going to need belt instead of bracelet.
Then there is the account Of the day
that Capt. Jesse came back from sea to
find that another son had been born in
his absence.
That's . fine boy. Wen name him
David. becauss according to ths Bihae.
Evening star., 1942-09-06
Star Stan Photos.

back to the surface with its coating Of
mud. BY rolling the mud between thumb
and foref1nger to identify the texture
Capt. Charlie could tell exactly what
pint" his vessel had reached. or so
Capt. Alonzo AYERS.
Capt Charlie also was celebrated. ac-
cording to his 77-year -old son, for bring
ing sailing ship to a safe anchoraoe
one stormy night after navigating a
channel so tortuous and dificult that his
own officers couldn't bring the shin out
in broad daylight
Yes. sir, they had to wake the old
man to get them OUT Capt. Alonzo
chirps.
An unusual characteristic of the island
Is that It's people, despite their Virginia
ancestry, are mostly Republicans, al
though the county is Democratic.
This political division makes its pleas
ant Tor the Rev. Ira c. Belch, pastor OF
the Baptist church, who says it permits
him to "cuss out" both parties with i'm.
partiality. More than half of the
Islanders are Baptists. and the Rev. Mr..
Belch keeps close check on them.
rs your car working all right" he'll
ask member Of the congregation who
has been a bit backward about church
attendance.
The answer is probably in the af,rma-
tive
Well. I'd like to see you use it Sunday
then" he responds.
That approach generally gets results.
The Mathews Clan.
A strange cycle Is responsible for 50
many of the Mathews clan being at sea
now. In the sailing ship days the men
were famed as sailors and boat builders.
1t Is even limited that refined piracy and
slave-trading were not unknown to some
Of the harder. Then, little by little, the
United States faded out Of the picture
- power in merchant shipping, and
Mathews County turned 10 nahing and
Evening star., 1942-09-06

due to the failure OF ship captains to fol-
lew prescribed lanes of travel
Probably some didn't follow their
courses" he comedies Others didn't
have course to follow"
Whatever the shortcomings OF the
past, however, there is general agree
ment that the convoy system now en-
ployed is proving its worth. Importantly.
too. mines are being dealt with eff
GENTLY.
OF the three other Hodges sons at sea
Raymond, with the rank OF commander,
Is master OF proud ship operated by the
Navy. Willie. also master. runs coast