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Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-15
1900 Attend 4th
Town Meeting Here
To Witness Scrap
Cold WatermelOns Feed
Big Crowd Attending
Community Gathering

Over 1900 citizens turned
out Tuesday night at Ell Cen
tro's fourth town hall meet
ing to wish Manuel Ortiz luck
in his coming battle against
Lou Salica for the worlds bantam
weight boxing crown.
The largest crowd to fill the
grandstands since the series of
meetings was started early in the
summer witnessed another success
full variety show of local talent go
through PAGES under the direction
of Master of Ceremonies Bill Duff
lock, and partook Justify in doing
away with three tons of iced cold
Watermelons after the entertainment
was over.
The Ortiz training bout was the
climax of the program, which in
cluded everything from patriotic
speeches to Mexican hat dance.
Ortiz postponed leaving for Los
Angeles to begin training for his
title fight on August to spar three
fast rounds with Tommy johnson,
Ell Centre Negro fighter, and ar
range two other exhibition bouts.
Ortiz was outweighed Is pounds
by Johnson, who tipped the scales
at 1876, but was given an easy edge
by Postmaster Frank Richmond
who refereed the bouts.
Trini Ortiz ManuelS brother, won
decision over Peter Morales in a
130-pound bout and Rudy Vindiola
and Evaristo Otelo, 10-year old
youngsters who weighed in at about
so pounds, fought two fast and fur
iouS rounds to a draw.
Other events on the program in
cluded Mexican dances by Rafaela
Ortiz, Vincent Ortiz, Beatrice Gomez
and Teresa RObleS.
Gordon Scriven, chairman of the
county war bona committee, spoke
on the sale of bonds and stamps,
Charles Bratton told of the civilian
defense setup in Imperial county
and Jim Noel issued a plea for more
ground observers for the plane spot
ting system.
Music during the evening was
provided by Lloyd Edwards, Ell Cen
tro policeman, and his five piece
orchestra that gave forth with old
fashioned music. Members are: Don
Stark, Eddie Carroll, Pete Stark,
Mrs. Jessie Lakey and Edwards.
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? 4%,t!Ms 4yos4ts
Embarrassing

Russell Tagg and Bruce Van Der
Linden were busily engaged in the
sort of service that makes modern
business modern. Between them
they were calling up their firms
established customers, explaining
the latest federal regulations and
what effect it was going to have.
Van Der Linden was looking up the
numbers, Tagg was phoning.
Van Der Linden passed a number
across the desk. With it was a
name.
-Four ix-oh," Tagg told the oper-
ator. He waited a minute At the
other end of the line a voice an
swered. He put on his best business
manner.
"Is this Mrs. Smith?" he inquired
in that salesmanS voice.
care you crazy?" cracked back
the telephone. This is your wife,
Tagg. engrossed in business, had
MT noticed that Van Der Linden
had passed him his own telephone
number, along with a fictitious
name.
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ment securities. ScrlVen said. This
is more than twice the mark Of
$111,000 set up for the bond COM
mittee to set their sights on.
SOME LARGE BONDS
OF this amount, $4,000 was in
series Z bonds, which are the small
er ones most generally bought by
the rank and file of the population
The remaining 100000 was invested
in F. and G bonds. certificates Of
large denominations purchased by
corporations or large organizations.
A $4,000 bond bought by the
Imperial Irrigation District. a $780,
900 bond bought by the City of El
Centre and $4,000 invested by other
companies were recorded.
Scriven said he has received con-
gratulatory letters from the central
committee of the state paying trib-
ute to the high mark hung up dur
ing May. Imperial county led all
counties in California in sales per-
centage and although the entire
set of figures has not been worked
out yet for June he is confident
that the county will place high.
CITY OVER QUOTA
In Ell Centre bonds and stamps
totaling $4,000 were sold during
June. The quota for the city was
$4,000.
Two new committees for Ell Gen.
tro we're announced Wednesday by
Ross Hickcox. chairman of the city
committee. AL Missildine will head
the newly appointed publicity COM
mittee, whose members include :;
Frank Mitchell Clifford Hayden,
Russell Hoy. George Kennedy, Sid
Campbell and Earle Davis. Mitchell
was also named chairman Of a
cleanup committee to push sales
of stamps but as yet has not ap-
pointed the members
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-15

for its high per capita enlistment
rate. with the result that enlist
ment facilities here have been i'm
proved considerably since the start
of the war.
Among latest nav; applicants
were Leland c. Ritter, Ell Centro
who asked naval aviation cadet
training. and David H. Hand and
Charles K Foster. also of Ell Centre,
who took examination for entrance
to the radio technicianS' school
Those enlisted and sent to duty
were Joseph M Zietvogel and
Charles L. Ezell of Ell Centre. Peter
d Rice of Brawley. Vernon J. Dec
ker of Westmorland, Charles j.
Daley, Jr., of Plaster City, ALBERT
L. Wynn of Yuma. and Parish H
Wilfong, Carol B. Marquand. Beau
ford w. Turner and Godofredo F.
Flores of Holtville.
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Italy Reinforces
Occupation Forces
As Leaders Killed
Slay Guerillas Take
Heavy Toll of Army
Stationed in Area

LONDON, July Is. (UP)
Italian reinforcements
have been sent to Jugoslavia
to combat outbreaks by pa
triots who repeatedly have
killed six important Axis occupa-
ton officials in the past five days,
reliable private sources said today.
Vichy reports, heavily censored,
also said that Bastille day in France
was marked by numerous outbreaks
and that two women patriots were
killed and five wounded at Mar
seilles when members of Jacques
Doriot's Fascist party tried to break
up a demonstration.
1t was said that two of the men
killed in Jugoslavia we're Major s.
Isnatovich, a member OF the Quis-
ling army staff and Gen. Peri Den
egri, chief of the army of occupation
in northern Herzegovina.
The fighting between Jugoslav
guerillas and the Italian Ustashi
has become so fierce in Croatia
pOollld, IL Wdo octiti, Oiio
Italians are using their second army,
with bomber and fighter support,
in an effort to crush the outbreaks
Other reports said the German and
Hungarian Danube river fleets were
being used against the patriots.
Maj. Isnatovich was killed in the
village of Novavarosh when he step
ped from his headquarters after he
had been sent there to supervise
activities against the forces of Gen.
Draja Mikhailovich. the Jugoslav
leader.
Denegri and IS other Italians in
Guiding a colonel were killed when
their motor column was ambushed
between Mostar and Nevesinje,
spokesman for the Jugoslav govern
ment in exile said.
The prefect of police at Norjula
and Nicola Zita, an official of
Fascist organization, also were re-
ported slain, along with two other
officials who were not identified.
The Jugoslav spokesman said re-
ports indicated more than 1000 per-
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81 Teachers To Be
Employed in City.
weakIey DiscIoses
Class Assignment
Partially Delayed
By War Conditions

Employment of 46 teachers
by the Ell Centre Elementary
School District and as by the
Central Union High School
district was announced We'd
nesday by Superintendent of Schools
Guy Weakley.
Assignment of teachers to classes,
particularly in the high school dis
trict, was partially delayed be-
cause of wartime uncertainties,
Weakleys office said. Assignments
will be announced later, it was in
dicated.
Teachers employed by the ele-
mentary school district we're:
Pauline ALLEN, Lucille Anderson
Dorothy Armstrong, Evelyn Beatty
Emily Besana, Hilda Branum, Doris
Brisco, Blanche Charles, Nora Coo
ley, Bernice Conzett, Elsie Couch,
Lucille Culberson, Leo A. De Celles
Sophia Dunlap, Kathryn Griffin
Nilla Harris, Margaret Hedrick, Edna
Hennessey, Irene Kassens. Joseph
inc King. Ruth Knox, Laurence
Koerner, Beryl Langley, John Lew
ellyn, Maurice McCampbell. Tonic
Sue McChristy. Fannie McCrory
John A. Merrill.
II. s. Packwood. Fannie Parks
zenobia Payne, A. E. Prince, Estelle
Reid, Gladys Robinson, Gladys
Romberg, Bertha Ronnie, Helen
Rumsey, Margaret league, Eva
Walker, Winifred Wilson, Marjorie
AblutZ. Jane Baxter. Laura De
Celles, Barbara Doss, Eva Wilson
High school and junior college
teachers will be:
Chester Gilpin, Glenn Kieffer,
Harold S. Packwood, S. E. Allen
Stan d. Atkin, Helen Barsumian
Meta Beardsley, Louis Birnbaum
Continued on Page 6: Column 81
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With enemy forces in the Egyp-'
tian desert front again attempting
to strike through unyielding British
lines toward Alexandria, the official
Soviet press emphasized that the
danger to the Red army on the
southern roadway to the Caucasus
was mounting steadily at VOronezh
and in heavy fighting on wide
front south of Boguchar.
"The situation is extraordinarily
grave" the newspaper Pravda said
in a dispatch telling of fresh Ger
man assaults "over mountains OF
corpses" in an attempt to encircle
Voronezh.
Russian cornterattacks at Voro-
nezh were important in slowing the
enemy momentum, Red Star and
Pravda dispatches said. and in one
sector the Germans lost an i'm
portant inhabited point and were
smashed back to the Don river.
BLOWS ACKNOWLEDGED
German radio reports acknowledge
ed strong Russian counterblows on
the Voronezh front but said Soviet
forces had been "encircled and an
initiated on July 13, with destruc-
ton of 125 tanks. The Germans
also claimed that 259 Russian tanks
we're destroyed in three days Of
attack on Nazi bridgehead across
the Don near Voronezh.
Although the Russians we're fight
ing from every rock and bush and
taking a tremendous toll of fresh
enemy divisions, the Moscow press
acknowledged that the counter
attacks-still in progress on some
sectors-only had slowed the mo-
mentum of the enemy assault into
the streets of suburban Voronezh.
The real weight of the German
offensive was concentrated south
of the Don river bend, and on that
front the Berlin communique claim
ed rapid" progress that cut behind
the German lines. No definite posi-
tions were located. Moscow merely
said that heavy battles continued
against enemy offensive operations
south of Boguchar, which would
cover long front aimed at Rostov
and Stalingrad.
On other fronts:
EGYPT - Axis forces, indicating
efforts to start new offensive, pound
at British coastal blank west of
Alamein but fail to break into de-
fense lines. Both sides reinforced
for expected major battle.
BRITAIN-RAF renewS daylight
raids on northern France; United
States representative consulting with
British air command on strong
raids against Nazi submarine bases,
designed to relieve critical Allied
shipping situation in American wa
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Rainstorln Hits
In Phoenix Area

PHOENIz. Ariz, July Is CUP)-
A storm brought the first rain in
76 days to the Phoenix area early
today.
Brilliant lightning and a strong
wind accompanied the storm. The
weather bureau reported that the
storm centered in the Salt River
Valley and the heavy showers
brought so inches of rain in down.
town Phoenix and .85 inches at the
Phoenix airport.
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MiscalculatiOn-

1t will be a long time before NJ
M. Dizney waits in the sun again to
catch a hat purloining suspect.
In a drugstore the other day, Dr.
r. C. Clemons, seeing Dizney en-
crossed with other business, swiped
that worthy's headgear. He thought
Dizney didn't notice, which was
where he was wrong. Dizney thought
Doc would bring the topper back,
which was where HE was wrong.
Chuckling to himself about how
he was going to make Raynor's
joke backfire, he hid behind a
pillar, out in the sun, waiting for
his friends joke to cool Off Glenn
ons. meanwhile. simply delivered the
hat to Dizney's wife, with a few
appropriate but exaggerated remarks
about where he'd found it, and went
on about his business.
Back at the drugstore, Dizney
waited and waited and waited. Still
no ClemonS, and no hat.
And, what's more, there was no
Clemons and no hat until he got
home that night.
(P. S. This is the way Clemons
tells it. Maybe the other side of the
story1l come out some day.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-15
Son of Sheriff
Figures in Crash

A head-on automobile collision
on the San Diego highway three
miles west of Ell Centre late Tues
day caused minor injuries to Jack
Newman, %, Yuma, son of Yuma
county's sheriff Pete Newman, and
to Homer r. Holloway, IS, San Di-
ego salesman.
Holloway told officers he was un-
able to avoid a collision after see
ing an approaching car driving on
the wrong side of the road. New
man. soldier, said he had driven
all night from Camp Roberts err
route to Yuma. according to the
California Highway Patrol.
Neither man was critically in
jured.
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]. Y. EnIistmentS
Continue Stronq

Imperial Valley continued We'd
nesday to hold its place as one of
the nations largest per capita pro-
viders of fighting men going vol
unfairly into service.
The valley was on the way to
bettering its already strong record
with announcement by the U. S
Navy recruiting station in FL Cen
tro that the past week has been
one of the best enlistment weeks
since Pearl Harbor.
A total of 10 enliStments was
counted, with four applicants hello
over.
The valley has been given Off
cial recognition in navy statistics
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-15

DR.. Per X. Frolich, president
elect of the American Chemical
Society and head of the ESQ labor
atories, staged a small scale demon
stration of the actual manufacture
of synthetic rubber of the butyI
and buna-S types. A color movie
on rubber also was shown.
I'VE believe in any program that
will give our nation the most rub
ber, in the shortest time, with the
least possible drain on vital mate
rials-no matter what process Is
used, no matter what the raw ma
terial, whether 1t is grain. or coal
or oil, or all three" Parish said.
Parish explained that the synthetic
rubber projected under the govern
ment program is from Is to 30
per cent better than natural rub
ber for average uses.
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Murray accused HENDERSON OF
bringing influence to bear against
wage increase at the West Coast
Aircraft Wage conference now un-
derway in Los Angeles, and charges
his office was "meddling" in the
wage proceedings in the steel indus
try.
The CIO presidents blast against
Henderson was made in the midst of
a conference of the United Steel
Workers of America (CIO) Little
Steel" policy committee, called to
consider an expected decision OF
the WLB on the unions demand for
a 81 day wage increase for 157 1000
steel workers.
HENDERSON INFLUENCE
Murray charged that the aircraft
wage conference has "bogged down
and labor is ready to walk out on
the conference unless the Hender-
son influence is removed, namely
Dick Gilbert who, he charged, has
flatly told representatives of man
agement and labor at the confer
ence that there could be no wage
increase Murray identified Gilbert
as Hendersons righthand man.
The CIO president said that the
West Coast conference affects l.
25O,O00 workers and that the inter
ference of Henderson constitutes
a definite threat to the functionin2
of the war labor board and all cleo
tive bargaining"
Murray declared that labor repre-
sentatives at the aircraft wage con-
ference have informed me that
they can't continue with Hender-
sons representative present.
They want assurance that Hen
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Seven Prisoners
Beqin Sentences

inland contributed six out of sew
en- prisoners who began Wednesday
to serve terms at the Imperial coun-
ty jail, four of them for trespassing
on railroad property.
Judge w. H. Lorenz. Calexico
sentenced Vicente Solario. Sc, to
six months in Jail for drunkenness
and vagrancy.
From the INLAND area, Judge Roy
Kuns sentenced Ben Venavideo, 81,
and Jim Torres, %, to 30 days each
for petty theft, and imposed terms
of five days each on NcisSie CO
Williams( 7. Alonzo Woodin, 20,
Louis Raley. 20, and Matt Mosby,
80, all Negroes, for treSpassing on
railroad property
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committee that this would be
enough to provide 34,000000 more
automobile tires than were ex-
pected under the government pro-
gram.
The 100000 extra tons, according
to Parish, would be derived from
flexon-a by-product of butyl rub
ber developed by Standard-and a
quick butadiene" program.
Parish declared that the whole
problem of synthetic rubber pro-
duction depends on the nations
ability to spare materials for plant
construction.
He referred to his program as
emergency or makeshift".
All members of congress were in
vited to attend the hearing, called
by Chairman Jennings Randolph,
D., w. Va, to "clarify the confused
situation on synthetic rubber"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-15

parents in such cases.
One case was cited In which
three children we're taken from the
custody of their parents recently
and kept in the county juvenile
home while the parents spent a
short time In Jail recovering from
the effects of an inJudicious spend
ing spree. The children we're later
restored to the parents. who agreed
In the future 10 take proper care
of them.
Several other similar cases are
pending or in prospect, Nance said.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-15
Neglected Children New
County Juvenile Problem

Neglected children whose defense
working parents spend too much
money too unwisely have created
another problem for Imperial county
juvenile authorities. it was revealed
Wednesday.
Probation officer E. A. Nance and
l.. j. Mouser. deputy district attor-
ney in charge of juvenile cases, dis
closed their concern Wednesday in
a declaration that suitable action
will be taken in all cases brought
to their attention, to care for the
children and discipline the parents.
Defense workers, Nance said, are
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-15

among the worst offenders. In some
cases they have more money than
ever before in their lives, and spend
1t unwisely.
They go out to drinking places
and leave the child alone, or with
some casual acquaintance" he said.
Sometimes the children have been
left to roam the streets by them
selves. often until late hour. with
out even knowing where their par
ents are"
Juvenile courts. Mouser pointed
out, have the right to discipline
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-15
TRUCK BACKS INTO
PARKED CAR

A heavy truck, driven b. James
Campbell. Santa Ana, backed into
the car of Gilbert House, 61O Ell
Centre avenue, Tuesday evening at
Eighth and Adams streets, a police
report showed Wednesday.
House told police that he had
stopped at the intersection when
the truck collided with his car
causing minor damages.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-15
VOLUME XII, No. 80
NAz|S NEAR IMPORTANT RUSSIAN CITIES
FDR Hints Wage Action

WASHINGTON, July l5-CUP)-
President Roosevelt indicated in
formally to legislative leaders today
that he may ask congress to forego
its scheduled recess for immediate
consideration of drastic anti-infla-
ton legislation, including ironbound
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-15

controls on the wages and salaries
of all Americans.
1t was learned that the President
advised his congressional leaders
that the administration has not
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cause, one at Calipatria and one
near Imperial. Previously one Other
death had been attributed TO the
heat-alcohol combination.
OF five So-called heat deaths In
Imperial county this year, only one
has had no connection with drunk
enneSs. The exception was the death
of a man in advanced middle age.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-15
Army Plane Crash
Kills Five Men

WALLA WAILA, Wash. July Is
CUP) A four motored Army
bomber on a routine flight crashed
into the side of a mountain near
Walla Walla early today, killing its
five occupants.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-15
Specifications


RR won't vouch for this one either
but it's good story.
Rumor has it that Massey Horton,
wanting to put up an awning to
protect the display windows of his
business establishment, went to the
city for permission. He went, specif-
ically, to Public Works Director
Walter Heinecke. Heinecke looked
grave.
There are some pretty stiff specif :
ications you'll have to comply with, -
he remarked.
Massey looked worried.
You can put up the awning"
He:necke added but you'll have
to make it as high from the side
walk as Gordon Scriven wearing
top hat"
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county, the coroners office report
ed Wednesday. His death was laid
to heat prostration due to acute
alcoholism
Hollingsworth is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Bessie Hollingsworth.
His death was the third in less
than week from alcoholism ag-
gravated by heat. Two Mexicans
died last week -end from the same
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the question of seeking immediate
legislation but that conditions are
so serious that to wait until after
a congressional recess of six weeks
may be too late.
Mr.. Roosevelt already has in
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formed his leaders that, when his
new requests for legislative weapons
to combat the rapidly increasing
dangers of initiation are submitted
to congress, they will include wage
controls.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-15
County Bond Sale
Well Over Quota

For the second consecutive month bond sales in
Imperial county have than doubled the quota set up
Gordon Scrven county bond committee chairman disclosed
Wednesday he released the official sales total for June
During the month"; $269OOO invested in the govern
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Go President Charges
Henderson With MeddIinq
Philip Murray Declares That WLB
Has 'Abdica+ed Wage Making Power

PITTSBURGH, July Is. (UP)-President Philip Muir
of the Congress of Industrial Organizations charged
today that the labor board has abdcated its wage
making power due the interference of Leon Henderson
head of the Office of Price Administration.
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Heat and Alcohol
Death Toll Grows

Heat and alcohol claimed fourth life in Imperial
county late Tuesday.
James E. Hollingsworth 38, died at 2:3O pm. the
Roy WeStmoreland ranch west of Seeey where he had
lived for the four months of his residence in Imperial
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Slow Nozi Drive
In Few Sectors
Romme|s Forces RepuIsed 3rd Time in
Attack on British Lines AS Fighting
Begins Anew on Egyptian Desert Front
BY UNITED PRESS

Axis offensive thruss cut deeper into the defenses of
Voronezh despite renewed Red counteraacks today
and fighting below the Don river bend surged closer to
Stalingrad and bomb-battered Rostov.
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Greater Rubber
Output Foreseen

WASHINGTON, July Is. (UP)-W. S. Parish, presi-
dent of Standard Oil Co. N J declared today that pro-
duction of 100000 tons of substitute rubber-over and
above the governments synthetic possible by
the end of 943. He told house mines and mining sub
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WEATHER

Maximum Tuesday 107. Minimum
Wednesday 81. pm. Tuesday 1856.
humidity 35. S am. Wednesday 80,
humidity ~. Noon Wednesday 100.
humidity so.
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Baseball

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